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Within the Attic
by Eric G. Ekaut
3845 Bellfor was a two-story brick bungalow on the East Side of Detroit and the only house on the block without a green front yard. Slim Love had lived there all his life.
When Slim pressed his forehead against the living room picture window, the cool glass crinkled his brown skin. Bloodshot eyes, swelled by three weeks of restlessness, stared out at a dead tree planted on a strip of dead grass wedged between the sidewalk and street. Slim remembered both the tree and the lawn being alive just over a month ago.
Slim's birth name was Elroy. His father gave him the nickname Slim eighteen years ago when he was born a thin infant one month premature. Today the nickname still fit his lanky frame. So much in fact that most of his senior classmates at Bishop Greggson High School knew him only as Slim.
Memories tore through Slim's mind like a missile through its target. He remembered nights from his childhood, cowering under his Star Wars bed sheets and wondering what was making those strange noises in the attic.
Slim was haunted by other memories as well. One was the death of his mother two days after his twelfth birthday. Another was eerie bone chills brought on by the feeling of being watched while alone in his upstairs bedroom, or riding his bike up and down the street.
None of those memories were as fresh as discovering the lifeless body of his ten year old brother Terry three weeks ago.
Janelle Cain sat on the floor. Her back rested against a black leather sectional that was covered with piles of shirts and sweatshirts, some still on hangers. She was a simple girl with ambitious brown eyes, cinnamon skin, and an elegant short black hairstyle. Her bubbly smile typically lit up a room like a summer sunrise over a mountain landscape.
Not today.
Janelle looked up at Slim. Her stunning face masked with sorrow. Her eyes held back tears. She had been dating Slim for a little over a year, even though she had known him for almost five. She shared his grief, but refused to ignore the hunch that something else was bothering him.
"Are you looking at something specific?" Janelle asked.
"Death. It's all around this house," Slim answered without looking back.
"Death is the end of life on Earth. It's tragic, but natural," Janelle said.
"Depends who takes it."
"What does that mean?" Janelle asked.
Antonio Dawson entered the room with a large cardboard box set between his muscular arms. The word KITCHEN was scribbled on the side facing out. He placed the box on top of three others, completing two stacks of four.
The twenty year old sophomore, attending Eastern Michigan University on a football scholarship, had become apathetic to everything but his education and improving at the sport he had been playing since he was two. Antonio was there only at his uncle's request.
Janelle paid no attention to Antonio. She was unable to take her eyes off Slim, and unable to take her thoughts off what he had said.
"Slim, what does that mean?" Janelle asked again.
Slim finally turned around. He faced Janelle. "God didn't take Terry. An evil presence did."
Antonio rolled his eyes. "Are you for real?"
Slim made brief eye contact with Antonio, then looked away.
"Uncle O asked me to help you pack, not do it myself while you fantasize," Antonio said.
"I'm confused." Janelle said.
"Ever since we were little he thinks there's a ghost in the attic," Antonio said.
Slim had heard that skeptical tone in Antonio's voice before.
"Why do you think that?" Janelle asked.
"Let me show you," Slim said. He turned to Antonio. "We gotta pack things up there anyway."
Antonio stepped aside, motioned for Slim to lead the way.
Slim led Janelle and Antonio up a creaky staircase and into the large bedroom he had shared with Terry.
The attic was located at the front of the house, directly off the large bedroom. For as long as Slim could remember, it was the scariest place in his house. Slim was spooked regularly about what resided behind the closed door, always refused to open it, and was constantly fearful that whatever it was would one day exit the attic and enter the bedroom.
Slim stepped gingerly to the attic door. His hand quivered as he grasped the medieval style wrought iron handle.
Slim eased the door open, peeked in, and led Janelle and Antonio into the attic. It was only the second time Slim had been in there.
Slim moved warily to the corner of the attic. He bent over and picked up a block of light brown wood, slightly bigger than an average board game, with coarse sides about an inch thick. He placed it in the middle of the floor. On its surface, the letters A-Z, numerals 0-9, and the words yes, no, and G-bye were all burnt into the wood calligraphic style.
"You made a Ouija board?" Janelle asked.
"It was here when my parents bought the house. I just found it last month," Slim said.
"I thought you stayed outta here," Antonio said.
Slim made his way to the only window in the attic. It overlooked the front yard, same as the living room picture window. Slim never caught this view before, yet often looked up at the window to try and catch a glimpse of who was watching.
Slim gazed out the window.
"When I was little, I was scared to death of this room. Sure Antonio said the creaks and thuds were an old house settling, but I always knew it was something else. As I got older, I got tired of being scared, so I became curious. Just over a month ago that curiosity got the best of me. That's when I found the Ouija board."
Slim made his way back to the corner and picked up a shot glass, so crusted with dirt that whatever had been printed on it was unreadable. He set it on the middle of the Ouija board, upside down.
"I have no idea why, but I placed my fingers on the shot glass and asked whatever was up here to show itself. The shot glass moved. I got scared, pulled my fingers off, and it kept moving."
"On its own?" Janelle confirmed.
"On its own. It spelled out FUG is awake. The shot glass then slid off the board, across the floor and stopped."
Slim made his way back to the window. He recalled the next day, visiting the Detroit Public Library to search for anything he could find regarding the history of the house, and what FUG meant.
"I found nothing evil," Slim said. "But I did find FUG. They're initials. Father Urban Grimm, a Catholic priest who was the previous owner of this house. He used it mainly for counseling children who came from abusive or neglectful homes, as well as housing and feeding the homeless."
Antonio reached down into the neck of his sweatshirt and took out a white gold charm molded into the face of Jesus Christ. It hung from a white gold chain. He pinched it gently between his index finger and thumb.
"What you drivin at cuz?" Antonio asked with agitation in his voice.
Slim turned to face Antonio. "When Father Grimm lived here, evil spirits couldn't get in. Maybe that pissed'em off, and made this home a target."
"Why would a Catholic priest have a Ouija board?" Janelle asked.
"He wouldn't," Antonio said, raising his voice. "Knowing cuz he brought that thing here himself."
Slim hurled a dirty look at Antonio. "Why would I do that?"
Antonio challenged the dirty look with one of his own. He loved Slim like a brother, yet rebuffed his type. He recalled the time when Slim got food poisoning at a dinner celebrating Antonio's scholarship, in what Antonio suspected was faked to draw attention to Slim. That was just one of many events where Slim had done something simply for attention.
"I think it's time you talk to someone," Antonio said. "You're not well, and Terry's death is only making it worse."
"So because you disagree, I need help?" Slim asked.
"I'm concerned you've finally crossed the line to get attention."
"What are you accusing me of?" Slim asked. He shook his finger at the Ouija board. "Ever since I found that, the tree out front has died, the grass has died, and Terry has died! I need to get rid of the evil I accidentally summoned."
"You need to move on," Antonio said. "Let's pack up and get out! Uncle O said he's already sold this place."
"Yeah, dad sold it to a family with two young children," Slim said. "When they move in, they'll be killed. I have to stop it."
"Why?" Janelle asked.
"Cause I started it."
"See how fucked up he is? He started it, yet it was here before he moved in," Antonio said.
Slim turned to Janelle. From that moment on Slim pretended Antonio wasn't there.
"I'm gonna contact St. Michael the Archangel. A reliable source at my dad's church said pray to him in order to rid places of evil spirits."
Slim sat down on the floor, the Ouija board in front of him. He moved lethargically. His hands hovered above the board palms down. He steadied his fingertips over the shot glass.
"I don't know about this," Janelle said. "Messing with that thing may lead to something worse."
"I'm not gonna force you to stay," Slim said.
Janelle took a long, deep breath. She felt torn between her love and support for Slim, and her growing fear of the attic.
Janelle decided to stay due to her faith in God, and her inherited belief that a woman should stand by her man. She never forgot how her mother stood by her father, despite the many dangers of his job as an undercover DEA agent. She stood by him right up until the time his true identity was discovered by the drug trafficking organization he had infiltrated. The Black Mafia Family executed her father that same day.
Janelle took her Smartphone and began recording video. Just in case something happens, others will see it, she thought.
Slim nodded. "Here we go," he said. He closed his eyes.
Antonio found himself questioning Slim's true motives. For a brief moment, he thought Slim could be responsible for Terry's unexpected death. Having that thought cross his mind bothered him greatly.
Antonio stomped his foot down, reducing the shot glass to tiny shards and white dust. The momentum carried his foot partially through the Ouija board, exposing it hollow.
Slim's eyes snapped open.
"You have two choices," Antonio said surly. He glared down at Slim and clenched his mighty fist. "Help me pack, or I'll knock your ass out and carry you to the hospital psyche ward."
Antonio lifted his foot off the Ouija board. Before he could set in back down on the floor he grimaced, clutched his right thigh, and collapsed to one knee.
Janelle's glare threw daggers at Antonio. She fumed at his actions, not just because he had scared the shit out of her, but because she thought he was mocking Slim.
Then she saw the red blossoming on the front right thigh of Antonio's jeans.
Slim saw it too. Red soaked through the jeans at a rapid rate.
"What happened?" Slim asked.
"My leg…it's gone numb," Antonio muttered. His eyes rolled into the back of his head. He toppled over, unconscious. By now his blood had drenched the entire top portion of the jeans and was dripping onto the floor.
Slim dropped to his knees, yanked Antonio's jeans off and tossed them aside. He recoiled at the blood gushing from three deep gashes on Antonio's front right thigh, like red water from a pressurized pipe that had burst.
Janelle's heart raced. Pain constricted her chest and made it hard to breathe. She sat on the floor the minute the room started spinning. Her hands tingled. She tried to flex it out and dropped her phone, unmindful that it was still recording.
Slim lifted his shirt up over his head, tore the fabric to make it longer, and tied it firmly around Antonio's thigh.
Blood continued to gush, pooling on the floor alongside Antonio.
Slim sprung to his feet. He pulled a belt through the loops of his pants and tightened it around Antonio's thigh.
The gushing slowed to a moderate flow.
"Hold this in place," Slim said.
Janelle did, and then closed her eyes. She found battling her fear induced anxiety attack was slightly easier with her eyes shut.
Slim scanned the room. The cracked and partially caved in Ouija board caught his eye. He picked it up, slammed it against the floor.
One entire side splintered and slid across the floor.
Slim retrieved the strip of wood, slid it between Antonio's bloody skin and the belt, and twisted it clockwise. The belt constricted Antonio's thigh until the bleeding stopped.
"How you feeling?" Slim asked.
"Weak," Antonio said. He could barely keep his eyes open.
"You've lost a lot of blood," Slim said. "We need to get you to a hospital."
"I can't move cuz," Antonio said, slurring the words like a drunk.
Slim turned to Janelle. "Dial 9-1-1," he said.
As Janelle reached for her phone, she noticed Antonio had stopped breathing. His body went limp, and it became painfully obvious why the bleeding had stopped.
Harsh reality seeped in while tears trickled out of Slim's eyes. He shook Antonio, called out his name, and even attempted CPR all while praying that he would regain consciousness.
It was too late. Antonio was dead.
Slim's guilt weighed more than he could bear. He laid his head on Antonio's chest and wept. On the outside he cried out repeatedly how sorry he was, not only to Antonio, but to Terry as well. On the inside he prayed to be killed next.
Janelle on the other hand was way too horrified to cry. Her face masked with the unspeakable fear that another unseen attack could come any second. Instead of a life already lived, the potential of her future flashed before her eyes. She saw glimpses of a college campus, herself in a cap and gown, and herself teaching a class full of middle school students.
Janelle reached for her phone again. This time she realized it had been recording the entire time. She alerted Slim and got the phone ready to watch what had been captured.
Slim wiped the tears from his face and gathered himself with a slow deep breath. He peered over Janelle's shoulder to get a better look at her phone.
She played the video.
They watched with great trepidation as a ghostly shadow, eerily shaped like a human arm, swiped at Antonio's front right thigh. Suddenly Slim noticed something else.
"Go back, right after it cuts him," Slim said.
Janelle rewound the video and played it seconds before the violent attack.
"Pause that!" Slim yelled.
She did, right as the shadow completed its swipe across the thigh.
"Holy Mary mother of God," Slim said softly.
They stared at the phone screen. The moment seemed surreal, and so did the image they were staring at. But it was real, very real. The shadow was indeed an arm, attached to the apparition of a man. Although facial features and even skin tone were invisible, a white clerical collar could be seen around the neck area.
"We're in grave danger! We need to go now, and figure out how to stop it later," Janelle said sniffling the whole time. She held her phone up. "We have proof of paranormal activity right here."
Slim nodded in agreement.
They bolted towards the opened door.
The door slammed itself shut.
They flinched, both nearly jumping out of their shoes.
Slim yanked on the door handle repeatedly. Janelle stepped in and helped. Despite their combined efforts, and the fact that the door failed to possess a lock of any kind, it refused to open. It was as if the door had become a part of the wall, and they were now trapped behind it.
Janelle juggled her phone back and forth, right hand to left, left hand to right. "Something's up with this phone," she said. She tossed it high into the air and blew on her hands to cool them off.
Slim caught the phone before it hit the ground, but was unable to hold it. He pulled his hand back and tried to shake away the burn.
The Smartphone hit the floor and caught fire.
Slim and Janelle watched in utter disbelief.
Seconds later the fire extinguished itself, leaving a tiny puddle of black, bubbling goo.
Neither Slim nor Janelle could grasp the reality of the situation. No way had that just happened, they thought.
Then something occurred to Slim.
He examined the blood stain on the front right thigh of Antonio's jeans. The denim was intact.
Slim turned his attention to Antonio's leg. He examined the fatal wound on his front right thigh. Three gashes deep enough to sever the femoral artery. The length of each gash, and the space between them, was identical. Too perfect for humanity.
How could something penetrate the denim to get to the skin, cut the skin, yet not cut the denim? Slim pondered silently.
Meanwhile, Janelle noticed a stuffed Manila envelope sticking out slightly from the absent side of the Ouija board.
Neither of them however, noticed the steam that had begun oozing off the four surrounding walls.
Janelle pointed out the Manila envelope. Slim tugged it out of the wood's hollow core.
Slim unclasped the envelope and pulled out a stack of loose papers.
What the papers revealed was the most unsettling thing Slim and Janelle had ever read. Police reports mostly, documenting a year long investigation involving the rape and murder of thirteen young boys, with physical evidence unmistakably pointing to the priest who counseled them, Father Urban Grimm.
Even more unsettling were the gruesome crime scene photos stacked underneath the reports. The last photo at the bottom of the pile was how Detroit police detectives found Fr. Grimm the night they came to arrest him, hanging from a noose in the middle of the attic.
Once the initial jolt of realization wore off, they noticed the steam.
Slim used every ounce of energy to break the attic window. He kicked it, slammed his shoulder into it, and swung what was left of the Ouija board at it like he was Prince Fielder. The results were as if he was striking a brick wall.
Am I that fucking weak? Slim questioned. Or is he that fucking strong?
Slim found he was struggling to catch his breath. He wiped an extreme amount of sweat from his forehead, and then observed Janelle sweating just as excessively. It became clear to Slim that the sweat was a result of something other than him trying to break the window.
Slim thought back to ghost stories he had heard as a kid, where temperatures dropped so drastically people could see their own breath. He had never heard of temps rising. Slim kicked around the notion that harmless ghosts dropped the temperatures, while deadly ones spiked it.
Sweat saturated Slim's shirt, both front and back.
Janelle's hair looked as if she had just stepped out of the shower.
The heat in the attic continued to intensify. The walls glowed red. Intimidating black smoke had overtaken and replaced the innocent steam.
An apparition appeared suddenly within the thickening smoke. It morphed into human form with a thin face, thick ashen beard and wiry gray hair. He stood perfectly still, wore black pants, a black clergy shirt with a clerical collar. The man was Father Urban Grimm. His eyes were devoid of life. He stared at Slim.
An unanticipated chill zapped Slim's bones, reminding him of that eerie childhood feeling. Now he knew who had been watching.
Janelle cried hysterically. She had never been so scared. Her paralyzing fear rendered her unable to hold a thought.
Slim felt as if his pounding heart was going to burst through his chest. One thought crossed his mind and he reacted immediately.
"Almighty God, please allow the innocent, young victims of this evil monster to come forward and extract revenge!" Slim yelled out.
For a minute there was nothing. Then apparitions stepped through the smoke, one by one, and materialized into thirteen young boys still labeled with bruises and open cuts. Their ages ranged between eight and twelve. They formed a circle around Father Grimm, each holding novelty baseball bats given to them as souvenirs from Detroit Tiger baseball games, by Grimm himself. The bats were often used to sodomize the boys soon after, by Grimm himself.
In a sudden and furious attack, the boys used the bats to beat Grimm repeatedly.
Grimm fell to the ground and curled into a ball. His defenseless body spewed blood with every vicious blow. The boys were merciless. They jabbed the end of their bats into his balls when not crushing his skull, or breaking bones in his arms, legs, and chest.
Slim and Janelle turned away from the brutal, yet justified violence. They took notice of the attic door opening.
By now, smoke had just about filled the entire attic.
"Go!" Slim ordered.
"What about you?"
"I'll be right behind you," Slim said. He shoved Janelle towards the door. "Go now!"
Janelle was hesitant, but exited the attic and then the house anyway.
Slim scurried around the attic, gathering the loose papers and photos found hidden in the Ouija board. He stuffed them back into the Manila envelope and started out, then stopped abruptly.
Slim tossed Antonio's jeans over his left shoulder, and then took Antonio's lifeless body and put him over his right shoulder. As he made his way towards the door, he made eye contact with one of the young boys.
"Send him where he belongs," Slim said.
The young boy winked at him.
Slim stepped through the doorway.
The attic instantly became an inferno.
Janelle waited on the front lawn, watched flames smash out the attic window and swallow the second story whole. She held her breath, then let it all out when she saw Slim stumble out the front door.
By the time the Detroit fire department arrived, the entire house was engulfed in flames that formed an orange, spiritual glow against the black sky.
By the time the fire department left, the entire house was nothing but a charred shell, with no glass in any of the windows, and large burn holes in the roof.
The next night, Slim lied awake in a spare bedroom leant to him by Janelle's mother.
He had a satisfying smile on his face. Earlier that day, he had disclosed the evidence and church cover-up to the media and forced members of the Catholic Church to assemble volunteers to have the remains of the condemned bungalow torn down.
Slim still had plenty of mourning to do, but at least now he could do it without remorse.
Finally he could close his eyes and fall asleep.
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Makers of Sweet Sweat Sponsor Brian ?the Predator? Rogers as He Looks to Bounce back from a KO during the Bellator Season 6 Semi-Finals
Dayton, OH (PRWEB) October 28, 2012
California-based Sports Research Corporation, the makers of Sweet Sweat thermogenic workout enhancer, handpicks Brian ?the Predator? Rogers as an MMA middleweight fighter worthy of full sponsorship. Taking a close look at his track record proves that he is an MMA fighter to watch out for in the years to come. At the age of 28, the MMA middleweight fighter from Independence, Ohio has had a total of 13 fights, 9 of which he won and 8 by KO. The Bellator 78 Fighting Championship on the 26th of October, 2012, 8P/7C against main card Dominique Steele, a fellow Ohioan, gives him an opportunity to bounce back from losing to Andreas Spang via knockout in the Bellator season 6 semi-finals. He has said that after losing by knockout to Spang, he has only grown smarter and even more dangerous as a contender.
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He spoke about using Sweet Sweat to help cut weight before the Bellator 61 fight and had remarked that the thermogenic product also opened up the pores and warmed the core for a faster burn. He was indeed in top fighting form for his match up with Vianna. His aggressive style and background in Karate and wrestling, coupled with a talent for playing to the crowd makes any match (whether he wins or loses) worth watching. In fact, his on-the-edge-of-the-seat fight with Vianna is still the most downloaded fight on youtube.
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Kindle Ritual: Brian Johnson Launches Kindle Publishing & Promotion Software Solution
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 02, 2012
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Agnes Martin: "I paint with my back to the world."
Empty mind.... yes. No ideas... what would that be like?
For the last few weeks I've been considering the possibility of giving up reading all books for a year. Yup, no books. None. A year. I am dreaming of what might be changed for me in doing something so drastic. I wrote my first piece of fiction when I was 9 years old, in response to the books I was reading then, by a guy named Edward Eager. My grandfather actually "published" the story, by running it off on a mimeograph machine at his office and distributing it to... I don't know who. This is when I first figured out that maybe I could be a writer, like Edward Eager. Since then, as you everyone who knows me knows all too well: reading and writing and reading and writing. Half a century later... a good time to try something else maybe?
I would take all the books here in my office -- and there are a LOT of them! -- box them up, and store them in the basement. (Have to clean the basement first...) Then, all that extra space and all that extra time I'd have. And if I wanted to read a book, well I guess I'd just have to write it myself...


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Love all types of music with some noteable exceptions (Hardcore, Gabba, Enya). Most genres have their good and bad but each to their own. I hate pidgeon holing music. So if I like it I like it, if I don't I don't! I don't care what it's called.
Dislike closed, narrow, predjudiced or empty minds. War, violence, cheats, liars, bullies, people who have no generosity of spirit, cricket, hunting as a sport (give the animals guns that would be sporting) and Ryan Seacrest, oh and the dude that does Animals do the Funniest Things program.
Like everything else.
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My Ramblings on Religion, Reincarnation and Stuff :
First off I'll be the first to admit I don't know everything, in fact in the grand scheme of things what I know would probably fit comfortably inside the nucleus of an atom. That said I shall begin.
Religion will be my first port of call. In my opinion the majority of organised religions are nothing but shams. Most Christian religions, and yes I'm afraid I include yours in this, are by their very nature in opposition to many of Christ's teachings. They have in large become businesses. I seem to remember Christ throwing the money lenders out of the temples, but it seems they merely returned after his death.
Where does all the money they raise go? Has anyone seen their accounts? Yes a percentage of the money goes toward doing good work but with that work goes the attempt to convert the 'heathens'. The rest of the money goes towards the upkeep of churches, paying for the needs of priests, pastors, vicars, bishops, administration etc., etc.. But what's left is invested to partly line pockets. There are notable exceptions who truly believe what they preach and for those I have utmost respect, for example the Amish people, theirs is a truly formidable faith structure. Of course there are others but none I admire. My problem with Christianity is this. Why are there so many versions of the bible? Answer : because man has warped it to suit his own purpose. Pieces taken out, misinterpreted, altered, diluted and added. There are texts locked away in vaults in the Vatican which no one is allowed to see. Surely it's everyone's right to see these.
I must sound like an anti-christian which is not the case. I do believe Christ walked this earth, and if he returned now he would cry at what has passed, I also believe that what we know as the world is in actual fact hell and that when we die we will return again and again until we figure out whatever it is that will release us from this damnation known as life. What it is I do not know but I won't stop trying and Christ's teachings are part of it along with Buddha's, Allah's and the striking similarities of Quetzalcoatl's and King Tut's as well as others. There is a school of thought that these were one in the same person and it is a possibility. There's not much I would discount off-hand.
If I followed any religion the one I would choose would be that of the Cathars. A 12th century religious sect which believed in the new testament but not the old, as the new testament was the word of the apostles who lived with and learned from Jesus. To me this makes sense since the old and new testaments are like chalk and cheese. For example in the old testament a holy man is walking past a town when some children run up and start throwing stones at him, he calls on God to punish them and a bear appears from the undergrowth and tears the children to pieces. What the hell is that about. Would a just and caring God do that? I think not. Don't get me started on Genesis. God created the world and everything in it in six days then took the seventh off for a bit of a nap! I once dated a baptist and got into a discussion with one of her fellows on that very subject and he told me that he agreed with my opinions but could not admit it openly in case he was thrown out. As for the Cathars they were wiped out as heretics with entire towns full of people, men, women and children burned in the north of France by the churches inquisitors.
I do believe in a spirit world of some description though what it is I'm at a loss to say. This is due to an experience I had which if it had happened only to me I would have written off to delusion or some other psychotic episode but thankfully I was not alone. My flatmate and myself were sitting in the living room one night discussing topics not dis-similar to what I'm typing now when a presence came through the exterior wall. There was nothing visual, no ghostly ether, no angel with wings it was just a feeling of energy. I felt it cross the room and into my body, it was like electricity came in through my feet and slowly filled my body and exited through the top of my head. It wasn't electricity but I don't know how else to describe it, I was filled with what seemed like a white energy full of peace and love nothing malicious or abhorrent it just felt right and when it left I burst into tears of joy and at exactly the same time my flatmate did the same. Once I had regained some form of composure I asked her for her account of what had happened without once saying what I had felt or experienced and what she said was exactly as I have just described. To this day I have no idea what it was, a ghost, a spirit, an angel, a random ball of energy? I'm left with the memory of an experience and no answers, maybe none are needed.
This leads me on to physics which may seem strange when talking of religion and such like but it ties in with the ideas I have buzzing round my brain. One of the laws of physics states that energy never stops but merely changes into other forms of energy. Take a ball being dropped off a cliff for example, it starts of as potential energy, when it's released the potential energy becomes kinetic energy, when it hits the bottom the kinetic energy becomes heat and sound which themselves are absorbed and changed and so on and so forth. This is a somewhat simplified version of events but my point is that we and everything around us is made up of energy, the entire universe is energy in one form or another. So if energy never ends then we never truly stop existing we simply change to another form.
In essence reincarnation. Whether we remember our previous incarnation or are even aware of being reincarnated on a conscious level I would doubt though on a subconscious level there may well be an imprint or memory and in the next incarnation something may well trigger that memory although we may not be aware why the trigger affects us the way it does.
Well that's me. No answers only more questions. Like I've said for a long time now I'll find out if I'm right or wrong when I die. Hopefully not for a while yet but who knows what fate holds in store. So to summarise, there are those who get it, those who almost get it, those who aren't looking and those who will maybe never get it. Confused? I am but not as confused as some and not as arrogant as those who try to tell us the way of things without looking at the big picture. There are other things like the collective consciousness but I could go on for ever and attention spans begin to wane so I'll bore you no more. Maybe you've thought these things yourself, maybe I've pushed you towards a new way of looking at life or maybe I've just spouted a load of bollocks but if even one thing piques your interest then I've done all I wanted to do which was to open an already open mind a little farther.
Listening to music (obviously), reading, watching movies, computer games, animals, walking and watching football (that's soccer for any yanks reading).
Heroes, Friends (always funny no matter how often you see it), My Name is Earl, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Bionic Woman (why did they cancel, Michelle Ryan was awesome) the list could go on.
Lord of the Rings, Blade, Sin City, Anything by Tarantino, Spagetthi Westerns, Dirty Harry, Bullit, Bond, 30 Days of Night, 300, Blade Runner, Star Wars (yes all of them), there's too many to choose! Currently awed by the writing and acting in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Anything by Anne Rice, Poppy Z Brite, Raymond E. Feist, William Gibson, Tom Clancy, anything that I can get past the first 30 pages of. Just got back into Lovecraft and sad to say I'd forgotten how good he was, going to have to go back to Edgar Allan now too.


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ULTRANARROW LUMINESCENCE LINES FROM SINGLE QUANTUM DOTS. In general, the miniaturization of electronic devices not only saves space. If carried far enough it can also bring into play useful quantum phenomena (which lead to greater efficiency and control in the switching of currents). In a quantum well, for example, electrons are confined between two thin semiconductor layers in a two-dimensional zone. The electrons trapped there do not possess a continuum of energies but only a set of discrete energies. If one plotted the density of allowed electron states versus electron energy, the graph would be not a smooth curve but a series of steps. Nanofabrication techniques can be used to restrict further the electron's freedom; in a quantum wire electrons are restricted to one dimension and the density-of-states-vs-energy plot becomes more spiky than for the quantum well. Finally, when electrons are confined in all three dimensions, in a structure called a quantum dot, the allowable energies are completely quantized: that is, the spectrum of electron states corresponds to a set of specific energies. Nanometer-size dots can be produced and have been studied for several years. It has been difficult, however, to measure the discrete nature of electron energies in dots because often they are studied in ensembles whose properties, averaged over many dissimilar dots, are not precisely the same as for any one dot. Now a Berlin-Halle-St. Petersburg collaboration has observed luminescence (excited by a Ne-He laser) from single dots. The light from a 12-nm InAs dot appears, as expected, as ultranarrow lines, monoenergetic to less than 0.15 milli-electron-volts. The researchers claim that this represents the first direct evidence of the discrete nature of electron states in single nm-scale quantum dots. (M. Grundmannn et al., Physical Review Letters, 15 May.)
A CURRENT DENSITY OF A MILLION AMPS PER SQ CM has been achieved in a YBaCuO superconductor at a temperature of 77 K. Representing a team of Los Alamos scientists, Stephen Folytyn reported at last month's Materials Research Society meeting that their material even remains superconducting while carrying currents of 500,000 A/cm**2 in a magnetic field of 8 Tesla. The Los Alamos sample consisted of thin layers of YBCO deposited on a flexible metal tape. For applications in magnet windings, superconductors must not only carry high currents in the presence of strong fields, but must also be ductile enough to be worked into flexible wires. Scientists at Los Alamos and other labs are striving to find the right process (the fewer production steps the better) that will result in spools of wire kilometers long. (Science News, 29 Apr.; Science, 5 May; Nature, 11 May.)
PAPERS SUBMITTED TO PHYSICAL REVIEW BY FOREIGN AUTHORS now exceed those from U.S. authors by a ratio of two to one. A task force of The American Physical Society, studying the growth of its journals, finds that the increase of submissions (currently about 8% annually) to Physical Review and Physical Review Letters in recent years has been mostly from foreign authors. This reflects what the task force chairman Eugen Merzbacher of the University of North Carolina calls "the globalization of physics research." Correspondingly, the number of manuscripts published has gone up. But since production and distribution charges generally go up along with the number of pages published, the APS feels that future growth will have to be held in check, such as by lowering the article acceptance rates. (APS News, May 1995.)


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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. In just one of these books, I'd like to hear Jack Reacher ask himself, "How do I keep getting in these situations?" Any book that takes place in New York gets extra points, and this one had a definite sense of place. Jack Reacher witnessed a late night incident on the subway, and the story progressed from there. Cops, foreign operatives, good guys, bad guys, violence... just an ordinary few days in Reacher's life. Amazon.com Review
Book Description New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn�t. In the next few tense seconds Reacher will make a choice--and trigger an electrifying chain of events in this gritty, gripping masterwork of suspense by #1 New York Times bestseller Lee Child. Susan Mark was the fifth passenger. She had a lonely heart, an estranged son, and a big secret. Reacher, working with a woman cop and a host of shadowy feds, wants to know just how big a hole Susan Mark was in, how many lives had already been twisted before hers, and what danger is looming around him now. Because a race has begun through the streets of Manhattan in a maze crowded with violent, skilled soldiers on all sides of a shadow war. Susan MarkÂs plain little life was critical to dozens of others in Washington, California, Afghanistan . . . from a former Delta Force operator now running for the U.S. Senate, to a beautiful young woman with a fantastic story to tellÂand to a host of others who have just one thing in common: TheyÂre all lying to Reacher. A little. A lot. Or maybe just enough to get him killed. In a novel that slams through one hairpin surprise after another, Lee Child unleashes a thriller that spans three decades and gnaws at the heart of America . . . and for Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, itÂs a mystery with only one answerÂthe kind that comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye. Amazon Exclusive Essay: Lee Child on Gone Tomorrow My career as a writer has been longer than some and shorter than others, but it happens to span the internet era more or less exactly. My first book, A year or so later I actually got e-mail, and a year or so after that I got a web site, and a couple of years after that I got broadband, and over the following few years I got into the habit of starting the day internet surfing, reading the news and the gossip. But it is not until now that I can say that one of my books--the thirteenth Reacher thriller, Gone Tomorrow--is truly and exclusively a product of the internet age. I started the surfing years in a sensible, structured manner, but I eventually learned that the best stuff comes randomly. I started to follow links on a whim, bouncing from place to place, Googling other peopleÂs references, following the maze, looking for rabbit holes. I found an anonymous police blog from Britain. It was apparently hosted by a London copper, and because it was secure and anonymous it was uninhibited. The people who posted there said all kinds of things. There were complaints and there was bitching, of course, but also there was a frank and unexpurgated view of police work from behind the lines. I got there in the summer of 2005, just after the suicide bombings on LondonÂs transportation system, and just after a completely innocent Brazilian student had been shot to death by London police, who were under the mistaken impression that the guy had been involved. Now, as a thriller writer, IÂm familiar with the idea that cops can be bent or reckless. But IÂm equally aware thatÂs mostly literary license. I know lots of cops, and theyÂre great people doing a very tough job. Years ago I met a friendÂs eight-year-old daughter--a sweet little girl with no front teeth--and she grew up to be a cop. She won a bravery medal for a difficult solo arrest during which she was stabbed and had her thumb broken. SheÂs tough, but sheÂs not bent or reckless. So are the other cops I know. So I was curious: what happened with the Brazilian kid? How was the mistake made? So I eavesdropped while the coppers on the anonymous site were asking the same question. And I learned something interesting. Their first consensus explanation was: because of Âthe list. The Brazilian boy was showing Âall twelve signs. I thought, what list? What signs? So I clicked and scrolled and Googled, and it turned out that years earlier Israeli counterintelligence had developed a failsafe checklist of physical and behavioral signifiers, that when all present and correct mean you are looking at a suicide bomber. The list had entered training manuals, and after 9/11 those manuals were studied like crazy all over the world. And the response was mandatory: you see a guy showing the signs, you put him down, right now, before he can blow himself up. And by sheer unlucky coincidence, the Brazilian kid had been showing the signs. A winter coat in July, a recent shave, and so on. (Read Gone Tomorrow if you want to know all twelve, and why.) All writing is what if? So I tried to imagine that moment of... disbelief, I guess. You see a guy showing the signs, and probably every fiber of your being is saying, ÂThis canÂt be. But youÂre required to act. So for the opening scene of Gone Tomorrow, I had Reacher sitting on a subway train in New York City, staring at a woman who is showing the signs. Reacher is ex-military law enforcement, and he knows the list forward and backward. Half of his brain is saying, ÂThis canÂt be, and the other half is programmed to act. What does he do? What if heÂs wrong? What will happen? ThatÂs where the story starts. It ends hundreds of pages later, in a place you both do and donÂt expect. --_Lee Child_ (Photo © Sigrid Estrada) From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. All good thriller writers know how to build suspense and keep the pages turning, but only better ones deliver tight plots as well, and only the best allow the reader to match wits with both the hero and the author. Bestseller Child does all of that in spades in his 13th Jack Reacher adventure (after Nothing to Lose). Early one morning on a nearly empty Manhattan subway car, the former army MP notices a woman passenger he suspects is a suicide bomber. The deadly result of his confronting her puts him on a trail leading back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and forward to the war on terrorism. Reacher finds a bit of help among the authorities demanding answers from him, like the NYPD and the FBI, as well as threats and intimidation. And then there are the real bad guys that the old pro must track down and eliminate. Child sets things up subtly and ingeniously, then lets Reacher use both strength and guile to find his way to the exciting climax. (May) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Another Jack Reacher book! I've randomly listened to these mixed through the series and I've enjoyed listening to each and every one of them. Reacher is the guy who says and does the things many of us think should be said and done and he does it well and without remorse. This one is no exception. Jack is riding a train when he notices a woman who ticks off all the signs of a suicide bomber, only to have her just commit suicide. Jack decides to find out why. In so doing he steps into something much larger and more dangerous than anyone was expecting. Being warned off by Federal agents who wouldn't even bother to identify themselves only made him dig in his heals. Once again Reacher is going to come out on top, because that is what he does. He wins, the bad guys lose and everyone is happier for it. Not even Al Qaeda terrorists make him flinch. This one's hard to review because any little detail I reveal might turn out to spoil a surprise for someone. I will say this was an exciting, satisfying read. Much more like his earlier Reacher books that got us hooked. Once you get past a certain point in the book, there's no good stopping point. You just have to keep reading right on through. Don't expect perfect plausibility. It's a thriller, so let yourself go and enjoy! There are even a few good laughs along the way. The thing about the rubber gardening clogs had me cackling. Jack Reacher witnesses a late-night tragedy involving a woman on a New York subway. He is approached by various people who know he was a witness. They ask him questions that make no sense to him, and he decides to figure out why the woman did what she did on the subway. Stubborn and arrogant as ever, Reacher refuses to back off regardless of the danger level. It's an elaborate cat and mouse game through the streets and subways of New York City. Who's the cat and who's the mouse remains to be decided as the story progresses. There's only one small thing left unrevealed at the end that I really wanted to know. We can only hope it will be revealed in a future installment.
The precise maneuvers... illustrate why Mr. Child is so good at what he does. But what is he doing? "Gone Tomorrow" has such a case of villain inflation that it involves itself in global geopolitics on the highest order. One step higher into the upper reaches of evildoing and Mr. Child could find himself on the moon.
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One thing about teen heartthrob Justin Bieber's wardrobe is that he keeps his threads monochrome. Sometimes he wears a hint of color, but his choice of clothes always boils down to dark, basic hues. It's through his sneakers that you see more flavor.
Here's an ode to the 16-year-old's sneaker collection. As a sneaker freak myself, they're the first things I notice whenever I check out pictures of him.
And yes, I'd love to raid his shoe closet.
March 23 on his way to the David Letterman Show
Same day, later time, different kicks
March 22 at the BET headquarters in New York
Ok, now you're just showing 'em off!
March 8 at the Q102 radio station in Pennsylvania
Geek chic in LA, February 13th
Black to basics at the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam on February 4
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Hostess: Leanne Saylor Bedrooms: 5 Address: 319 Poplar Street, Newport, Kentucky 41073 USA Click here for location. Telephone:
(859) 431-6829, Fax: (859) 431-4332 Activities/Attractions: Enjoy the small town atmosphere only a historic district can provide, with all of the conveniences of downtown Cincinnati only a short walk across the Ohio river. Walk to the Newport Aquarium and Newport on the Levee. Experience a game at one of the nearby Cincinnati stadiums, or spend a day at scenic Mount Adams. Click here for a detailed list of things to see and do. "I visited these two beautifully restored homes that surround an awesome garden. The gardens contain a fish pond and a variety of flowers that offer peace and tranquility. Great food, wonderful hosts, excellent comfy beds. I would definitely return again." "We found this bed and breakfast for a weekend get away and loved it from the moment we stepped in the door. The atmosphere is very relaxing and the innkeepers took good care of us. We would highly recommend it." "Weller Haus exceeded our expectations. We choose Weller Haus because of it's convenient location while visiting family, but we will definitely be returning. This is the perfect place to escape!" "What a lovely, private retreat. I've stayed at many B&B's and this one is definitely top on the list. It's quiet and romantic, yet perfect for if you're traveling on business. I stayed here for a special weekend with my husband, and then remained for a few extra days while attending to business in Cincinnati! I will be back." "In the infinite space of website after website, Weller Haus stood out as the place with potential perfection! Upon arrival, your B &B was even better than I imagined. Every detail was tended to with care and affection, and made our stay very special." "It can be hard to tell from the internet if you are making the right choice in lodging. We were visiting family in the area and wanting a romantic room to get away from it all, we found just what we were looking for! We highly recommend the in-room breakfast!!" "We had played with the idea of a downtown hotel; we are so happy we spent our wedding night here. It was perfect. There is a lot of heart in your hospitality." "For fine food, comfort, quiet, and all around pleasure, this is the place to stay." "Another wonderful night in another room. We'll have to come back to try the other three!" "Why would anyone stay at a cold hotel when such comfort and character are within reach? Thank you, Thank you!" |
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Northern Kentucky visit. Click here to view the rooms. Lose yourself in the beauty of a secluded English garden forever changing in color and form as each perennial blooms! Throughout the year there is always something to admire in the Weller Haus gardens, and they make a special location for small weddings. The water garden and roses will entice you to relax and enjoy your stay. The patio is a great place to enjoy a drink or appetizers before dinner, start a fire in the chimney on a chilly evening, or sit with a good book. The Great room provides a fine welcoming space to each guest, displaying the variety of antiques and eclectic style unique to the Weller Haus and is available for business meetings and social events, comfortably accommodating groups of up to twelve. Click here for business amenities. Payment Accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Diner's Club International accepted; personal checks, traveler's checks or cash preferred. Rates: (Prices quoted in US Dollars) $99-180/night/double A full, gourmet breakfast is served by candle light in the Great room. Click here for packages and specials. Voted by bed and breakfast guests in Arrington's Bed & Breakfast Journal's Book of Lists as one of the:
"My boyfriend and I stayed here for our anniversary, and it was absolutely lovely! It was a cozy, quiet, well-kept up B&B, and I definitely recommend it to anyone! You get more than what you pay for, in my opinion, and we shared a night there that we'll never forget." "We both admire the detail of our room, the house and even the way breakfast was set up and served. And we really do appreciate the peaceful and romantic ambiance." "The ambiance is wonderful and the garden is very relaxing. And how could I forget about breakfast? It was so nice to have something different than traditional bacon and eggs." "We had a wonderful time enjoying your gardens, our private porch and most of all this marvelous room. The breakfast was fitting with our room decor and we enjoyed dining in the room. You obviously have put much time and thought into this and it shows!" "This lovely B&B was wonderful! Close to everything, beautifully landscaped, very clean, great breakfast ... we loved it and will definitely stay there again." |


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Where is your place in my stats above, do you belong to psychopatic part or normal, only you can determine it.
Yaser! Haven't you got that beer yet? Stop rambling and fetch or we will have you back in the camel stables shovelling camel dung for your Arab masters and you know that was not fun the first time, they do take a shine to young lads from the islands…the Arabs that is not the camels..
Stevo, cut n paste from WND no less..really? Yawn..
Oigal !! Having read some of your posts, i have come to the saddest conclusion : YOU NEED A PROFESSIONAL HELP, YOUR MENTAL ILLNESS IS NO LONGER CAN BE TREATED BY SELF MEDICATION.
Your psychopathic personality is very dangerous to people around you. Dont try to posess any sort of gun, OK.
Ah, some internet tips for you…1. Never use ALL CAPITALS in place of logic or worse in the absence of snappy come back, it just makes you look even sillier. 2. Never get involved in a battle of wits where you appear as the unarmed man. 3. If you absolutely must use capitals then get someone smarter to check the grammar and structure.
Now as fetching the beers seems beyond you it's back to the Camel Stables for you and if you toss enough dung you may even find your Indonesian name Toby (that's probably way to obscure for you but hey..)
Anders Behring Breivik died in prison of a mixure of speed, cocaine & caffiene that I use to use secondary while I worked for the healthcare system in 1999. He was creamated. He is now in Illinois as Anthony Villareal….I love him & still want to marry him…Previously Andrew Berwick was Russel Riedel who lived next door to me on Belden in Elmhurst…I was 8 & he was 6 years old when we first kissed. I was married to Anders Behring Breivik 09/20/2011 by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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Stoneridge is easily accessible from I-270 and Sawmill Road. There is ample, free parking available in front of each location around the entire building.
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UW-Platteville - Media Equipment Purchasing Policy - Television Services
All campus units and departments will participate.
All campus media equipment and media software purchases, that are to be supported by Television Services, must be approved by the Director of TV Services (or the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Services).
Purchases falling under this designation include, but are not limited to: cameras, camcorders, projectors (of any type), VCRs, DVD/CD players, sound system components, radio or TV broadcasting equipment, media editing software, and any electronic equipment installed in a high-tech classroom or Distance Education facility.
Departments and units should seek Television Services input prior to the preparation of a Purchase Requisition (PR) in order to insure:
The best price available
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Liz Anderson, 24, recently signed on as youth librarian with the Oskaloosa Public Library.
Anderson majored in English at Kenyon College, a small liberal arts college in Ohio.
She would later earn her Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. There she specialized in childrens and youth services.
"I'd always been a really avid reader when I was a kid," said Anderson, noting that she bonded with a lot of her childhood friends over books.
During her senior year at Kenyon College, Anderson said she read a few blogs and had a conversation with a friend, which made her realize she'd like to pursue a career as a youth librarian. Anderson noted that she'd always loved books written for children and teens. After graduation from Kenyon College, Anderson said she began volunteering in the children's section of the library in Northfield, Minn., where her parents live.
Although it was still her first day on the job on Monday, Anderson said she'd really enjoyed getting to know the Oskaloosa Public Library staff and the library's collection. Anderson added, she's eager to work with library patrons, as well.
Beginning Jan. 15, children's programming, which will be led by Anderson, will resume at the Oskaloosa Public Library. Anderson said children will read books as a group, sing songs, play games and have other opportunities interact with one another at the library.
"It's good for kids to get the chance to discover new books and interact with each other because that's an important skill that young kids need to develop," said Anderson.
Anderson said reading is a major building block for success. She explained that it's an important skill not only in school, but for one's entire life.
"I think that bringing kids to the library teaches them how to get on a regular reading routine," explained Anderson. "It shows them this is a place where you can come and you can discover new books."
Children also have the opportunity to play, listen to music and socialize with each other at the library, said Anderson, noting that bringing a child to the library is a part of the overall healthy development of a child.
When it comes to her personal tastes, Anderson said two of her favorite books of all time are "Matilda," by Roald Dahl, and "Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen.
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Judges deny chimpanzees 'personhood'
Three lawsuits filed last week that attempted to achieve "legal personhood" for four chimpanzees living in New York have been struck down.
Harvard study finds diet changes gut bacteria within a day
A change in diet quickly alters the types of bacteria living in the human gut, a finding that suggests this rapid adaptability to different foods can be used to control illnesses tied to stomach microbes, researchers said.
Personal genetic tests face sharper scrutiny after 23andMe
23andMe Inc.'s clash with U.S. regulators over the direct sale of its gene analysis service to consumers signals stiffer oversight of thousands of tests in an industry predicted to increase fivefold in size.
Minnesota college student survives night on porch in subzero temperatures
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A Massachusetts firefighter surprised his girlfriend this week by suggesting they dress as Santa and Mrs. Claus for his fire department's annual children's Christmas party, then popped a stunning marriage proposal in full attire.
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PAWTUCKET – There are two schools of thought regarding Will Middlebrooks and the third baseman's recent return to major-league duty.
Given the Red Sox were receiving zero in the way of offensive production at the hot corner following the departure of Jose Iglesias – the post-July 31 non-waiver trading deadline saw Brock Holt and Brandon Snyder struggling to the tune of a combined .135 batting average (5-for-37) – the ball club was more than justified in being in the market for an upgrade.
PAWTUCKET – As Lincoln All-Stars' manager Matt Netto drove the 125-plus miles home to Central Falls from Bristol, Conn. late Saturday night, dozens upon dozens of "What ifs?" flooded his mind – how an extra-base hit with Braedon Carney on first with no one out in the third could've changed matters; how Patrick Gribbin could've scored after beating out a perfect bunt with two down in the fifth; how similar this defeat was to the one Lincoln suffered in this same scenario four years before.
Just when all seemed copacetic, serious doubts have crept in regarding this autumn's Rhode Island high school gridiron slate and the inclusion of a full complement of registered R.I. football officials.
BRISTOL, Conn. — Back on Monday afternoon, the Lincoln All-Stars suffered their first and only defeat of this long summer, an 8-1 decision to South Burlington, Vt., and they didn't look good doing it.
The previously-unbeaten squad uncharacteristically struck out seven times and committed a pair of errors in the ugly 8-1 defeat, causing parents and others to state to skipper Matt Netto that the team appeared downtrodden, like they didn't care about being in their lofty position.
As much as Mother Nature tried her best to put a damper on things Friday, Jamison Randall braved the wet weather and walked approximately eight holes at The Country Club, located in Brookline, Mass.
BRISTOL, Conn. – It had been billed as a sensational pitcher's duel – South Burlington, Vt. fireballer Ben Tate against Lincoln's crafty southpaw Kyle Marrapese.
The pair didn't disappoint, as they combined to whiff – get this – 19 foes.
In the end, however, Marrapese captured the battle, and it happened due to one precious, hellacious swing from teammate Steve Andrews.
PAWTUCKET — As difficult it is to get the word out, glean sponsors, attract teams from – at the very least, from eastern half of the United States – and put it all together for a premier event, Edd Pedro revels in it all.
Pedro, with the help of some family members and friends, is about to host his 10th annual "Fight For A Cure Wiffle Ball Tournament and Mega-Raffle" at Slater Park beginning at 9 a.m. sharp Sunday.
BRISTOL, Conn. — As soon as Little League New England Regional Tournament officials asked the Lincoln All-Stars to walk to home plate to greet "Dugout," the event's mascot, Aaron DeSousa knew what was coming . Together with foe Rye, N.H., they performed the dance accompanying the tune prior to their contest, and it looked like they had a blast doing it.
"I remember other teams doing that from years before, when I was watching on TV," DeSousa said. "I kind of expected it once they called us over. While we were dancing, it took all the butterflies away. I just didn't feel as nervous."
FOXBORO — This is the time of year when the conversations between Texas childhood pals Will Middlebrooks and Ryan Mallett slow to a crawl.
On the surface, it's perfectly understandable.
Middlebrooks' baseball duties are in full bloom with two or possibly three months in his season remaining. With Mallett, the dog days of summer represent a hectic time, with practices and intra-squad scrimmages going hand in hand with film sessions and preseason football contests.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket RBI Junior Division All-Stars fell behind 2-0 in the fifth inning before ultimately falling to Miami, Florida, 2-1, on Day 1 of the RBI Junior World Series.
Pawtucket's lone run came in the sixth inning when Steven Otis scored on a fielder's choice by Nick Gagnon. The locals loaded the bases with two down in the seventh but proved unable to capitalize.


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H.R. 1971, The Teach for America Act
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