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Raleigh, N.C. — The hottest ticket of the weekend is a trip underground at Cameron Village.
Cameron Village: The Underground Comes Alive - It's your last time to check out the iconic Cameron Village Subway. On Saturday night, they are opening the doors for a sold-out crowd to enter. There will be a runway show, video games and live music. If you didn't score a ticket, that's OK! you can watch the fashion show live at 9 p.m. It will be broadcast on the canvas outside of Fresh Market.
Family Fun:
Got to Be NC - The precursor to the N.C. State Fair starts Friday at the State Fairgrounds. There will be carnival rides, food, exhibits and more! Admission is free. Everything starts at noon Friday.
Artsplosure - A 3-day celebration of the arts in downtown Raleigh kicks off Friday and runs through Sunday. The art market, live music and a children's zone all highlight this annual free event.
Star Wars Night at Durham Bulls - The Durham Bulls will be celebrating "Star Wars" night on Saturday when they take on the Scranton. There will be costumed characters, special jerseys and more!
Bimbe Cultural Arts Festival - One of the oldest cultural festivals and celebrations of music, art and dance in North Carolina, the Bimbe Culture Arts Festival is Saturday at Rock Quarry Park in Durham. This year's even features old school hip hop artists MC Lyte and DJ Kool. In addition, there will be a marketplace with vendors, a children's zone and more.
25th Annual Four Oaks Acorn Festival - The festival kicks off Friday night with a bluegrass concert in Barbour's Grove Park. Saturday will include a children's parade at 10 a.m. followed by the Acorn Festival. There will be carnival rides and pony rides, food and vendors.
Read Local Book Fair - Fifty authors, writers and publishers will be in Durham this Sunday doing readings and celebrating local literature. Readings are from noon to 6 p.m. in Durham Central Park.
For the foodies:
Hook and Vine Seafood and Wine Festival - The Wine Feed is partnering with Locals Seafood on Sunday to bring you five exquisite wines paired with five local NC seafood dish samples from fantastic Raleigh restaurants.
East Meets West - Head to Morrisville Saturday for a celebration of food, music and performances from around the world. East Meets West is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Town Hall Drive in Morrisville. The West Stage will feature reggae and rock music. The East stage showcases local cultural performances. There will also be children's activities including face painting, bounce houses and other activities. Admission is free.
Food Truck Rodeos - There are food truck rodeos in Chapel Hill and Wake Forest this weekend. The 4th Annual Food Truck Rodeo to benefit TABLE will happen Saturday from 3-6 p.m. at Orange United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill. On Sunday, head to Wake Forest for a rodeo from noon to 4 p.m. at the Over the Falls Shopping Center at 419 S. Brooks St.
Biltmore Winery 30th anniversary celebration – There will be several events happening this Saturday at the Biltmore Estate to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the winery. There will be day tastings, and a celebration on the Village Green starting at 4 p.m.
Live on stage music:
NC Symphony Pop Loves Vegas - Guest conductor Jack Everly and the North Carolina Symphony take a spin on the musical roulette wheel with hip classics such as "Luck Be A Lady," "Hey Big Spender," "Viva Las Vegas," "My Way" and "Fly Me To The Moon," just to name a few. Shows are Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. at Meymandi Concert Hall.
"Pippin" - The blockbuster musical finishes its run this weekend at DPAC.
Brad Paisley - The country star plays Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh Saturday night.
Midtown Bluegrass Series - North Hills continues its bluegrass series Sunday with the Vickie Vaughn Band. The free show starts at 5 p.m. at Midtown Park.
NeedtoBreathe - The band plays Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh Friday night.
Deep South's 20th Anniversary - Deep South Entertainment will celebrate 20 years in the Raleigh area Saturday with a festival featuring artists including Paramlee, Marcy Playground and Kasey Tyndall. Proceeds will benefit Band Together and LGBT Center of Raleigh. The celebration will happen at Deep South the Bar at the corner of Cabarrus and Dawson in downtown Raleigh. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Bands start at noon.
7th Annual Bee Ball - The Beehive Collective is hosting its annual Bee Ball Saturday night at Southland Ballroom. Sidecar Social Club will provide music Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of. Doors open at 8 p.m.
Carolina Ballet presents "Cinderella" - The classic production will be presented this weekend at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.


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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Concord with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Popular property highlights
Situated in Concord, this hotel is 1 mi (1.7 km) from Concord Mills and 2 mi (3.2 km) from Charlotte Motor Speedway. Rocky River Golf Club and Sea Life Charlotte-Concord are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an outdoor pool, this smoke-free hotel has a fitness center and coffee/tea in a common area. Free continental breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free manager's reception. Additionally, a seasonal outdoor pool, a business center, and conference rooms are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 93 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, flat-screen TVs with cable channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves. Guests will also find coffee makers, free newspapers, and free local calls.
Guest Highlights
- Good, quiet location
- Proximity to shopping
- Overall property condition
- Helpful staff
- Clean, quiet guestrooms
Wingate by Wyndham - Concord
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Wingate by Wyndham - Concord features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning as well as a complimentary manager's reception on select days. Event facilities measuring 865 square feet (80 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, concierge services, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Wingate by Wyndham - Concord is a smoke-free property.
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Free reception
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 93
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free breakfast
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Free wired Internet
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 2
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Year Built 2001
- Conference space size (feet) - 865
- Conference space size (meters) - 80
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking, Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Microwave
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Television
- Cable TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free wired Internet
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning. A complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 20
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 14 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Wingate Concord
- Wingate Wyndham Concord
- Wingate Wyndham Hotel Concord
- Wyndham Concord
- Wingate By Wyndham Concord Hotel Concord
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- Wingate Wyndham Concord Hotel
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Up to 2 children 14 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.

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Well, the rumors that the DC Reboot would shake up Superman's world by breaking up his marriage with longtime love Lois Lane just got a lot more weight to them. DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio hasn't outright confirmed it, but we all know better.
"Let's just say it's being reexamined," he said, "because it's something that I think is something that is so valuable to the character's story that you really want to explore all facets of it. Not just as it exists currently."
"We really went back to the core of the character," he continued. "And more importantly, we got somebody in Grant Morrison, who's really taking the character and reinventing him so you feel a real contemporary tone, a really contemporary time, but still staying true to the core. I think it's so important for us to make sure Superman stays as relevant today as he did when he first was created back in the '30s."
Well, at least he's not selling his marriage to Satan, like Spider-Man did.
While there's no actual statement regarding whether or not Kal-El is going to start something up with Diana of Themyscira, that's the prevailing sentiment at the moment. Given the fact that, by early indications, the two major Superman titles will have one set in the present day and one that's not just a list of things he's done in the past but also a chronicling of his rise to power, it's possible we might get one book where Clark Kent is courting Lois and one book that details Superman's past relationship with Wonder Woman. Thus, the best of both worlds, perhaps?
The Superman/Wonder Woman hook-up is not without precedent, of course, as we all remember how Kingdom Come ended. If you don't – hey, he knocks her up. Also, the marriage of Lois and Clark was done in the first place just to tie in with the Lois & Clark TV series back in 1996, which focused mainly on the soapy drama of their courtship, much like the recently-ended Smallville series did as well. Will what works for the Idiot Box work for the funny books?
That'll be our call, when it comes out and we decide whether or not we're gonna pick it up. What say you? Are you boycotting or are you benefit-of-the-doubting?


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Kunal Nayyar at IBN, Delhi; book - CNN
Fri, Dec 25, 2015, 05:35 PM
Kunal Nayyar of Big Bang Theory needs know introduction. He dropped in at CNN IBN, Delhi office and spoke all about himself, his life in the States and his TV show. His book, Yes My Accent is Real, sounds interesting for the lovers of his show. Also Kunal has some interesting things to relate of his life in India before he migrated and school.


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AVIATION photographer Jeremy Flack is involved in a momentous project that will probably take him the rest of his life – compiling a photographic library of every surviving 20th century military structure in the country.
From World War Two pill-boxes and "dragon's teeth" concrete tank traps to remnants of early RAF air-bases and underground bunkers from the Cold War, Jeremy wants a photographic image of them all.
The hugely ambitious project involves locating and correctly identifying structures before photographing them to create a record of hundreds of thousands of images – possibly as many as a million.
It is also something of a race against time as buildings such as long-abandoned aircraft hangars from both world wars, derelict Army bases and rotting structures from the Cold War are often bulldozed to make way for new developments.
His ultimate aim is to create a central website where photos and descriptions of the structures can be accessed as a major research tool for decades to come.
Jeremy, 62, of Old Town, Swindon, is eight years into his military heritage venture and has photographs from 21,000 locations in the bag – but he acknowledges that he has a mountain to climb.
He said: "It really is a long-term project. I reckon there could be up to a million military structures from the 20th century still around. There are 25 airfields within 20 miles of Swindon alone.
"My aim is to create a computer programme featuring as many of the surviving structures as possible. Hopefully I can log and photo most of them before they vanish."
Father-of-two Jeremy, who lives off Marlborough Road, added: "It will be far too big for a book. I want to create a computer programme – a database with links to other websites that people will be able to use and refer to in years to come.
"This is going to take the rest of my lifetime. I would like to think I can finish the project. I could do with a bit of funding though – some sponsorship would be nice."
Jeremy, who has lived in Swindon all his life, is one of country's leading aviation photographers and has had 26 glossy and often weighty photo-books published.
Over the past 45 years he has built up an unrivalled library of around 250,000 photographs, largely of aircraft, both civilian and military, although some focus on the Army and Navy.
His wife Julie helps him manage his vast library, Aviation Photographs International (API) comprising around 200,000 slides and 50,000 digital images.
It was as a result of visiting bases in 2005 for a book called The Modern RAF that he embarked upon his 20th Century Military Structures marathon.
He said: "I was trying to get a list of every RAF base, a definite record for a book I was doing. But there didn't seem to be a central body with all of the information.
"So I started compiling a list from my own knowledge and research – from all of the existing RAF bases going right back to early ones of World War One."
Jeremy soon found himself expanding the project to include Army and Navy bases, and then every structure that had a military role during the entire century.
The list is extensive. He said: "Airfields only make up a small part of the sites that are spread across the UK. Army camps, POW camps, storage depots, docks are all to be included.
"There were also a substantial number of lines of defence running east to west and north to south across the UK.
"While reasonably documented, these lines of defence known as 'stop lines' incorporated ditches, pillboxes, anti-tank guns and anti-tank blocks.
"They often follow a feature such as a canal or river and were designed to hold up any invading force until reinforcements could arrive.
"It is estimated that some 9,000 pillboxes alone were built during World War Two, when it was considered that the Nazi invasion threat was very real."
Jeremy's research even includes locating the likes of Home Guard drill halls.
He has travelled countless miles recording sites with military connotations, often spending several days away, but is looking for others with a similar interest to chip in and send him information and images.
"There are so many of these sites around – I want to document and photograph them," he said.
Jeremy can be contacted at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Ex-Mayor Cathe Wilson's bribery conviction upheld
LOS ANGELES - A judge affirmed the bribery and perjury conviction of former Temple City Mayor Cathe Wilson on Thursday following her appeal.
Wilson's appellate attorney Stuart Faber had claimed that several errors were made in the trial that led to Wilson's four-year prison sentence, including admitting evidence in violation of her rights to confront witnesses.
Faber also claimed that Wilson did not receive a fair trial because of ineffective legal counsel. But the judge contended that "none of her arguments has merit" and affirmed the conviction, according to the case's disposition.
Wilson, who is serving her sentence at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, was convicted in May 2011 of asking for and receiving $10,000 in cash from local developer Randy Wang and payment for a rental car from Wang's associate Jay Liyanage and lying about it.
L.A. County prosecutors depicted Wilson, who is in her late 70s, as ringleader in the city's largest corruption case and argued prison was a just punishment. She has always maintained her innocence.
PCC hosts Writer in Residence Reyna Grande
Pasadena City College will present its first Writer in Residence, award-winning author and PCC alumna Reyna Grande, on campus Tuesday and Wednesday.
Grande has written two novels: "Across a Hundred Mountains and Dancing With Butterflies" and a new memoir called "The Distance Between Us."
Grande will be featured at two events on campus that are free and open to the public.
She will be at the Community Writing Workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Circadian. She will also be at a public reading from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in C333.
Grande is a recipient of the American Book Award (2007), the El Premio Aztlan Literary Award (2006) and the International Latino Book Award (2010). Copies of her books are available in the PCC Bookstore.
The Writer in Residence program is funded by a grant from the Pasadena Festival of Women Authors.
For information or to reserve a spot at the writing workshop, contact Manny Perea, English Division instructor, at 626-585-7496 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
8th annual Healthy Living Expo, food drive today
The Set for LIFE 8th annual Healthy Living for Life Expo for those 50 and older will be held today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fannie M. Goodwin Education Building, 925 S. Shamrock Ave.
The health expo offers free screenings for hearing, cholesterol, stroke, diabetes, balance and safety, oral cancer, bone density and blood pressure.
Pre-registration is needed for mammograms.
AARP, in conjunction with Second Baptist Church of Monrovia and the Mission of Mercy Ministry, is also asking the public to donate a can or two of any nonperishable food items. All food items received at the event today will be donated to the Mission of Mercy Ministry for holiday and Thanksgiving food baskets for needy families.
The Senior Education and Training for Living Informed Futures Everyday provides seniors 50 and up with practical skills, education and training to succeed.
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Montreal after hours clubs offer a great selection for places to dance and party all night long. The Montreal clubscene rocks so it figures that the late-night party scene is equally pumping!
Montreal Afterhours Club List
Actually, most are gone. Perhaps it's a sign that people are tiring of the scene, it's getting dangerous, or who knows what else.
Circus – Circus Afterhours is another club that plays house music and keeps people partying into the late night. This club is a bit east of Downtown Montreal and apparently has a more French crowd.
Red Lite is an after hours club in Laval (the island / city north of Montreal). Their website was finally updated.
Stereo nightclub is an after hours club that opened after Sona. It boasts a much more impressive speaker / sound system and became the new place to conquer for night owl partiers.
Popular Clubs That Are Now Closed
Gravity afterhours is yet another, newer all-night groove club in Montreal.
Eclipse day club is now closed. The club reminded me of Ibiza's Club Space. It was open all day Saturday, a bit east of Downtown Montreal.
Playground was the first Montreal after hours club. It was located in the Saint Catherine and Amherst street area.
Aria nightclub in Montreal was housed in what was once a movie theatre. It had multiple rooms and has attracted some hot talents.
Sona nightclub (which closed in 2004) was the first large scale after hours club in Montreal. The club featured the hottest names in DJ talents and was always packed. Even though it was right in downtown Montreal, you had to know where to look to find it since the entrance was behind a building which lead to a large basement. The mystery added to the after hours club's atmosphere. The bathrooms were sex and drug (ecstasy & speed) havens. The crowds would pour into Sona at 3am when the other night clubs would close. Quebec law forbids bars and clubs from selling alcohol after 3am so Sona would sell water, energy drinks (like Guru and Red Bull) and smart drinks (essentially tang with caffeine). 514 Productions, Montreal's leading rave event promoter, was involved with the club for a while. Sona was a lot of fun but there are other Montreal afterhours clubs to keep you dancing, grooving, partying, and chilling, all night long.
Note: Clubs open and close and change owners every second day. Their websites often go offline, are untouched with dated info, and change web addresses like crazy. If you see something here that is amiss, add a comment below to bring us up to date or contact us.


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Research Topics
Genomes and Genes
Medhat Askar
Affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Lack of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DS2 (KIR2DS2) and KIR2DL2 is associated with poor responses to therapy of recurrent hepatitis C virus in liver transplant recipientsMedhat Askar
Allogen Laboratories, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Liver Transpl 15:1557-63. 2009..These findings support the role of natural killer and natural killer T cells in HCV clearance after LT and might be generalizable to treatment of HCV infection outside the setting of LT...
- Synergistic effect of major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain a and human leukocyte antigen-DPB1 mismatches in association with acute graft-versus-host disease after unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantationMedhat Askar
Allogen Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Electronic address
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 20:1835-40. 2014..01). These results are clinically pertinent to donor selection strategies and indicate that patients with mismatch at both MICA and HLA-DPB1 are at increased risk for acute GVHD...
- HLA and MICA allosensitization patterns among patients supported by ventricular assist devicesMedhat Askar
Allogen Laboratories Transplant Center Electronic address
J Heart Lung Transplant 32:1241-8. 2013..We investigate the association between VAD and allosensitization to human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and major-histocompatibility-complex (MHC) class I-related Chain A (MICA) antigens...
- 16(th) IHIW: global distribution of extended HLA haplotypesM Askar
Allogen Laboratories, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
Int J Immunogenet 40:31-8. 2013..The project will be extended through the 17th IHIW, and investigators interested in joining the project may communicate with the first author...
- Combined liver-kidney transplants: allosensitization and recipient outcomesMedhat Askar
Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Transplantation 91:1286-92. 2011..However, antibody-mediated rejection of the kidney in CLK has been reported recently. This prompted our study to investigate the impact of presensitization on CLK recipient outcomes...
- Predictions in the face of clinical reality: HistoCheck versus high-risk HLA allele mismatch combinations responsible for severe acute graft-versus-host diseaseMedhat Askar
Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44194, USA
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 17:1409-15. 2011..This analysis does not support selecting donors for HSCT recipients based on low HistoCheck SSM scores...
- Cytomegalovirus reactivation after matched sibling donor reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant correlates with donor killer immunoglobulin-like receptor genotypeRonald M Sobecks
Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
Exp Clin Transplant 9:7-13. 2011..This study sought to assess whether donor inhibitory or activating killer immunoglobulin-like receptor genotypes may influence post-transplant cytomegalovirus reactivation in transplant recipients...
- Contrasting patterns of viral load response in transplant recipients with BK polyomavirus DNAemia on leflunomide therapyJennifer Cuellar-Rodríguez
Department of Infectious Disease, Medicine Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
Clin Transplant 27:E230-6. 2013..It was observed at this center that the patterns of viral load response while on leflunomide appear to fall into two distinct types...
- Glomerular filtration rate slopes have significantly improved among renal transplants in the United StatesTitte R Srinivas
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urologic and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
Transplantation 90:1499-505. 2010..In recent years, the use of higher risk donor organs and steroid avoidance regimens with potential increased acute rejection risk have increased. We hypothesized that these patterns adversely affect changes in posttransplant renal function...
- The role of proteasome inhibition with bortezomib in the treatment of antibody-mediated rejection after kidney-only or kidney-combined organ transplantationStuart M Flechner
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
Transplantation 90:1486-92. 2010..We report our initial experience in using the proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib, to treat established antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in 20 patients...
- MICA polymorphism identified by whole genome array associated with NKG2D-mediated cytotoxicity in T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemiaAaron D Viny
Department of Translational Hematologic and Oncologic Research, Taussig Cancer Center R 40, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Haematologica 95:1713-21. 2010....
- Impact of KIR and HLA Genotypes on Outcomes after Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Hematopoietic Cell TransplantationRonald M Sobecks
Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Electronic address
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 21:1589-96. 2015..KIR-HLA combinations in RIC-URD HCT recapitulate some but not all KIR-HLA effects observed in myeloablative HCT...
- Low testosterone at time of transplantation is independently associated with poor patient and graft survival in male renal transplant recipientsDaniel A Shoskes
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Electronic address
J Urol 192:1168-71. 2014..Low testosterone is common in men with renal disease and it increases the risk of death in those on dialysis. We studied serum testosterone at transplantation and correlated it with patient and graft outcomes...
- Re-examination of sinusoidal deposition of complement 4d in liver allografts: experience from a single institutionMohannad Dugum
Department of Internal Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH, USA
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 7:784-91. 2014..This suggests that mechanisms other than allo-immunity activate complement. The mechanisms and clinical significance of C4d deposition in liver allografts in patients with PSC remain to be determined. ..


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KeyBanc Capital Markets Initiates Ignite Restaurant Group Coverage: Buy, $22 PT
KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated Ignite Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: IRG) coverage with a Buy rating and $22 price target in a research report published today.
In the report, KeyBanc Capital Markets stated, "Since CEO Ray Blanchette was hired in 2007, Ignite Restaurant Group (IRG-NASDAQ) has improved its adjusted EBITDA from $20.3 million in 2008 to $44.1 million in 2011. During the next two years, we project earnings growth will exceed 20%, driven by 10% expansion of higher return producing units, moderate SRS growth, and healthy margin expansion."
Shares of Ignite Restaurant Group closed today at $17.83, down 0.78% from Tuesday's market close.
Posted-In: KeyBanc Capital MarketsAnalyst Color Price Target Initiation Analyst Ratings
© 2017 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.


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The start of the fiscal year brings a partial government shutdown, but the mortgage application pipeline will continue to trickle. In an effort to maintain the stability of the mortgage market, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it won't halt the processing of applications for government-backed mortgages.
Although HUD announced Friday it would cease working on mortgage applications that are insured by the Federal Housing Administration, it clarified its statement yesterday by saying it will continue to endorse FHA-insured loans.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had already announced they will continue to operate during a government shutdown. Those two agencies charge fees to lenders for operational costs, so they are unaffected by the shutdown.
The Federal Reserve says government-insured loans accounted for 45 percent of all mortgages in 2012. They included those backed by the FHA, as well as the Veterans Administration and Department of Agriculture.
'Slower than normal'
While operations will not cease, they will likely slow considerably. FHA plans call for a 96 percent reduction in staff during the shutdown. "There will be a limited number of exempted FHA staff available to underwrite and approve single family home loans," Jereon Brown, deputy assistant secretary for public affairs, said in a statement. "The underwriting and approval process will definitely be slower than normal."
The last government shutdown lasted three weeks, from Dec. 16, 1995, to Jan. 6, 1996.


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The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Savannah, GA to play in the Boombah Smash Hit Tournament at SCAD. The Lady Bulldogs competed against SCAD-Savannah and Malone University on Saturday and then against Cumberland University and Findlay University on Sunday. The Lady Bulldogs finished the Tournament 1-3 with the win over Malone University. On the way to the tournament the Lady Bulldogs played Wesleyan College of Georgia and recorded victories of 20-1 and 20-0.
In the first game against Wesleyan, the Lady Bulldogs went up 5-1 after the first inning and then continued to extend the lead. They scored 3 in the second, 2 in the 4th and 10 in the 5th to finish the game. Stacie Nelson had 3 hits and 3 runs including a double. Brandi Lasley had two hits as did Ashley Bryson. Chealsey Baxter had a home run for the Lady Bulldogs. Kayla Kerns got the win pitching 5 innings, giving up 3 hits and one run. She struck out 11.
Brittany Monday won the second game against Wesleyan pitching all five innings, striking out 10 and walking one. She gave up no hits and no runs. The Lady Bulldogs scored one in the second, 5 in the top of the 3rd, 6 in the 4th, and finished up the game with 8 in the fifth. Brandi Lasley had four hits including a double and triple. Cassidy Price had 3 hits and scored 3 runs. Jerilyn Keith and Brooke Ward with had two hits with Keith having a double. Lindsey Arnets and Stacie Nelson has had a double. Rachele Moretto had one hit which was a triple.
SCAD Savannah took an early 3-0 lead after the 3rd inning. The Lady Bulldogs scored 3 runs in the 5th to tie it up but SCAD came back to score one and take the lead. The game ended at 3-4. Monday took the loss pitching 6 innings and giving up 4 runs on 5 hits. She struck out 7 and walked 4. Brooke Ward had a home run for the Lady Bulldogs. Brandi Lasley hit a double. Also have hits was Rachele Moretto with 2, and Ashley Bryson with one.
In the win over Malone University the Lady Bulldogs scored early to take the lead 5-0 after 3 innings. Malone came back to score one in the 7th but it wasn't enough. Kayla Kerns pitched for the Lady Bulldogs giving up one run on 7 hits while striking out 3 and walking 2. The Lady Bulldogs had two home runs, one from Rachele Moretto and the other from Taylor Wilson. Brooke Ward had two doubles and Ashley Bryson had one. Also having hits was Stacie Nelson and Cassidy Price.
On Sunday the Lady Bulldogs played against Cumberland University first and were defeated 7-4. Tennessee Wesleyan was down 4-0 going into the bottom of the fourth and came back to score one. Cumberland came back in the 5th to score 3 more and take the lead 7-1. The Lady Bulldogs scored two more in the 5th and one in the 7th. Sarah Kilgore took the loss for the Lady Bulldogs pitching 5 innings while giving up 6 runs on 9 hits. She struck out 3. Kayla Kerns came in for the final 2 innings and struck out one while walking 2 and giving up one hit and one run. Ashley Bryson led the Lady Bulldogs with 3 hits including 2 doubles, and 3 RBIs. Sunni Jackson also had 3 hits and scored one run. Brooke Ward had two hits, while Stacie Nelson, Rachele Morretto, and Brandi Lasley (2B) each had one.
The Lady Bulldogs finished up the trip with a loss to Findlay University 7-5. The Lady Bulldogs took an early 1-0 lead after the first inning, but Findlay came back to score two in the 3rd. In the fourth Tennessee Wesleyan scored one run, while Findlay extended their lead with 2. The Lady Bulldogs came back to score 3 runs in the 6th to tie the game but Findlay scored the final two in the bottom of the 6th. Brittany Monday took the loss pitching 6 innings. She struck out 6 while walking 3. She gave up 7 runs on 9 hits. Ashley Bryson had 2 hits including a double and a home run, and one RBI. Brandi Lasley also had two hits. Brooke Ward had a double. Also having a hit was Jerilyn Keith and Sunni Jackson.
The Lady Bulldogs travel to Bryan College to play in a tournament on Friday and Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs will play against Truett-McConnell, Crowley's Ridge College, and Emmanuel College on both days. Tennessee Wesleyan will then play at home on March 16th against Young Harris College.


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Strange Statue At St Mary Magdalen In Abbeville
I grew up in Abbeville, and attended St. Mary Magdalen Church many times, but never went near the rectory, so I didn't see this until recently.
To access the rectory parking lot, you have to enter from the side, by the eye doctor's office. On the wall of the "ministry building", there stands statue: at first glance, the statue looks like one of the characters from the Bible.
Here's a picture of the full statue.
Notice what is on the statue's right foot. What is that thing?
Upon closer inspection, it seems that there is some sort of devil on the statue's foot!
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AVONDALE, La. — Jason Bohn took advantage of calm morning conditions Thursday in the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic, shooting 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead over Jason Dufner, John Senden, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen and 2006 champion Chris Couch.
Bohn had eight birdies and one bogey — when he tried to reach the par-5 18th green in two stokes and ended up in the water — at Pete Dye-designed TPC Louisiana.
"I was playing aggressively on the last hole," Bohn said. "If I had to do it all over again, I'd hit the exact same shot."
Every time he had a chance for birdie, he made it, Bohn said.
"And I made a couple of par-saving putts," said Bohn, who had 26 putts.
Bohn was one stroke off the course record, set by Kyle Reifers in 2007.
Bohn's score held up easily as the wind came up in the afternoon and made the course play much tougher.
"There is not much coverage out here on this golf course," Dufner said. "It's pretty open. So if it can get windy, that will make play a lot more difficult."
Five players — former British Open champion David Duval, Charles Howell, Kevin Sutherland, 2002 winner K.J. Choi and Troy Merritt — opened with 68s.
Defending champion Jerry Kelly shot 71.
This is the fifth time this year Choi has opened with 68 or better.
Choi, Owen and Overton teed off in the afternoon.
"It was blowing," said Owen, who made five birdies on the front nine. "There were a few gusts, but it's obviously tough."
Defending champion Jerry Kelly had an opening-round 71.
European: Australia's Marcus Fraser shot 7-under 65 to take the lead in the suspended first round of the fog-disrupted Ballantine's Championship in Jeju Island, South Korea. England's Mark Foster opened with 66. Play was delayed for six hours by fog, then suspended because of darkness with 36 players able to finish. South Africa's Ernie Els and American Anthony Kim shot 68s. South Korean star Y.E. Yang, playing a tournament on his home island for the first time since winning the PGA Championship last year, birdied the first hole before play was suspended.


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by Brian Boldt
The former District 28 school-house sits along Highway 47 in Ramsey.
The last classes in the building were held in 1947; after that the building served as Ramsey's town hall until 1977.
The life of a student at the District 28 school-house started at 9 a.m. and ended at 4 p.m. — with an hour at noon devoted to recess.
Outside of their studies, students enjoyed a variety of extracurricular activities.
Recess was one of the main events. It could almost be considered a school subject.
Lasting one hour, recess went through many makeovers throughout the years.
In comparison to the current large set of trees that hover over the school-house the early period grounds was open land.
Today, the building is surrounded by shaded grass; unlike when it served as a school and the trees had not yet matured to provide the cover they do today.
Grass was always torn up due to constant playing by the students. In the early years, at the south back side of the school was a field that student's used to play football and baseball. The kids brought their own equipment.
Unfortunately, the field was dotted with "land mines" of manure.
In the back of the school is a large pond that was used during the winter for ice skating.
Currently the pond is now a swamp with grass and brush, but at the time, the water was clear enough to see crabs and tadpoles beneath the ice.
Another game was played on the pond in the spring when it would begin to melt and the ice became "rubbery," — students would slide on the ice, causing some children to go into the open pond. In warmer seasons students would use it to collect frogs, turtles, and crabs.
By the 1940s, the only items that existed for recess were a teeter-totter and a set of swings located at the entrance of the school.
Students improvised by bringing little bags filled with shelled corn that they would play in the game 'Annie, Annie Over.'
This game consisted of two teams of four or five kids on each side of the school. One team would throw the bag and holler, "Annie, Annie Over!" If the other team caught the bag they would gain a point. However, if they missed, they would yell, "Pigtail," and someone else would throw the bean bag.
Students also took part in singing songs with each other during music class. They held "basket socials" throughout the year where they would exchange lunch baskets with one another. This gave an excuse for the boys who liked certain girls to become closer.
But one event that they looked forward to on a yearly basis was organizing and participating in a Christmas play. With extra lights borrowed from the community, a stage, which consisted of planks, was set up, and screws in the wall ran a wire across the room for a curtain.
A real Christmas tree stood lit up by candles — this would only last for so many minutes before they had to be blown out for fear of a fire. Students would perform their play and held a special Christmas dinner afterward.
Outside of their studies, students were kept busy and pushed to go beyond the classroom.
Extracurricular activities were a subject on its own. As a result, the students had a good time and turned out good because of such an education.
Editor's note: Brian Boldt is a volunteer for the Anoka County Historical Society.


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AN historic statue of King Edward VII gave one last royal wave to Bolton as it headed north to its new home at an outdoor museum.
The 104-year-old statue used to stand outside the former Bolton Royal Infirmary in Chorley New Road, but was removed when the hospital was demolished in 1998.
Since then, the ornate piece of masonry has lay gathering coal dust in a maintenance yard at the Royal Bolton Hospital.
Campaigners from the Bolton Nurses League had unsuccessfully fought to have the statue reinstated at the entrance to Queens Park or at the Royal Bolton.
Now, it is on its way to the Beamish Open Air Museum in County Durham where it will be restored.
Former nurse Michael Wyatt, a member of the Bolton Nurses' League, said he was "over the moon" the statue was being rescued.
Mr Wyatt, aged 69, of Whitefield, said: "We are thrilled and excited that a solution has finally been found where the statue can be saved and restored.
"Ideally we would have liked to have seen it restored at the Royal Bolton but nevertheless we are over the moon that it will be recognised for the piece of art it is. It has been covered in coal dust for too long and I'm sure many people will enjoy it at Beamish."
The lifesize statue was installed at the infirmary's nursing home more than 100 years ago to commemorate a visit by the King.
Funded by the Bolton Nurses League, the statue was moved by Darcy Lever haulage firm, Alan Hyndle Transport Limited, yesterday.
Graham Edge, transport manager at the firm, said: "It's definitely one of the more unusual items we've moved but we were happy to help."
Kate Reeder, head of social history and collections management at Beamish, said: "We would always prefer items to be kept in their community but when that is not possible we are keen to help. We are hoping to use the statue in our Edwardian town. We thought it would make a nice feature to include among the buildings in the exhibit."
The statue will be restored with the help of a £10.75 million Heritage Lottery Grant.


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SALT LAKE CITY — All 409 miles of climbs, descents, twists, and turns of the six-day Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah were revealed today by event organizers. Thesixth season for this prestigious professional cycling event will begin with a new uphill Prologue at Utah Olympic Park on Tuesday, August 9. There will be a combination of familiar terrain and fresh territory for the five stages, including a new circuit course in downtown Salt Lake City. The Tour of Utah culminates on Sunday, August 14, with its signature mountaintop stage finish at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort.
"The route this year will definitely challenge the best cyclists from around the globe. We expect each course to be packed with spectators, while enjoying the striking parts of the state of Utah and the local communities. Six days of challenging courses and terrain will not only test pro cyclists, but showcase Utah in a national and international spotlight," said Steve Miller, president of the Utah Cycling Partnership which owns the Tour of Utah.
The six-day race and rolling festival was elevated this year by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to a 2.1-rated stage race, which makes it one of the top three pro cycling events of its kind for North America. The Tour of Utah promises to uphold its distinction as "America's Toughest Stage RaceTM" with close to 30,000 feet of climbing over the total route, as well as providing stunning scenery along the Wasatch Front in and around six unique Host Venues.
The Overall Start on August 9 debuts at legendary Utah Olympic Park (UOP) in Park City with an uphill Prologue, presented by KJZZ-TV and KFAN (Sports Radio-AM 1320). The Prologue, a short preliminary time trial to establish the race leader, will cover 1.25 miles (2 km). But it won't be a full-throttle sprint, as the pro cyclists will have to climb the entire distance. The start will be located at the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center, which houses the Alf Engen Ski Museum and 2002 Eccles Winter Olympic Museum. The finish will be located at the summit of UOP, near the start house of the sliding track used for bobsled, luge and skeleton. This acclaimed 389-acre facility has been recognized as having the fastest sliding track and highest-elevated ski jumps in the world. The stage will begin at 2 p.m. and end at approximately 4:30 p.m.
The Stage OneRoad Race, presented by Miller Lite,is the longest stage of the week at 116 miles (187 km). This start and finish line on Wednesday is located in downtown Ogden on Historic 25th Street near the Ogden Amphitheater. Pro cyclists will encounter 8,250 feet of climbing, navigating a 38.5-mile course three times. This includes multiple climbs over the challenging North Ogden Pass, traveling past Pineview Reservoir and returning to Ogden through Ogden Canyon. This makes it a great day for spectators to see the peloton pass numerous times. It is the first time Ogden will host a start and finish for the Tour of Utah. A climbing stage with a flat finish, it will begin at 11 a.m. in Ogden and is expected to finish between 3:45-4:30 p.m..
The Stage Two Road Race, presented by Adobe, provides a rolling, 100-mile (161 km) course that offers a new finish line area in Provo. For the second year in a row, the start line of this stage is located at the headquarters of Xango (a leading global nutrition company) on the north side of Utah Lake, less than 20 miles away from Provo. The peloton will encounter 2,820 feet of rolling hills as they ride around the west side of Utah Lake, passing through Goshen, Mona, Santaquin, and Springville. After passing near Brigham Young University in Provo, cyclists will finish at Vivint headquarters (one of the largest home automation companies in North America) at The Shops at Riverwoods on N. University Avenue in Provo. This is the first time in four years that Provo is an official host city. The start will begin at 11 a.m. and the finish should be between 2:45-3:30 p.m.
Miller Motorsports Park will host the Stage Three Individual Time Trial, presented by UnitedHealthcare, on August 12. It is the fourth consecutive year this "race of truth" will be contested near Tooele, Utah at this state-of-the-art road racing facility completed in 2006 for automobiles, motorcycles and karts. This year's route is very similar to previous years, with both the start and finish located in front of the facility's pit row area. At 9.7 miles (14.5 km), the time trial course has 16 turns on the race track, including one out-and-back section and a turnaround area within walking distance of pit row. In this exciting event, cyclists take turns racing against the clock, going at intervals on the course rather than a large peloton, or pack. Because of high temperatures that occur on the race track in the middle of the day, the athletes will begin taking turns in the ITT at 5 p.m. The competition should conclude by 8 p.m.
A new course is expected to draw huge crowds on Saturday, with the Stage Four Circuit Race, presented by University of Utah Health Care, in downtown Salt Lake City. The Prologue has been hosted by Salt Lake City in past years, but this year the capital city has planned a high-intensity 81.4-mile (131-km) race with a total of 7,246 feet of climbing. The circuit is 7.4 miles in length, which will require cyclists to make 11 laps. The course begins on Capitol Hill and continues through City Creek Canyon. It continues along 11th Avenue through the Avenues neighborhood and south on Virginia Street into the Federal Heights neighborhood. The peloton should fly along tree-lined Presidents Circle on the University of Utah campus then sprint along South Temple Street, past the Governor's Mansion and under Eagle Gate to Capitol Hill for the finish. The circuit race begins at 1 p.m. and is expected to finish close to 4:30 p.m.
The Tour of Utah returns to Park City on Sunday for the start of the Stage Five Road Race, presented by Zions Bank. This is the showcase "Queen Stage" of the Tour with the epic mountaintop finish at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. It is the fourth consecutive year for this century (161-km) route, which features four significant mountain climbs and a total of 10,900 vertical feet of elevation gain. Going east from Newpark Town Center in Park City, one of the first climbs is along the Jordanelle Reservoir near Kamas.. The next major climb is past Midway along the Alpine Loop Scenic Byway, an 8.7-mile climb that crosses Mt. Timpanogos near Sundance Resort. After a descent down American Fork Canyon (Hwy. 92) through Uinta National Forest, riders head over the Suncrest Drive climb and past Sandy City. The final climb up Little Cottonwood Canyon covers 3,000 vertical feet in six miles, with 8-12 percent gradients, to the finish at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort.
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah began as the Thanksgiving Point Stage Race & Cycling Festival, a three-day event over Memorial Day weekend in 2004. The Utah Cycling Partnership, owned by family members from the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, purchased the event in 2007 and re-launched the cycling event in 2008. The race had grown from 9,000 feet of climbing in the first years to nearly 30,000 feet of elevation gain, gaining reputation as "America's Toughest Stage Race". The Tour of Utah is now sanctioned by both USA Cycling, Inc. and the UCI.


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Zendaya *Epically* Gets Down to Beyoncé's 'Lemonade', Gives Us the Best Video of the Day
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When my husband and I made the choice to adopt we were not picky. The questionnaires that you have to complete for the adoption process were very detailed. You have to decide if you want a boy or a girl, Caucasian, Asian, African American, Indian or any of the other ethnicities or races in the world or a child who is mix raced. You also have to consider if you will accept children with disabilities and what ages you would accept. Out of all the questions the race and ethnicity questions were the easiest we just checked YES all the way down. We do not think that a child's race should really matter. We did talk to some people we knew of different ethnicities than us, we are Caucasian, to see how a child of their ethnicity would be treated if they were raised by us.
We were pleasantly surprised to hear their reactions. Not one person said that their race would have a problem, does what we look like on the outside really matter?
If this was the 1960's we may not have had to consider whether we would adopt a child of a different race but this was 2003 and we were not expecting to encounter any racial problems. We found out quickly that not the entire world agreed with our opinions.
Before we got matched with the children we now have we had been put in for a sibling group that was African American. We thought the kids were two of the cutest things we had ever seen. We could picture watching them grow and loving them. Unfortunately when we started showing their pictures around we were shocked to hear some of the comments that we got. People who we worked with or friends of ours that knew that we were adopting, assumed that we would only adopt a child to match us. We heard comments like "OH, they are cute but aren't they a little too dark?" These comments really took us back. We were not expecting these comments and were not really prepared to respond. How do you explain that you do not see a color you just see a child who needs a family to love?
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Ticket prices: $10 adults; $5 seniors, military and veterans; children free with a paid adult admission.
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Waking up in Chains
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Chapter 1 (v.1) - Waking up in Chains
NAOMI SLOWLY BECOMES CONSCIOUS. She lifts her head up as she wakes, to find that her body is restrained. Her arms are raised above her head and they hang from chains in which are hooked to the ceiling. Below, her ankles are held above the floor by chains that are hooked to the ground. This design of restriction has her held in the middle between the floor and the ceiling, touching neither of those surfaces. Her body is suspended in the air by the rusty chains and rings around her limbs.
She gasps as she looks around, panicked. She discovers that she is trapped in a small, windowless room, just about the size of a bedroom. The lighting is almost pitch black, so Naomi struggles to make out her surroundings. The only light that illuminates the room is the very faint light bulb, harsh white light, yet almost burned out. The smell of rust and sweat lingers, and Naomi can see that the four walls around her are filthy brown and green. To the left of the wall in front of her, a heavy brown door looks impossible to open. Just as she goes to inspect the floors, the light flickers out. Naomi freezes, at first thinking that someone else might have turned out the light, someone she didn't notice was in the room with her before. Soon enough, though, it comes back on, dim and flickering once again. She breathes outward. Looking down, she sees that the floor is also filthy. It is also slightly wet as though there was a muddy leak in the room. The corners of the room are packed with insects and cob webs, giving Naomi the shivers. As she looks to inspect the last corner, she spots a dirty, torn, thin blanket, poorly laid out. The eerie feel of the room and her entire situation makes Naomi close her eyes for a moment, shutting them tight.
Hearing the muffled sound of keys from the outside of the room causes her to open her eyes again. She hears the sound of something coming in contact with the brown door. Slowly, it opens, creaking. In walks a man with heavy footsteps, dressed in clothing that looks like he is ready for a rough job. Naomi thinks of a factory worker in a dangerous facility, or a construction builder. As the man takes his big jacket off, he speaks in a comforting voice.
"Hello, darling. Are you awake?" Naomi gives him no answer, feeling she wants to scream, but fails to get any sound out of her throat.
"Hmm?", the man encourages, waiting for a reply. "It's okay. . .Don't panic. You're fine. You can call me Jonas," he tells her, although, who knows his real name by now? He probably doesn't even know it himself, going through life on hundreds of aliases for years now. He reaches to touch her face, but she protests, leaning back as far as she can in her chains. This makes Jonas smile, proceeding to gently touch her face anyway, despite her efforts to move away. She finally chooses to speak, asking him, "Where am I?" in a panicked voice.
"You're with me now, Naomi," answers Jonas, giving her no useful information besides the fact that he just said her name.
"How do you know my name?", she asks. Jonas chuckles.
"Where am I?!", Naomi demands, now yelling. Jonas remains calm.
"In my home," he says, and gestures with his arms to draw attention to the room they are in. Naomi looks around, frustrated, confused, and frightened at the same time.
"This?", she asks. "Just. . .tell me what you want from me. Please, I swear, I'll do whatever you want me to. If you just let me go, I'll never tell anyone. Not a soul. Please, just let me go?", Naomi pleads, trying to convince Jonas. He is not moved by her questions.
"No, sweetie. That's not going to help me. I want you here. With me," he explains. This causes Naomi to yell once more, outraged.
"I don't know you! What do you want me for?!", she screams.
"Whoa, whoa. . .calm down. Here, if you promise to cooperate, I'll let you out of these chains. I bet your wrists and ankles are hurting by now. You've been locked there for a while," Jonas tells her. He proceeds to give her instructions on how he is going to let her go.
"Okay, since you're suspended in the air from both ends, I'm going to unlock your legs first. When you're hanging there, I'm going to take off the chains from your arms. When I do this, you have to jump forward so that your feet won't land on the hooks attached to the ground. Be careful."
Naomi looks down. She notices that she doesn't have shoes on, that he must have taken them. She also sees the hooks he was talking about, hooks cemented to the floor for her chains to attach to.
"Okay," she tells him. Jonas unlocked her ankles first, as he said he would, and then her wrists, and she jumped to the ground.
"Nice job, you're a good listener," Jonas tells Naomi.
"Where are my shoes?", Naomi asks. Jonas ignores her question.
"Are you hungry?", he asks, instead.
"Please. Please. All I want is to be let free," Naomi pleads to Jonas, with desperate eyes.
"Darling, if you don't tell me whether you're hungry or not, I won't know what to get you," Jonas says, completely skirting away Naomi's begging. She looks down at the floor.
"I'm not hungry," she says quietly.
"Oh, come on. I know you must be. I'll go get you something to eat. I'll be right back. Just get comfortable," Jonas tells her. Naomi continues to face the floor as Jonas leaves the room. Once he is gone, she lifts her head up.
"What happened?", she asks, talking to herself. "How did this happen? Who is he? How do I get out of here?". Naomi walks to the door. With no doorknob, just a groove to pull, she places her hand in it and pulls. Locked. There's no way out. No windows, no skylights, no nothing. Naomi walks over to the ugly blanket on the damp floor and sits. As she sits and looks forward at the wall in front of her, expressionless, her mind is blank in escape ideas. She is lost, and she has no way to find her way back home.
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I really do like this, I am far beyond intrigued. Please, if you don't mind, KMU?
I liked it. Wow definitely piqued my curiosity. Jonas gives me the creeps which is a good thing . Can't wait for chapter 2.
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