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Chapter 1
Alex Baichman of fifteen years old has always lived in poverty in the underground City. A corrupt Government watches indolently over the citizens of the City... until an incident arises.
With attacks around the City spreading like wildfire, and a war is coming in to play, Alex must choose his side when he is given the chance for his family's redemption, or defending what he knows is the last chance for humanity's survival.
But among all of the chaos, a greater horror is forming, one that will
The small broken-down brick building in the back alleys of an underground city has never been an ideal place for a home. But yet here I am, the wallpapers tearing away from the foundation, and my new life beginning. I release the tension on my dominant right shoulder and allow gravity to carry my backpack to the floor with a deafening thud. I bend down to open my backpack and scatter the contents to try and make the room look less like a haunted house and more like a comfortable home. As I finish clearing the backpack, I grasp a picture of my family and I, all together in a large photo. I can remember that day as clear as crystal, and feel a tear stumble over my eyelash and streak down my face. I lift my arm to wipe it away, then stand up and place the picture on my bedside table.
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I wake up with a sudden jolt of excitement and fear. April 27th... dreaded by every person in the City, except for the people up in the Palace, they can do what they wish with themselves. My limbs are numb as I stand up from my bed to get dressed. I have to look good for the very few ceremonies that occur in the City. Light falls into the room as I dress in black trousers and a white shirt, now covered in dirt and muck. But it is undoubtedly the best I can do with what I - and all the others - have.
In the corner of the room, a black phone - older than my grandparents - sitting on a moldy wooden table, and the vines on the wall are almost hugging it by now. When it rings, I walk over to pick it up, a voice as soft as silk but as hard as steel emanates from the speakers. Two words are spoken before a shrill beeping fills my head, "it's time" but I know too well that what's hidden behind that voice is going to be the death of me.
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My legs shake so vivaciously that I have to grip them tightly with my hands to stop myself from stumbling over the curb. The ground is cracked, and the potholes are not easily avoidable. Most of the water pipes are burst, so the City runs on shortages and shipments are scarce. Dirt regularly falls from the ceiling of this giant dome, and getting hit can hurt extremely. I don't like to think about what would happen if an earthquake occurred in the middle of the day. The City's streets are dimly lit by lamps that are sustained by candles, and replacing them is a job that nobody wants to have, mainly because you have to stand around all day waiting for one to go out. If the candles aren't tended to, the entire city goes dark, and nobody can see well enough to replace them.
Most of the houses can be seen falling apart, and they're not rebuilt, or sustained to a point where someone could live in them. If your house falls apart, you become homeless, which is the fate that befalls most who live here. I haven't ever been afraid of being without a home to call my own, though, because a lot of the City's citizens are warm hearted and bring people in, especially in my segment. I look up at the palace and think to myself, If they can live so well, and manage the City, why not help us to live better too?. Life isn't amazing down here, but it is manageable.
April 26th
"Don't forget your coat! You're going to need your coat! Alex! Get down here!" My Mum yells as I grab my backpack and head down the stairs. I glance over the banister at my family, all staring ruefully up at me while I start to make my way down the stairs. Mum looks at me with shiny blue tears in her eyes, and pushes the coat around my arms, and buttons up the front. At first it feels cold, like it always does, until the heat of my body warms the inside up, and I don't want to take it off. My dad walks up to me with a tear in his eye,
"Son, I know it's not been the easiest life for you. But you're a good kid, I know you're going to make it out there." He turns away right after speaking, and I wonder if he even means it. John, my brother, doesn't say anything, and we are locked in a cold stare until I understand he has nothing to speak of. I turn away, and turn the doorknob, then pull. A rush of cold air hits my face and I stumble backwards in surprise. I walk forward again and take my first step on the pathway, my first step of a "liberate life".
Talia, my little sister, runs down the stairs and pushes through the wall that is my family, and rushes to embrace me. For a second it's as if I am not about to leave, and I wonder how it will feel to never see her again. "Good luck, Alex. I know you'll do fine." She stumbles her lips over a smile and hugs me one last time, then I turn and take the final steps off the lawn. I am officially no longer part of my family.
April 27th
I stare at the old man with yellow, crooked teeth as his outstretched arm reaches for my pockets. "Just a few pennies? C'mon lad, it's not much..." he says as I try to ignore him and walk away. Should I help him? Is this how we are supposed to live around other people? I turn away and head back on my path. But my mind drifts off back to the old man, and I wonder if I ought to go back. My feet pivot as I release a deep breath, which I can see emitting steam through the morning air. Even though we live underground, heat is not very well regulated in my segment. If I'm lucky enough, I'll be able to move into the wealthier segments and get warm.
He is a living human being, his hand is warm-blooded. He is warm-blooded. How can I just leave him here? I hand him the coins and he thanks me with a desperate tone in his voice. As soon as he has a good grip on the pennies, he stands up and walks over to a shady-looking man at the other end of the street and hands him the coins. I see the dark figure give the man a small white ticket, and it takes me awhile to realize what was going on. When I do, I walk over to where the two men were stood. "Hey!" I yell at the figures, who turn towards me in sync as they shorten my breath with deadly stares.
"What do ya' want, kid?" The homeless man asks me. I stare back at him and clench a freezing fist.
"I gave you that money for food! And you're spending it on a lottery-train ticket?! Give me that thing!..." I grab the ticket out of the man's hand, and tear it up, throwing the remains back in the man's face.
"You little..." the man clutches my neck with his bony hands and squeezes. I feel the air being gouged out of my lungs like an open-heart surgery with no anesthetic. Out of the corner of my eye I see the shady-man lift his arm and point it at the homeless man.
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"You alright, kid?" the shady-man asks me as I stand up to rub the dirt off of my clothes.
"Yea, I'm okay..." I say as I stare at the man's menacing eyes with the homeless man laying on the floor. Unsure of whether he is unconscious or dead, I turn back to the shady-man, "hey-" but he is gone. I can hear nothing but the faint dripping of irrigation waters beneath my feet, and the creaking of the wooden structures of the crumbling houses around me. All the while, a maintenance man leans on a lamppost, staring at me while I stand in the middle of the street.
I have never been a person for believing in a religion, but the definition for life down here is "hell". Having no idea what to do with the body on the damp floor, I begin to walk away from the scene, and before turning the corner, I turn back to see a small river of blood between the stone cracks chasing me through the street. I quickly conclude that the man is dead, and turn away back on my course towards the Palace.
Although I manage to turn my mind off of the dead man, I cannot stop wondering about the shady-man who had shot him. He had hidden in the shadows, so I was unable to see his facial features, but his body was well-built and he seemed strong enough to maintain a level of control over the recoil of the pistol. He is obviously trained to do things like he has done, and who knows who else he may kill next? I throw the thought aside and continue on my trip. I don't understand why I keep getting sidetracked, but I need to get to the Palace or I'm going to miss the Ceremony.
The Ceremony - under the supervision of the Government, of course - is an event where we have to choose our jobs. "Choose" is a strong word though, because we hardly get to pick at all. All of the wealthier-level kids go up first, and they pick the best jobs in order to live an easier life, like they always have. For people like me, the Ceremony is practically the lottery, with an even lower chance of winning.
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Military Soldier
- Works to guard the City's streets and enforce the law by any means necessary.
- Can obtain permission from their superiors to kill on sight if extreme criminal offenses occur.
- Earns $850,000 annually, paid directly by the Government.
- Safety is insured when working as an Artisan.
- Design new buildings and can own shops if allowed by the Government.
- Annual salary of $550,000, paid directly by the Government.
Government Worker
- Works to make executive decisions for the City's benefit.
- Annual salary of $750,000, paid directly by the Government.
Military Commander
- Works to make military decisions and direct soldiers in battle.
- Annual salary of $650,000 with an insurance of safety, working from inside the Palace. Paid directly by the Government.
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The walk up the shiny, polished marble stairs up to the Palace is the longest journey I've ever made. The chances of me getting a good job are as high as us finding out how we even got underground. I've heard many stories about how we got here, but honestly there isn't one that uses factual evidence that it's correct. I've learned to ignore a lot of the non-logical ideas and conversations that people have nowadays, but sometimes they are enticing, and I can't help but listen in. Like a few weeks ago, I was in a bar with my family, and I heard two guys talking in the back corner. They were both smoking rather large cigars, and their eyes were awfully bloodshot to the point where you couldn't identify where their pupils were. They're conversation is merely a blur to me now, but I can still remember the sinister look one of the men gave me as he caught me staring at them. I instantly looked away, not daring to turn around for the rest of that night.
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"Alex! Alex look ahead they're calling your name..." a brunette girl nudges me on my shoulder as I drift slowly back to reality. How does she know me? There is a long line of kids standing behind the speaker, who is reading aloud a list of the graduating teens. "Alex Baichman. Fifteen years of age, hometown of Segment Six, please step forward and take a slip of paper from the bowl..." the announcer shouts into the auditorium. The brunette girl next to me nudges me again, and I begin my hike down the steps towards the announcer.
So many slips... so many chances... so many options... but which paper should I pick? I feel around the inside of the bowl, rolling my hand around in the papers like a little girl frolicking in a field of flowers, except the bowl before me represents my future life, and how inevitable it is that I am going to inherit a horribly dangerous job. I look into the crowd of anxious people, and scan the numbers for my family, but I cannot see them. I finally clasp around one of the slips of paper, and open it up to my face. I can feel the announcer's breath on my shoulder as he tried to read it in order to inform everybody of my job...
Military Soldier
You will work amongst your fellow soldiers to enforce the law in the city, and walk through each segment making sure nothing is wrong. Good luck, sir/madam.
"Military Soldier! Please step to the side, sir..." the announcer pronounces as he shoves me aside towards the line of kids behind me. A smirk emerges over my mouth, because I know that Military Soldiers earn one of the highest salaries, and they barely ever have to do anything. They also get houses in Segment One, or they can customize a house plot in any of the other Segments. I feel as though it would be great to live amongst my family and friends and still live wealthily, helping them along. Everything is going to change. But as I stand amongst the line of kids, I catch a glimpse of the brunette girl staring at me with a grim look. What did I do? Is it the fact that I am now going to live an easy life, and she thinks I'm going to forget my whole life history?
Not a chance. I have lived so awfully through my life so far, and I refuse to allow a change like this affect my thoughts. I see the announcer bend down over his pedestal to read off the next victim of this horrible system. "Claire Woods! Fifteen years of age, hometown of Segment five, please step forward and take a slip of paper from the bowl..." his thunderous voice echoes throughout the auditorium, and I swear I can feel the ground shaking beneath my feet. Perhaps it is just my imagination... I need to get more sleep at night. Unfortunately, it has been rather hard recently, having thought nonstop about the day of which I am now living.
I'm hoping that maybe now I can sleep at night. "Claire, pick a slip of paper..." the announcer says, nudging Claire towards the bowl. But she just stands there, staring at the shiny object placed on the pedestal in fear like it is a deep black hole. The announcer's face gets very red, and he is obviously becoming impatient. Claire is now shivering in fear as her eyes are locked upon the bowl of slips. The announcer takes one of the pieces of paper and opens it in front of Claire's face, avoiding her nose by mere millimeters. When she realizes what the paper reads, Claire becomes wide-eyed, and punches the announcer directly in the face and runs away from him. The whole crows falls into chaos and before I know it, guns are blazing and bullets are flying above my head. The announcer lays unconscious on the floor, the glass bowl in shards next to him. Under his suit, I can see a small concealed pistol, and I reach for it.
"Don't think about it, kid," a tall man stood behind me holds a knife up to my head before bending down and taking the gun from the announcer's clothes. From the corner of my eye I see a unit from the Military Soldiers breaching the doors and intervening. Everything in my vision is a blur, and it is becoming impossible to comprehend anything that is going on. A gun can be heard being fired from the back side of the room towards my location, and the man who had held the knife to my head falls to the floor next to me. I don't dare stand up because I'm scared that I could get shot too. What is going on?
The announcer's gun makes another appearance in the tall man's hand, and I decide now is better than ever to try and take it. When I get a good grip around the handle, I push up from the ground and look around. The Military Soldiers are now a few meters away from me, and the people who started the gunfire are at the other end of the room. I realize now that I am caught in the crossfire, and I need to get down to avoid being hit.
The gunfire stops abruptly, and I wonder why. I stand up slowly with my hands in the air. "Who are you?!" I hear a voice from behind me shouting.
"Alex Baichman of Segment Six!"
"What is your profession?!"
"Mili-" and I stop myself from saying what I was thinking. They are currently at battle with the Military Soldiers in the room, and if I say that I belong with them, who's to say they won't kill me now and then continue their fight? I turn around to the group of criminals behind me and yell, "Artisan!" The Military police now start to sprint down the stairs and rush to defend me.
"Artisan! Drop your weapon, or we will not hesitate to shoot!" I drop my pistol to the ground, but to my misfortune, the impact of the pistol to the ground sets it off, and the man who is shouting at me gets hit by the bullet. As he falls to the floor, he lifts his arm and aims for me, and I dive behind the pedestal to avoid it. The Military Soldiers are now sprinting to my side, and beginning to shoot at the criminals once again.
I hate this... humans fighting humans. We are on the brink of extinction with how horribly we live down here, and yet we decide to kill each other. What kind of animals are we? If we carry on without helping each other, we won't have to wait to become extinct. We will kill ourselves off.
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Whenever you hear about shootings in places, and how many people die, and the outcome being so impossible and awful that you just don't believe that is has even happened, you convince yourself to believe what you want to believe. But when you are too exhausted to think, and there are multitudes of bodies around you, it becomes the opposite. It becomes impossible to believe what you want to, because proof is right in front of your eyes.
My eyelids feel heavy, and my body is screaming from the inside, trying to escape to reverse the horrors that exist around me. I can sense my pulse running boldly throughout my veins, so much that it hurts, and I feel as though I am about to implode. "Young Alex Baichman, you must come with us to testify your sightings here in the Palace auditorium in Segment one of the City." One of the Military Soldiers, and I mean only one left, holds my left arm tightly, dragging me away from the traumatizing sight of hundreds of dead bodies in the auditorium. How did people like this even get this deep in the City?
One minute everything is okay, and the next all hell is breaking loose. I hate the people that did this. Without an exaggeration or any doubt in my mind, I hate the people that committed such a heinous crime towards innocent people. What possible incentive could somebody have to do this? I just want to turn away, and forget that this ever happened at all.
Humans will do anything they can to survive, but will they kill each other whilst trying to do so?


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Alexander Wang x H&M Haul
02 December 2014
A tad late on showing this but ah wells. The bralet was more of an impulse buy. Thinking about it now, I don't think I would ever wear it by itself, most likely under a sheer shirt. The jeans are my favourite out of the whole collection. I don't tend buy jeans from H&M due to their ridiculous sizing and having to size up 64127 sizes. I caved in and am surprised that my usual size fits me but it is long though. It's most likely a one off and fate. Definitely fate. It is understandable how many people didn't want "Wang" across their chest on some of the items and the sporty style isn't to everyone's taste.
I have been refreshing the H&M website at work and it took me a good hour to get through and boy was it stressful. Even clicking checkout may revert me back to the waiting page at times. I remember checking the website at the end of the day and not everything was sold out. Some of the items are still available now.
Did you pick anything up from the collection?
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(A/N: Why did I decide to do this? Beats the hell out of me. I guess I'm just crazy! But hopefully this will work out better than I envisioned. And I hope you guys can tell me how this does ^_^)
Disclaimer: Tite Kubo owns Bleach, Namco owns Tales of Symphonia
Ichigo's pov
I stand here in 12th Division with a bunch of my friends, several members of the Gotei 13, as well as Mr. Hat and Clogs. Apparently the 12th Division, and him, had developed a new type of training simulator that involved digitizing us into a video game. Originally this test wasn't supposed to venture outside of Soul Society, but since Rukia had been the one to purchase the game for this experiment, she got Chad, Orihime, Uryu and me roped up into this. I'd tell her thanks for nothing, but Byakuya was also selected for this as well.
"All right everyone," Hat and Clogs was saying pacing back and forth. "We need to test this simulator and see if it actually works. I've set up the game so that you can freely venture about and interact with the NPCs and carry out your various roles. While this game supposedly takes 80 hours to complete we're setting a time limit for only a few hours. We all hope you have fun. Are there any questions?" I raised my hand, "Yes Ichigo?"
"How are we supposed to defend ourselves?" I asked.
"An excellent question, but one with a simple answer. We've programmed the game to transfer all of your powers and abilities into your digitized bodies. However, do be careful. If you were to accidentally die in the game, let's say we haven't exactly put in a fail safe."
"Wait what?" I shouted.
"Have fun everyone!" Hat and Clogs waved.
"W-wait a minute…" I didn't get to finish protesting as we were all strapped into the capsules and transferred into the game.
Urahara's pov
"Okay, let's see how this works. Commence activation process."
"Commencing," Nemu-san said typing into a keypad.
"Activate Digital Transfer process."
"Activating," Kurotsuchi said. The machine we were using hummed when all of a sudden a red error code went off.
"What happened?"
"Error code 40523," Kurotsuchi said, "Program demo malfunction, automatic Lock-in mode activated."
"What? Deactivate digitizing process!" I demanded.
"Deactivating," Nemu said, "Uh, access denied."
Kurotsuchi shoved her out of the way, "Get out of the way woman! Access denied, oh my."
"Well, this'll definitely prove to be interesting."
Ichigo's pov
I couldn't hear anything, couldn't feel anything. There was just the black of darkness.
King, hey King, Great the last person I needed to deal with right now was him. King, wake up! Why couldn't he just leave me alone? That's it, if you're not going to get up, I'm going to have to force you to get up. The next thing I knew I was given a mental image of Orihime and Rukia nude. I immediately bolted upright and began rubbing my eyes furiously. That's what you get for not listening.
I shook those horrible images from my head and stood up. I was in the middle of a desert, in my Shinigami robes.
"Ichigo, Ichigo can you hear me?" Hat and Clog's voice came from within my head.
"Urahara, yeah I can hear you fine," I said aloud.
"Listen, there's been a change with the game's programming." He said.
"A change?" I inquired.
"There's been an error code and now you guys are well…I'm not going to mince words, you're all stuck there." He said seriously
"What?" I freaked.
"Calm down," he told me, "The last thing you need to do right now is panic. Right now you're the only person I can contact. I don't know what's going on with the others right now, but their vitals are stabilized so I know they're alive, but it seems like you're the only one who's coding I can communicate with. I need to explain a few things to you. So just hear me out okay."
"Yeah, okay. What do I need to know?"
"First and foremost, in order to get out of the game, you and the others will have to complete the game. Second, in order to complete the game, I need you to get yourself to the start of the game, right now you're just wandering aimlessly in the Triet Desert."
"Okay, so where am I supposed to go?"
"You need to head North to the village of Iselia."
"North to Iselia, got it."
Damn, we're not done, I wanna get started, I'm worried about the others
"Anyone in this world can see you in Soul Form, you are simply another character here and as such your Soul Form is your basic form as is with the others. Beyond that because you're going to need more than just Zangetsu's Getsuga Tensho and your Bankai and hollowfication in order to survive this game. So I've outfitted you with a couple more techniques. Zangetsu should be receiving the information now."
(Ichigo has learned Giant Demon Fang. Ichigo has learned Fierce Demon Fang. Ichigo has learned Grave Spike. Ichigo has learned Leaping Faith. Ichigo has learned Surge of Power. Ichigo has learned Midrange Strike. Ichigo has Ex-Skill 30 second Berserk. Ichigo's current title is "Wandering Swordsman" "He travels far and wide, showing his skills and saving lives")
"Thanks Urahara, I think I can take it from here." I said.
"Good luck, if you happen to run across the others be sure to let me know."
"How?" There was suddenly a flash of light
"In your pocket there is now a special green, prism shaped, gem. Use that to talk to me whenever you need assistance."
"Alright then, I'm off."
"Like I said good luck."
As I traveled through the desert I kept getting the ominous feeling that something was following me. I unsheathed Zangetsu
Ichigo what is it? He asked.
You don't feel that, it feels like something's stalking me, I told him.
I can't sense anything, but maybe your sense is stronger than mine in this world, he said.
I can't sense anything either, I just have a really bad feeling. I said, darting my eyes around.
No sooner had I said that did Zangetsu shout, Look out!
I barely had time to dodge as a giant worm like creature rose out of the sand.
"Wh-what the heck is that thing?" I said aloud.
Worry not about its size, take it down!
Right, I used Surge of Power to flare my spiritual pressure, which seemed to startle the creature and then used Leaping Faith as I launched myself high in the air and hacked it in two.
"Phew," I breathed placing Zangetsu back along my back, "Piece of cake."
I eventually found my way out of that god damn desert. As I walked through the field, north, to Iselia, I noticed that most of the native monsters of this world seemed to be afraid of me for the most part. However, even without them to bother me I was becoming quickly exhausted in all this heat and the countless miles I had to walk. It wasn't long before I could see a village out over the horizon and could smell the scent of the sea. Unfortunately I was incredibly tired and I passed out shortly before I reached the town limits.
The next thing I knew I was lying on my back and heard someone shouting, "He's waking up!" I opened my eyes and found myself lying on my back to the sight of a woman with silver-blue hair, wearing orange, a kid with brown hair and a red outfit, another kid with white hair who looked fairly young and a girl with blonde hair and a grayish-blue outfit. "How are you feeling?" the woman asked me.
"Pretty good I guess," I said sitting up, "What happened? More importantly, where am I?" I asked.
"Lloyd found you passed out in front of the village on his way in. You had collapsed from heat exhaustion from the look of it. As for your other question you're in the village of oracles Iselia."
Good, I made it.
"What's your name?" the kid in red asked me.
"Ichigo, Kurosaki Ichigo," I answered.
"What were you doing passed out on the ground Mr. Kurosaki?" the blonde in the room asked.
"First of all just Ichigo is fine, you say that and I think my old man's around. Second I was trying to get to Iselia, apparently something big is happening here."
"I suppose you're referring to the day that the chosen receives the oracle. That's in a week," The woman who had healed me said.
"Yeah," I nodded, even though I had no idea what she was talking about. "So who are you guys?" I asked.
"I'm Lloyd," the kid in red answered.
"I'm Colette," the blonde bowed.
"I'm Genis," the short kid said.
"I'm Professor Raine Sage, a pleasure to meet you Ichigo." She said. I smiled and got up having noticed that Zangetsu wasn't strapped to my back.
"Where's my sword?" I asked.
"We had the villagers carry it in, I'm surprised someone as young as you can lift something that heavy. It's at the mayor's house if you want to go get it." Raine explained.
"Yeah thanks," I said and headed for the door. I went to the mayor's house and picked up Zangetsu and then I needed a place to stay. I didn't want to bother any of the villagers and Raine and Genis seemed like they had their hands full without me in their house. I was pondering what to do when Lloyd came up to me.
"Hey Ichigo," he called out to me, "Whatcha up to?"
"I'm thinking about where I'm going to stay. Raine and Genis seem like they have enough to worry about on their own and I don't feel like selfishly asking the villagers to take me in." I said.
"You could crash with me," Lloyd offered, "It's just me and my dad."
"You're sure he wouldn't mind," I said.
"Dwarven vow #2, never abandon someone in need," Lloyd said.
"You don't look like a dwarf." I cocked my head.
"Yeah well, dad's not my real dad, he found me when I was pretty young, it was right after my mom died." Lloyd said starting to feel depressed.
"Oh," I said understanding his pain, "I'm…sorry to hear that."
"It's okay, don't worry about it, you didn't know so there's no reason to you feel guilty. So come let's go, race ya."
"I would, but I don't exactly know where we're going," I told him
"It's at the edge of Iselia forest, you can hardly miss it," I said, "So come on," he took off.
"Hey no fair cheater," I said chasing after him.
To be continued…
(A/N: So how do you all like it so far? I don't know how long it'll be before I stop quickly updating this. But that'll depend on the feedback I get for it. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this and I hope that this won't be a waste of time. Review, Subscribe and Fave. DH19 out!)


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Radiation Protection: A Guide for Scientists, Regulators, and Physicians, Fourth Edition
€ 106,99
Besorgung - Lieferbarkeit unbestimmt
Juni 2002
Beschreibungenvironmental health and safety professionals. The breadth of citations alone makes this resource invaluable.
InhaltsverzeichnisHistorical Prologue 1. In the Beginning 2. The Discovery of Invisible, Unbelievably Energetic Radiations 3. The Development of a Radiation Technology 4. The Need for Radiation Protection PART ONE: ENERGY--THE UNIFYING CONCEPT IN RADIATION PROTECTION 1. Radiation's Dual Identity 2. Energy Relationships in the Hydrogen Atom 3. Energy Levels in Atoms with Higher Z 4. Energy Levels in Molecules 5. Energies of Motion Associated with Temperature 6. Bonding Energies 7. Energy from Mass--The Ultimate Energy Source 8. Some Interesting Energy Values PART TWO: PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION AGAINST IONIZING PARTICLES 1. The Approach 2. Energy and Injury 3. Charged and Uncharged Ionizing Particles 4. Energy Transfer by Charged Particles 5. The Stopping Power Equation 6. Beta Particles--A Major Class of Charged Ionizing Particles 6.1 Properties of Some Common Beta-Emitting Radionuclides 6.2 Protection from External Beta Particle Sources--Time, Distance, and Shielding 7. Characteristics of Uncharged Ionizing Particles 8. Gamma Rays--A Major Class of Uncharged Ionizing Particles 8.1 Energies and Penetration of Gamma Rays from Some Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides 8.2 Positron-Emitting Radionuclides and Annihilation Radiation 8.3 The Three Major Mechanisms Affecting the Penetration of Gamma Radiation 8.4 Attenuation Coefficients of Gamma Photons in Different Materials 8.5 Calculation of Attenuation of Gamma Photons by the Half-Value Layer Method 8.6 Protection from Gamma Sources--Time, Distance, Shielding 9. Heavy Charged Ionizing Particles 9.1 The Alpha Particle--A Heavy Particle with High Linear Energy Transfer and High Capacity for Producing Damage 9.2 The Proton--Another Heavy Charged Particle with High Linear Energy Transfer 10. The Neutron--A Second Important Uncharged Ionizing Particle 10.1 Sources of Neutrons 10.2 Neutron Collisions 10.3 Attenuation of Neutrons 11. The Absorbed Dose--A Measure of Energy Imparted to a Medium 11.1 The Pattern of the Imparted Energy in a Medium 11.2 Definition of Absorbed Dose 11.3 The Gray--The SI Unit for Absorbed Dose 12. The Equivalent Dose--A Common Scale for Doses to Organs and Tissues from Different Radiation Types and Energies 12.1 The Radiation Weighting Factor and the Quality Factor--Measures of the Relative Hazard of Energy Transfer by Different Particles 12.2 The Sievert--The Special Unit of Equivalent Dose 13. Tissue Weighting Factors and the Effective Dose--A Measure of Risk and Severity of Consequences 14. The Roentgen--The Traditional Unit for Expressing Radiation Exposure 15. The Significance of External Radiation Levels 16. Exposure from Internal Radiation Sources 16.1 The Activity--A Quantity for Describing the Amount of Radioactivity 16.2 The Unit of Activity--The Becquerel 16.3 The Accumulating Dose from Radioactivity in the Body and the Committed Dose 17. The Annual Limit on Intake--The Basic Quantity for the Control of Internal Exposures 18. Limit for the Concentration of a Radionuclide in Air--A Derived Limit 19. Levels of Radioactivity Inside the Body--A Useful Benchmark for Internal Exposure 20. Protection from Radioactive Contamination 21. Some Simple Calculations in Radiation Protection 21.1 Dose from Beta Particles 21.2 Exposure Rate and Dose Rate from Gamma Photons 21.3 Reduction of Dose Rate by Both Distance and Shielding 21.4 Correction for Radioactive Decay 21.5 Shielding of Large or Complex Sources 22. X Rays--Radiation Made by Machine 22.1 Production of X Rays 22.2 Diagnostic Radiology 22.3 X-Ray Attenuation in the Body 22.4 Effects of Photon Energy Distribution on Image Formation and Absorbed Dose 22.5 A Description of an X-Ray Machine 22.6 Production of a Photograph of the X-Ray Image 22.7 Fluoroscopy 22.8 Mammography 22.9 Computed Tomography: Taking Cross Sections with X Rays 22.10 Technical Approaches for Minimizing the Doses Required to Record an X Ray 22.11 Impact of the Digital Computer in Radiation Medicine 23. Dose Measurements in Diagnostic Radiology 24. Exposure Guides and Reference Levels in Diagnostic Radiology 25. Protection of the Patient in X-Ray Diagnosis 25.1 Principles 25.2 Policy of the International Commission on Radiological Protection 25.3 Studies in the United Kingdom 25.4 Radiography of the Spine in Scoliosis 25.5 Screening for Specific Diseases 26. Radiation Levels in the Working Areas around X-Ray Machines 26.1 Shielding the X-Ray Beam 27. Dose Reduction in Nuclear Medicine 28. Exposure of the Embryo, Fetus, or Nursing Child 29. Protection of the Patient in Radiation Therapy 29.1 Treatment with External Radiation Beams 29.2 Brachytherapy 29.3 Therapeutic Use of Radiopharmaceuticals 30. Misadministrations in the Medical Use of Radiation and Radioactive Material 31. Occupational Exposures Incurred in the Medical Use of Radiation 31.1 Studies of Occupational Exposures in the Conduct of Specific Procedures 32. Comments for Users of X-Ray Diffraction Machines 33. Particle Accelerators--The Universal Radiation Source 33.1 History of Particle Accelerators 33.2 Interactions of High-Energy Particles 33.3 Shielding High-Energy Particles 33.4 Particle Accelerators in Radiation Therapy 34. Regulation of Radiation Sources and Uses 34.1 Regulatory Measures for Medical Radiation Programs PART THREE: RADIATION DOSE CALCULATIONS 1. Dose from Beta-Emitting Radionuclides inside the Body 1.1 Calculating the Initial Dose Rate 1.2 Dose Calculations for a Decaying Radionuclide 1.3 Some Relationships Governing Radioactive Decay 1.4 Relationships Involving Both Radioactive Decay and Biological Elimination 1.5 Absorbed Beta Dose over a Period of Time 2. A Closer Look at the Dose from Beta Particles 2.1 Beta Particle Point Source Dose-Rate Functions 2.2 Evaluation of Beta Particle Dose from the Fluence and Stopping Power 3. Calculation of the Absorbed Dose from Gamma Emitters in the Body 3.1 Dose Rate from a Point Source of Photons--The Specific Dose-Rate Constant for Tissue 3.2 Evaluation of the Specific Dose-Rate Constant 3.3 Dose Rate from Distributed Gamma Sources 3.4 The Absorbed-Fraction Method--Dose within the Source Volume 3.5 Dose to Targets Outside the Source Volume by the Absorbed-Fraction Method 3.6 The Specific Absorbed Fraction--Sparing the Need to Divide by the Target Mass 3.7 Use of the Equilibrium Dose Constant--Computer-Generated Source Output Data 3.8 The S Factor--Doses from Cumulated Activity 4. Summary of Formulas 4.1 Radioactive Decay 4.2 Physical Decay and Biological Elimination 4.3 Dose from Nonpenetrating Radiation from Internal Emitters 4.4 Dose from Penetrating Radiation from Internal Emitters 4.5 Inverse Square Law 4.6 Dose Rates at a Distance from Gamma Sources 4.7 Attenuation of Radiation 4.8 Equivalent Dose 5. Dose Calculations for Specific Radionuclides 5.1 Hydrogen-3 5.2 Iodine-131 and Iodine-125 5.3 Strontium-90 / Yttrium-90 / Zirconium-90 5.4 Xenon-133 and Krypton-85 5.5 Uranium-238 and Its Decay Products 5.6 Radon-222 and Its Decay Products 5.7 Plutonium-239 and Plutonium-240 6. Dose Rates from Small, Highly Radioactive Particles 6.1 Evaluation of the Dose from Beta Particles 6.2 Biological Effects of Hot Particles 6.3 Risk of Cancer from Hot Particles 6.4 Highly Radioactive Particles in Fallout 6.5 Recommendations of the NCRP on Limits of Exposure to Hot Particles 6.6 NRC Enforcement Policy for Exposures to Hot Particles 7. The Radioactive Patient as a Source of Exposure 8. Radiation Doses in Nuclear Medicine 8.1 Dose to the Fetus from Uptake of Radionuclides from the Mother 9. Evaluation of Doses within the Body from X Rays 9.1 Patient Doses in Mammography 9.2 Evaluation of Doses in CT Examinations 10. Survey Results, Handbooks, and the Internet 10.1 Surveys of Doses in X-Ray Examinations 11. Producing an Optimum Radiation Field for Treating a Tumor PART FOUR: RADIATION MEASUREMENTS 1. Radiation Counting with a Geiger-Mueller Counter 1.1 A G-M Counter Described 1.2 Adjusting the High Voltage on a G-M Counter and Obtaining a Plateau 1.3 How a G-M Counter Can Lose Counts and Even Become Paralyzed 1.4 How to Distinguish between Beta and Gamma Radiation with a G-M Counter 1.5 How to Determine Source Strength of a Beta Emitter with a G-M Counter 1.6 Factors Affecting Efficiency of Detection of Beta Particles 1.7 Correcting for Attenuation of Beta Particles by Determining Absorption Curves 1.8 Counting Gamma Photons with a G-M Counter 1.9 Standardization of Radionuclides with G-M Counters 1.10 Interpreting Counts on a G-M Counter 2. Energy Measurements with a Scintillation Detector 2.1 Description of Scintillation Detectors and Photomultipliers 2.2 Pulse Counting with a Scintillation Counter and Scaler 2.3 Pulse-Height Distributions from Scintillation Detectors 2.4 Electronic Processing of Pulses Produced by Scintillation Detectors 3. Detectors for Special Counting Problems 3.1 Gas-Filled Proportional Counters 3.2 Semiconductor Detectors 4. Measuring Radiation Dose Rates 4.1 Measuring X and Gamma Dose Rates with Ionization-Type Survey Meters 4.2 Use of Scintillation Detectors to Measure Dose Rates 4.3 Use of G-M Counters to Monitor Dose Rates 4.4 Routine Performance Checks of Survey Meters 4.5 Calibration of Survey Meters 4.6 Beta Dose-Rate Measurements 4.7 Neutron Monitoring 5. Measuring Accumulated Doses over Extended Periods--Personnel and Environmental Monitoring 5.1 Use of Biodosimetry in Reconstructing Radiation Exposures 6. Specifying Statistical Variations in Counting Results 6.1 Nature of Counting Distributions 6.2 Sample Average and Confidence Limits 6.3 Standard Deviation 6.4 The Normal Error Curve--A Good Fit for Count Distributions 6.5 Precision of a Single Radiation Measurement 6.6 The Effect of Background on the Precision of Radiation Measurements 6.7 The Precision of the Ratio of Two Measurements 6.8 Testing the Distribution of a Series of Counts--The Chi-Square Test 6.9 Measurements at the Limits of Sensitivity of Detectors 7. Comments on Making Accurate Measurements PART FIVE: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE USE OF RADIONUCLIDES 1. Obtaining Authorization to Use Radionuclides 1.1 Administration of Radioactive Material to Humans 1.2 Requirements for Obtaining Approval to Use New Radioactive Drugs 1.3 Protection of the Patient in Nuclear Medicine 2. Training Required for Working with Radionuclides 2.1 Implementation of a Training Program 2.2 Radiation Safety within a Comprehensive Institutional Program in Laboratory Safety 3. Responsibilities of Radionuclide Users 4. Standards for Protection against Radiation 5. Personnel Monitoring for External Radiation Exposure 5.1 Ambiguities in Using the Personnel Dosimeter Dose as a Surrogate for Personnel Dose 6. Monitoring Personnel Subject to Intakes of Radioactive Material 7. NRC and ICRP Values for Annual Limits on Intake and Airborne Radioactivity Concentration Limits 7.1 Air Monitoring for Environmental Radioactivity 8. Posting of Areas 9. Laboratory Facilities 10. Protective Clothing 11. Trays and Handling Tools 12. Special Handling Precautions for Radioiodine 12.1 Use of Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid-Blocking Agent 13. Hygiene 14. Trial Runs 15. Delivery of Radionuclides 16. Storage and Control of Radionuclides 17. Storage of Wastes 18. Waste Disposal 18.1 Disposal of Gases to the Atmosphere 18.2 Disposal of Liquids to Unrestricted Areas 18.3 Disposal of Liquid Wastes to Sanitary Sewerage Systems 18.4 Solid Wastes 18.5 Disposal on Site by Incineration and Other Methods 18.6 Government Regulation of the Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 18.7 Volume Reduction in Waste Disposal 18.8 The Designation of De Minimus Concentrations of Radioactivity 18.9 Natural Radioactivity as a Reference in the Control of Environmental Releases 19. Use of Radioactive Materials in Animals 20. Transportation of Radionuclides 20.1 Transportation within the Institution 20.2 Mailing through the U.S. Postal Service 20.3 Shipment of "Limited Quantities" 20.4 Shipment of "Low-Specific-Activity" Materials 20.5 Shipment of Type-A Packages 20.6 Shipping Papers and Shipper's Certification 21. Contamination Control 21.1 Monitoring for Contamination 21.2 Decontamination of Equipment and Buildings--Limits for Uncontrolled Release 22. Personnel Contamination and Decontamination 23. Leak Tests of Sealed Sources 24. Notification of Authorities in the Event of Radiation Incidents 25. Termination of Work with Radionuclides Appendix A: Emergency Instructions in the Event of Release of Radioactivity and Contamination of Personnel A.1 Objectives of Remedial Action A.2 Procedures for Dealing with Minor Spills and Contamination A.3 Personnel Decontamination A.4 Major Releases of Airborne Radioactivity as a Result of Explosions, Leakage of High-Level Sealed Gaseous and Powdered Sources Appendix B: The Regulatory Process B.1 Radiation Control at the Federal Level B.2 Radiation Control at the State Level B.3 Inspection and Enforcement Appendix C: Control of Airborne Releases to the Environment C.1 Dilution in the Atmosphere C.2 Filtration of Particles C.3 Adsorption of Gases and Vapors on Charcoal C.4 Adsorbers for Radioiodine PART SIX: IONIZING RADIATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH 1. Formulation of Standards for Radiation Protection 1.1 Standards for Protection of the Public against Radioactive Contamination 1.2 Standards for the Cleanup of Sites Contaminated with Radioactivity 1.3 Protective Actions for Exposures of the Public from Long-Term and Unattributable Sources 2. Medical Findings on Humans Exposed to Radiation 2.1 Sources of Human Exposure Data 2.2 Epidemiological Studies of Leukemia and Other Cancers 2.3 Risk of Cancer from Exposure to Radiation 2.4 Effects on the Developing Embryo 2.5 Genetic Risks 2.6 Basic Mechanisms in the Genesis of Cancer by Ionizing Radiation 3. Risks to Health from Exposure to Alpha Radiation 3.1 Evolution of Protection Standards for Radon Gas and Its Decay Products 3.2 Risk of Lung Cancer from Extended Exposure to Radon and Its Short-Lived Decay Products 3.3 Exposure of Bone to Alpha Radiation 4. Implications for Humans from Results of Animal Experiments 5. Sources Producing Population Exposure 5.1 Natural Sources of External Radiation 5.2 Natural Sources of Radioactivity within the Body 5.3 Population Exposure from Medical and Dental X Rays 5.4 Population Exposure (Internal) from Radiopharmaceuticals 5.5 Environmental Radiation Levels from Fallout from Past Weapons Tests 5.6 Potential External Exposure to the Population from Large-Scale Use of Nuclear Power 5.7 Population Exposure (Internal) from Environmental Pollutants 6. Population Exposure from Radiation Accidents 6.1 Windscale, England--The First Major Nuclear Reactor Accident Causes Significant Environmental Contamination 6.2 Palomares, Spain--Atomic Bombs Drop from the Sky, Igniting and Contaminating a Countryside 6.3 Thule, Greenland--A Bomber Crashes and Its Nuclear Weapons Ignite 6.4 Rocky Flats, Colorado--A Case History in Environmental Plutonium Contamination from an Industrial Plant 6.5 Gabon, Africa--Site of Nature's Own Nuclear Reactor 6.6 Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania--A Nation Confronts the Awesome Presence of the Atom 6.7 Chernobyl 6.8 Nuclear Power from the Perspective of the Three Mile Island and the Chernobyl Accidents 7. Nuclear Weapons--Ready for Armageddon PART SEVEN: EXPOSURE TO NONIONIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 1. Electromagnetic Fields--Quantities, Units, and Maxwell's Equations 1.1 The Electric Field 1.2 The Magnetic Field 1.3 Maxwell's Equation for Faraday's Law of Induction 1.4 Maxwell's Equation for Ampere's Law as Modified for the Displacement Current 1.5 The Interactions of Electric and Magnetic Fields in a Medium 2. Interaction of Fields from Electric Power Lines with the Body 3. The Physics of Radiating Electromagnetic Fields 3.1 The Derivation of Equations for Electromagnetic Waves from Maxwell's Equations 3.2 Electromagnetic Waves Generated by a Sinusoidal Oscillator 3.3 Relationships of Photons and Waves 4. Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation in the Body 4.1 Penetration of EMF into the Body 4.2 Induced and Contact Currents 5. Specifying Dose to Tissue from Electromagnetic Fields 5.1 The Production of Heat as the Main Biological Effect 5.2 Resonance--A Special Concern in Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation 5.3 The Specific Absorption Rate--The Basic Quantity for Assessment of Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation 6. Devices That Produce Electromagnetic Fields 6.1 Antennas 6.2 Cellular Phone Networks 6.3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 6.4 Video Display Terminals 7. Making Measurements of ELF and Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields 8. Standards for Protection against Electromagnetic Fields 8.1 Power Lines 8.2 Radiofrequency Standards 8.3 Telecommunications Standards 8.4 Microwave Ovens 8.5 Video Display Units 8.6 Static Magnetic and Electric Fields 8.7 Comparison of Basic Limits for Ionizing and Nonionizing Radiation 9. Medical Findings on Humans 9.1 Static Magnetic Fields 9.2 Extremely Low Frequencies, Including Power Lines 9.3 Radiofrequencies 10. Effects on Animals--Basic Research 11. Exposures from Environmental Fields 11.1 Broadcasting: The Dominant Source of RF Radiation in the Environment 11.2 Radar Installations for Civilian and Military Purposes 11.3 Transmitters for Cellular Phone Systems 11.4 Power lines 11.5 Home and Office 12. Effects of Electromagnetic Interference on Pacemakers 13. Exposures to Patients and Staff from Medical Devices 13.1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 14. Occupational Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation 15. Beyond Microwaves PART EIGHT: CURRENT ISSUES IN RADIATION PROTECTION: WHERE THE EXPERTS STAND 1. On Electromagnetic Fields 2. On Defining and Regulating the Hazards of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation 2.1 On the Validity of the Linear No-Threshold (LN-T) Theory 2.2 The Exemption from Regulatory Control of Radiation Levels Below Which Causation of Cancer Is Considered Insignificant 3. On Reducing Population Radiation Exposure from Medical and Dental X Rays 4. On the Safety of Nuclear Power 5. On the Hazards of Nuclear Weapons Tests and Underground Explosions 5.1 Hazards to the Public from Fallout from Atmospheric Testing of Nuclear Bombs 5.2 Safety of the Use of Nuclear Explosives Underground for Large-Scale Excavation or Development of Natural Resources 6. On the Consequences to Civilization of an All-Out Thermonuclear War 7. A Personal Statement Appendix I: Problems Appendix II: Data on Selected Radionuclides Appendix III: Some Constants and Conversion Factors Selected Bibliography References Index
PortraitJacob Shapiro is former Director of the university Radiation protection Program and Senior Scientist in the Environmental Health and Safety Office, Harvard University. He is also Lecturer on Biophysics in Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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I think just communicating our calls, that's a big thing. When we get up to the line, we're making our calls.
On Stephen Morris:
He looks fine. It's just a bum ankle. It's nothing crazy. He looked great (in practice this week).
On improving on third downs:
We're trying to create long drives, and get those third down conversions. That's something we're stressing.
On the low sack numbers:
You see it in practice where we have situations like that. When you do it in games, it's nice to see after putting in the work.
On Jared Wheeler's hair:
Jared Wheeler has the duck dynasty beard and hair going. He has crazy hair. He's had it for awhile.
On Wheeler:
He's doing great. Shane hasn't been playing but I think he's taken the role and is doing a great job. He's making all the calls, and doing well.
On the young linemen:
That's the big thing we're able to have that. Guys come in and it's nothing. There is no dropoff. There is no change.
On Shane McDermott:
Shane's mental state is great. He is out there coaching us up. He definitely helps us out. He's on the sideline and might see something we don't see and then he tells us what's going on.
On preparing with multiple QB's:
No. It's the same. They all have the same cadence and snap count. They're all taught the same things. We're comfortable with whoever is back there. Nothing really changes.


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Episode 3
As O'Brian moved with this unknown pilot towards the door he caught sight of a picture of his wife and son on the wall. Upon seeing it, he thought about the current situation he was now, and of his deceased… No… Murdered… wife and kidnapped son. His self-pity and sadness faded away and was replaced with an intense anger. A fire in his heart, burning like the depths of hell had been lit in his soul. Adrenalin pumped through his veins and in lapse of all self-control he let out a yell "Shaw! You're dead!" as he ripped the picture from the wall and threw it to the ground shattering the glass cover.
This sudden yell startled the female pilot, who spun around and scolded O'Brian, "Hold it together! Just because you are no longer an officer in the Imperial Navy, does not mean you can get rookie on me! Get focused!"
The surprised look on O'Brian's face at this sudden scolding must have been easy to read. "Look, I know this is all so sudden for you, but you aren't the only person to have lost loved ones in this whole mess. My brother was flying on your wing and died the day you tried to save the freighter. He certainly wouldn't approve of you falling apart now!"
O'Brian realized her brother was Epsilon 3, who was vaporized by missiles shortly before the freighter went down. He tried to apologize but was quickly cut off "Do not apologize to me just yet. There will be plenty of time to talk later." O'Brian could see her fighting back tears of her own, and after a brief pause she continued "You asked my name earlier, it is Lieutenant Sarah Franklin, of the Outer World Alliance. I will tell you more once we are on our way to the jump point, we must move. NOW! We have wasted too much time here already!" With that, she turns around, and moves to the door way and makes a hand motion for O'Brian to stack up behind the door way with her. O'Brian vaguely remembered basic hand signals from the naval academy, he never was one for close combat, and preferred to stay in the pilot's seat. He used to think that is what the Marines were for, and now, he was wishing he spent a little more time training for this as he was obviously way out of his element.
Once O'Brian was in position, Franklin made another hand gesture and abruptly opened the door and crossed the doorway out into the hall. O'Brian followed and nearly tripped over a body that was lying on the ground. It was the Marine who was posted as a guard outside his room. The body had a metal spike protruding from the side of his head. O'Brian felt queasy. In his entire career he had never actually seen a dead body or the end result of warfare up close. He knew when he spaced a Vanduul fighter or a pirate Cutlass that he was killing a living being, but he never actually saw death this close. He looked around and spotted four more bodies on the ground in the hall. The four others were the Advocacy agents that were to transport him to a docked Advocacy Freelancer for transport to his trial. He decided not to stare too long and stayed behind Franklin.
At the end of the hall Franklin stopped just before the bulkhead and said quietly "The rooster has crowed". O'Brian confused was about to ask what that gibberish meant when suddenly from the opposite side of the bulkhead came a low male voice the replied "at midnight!" Franklin rapidly pulled a very confused O'Brian past the bulkhead where he saw two men waiting, both in flight suits with laser pistols in hand and crossbows leaning up against the wall next to them. The crossbows must have been used to silently dispatch the guard and agents. O'Brian instantly recognized the two men. The man closest to him was Warrant Officer Vladimir Kutuzov, his flight engineer that used to be responsible for keeping his old Hornet in combat ready condition. Kutuzov and O'Brian were good friends and O'Brian was glad to see him. The other man was Ensign Terry Michaels. Michaels was well known on the Artemis for his marksmanship and was assigned to Hotel Flight's heavy fighters as a rear gunner.
"Vlad, glad to see you. But, how did you….." O'Brian started to ask his friend how we got joined up into this whole mess and escape plan. But Kutuzov interrupted.
"Tom, it is a long story. For now, let's just say that I never told you all of my history. I used to be a Marine, and I tried to escape my past by transferring to the Navy and being a lowly flight engineer. What happened out there with you was the last straw. The corruption must end. Things really have not changed from the Messer era nearly as much as we think. It just happens behind closed doors now". Kotuzov calmly spoke. There was conviction in his voice. This is something that he obviously has thought through. O'Brian was surprised to learn Kutuzov was in the Marines before the Navy. He never suspected it. O'Brian was beginning to realize that he was in the center of something much bigger than himself.
At Franklin's beckoning the four began to the move down the hall at a brisk jog. There was no time to waste. As they approached the lift that goes from the pilot's quarters to the flight deck the door to the lift opened. Two security team members started to exit the lift, their weapons holstered. The security team saw the four running towards them, and while they did not recognize most of them, they recognized O'Brian immediately and started to draw their pistols. "Stop! Show yo….." they started to give the command to stop and show their hands, but where cut short as Kutuzov and Michaels both fired two rapid shots from their laser pistols. Both of their targets staggered forward and collapsed as each took two laser impacts in the center of their chests. The smell of charred human flesh filled the air along with a small amount of smoke from the burned uniforms and flesh and vital organs that the uniforms covered.
"Go! Go! Go! Get in the lift!" Franklin yelled. She knew the laser blasts would alert the ships systems to their exact location and determine that they would be trying to get to the flight line. They need to get down the lift and to the flight deck before security can lock it down and trap them. Fortunately, the sheer size of a Bengal has an advantage to a small group trying to escape: there is a lot of ship to cover. Much of the preparation Franklin did for this escape involved planting false evidence showing an attempt to mutiny and take over the ship so security teams will be performing sweeps of the entire ship, not just the flight deck. "Plus" she thought to herself "the Empire doesn't know of the jump point I am going to lead the four of them through, so they will not likely be anticipating an escape plan. "
The four escapees rush into the lift and Franklin inputs the command to head to the flight deck. As the door to the lift closes, there are yells heard in the hall. A second security team approaching from the other direction spotted them and the leader of that team yelled out commands. Just before the door fully closed a laser blast hit the back of the lift burning a small crater into the surface. "Everyone ok?" Franklin asked while catching her breath. Everyone looked each other over and nodded. A few seconds later the lift reached the flight deck. The easy part was over…


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|This is a discussion on How do you play big stack? within the online poker forums, in the Tournament Poker section; Okay so I play micro stacks mtt and cash and I was wondering what the best strategy is when your big stack when I'm short
Big stack play in micro mtt
Okay so I play micro stacks mtt and cash and I was wondering what the best strategy is when your big stack when I'm short or small stack I feel I play well but my big stack play seem terrible I don't know if it's because I'm not playing aggressive enough but when I try to be in micro stack you get to many 🐟🐟Maniacs🐠🐠 re raising or shoving thanks for any advice😊
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i win most of my money from micro MTTs, usually not the larger fields, maximum entrants of about 200-300 people
and my theory is "when you have a big stack, your game shouldnt change"
we dont want to be getting involved in too many flips
the basic concept is if opponent has 10BB or less, they are looking for a double up, so to steal from this type of opponent you must have a big hand
reasoning "if opponent re raises you, you are almost inclined to call purely on the odds left"
if your opponent on the other hand has 20-30BB, be agressive against them, they have so much fold equity and should be sitting much tighter trying to find a descent hand to get it all in with
so again, for 20BB we must have a monster hand to race with
Then you have other big stacks, and if you are going to get involved with another big stack, these are the people that you can harm if they play badly, but vice versa, caution should be taken because they can also harm you
I used to get so loose, when I have big stack, that I spew it almost right away... Don't change your game if you have a big stack, sure you can go into the hand with wider range, but much more than before.
It also depends on the game flow, if people around you are extra tight - you can use your big stack to steal, watch out for small stacks tho, because they will sove on you more often. Good luck!
Thank you very much for your advice also I play at pokerstars do you know any regular micro tournaments that don't get swollen with people and thank you again
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the deep stack play vs short stack play has several difference.
first of all poker is a situational game so according with oppos, stack, avg, bb ect you should adjust your play.
very important is to consider your stack in relation with others. playing 40bb vs a 15bb in blind war for example, doesnt allow you playing like if u playing against another deep stack. u have to adjust and open a range which u r sure to call if shoved (except if bb is so nit that u can raise atc any unopened pot). I can hazard to say that u'd almost play as u are short stack too.
while writing this post i googled it and found that CC has a pretty good basic article about it, here's the link, enjoy:
re: Poker & How do you play big stack?
everything will depend on the blinds you have and the time if you are near or inside the bubble, if you got 10 or less blindly hand range will have to be wider and you have to go allin, if you're chip leader can put more pressure and steal the blinds. but I repeat all depends on the time of the tournament and the number of blind you have .. greetings.
If you can fold with big stack in pre-flop cards like K8(different suits) then you should't be problem to get your stack bigger and bigger.
First and head problem with large stack's is that, what you call to mini-raises or bet's with low card and that's the reason why your stack getting smaller.
When you are big stack, you have to play extremely tight, specially against other bigstacks. If all the players of the table are short, you have to play as if you were short also. But when you are bighstack, try not to play big pots with top pair. Just se mine, play some suited connectors, see what draws you get. I would never end all in with top pair, unless I'm pretty sure I'm not behind
I seem to struggle with having a big stack in middle stages of the tourney. I really do find myself playing a lot more solid and seem to be able to steal pots when im in the 15 to 30 BB's. I do play pretty tight for the most part. But I will get better than good whole cards and will get maniac all in shoves and make the call with AA KK QQ AK AQ AJ. The donk goes all in A10 A7 KJ KQ 99 1010, and will double up and the tourney always seems to turn after this kind of bad beat. I have been doing better at keeping my head on straight to keep myself from going on tilt. But the fact is, is that I have this happen and start losing my stack. I'm going to try to keep up my aggression and keep the strategy in tact by not letting the big stack effect my mental state and play different. I will always mix it up, but will try this angle of staying the course. Thanks kingmunchers!
You really don't have to do to much differently. Just play as you have been playing. Although having the big stacks you can see more flops with marginal hands (suited connectors, one-gappers, paint cards), and you also be more aggressive with these hands. But I recommend if you are going to do so, play them in position. It can be very profitable to 3bet theses hands in late position. Calling from the blinds with them is a good way to lose a lot of chips, but you can get away with playing them every now and then, not every time. Overall, just keeping playing your game, get slightly more aggressive but always in position, and keep building your stack.
I disagree with playing a big stack the same as an average stack.
You don't have to completely retool your game, but you NEED to use your chips as your weapons.
According to ICM chips in a big stack are worth less than chips in a short stack...you can use this to your advantage by putting pressure on the right opponents. Their 1,000 in chips is worth much more to them than that same 1,000 is to you.
You want to pick the right players to put pressure on. basically medium stacks who have more options than shove or fold. Avoid playing pots with short stacks and big stacks unless you are playing the value of your own 2 cards. When you are playing vs. medium stacks you can play the value of your hand, plus you can play your position and you can play their weakness.
If you have 30,000 and they are a medium stack with 7,000 you can put them all in on a scare card when you hold 2nd pair or some other marginal hand....they won't be able to call away their tourney life without a really strong hand or a really good read. You couldn't make that same move if you only had 7,000 yourself. that's just an example.
Avoid calling, especially calling all-ins. You want to use your stack to put pressure on your opponents by betting relentlessly. pounce on weakness.
I think you need to be aggressive enough to be able to bully the table - which will vary according to who and stacks etc. If you're too tight people can still bully you even if you dwarf their stack. I've had this happen and in no time I'm average stack and then below.
I think valuing a big stack is a mistake for me. I'm only marginally more likely to win a tournament from biggest stack with 12 tables to go than I am with an average stack at the same time. So may as well use the chips and possibly lose them than sit on them and they lose their value. This probably points to a number of serious leaks in my game but I'm novice so I wouldn't know yet.
It's not simply a matter of adapting your game whenever you have a big stack. The key is to identify situations where you can use your stack size *effectively*. As a fairly simple example, if you're at a table where everyone has tightened up because they don't want to tangle with you unless they have a premium hand, you should broaden your opening range. Otoh, if you're at a table where the opponents are shoving a lot, you should probably narrow your opening range.
I almost never play the bottom 5% of hands unless there is an extremely compelling reason to do so. Sometimes live you get a tell so reliable that you can re-pop the person with any 2 cards. Sometimes in a tourney when you find yourself crippled with less than 4 BB you have to play any 2 cards
this would be most hands with a deuce or a 3 in them, especially if both cards are under a T
re: Poker & How do you play big stack?
Depends on a few factors including the presence of other big stacks, size of the blinds in relation to everyone's stacks, how close/far away the money bubble is.
Near the bubble with the biggest stack at the table I am often raising pre-flop looking to steal small pots. As the blinds get higher and higher this becomes even more profitable since most stacks are looking for hands they can push with and will fold everything else.
depends on the tournement, whether it's within ur bankroll or whether the tournement is something you satelited into. I usually play a high varience style and play it the same as a sng if on a final table to get advantage of other peoples ICM
but itts really a situation thing. if your comfortable being aggro, then yeah push that stack around, if not be careful you'll fold your dreams away
It depends. I am not going to try to bully around real short stacks that are behind me. They are going to be looking for a spot to shove and I dont want to lose chips with a marginal hand. If everyone is willing to let you bully them and steal pots then do it. If not just play tight and steal a pot when you get a chance to.
i also try to steal pots when i'm the big stack, but i don't want to get in with other big stacks. sitting out is probably the worst decision when u've a large stack. u might get into the money, but u will loose handsome portion of ur stack
If you're the big stack it's perfectly fine to widen your opening range, however you do not want to start making loose calls when others raise.
This is one of the biggest diseases that I see big stacks become infected with; applying pressure by raising is one thing but don't start gambling and calling pre-flop raises with weak hands (3-betting light is different, but you must know when and when not to), you won't be the big stack for long.
re: Poker & How do you play big stack?
I normally play a wider range of hands when I have a big stack at the table. It depends on the stack sizes of other players with me but I def play more hands. I try to not blow my stack up because i have more to gamble with. keep that in mind
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I.E its short handed 3 get paid 4-5 ppl left.. u raise ep or button 2.5 or 3bb depending on stack sizes in blinds. You have say.. 3.7k blinds 75,150 or 1/200, so you raise 2.5 with say qj or k10, SS shoves for 1 k total giving you 600 to call, you're priced in really. Are you saying you'd fold?
I just watched somebody triple up in a 10-man DoN during the first couple of levels, which virtually guaranteed him a cash, then he wound up being the bubble boy because he wouldn't stop calling other people's pre-flop raises and wound up spewing off all of his chips. I don't know what he was calling with but it must have been just about ATC, people were raising 10x because he was calling almost every raise, and he would still call, then fold to nearly every c-bet.
I do like to bully shorter stacks if i am well off as i attempt to steal here and there as much i think i can. Especially when i am near the bubble that is really when i ramp it up a bit as they don't want to be risking all their life.
For instance i will give you a few spots from where it is best to steal :
1. Cutoff / hijack - if you have all short stacks to your left and the action folds around to you this is a good spot to open a bit wider than usual.
2. Button - two short stack in the blinds ?? good spot to put pressure here.
3. Small blind - Good spot to steal and resteal. By this i mean if it folds around to you then you can obviously shove on the short stack big blind and steal the blinds. But if the button attempts a steal by making a raise then you can 3bet fairly wide here and attempt a resteal (not recommended if the button is big stack).
Having a big stack allows you to put additional pressure on your opponents as every time they're always faced with the threat of elimination, if used correctly you should be able to continue building your stack, play smart though. If people play back at you don't feel like you have to call people off with marginals.
re: Poker & How do you play big stack?
Often in an MTT, I get in the top 3 positions at one point or another. And give it a couple of rounds I'm down to 10-15th place because I do not play aggressively enough, or when I do play a hand, I don't get enough action.
In turn, I generally bust just short of the bubble or somewhere a little above the mark (15th, 6th, 22nd etc...), and was wondering how I could improve my chances of getting that top spot.
I've seen a lot of other big stacks bully the table, but I rarely have the guts to do so, even when I've got at least double everyone else's stack.
In cash games I generally have the principal, win one big pot every 20-30 mins and I'm making good profit. But I cannot afford to do this in a tournament setting.
So, I'm wondering, whats the best way to play it? What positions/what hands do you play with. How often should you attempt to steal preflop? Whats your VPIP/PFR when your big stacked? And any other criteria that follows suit, do mention!


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stupid dead boy!, alright i suppose that a bit over the top i mean, i should be sad that a kid has died, but i was really enjoying that P.E. lesson, and Elena is such a good player, give or take a bit competitive i giggle. I got changed quickly and left the changing rooms for the cafeteria, and ok i will admit it, despite my love for nature, i have a terrible sense of direction and yes, i got lost! i ended up walking down a rather dark corridor, i was beginning to get out my phone to call someone when i walked passed a door, the first door i had see in a while, and on the door was a sign reading headmasters office, and i heard a quite muffling inside and me being incredibly curious, i put my ear up against the door and i heard the faint ending of a conversation "..... But I assure you no other students will hit the ground dead because of my sword." i then saw the door handle turn and quickly turned round and hid in the shadows keeping an eye on who was going to come out of that door.
Out of the door appeared a tall dark figure, its was a male, dressed in a dark black cloak, silver hair. he had the most amazing silver eyes that were hard to look at for too long, but in a good way, and he was somewhat handsome in a way that i had never seen before, my eyes fell down to a leather bound hilt, where a sword sat safely in a hold, the sword was beautiful, and i straight away new that he was a blade with the element powers of water, fire , and earth. I made a graceful leap into the shadows as he walked out, and he appeared to have not noticed me, and he began to walk down the hall, and i felt a strange erge to follow him, hoping that he was going to the cafeteria so i could find my way, and also following him just because i wanted to.
the end of the corridor was light and i regretfully sighed a little too loud that we were at the cafeteria, he stopped still in front of me, and all of a sudden quickly whipped round, i embarrassingly let out a incredibly weak sounding "hi" and then briskly walk off into the hall, but before i could even take a step into the room i felt a firm grip on my hand and i was pulled back, i hate being so light that people can actually do that! i turned around and the Blade was staring at me with a look that i could not read, anger, annoyance i don't have a fricking clue!


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If you love Community as much as I do, then you probably know that the show's been given a little vacation by NBC that could easily turn into a permanent one. (If you didn't know this, I just became the Grinch of Christmas 2011.)
Watching last night's holiday episode--which is the last one we'll see if and until the network schedules Community's comeback--we couldn't help but count our Greendale blessings. There'd just be so much to miss about Dan Harmon's college caprice--and last night's episode reminded us of all of it.
Really, NBC--it would put a huge crimp in our finances and schedule if we had to enroll in community college just to wander around trying to put together our own motley study groups. Please, take a look at our list below.
What do you guys love about Community--what would you miss most if it went away? Make your voice heard, you never know who's reading this!
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Magna Entertainment Corp. chairman Frank Stronach wants to get things moving with his company's proposed racetrack in Romulus, Mich., but state racing commissioner Robert Geake reiterated Thursday that much remains to be accomplished before any action can be taken.Stronach discussed MEC's plans for a combined Thoroughbred/Standardbred track in suburban Detroit with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm Wednesday, but a spokesperson after the meeting told the Detroit Free Press the governor has not taken a position on the matter. Stronach said before the meeting MEC is "getting jerked around" by Michigan officials.
Geake maintains further information is needed before the process can move forward, specifically regarding the proposed transfer of MEC's license for Great Lakes Downs in Muskegon to a company led by longtime Stronach-associate Jack Brothers. Geake said he requested clarification of the transfer in a letter dated March 12 but has yet to hear back from MEC."Mr. Stronach was in Lansing complaining that this office has not acted to approve the transfer of its Muskegon license, but we have to be satisfied that Magna is truly divesting itself of the one track," Geake said. "I requested in writing they clarify the proposal so we can clearly establish that it would be an arms-length transaction."Michigan law prohibits the ownership of multiple track licenses. However, a bill being debated by the state legislature that would allow video lottery terminals at the state's racetracks also includes a provision allowing for multiple racing licenses."Magna Entertainment has two shots at this -- one is the legislation, if its passed, and the other is to divest itself of (Great Lakes Downs)," Geake said.Lorne Kumer, vice president of real estate for MI Developments, the parent company of MEC, did not immediately return phone calls Thursday.Further complicating Geake's decision is whether a track in Romulus would be viable if the alternative gaming legislation is not passed. "This office has to be satisfied the proposal is financially sound before it can be approved," Geake said.MEC has proposed a $100-million dual-breed racetrack called Michigan Downs. The facility would include a 1 1/8-mile dirt track for Thoroughbreds and seven-furlong harness track. There would also be a one-mile turf course. If demand warrants, a 675,000 square-foot retail and entertainment complex would be built later.
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HX20V vs buying a camcorder
Hello everyone. I had a few questions about the HX20V vs the handycam line of products from Sony.
While I owned one of these handycams I was very upset by its low image quality of stills.
Apparently the sensor on most of them is 1/3' for some reason. and the lower end ones even have 1/4' sensors.
The CX260V was the one I will be discussing because I bought it and returned it.
Apparently the camera is rated as being a 4.6mm sensor size and the aperture : F1.8-3.4
I took it out for some test shooting because the camera is rated to 8.9MP and the quality was probably the WORST I've ever seen.
The pictures it was spitting out were worse than my androids camera and I'm not joking.
So long story short I've called amazon and sent that camera back and now I'm looking at not getting a camcorder for stills.
Instead I've decided to go a different route and get a HX20V for video and photo
Here are some general questions I had tho, and the reason I signed up to this site.
1. Will the HX20V's 1/2.3 sensor pick up more light and make better photos than the CX260V? I noticed that the HX20V has a smaller aperture...
2. Can these cameras actually turn out better video than the handcam line of camcorders? I am guessing so, since they're higher MP and larger sensors.
3. Why do the tiny sensor camcorders cost so much money compared to the value of sensor and features you get with these P&S cameras?
4. Is it true that the HX20 and RX100 are limited to 29 minute shooting time, because if they shot longer it would classify them as video cameras?
I will be looking forward to any reply.
If you know the answer to any of my questions let me know.
& even if you dont know them all just give me some feedback. I'm interested in hearing peoples opinions.
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Though I loved our time in Texas last week with my family, it's good to be back home in good old Columbia, MO. It's funny how quickly I have adjusted to small city life. Everything here is so accessible and now that the girls are older, I am ready to access it all. I am really looking forward to getting them out on the Katy Trail on their bike. We're so close to a trail access now that I am thinking we can even start heading downtown on it to some of the free concerts and festivals.
Of course that brings in a whole other level of prep: snacks and drinks that are easy to carry. As well as healthy enough to fuel the ride there and back, but tasty enough that my kids won't be begging for concessions.
We kind of have the mobile snack thing down since the girls take their lunch every day. And they won't be content with anything as pedestrian as a peanut butter sandwiches. Instead they prefer to eat like hobbits, with little bits every few hours (or minutes.)
But I had no idea what to do about drinks. There's always water but the fountain water can be a bit funky and I find those drink packets way too chemical tasting. Enter Mott's new juice drinks.
On the ride to and from our Spring Break, they became borderline obsessed with the Mott's Wild Grape Surge juice drink mini bottles. I had thrown a few six packs in the car and was happy to find that they were asking for those instead of their usual gas station treats of smoothies or "sports" drinks. I know doctors say there is no correlation between sugar and behavior but I certainly noticed a dialing down in the travel meltdown level!
And while the girls loved the Grape Surge ("so grapey mom",) I have to admit a preference for the Mott's Fruit Punch Rush. Both flavors (and their "so strawberry" Strawberry Boom) meet my non-negotiables for fruit drinks: fruit flavor that's from fruit juices and natural flavors, not artificial sweeteners.
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