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A Great War soldier reflects on his secret love for a fellow soldier, and resides himself to both of their fates in the war.
Only some of us wore helmets, many feared they were going to die in the trenches, and others didn't want to balance a troublesome soup bowl on their scalp. I wore one; I always did even when no bullets pieced the air, they rattled my sanity so. Bosley didn't, Bosley never did in battle, the shells didn't frighten him and neither did the Germans blind with rage. He was more of a man then I was, tall and gaunt, fearless, not afraid to show his feelings. God damn I thought every time my eye shifted on his face which was the spitting image of an ancient God.
The trenches where cramped and dirty, surrounded by barbed wire and broken sticks. Many of us peeked our heads from the edge to see if anyone dared to come here. No one did for a while, so the battle field was silent. I worried every second that a spontaneous gunshot would snap, and my heart would flutter. It would make no difference, I though, because my heart practically stopped when ever Bosley would smile at me. "Feeling okay so far?" There my heart went when he tapped my arm and shifted his body slightly in the trenches.
"Oh, sure." He could see me trembling out of fear and compassion. His encouraging smile melted into worry once more as he looked to his right to see a few fellow soldiers staring, one of them rolling their gazes. His hazel eyes, more green than brown, where still fixed on them as he whispered in my injured but still functional ear, "What are they looking at?"
I'm going to hell; this is what I was sure of every morning and every night, how I felt towards Bosley... I also kept optimistic; my hand basket was decorated and ready to go. To be honest, I cried often about it, but I picked up the pieces eventually and shouted to myself, "Be a man!" Many made me think I wasn't.
Although there was Bosley, sitting right next to me with his short black hair still neat even through the brutal action and messiness of war. I could say anything right now, I thought, I could say anything and it would never matter. I was positive I was going to die that day; sadly I had a feeling Bosley would, too. I just prayed like hell that he wasn't going down below with me.
We waited forever, some men even took off their helmets, not me though, I was never sure what was going to happen. Men slept, leaning their backs against the trench walls. Some wrote letters that would never be sent, and still the only noises were the wind whistling above us and uniforms rustling. Some sneezes we didn't bless, some coughs that where ignored. I suspect some men even died where they sat. They peacefully rested and waited until they were so relaxed just to stop breathing. Bosley, who was also resting while I waited attentively lit a cigarette and slowly stood up, cracking his back on the way up. "Sit down!" I heard someone whisper.
"You want to play cards or something?" He quietly proposed while looking down at me.
"Sit down! You'll be shot!" The same man whispered angrily. "You might as well take a little stroll on No Man's Land if you're feeling a bit more adventurous."
"Feh," he puffed a cloud of smoke into the brisk air, disappearing into the ashen sky. "Nothing it happeni-"he was abruptly silenced by a shell shooting dangerously close to the edge. I shuddered and leaned back into the dirt, realizing that Bosley's unprotected head was almost blown to bits. Several men hurried up towards the edge, only their eyes peering slightly out of our shelter. Old Bosley was looking, too. "You see anyone?" My voice quaked as I tugged at his pant leg.
"N-no..." He said while bending down for his helmet.
"Oh God!" I shivered and clung to his leg. We weren't living in the trenches that long, so we had no idea what was to expect.
This constantly happened, some attack moments more intense than others. Some men were beginning to get trench foot, and refused to cut their foot off. I shook my head and choked out a sigh when they finally died from it. They sky was so gray, it was un-godly dull, it was almost like the sun never had come out and never would again. I swear to God, it could have made the shadows under our eyes look lighter. Wind and rain where common, although me and Bosley never moved a muscle, we stayed together all through our days. We didn't even get up to walk five feet in front of us to get a canteen of water.
It was one day that was the most brutal, where we were at least. There was a certain smell of ash in the air, although no shots have been shared for a while. I clutched my gun, my shining bayonet still unused. More men put on their helmets, even Bosley did. He also sat closer to me than ever before, I worried he knew about my heart, and how it was uncontrollable. He didn't look at me; he looked up without even blinking. "Is someone coming?" I shuffled closer to him as he stayed completely silent, except for his blissful but anxious breathing. "Bosley?"
"Hush..." He rubbed my shoulder while still staring to the ashen sky. I whimpered, I was terrified and did not wish to go to hell yet. I quivered under the hand of fear, I was no longer a twenty three year old man but a boy, and all I wanted was to return home with a soft comfortable bed. "Ohhh..."
Bosley finally made his eyes twitch to me after I moaned and let a single dirty tear role down my face. "Fuck..." He breathed. "We'll be veterans when we go home, and be awarded and grow old with our new wives."
"Wives." I sobbed. But I don't want a wife... I thought to myself when my eyes fluttered straight into his. He gasped... when a cloud of smoke from angry enemy cannons erupted; he picked his jaw back up and fired his new gun for the first time. Many soldiers grew wide eyed and scrambled, as did I as I tried to pick myself up to be standing next to him. Shooting the enemy down as he did. I screamed as I watched a few daring men jump past the barbed wire and lifeless people from months before into No man's Land only to be killed by a landmine. I couldn't see a thing in the smoke and shells firing and bursting, but the noise, holy hell! I thought my ears were about to explode along with the screams of dying men. I shot as long as I could before I collapsed on the ground screaming, as if a bullet had broken my bones. No, I just couldn't fight anymore, I didn't want to die or see any more men die. I closed my eyes and covered my ears, and trembled, because if I saw Bosley fall to the ground dead I would go completely mad. "Oh God! Oh my fucking God!" I howled, helpless and utterly frightened. My heart was bouncing all over the place, my lungs also ached, and I wasn't too sure what to do about it. "Bosley!" I cried then, but my voice was drowned out by the sound of bombs whistling in the air.
"They're coming in the trench!" A few voices shouted through the dusty and constantly moving air. Who is 'they'? I thought.
"They're coming! They're coming!" The voices were more distant and frantic, I was no better. I even screamed the same time they were when I stood back up. Bosley looked at me again and pushed me down with him as another cannon fired and targeted a little too close to us.
My heart was almost completely stopped at that point, I calmed as I watched him lying beside me with his hands wrapped over his head. I wonder if I should do it... my mind was convincing myself that I was absolutely going to die in the middle of combat that day, and that, once again, nothing that I did or said would matter. War was raging, blood poured into the dirt like a river although I had no idea where the enemy would be next, but I did it. I firmly took Bosley's hands away from his head and pulled then towards me, my fluttering and fearful heart sighed as I kissed him, a thing I wanted to do ever since the first year in collage we spend together, talking about how women only cared about their hair, and gossiping in front of the old water fountain. You can't even imagine how deeply I fucking blushed when his arms went free...because he wrapped them around me.
I didn't know if other soldiers were seeing us, they were mostly to busy fearlessly going into No Man's Land and firing their weapons and cannons. "Faggot." They might have judged. "God hates you" they might have had a chance to think that, too, but they didn't. After all, in that moment, I didn't understand why everyone including myself was saying I was going to hell... just for loving someone.
BAM! The only noise that would break a bond as strong as ours, without thinking, I stood up with him and saw him slide down me, his eyes wide and lifeless, blood trickling out of his mouth. I gasped and saw a fresh bullet wound in his back. He slid to his knees...suddenly cold, absolutely dead, I wasn't too sure whether seeing him kneeling, looking up at the sky and bleeding being so vulnerably at last was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, or a terrible eye opener. "I...I love you." I quietly said as I let him fall to the ground. He was still, and looked ever so peaceful when I shut his eye lids with the side of my hand. I had no idea how a bullet could have come from the sky, but it killed my love.
Rage...hate...distress...the only things I could feel then. I was blind then; I trudged into the bombs and land mine smoke, being pricked by the barbed wire. Fresh tears of sorrow streamed uncontrollably out of my eyes which would never see the world the same way again. "Mother Fuckers!!" I shouted 'till my throat was ready to burst. "Give me your best shot!!" I spat on the field as more bombs whistled in the air. "I'll be here all day!!" Another gun roared, and its fury made me flinch as I collapsed under the dark hand of death. Men with hard and rounded helmets where pacing towards me...
It turned out I didn't need that hand basket after all, because in a better place someone was waiting for me...


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Chapter 3
"Hold still, Princess."
"But it tickles!" giggled Cassandra biting her lip as the elderly seamstress adjusted the measuring tape around the princess' narrow waist. The woman frowned, scowling behind her glasses as she took the final measurement and quickly noted it down on her paper filled with the scattered scrath of hastily noted numbers.
Queen Elitha looked up from her reading, bemused, "Dearest, please hold still."
"Yes, Mama,"
"I am done," the seamstress set aside her pen and began to gather her things. "The gown should be done by the end of the week."
"Thank you," smiled the Queen. "Oh, wait. Could you measure her for a new corset…?"
A knock sounded on the door, alerting all three women to attention. A messenger slipped inside, standing at the doorway. "I am sorry to disturb you, Your Majesties, but I have a letter from Prince Alezander of Navarn for the Princess."
Cassandra turned her eyes curiously to her mother, whose face formed into a discontented frown. "Prince Alezander of Navarn? But what would he want with me?" Cassandra inquired. The seamstress snorted, still arranging her things.
"You may go, Madam Lerraine," Queen Elitha said sternly, beckoning for the messenger boy to come further forward. He leaned to hand her the letter, but she shook her head, "It is my daughter's letter."
Hesitantly, he turned toward Cassandra, offering the paper. She briskly took it, not watching as he bowed and made his departure, leaving mother and daughter alone. Pausing, Cassandra stared at the lettering which formed her name in such neat, elegant hand.
Cassandra set herself in a chair, placing the letter in her lap briefly to look up at her mother, brow furrowed. "What would be want with me, Mama?"
Cassandra ran from her mother's sitting room, from the maze of halls, past all the maids and guards who curtsied and bowed to her as she went by. She didn't care, clutching the unopened letter firmly in her hand as she hurried from the palace itself and into the fresh, outside air.
She passed by the garden paths where she had so often played, across the green to where the stable stood. The smell of hay and sweet molasses grains, the warmth of horse flesh greeted her as she made her entrance. A few stable boys moved from her way, somewhat alarmed by her sudden appearance, all done up in her grand gown and fine, neat hair. They should have been used to her visits out to their domain.
"Sam!" she cried out, continually ignoring them all and making her way to a stall front, leaning her body against it and staring over. His familiar face looked up from the work at hand, holding a pitchfork as he cleaned the soiled bedding.
"What is wrong, Your Highness?" he replied, concern marking his expression, hinted in his brilliant blue eyes. He straightened his tall, wiry figure, attempting to straighten his dirtied shirt. He was much taller then her, several years advanced of her.
She thrust out the letter, holding it to him. "I cannot read it," Cassandra declared, her voice breaking, tears framing her eyes.
Sam put aside his pitchfork, slipping out of the stall. "I know you can read, Your Majesty…," he began, coming to her side, quickly glancing at all the staring eyes of the other stable workers, their gaping faces.
"No, Sam, I don't want to!" she cried out.
Instantly, he took her by the arm, leaning in close to her. He brought his lips to her ear so that only she could hear, "Come, let us go to the attic were no one can watch."
Raising her chin, she started off down the hall, finding her way to the ladder and easily climbing up the rungs with Sam close behind her. She flung herself onto a bale of hay, still staring at the unopened, sealed piece of parchment.
Carefully, the stable boy sat himself opposite of her, too glaring at the object in her hands. "So…what is it, Cass?" he muttered.
"You read it. I can't." She held it to him once more. Carefully, her friend took it, looking at the pristine, perfect paper warily.
"Do you know who it is from?"
"Yes," whispered Cassandra, wrapping her arms around herself.
Glancing at her from beneath his lashes, he inquired, "You sure you want me to open it?"
He sighed, breaking the perfect seal. Standing, he unfolded it as he moved closer to her placing himself just within her arm's reach so that he could read more softly. He furrowed his brow, frowning at the words before him, and then reached up and ruffled his loose hair, colored a dusty auburn. Clearing his throat, he started:
"Your Majesty, Princess Cassandra of Aedryn,
We have not met before, but I have heard much of you. Five years from now, we are to be married."
Sam paused, looking sharply up from the letter. "Is-is this true?"
She closed her eyes tightly, laying her head against the hay. "Yes."
"But that-that is ridiculous! How did you not know until now? Why do they do this to you? It isn't fair! It is cruel--!"
"Keep reading, Sam," Cassandra commanded. Softening her voice, she looked up to meet his eyes. "Please."
Sighing once more, Sam shook his head and continued, "I do not understand much of it myself, and do not agree with it. Though I have been told that it is my….Cassandra, what is this word?"
She straightened herself, leaning over to look at the words. "Obligation."
"…my obligation being royalty and the good of our nations, and I am sure you have been told the same. There seems nothing either I, or you, can do about this. Thus I begin this correspondence, so perhaps there will be some cordiality between us, so that we may learn to know one another as our destinies inevitably intertwine. If you wish it, this may continue, or you may decide never to reply, at least for the time being. I can understand if it is the latter.
My wishes of good health and mind for you and your family, best regards, and all of my sincerity,
Prince Alezander II of Navarn."

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Sandbox volleyball Tour
Live The Life.
Live The Life.
Sandbox Volleyball Tour was created in 2010 in Brevard County . A desire to create a tournament series was established because of the high growth and love for the game on the Space Coast of Florida. Most of the established tournaments were mainly down south, we thought we had an opportunity for die hard beach players to play in organized events right in their own back yard. We have grown from a small tournament holding 2 events with 40 teams in 2010 and in 2013 we had 7 events with a total 490 teams attending. Our 2015 season we hit 200 teams for our largest event.
Sandbox Volleyball Tour is a professional/amateur beach volleyball series that will be hosting 8 events every summer including grass events. We offer different divisions for all levels of play, including a Juniors division. The atmosphere on the beach for a tournament is quite exciting to attend and play. Full sound system with DJ jamming tunes, nets as far as the eye can see, and all around great family fun. The men's and women's open divisions are playing for cold hard cash and the lower divisions play for prizes. On any given event from players, friends, family members, and beach people we have an attendance over 1000 people.
Cocoa Beach, FL / Singer Island, FL
Saturday - Mens and Womens Open, AA, A, BB
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The result? Paranoia at its finest.
They knew the Dragonites were out there somewhere. The haunting song of the pokemon would occasionally echo over everything, somehow unaffected by the constant noise. However, it was always impossible to tell what direction it came from.
Only Jess and, to a far more limited degree, James, had any chance of seeing through the gloom. Liam was beginning to wear down, between the effects of water and the heavy weapon he carried. Rob and Jeff lugged along sacks of living ammunition behind him.
They lay in wait some distance from their hideout and stood atop a building, so they could see more of the city. Keira, Liam and Jess had made some attempts at creating a shelter, though they had done their best to make it all but invisible. They had agreed that they wanted to catch the Dragonite by suprise if possible, and a Dragon Rage attack on their shelter would not be good news for them.
But boredom was setting in now, and not even Jess or James had spotted any of the powerful pokemon sent to hunt them. The cold and wet was getting to those vulnerable to it.
"We need something to lure one of them here..." Jess muttered to herself. James turned to her.
"Lure? A decoy or something?" He asked. Jess looked up in suprise, not realizing she'd said it loud enough for anyone to hear.
"What if we set one of these off nearby?" Jeff suggested, holding up the sack of Voltorb.
"...No, they don't know about our control of the Voltorb yet." Liam said, sighting along the length of the heavy tube. "I'd prefer that came as an explosive shock..."
"Well, we're not going to have one of us run out in the open..."
"Maybe we could use this place as a lure." Rob looked at the open dome in which they sat. "If we can put a fire or something in it, then shoot whatever comes to investigate?"
"I guess that would work... they'd be immediately suspicious of any fire they saw, especially outside."
"Relocation time!"
It took some work by Keira to move everyone over to the next flat rooftop. Rob sparked a fire with some dry branches Keira had - with considerable difficulty - conjured. Keira barely had time to vinelift Rob to the next rooftop before one of the pokemon let out a call, alarmingly close by.
"Ready, Liam?" Rob whispered to him. He nodded. Jess watched, ready to unleash some heavy ice attacks if necessary. Everyone held their breath...
A shadow flicked in front of the fire. Jess stared at it closely, but couldn't see it... but its identity was soon affirmed as the Dragonite's song rang out.
Liam slammed the trigger bar back, and held it. There was an almost inaudible whine, a crackling of electricity, then a 'whump' as the red-and-white missile shot towards the flame.
The explosion lit up the night, filling the air with smoke and steam. In the flaming aftermath, Jess looked for any sign of the surely injured Dragonite or any others, while the others worked to frantically reload the gun.
Another shape soon showed up against the light, flying down further, near the buildings. Jess shot up and threw a whirling mass of icy energy at it. The Dragonite roared in pain as the attack hit and immediately caused the rain around to be frozen, causing a localized blizzard attack around it. The white, crackling cold energy gave Liam enough of a target to aim at.
Another 'whump' as the Voltorb shot out and... missed its target. It shot into the wall next to the Dragonite and exploded there, and the power of the blast threw the weakened dragon into the opposite building, along with a great deal of rubble. Both buildings collapsed somewhat.
"That's enough! Run now!"
The twin screams of the Dragonites, rebounding off walls at a horrible volume, made the going confusing. Jess kept watching for any following pokemon, but all she could think of was getting away from that noise and out of sight.
They soon found they were going the wrong way, as the screams faded somewhat. However, that wasn't the biggest of their problems - another Dragonite got in their way. Seeing them, it sang out a warning, and at the same time, a blue, flickering glow began to show in its throat.
Keira was the first to act. She shot a Leech Seed straight into the gaping maw, and it immediately sprouted a heap of life-sucking vines which wrapped around the face of the creature... as well as several which shot straight down the throat.
The Dragonite, blinded, choking and impotent, writhed around for a moment as it tried to pull the constricting vines from its head. The humans just stood there watching it for a moment, then Jess threw an icebeam at its feet, freezing it to the ground, and they ran again.
James had a sudden idea and sped up to run alongside Jess, yelling his plan to her. It took her a moment to understand what he was saying, but once she got it she skidded to a halt.
The others slowed and jogged back, wondering what she was up to. James explained his idea very quickly as Jess gathered energy, then shot a huge blast of near-invisible energy into the sky.
The temperature suddenly dropped alarmingly. For some distance from the attack, the heavy rain turned into heavier hailstones, and what water there was on the ground threatened to freeze - as well as the water soaking the humans. Jess held her position for a moment, strengthening the web of coldness, then slumped slightly, panting.
"Dragons hate cold and ice! We should be safe now!" She shouted over the clatter of flying drops of ice, then ran again. The others followed.
'Safe' turned out to be a bit optimistic. The hail was extremely painful, even through the thick protective coats they wore, and the ice and stones underfoot made running treacherous. Jess led them carefully and they eventually managed to find their way to their hideout, inside and out of the rain, safe from the Dragonites for now.
"Did we take any of them out?"
"Not sure... we saw three, right? Did some serious damage to all of them. Any of them could be dead, or out of the fight at least... Might have damaged more in that ice storm..."
"We'll never be able to tell until we see them."
"And considering we don't know how many of them there were to begin with anyway..." Keira grimaced with pain as she took off her coat, as the bruises from the hailstones began to show through. Patrick hurried over and did his best to heal her, having already dealt with his own minor injuries.
"Leave that thing here." Jeff instructed, motioning to the weapon. "Don't want to have to lug it all the way in an emergency of some sort."
"What if they find it?"
"They shouldn't recognize it for what it is. They're pokemon, and most likely wild ones - you don't exactly see a lot of trained Dragonites - and probably don't understand guns... Anyway, they've got a lot of ground to cover, and won't be looking too closely... we're pretty safe."
"I hope you're right..." Liam put the gun near the trapdoor as he opened it, and the others put the sacks on top. They climbed down to their hiding place, and as the trapdoor closed, the sacks fell forward to conceal it efficiently from unknowing eyes.
Not, however, from the rather wet Magnaton looking through the window, one of the scouts sent out by the Dragonites... having taken cover from the hailstorm in a doorway across the street, it had watched everything...
They were catching up on some sleep when the first
explosion rocked the building. They all shot up and out of the dreamscape
at once, fumbling and trying to figure out what the hell was going on...
The second explosion sounded shortly after. Liam, Jess and Rob were already pounding down the corridor to the surface, James and Keira not too far behind. They flung open the trapdoor and were immediately soaked to the skin.
"What the-" Liam's exclamation was cut off by a third explosion, and they all ducked back underground, their eyes not yet used to the bright light caused by the blast. When it had cooled enough to be properly seen, they looked up again.
"Ah, you're up! Now get down again!" Called a female voice. "The pokemon are attacking in force! Get out of it!"
Another explosion. One guy ran over to them. "Listen, they found the bloody base last night! Some bloody Magnaton found out where you were hiding and went around telling the city, and the Dragonites ordered an attack as soon as they were ready! You have to get out of he-aarrrgghhhh!"
He suddenly screamed, clutching the collar around his neck. Liam growled and reached out, and with one quick movement snapped it in half.
A sudden burst of electricity ensued, and the guy suddenly stiffened up, wide-eyed, and fell to the ground. Liam was unharmed. He snorted.
"Paralysed, Russell was right. Pat! Are you down there?"
"C-coming!" The tentative reply came back.
"You idiots! Get down and get out of the bloody city!" Another voice called. It was Russell, and he was wielding the deadly Voltorb-bazooka with wild abandon. "And then blow the place up!"
"We've got to help, guys!" Indeed, pokemon were pouring in from every angle, and beginning to overwhelm the mostly powerless humans. Russell and Judy were blowing up any particularly large concentration of pokemon, and electric attacks tended to behave erratically in the pouring rain, but they were slowly but surely advancing on the humans.
"Come on!" Liam hauled himself out of the trapdoor and unleashed a series of flying rocks and treacherous grounds, making life difficult for the pokemon. The others were starting too, but then...
Out of the shadows, seven huge shadowed figures marched. Both sides paused for a moment as the Dragonites entered most dramatically. Russell was the first to react, and the next Voltorb went tumbling towards the group.
A burst of blue flame met it mid-air. It exploded, doing damage to nothing more than the earth around it.
Jess began to charge an ice attack, but then the Dragons moved towards them threateningly. The guy who Liam had removed the collar from, now healed by Patrick, pushed them back.
"Get out of here! We'll deal with the Dragonites!"
"Listen, if you stay then a lot of us are going to die, and probably you too, and the pokemon will restart where they left off and we'll have lost six bloody powerful Vaekar. Do you know how much damage you've done to Ash's armies?" He winced as a Voltorb slammed into the ground just ahead of the Dragonites, forcing them to pause. "Get down there and then blow the whole bloody city to bits! We'll hold them off!"
They paused, looking around at the carnage. Electric pokemon were flocking around now. "NOW! GET MOVING!" He shoved them roughly towards the trapdoor. They took one last glance at the city, then dropped back down.
"I'll take you on, you overgrown lizards!" They heard him yell. A nasty scream sounded a second later. Liam scowled, and made a gesture; the floor underneath the trapdoor suddenly shot up, blocking passage.
The sounds above ground were muffled now. Four more explosions sounded as they ran, but no more... there was silence...
A sudden roaring sound came from further down the corridor, and a few seconds later a small wave of water caught up with their running. Liam reached back, and another area of floor slammed up to the ceiling. Jess manufactured an icy barrier, and Keira one of plants, but they were all nothing but delaying tactics...
They soon ran into Jeff, quite literally. He was standing in the middle of the corridor. They all slowed down.
"We've got to run! They're coming this way!"
"I know... I've been watching on the cameras." He said softly.
"We've got to get out of here!"
"Listen - you remember I told you about a rail line that ran from here to Cerulean?"
"Yeah, you said it didn't work..."
"I... sorta lied about that..." He looked sheepish. "It does work, but it won't take you all the way to Cerulean. The line is broken, I don't know where, but you can take it out of here..."
"Let's go then!"
"Listen, I want you to get in that thing and do everything you can to make it as fireproof as possible!" He said, leading them through his room of Voltorb and into a smaller room. A large metal carriage lay there. "It will probably take them a while to find this place, the door's easy to miss. Then get moving. I'll try and stall for as long as possible, but when the Dragonites get in here I'm going to press the button."
"I don't know how much damage a Dragonite can take, but my guess would be that a couple hundred Voltorbs exploding simultaneously is not something anything can survive. This place is going to go up like a nuke, and probably take out most of the city."
"You're not going to stay through that!"
"What am I going to do, come with you?" He laughed. "I'd just hold you back. I'm not built for adventuring. And it's not exactly a good time for a human to be wandering around free." He looked over his shoulder. "Look, just get in, okay? The further away you are, the less damage you're gonna take..."
No-one could find anything to say. He just ushered them on to the carriage. He pulled a lever, and the carriage set off...
"Let's see how master Ash likes this..." He whispered, pressing himself into a corner between two shelves of Voltorbs, peeking out through the gap, looking for his targets...
Very little was said on the now very fast moving
carriage. Jess had her hand pressed against the wall of the carriage, having
peeled away the soft covering between her and it, cooling the metal down
to near-unbearable temperatures. Liam had semi-encased the thing in rock,
but wasn't sure how much that would help... James was trying to create
a barrier around it, but wasn't having much success...
None of them knew how much time had passed before the explosion occurred. Everything shook violently, and it threatened to come off the rails... the light went out, and everything was black, as it vibrated madly, but it managed to stay on track...
That is, until the shock wave hit...
The temperature inside suddenly rose as the waves of flame hit, and the entire thing was picked up and tossed around like a toy before the blast. Keira instinctively shot vines all around the cabin, softening the blow a bit, but it was still hard and painful...
Everything grew hotter, fast... James and Jess concentrated as hard as they could on keeping it cool and protected, though this was hard while they were being thrown like rag dolls as the thing tumbled over and over, and they slammed into each other, walls and vines...
It seemed like it would never end, but in the end they all blacked out...


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A tingly feeling entered your veins, when your veins went to a body part it made the body part transform. It took 2 minutes at the least. And I hated every second of it.
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In another spot, the rapper is once again using the Gear VR headset and is in a virtual canoe with a virtual Wesley Snipes when the real life actor enters the room. There isn't much more to tell you about that commercial. In the third ad, Lil Wayne is drenching his Galaxy S7 with champagne. Why? Well, it not only shows off the IP68 water resistance of the phone, it also seems to be quite amusing.
Lil Wayne even tests the water resistance of the Galaxy S7 by dunking it inside a fish tank. Meanwhile, one of his friends starts pouring champagne on his phone (which looks like it could be an Apple iPhone from afar) before Lil Wayne tells him that his model is not water resistant. But that's ok, Lil Wayne has another Galaxy S7 that he flips to his pal. Must be nice. Why can't phone blog writers be considered superstars?
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I Love Mommy
Mommy says I'm her favourite because I love her and only her. Brian loves God too, so she doesn't love him as much. Mommy likes keeping secrets and Brian and me play the secret game all the time and it's the bestest. The bestest secret ever was when Mommy taught Brian and me the Art. The Art is fun and messy but it always ends and I wish it could go on forever. Brian likes the Art more, it's his favouritist. He says sometimes that God tells him to do the Art without me and Mommy and so I told Mommy and so just smiled and said Brian was a silly-billy and that Brian was a good boy for doing extra work for God but I was still her favourite and because I told her about Brian I could have a special treat.
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Mommy gave me a piggybank and told about monies. Money is power, Mommy said. I asked Mommy if that was why Mommy sounded like Money and Mommy laughed and hugged me tight and said I was her favourite. I love my Mommy. Mommy told me money was a me-ta-for and that when people wanted things other people could give it to them for a promise and that there was laws that made you have to do what you promised. Mommy said if they still broke their promises then you had to make sure no-one broke any more promises because promises to Cassoways are promises forever. Mommy said I could be a teacher like her and teach people not to break promises and I could get power. I like power, it's fun! I asked Mommy if using the Art when people broke promises was okay and she said that it was but remember the rules and not getting caught. Mommy then said that sometimes using the Art is too easy because it ends and I hugged Mommy because Mommy knew just how I felt! Mommy said sometimes using the rules to hurt people could last even longer, even forever! Mommy said that's what she did to Daddy and I giggled at silly Daddy. I asked Mommy to teach me about the rules stuff but Mommy said I needed to go to a special school when I was older but I could practice with the neighbours.
Tommy across the street broke his promise when he never brought me sweets even when I brought him sweets so me and Brian did the Art on his cat and put it in his bed. Tommy moved away and everyone kept their promises! I love my Mommy, she's so clever! Mommy was angry though because we'd forgotten a rule of the Art. Brian didn't want to put the cat in the bed because of the rule but Mommy said I needed to be a teacher so I wanted to. I told Mommy it was Brian's idea though and so she punished him by not playing the special game with him for a week! I think Mommy believed me because I'm her favourite. I think being favourite is like money and power and stuff.
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School Campus Tours generally start at the Collins Center for the Arts unless otherwise specified by the group tour contact person. The program generally lasts 90 minutes and includes stops at the student recreation center, a sample residence hall room, a classroom, the library and student union. Shorter group tours may be arranged but with limited stops. We request that school group tours have at least one chaperon for every 20 students. Some activities require chaperon participation.
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From I-95 North: take exit 191 to Kelly Road and turn right. Continue on Kelly Road for 1 mile until you reach the traffic light, then turn left onto Route 2 and go through downtown Orono. Cross the river, then bear right onto Park Street. Continue .5 miles until you see a "University of Maine" sign on your left and a branch of Bangor Savings Bank. Turn left onto campus (Rangeley Road). At the fork, bear left and you will see two huge parking lots. The brick and glass building is the Collins Center for the Arts.
From I-95 South: take exit 193 to Stillwater Avenue and turn left. Drive straight for one mile and turn right onto College Avenue. Drive one mile and turn left onto the UMaine campus (Long Road). Follow the winding road .5 miles then turn right onto Flagstaff Road. The Collins Center for the Arts will be directly ahead on the right after .2 miles. Parking is in front of the building on the left.
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The low-temperature rates for site-to-site transfer of single atoms and molecules adsorbed on surfaces have been determined in recent scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies within the temperature regime where the dominant transfer mechanism changes from mostly activated transmission over to thermally assisted tunneling through the intersite (transition-state) barrier as the temperature is reduced. A model that has provided useful conceptual and quantitative insights into thermally assisted field emission of electrons is used here as the basis for a theory of site-to-site atom transfer in this temperature range where proper account of atomic tunneling and quantum reflection, for energies below and above the transition state barrier, is required. The predicted transfer rates, which are very sensitive to barrier shape as well as height, agree well with those observed in the STM studies of Co and Cu on Cu(111) surfaces in the interesting 4K{less than or equal to}T{less than or equal to}7K transition range which is relevant in the atom-by-atom fabrication of thermally stable surface nanostructures.
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Sawkut Rojid is a freelance consultant in economics and business. He also teaches international trade and international business at the University of Mauritius. He is the in-country researcher for the yearly Southern African Development Community (SADC) Trade Review project funded by the Australian government and managed by TIPS South Africa. He is also a trainer at the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex) for the course on Economic Partnership Agreements.
As a consultant Sawkut has been involved in a number of national and regional projects. The projects that he is currently involved in are: Surveying regional commodities associations in SADC and Eastern and Southern Africa, commissioned by the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions; women entrepreneurship skills in Mauritius, funded by the Organisation of Social Science Research in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia); and Knowledge and Innovation in Africa and Asia, funded by the United Nations University.
Sawkut has published several academic papers in international journals. Some examples are: "Trade performance and predictions of the COMESA region" in Applied Economic Letters; "The duty free island of Mauritius: A general equilibrium approach" in Empirical Economic Letters; and "The impact of MFA phase out on Mauritius" in the University of Mauritius Journal.
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Guns N' Roses Kick Off Summer Tour in Detroit: Photos, Set List, Video
Guns N' Roses proved their excellent spring reunion shows weren't a fluke by kicking off their summer tour with a strong, dynamic set in Detroit.
Guns N' Roses proved their excellent spring reunion shows weren't a fluke by kicking off their summer tour with a strong, dynamic set in Detroit.
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No one likes a hot mess, especially on New Year's Eve. Nothing ruins an evening more than your overly-celebrating friend yakking on your cute new shoes. But, it happens.
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'Have you ever had escargot?' I was asked last week. 'Nope, but you know me, I'll eat just about anything.' And with that I was off to Tillman's Great Steak House on North Monroe to give their house specialty a try. I'm glad I did.
Amy Schumer kept Madison Square Garden laughing, and then Madonna brought them down on their knees.
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"I'm so cold. It's (blanking) cold here!," Iliza Shlesinger said Friday night at McFadden's as she launched into a 10-minute bit about how women handle the cold, which isn't well.
Well, that was at least judging by how the bit ended with a group of women freezing to death after a bad group decision to forego wearing jackets.
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Today (Jan. 28) marks the 29th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger breaking apart almost immediately after it launched.
To say that I remember that day - where I was, and what I was doing when I heard the news - would be a lie. I was three years old (almost four). I probably barely had any idea what was happening. But, I DO very vividly remember that it happened, and that's all thanks to a very special episode of my favorite childhood TV show, "Punky Brewster."
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Collaboration or Coercion? Partnering to Divert Prescription Opioid Medications
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Diversion of prescription opioids is a widespread problem in the USA. While "doctor shopping" and pill brokering are well-described types of medication diversion, we sought to understand the social dynamic of diversion of prescription opioids and identify other diversion methods. Using qualitative data collected as part of a 12-week Rapid Assessment and Response study of prescription opioid overdose and abuse (the RARx Study) conducted in three communities in two New England states, we reviewed and thematically coded 195 interviews. Diversion took many forms: doctor shopping, pill brokering, and, most commonly, siphoning from the family medicine chest. Partnering—of patients with other "patients," of patients with "caregivers"— to obtain prescription opioids was also described. Motivations for partnering indicated doing so out of fear of violence, for financial benefit, or in exchange for transportation or other services. Partnering for prescription opioids exhibited a range of power differentials, from collaboration to coercion, and tended to involve vulnerable populations such as the elderly, disabled, or destitute. Increased awareness among health providers of the ease of access and diversion of prescription opioids is needed to promote patient safety and prevent interpersonal violence.


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I don't know the source of this hip glossary that translates beatnik slang into the King's Jive but it would be such a gas if tuned-in cats spoke like this (even if they never really did). (via Weird Universe) Read the rest
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Illustration for New York Times Magazine by National Lampoon art director and freelance illustrator Michael Gross. Foreground figures depict, left to right, secondhand hip slang, outdated hip slang, and bona fide up-to-date hip slang.
That's funny, kind of like Wired's old "wired/tired/expired." I'm pretty sure this is the article! Read the rest
On Project Gutenberg, the 1811 edition of Francis Grose's "Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue," a compleat look at all the dirty cussin' of the early 1800s. It was produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team, who clearly have admirably filthy minds. Some of my favorites:
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ACCOUNTS. To cast up one's accounts; to vomit.
ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE.
AMBASSADOR OF MOROCCO. A Shoemaker. (See Mrs. Clarke's Examination.)
APE LEADER. An old maid; their punishment after death, for neglecting increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell.
APPLE DUMPLIN SHOP. A woman's bosom.
APPLE-PYE BED. A bed made apple-pye fashion, like what is called a turnover apple-pye, where the sheets are so doubled as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them: a common trick played by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts, male relations, or visitors.
ATHANASIAN WENCH, or QUICUNQUE VULT. A forward girl, ready to oblige every man that shall ask her.
BAG OF NAILS. He squints like a bag of nails; i. e. his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails. The old BAG OF NAILS at Pimlico; originally the BACCHANALS.
BAYARD OF TEN TOES. To ride bayard of ten toes, is to walk on foot. Bayard was a horse famous in old romances,
BLANKET HORNPIPE. The amorous congress.


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Homely.com.au has voiced its surprise at the fierceness of recent comments made by the Domain CEO in relation to realestate.com.au's latest fee hikes, but agreed that Anthony Catalano's comments were right.
Speaking to Real Estate Business, Rocky Bartolotto, national sales director at Homely, said Mr Catalano's remarks needed to be said in light of the recent agent outcry about changes to realestate.com.au's fee structure.
"I have to say I was little bit surprised, but knowing the company [Domain] well, having worked there for many years, I think it did need to be said," said Mr Bartolotto. "Whether it was said in the right way or not you can speculate on that, but I think it needed to get out there."
He said that Homely has no plans to follow a similar model, while adding that competition in the listings market is vital.
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The next day I woke up in a plush bed in a grand room. I couldn't remember where I was for a split second, and then it all came rushing back to me. Ever since I had been evacuated from the hospital I had been in a trance, but now everything seemed so much more real, I sniffed and smelt waffles in the air. Jumping out of bed I noticed a note against the wardrobe, I peeled it off and read it,
Good Morning Belle
I trust you slept well, in the wardrobe you will find an outfit for every occasion, enjoy.
I had expected the note to be from Zac but nevertheless I was pleased I did not have to wear that revealing black dress, I placed on a pair of skinny jeans and a polo shirt. Having checked my appearance in the mirror and tolerating my look I strolled out into the large hallway. I looked up at the high ceilings at the angelic paintings painted intricately and walked straight into Cam who had his head buried in a book, just his touch knocked me straight to the ground.
"I am so sorry," he blurted out falling to my side; he held me against the ground with one hand and looked up and down my body searching for something,
"What are you doing?" I growled trying to sit up but failing,
"Checking to see if anything is broken or…"
"She's not that fragile!" said a luscious voice from behind Cam, I smiled up at Zac as he nudged Cam out the way with his foot and helped me up, Cam smiled sheepishly and picked up his book again. He hid it behind his back and nodded his head before quickly jogging down the stairway, Zac rolled his eyes and didn't let go of my hand as I was led downstairs and sat at a long dinning room table. Zac left the room and was back seconds later with a steaming plate of waffles with maple syrup; I licked my lips and smiled as he placed it down in front of me. He sat next to me and watched me entranced as I began to eat. Feeling self conscious I offered him a waffle, he laughed and pushed it away gently,
"Not my sort of thing," he said,
"What is it with you angels and not wanting to eat…" I paused and turned slowly to look at Zac again, I raised an eyebrow, "Do you even eat?"
"Nope," he said putting exaggeration on the 'P', my face mashed,
"What do you eat, you know, to have strength?" I asked, he shrugged,
"I haven't eaten for 4.54 billion years; I don't think food equals strength in angel's books,"
"Haven't you ever even tried to eat…" I began offering the waffle to him again; he took it gingerly and sniffed it as if it were a smelly cheese. He tore the smallest amount off and popped it in his mouth, he didn't even chew and the next moment he opened his mouth, he hadn't even swallow.
"Tada!" he smiled as if it were a magic trick, I placed a larger amount in my mouth, chewed and swallowed each motion exaggerated,
"Tada!" I mimicked as best I could his voice, he chuckled,
"Look," he took the whole waffle and placed it in his mouth, closed his lips and opened them again, it was gone. He had definitely not swallow I noted and my mouth gaped open,
"Okay, you got me. How did you do that?" I asked,
"A magician never reveals his tricks," he said for the second time,
"Tell me!" I growled, he laughed and held out his palms to me in surrender,
"My body is slightly different to yours," he began placing his palms down on the table cloth and eying my reaction, "my heart is twice the size of yours," he said slowly, "my hearing and eyesight are far better and I have a sort of acid in my mouth which dissolves anything which doesn't cohere with my body…" he trailed off and smiled, "stops me from eating, stops me from spitting in peoples faces," he laughed loudly, "it would probably burn them." I looked down blushing,
"So is this acid in your mouth like a weapon?" I asked,
"I don't really know, I'm the only known angel who has it actually. We all have something different about us, some strange feature which makes us different,"
"What does Cam have?" I asked curious now,
"What do I have what?" Cam asked strolling in, nodding his head at Zac and coming to our side,
"What do you have, what feature I mean, do you have that is different?" Cam's eyes lit up and he grinned,
"Mine is the coolest!" he enthused, Zac shook his head,
"No Oliver's is the best." He stopped suddenly, the mention of Oliver made Cams teeth snap together, his eyes narrowed and he turned to Zac,
"Don't mention his name, he's not one of us anymore," Cam warned,
"Don't speak to me like that. I am above you," Zac said through clenched teeth, my heart sped up to equal out the high tension in the room. Cam shrugged,
"I know you are, but if you go swapping sides then I'll be following you, and I really do not like their side, it's too nice,"
"You don't have to follow me anywhere!" Zac argued,
"I know I don't, but I will Zac. You're my brother; we stay together through thick and thin,"
"You're brothers?" I asked surprised, both faces softened as they turned to me,
"That's one way to describe it," Zac said and turned to Cam,
"We'll discuss this later,"
"What about your trick?" I asked as Zac pulled me away, Cam tapped the side of his head and beamed at me,
"I can see into peoples brains," he smiled, "Don't worry, Zac has banned me from seeing into yours…" he said after the look on my face must have shown complete shock. I sighed in relief as we left the room,
"What about Oliver's then?" I asked, Zac's grip on my hand tightened,
"Cam's right, we shouldn't talk about him," he said sternly. "We shouldn't mention them, they are our enemy now."


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New addition to THE VOICE!
Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale will serve as a mentor on the upcoming season of The Voice.
The choice isn't that surprising, since Rossdale's wife Gwen Stefani is doing her first stint as a coach on the show. He tells Access Hollywood, "It's a lot of pressure … That's their whole life right this moment! So I felt really responsible. The main thing, from my perspective, is just to make sure that Gwen is so good and excellent like all the other judges on the show. It's just sort of to not interrupt and to normally let her speak, let her do her thing, and I'm just like a side thing."
The next season of The Voice debuts on NBC on September 22nd.
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NL Central preview: Votto-led Reds look to win division
Teams are in order of predicted finish. "Scouts' report" is based on scouts who have watched National League Central teams this spring and requested anonymity for competitive reasons.
•Season story lines: The division's defending champs are favored to repeat after keeping almost all of their roster intact. The Reds don't really have an ace in their starting rotation, but the bullpen should be improved with a full season of rookie fireballer Aroldis Chapman.
•Season stat: Powered by MVP Joey Votto, the Reds led the National League in scoring last season at 4.88 runs per game. They also led the league in batting average, home runs, slugging percentage and OPS.
•Scouts' report: More than anybody in the division, the Reds are capable of running away with it. They're a nice, young athletic team that plays solid defense and has depth. The outfield has a chance to be real strong. CF Drew Stubbs could have a breakout year. LF Jonny Gomes has figured it out. And RF Jay Bruce could be a star. The right side of their infield is great. Votto could win a few MVP awards. Brandon Phillips does everything you want at second base. On the left side, Paul Janish is solid at shortstop. He just has a lot of holes offensively. Edgar Renteria looks old, but he can at least help out off the bench. You wish they had a No. 1 guy in the rotation, but they'll be fine. RHPs Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto are the keys. The bullpen should be solid.
NL EAST: Phillies rotation, enough said
NL WEST: World Series champion Giants favored
•Season story lines: With ace Adam Wainwright out for the season following Tommy John elbow surgery, the Cardinals will need the rest of their pitchers to carry the load. The team will also have to deal with the distraction of Albert Pujols playing without a contract extension and the specter of him leaving next winter.
•Season stat: In his 10-year career, Pujols has averaged .331 with 41 homers and 123 RBI. He has also finished in the top 10 of the NL MVP voting in each of those 10 seasons, winning three times.
•Scout's report: Look out for CF Colby Rasmus. I don't know if manager Tony La Russa really likes him or not (after their war of words last season) but Tony's no fool. He needs this kid. I know RF Lance Berkman is a veteran who knows how to get ready, but he doesn't look comfortable in the outfield. I think it might be he's just getting older and not getting around as well. 2B Dan Descalso was the surprise of their camp. He uses the whole field, understands the game. He's a trademark Cardinal. RHP Kyle McClellan will do OK filling the rotation spot left by Wainwright, but I'm not sure they have the guys to cover his bullpen innings. RHP Kyle Lohse has been the revelation.
3. Chicago Cubs
•Season story lines: The Cubs finally acquired the left-handed power hitter they've been seeking for years in 1B Carlos Pena. But will he and former Tampa Bay Rays teammate Matt Garza be enough to help manager Mike Quade turn the around the team's fortunes?
Rookie to watch: RHP Jordan Lyles, Astros
When assessing top prospects, the first place many scouts go to is a player's raw ability.
If it's a pitcher, it's all about velocity.
In the case of Jordan Lyles, the 20-year-old does turn heads, but he doesn't do it that way.
Instead, the right-hander impresses with his command and tremendous maturity at such a young age.
Of course, let's not sell Lyles' stuff short. His fastball is about average, working from 89 to 92 mph and bumping 93 on occasion. He will also drop some velocity and get some impressive cut action on his fastball. But it's his secondary attack that makes him so impressive. The 6-foot-4 right-hander has an outstanding changeup that he's comfortable throwing in just about any count. He also offers a sharp 82- to 85-mph slider that grades out as a plus pitch.
Looking toward the long term, Lyles probably profiles as a middle-of-the-rotation type or perhaps a good No. 2 if the velocity picks up a bit. With or without that explosive velocity, however, there's a lot to love about him.
Despite a dominant spring, Lyles will begin the year in the minors, but it likely won't be long before he's pitching in Houston.
And, given his style, it won't take Lyles long to get acclimated.
•Season stat: The Cubs led the majors in batting average (.287), slugging percentage (.461) and OPS (.805) against left-handed pitching last season. However, those numbers dropped to .245, .379 and .689 against righties.
•Scouts' report: For the Cubs to win, everything has to go right. Their best team would probably be to have a platoon of Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome in left field, but that's not going to happen, given Soriano's $18 million salary. Soriano is never going to be the same guy they signed, but his legs are stronger and that should help. The biggest surprise has been IF Darwin Barney. He seemed headed to the minors, but the way he's played and turns the double play, he's going to split time at second with Jeff Baker. SS Starlin Castro is just getting better. The bullpen is a strength. The guys at the back end —Carlos Marmol, Kerry Wood, Sean Marshall and John Grabow— have a chance to make it a six-inning game.
•Season story lines: With 1B Prince Fielder in the final year of his contract with the team, the Brewers' future is now. They upgraded their rotation in the offseason by trading for Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum, but both have battled injuries this spring.
•Season stat: Brewers starting pitchers had a combined 4.65 ERA last season, second worst in the National League. Greinke and Marcum are being counted on to improve that figure.
•Scouts' report: They don't look good to me. SS Yuniesky Betancourt can get the ball, but he'll often throw it away. CF Carlos Gomez can also go get the ball, but what else can he do? He swings through so many pitches. He's one of those guys that just teases you, and I'm not sure you can win with them. The pitching is a mess, especially with Greinke out (with a broken rib) and Marcum having a stiff shoulder. And I'm really worried about that bullpen. They rely so much on (closer) John Axford and (setup man) Zach Braddock, but those guys haven't looked good this spring. Where is Axford's control? This team needs a lot of things to go right for them to contend, and after watching them this spring, I don't see it happening.
•Season story lines: The youth movement continues with first baseman Brett Wallace and third baseman Chris Johnson playing important roles. The development of young pitchers Bud Norris and J.A. Happ will be key.
•Season stat: Despite playing in one of the better home parks for home runs, the Astros hit 108 last season — the fewest of any National League team.
•Scouts' report: I hate to call any team horrible but there's not a lot to get excited about here. What ever happened to the Killer B's? It was Bourn, Bogusevic and Bourgeois one day I was there. It's amazing how much Brad Mills got out of this team at the end of last season. To me, there might not be a true everyday player starting in that infield. I didn't think Wallace was ready to hit in the big leagues yet, but he's had a nice spring. They desperately need to find a catcher. I don't know if Jason Castro was the answer before he got hurt, but they're in big trouble now. OF Hunter Pence had finally figured it out. You can see the improvements in batting practice and right into the game. He has a chance to be a 30-homer, .300 guy. Is OF Carlos Lee enough of a threat to make people pitch to Pence? His swing is too slow-starting.
•Season story lines: New manager Clint Hurdle will look to turn around a franchise mired in a streak of 18 consecutive losing seasons. However, youngsters Andrew McCutchen and Pedro Alvarez do provide a glimmer of hope for the future.
•Season stat: In addition to their struggles on the mound and at the plate, the Pirates tied for the most errors in the majors last season with 127.
•Scouts' report: Why would anyone pitch to McCutchen? Nobody else in the lineup scares you. I like LF Jose Tabata, too. He and McCutchen are the two guys with a combination of good pitch recognition and talent. 3B Pedro Alvarez looks better than last year, but I'm afraid he could turn into Carlos Pena, a pull-oriented power guy who should be hitting sixth or seventh. They have decent arms in the bullpen but guys like Evan Meek and Joel Hanrahan are seventh-inning arms that have to pitch in the ninth. Plus, they are too much alike — plus-fastball, plus-slider guys — to come in back to back. I'd take any of their starters, but only to be a No. 4 or No. 5. They don't have a lot of plus defenders, and the left side of the infield scares me. The pitching staff isn't good enough to overcome that. It's going to be a heck of a battle with the Houston Astros for fifth place.
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