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Roulette Chips
NC-17, Cloud x Reno. Thanks to Reno, Cloud's found a way to keep Shinra off of AVALANCHE's trail for a while. [Set during the Wutai sidequest]
Backstage Surprise
Gerard has a great time onstage-and an even better one offstage
Chocolate and Cream
Kazahaya finds out exactly what kind of dreams Rikuo has been experiencing. The story walks the line of being a PWP.
Vampire's Will Never Hurt You I Promise.3 Reviews
The answer is yes. Yes i can.......0Unrated
Untitled Vincent/Reno
Vincent meets Reno in a bar one night. Things heat up quickly, especially with Vincent's secret fixation with red... Warnings: yaoi, blantant PWP, cursing, smex (of course), an almost obscene ove...
lesbian incest story
I'm Lost Without You10 Reviews
Are you afraid of being alone? 'Cause I am. [Frank/Gerard]1Hot
Kage Bunshin Lovin'
Come on, you KNOW he had to try this at one point...
Birthday fun
Fee and Gee have a bit of birthday fun...who knew oranges were so much fun? Confused? Read and find out.
Snakes On A Train7 Reviews
Sorry For The Strange Innuendo. Basically, Gerard Is On A Train When He Recieves ... A Note. Slashyness ensues. Please Read and Review.5Hot
Skin.9 Reviews
:Frerard: A story about first passion. Contains adult content.3Hot
Think Happy Thoughts12 Reviews
Gerard loves Frank so much that he's nervous Frank won't like his new hair. Oh, he does. [Frerard-contains adult content]5Hot
Not What You Think19 Reviews
[Frerard] They're not fucking. They can't be. That moaning's just a trick, right?...Right... ADULT CONTENT HUZZAH.5Funny
After two dreadfully long weeks away from tour, Frank's finally returned. Gerard takes the time to lavish him with a welcome back gift. [could this summary get any lamer?] PWP. One-shot.
Caught11 Reviews
:Frerard: Gerard is trying to show Frank his love with no interruptions [Contains adult conent]5Hot
Hot Fun23 Reviews
Some nice hot fun with Gerard Way. In second person. Enjoy! ****Edits from last time but it's the same story***5Hot
The Ultimate Goodbye
Peter's 18 and the law says he must joing SHIELD now. But before he leaves, he and Mary Jane share a moment together M/F
Kiss My Eyes And Lay Me To Sleep39 Reviews
FRERARD. ONE-SHOT. "Because he knows it's Gerard, now."5Original
Smile: Bloodlust
Just a one-shot of sex basically Frerard ;)
You Know What They Do To Bandmates After A Show
Huge Multi-band orgy after a show
Gerard is a shy kid at school that LUSTS over a girl in his maths class, what happends when she gives hima ride, and he stays at HER house (sex scene, v.detailed)PLEASE READ
oh brother
brother finds out his sister is dreaming dirty about him and makes it come true
Good Morning Daughter
Tom goes to wake up his beatufil daughter but cannot resist her sexy advances
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Ferard one shot. Full of schmut.
Better Than T.V KAULITZCEST0 Reviews
Toms trying to watch tv and Bill has other plans.1Hot
Dinner time
Daddy decides dinner can wait, after all, it's not as hot as his lust for his daughter. very graphic incest.
Finding Love In All The Right Places [One-Shot]
What happens when you meet a good looking man at a grocery store?
Just A Random Average Day - Her Side Of The Story
Okay the weather is really shitty so I thought "why not". Not a lot of thought went into this. I wrote it in 20 minutes. You can blame Canustakemyheart for this. This is her thoughts on the shower ...
Be Careful
A Frank/Gerard vampire fic I wrote a while ago. I unfortuantly do not own My Chemical Romance, and this NEVER happened.
Miserable (Frerard one-shot)21 Reviews
"What do you possibly find attractive about me when I'm sick?" His smirk became a grin as he reached out and stroked my face."I'll show you," he whispered.5Hot
Make Me Wanna Scream1 Reviews
Contains: - Sexual Intercourse - Explicit Language - And a dirty talking Gerard Way! What more could you possibly ask for?1Hot
One-shot. Frerard. This is gonna sound awful, but its a satanic Gerard and a Catholic Frankie, smutty yet strangely romantic fic XD. Full warning inside.
These words are the truth6 Reviews
[One shot] "It's a lie. A blatant, painfully obvious lie. But what good is the truth? He can't know the truth. He can never know the truth."5Moving
I Never...
A game of 'I Never' with the boys of MCR
Sexual Deprivation (One-shot)1 Reviews
It's been a long tour and lust has overcome Frank and Gerard.2Hot
Dance Dance14 Reviews
"So basically, I'm just a nerd. Y'know, comics and stuff. I don't do 'sexy' very well." Frank's sick of Gerard's lies.5Funny
ORGY!0 Reviews
Frank's horny and goes to buy a Dildo. When he runs into gerard at the store and get home why doles Pete Brendon and Mikey join? One-Shot!0Unrated
Sex life
(ONE SHOT) Mikey/Frank/Gerard basically, utter sexy filth. Some semblance of a plot, mostly just smut.
Violent Pornography11 Reviews
When Frank catches Gerard hurting himself, he intends to give Gerard hell about it. That is, until Gerard strikes him a deal. Oneshot.5Hot
Desolation Row3 Reviews
One-shot inspired by the music video for Desolation Row and set in that "universe". What happens after the band gets arrested? Frerard.0Unrated
My Confidential Romance. [Oneshot - Frerard]0 Reviews
Frerard finished before even The Black Parade. So what's going on?1Hot
My F@*!ed Up Romance
This is my first attempt at writing smut... *FRERARD ONE-SHOT*
Taste of leather
(One shot) After seeing Gerard in those leather pants at Reading last night this just had to be done. Frank isn't left unaffected from the sight of Gerard's ass in those pants, and boy does he get ...
Someone Save My Soul Tonight (EDITED)55 Reviews
!FRERARD! after a move, Frank is struggling with life.... can the mysterious raven-haired stranger he meets one night on the beach change things?5Ambiance
EDITED (one shot) When Gerard sees Frank dancing he is mesmerized, but his night gets better when he goes back to Frank's place...
You're special, aren't you Frank?1 Reviews
"Why, you said to trust you before, and then R-Robert said that! I don't wanna die Gee!"0Unrated
'I'm Not O-fucking-kay! Trust Me.'17 Reviews
In which Gerard looks a lot like a vampire, Frank is controlled by his hormone-crazed brain cells, and no one pays attention in chemistry class...FRERARD ONESHOT PLEASE R&R!5Ambiance
I kiss your lips again *FRERARD*3 Reviews
A short oneshot.1Ambiance
Toffee Apple
Well, since it's halloween of course I had to write a frerard ;D One shot smut. Pretty much no plot.
Just Go With It6 Reviews
Frank asks a question, and gets one hell of an answer. Little plot. Frerard SMUT MUTHER FUCKERS!5Hot
Bromance: Chapter two
Chapter two of the Waycest fic for TheOnlyLovedOne (see authors note in chapter one).
Bromance: Chapter three
Final chapter of a three part waycest for TheOnlyLovedOne
Steaming rain
A7X male/male smut. After the bus breaks down Brian and Matt are left to camp alone during a cold, rainy night. There's only one way they know how to warm up.
Marry Me?
"Do you remember that we said if neither of us were married by the time we were thirty -" "That'd we'd marry each other? Yeah, what about it?"
Where the Swallows Dance44 Reviews
FRERARD SMUT! It's summer. Frank usually spends the hot, hazy days with his recently elusive best friend, Gerard. But after one sweltering August day, things will never be the same again...5Ambiance
We Make A Promise4 Reviews
*FRERARD* It's Frankie's 16th birthday and Gee plans to give him one of the best gifts ever. Fluff and Smut in this. Please read and R+R.5Hot
There's a Corpse in This Bed6 Reviews
Gerard loves Frank. How far will he go to keep Frank with him? *EDITED*5Original
Sacrebleu9 Reviews
Frerard smut one-shot, featuring the oh-so-sexy French language.5Hot
Shower Time Fun
After a long day, all Frank wants is a nice, hot shower alone...well, maybe not ALONE *FRERARD SMUT*
Mister Cigarette.
'So many people say why are you with him, and I'm like; he's a damn good kisser, he feeds my addiction, he leaks something different, the smoke from our last meeting has risen.' Frerard one-shot.
Early Sunsets Over Monroeville.1 Reviews
I saw four horrible creatures emerge from the wreck, what the hell were they? Surely they weren't zombies, were they?0Unrated
Am I Who You Think About In Bed?
Frank and Gerard are alone in a hotel and bored...*FRERARD SMUT*
Gerard knew that he put the moans in the song for a reason... *FRERARD SMUT*
King's Harlot
Frerard (One shot): Based extremely loosely off Game of Thrones. Or just general old time lands. All porn, no plot. No shame.
Raw Power [Re-Written]16 Reviews
FRERARD SMUT! Frank Iero is the king of the 70s Jersey punk scene. To him, flirting is merely for amusement. However, will his opinion be changed by the mysterious, raven-haired artist? [RE-WRITTEN!]5Hot
Three's a crowd but four's a party
(One shot) PWP. Guy on guy foursome between Gerard, Frank, Brian Haner and Matt Sanders. Really no storyline at all. Just porn.
Brotherly Love (Or Not)2 Reviews
Brad Walst has always been there for his little brother, Matt. But is this love just brotherly, or something more? Three Days Grace/My Darkest Days, INCEST WARNING!!1Hot
I Need Your Love
Frank can't get clean anymore, he just feels so dirty...maybe Gerard can fix him... *FRERARD SMUT*
Suit up
(One shot)Just a very quick frerard PWP. Frank just loves seeing Gerard in a suit, and he's determined to prove it.
For The First Time.0 Reviews
Frank decides that he wants to share something special with someone; best friends are always first to come to mind. **was supposed to be smutty, but didn't turn out all that smutty, Frerard One-...2Ambiance
Vampires Will Never Hurt You1 Reviews
"And if the sun comes up, will it tear the skin right off our bones?"1Original
Andy's Birthday Smut ft Gerard Way0 Reviews
It's Andy's birthday and Gerard promised him three special little wishes0Unrated
Cemetery Drive5 Reviews
A Cemetery Drive one shot. I miss you...I miss you so far and the collision of your kiss that made it so hard. What would you do for love?5Moving
Long live the queen8 Reviews
Facing death is sometimes easier for the person who's dying than the people they love. But happiness can be found even in the darkest times. (Frerard - one shot)5Moving
Who Is He? My Boyfriend Or My Brother? Or Both!? {Waycest}1 Reviews
Gerard, a lonely graduated Art student meets Mikey at a Downtown New Jersey 'Gay Bar' and takes him home to his apartment. Soon after, Gerard agrees to date Mikey, but what will happen when Gerard ...0Unrated
There's nothing that Gerard loves more than his Frankie.
Gerard returns from university. Frankie (his girlfriend), is excited to see him. The first day back is an adventure. (Basically porn without a plot).
21 Jump Street: All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You1 Reviews
Songfic. What could possibly go wrong when Hoffs picks up a stranger one rainy night and takes him to a hotel to stay warm? Tags to episode "21 Jump Street"0Unrated
21 Jump Street: Addicted to Love0 Reviews
Not all addictions are to drugs or alchohol. And in Officer Judy Hoffs' case, this is one addictive substance she can't get enough of. Tags to "Stand By Your Man." Songfic.0Unrated
Early Sunsets15 Reviews
Frerard One Shot. Gerard was sure he knew how things would turn out, but Frank changes everything.5Moving
How wrong we were to think that immortality meant never dying...3 Reviews
Frank is given an offer he can't refuse. Vampire Frerard Oneshot.2Ambiance
I'll never let them hurt you, I promise...7 Reviews
~~~Frerard Oneshot~~~ Gerard has a secret. Frank wants to know. o yea Gerard's a vampire just so you know.5Hot
And All Things Nice
Frank Iero...drag queen.
The Light Behind Your Eyes10 Reviews
Gerard grieves. Oneshot, based off the song. Reposted because it fits into what' going on right now.5Moving
That annoying brother of his.7 Reviews
Frank finally admits to Mikey he likes Gerard, but then he realizes Gerard overheard. [One shot]5Funny
(Frerard porn without plot). Frank doesn't consider himself to be the type of guy whose into cross dressing, but when Gerard gets into his dress Frank can never resist him.
A Vigil, On Birds and Glass3 Reviews
Gerard's Explanantion, PLEASE READ. *UPDATE IS NOTHING NEW, JUST THE MISSPELT TITLE WAS REALLY PISSING ME OFF!*0Unrated
Love and Lust... Mainly Lust7 Reviews
*Frerard smutt* One shot. Gerard's such a kinky little thing... Frank loves it.5Hot
rain0 Reviews
Frank and Gerard warm eachother up after they're caught in the rain.1Hot
I want candy
frerard one shot - Gerard and Frank used to be best friends before they lost contact for fifteen years. But when they reunite its amazing what a splash of red lipstick can do.
21 Jump Street: La Mujer Que Hay En Mi0 Reviews
[Translation: "The Woman In Me". Songfic. Tags to "Stand By Your Man"] A month after her rape, Hanson helps Hoffs cope through, well, dancing.0Unrated
21 Jump Street: Suffer the Little Children0 Reviews
[Songfic. Judy/Tom pairing.] Officer Judy Hoffs just can't forget about one particular case. . .0Unrated
I just don't wanna miss you tonight2 Reviews
REWRITTEN! Frerard smut oneshot! "Frank could barely pull his eyes away from Gerard's as the music blared out around them, the lyrics speaking every word that he had ever wanted to say."1Hot
Freaks2 Reviews
EDITED Smut, Frerard Oneshot. Gerard likes the look of the new boy, he likes him a lot. Please rate and review :)5Hot
Get in, get on, get out.
Gerard's about to leave the club frustrated and empty handed, but a chance meeting with a mysterious stranger changes things.
I'll leave my window open for you.12 Reviews
FRERARD ONE SHOT! Every single night Gerard leaves his window open, waiting for his Frankie to slip inside again5Moving
Happy Birthday Frankie3 Reviews
Frerard sexx! It's Frank's birthday and Gerard treats him to something special1Hot
Gerard Way Shower Imagine0 Reviews
Gerard Way imagine (Yay first imagine ^-^)0Unrated
I'm Kind Of A Naughty Boy...6 Reviews
Frerard-Frikey-Waycest based on a hot, pervy daydream I had. Enjoy, my kumquats. (Sorry, Rayrard/Rikey/Fray fans. Fro-Fro is in this fic, but he doesn't do anything, if ya know what I mean.)0Unrated
Sex Tape1 Reviews
This is actually a Phan fic (danisnotonfire/amazingphil), I just put it here because my readers are here. Basically pure smut with a kind of (but not really) plot0Unrated
man of my wet dreams
Frank is having wet dreams, Gerard wants to help. Smut.
Hush, hush
Random omegle person gave me a storyline so I wrote it. Poison and Ghoul have some fun in the backseat. ;3
Mr Way0 Reviews
Frerard A new student (Frank) arrives at his new school. His art teacher Mr Way likes what he sees an tries to hook up with him but it isn't that easy to hide from the school!0Unrated
[FRERARD] It would alarm him, but he's pretty sure that Frank is the only person tiny enough to fit through the window, who would actually try.
To Love Thyself
First attempt at writing a fic. Black Parade Gerard fucks Party Poison.
Another Night0 Reviews
He wanted her. And he was going to get her. Two-shot.0Unrated
You'll Never Take Me Alive, Because I'm Already Dead2 Reviews
Frank meets a stranger in the forest, and discovers a dark secret. (SUPER-NATRUAL FRERARD)4TrainWreck
I'll Never Let Them Hurt You
Gerard Way, a dominant vampire with a dark past is new to the school. He meets Frank Iero, one of the many fertiles that goes there and who just so happens to be his mate. Will Gerard do anything t...
You must keep your soul like a secret in your throat.
Gerard and his clan of vampires are the most feared in the underground world. What happens when Gerard see Frank in his bar and finds him very delicious.
Intruder Alert4 Reviews
Frank is just another boring little worker bee for Bl/ind. Enter Party Poison, who is good at fucking shit up. (Frerard. Obviously.)5Hot
Baby, It's Cold Outside...
I could tell that it was driving him crazy, that's why I liked it... *Frerard*
Strike a Violent Pose25 Reviews
FRERARD! In Oaklands boarding school, Gerard Way, feared, sexy vampire-lookalike is dared to get the class nerd, Frank to fall for him. But falling for Frank wasn't part of Gerard's plan.. C2 UP!4TrainWreck
I can't begin to let you know just what I'm feeling
Frank wants to know how far he can push Gerard.
I Want Your Bite5 Reviews
(Frerard) I just need to find a way to get the clothes off his body to see the real thing. I would love to rub my hands all over that.4Funny
Bittersweet 18
way brother fun
We Do It In The Dark
Student/Teacher fic, with a twist. [Gerard Way/OFC story]
21 Jump Street: Vault (Def Leppard Greatest Hits)0 Reviews
Songfic collection using title album. Expect angst, romance, and a whole lot of Tommy-whump - eventually - just 'cuz we all love him. *evil grin*0Unrated
Personalized oneshots anyone?4 Reviews
Read my good peoples -Veronika- and DarknessBliss CarcinoGeneticist and Ophthal0Unrated
The Truth Is, You Should Lie With Me0 Reviews
Mr. Way was very intriguing and Frank couldn't deny that he wants him. There is one problem... Mr. Way is his teacher. Will Frank push the limits and will Mr. Way allow him? Will they get away with...-1TrainWreck
A Ghost Of You0 Reviews
Lilly Matthews was abused by her brother, and Gerard Way found her when MCR's bus broke down. What will happen between the two?1Hot
Art Class With A Vampire. [Gerard Way 01.]2 Reviews
Gerard is a vampire and an art teacher. It's het and a romance. I leave it at that.1Exciting
Gerard Imagines1 Reviews
Boyfriend!, Priest!, Teacher!, Sheriff! And Black Parade! One for the ladies1Hot
Sex Slave
"He was very attractive, but my favourite thing about him was the fact that he could take pain and it didn't defeat him. He could beg and he could definatley put up a fight."
Chaos And Kisses
What happens when a sympathetic killer walks into your life? Vampires, violence and sex.
FRERARD. Gerard teaches our Catholic boy Frank a few little lessons...
These are the eyes and the lies of the taken..1 Reviews
*Frerard*"I just want you to know.." I look up at his confused eyes, "That this world is ugly.." tears forming in my eyes. I look down at the floor. "But you're beautiful... to me."0Unrated
Two weeks in hell for seven minutes in heaven.2 Reviews
Waycest. Gerard and Mikey are stuck on holiday in the middle of nowhere with only each other for company, for two weeks. *Rated R for future chapters.. which will also probably be NC-17*5Original
Young Teacher, The Subject Of School Boy Fantasies
Andrea starts her first ever teaching job. She's nervous enough about it, as it is. Then enters Gerard Arthur Way... [Gerard Way/OFC; Lindsey/Bob; Frank/Zacky; Mikey/Alicia]
I Never Told You What I Do For A Living2 Reviews
'I kill people, Frankie.' Just a wee something I felt like writing. Unless people R&R and say they enjoy it I doubt I'll keep going with it. Also, if people are wanting to keep reading, could ...0Unrated
Birthday Surprise!2 Reviews
Gerard. Frank. Sex. Can't believe I wrote this. Need I say more?4TrainWreck
Gerard transfers to an English high school from New Jersey where he meets Frank, they immediately hit it off but things soon start to go wrong...
call my name1 Reviews
Gerard is a vampire,Frank is HIS human.He has his mark on him and will destroy anyone who dares touch his Frankie.1Ambiance
Until My Heart Explodes
So Frank Iero is the dirtiest guy in town. He's a tattoo artist and he sleeps around with the guys - or so it's told - he's got a foul mouth and an attitude. So when his manager employs Gerard Way...
Fatal Fascination3 Reviews
Alyn Luxford has a fascination with a Serial Killer. Could her fascination hurt or make her chances when he chooses her to play.1Original
We're just brothers
Mikey's feelings for Gerard are getting stronger, but Gerard denies any relationships with his brother. But in the end, how can he resist?
Bringing the old school vampires back. Lots of blood, fangs, and sex. Frank lives in Salem, it's a small town, they have their superstitions, strange how vampires were never one of them. (Frerard).
Frank's Only Friend4 Reviews
Warning: Contains sex (In some chapters)/strong language. Frank has a job he hates and parents he hates. He has no friends, and is too miserable to make any... or is he?0Unrated
The Sharpest Lives Are The Deadliest To Lead4 Reviews
The Sequel to Vampires Will Never Hurt You ( I Promise )0Unrated
Give 'Em Hell Kid (indefinate hiatus)
Can Gerard face himself for being the cause of the end of the world? How will Frank spend the rest of his life if Gerard won't toughen up and let Frank in? (Sequel to the sequel of Vampires Will Ne...
Romeo and Juliet0 Reviews
My Chemical Romance. AFI. Green Day. Muse. All take part in this classic tale of love and loss. - I'm doing this for a friend. Yes, I know I have four unfinished stories. But since this is alrea...1Original
The Drugs Make Us Numb; They Don't Keep Us Sane1 Reviews
"Make no mistake little girl; in this scene there will be no hero."0Unrated
The man of my nightmares2 Reviews
(COMPLETE) VAMPIRE FRERARD: Frank is the musical outcast and Gerard is the cocky and romantic new guy. What happens when their worlds collide. Will they hit it off or will it just not workout?1Original
Vampires Will Never Hurt You ( I Promise )
When Frank gets kicked out of his house he meets a stranger who changes his life. But is it for better, or for worse? Frerard.
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Hiroyuki Konuma
FAO Regional Representative for Asia-Pacific
Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Bangkok.
I would like to welcome all of you, on behalf of the Organization, to this Expert Consultation and thank you for providing your expertise in the upcoming days of this Consultation on the important topic of deep-sea fisheries.
As you may know, there has been increasing concern on the part of many Member Nations and related international organizations over the conservation and management, and governance of deep-sea fisheries. This concern stems largely from the recognition that deepwater fisheries, as a result of technological development and market demand, are, in many areas, being exploited at increasingly unsustainable rates and in some cases with considerable damage to benthic habitats. In addition, there has been emerging recognition that existing regulatory regimes, based primarily on the 1982 Law of the Sea Agreement, are proving incapable of effectively regulating these fisheries. This is especially the case for deep-sea fisheries which concern high-seas stocks.
The FAO Committee on Fisheries, COFI, first raised the issue of management and governance of deep-sea fisheries and related issues at its 25th Session, in February 2003. On this occasion, "several Members referred to the need for the improved management of deep-sea fisheries, especially those that are discrete high-seas stocks and noted that international law requires further development in this regard". The concept for a Conference on the management and governance of deep-sea fisheries was brought to the floor of the Session and supported by the Committee. The DEEP SEA 2003 Conference was then initiated and hosted by Australia and New Zealand. This conference began to address the paucity of information available and insufficient management and governance regimes of deep-sea fisheries.
Again, at the 26th meeting of COFI in March 2005, the issue of deep-sea fisheries was raised. There the Committee recommended that FAO undertake further work on deep-seas through the following activities to:
a) collect and collate information concerning past and present deepwater fishing activities;
b) undertake an inventory of deepwater stocks and an assessment of the effects of fishing on deepwater fish populations and their ecosystems;
c) convene technical meetings to develop a code of practice/technical guidelines; and
d) review the legal framework needed to support conservation and management of deepwater fisheries.
With the financial support of the Government of Japan, FAO initiated a new project in late 2005 which, inter alia, aims at addressing some of these issues. This Expert Consultation constitutes the first major activity under the deep-sea fisheries component of this project. Future activities will include further reviews and analyses of deep-sea fisheries and their ecosystems, a technical consultation on deep-sea fisheries, and finally the development of technical guidelines for the conservation and management of deep-sea fisheries and ecosystems.
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I finally wish to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Organization and of the Fisheries Department, to thank the Government of Japan for their support of this important work and for providing the funds necessary for convening this Expert Consultation.
Thank you very much, Ladies and Gentlemen, for your attention.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild have reshuffled lines, made a trade and held a players-only meeting to try and get going this season.
Maybe Devin Setoguchi ending his goal-scoring drought on Saturday will do the trick.
Setoguchi's power-play goal at 4:21 of overtime gave Minnesota a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators and ended the Wild's three-game losing streak.
Setoguchi took a pass from Mikko Koivu and fired a shot past Chris Mason for his first goal of the season and the Wild's 23rd in 11 games.
"This is a clean slate. I don't care what happened the first 10 games or whatever," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "We're not for making excuses, but at the same time, there was no training camp and there was no exhibition. It takes some guys a little time to get going. That's a real thing. Let's hope this is the point where we start to take off."
Cal Clutterbuck also scored, and Niklas Backstrom stopped 25 shots for Minnesota.
Paul Gaustad scored for Nashville, which had a four-game winning streak broken.
Gaustad was whistled for a hand-pass penalty on a faceoff at 2:48 of overtime. Gaustad held his hands up in bewilderment as he skated to the penalty box, and coach Barry Trotz yelled at the officials.
"I don't really want to comment on it too much because I'll probably get fined," Gaustad said. "The interpretation of the rule, I thought, is intentional glove play. The drop goes up in the air three feet, I'm on my movement, hits the top of my glove without me trying to do it, and I think they probably should explain the rules a little more clear to us."
Trotz has been on the committee that examined the faceoff rule, and even he was unclear exactly what happened.
"I'm going to get an explanation from the league. For me it was a poor call, a questionable call at a very important time of the game," Trotz said. "I mean, come on. I don't agree with that at all."
Mason -- starting in place of Pekka Rinne -- turned aside a couple of Wild scoring chances after the penalty, but couldn't stop Setoguchi's shot.
"There were things in my game in the first six or seven games that weren't good," Setoguchi said. "I've had three games in a row now where I've done the right things and got the chances. Any time you can do that and get rewarded it feels good."
Nashville took a 1-0 lead midway through the first period after Craig Smith charged past defenceman Ryan Suter to set up Gaustad's goal.
The Wild invested $196 million to bring in Suter and high-scoring forward Zach Parise during the off-season, but the investment hasn't resulted in more offence yet.
Wild fans booed the home team during a 4-1 loss to Vancouver on Thursday, and were restless on Saturday before Clutterbuck tied the game at 1 by tipping in Suter's shot from the point at 12:59 of the second.
Nashville entered the game allowing only 1.81 goals per game, lowest average in the NHL.
Rinne has turned away 112 of the past 115 shots he faced, but Mason got the nod because the Predators will be playing in Chicago on Sunday.
In his second start of the season -- both against Minnesota -- Mason stopped 30 shots.
Unfortunately for Nashville, Backstrom was just as good on the other end.
Backstrom, who was pulled early in Thursday's loss, is 19-2-4 in games after being removed for non-injury reasons.
The bounce-back game was needed, especially when the Wild had to kill a four-minute high-sticking power play midway through the third period and another two-minute high-sticking call later in the third.
"You want to get back there," Backstrom said. "Every time you get pulled it's not fun. You take it pretty personal. You want to go back out there and make sure you're not letting your teammates down."
NOTES: Gaustad's goal was his first since last Feb. 19. ... Wild forward Dany Heatley has no points in six games after he scored goals in four of five games. ... The Wild have won just two of nine against Nashville.
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EAGLE RIVER, WI (WXPR) - A joint effort to treat repeat drug offenders rather than incarcerate them will be formally announced next week in Lac du Flambeau.
The Lac du Flambeau Tribal Court and Vilas County Court will host the opening of the tribal-state Healing-To-Wellness Court.
The goal of the new program says one of it's developers, Bob Kovar, a prevention specialist from the Marshfield Clinic Center For Community Outreach, is to help people struggling with addiction an option besides regular court and jail.
Persons eligible are non-violent offenders and is voluntary. Kovar says after the treatment program is completed in 18-24 months, the person will have sobriety, a job and have their life turned around.
Kovar says jails or prisons just put people out of sight and out of mind and don't treat the underlying addiction problem.
Planning for the new court has taken more than a year. The ceremony will be Wednesday, May 22 at noon at the Lac du Flambeau Judicial Center.


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Is It Time To Get This Gulf Oil Producer Off the Shelf?
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Energy XXI (NASDAQ: EXXI) has an impressive growth record, built around the acquisition of some large legacy oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Its rapid ascendance was helped in part by its relatively small size, an advantage that's gradually eroded with that very same growth. It's caught its peer group. Growth from here will require a more diversified strategy, and what that long term strategy is remains unclear.
The Gulf of Mexico shelf oil and gas producer appears to be banging its head on a glass ceiling. The company rapidly caught up with some of the more established peers that share its business model like Stone Energy (NYSE: SGY) and W&T Offshore (NYSE: WTI).
In FY 2009, Energy XXI produced a mere 7.1 MMBOE (million barrels of oil equivalent). That's more than doubled to 16.1 MMBOE in FY 2012, on par with both Stone (13 MMBOE in 2011) and W&T (16.9 MMBOE for 2011). Little Energy XXI is no longer very little.
The far from new acquire-and-exploit model it employs is simple in concept. It concentrates on proven reserves acquired through leverage. Often these are mature fields in stable decline that still have life, but need some TLC. The emphasis is on producing assets providing predictable cash flow, making arrangement of debt funding possible.
Acquired assets are then milked, with thrown off cash used for capex and debt retirement. When another acquisition comes along, you lever back up and repeat the process. It's a model that's worked for years in the Gulf of Mexico for numerous companies.
It's also a model that requires patience. The right offer needs to come along. And at this point for XXI, it needs to be large enough to move the needle. Like Stone and W&T, Energy XXI is getting big enough that it needs a little more than typical table scraps to make an impact. It can be difficult to find deals big enough to sustain growth once you exceed a certain critical mass.
Considering Stone and W&T illustrates the problem. Both companies have found production growth challenging from these levels. Stone's annual production has weakened slightly since its 2007 peak of 13.6 MMBOE. W&T's production is actually considerably below its 2007 peak of 21.1 MMBOE. Maintaining these production levels with an acquire-and-exploit strategy is not a trivial feat.
Diversifying operations provides more opportunity for acquisitions
To help find some mojo, W&T and Stone both turned to basins outside the Gulf of Mexico shelf to provide more opportunity. W&T has dabbled in the Deepwater for years and Stone recently increased its Gulf of Mexico Deepwater investment by purchasing BP's Mississippi Canyon Pompano field. Plans are to increase Deepwater exploration through Joint Ventures (JV) recruited to Stone's attractive leasehold position.
Onshore's been a target as well. Stone built a significant Marcellus stake to complement its offshore assets. While its Marcellus stake is not ideal in the current natural gas pricing environment, its West Virginia Marcellus acreage sits in the liquid window and provides value.
W&T moved onshore with its May 2011 acquisition of Yellow Rose Properties, a Permian producer testing Wolfcamp acreage. The Wolfcamp is an active liquids play squarely in the sites of other producers, so there's some real value here as well. Onshore programs have the added benefit of providing some predictability, since offshore exploration results can be lumpy.
Energy XXI's JV strategy
Like Stone, Energy XXI turned to JVs to find a leg up, partnering with McMoRan on its Ultradeep shelf project. That project proved that Wilcox strata that are ridiculously prolific in the Deepwater can be reached on the Shelf, rewriting the geological models of the Gulf floor in the process. However, it's mired in the tough task of producing these exceptionally high pressure reservoirs. To date, all that the promising project has yielded is potential.
Its more recent JV with ExxonMobil now sits front and center. The multiblock Vermilion deal has a two exploratory well obligation with multiple additional targets. Drilling is underway on the first of two related target reservoirs.
The promise of the Ultradeep raised a great deal of interest in Energy XXI. Because of its own robust growth, the company was perceived to be the safe way to play the Ultradeep in contrast to McMoRan, which is heavily leveraged to the project's success.
That led to a pretty richly valued company. Comps are unfavorable to its peers on a reserve and production basis (see Table). Some of Energy XXI's high valuation is warranted given its higher percentage of oil in production and reserves, but the premium to peers is high.
Much of that premium likely results from the Ultradeep. Now that production from these Ultradeep reservoirs is proving elusive, some of that interest is waning and Energy XXI's growth story becomes that much more important.
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Where you're going is even more important. Continuing that growth is Energy XXI's challenge. The last acquisition was a billion dollar deal. They come along infrequently in the first place. Complicating matters is Energy XXI's preference to remain geographically compact. That reduces costs and eliminates some geopolitical risk, but deals of this size are not common in the Gulf. And that's what's required.
To keep its growth trajectory, Energy XXI's going to have to spread its wings. There have been hints of a desire to diversify in past presentations, but little has materialized. Hiring Antonio dePinho to oversee JV development suggests a desire for more on the JV end.
Spreading overseas to analogous shallow water basins has also been mentioned, as has a move to Deepwater. Both would be more difficult transitions. On the positive side, geographical diversification would add some operational safety. A severe hurricane is perhaps the biggest risk the company faces, since the company's assets are so highly concentrated. One big one could conceivably shut-in the bulk of production.
More to the point, widening its hunting grounds may be the only way for Energy XXI to maintain the growth that's built its rich valuation. For now, all investors have to focus on are the Ultradeep and Vermilion JVs. Pendragon was just above its objective at the end of January. With the recent presentation on Mar. 4, investors are undoubtedly very interested in this important well's timetable.
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Tips For Cleaning Shower Door Track?
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Q: Thanks to Apartment Therapy, I know the best way to clean soap scum off the shower glass (dryer sheets) and how to prevent streaks (squeegee). BUT the water that drops into the rail tracks that the shower doors themselves slide on - HOW to keep that clean?
I can't figure out the easiest way to dry and/or take away as much of the bath water from that area short of siphoning it off with a Shamwow or some other miraculous cloth that holds a thousand times its weight in water! Any ideas?
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I tried everything and finally gave up. I just got rid of the doors and my bathroom looks much bigger! And much easier to clean.
I don't know how to get the water out completely a towel or paper towel should get most of it. Really it should drain itself if it's tilted towards the tub properly, but most aren't. If it molds or gets water marks I found that inexpensive denatured alcohol used with a toothbrush in the track gets it sparkling clean....it also makes any of the gold/metal looking trim look great. I helped both of my daughter's prep their places to sell and this stuff made the bathrooms sparkle. Found in drug stores in large bottles usually near the peroxide and bandages, or in some drug areas of supermarkets. Of course peroxide will get rid of mold, but doesn't seem to work as well on the water marks, built up residues. Alcohol also cleaned old the residue off the glass with a plastic scrubby..
mr clean sponge works for me for all the bathroom crap. even water residue on the doors and scum on the tub and shines the metal
When I had track doors, I just used a towel or a sponge to soak up the excess water. Then, I would spray it with Tilex Mold & Mildew (miracle product, but only spray it when you're going to leave the house for a few hours immediately afterward!!!) and it would get rid of most of the grime and scum left behind. That, and a Mr.Clean Magic Eraser. :)
A related question is how to keep my sliding doors to the outside clean - they don't get so much mold and mildew, but they get copious amounts of dust. I'd love thoughts on that.
I third HEYJOANNE, although the mastic attaching the shower door to the tub and walls is very difficult to remove. Goop Off works but is very toxic.
PS I meant that Goof Off (not Goop Off) removes mastic, not that it cleans shower doors. I hear that using bleach on aluminum can produce toxic fumes and that using ammonia on aluminum can pit the aluminum.
PPS Some people who can't remove their shower doors hang cheap shower curtain liners on the inside of them. The liners can be laundered as needed and keep the doors much cleaner.
I just ripped the doors out cause they were so gross. You might just wanna do that.
Toothbrush. Bleach.
In my old apartment I had those kind of doors and I did the inside shower liner idea. Worked like a charm for the 5 years I lived there. Never a gunky a track in sight all that time. My neighbor liked the idea so much she did it too. When I moved out I got perfect marks for my refund because the doors never got dirty.
A toothbrush and bleach cleaner will help, but I found on my shower door that the clear caulk was actually the problem. Moisture was getting under it and getting moldy. I removed it with a razor blade, cleaned thoroughly, and put down fresh white caulk. Looks 1000 times better.
Tilex. Clorox bleach spray.
Can you get it really clean to begin with? Maybe after you do, try dripping a little bleach in there (not too much) and NOT flushing it out as a sort of pre-emptive attack? If it doesn't ever dry out completely, you might just want to at least try to make it an inhospitable environment for bacteria.
A big, stiff-bristled scrubbing brush and something like Bartender's Friend (??) that gets rid of it. You probably need something with oxidation in it, but the reality is that once your metal starts rusting it will continue to rust.
Are you just needing to clean away gunk, or are you dealing with a rusted track that needs to be replaced?
Plug the track's drain holes with a bit of plastic-wrap. Pour vinegar into the tracks. Go to bed and sleep until morning. Unplug tracks. Wipe. Repeat.
Did what @HeyJoanne did. Get rid of the doors and use a shower curtain. This is a battle you can't win.
Live with it long enough, and you will ignore it.
Take the doors and track out and replace with a shower curtain on a tension rod. Even if you rent, your landlord might be willing to let you do this. Mine did!
I second the vinegar. If that doesn't work, go to the next level of chemical intensity. I would leave the bleaches as a last resort...
Windex sells a product for spraying in your shower after every use to keep mold and so on from building up. I'm sure there are other similar brands. I don't use it on the whole shower because then I go through a bottle too fast, and also I worry about whether it is really safe to step into puddles of whatever it is made of every time I shower. But I do spray it on that part of the door track after each shower. Since I started doing that a few months ago, the mold hasn't built up there anymore and it's stayed sparkly.
Dawn dishsoap.
I'm the dude who asked the original question.
Unfortunately, I would say taking out the doors is NOT an option at this point. This is apartmenttherapy after all, so I assumed most people were renting apartments. Our landlord is very strict about these types of modifications, so I'd prefer to keep things unmolested, if possible. Putting a shower curtain inside doesn't seem to be a good option either as the shower/tub is pretty narrow and I'm a 6'2", broad-shouldered person who's already feeling cramped inside the shower/tub.
Right now, I've sort of been using the squeegee to most of the excess water fill-up out of the tracks, and since I just moved in a few weeks ago, the dreaded brown mucky stuff has not had a chance to build up yet.
It sounds like I may just need to do preventative scrubbing/toweling/siphoning to clean it off. No miraculous apartmenttherapy solution for this! :( Thanks anyway!
I've had this before, to take off the gunk I used a toothbrush and rinse. If there is mold then I dipped the brush in bleach and removed it.
For easy maintenance: Keep a bottle of 50/50 water/vinegar and spray after every shower.
I never had problems since.
As much as shower doors annoy me, I don't think I could get rid of them for my shower, I have a rather interesting bathroom in my MCM 1960s house. I've heard it called a 'hollywood bathroom'. But basically, I have the original blue bathtub with sliding glass doors on BOTH sides of the tub. And on either side of the tub is a bathroom with a sink and toilet. It makes for some awkward bathroom moments with the husband from time to time but I adore my funky bathroom.
Anyways, the only good way I found to clean the tracks is to spray whatever bathroom cleaner you prefer into the tracks. I use something with bleach usually. Let it soak for a few minutes and then clean it out with Q-Tips. I don't do this too terribly often as it's a pain to do. I've also heard of some folks using a shop vac to suck up whatever gunk and stuff that gets stuck in the tracks.
The better and healthier, without odors or noxious or spoil the surface is cleaned with a steam cleaning machine, a vaporetta, that removes the fungi that form with moisture.
I just repainted my bathroom and it gave me a good opportunity for a good cleaning. My shower doors look like yours, and I just pushed the bottom of the doors towards the tub, and then the rail along the bottom lifts out. I just cleaned it, dried it, put it back, and then re-siliconed along the outside edge. You leave the inside edge with no silicone so water will run back into the tub. If you just slide the little rubber guide that the glass runs through to one end or the other, the glass should just carefully push in towards the tub.


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Guitar Picking
Beginning guitarists tend to put more attention to the fretting hand / fingers and forget that the other hand needs practicing as well. While it is important to play the notes / chords accurately it is also important to produce a good quality of notes or chords by developing the right hand (for right handed guitarists) techniques.
There are some ways to strike your guitar strings but the most two important are strumming and picking techniques.
What is guitar strumming?
Strumming is a technique that allows you to play the notes of a guitar chord simultaneously by stroking the strings either with your fingernail(s) or by using a plectrum or pick. I myself prefer to strum the strings using my fingernails because the sound they produced is warmer. If you need more treble or clearer sound you can use the plectrum. Please note that plectrum comes in different sizes, the most common ones are thin, medium and thick. In my experience medium plectrum gives the best result for both strumming and picking the guitar strings.
In my own words, strumming is striking almost all of the guitar strings (depends on the chords you are playing) by sweeping your fingernails or pick up and down the strings in a unique pattern, for example a rhythm or strumming pattern of a bluegrass song will sound bad when you try to apply it to a slow rock song.
Guitar Picking
By picking the guitar strings you can give more attention to a particular string, something that normally people won't do with strumming technique. Just like in strumming technique you can use either your fingers or plectrum to pick the strings, however finger picking technique here actually may involve both of your fingertips and fingernails, where in finger strumming technique only fingernail(s) is used.
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Fingerpicking is used extensively in folk guitar and classical guitar, but it is also common in other genres. Most of guitar players use thumb and the other three fingers to fingerpick the strings and use their pinkie finger as a brace on the guitar.
While some people claimed that plectrum picking can deliver light speed notes compared to fingerpicking actually each style has its own benefit, and country guitar players take the full benefit of both techniques. They hold the pick with the thumb and index finger and at the same time they can do fast fingerpicking with the other fingers.
Fingerpicking example, no plectrum used: justforfun
The sound file above is an example of a song (well, actually there were 2 songs) played using fingerpicking technique. I recorded it using my laptop and a cheap microphone so the sound quality is far from perfect. To remove the noise I use a software called Audacity. Only 4 chords were played on the budget classical guitar. It really stung my fingers (Ouch!)
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Giving this 2 stars because it seems like it has potential if you could just add something so it wasn't so runny. It wasn't much of a "sauce"...more of seasoned diced tomatoes. It wasn't bad, just needs....something.
Marinara Sauce Over Rotini
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This reader and friends love this sauce because of the capers. It's a flexible recipe, too, since you can use dried herbs if you don't have any fresh on hand, and bottled minced garlic in place of the garlic cloves. It's great with any kind of pasta--the reader especially likes it with spaghetti or rotini--or over chicken, topped with Parmesan cheese.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 cup pasta and 3/4 cup sauce)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 277
- Calories from fat: 8%
- Fat: 2.5g
- Saturated fat: 0.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.7g
- Protein: 9.7g
- Carbohydrate: 54.7g
- Fiber: 3.3g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 3.7mg
- Sodium: 531mg
- Calcium: 77mg
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh or 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh or 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 4 cups hot cooked rotini (about 4 cups uncooked corkscrew pasta)
- Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and sauté for 2 minutes. Add basil and the next 6 ingredients (basil through tomatoes); bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in capers. Serve over pasta.
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PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Elizabeth Campbell has cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing a jury for embezzling around 40-thousand dollars from the Portage Rotary Club when she was president of the organization.
The Prosecution has agreed to leave sentencing on the ten year felony up to the judge. Campbell resigned from the Portage City Council just weeks before the allegations went public.
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Welcome to the inlingua blog. Before moving back to my native England, I spent more than forty years in Germany.
I would like to use my experiences to give you an insight into how various subjects may be seen differently – or sometimes identically, in both countries, and at the same time to be informative and to provide you with additional input for your language learning. In this blog I'm going to talk about topics of general interest: what's happening in the world of politics, business, technology, travel, etc., and sometimes topics of a less serious nature, perhaps An English Christmas, or Brits on holiday in Mallorca. Each blog entry will have a glossary, to help readers to understand some of the less common words.
Now something about me. My name is Keith Lewis. I was born in Somerset, in the South West of England and later did military service with the British Army before moving to Germany. I was one of the founders of the inlingua organisation in 1968 and have run inlingua centres in Koblenz, Düsseldorf, Mönchengladbach, London, Exeter, Neuss and Krefeld. I now live in Oxford, the beautiful university city in England. Because I lived in Germany for such a long time I have a very good knowledge of life there, but I always kept up to date with everything here: national and local news, politics, business, and the character and mood of people through times of change. I do want this blog to be a two way conversation.
Some of the topics will be quite controversial, and I very much welcome feedback from you, the readers. What do you think about the topic? I hope we can get some interesting exchanges going. If you have any suggestions about the blog or any special requests, just let me know.
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Nielsen Reports: These are the Most Wanted Games of Holiday 2011
Posted on Friday, September 30 @ 15:00:40 Eastern by Daniel BischoffI'll skip all the malarkey and just get to the numbers. These figures are based on Nielsen's polling of 5000 gamers asking them to rank their top 5 most anticipated titles of the Fall season. There's all kinds of disappointing in the list, but you really shouldn't be surprised by any of it:
I know you might suggest that Just Dance 3 doesn't really deserve a place in this list. Let's not get into a discussion where we write off anyone looking forward to a dancing game. The fact is, this is a pretty accurate snapshot of what gamers everywhere want. Let's face it. Nielsen's gotta be smart enough to eliminate all the
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Inception director Christopher Nolan received a tremendous tribute with the Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbra International Film Festival held on the 30th of January at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara. Leo helped honor the Inception director. The evening celebrated Nolan's work including "The Dark Knight," "The Prestige," and "Memento." 14 HQ photos have been added to the gallery.
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Gerard's a killer, Frank's smokin'
Much like a first kiss, as first kill sticks with a man. The soft curve of her spine as she doubled over, her wide eyes and pale, pale skin, dotted with crimson and rouge, the crunch under his boot as the first, second, third kicks were dealt, the touch of her soft lips to his as she let out her last breath. And then after, once he was done and she was finished, her slumped form resting peacefully against his bedroom radiator.
It's something he thinks about often, when he's lay awake at night, a small smile flirting with his lips. He can still feel that puff of Co2 inside of him. That part of her will always be with him, will always be his.
Frank has three favourite places to smoke on school grounds. He knows more, even off the top of his head, but there are three in particular that he fancies over the rest. Ray isn't as fussy but, well, Frank wants to remember pleasant views of duck ponds and forests when he's dying of lung cancer and reflecting on all the terrible life choices he's made. So mostly, they go to one of three spots.
The easiest to get to, and there by default, the one they smoke at the most, is around the back of the school, past the bike shed but before the small cops just beyond the school grounds. This spot makes Frank feel like he's getting some air, clean and energizing even as he sucks down his cancer sticks. The only problem with this spot was the flooding in the winter and fall months, when it rains so hard even the trees can't catch all the moisture and so the mud and water flowed down to soak Frank's All Stars and dirty the bottoms of his school slacks.
The smell had stuck around the house for weeks, and after a while, he knew this would be a problem. He'd cleaned all of her out after the first few days, after his initial sketches had been mapped out, but a week later and her stench was still lingering, putrid and rotting. The air freshener wasn't working as well as he'd hoped, merely masking the crime with pine trees and lemon without doing anything to get rid of the gruesome stink. And so he'd had no choice but to get down onto the carpet, with a sponge and bucket of bleach, to scrub her out.
It was strange. He almost felt he missed it after it was gone. It was too much of a risk though, keeping her scent around like that.
The second place isn't too far from the first. However, it is a lot harder to get to on account of the teacher's staffroom window guarding the way to get there. It was nice enough though, especially in the winter where the angle of the school blocked most of the icy wind and sheets of rain. Plus you can still see the forest from this spot even though the marsh water never reaches your trainers. It might have been Frank's favourite place to smoke, if it hadn't been for the teacher's lounge.
Still, he goes there as often as he can, his need for a hit helping him wheedle past the staffroom window most days.
The second kill was a little more forgetful, or as forgetful as a loss of life can be. It was more of an accident than anything, he thinks, when he does actually think about it. He doesn't spend much of his time considering that girl, he can't even be sure of her name anymore, Abby? Annie? He thinks she screamed a lot, but then so did a lot of his kills, so he can't be sure he isn't mixing her up with the third or fourth girl.
The first boy he killed though, that was something special.
The third place wouldn't even be on his list if it wasn't for the duck pond. It's too open to be anything but dangerous but he likes watching the new-borns in the spring, splashing and waddling away from him whenever he gets too close. He thinks he'd quite like to remember their little beaks and quacks and their protective Mama duck when he's old and dying in a hospital bed. Probably with Ray laying in the next bed across, dying of liver failure or a heart attack or something equally as mundane.
It's here too, that he can see his school's caretaker, if he times it right, which he normally does.
The boy had screamed a lot too. He remembered it had surprised him at first. The kid was usually such a sweet little stoic thing. That was actually part of the reason he'd chosen him in the first place. Or at least it was in the beginning. That and his eyes; bright copper and hazel, glittering across the pond everyday. He was beautiful.
He's too old for Frank, he knows that. But he's pretty is the thing, and Frank doesn't know many pretty people. He never speaks to him, not that Frank really speaks to anyone much, apart from ray. And Bob sometimes, he supposes, though only on those rare occasions when he's actually invited to parties. Frank's not really bothered about being invited to parties.
He's a pretty simple guy, as far as he's concerned. He likes smoking and his X Box and porn and the cute caretaker guy he watches from his smoking zone by the ducks.
He remembers the first time he had met the boy. He's seen him around quite a bit, just like all the other kids at his school. Initially, he hadn't viewed him as anything particularly special, nice to look at, always smoking. However the first time they spoke, that memory still gives him butterflies.
The boy had been standing alone, staring wistfully out across the school grounds with a cigarette clamped between his fingers. He was skinny with brown hair and baggy slacks, all of his uniform, in fact, hung gracelessly off of him. He didn't think much of telling him to put his cigarette in the bin once he was done. But the way he had looked at him, that hopeful sparkle of wanting in his eyes is something he thinks about often. More often than maybe he even thinks about the first girl. He'd known then that it was to be the start of something epic.
AN so this is something else I wrote a while ago while on holiday and I finally bothered to type it up for you guys. I know it's short and kind of doesn't make too much sense but whatever, I had fun with it.


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"At a Cincinnati reunion, we tried the city's famous cinnamon-laced chili over noodles with toppings. For our twist, we made an Indian spice mix--garam masala--with plenty of cinnamon spiked with black peppercorns." -KKD
Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and beef to pan; cook 6 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Transfer beef to a small bowl; keep warm.
Reduce heat to medium; recoat pan with cooking spray. Add 1 1/2 cups onion to pan; cook 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garlic to pan; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, oil, and the next 4 ingredients (through nutmeg) to pan; cook 1 minute or until fragrant, stirring constantly. Add tomato paste; cook 1 minute. Add 1 cup water, vinegar, and tomatoes to pan; bring to a boil. Reserve 1/2 cup dark red kidney beans. Add beef, remaining dark red kidney beans, and light red kidney beans to pan; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes. Ladle 1 1/4 cups chili into each of 8 bowls. Top each serving with 1 tablespoon remaining dark red kidney beans, about 1 teaspoon remaining chopped onion, and 1 tablespoon parsley.
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"Corn bread is on the menu when we visit my grandmother. She swears by her cast-iron skillet, but you can also prepare this recipe in an eight-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Molasses, creamy butter, and bourbon combine to make a delicious spread." -KKD
Preheat oven to 425°.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Add buttermilk and egg; stir just until combined.
Place an 8-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven for 5 minutes, and remove from oven. Add 2 1/2 tablespoons butter to pan; swirl to melt and lightly grease pan. Stir melted butter into batter. Add batter to preheated pan. Bake at 425° for 20 minutes or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes in pan. Slice into 8 wedges.
Combine remaining 2 1/2 tablespoons butter, molasses, bourbon, and rind in a small bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until combined (about 1 minute). Serve butter with warm corn bread.
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"My father makes this hot chocolate accented with Mexican spices. We use good-quality chocolate our cousins bring from San Francisco. The leftovers are great chilled." -KKD
Combine 1 cup milk and cocoa in a small bowl; stir well with a whisk. Combine remaining 5 cups milk, chocolate, sugar, nutmeg, and 2 cinnamon sticks in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; add seeds and bean to milk. Add cocoa mixture to pan. Cook 25 minutes or until thoroughly heated and chocolate is melted, stirring frequently. Strain mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard solids. Serve with marshmallows. Garnish with ground red pepper and cinnamon sticks, if desired.
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Keith Olbermann's bad week just keeps getting worse.
He donated money to three Democratic candidates last week, potentially violating NBC's rules. Somewhere, Bill O'Reilly and Karl Rove are giving each other a high five.
This is ridiculous. In an age in which the Supreme Court has ruled that money is speech, and corporations have the right to talk as loudly as their bank account allows, to say that an individual should have less political rights than the company he works for is absurd.
It's less a legal thing and more an ethics thing … Keith isn't really a journalist (and more a pundit) so it's weird that he's under the same kind of rules, but he should've been aware that his job makes these sort of contributions a huge no-no.
Sure, it's not illegal, but these are people he has on his show (in fact, in one case, literally just had on his show), which makes it a huge conflict of interest. This is the same reason there was the flare-up when News Corp. donated huge amounts of money to the Republican Governors' Association. And why a lot of news orgs told their employees to stay away from last weekend's rally.
I think if Glenn Beck did the same thing, MSNBC would be in a huge uproar over it. Which is why it's an issue in the first place.
Me: I am not a member of any political party. This is because during my entire career working as a journalist, I was told that it was unethical for me to do so. I was supposed to be an impartial, nonpartisan being, simply taking information and relaying it on to the readers.
Which is of course impossible, and absurd. Nothing can be reported without being filtered through the knowledge, experiences and prejudices of the reporter. What I've come to believe is that this view that journalists should be stenographers is not only wrong, it's dangerous. Wrong because we don't check our rights as citizens at the door when we become journalists. Dangerous because it propagates this myth that journalists should somehow not be people, with all that implies.
Jim Poniewozik made this case better than I could in a column a couple of years ago called "The Case for Full Disclosure," in which he notes the perverse effect these journalistic ethics have on media: The most important things to know about a person who is conveying information are the very things journalists are trained not to reveal.
News Corp, like every other news organization in the world, gives money to political parties. Their employees should have that same right. Further, we're all better off if we know about these things. Especially in this case. Is anyone really surprised that Olbermann favors Democratic politics? The shocker would be if he'd been sending cash to Rand Paul, or Sarah Palin.
Though, honestly, his program gets so much mileage out of them, maybe he should…
I think you make a good case and agree with you that the case for impartiality and objectivity has largely gone too far in today's climate. (See: Juan Williams.) That said, I think there is a difference in Keith's case. If Mediaite's reporting is correct, Keith interviewed Rep. Raul Grijalva, finished his show and immediately sent him a large donation. What if a city hall reporter in some mid-sized Midwestern city did the same thing with the mayor? It would be a huge local scandal.
Now Keith isn't really a reporter anymore and he shouldn't be held to the same standard, but you have to admit that his conduct in this situation is awful close for comfort. Keith's role has largely become that of Democratic cheerleader (though as someone willing to question his side), so perhaps this isn't as bad as it looks. But the whole motion of it – interview someone, immediately donate to their campaign – still makes me a little queasy.
I'd love to see more transparency in journalism, because readers would benefit from knowing biases and seeing how reporters work through them. I mean, that's sort of how I approach my blog (and also why I think NPR made a mistake with Williams). But the line, for me at least, is 1) campaign donations and 2) signing petitions. It's one thing to offer vocal support to a candidate or a cause. It's another to affect the political process by giving them money.
Definite food for thought on both sides of this situation.