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In 1216, a powerful warrior battled an evil Sorcerer for the lives of local villagers. During the skirmish, the Sorcerer's innocent daughter is killed. In his rage and grief, the Sorcerer condemns the warrior to immortality and loneliness; all those he cares for will die until a woman gladly sacrifices her life for him.
At 6' 6", Brodie Maxwell is a scarred and hardened modern-day warrior. When an old comrade's widow asks him to find the security leak at her company, he feels duty-bound to help. LadyTech Software Communications is a thriving, cutting edge corporation owned by three women. B.J. Kincaid is the brilliant mind behind much of the company's new innovations, but she may also be the leak. For several months now, B.J. has been suffering from black-outs. She knows that she worked on software programs only to find the information wiped clean from her computer. B.J. fears that she may be losing her mind.
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Value America announced a drastic restructuring today, complete with employee layoffs and warnings of lower than expected earnings, as the online retailer grapples with lackluster sales and price gouging from its competition.
Value America said today it will fire almost half its staff amid a companywide restructuring that includes the departure of co-founders Craig Winn and Rex Scatena. Moreover, the retailer will drop all of its nontechnology-related product lines to focus exclusively on consumer electronics and computer and office products.
As a result of these actions, Value America warned that its fourth quarter revenues will be approximately 6 percent to 9 percent below expectations, and earnings will be off because of a $5.6 million restructuring charge. The company cited low sales and the implementation of new computer systems as the cause.
Value America shares were down around 12 percent in late afternoon trading.
The e-tailer's predicament is a unique combination of a continuing shakeout among online retailers, industry woes among computer retailers and the company's specific problems as it competes in a sea of similar "dot com" companies, analysts say.
The company did not return calls for comment.
In deciding to concentrate solely on computer products, consumer electronics and office supplies, Value America will be focusing on "categories in which the mix of product selection, product fulfillment, customer service and gross margins are strongest," according to a company statement.
"We are building on Value America's proven strengths and are discarding what doesn't perform," Glenda Dorchak, chief executive of Value America, said in a statement. Dorchak, who has been president of the company since 1998, was appointed chief executive last month.
But in abandoning all nontechnical products, Value America also will be going head-to-head with popular e-tailers such as Buy.com, which competes aggressively on price, a strategy the company has largely eschewed.
"They believe [computers] are where they have had the most success in the past and believe that's where they're going to have the most success. But if you're going to buy on the Internet, Buy.com consistently underprices everyone else out there," said David Goldstein, president of Dallas-based Channel Marketing.
"I don't really perceive any great difference from Value America in terms of product selection or price. They have to offer an advantage to buying online, and price is one of those advantages," he said.
In addition, because of increasing competition and sharply decreasing prices, the computer market is not necessarily the most appealing place to be for a retailer.
CompUSA, for example, has struggled to compete with online sellers. The retailer also has been laying off employees and closing stores. Amid increased online competition, sales for its first quarter dropped to $1.36 billion from $1.39 billion the previous year.
Layoffs, intended to help reduce overhead expenses, are somewhat typical for this time of year for ailing retailers. These companies may use holiday sales to fund restructuring efforts, simultaneously cutting costs by slashing jobs. Value America, however, may have acted a bit early, analysts say, because January is still one of the most important months in terms of sales for electronics sellers.
"For seasonal businesses, it's not unusual to not want to disrupt the organization during the peak season, so you wait until the peak season is over," Goldstein said. "But this is a bit early, because January is still part of the peak season."
It is not clear whether the company will stick to its aggressive offline advertising campaign as it attempts to streamline and cut costs. In a recent survey by Competitive Media Reporting, the retailer had the second-highest advertising costs among online companies, spending $46.5 million over eight months in 1999.
"They have an incredibly high cost of sales in terms of customer acquisition," Goldstein said. "Their customer acquisition costs are equal or more than any bricks-and-mortar retailer."
Still, as recently as last month, analysts were largely positive about Value America's chances for success.
"We believe that Value America offers one of the most complete e-commerce business models, offering scalability not found in most of the other e-commerce models," according to a report from Andrea Williams, managing director of e-commerce and content investment research at E*Offering.
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|Nene, C 26 MIN | 6-9 FG | 4-4 FT | 4 REB | 3 AST | 16 PTS | +30Nene was aggressive on Wednesday. He was looking to score and often times achieved this goal when he received the ball in the post. His defense against the Kings' big men was also admirable.
|Danilo Gallinari, SF 35 MIN | 8-12 FG | 6-6 FT | 3 REB | 5 AST | 23 PTS | +30The first half of basketball by Gallinari was not only the best half of ball I've ever seen him play while in Denver (yes, including the Knicks game) but it might very well have been the best half of basketball any Nuggets player has displayed this year. It was nearly flawless. He never once forced a bad shot and time after time made the correct "basketball play" that was needed by the team in order to score — even if that meant passing (evident by his five assists). Had this game been closer Gallinari would be looking at back-to-back 30-point outings for the first time in his career. If you can score 30 points back-to-back in an NBA game, you've arrived.
|Kosta Koufos, C 23 MIN | 3-7 FG | 4-4 FT | 7 REB | 2 AST | 10 PTS | +11I'm a Koufos guy and his performance against the Kings proves why. Early in the third quarter he had already passed Mozgov's full-game averages and continued to play sound basketball (for the most part) until the final whistle. His passion for the game was on clear display as he wrestled for rebounds with the feisty DeMarcus Cousins late in the fourth quarter when the game was already out of hand. Though Koufos does take the occasional bad shot, this is to be expected from your third-string center; however, should Koufos see more time (which he deserves) he might very well develop into a nice, strong backup center option by next year.
|Andre Miller, PG 32 MIN | 7-9 FG | 1-1 FT | 4 REB | 10 AST | 15 PTS | +27It's probably safe to say Miller is over his "mini slump." He was as solid as solid gets in terms of taking over the game once Ty left. His passes were pinpoint, his court vision, outstanding, but his leadership was what stood out most. Miller never stopped moving his jaw the entire night and his teammates seemed to benefit.
|Ty Lawson, PG 15 MIN | 4-5 FG | 2-2 FT | 3 REB | 3 AST | 11 PTS | +7I give Ty a "B" because he was firmly on pace to score over 20 points tonight, even though it wouldn't have been needed. Bottom line: His aggressiveness early on set the tone for the blowout that shortly followed.
|Al Harrington, PF 24 MIN | 5-12 FG | 0-1 FT | 5 REB | 4 AST | 10 PTS | +16Though his field goal percentage dipped as the game rolled on, it's important to note that going into the half Harrington was one of the leading catalysts that blew the lid off this game. He was shooting an extremely efficient clip yet again and at one time had more points than he did minutes. Downgrading him for a blowout he helped create seems wrong.
|Chris Andersen, C 17 MIN | 4-4 FG | 1-1 FT | 5 REB | 0 AST | 9 PTS | +2Andersen played well. His sprightly enthusiasm for blocking shots didn't necessarily pay off numerically, but he did send a message to the Kings that as long as he was patrolling the paint, no easy buckets would be had. I'll take a performance like this from "Birdman" any day of the week.
|Corey Brewer, SF 32 MIN | 7-19 FG | 1-3 FT | 3 REB | 0 AST | 15 PTS | +16Kind of a mixed bag from Brewer. Taking 19 shots is "Melo-esque" and not in a good way. He couldn't hit an open three if his life depended on it and made a few knucklehead plays that, fittingly, one could label "J.R.-esque." His botched dunk on a breakaway in the first quarter was one of the worst I've seen in a while and his reckless dribbling got a bit out of hand. However, Brewer's defense was again fantastic and often led to fast break opportunities which the Nuggets thrive off. If he can limit his mistakes next time around, all will be forgiven.
|Julyan Stone, G 20 MIN | 3-6 FG | 0-0 FT | 5 REB | 2 AST | 6 PTS | +9For his first real outing, Stone played extremely well. His defense was pure genius, especially the block he had on Jimmer Fredette in the fourth quarter that looked like it shot out of a cannon. His hustle on 50-50 balls was like nothing the Nuggets have seen this season and his ability to come in and absorb the "pass-first" concept of the Nuggets offense was beyond refreshing. Stone will never be a scorer, but if he can play the type of defense he did against the Kings while distributing at a high level, there will certainly be a place for him in the NBA.
|Kenneth Faried, F 11 MIN | 2-4 FG | 1-3 FT | 6 REB | 0 AST | 5 PTS | 0The "Manimal" made his long-awaited third appearance of the regular season and did not disappoint. In the first three minutes he collected four rebounds (three of them being offensive boards) and was infectious with his energy level. Faried looked much, much better in terms of knowing his place on the floor than he did in his previous games and had the type of defensive fire the Nuggets are deprived of at times. If he can continue to improve, he should find his way in a few more games as the season progresses.
|Jordan Hamilton, G 5 MIN | 1-4 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 0 AST | 2 PTS | -3I actually thought "J-Ham" played excellent in his NBA debut. Though it was only five minutes and though he did miss three of the four shots he put up, Hamilton still played solid defense, collected three boards and didn't make any glaring mistakes. He looked like a totally different player than what I saw in his brief D-League stint and displayed an ability to score the rock that the Nuggets will undoubtedly need in the future. Hopefully we see more J-Ham soon.


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EQUALITY IN THE COURTS: KY Court Awards Joint Custody to Non-Biological Lesbian Mother
January 22, 2010
In the Equality in the Courts blog series, HRC attorneys discuss news and break down the legal theories related to the U.S. and state supreme courts as well as other significant federal cases.
Yesterday, in Mullins v. Picklesimer, the Supreme Court of Kentucky awarded joint custody to two former same-sex partners after finding that the non-biological mother was a de facto parent of her child. Because non-biological same-sex parents of a child are often not related to the child in the ways traditionally accepted by law – that is, by blood, marriage, or adoption – due to prohibitions on same-sex marriage or second-parent adoption in various states (including Kentucky), it is highly significant that the Kentucky Supreme Court recognized that a non-biological lesbian parent can have a parental relationship with her child. The court held that the non-biological mother was a de facto parent because the couple and their child had formed a "family unit", and the non-biological mother had important emotional and physical bonds with her child. Therefore, the court found she was entitled to joint custody. After the couple's nearly five year relationship ended, the biological mother of Zachary Alexander Picklesimer-Mullins, Phyllis Dianne Picklesimer, attempted to deny her ex-partner, Arminta Jane Mullins , custody of Zachary. As the biological mother, Picklesimer has obvious parental rights over Zachary. Mullins, however, is not Zachary's mother in the traditional sense – she is not related to him by blood, marriage, or adoption. Mullins and Picklesimer have a joint-custody agreement but factual inaccuracies in the agreement made it legally void. Picklesimer, therefore, has a superior claim to custody over Zachary.
Mullins argued that she was entitled to joint custody over Zachary because Picklesimer waived her superior custody rights by behaving as if Mullins was also Zachary's parent. During their relationship, Picklesimer treated Mullins as a co-parent: Mullins and Picklesimer decided together to start a family, and chose a sperm donor resembling Mullins; Zachary was given a hyphenated last name, blending the last names of both women; Mullins was involved during the pregnancy, attended delivery, and cared for the premature Zachary when he was in the neonatal unit; Zachary called Mullins "Momma"; and Mullins provided care and financial support throughout her relationship with Picklesimer. While the joint parenting agreement was ultimately held to be void, that the women had attempted to enter into such an agreement showed that Picklesimer had attempted to share these parenting rights. She continued to try to share parenting rights after the relationship ended, permitting Mullins extensive visitation for the first five months. The court held that Mullins, Picklesimer, and Zachary functioned as a family unit for nearly a year, and even after their separation they functioned as a separated family unit would. The Kentucky Supreme Court found that Picklesimer, through allowing Mullins to co-parent with her, had waived her superior custody right over Zachary. Mullins was found to be a de facto parent entitled to joint custody rights despite her lack of connection to Zachary through the traditional means of blood, marriage, and adoption. This significant ruling honored a lesbian family unit and recognized the important bonding that occurs between a non-biological mother and her child. Contributed by Kate Oakley, Winter 2010 McCleary Law Fellow
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On the weekend I spent a bit of time trolling through the Hunger Games and I noticed that there seems to be a ton of fanfiction. About Josh Hutcherson. Which, I suppose, is fine. But I feel that it's a touch creepy when people write themselves into a fanfiction opposite a famous person.
I get that fanfiction is a great outlet for people who want more out of their favourite characters, and that's fine. Like if someone wants to write Care Bears incest fanfiction, with Hugs and Tugs, I'm all for that. But if they wrote themselves INTO that….not cool.
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Anyone else ever wonder why the names in the Hunger Games trilogy are all kind of…weird.
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We are pleased to present the second edition of the European Foreign Policy Scorecard, which assesses Europe's performance in pursuing its interests and promoting its values in the world in 2011. The objectives and basic structure of the Scorecard have not changed. Once again, the assessment is of the collective performance of all European Union actors rather than the action of any particular institution or member state. We focus on policies and results rather than institutional processes – in other words, we are interested above all in how effective Europe was in the world. In particular, we assign two scores ("unity" and "resources", each graded out of 5) for European policies themselves and a third score ("outcome", graded out of 10) for results. The sum of these scores translates into letter grades. A full description of the methodology for the Scorecard can be found on ECFR's website at http://www.ecfr.eu/scorecard/2011.
However, although we are retaining the same methodology to allow comparisons with last year's performance, we have made two innovations for the second edition of the Scorecard. First, we have added an assessment of European performance in the Middle East and North Africa to the other regional issues in last year's Scorecard and merged the assessments of crisis management and European policy in multilateral institutions.
Second, we have added an exploration of the role played by individual member states on 30 of the 80 components of European foreign policy where they played a particularly significant role. In order to do this, we have, with the help of 27 researchers around the EU, categorised member states in each case as a "leader", a "slacker" or just a "supporter" of common and constructive policies. Clearly, categorising member states in this way is not an exact science. Like the scores and grades we assign to Europe as a whole, it involves a political judgment in each case. We therefore do not consider it to be definitive. However, at a time when there is a trend towards the "renationalisation" of European foreign policy (as the authors describe in the introduction), we feel it is important to describe the roles that member states play in the development of common European positions. In some cases, they take initiative, lead by example, or devote disproportionate resources. In other cases, they fail to pull their weight or even block the development of policies that serve the European interest in order to pursue their own narrowly-defined or short-term national interests.
The Scorecard remains a work in progress that we will continue to refine and improve. We therefore look forward to a debate on this second edition in order to improve it when we come to assess European foreign policy performance next year. The aim remains to offer an informed judgment on what works and what doesn't in order to help European citizens to decide for themselves and demand better policies from their leaders. We therefore encourage readers to join the discussion on the ECFR website.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga and Antonio Vitorino
January 2011
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National Women's Health Week begins on Mother's Day, May 9th, and lasts until May 15th. This weeklong health observance is coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH). National Women's Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority. With the theme "It's Your Time," the nationwide initiative encourages women to take simple steps for a longer, healthier, and happier life. Be sure to encourage your mom to do the same this Mother's Day.
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It's a beautiful start to a Wednesday, with temperatures in the 40s and low 50s. Plenty of sunshine will get temperatures into the mid-50s and mid-60s, but windy conditions will keep us feeling cool.
If you've been waiting for the cold weather to arrive, tonight is your night. A Frost Advisory is in effect for all of the Upstate, NE Georgia, as well as Polk, Rutherford, and McDowell counties in Western NC. This advisory goes from 2am-9am Thursday morning. The rest of Western NC is under a Freeze Warning for the same time frame, as temperatures are expected to drop to or slightly below the freezing mark tonight for a solid couple of hours.
Waking up Thursday will be a cold one, but plenty of sunshine once again will quickly get us into the mid-50s and mid-60s. A few clouds overnight into Friday morning could produce an isolated mountain shower, but early Friday morning as we get into the low 30s once again, areas bordering Tennessee could even see a few snow showers. Not expecting any real accumulation, though a light dusting is possible for elevations above 4000ft.
Cool temperatures and sunshine stick around through the weekend, with overnight lows in the 30s for everyone.
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Epic Fail
Hah! If the world is still around when this post is published a little less than 4 years from the time I'm typing this (which should be midnight of January 1, 2013), then you were WRONG, 2012 doom prophets! Now shut up and go away.
The blog of an exceptionally intelligent 17 year old atheist with far too much time on his hands.
Hah! If the world is still around when this post is published a little less than 4 years from the time I'm typing this (which should be midnight of January 1, 2013), then you were WRONG, 2012 doom prophets! Now shut up and go away.
Incoming 2012 doom prophet fail in 1 minute!
For the first time in 6 months, I feel like posting and am not immediately put off by reminders of my ferret from looking at this blog. Whee! Also, since I missed posting about it, happy birthday to me, and happy blogoversary to me.
And I have a topic for my post. Presumably, since I am small and unimportant and PZ is large and important, you have all seen this post from PZ. I'm here to take issue with it.
...before I get into that, has PZ's blog suddenly turned these odd shades of green and purple for anyone else? Apparently PZ did that on purpose. Damn him! Damn him to Atheist Hell, the worst hell there is!
Alright. So, PZ's post is, for the most part, all well and good; it's a humorous way of addressing some complete insanity on the part of certain doctors, who are attempting to enforce stereotypical female behavior by prescribing quite possibly dangerous experimental drugs to pregnant women that will supposedly reduce the tendency of their daughters to dislike pretty pink and sparkles and rainbows and unicorns and make them grow up to be a nice housewife or schoolteacher or secretary who pumps out as many babies as she can and whatnot. (Note that I'm not criticizing housewives and schoolteachers and secretaries; those are just stereotypically female jobs, and the idea is that they're enforcing the female stereotypes. Living up to stereotypes is fine, if you so choose; forcing people to live up to stereotypes is not.)
Yes, all that is great, and PZ is perfectly right to criticize it. The bit I take issue with is here:
Now the evidence that prenatal androgenization is the cause of your weird unladylike attitude is a little shaky, and the use of this drug is experimental and hasn't really been tested that well to see if it works as claimed, but never mind all that — its use has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, the European Society of Endocrinology, the Society of Pediatric Urology, the Androgen Excess and PCOS Society, and the CARES Foundation. The rather tenuous chain of evidence for this claim, and the peculiarity of diagnosing as a problem something that most of the poor, afflicted, purblind women do not recognize as a problem, is being disregarded because it is so very important that we reduce the incidence of lesbianism by an entirely hypothetical and unmeasured percentage. Lesbianism is just that bad.
This is unbelievable! That many organizations support such obvious insanity? It can't possibly be true, right? Well, I guess PZ is awesome for calling them out on it!
Except for one problem. Your first instinct was right. It is too crazy to be true.
If you click the link, which was also in the section I quoted from PZ's post, you'll see the following:
We have learned that, this August, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism will publish an expert consensus again stating this use of prenatal dexamethasone should only happen via IRB-approved clinical trials through research centers large enough to obtain meaningful data. An announcement of the consensus came at the Endocrine Society's meeting in San Diego last week (and an earlier version is available here).
This consensus has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, the European Society of Endocrinology, the Society of Pediatric Urology, the Androgen Excess and PCOS Society, and the CARES Foundation. It was reached after review of the existing literature and consultation with researchers indicated significant cause for concern, including the fact that most of the children treated prenatally have been absent from follow-up studies.
So, they aren't supporting gender-role-enforcing insanity. The idea of using it to create pretty-princess-like baby girls isn't even discussed. While there would be some grounds for complaint if it was considering clinical trials of the anti-gay pro-superfemininity use of the pills (though PZ would still be wrong, since he's claiming that they're supporting it for women outside of clinical trials), they aren't doing even that. They are supporting proper clinical investigation into the cures of a serious medical condition.
The rest of the article PZ linked, however, is about the batshit insanity, which is likely how confusion crept in.
Anyway, on to the point that I want to prove here. Basically, when you're posting about people or organizations doing something completely and utterly ridiculous and insane, it pays to double-check and make sure you understood what you've read. Otherwise, you get egg on your face! And that's no fun at all.
I haz... a CHARACTER. OMFG!
Name: Lux Noctis
Species: Canis
Age: Kid of I haven't decided yet years
Appearance: Glowingly golden-furred and with deep, knowing black eyes, young, seems to project an aura of tranquility... a deeply unsettling one.
Personality: A Creepy Child that never displays emotion, unless extolling the virtues of Love and Peace.
The son of the viewpoint character and seeming prophesied messiah of the Canis. While he doesn't exactly have a winning personality, the prophecy attracts a group of guerrilla resistance fighters against the Sculi to him. After the Canis leader working on the Totems hears of him, he gets implanted with a Totem and descends into insanity due to it, the virtues of Love and Peace forgotten in favor of increased emotionlessness... and berserk rages when he gets set off. He dies charging into combat at the peak of his insanity.
Well, said post will most likely not be coming in the next couple of days. My ferret is really, really sick, possibly dying. So, yeah. Not good.
Edit: The Internet may have provided a solution! His symptoms (weakness of the back legs, lethargy, even thinner than a ferret should be, not eating or drinking for days) might have been caused by too little sugar, so the suggested solution was honey on the gums. I put it on, and 10 minutes later he was drinking lots of water and may possibly have taken a bite of food. The "may possibly" is because I couldn't tell if he sniffed it or ate it. Still taking the little guy to the vet, though.
Edit: It's gotten worse. He's stopped being able to drink water that isn't put directly on his lips, and the food he can down practically IS water.
A new post will exist once I get bored of teaching myself to program. Which probably will not occur until I've finished programming in one weekend something that will take the rest of my ComSci class until Christmas to finish.
The post will be about spoons, most likely.
I have acquired the Libris Mortis. It contains the template applied to Evil Jesi, called Necropolitans. They get stuck to a cross with cursed nails and stabbed while people call out to dark gods.
I have no idea why they decided to make it work like that, but it's funny.
OMFG, a plot! It's amazing!
Okay, for the purposes of my plot, I'm going to move the implantation thingy forward a bit. It'll happen after the start.
Basically, the book starts out with your standard Messiah, complete with Orphan's Plot Trinket and prophecy. It follows around a random friend/servant of said Messiah who's slightly jealous of the Messiah's Messiah-ness as they help a group participating in guerrilla warfare against the Sculi. It's implied during a couple of raids that the Messiah has a bit more Dark in him than he'd like to admit.
After a couple of raids, the servant/friend gets approached by a representative of a Cani leader who supports liberation from the Sculi. Said leader wants the Messiah to test the Totems. Servant wrestles with himself a bit over whether to use the totem himself, since that would give him the power he's been jealous of, or give it to the Messiah because he thinks said Messiah could help more people. He decides to give it to the Messiah... and the Messiah has a Super Power Meltdown where he ends up charging the enemy encampment and turning it into a wasteland while dying from his powers hitting himself.
Cue Heroic BSOD followed by Quest For The Truth to figure out why the Messiah went batshit.
You know PZ's post about how the "Don't believe in god? You're not alone" billboards in Iowa were taken down for being offensive?
Ken Ham thinks this means PZ hates theists. (It's at the bottom of the post.)


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Giancola Brown
3.3lb Amber LME
3.3lb Gold LME
2lbs 2 Row Pale
1lb Crystal 50-60
4oz Honey Malt
Partial Mash all grains 60min @ 154*
1oz Northern Brewer (8% AA) - 60min
1oz Fuggles (4% AA) - 30mn
1oz Fuggles (4% AA) - 15min
1 Tbsp - Irish Moss - 15min
1oz Willamette (4.8% AA) - 5 min
Cool to 70*, add yeast nutrient, aerate.
Pitch Rehydrated US-05 Yeast.
Great, tasty American Brown Ale. Pours 2 finger, long lasting head with good lacing. Great Aroma. Color is actually 13 SRM. Typo above.
Looks good. I should make some of this one of these days. Thanks for the recipe.:mug:
You're welcome. Let me know how it turns out.
Mine was very good. I have a 1/2 Bday party for my 6mo old this weekend and have 6-22oz bottles of it left at the request of some family who've had it before.
It's very good, carmelly and a good bit of hops.
Update, I'm getting requests from all over the Family to brew this again.
Placing my order and will brew this again.
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Kendyl & Cayden – Summertime Fun!
These two cuties were back for their third photo shoot with us, this time at the Whetstone Park of Roses where we had a great time playing in the giant sandbox at the play ground. Here are the ones we just had to share!
Here's what mom had to say the day after the photos were delivered…
I can't express to you how much I LOVE the pics. So many people have complimented on them already. And I've past your info on to a few.
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Vigo County employees, along with county sheriff deputies, will receive the equivalent of a 3.5-percent salary increase for 2014. The Vigo County Council, voted to approve the salary ordinance Tuesday.
The council voted 4-3 not to give itself a salary increase.
The $54 million 2014 proposed budget was approved on a 5-2 vote. The council may hold a special meeting before Oct. 1 to implement an increase in the county innkeeper's tax to 6.5 percent from 5 percent.
The hike to the room bills of people who stay in Vigo County motels would generate about $300,000 in additional funds for marketing of the county.
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Through-Silicon Interposer Technology for Heterogeneous Integration
H.Y. Li, L. Ding, G. Katti, J.R. Cubillo,
Surya Bhattacharya, G.Q. Lo
Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
As 3D IC technology paves the way for future VLSI systems, it is also confronting bottlenecks such as tools for designing optimal 3D systems and thermal solutions for 3D ICs. Meanwhile, 2.5D through-silicon interposer (TSI) technology is also gaining momentum, both in the foundry and the outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) universe.
A typical TSI is designed to host a set of guest dies interconnected to each other using the back end of line (BEOL) interconnects, while the through-silicon vias (TSVs) are leveraged to interface with the external I/O ports on the organic package and/or PCB. Backside RDL technology routing has a potential to track a likely good die (LGD) through testing. TSI technology not only provides easier fabrication capabilities, alleviating 3D thermal bottlenecks, it also supports the fabrication of high-performance heterogeneous integration.[1,2]
A classical processor and memory integration is an ideal system candidate for TSI application where the guest dies can be heterogeneous (e.g., logic and memory) and can potentially belong to disparate technology nodes (e.g., 28 nm for logic[3] and 40 nm for memory, or 130 nm for BiCMOS chips).
This paper demonstrates the fabrication and characterization of a large size TSI (2.67x4.3 cm2) in a 300 mm processing line, and targeted for heterogeneous integration.
Versatile 2.5D Heterogeneous Logic + Memory System Design
Figure 1 shows a versatile 2.5D heterogeneous logic + memory system design.[4] Ideally, the system should house a logic block integrated with high-speed memories supporting high-speed optical interface with the external world. Initial test vehicle simulation shows that on-chip interconnects provide more than 30x more bandwidth per watt compared with organic carrier. Moreover, the TSI reticle is large (2.67 x 4.3 cm2), and appears to be an ideal candidate for heterogeneous integration of the digital system. The large area of the TSI reticle is also instrumental in reducing the power density (W/cm2) constraint typically evident in real 3D stacked ICs.
Figure 1. Schematic of a versatile 2.5D Heterogeneous Logic + Memory System Design.
A future test vehicle, so-called "node" in the high-performance computing world, will be a complete system with an optical interface for the off-chip signaling. With such "nodes," all on-chip data transfer is electrical with copper wires, while off-chip data transfer uses optical fiber interconnects to guarantee bandwidth and low-power operations. With such architecture, the main function of the TSVs is to provide power and ground (through a large array of TSV and BEOL power/grids) and a few IO for the upper organic interconnect level such as a motherboard.
Such nodes or systems on TSI can operate in the Tbps regime (8xTbps) for on-chip data exchange. Bandwidth is transferred off-chip with single-mode fiber (SMF) optics at 1,550 nm optical wavelength, and optical bandwidth of 0.5 nm can carry 25 Gbps of data. For an SMF wavelength grid operating at 1,500-1,600 nm, it provides 5 Tbps per fiber or 10 Tbps in duplex mode.
Fabrication of TSI Interposer
A 300 mm Si-(100) substrate was used for TSI fabrication. The TSV was etched by a Bosch process after TSV lithography. Alternate deposition and etching achieved a 12 µm TSV with 100 µm depth. A 1 µm O3 TEOS with 1 kÅ PECVD SiO2 (field area) was deposited after via patterning a TSV liner to isolate the TSV from the silicon substrate. Titanium and copper were sputtered on the TSV wafer as a barrier metal and copper seed. Copper void-free TSV was achieved by electroplating, and copper overburden was removed by a copper CMP process after copper annealing.
Three single-damascene processes were applied to form frontside (FS) M1, via and M2 on top of the TSV. The cross-section of TSV and FS metal is shown in the Figure 2 inset. Good connections are observed between TSV with M1 and M1-via-M2.
Figure 2. The cross-section of TSI after the BS bump process. The cross-section of TSV chain is shown in the inset.
ZoneBOND technology[5] was used for wafer temporary bonding and de-bonding. TSV wafer was back-grinded near TSV depth before TSV exposed by the back-grinder. The remaining silicon substrate was etched to expose the TSV from the wafer backside (BS). Low-temperature dielectric films were deposited and a CMP process was applied for the planarization of BS dielectric films and TSV. BS barrier metal and copper seed were sputtered on the BS dielectric and TSV. BS RDL was patterned on barrier metal and copper seed. BS electroplating was used for the formation of BS RDL, and C4 bumps were built on top of the RDL. The final cross-section of interconnect is shown in Figure 2 after BS photoresist strip and barrier layer and copper seed etch back. Full connection between TSV, BS RDL and FS metals is shown in the Figure 2 inset.
TSI Electrical Characterization
The electrical performance of the TSI was characterized by an Agilent B1500A semiconductor device analyzer. C-V and I-V curves were characterized for TSV capacitance (CTSV) and leakage current after top M2 metallization and before TSV revealing, treating measurement chuck as ground contact. The probability plots of the characterized TSV capacitance and leakage current are shown in Figure 3.
CTSV characterization was performed at 10 kHz, 100 kHz and 1 MHz frequency to observe the CTSV variation in the low- and mid-frequency range. The results are shown in the inset of Figure 3a. The accumulation and depletion capacitance of single TSV is ~300 and 180 fF respectively for a 12 µm TSV with 100 µm depth, and is in sync with the estimated average oxide liner thickness of ~420 nm.
CTSV response with applied voltage at different frequencies matches with theoretical description on the TSV capacitor.[6] The TSV processing yield is observed to be ~90%. Further, TSV leakage currents are characterized for the successful dies. The leakage between four TSVs with connection pad to silicon substrate (measured TSV good dies after C-V characterization) is less than 1 pA for a voltage range 0-100 V as shown in the inset of Figure 3b. The probability plot for the TSV leakage (Figure 3b) shows <1 pA leakage current and higher breakdown voltage >100 V for all TSVs, suggesting satisfactory isolation between the TSV and the silicon substrate.
Figure 3. The probability plots of TSV capacitance (a) and leakage current (b) after FS M2 metallization on the first wafer.
TSV chain and BS RDL were characterized by four-points measurement on the first wafer after BS RDL. Figure 4 shows the results. The FS M1-TSV-BS RDL chain and FS M2-via-M1-TSV-BS RDL chain were characterized, with the results shown in Figure 4a. I-V curves of via chains (R = 1RTSV + 1Rtop metal + 1Rbottom metal + Rcontact) were characterized, and are shown in the inset of Figure 4a. The yield of the FS M1-TSV-BS RDL chain and FS M2-via-M1-TSV-BS RDL chain are observed to be 90% and 85%, respectively, after the BS RDL process that is shown in Figure 4a. More process optimization is being investigated to improve the TSV yield further.
Four-points testing was applied to characterize the resistance of BS RDL (line/space 10/10 µm) and shown in Figure 4b. BS RDL performance shows a good I-V curve, as seen in the inset of Figure 4b. The probability plot (Figure 4b) shows a 100% electrical yield of BS RDL.
Figure 4. The probability plots of TSV chain (a) and backside RDL (b) after back-side RDL metallization on the first wafer.
TSV integrated with FS four metal layers on 300 mm silicon substrate completed FS process development and electrical characterization. The wafers are processing BS metallization. The results will be reported in the future.
In this article, we demonstrated and characterized the TSI (with FS two metals and BS one metal) for heterogeneous integration. The preliminary electrical yield of the FS M1-TSV-BS RDL chain and FS M2-via-M1-TSV-BS RDL chain are 90% and 85%, respectively, on the first wafer. Ongoing processing improvements are in place to take yields to the high 90s.
The TSI platform offered at the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) is targeted for both low-cost and high-performance applications. In addition, IME offers multi-project wafer (MPW) services that allow our industry/research partners to prototype 2.5D ICs by using IME's TSI fabrication and assembly/packaging capabilities.
The authors wish to thank Linda Liew and Lau Guan Kian for the fabrication of the TSI, Tang Leijun for the cross-section of interposer, and the staffs of the IME fab who supported this work.
About the Authors
H.Y. Li, L. Ding, G. Katti, J.R. Cubillo
H.Y. Li, L. Ding, Guruprasad Katti and Joseph Romen Cubillo are scientists at the Institute of Microelectronics.
Surya Bhattacharya
Surya Bhattacharya is director of industry development (TSI) at the Institute of Microelectronics.
G.Q. Lo
G.Q. Lo is deputy executive director of research at the Institute of Microelectronics.


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The biggest question is, what percentage of people who played and loved W3 played wow? The lore dying out (read: arthas dying) isn't a valid reason for loss of subscribers for those who didn't play the original warcraft series. And even more for those who don't even care about the lore.
As has been said many times before, the only thing to take out wow will be blizzard. Diablo 3 will leaks subscriptions in the US, and Starcraft II will take a large chunk out (half a million at least), because of its rediculously huge impact overseas in the asian countries, most noticibly korea.
Blizzard has always said that they will produce content for WoW as long as people are playing it. But after 5 years on a game, people have to get 'burned out' playing, developing, and improving the same classes, raids, etc (Raids are different content, but they still function for the most part under the same mechanics, tank, dps, healer). Which is why i'm not suprised were seeing encounters like Malygos, where you take control of drakes, and don't use your character at all (for the last third ;)
The "Next-Gen MMO" blizzard is making will certainly take a massive portion out of the market.


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It looks like most of the country trusted Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's comedy skills, and gave the terrible trailer for Baby Mama a pass, as the film raked in $18.3 million on 2,543 screens to open at No. 1 at the weekend box office. Not too far behind was Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, which took in $14.6 million on 2,510 screens.
It's a big win for Tina Fey, who proved she not only can create, write, produce, and star in the funniest comedy on TV, but that she can also open a movie at the box office -- even despite lackluster reviews. Turns out it paid to be a chick flick this weekend, as two-thirds of the moviegoers who turned out to watch Fey hire childish surrogate Poehler were women, while two-thirds of those paying to see Harold and Kumar take another trip were men.


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From Les Miz to anti-Semitic Elmo, the year's top 10 most Tattler things—none of them (sadly) NSFW
8. Marilyn Hagerty, the Olive Garden Lady
Admit it. The moment that restaurant review of the Olive Garden in North Dakota went viral, you started wondering how it would have sounded coming from the pen of your Jewish bubbe. One thing about the Olive Garden and their bottomless salad/soup bowl: It is impossible to complain about the portions.
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Some people just have all the luck. Jim Morgan from Manchester, England is the lucky winner of Honda's Mugen Civic Type-R Concept giveaway. This is the concept that got the limited edition Type R Mugen production car underway – of which just 20 were made for a retail price of around $100,000.
So what's the price tag on the Concept? Priceless, especially now that Morgan is the only one in the world with it.
The giveaway was part of Honda's participation in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and Morgan also got the opportunity to meet Honda's BTCC drivers and a tour through Mugen's facilities in Northampton. Morgan was the sole winner picked out of over 24,000 entries.
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Not sure if there is going to be a Red Lobster Tuesday this week or next week. Their facebook page is currently being beaten down with two separate boycotts: one for supporting Michael Vick and one for cutting hours to avoid paying healthcare benefits (a massive cost cutting technique that they are thinly veiling as "because of Obamacare").
Have yourself a look if you want to see their social media manager shit themselves.
Well actually, they seem to have either removed all negative comments or nobody has posted about it in a while. C'mon,...
not so sure I can get on the Michael Vick side of the backlash (explanation for another day)
I am very happy to see that at least some people who aren't completely braindead (omg I love lobstr and krab) are...
Red Lobster may be history!
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Chapter 399 Reviews
Clubbing and strange sex places. Drugs and dreams. Will the drama ever end?
I laughed at Lissa and Bob's mad dancing as music pounded at an ear splitting volume overhead. Foam was falling from the ceiling, and flying in every direction as people kicked and twirled their way through. I was glad that Frank had persuaded me to come; at first I hadn't wanted to come, still hurt and nervous my... beating. The stiffness had mostly gone by now, but it still hurt like a bitch whenever someone touched me wrong. That was why me and Frank were sitting at the bar now, instead of dancing with the other two.
It had struck me as slightly odd at first, that there were so few of us but I didn't mind - it was almost nice to get away from the usual crowd. Frank had told me there had been some serious drama on the Friday that I wasn't there, but wouldn't go any further into it then that. I wasn't even sure I wanted to know.
But Lissa'd had the idea of just the six of us going out, and going completely ape-shit before Phin's parents came back, and she couldn't go out any more. I don't think the other girl was overly fussed, but was coming along for the ride anyway. She and Andy had disappeared (again), and the remaining four of us ended up having a conversation about what they were doing and where. Which then lead to a competition of the weirdest places we'd ever fucked somebody. My list wasn't particularly long - the oddest place I'd ever done anything was in the janitor's closet at my old school, and that wasn't even sex. Bob didn't have any overly exciting stories either, but did promise that he did once fuck someone on the roof of her house. Lissa had some weird ones though - including the front porch, a tree and a cinema. What I couldn't understand though was how the fuck would you manage to have sex in a tree? It was a toss up whether I actually wanted to know or not. She and Frank had continued arguing (his best one being the bottom of an empty hot tub) over who's places were weirder until Bob had announced that he wanted to dance and pulled Lissa away. Me and Frank had stayed leaning against the bar.
I wanted to join the two of them now - the music was infectious and the speed Bob had given us all had kicked in with a vengence. Oh yeah, I was back on the pills. It wasn't too bad though - I mean, this was the first time I'd done anything since Mikey had come and that had been weeks ago. Anyway, Phin had gone and bought us all vodka shots, and Bob had dolled the pills out. We'd all downed them, then swallowed the pills - I couldn't exactly just refuse. I didn't regret it either.
"Come on!" I shouted to Frank over the loud music. He looked at me questioningly. "I wanna dance!" I put on a whiney voice and pouted. He laughed.
"Let's dance then!" And he pulled me forward so we were next to Lissa and Bob on the floor. Foam was drifting down around us like snow, and had built up to be almost knee deep.
I didn't recognise the song, but the raging guitar and fierce drums were enough for me to enjoy myself. The four of us were soon twisting and jumping under the pulsating lights, our dance moves probably more suited to a Michael Jackson song than the headbangers that were playing.
Phin and Andy came back soon enough, both carrying shots between their fingers. Frank cheered and helped himself to two straight away.
"Hey! Dude!" Phin protested, pulling the remaining glass away so he couldn't snatch another.
"It's ok - I don't want one!" I yelled.
"Ok, but you're paying for the rest of them!" The girl shouted (the last bit direct at Frank), before downing the one shot she was holding. The rest of them put their glasses on the table and we resumed our dancing. Foam was think in the air, and our clothes were probably ruined with the amount that had soaked into them. The music was fast and heavy, and brilliant to just lose your shit to. Lights over head pulsed and made the whole place seem alive with their wild flashing whirling. Energy was crammed into every movement and I loved it. It was really different from the last club we went to - when everyone left horny. This time everyone left drunk, and more than a little high.
The club wasn't too far away from home, and me and Frank walked back. I didn't know how much he'd had to drink, but he was incredibly hyper. As we walked through the dark streets he was singing at the top of his voice, really out of tune. I laughed as he jumped onto the top of a wheelie bin and began to play air-guitar, making strange noises that I could only guess was his imitation of a guitar.
I carried on walking, turning to see my completely wasted boyfriend leap off the bin and run towards me, stumbling slightly. "Piggy back!" He yelled, before jumping up and wrapping his limbs round my torso. I tripped forward, but caught my balance and held on to his legs.
"I am not carrying you all the home like this." I told Frank.
"Noooooo - Geeeeee. Pwease, pwease, pwease?" He begged, showering the back of my neck with kisses.
I rolled my eyes and carried on walking, surprisingly managing to carry him nearly all the way. I gave up when we were two blocks away, dropping his legs. Frank landed on his butt on the hard ground. I took one look at him, sitting on the sidewalk, looking througherly shocked and burst out laughing.
"Gerard!" He pouted. I just laughed harder, doubling over. "Hmph!" Frank snorted and climbed to his feet again. He stomped off, apparently very angry. He ruined the effect slightly by going in the wrong direction.
"Uh, Frank?" I called through my giggles.
"What?" He spun round beaming, anger forgotten. That was slightly strange.
"John's is that way." I pointed behind me.
"What are you going on about? Who's John?" He asked blankly. I just blinked. Was speed supposed to make you forget things?
In the end I just sighed. "Come, let's go home!" I caught his hand in my own, and lead him back to Johns. Thankfully, the key was still in Frank's jeans' pocket and I managed to dig it out. It wasn't easy though - he started squirming and laughing whenever I tried my put my hand in, but refused to get it out himself.
Finally we were upstairs and in bed. Or on the bed. We were both in our boxers and Frank was lying on top of me, pressing our mouths together in a fierce battle of tongues. I was panting slightly, and sweating from the heat of the situation as Frank pressed his hips down on mine. He began to grind against me and I instantly felt blood rush south. I moaned, and bucked my hips up, eager for more action. All I could feel was my boyfriend; his hot, tanned body pressed down on on mine, and I was perfectly happy with that.
I slid my hands down the back of his boxers and squeezed the soft mounds of flesh there. Frank groaned above my and I pushed my hands down, bringing the clothes down with them. I pouted when he pulled away from me, but didn't protest when he pulled his pants off all together. My boyfriend grinned, before crashing our mouths into eachother's again. The kiss - well, I say kiss, it felt more like we were trying to swallow one another - was fierce and heated, and I loved every second of it. Frank continued his earlier grinding, and we both gasped and our hard-ons pressed together. The only thing seperating them was my boxers, and my boyfriend seemed happy with this, as he made no move to take them off. I wanted to pull back, and admire him, but the pace was too fast, the whole thing too heated to stop. As a result, we both reached our climaxed quickly, me coming in my boxers, and Frank, all over my stomach.
He lay on top of me for several minutes after, until it reached a point where I thought he'd fallen asleep. I poked him cautiously in the side, only to have Frank's head snap up, and be presented with his grinning face.
"You scared me there!" I laughed, after getting over the shock.
"N'awww poor Gee-bear." He giggled, and began to crawl backwards until he reached the sticky liquid all over my crotch and stomach. There, Frank proceeded to lick it up, his hot tongue leaving wet trails all over my skin. I moaned and tensed under his touch, especially as it moved further down, and he was licking my cock through my boxers. I stifled a groan and shifted, looking down at my incredibly hot, naked boyfriend. He glanced up at me, as though feeling my gaze and opened his mouth. For a moment I thought he was about to blow me, but he simply yawned and crawled back up.
"Damn tease." I muttered.
Frank yawned again, and smiled sleepily at me. "You love it."
I chuckled at that. "Goodnight," I whispered, giving my own yawn. I tugged the sheets down the bed from under my boyfriend, then pulled them back up so they were covering both of us. I laid down, to have Frank immediately put his head on my chest. I chuckled again, and wrapped my arms round him, ready to fall into a deep, exhausted sleep.
>Frank's POV<
"Leave me 'lone." Barely a whisper. The most I can manage.
The hands are hurting me. More and more and worse and worse. They pound me, touch me, scratch me, carress me, hurt me. It kills me.
I want to die... Make the pain go away. They won't stop.
"You're scum."
I'm a freak. I know it. But please... leave me? They won't. Never will.
Pain, agony, torture - all inflicted by the way their hands are moving.
"You're going to like this."
Leave me alone.
Scream. What are they doing? That isn't a hand. It's cold. It's hard. It burns. What is it?
"You like that, queer?"
No. I don't. Why do they think that? Why won't the leave me?
The cold, hard burn moves inside me. Back and forth. Ripping and tearing and stretching and... I'm gonna die.
Laughter. Cruel, evil laughter.
"Rot in hell."
Whimper. Moan. Cry. Scream.
They won't leave me.
I can hear them, calling my name, screaming it.
They're shaking me. Jerking my body back and forth in order to induce more pain.
Leave me alone. Why can't you just stop? Please. Just go.
I scream again, wanting to this torture to end.
It doesn't.
Then I realise I'm not wearing anything.
I won't let this happen again. You're not gonna hurt me again.
"Get off me!" I scream, finding my voice.
The hands draw back, but I know it's a trick. I won't let them do that to me again.
They got away, unpunished last time. So now I have to punish them. Or they'll hurt me again.
I reach out blindly, grabbing the person trying to hurt me. They're only wearing boxers.
NO! They won't hurt me again.
"Stay away from me." I growl. "This is what you did!"
I rip the bowers off the person, ignoring their screams. Like they ignored mine.
I don't know when I got so hard, but it's enough - I thrust into them, feeling hot flesh encase me.
They're still screaming, but I ignore it, pulling out of them, before thrusting back in. They deserve the pain. What they did to me has haunted me all these years, and now they're going to pay.
>Gerard's POV<
Oh God - why was he doing this? Frank, my boyfriend, the guy I loved was... raping me. I screamed as he pulled back, only to slam in again. Everytime he repeated this, it got a little faster, a little more violent. It felt like I was being pummelled on the inside, and everything was on fire. The pain was indescribable; a ripping, tearing, burning mess of blood and hurt. It put the beating I'd endured a few days earlier to shame. The worst part? That it was Frank - the person I'd opened up to and fallen in love with.
I didn't know what had happened. We'd fallen asleep peacefully, only for me to wake up a few hours later and find my boyfriend screaming and thrashing around on the bed next to me, clearly caught in the depths of a nightmare. I'd shaken him to wake him, try and save him from the terror that was etched all over his face. He'd screamed at me, and I'd let go, only to have Frank grab me and force me down on to the bed. I'd hissed as he gripped my bruised arms, but didn't say anything - just waited for him to come to his senses. He was still muttering and whimpering, and I guessed he wasn't fully conscious yet. I'd expected him to calm down and stop, maybe cry for a bit, perhaps even try and punch me like he said he had to Phin once. I'd expected anything but for him to jerk my boxers down and force himself into me.
I stopped screaming after a while, my throat burned raw. I just laid them, whimpering and wainting for the torture to end. It had to sooner or later. Eventually, I felt Frank come inside me, but it wasn't like last time - it stung and burned and made me scream again. He collapsed on top of me, not even pulling out, and just lay there, panting. I was too scared to say anything, to even move. After what could have been hours, or seconds, he rolled off of me and laid on the bed. I glanced at Frank's face. It was taut, covered in tears and looked as nearly as tormented as I felt. I couldn't feel sorry for him though - not after what just happened. That was when the grin broke out over his face. It wasn't the normal cute, cheeky, happy smile that my boyfriend wore - it was evil and twisted. Sick.
He closed his eyes, and within ten minutes, was snoring gently as he slept. Feeling completely disugusted, I crawled out of bed. We'd been in his room, so I crept across the landing, careful not to wake anyone. Every step, every movement, hurt as it disturbed my torn insides and the sickening feel of warm blood ran down the backs of my legs.
Once in the bathroom, I realised how sick I was felling, and ran to the toilet, opening the lid and puking my guts up. Everything inside me gushed up my throat in a sickening, revolting mess, before pouring down the toilet bowl. It stunk, and I didn't feel any better with nothing in my stomach.
It was then that I caught sight of myself in the mirror. Even in the dark, I could see my reflection, but wished that I couldn't. I looked pathetic - standing there completely naked covered in bruises, blood and tears. My no-longer pale face was blotchy and red, my black hair handing limply over my head and slick with sweat. I was shivering slightly, and there was blood down the backs of my legs. I looked digusting. I felt even worse.
With a shaking hand, I turned the shower on and climbed in. I was too exhausted to scrub at my skin like I wanted to, to get rid of the feeling of dirt sticking to my skin. Instead, I just turned the water up until it burnt my skin and collapsed on the floor of the shower. As I sat there, tears began to creep down my face, and soon I was crying in full-throated sobs, just letting out all the feelings of horror and disgust and fear and sadness pour out of me. This was the worst I'd ever felt - despite all of the emotions, I was mind-numbingly empty, and didn't feel alive. I was more zombie than human, as agony tore through me, both physical and pyscological.
Why did this have to happen? Everything was going so well, and I was even considering just staying in California; choosing my boyfriend and life here over my family. Now everything was messed up again, and I didn't know what to do. I let out another cry as I pictured Frank. He'd been a beautiful, amazing boyfriend, up until tonight. Now, all I could see when I thought of him was that sick, evil smile that had crossed his face before he fell asleep. Sobs wracked me again, and I fell deeper into that pit of depair and hopelessness that was clutching me.
I didn't move when the water finally was clear - as opposed to tinged pink with my blood. I didn't move when it began to run cold over my bare shoulders. I didn't move when my sobbing finally calmed down, and tears just leaked over my face. I was ready to never move again. It was the light leaking through the window that told me I had to though. As the bathroom became brighter, I realised that I hadn't locked the door when I came in, and that Frank could come in at any time. I squeaked in fear at that thought. Another waved of sadness washed over me when I realised that I was scared of him. This wasn't fair! Why couldn't things just have stayed as they were? Why did he have to dream like that? Why couldn't he have come to his sense before... attacking me? I stifled a sob.
I got up, and climbed out of the shower, turning the water off. There was a towel out, so I dried myself off quickly, and walked into my room. After locking the door, I pulled some clothes on and collapsed into bed. When I was finally still, my thoughts and pain caught up with me again, and I cried myself into a fitful sleep.
Dreams of torture and agony haunted me. Of betrayal and hate. Of lust and anger. After several hours of this, I finally awoke into a reality that wasn't much better. Every part of me hurt, even worse than after Thursday's attack. Although I was exhausted, I grabbed a hoody, and went outside. Each step hurt, but by the time I'd got to the street, I didn't want to stop. I just wanted to wonder through the early morning light, watching the world wake up. To get lost and never come back. I was incredibly tired, but I didn't want to fall asleep again to another nightmare. And I didn't want to go back to John's either. More to the point - I didn't want to face Frank again.
I'm not really sure who I feel sorrier for at the moment - Frank's just gone and fucked things up properly, eh? But poor Gerard. Scratch that - I deffo feel sorrier for him!
So what did y'all think? Anyone see that coming? If you did, I've obviously failed as an author somewhere along the lines! :/ Meh! I got a review of the last chapter saying 'at least we know they're together now'! That's just gone up in flames hasn't it? Sorry - I'm proud of this, I think I pulled it off rather well! Right, that sounds really big headed! I'mma shut up now...
Just for the record, amphetamine, aka, speed, does give you flashbacks and drugs in general fuck with your head, so this isn't too unfeasible. I know people who have done weirder things whilst drunk or high (thankfully none this violent, or cruel, but there you go). So yeah, don't go hating on me!
Tell me what you think, and remember, if ever in doubt in a Religious Studies exam, just make sure you include 'the baby Jesus' in every answer! It's a fail safe solution!
Anyway, review and rate, and whilst waiting for the next chapter, feast your eyes on this: http://shannonandjaredleto.tumblr.com/post/13992368769
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It's sorta retarded, but, it's sorta cool at the same time. When poised with the question about the lack of an NBA Championship during his time in Sacramento, one time Kings big man Scott Pollard tweeted this:
I should have 2 rings. I wear the one I have in honor of the Kings, since I didn't contribute much to the C's because of injury


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Packing up the final remnants of our stuff, and spending our last night in the condo here in Belltown. I will miss watching the ferries cross Elliott Bay, peering at the Space Needle while we veg on the couch, and living within a block of some of our dearest friends. To all the midnight-yelling crackheads: peace out.
This was a wonderful place to spend our first 2 years in Seattle, and I can't wait for the adventures to come in our new house in Fremont. And the day drinking in the front yard with the white picket fence. And the Golden Retriever named Gravy (will be born next week!11!!eleven!1!). And my very own office. And Brian's very own guitar room. And the enormous kitchen. And being 4 blocks from Revel.
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He probably just wants to bully her!
Thanks, Jose Canseco. I am sure she is very flattered by your inane Twitter ramblings. I only wonder what prompted this outpouring of devotion to Lady Gaga Sunday evening. Granted, she was on SNL over the weekend and maybe he was catching up on his DVR. Lord knows he has the time, although I'm not sure he can afford cable. But what prompted it? Alcohol? Loneliness? Punch drunkenness from too much "celebrity" boxing? Hard to say.
By the way, I missed it, but did anyone else catch Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga on Saturday Night Live? Or is it Saturday Knight Live? Like Jose, I always get the spelling of those two words mixed up. Either way, I heard the show was entertaining. The show really has something for everyone, even if you were born evil. Which everyone was, but you knew that already.
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He probably just wants to bully her!
What douche Jose is.
Make sure you get your shots 1st Jose but not the steroid kind
Since Lady Gaga is imitating Madonna, maybe she will date Jose
he needs to learn how to spell!
Jose Canseco has sold his soul to the devil for Lady Gaga.
Can't believe Jose Canseco broke up with his beautiful girlfriend to pursue Lady Gaga…wtf?
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Commissioning ClubPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
I'm off to Seattle today. I think I have alluded to, but not explained, the wonderful situation I am walking into. It's a situation every composer should be afforded on a regular basis, so I'm going to describe it in the hopes that my description might spur other organizations to imitate it.
I've been commissioned by Seattle Chamber Music Society's Commissioning Club to create a septet to be premiered on their summer festival. Over the last six months or so, the club, led by composer Jeremy Jolley, has been getting together from time to time to discuss my music. On Sunday they will meet me — and I will meet them — for the first time, and we'll talk about the new piece I've written. Then in July I will return for the premiere.
What's not to like about this scenario? Curious music lovers support the creation of a new work and get a glimpse into a composer's creative process. The composer gets paid for his work and gets it performed before a knowledgeable, engaged audience.
There are so many communities that have the resources to create this kind of setup. All it really takes is one person with vision and persuasive skills to bring it off.
So I'm getting ready to board transcontinental. If I find out more about how this club works, I will share when I return.


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Erika Rodriguez Wins Top Prize Playing "Reindeer Bingo" Scratch Game
DES MOINES, Iowa - A Muscatine woman won the top prize of $25,000 playing the lottery's "Reindeer Bingo" instant-scratch game.
Erika Rodriguez claimed her prize Nov. 19 at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids. She purchased her winning ticket at Mac's, 802 Cypress St. in Muscatine.


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The gateway to Satan's Lair…
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When I hear people laughing in the conference room…
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