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"A Divine? Me?" Sish shook his head. "Stop trying to mess with me, old man."
Kojack closed his mouth and placed a hand on his head, thinking. Sish wanted to ask again what he meant, but it was useless to bother Kojack when he thought on something. Sish decided to wait. What did he mean, a Divine? Sure, Sish had a powerful Will, but that didn't make him a Divine. They were supposed to have enough to lift much larger things. Even a Herald could lift a house if they wanted. Sish pushed his hand through his hair, calming himself. He was NOT a Divine.
"It seems as though you have a Divine Will," Kojack said after a moment. "There is no other way you could have lifted that tree without something to help you." The old man shook his head, as if he knew it all along.
But Sish wouldn't hear it. "Have you become stupid, old man?" Sish yelled, his anger rising, "Greater Wills can easily lift something that large!" He remembered Grave had a Divine Will and he could lift more than just a tree. He even lifted a stone the size of a house before!
Kojack sighed. "Do you know nothing?"
"Apparently not," Sish snorted back.
"Sish Carna, I would have thought you smarter," Kojack started, "But I see now that you have slacked in your lessons."
Sish picked up his quarter staff with Will and started spinning it to be doing something. Here came one of the old man's lectures. It would be a first for Sih, but that was because he was good at getting away.
"Will is given to every human and recycled with the same soul it is given. Some even say your Will IS your soul. In any case, the way Will works is simple. You allow your Will to move from your body and cover an object." Kojack demonstrated by picking up a clunk of dirt from the tree Sish had thrown. "You cover every crevice down to the tiniest space on the object. A rock is a solid, so it is extremely simple to pick up." Kojack allowed the pebble to drop and picked up a small plant. This took him a little while and he seemed to have a hard time doing it, but he succeeded. Did he really have a Greater Will?
"This plant is harder to pick up. Do you know why?"
Sish shook his head. He doubted the plant really was harder.
Kojack seemed to read his thoughts, though. "A plant is hollow, Sish," he said, "Do you realize what that means?"
Then, in surprise, Sish did. "That means… I have enough Will to fill the entirety of a tree?" This was… Wow. He was really a Divine? It wasn't that he hated it - after all, Grave was a Divine – but it made Sish feel… like he was one of the snobby high class Divines.
"Well, more or less. A tree is denser than this plant," Kojack said, dropping the plant, "But it still is an impressive…." Kojack's face was full of alarm, them. He looked around, but Sish couldn't see what he was looking for.
"What is it? Someone nearby?" Sish asked. "I think those Farmers have long since gotten to their fields, old man."
"You fool!" Kojack cursed, "You realize what you did?! You threw a tree into Fetona! We have to get out of here before.."
Just like that, Sish and Kojack noticed a group of men on horseback in the distance. Well, this was just great. There was nothing like a regiment of Fetona security officers to make things better. Sish muttered a curse and grabbed his staff. He would not let himself be captured! The other staff was taken by Kojack, so Sish simply let him have it.
"Sish, we must make our escape," Kojack said as the officers drew closer, "There is no way we can take all of them.
Sish laughed. "Look! There is only about ten or so of them. We can take em." It was true. There was only ten – maybe a few more – horsemen riding their way. The dust left in their wake may have hidden one or two, but there was no way they had even twenty officers. Sish knew he could take on the Fetona scum.
"There will be more-"
Sish cut him off by smacking his quarter staff on the ground. "I won't let these bastards beat me, old man!" he yelled, running toward the leader of the horseman; a large man with a massive mace. "They might know something about the Lost God!"
Now it was time to find out if they did.


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GBP/USD capped at $1.5150
GBP/USD slipped to $1.5115 from the intraday highs at $1.5150. Market is thin as the UK banks are closed in observance of the Spring Holiday. This week there are actually no important data on the UK schedule that can influence the pound, so concentrate on the US data.
Sterling was trying to recover from a 2-months low at $1.5010, which was printed on Thursday, but remains capped at $1.5150 (23.6% Fibo from a recent decline). Next offers are seen at $1.5185 and $1.5200 (bottom of the bearish H4 cloud). It would be hard for the bulls to break higher, so we are still looking to sell GBP on rallies.
Support lies at $1.5100, $1.5070 and $1.5015. Below $1.5000 sterling will extremely vulnerable for a decline to $1.4830 (March low).
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Our biotech industry 'envy of the world'
Massachusetts can claim dominance in the biotech industry thanks to a 10-year, $1 billion life sciences initiative, the state's housing and economic development secretary said yesterday.
"We are the dominant life sciences cluster in the world," Greg Bialecki said, "and I don't think that was an accident."
Gov. Deval Patrick proposed the initiative in 2007, after California passed a $3 billion stem cell initiative.
"In 2007, people were incredibly anxious," Bialecki said. "We ruffled some feathers."
George Goodno, a spokesman for the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the world's largest biotechnology trade association, said Massachusetts, and metropolitan Boston in particular, "clearly have one of the largest life science clusters in the country," second perhaps only to California's.
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text: Geography http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2242 2017-05-28T04:07:50Z A Forest of Complexity: An Ethnographic Assessment of REDD+ Implementation in Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/1903/19004 A Forest of Complexity: An Ethnographic Assessment of REDD+ Implementation in Indonesia Enrici, Ashley Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is a global initiative aimed at curbing carbon emissions from forest cover change. Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet with the third largest extent of tropical forest, has been extensively involved in REDD+. Despite commitments from the government of Indonesia and the international community, the deforestation rate has not stabilized or decreased in the years since REDD+'s introduction in 2007. As of 2012, it was arguably the highest in the world. While there is an extensive body of literature on REDD+, the need for grounded observations from the field could clarify existing challenges and inform future pursuits. This dissertation presents the results of over two years of ethnographic research in Indonesia on REDD+. Qualitative data collection techniques such as participant observation, site visits and interviews provide a rich tapestry of data that was analyzed in combination with scholarly literature and policy. The research finds that despite a number of changes to laws and regulations resulting from REDD+ implementation in Indonesia, weak institutional capacity and corruption have negated gains. The results of a case study of three REDD+ project sites identify important criteria at the root of success or failure: finance, community, boundary enforcement, monitoring, and outcomes of attempted carbon sequestration and biodiversity preservation. Challenges identified for each criteria include a lack of sufficient funding opportunities; inability to enforce boundaries due to corruption; and lack of a solid plan for involving communities. Carbon sequestration and biodiversity preservation results were mixed due to lack of monitoring and problems with encroachment. Finally the results of the qualitative data collection with stakeholders indicates a crisis of confidence among REDD+ stakeholders; cultural barriers to communication; a disconnect between international rhetoric and local reality; corruption and governance issues resulting in a lack of pathways for project implementation. I argue that changes must be made to Indonesian policy, monitoring technologies must be utilized, and stakeholders need to address some of the problems discussed here in order to save REDD+ from crisis. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Contemporary Forest Cover Dynamics in Myanmar http://hdl.handle.net/1903/18998 Contemporary Forest Cover Dynamics in Myanmar Biswas, Sumalika Understanding forest cover dynamics is important for a nation's environmental, social and political commitments. In the past decade, Myanmar had the highest deforestation rate, in mainland South East Asia (Hansen et al., 2013). Further, in 2009, Myanmar embarked on a landmark political change from military regime to democratic transition which significantly impacted its forest cover. Myanmar also ranks first with respect to forest fires in South/Southeast Asia. In Myanmar, forest cover loss and fire are intrinsically linked through the traditional taungya system of slash and burn. Thus, quantifying factors controlling forest fires in Myanmar is an important topic that needs attention. Although the Myanmar government established protected areas throughout the country to conserve forests, their effectiveness remains unevaluated. This dissertation aims to understand the current status of forest cover dynamics in Myanmar. The five chapters in this dissertation address the impact of the political transition on forest cover loss and fragmentation, fire disturbance in tropical evergreen and deciduous forests including the factors controlling vegetation fires in the protected and non-protected forests. The dissertation contributes to the existing knowledge in land cover and land use change science (LCLUC), ii especially the impact of institutional changes on forest cover in the tropics. The analysis of the relationship between forest loss, fire and effectiveness of the protected areas addressed in the study, contributes to regional knowledge on fire and conservation science respectively. The findings of this dissertation depict that in Myanmar, the political transition to democracy significantly influenced its forest cover. Our analysis showed that during 2001-2014, a total loss of 2,030,101 ha of forest occurred at the rate of 145,007.21 ha/year with a linear increase of 15,359 (±1793) ha/year. The observed increase in variance in between 2008-2011 coincides with political transition period which started with the formation of the new Constitution in 2008 and ended with the military government handing over power to the democratic government in 2011. Analysis of trend and variance patterns of two landscape fragmentation metrics (Number of Patches and Mean Patch Area) at the provincial level show the influence of the political transition on landscape fragmentation. The impact of political transition was more pronounced in provinces associated with plantations and urban areas. Among the rubber producing States, the border States, Shan, Kayah, and Kayin were more impacted compared to inland Mon. Tanintharyi and Bago Regions showed higher variance in residuals of both metrics before the transition occurred due to the military government supported oil palm and teak plantations. Fragmentation and the variance in fragmentation metrics in Kachin increased post 2008. Apart from plantation areas, urban areas like Yangon and Mandalay showed high fragmentation post 2009 period after the new government was formed. We attribute the forest loss and fragmentation to the economic and structural reforms of the democratic government, specifically to the increased granting of agricultural concessions and logging for plantations. iii A study of the fire regime from 2003 to 2012 using MODIS satellite data suggested March as the peak of the fire season with 12900 km2 of Burned Area (BA) and 95000 fire counts. Forests accounted for majority (41.3%) of the total BA and most fires (89.7%) resulted in medium or high vegetation disturbance. A higher negative correlation between BA and Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) was reported for deciduous forests than for evergreen forests (r=0.49 vs r = 0.36, p ~ 0). A maximum decrease in 29% of original GPP (2007-2012) was observed in the evergreen forest patches. The scale-dependent correlation analysis suggested significant BA-GPP correlation at 1 × 1 degree, as compared to finer resolutions. These results highlight the significance of fires impacting carbon cycle. An in-depth analysis of fire causative factors in Myanmar was studied. The mean fire density in non-protected areas was found to be two times more than in protected areas. Fire-land cover partition analysis suggested dominant fire occurrences in the savannas (protected areas) and woody savannas (non-protected areas). The five major fire causative factors in protected areas in descending order were found to be population density, land cover, tree cover percent, travel time from nearest city and temperature. The causative factors in non-protected areas were population density, tree cover percent, travel time from nearest city, temperature and elevation. The fire susceptibility analysis showed distinct spatial patterns with central Myanmar as a hot spot region of vegetation fires. Results from propensity score matching suggested that forests within protected areas have 11% less fires than non-protected areas. These findings provide information to policy makers about the current forest loss, forest fragmentation and forest fire hotspots, status of forest conservation and can be used to inform, update or evaluate policies. These findings are timely and can guide policy makers to arrive at best management strategies as the new government is formulating policies and laws and amending old ones to aid forest conservation. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Factors Influencing Remote Sensing Measurements of Winter Cover Crops http://hdl.handle.net/1903/18970 Factors Influencing Remote Sensing Measurements of Winter Cover Crops Prabhakara, Kusuma Winter cover crops are an essential part of managing nutrient and sediment losses from agricultural lands. Cover crops lessen sedimentation by reducing erosion, and the accumulation of nitrogen in aboveground biomass results in reduced nutrient runoff. Winter cover crops are planted in the fall and are usually terminated in early spring, making them susceptible to senescence, frost burn, and leaf yellowing due to wintertime conditions. In addition to remote sensing imagery, advances have been made in the use of proximal sensors integrated with GPS for on-field measurements, and the comparability of such measurements between platforms, as well as based on processing level is important. Cover crop growth on six fields planted to barley, rye, ryegrass, triticale or wheat was measured over the 2012-2013 winter growing season. There was a strong relationship between the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and percent groundcover (r2 =0.93) suggesting that date restrictions effectively eliminate yellowing vegetation from analysis. The Triangular Vegetation Index (TVI) was most accurate in estimating high ranges of biomass (r2=0.86), while NDVI did not experience a clustering of values in the low and medium biomass ranges but saturated in the higher range (>1500 kg/ha). Accounting for index saturation, senescence, and frost burn on leaves can greatly increase the accuracy of estimates of percent groundcover and biomass for winter cover crops. Surface reflectance measurements were more correlated with proximal sensors compared to top of atmosphere, with intercepts closer to zero, regression slopes nearer to the 1 to 1 line, and less variance between measured values. NDVI was highly correlated with percent vegetative groundcover, though surface reflectance products did not necessarily improve the relationships. When the Scattering for Arbitrarily Inclined Leaves (SAIL) model was used with measured field variables reflective of realistic winter cover crop scenarios, there were not large differences between NDVI despite differences in residue cover and moisture. At low LAI, NDVI is not capable of differentiating between residue and vegetative cover. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Integrating Forest Ecological Processes, Management, and Carbon Payments to Assess Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs http://hdl.handle.net/1903/18941 Integrating Forest Ecological Processes, Management, and Carbon Payments to Assess Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs Ling, Pui-Yu Due to the current crisis on global warming and species extinction, scientists and economists have proposed to quantify ecosystem goods and services to establish policies that can preserve the ecosystem, provide better livelihood to the local stakeholders, and benefit society. The overarching question for this dissertation study is, ``How to quantify the trade-offs between carbon sequestration, total timber harvested, and habitat provision for sustaining biodiversity?'' In particular, when i. different management regimes; ii. carbon prices; and iii. natural disturbances; interact with each other. The first step is to develop a model that quantifies the relationship between forest management activities and the amount of timber harvested annually. To provide a general understanding of the relationship, the study area for the first step is at the county level for the whole state of North Carolina. The following 2 steps involve more specific studies to include the interaction between management activities, natural disturbances, species competition during the forest succession process. Therefore, a species-rich, heterogeneous area with an active timber industry, located in western part of North Carolina, the Grandfather Ranger District was chosen. The second step is to quantify the outcomes and analyze the trade-offs between the ecosystem services under different management scenarios, coupled with the influences from natural disturbance. The third step combines the result from the second step with different carbon prices and interest rates to obtain a fine scale and spatial analysis of the resulting revenue. The dissertation is the first step of research in developing a dynamic model that fully couples the social and forest ecological system. Besides the potential uses for fulfilling the requirements of carbon accounting, the result from the first step of the dissertation is the maps of annual volume of harvested timber of various types. The maps can be used to further study to analyze the relationship between the amount of timber harvested as a result of different policies and prices at different places. The second step demonstrated a way to quantify the trade-offs between the selected ecosystem services under different forest management regimes and influences from natural disturbances events. Maps of revenue from both selling the carbon credit and harvested timber for scenarios of different carbon prices and interest rates were produced in the last step. The choice of future timber production as a result of carbon and roundwood prices can partly be understood by utilizing the maps from the first step in this dissertation. If the factors affect individual choices of harvest at the local level and those affect the supply of harvested timber at the regional level are understood, then a dynamic model that consists of management decisions, natural disturbance, ecosystem service valuation policies, and forest ecosystem response can be developed. Such model can help better understand the ecosystem services valuation policy on the financial well-being of foresters and the health of the forest ecosystem. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z


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Last night was EPIC. It went down at the IKEA store in Sunrise. Eleven teams of 4 competed to win the first annual IKEA Capture the Catalog Social Media Tournament. My team, aptly named Jewel's FAB Team, was up against teams from the Miami Dolphins and the Sun Sentinel, as well as teams made up of other local social media influencers. A LOT of my peeps were there!
IKEA really rolled out the red carpet. They started us off with a lavish buffet and promptly at 10pm, the race began. Each team had to complete 10 challenges in order to be able to win. But, once you were in the ring to win, they counted the Twitter impressions of each team's unique hash tag to determine the winner.
The challenges were INTENSE!!! First of all, the clues were all written in riddle form. After we figured out what we had to find, then we actually had to go find it. IKEA staff manned each station. They told us what the challenge was and made sure we did it correctly. ONLY after finishing that challenge did they give us the next clue.
Some of the challenges:
- Find the bunkbed built for 6 and take a picture of all team members planking on it together
- Put together the craziest lamp that you've ever seen
- Eat 20 of IKEA's famous meatballs, finish chewing and let the IKEA staff member do a mouth check to be sure u swallowed
ALL the while, you had to tweet and retweet while crisscrossing the store and running from floor to floor. Of course, my team worked well together. Everyone had a role and kind of stuck to it. We finished the challenges in just over an hour and used the rest of the time to get in more tweets.
Finally the awards were announced. The entire contest garnered over 8 million Twitter impressions. Of that 8 million, the unique hashtag given to my team had over FIVE million. WOOT! WE WON! WE WON!
Thanks so much to my team mates, and also to the FAB folks at IKEA, Exposed PR & Events, and C & I Studios. And THANKS TO YOU! Thanks to EVERYONE who supported us with tweets, retweets, and kind words. LOVE YOU ALL!
Disclosure: I was invited to enter a team into this competition. We received many prizes during the challenges and generously GAVE these to the 6 people who came to IKEA to support us as cheerleaders. We won $5000 in IKEA gift cards, which we divided equally among our team members. All opinions are mine, as well as the CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN! WOOT!
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It was alleged they had breached safety rules before the King's Cross to Leeds train derailed on October 17 2000, killing four people died and injuring 102.
The prosecution told the Old Bailey that it was not seeking a trial for the four men, who are employees of Balfour Beatty, the company responsible for track maintenance.
Richard Lissack QC told the court that a trial could cause another year of legal uncertainty for the families of the victims, who should be "allowed to move on".
Last month, five Balfour Beatty and Network Rail bosses were acquitted on charges relating to the crash. They were cleared of corporate manslaughter on the direction of the judge, and of health and safety breaches by the jury.
The focus at the Old Bailey will now switch to sentencing hearings for the two firms, which have both been convicted of safety breaches.
Network Rail - the company formed in 2003 to succeed Railtrack - was convicted of breaching the Health and Safety Act, and Balfour Beatty admitted breaching safety rules when the corporate manslaughter charge against the firm was thrown out.
The firms are expected to receive substantial fines when the trial judge, Mr Justice Mackay, passes sentence later this week.
The prosecution maintains that warnings about cracked rails were ignored and that a cavalier approach to safety meant the derailment was an accident waiting to happen.
Despite dropping charges against the four Balfour Beatty workers, Mr Lissack said the prosecution was adamant that "in the totality of the indictment this company is guilty".
The company's counsel, Ronald Thwaites QC, told the court the firm did not accept all that was alleged against it.
The four men whose case was dropped today are: Stephen Huxley, 47, Balfour Beatty's managing director until August 31, 2000; Kenneth Hedley, 50, a track engineer; Vernon Bullen, 49, a maintenance engineer; and Keith Hughes, 50, a track engineer.


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For weeks, while North Korea has stepped up its actions and threats over its nuclear and military programs, Bush administration officials have wondered whether the North would also send word that it might be willing to discuss ways to pull back from the crisis.
But now that the North Koreans have sent such a signal, through unofficial talks last week with Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, administration officials must decide whether to open direct negotiations with North Korea or dismiss Mr. Richardson's efforts.
Officials said President Bush approved the New Mexico talks with two North Korea diplomats even though some advisers were against them. It is unclear whether he will allow official talks.
Much depends on how much faith the administration puts in the willingness of the main North Korean envoy in the New Mexico talks, Han Song Ryol, to discuss ways of freezing activity at the plutonium-producing nuclear reactor at Yongbyon and to talk about the status of North Korea's program to enrich uranium into weapons-grade fuel at its other plants.Continue reading the main story
On the ABC News program ''This Week,'' Mr. Richardson said today that the North Koreans were ''being belligerent in preparation, I believe, for a negotiation.''
''They always do that,'' he added. ''They did say to me that they're ready to negotiate the verification of some of their nuclear-reprocessing facilities. They did say that they would talk to the administration about the uranium enrichment facility. They did say they wanted to improve relations with the U.S.''
But because the price for such steps by North Korea is not clear, it is questionable whether the Bush administration will respond positively. American officials said that such vague talk was not reassuring without North Korea signaling a willingness to dismantle those programs.
The Bush administration does not want to be seen as making any kind of offer as a quid pro quo for such steps, though many specialists say that any improvement in relations with North Korea would have to lead to such benefits down the road.
Officials familiar with the New Mexico talks said Secretary of State Colin L. Powell recommended approving them, making the conciliatory gesture of lifting travel restrictions on the North Koreans.
Mr. Powell has generally taken a tough stance on North Korea but is said to favor diplomatic contacts and to oppose further economic sanctions, while a faction led by Vice President Dick Cheney is convinced that isolation and economic pressure are the only way to get it to respond -- or, alternatively, to implode under the stress as the Soviet Union did.
The administration was reluctant to have Mr. Richardson, a United Nations envoy for the Clinton administration, play a mediating role, said an official close to the New Mexico talks. But with the Bush administration having already reversed its approach on talks, dropping its earlier demand for actions to dismantle its nuclear programs before even indirect conversations, let alone negotiations, could take place, it now appears possible that a meeting at the United Nations could take place.
China, Russia, Japan and South Korea are considered likely to encourage the administration to make a positive response, diplomats say.
Mr. Richardson tried to get the North Koreans to let him say that they expressed ''a willingness to have better relations with the United States.'' Mr. Han was said to have resisted such an expression until the second day of the three-day talks.
The North Koreans were also said to have emphasized to Mr. Richardson their security concerns and their desire for guarantees that the United States would not attack them, rather than asking for food, economic or energy assistance, the focus of their interests when he met with them in the 1990's.
That emphasis could be significant since administration officials say they are quite prepared, as an eventual part of a deal with North Korea, to include some form of nonaggression guarantees, putting in writing the statements that Mr. Bush has been making since the current crisis began last October.
If the administration does take seriously Mr. Han's offer of talks, the next step may be technical discussions at the United Nations that would pave the way for more substantive talks.
Another question is whether Mr. Richardson, who came to know Mr. Han while both were serving at the United Nations, will continue to play a role. The North Korean delegation was said to have asked for him to do so, but that is considered unlikely given the Bush administration's undisguised antipathy for its predecessor. Indeed, when Mr. Richardson praised Mr. Powell at his news conference on Friday, the governor smiled and said he hoped that the secretary's remark would not hurt him.
On the other hand, Mr. Han was said to have told Mr. Richardson that the North Koreans did not trust the Bush team because of its harsh statements about North Korea. Mr. Bush's oft-repeated pledge not to attack was having less effect than his inclusion of North Korea in an ''axis of evil'' with Iraq, a nation that appears to them to be targeted for imminent attack.
The North Koreans reached out to Mr. Richardson before he took office as governor on Jan. 1, asking him to be their messenger to the Bush administration. At a reception for governors at the White House, Mr. Richardson mentioned the North Korean feeler to a Bush aide. Mr. Powell later called him in New Mexico to give the green light.Continue reading the main story


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A vision for improving rabbit welfare has been set out following research carried out by the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Sciences.
The 10-point vision is based on the recommendations from a University of Bristol study, commissioned by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), into rabbit welfare in the UK, which found the welfare needs of many companion rabbits are not being met.
Proposals outlined include all rabbits sold or rehomed are to be kept in compatible pairs or groups and all rabbits should live in an environment that meets their physical, social and behavioural needs.
Nicola Rooney – research fellow in animal welfare and behaviour at the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Sciences, primary author of the strategy and who jointly led the original research – said: "We are delighted to have a vision for rabbit welfare that is strongly rooted in evidence-based information and it's great Bristol research is one of the key pieces of research underpinning the strategy.
"There is a growing body of scientific understanding on how best to meet rabbits' health and behavioural needs. Both myself and my colleague, Richard Saunders, are part of the strategy group moving this vision forward and we're very happy everyone has joined forces to take this on board."
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A boy causes problems when he believes that a kappa Mozoo is actually a kappa he has befriended in the past.
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According to reports, 22-year-old man nicknamed as Xiaolian from China's Fujian province suffered severe nasal trauma following a car accident last year and his subsequent treatment caused his nasal cartilage to corrode. So, doctors at Fuzhou hospital created a new nose as his original nose was deformed and infected.
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Old tales
Some people from Forks were coming to the beach. That's the first time I saw her, Isabella Swan.
I and some other from the reservation decided to go and join their little party or whatever it was. I nearly didn't go. Why should I? To intrude? But then I remembered that Isabella Swan, daughter of one of my dad's oldest friends, went to that school. Maybe she'd be there and I could finally meet her.
We were at the bonfire but there was no sigh of her. I had a good idea of how she looked. I had seen pictures but they were a few years old. Maybe she hadn't come. That's when, from the woods, some other came and I saw her. I knew it was her. It was impossible to not see it was her. She had grown up more than what the pictures showed but was still the same. She was really pretty I had to add as a second thought.
I was sitting at some rocks by the bonfire but kept sneaking glances at her. I saw her looking at me as she came to sit down. They were starting to pass out food and I just sat there, watching her. I was briefly aware that Sam was giving them our names. I was still looking at her, but trying to not be too obvious about it. I watched her and noticed that she didn't talk that much. Shy maybe?
Lunch was over soon and some of them went separate ways, observing the reservation but I noticed that Isabella stayed behind. She wasn't alone on that. Some other stayed by the fire and I was all for staying. If it meant I could possible have a conversation with her. I was just waiting for an opening. And right then the girl on which was sitting by her side left and that was my opening. I made my way over to her and sat down.
"You're Isabella Swan, aren't you?" The ice breaker.
"Bella," She sighed. She must not like it when people said her full name. I couldn't argue with that. The name Isabella was pretty, even beautiful but Bella, it was something else.
"I'm Jacob Black." I offered her my hand. "You bought my dad's truck."
"Oh," She sounded shocked. "You're Billy's son. I probably should remember you." No she probably shouldn't but I'd love it of she did.
"No, I'm the youngest of the family — you would remember my older sisters." My dad and Charlie had forced the three of them together to be friends although they didn't really have any progress in that department as far as I know.
"Rachel and Rebecca," She says and she looks like she's in deep thoughts. "Are they here?" She looks around as if to spot them.
"No." I say, shaking my head. "Rachel got a scholarship to Washington State, and Rebecca married a Samoan surfer — she lives in Hawaii now."
"Married. Wow." She was stunned and I couldn't blame her. It was crazy to marry someone when you're that young.
"So how do you like the truck?" I asked. I was running out on conversation and I needed some fuel to keep the ball going.
"I love it. It runs great." Love it? That old piece of crap? Well… I guess someone was bound to like the thing. I'm even happier it didn't have to be me.
"Yeah, but it's really slow," Which is why I'm glad I'm not stuck with it. "I was so relived when Charlie bought it. My dad wouldn't let me work on building another car when we had a perfectly good vehicle right there."
"It's not that slow," She was defending it. Quite cute.
"Have you tried to go over sixty?" If she had she wouldn't love it anymore.
"Good. Don't." I grinned. Wouldn't want an accident and she'd be stranded on the road.
She ginned back at me. "It does great in a collision," She got me there.
"I don't think a tank could take out that old monster," I laughed.
"So you build cars?" Was she impressed? I do like the sound of that.
"When I have free time, and parts. You wouldn't happen to know where I could get my hands on a master cylinder for a 1986 Volkswagen Rabbit?" My god! Why did I ask that? I laughed nervously, hoping it didn't show.
"Sorry," she laughed, not noticing my nerves. "I haven't seen any lately, but I'll keep my eyes open for you." I knew she was teasing but I could help but to smile back at her. Her smile was so pretty. I always wanted to see it.
"You know Bella, Jacob?" It was Lauren Mallory. She said it like it was impossible for Bella to know me or anyone for that matter. She was pretty but with her attitude, I pitied the guy who ended up with her.
"We've sort of known each other since I was born." I laughed and maybe that would shut her up.
"How nice." Like she cares. Condescending...
"Bella," what did she want now? "I was just saying to Tyler that it was too bad none
of the Cullen's could come out today. Didn't anyone think to invite them?" The Cullen's? What is she trying to do?
"You mean Dr. Carlisle Cullen's family?" Sam said. Oh not this again. I'm tired of the old stories. Superstitious fools.
"Yes, do you know them?" She sounded the same like when she spoke to Bella before.
"The Cullen's don't come here," I sighed. They would one day go insane with those old tales in the back of their minds. Bella looked at Sam peculiarly. I should get her to leave his behaviour behind before she asks about it.
"So is Forks driving you insane yet?" I wouldn't be surprised. Coming from a bid city to such a small one must be difficult.
"Oh, I'd say that's an understatement." I had to laugh at that. She sits quietly for a while. She looks like she's in deep thoughts again. As I'm about to speak again, not really sure about what, she says; "Do you want to walk down the beach with me?" It wasn't just that she asked but that she stared at me straight in the eyes. Was she flirting with me? If so I wouldn't dream of turning her down!
We were walking down the beach, not talking but the silence wasn't uncomfortable. The sky was darkening and it was probably going to rain soon, again. Bella was the one to break the silence.
"So you're, what, sixteen?" She battered her lashes at me and it really did look like flirting.
"I just turned fifteen," I say and her body language said to be flirting and I was flattered that she would think of me that way.
"Really?" Her voice was surprised but it didn't reach her eyes. "I would have thought you were older."
"I'm tall for my age," That was true. I really did grow a lot.
"Do you come up to Forks much?" it felt like she was beating around the bush, trying to get something said but not wanting to be too eager. Maybe I was hallucinating, hearing what I wanted to hear.
"Not too much," I say and frown. How could I? I wasn't legal to drive and right now I have never loather that more. "But when I get my car finished I can go up as much as I want — after I get my license,"
"Who was that other boy Lauren was talking to? He seemed a little old to be hanging out with us." At first it sounded like she was interested in him but when she though he was older, too old, I could help but be happy. And answer. How anyone could object to what she wants it beyond me.
"That's Sam — he's nineteen,"
"What was that he was saying about the doctor's family?" Of course she would have picked that up.
"The Cullen's? Oh, they're not supposed to come onto the reservation." I hoped my voice closed that conversation.
"Why not?" But she wouldn't let it go.
"Oops. I'm not supposed to say anything about that." It really didn't matter to me but the way that my father and the others talked about the legends, they really would be pissed if I said anything.
"Oh, I won't tell anyone, I'm just curious." Then she flashes me the most alluring smile I had ever seen and so I caved.
"Do you like scary stories?" I let my voice go ominous.
"I love them," She emphasized and I wanted nothing more than to comply with her demands. I walked down a bit more and sat on a driftwood tree. I was staring at the rocks when I started the story.
"Do you know any of our old stories, about where we came from — the Quileutes, I mean?" I asked. She probably didn't. Not many did.
"Not really," She admitted.
"Well, there are lots of legends, some of them claiming to date back to the Flood — supposedly, the ancient Quileutes tied their canoes to the tops of the tallest trees on the mountain to survive like Noah and the ark." I smiled up at her in hope that she didn't think I took any of this seriously. "Another legend claims that we descended from wolves — and that the wolves are our brothers still. It's against tribal law to kill them. Then there are the stories about the cold ones." My voice dropped at the last sentence. This is really where the story begins.
"The cold ones?" She really did look intrigued now.
"Yes. There are stories of the cold ones as old as the wolf legends, and some much more recent. According to legend, my own great-grandfather knew some of them. He was the one who made the treaty that kept them off our land." I rolled my eyes and silently mocked the old tales.
"Your great-grandfather?" She encouraged me.
"He was a tribal elder, like my father. You see, the cold ones are the natural enemies of the wolf—well, not the wolf, really, but the wolves that turn into men, like our ancestors. You would call them werewolves." What a load of…
"Werewolves have enemies?"
"Only one."
"So you see, the cold ones are traditionally our enemies. But this pack that came to our territory during my great-grandfather's time was different. They didn't hunt the way others of their kind did — they weren't supposed to be dangerous to the tribe. So my great-grandfather made a truce with them. If they would promise to stay off our lands, we wouldn't expose them to the pale-faces."
"If they weren't dangerous, then why… ?" She trailed of and she somewhat looked and sounded like she could believe all of this. Maybe I just told scary stories well.
"There's always a risk for humans to be around the cold ones, even if they're civilized like this clan was. You never know when they might get too hungry to resist." The thought of that, the blood drinkers, rubbish but still, it gave me chills.
"What do you mean, 'civilized'?"
"They claimed that they didn't hunt humans. They supposedly were somehow able to prey on animals instead."
"So how does it fit in with the Cullen's? Are they like the cold ones your great-grandfather met?"
"No." I paused for a dramatic affect. "They are the same ones." She look on her face was one of pure fear. I must be better at telling stories than I thought.
"There are more of them now, a new female and a new male, but the rest are the same. In my
great-grandfather's time they already knew of the leader, Carlisle. He'd been here and gone before your people had even arrived." This was so ridicules. It sounded like pure crap in ym ears.
"And what are they? What are the cold ones?"
I smiled darkly and said; "Blood drinkers, your people call them vampires." The thought of vampires actually existed was ridiculous but it still sent my spine into a shiver. Now the story was over. Bella was looking out the ocean and I would see that she had goose bumps.
"You have goose bumps," I laughed. I definitely am good at telling stories.
"You're a good storyteller,"
"Pretty crazy stuff, though, isn't it? No wonder my dad doesn't want us to talk about it to anyone." Of course we don't day anything. We would sound like lunatics.
"Don't worry, I won't give you away." I could tell that she meant it and I thanked good for that. I would be in so much trouble if Billy would find out about this.
"I guess I just violated the treaty."
"I'll take it to the grave."
"Seriously, though, don't say anything to Charlie. He was pretty mad at my dad when he heard that some of us weren't going to the hospital since Dr. Cullen started working there." Does she hear my desperation?
"I won't, of course not." I hear the earnestly in her voice and believe her.
"So do you think we're a bunch of superstitious natives or what?" I asked but was concerned. Did she think I actually believed in all of this? It really was crap.
"No. I think you're very good at telling scary stories, though. I still have goose bumps, see?" She held up her arm for me.
"Cool." I smiled at her and then I heard voices, yelling for us, well, for Bella.
"There you are, Bella," it was a guy with sandy blond hair. I didn't catch his name before. But he does look very concerned about her. She had a boyfriend? Was I really that off about the flirting?
"Is that your boyfriend?" I asked and I couldn't contain the jealousy that leaped into my voice.
"No, definitely not," She winked at me and I knew I couldn't have been that off with the flirting.
"So when I get my license…" I trailed off. Maybe I shouldn't suggest-
"You should come see me in Forks. We could hang out sometime." She still wanted to see me? I'd be all for that. Seeing her face again and that smile.
"Where have you been?" The guy asked but it was pretty obvious where she had been. He really does look too concerned to only be a friend. I bet he wants more. But who wouldn't?
"Jacob was just telling me some local stories. It was really interesting."
She smiled at me and I smiled back. I could tell that the guy didn't like me so much because he looked kind of mad.
"Well," He started and looked at us. "We're packing up — it looks like it's going to rain soon."
We looked up at the sky and sure enough, it was dark and rainy clouds were hovering very close. Dammit!
"Okay. I'm coming." I didn't want her to leave. Then I decided to tease the guy a bit and threw in;"It was nice to see you again." She smiles and responds;
"It really was. Next time Charlie comes down to see Billy, I'll come too," She sounded like she meant it.
I grinned at the thought. "That would be cool."
"And thanks," She said. I couldn't wait to see her again. She was definitely someone I could be friends with easily. Besides, maybe it could be more in the future.


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Yet here she is. A rock star. A legend. How could he not be proud of the person, GaGa, what she's been able to achieve, a disappearing friend reborn as a star… reborn without him. What, would he have preferred for her to wait? To wallow with him as he burned his time away in droves, through the destructive relationships and the sabotages and squandering of his own talent? If the choice was between one of them being successful and neither of them being successful, why can't he embrace the obvious preference? Why is it not obvious? The kind of friendship he and Stefani had, it had been the essential kind, the talk-about-anything-honestly kind, the laugh-hard-at-stupid-things kind that was meant to be lifelong. But what a force, success, attacking each side of a friendship, carrying the chosen away on the wings of white steeds while emphatically relegating the forsaken to the daily shock of the real world, where pain, not magic, is life force.
Sammy works his fingers into the vertical crevice between the chrome doors and pries them apart, revealing only a fully expansive concrete wall. Near the top of the giant concrete rectangle before him is the edge of some black, rubber fitting. He guesses the next floor up must be only inches above, but in the elevator's current freeze, there isn't even the smallest horizon of clearance. They are stuck squarely between floors like souls at the peak of limbo. Sammy sighs.
"I don't know what else to do," he says. "What do you think?"
She's staring at the floor, moving not at all save for the lids of her eyes, their heavy three-inch lashes beating slowly to unheard rhythms. She doesn't answer.
Sammy hikes his right foot up onto the side railing in the corner of the elevator and pushes off with the opposite foot. He stabilizes himself with right foot on the rail and hands on the white plaster ceiling. He pushes upwards and around, looking for the famous slide-away panel that cinema tells him will surely be there.
"Nothing. Not a budge." He hops down. GaGa is staring at the floor, seemingly oblivious to Sammy's efforts. "Wow, weren't you just screaming a second ago? Are you taking an emergency meditation break or something?" No answer. "It's starting to worry me a little, actually. We're stuck. Just like you said we were going to be."
"Any ideas?" Sammy asks again.
No answer.
"Hey? GaGa. You ok?"
Her head remains still and bent downwards. A tear rolls down under her eye and drops from the crest of her cheek to the floor.
"GaGa?" Sammy steps closer to her. He wants to touch her. It would be normal for him to touch her now, he thinks, on the shoulder, gently, like he would have back in high school. His thumbs go into his back pockets and he regards her quizzically.
She sinks down against the wall until her butt is planted on the floor. Her arms wrap around her shins, pulling her thighs inward, protectively, against her chest.
"GaGa?" Sammy says again to this now compacted, leggy entanglement of an apparently mute rock star. "Ok, this isn't funny. I need you to tell me what's wrong with you."
"What does it want?" she says without looking at Sammy. Her voice is cold. Her eyes continue studying the floor.
What does it want? What the hell is that supposed to mean? "GaGa?" Sammy squats slowly and sits on the floor, facing her, trying to get her to at least look up, to look at him. Her eyes remain anchored to the corner of the floor carpet, black lashes thumping away mindlessly like curtains beaten by an unseen wind roaming about the elevator's stagnation. "GaGa, what does what want?...Hey… Do you even here me?"
Sammy waits, patiently again for her to reply. She doesn't. He's never seen her act like this before. He stands and goes back to the silver doors and bangs and shouts, "Hey, SHE NEEDS HELP! IT'S STEFA… IT'S LADY GAGA AND SHE NEEDS HELP. SHE'S… LIKE, HAVING A PANIC ATTACK!!... OR SOMETHING, I DON'T FUCKING KNOW!"
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17 Spine-Tingling Tales Of Murderous Monsters And Horrific Creatures
An anthology of stories edited by Tim Deal
Shroud is excited to announce a collection of thrilling short fiction, compiled from some of the most horrifying stories of creatures, mythical beasts, and murderous monsters. Abominations features expertly-crafted tales, NEVER before published, from the best voices in modern horror. Stories and authors include: John Teehan- Whatever happened to Baby Charles? Anna Lowther- Grace's Garden; Eric Christ- Riding The Oak Mill Bridge; Rhonda Parrish- Spoiled Picnic; William Vogel-Papa Mort; Tracie McBride-Marked; Mark Tullius- When it Rains; Kevin Lucia- The Water God of Clarke Street; Brandon Berntson- Mosquito; Jeff Parish- For the Good of the Flock; Lee Zumpe- Worm-sacks and Dirt-backs; Lon Prater- Starvelito; Lincoln Crisler- Old Stooping Lugh; Gerard Houarner- Devoured Smile; R. Scott McCoy- Good Dog; Dave Dunwoody- The Ambrosia Supper Club; Richard Farnsworth- B.E.K.s.
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June 2008 : USA Paperback
|Title: Abominations: 17 Spine-Tingling Tales Of Murderous Monsters And Horrific Creatures
Author(s): Tim Deal
ISBN: 0-9801870-1-X / 978-0-9801870-1-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Shroud Publishing LLC
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