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Did JB 3.1.2, 3.1.4, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.2.5, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.3, then back to 4.1... all was peachy until a few weeks ago, I was forced to upgrade to 5.1.1... Now jumping back and forth between iOS 5.1.1 and 4.1. trying to figure out how to keep my tweaks in the iDevice without losing the Push Notification certs.
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BuckStar replied to RypeDub's topic in SupportI KNEW IT!!! I KNOW IT IS NOT THE BATTERY I KNEW IT IS APPLE AND THE COMM CENTER PATCH!!! JEEZ WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!! From the way the iPhone behaved *before* jailbreak.. when you restore the iPhone 3GS.... the old battery functions JUST FREAKING FINE!!!! Only when you open Cydia. ONLY WHEN YOU OPEN CYDIA ON THE OLD BOOTROM DEVICE.
BuckStar replied to BuckStar's topic in TutorialsA rule of the simplest earthly courtesy is to say THANK YOU first, or some kind of encouragement, before giving advice to someone who did hard work. Starting off bluntly and ending abruptly like that rubs most people the wrong way. You're um.. young, aren't you?
BuckStar replied to BuckStar's topic in TutorialsAfter a few weeks of close observation I'm still seeing sudden unexpected shutdowns at roughly 50% battery life or above, ONLY WHEN CONNECTED to cellular or wifi networks. I fly for work and use the iPhone until very low percentage battery life (I'd see red percent digits in the statusbar) while it's on "airport mode", meaning WIFI and cellular network both turned off. But when I land and the iPhone connects to T-mobile, BOOM it shuts down IMMEDIATELY. Just today, I tried again to restore and start anew, and then the iPhone worked fine until 5% and I recharged it a little bit so it would go up to approximately 60%. Then, I connected to wifi and cellular, it immediately shut down again and I caught a glimpse of something of interest. I had installed tweaks from Glasklart and Springtomize so that the lockscreen would always show a large image of the battery level. I saw the battery level at 2% for a second after I plugged the iPhone again and watched it boot up. The lockscreen went black momentarily and showed again, this time registering 60%. It appears that there is a concealed battery trick installed somewhere that fools the iPhone into thinking it has low battery life and shuts down while the actual battery life is just fine. That would explain why it shuts down while connected to networks and functions perfectly fine while not.
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BuckStar posted a topic in Tutorials12-STEP PROCEDURE FOR 3GS USERS WHO WISH TO INSTALL 5.1.1 AND ACTIVATE WITH iMESSAGE WORKING [re-edited from 10-step to 12-step] Read everything first, so you have all items ready before commencing this procedure. Do not use any stuff you have from before, but download again the latest RedSn0w from iphone-dev.com, the 3Gs 5.1.1 firmware from www.felixbruns.de, and also Absinthe 2.0.4 and TinyUmbrella 5.11.01 from thefirmwareumbrella.blogspot.com before you prepare your folder on the desktop and verify or fix the iTunes hosts file. Please Google the latest (use the Show Search tools in the left column to select hits from the past month or year. HERE WE GO: 1. Make sure # is before 22.214.171.124 gs.apple.com in your iTunes hosts file (in /private/etc in OSX; google for enabling root "wheel" permissions to your so-called "administrator" handle). 2. Use Tiny Umbrella to kick your iPhone out of the respring loop. Make sure the software "log" shows you're in DFU mode. First you will see "DFU" mode at the top of the log when you connect, but go into DFU after you connect, to make sure you see it appear in the log. THEN hit "fix Recovery". Let it reboot. I'd see four lines: some errors and the last line saying GreenPois0n initialized. 3. Close Tiny Umbrella and leave the iPhone connected. Open RedSn0w from inside a folder on your desktop called "PwnageTool 5.1.1" (that you should have prepared before this procedure). You'd see "NO_BB_iPhone2,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw" create inside the folder. Then, Select IPSW: the file you downloaded from felixbruns. That's a cloak to tell iTunes you're restoring to the firmware. Pwn DFU with RedSn0w, and then when it says you're ready to go, then close RedSn0w. 4. Open iTunes, hold down "alt/option" button mouse-click on Restore. You'd select from the pop-up menu: the NO_BB_iPhone ripsaw you created in the folder. Let iTunes do the work, and you'll have a new system installed. There is no Cydia because you're not jailbroken yet, but you're able to activate your iPhone this way. If you have any ATT SIM card (active or inactive), use it now to activate. 5. In iTunes, try to "right-click" on your iPhone in the left column and select "backup". This creates a new backup of your current activation. After it's done, disconnect from iTunes. But if you can't "right-click" on the iPhone in the left colum in iTunes, then just set up as New iPhone in the central window of iTunes. It will sync without feeding anything from any previous backups. 6. Disconnect the iPhone, take out the whatever AT+T SIM card, and slide to unlock and go into your iPhone. For the setup, and select NO for location services. Select your WIFI and make sure your iPhone is connected. STOP right there, and go back to the Welcome screen. It's ok if you can go as far back to Location Services. 7. Open Absinthe 2.0.4 (from GreenPois0n.com) on Desktop, then connect your iPhone. Click on Jailbreak. (You may need to disconnect and reconnect the iPhone via USB). Absinthe Jailbreak button will activate, click it, and let the program run its course. Don't do anything while Absinthe does its work. I mean, leave the computer and the iPhone alone, sit tight, and wait it out. After it's done (2 minutes), force-quit Absinthe, and disconnect the iPhone again. 8. Slide to unlock. For the Apple ID, click on skip (lower right corner), Click on Agree. Do not Send Diagnostics and Usage. Use your iPhone and see the SpringBoard. Reconnect to the computer with iTunes (before or after, no matter) and "right-click" on your iPhone in the left column again and select Restore from Backup. Select the MOST recent backup from just five minutes ago, and be sure to unselect the two options in the main central window ("sync with Contacts" and "with Apps"); you'll do those later. After iTunes is done syncing (should be brief), disconnect your iPhone from the computer again, and you may have to go through the Apple ID and Agreement all over again in the iPhone. You're all done with the jailbreaking process now. 9. If you don't want stuff from Cydia,you can just install Ultrasn0w from Cydia (and for unofficial carriers, you may need to install TetherMe also). Go into Settings > General > Network > Cellular Network. (If you had inserted an ATT SIM card, then either at Network or at Cellular Network, RESET the Network Settings twice.) Feed the Cellular Network Settings with your settings and be sure to keep 3G on, and turn on Roaming Services. Reboot. Let it return to SpringBoard before inserting your SIM card. [subset 9a]. For T-mobile on iPhone 3Gs, please go to SinfuliPhone.com and see the Windows instructions in how to do the ipcc carrier. I posted instructions in the Mac OSX version. In order to make your iTunes select the ipcc on yoru desktop, you need to su root in Terminal or at least acquire root/wheel authority in your administrator account chmod 777 the ipcc on your desktop. The ipcc link is there ready to download, and this process is generally simple. IGNORE the backspace.jp CommCenter patch - it only works for the Japanese phone carrier SoftBank. My iPhone 3Gs has been functioning fine with GPS, iMessage, and everything is peachy. You're all done! 10. Now, for the tricky part with installing cracked apps/tweaks without using Cydia. You can use Cydia to install free packages, but be careful with the popular paid apps or tweaks because if you don't pay but install from another repo, you might trigger a change in your iPhone and lose activation. Open Cydia for the system to build the folders in /var/root and elsewhere. Close Cydia. Open Cydia again, and search for OpenSSH and let the packages download in Cydia. You may need to close Cydia once again and re-open Cydia to be able to install. 11. You should have had all your debs saved from Insanelyi repo DebianSaverLaunchDaemon or something like that to save all the packages you installed during the previous time. This is the time to reinstall the sources list and the debs (packages), so that you would not have to install them through Cydia and trigger something that would cause your iPhone to go into reboot loops. Install OpenSSH through Cydia. This package also installs SSL, so you'd be installing two packages. Then, install all APT packages: APT, apt7, apt7-lib, apt7-key, apt7-ssl. 12. Use CyberDuck or other SFTP (SSH) file transfer software. Create a folder named Cydia at /var/root, and then inside the new Cydia folder create another folder named AutoInstall. These two folders are case-sensitive, so be sure to capitalize Cydia and oddly AutoInstall, not Autoinstall. Place the source list package and all your .deb packages there and reboot. This works as smoothly as Thai silk. Be sure to install CertificateBackup and get the .7z file out from /Library/CertificateBackup (read the instructions with the package in Cydia). After you're done installing, you can right-click restore from backup in iTunes again like you did before, so to regain activation. Then, install the CommCenter Patch from iPro: http://www.myrepospa...patch_for_iOS_5 Everything will work just great with push, iMessage, and even Facetime. ======================== Voilà! I hope this helped you all 3Gs users.. I've had to restore an outrageous number of time over seven weeks, and this procedure seems to work the best so far. =========================== P.S... a note for the developers. Like with PwnageTool and Sn0wBreeze, we should be able to pre-install the OpenSSH package with RedSn0w (hint-hint). So this above procedure is a workaround in some way.
BuckStar replied to Phosis's topic in IntroductionsBonjour à celui de Maurice.. ajouter le repo "iphonedelivery.advinux.fr/cydia" et ensuite ajouter ce package.. je ne sais pas si tu utilise le firmware plus récent ou.. si c'est vieux, tu ferais mieux d'ajouter la version ancienne v. 0.3.7..
Adam, did you mean to leave the device on 3g forever? It will work that way, no more reboot loops?
It'd be nice to get a step-by-step procedure. The cryptic language is not clear. I already tried Snowbreeze 2.9.5 and 2.9.6 several times, used 3G and skipped the Apple ID part. This time I never connected to iTunes after restore, and still got boot loops. Something is wrong with installing through Cydia. Something inside Cydia is triggering the reboot loops, disappearing apps, and other things.
BuckStar replied to BuckStar's topic in SupportHere I am back from the dead.. It has been five weeks and eight RESTORES... Most of the times I restored 5.1.1, but also 4.1 at times. Both firmwares would show the same type of problems with tweaks and apps from Cydia: something would trigger a change in my system and then the device would start shutting down at 50% and then I'd slip into reboot loops. How do you stop the reboot loops? I know holding the volume up button and then there's the Safe Mode.. but that is not the interface I want to work with everyday. I have AppSync from Insanelyi, Installous 4, even with Hackulous security.. but these have nothing to do with the tweaks and apps from Cydia. This time I did it from Icy, and the repos through there.. Kicked the Boss and all, but still went into a reboot loop just now. What am I doing wrong? Last year I was in total bliss with 4.1 and paid for some apps and tweaks.. I did enjoy testing some apps and finding conflicts, helping people fix their programs, and so on.. but now my hands are cut off. Did try Redsn0w 0.9.12b1 first, Pwnagetool 5.1.1, and now Sn0wbreeze 2.9.5 via Windows.. Funny thing is that when I start as new, I get push notifications and everything up until I put in my old Apple ID.. well should I be creating a new Apple ID and starting all over with the apps I have in my iTunes? =============== Just spent all night trying to figure it out.. found a website about mount.sh and the jar file.. did that, and got to mount /mnt2/tmp... but it seems to be just to salvage and then restore. Really, do I need to restore? ANY help would be great.. Now my iPhone reboots only in Safe Mode and what is next.. I see SpringBoard_reboot_flag in /var/tmp and I think that might be what it is.. making me reboot. I also stumbled on CodFishCatFish youtube and learned about scanning the /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries for any disparity.. like one package listed as .dylib and then the same as .plist .. but then I found two without .plist, and they were BBSettings and WinterFix so I deleted the two and rebooted.. still not working?
BuckStar posted a topic in SupportI have 5.1.1 JB on 3gs 5.13.04 and everything went fine until I started installing tweaks dependent on Activator, like SBSettings, and the phone went into a reboot loop. Upon installing msed by BRC0703 the iphone booted fine and I used DisableDylibs to try and pinpoint what it is until all dylibs were off and only Activator. I found that it would not launch. It is installed, but the icon in SpringBoard would launch just a black screen with a bar on top, and inside Settings it would crash. I tried reinstalling Activator 1.9.2 and also 1.9.2-1 from rpetri.ch but I get the same results. Tried uninstalling Activator as a whole, rebooting fresh and then reinstalling one version and then starting again by uninstalling and rebooting clean. I tried resetting network, following instructions on another forum. Nothing works. What is going on? Why can't I install Activator that would work?
OMG.. "Eureka". I decided to give it another shot and do it my way. chmod 777 and set the permissions BEFORE SSHing the two files to /System/Library/Caches. That worked. Now I'm viewing messages in the native Mobilemail app. (SIGH) Thank goodness, NO RESTORE!! OMG.. "Eureka". I decided to give it another shot and do it my way. chmod 777 and set the permissions BEFORE SSHing the two files to /System/Library/Caches. That worked. Now I'm viewing messages in the native Mobilemail app. (SIGH) Thank goodness, NO RESTORE!!
Any news on the Syslog? There's one suspicious line that happens before every time Mobilemail crashes: Mobilemail: error creating scanner: (null) Please let me know if you're working on it or if I should just restore. I'm really loathe to restore but it's better than having to open a browser and navigate just to check email every ten minutes. syslog2.txt
BuckStar replied to brc0703's topic in HacksIt's on iHacksrepo and your name is credited as the author. I realized the Crash Reporter log is no good it doesn't tell you anything. Attached here is the syslog pulled from /var/log/ Here's something that looks like the culprit of the crashes: Mobilemail: error creating scanner: (null) In the newly attached (more recent) Syslog this line is right before every time Mobilemail crashes. Googled "scanner" and it seems to be a type of protocol that looks for webmail like Uikit, I don't know. If you are working on it and need more time, please let me know. I'm loathe to restore but it's better than having to navigate into my inbox in a browser every ten minutes. OMG.. "Eureka". I decided to give it another shot and do it my way. chmod 777 and set the permissions BEFORE SSHing the two files to /System/Library/Caches. That worked. Now I'm viewing messages in the native Mobilemail app. (SIGH) Thank goodness, NO RESTORE!! syslog.txt syslog2.txt
Hello thank you so much for helping. In safemode the Mail app still crashes. I had Adblocker 1.3-1 turned off, and it made no difference. I can open, see previews, send messages, but not tap to view. Here is the syslog pulled from /var/log/ and it's verbose, starting with this morning and the latest crash from Mail App at 18:14


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Title: Voices of Eternity
Summary: AU. Loki questions his loyalty when he finds out that he's living one terrible lie. It makes sense that he doesn't fit in anywhere and he's confused that even Thor lied to him about his heritage. With Laufey waging war, it's only a matter of time before he uses Loki against them. Loki is just confused which side to take. No Slash!
Warnings: Violence, Trauma, Angst, Torture, Attempted Suicide, Psychological Trauma, Political War, Slight AU, Politics, PossibleSexual content, JotunLoki, InnocentLoki, WiseThor. Angst.
A Rewrite. Possibly better than the first.
Chapter 1 – The Ice child
There were possibilities that never go the way we wanted to. One change went a long way depending on the decision. Odin had his decision made that allowed possibility for change that led to more secrets within the family. Acceptance with full arms was the welcome Loki had received, and Thor kept his end of the bargain. He let this event pass and at tried to make it bearable for all of them.
"He's not blue."
"I believe Loki had done that himself," Odin said. "But I placed glamour on him just in case. That is why he looks like an Aesir."
"But he is Jotun!" Thor whined.
"He will be family." Frigga stated.
"I figured we could unite our kingdoms someday." Odin sighed. "Perhaps through the two of you, who knows? He is the son of Laufey, abandoned sure, but he is still very well capable of claiming the throne once he grows up."
"I don't get it."
"You will once you grow up, boy."
"Frost Giants are monsters."
"Don't call him that, Thor." Frigga scolded. "You don't even know him that well yet. And as for you, Odin, he's just a child and you're already planning his future for him."
"I do not think I am." He answered.
"But you are."
"He might be our victory to everlasting peace with Jotunheim. Perhaps once he claims the throne as king, so will Thor."
"They're just boys."
"But he is so tiny to be a king." Thor answered and eyed Loki. "How is he even a Jotun if he is that tiny?"
"He is a runt," Odin said. "A special one at that."
Frigga rolled her eyes and cradled Loki.
"Yes, boy." Odin nodded. "At least try to understand his situation. He was abandoned and left to die in the cold with no parents to support him. Jotun he may be, but he is young and cannot survive on his own. They had left him there to die because he was a runt. Wouldn't you want someone to take you if you were left alone in the cold?"
"I suppose?" Thor blinked. "But he's a Frost giant."
"Are you scared of him?" Frigga asked.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm not scared, Mother. He's tiny!"
"Thor, there are some things you must start to learn." Odin patted his head. "Like politics and ruling if you want to take my crown someday."
"You'll eventually give it to me anyway." He huffed.
"Stubborn child," His father laughed. "Would you at least try to accept Loki as your brother?"
"I don't know." Thor pouted. "Didn't you say Frost Giants are mean?"
"Some are."
"And they eat children?"
"Those are stories, Thor." Frigga giggled as she cradled Loki. "Do you think he can eat you?"
"Maybe if he grows old he might."
"Nonsense, child," She smiled. "At least try to understand."
"Well…" Thor stared.
Loki moved a little from the blanket wrapped around him. Thor stared at Loki's tiny body and pale white skin. Loki had beautiful green eyes that groggily eyed him with a twinkle. Loki's mouth curved into a smile that made Thor step closer and reach out a finger to poke Loki's hand. Loki grasped it tightly, making Thor cringe a little, but when Loki held that soft grip and stared at him with alluring eyes, Thor felt something.
He eyed Loki again and smiled at the tiny Jotun.
"I always wanted a little brother."
Eventually, Thor's heart had warmed to Loki.
The first time he picked his brother up despite him being a little cold was something Thor couldn't forget. Loki smiled at him, and it made Thor's world spin on its axis. Thor's heart swelled with joy when Loki chose him over his parents. Of course, Frigga held a special place in Loki's heart, but one thing Thor knew for sure was that Loki favored him the most. Even though Loki was only a few months old, Thor felt it.
Like the time Thor and Frigga taught Loki how to walk.
"Loki, come over here." Thor smiled.
Loki blinked, tilting his head and giggled playfully, bouncing up and down his Mother's lap and started to chew his own hand. Frigga pried his hand away as Loki giggled again and squealed.
"What is he doing, Mother?"
"I don't think he understands you yet." She smiled. "Try again. He's a smart boy."
"Loki, come over here." Thor said. "Please?"
"Uwah!" Loki stared and reached out to Thor. "Rwor!"
"He said my name!"
"Indeed he did, child."
"Rwor! Rwor!"
"What does he want now, Mother?"
"I think he wants you to help him." Frigga pulled Loki to try and stand. "Come over here, Thor. Hold your brother and help me teach him how to walk."
"But I thought you've been doing that with Father."
"We need to keep trying."
"Why?" Thor chuckled. "Isn't that Father's job?"
"I think your Father is frightened by the fact that Loki pulled his beard too hard and nearly took it all off." Frigga laughed and Thor followed after. "But your Father is busy at the moment, so won't you try, dear?"
A light was brought out from their relationship as brothers and this made Thor protective as they grew up. They played in the dirt, read stories and just basically grew up together. Thor knew complications were bound to happen, he just didn't expect it to be sooner.
"What did you call him?" Thor shouted, shielding Loki behind him. "Say it again!"
"N—nothing, Prince Thor."
"He called me an Ergi," Loki whispered. "Then he said I'm Argr."
"What?" Thor glared.
"That's not true!" The other boy shouted. "He played tricks on us!"
"He did!"
"I even got hurt!"
"No you didn't!" Loki shouted back. "It was just a game!"
"Leave," Thor ordered. "Now!"
The children they were playing with had run off, completely afraid of the young Prince's wrath. Thor turned to Loki, who stood there feeling ashamed and sad. Thor patted his little brother on the head and asked him what he had done to make them say that.
"I was using magic?" Loki innocently said.
"You were?"
"Remember, Mother is teaching me while Father teaches you other things."
"They said it was for girls."
"It is." Thor said until he realized his mistake. "Not that I'm… saying you are a girl."
"I'm not."
"Maybe a little flat chested girl—?"
"Thor!" Loki whined.
"I jest." He patted his head. "Do not listen to them."
"I'm not."
"I merely played a small trick on them." Loki pouted. "Nothing more"
"I suppose."
"Well, they deserve it." Thor smiled and pointed. "Let's go play over there."
"Can you show me what trick you did?"
"Y-you want to know?"
"Why not?" Thor smiled. "If they were so angry, I want to know! So we can do that to them again if they try to hurt you, or if they do something bad again."
"Okay!" Loki perked up. "I just did an illusion that Mother taught me."
"Like what?"
Loki tried to show Thor a scary looking image of a little girl, presumably Sif with messed up hair and an angry face. It made Thor laugh, but the illusion quickly flickered and disappeared. Loki looked at Thor with a questionable look of approval. It was as if Loki was desperate to get the attention.
"I haven't perfected it yet."
"It's funny!" Thor grinned. "Just do not let Sif see you do that."
"I wish I could try that."
"D-do you want me to teach you?"
"I don't think I want to." Thor laughed. "Hey! We can do that trick with the other kids!"
"Um… okay?"
Thor realized that Loki was often sickly thanks to the heat of their realm. They would have to make sure that Loki stayed indoors whenever it was hot, and they made the excuse that Loki's body was quite sensitive to the heat. At that age, Loki stopped questioning it and merely accepted the fact that his body refused hot temperature. One thing Thor knew was that Loki was comfortable in the cold.
He was even proud of it.
"Loki!" Thor called. "Mother said to put your fur coat on."
"I do not want to." Loki said.
"Loki," Thor scolded.
"We're going for a long walk in the kingdom. It's freezing cold!"
"You're cold, brother." Loki frowned. "I'm not even slightly shivering."
"Just put it on." Thor insisted. "People will start asking."
"Asking what?"
"That—that you're—?" Thor thought on it more. "Just put it on before people start questioning why you're not wearing warm clothes. It's near our winter festivals, we need to stay warm."
"Perhaps I'm tougher than you." Loki smirked. "Asgard needs to see that."
"Keep telling yourself that, brother.
"Won't you leave me alone?"
"Why?" Loki whined. "I'm not even cold."
"But you'll put them on later? Won't you, brother? Do it for me, please?"
Years later, Loki had secluded himself in the library more often and met with his skills in magic and had gradually improved since Frigga taught him the basics. Loki knew a lot of things that none of the Aesir did, and Thor found it fascinating. Loki was very cunning and intelligent and could weasel his way out of trouble.
However, that didn't include getting scolded by their parents.
That was a given.
With great observation, Thor had seen glimpses of Loki's suffering at the hands of the other Aesir's and sought for a way to end them. However, nothing went according to plan, especially when Thor became greater friends with Lady Sif and the Warriors Three.
That was the time Loki became distant.
And ever so watchful.
Thor hadn't acted upon it, at least, not yet.
Years passed by and even though Thor and Loki were as close as brother's should be. They were farther apart than they realized. More than they imagined. Thor hid his parent's secret. Loki hid his thoughts about it. Odin and Frigga hid his heritage. They were all hiding and lying from each other, even if it was indirectly happening beyond their control.
But the question still remains.
Who made the biggest lie?
Thor had gradually kept track of Loki's activities from the shadows.
He had become so accustomed to looking after Loki every step of the way in fear they might be found out for the lie they kept, that Thor became paranoid and protective over his little brother. He had become more so when he found out that Loki sought out affection from anyone who could give it to him openly.
One time he heard from the corner the sounds of struggle. Fvhal was his name and Thor wanted to punch him. To do something terrible to his little brother, but it was Loki's decision, was it not? Or was his little brother coerced into the activity itself? Thor had stupidly told himself… "This was Loki's choice." And he thought that perhaps, Loki would learn the hard way and stop those dalliances at once.
So Thor left.
And he may have lived to regret it. What Thor hadn't known, was that Loki did not want it. It wasn't Loki's choice. He had not known what happened after, but Thor could only guess how much Loki allowed Fvhal to do to him. They were already old enough to know what was right and what was wrong, despite the both of them still being young. But what bothered Thor the most was what happened weeks after what he had seen.
Loki had not left his room.
He feared that he would be captured again, and Loki did not want that.
So he stayed hidden.
Fvhal also avoided going near him.
That afternoon, Thor felt depression come from Loki when he had surprisingly joined through dinner. Frigga was suspicious, especially when Loki's eyes reflected exhaustion and hurt. It was obvious that even the All-Father found it disturbing.
However, no one asked.
And that perhaps, broke Loki even further.
It was neglect.
Days after that silent dinner, they had to coax Loki out of his room again to socialize, but it only put a dent in their relationship even more. So Thor did what he thought would be right, he came right at Loki's door and pounded as loud as he could. The tone of his voice, angry and anxious as his knocks got louder.
"Loki, may we talk?"
"Leave me be," Loki muttered on the other side. "I'm fine."
"I highly doubt that, brother."
"What do you want?" The door swung open, Loki's face by the door. "I'm busy. Go away."
"Not until I know you are well."
"I'm fine."
"What happened to your shoulder?" Thor pointed.
Loki hadn't realized that his tunic had slipped a little off his shoulder, exposing a bright bluish purple bruise. Loki immediately covered it up with one hand while the other pushed intently towards the door.
In Loki's panic he tried to close the door to his room, but Thor pushed forward and Loki stumbled backwards. Thor grabbed Loki's arms and pulled him forward, that Loki lost his footing. Thor pushed the tunic down Loki's shoulder to show the bites and bruises that Loki embarrassingly tried to hide.
"I-it's nothing!" Loki said defensively.
"What is this?" Thor asked. "Is this why you never came out of your room?"
"I was practicing."
Thor did not believe him.
Thor already knew that was a lie.
"You were never in the training grounds." Thor glared. "What happened to you?"
"It's nothing, I'm fine."
"It's not nothing, brother. Is someone hurting you? Threatening you?"
"It's nothing, Thor!" Loki pushed away from Thor's grip and lifted back the tunic to hide the bruises. "I'm fine. It's just an…was an activity that got me injured. Nothing more. It's nothing. I am completely fine."
"Loki, you know you can tell me anything."
That was their problem.
No matter how much Thor coaxed Loki into telling him his secrets, Loki kept them in fear that Thor would tell his friends of it. They each had something to hide from the other, but Thor always managed to expose some of Loki's secrets, if not all the ones that Loki was most vulnerable in. Loki had done his fair share of exposing Thor's, but that never took great effort. Thor had already been open, and that was one of Loki's grave mistake to believe in. Thor was open, yet when a greater truth is forced back his throat, Thor would keep it to his death.
"I know." Loki lied.
"Why have you not come out of your room?"
"I'm just tired."
"That's not an excuse."
"I rather like spending time in solitude."
Thor left it at that.
Days later, Thor had found out that Fvhal was no more than a cheat and a liar, and he was gladly sent to prison through an act of defiance. Perhaps he was the one who had hurt Loki, someone Loki had feared, Thor would not know exactly. Perhaps Loki defended himself. Perhaps Fvhal threatened Loki that Loki did not say anything.
Thor really would not know.
In the years that passed, he knew that Loki was still waiting for someone to fill his life and treat him as something more than just paperweight. Loki wanted affection, be it from anyone for that matter. Thor was too busy to notice him, his mother was too busy with Odin and Odin was too busy with Asgard. He wanted someone to notice him for whom he was and appreciate what he could do.
The magic he was so blessed with and yes, it did come close to that.
It was an Elf from Alfheim.
Aesar Frivaldor, a Lord from a neighboring city.
He was handsome, pale, had beautiful purple eyes and white blonde hair that dragged a little down his shoulder. He was regal, taller than Loki and graceful, yet a warrior in every sense, including his body.
He became Loki's friend.
A close friend.
Loki had visited Alfheim for a diplomatic event and ended up meeting Aesar at one of the court hearings. Thor was not happy that he was uninvited, but it was mostly because Odin had prevented him from doing so. Thor had a history with pissing off royals and Lords. Something that Loki was gifted with the opposite.
"Father, you cannot let Loki go there." Thor insisted. "What if he—if the secret is found—?"
"Shush boy." Odin scowled. "None of that."
"Your brother is fine."
"What if he gets into trouble?"
"Your brother is smart enough to get out of it."
In the palace court room, Loki was quiet, ever so shy and fearful. Aesar, the neighboring Lord was polite when he came up to Loki to talk to him about the certain dilemma Alfheim was facing. The court hearing ended and a feast happened afterwards. Loki was near the pillar, watching a bunch of maidens get taken to the dance floor to be swept away on their feet through the wonderful jolly music. Loki seemed to envy them a little. He could not help but do so. Not once had anyone truly shown Loki any kindness or acceptance. They had all shied away from him, mocked him and ridiculed him, something that made Loki fearful of anyone ever trying something against him.
"Quite a boring feast, I take it?"
Loki turned. "Lord Aesar."
"I apologize for intruding."
"N-not at all." Loki mumbled. "I was merely watching."
"I see."
"Do you enjoy watching?"
"I suppose?"
"Do you wish to go to the balcony instead of watching?" Aesar smiled. "Mayhaps I can give you an entertaining conversation that would liven up your evening."
Loki merely nodded.
They went to the balcony and it had been a strained talk, but eventually it got better. Loki found himself becoming more comfortable in all his years visiting Alfheim ever since he was much younger.
"I am glad you still speak with me."
"What do you mean, my Lord?" Loki asked. "Do the others not speak with you?"
"They do, however it is a strained conversation." Aesar sighed. "They would spin lies, and try to get on my good side lest they think I might smite them, which in truth is quite horrid if I was asked. Tis not my nature to do such cruelty."
"Well, I think it is not you who stole those trade goods."
"Oh, truly?"
"Y-yes." Loki flushed red. "I believe it to be Lord Hegrin of the Nals."
"Ah, he does have a reputation."
"He does." Loki nodded.
"The stars are beautiful are they not?" Aesar said. "Much as your emerald eyes, they burn with this certain energy and fire." Aesar looked at Loki who had a strange expression on his face. "Apologies, I did not mean to be rude."
Loki looked away.
He was used to being ridiculed.
Aesar said as his purple eyes twinkled. "You should think more confidently of yourself, Prince Loki. You have potential in you, something that you might not see yet. And you have a handsome face, something I do not understand why the Aesir do not cherish. Black hair is quite fetching." He had teased again, but Loki did not find anything good in those words. It only hurt all the more.
"I suppose."
There was a strain of silence between them, until Loki broke it.
"Y-you said something about the stars?"
Aesar merely smiled at him. Then, he continued to speak about the stars as if Loki was no more than an equal to him. And Loki found it exhilarating that he had someone to talk to, finally! Loki stayed in Alfheim for weeks. He had been through the court hearings on and off for weeks, and during those times, Freyr had asked Loki to gather as much information as he could on Aesar. Loki did as told, but found himself falling for the elf. It turned out that Aesar had been innocent, and the trade goods were found off another Lord's household.
And Loki was relieved.
However, knew problems rose through Alfheim's security that Loki had been told to stay longer.
No sooner did Aesar started to befriend him.
It went off a rough and awkward start, but slowly, Loki grew accustomed to it and found himself warmed by the friendship Aesar gave him. It was a slow and steady friendship. The more Loki got to know Aesar, the more happier he felt. Aesar was a little older than Thor and was quite mature for his age, and it made Loki giddy. Especially the knowledge he knew, the jokes they shared and compliments he was blessed with for his magic. It was soothing for a change.
If Loki hadn't believed he was Aesir, he would have thought himself perfect for Alfheim.
"I need to go back soon." Loki mumbled.
He smiled. "This is not goodbye, friend."
They shared a long goodbye that ended with Loki still feeling filled with happiness when he left. When Loki came back to Asgard, no one else knew what had happened. Heimdall knew what Loki was doing, but never questioned it. It was not his business who Loki made friends with. For all he knew, Aesar was a sweet person. Still, Loki felt sad that no one would ever understand him. He was so alone, so secluded and not even Thor would ever know.
Loki could never do anything right, only what was expected of him, in which was downright failure.
And Loki hated it.
At one point he wanted to die, but at least he found someone. He found someone to care for even if their friendship was in secret. He could not say anything to anyone in fear that their certain friendship would be despised and threatened. He didn't want to lose that one friend he had.
Loki just had to make due.
"How was your trip?" Thor asked.
"It was fine." Loki said.
"Just fine?"
"Are you sure you do not want to tell me anything else?"
"I think I would bore you with politics."
"I don't think you would."
"It was a diplomatic event, something you should have gone through." Loki said. "Not I. I had to stay there for nearly three months with all the diplomatic treaties Father wanted me to fix."
"I never thought that was a problem for you." Thor scoffed. "But I missed you."
Thor was never open about his feelings, so this shocked Loki.
"I-I missed you too."
"So, you did not get bored, did you?"
"You love Alfheim."
"That's true."
"Did anything exciting happen, Loki?"
I made a friend.
Loki wanted to say, but he went with. "A lot of interesting things happened, Brother."
Loki revisited Alfheim, and continued his on-going friendship with Aesar, took it steps further and opened himself completely to Aesar. They had been together for nearly a year and a half through Loki's constant visits. Loki shared with him secrets and his mischief and magic.
Loki had to admit...
It was fun.
"I wish people knew you." Loki mumbled.
"What?' Aesar mumbled.
They sat on the edge of the hill, they had ridden a horse to get to the cliff to watch the beautiful view of Alfheim. Their friendship was weird though. One would think they were lovers, others might even think they were brothers, but they both did not care. They were friends, enjoying a moment together.
"Loki," Aesar said. "There are still strained relations with the Elf and Aesir."
"I know that." Loki pouted. "Shame though."
"Young and a Prince as you are, it is dangerous to expose such a close friendship, with an Elf at that."
"You think they will harm you for being an Elf? Elf you may be, but you are no commoner. Besides, you're perfect to brag about. You have everything. You're a Lord. You're smart, regal, kind and caring. I do not think I could find any other as you are. it's just a mere friendship."
Aesar laughed. "But I am older than you."
"Makes you all the more stranger."
"Does your brother know about our strange little friendship?"
"I do not think he does."
"I see." Aesar sighed and looked at the palace. "You need to stop thinking, Loki. You need to relax more and stop being worried."
"I am relaxed." Loki challenged. "Sitting on a cliff is relaxing."
"And if I pushed you?"
"You wouldn't dare!"
"I would not."
"You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"
"Tell me you do not find this exciting?"
"Exaggerated is what I call it." Loki said as Aesar laughed, and Loki laughed with him.
It had been a few months on end that Loki was able to return to Alfheim. He had been so busy preparing for the throne that he had missed days with Aesar. He had managed to keep their friendship hidden from his family, except for Lord Freyr and his sister Freya. Those two knew what he was up to, and they were also like family to Loki. They took care of him and saw to his safety.
So all was well…
Until news of Aesar went to Loki's ears.
Loki had excitedly came back to visit Aesar but found out from some of Aesar's close friends that he was gone. Loki did not believe them until he came to speak with Lord Freyr. He told Loki the story, but Loki was too shocked to believe him.
"There was a feud between the Lords in that particular city." Freyr said. "Aesar did his best to negotiate, and we tried to calm them all down. However it got out of hand and a brawl started that ended up with the fire— he tried to save as much in the fire as he could but a building collapsed and…"
"Nonono!" Loki shook his head.
"Tell me it's not true." Loki begged and his voice cracked.
"I'm sorry, Loki."
"It's not true." He cried. The tears escaped his eyes as he sobbed. "It's not true. It cannot be true. Not him, anyone else but him. It cannot be true."
His one and only friend...
"I'm so sorry." Freyr embraced him. "Lord Aesar left a few belongings to you."
"Don't say that. He's not dead."
"Loki, please."
"He's n-not d-dead." He sobbed. "He can't be."
"Do not make this harder on yourself, child." Freyr held him closer as Loki broke. "I am sure he cared for you very deeply."
"I want to go home." Loki said as he pushed Freyr away. "I want to go home."
Freyr merely nodded.
Loki took the amulets Aesar had worn and kept them.
When he reached the Bifrost, Thor waited for him in worry. When he got there, Thor asked a lot of questions as to why he did not say he would be leaving or where he would go. Heimdall could not see him for some time, and Frigga was completely worried. Thor eyed his brother a little more, remembering those hollow eyes that he had seen weeks after Loki's attack from Fvhal.
"Brother, is something wrong?" Thor asked.
Loki stayed still, staring at the floor, his body shook. Thor couldn't understand, because how could he? He knew nothing of any of Loki's life, or situation. How could Thor ever hope to understand him at all, but Loki couldn't help it. He needed someone, even if they didn't understand.
"B-brother?" Loki said weakly.
He looked up, eyes red and full of tears. Loki sobbed quietly, his frame shook and his legs ready to give way. It was the first in a long time that Loki had broken like that in front of Thor on the Bifrost as well. Heimdall had turned his gaze elsewhere. Thor embraced Loki as Loki's legs gave way, putting his weight onto Thor.
Loki let out large sobs and cries that broke Thor's heart.
"It hurts, brother." He cried.
"What hurts?"
"It hurts so much."
It was that time that Loki spilled everything to Thor without meaning to. It was also when Loki insisted he get drunk to try and forget. Thor allowed him, only for a brief moment to ruin the memory of pain. Thor asked why Loki would even want to hide that friendship they had. Loki said Aesar didn't want him to be teased for having an Elf as a friend. The Aesir's considered themselves high among others, to put friendship that way was as near as selling yourself at a low price. Thor still found that hard to believe. It wasn't wrong to have a friend, Thor was even glad that Loki had found someone who understood him. He did not approve of Loki's other preferences, but he didn't act upon it, which was a relief to Loki.
Thor kept this secret from his parents, but Thor already knew that Frigga had known about the visits to the Elf. Odin wasn't far behind on gaining the truth, but their parents knew when to act and when not to.
Loki had learned his lesson and he had mourned for a friend.
Loki stopped trying to gain affection from anyone.
Or even trying to make friends.
He kept to himself.
Loki had become more secluded.
He hardened his heart.
He shielded every emotion he could from anyone trying to get an inch closer to him, because Loki did not want to experience any pain ever again. Thor noticed the walls Loki had surrounded himself in and it was another beginning of another strained relationship they, as brothers, had formed.
He just knew that slowly…
His relationship with his little brother was fading.
"Do you want the throne?" Thor asked.
"Do you?" Loki countered.
"Then yes." Loki echoed.
"You want the throne?" Thor said in disbelief. "Truly?"
"Do you want it?"
"Loki, stop repeating everything I keep asking or keep answering."
"But it is fun." He smirked, hiding his emotions. "Besides, you are too gullible."
"Father is near with his decision."
"Then whatever he decides let it happen." Loki sighed and played with his sleeves. "I… honestly do not care."
"Truly? You care not?"
"I find no use for the throne, brother. I always see you on it, rather than I. Perhaps I see myself more of your advisor than anything else?"
"We leave the decision to father then."
There was an unspoken tension between them. They both knew how strained it was. Thor was already a little over two thousand years old, and Loki was only a little over a thousand. Both still young. Thor who was supposed to be wiser was still slightly irrational. And Loki still did not believe him to be worthy of the throne.
Odin made his decision.
And Loki had to make do with whatever he could to change that outcome.
He had to delay it a little longer.
Thor cannot be King.
If he could not find someone to love him apart from his family, Loki had to make do with the love he had for Thor instead. He would help Thor, and perhaps through that, a good blessing would come out of it. He would never know, but Loki believed in small miracles.
Mayhaps the Norns would give him blessing.
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They say everything's bigger in Texas, and that commentary extends to the state's uninsured population—even in the age of Obamacare. Health disparities in Texas are significant, and the state has maintained a firm stance against the Affordable Care Act, including Medicaid expansion. Despite having a long ways to go, the state continues to have the third highest exchange enrollment in the country, following California and Florida.
As of December 19, 2016, the deadline to enroll in plans effective January 1, 2017, a total of 775,659 Texans had purchased health insurance through the state's federally facilitated exchange. Of all states using the HealthCare.gov platform, Texas had the second-highest enrollment after Florida.
The future of healthcare reform under the Trump Administration is uncertain, and nation is watching as the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act begins. An estimated 2.6 million Texas residents could lose their health coverage by 2019 if the ACA is repealed, according to projections from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Currently, 4,377,000 Texans are uninsured. Under a repeal, the total could reach 6,927,000.
While there are few concrete answers right now, our Repeal and Replace section includes a number of articles about what has been proposed and the potential impact.
Texas health ratings
The Lone Star state continues to founder in national healthcare rankings across the board. Though seeing slight improvements, the state's large population of uninsured surely impacts its performance in many health dimensions.
In 2015, The Commonwealth Fund's Scorecard on State Health System Performance ranked Texas 40th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, consistent with its 2014 ranking. The Lone Star state came in last for access, performing at 51st and 48th for uninsured adults and children, respectively. Texas adults placed 46th for the percentage of adults who went without care in the past year due to cost (18 percent). Texas children ranked 27th in the nation for having a medical and dental preventive care visit in the past year (68 percent).
If Texas were to improve to the level of the best-performing state, more than 3 million adults would be insured and more than 2 million fewer adults would go without needed healthcare because of cost. Review the Texas scorecard for more details on where the state's health system succeeds and where it could use the most improvement.
In the 2016 version of America's Health Rankings, Texas placed 33rd overall. For many years, the state has placed poorly in Policy measures, repeatedly ranking 50th for its high percentage of uninsured.
Trust for America's Health provides another look at overall public health in Texas in their 2016 listing of Key Health Data About Texas, which includes information on specific diseases and health outcome predictors. Since the 2009 report, Texas has ranked No. 1 for the number of uninsured adults. However, in that time, the percentage of uninsured adults has dropped from 24.5 to 19.1. The state ranks second for the number of children under age 18 who are uninsured (11 percent).
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has also compiled health factors and outcomes data in Texas on a county level. The state's uninsured population is as low as 16 percent in its best-performing county for this health factor and as high as 39 percent in its worst-performing county. You can use this interactive map to see how the counties in Texas compare with one another.
Has the ACA helped Texans?
Before the ACA was implemented, the uninsured rate in Texas was 27 percent, giving Texas the dubious honor of having the highest uninsured rate in the country. Unfortunately, that rate is still hovering at nearly a quarter of the state's population: 22.3 percent of Texas residents were still without health insurance as of the end of 2015. This is still by far the highest rate in the nation. Texas is the only state with more than 20 percent of its population uninsured. Georgia has the next-highest rate with 18.2 percent of its population uninsured.
According to Census data, 1 in 5 uninsured U.S. children live in Texas; only Alaska fared worse. However, Texas officials have stated that they are pushing to reach more families who may be eligible to apply for the state's Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program.
Texas leaders have been vocally opposed to the ACA, and the state has thus far refused to expand Medicaid, so a cornerstone of the law's ability to reduce the uninsured rate is unavailable in Texas.
Rates and carriers for 2017 Obamacare plans
Entering 2017 open enrollment, Texans saw higher health insurance rates and fewer options, as was the case for consumers nationwide. UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Scott & White, Cigna and Allegian all ceased to offer individual health plans through the Texas exchange, leaving 10 exchange carriers remaining for 2017. The remaining carriers offering plans through Texas' federally facilitated exchange and their approved average rate increases are as follows:
- AmBetter (Celtic) – 15.38 percent
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas – 44 to 48 percent, depending on the plan
- CHRISTUS Health – 17 to 30 percent, depending on the plan
- Community Health Choice – 21 percent
- FirstCare (SHA) – 48.45 percent
- Humana – 45.35 percent
- IdealCare (Sendero) – 28.9 percent
- Molina – 10.3 percent
- Oscar – 17 to 25 percent, depending on the plan; coverage area is being reduced, and plans will not be available in the Dallas area in 2017
- Prominence Health First – 31.2 percent
While these rate increases are substantial, premium subsidies will be adjusted to offset these increases for eligible enrollees. As of March 2016, nearly 84 percent of Texas exchange enrollees received advanced premium tax credits, and nearly 60 percent received cost-sharing reductions.
Texas enrollment in qualified health plans
Texas went into the 2014 open enrollment with a much larger uninsured population and pool of potential exchange enrollees than most states. In November 2013, the Kaiser Family Foundation estimated that 3,143,000 Texas residents were potential exchange customers, and that 2,049,000 of them would qualify for premium subsidies.
By mid-April 2014, when the first open enrollment period ended, 733,757 Texans had finalized their enrollment in qualified health plans through the exchange, and HHS reported that 84 percent of them had their premiums reduced with subsidies.
Despite maintaining the nation's highest uninsured rate, Texas has seen significant improvements. In 2015, the uninsured rate fell to 16.8 percent—the national average was 9.1 percent.
At the end of 2016 open enrollment, more than 1.3 million Texans had selected a qualified health insurance plan through HealthCare.gov. At the end of the first quarter of 2016, effectuated enrollment was 13 percent higher than it was in 2015. Marketing efforts by the Texas Hospital Association have been given credit for this improvement.
Obamacare in the Lone Star State
In 2010, Texas's U.S. Sens., John Cornyn and Kay Hutchison, Republicans, both voted no on the ACA. In the U.S. House, 20 Republican representatives from Texas voted no, while 12 Democrats voted yes. Ted Cruz has since replaced Hutchison in the Senate, and is one of the country's most outspoken opponents of the ACA. In the House, representatives from Texas currently include 12 Democrats and 24 Republicans.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was also staunchly opposed to the ACA and had a state legislature with a strong Republican majority. The state opted to let HHS run the exchange, has refused to expand Medicaid, and has even worked to make it more difficult for navigators to do their job in Texas.
In January 2015, Greg Abbott took office as Texas' governor. He has voiced his opposition to expanding the current Medicaid system. However, he would like to see Texas use federal Medicaid funds in the form of block grants, but HHS has opposed that possibility with other governors.
Texas Medicaid/CHIP enrollment
The ACA would have expanded Medicaid to cover all legal residents in Texas with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, but a Supreme Court ruling in 2012 allowed states to opt out of Medicaid expansion. As stated above, Texas remains among the states who declined to expand Medicaid under the healthcare reform law.
Texas is currently one of 19 states that has not yet expanded Medicaid and has no pending plans to do so. Researchers at New York University estimate that if the state has still not expanded Medicaid by 2022, Texas will be forfeiting $9.6 billion in federal funds that year (the state's portion of Medicaid expansion in 2022 would be just $1.2 billion – federal funding for Medicaid expansion will always cover at least 90 percent of the cost of covering people newly eligible based on Medicaid expansion).
The general consensus is that states like Texas will eventually expand Medicaid simply because it makes sense economically. The question becomes when, rather than if – but in states where political leadership is staunchly opposed to the ACA, it could still be several years out.
Because the state refused to expand Medicaid, Texas has 766,000 people in the coverage gap, with no access to financial assistance with their health insurance. This is far more than any other state that has not expanded Medicaid – the next highest is Florida, with about 567,000 people.
These residents would be eligible for Medicaid if the state were to accept federal funds to expand coverage. But for now, there is no financial assistance available for people with incomes below the poverty level who do not qualify for Medicaid under the state's existing stringent guidelines.
Between 2013 and May 2016, Texas' existing Medicaid/CHIP program saw an increase of about 6 percent, despite the very strict eligibility guidelines that the state uses: Non-disabled adults without dependent children are ineligible regardless of income, and parents with dependent children are only eligible if their household income doesn't exceed 15 percent of poverty (less than about $3,000 annually for a family of three). Medicaid and CHIP enrollment is open year-round.
Does Texas have a high-risk pool?
Prior to 2014, individual health insurance was underwritten in nearly every state, including Texas. This meant that pre-existing conditions could prevent an applicant from getting coverage, or could result in significantly higher premiums or policy exclusions. The Texas Health Insurance Pool was created to give people an alternative if they were unable to obtain individual health insurance because of their medical history.
Implementation of the ACA and the advent of a guaranteed issue individual market has made high-risk pools largely obsolete, and the Texas Health Insurance Pool terminated coverage on March 31, 2014. Members were able to transition to new policies available through the exchange instead, with full coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Medicare in the state of Texas
Texas Medicare beneficiaries make up 13 percent of the Lone Star State's total population, compared with 17 percent of the U.S. population enrolled in Medicare.
Of these enrollees, 84 percent qualify based on age and 16 percent qualify based on disability. The state spends about $10,549 annually per recipient – 18 percent more than the national average of $8,970 per recipient.
Texans who qualify for Medicare can select Medicare Advantage plans instead of Original Medicare as a way to gain more health benefits. In 2015, about 31 percent of Texas Medicare recipients selected a Medicare Advantage plan instead of traditional Medicare, consistent with the national average
Additionally, 44 percent of Texas Medicare enrollees selected a Medicare Part D stand-alone prescription drug plan.
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Gieria: Cleansing
Why had Young summonded me? It can't be good with that look on his face. I walk to stand in front of Young and nod curtly. "Why isn't Ifrit dead?" he snaps striking at me. I dodge use to his violent swings of anger.
"Why do you want him dead?" I counteract.
"Its time for a clense, Gieria. You know this. Its not like you haven't helped me with one before" Young says with a smile.
"You said... No, promised you wouldn't do that again unless there was a reason" I reply my teeth clenched.
"There is. Ifrit is searching for a man that cannot be killed. He's not unkillable. His death would just stir a major inbalance" Young says sitting down in his 'throne'. God, he was so vein.
"Who may this be, sir?"
"That is non of your consern. He has two identies and his muderious one must be kept secret if we are to protect his life. Look Gieria, you're one of the best assassin we have. Despite not having the black belt. You've always refused it and I don't understand why-"
"I want to earn it sir" I reply.
"Yes, yes, whatever. You see I need you to do this for me no questions" I don't reply but lower my head. "That's my girl. Now, you may leave"
I turn and leave with no interuptions. What am I going to do? I can't do this. Not again.


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Charles Johnson arrived at training camp in late July with a nickname befitting his new enormous contract. The talented defensive end whom teammates promptly dubbed ''Big Money'' after inking a $76.5 million contract is paying huge dividends this season for the Carolina Panthers. Johnson, in his fifth season, is tied for sixth in the league with seven sacks, which gives him 15 over his last 15 games. Although the Panthers are just 2-6, Johnson has been a steadying presence on an otherwise injury-depleted defense. Coach Ron Rivera says Johnson has ''played extremely well and we're getting our money's worth.'' Johnson looks to continue his torrid play Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. But it won't be easy as the Titans have allowed only 12 sacks this year, fourth-fewest in the NFL.
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After an incredibly competitive season, So You Think You Can Dance crowned America's favorite dancer: Ricky Ubeda. Ricky beat out some fierce competition from Valerie Rockey, Jessica Richens, and Zack Everhart, Jr. So what does Ricky win? He wins $250,000, a part in the Broadway show "On the Town," and the cover of "Dance Spirit" magazine. Why did Ricky take the title over these other talented dancers? Let's take a look at what factors may have affected the vote. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/so-you-think-you-can-dance/so-you-think-you-can-dance-sea-54507.aspx
Fox's So You Think You Can Dance Season 11 finale dipped just one-tenth of a ratings point from last year, but that was enough to mark a new finale low and give CBS the demo victory on Wednesday. CBS was first in ratings with a 1.4 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in viewers with an average of 5.7 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 8 p.m., Big Brother was the highest-rated show of the night, earning a 2.2/8; it had 6.5 million viewers. Following a rerun, Extant at 10 got a 1.0/3 and 5.8 million viewers. Read More... http://www.thewrap.com/so-you-think-you-can-dance-finale-sytycd-fox-tv-ratings/
[Warning: this post contains spoilers for the season 11 finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.] SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE has crowned its newest winner: Ricky Ubeda! In addition to being named Americas Favorite Dancer, Ubeda won a cash prize of $250,000, the cover of Dance Spirit Magazine, and the offer of [] Read More... http://www.givememyremote.com/remote/2014/09/04/who-won-so-you-think-you-can-dance-6/
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The top four dancers did all they could to earn your vote to become this season's So You Think You Can Dance winner. This year there will be only one winner, rather than both a guy and girl The top four dancers -- Valerie Rockey, Jessica Richens, Ricky Ubeda, and Zack Everhart, Jr. performed an incredible five times each. I was exhausted by the end of the show, and I am just a spectator. So who left it all on the So You Think You Can Dance stage? Let's try and figure out who will be crowned the season 11 champion. Read More... http://www.buddytv.com/articles/so-you-think-you-can-dance/so-you-think-you-can-dance-sea-54464.aspx
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An easy-to-use and authoritative pocket guide to over 220 species of snake from around the world, each entry specially selected to show the diversity of size, shape and colour of these respected creatures.
There are about 2,500 species of snakes in the world, and the majority of these can be found in warmer parts of Europe, North America, southern Africa, southeast Asia and Australia. Of these often beautiful creatures, about 400 are some of the most venomous creatures in the world, and over 100 of them are deadly to humans. You can spot these easily as they are illustrated with a skull and crossbones, so you won't be in any doubt about keeping away from them!
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