text: Show Hide image Politics 16 May 2013 A lone voice for peace An interview with Haytham Manna. Sign up for our weekly email * Israeli air strikes in Damascus, allegations of chemical weapons use in Aleppo, revenge massacres on the Syrian coast: to write about Syria nowadays is to become an expert in arms and gruesome forensics. So, what room is there for an opposition politician who calls himself a pacifist? Haytham Manna, a veteran activist from Dara'a, the city where the Syrian revolt first erupted in March 2011, leads the National Co-ordination Body for Democratic Change (NCB) outside the country. It is Syria's other opposition; the most visible one, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, is rooted in Turkey and Qatar, while the NCB has more of a political presence inside the country. Like the National Coalition, the NCB is an umbrella of different groups; but whereas the former leans towards the exiled Muslim Brotherhood and the Sunni Gulf states, the NCB is more secular, a hotchpotch of leftists and Kurdish nationalists, many of whom were formerly working underground. Much of the external opposition is happy to lead the charge for Nato arms or intervention, but Manna and the NCB would prefer to grow the democratic forces within the country – to foment something between a "national dialogue" and a "national revolution". It has made him unpopular among many Syrians. When I meet Manna, in London on a rare visit from his base in Paris, I ask about his brother, who was arrested, tortured and killed by Assad's security services early on in the revolt. Does he understand people who decided then that the only way to get rid of the Syrian regime was through force? "Understanding is one thing," Manna says. "But recommending it, following it as a political programme, is another. When you're in a situation like ours, you can't take on the job of psychotherapist . . . They've given the regime a longer life with this way of struggle. We were a really attractive force for the society. Now we are not." The Syrian opposition hadn't quite won the democratic argument, he thinks; given the forces arraigned against it, the best approach was to expand the movement and use pressure from the Arab League and the UN Security Council to force the regime out. But in the early months of the uprising, people were looking to army defectors just to protect their demonstrations – was he against even that? Of course not, he says. "Self-defence means that when someone comes to your house to attack, you can use the right to defend yourself. This is normal in all societies. But from the moment when you go to attack a military unit or confront or occupy a quarter of a city or a village, that's another thing." Manna's most compelling – and prescient – arguments aren't moral, but strategic and political. Fighting an armed insurgency is expensive and he worries that, following the Arab spring, Turkey and the oil-rich states of Saudi Arabia and Qatar are using their influence among the cashstrapped Syrian rebels to push their own agendas and jockey for regional position. Perhaps as a result, he and his colleagues aren't often seen on al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya, the two Gulfbased satellite channels that have been cheerleading for the armed revolt. Manna trained as an anthropologist and you can hear it in the timbre of his arguments. "We think that today the organic structure of the society will dominate any violent action," he says. "It will be sectarian, it will be Islamist, it will be tribal. It will be not be civil or republican." If Islamist groups dominate, "it will be about vengeance". But if that's what most Syrians want, shouldn't they have it? "There isn't a majority for that. If there was, why not? But 40 per cent of Syrian society, the minorities, are not with the Islamist project [Manna includes Kurds, the 10 per cent who are largely Sunni but not Arab, so don't fit squarely in either camp], and I don't think that the 60 per cent who are Arab Sunnis will want it either. I don't think all of them are with the jihadist groups." What started out as a movement for freedom and democratic rights may well end up as the foil for a pointless but all-encompassing regional war. For their reliance on the Gulf states, Manna has labelled the external opposition in Turkey and Qatar "traitors" and stands by it. The feeling is mutual, I tell him. At the border between Syria and Turkey last summer, I came across an ageing rebel sentry cradling a Kalashnikov under a tree and asked him what he thought of Manna. "Haytham Manna is a traitor," he barked. "He works with Bashar al-Assad, and with [Syrian] state security. We will not let him back into Syria when we win." James Harkin's e-book "War Against All: the Struggle for Northern Syria" is out now (Kindle, £1.49) Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 13 May 2013 issue of the New Statesman, Eton Mess More


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What is this medicine?MEPERIDINE (me PER i deen) is a pain reliever. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain. This medicine may be used before and during surgery.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for injection into a muscle, under the skin, or into a vein. It is usually given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
If you get this medicine at home, you will be taught how to prepare and give this medicine. Use exactly as directed. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
It is important that you put your used needles and syringes in a special sharps container. Do not put them in a trash can. If you do not have a sharps container, call your pharmacist or healthcare provider to get one.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
Patients over 65 years old may have a stronger reaction and need a smaller dose.
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The first OfficeMax Business Solutions Center arrived in Chicago on Wednesday following the small format store's introduction earlier this year in Milwaukee.
The 3,900-sq.-ft. store is located at 550 N. St. Clair St. in the heart of downtown Chicago where it can feed off considerable walk-in traffic and appeal to the services needs of nearby businesses. According to the company, the service-centric store provides subscription IT services, PC security, computer maintenance and repair, website design, custom print and document services, marketing support and tools to organize and manage workspaces, including cloud storage. The highly edited product assortment consists of necessities such as paper, pens, ink and toner, technology products such as convertible laptops, smart phones and business-quality printers and shredders. Customers can also access the complete OfficeMax assortment via an in-store online kiosk where products can be purchased and shipped directly to the customer.
"We're very pleased to bring our highly innovative 'store of the future' concept, the OfficeMax Business Solutions Center, to Chicago to partner with local businesses and help them grow," said Ravi Saligram, president and CEO of OfficeMax. "This relationship-based model provides flexibility to tailor services, products and solutions to the unique needs of businesses at various stages of growth."
OfficeMax introduced its Business Solutions Center concept in April of this year when it opened a 5,0000-sq.-ft. prototype in Milwaukee. At that time, Saligram said, "Our OfficeMax Business Solutions Center advances our transformation as a seamless multi-channel supplier of workplace products, services and solutions."


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Hi all,
This is my first video for critique.
It's a 310 foot drive with a Champion Valkyrie (169 g):
I would appreciate any comments.
In an open field I typically throw drivers between 260 and 320 feet after being warmed up. Probably averaging 290 feet. In a round, I probably throw 30 feet less than that. (My furthest practice throw I've measured was 350 feet with a Champion Beast, but probably wind-aided.)
I've read a lot and watched a lot of videos, so I sort of know what correct form should be like, I just can't implement my knowledge. In this video I notice I am drifting to the right in my run up. I also notice that when the disc passes my torso it's at least a full 12-18 inches away from my body instead of right up against it. When I try to keep the disc in close (as in the right pec drill) I tend to either lose a lot of power and distance or yank the disc way right. When I get a chance I'll post such a video. I don't feel like I'm getting my body into the throw very much (but don't know how to fix that) and I definitely never feel anything on my drives that could be described as snap. I don't feel that my arm is acting like a whip. I don't have consistent form. Sometimes I reach further back. Sometimes higher, sometimes lower. Doesn't seem to improve anything.
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5 Coolest DIY Projects From Detroit Maker Faire 2011
Where: Hong Kong
The Intercontinental Hotel in Hong Kong has lavish amenities and the skyline to back it up. And the cherry on top is a set of three pools that sit atop its third-floor spa deck, overlooking Victoria Harbor. With the three pools set to different temperatures—cold, warm and hot—visitors can choose the water that's just right as they enjoy the closeup view of the Hong Kong skyline.
Where: Grindavik, Iceland
Blue Lagoon is one of the most famous spots on an island known for its gorgeous and mystical geothermal features. The pool is fed by superheated water vented from the ground near a lava flow, and the lagoon is renewed every two days by a nearby geothermal plant through a combination of natural and artificial filtering. Water is heated naturally beneath the earth's surface and takes in minerals on its way to the lagoon. The water, which stays at about 100 degrees Fahrenheit, is rich in minerals like silica and sulphur, and some people claim it has healing powers for skin diseases like psoriasis.
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The Alice Ragborg Memorial Scholarship Fund, established in memory of Alice Ragborg, long-time teacher in the Osseo Area School District, is open for applications.
The scholarship fund provides a scholarship to a student of District 279 to further his or her education at a four-year college of the student's choice. One $2,000 scholarship will be awarded each year and may be renewed for up to three additional years or until the recipient earns a bachelor's degree. Eligible applicants include high school seniors graduating from Osseo Senior, Maple Grove Senior or Park Center Senior High Schools.
Those students interested can contact a counselor at their school for more information regarding the scholarship. The application deadline is Feb. 15.
Ragborg dedicated more than 30 years to students in the Osseo district. She began her career in 1966 teaching third and fifth grades at Palmer Lake Elementary and continued in sixth grade at Birch Grove and fifth grade at Oak View Elementary School.
The fund was created in 1999 by family and friends in recognition of Ragborg's commitment to education.


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Hechavarria adapting to new environment
JUPITER, Fla. -- In assessing Adeiny Hechavarria, the Marlins are looking at the big picture instead of strictly Spring Training numbers.
Hechavarria is making the adjustment to a new team and a new league. The smooth-fielding 23-year-old shortstop entered Wednesday afternoon batting .175 (7-for-40) in 15 Grapefruit League games.
No one questions Hechavarria's ability to field. It's his hitting that has raised the most questions. In 2012, he appeared in 41 games for the Blue Jays, batting .254 with two home runs and 15 RBIs.
"Everybody looks at the batting average or whatever," manager Mike Redmond said. "I look at the quality of the at-bats. He's put together some good at-bats and has some hard-hit balls. Obviously, you come into a new situation, and it's a little bit of trying to impress everybody. And he has with his glove."
Hechavarria was acquired by the Marlins as part of the blockbuster 12-player trade with the Blue Jays in November. He is filling the shortstop spot vacated by Jose Reyes, included in the deal.
"We all feel like he's going to hit," Redmond said. "We're excited about him and what he brings to the ballclub."
Born in Cuba, Hechavarria is a gifted talent who turns 24 on April 15. The general feeling is he will develop into a standout big leaguer. He's drawn comparisons to Edgar Renteria.
As he is making the transition to the Marlins and the National League, Hechavarria will be closely monitored.
"New league, young guy, we'll keep an eye on him," Redmond said. "He brings so much to this team defensively. It's going to be fun to watch him play every day."
In time, Hechavarria's offense is expected to match his defense.
"I see the way he plays, he brings some energy to our lineup," Redmond said. "I know that he's excited about the opportunity he has to be an everyday player in the big leagues.
"I'm excited for when the lights come on, to see what he can do, when the games really count and the pressure is on. That's what I'm excited about."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter


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A young Isanti man was just miles from home the night of Tuesday, Oct. 2, when he encountered a person "who had no business being on the road," according to Assistant Isanti County Attorney David Kraemer.
Joseph Robert Bollin, Jr., 46, of Princeton was charged in Isanti County District Court on Thursday, Oct. 4, with felony criminal vehicular homicide—operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance—causing the death of 36-year-old Matthew Charles Stuart.
According to the criminal complaint, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, around 9:55 p.m., Bollin was driving a 1996 Mercury Sable, towing a two-wheeled car dolly with a Ford F-150 pick-up truck attached to it, heading northbound on Hwy. 47 in Bradford Township.
Investigators determined Bollin crossed the center line and struck head-on with Stuart, who was driving a Kawasaki motorcycle. Stuart, who was wearing a protective motorcycle jacket and helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.
When discussing bail and conditions of release for Bollin, Kraemer noted when Probation Agent Kari Ohman met with Bollin on Oct. 3 to complete a pretrial bail evaluation, he admitted to using methamphetamine on Oct. 1, one day prior to the fatal crash.
Bollin is currently on probation as a result of a felony fifth degree drug possession charge filed in Isanti County on July 15. Under his conditions of release for this charge, he was ordered to not use or possess alcohol or controlled substances, and submit to random drug and alcohol testing as directed by law enforcement.
Kraemer pointed out that on Sept. 14, Bollin tested positive for amphetamine and on Sept. 17, Isanti County Judge James Dehn ordered Bollin to pay a $300 cash performance bond as a condition of his release for the violation.
"The defendant's continued drug use has lead to the death of an innocent civilian," Kraemer said. "I can't think of a more public safety risk for our community, as well as the defendant's complete flaunting of a court order."
Judge P. Hunter Anderson set bail for Bollin at $300,000 without conditions or $150,000 with conditions. In doing so, Judge Anderson said he "shares Mr. Kraemer's public safety concerns."
Conditions for Bollin include no use or possession of alcohol or controlled substances unless medically prescribed; no contact with the victim's family or potential witnesses; submit to random drug and alcohol testing; no use or possession of firearms or dangerous weapons; surrender his driver's license; and no operating a motor vehicle.
Kraemer, who noted the victim's family and friends were in the courtroom, said Stuart was close to home the night of the fatal crash.
"Mr. Bollin, on Oct. 2, was operating a motor vehicle heading northbound on Hwy. 47 under the influence of methamphetamine when he crossed over the center line," Kraemer said. "Meanwhile, Mr. Stuart was travelling southbound on his Kawaski motorcycle when the defendant struck him head-on. Mr. Stuart almost made it home until he encountered a person who had no business being on the road."
Kraemer noted the criminal vehicular homicide charge is the sixth felony charge lodged against Bollin.
"The defendant is a public safety risk," Kraemer said. "It's heartbreaking to have to meet with Mr. Stuart's friends and family and have to put a dollar value on his life when discussing bail amounts."
According to the criminal complaint, troopers located a skid mark in the southbound lane that started near the center of the line, and gradually angled toward the fog line on the west side of the road. Several feet before the skid mark ended, the troopers located a large gouge in the middle of the southbound lane. The troopers determined the gouge was the area of the impact where the Mercury Sable struck the motorcycle. The motorcycle was found pinned under the front tires of the Mercury Sable.
When the troopers spoke to Bollin as he stood next to his vehicle, he admitted he was the driver of the Mercury Sable and he was travelling northbound at the time of the crash. He said he didn't see the motorcycle prior to the crash because it was foggy. The troopers said there wasn't any fog at the crash location.
While speaking to Bollin, the troopers noticed his eyes were watery and he was slightly stuttering. They also noticed his hands were visibly shaky and he was fidgety.
After Bollin was placed under arrest, he was transported to Cambridge Medical Center for a blood sample. The sample has been sent to the Bureau of Comprehension for analysis.
While in Isanti County Jail on Oct. 3, officers asked Bollin to provide a urine sample at four different times, and each time he refused.
Bollin was granted a public defender in the case, and his next court appearance is set for Oct. 11.


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Mitoferrin-1 Expression in Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (Porphyria Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortium (RDCRC))
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|Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP)
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|7202 Mitoferrin-1 Expression in Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (Porphyria Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortium (RDCRC)
- Mitoferrin-1 expression [ Time Frame: once at study enrollment ]To determine if abnormal mitoferrin-1 (MFRN1) expression contributes to the phenotype of individuals with the genetic/metabolic disorder EPP.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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|Study Start Date:
|November 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
This study examines the possibility that abnormal expression of the gene mitoferrin-1, which codes for the protein that transports iron in the mitochondria of cells, is a contributing factor to the phenotype in individuals with EPP.
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a human genetic/metabolic disorder in which accumulation of the compound protoporphyrin causes skin sensitivity to sunlight. Some individuals with the disorder also have mild anemia, and a few have hepatobiliary disease. Iron is joined to protoporphyrin to form heme in the mitochondria of cells, under control of the enzyme ferrochelatase. Defects in this process cause the accumulation of protoporphyrin, leading to the biochemical and clinical features of EPP. Abnormalities in the ferrochelatase gene are the major cause of the defect, but do not satisfactorily explain the severity of the phenotype in all subjects. Mitoferrin-1 transports iron to ferrochelatase in the mitochondria of cells for heme formation, and also transports iron for the formation of a compound that keeps ferrochelatase active and stable. Thus, a deficiency of this iron transporter could reduce ferrochelatase activity and contribute to the phenotype in EPP.
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|7 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
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- Enrollment in the Longitudinal Study of the Porphyrias with a diagnosis of EPP
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- Patient is not enrolled in the Longitudinal Study of the Porphyrias
- Patient is under the age of 7
- Patient is cognitively impaired
- Patient refuses to have blood drawn for establishing lymphoblast line -
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01880983
|United States, Alabama
|The University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|Principal Investigator:
|Joseph Bloomer, MD
|The University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Responsible Party:
|Joseph Bloomer, Principal Investigator, University of Alabama at Birmingham
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01880983 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 17, 2013
|Last Updated:
|March 17, 2017
Keywords provided by Joseph Bloomer, University of Alabama at Birmingham:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Rare Diseases
Porphyria, Erythropoietic
Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Metabolic Diseases
Skin Diseases, Genetic
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Skin Diseases
Porphyrias, Hepatic
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
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Simple centerpieces succeed with a single eye-catching installation, such as this crystal-festooned tree, as the party's focal point. The main attraction: Manzanita branches—spray-painted silver, and dripping with crystal ropes—sit atop a special champagne bar (or escort card station).
Tree by Geoff Howell. Crystals, from Swarovski crystal components. Site, Twenty Four Fifth Avenue, New York City.
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This is the story of the journey of my life. Travel can be hard work. So much to see. So little time. So many missed connections. So much lost luggage. But every stop, every detour, every challenge along the way provides a lesson to be learned. Traveling mercies to us all.
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Top 5 Tournament Broadcast Breakthroughs
The year 2011 is about to wrap up, and it has been quite a remarkable one for eSports. Millions of fans have tuned in to watch throughout the year. Think about that for a moment. The amount of people that have been exposed to high level competitive gaming in one form or another has grown substantially during the year and is still increasing. As an example, lets take DreamHack Summer '11, which came and went in the middle of the year many months ago, yet still reached over three million unique viewers through partnerships, community streams and being featured on Swedish TV. Three million!
The times they are a changin'
The vast majority of those who have caught a glimpse of eSports this year have done so via online streaming, a technology that has been improving rapidly from both a service and production standpoint. Streams are becoming more stable and routinely handle exceptionally high traffic, while the event organizers themselves are becoming better at using this technology to impress viewers. And although the live crowds add an invaluable atmosphere to any event, most eyes still arrive via the internet. This growing online audience has not gone unnoticed, and advances in online broadcasted content have been made throughout the year specifically with those eyes in mind.
Earlier this year, StarCraft II overtook Halo to be featured on the MLG main stage, and has continued to be provided with more resources to improve production quality ever since. As a result the most evident advances in broadcasting have been made on that front. Some skills had to be relearned, some ideas borrowed from other games, but towards the end of the year we were beginning to see StarCraft II broadcasting forge its own path. So let's review some of these breakthroughs and speculate what additional advances the year 2012 may bring.
5 - Active Overlays.
Active Overlays are perhaps the most underused and least explored technology available to improve the viewer experience. Some of you might remember the DreamHack overlay guy who coined the phrase "DreamHuk" using images that quickly faded in and out on the stream while said player proceeded to defeat Moon in the tournament finals. Having active overlays allows for additional information to reach the viewer, and although the phrase "OMG" might be considered excessive, it does not deter from the potential of the technology. We could be presenting tournament statistics such as Protoss win rate against Zerg, or a particular player's win percentage of matches longer than 15 minutes, or publishing a scrolling tweet made by a prominent player in between matches. All of this could be done with active overlays while the players are building their first supply depots, giving the casters some additional obscure information to riff off of as the game gets underway. When, how, and what to present to the viewers using overlays is open for tournaments to experiment with. Obviously we don't want obscuring overlays with unwanted information in the middle of an important battle, so there is a lot to take into consideration when utilizing the technology, but all it takes is someone to keep track of statistics and some overlay editing.
4 - In-Between Match Coverage.
The fact that I can hum the MLG background music used between matches from memory is both a testament to the unquestionable success of the tournament and the need for more content. I have seen every edition of the "Dr.Pepper Ultimate Gaming House" more times than I care to admit, and although it is well-executed and a wonderfully generous gesture to the lucky ones getting a makeover, the charm usually fades after the 5th or 6th time I've seen it. On the other hand, IPL3 did an amazing job with their roving cameras who went behind the scenes of its tournament to show our favorite players in relaxed social settings while waiting for the tournament to resume. It was an excellent solution to keep its viewers entertained while resolving the technical issues of a truck killing its main internet connection. There is still a lot that can be done on this front; shooting more pre-recorded content to trigger when needed is potentially quite expensive but it gives ground crews a set number of minutes to find players or spectators for interviews or similar.
3 - The Heartbeat Monitor.
This feature was displayed both at the RedBull LAN and during the final few matches of DreamHack Winter '11. It to some extent blends with the earlier point of active overlays, but is still unique enough to warrant its own place on the list. To see Hero vs Puma in the finals and be able to gauge the tension of a player with a quick glance is very important for an audience since eSports doesn't easily lend itself to displaying the human aspect of competition as well as conventional sports do. Without the camera shots of the players getting ready in their booths and especially the victory celebration at the end we would lose the human competitive nature of the match and thus most (if not all) of the punch the match carries. Players rarely show emotion while actively playing the game, and when they do it becomes legend, like the frustration showed as HuK realizes he accidentally cancelled his Warpgate research. But these scenes are rare, so this is where the heartbeat monitor comes in to allow us, the viewers, to get a better feel for the mental state of the player. To see Hero at a steady 160 heartbeats per minute not only lends gravitas to the amount of pressure he's under, but is also a good argument for the sports aspect of the match since 160 beats per minute is equivalent to heavy physical exercise.
2 - The Red Carpet Entrance.
The NASL planted a firm flag in the ground and established a player entrance that was enjoyed by both players and spectators. Any possible way of promoting player personalities is a good thing for eSports, so to watch IdrA walk down the dead center of the carpet while denying high fives every step of the way is brilliant entertainment just as it was watching an unusually quick ThorZain defy his "Spoon Terran" nickname and run down the thing full speed. I'm already anxiously waiting for a chance to see MC bounce down the carpet in a murloc suit and White-Ra try to high-five every hand in the crowd in accordance with his good manners.
1 - The On-Stage Caster Couch.
The equivalent of the "back to the studio" half time break found in so many other sports saw its first proper use at DreamHack Winter '11. This not only gives the viewer a welcomed swap to additional personalities during a game, but also gives the in-game casters a break to refresh themselves before the next match. The couched casters can sit and enjoy the game while preparing their thoughts and remarks as it progresses, and once the game is over, the in-game casters get to pass the torch and take a deep breath without worrying about entertaining the audience. After having had both their minds and mouths racing, it is unnecessarily difficult for our in-game casters to try and maintain meaningful banter while at the same time set up hosting and invites for the next game. Most of the time the result is a reflex "thank you to our sponsors and follow us on Twitter" spiel, but all these problems are solved with a couch and some additional microphones while also increasing the overall quality of both casting and analysis. It's a win for everyone involved and must return in 2012.
Overall there can be no doubt that the year 2011 has been a resounding success. Word has spread. eSports has risen anew like a phoenix and burns brighter than what it has done for many years. With 2012 holding the releases of new major eSport focused titles, we still have a lot to look forward to. Bring on the new year!


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Soon after the Fantastic Four hit the comic book scene in 1961, the superhero team came face to face with someone who would become one of the most iconic supervillains of all time. Power-mad, brilliant, and deadly, the dictator of Latveria would plague the heroes of the Marvel Universe to the present day. Born Victor von Doom, the ambitious master of both science and sorcery would come to be known as DOCTOR DOOM. Doom was injured by an explosion and forced to wear a mask over his face that would become his trademark along with heavy-duty armor and striking green clothing.
Dr. Doom is the second member of the Marvel Villains lineup of Fine Art Statues after the monstrous Venom. The Latverian is no less imposing, the picture of supreme supervillainy standing tall with crossed arms in his silver armor and green cape. Every detail has been painstakingly recreated, from the tiny rivets on the Doctor's armor plates to the billowing folds of his clothing and hood.
Of course, no Dr. Doom would be complete without his frightening mask, and Doom does not disappoint. In fact, Victor comes with two alternate (and both comic accurate) mask designs for multiple display options.
Dr. Doom measures 15 inches tall (1:6 scale). Like the other statues in the Marvel Villains line, Doom stands upon a specially-designed circular base that lights up with interior LEDs. Sculpted by Eric Sosa, a member of Kotobukiya's newly-formed "Kreative 3" Team, Dr. Doom is constructed of high-quality cold cast porcelain.
Available this August priced at a SRP of $199.99.
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StrandedSituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
Once the coastguard reached the ship, Lynn Ramsey got on board, perspiring. After drinking several glasses of water she began her story. She began, "Well, we were on the boat when a storm came and knocked off the radio. Then, the engine stopped working. That happened about six days ago. Then three days ago, the last of our water was gone. Amber drank seawater and went crazy. As she was climbing down a ladder she fell off and bumped her head. She died."
The coast guard inspected Amber's body and she had indeed died from a bump on the head, yet he still suspected foul play. Why?
AnswerIf they had run out of water three days ago, Lynn wouldn't be perspiring when she got on the boat.
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Amir Parsa Presents Performative Reading at The Jewish Museum, 1/31
Poet, artist and cultural designer Amir Parsa responds to the medieval manuscripts in the current exhibition, Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries, in a performative reading on Thursday, January 31 at 6:30pm at The Jewish Museum. This program continues Writers and Artists Respond, a series of thought provoking discussions and performances by artists, musicians and writers in The Jewish Museum's galleries.
Tickets for the January 31 conversation are FREE with Museum admission. Headsets will be provided on a first come, first-served basis to the first 45 attendees. A limited number of stools will also be available.
For further information, the public may visit the Museum's website at TheJewishMuseum.org/publicprograms.
Amir Parsa is the author of 15 literary works written in English, French, Persian and Spanish, including the books Divan, Kobolierrot, Erre and Drive-by Cannibalism in the Baroque Tradition, along with the ongoing, multilingual, multiformal The Portable Open Epic as rendered by the Elastic Circus of the Revolution. He has created new genres, forms and species of literary artifacts, and been involved in both group and solo shows of conceptual, exhibitory and performative works. Recent literary and artistic work has appeared at curated venues such as The Dumbo Arts Festival, The Persian Arts Festival, The Baroquissimo Festival in Mexico, and the Paris en toutes lettres Festival in Paris. Parsa serves as Chairperson of Art and Design Education at Pratt Institute.
England's Bodleian Library at Oxford University, established by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1602 and now the largest of the University's group of 'Bodleian Libraries', is renowned for its great treasures. Among them is one of the most important collections of medieval Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in the world. The Jewish Museum is presenting Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries through February 3, 2013. This exhibition features over 60 works - Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin manuscripts - the majority of which have never before been seen in the United States. Several paintings and printed books are also on view. Included is the splendid Kennicott Bible, the most lavishly illuminated Hebrew Bible to survive from medieval Spain, as well as two works in the hand of Maimonides, one of the most prominent Jewish philosophers and rabbinic authorities. This exhibition is based on Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures co-curated by Piet van Boxel and Sabine Arndt for The Bodleian Library. The New York City presentation has been organized by The Jewish Museum's Curator Claudia Nahson.
Public Programs at The Jewish Museum are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Major annual support is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.


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North Texas Cat Rescue P.O Box 1504 McKinney, TX 75070 214.454.9395 www.northtexascatrescue.com
Please contact NTCR AT 214.454.9395 should you have any concerns or questions.
Please note: We appreciate all interest in our cats and kittens, but we are an all volunteer organization. Please be patient with regard to a call back. Should you need to surrender the cat you adopted from NTCR , contact us at email@example.com.
Our Mission:
To provide adoption and placement of homeless rescued cats/kittens in permanent homes.
To educate the public on the need to spay/neuter pets, on the prevention of animal cruelty and promote responsible pet ownership.
NTCR Programs
Foster care and adoption programs
NTCR takes in cats/kittens from Collin County Animal Shelter, rescues abandoned felines from other locations and cats surrendered by owners to the extent of our resources and of foster home availability. NTCR places the cats/kittens in foster care for re-socializing, regularly running adoption days at Petsmart in Allen and managing the permanent adoption center, Luv-A-Pet , inside Petsmart in Allen. We also post our adoptable cats on Petfinder.com, Adopt-a-pet.com. Facebook and on our website.
Working with Animal Shelter Services
NTCR works primarily with Collin CountyAnimal Shelter Services. We appreciate their hard work. To the extent of our resources, we do our best to take in our system cats/kittens that are injured , too young to survive on their own, pregnant/nursing mother cats etc… foster them, vet them and place them through our adoption program in loving permanent home.
Spay/neuter public education
We firmly believe in educating and assisting the public about the need to spay/neuter their pets. NTCR works with Texas Coalition for Animal Protection to assist those in need of finding a low cost clinic and a low cost source for spay/neuter. We hope, in the future, to help low-income and fixed income families have their pets fixed at no charge .
Adoption Policy:
We will not hold a cat or kitten.
All adoptions are first come first serve except when there may be multiple requests for one animal. In the event of multiple requests, we will take your application and make a decision based on the needs of the cat/kitten and the best fit with the potential adopter.
Adopters must:
Be at least 21 years old
Show that they can have an animal in their home if they rent. ( copy of pet deposit required)
Agree to keep cat/kitten indoors
All inquiries made by phone and/or email will be responded to within 2 business days. Our volunteers are trying very hard to get back in touch with every potential adopter. .Thank you for your understanding.
Please note: At this time, NTCR cannot take any surrendered cats or kittens into our system. If you have a need to surrender any cats or kittens please contact the Collin County Animal Shelter.
NTCR places the cats/kittens in foster care for re-socializing, regularly holding adoption events at Petsmart in Allen.
We also manage the permanent adoption center, Luv-A-Pet, in Allen
The adoption fee for cats and kittens is $140.00 each. All of our kittens and adults have tested negative for FelV and FIV, have all appropriate immunizations for their age, have been spayed/neutered, wormed and deflead and are microchipped
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A Message from Sheriff Scott Israel
The Broward Sheriff's Office is committed to public safety and enhancing the quality of life for all residents of Broward County. For the most part, people interact with law enforcement when they are in need of immediate help. While emergency response is an important part of the job, community involvement, partnerships and collaboration efforts are important as well.
Broward County is diverse - with people from many races, religions and cultures - and all those voices deserve to be heard. One of the main focuses of my administration is building a stronger partnership with all of our communities, and I feel this can only be accomplished by recognizing, valuing and respecting our differences and shared concerns. With that in mind, I have assembled a Community Outreach team to help bridge the gap between our enforcement perspective to public safety and the needs of the community. I know Broward County residents have concerns and suggestions to help improve the quality of their neighborhoods, and I want to hear them.
The Community Outreach team is a crucial part of the two-way street of communication that can enhance public safety. The unit is comprised of sworn law enforcement deputies and civilians who are diverse in backgrounds and skills and provide valuable crime prevention information to our residents in their native language. Serving as a liaison between the Broward Sheriff's Office and the community, one of their main goals is to acquire valuable feedback and suggestions that can strengthen our relationships with the community and enhance the public's trust in law enforcement. Utilizing a proactive approach, this group is connecting with residents one-on-one by providing the attention deputies sometimes cannot offer because they are responding to their next call.
Every day, members of the team attend various events - from homeowners' association meetings to annual celebrations - to discuss important educational and crime prevention information offered by the Broward Sheriff's Office. They also provide information about free services and community involvement opportunities available to all Broward County residents - such as the Citizens Academy, child car seat inspections, the vacation home watch program, Operation Medicine Cabinet and Shred-A-Thon programs.
Public safety requires involvement from the community, and the efforts of the Community Outreach team are ensuring that we are keeping the lines of communication open. Public awareness of BSO's initiatives can help build a foundation of trust and support; likewise, BSO's awareness of community concerns will help strengthen relationships and build a culture of positive growth. I want every member of our community to know that they have my attention, my ear and my respect.
For more information about the Department of Community Outreach or services offered by the Broward Sheriff's Office, please visit www.sheriff.org. To stay up-to-date about BSO events, crime trends and safety tips, sign up for Sheriff Israel's e-Alerts at www.sheriff.org/e-alerts or join our Facebook fan page at Broward Sheriff's Office (official) or follow us on Twitter @browardsheriff.
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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban Beltsville hotel in Calverton with free parking
Popular property highlights
Located in Calverton, this hotel is within 9 mi (15 km) of Xfinity Center, Maryland Stadium, and University of Maryland-College Park. Greenbelt Park and Holy Cross Hospital are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free area shuttle are also provided. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a business center.
Room Amenities
All 207 rooms offer comforts like pillowtop beds and premium bedding, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Guests will also find wired Internet, room service, and coffee makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Sheraton College Park North Hotel features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3.5-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 8,000 square feet (743 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and concierge services. A complimentary area shuttle within 5 mi is available for guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Sheraton College Park North Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Business center
- Conference space
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-in
- Total number of rooms - 207
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 9
- ATM/banking
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Wedding services
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
- Meeting rooms 7
- Conference space size (meters) - 743
- Free area shuttle
- Conference space size (feet) - 8,000
- Free self parking
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
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Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Wired Internet access (surcharge)
- Pillowtop mattress
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 11 AM.
Powder Mill - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision.
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 11 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 16 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: USD 9.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
Hotel Name
- Sheraton College Park North
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- Beltsville Sheraton
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Shopping adventure at Christmas Faire
The annual Christmas Faire at St. John's School, a tradition for more than 40 years, will have food, gift shopping, entertainment and more from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in the gymnasium on the Kearney Street side of the school at 11156 San Pablo Ave. in El Cerrito.
Come early for the pancake breakfast, then browse the arts, crafts, jewelry, T-shirts, hats, decorations and other offerings available from area vendors in a relaxed atmosphere.
Enter the prize raffles and take advantage of Santa's Workshop to get gift items wrapped (donations accepted) and Mrs. Santa's Kitchen, where all ages can purchase and decorate gingerbread man cookies for $1 each.
Raffle and vendor fee proceeds benefit the parish.
Space is still available for interested vendors.
For details on vendor space availability or advance raffle tickets, contact Geseell Grant at 510-235-5859 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
High school benefits set for Dec. 2
Barnes & Noble and Pasta Pomodoro at El Cerrito Plaza are participating in fundraisers for the El Cerrito High School speech and debate teams from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 2.
Shop for books and gifts and stop for lunch or dinner, and a portion of your purchase will benefit the team. To participate, go to http://bit.ly/UEsZJB and print out the fundraiser fliers, then show them at the businesses on Dec. 2.
"Last year, this fundraiser was a huge success for us, and we hope to do even better this year," says debate team parent Leslie Cohen. "Students will also be present at the Plaza handing out fliers and talking to folks about the team."
The debate program has 55 students competing in more than 20 tournaments around the Bay Area and the state.
"If folks cannot make it in person, they may also shop online at Barnes & Noble from Dec. 2 to 5 at bn.com/bookfairs, and they should type in our book fair ID number 10815793 at checkout and we will receive credit," Cohen adds.
Quilters set holiday craft fair for Dec. 1
East Bay Heritage Quilters presents its Holiday Craft Fair from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Albany Community Center, 1249 Marin Ave.
Admission is free to the event that will feature quilts as well as jams and jellies, jewelry, pincushions, books, ornaments, stationary, place mats, pillows, scarves, potted succulents, fabric post cards, dolls, and toys offered by guild members.
Members have also donated items that will be on sale at a separate table, with proceeds used to buy materials for the more than 1,000 quilts the guild donates "to those needing the comfort of a quilt stitched with love and concern."
The 34-year-old nonprofit guild has more than 400 members of all age and experience levels. Details: www.ebhq.org.
City facilities closed on Nov. 23
El Cerrito city offices and the Recycling Center at 7501 Schmidt Lane will be closed for Thanksgiving on Nov. 22 and both will also be closed on Nov. 23. Curbside recycling collection will take place as usual.
Santa Claus will visit at annual breakfast
El Cerrito's annual Holiday Breakfast and Scholarship Fundraiser is from 9 to 11 a.m. Dec. 8 at the Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane.
The festivities will include breakfast served from 9 to 10:45 a.m., a visit from Santa Claus from 9:10 to 9:40 a.m. songs by children in the city's preschool and after school/child care programs from 9:45 to 10 a.m. and a holiday variety show by the ClownSnotBombs Circus from 10 to 10:45 a.m.
Tickets, available at the Community Center or online at www.el-cerrito.org/recreation, are $5 children 10 and under; $10 for ages 11 and up or a Family 4-pack good for up to three adults and one child for $25.
WriterCoach Connection training
A training session has been scheduled for people who want to be WriterCoach Connection volunteers helping high school and middle school students in Berkeley, El Cerrito, Richmond and Oakland to develop their ideas and writing skills. For more details and to register, visit www.writercoachconnection.org or call Mona Kafoury at 510-704-0538.
Being a coach requires a commitment of one to two hours a week for the fall and spring semesters, but no previous experience as a writer or teacher is needed.
Holiday sale set at Albany Senior Center
The Friends of the Albany Senior Center will hold a Holiday Market and Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 1 at the center, 846 Masonic Ave.
The sale is a one-stop source of unique gifts and homemade baked goods. Admission is free.
Museum of History seeking volunteers
The Richmond Museum of History is seeking volunteers to help with collections care, facilities management, office/administration and visitor services. Anyone interested in helping can contact the museum at 510-235-7387 or info@richmondmuseum ofhistory.org.
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A Vampire's Prey
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Chapter 1 (v.1) - A Vampire's Prey
These dreams… are they real? This world… is it real? She takes a brief look around before slamming her eyes back together. No. No, it can't be real. Nowhere in this world, in this universe, could this be real. Still, she has to open her eyes. She can't keep hiding from this dream. It's here. She knows it's here.
A loud gulping sound echoes through this strange world she's entered, and she grips her heart only to realize that the sound came from her body. Gingerly, she touched her throat to where it had gulped down her fear. With her nerves rattled she opened her eyes. Very slowly, she watched as this world was opened up to her. The darkness fades. A faint reddish-purple light approaches.
All is strange. Dark masses shaped like clouds hover by. Their bodies look ready to spill rain down, but they just keep floating by without a care to her presence. The trees are black from this strange luminescence she claims as light. Great, spiked arms reach from the trunks of these odd creations. They seem to cradle a vividly gleaming red moon in their thorn shaped arms.
Nervously, she places her bare feet onto the dark green grass and slips her body from the altar that she had awakened on. The grass is spikey. It bites into her pale skin as she rests her full weight on it. With her hands balled into fists, she glances back. She knows what is behind her. She knows what she will see.
Heart thumping she still decides to turn her head before resting her gaze on her corpse. The scream rises, but she has to hold it back. She's screamed here before. The only thing that it had gotten her was teleported back to the realm she'd come from. She couldn't go back there. Not yet. She needed to find what she'd come to get.
Using all of her patience, she quells her heart before it breaks free of her ribcage. Her lip turns up to wince as she glances where her blood dripped down from her corpse's fingertips. It was starting to form a puddle there. She wouldn't have very long if she kept staring at herself.
Once all of her blood runs out of her body, she will be teleported back to the real world. She knows this and carefully takes a step away from herself. With each step her blood runs faster, faster, and faster. Her time is limited to how much ground she can cover as closely to her body as possible.
She knows that what she is looking for is here. She absolutely knows it, but every time since the beginning of her dreams she hasn't been able to find her…
Nothing but the wind moves as she steps further and further from her body. The dripping blood echoes in her ears as it splashes against its fellow liquid, but she cannot stop. She's stopped too many times before. She will find her.
Something leaps to her left, and she whips around to see a dark figure darting towards her corpse. Her sister? No, this creature is too big, too tall. Before she can reach herself, the creature stops. It cradles her head in its clawed hands and pulls her body closer. The creature's head tilts and leans in closer to her body, to her throat. A flash of fangs causes her to gasp.
Her blood! It wants her blood.
Feet smash into the prickly blades, but she ignores the thorns marking the bottoms of her feet. Her eyes are set on the creature leaning in towards her body. Those fangs become closer. They grow nearer.
Heart pulsing she runs, but the distance seems to stretch out in front of her. The void grows. With her hand outstretched she can only pray the creature stops. She can't scream. They will come if she screams. She can't be sent back to that world without finding her sister, and she can't let that creature steal the last of her moments here.
The fangs move even closer. The world spins in slow motion. That creature looms even higher over her body; its fangs distend, ready to feed upon her flesh. No. No. No. No! "No!" she cries, and the beast rips its head up from the throat of the woman.
The entire meadow seems to rip apart as they come. They come from nowhere. Hands burst out of the ground. They grapple at her feet and legs. They pull her down to the earth. The meadow bursts open from beneath her feet, and she fights in frenzy to break free. There is nothing she can manipulate here. She must use her hands and feet to be freed, but she is only so strong. Her hands grab at one of their fingers. She pulls to no avail.
Out of the corner of her eye, she sees the beast. It is male in form and coming straight for her. "No!" she exclaims once more but is quickly distracted when another hand wraps around her. It has her wrist. With only one free hand, she tries to claw them, but it affects nothing. She can do nothing as he grows nearer, as they pull harder.
Screaming to break free, she gives another vain yank. Her other hand is grabbed, and the dirt sinks around her waist. For a brief glance, she sees the man up above her. She is in the pit now. Reality waits at the bottom. His mouth opens to scream something inaudible, and she cries for help. All he can do is watch with his hand outstretched in the pit.
They pay him no mind and continue to drag her down. She is the one they want. He is but an unimportant distraction to them. Her eyes are closed by the masses of hands grappling at her, but not before she gets a look at a few of them. They are her family, her friends…
Chapter One
"Another rough night, eh, Draegan?" Ricardo Aventis pondered as he peeled the bottle of blood and Scotch from his master's clawed grasp. "You really should find a more comfortable table if you're not going to sleep in the bed." The butler popped his master upside the head with the empty bottle before tossing it onto the cart he was wheeling around.
Snickering, the heavy male lifted his head up from the desk. "I'm sure that you would be accustomed to sleeping on tables considering that I found your previously mortal ass sleeping in a dumpster behind a bar," he scoffed and gave his head a rigorous shake. "What kind would you approve of?"
"Pool tables, sir. They have just the right amount of cushion for a drunkard." He tossed another empty bottle into the cart then disposed of Draegan's office trash. Paper wads were scattered all about the wood floors, and stains of blood dotted the trails they had rolled upon before laying still.
Changing the subject, Ricardo asked, "I don't know if you've been writing in your sleep, but what's with all of the bloody notes on the floor?" He picked up one of the wads then unfolded it for his master to see.
"Huh?" Draegan mumbled then snatched the crumpled paper Ricardo tossed his way. The paper was the same kind that Draegan used to write out contracts and laws for his country, but the bloody handwriting was not his own. It was feminine. The words were scrawled out in twisting swirls of a cursive print.
Second day that I've been here. Still no luck at finding her. Where could she be?
The creatures took me away from here last time. I must remember to not speak.
Mar. 2
Casting the note a sideways glance, Draegan asked Ricardo, "What day is it?"
"It's March the third, master. Why?" The servant turned around to give the note a quick glance then his jet black eyebrow went up in a fluid arch like it'd been painted on with a stroke of ink.
The vampire lord rested his jaw against his fist as he studied the note. "Give me more of these. If you find anymore after today, put them in my desk. I want to read them," Draegan ordered the butler. When Ricardo simply nodded, Draegan took the few notes that had been written on.
Three notes were laid out in front of him. Each was in a woman's handwriting. They were written like pages out of a diary. Each one had a date and notes of a dream. The one labeled February twenty-eighth held a description of a horrible world that a young woman had been teleported into. Demons had walked within her sight. Hands had grappled at her body when she'd screamed at the sight of her bloodied corpse resting on an altar. After she'd wakened from her nightmare, she chose to write these dreams down in her diary.
The second note was written March the first. It told of a demon visiting her dreams. The demon had her sister and was carrying the fair woman off into the night. Her sister had fought and screamed to break free, but the beast refused to let her go. It just kept walking without a single care to the claws and teeth digging into his thick hide. This time the hands hadn't taken her away from the dream. This time, her corpse had run out of blood. She had wasted too much time watching the creature take her sister away instead of trying to stop the male monstrosity.
Draegan studied the notes as Ricardo cleaned the bloodstains off of the floor. He himself had visited that strange nightmare that this woman wrote about, but he knew where it was. He could venture there at will by tracing through the night. It was his kingdom of Bloodmist. It was the mighty Red Forest, a place so littered in war and death that the streams still ran red with blood from the battles waged there. It was the vampires' paradise.
Still, Draegan had to wonder what sort of so called demon this woman was writing about. Very few creatures would dare to leave Bloodmist just to return back with a captive female, and the fact that this woman was going there in her dreams could only mean that she was accidentally tracing to that place. Why was her body on that altar? Why was she forever cursed to silence and her time limited by how much blood still ran hot within her veins?
Only creatures from Anthropos had the power to cage a dream and reality into a single entity. What kind of creature could want to cage this young woman?
Scratching the side of his head, Draegan could only wonder. Then again, he had little time to ponder over these kinds of fantasies that were so popular within his realm of Anthropos. He had more important matters to worry with. He couldn't waste time pondering over just another nightmare that went on within his realm.
With a casual yawn the vampire lord rose from his desk chair only to reel from a hangover that howled within his skull. The piercing headache slammed down upon his brain like an anvil, sending Draegan flopping back down into his chair.
Two clawed hands gripped the side of his head, and the man scowled while massaging his temples. "Blasted hell, Ricardo!" He hissed, "What kind of concoction did you whip up for me last night?" He winced up to see where the entire room was faltering. The vision of his office ebbed and swayed as this reality was replaced by another. As his headache still hammered at him, the vampire scowled. "Felix."
In mere moments the man Draegan had scorned appeared. "Ah. Such a pleasure to know that you still remember my name, brother," Felix purred as his black coat and even blacker hair swirled in the rift between realms.
As his headache wavered, Draegan ripped up from the desk chair that had been replaced by a tree trunk with chains to keep Felix's half-brother contained. "Why did you bring me here? What is this?" Draegan demanded to know while straining against his iron bindings.
"This? Why it's my little paradise, Draegan, but you wouldn't know since your accursed father bound me here decades ago." The incubus strolled over to an altar and sat down. One leg was draped over the other as he watched his brother strain against the manacles. "Oh, calm down, brother. The only way that you're going to get out of those is if I send you back to your little castle on the hill." At Draegan's surprised glance, Felix added, "Oh, yes, brother. I always know where to find you. Rumors even spread in the dungeons of the Red Forest."
Relaxing as much as he could against the chains and thorns of the tree trunk, Draegan bit out, "Alright. So what's the catch, Felix? Why'd you bring me here?"
Felix gave his younger brother a halfway hurt look. "I can't just want to see my innocent, little brother for a small moment in my eternity?" he asked before that hurt expression turned into a charmingly wicked grin. When Draegan's mouth never wavered from its flat lined state, Felix decided to add, "I'm actually here to make a deal with you."
"What kind of deal?" The vampire lord's eyes narrowed down until his golden eyes were just cat slit, yellow slivers of light.
Felix cast his haunting red eyes up to the red sky then tapped his bloodied nail upon the stone altar that levitated like a ghost in the air. "Oh, you know. The kind of deal that everyone in captivity tends to make. You set me free, and I deliver you something."
Draegan shook his head and grinned. "You must have grown idiotic in your time below the surface. If my father banished you down here, what makes you think that I would want to bring you back to Anthropos? You sent the Xanatos demons to butcher my family. If not for our mother getting in the way, you probably would have succeeded in killing me and our other brothers."
Felix's look of triumph never faltered. He explained, "Then let me give you something to chew on. Thneskan woman brought to delusion. Her blood to follow her into the exclusion. Dreams made real. A single heart meant to steal."
Reality began to waver once more, and Draegan wrestled with his bindings once more. "What the hell is that supposed to mean? Tell me Felix!"
"Uh, oh. Looks like our time is up. See ya later, Draegan. Tell Naomi, 'Felix says hello'."
"Tell me you bastard! Who is Naomi?" Draegan gave a hard wrench on his dominant left arm only to find himself tumbling over his desk. The oak creaked beneath his weight before collapsing against Draegan's fist, and the powerful male glowered up towards unwitting Ricardo. The vampire lord's eyes were a brilliant gold that glowed brightly even under the faint daylight that whispered through the closed curtains.
Ricardo raised up his hands in defeat then fumbled, "I-I don't know master. Maybe you could ask Arcadia?"
Shaking the remnants of the desk out of his light brown hair, Draegan rose to throw his fist against the wall. The entire room shook as it took the wall shattering blow, and Draegan withdrew his bloodied fist. The wood stuck deeply into his skin like tiny spears, but he paid them little mind. Blood dripped down his hand that pulsed in pain from the wood.
"Felix," Draegan snarled before turning towards the door to his office. His free hand ripped the wood splinters out of his hand, and he angrily tossed them to the floor.
"Ricardo, it's time to pay a visit to the Exorcists. We're moving to Thnesko," he added before slamming the door on the shocked butler.
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The U.S. senators and representatives who refuse even to consider raising taxes on the rich—they squall like scalded babies (usually on Fox News) every time the subject comes up—are not, by and large, superrich themselves, although many are millionaires and all have had the equivalent of Obamacare for years. They simply idolize the rich. Don't ask me why; I don't get it either, since most rich people are as boring as old, dead dog shit. The Mitch McConnells and John Boehners and Eric Cantors just can't seem to help themselves. These guys and their right-wing supporters regard deep pockets like Christy Walton and Sheldon Adelson the way little girls regard Justin Bieber … which is to say, with wide eyes, slack jaws, and the drool of adoration dripping from their chins. I've gotten the same reaction myself, even though I'm only "baby rich" compared with some of these guys, who float serenely over the lives of the struggling middle class like blimps made of thousand-dollar bills.
I guess some of this mad right-wing love comes from the idea that in America, anyone can become a Rich Guy if he just works hard and saves his pennies. Mitt Romney has said, in effect, "I'm rich and I don't apologize for it." Nobody wants you to, Mitt. What some of us want—those who aren't blinded by a lot of bullshit persiflage thrown up to mask the idea that rich folks want to keep their damn money—is for you to acknowledge that you couldn't have made it in America without America. That you were fortunate enough to be born in a country where upward mobility is possible (a subject upon which Barack Obama can speak with the authority of experience), but where the channels making such upward mobility possible are being increasingly clogged. That it's not fair to ask the middle class to assume a disproportionate amount of the tax burden. Not fair? It's un-fucking-American is what it is. I don't want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share. That our civics classes never taught us that being American means that—sorry, kiddies—you're on your own. That those who have received much must be obligated to pay—not to give, not to "cut a check and shut up," in Governor Christie's words, but to pay—in the same proportion. That's called stepping up and not whining about it. That's called patriotism, a word the Tea Partiers love to throw around as long as it doesn't cost their beloved rich folks any money.


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Thai Industrial Park Management Committee chairman, said lately that SMEs in Thailand has improved to two.7 million, the total variety of enterprises in the proportion as high as 99.76%. Taking into account SMEs in creating jobs, universal labor abilities to make value-added items, exports, import substitution merchandise along with other fields are playing an increasingly significant function, Thai Industrial Park Management Committee plans to establish a dedicated SME Industrial Park, may be the growth of SMEs to establish a marketplace development model, when supporting the growth of SMEs to boost their competitiveness at dwelling and abroad. Thailand features a unique benefit for SMEs Industrial Park Management Committee believes that compared with significant enterprises, modest and medium enterprises with investment price is small, management will not be complicated, along with other positive aspects, it may be flexible operation, management and development, can be a great deal more versatile to adjust towards the economic predicament . Thai Industrial Park Authority decided to market inside the central, northern and northeastern aspect on the establishment of an industrial park for SMEs, will likely be distributed towards the economic income of all regions, reducing the concentration of enterprises inside the Bangkok location dense degree of SME industrial park is expected to attract over 1,500 SME presence. SME industrial park shall be divided into manufacturing, high-tech industries, agriculture and agro-processing industries, creative economy, foreign trade, solutions, tourism, entertainment, retail and wholesale trade as well as other 23 regions, intended to establish infrastructures adaptation, a combination of aspects balance a higher degree of development of the marketplace mechanism, the park may also be taken to cut down charges, eliminating the five years just before the park management charge and a one-stop service centers along with other measures to assist SMEs to encourage admission. Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences researcher Zhao Shu Lan said that the Thai building SMEs SME park in Yunnan "going out" is known as a high-quality chance to recommend Yunnan relatively open investment solutions in to the industrial zone, in principle, be significantly more profitable. Chinese investors also think that Thailand is quite appropriate as an export solution base, the existing Board of Investment of Thailand are seeking for programs to promote smaller and medium enterprises to invest in neighboring nations, which include Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Cambodia and Bangladesh, Chinese agencies can take the chance. " Walking curve "into the Southeast Asian, South Asian nations, in order that items and solutions possess a broader marketplace. Yunnan relevant agencies accountable person mentioned, in Yunnan Province, the implementation of "going out" approach below the new predicament, to assistance smaller and medium enterprises "going out" is definitely an beneficial duty from the relevant government departments. Presently, you're able to concentrate on the following aspects: to progressively establish and strengthen the Yunnan SME help systems and social service system, strengthen government guidance, arranging, coordination and help other elements with the functional role. Establishment of a multi-level technique of social service organizations for SMEs, including specialized solutions for the SME Technologies Innovation diverse intermediary organizations, industry associations, etc., encourage the creation of a range of consulting firms, information and facts corporation, engaged in technical exchanges and transfer on the corporation, to form a full SMEs social service networks. Establishment of Yunnan SME innovation network service program for SMEs to supply technical services, creating it applicable technologies foster SME incubator. Constructive development of multi-agent, multi-level, multi-form vocational training program to improve service principal service capabilities. Enhanced services marketplace method, the establishment of service marketplace mechanisms to improve the high-quality of solutions for SMEs. "Financing" to some extent constrain improvement "SME loans, one can find financing stress, to some extent restricted its improvement. Apart from, the foreign export tax of instability, with import and export operation rights of return of funds for SMEs possess a certain influence, and further interfere using the regular production and operation of enterprises and export of which can be that countless enterprises "going out" is facing troubles. "Yunnan overseas department of a bank official said. 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In recent years, Yunnan Province, the relevant government departments to ease the troublesome problem of corporate finance government established a special silver, bank and joint mechanisms and timely info about economic functionality and industrial policies, and actively coordinate all commercial banks to strengthen and revolutionary credit solutions so that you can facilitate much more potential, decent prospects for non-public, smaller and medium enterprises to get loans. Silver government, bank and Co will go through a whole lot of analysis, in accordance with credit rating at A-level or way more, collateral loans, there is certainly a marketplace, you will find benefits, aid to improve employment principles, filter out countless agencies suggest towards the bank, to come to be bank-enterprise communication bridge. Meanwhile, relevant departments to encourage qualified enterprises, corporations and private capital funded the establishment of commercial guarantee institutions and mutual credit guarantee institutions for SMEs to carry out numerous varieties of financing secured loans, a move to bring the gospel to the majority of small and medium enterprises. It can be essential to build an information exchange platform ZHAO Shu Lan, SMEs must setup trade associations, consulting firms as a enterprise platform, to understand ourselves in order to genuinely promote the development of Chinese SMEs in Thailand. Currently, the industry for SMEs lack of customized solutions, technology, marketing, training, consulting, material along with other services as the primary social service facilities to be improved. Numerous claimed to SMEs as a target to enhance the lot of the knowledge website statistics, which may very well make a great deal more sense for industry researchers, but fairly few individuals want to give tiny and medium enterprises inside the international market place trend merchandise specific details in numerous nations and What regions desire the item material, policies and regulations material. Hence, creating a platform for the exchange of information is needed for SMEs. Info exchange platform for SMEs to broaden channels for the flow of facts, market the complete knowledge technologies for SMEs, enabling enterprises to keep abreast of market trends, new item study and development to adapt to the wants of wealthy item mix, market their steadily open the domestic market place. 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Time to get the new thread started! Can't wait for the season to begin! Votto was re-signed for 10 years today!! Great job there.. need to get Phillips too tho.
I was shocked when I saw that 10 year $225 million extension for Votto. The Reds clearly see Votto/Bruce as their future core going forward. They have a window, and they are taking it. The Madson injury really hurt this year though.
That contract for Votto means bye-bye Dat Dude come 2013.
I love Phillips. I really, really wish we could keep him, but it's looking like he might be the odd man out. That guy is fantastic for PR and fan relations.
So can somebody give a rundown of major offseason departures/arrivals for those like me who are completely out of the loop, but would like to have some idea what the outlook is for this year? Many thanks!
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Per hardballtalk, Phillips is being offered a 5 year 62.5-65 million dollar deal and Jocketty thinks they should have an agreement within the Next week!
Let's hope that is true!
I could hug you right now for this bit of information... hopefully it comes to fruition!
Deal is done.
Deal now confirmed....Phillips and Reds 6-years $72.5m congrats both Reds and Phillips— JIM BOWDEN (@JimBowdenESPNxm) April 10, 2012
Man, I LOVED watching that press conference Brandon had to announce the signing.. he loves this team, Cincy, and their fans. Truely a special quality in an athlete, he said today was the best day of his life.. so proud to have him in Cincy.
With that said, the season is very very young, but we gotta start winning more games! Votto and phillips both sat out tonight, but we can't afford to be losing games to the Cards at home.
Man, yesterday morning I was defending the Reds and their slow start... but now I'm starting to get a bit worried.. only TWO hits against the Nationals yesterday, while allowing 10.. this is not looking good at all
Meh, we are less than two weeks into the season. I don't start getting worried until June with these things. But they do need to pick it up.
Yeah Im not too worried about them yet. I would like to see Dusty get Chapman in the Rotation. I just worry in the pen going out 2 days striaght over and over is going to burn his arm up.
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Glad to get back to .500 yesterday. Joey Votto is pretty good at baseball.
And Bruce, he's so hot right now! Bruce!
Brandon Phillips is having a rough year thus far. Hopefully once his hamstring fully heals he will turn things around.
Going to my first Reds game in years this coming week! So excited! Going to the Reds-Braves game on Tue night, sitting down low on the 3rd base side.
Also just found out Latos is the starter, im pretty excited about that!
Just got back from the game today. Pretty cool to see some history. Most Combined HR's ever hit at GABP with 9. Sucks that 5 were for Colorado, but it was great to see a win. First time I've seen Votto, Bruce, and Phillips ever hit homers!
Man, what a scorcher, though. My face and arms are more red than the jerseys the guys wore today!
Nice article on SI about Votto being the best hitter in the league.
Nice to see some recognition!
Reds are killing it right now....without Votto!! Can't wait to see this team when he comes back. Wouldn't mind seeing them go out and get a lead off guy, but I won't be mad if they stand pat.
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Man last night was rough.. Couldn't buy a good pitcher.. Way too many balls thrown as well. Unfortunately I made the trip over to watch it last night, still had a lot of fun but the pitching was beyond bad. Within the first 3 innings Leake and Simon put us in a hole we just couldn't dig out of.
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Exports of fresh blueberries from Chile are expected to set another record this year, though this year's volume increase will likely be down because of September freezes.
About 93,000 tons are expected to be shipped worldwide, up 7% from 2011-12, according to a release from the Santiago-based Chilean Blueberry Committee.
The U.S. and Canada remain the top two export markets for Chilean blueberries. Together, the two countries account for 78% of total production. Chile is the Southern Hemisphere's largest source of fresh blueberries. It also is the largest exporter of fresh blueberries in the world and to North America.
The projected increase in Chile's fresh blueberry exports this season follows a season in which exports grew 22%, according to the committee.
Increasing demand among U.S. consumers and increased production in Chile are driving the increases, said Karen Brux, managing director of the San Carlos, Calif.-based Chilean Fresh Fruit Association, the marketing organization for fresh Chilean fruit in North America.
"North Americans recognize the health benefits of fresh blueberries and appreciate the wonderful flavor and versatility," Brux said. "Thanks to Chile's counterseasonal production cycle, consumers are enjoying them year-round."
Chile's export boom should continue well beyond this season, said Andres Armstrong, the Chilean Blueberry Committee's executive manager.
"The Chilean blueberry industry currently has 15,596 hectares (38,540 acres) of blueberries planted throughout the country, only half of which are now fully mature," Armstrong said. "We estimate a 42% increase in production and exports over the next five years. Total exports of fresh blueberries are expected to reach 123,000 tons by 2017-18."
Consumers and retailers are demanding a year-round supply of blueberries, Armstrong said, and Chile plays a key role in satisfying that need by providing a consistent supply of high-quality fresh blueberries during the North American winter, when domestic supplies are not available.
"U.S. per capita consumption of blueberries has more than doubled since 2005, and consumption continues to grow," Brux said. "The availability of Chilean blueberries from November through March enables consumers to enjoy blueberries 12 months a year and contributes significantly to category growth."
To support the growth in exports, the Chilean Blueberry Committee will be undertaking an aggressive promotion campaign in major U.S. and Canadian markets this season.
The campaign will feature in-store merchandising programs, trade show participation, foodservice education, consumer public relations and outreach to registered dietitians. New recipes, videos and other materials also will help tell the story of Chilean blueberries.
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WORK has begun on rebuilding a former members club which went up in flames.
The historic Colchester Officers' Club burnt to the ground two years ago but now members are looking forward to moving into their new home by June next year.
Now foundations have been laid at the St John's Green site, in Colchester, and the skeleton of the new building is in place.
"People thought it was an idea and that it might never happen, but it is tremendous to think how far forward we have come," said Chris Highfield, a director of the club.
"We are never going to be able to replicate it, it was a 100-year-old building.
"But there will be all the same facilities except in a more modern environment and hopefully that will appeal to the younger generation too."
Mr Highfield added he had feared membership would drop because the club had no base at which to meet.
Instead the club, which was Colchester's main social venue in the 1950s and 1960s, is thriving with 300 members.
"That's the area we are so happy with," Mr Highfield added.
"We were prepared for people dropping off, going to other clubs or just lapsing, but we have almost seen the opposite.
To get involved in the club, go to cgoclub.co.uk.