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With a single groan many eyes opened, all of them finally awakening from a deep slumber. No one seemed to know where they were, looks of shock etched into their features as they took in the stone walls that surrounded them and several looked around for anyone they knew. How they got here was a mystery but all of them knew this was no accident.
A group of young adults wakes up in the basement of an unknown location, surrounded by strangers who are just as confused. These people are all there for a reason: they possess something rare, be it a gift, a curse. They are from all walks of life and most are not the average human, some not human at all. Due to their unique abilities they have been kidnapped by a man called The Collector, a mysterious man who has a strange fascination with the odd and unique. He has trapped the group in the large mansion and given them a challenge to earn their freedom though several do not believe him; they have to find the key to the front door.
Sure this challenge seems easy but this isn't the first time he has done this, having collected several dangerous beasts that guard the clues and pieces required to even locate the key. The entire house is a trap, a dangerous trap that might as well kill them if they don't learn to work together even through their differences. Plus there is a time limit, they have two weeks (Might change the limit….) or the game ends and they all lose their freedom, forever being trapped as one of the man's collectibles.
Character Sheet
Species: (Human or not… Just whatever they happen to be.)
Abilities: (If they are human this needs to be what makes them unique, like are they a telekinetic, a seer, do they have some sort of odd power. If they are not human this would be for the character's special abilities, especially if their race is common, what sets them apart.)
Personality: (Likes, Dislikes, strengths, weaknesses, hobbies,… ect)
Bio (History):
Appearance: (Picture or description works fine. )
Other: (Optional)
1. No goddmodding (Pretty much anything where your character does something that can't be stopped in any way...)
2. No Mary/Gary Sues
3. Keep speed posting to a minimum
4. No double posting
5. Try to post often, if you are going to take a long absence from the thread please notify us.
6. No one liners please.
Please if you are not on this list, meaning I saved you a spot, I will not accept new cs's.
Name: Amelia Holt
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Species: Shifter
Abilities: Amelia is a part of a dying race, there's only a few left in the world apart from her, making her rare even more so because unlike the rest of her kind she doesn't just copy an existing form; she becomes the same thing it is in every way. Also she doesn't require something to copy after the first time, it's stored in her mind and it's another part of her completely like a split personality. Even so she cannot take another beings exact form, it's too faulty and it messes with her personality since she's used to taking on the beings mindset.
Personality: Amelia is a confusing yet kind individual, though she is slightly distant and often comes across as cold. She is an odd girl with a slight split personality; one second being nice and cheerful, while the next she's liable to snap and become aggravated and cold. This also is affected by the affects her ability leaves after long term use, being as her ability is odd for her kind and causes her to pick up… momentarily… the beings temperaments even more so if it is a replica of someone or something. In that case it also affects her sanity, giving her massive headaches and making her a little crazed.
Likes- Amelia loves books, music, sweets, and oddly enough masks.
Dislikes- Amelia hates spiders, coffee (Never give her any unless you want something… or someone… to explode or be burnt to a crisp.), and tight spaces
Hobbies- Amelia tends to spend her time reading or playing some form of music.
Her strengths are her diverse abilities and skills while her weaknesses are the fact that she's not very strong and her split personality disorder can get destructive.
Bio (History): Amelia was born into a small family of Shifters, though because of her odd ability and failure at replicating others effectively she was looked down upon by her kind. She grew up hearing everyone talk about her behind her back, minus one person who happened to be her grandfather. Even though she wasn't the average shifter her parent's tried to help her be normal, often leading to fights between her parents when they thought she wasn't listening. When she was 12 they got into a large fight and both left, not returning to the family home and leaving Amelia alone. Her grandfather heard about the news and showed up, only to discover and then break it to his granddaughter that her parent's had divorced over the course of two weeks after.
Afterwards her parent's never bothered to show up again, leaving her in the care of her Grandpa. Finally though he passed away of old age on Amelia's 21st birthday and Amelia packed up and left the closed community of her kind. She knew there weren't many of them left but she decided it would be best to get away from her tormentors.
Appearance: http://www.wallcg.com/images/2012/11...Wallpapers.jpg
Other: Amelia always has the same white hair no matter what form she's in, she has a hatred for the rest of her kind, and she has slight abandonment issues.
Name: Aro Callaway
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Species: Human
Abilities: Illusions/Projection ~ She can produce any number of illusions, but they fall apart if someone within it or looking at it recognizes it as an illusion. It also will drain her and can cause headaches. She often causes herself problems when her dreams carry on into her waking hours, involuntarily creating the illusion.
Personality: Open minded but argumentative at times. She has depersonalization problems, where she creates a dreamlike reality in her mind depending on who she is talking to, like she was playing a character or watching herself act. She is generally a sweet caring person who is always there for a friend. She is great at empathy and calming people, yet is a very non-emotional, aloof person. She rarely gets angry, and can be very forgiving. She gossips often and can come across snobby or rude. She is not an honest person and very jealous. She internalizes emotions, wanting people to like her. She observes more than she speaks up, and can make conversations awkward without meaning to.
Bio: Aro grew up in a single mother home that left her feeling neglected most of the time. In an effort to get noticed, she tried to be the best at everything and be interesting. She tried numerous sports and academic activities and got straight A's in school. She entered college to become an English teacher, but realized she didn't like dealing with other people's children, and switched to just a writing major, graduating.
While this was going on, her sister ended up in jail, her father ended up in jail, her mother got $50,000 in debt, and the rest of her family disowned her for not attending funerals or supporting her family when they had made these mistakes. Leaving her basically alone, Aro moved in with her boyfriend at the time. Unfortunately, she cheated on him and he left, so she got a job as a receptionist and has been living by herself in the apartment while trying to not feel completely alone since she has trouble making friends.
Other: Biggest fear is the dark, loves the smell or flowers, can't sleep alone and thus usually goes to bed with a stuffed animal.
Name: Killas Malice
Gender: Male
Age: 25 (claims he's older)
Species: Elven
Killas doesn't have any off handed abilities except for the ones his step-father had placed on him. Being a already spiritual breed he has more of a open "eye" to spirits and such, magic or any of that sort. Its not the magic from wizards, and magicians you'd see doing shows. More like the darker depths of magic no one should tamper with, like shamans and even the worst; necromancers. He is able to see vital parts in living being's body's with his left marble eye, or use black magic properties and is swift on his feet.
Killas is a very let loose and excitable man, he's very humorous and enjoys a good time even if it means he has some serious addiction problems to do so. He has some complications to his naturist "purity" of being an elf and has been drawn into the deep darkness from extensive abuse and exposure to Dark Magic. Throughout his neglected and dark childhood his mental state withered into a twisted bunch. He developed psychosis and Schizophrenia along with severe anxiety and common panic made it harder to function by being so unstable. Killas might be slightly delusional and can lie to himself but when he's on his meds he's easier to deal with, just have to watch for his habit of thinking he doesn't need to take it anymore. Overall; Killas is just a surprise to people as he is to himself, he's learned to shake off being broken and can be very outgoing, grateful for attention. His high humor is his main trait along with a stupid grin with it, always urging to be the life of the party. His orientation is mostly around men, never having such good luck with woman.
Bio (History):
Killas has had a very long past that he never chooses to willingly discuss. He had a brother when he was young and a father in military recruitment, with a simple at home mother who also had a dark past. When their father was killed in war his mother got down into depression and was so devoured by drugs and desperate she decided to sell her two son's to human marketing. He was sold to a man named Darkell Malice, who was intended great deal of experimentation on the two boys. Little did he know one of the boys would escape thus being Killas's brother. He lived under this harsh circumstances and in the process seemed to have lost his sanity when Darkell found Killas with his eye gouged out and claiming his brother did it. From then on Dark came with the solution to place a marble with runes on it to awaken Kill's magic properties, he used these new abilities to help fulfill his father's research.
Appearance: http://s10.postimg.org/g4yi3rr7t/Real_Kill.jpg
Other: Kill is professionalized with medical properties, usually being the medic is situations. Also; His hands tend to shake a lot.
Name: Eric Drone
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Species: Humanoid(Has been experimented on)
Abilities: Genetics(He can read his own/others Genome through physical contact only, he can also manipulate his own and others Genome. To change his own Genome it would only take seconds being he is used to his specific Genome, but for someone else it could take minutes if it's a simple human or even up to an hour if its a complex Genome of a highly evolved being(Like Superhuman, alien, ect.)) Affecting Genome can range from changing appearance to changing physical abilities and to the rarest terms mental capabilities.
Personality: He likes Botany, Biology, anything to do with Life Science. He dislikes fighting/death but if he must he will fight/kill somebody only for self-defense or is forced to. Strengths=Endurance, Intellegence, Adapting to surroundings. Weaknesses= Electricity(temporally disables his Genetics ability).
Bio (History): Eric, since he was 18, have been an voluntary experiment from the World Peace Organization to try and create a being strong enough to help them end violence. The closest they got was him. His code name was Project Celta. After the checked him off they planned on moving to China for the first plan of action, but before that the leader told him he needed to go through one last test, and then he was knocked out and woke up in the Mansion.
Appearance: http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/...nime-Guy27.jpg
Other: N/A ATM
Name: Sam Twist
Gender: Both.
Age: 24
Species: Android
Abilities: Super Strength, Greater Intellect
Personality: (although he has female ogans i'll refer to same as "he" since the outward appearance resembles a male) Sam is a serious android, and tends to stay as calm and collected as possible. When it comes to romance he's obtuse but these qualities don't stem from his robotic lineage, it's just because that's how he was raised. He can seem apathetic and is often unemotional at times. when you do get to see his sense of humor it is often extremely morose and morbid
Bio (History): He was infused with the android half by his father, Mark at a young age. His father was, to put bluntly, a mad scientist who had recently lost all sponsership when he tried to create a failed robo-dog. Having lost his wife in childbirth, he had no one else to experiment on save his son, Sam. Sam bares no resentment towards his father though, in fact he looks at him as something of a brilliant mind. For a wise scientist though he realised a little to late that he could never have bragging rights due to the fact that the knowledge of his success would result in him losing his son. His father eventually grew resentful towards his life but still never lost the love for his son, and encouraged studiousness, seriousness and of course, winning. The super strength was a surprise to them both til he turned twelve, probably to do with the metal used in creating him. Sam rarely had use for it though.
Appearance: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-96xyDJinTH...Anime_Guy1.jpg
Other: (Optional)
Name: Leo Aldran
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Species: Human.
Abilities: Fire manipulation- When being charged, used, or recently used, tribal like designs will appear on his arms, shoulders, and upper body. Mainly to be used as quick bursts and fire blasts, and require a lot of his energy to use them to propel himself. With this, he also carries an immunity to fire.
Personality: Leo is the good guy's sidekick. He's more than willing to help out if he's needed, but will give the credit to anyone who's around. His is usually keeping to himself, and tends not to really get involved with others unless needed. He considers his power both a gift and curse, as it is sometimes linked to his emotions, but can be used with force. In his off time from working at his local auto-hobby shop, he trains his ability as much as he can without others noticing.
Bio (History): Born in a small town in California, Leo was raised within a fairly family, who shared his gift on his mother's side. He only learned about his gift at the age of fourteen after surviving an accidental fire at his father's workplace. He survived, but his father didn't. Leo soon took over and forced himself to mature. He went on his own so he could protect his friends and family, getting a job the the local auto-hobby shop and various other jobs. He hold his small group of friends dearly, and their safety even closer.
Appearance: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs25/i/20..._MegaJewel.jpg
Other: During his phase of odd jobs, Leo had gained skills with technology, but sees this as a waste when it has nothing to do with his powers.
Victoria Grace "Vic"
17 (Claims to be 22)
Minor Astrological Control:
She's still learning about her powers and only just getting used to them, so far she has learned.
Aries are natural born leaders, if needed she can control people to follow her much like the pied piper.
A calming sense, she can touch you and calm your nerves or tense them if needed.
Water control, due to being the ruler of the moon (which controls water currents), she can create mundane things like fog but nothing more.
Smarts, she has a photogenic memory and can delete memories that she does not wish to remember.
She has a care free attitude and acts like she cares about nothing, she's a total dork but tries to cover it up, and when she does let that dorkiness show she passes it off as joking or being sarcastic. She tries to keep a cool head and can often do so, but if something really ticks her off she can loose her temper and flip out, she has a foul mouth and will swear like a sailor, she doesn't care who she's with or where she is; she will curse you out. She has a low self esteem and can get easily depressed, but she uses that depression to will herself forward. She believes that she is neither good, nor bad but more in the middle. She'll just do what she feels is best for her, and doesn't care which side it's for. She's darker than most, and has a wicked tongue, extremely good at lying and always being opinionated, some call her a bitch but she really doesn't care. She's a nerd in both senses of the word, both in the fact that she's intellectually achieved and she can quote lord of the rings. She often does nerdy things without realizing it, but when she does she gets really embarrassed.
Not much is to be said about her childhood, she grew up as a "white girl in the ghetto" and was often teased about it. She was made fun of a lot about her red eyes, even approached by religious people for being a quote "Child possessed by Lucifer himself" this caused her to try several things to change her eye colors, from the less extreme method of contacts (they never worked, they still looked red even when she tried to cover them up), to being to overwhelmed by anger and fear: in the the confused haze; almost dunking her head into a sink of bleach. Luckily her guardian came home in time to stop that before it happened, it was a close called too; not seconds later did Victoria black out because of the fumes.
Oh yes, a guardian; she never met her parents, she was adopted and is unsure why she was given up for adoption, they just found her one day; no note, nothing. Her parents might be dead, might be alive and just didn't want her, she never found out.
She lived with her guardian who she had no family bonds with, they were fairly close but the woman was young and always gone; either at work or going to parties, so she lived alone most of the time. Spending most of her time playing music, watching tv and playing video games, she had no friends (no one wanted to talk to the devil child) so in her childhood was a very lonely thing.
In her teen years she was the "loner emo kid" in school, she started wearing sunglasses every day to cover up her eyes, although she was teased for that too. But at least she wasn't being called the devil anymore. She still spent most of her time playing video games and getting online, she could have been put into honors class at school, she was offered the spot but turned it down, she didn't want people to make fun of her more for being a nerd. She was bullied a lot, hitting and being burned, getting pinned down and getting her hair cut off with an army knife. She was always the target for bullies; even some teachers bullied her. She turned to drinking, self harm, the works. Her guardian put her into therapy for a few months, and it helped; but they ran out of money and Victoria went back to drinking. She still has this problem, but she's better at handling it now. Better at hiding it.
Items she keeps on her at all times.
In this bag:
Her extra clothes
Her cell phone (no service)
Her Ipod
In this purse:
Her pocket knife
Her inhaler (Asthma)
Her allergy meds (Allergic to Pollen, most animals, colored food dye and maple)
and sleeping pills (extremely bad Insomnia)She wears a necklace for each of her star signs
She wears all 12 necklaces at all times and will freak out if she losses even one
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/8...2d9fe10c_z.jpgHer birthday is on Halloween
Her favorite color is red, she both hates and loves it.
Her favorite food is any kind of chocolate
She weighs 100 pounds
She has a lanky body build; tall; almost 5'9" that's why she can pass for a 22 year old.
She has several mental illnesses.
She's has asthma ever since her incident with the bleach.
Name: Ariane (Ari) Barroclet
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Species: Human
Abilities: Energy manipulation, Ariane can manifest her energy, and the energy of other living things, into a decent sized array of objects. Ariane can also heal herself and others but she must strictly use her own energy to heal. When she runs out of energy she can sacrifice something to substitute for energy or absorb energy from a living thing.
Personality: Ariane loves to mess with her abilities and expand her array of objects she can manifest. She is very curious and has a bubbly personality. However if her eye patch is brought up in a conversation she gets very upset. She hates broccoli, for whatever reason her powers are weakened if she is in the same room with is, if she ate any it would make her sick for days and unable to use her powers. Other than broccoli, she has no other major weaknesses. Ariane does not know of any other substances that affect her powers. She doesn't like people who are always sorry for themselves and think they are entitled to special treatment.
Bio: Ariane was born in California where she grew up with beaches right outside her front door and very rich parents. Ariane discovered her powers at about 10 and by the time 13 she had almost mastered them. Life for her was great until her mom was horribly injured in a car accident, Ariane became inconsolable, and she was with her mother in the hospital most of the time and was there when she died. This threw Ariane off the edge and she tried to heal her mother who had previously refused her help. But bringing people back is impossible and to teach her that lesson her eye was taken. Ariane eventually recovered but she was never the same. After that she went through high school and was in college, majoring in mythological studies, before she was 'collected'. She considers herself somewhat foolish and easily distracted. She is very sore about her height, 5 feet 2 inches, and she hates being the shortest.
Other: When she manifests objects they are always glowing white color. When Ariane is unconscious any objects she had created will dissipate.
Edit: I realize that the picture has wings now.... oops. Can we pretend they aren't there? :)
Name: Abraxis (Axis) Penney
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Species: Human
Abilities: Polymath: Axis is an extremely powerful thinker. With a practicaly eidetic memory for facts and figures, formulas and factors, there are few problems he can't solve with a little time and an internet connection. Accomplished in all STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, he has also developed a preternatural feel for weights, distances, and measuements. Unfortunately, there is often a disconnect between his brain and his mouth.
Martial arts: While not adhering to any particular style, Axis knows how to move his body and break things without getting broken.
Personality: Axis loves anything to do with science. Awkward and antisocial, he prefers to just ge things done over talking.
Bio (Hisory): Axis grew up in suburban Ohio the son of a doctor. He showed promise for math and science at an early age, and once he learned how to read there was no stopping him. As he grew older, he found his way into the clubs that cater to his kind of people, such as robotics and science olympiad and computer club. Even though he usually excelled in these kinds of activities, he never figured out how to reach out and make friends with anyone. He was in his final year of college when he found himself at the mansion.
Appearence: Axis tends to have disheveled brown hair. Usually having a bland and neutrql expression, he observes the world with deeply peering brown eyes. He has a higher than average build, owing r his practoce of martial arts and cross country running.
Other: Functional magic hint hint.
Name: Artyom Flakolc
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Species: Troll
Third Sight:
Nothing is too special about this ability besides him being able to see the dead by accessing his third sight. His third sight can only be drawn when he is focused on the person he trying to see that has passed on.
He tends to distant himself from all others that try to invade is personal space. He likes to make sure no one is bothering when in his studying phase. He was inconsiderate of others trying to talk him out of dare-devilish things. He is quiet and patient with the things that requires him to sit still. He is somewhat passionate towards the people who knows. He can be shy when it comes to talking to other females. His Hobbies, include story-writing and telling stories of his own that has horror-like atmospheres. He can be peaceful at times and other times he is handful always loud and annoying.
Bio (History):
He wasn't born he was Engineered... In a Science a lab in russia, scientist to perfect the human species. They later realized that one of the subjects were having abstract thoughts and dreams of the outside world as where the other subjects were supposed to think about war. They immeditatly took this subject, which was known as "Subject J68", to special testing. They wanted to see why J68 was having these thoughts and wanted to see what he was capable of with these thoughts. Sadly they found nothing of special abilities, but they have found that he was able to see the dead that has passed on from this world.
Subject J68 had awoken within the test-tube and immediatly was angered by what he saw. He thought what he was seeing in his dreams were the real world but all he saw when he had awoken was the void of a lab within a science labratory. He was so angered by what he saw that he began to bang on the glass, he banged on the glass to the point that it began to break. The guards aimed their guns at him waiting for him because sterilization was going to help calm this creature. Suddenly he broke out and he poured out of the glass tube and onto the floor. He stood up and looked at the guards as they began to back up and he ran at them tearing them apart limb by limb. He did same to everyone in the labratory, sparing no one. He soon ecsaped and went into hiding in russia.
He was species was soon classfied as troll, given the horns. He was elsuive during his teenage years escaping the military by sneaking past them, but by the time he had gotten to america Russia gave up on the search for him. He decided to live in the Americas and suriviv on his own. Years later he reached the age of 18 he gradutade high-school with flying colors. He knew what was going to happen if he were to leave the past behind. He dwelled on that fact for awhile not knowing what to make of it, and with that his young adult life began. Once he got out of high-school he began to live in a one room apartment, just living ramen-noodles. He wanted to make sure that doesn't make a scene of himself when out in public. This sparked his fear of being out in public.
[Artist repersentation of What he looks like]
Other: N/A
Name: "The Black Knight" or "Wrath"
Gender: Male
Age: Mid-20's presumably, could as far up to as 35.
Species: Giant (7.5-9ft tall humanoids)
Abilities: Unlike other races in the realm that Wrath inhabits, the Giants exert an extreme amount of raw, pure strength instead of magical arts. What they make up for the slow and cumbersome nature, they certainly excel in taking down a foe swiftly if they manage to land a hit. Otherwise, the Giants are fairly at a disadvantage in terms of abilities. Wrath himself can only go up to a slow jog, so any opponent that has any form of agility will certainly propose a problem for him. Magic is also an issue, due to his armor only holding a minor resistance to most forms of magic (highly resistant to fire and water, however). Another key trait to note is the knight's armor, which is heavily made of possibly charred and unclassified metal. This will deflect most projectiles, minus mid-damaging to high-damaging ballistics.
Personality: Due to his "history", Wrath is not exactly the brightest of the bunch if you will. He reacts mostly on instinct or whatever primitive thinking is laying behind his charred helmet. When he does think, however, he generally keeps to himself and follows orders when directed. The knight also shows a soft spot for humans in particular, but absolutely despises any other humanoid race. Conversation wise you won't here him say anything intelligent, if at anything at all. It seems like the only form of communication the brute has is growls, hand gestures, and cries. Oh, one last thing, he's very easy to frustrate and anger.
Bio: It is unclear of Wrath's backstory as a whole. In his own clouded and husk of a mind, he was born in a land ravaged by bigotry and civil war. Species of all different kinds battled and controlled for land, trying to seize whatever possession of power they could. It was rumored that all races; Humans, Elves, Orcs, Giants, Dwarfs, all underneath a single lone banner. But, it did not matter anymore, for his race was desperately trying to fend off several invaders all at once. His race's only ally were the Humans, and to this day it explains why he shows compassion and protection for all full-blood humans as a whole. Now, if this is true, then The Black Knight is obviously not from this world. However, it could be false memories implanted in his mind, and the true truth is waiting for discovery.
-He is not armed with his usual weapons, so you'll find him either fighting barehanded or with whatever he can find in the environment
-For RP sakes, his height is roughly 8 1/2 ft tall
Name: Clementine Whitt
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Species: Spellcaster/Witch/Sorceress
Abilities: A typical witch can brew magical potions, recite words from a spell book/scroll to create magical happenings, and may dabble in other practices such a necromancy, divination, scrying, palm/tarot card reading, and other such things. But a witches power is ruled by her emotions and her true nature weather good or bad depends on the witch. Witches can make up there own spell using the ancient language but making up new magic typically blows up in ones face, or fizzles out into non-powerful spells. It take a very strong witch to be able to make there own magic without the help of written spells and old rituals, for every witch but Clementine and her reincarnations that came before. She can conger magic without the use of spell and old words, with a movement of her hand she is able to do so much more then a typical witch, but her powers come and go and her emotions seem to normally get the best of her.
Personality: Over emotional in some cases she does not take well to rudeness, insults, or anything derogatory towards her or people she cares about. She would probably end up striking you with lightning accidentally if she got mad at you. because her control over her powers is not very good at all. She is brave and intelligent, and is the care-taker of the people she loves. She does not accept or ask for help easily. She is rather quite, and has what some call sad eyes, or an old soul of sorts. She considers her uncontrolled magic a danger to others so she typically tries not to get close to others. Fear is not something she has ever really felt, having grown up in a haven of sorts, she finds that things that most people see as scary, she find interesting or beautiful. She loves to read and paint.
Bio: Clementine was born in the winter to her mother Gretal a young witch who had run off with a human man. Her mother ended up binding her own powers to live a mortal life with her lover, but she wanted Clementine to choose her own path so she left the new born baby with her older sister Isis. Clem was raised by her aunt Isis in the Coven town of Creptfalls in Oregon. A coven town is a hidden town that only witches can go to and from freely, so unless your a witch or are invited there is no way to see, hear, or find the place. Being stronger then the other adolescent witches in the town she was an outcast, and stayed mostly to herself in her room or the library. Fighting with your magic was a common thing for young witches to do, and one day when Clem was sixteen, seven witches around her age ganged up on her and chose to test out a forbidden spell on her. It didn't end well for the girls, only two of them survived and being catatonic was not much difference then being dead like the others. Clem didn't mean to kill anyone but her powers took over to protect her, from the magic cast upon her that would have made her a obedient mindless slave. The magic blast that came out of her ripped out of her body leaving scares behind and when straight into the five girls closest to her making them scream in a writhe in pain on the ground for a small moment before they stopped moving. The two others got the end of the blast and fell catatonic to the floor. Clem was basically out of it for the next week comatose in sleep, and when she awoke she was sent to the elders for punishment of killing another of her kind. The elders began the binding powers spell that would take Clem powers away, and give her a mortal life. Sending Clem to her biological mother to live a mortal was the best punishment in there opinion. Clementines powers were precious to her, when they told her what was going to happen she got angry, an cursed the elders making up her own spell. Basically she made it so that if her powers were gone, then so where theirs. So they banished her from the town instead not wanting to give up there powers. From age sixteen to now she had been living in Portland Oregon making a living as a palm reader at farmers markets and parties. Not that, any humans really know that her predictions are almost always right on, because she is a real witch.
Other: Witches live long lives about 150 years, and age slower then humans, when they die they are then reborn again as another witch, not that they remember there past lives, but with spells they can see the past. If the witches powers are bound by a spell when she dies or she is cursed by a specific spell then she will die as a human would and not be reborn a witch. And who knows what happens to human souls...?
Name: Aldina Thryos
Gender: Not Aplicable
Age: 23
Species: Slime
Abilities: Slimes are a race of semi-liquid beings that live mostly in plains and savannas, usually in the vicinity of a town. Their bodies are malleable and can assume a variety of forms and color. They are intelligent beings, slightly smarter than a human, but with certain actions that are ruled by instinct. For example, when by some reason they loose a large quantity of the slime that composes their body, they feel the need to absorb nutrients and regrow it till their body is back to normal. As long as they absorb nutrients, they don't require to breath. Breathing to them is only a way to quickly absorb nutrients from the air.
Their food habits include almost everything. Be it dead or alive. Conscious or not conscious. The slime is capable of using acid to absorb nutrients from everything around her. When a slime eats, it's possible to see what it's eating quickly dissolving on the inside of their bodies. They can however, make it so that their bodies aren't acidic. They can also make their bodies sticky, which helps with capturing living prey.
There is no meaning of family for a slime. Upon birth, both the newborn and the mother travel in opposite ways. They do not require the learn how to hunt or how to use their abilities, for they are scripted in to their DNA. They can reproduce with virtually any race except itself, and if the race is intelligent, the slime then eats the male in order to keep the secret of it's existence.
At about the age of 100, their bodies simply start to melt, and after some time, they simply turn to a completely liquid substance that quickly evaporates.
Apart from this quick information about slimes, Aldina has mastered the ability to change her own colors and form, and she uses this technique to change her form in to that of a human.
Personality: Aldina loves dark chocolate, not for the taste itself, but for the quantity of mineral that she can get from it. It's her normal food. She isn't, however, against eating something alive, be it human or beast. She loves the outdoors and hates getting herself stuck somewhere. She also has a thing for imitating humans, which sometimes can become annoying, and she absolutely loves to impersonate kids. She dislikes to show her true form to people, so she often travels with a human form.
Bio (History): Aldina was born in the Amazonian Jungle in Brazil after her mother had a crazy meeting with an explorer that sadly, was eaten alive right after being a father. Aldina just kept travelling, feeding on small bugs and plants for the start, but then moving on to bigger prey once she mastered her abilities. It was only when she was 17 though, that she encountered the first human. It was a native from the area, still far from civilization. She quickly ate it, not even taking the opportunity to generate a child. She was still too young. Most of her life was uneventful until she found civilization. For a couple of years, she just watched the humans do their business and began learning their language. She would often assume someone's identity and just walk around, listening to conversations and hoping to understand more of these humans. During her life there, she learned two language. Portuguese, with a Brazilian accent, and English. She chose to make her home in the sewers. There was plenty of minerals for her there, and she could come out in to the city wherever she wanted to without being spotted. It was the perfect way for someone with a secret to travel around. It was during one of those peeks in to the civilization that she found dark chocolate, and she immediately fell in love with it. It had all the minerals that she needed. She also started to play some little pranks on humans, usually turning her form in to that of a little girl and then proceeding to drink alcohol right in front of them.
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Scarlette's Dancer Imari Interview
So tell us a little about yourself?
My name is Imari and I have work at Starlette's of Tampa. It is also
known as the Ybor Strip on 7th Avenue.
Imari, huh? I will do my best to spell that. So where are you from?
I am Cuban and Jamacian. My parents came from Cuba and Jamacia. I have a
bit of an accent because of that.
I can smell some cinnamon gum on your breath. It is delightful.
Funny you should say that. I cannot say "cinnamon." "Cinnamone." Damn it!
That's OK. I am having a hard time with Imari. So do you know a lot of
girls who work here?
I know a few. That girl with the big boobs is Natasha. She is Dominican.
She had a baby not that long ago, but she still has a good body.
That is an odd name for a girl from the D.R. Natasha? That seems Russian.
Yeah. I think the DJ gave her the name.
Did I mention that your nipple is out?
Oh.. I will put it away if you like…
Please don't do that on my account. I have no reason to dislike nipples.
So tell people what you look like.
I have tan skin. I think I look Cuban. I have curly hair. I am
surprised I am getting any clients today. I just washed my hair and it is
really curly. I weigh about 92 pounds and I am 5'2″.
I had no idea you were so short. Those heels make you seem a good bit
taller. So what are the deals on dances in this organization?
Well, it is $10 to the club to get in to the private booths. Then they
take a cut from me. Currently it is three for $50. There is a special at
the moment.
That does seem like a decent deal.
Yep. You can then make deals from there. Obviously, girls will want you
to spend more money. With a guy as good looking as you, I bet I could cut
you a really good deal.
Hmmm… You have a good personality. It seems like you know this game well.
Yeah, I am studying to be an actress. So are you a boob or a butt man?
I guess I am more of a boob man. So is there anyone here that you don't
No. I seem to get along with everyone. I just make my money and stay out
of people's way.
Well, it was nice meeting you today. Thanks for doing this interview.
Well thank you. Maybe we should spend a Saturday together and get to know
each other.
You are quite the actress.
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Walsall man Mark spends £50k to visit celebrity graves
For over two decades, nurse Mark Dabbs has been travelling the globe to visit the graves of more than 200 dead celebrities.
The 40-year-old running fanatic has spent more than £50,000 and clocked up thousands of miles becoming a tourist of tombs from Bruce Lee's grave in Seattle, America, to Chairman Mao Tse-tung's crypt in Beijing, China.
Mr Dabbs, of Walsall, said his travels across six continents had taken him on an 'educational journey'.
It began when he visited the grave of former president John F Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, while in America in 1985 after reading about his assassination.
"Over time I've read about all kinds of people, visited their graves and used it as an education for myself," said Mr Dabbs, who works as a nurse as Walsall Manor Hospital.
"I've now probably read about 40 books on John F Kennedy. I've probably been to 50 or 60 cemeteries. I learn something new every time. It's interesting to learn about world events and figures."
Mr Dabbs, of Darlaston Road, Pleck, is also a running fanatic and has taken part in dozens of marathons across the world.
He wants to complete marathons in all of America's 50 states and his visits to cemeteries in foreign lands often coincide with his global trips to running events.
"I've been running for 20 years or more," he said. "I've probably done 70 runs, mostly marathons, in countries all over the world.
"I go on websites before visiting the countries and see if there are any graves I want to go to, or I might do some research when I'm there.
"I must have spent about about £2,000 a year, including flights and accommodation."
Talking about the different graves he has visited over the years, Mr Dabbs said: "There's film stars in Los Angeles and people who are writers like Ian Fleming and George Orwell.
"I have probably seen the graves of around 20 presidents and 15 to 20 prime ministers. I would like to see them all eventually. In most countries I go, I try to see the graves of world leaders.
"In 2011, I went to see Chester Arthur's grave in New York. He was one of the presidents. His grave is interesting. It has a chest and a presidential seal.
The musician Jim Morrison has a bust of himself on his tomb in Paris. It did have a lot of graffiti on it. I went to see it twice, in 1996 and 2002."
He has also taken in the resting places of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City and the grave of rocker Johnny Ramone in Los Angeles. As well as seeing Jim Morrison's tomb at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, Mr Dabbs also paid a visit to the graves of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin and French singer Édith Piaf.
Closer to home, he has been to visit Karl Marx's grave in London and that of comedian Benny Hill in Southampton. He has also been to see the grave sites of TV presenter Jeremy Beadle at Highgate Cemetery in London, novelist Jane Austen at Winchester Cathedral and former PM Winston Churchill at Bladon, Oxfordshire.
Other graves Mr Dabbs would like to visit are those of Kim Il-sung in North Korea and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam.
Mr Dabbs has also met more than 100 mayors, ranging from Truro to Carlisle, York to Portsmouth and as far afield as Oslo and Stockholm.


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Scientists say they've discovered a type of particle that's never been seen before — a particle that mostly matches the description of the fabled Higgs boson.
"This is a very, very preliminary result, but we think it's very strong," said Joe Incandela, spokesperson for the CMS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
Hundreds thronged to an auditorium at the CERN particle-physics center near Geneva to hear the latest from the LHC, and thousands more watched the proceedings on computers and big screens around the world. The timing of today's briefings was most convenient for Europeans as well as researchers attending the International Conference on High-Energy Physics in Australia, but video-viewing parties were organized as well in the middle of the night for scientists and science fans in the United States.
"As a layman, I would now say, I think we have it," CERN Director General Rolf Heuer told the audience in the auditorium. "Do you agree?"
His question sparked wild applause.
Expectations matched
The advance buzz suggested that researchers would report observations of a previously unknown particle that fit the characteristics of the Higgs boson. Last December, the teams behind the LHC's ATLAS and CMS experiments reported seeing "tantalizing hints" of the Higgs, and since then, the experiments have doubled the amount of data collected from hundreds of trillions of proton collisions at higher energies.
The results presented by Incandela were in line with expectations. "We have observed a new boson," he reported. Incandela set the mass level of the new particle at 125.3 billion electron volts, or 125.3 GeV, plus or minus 0.6 GeV.
Results from the ATLAS experiment also pointed to "clear signs of a new particle" in the range of 126.5 GeV, spokesperson Fabiola Gianotti said in a statement. The uncertainty factors were wide enough for one particle to produce both of those reported values. CMS and ATLAS serve as backups for each other, and the fact that the same phenomenon was observed at both detectors added to the solidity of the claims.
Physicists said more data would have to be collected to confirm that the particle was truly the Higgs.
"To say you've discovered the Higgs ... it's a complicated story," CERN theoretical physicist John Ellis said in a video prepared in advance of today's briefings. "It's one thing to see evidence of a new particle, but you have to check whether it has the right properties. And to check whether it has the right properties will actually take quite a bit of extra work."
After today's announcement, Heuer alluded to the job ahead. "We have to find out which kind of Higgs boson this is. ... We have discovered a boson, and now we have to determine what kind of boson it is," he told reporters. Later, he said "we can call it a Higgs boson, but we cannot call it the Higgs boson."
Getting the full picture would take time. "Ask me in three, four years," after the LHC reaches full power, Heuer said.
Fermilab physicist Don Lincoln, who is a member of the CMS research team, agreed that a little caution was in order. "It is definitely a boson, and it looks and smells like the Higgs. But until we do all the senses ... we won't know for sure," he told me.
$10 billion effort
Identifying and studying the Higgs boson is the main objective of the $10 billion LHC project. It was the only fundamental subatomic particle predicted by the current theory on the subatomic structure of the cosmos, known as the Standard Model, which had yet to be found. It was hypothesized back in the 1960s, by British physicist Peter Higgs and others, as part of a mechanism to explain why some subatomic particles have mass while others don't.
"If that [Higgs boson] would not exist, then you would not exist," Heuer said.
Heuer called the discovery "the last missing cornerstone" of the Standard Model, but other physicists said there was still a chance that the newfound boson wouldn't mesh with the Standard Model.
"If the new particle is determined to be the Higgs, attention will turn to a new set of important questions," University of California Irvine physicist Andy Lankford, the deputy spokesperson for the ATLAS experiment, said in a statement. "Is this a Standard Model Higgs, or is it a variant that indicates new physics and other new particles?"
In that scenario, studying the Higgs could open the way for explorations of the weirder corners of physics, such as the idea that our universe has six or seven extra dimensions, or the claim that there should be an unseen supersymmetric partner for every one of the subatomic particles that have been detected, or the nature of the stuff that mysterious dark matter is made of.
In a CERN Bulletin interview, theoretical physicist Ignatios Antoniadis said the discovery could rule out some of the options for theories on the nature of the universe: "Because of its low mass, such a Higgs boson would allow us to rule out theories known as 'Technicolor' and some of the theoretical models used in supersymmetry. However, other supersymmetric-or-not scenarios could still apply, as well as extradimensional theories."
The discovery also could send Peter Higgs, who is still active in the field at the age of 83, to the top of the line for a Nobel Prize in physics. Higgs, a professor emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, and several other physicists who were involved in formulating the theory attended today's CERN briefing.
After the announcement, Higgs offered his congratulations to everyone involved in the LHC experiments. "To me, it's really an incredible thing that it's happened in my lifetime," he said before choking up with emotion.
Metrics for a discovery
To claim a formal discovery, the results from the LHC had to reach a confidence level of 5 sigma, which means there'd be just one chance in 3 million that the findings are a statistical fluke. Earlier this week, researchers at Fermilab in Illinois shared what they said were their final results from the Tevatron collider, which has been eclipsed by the LHC and was shut down last year. The results of their Higgs quest came up to a level of only 2.5 sigma — not enough to count as a true discovery.
Today, Incandela announced that the results from the CMS detector in one of the expected decay modes for the Higgs boson had a "combined significance of 5 standard deviations." Word of that measurement was greeted with applause in the CERN auditorium.
"It's nice to be at 5," Incandela said.
Other results from CMS, however, fell just short of the 5-sigma standard — and in at least one decay mode, the expected signs of the Higgs were not present at all. That could be just a fluke in the data, but Incandela said the analysis would continue with more readings. When all the results were combined, the confidence level for CMS was set at 4.9 sigma, he said.
Gianotti, meanwhile, said the combined results from the ATLAS experiment reached 5 sigma, signaling a discovery. That revelation, too, drew applause. In at least one of the decay modes, the readings from ATLAS were much higher that what would be expected for the Standard Model Higgs — but it's too early to tell whether that is merely a statistical anomaly or the sign of an unexpected twist that theorists will have to wrestle with.
"This is just the beginning," Gianotti said. "There is more to come."
In a news release, CERN said the results would be published in a scientific journal around the end of the month, and more data would lead to firmer conclusions by the end of the year.
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There are a variety of procedures that can be conducted using arthroscopic techniques. Arthroscopy uses a few small incisions to insert a small camera attached to a scope, called an arthroscope, which captures images of internal tissues and transmits the images back to large monitors in the operating room. This provides surgeons a complete view of the body's tissues without having to make large open incisions; because of this, these procedures are considered minimally invasive. Arthroscopy can be used to diagnose and treat orthopedic conditions affecting the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, and ankle. Lavage or Debridements
This procedure is used to "clean" unnecessary tissue, like flaps of cartilage, fibrous tissue, scar tissue, or bone chips out of a joint. If an injury heals by producing an excess amount of scar tissue that inhibits the ability to move, or causes pain, a surgeon can use an arthroscope to help them remove the scar tissue without having to re-open the entire injury site. Surgeons can also remove loose bodies, like bone chips, which can come loose during a fracture or other trauma using arthroscopic tools to avoid open surgery. Joint Replacements
Joints are located throughout the body at the ends of two or more bones. Joints connect these bones with tendons, ligaments, and cartilage to enable the body to move. Joints can be damaged by wear from age or overuse, or by the various forms of arthritis. Joints that are severely damaged may need to be replaced to enable the patient to sustain their ability to move. The shoulder, hip, and knee joints are most commonly replaced.Surgical repair for tendons and ligaments
Tendons and ligaments, called connective tissues, are made of collagen fibers that provide strength and stability to a joint. Torn or damaged tendons and ligaments can be repaired surgically. A surgeon can use sutures to connect the ends of torn connective tissues. When the tissue is too damaged and cannot be repaired with sutures a graft may be used to replace the injured tendon or ligament.
Insertion of plates, screws, or rods
To surgically repair difficult fractures there are a variety of different mechanisms that can be employed by a surgeon to provide internal stability. Plates are often used on long bones to secure the ends of a fracture and ensure that the bone will re-grow back together. Screws and rods are often implemented to repair bones that are a part of a joint. External Fixators
This treatment uses an external device placed over the injured limb that is held in place by screws that are affixed to the bone to hold the bones in place and provide stability to the injury site. These devices are used when internal surgery is not an option, or when the patient has other injuries that need treatment before the orthopaedic injuries are addressed.Unloader Bracing
Unloader braces are used to reduce the amount of pressure or stress that is enacted on the damaged part of a joint. Most braces of this type are used with patients who are not ready to undergo surgery due to extenuating factors, or who have recently undergone surgery and require extra support. These braces provide stability when moving and can be used for walking, standing, or during physical therapy exercises. Most unloader braces are hinged to provide the best support by distributing the force placed on a joint. Tendonitis
Tendonitis occurs due to overuse of tendons, connective tissue made of collagen fibers. Acute tendonitis can occur when use of the tendon is rapidly increased over a short period of time. This type of tendonitis normally fades with rest, but can become chronic tendonitis if untreated. Chronic tendonitis can be caused by increased activity, lowered recovery time between exertion, new footwear, or weakened muscles.
- Pain increasing over time
- Pain at the beginning of exercise but disappearing slowly during the activity
- Injured area is tender to touch
- Rest and apply ice to injury
- Anti-inflammatory medication if necessary
- Sports massage or ultrasound
- Physical Therapy
Bursae are small fluid-filled sac-like structures that allow tendons to glide over bones or under the skin to facilitate movement. These structures provide a low-friction surface for tendons to move without getting irritated. Bursitis occurs when the bursa is irritated due to trauma, overuse, infection, or systemic disorders like arthritis. Symptoms
- Affected area may be red or warm
- End-range of motion will be restricted moderately
- Tenderness at the location of the injury
- Rest and protection following the injury
- Draining of the bursa by a physician if necessary
- Cortisone injection to limit inflammation and create a permanent solution to the injury if necessary
- Anti-inflammatory medication may be prescribed if necessary
- Surgery if the bursitis does not respond to other treatment options
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) occurs when there is pressure on the median nerve at the wrist. This nerve passes through a tunnel created by the bones and ligaments of the wrist, known as the carpal tunnel. When the median nerve is pinched in this tunnel, you can feel pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling, particularly in the thumb and index finger. Symptoms
- Burning, tingling, and numbness in the palm of the hand and fingers
- Decreased grip strength
- Decreased sensitivity to hot and cold
- Rest and ice
- Immobilization of the wrist
- Anti-inflammatory medication when necessary
- Cortisone injections when necessary
- Surgery to cut the ligament that forms the roof of the carpal tunnel
ACL/PCL/LCL/MCL Injuries
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL), Lateral Cruciate Ligament (LCL), and Medial Cruciate Ligament (MCL) hold the knee joint together. Any of these ligaments can be damaged or torn, causing pain and instability in the knee. These injuries, which are common in athletes, occur most often due to excess force on the knee joint.
- A loud pop in the knee at the time of injury
- Swelling of the knee immediately after sustaining the injury
- Restriction of movement in the knee joint
- Extensive amounts of pain after the injury occurs
- Basic first aid to stabilize the knee and reduce swelling
- Physical rehabilitation program
- Reconstructive surgery
- Arthoroscopic surgery
Herniated Disc
A herniated disc involves the bulging of a spinal disc due to compression or a rupture. The bulging disc pinches the spinal nerves causing pain. This irritation can be caused gradually or by instances of trauma or heavy impact, most prevalent in American football.
- Weak feeling muscles
- Tingling and Numbness in limbs
- Shock pain, or electric shock
- Rest and ice
- Anti-inflammatory medication when necessary
- Oral steroids when necessary
- Epidural (cortisone) injections when necessary
- Stretching exercises
- Surgery only after several months with no progress
Sprains and Strains
A sprain is caused by the stretching or tearing of ligaments the tissue that attaches bone to bone. A strain occurs when muscles or tendons are stretched or torn. Tendons are the fibrous tissues that connect muscles to bone. Sprains or strains occur throughout the body, but tend to be prevalent near joints.Symptoms
- Swelling and Bruising
- Pain in effected area
- Tenderness in or around effected area
- Numbness
- Not capable or difficulty with weight bearing activities
- R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) method
- Anti-inflammatory medication when necessary
Arthritis is inflammation of the joints that causes pain and restricts movement. Arthritis is caused by the breakdown of cartilage that normally protects the joint facilitating smooth movement. Without cartilage bones rub together which creates inflammation, pain, and stiffness. There are a variety of different types of arthritis but some common causes are autoimmune disease, broken bones, age related wear and tear, and infection. Symptoms
- Pain
- Joint swelling
- Reduced ability to move the joint
- Redness of the skin
- Stiffness
- Low-impact aerobic activity
- Range of motion exercises for flexibility
- Strength training for muscle tone
- Avoid placing extra stress on your affected joints
- Modify your home to make activities easier
- Medications
- Surgery
Fractures can occur for a number of reasons related to trauma to the bone. Traumatic injuries, including those sustained during falls, car accidents, or fights, can cause bone to break. Symptoms
- Sharp, intense pain
- Popping, or snapping sounds
- Swelling and inflammation near or around injury location
- A visible, unnatural bend in a bone
- Casting or bracing
- Surgery
- Locking plate technology
Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar Fasciitis is the inflammation of a band of tissue that connects the heel bone to the toes. Inflammation originates from tightening of the Plantar Fascia, which will tear instead of flexing as the foot moves. Complications with the knees, hip, or back are common because inflammation changes the athletes walking motion, stressing other joints. Pain is common after exercise, when getting out of bed, or after rising from periods of inactivity. Symptoms
- Sharp pain in heel or foot
- Heightened pain after waking
- Pain after sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time
- Rest & Ice
- Keep weight off the foot until the pain and inflammation subsides
- Avoiding running, jumping, or walking without any support or cushioning
- Use of Orthotics
- Anti-inflammatory medication when necessary
- Stretching exercise
Rotator Cuff Injuries
Rotator cuff injuries are caused by overuse of overhead arm movements, and can be quite painful. Aching pain occurs when arms are used over the head or directly to the side of the body. Symptoms
- Pain associated with arm movement especially overhead arm movement
- Pain in shoulder when slept on at night
- Tenderness over general area
- Rest and ice are very important
- Anti-inflammatory medication when necessary
- Continuous movement of the arm with rest periods to avoid reduction of mobility
- Often occurs on dominant side
- Weakness throughout range of motion
- Eventual loss of mobility
- Rest and Ice
- Steroid injection when necessary
- Shoulder exercises prescribed by physician
- Physical Therapy
- Sudden tearing feeling in shoulder
- Radiating pain down arm
- Limited mobility
- Tenderness in specific area of the Rotator Cuff
- Unable to lift arm out to side
- Ice to reduce swelling
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Running an on-demand scan on endpoints via the management server is a common task. A management server that requires a lot of resources to handle an on-demand scan scales poorly in an environment with many endpoints. ESET Remote Administrator is extremely efficient with resources while performing this task, allowing it to scale with ease as your corporate network grows.
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Businesses rely on central management servers to respond to virus alerts, provide signature database updates, schedule tasks, as well as monitor and maintain the health of endpoints across the network. Inefficient management servers could delay responses to critical security events as well as reduce the efficacy of dependent endpoints. ESET consumes less than 2% the amount of memory that an average management server uses while idle, leaving more server memory to perform useful tasks.


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A young misfit learns a valuable life lesson from the last person he ever thought possible in this sensitive coming of age tale from director Azazel Jacobs (The Goodtimeskid, Momma's Man). After losing his parents at a young age, overweight Terri (Jacob Wysocki) was sent to live with his uncle. Life has never been easy for the embattled young boy, and as his uncle's health begins to deteriorate, Terri becomes the target of relentless teasing by his cruel classmates. When Terri's apathetic teachers fail to offer him any guidance, his intimidating vice principal, Mr. Fitzgerald (John C. Reilly), recognizes a student in need, and reaches out to him. Through that unlikely friendship, Terri discovers that outcasts needn't endure life alone, and that by banding together, they can accomplish great things. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Maverick indie filmmaker Henry Jaglom moves from the sweet poignancy of his 2009 Irene in Time to knowing Hollywood satire with this romantic comedy that finds him teaming with actress Tanna Frederick for the third time. Frederick portrays Maggie Chase, a B-list star who longs to find love and fulfillment and achieve household-name status, but must contend with twin products of her wild behavior: a court-ordered electronic ankle bracelet and temporary house arrest. Fortunately, Maggie has a team of clever spin doctors (Ron Vignone, David Proval, Zack Norman, and Diane Salinger), who manage to turn her drunk-driving activities into attention-grabbing tabloid fodder. She also draws on the support of a movie-star beau, Dov Lambert (Christopher Rydell), equally known for his no-holds-barred behavior. For a time, it looks as though Maggie's grandest dreams will actualize, as her national fame crescendos, but her life grows more complicated when she follows Dov home to meet his kin, and runs headfirst into a series of show-business legends (played by Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Christopher, Kathryn Crosby, Mary Crosby, Sabrina Jaglom, and Jack Heller). She also meets Dov's brother, failed writer Aaron Lambert (Noah Wyle), who seems tailor-made for Maggie with his ability to penetrate her superficial facades, but must deal with lingering issues in his own life and past. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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One year after unsuspecting road trippers Jesse and Nicole were drilled, ripped, and splattered into oblivion, the same psychopath responsible the gruesome deaths of those two young girls returns to refine his torture skills on the three travelers who have come searching for them. Forever roaming the old highway in his Winnebago full of creepy living corpses, the killer finds himself struggling against the forces of the undead when Jesse and Nicole's ghosts return to exact their bloody revenge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A woman (Azura Skye) becomes pregnant with the first child of the post-nuclear apocalypse era in director Jim Torres' feature adaptation of a 1987 play by Ron Harris. Desperate to provide a better life for her unborn child, the expectant mother joins a band of survivors two decades after the unthinkable became a devastating reality. Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project), Nathan Baesel (Invasion), Reg E. Cathey (The Wire), and Diane Salinger (Carnivale) co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Hollywood dreams of two runaway lovers are suddenly transformed into living nightmares when a momentary pause at an abandoned roadside rest stop turns into a struggle for survival against a predator who sadism knows no boundaries in this tense nail-biter from X-Files writer and executive producer John Shiban. The west coast was a long way off, and when Jess and Nichole decided to stretch their legs at a deserted rest stop they could never have anticipated the terror that awaited them. Now Jess has disappeared, and a savage stranger with a penchant for cruel games has turned up in her place. This is no coincidence, however, and before the day is over Nichole will be forced to fight for her life against a murderous maniac whose creative use of power tools will have her screaming for mercy. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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As the final war between Good and Evil looms two powerful avatars divided by fate share one mission. For Ben Hawkins and Brother Justin, the race is on to find the elusive Henry Scudder--and the fate of the world depends on who finds him first.
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1934. The Dustbowl. The last great age of magic. In a time of titanic sandstorms, vile plagues, drought and pistilence - signs of God's fury and harbingers of the Apocalypse - the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. The battle will take place in the Heartland of an empire called America. And when it is over, man will forever trade away wonder for reason. See the conflict of good vs. evil played out against a pair of vivid and unusual backdrops: a traveling carnival working the American Dustbowl circuit, and an evangelical ministry in California.
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As season five of Charmed gets under way, there is no shortage of activity in the San Francisco manor occupied by the Charmed Ones. Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano) is now gainfully employed as an advice columnist for "The Bay Mirror"; Phoebe's sister Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and her guardian-angel husband, Leo (Brian Krause), anxiously await the birth of their baby; and the Halliwell girls' half sister, Paige (Rose McGowan), has two vocations, as a social worker and full-time demon hunter. In the first half of the fifth-season opener (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), the girls use their bewitching powers on behalf of Mylie (Jaime Pressly), a former mermaid in danger of losing her immortality to a Sea Hag (Diane Salinger) -- who in turn is in league with Necron (Judson Scott), a demon forsworn to destroy the Charmed Ones. Meanwhile,Phoebe's ex-demon husband, Cole (Julian McMahon), escapes from his exile in limbo, hoping to win back Phoebe's confidence and save their marriage. ~ Rovi
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Almost a Woman
A girl poised on the brink of adolescence finds herself shouldering a whole new set of responsibilities in this made-for-TV drama based on the autobiographical book by Esmeralda Santiago. In 1961, Mami Santiago (Wanda De Jesus) decides to leave her life in a Puerto Rican farming community behind and move herself and her six children to New York City in search of a better life -- and better medical care for her ailing son. Mami's oldest daughter, Esmerelda (Ana Maria Lagasca) -- Negi for short -- not only has trouble adapting to her new environment, but doesn't quite fit in at her new school, where she's lumped in with other Spanish speaking students with whom she shares no common culture. Negi's burden is intensified by the fact her mother and siblings are counting on her to learn English and serve as the family's interpreter. One of Negi's teachers senses her creative gifts and arranges for her to audition for the Performing Arts School in Manhattan, but as Negi struggles to learn a monologue in a new language she has yet to master, she isn't sure if she has what it takes to make the grade. Esmeralda Santiago penned the screenplay for Almost A Woman from her own memoir; the film was first broadcast as part of the award-winning PBS anthology series Masterpiece Theater. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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ER: Exodus
A toxic benzine spill in the ER waiting room forces the evacuation of all the patients. With Weaver (Laura Innes) suffering the ill effects of the spill, Carter is placed in charge of the "exodus." Meanwhile, Corday (Alex Kingston) goes on an EMT ridealong, ultimately risking her life to treat Leo Lepziger (Joey Perillo), whose arm is trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building. This episode won an Emmy award for Best Sound Editing. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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After a member of Kira's former Shakaar Resistance group is killed, she receives a recording warning that several more of her old comrades-in-arms will die. Unable to stop the carnage, Kira comes to the terrifying conclusion that she is next on the hit list (and, by extension, so is her unborn child). Racing against time, she must expose the identity of the vendetta-seeking assassin, and what she learns is both shocking and saddening. First broadcast January 6, 1997, "The Darkness and the Light" was scripted by Ronald D. Moore from a story by Rene Echevarria. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Simply switch on the nightly news and you will see that the media has become increasingly intrusive into the lives of people involved in extraordinary circumstances. What is the true impact of the omnipresent camera upon those circumstances? How does it change the existence of those living beneath a publicly broadcast microscope? This provocative drama takes the notion of the intruding camera a step further to follow the machinations of a determined documentary filmmaker who chooses an ordinary man on the street for the subject of her latest probing film. In following her attempts to chronicle even the most intimate details of his mundane existence the film offers a double character portrait, not only of the victim himself, but also of the disaffected (and but for her hands, unseen) filmmaker who is unable to relate to life without the barrier of a hand-held camera to protect her. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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One Night Stand
When a woman hopes that a night of passion will grow into something deeper, she finds that her new beau may have some secrets in this erotic thriller. Ever since her divorce, Michelle Sanderson (Ally Sheedy) has tried to focus on her career in advertising, but she's become terribly lonely, and when she meets handsome stranger Jack Gillman (A. Martinez), without thinking, she joins him at his apartment for a long night of lovemaking. The next morning, she discovers that Jack is gone, along with his furniture; when she comes back later in the day, a man named Michael Joslyn (Frederic Forrest) is living at Jack's place and claims to know nothing about him. Jack eventually calls Michelle, and she sees him again; he tells her that he runs a construction business and that his wife passed away not long ago. However, Michelle later encounters Michael and his wife (Diane Salinger), and she discovers that they were the parents of Jack's late wife -- and that they're convinced that Jack is responsible for her death. One Night Stand marked the directorial debut of actress Talia Shire, best known for her roles in the Rocky films. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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NYPD Blue: The Bank Dick
Simone (Jimmy Smits) confronts Russell (Kim Delaney) over her drinking, then tries to protect John Irvin (Bill Brochtrup) and his lover from gay-bashing fellow cops. An unexpected "witness" surfaces in a serial-killing case. And in off-duty matters, altar-bound Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) asks Simone to be his best man, while Medavoy's wife (Deborah Taylor) wants a reconciliation for their children's sake -- much to the dismay of Donna (Gail O'Grady). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Duncan Regehr guest stars as Shakaar, a celebrated Bajoran resistance leader. Upon being appointed head of the Bajoran government, Kai Winn (Louise Fletcher) asks Kira to help her recover some much-needed agricultural equipment, currently in Shakaar's possession. Instead, Kira defiantly casts her lot with Shakaar's cause and becomes an outlaw herself. First made available to local syndication on May 22. 1995, "Shakaar" was written by Gordon Dawson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel of hypocrisy among America's pilgrims was brought to the screen by director Roland Joffe in this 1995 feature. Demi Moore stars as Hester Prynne, a new arrival to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666. Prynne, who interacts freely with slaves and Quakers and wears revealing garb, is something of a free thinker and off-putting to the uptight locals. She awaits the arrival of her husband, Roger (Robert Duvall), but he is reported killed. One person who does not find Prynne unsettling is the new preacher, Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman). A torrid encounter between them produces a child, Pearl, and Hester is condemned by the colony, forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" (for "adultery"). Roger reappears; he had been living with a native tribe -- an experience that has driven him mad. He masquerades as "Roger Chillingsworth," trying to discover the identity of Pearl's father. When Hester is about to be executed, Dimmesdale confesses, but a timely Indian raid intervenes, saving him and Hester. The Scarlet Letter was widely derided by critics for sexualizing and changing Hawthorne's novel to an absurd degree. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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A legendary theatrical family gather for one final show at their East Hamptons estate in this verbose comedy-drama. Swedish actress Viveca Lindfors takes center stage as Helena, the family matriarch, who has made the difficult decision to sell the estate due to financial problems. A mixed group has come for what will be the last of the family's annual summer performances, a gathering that naturally brings conflicts and rivalries to the surface. Much of the trouble centers on Oona (Victoria Foyt), a financially successful Hollywood actress seeking artistic approval from such theatrical colleagues as avant-garde director Ivan (André Gregory) and gay playwright Jake (real-life dramatist Jon Robin Baitz), who each has difficulties of his own. As in all of writer/director Henry Jaglom's films, the focus is on conversation over action, as the various characters share personal torments and debate their individual philosophies. The talky, intellectual dialogue will be seen by some viewers as witty and perceptive and by others as pretentious and slow-moving. Regardless of one's opinion of Jaglom's idiosyncratic style, Last Summer in the Hamptons is distinguished by the presence of Lindfors in her final film, giving a career-capping performance that addresses the problems of older actresses and looks back fondly on the star's own history. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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Murder, She Wrote: Portrait of Death
A metal sculpture created by artist Kim Mitchell (Loretta Swit) proves quite versatile when it used as a murder weapon. The victim is Philip Jovi (Edward Hibbert), an art gallery owner with whom Kim did not see eye-to-eye. Fortunately for Kim, her friend Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is on hand to help her beat a murder rap...maybe. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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In this first sequel to 1989's Batman, the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is up against the Penguin (Danny DeVito), the hideously deformed scion of a wealthy Gotham City family. The Penguin plots with evil businessman Max Schreck (Christopher Walken) to become mayor and then turn Gotham into a cathedral of crime. Upon overhearing these plans, Schreck's mousy secretary Selena Kyle (Michelle Pfeiffer) is tossed from a high-rise window by her boss. Rescued by a covey of kittens, Selena transforms into the leather-clad Catwoman. In this guise, she teams with the Penguin and Schreck to divvy up their ill-gotten gains and help discredit Batman-but she also has her own scores to settle. Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens, Vincent Schiavelli and Jan Hooks play significant bits, while Pat Hingle and Michael Gough make returns as, respectively, Commissioner Gordon and Alfred the Butler. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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When a private detective takes on a missing person assignment trying to find an Italian aristocrat's uncle, she discovers a conspiracy of murder and drugs. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
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Julia Cole (Diane Salinger) is more than a little upset about turning 40. She's depressed about growing older, distressed at the lack of attention from her workaholic husband Charles (John Calvin), and bored with being a stay-at-home wife and mother. On her birthday, she finds a bottle of enchanted soap bubbles. Blowing them transports her to moments of happiness from earlier times in her life. Soon, she not only regains her youthful vigor, she cannot even remember how old she is. She changes her appearance, her personality is transformed from reclusive to outgoing, and her values change from strict to permissive. Eventually, she realizes that happiness is not age-dependent. George Clooney and Wallace Shawn are the biggest names in this low-budget, independently produced romantic comedy, also known as The Magic Bubble, directed by Deborah Taper Ringel and Alfredo Ringel. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
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For sheer abject self-indulgence this side of an Eric Schaeffer movie, one need look no further than the films of Henry Jaglom. Jaglom's vanity productions require an intense Stalin-like loyalty to the filmmaker and his films going in, otherwise a viewer is lost. So when, in Venice/Venice, Henry Jaglom appears as a filmmaker named Dean at the Venice Film Festival, there promoting a film resembling a Henry Jaglom film, a viewer must give himself up to the force or walk out of the theater. Dean is the kind of pretentious Hollywood type who likes to wear his heart and his distribution contract on his sleeve, so when adoring European journalist Jeanne (Nelly Alard) inexplicably smiles at him the right way, filmgoers will come to understand why the film business is so attractive to wimpy film geeks. Jeanne and Dean fall in love and take a walking tour of Venice, but Jeanne pays no attention to the city, since she religiously hangs on every word Dean has to say regarding love, films, and destiny. Since there are more pearls of wisdom to be gloaned from this Bel-Air Gandhi, Jeanne willingly follows Dean back to Venice, California. Realizing that she has already spent too much time basking in the brilliance of Dean's sun, Penny (Melissa Leo), Dean's California girlfriend, obligingly offers to pack up and leave when she sees Dean returning to Southern California with Jeanne in tow. When Henry Jaglom talks, they all listen. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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As a clairvoyant, Demi Moore awaits signs from beyond that her true love, whomever he may be, is waiting for her, somewhere. When New York butcher George Dzundza shows up on the tiny North Carolina island where Demi lives, she is convinced that he is the man predestined to be her husband. After the wedding, Demi moves into George's blue-collar neighborhood, where she successfully commisserates with such eccentrics as withdrawn teenager Max Perlich, frustrated singer Mary Steenburgen, unlucky-in-love actress Margaret Colin, over-analytical psychiatrist Jeff Daniels, and lesbian Frances McDormand. As Demi helpfully tries to chart the destinies of her new friends, she fails to notice that Dzundza is falling in love with Steenburgen. Though there are many traumatic detours along the way, Demi's psychic talents have very positive effects on at least one of the characters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Woody Allen's character study of a well-kept, upscale Manhattan woman (Mia Farrow) takes the title character on a journey through a Wonderland of her own making, in which she learns some truths about herself, her relationships, and the universe in general. Alice leads a comfortable life, except for some nagging aches and pains, but when she visits the mysterious Dr. Yang (Keye Luke), he discovers that what really ails Alice is her own lack of true human experience. Alice has been married for sixteen years to Doug (William Hurt), an emotionally detached stockbroker, and she lives a perfectly maintained life in a perfectly maintained apartment, with a pair of children and the requisite support staff. All that changes when a chance meeting with a neighbor (Joe Mantegna) leads Alice to consider an affair. Dr. Yang, seizing the opportunity, gives Alice herbal potions that make her both invisible and seductive, allowing her to free herself from her inhibitions. Plunging into her new fantasy world, Alice ultimately comes to terms with her family, her husband, and her life. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
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After these congressional inquiries, the NIH adopted revised regulations that require grantees to disclose all financial entanglements greater than $5,000 to their home institutions. In addition, the rules compel those institutions to make a public accounting, in broad terms, of any conflicts of interest of personnel involved in NIH-sponsored research. These changes mean that the public will have access to more information about the targets of pharmaceutical industry money.
NIH director Francis Collins trumpeted the new regulations as "a clear message that the NIH is committed to promoting objectivity in the research it funds." Yet there was no language in the new regulation that changed who is responsible for spotting such conflicts or how ethical problems are managed. "Because the institutions themselves know the context in which their employees work and because these are employees of the institution and not employees of the federal government, the management responsibility resides with them," says Sally Rockey, the NIH's deputy director for extramural research. "The institutions are in the best position to manage the financial interests of their own employees.
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