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(CNSNews.com) - The recent spate of school shootings across the country has escalated the debate over gun control, with one group claiming that the incidents over the past week are the result of "too many guns" being available, while another organization claims that gun control laws are "literally killing our children."
Pointing to the incidents on Sept. 27 in Bailey, Colo., two days later in Cazenovia, Wis., and on Oct. 2 in Nickel Mines, Pa., Thom Mannard, executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (ICHV), said in a news release: "The common denominator in all these horrific school violence incidents was the use of guns to kill innocent people."
While noting that "innocent students have been swept up in a tidal wave of violence in the last week," Mannard admitted that "there is no way to stop every incident like this from happening, but think about how many fewer people would have been injured or killed in these brutal attacks if the perpetrators had not been armed with guns."
"Communities may only be mourning one person rather than five or 10," Mannard said.
"We at ICHV acknowledge that there is no 'magic bullet' to stop every potential gun fatality or shooting incident, but there are overall solutions to stop the escalating gun violence problem," he stated.
"Recognizing the warning signs presented by individuals is a key to preventing such incidents," said Mannard.
"Those who have guns in their homes and who see their loved ones exhibiting severe distress, depression or other signs of mental illness should take action immediately to ensure that any weapons in the home are inaccessible to those individuals," he added.
"We need a comprehensive plan to reduce gun violence in America," Mannard said. "Fundamentally, we have to step back and ask: 'Are we going in the right direction as a country to reduce gun fatalities and injuries?'
"These latest incidents clearly show that we're not, and it's time we start treating this epidemic in terms of saving lives instead of politicizing violence in America," he said.
"It is incumbent upon all Americans to realize that gun violence is still a critical problem in our country, especially for our children who continue to be the victims of such senseless and brutal attacks," Mannard added.
However, Mannard's claim that there are "too many guns" was contradicted by an ally in the movement to enact strict gun control -- Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who noted that stronger gun laws would not have prevented the Oct. 2 shooting at an Amish school in Lancaster County.
"I believe with all my heart that we need more gun control," the Democratic official said during a press conference on Tuesday, but he also acknowledged that tougher gun laws would not have prevented Charles Carl Roberts IV from carrying out his attack.
"You can make all the changes you want, but you can never stop a random act of violence by someone intent on taking his own life," Rendell said.
Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), had a quick response for Pennsylvania's top official. "Welcome to the party, Gov. Rendell," Gottlieb said.
"While the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has been wringing its hands and declaring that 'somebody has got to do something,' we have consistently maintained that such crimes are impossible to predict and equally impossible to prevent with passage of yet another gun law," Gottlieb said.
"And finally, Gov. Rendell agrees with us," he added.
"The gunman had no criminal or mental health background," Gottlieb said, "so he would pass any criminal background check. His family and friends described him as a loving family man. Nobody saw this coming.
"This shooting -- and the ones last week in Colorado and Wisconsin, and every school shooting in the past 10 years -- all had one thing in common," Gottlieb observed. "They all happened in so-called 'gun-free school zones,' where students and adult staff are essentially helpless.
"Gun control extremism has disarmed the wrong people and created risk-free environments for those who would commit murder and mayhem," Gottlieb said.
"It is time to re-consider gun-free school zone laws and the zero-tolerance mentality such laws foster," Gottlieb noted. "We can no longer afford the empty-headed Utopian illusion that gun control and gun-free zones will keep children safe.
"Like all other gun control laws, this one has been a monumental failure, and it is literally killing our children," Gottlieb added. "If it saves the life of just one child, abolishing such laws will be worth the effort."
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I sneak into the chemistry class, but, as always I'm caught. Today I'm taken aback, my seat has now been filled by someone else, a new person. I mean our class is always full with too many people anyway and now there's another? He has messy curly hair, blonde and is casually sitting in my seat. "Lyra, go sit down" I wrench my glare from new boy to my teacher. "Yes Nina." I say. I have no choice but to sit next to this new person.
Sitting down I smell the aftershave on him, honestly did he have to put on so much? I nearly gag at the smell. "Hi, I'm Elijah." He whispers to me, his dark brown eyes staring at me. It put me slightly on edge but I wasn't going to let him know that, instead I put on my smile face - it gets me through anything. "Hi Elijah, I'm Lyra" His name felt different in my mouth. Sweet and new.
After the lesson, Nina made Elijah and I stay after. "Now Lyra" explained Nina "Elijah is in your lessons and you are going to be showing him around." I looked at Elijah who was surprisingly tall compared to me. "Sure" I replied. We walked out the classroom.
"Where do you want to go first?" I asked. He shrugged "I know my way around but I don't know anyone, where do you hang out?" I shrugged back "No where in particular, I know people who are in the shop, art, science center, humanities center and live by the library, sometimes they even go in there." He laughed which made me feel pleased. "Well we haven't got long let's see the library friends first." He smiled at me which sent shivers across me that I hadn't been expecting. Get a grip, Lyra. I told myself angrily. There was no way I was falling for Elijah. "Sure" I replied, forcing a smile.

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Lionel "Bill" Bellamy was a 20-year-old regular officer with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars when they landed on "Gold" beach on 9 June 1944, three days after D-Day, as part of the Normandy invasion. He was in charge of an echelon squadron, providing back-up, fuel and ammunition for the frontline troops of the Seventh Armoured Division. But within days of landing, after several of his regiment's officers had been killed, he was put in command of a troop of Cromwell tanks. Bellamy pushed them forward, amid regular close combat with German forces, through Belgium, Holland and Germany, and eventually into the heart of Berlin. He was still only 21 when, as part of the initial occupying force, he was one of the first British officers to walk through Hitler's study, littered with the Führer's papers and photographs, some of which the young Bellamy guiltily stuffed into his battledress as souvenirs.
Bellamy led his troop in many major combat actions in the push towards the Rhine, including the battle for Villers-Bocage, near Bayeux, the massive Operation Goodwood near Caen in July 1944, Operation Bluecoat to capture Mont Pinçon, the breakthroughs into Belgium and Holland and the invasion of Germany itself.
On 5 March 1945 he received the Military Cross, presented personally by Field Marshal Montgomery, for his bravery during the battle for the hamlet of Doornhoek, near St. Joost in Holland, in October 1944. Under heavy German machine-gun, mortar and shell fire, and in a minefield, Bellamy got his burning tank and crew to safety before overrunning enemy positions to allow infantrymen to push through.
Only three days after receiving the MC, Bellamy learnt that his mother, who lived in west London but was assisting the war effort by helping to get supplies to the troops from Smithfield meat market on Charterhouse Street, had been among 100 people killed by one of the last Nazi V-2 rockets to land in the capital.
Lionel Gale Bellamy was born on 1 December 1923 in Northampton, and attended Hawthorn Community Primary School in Kettering, then Blackfriars (Dominican) boarding school in nearby Laxton. His father, Ronald, was a salesman who had served in the trenches of France during the First World War and would later become a POW in North Africa in the Second. Lionel's mother, Olive, was a dress designer. Entering Blackfriars at the age of 11, Lionel converted to Catholicism with the reluctant assent of his parents. Until his death, he believed that his faith had given him the fortitude to save not only his life during combat, but, more importantly to him, the lives of those he commanded.
Called up on his 18th birthday, he was forced to forego his desire to go to university and signed up for the army just before Christmas 1941. When the new recruits at a Dorset training camp began exchanging nicknames such as "Lefty" and "Chalky", he couldn't bear to reveal that his name was Lionel, so he spontaneously conjured up the name "Bill" - which is how he became known for the rest of his life. After training as an officer cadet at Sandhurst from 1942-43, he joined the 8th Royal Irish Hussars in the hope of fighting close to his father, who was involved in the North Africa campaign.
He got his wish, sailing from Glasgow to Algiers in June 1943, but spent a relatively uneventful few months in North Africa before being shipped back to England to prepare for D-Day. On his return, he was surprised and delighted to see his father, who had been held in a North African prisoner-of-war camp, but released as part of a swap for a group of Italian prisoners.
Against army rules, Bellamy kept a diary charting his wartime experiences, which eventually led to his colourful memoir Troop Leader: A Tank Commander's Story (Sutton Publishing, 2005), a fascinating insight into life inside a tank in heavy combat situations. In it, he describes his tank trying to shoot down Nazi V-1 "doodlebug" flying bombs, a forerunner of the type of rocket that would kill his mother; he also describes how an officer was beheaded by a German Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon, which "decapitated him as if by surgery, and his body seemed to continue on its way for a few paces before falling."
He recalled being among the first British liberators to enter French, Belgian and Dutch villages as church bells rang and locals showered him with sweets or fruit, a euphoria tempered by the sight of the bodies of countless young German soldiers by the roadside. So close were the two sides in battle that, as a devout catholic, he went into a church on Christmas Day 1944 to pray alone. As it turned out, a young German soldier had had the same idea. After the two men stared at each other in shock for several seconds, the German ran from the church and back to his lines.
Once in liberated Berlin, Bellamy wrote of the "chilled" relations with Russian forces, a precursor to the Cold War. He witnessed one Russian soldier shoot an elderly hausfrau for her bicycle and he read an intelligence report that listed 257 complaints of rape by Russian soldiers in the British sector of the city during the first month of the allied occupation alone.
Bellamy married Ann Burbury in 1950. After the war, he was Adjutant of the 8th Hussars, responsible for administering the call-up to the Korean War. Having suffered several bouts of jaundice, he was listed as "Home Service Only" and redeployed as Adjutant of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry regiment, which had fought alongside the 8th Hussars in Normandy. After he was invalided out of the army in 1955, Bellamy became a successful businessman in the Northampton area, a director of the footwear manufacturer Phipps and Son and, after a merger, a board member of Chamberlain Phipps.
In 1983 he retired to Great Brington, close to the Spencer family home at Althorp, dedicating his time and energy to local groups and charities, including the church and parish council. He was for several years chairman of the Rugby-based Mayday Trust, which provides housing and support for vulnerable adults. He was also a hands-on supporter of the Cynthia Spencer Hospice in Northampton, named after the current Earl of Spencer's grandmother, and raised £30,000 for the hospice by trekking across Cuba in 2005, when he was 81 years old.
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Indians sweep Spartans in regular season finale
ith the end of the season schedule showing doubleheaders on three consecutive days, Manhattan High softball coach Scott Mall wasn't sure how his team would hold up.
With a two-game sweep of Emporia to end the regular season on Friday, he got his answer.
Manhattan (11-9) took Game 1 in dominating fashion, 11-1, before coming back in the second game and winning 9-4 to enter the playoffs on a four-game winning streak.
"We're really proud of the way the girls brought energy after playing three days in a row," Mall said. "To come out like they did, right off the bat in the first game, they attacked the ball at the plate. To keep their energy after the three days we've been through really says something about the girls."
The Indians never really struggled to keep momentum on their side in the doubleheader, leading most of the afternoon and never facing a deficit of more than a run.
Manhattan also got a solid effort from its two pitchers, Aubrey Jung and Tyler Hoyt, to keep it in the win column.
In Game 1, Manhattan struck early and often, scoring four runs in the first, three in the second and four more in the third to lead 11-0 after three innings.
Emporia helped the cause by committing five errors in that span, allowing the Indians to take extra bases and keep big innings alive.
Jung benefited the most from Emporia's defensive miscues, reaching safely in all three of her at-bats, with the Spartans misplaying two pop-ups and a groundout.
Defensively, Manhattan was much sounder, committing just one error and getting five strong innings from Jung. The junior allowed just one run and three hits while striking out four and walking none.
"Throwing three days in a row like they did, they just kept saying they feel fine, and I know they do that in the summer, but it's still a little different," Mall said of his pitchers. "They did a good job, even when they got in trouble they came back with good pitches and let the defense work behind them."
The game was rescheduled from April 26, when Emporia made the trip to Manhattan only to be rained out after half an inning. As such, Friday's opener started in the bottom of the first with the Indians coming to bat.
Offensively, Manhattan batted around in the first inning, with Tyler Hoyt providing a two-RBI single and Alex Perez hitting an RBI single. The Indians also got a run off an Emporia error.
In the second, Jenna Stigge hit an RBI triple and Allie Massanet hit a two-RBI single to stake the Indians to a 7-0 lead.
Manhattan got an RBI triple from Kori Bridegam in the third inning, with Stigge reaching on an infield single and Hoyt driving in a run on a groundout. The Indians' final run came around on a Spartan error.
In the second game, Manhattan wasn't able to run-rule the Spartans, but led comfortably after scoring two runs in the fourth and four runs in the fifth to take a 9-2 lead.
Once again, the Emporia defense helped things along, as Manhattan got a pair of unearned runs in the second inning and two more unearned in the fourth.
In the fifth inning, Manhattan got back-to-back RBI singles from Massanet and Madi Fief before a two-RBI double from Perez.
Hoyt allowed four runs on the day, with two coming in the sixth inning with the Indians leading big. She allowed just eight hits and struck out four.
Against Emporia starter Emily Giffin, Manhattan started slow but figured her out the third time through the order.
"Really, we didn't get as many runs as our hits," Mall said. "We got a lot of hits, and it took us a while in that second game to adjust where she was throwing the ball, but once the girls figured out what to do, we hit the ball much better. We had two or three times where we had hustle hits where we could have been out but our girls hustled and kept it alive."
With the regular season now complete, Manhattan will land in the Washburn Rural regional and play fourth-seeded Topeka High (13-7) in the 4 vs. 5 game in Topeka. The winner will advance to play the winner of undefeated Rural (20-0) and eighth-seeded KC Schlagle/Washington (1-11).
Manhattan split the regular-season series with Topeka High, winning 8-7 and losing 6-5, while getting swept by Rural earlier this week, losing 9-1 and 5-0 in a pair of seven-inning games.
"The scores don't show it that much, but when we played Washburn Rural, we were right with them for most of those games," Mall said. "It'll be tough playing Topeka High, because they're really hitting the ball well right now. That's what they do late in the season. But we'll get after them and our pitchers are doing a good job.
"If we can get past them to Washburn Rural, I think we have a great chance to beat them. We just have to hit the ball."


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The date in which the school was due to pack up for the summer holiday was scheduled to begin on July 28th, but, because Clive Peck's holiday was booked for Saturday, July 25th, Clive Peck's parents got onto the headmaster by phone to tell him that their seaside holiday was due to begin that weekend.
To prepare himself for the forthcoming holiday which was due to start the following day, Clive peck went upstairs to have a shower, got dressed and packed his suitcase as he had to be out of the building by 3pm sharp. Once done the boy then made his way downstairs to the entrance hall and out of the building through the front entrance.
Once outside the boy had to wait for the taxi to come and take him home.
Along came the taxi, and before you could say Jim Sausage Clive made his way into the taxi and off they went, his parents and him together.
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My rt eye struck with tennis cricket ball. I am not able to see for first 30 mins now blurry seen.I see that pupil enlarges much as compared to lt eye.From down outside eye gets blackish .What happens and how it can be cured.
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U might have traumatic mydriasis due to sphincteric damage and blurring may be due to vitreous haemorrhage... and lower blackness will go in 3 wks slowly... better show to Ophthalmologist.. if possible to a Retina consultant / oculoplasty consultant ..
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If it wasn't him then who could it be?
I felt the worst feeling, as if all my years of hopeful waiting had been poured into this one moment and it had ended in immense disappointment and now I felt lost. But it was stupid to think such things, after all, this had only set me back one step. I just had to act on what I had.
There was only one action I could take, and that was to keep surveillance on all the three youths who had been at the ball; Kouie, Mia and Joey.
I set my men on the job, choosing certain times to do the deed without suspicion. But I had a more pressing issue at hand.
I opened the door and switched on the light. At the other end of the room, lying on a bed was an elderly woman. I shut the door gently behind me and pulled out a knife.
I held the knife at the back of her neck and pulled out a voice synthesiser from my pocket.
"Don't turn around," I warned, my voice very deep, "don't turn until you hear that door shut again or I'll slit your throat," there was no noise so I continued, "the child that you live with, he has something he shouldn't," no answer, "something of great power, capable of killing innocent people, and he's been putting it to use, but now his reign must stop," still she said nothing, so I took a more direct approach, "does this child have the deathnote?" I asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about," her voice came out hoarse and cracked, and I believed the conviction behind her words. But the sense of hopelessness wieghed me further down.
I left the room and flicked open my phone.
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"Take our captive and plant her in Erics house, make it easy for her to escape, she will leave straight for the police and attract attention, tell then what I told her,"
"But the police will not do anything, they are too afraid."
"Because most of them have families to look after, but not all of them, some will do what they can and I can find an ally."
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"As you wish sir."
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Courage, honor, insanity, sadness, anger and fear are all themes that were addressed in this film as well and they took me through a gamut of emotions. The impeccable direction by Ridley Scott also contributed in making this movie a ridiculously gripping one. Scott managed to inject the film with high moments of tension and anxiety while making the "all over the map" physical conflict clear for us on a visual standpoint. The images served up were, at times, poetic/artsy and at other times, gritty and real. Tag to that, a brilliant use of filters by cinematographer Slavomir Idziak and a strong score by Hans Zimmer that both upped the juice of the images and events at hand, and you get an arresting visual and audio treat.
Some argued that the film was redundant, but I never felt that myself. Others said that the script didn't sport enough character exposition, but I was given enough meat about the men to genuinely care and the talent/charisma of the actors playing them gapped what could've been missing on paper even further. I felt for these guys hardcore and that upped the stakes of the action 100 fold. Having said that, the stellar cast should also be commended in making the film a more involving ride with Hartnett and Bana owning the most here. BLACK HAWK DOWN is an extremely powerful piece of filmmaking that simply knocked me out. You don't simply watch this flick...you live it!
Commentary with Director/Producer Ridley Scott and Producer Jerry Bruckheimer: This full length commentary track gives us lots of historical background on the events and addresses the substance that specific shots and pieces of music wanted to communicate. We also get some insight on the peculiarities of the ethnic cast, the hardships of telling a tight story with such a high number of characters and much, much, much, more info. An overall involving and info-filled track.
Commentary with author Mark Bowden and screenwriter Ken Noland: Here, the author of the book on which the film is based speaks about what triggered his need to tell this story while screenwriter Ken Noland comes in to speak about what led him to adapt the book in screenplay form. They also comment on the film's content, specific scenes, shots, script/book differences and more. Another insightful track.
Commentary with Task Force ranger veterans: Retired military officers come in to give us background as to their involvement in the Somalia massacre and go on to compare the elements in the film to those which really occurred. Very interesting from a history versus film point of view.
We also get Cast and Crew Filmographies.
The Essence of Combat- Making of Black Hawk Down (~ 2 1/2 hours): Here, we get 6 lengthy and tightly put together featurettes that we can either play all at the same time or individually. They cover the Story and Characters / Military Orientation / On Location / Film Score / Visual Effects and Final Thoughts. With over two hours of features, trust me when I say that these features are incredibly informative from a historical and cinematic standpoint with lots of input from cast and crew to boot. Damn!
Image and Design offers 7 features that we can only play individually. They are:
Designing Mogadishu (15 Minutes) where we see design art while the Production designer comes in to talk locations
Production Design Archive where we get to view a series of sketches for the movie's locations
Storyboards (7 Minutes) the name says it all.
Ridelygrams (7 Minutes) gives a look at Ridley's storyboards which can also be compared with the scenes in question while a narrator (Sylvain Despretz) gives us some history on Ridley Scott.
Jerry Bruckheimer's BHD Photo album (6 minutes) where we see Jerry on set with his camera, then his pictures while he narrates what the pics are about
Photo Galleries and Title Design Explorations (3 Minutes) which is basically a montage of the title designs they tried out for the opening of the film (with optional commentary with insightful graphic designer Flavio Campagna)
We also get 20 minutes of potent Deleted and Alternate Scenes that can be played with an informative and trivia-filled optional Ridley Scott commentary track. We can only play the deleted scenes as one feature-- they are not titled individually. Strange
Historical Archive: Here we get two features-- The True Story of Black Hawk Down (~ 100 minutes) courtesy of the History Channel and Ambush in Mogadishu (~ 60 minutes) courtesy of PBS. Take out your notebooks kids, time to lean some American History.
Target Building insertion (Multi-Angle sequence): Here we get to view one sequence (involving helicopters) via 7 separate camera angles. We can either view them with the production sound playing or a commentary by AD Terry Needham. A fascinating feature with great technical insight by Needham that should appeal to all an aspiring filmmakers.
Q&A Forums: This feature includes three press conferences; the first being Batta (~ 10 minutes) with Ridley Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Mark Bowden and Tom Matthews answering questions from journalists and crowd. The second is named Motion Picture Editor's Guild (~ 10 minutes) where Editor Pietro Soallia takes the stage after a screening of the film to talk shop and the third is called American Cinematheque (~ 12 minutes) where Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer answer questions from the crowd. This feature is a perfect companion piece to the previous extras where some questions that might not have been answered via the features are addressed here. Solid.
Promotion: A wide assortment of Trailers and TV spots for the film with a music video (Gortoz A Ran- "J'Attends") tossed in for good measure.


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You bet an old dog can still learn a new trick or two as even your little tyke can learn financial literacy like a pro - my two cents. You can teach your kids how to save money before they can even figure out how to tie their own shoelaces.
Many parents think that money matters should be limited to strictly adult discussions which leaves children in the dark but expert studies show that teaching your kids the value of earning, saving, and spending money makes them more reasonable and responsible individuals in the future. Some people would advise to wait until your children is more mature or mentally equipped with handling computations or strategies in money management and investment planning. However It is in fact advisable to shape their financial perspective at an early age because this has been proven to separate those who are able to manage their finances well from people who are suffering from piles of debt.
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Chapter Twenty-Two: just a feeling
Ruarí Savage
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"I'm what?" It was a simple question, she knew that. It was a logical question; even a fair one, really, considering the way she'd dropped her sentence mid-way through.
"I don't know!" It was all she had. They were the only words hanging on her tongue, the only words she remembered in the vast surplus of language floating around somewhere inside of her head.
How quickly things had gotten out of hand. How quickly they had spiraled madly out of control. She'd been keeping her own anger in check, to the best of her ability; but she'd had a number of flutes of champagne, and she still felt anxious and lively from the events of the roof before her stupid teammate had thrust himself into a situation in which he did not belong. For the first time since it had been discussed, the word hung heavy in her mind, bloated and burdensome with the weight of the choice she knew would have to be made. The choice they both knew would have to be made, but it hardly mattered that they both knew – only one of them would face it.
The other stood on the roof, still looking up at a sky full of stars, probably wondering how he'd gotten up there in the first place.
"Wow," Silas said, and his lips moved in a mechanical, joyless smile. It felt like a knife wound to her ribcage. "That's great." He was moving again, moving and she couldn't bring her limbs to respond quickly enough to stop him. He was in the elevator, the doors were closing. Her hand shot out to capture the edges of the doors, to keep them from sealing for just one more minute.
Silas' expression had long ago closed her out, but there was a flicker of something akin to sorrow behind his virid eyes. Was he testing her? What did he want her to say? She wanted to holler back; to demand that he take one single instant out of his rage and just think about the situation. Just think. That was all she wanted.
Instead, she had a clearly-ending-friendship and no words to console him.
She wondered, what did she have to lose? And when the question came back without an answer, she let loose.
"I don't know because I've never felt like this, Silas!" The pent up emotions scattered from her mind, washing down over her tongue and spilling out between her lips before she could filter them, before she could manage them and polish them. "I don't know what to call it, and don't you dare look at me and say you don't feel the same way! Because if you lie to me, I'll kick your ass."
His eyes dropped and she knew she'd struck home, but it wasn't enough. She wanted him looking at her. She wanted his eyes to watch what he was doing or to finally see what she was doing. There was a very large part of her that screamed at her to return to the roof. That screamed that she was being reckless and stupid and that if she stood there, holding open the elevator doors, for an instant longer, she was dooming herself in the Arena.
Everyone had to be watching. Everyone had to see what was happening.
She reminded herself that if that were true, she had nothing else to lose. They would all know the truth anyway.
The best she could do was to keep the wellspring of tears from flooding over her eyelids, but it took everything in her. She didn't know why everything felt so final, but she was almost certain that if the elevator doors closed it was the end of whatever it was that had sprung to life between them.
Her voice hiccupped as she spoke but she ignored it. "Don't let tonight end this way, Silas." His eyes still bored holes into the tile; his hand rose to press the button for his floor. That was it. There was no time left. She was out of options. She sucked in a quick lungful of air and added, "Please," but it was too late.
His voice slipped between the narrow opening as the doors closed.
"Goodbye, Rory."
There was so much fury inside of her that she actually thought she would burst. For a moment, as she stood there looking at her own reflection in the elevator doors, she thought her skin would tear open at the seams and the white-hot rage would erupt outward. Soon she would be nothing more than a charred skeleton in a beautiful dress.
She waited for the elevator to return to her floor, desperately pressing the button over and over again, and every fraction of a second ached like a lifetime.
Something vaguely resembling a stroke of sheer luck happened then. A slender, lithe figure emerged from down the hall, leaving the enormous Banquet room and heading for the cluster of elevators. She smiled at Fox politely and when the doors opened, she allowed the tattooed beauty to go inside first.
Then, she grabbed Fox's olive-skinned wrist, twisting her arm behind her back to press, roughly, against her spine. Too close to parallel to be at all comfortable; bordering, even, on the edge of breaking.
"This isn't personal," Rory said into Fox's ear as the woman struggled against her hold. "The buttons scan our thumbprints, and my print won't take me to your floor no matter how hard I press the damn button. So, you push the button, and we walk off together, and no sensors are tripped and no arms get broken. Is this agreeable?"
The hold Rory had Fox in did not seem to be enough to discourage her, and Fox pivoted suddenly; the force of the motion was strong enough that, befuddled with the champagne roaming through her bloodstream, Rory's fingers released and Fox was free to take a nasty swing at Rory's face. Instinct took over, then, and Rory flung her torso backward, her spine parallel with the floor, and brought her elbow up to land a vicious, cracking blow to Fox's collarbone.
Even with the wind knocked out of her and a searing pain encompassing her throat and shoulders, Fox did not stop. She didn't even pause. She swung her ankle around and knocked Rory's feet from beneath her; but on her way down, Rory grabbed Fox by the throat and they hit the tile flooring of the elevator together with a loud, ominous thud. Fox was quick on the recovery, and as Rory blinked away the white-wash over her vision from her head impacting with the floor, Fox swung, hard, and Rory felt her nose break beneath Fox's knuckles. Agony exploded across her vision, tingling uncomfortably all over her face, but she sucked it up and opened her eyes. They scuttled and swung wildly for a few seconds, groping for a good blow or some stable position, before Rory got her bare feet beneath her and leaped upward, entirely off the floor, to drop kick Fox in the face.
The dress ripped up the side, but the sound did not break through the all-consuming focus that had settled over her awareness. Out of breath and trying desperately to ignore the trickle of blood leaking from her nose, even more determined to ignore the near-blinding agony of her crumpled cartilage, Rory got back up to her feet and lowered her eyes to Fox, sprawled on the elevator floor, sucking in uneven gasps of air.
Holding her hand down to Fox, Rory said, "I swear I won't continue this if you'll just push the fucking button and let me get off when you do."
Fox studied her for a long moment, her cold electric blue orbs absorbing every minute detail of Rory's damaged face. She could feel the blood dripping from her chin, onto the floor and her dress and down the exposed skin of her chest, but she ignored it. She continued to hold her hand out, waiting, until Fox clasped it and allowed Rory to help heave her to her feet.
Fox said, "You're a fool, but you don't fuck around," and pushed the button.
Rory tried not to wonder how long they had wasted brawling in the lift, and focused only on mirroring Fox's motions exactly as the doors opened and they stepped off. No sensors screamed in breach of security, and as her bare feet hit the smooth tile of the training floor for District 13, Rory sighed in relief.
She could see Silas' silhouette making its way down the hall and she ignored the rush of adrenalin soaring through her, calling to her to take off running after him, and simply made sure her voice rang clear and loud in the hallway.
"You son of a bitch, get back here! I wasn't fucking finished!"
She planted her feet apart and crossed her arms over her blood-stained gown, setting her jaw and glowering at the back of his head. She watched his step falter as he recognized her voice, watched the slow turn of his head as he shifted to see, with his own two eyes, that she was actually there.
Breaking one of the oldest and most strongly enforced rules in the history of the Games.
Fox made her way down the hall like a swift flash of light and the only sound that gave away she'd ever existed was the soft click of her chambers door locking behind her.
She met his eyes across the short distance and waited for his expression to settle as he observed the damage done to her face.
"What the - What happened?" His hand twitched at his side, and she wondered why.
"I wasn't done convincing you that you're wasting what could very well be the one remaining good thing in either of our lives before we're slaughtered in the Arena," she said, spitting it all out in one breath before pausing to take in another. "So I beat up your District partner until she helped me bypass the security system."
There it was, then; a moment she had wondered about since she first heard him string a sentence together. She knew what his face looked like when he was flabbergasted, and for a moment, it was enough. The strange, curious light in his viridian eyes warranted everything she had done, everything she'd put on the line. It was reason enough for her, and it was that same feeling that caused her to reach out for his hand and capture his long fingers with hers.
Nothing else to lose, she thought.
She let silence hold them for a moment before she lifted her eyes to meet his and said, "I don't know what this is, Silas, but it's given me something to make it out of here for. That's all I know." She paused, the playfulness of her own thoughts causing a slow upward turn to her mouth, and added, "Well, that and that you're an idiot for not kissing me at the table when you had the chance."


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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took another step in its worksite enforcement efforts on August 19, 2009 when it announced its intention to rescind the embattled Social Security No-Match Rule, and to focus on increased compliance through its E-Verify, IMAGE and other employment verification programs. All of the enforcement activities that have taken place since the beginning of July should put employers on notice that the government is serious about enforcing the nation's immigration laws and getting tough on employers who hire unauthorized workers. Both DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been busy ramping up their scrutiny of employers through increased audits and on-site inspections. It's more important than ever that you ensure that your company's I-9 forms are in compliance with the law and that you are not caught off guard if ICE pays a surprise visit.
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|Johnny Manziel believes 'The GOAT' Tom Brady will lead Patriots to Super Bowl vs. Falcons
|01.19.17 at 12:50 pm ET
With an endorsement like this, the Patriots can't lose.
TMZ Sports caught up with Johnny Manziel recently, and the disgraced former NFL quarterback offered his thoughts on who'll be playing in the Super Bowl.
"It's hard to go against the GOAT, Tom Brady," Manziel said. "I'm a big Kyle Shanahan guy. I'm pulling for Matt Ryan."
Shanahan is Atlanta's offensive coordinator, and the presumed next coach of the 49ers. That means Manziel sees a Patriots vs. Falcons Super Bowl.
In the same interview, Manziel said he's working out five or six times a week, presumably in the hopes of making a comeback.
|WEEI NFL Power Rankings, Week 13: Patriots move up to No. 4
|11.27.12 at 9:39 am ET
The bye weeks are over and now every team in the NFL has played the same number of games. If we've learned anything through the first three months of the current season, it's that there are a lot of mediocre and below-average teams. There are six teams with a 4-7 record, five with a 6-5 record, and four with a 5-6 record. The Steelers (10) are practically begging to be dropped out of the top 10, but no one is worthy to rise into that elite group.
The Texans (1), Falcons (2) and Niners (3) have maintained stability at the top. At a combined 28-4-1, those three teams continue to roll. Inching closer and closer are the red-hot Patriots. They jump up one spot for the second straight week and sit at No. 4. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers get sacked out of the top five and drop to No. 8.
Week 13's Monday night matchup should be a much more enjoyable game to watch than last night's painful display of two equally uninspiring 3-8 teams — the Panthers (27) and Eagles (28). The Giants (7) take on RG3 and the Redskins (15) in an NFC East showdown.
Click here to listen to Mut and Merloni discuss this edition of the Power Rankings.
1. (1) Texans (10-1) ' Ten quarters of football in just five days. It's amazing they have been able to endure and come out on top in both games. Super Bowl-caliber teams are resilient, and the Texans have proven they can overcome any deficit. Expect the Texans to bounce back defensively next week against the Titans.
2. (2) Falcons (10-1) ' Week after week the Falcons continue to find ways to win, and doubters continue to question if Matt Ryan's team is capable of being successful in the playoffs. It's a fair question due to the fact that Ryan is 0-3 in the postseason, but the Falcons still deserve to be considered one of the best in the NFL since they've found a way to win 10 of 11 times this year.
3. (3) 49ers (8-2-1) ' No defense is as physical and dominant as the Niners. San Fran's D proved its dominance once again against one of the hottest offenses in the league. Going into Sunday's game, the Saints were clicking on all cylinders in the month of November. They were averaging 32 points per game and Drew Brees had a 72.5 completion percentage with a 125.5 QB rating. Against the Niners, the Saints offense was held to just 21 points (its second-lowest total of the year). Brees' completion percentage dropped nearly 10 points and his QB rating dropped nearly 40 points.
4. (5) Patriots (8-3) ' There is just one team in the NFL averaging over 30 points per game, and that's the New England Patriots. Bill Belichick's team has stampeded over opposing defenses and has averaged 37 points per game. The last four games have been even more impressive. The Pats have put up 190 points. That's more points than the Chiefs, Cardinals, Eagles and Jaguars have scored all season.
5. (6) Ravens (9-2) ' What are they feeding their linebackers in Baltimore? First it was Terrell Suggs remarkably returning from his torn Achilles much earlier than expected. Now, Ray Lewis reportedly will return before the regular season ends after many thought the veteran linebacker's career might be over due to his triceps injury.
6. (7) Broncos (8-3) 'Peyton Manning helped the Broncos extend their winning streak to six games in Kansas City on Sunday. The Broncos offense sputtered a bit in it's first game without Willis McGahee. Facing one of the worst run defenses in the game, Knowshon Moreno and Ronnie Hillman rushed for 94 yards. Going into the game, the Chiefs were allowing an average of more than 125 yards.
7. (9) Giants (7-4) ' The Giants did exactly what they had to do coming off their bye week and two straight losses. If they can stay healthy, no team in the NFC will want to face them in the playoffs.
8. (4) Packers (7-4) ' The Packers were forced to reshuffle their offensive line after starting tackle Brian Bulaga was lost for the season. Facing a strong Giants pass rush, Aaron Rodgers was sacked five times. The Packers have a major problem on their hands if the pass protection doesn't improve.
|Upon Further Review: Patriots vs. Falcons
|08.21.10 at 1:06 pm ET
This is a weekly blog entry we're calling 'Upon Further Review,' one last look at the tape from the previous week's game and meant to include some things we may have missed the first time around. Basically, it's one last chance to empty out the notebook before the focus shifts to the week ahead.
'¢Rookie Devin McCourty was able to flash some physicality, a rare sight recently for New England corners who haven't had the size or inclination to mix it up with opposing receivers. On a third-down play late in the first quarter, McCourty was matched up on Atlanta's Roddy White, and he was able to get a really impressive jam on the 6-foot, 212-pound White. The short pass, meant for White, would have gone for a first, but it never got to its intended destination. In the second quarter, McCourty also took down Atlanta running back Michael Turner with what was pretty close to a one-on-one open-field tackle, which set up a third-and-4. There was some soft man coverage that allowed a first-down connection to Atlanta receiver Brian Finneran in the second quarter, but all in all, another good game for the first-year cornerback.
'¢All three of Wes Welker's catches were different types of receptions, which showed that the receiver hasn't lost much when it comes to his overall pass-catching ability. The first was a short pass over the middle where Welker appeared to read the defense and pull in the ball with his back to the coverage, ending up with a six-yard gain. The second looked to be a simple route where he turned upfield. It ended up going as a 14-yarder, and this was perhaps Welker's most impressive moment of the night because he had to reach back while going full steam to try and bring it in. (This one was something of a missed opportunity for the New England offense ' because it was behind him, Welker had to slow down ever-so-slightly, which allowed defensive back Chavis Jackson to haul Welker down from behind. Could have gone for more.) The third was a simple screen, which was nicely sniffed out by Atlanta defensive back Christopher Owens.
'¢Tight end Aaron Hernandez really did a good job messing with Atlanta linebacker linebacker Sean Weatherspoon. On his first catch of the night, Hernandez came out of the backfield and caught a pass in the flat with Weatherspoon in coverage. As the tight end turned to head upfield, he sensed Weatherspoon closing in, and executed a little hitch, planting one foot forward before quickly stepping back. Weatherspoon ended up over-pursuing on the play, which gave Hernandez a few extra yards as the Patriots converted the third down. And then, on his touchdown catch he turned Weatherspoon inside-out and had the presence of mind to tip-toe along the back of the end zone and hold on to the football. (He almost knocked out teammate Brandon Tate in the touchdown celebration, but we'll let that slide.)
'¢Safety Brandon McGowan, who had such a banner start last year in his first season, slid down the depth chart as the 2009 season wore on, and he's having a poor start to the 2010 preseason. (Right now, he and James Sanders have been supplanted by Pat Chung and Brandon Meriweather.) He had a bit of a rough night ' McGowan was on the field with the second defense for the duration of Atlanta's 16-play, 80-yard fourth-quarter drive. At the end of the series, he failed to bring down Troy Bergeron on his 19-yard catch-and-run touchdown reception. (McGowan went for the big hit, but not only swung and missed, he took out his teammate Terrence Wheatley out of the play.)
'¢It was an up-and-down night for the New England offensive line. While there was plenty of good (Dan Connolly and Stephen Neal had some big blocks early, and Alge Crumpler delivered a key block on Fred Taylor's first-quarter touchdown run), there was also enough bad. Neal was hit with a holding call that negated a big run from Taylor. Meanwhile, rookie Ted Larsen was whistled for a pair of false starts, and was absolutely crushed on a third-quarter run attempt by Atlanta's Trey Lewis that ended up destroying any hope the Patriots had for a positive result. And a series of miscommunications in the red zone in the second quarter led to a forgettable sequence where New England had negative yardage on three running plays in four attempts.
The day after, coach Bill Belichick wasn't shy about venting his frustration regarding seven plays where the Patriots had negative rushing yards.
'There were some positives. There were some other things that we need to do better. We lost yardage on seven of our running plays, so that's not very good,' Belichick said. 'I think if we had seven sacks, everyone would be up in arms and it would be the big story of the day, but seven running plays that lost yardage nobody seems to care about.'
|Patriots postgame notes
|08.20.10 at 12:27 am ET
Thanks to the Patriots' PR staff, here are some postgame notes following this evening's preseason contest against the Falcons:
'¢WR Wes Welker made his preseason debut and caught two passes on his first two plays with a 6-yard pass and then a 14-yard pass from QB Tom Brady. He played during the first series of the game and finished with two receptions for 20 yards.
'¢RB Fred Taylor scored on a 28-yard touchdown run to culminate a 12-play, 80-yard drive on the Patriots first possession. He finished the game with 11 carries for 54 yards for a 4.9-yard average.
'¢The Patriots had two 20-yard touchdown runs in the game after RB Sammy Morris scored on a 20-yard run in the third quarter to finish a 9-play, 63-yard drive.
'¢During that first scoring drive, the Patriots converted three third-down plays. On third-and-seven from the New England 33-yard line, Brady completed an 11-yard pass to RB Kevin Faulk. On third-and-seven from the 47-yard line Faulk ran for eight yards and a first down. Then on third-and-two from the Atlanta 37-yard line, RB Sammy Morris gained nine yards for a first down.
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|Halftime analysis from Patriots-Falcons
|08.19.10 at 9:36 pm ET
Strong start for the Patriots this evening in Atlanta ' New England holds a 14-3 lead at halftime. A few quick notes on the first two quarters of action:
'¢Wes Welker didn't get the start, but was heavily involved in the first drive of the night, a 12-play 80-yard sequence that ended with a New England touchdown. Welker was in for six snaps, and ended the night with two catches for 20 yards. Looked good, make nice cuts and was able to absorb a nasty hit from Atlanta defensive back Christopher Owens that came after a missed block from Randy Moss. (To be fair, it was a tough block for Moss to make.)
'¢Tom Brady finished the first half 10-for-12 for 85 yards and a touchdown. He took 24 snaps, and helped engineer a pair of scoring drives. He took a bad hit after rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski missed a block (he fumbled the football), but pretty much what you'd expect from No. 12, who hit rookie tight end Aaron Hernandez with a touchdown pass on a four-yard play in the second quarter. After a season where the Patriots' offense struggled and also had red-zone problems, it was a good sight to see for New England football fans.
'¢The New England offense did a nice job keeping balance, its first 26 offensive plays, there were 13 rushes for 71 yards and 13 passes for 79 yards. Other than Brady, stat standouts included Fred Taylor, who got the start and carried 11 times for 54 yards and a touchdown (which came on a 21-yard jaunt and featured some great blocking by tight end Alge Crumpler.) Randy Moss had two catches for 24 yards and Aaron Hernandez had two catches for 18 yards.
'¢The New England defense opened in a 3-4 and stuck with it through the bulk of the first half. No surprises in the starting lineup, which included rookie inside linebacker Brandon Spikes. Spikes almost went wire-to-wire in the first half, staying in the game even after the starters were yanked late in the second quarter. According to our highly unscientific numbers, Spikes finished the first half with 27 snaps.
'¢As a group, the Patriots' defense yielded one extended scoring sequence, an 11-play, 49-yard series run by the starting Atlanta offense, which ended with a 46-yard field goal from Matt Bryant that gave Atlanta a 3-0 lead. But that was it from the Falcons ' a missed field goal attempt and an interception (from Jonathan Wilhite) ended Atlanta drives.
|Falcons inactives
|at 7:07 pm ET
The Falcons have announced that the following players will not play tonight against the Patriots: WR Michael Jenkins, CB Brent Grimes, CB Dunta Robinson, S William Moore, DB Brian Williams, RB Jerious Norwood, RB Jason Snelling, DT Thomas Johnson and DT Peria Jerry.
|Setting the scene for Patriots-Falcons
|at 5:09 pm ET
With only a few hours to go before kickoff at the Georgia Dome, here are a couple of things to get you ready for tonight's Patriots-Falcons preseason game.
'¢According to reports, the following players did not make the trip to Georgia, and so they (presumably) have been ruled out for tonight game: wide receiver Darnell Jenkins, wide receiver Matthew Slater, cornerback Leigh Bodden, defensive back Bret Lockett, cornerback Terrence Johnson, linebacker Dane Fletcher, linebacker Gary Guyton, offensive lineman George Bussey, offensive lineman Logan Mankins, offensive lineman Nick Kaczur, defensive lineman Damione Lewis, linebacker Tully Banta-Cain, and linebacker Jermaine Cunningham.
'¢Here's a look at 10 things to look for tonight from a New England perspective, which includes wide receiver Wes Welker … if he does play. Welker made the trip to Georgia, but there's still some question as to whether or not he should play. Former Patriots wide receiver Troy Brown said Week 3 of the preseason 'feels like the right time' for Welker to return to the gridiron, so he might sit for the second straight preseason game.
'¢In addition, rookie Brandon Spikes has continued to emerge as a force at the position for the Patriots, and figures to get more of a chance to show what he can do this evening. Ditto for younger players like Dan Connolly and Brandon Tate, both of who will be looking to build on positive performances in the preseason opener against the Saints.
'¢We've also got a look at a handful of players who might need a strong preseason to land a job. That includes veteran inside linebacker Eric Alexander, wide receiver Sam Aiken and cornerback Terrence Wheatley. Wheatley is undergoing a bit of a renaissance over the last week or two, a series that was highlighted with a heads-up play that prevented a touchdown in the preseason opener. But is it enough for him to land a spot on the 53-man roster? Another strong outing tonight would certainly help him out.
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