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He was not sure what it was, but something was drawing Arthur closer towards the cube. He slid down the opposite side of the slope and picked himself up, staring at Brun, who had not seemed to notice him, and the other three figures. He was sure they had become more solid, and held Excalibur up at them all, swallowing his fear.
Nimueh chuckled and stepped forwards, a cocky eyebrow raised.
"Good day, young prince. How long it had been…"
Arthur said nothing.
"Oh, how boring!" Koran spoke up, laughing. "The little Pendragon does not wish to speak to us. Maybe he thinks us too below him…"
Jethro spat on the ground.
"Royal filth."
"Indeed," Nimueh agreed. "But come now, Arthur. Do you not wish to learn of the circumstances you are in? Are you not curious about why we are here?"
Arthur still did not speak.
"Very well, if you wish to tire me, then I ought not waste time," Nimueh said, looking annoyed now. "We are the three greatest sorcerers who ever lived. I believe you know our names already…they are of importance for we are the ones who crafted the NightmareChild…" she waved her hand at the cube. "Its single function is very simple – it merely kept our souls safe after we died…it was a 'plan B', so that if we ever died, our souls would be kept safe until a willing volunteer released us…" Nimueh inclined her head towards Brun, who merely blinked, looking dazed. "Brun was not our original plan…we were to use you…but you resisted the nightmares remarkably well…and showed such diligence…we couldn't take you…we had to find another. So here we are, back from the dead. Extraordinary, don't you think?"
"You almost killed me…" Arthur spoke. "You killed Merlin…"
"Yet he still lives," Nimueh said dismissively, as if it were not a matter worthy of her attention.
Merlin crossed the sea of bones just in time to see Arthur scrambling over the top of the slope. He quickly followed and ascended the slope. When he reached the top and peered over the edge, much like Arthur had done before him, he was not surprised to see the three figures standing like ghosts, not yet fully formed, in the rocky field. Arthur was also there, standing with an arm outstretched, sword in hand, towards Nimueh.
Merlin decided to let the events before him unfold, and then discern whether or not he should help the prince. There was no point in blowing cover without requirement.
As he watched, listening to what the sorcerers were saying, he did not notice the man creeping up behind him, a dagger, long and thin, glinting in his hand. After a moment, Merlin heard a few pebbles moving and whipped around. He blanched when he saw Sheridan, and immediately tried to scramble away, terrified, but Sheridan grabbed him by his collar, swinging him around to face him.
"You just don't ever die, do you?" he hissed into Merlin's face, baring his teeth. "Well, that's about to change."
Merlin was aware of nothing but the pain that penetrated deep into him. As his hands clutched at the wound, he could feel himself sliding down the rocks, adding fresh scrapes to his battered body. But they were nothing now, not compared to the wound that was allowing his life to leak away. Even as he desperately tried to push it back into the skin, he knew that he was dying. No one could be stabbed like that and survive. Gaius had always said that he had some sort of immunity to magical attacks, but normal ones like a knife blade sliding effortlessly through his flesh the way that it would through butter, he was just as vulnerable to as everyone else.
He was dimly aware of Arthur yelling his name and running over. But try as he might, Merlin found that he could not focus on the prince's swimming face. It seemed so unfair that he had finally been reunited with his friend, only to leave him again so soon. But wait. He did not have to leave. There was something he could do to save himself. But even if it worked, it may be the very action that could get him killed. If he was dying anyway, then, Merlin figured, he had nothing to lose.
Locking eyes with Arthur one last time, Merlin pleaded silently for him to forgive what he was about to do, to forget the fact that he had been lying to him from the day they had first met. It all seemed so long ago now…
Arthur's brow crumpled as he received the silent message, but was not sure what Merlin was about to do. His face had lost all colour as the blood drained away, yet his eyes seemed to have regained some of their light. In fact, they had regained so much of their light that they were beginning to change colour. Arthur blinked and glanced away, but when he looked back, he was certain that Merlin's eyes were no longer blue.
They were gold.
Before he had time to say anything, Arthur jumped backwards in shock as strange words came pouring out of Merlin's mouth. The air around him seemed to grow warmer and warmer, and even as Arthur watched, Merlin rose into the air. His head was tipped back, his arms spread wide, as if inviting the world in. With nothing to prevent it, the blood poured from the fatal wound in his chest, but Merlin seemed not to notice. He was spinning ever so slowly, his floating body looking eerie even as the strange words continued to flow unhindered from his mouth.
Gazing open mouthed at the suspended figure before him, Arthur noticed the change in the air. The warmth was almost unbearable, but something else was happening. Random bursts of colour were materialising and flowing through the air the way that a leaf would float down a stream. All of the light was drawn to Merlin, and wrapped its way around his body. Every part of him was aglow, making him look like some sort of angel. Despite what he knew that he was witnessing, Arthur desperately hoped that was not what he was becoming.
The light grew and grew in intensity until the prince was forced to look away. Even through his shut eyes, the whiteness of the light penetrated the lids, causing him to flinch. There was something unearthly good about the light, and Arthur knew in his heart that it was helping his friend. As the light began to slowly fade, the prince was aware of the silence that was somehow managing to echo mysteriously around him, bouncing off the rocks and increasing, until it was the most unnatural sound that Arthur had ever heard.
Opening his eyes, the prince looked back at the suspended figure. Merlin was still floating, but his head was lolling forwards and the words had stopped coming. The light may have calmed down, but Merlin was still glowing. Gracefully, the figure was lowered back to earth, his feet only just touching the tip of the rock. Worried that he might hurt himself, Arthur made to move forward, but was stopped suddenly when the figure looked at him. Blazing gold eyes, all azure blue consumed by the storm, stared back out of the pale face, burning with all the power that was held within him. Stepping forward, Merlin walked forward from the top of the rocks into thin air. Arthur blinked again, startled. Merlin was walking towards him, but he was walking on the air, still glowing mysteriously.
Coming to a stop just in front of the prince, Merlin stayed hovering. Arthur found that for the first time ever, he was properly looking up to someone. Tilting his head back, he craned his neck to get a better look at the being in front of him. An aura was being given off that betrayed the strength of the magic that was coursing through his friend's veins, making Arthur shiver slightly.
Without saying another word, Merlin raised his hand. As he did so, Excalibur, which had fallen from Arthur's hand in shock, rose gracefully into the air, rotating on the spot slightly. The golden eyes flashed once and the sword erupted into a burst of colour. Blue flames licked the sword from hilt to tip, dancing their way down the blade and back up again. Yet no heat was given off from the flames at all, just another sense of justice. With a flick of his wrist, Merlin sent the sword flying. Watching its progress with his eyes, Arthur saw it fly majestically in a curve before arching straight down. With another burst of light, the sword embedded itself in the cube.
Even as the prince stood there, open-mouthed, the magic around Merlin disappeared into nothing. The light seemed to almost fizzle away, and with a sigh, the warlock slumped back down onto the ground. His face was a deathly pale and his eyes were closed; yet Arthur could see no trace of the wound that had been tearing his life away. There was not even the smallest scratch remaining; the only evidence that it had ever happened was the blood still soaking Merlin's shirt.


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Fabio Capello is planning for his England team to take on the world champions Spain in February as part of their preparations for Euro 2012 – providing the team qualify for the tournament next summer.
The friendly at Wembley would be the last game for England before Capello announced his provisional squad for the competition and is part of the forward planning put in place by his general manager Franco Baldini, who will leave after Euro 2012 qualifying finishes in October. Baldini, whose departure was officially announced yesterday, may yet play a role in England's preparation next summer.
The 50-year-old, who has been Capello's key aide in more than three and a half years as England manager, has offered to return to work unpaid for England's February friendly and in the build-up to Euro 2012. After England's last qualifier against Montenegro on 7 October he will leave to take up the role as general manager at Roma. Should England have to qualify for Euro 2012 via the play-offs in November, Baldini would make himself available.
Baldini has already organised England putative team base and training facilities in Poland for next summer's tournament, providing they come through their last three games against Bulgaria, Wales and Montenegro. He has also set up the scouting network for the forthcoming domestic season to make sure Capello monitors all contenders for his squad.
The decision to play Spain in February is a brave one, especially as the world and European champions have a habit of giving the England team a reality check when it comes to their ambitions for tournaments. The Spain team beat Capello's England 2-0 in February 2009. Even before last year's World Cup, Capello identified Spain as the best side in international football, although he has said it would be a mistake for England to try to copy their style.
On 10 August England play the Netherlands at Wembley in their first friendly of the season and the first of their three remaining Euro 2012 qualifiers is against Bulgaria on 2 September. Before then, Capello will travel to Brazil at the end of this month to attend the 2014 World Cup finals qualifying draw.
Baldini's withdrawal from day-to-day operations with Capello marks the end of the partnership that has been crucial to the running of the England team since the Italian arrived in January 2008. A much more competent English speaker than Capello, Baldini is the key link between the England players and their often detached manager.
It has been Baldini who has taken care of the day-to-day running of England camps and making sure that Capello's wishes are implemented. Having worked under Capello at Roma and Real Madrid, Baldini has the confidence of Capello. It would be difficult to see a direct replacement among current staff, with Stuart Pearce patently unsuited to the job.
Capello said yesterday: "Franco has been given a good opportunity by Roma but I am happy he will stay with me and the England team until after the qualification programme. For me, this is very important. We can decide after this if Franco will be with us for the European Championships."
Highly regarded in European football, it was Baldini who helped Capello adapt to English football, cultivating relationships with the key clubs and getting to grips with all the peculiarities of the English game – from dealing with the players and their requirements to the obscure workings of the Football Association and even the press.
Baldini has been a long-term target for the new Roma owner Thomas DiBenedetto. He had initially wanted Baldini to start this summer but he said that he could not leave the FA before the end of last season. Originally Baldini was to do both FA and Roma jobs this season and in some respects he will if Capello decides to bring him back for the tournament build-up.
Baldini has been a key witness in the Calciopoli scandal in Italy and, as a long-term enemy of the former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi, who was banned from football for his role in the saga, Baldini has taken a stand against the established interests in Italian football.
A former Italy Under-21 international, he has formed a working relationship with Capello that has been compared to that between Brian Clough and Peter Taylor although, sadly for England, without the same degree of success for the team. Since accepting the Roma job, Baldini has been offered similar roles at two English clubs.
The FA chairman David Bernstein said: "We respect his [Baldini's] decision to accept the offer from Roma. I would like to thank Franco for the professional way in which he has handled this and maintained his sole commitment to working with Fabio and the team until after the qualifying games."
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Struggling Celta Vigo's last league win came on November 1 – ironically against the mighty Barcelona – and they've lost their last six on the bounce, failing to scoring a single goal in their last seven.
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i am not walking , towards God and away from World ,incessantly, why?, is it that you dont know therotiacally that world is not for soul?, is it that you dont implement pratically?, always, never, often, is it that you need to keep remiding yourself often, how to remind oneself?, think of nature of material world incessantly and affirm that there is no happiness there, think of birth misery, think of disease misery, old , cough, weak watery eyes, cancer, heart attack, knee joints pains, piles, fever, swelling of legs, cancer, dental pain, teethless, weak eye slight, ringing ears, running nose, think of old age misery, constant pain , with various diseases naturally, weakness in mind, ability to work, more pain, no respect and only insult from others, fear of death, you may not be able to, bath yourself, clean your ass, pass stool properly, not be able to breath properly, not able to stand up on your own, function independently, think of death misery, heart attack?, irregular heart rhythm, cancer?, brain hemorrhage ?, material world is governed by maya, maya is a divine servant, works with divine inspiration, protected by Krishna himself, punishes us the moment we think of enjoying instead of serving, can be overcome only with divine intervention of Krishna, all those governed by maya, i am governed by maya, except saint, everyone is under maya, all are beggars, self created miseries, lust, greed, smoking, drinking, miseries inflicted by others, selfish people, office politics, swine flu , new disease creators, meat eaters, corrupted by lust, greed, corrupted by nationality narrow mindness, corrupted by caste narrow mindness, corrupted by gender, race, color narrow mindness, corrupted govts with no morals, selffish wars, terrorist, miseries inflicted by nature, cold weather, polluted weather, genetic food, chemicals, then incessantly contemplate on nature of divine world to affirm that real happiness is here, think of eternal life, no more death, no diseases, ever young, no birth, no hunger pangs, think of complete knowledge, no misunderstanding due to ignorance, no illusions, perfect knowledge beyond time , space, think of divine bliss, divine vision, think of divine dawn ( bhram muhurat), think of divine early morning, think of divine aarti, divine touch, divine music, divine smell, divine food, think of divine prasad, think of eternal association of the perfect, think of divine abode, think of the bliss of just Name alone, think of immediate & sudden death, dirubhai ambani, bhanzir butto, complex body functions, heart, lung, do u have time to do it?, if you make full use of whatever idle time you have, then Krishna will give you more time as reward.
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Katniss crouched down, watching Peeta try to start a fire.
Katniss glanced up to see District 1s tribute throw his spear about 50 feet, seeing it stab the target right in the heart.
They have some major competition.
Katniss stood up. "I'll be back Peeta," She said before walking away.
I need to focus on strength. Stealth.
She walked over to the wrestling mats and looked up at the trainer for that section. He just nodded.
"Let's see what you got first and then I will tell you where you need to improve," he said in a sophisticated voice before stepping onto the mat.
Their eyes locked as they circled each other for a while, trying to figure out what the other would do. But patience got the best of Katniss, she threw herself at the trainer who easily moved to the side and wrapped his arm around her neck, dragging her down to the ground. She kicked up and hit the trainer in the back of the head. Hard. His grip released her and she immediately shot up to her knees, wrapping her arm around the trainers neck and doing the same he had done to her, pulling him down to the ground and except now she jumped on his back as she twisted his head as her knees dug into his back. She was on the verge of snapping his neck till he swung his arm up and got her good in the eye.
Lucky shot.
She quickly regained composer and pinned his arms down with her feet. In a weak attempt he tapped the floor to give up. Katniss sighed and got off him, extending her hand to help him up. He shook his head and moved his head side to side to stretch before looking at her.
"You're a good fighter. A little sloppy but I think I know the perfect person to teach you," He turned around and called out to someone. Katniss turned around, taking deep breaths, trying to calm her heart rate down. She turned back to see Cato jogging over, seeing the trainer pat him on the back before motioning to Katniss.
"Katniss. This is Cato of District 2. Even though he's a tribute, I think he'd be a great teacher for you."
"You better not kill me," she threatened Cato as the trainer walked away.
He grinned before stepping onto the mat. "Wouldn't dream of it."
And for the next 10 minutes there were flying fists, hard blows, quick ducks, tumbling. Katniss moved around Cato, landing an occasional blow but he was of course stronger. He took her down to the ground, causing the breath to be knocked out of her. She gasped.
"Was I to rough?" He smirked.
"I like it rough," Katniss said before kneeing Cato in the side of the face and pushing him off. She clumsily got up on shaky knees, wiping a drop of crimson blood from the corner of her lip. She smiled as she saw Cato getting up with a shocked surprise on his face.
"Was I to rough?" Katniss asked.
"No, just how I like it," Cato growled before pouncing on her. They rolled around on the ground, Katniss kneed him but it seemed to be oblivious to Cato who pinned her down, one hand to her throat and another hand hovering on her thigh.
"Rough enough?"
"Well seeing how my clothes are still on. No,"
Catos eyes widened and so did Katniss's. She didn't know what the hell she just said, it just slipped out, in the heat of the moment. She never said things like that! She'd heard some girls say that to Gale, clinging to his arm and lean body. Katniss had only rolled her eyes in disgust, thinking how stupid it was to be like that. But that was because never had that desire to be with someone. Never wanted to touch or flirt. She had never had a crush. Not until now.
All the tributes were being ushered out into a hallway, being pushed into a line against the wall. Katniss smacked all the hands away and moved against the wall, waiting there as nerves ate at her.
There was a soft breath before she felt heat surround her. Somebody leaned in, pressing their strong chest to her back.
"You look beautiful," The voice said.
Katniss turned around to see Cato who just winked at her before walking up to the front of the line to stand behind his district partner.
"District 1. Marvel!" Caesar announced to the ground, throwing Marvels hand up into the air.
He just smiled stupidly. "Wahoo!"
"District 2. Cato!" Caesar announced.
Cato strutted on stage, his face strong and unreadable. The lights played off his gold, perfect skin as he sat down, licking his lips with eager.
"I'm vicious. I'm prepared. I'm ready to go,"
"Ladies and Gentlemen. Cato!" Caesar Flickerman yelled to the cheering fan, grabbing Catos hand and throwing it up to the air as he smiled largely with his face teeth that were blinding against his tan skin. Cato just stood there bored, his eyes scanning the crowd. But then he turned and he stared straight at the screen. Straight to Katniss.
She froze as she watched from behind.
Why was she acting like this? Stop it! He has to die and you have to win to get home to Prim! Katniss screamed to herself. She took a deep breath and focused. But all that focus vanished when she was called on stage. All the cheering fans and blinding lights in your eyes. This was all too much for her.
"What an entrance!" Caesar smiled.
Katniss's ears where ringing. "What?"
The crowd laughed even more at her confusion.
It seemed the crowd would easily forget her at first, Katniss was just this confused girl with a lot of attitude. But the moment she talked about her sister, the crowd was all hers.
Then Peeta walked on stage. He smiled and told jokes, laughing with Caesar about the Capitol and how people smelled like roses. But then things turned serious and he said something that struck Katniss.
The girl he loved? "She came with me…"
Katniss shoved Peeta against the wall, burying her forearm into his neck. "What the hell was that!" She yelled in his face.
"Katniss!" Haymitch said, trying to push her off. Cinna gently grabbed her, holding her back.
"He made me look weak!"
"He made you look desirable!"
Katniss rolled her eyes as she stormed over to the elevator, jamming the button and getting into the elevator, pressing any button that would take her away. She just needed to get away. With all the confusion from Cato and now Peeta saying he loved her. This couldn't happen. She needed to focus and win the Games.
She ended up in the training arena, the sleek metal bow in her hands as she shot arrow after arrow at the target, piercing it randomly, some of the wood arrows even splintering as they struck the wall and cracked.
"Woah there firecracker,"
Katniss immediately turned around to the voice, pointing her arrow, her fingers itching to release it. Cato. She groaned and threw down her bow and arrows. Kicking them as she walked around, clutching her head.
"I see baker boy has a thing for you."
"Can we not talk about that." Katniss snapped before walking past Cato towards the door. He stopped her.
"Come on. Its better to talk it out. I promise I won't tell anyone your secrets. Either you die or I die tomorrow so it's not like it'd matter." He joked.
Katniss yanked her arm out of Catos grip and walked around, randomly laying flat out on the ground.
"It's just- everything. I need to get home tomorrow. And I'm just thinking about all the people I have to kill." She sighed.
Cato laughed, coming over to her and sitting down. "Well… don't think of it like that. Think of it as all those kids are problems that you need to get rid of. When you do you can life the rest of your life in piece. No Games. Just training future tributes, having fame and fortune. Honor for your district." He said, nudging Katniss.
She nodded. "Well yeah…" And the thing was she did understand what he was saying. She opened her mouth to say that but he caught her off with a huff.
"I just can't believe I'm going to die a virgin." He leaned back, outstretching his arms and folding them behind his head.
Katniss laughed as she jumped up to look down at him. "What?! You're a virgin? I don't believe you."
"Why? Cause I act all confident? Cause I'm so…hot?" He teased her, a cocky smile on his face.
Katniss blushed. "No! It's just…" She didn't know how to finish cause he was right. He seemed confident in his ability and girls. He was obviously HOT and it seemed like he had no problem getting a girl to strip down for him anywhere anytime.
He shrugged. "I've always just been too busy training. To busy learning how to kill with every imaginable weapon possible. That and…" He looked at her.
"And what?" Katniss asked.
"I had never found the right person." He said, his bright sea blue eyes locking with her clouded sky blue eyes.
"But I think I finally have. Katniss-," "No Cato. Don't go all weak on me. You are a Career that will swing your sword and kill every tribute in sight. Don't make this hard." Katniss said in a shaky voice she tried to keep strong.
"But what if I cant? What if I die? Katniss I want you-," And before he could say more Katniss smashed her lips into his.
One thing led to another. Katniss slipped Catos shirt over his large muscles, revealing his strong body, showing off his beautifully crafted 6 pack. He caught her staring and smiled, leaning down to recapture her lips, gently pushing her down to the matted floor.
Katniss raked at Catos bare back as he trailed his kisses lower. His hands slid down her body, grabbing her thigh and squeezing it as he wrapped it around his waist. She breathed in his sweet scent as she grabbed hands full of his silky blond hair that spiked up.
"Cato…" She breathed as he grabbed her hand and squeezed it as the kiss grew more intense. But she bit his lip, teasing him. He only smiled and tickled her in return. Her soft laughs filled the air before she flipped him over, kissing him and trailing down his long body. He leaned back and closed his eyes in pleasure. She stopped her kisses at the edge of his trousers. Cato smiled and grabbed her, pulling her down and rolling on top, making sure not to crush her. His intense eyes locked with hers.
"Cato…I'm ready."
He captured her lips again.
And the whole time Katniss thought about everything. Her life. How she and her family starved back home. How she was so close to dying of starvation. How Prim got Reaped and how easily she would have died in the games if Katniss hadn't volunteered for her.
A tear fell down her cheek.
Everything in life was hard. It was rough. Life was rough. The Games were rough. Even training itself was rough. And Katniss couldn't even think of tomorrow, going into an arena to kill all those other innocent kids. That itself was going to be rough. Trying to survive would be rough. Everything in her life till the moment she dies has been and will be rough. But Cato…Cato was surprisingly gentle.
She smiled.
*Something i thought of today when i was listening to a beautiful song called Turning Page by Sleeping at Last. CHECK IT OUT :) But um yeah i know characters are a little OOC, sue me :P Haha but I hope you like it! And if you like Cato/Katniss check out my other story Untamed. Okay thats all folks. I love you bye! XOXO


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I Exist
Poem by: tigergoddess81
Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
I Exist
The water reflects,
the moonlight rays,
it could captivate,
and silnce me for days.
A natural beauty,
such as this,
shouldn't be viewed alone,
it's nature's romantic bliss.
Yet, I'm here alone,
as the sun goes down,
looking to the sky,
there is no sound.
No one to hold my hand,
or to pull me near,
No warm and sweet kiss,
just no one here.
I see a romantic scene,
laid out before me,
as perfect as possible,
but only I can see.
I've been so lonely,
for far too long,
I wonder if I'm defective,
or what I've done wrong.
I long for a hug,
I long for a kiss,
I long for that someone,
who knows, I exist.
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Another good one. Most effective use of natural imagery.
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Cajun Turkey Burgers
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1. In a large bowl, lightly mix turkey, green onions, Cajun seasoning, hot pepper sauce and salt. Shape mixture into four patties.
2. In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat and cook patties until browned and cooked through (165°F), about 8 minutes per side. Serve burgers on rolls with desired toppings.
Nutrition Per Serving412 Calories, 7g Fat, 2g Saturated Fat, 0g Trans Fat, 70mg Cholesterol, 1105mg Sodium, 43g Carbs, 2g Fiber, 2g Sugar, 24g Protein. Daily Values: 2% Vitamin A, 9% Vitamin C, 6% Calcium, 17% Iron
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On 30th November 2015 The Sun paywall will come crumbling down.
It's fairly obvious why Rebekah Brooks made the decision; publishers are nothing without the reach of social media and this U-turn perhaps proves that subscription models need to be flexible, balanced carefully with (increasingly native) advertising revenue.
Pageviews are the oxygen that keeps every revenue flame burning. But rather than me harping on about advertising and social media, I thought I'd tell the story of The Sun paywall in statistics alone. Here we go...
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Jeff Teague scored 25 points, Al Horford added 18 and the NBA-leading Atlanta Hawks rallied from an 18-point deficit to win their fifth straight game, 104-96 over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night.
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The seamen wait with anxiety for news of their colleagues who have plumbed the depths in a bathysphere. They begin to haul the probe back up. They feel alarmed to see that all that is left of the vessel are chewed up cables and hissing oxygen feeds....
The success of Jaws had been a boon for all twelve year old boys, for who amongst us did not love a monster movie? This one was Tentacles (1977) and the star of the film was a monster squid on a killing spree. Of course, I knew even then that this was make-believe, just as much as the eight armed behemoth which ensnares the Nautilus in `Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea` was.
Another three decades later, in 2012, I was treated to another squid show. This one came from Japan's National Science Museum. For about 23 minutes we see a silver/bronze beauty 630 metres down in the Pacific with almost human-like eyes. This 23 feet long wonder was filmed in its natural habitat for the first time: meet Architeuthis Deux, the giant squid. It is not fiction, it is fact.
Bigger than we thought.
That our oceans provide a home to some sizeable squids and octopi no one has ever doubted. The kinds of beasts that Jules Verne wrote about, however, have belonged to the cryptozoological twilight zone. Discussion of them has been relegated to unexplained journalism.
The Bible warns of a `dragon that is in the sea`. The seafarers of 12th century Norway whispered amongst themselves – using a word that refers to a tree trunk with its roots still attached – "Kraken". This could be of such a size as to be mistaken for an island. Then Alfred Lord Tennyson popularised the Kraken by penning a sonnet to it in 1830. The triffid creator John Whyndam would later make use of the name in The Kraken Wakes in the fifties. (This, though, is`xenobathetic intelligence` from space using our waters as a base.)
Tantalising evidence of a real giant squid would come ashore for hundreds of years in the form of sailor's tales and rotted corpses, but lack of photographic proof kept them in the realm of the ones-that-got-away.
In 1854 the Danish zoologist Johannes Japetus Smith Sleenstrup came across what he took to be what was left of a giant squid on the Irish coast. He even gave it its name –Architeuthus Dux (`ruling squid`). He could not take the corpse back with him and he was given short shrift by the skeptoids of his day. Likewise, seven years later a 20 foot plus long squid evaded capture by the French crew of a gunboat called Alecton in November 1861 (Bord, p-128-129).
In 1873, however, a fisherman working off the coast of Newfoundland returned to base with a trophy: he had managed to slice off a squid's tentacle. This was nineteen feet long on its own! It was since showcased in a museum in St John's in Newfoundland.
That Canadian island seems to offer a haven to our giant squid. Every few decades squids of up to 30 feet long get beached up on the Newfoundland coast. A 21 foot long one was encountered in Trinity Bay there (Welfare and Fairley, p-108-109). Then in 2007 a 32 foot one was washed up on the same island – beating the 24 foot long remnant which arrived in the home of the Kraken, Bergen, West Norway.
We can still go twice better than that! In 1964 Bruce Wainwright, the director of Wildlife biology at New Brunswick, was privileged to be able to inspect ` a cigar shaped mass of flesh` - a squid carcass on the southernmost Bahama Island, Cairos. Apart from being 10 foot in diameter, this was 50 foot long. Fifty foot! (Welfare and Fairley, p-113-114.)
If we accept eye witness reports from credible witnesses then we can take it that squids can reach yet bigger dimensions. On night-watch duty on an admiralty trawler, J. D. Starkey lowered some light bulbs into the water of the Indian Ocean. He beheld the `green unblinking orb` of a vast squid. The body of the thing `filled my view as far as the eye could see` and he guessed the tentacles alone as being 2 feet thick! As he paced the length of his ship he kept it in sight throughout. The ship was 175 feet long! One hundred and seventy five feet! (Welfare and Fairley, p110-111.)
The squid's brethren, the octopus, can also boast some giants in its family. Working for the Miami Sea Aquarium in 1964, Burton Clark was surprised to see a huge presence show up on the trace paper of a fathometer off the Florida coast. At the same time a sea man J.C Martin encountered an enormous octopus which floated alongside his vessel (Welfare and Fairley, p-144.)
Established marine biology has allowed for octopi in the range of 20 feet long, but there is hard evidence that this is too conservative of them. Looking again at the bottled remains of a thick skinned invertebrate that had washed up on the Florida shores some hundred years earlier, Joseph Gernaro a Professor of Molecular Biology determined that they had once belonged to an octopus. This must have been 200 feet long. This was, as he himself put it `enough to blanket Piccadilly Circus` Piccadilly Circus! (Welfare and Fairley, p-11-113.)
Denizens of the depths.
This would come as no surprise to those who study the new frontier of deep sea research. The talk in that field is all of `deep sea gigantism`. Deep sea gigantism is the tendency of creatures down there to reach unusual size. Such are the stringent pressures and temperatures in those zones that such an adaption is necessary.
Marine biologists think that there may be up to eight kinds of giant squid and, if you go 1,000 feet below the ocean's surface you can find the colossal squid or Mesonychoteuthus Hamiltoni which can be 43 feet in length.
We know that squids can exist in both freshwater and salt water and that they are most common around New Zealand, South America, some areas of Africa, and Antarctica. They have, however, been hard to study. Even doctor Clyde Roper, a zoologist with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, who scours the globe for giant squid specimens, has never seen one himself! In 2006 the TV crew of Monster Quest had the bright idea of fixing a camera onto an averaged sized squid. They were rewarded with footage of a squid larger than a fishing trawler in the Sea of Cortez.
Squids are among the three hundred species of cephalopod, a type of mollusc. They have no backbones but a body composed of a mantle, fins and a head. They torpedo through the waters using jet propulsion. They have three hearts, big brains and some of them can change colour, or are bioluminescent.
They get through their five year or so long lifespan by eating fish, other squids and – sometime sperm whales (although the tables can be turned: the left-overs of a Colossal Squid were found in the stomach of a sperm whale in 1925.) They are formidable eating machines: as well as their eight paired arms, they have two longer tentacles. These are armed with suckers and inside those there are claws. To bite down on its prey, the squid has a parrot-like beak.
Squids have been around for 500 million years, and the good news is that they do not feature on the list of endangered species. For how long will they tolerate our proximity in their waters?
The silver death of the seas.
The giant squid keeps to itself. A cold-blooded creature the size of a bus that can wrestle with sperm whales is not to be tangled with however! The Norwegian sailors were right to fear the Kraken.
One account has it that a sailing ship off the coast of Angola was capsized by a giant squid. Then in the Nineteenth Century a 150 ton schooner, the Pearl, was seen by other sailors to be pulled beneath the waves by a tentacle beast. Survivors there were none. More fortunate was the 15,000 ton tanker called Brunswick which survived two such squid assaults in the 1930s (Welfare and Fairley, p-111.)
From the Second World War comes a story which would have excited Jules Verne. Following a bombardment by a German ship, Lieutenants Rolandson, Davidson R.N and R.E Grimari Cox of the Indian army were left to survive on a raft with some other soldiers. A vast tentacle reached out of the waters and clasped hold of one of the Indians `hugging him like a bear`. Cox tried to tear it away only to get wounded himself (Welfare and Fairley, p-107.)
Then in 2003 a hardened yachtsman, Olivier De Kersauson had the biggest scare of his forty year nautical career when, off the Portuguese island of Madeira, he saw tentacles as thick as his leg through the portholes as something seized his boat. Only when he cut the engine did the creature relent and let him on his way (BBC News online 15th June 2003.)
Look Down in Amazement.
Only a quarter of our blue planet consists of dry land. People like to remark that we know more about outer space than we do about our own waters. This may be overstating the case, but it is true that we have gained greater knowledge of dinosaurs than we have of what lies beneath our ocean's waves.
We can now say without doubt that there are multi-limbed juggernauts rocketing their way through the icy depths. Should one ever try to gobble you up without do much as a dash of ketchup, then just try to remember that this planet is not the property of land dwellers.
An internet meme pictures a little squid saying: `If I were a Giant Squid (and God willing someday I will be) I'd be a lil irritated how people are so interested in aliens and Bigfoot and el chupacabra when here I am – an actual freakin' monster!'
I continue to be interested in Bigfoot and aliens, but I can see the point here!
Edward Crabtree
Bord, Janet and Colin Modern Mysteries of the World: Strange Events of the Twentieth Century (London: Guild Publishing, 1989)
Welfare, Simon/ Fairley, John Arthur c. Clarke's Mysterious World (London: book Club Associates, 1981)
Granu, David `The Squid Hunter` the New Yorker online – May 24th 2004
`Giant squid attacks French boat` BBC News online 15th January 2003
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HP OfficeJet Pro 8730
A smarter way to print for busy small business owners, combining speedy printing with scanning and copying, making it easier to produce high quality documents and images at a touch of a button.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8730
I've had a multifunction printer in the office going on 10 years now. It was a neat bit of kit back in the day -- print, copy, scan, fax -- when printing over WiFi felt a bit like magic. It's seen better days though and an upgrade's well overdue. This HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 looks like it ticks all the same boxes: print, copy, scan, and fax. (Really? Does anyone fax anything any more? I guess it's good to know the facility's there, just in case.) Printing over WiFi is more-or- less standard these days.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8730
As a freelance writer who is always on the go, I like my technology to be both efficient and effective so I can do my job well. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 Inkjet Printer ticks all the boxes in terms of form factor, performance and user interface.
Windows 10 for Business / Dell XPS 13
I'd happily recommend this touchscreen laptop and Windows 10 as a great way to get serious work done at a desk or on the road.
Windows 10 / HP Spectre x360
Ultimately, I think the Windows 10 environment is excellent for me as it caters for so many different uses. The inclusion of the Xbox app is also great for when you need some downtime too!
Windows 10 / Lenovo Yoga 910
For me, the Xbox Play Anywhere is a great new feature as it allows you to play your current Xbox games with higher resolutions and better graphics without forking out extra cash for another copy. Although available titles are still scarce, but I'm sure it will grow in time.