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Part 2 of the Free palm reading guide.
The hand is divided into two main categories: the palm and the fingers. The palm represents your personal characteristics and the fingers represent your interaction with others.
When reading the palm, amongst other aspects, we analyze the lines and the mounts. You can Scroll down to view the palmistry diagram of hand we will use for this hand analysis example.
Reading the lines of palmistry utilizing the palmistry diagram of hand below.
A – The Life line runs from between the thumb and index finger downwards towards the wrist. It documents the relationship we have with our family and graphs our energy levels.
A common mistake by some palm readers is to suggest that a short life line indicates a short life, instead it is rather the depth and strength of the life line in comparison with the other lines that is a better indicator.
B – The Head line runs from between our thumb and index finger sloping downwards towards the left of our palm. It indicates the fortitude of the mind and one's artistic capacity.
C – The Heart line runs from below the little finger towards the index finger, it is the uppermost main line – seen on the palmistry diagram of hand below. It indicates how we interact with and respond to other people and beings around us. It also documents our input into our relationships.
D – The Fate/destiny line runs from the bottom center of the palm towards the ring and middle finger. At times it is not present at all.
It documents one's career path and the consistencies within the work environment.
Palmistry diagram of hand showing major lines of palmistry.
Significance of the mounts in basic palm reading
We analyze the mounts in combination with the lines of palmistry and the fingers.
Generally speaking, the mounts represent where our energy and talents lie. The Mounts that are more developed than others represent strengths in certain characteristics – something which we highlight in palm reading and that you can take advantage of.
Referring to the next palmistry diagram of hand below,
Ju – the Jupiter mount, represents our ambition, enthusiasm and willingness to share and socialize.
Sa – the Saturn mount, represents our stability, responsibility and love of tradition. It may also show a greater understanding of time, rhythm and the deeper aspects of life.
Ap – the Apollo or Sun mount, the "sun" says it all, love of life, spontaneity, fruitfulness, creativity, success – a sunny disposition.
Me – the Mercury mount, our ability to converse and interact with others. A developed mount signifies an ability to convey a message quickly, clearly and diplomatically, serves well in commerce and negotiation.
Ma+, Mars positive or the 1st Mars mount, (shown between the thumb and index finger on the palmistry diagram of hand below) denotes our courage and willingness to defend our beliefs and the beliefs of others. Energy and tenacity.
Ma-, Mars negative or the 2nd Mars mount, represents our sense of responsibility and commitment to the social community, and our staying power under trying circumstances.
Pl of Ma – the Mars plain, distinguishes how bearing (or over bearing) our personality is on others and to what degree we make use of our 1st and 2nd Mars characteristics.
Lu – the mount of Luna or the Moon mount, (bottom right hand corner of the palmistry diagram of hand) represents our sense of imagination, inventiveness, intuition and romantic aspirations. The written skills are well represented here. A strong desire for change. (Add palm reading comment here.)
Ne – the Neptune mount, not very common, sometimes confused with the lower part of the Venus mount. Indicates a charming magnetic and intuitive character. At ease performing in front of others.
Ve – the Venus mount. Perhaps the greatest indicator of our passion for life and others, and our virility. The padding is usually very pronounced in the hands of artists and can also signify good circulation and constitution.
The palmistry diagram of hand below corresponds to the above labels.
The fingers in basic palm reading
We analyze the fingers in combination with the mounts and lines of palmistry. Some aspects of the fingers which we observe while analyzing the hand are the length, diameter, flexibility, end shape, flesh colour, alignment, finger spacings, phalanges/phalanxes (fingers are usually divided into 3 phalanxes) , finger print patterns, joints, nails, finger setting and markings. Generally speaking long slender fingers suggest intellectual quickness and mental power, while shorter broader fingers indicate a practical approach to issues. The fingers and their respective mounts have the same names and
represent the same qualities, and so the fingers can also enhance or diminish the mounts' characteristics.
Refer to the palmistry diagram of hand below.
Ju – Jupiter or index finger, if long it suggests ambition adaptability and magnetism to power and command over others. A short finger could suggest lack of ambition.
Sa – Saturn or middle finger, our maturity and how we deal with responsibility. The centre finger also illustrates how balanced we are in life.
Ap – Apollo or ring finger, our love of aesthetics, our emotional needs, and desire for the limelight.
Me – Mercury or little finger, our intimate relationship with others and our ability to express it through verbal and written skills.
The thumb – the wider the opening between the thumb and index finger the more open and trustworthy the person is, also a flexible thumb suggests a flexible character (see the 'thumb and index spacing' label on the palmistry diagram of hand above).
The thumb also highlights our inner drive and willpower, and our ability to get the job done.
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Kevin Coppinger declared victory in the Essex County Sheriff's race at the Porthole Pub Tuesday night.
By THOMAS GRILLO
LYNN–Kevin Coppinger has a new badge to honor: sheriff.
The Lynn police chief beat his Republican challenger and two Independent candidates on Tuesday night to become the next Essex County sheriff.
"I'm shell shocked," Coppinger told his supporters at the Porthole Restaurant. "To everyone in this room, thank you from the bottom of my heart, it means so much to me for all the help everyone gave, from those that held signs, made phone calls and spoke of me positively, whatever it was, you really touched my heart. I am really encouraged and empowered to be the next greatest sheriff in Essex County."
At press time, 68 of 240 precincts reported Coppinger ahead with 52,869 votes or 47 percent, Peabody City Councilor Anne Manning-Martin received 43,663 or 39 percent, Independents and Mark Archer, a Lynn native and retired Massachusetts State Trooper who practices law, got 8,496 or 7 percent and Kevin Leach, a retired county commissioner garnered 8,296 votes or 7 percent.
In Lynn, Coppinger trounced Manning-Martin with 23,542 votes or nearly 78 percent compared to the Republican who received 3,858 votes or 12.7 percent. He also beat her in own backyard, winning Peabody by 328 votes.
The race to replace retiring Sheriff Frank Cousins featured a lively campaign with several forums in which candidates promised to address recidivism and improve upon inmate drug treatment programs.
Coppinger said his goals include strengthening skills training and improving and expanding detox, opiate and mental health counseling programs.
He touted his skills in law enforcement, budgeting and communications and the support he received from fellow law enforcement officials nationwide.
Still, Coppinger said he will miss the Lynn Police Department.
"As sheriff of Essex County, Lynn will still be near and dear to my heart," he said.
The 34 communities in Essex County stretch from Amesbury to West Newbury. The Essex County Sheriff's Department oversees people awaiting trial as well as inmates convicted of crimes. As of Sept. 1, there were 1,850 prisoners under the sheriff's custody.
In addition to the House of Correction in Middleton, the sheriff runs the facilities and offices in Lynn, Salem, Lawrence, and Salisbury employing 620 people. The department's budget is $66 million and the sheriff serves a six-year term and earns $152,000.
Thomas Grillo can be reached at [email protected]

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The other day, I needed some more condish and Suave wasn't quite working for me, so I picked up V05 Strawberries & Creme (the smell is quite strong out of the bottle, but once used, it's quite nice). It's very thick, unlike Suave which is very inconsistent - sometimes they will be thick, sometimes it'll be runny. finger combed with the V05 Strawberries & Creme and left it alone. It fluffed out perfectly with minimal frizz! I was so happy! :P So, today I tried it again, only a little differently. I washed with CON Regular, then added A LOT of V05 Strawberries & Creme... let it sit for a while. Then I paddle brushed, sat there for 5 mins. Got out and added more V05. My curls were clumpy, defined and soft! I touched it a little too much so i ended up adding a little Garnier Fructis Smoothing Milk (another leave-in) and a little LaBella Gel to an unruly patch, but overall, I am loving condish for leave-in! Does anyone else use condish/leave-in without slapping on a bunch of gel?
Sure; do it all the time. I use Nexxus conditioner (Humectress I believe). I find that I don't need any gel or other product. I just shake (vigorously!) and go. My hair just clumps on its own after that.
This happened to me by "mistake" too! I ran out of my normal conditioner and picked up some V05 Strawberries & Cream. I left it in because I was out of my leave in too. I had great clumps, shine and moisture!
I still have some left. I'll be using it as my back up.
Someone on one of the boards posted this a little while ago, but I think she was advising not to make reg. condish an everyday leave-in because eventually your hair stops taking in the moisture from the condish. I don't remember whether it was this board or the 4a one (maybe 3b?). Maybe you can change up your routine so you only do it every other day or use a smaller amount to minimize any buildup? Keep us posted on how your Strawberries and Cream routine works out!
Yeah, I got this message too late! LOL I realize now I need to switch off between condish/leave-in as a styler and gel as a styler. The second and third day I used condish for a styler, my hair didn't look as good. The third day was pretty bad... lol, but strawberries and cream is beautiful! my new fave :P
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Toddler's condition is critical after accident
A toddler accidently run over by his father Thursday afternoon is hanging on, according to Steve Gaskins, spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol.
Andrew F. Pope III, 18 months, was in critical condition Friday at Tampa General Hospital. His father, Andrew F. Pope Jr., 26, backed his car into a Trilby driveway and did not see his son behind him.
Construction worker remains in hospital
A 36-year-old steelworker injured in a construction accident remained hospitalized in critical condition Friday.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Brian Pledger of Riverview was working at the construction site of Generations Christian Church on Little Road, north of Trinity Boulevard, about 10:15 a.m. Thursday.
He was sitting on a joist as it was being lowered into place. After he unhooked the joist from a chain connecting it to a construction crane, he signaled the crane operator to move the line away.
But the operator couldn't see the joist, and it was knocked off its bracket. Pledger struck his head on the joist and then fell to the concrete, about 30 feet below.
The sheriff's report said he was wearing a safety harness, but it wasn't attached to anything. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.
Maid charged after jewelry is stolen
Pasco County deputies arrested a 52-year-old maid from Lutz and charged her in jewelry thefts from three homes in Land O'Lakes over the past 18 months.
Sena Louise Goodman of 21723 State Road 54 was charged with grand theft.
According to deputies, Goodman worked as a maid at three homes, cleaning them once a week.
Recently, the homeowners began noticing that jewelry was missing. When they confronted Goodman, she denied any knowledge of the thefts.
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Head to church at the Restaurant At St Paul's
Feeling in need of something spiritual after the debauches of the Festive, I head to church. But itâs not the altar of St Paulâs Cathedral thatâs winking at me â you didnât think I was going all new yearâs resolution on you, did you?
Down into the crypt to the newish restaurant, a vaulted room intimate enough to suggest a previous life as a sacristy for incense sniffing or whatever. Itâs elegantly spare of decor, the clamour from its packed room reverberating round the hard surfaces. All very Anglican.
Much more High Church camp is the menu, religiously dedicated to all things indigenous â even some decent English wines. Thereâs London Particular, a thick, bacon-laced pea soup named after the notorious fog, quail Scotch eggs, crumbly little biscuits flavoured with rosemary and Montgomery cheddar. OK, so thereâs the odd rogue risotto for the more ascetic customer, but otherwise itâs mostly the well-executed, rib-sticking likes of beef cheeks or venison. Even the much-mocked faggot puts in a show. Sticky, sinful gingerbread sandwiched with Regentâs Park honey ice-cream is breathtakingly gorgeous. Hallelujah!
Among the tourists and worshippers, thereâs a proper ecclesiastical presence â a table of four priests beside us, making us corpse and curse like naughty convent girls. But even if we canât be good, this place can.
Lunch for two with wine, water and service costs about £70. St Paulâs Cathedral, St Paulâs Churchyard. Tel: 020 7248 2469. http://www.restaurantatstpauls.co.uk Tube: St Paulâs


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Playing on synthetic grass...tips?
I'm going to play on a synthetic grass court...could you give me some advice about which shots pay on this surface,how to play well and if the bounce is irregular so much? Thanks in advance! ;)
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the best advice i can give you is dont play on synthetic grass, it is the worst surface in history
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Synthetic Grass Friendly Shots:
Heavy Sliced Serves
Flat 1st Serves
Backhand Slice
Chip/Open Faced Returns
(x 10 when wet)
Synthetic Grass isnt a bad surface.... unfortunately, many clubs misinterpret 'Low Maintenance' for 'No Maintenance' ... and in countries with wetter climates... the surface is dangerous much of the time... IMO.
The bounce is consistant... contistantly low... compared with clay or hardcourt. On a dry day with a bit of heat, a synthtic court without too much sand can present a ball that will 'pop' up to a height common with a quicker hardcourt.
A properly kept Synthetic Grass court will enable you to slide into shots much like a clay surface, as there is supposed to be a sandy film on top of the courts. However, in wetter climates, usually the sand washes away and is not reapplied as much as it needs to be.
A heavy ball with no spin or slice with come through the court and on to the racquet quicker - if u are tuned more to playing on slower surafces, the ball might actually feel as tho it is picking up speed off the bounce...
a tactic that may be adopted is to chip/open face all returns early in a match where the conditions are super quick. I know of a nation that plays all its top level tournaments on the surface... and, the tactic used by the top players on return is 'Chip/Block 1st serves, Chip 2nd until you are into the match.'
Winning serve can be easy enough on this surface - yet, it is server friendly, therefore adopting a sound return tactic is perhaps the best way to approach a match on the surface.
Approaching the net from sliced shots is a good tactic in general play. As the bounce is generally low anyway, a sliced shot is even lower... if you are to attack from a decent slice - either short or deep - then, the defender will be forced to play the ball up...
Study the backround of the player you are up against.. maybe the surface is even more foreign to them - and, anything that works on you - will more than likely work on on them as well.
Good Luck...
ps: what is the climate like in the region you will be playing in...?
Re: Playing on synthetic grass...tips?
I think that properly maintained synthetic grass courts are a dream, but then again these are the courts that I've learned to play tennis on. As someone of basically no experience of other courts I can't really compare things for you, fast_clay's advice seems very good.
I don't find the bounce to be irregular as long as the courts are well maintained, the only bad bounces you tend to get are off of the lines which is to be expected. The only health risk is too much or not enough sand, particularly in wet conditions.
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Don't fall. You'll get buuuuurnt. :p
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The weather here is very hot,now in summer it's usually about from 25° C to 35° C...but of course I think they let me play at 18-18.30 pm so temperature is lower than normal ;)
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Consistent, medium to low bounces and not that fast.
Nice court to slide on as well.
Slices work well on this court.
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ok... sounds quite warm...
you should get a bit of extra time on the ball the hotter/drier it is - so less abbreviation of your swings... should be able to take a swing return at some second serves...
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Sorry if I'm too late.
Looks like you've had great tips so far. Just remember synthetic grass is lightning fast so you'll need to adapt your game. Serve-volley a lot, the slice serve will be very effecting on this surface, flat hitting will get you lots of winners. Just play a very aggressive game and you should be ok. Remember though, the bounce is very low and skiddy so you'll need good early prep on your groundstrokes.
Best of luck.
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Re: Playing on synthetic grass...tips?
Because the ball shoots through, you have to elongate the shape of your ground strokes.
The best example I can think of is Jimmy Connor's backhand - his stroke was straight back and straight forward. That's what I mean by elongated.
You will hit the ball with less mis hits and also the ball stays lower for your opponent.
Re: Playing on synthetic grass...tips?
I have a match tomorrow on fake grass. It suits my game pretty well, although I know the guy I'm playing is an extremely attacking player, coming to the net on practically anything so it could be tricky.
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Ozzy Osbourne Offers Full Album Stream of 'Scream' Tour Edition
Since the Prince of Darkness' 10th studio album 'Scream' hit the shelves back in June, Ozzy Osbourne has hit the road running — keeping to his promised plans of an 18-month world tour in support. To add more fuel to the metal fire, Osbourne is releasing a tour edition of the album featuring seven bonus songs, which AOL is streaming in its entirety.
The new tour edition features the songs 'One More Time' (originally only available as the iTunes pre-order), 'Jump the Moon' (from the Japanese release) and the unreleased 'Hand of the Enemy.' On top of that, there are four live cuts that were recorded during the first U.K. run: 'Bark at the Moon.' 'Let Me Hear You Scream,' 'No More Tears' and a cover of Black Sabbath's 'Fairies Wear Boots.'
The two-CD package is marked to include the video for 'Let Me Hear You Scream' and behind the scenes footage of the video and the making of 'Scream.'
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23 Months Old!
I have been sooo swamped at work that I haven't been able to keep up with the amazing development Jordan's made in the last week. She's a big girl. She's a TALKING girl. Right now, she's obsessed with nouns. She's constantly pointing words out everywhere. It's awesome.
After taking Cameron to school, Jordan and I had some time alone before her Parents as Teacher's teacher came to visit and do her 24-month-old developmental testing (since Jordan's birthday is over the holidays, we couldn't hold it in December). I tried to shoot video of Jordan before that meeting and she wouldn't have it. So I placed it on the table and just started rolling without her knowledge. And suddenly, something amazing happened. My girl broke out into song:
I'll be honest. That video is SO freaking cute I can't handle it. It makes my heart melt with glee and pride and just obsessive amounts of love for this little girl. I feel it deeply for both kids. Somehow, this video is pure love. It could be because she's singing "I love you."
Tonight, Jordan did another amazing thing. She took her sock and shoe off in the car. She would NOT let me put it back on. I had to carry her into the house (it's way too cold for a barefoot baby). She promptly sat on the floor, worked that sock onto her foot and then got her shoe back on. Then she stood up, put her arms in the air and declared: "Ta Da!" She did it! ALL BY HERSELF! I was so proud, I rushed over to her, gave her a HUGE hug. She felt so dang proud! What was really funny was Cam's reaction: "I do that all the time."
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Everything about Chateau Magdelaine St. Emilion, Bordeaux wine producer profile, with wine tasting notes, wine and food pairings, best vintages, wine ratings, a history of the property, information on wine making and terroir, along with wine tasting reviews. If you want to read about other important, Bordeaux Chateaux: Links to all Bordeaux Wine Producer Profiles
Chateau Magdelaine History, Overview
Chateau Magdelaine dates back to at least the 18th century when it was owned by the Chatonnet family. By the early 1950's, Magdelaine had fallen into a state of neglect in the wine making facilities and their Saint Emilion vineyards. At that point, the estate was put up for sale. It was acquired in 1952 by Ets Jean-Pierre Moueix who replanted the vineyards and modernized the wine making.
Chateau Magdelaine is an old school styled, traditionally made Bordeaux wine is located just outside of the village St. Emilion. Chateau Magdelaine has some very good neighbors. The property is situated close to Chateau Ausone, Chateau Belair-Monange and Chateau Canon at the break of the limestone plateau. Even though this Bordeaux wine is produced almost exclusively from Merlot, Magdelaine is not fleshy or lush in style. It is a lean, light, fresh, bright, stern, classic style of Saint Emilion wine.
Chateau Magdelaine Vineyards, Terroir, Grapes, Winemaking
The 11.3 hectare St. Emilion vineyard of Chateau Magdelaine is planted to 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The terroir is limestone and clay soil. Even though the vineyard is one large parcel, the terroir is in two sections with 6 hectares located on the Saint Emilion limestone plateau while the remainder of the vines are planted on the slopes. Most of the vines are close to 35 years of age. However the oldest plots of Magdelaine date back to the 1920's! The vine density is 6,000 vines per hectare.
For the production of Chateau Magdelaine, two laser sorting tables have been in use since 2009. The winery uses thermoregulated concrete vats and since 2004, they have also some stainless tanks for the fermentation. No bleedings take place and malolactic fermentation occurs in tank. The decision to add the press wine is made during the elevage.
Chateau Magdelaine is aged in an average of 40% new, French oak barrels for about 18 months before bottling The production of Chateau Magdelaine is close to 2,500 cases per year. There is a second wine, Les Songes de Magdelaine.
Serving and Decanting Chateau Magdelaine with Wine, Food, Pairing Tips
Chateau Magdelaine is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Young vintages can be decanted for 2-3 hours. This allows the wine to soften and open its perfume. Older vintages might need very little decanting, just enough to remove the sediment. Chateau Magdelaine is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted braised and grilled dishes. Chateau Magdelaine is also good when matched with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.
When the 2012 St. Emilion Classification was announced, the owners of Chateau Magdelaine, Ets. Moueix, declared that 2011 would be the final vintage for the property. From that point forward, the vineyard of Chateau Magdelaine would be merged into their other estate in the appellation, Chateau Belair-Monange.
Château Magdelaine Wine Tasting Notes
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2011 Château Magdelaine ( St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Floral, black raspberry and cherry tones with medium body open into a delicate red berry and spice finish. 89-91 Pts
Apr 24, 2012points - Tasted 3317 Views
2010 Château Magdelaine ( St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, stony and fresh, the mineral driven nose is complicated by notes of thyme, black cherry, earth and plums. Clearly there is more held in reserve that should come out with 5-7 years of age.
Feb 27, 2015points - Tasted 2758 Views
2009 Château Magdelaine ( St. Émilion Grand Cru)
2009 Magdelaine opens with minerals, dark raspberries, chocolate, and licorice aromas. The soft textured wine is medium bodied, and ends with dark berry and chocolate flavors. 89/91 Pts
Jun 29, 2010points - Tasted 3992 Views
2008 Château Magdelaine ( St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Showing some lightness in the color, the wine is maturing. More interesting on the nose with its black raspberry, floral, tobacco and earthy character, than on the medium bodied, crisp, bright, red berry and herbal finish.
May 28, 2014points - Tasted 3441 Views
08 Château Magdelaine shows an abundance of ripe, black fruit, herbs, and a hint of oak with some minerals in the nose. Full bodied with some good texture, but there is an austere/lean quality to the wine as well, which finishes with kirsch notes. 88-91 Pts
Jul 1, 2009points - Tasted 3035 Views
2005 Château Magdelaine ( St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, the wine is more interesting on the earthy, floral, cherry and spice centric nose, than on the palate, with its fresh, bright, red fruit character.
May 4, 2016points - Tasted 2614 Views
Earth, herbs, floral and spicy cherry notes, medium body with a crisp, cherry finish. The wine is fine, it just lacks excitment or unique character.
May 4, 2012points - Tasted 3116 Views
1990 Château Magdelaine ( St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Bland and light, this fully mature, lean, St. Emilion wine was focused on red berries, tobacco and spice. Fully mature, there is no reason to hold this any longer.
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A split developed today in the Arab guerrilla movement as the Action Organization for the Liberation of Palestine and the Arab Palestine Organization, two of the smaller guerrilla groups, issued a joint statement in Amman declaring support with Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser's acceptance of the United States' Middle East peace plan. Meanwhile, in the second mass demonstration by Arabs since Egypt's acceptance of the U.S. plan last Thursday, thousands of Arabs marched through the Iraqi capital of Baghdad late yesterday demanding war with Israel. Demonstrators estimated as high as 15,000 marched in Amman on Monday to protest Jordan's acceptance of the plan. But there is growing belief in Arab capitals that the more moderate elements of the Palestinian struggle, led by El Fatah, may yet prevail. Those elements are said to be willing to settle for a Palestinian federation covering the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, thus permitting not only Palestinian independence but that of Israel and Jordan. The Central Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization called a two-hour general strike for today in Amman in protest against the U.S. initiative and Arab acceptance of it. The declaration yesterday by Baghdad Radio that the 10,000-12,000 Iraqi troops in Jordan and Syria "are at the disposal of the Palestinian commandos" was dismissed today by Israeli sources as "of little significance," as those troops are already involved in aiding the guerrillas. Israeli officials however, declined comment.
Farouk Kadoumy, an official of El Fatah and of the Central Committee, arrived in Cairo yesterday to confer with President Gamal Abdel Nasser's special representative. Mohammed Hassanein Heykal, National Guidance Minister and editor of Al Ahram. Their meeting was said to be one of urgency. Al Abram, the authoritative semi-official newspaper, promised the guerrillas again yesterday that they would not be included in an Arab-Israeli cease-fire arrangement. Israel and the United States are Insisting that they be included. Al Ahram admonished the guerrillas that they would defeat their cause if they continued their "irresponsible emotional outbursts" against the peace efforts. The two Palestinian radio stations closed by the Cairo government have taken their microphones to Jordan and Syria. El Fatah's "Voice of Assifa" ("the hurricane") has relocated in Amman. The Palestinian Liberation Organization's "Voice of Palestine" is believed to be setting up shop in Syria. The Yemen Arab Republic has given its support to the acceptance of the U.S. plan by Egypt. Jordan, Sudan, Lebanon and Kuwait. Sudan has also begun crackdowns on the guerrilla broadcasts critical of the acceptance. In Beirut, the Libyan Foreign Minister, Saleh Bousseir, said after a visit to Cairo that "there is understanding between us and President Nasser and with all the Arab leaders on this issue and every other Issue." In Damascus, Minister of the Interior Muhammad Tawil said the Syrian position on the U.S. plan would not adversely affect her relations with Egypt. Syria has denounced the proposals, which were not addressed to her as she has rejected Security Council Resolution 242.


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Quest of the living Dead Part 1: The Pain of Being dead
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Short Story by: Walter Attridge
Length: 6500 words
The Pain of Being Dead.
By Walter Attridge
Kaye looked over and saw that her young companion Timothy had begun to rock himself as he sat near a dead tree stump, the wind whipping over a stone outcropping overlooking fertile southern valleys The fifteen year old former farm hand still had the look of a young man with his mop of dirty brown hair and his woolen tunic and breeches, worn and torn with mud and other fluids staining them in large patches. Most telling of all was the scarf he perpetually wore around his neck, a hand made gift from his mother that he worshiped. He would have appeared as just another human teenager but for his face, a mottled green and brown with ulcerated flesh along the forehead and cheeks, his lips were withered and at places torn away exposing yellowed worn teeth. The true horror of him was his eyes, yellowed and inflamed with a feral haunted look that gave away his true nature. He always seemed to fall into the same nervous motion whenever he was left with nothing to do.
While watching him Kaye idly played with her hair. It had always been cut short but it had grown longer now from neglect, it was frayed, split, and filthy with matted clumps of soil and blood. Her face, it had once had a rough mature beauty, was far more intact than timothy's; pale and drawn with black withered flesh at the nose, lips, cheeks, and under her sunken eyes, had a long streak of dried blood and filth from cheek to cheek and it cracked and flaked as her mouth twitched with irritation. Shifting uncomfortably against a stone Kaye's leather armor creaked slightly
It wasn't so much the boys nervous rocking that annoyed her so, she could forgive that. As tragic pasts went, even a hardened city girl like Kaye had been hard pressed to hear a sadder tale. No it was the fact that she was feeling the onset of the hunger as acutely as he was and she did not like seeing her pain reflected so perfectly at her. The woman in her thought to slide over to his side and at least hold him, to try and give him some kind of comfort however hollow it might be but then there was a flash of cramping in her stomach, arms, and legs a horrible tightening and then releasing leaving a dull soreness, followed by extreme nausea. It changed constantly, the hunger that is, coming and going and moving about the body trying to prevent her from growing used to it of focusing through it. In the end, she supposed, the hunger was a living thing and it did not like being ignored.
Kaye hated the feeling of being out of control, of being a slave to something that she could not fight. Even at the worst times in her life, and there had been some horrible ones, she had never felt weak or like a victim but she felt like one now as the wind whipped over the stones and she waited for their other two companions to arrive from the "foraging" and that might take hours more. She looked over at timothy again; he was staring off at nothing and compulsively chewing his scarf. Just then she quietly closed the distance between them she coming up behind him and slipping her arms around his chest and neck wrapping her legs around his waist to still him. He recoiled at first and then began to snuggle back into her. He had been a small skinny boy and she was a grown woman well built and tall and he settled right into her embrace.
Her hand moved up to stroke his hair as her other hand rubbed his chest all the while she whispered "shh" into his ear, her own voice wavering every now and again as sharp pain, rolled through her skeleton and the sound of the wind was dulled by the throb of a terrible migraine. But still Kaye tried to focus on him to work through her own pain.
Idly, she thought, in another world at another time she might have tried to comfort him in another way. He would have almost been a man and they would have both been cold and lonely up here in the wild. But these were just thoughts now, nothing stirred in her as she knew nothing stirred in him. In any event she was old enough to be his mother and thought he needed that more than a lover. Neither of them were cold either, death had been merciful in at least that regard.
"They won't come back Kaye" Timothy whined as he scrunched up a spasm of discomfort rippling through him. "I wouldn't if I was them, and I found someone" he shivered then and just from panic alone tried to wiggle free. Kaye held him tighter and soon he relented. Softly she whispered into his ear trying to not sound as sick as he was.
"You know better than that, if you didn't you would have left a long time ago, Long shanks needs us, and Alice is as true a friend as either of us have ever known." Kaye thought back to her their two companions, two of the most bizarre creatures she had ever encountered and silently she worried that the boy had seen the truth of it but that was useless to worry about now.
Kaye had sent Long shanks and Black Alice with instructions to bring back living food. She had put this group together for a reason and she wanted to see if her faith in her friends would be rewarded. If she was wrong then it meant what she planned next would never be a possibility, and better to know that now than when the chips were well and truly down.
It occurred to Kaye after another hour of this that if anyone broke faith it might just as easily be her that did it. The hunger was starting to gnaw at her badly and the pain was becoming constant. One could preach about self control and the need to trust others of their kind but she knew that there were humans nearby had known ever since seeing those camp fires and it was becoming maddening. So long as she wasn't aware of any humans the pain could be held off for longer periods of time but now with it this close… Her resolve weakened and weakened and finally when she could take no more Kaye pushed timothy away and began to get up.
That was when Black Alice came out of the tree line,
Her name came from her unusual look and sense of humor which considering that their circumstances were nothing short of horrific made it by default black. Alice, Kaye had no idea if that was her real name, was slender and well proportioned the kind of body that men admired. She moved with a swaying sensual walk that was meant to attract attention and show off her hips and waist and she had a loose free way of speaking that suggested she had made her living as a working girl in the cities. She'd confirmed as much during talks with Kaye as well as a brief adventuring career while alive. It was from the slums and back alleys that she developed her unique look. Taking advantage of her new condition as the living dead she had done extensive modifications to her body.
Both forearms had a group of ten inch long nails rammed through them so that they resembled spiked clubs thicker spikes had been implanted at both elbows and her shoulders her right hand had barbed hooks at each finger and the left had a long chain bolted to it with the slack wrapped around her forearm, at the end of the chain was a palm sized spiked ball that could easily crack a skull with only two well placed hits. Her face, she had the least amount of decomposition of the group, had more than a dozen small spikes, drilled and anchored in her skull, arranged along her forehead, chin, and cheeks, along with spikes running in rows along her scalp protruding up from her tangled mass of red hair.
Her clothing was nothing more than torn rags purposely ripped to expose as much skin as possible including her thighs, belly and both breasts all of which had been arrayed with an impressive array of cuts worked into arcane designs she had found in books looted from victims or found on the walls of crypts or dungeons she had explored while adventuring. Whenever she found a new one she would work to find some new bare area of her body to cut the design into making her truly bizarre to look at but strangely beautiful.
Now standing there on the ridge the wind whipping across them both Alice had that same sardonic smile. "I had to hang back a few minutes, I knew you'd get nervous and come 'check on us'. It really makes me feel special knowing we have such a great and loving leader." When Kaye didn't smile back Alice walked over and slapped her on the shoulder. "Just kidding you moody, hungry, bitch you!" Kaye let her self relax a little, but tensed again when she didn't see long shanks nearby.
"were there any problems?" Kaye asked
"Not a one" and with that Alice slapped her hands together twice and stomped her foot. As if materializing from the thicket a nude headless monstrosity bounded out on all fours. It had a human shape but with freakishly distorted proportions. Long arms with huge hands and long thin fingers. Legs with reverse articulated joints so that it could move on all fours. The entire torso was bent and twisted with a bulging curved spine and an abdomen so tiny that the ribs almost protruded through its scared and torn flesh. Where its genitals should have been was a mass of scarred burned tissue the result of a cruel and haphazard castration, probably when the poor creature was still alive. At the top of the torso where a head should have been was a distended neck stump that whipped about and moved at any vibration or movement. Every so often its esophagus would extend from the stump like a tongue to taste the air. Nearly twice the size and length of a grown human male it had tied to its back two tightly bound human women, Dark skinned and brightly dressed in body wraps, natives of these lands. They were gagged and immobile but conscious and terrified at the horrors that were before them.
Alice walked over to the creature they had come to call Long-shanks and taking one of its huge hands in hers ran her fingers along its palm in an intricate series of gestures and signs. Dark elf sign language developed in the light less depths of the under dark, this was a variation that could be transmitted through touch in cases when sight was disabled as well as hearing. Kaye had learned it in her adventuring career and had taught a simplified version to Alice and timothy as a way of communicating with Long Shanks. The creature reached back and feeling along its victims deftly undid the ropes tethering them to its back and they rolled off with a violent thud onto the rocky ground. Kaye and timothy were already moving towards the shuddering terrified women.
"I though about knocking them out for this" Alice said her own eyes filled with hunger "But the last time I tried that I ended up killing one beating it down, so...' no one was listening though Alice and Long shanks had fed earlier so they were still lucid and not wholly gripped with the hunger but for Kaye and timothy they were already foaming at the mouth. Timothy who had already grabbed up a stone was the first move charging the younger woman and screaming
"BRAIINNSSS!!!" Kaye was right after him setting upon the older woman. Both thinkers fed like animals viciously beating and smashing open the humans skulls and stuffing handfuls of red and yellow brains into their slavering gullets. Alice joined in after a few seconds having no more self control setting upon Kaye's victim. Both women bent over the spasming twitching body mouths buried in the ruined skull. The sounds they made were orgasmic and once as their faces came together randomly they began to kiss passing half chewed chunks or tissue between them, more an act of sharing than anything sexual.
Afterward each dealt with the "Afterglow" of feeding in their own way. Timothy hid behind a rock alternating between nervous rocking and relaxed lounging. Alice twirled about holding up the remnants of the victims body wraps seeing if they could be made into a decoration for her body. Long shanks squatted on its haunches and holding both victims corpses in each hand slowly and methodically ran its proboscis like esophagus along the empty skulls slurping up left over brains and spinal fluid finally slurping out the spinal cords like noodles. Kaye took advantage of the clarity afforded by feeding to meditate.
Kneeling on the edge of the ridge, the wind and smells from the valley below washing over her, Kaye allowed her self to calm and turned her perception inward hoping to refresh herself as she had been taught to by the fighting monks of the red horn mountains. They had taught her to live in the moment and seeing the truth around her. This had always been the key to her fighting skills and to surviving in a harsh unforgiving world where death could come from so many sources. Now though it was hard to reach that level of focus, even after feeding and driving the hunger as deeply as she could she could feel its influence in all her thoughts..
Ever since this "sickness' had befallen her she had felt as though some critical aspect of her mind had been broken or co opted by the disease. Even at her most focused and still she felt what could only be describes as an oily cloying film covering her mind. He memories especially had become corrupted by the hunger, she could not remember now, when she did not feel the hunger dominating her every thought. This was the most painful thing the think about, so she instead focused on her new friends and how she had come to meet them.
Kaye and Alice had met under, to say the least, unusual circumstances. For creatures such as them there was no such thing as social structure. Unlike their mindless cousins who herded together in ever increasingly huge hordes, thinker zombies, as the humans called them, shunned all contact with any other thinker. Instinctively they saw each other as competition and the hunger did not understand the concept of sharing. When they did, by chance meet there was no aggressive displays or jockeying for dominance they simply ran from each other often to the benefit of whatever poor fool they were both hunting. Kaye had come upon a small isolated peasant home with only a few inhabitants two parents and a small child. The father stood his ground bravely but was easily overcome and Kaye feasted on his brains, mindful that the other two meals had run out of the house and gone south into a thicket of trees. Feeding alleviated the hunger greatly but the hunger was also gluttonous and if there was more food nearby then the hunger kept driving the zombie on to feed. Kaye took her time though knowing that a housewife burdened with a small child was not the stealthiest of creatures.
Taking up the hunt after her first meal Kaye instead found the woman dead and another thinker devouring her fresh brains, nearby the child was shrieking fear preventing its escape. In that moment both zombies forgot the hunger and were only focused on the other. The second, Black Alice, looked much as she did now as she stopped feeding and rose to face her potential rival. Of all the things that could have happened in that moment Kaye had not expected the other thinker to smile shrug and say: "well this is certainly awkward isn't it?' then Alice looked back at the frightened mewling child and turning back with a raised eyebrow "Halves?" they were friends ever since.
Long-shanks had been found near an entrance to the vast warren of caverns, tunnels and underground cities known as the under dark. There Kaye and Alice had come upon the burned out remnant of a small traveling freak show. What had befallen the carnival was a mystery. More than likely Alice had assumed, it had either been running for the under dark hoping to escape some cheated lord or townsfolk whom they had merely offended with their sideshows and prostitutes. Hoping to find survivors the pair descended the hill and went into the camp. There they found a very familiar sight. Of the hundred dead humans more than eighty of them had had their heads smashed open and the brains sucked out the others had died from trauma inflicted by some terribly strong creature or they had burned in several tent fires. Tracking back the trial of carnage they came upon the most miserable sight either had ever seen.
In a clearing next to a huge bonfire was Long-shanks furiously and nervously clawing at a pile of ash and soot. The confused thing was beating at the pile then leaping about hitting itself clawing at its own dead flesh. The creature ignored the women as they approached and Kaye sensing what the living corpses' problem was sent Alice to search about and find its head hoping to get some explanation and maybe a way to find any survivors. When she returned a little while later empty handed they both saw that they had a problem on their hand.
Decapitation was a touchy subject among the living dead, it readily disabled the shamblers, but had no real effect on thinkers. With thinkers, the head and torso simply became two separate moving entities, sometimes they were able to work out some kind of coordination with the head exerting control over its errant parts. In this case the head had been cut off and burned to a cinder, most likely as a poorly planned way to quickly kill the whole zombie. All that happened was the body went berserk broke out of its cage and decimated the camp then returned trying to somehow reason out what to do next without even the organ used for reason. Perhaps the body had adapted its own motor and muscle memory into a primitive kind of instinct combined with the ever present hunger to give it a focus. Watching the wretched creature Alice came up next to Kaye and motioned to the guttering fire, the look on her face was plain. Kaye had another idea, recognizing the creatures underdark roots she was able to work out how to use under-common and the zombie was soon subdued and became a loyal friend
Kaye was suddenly shaken from her meditation by a clawed spiked hand on her shoulder. Alice slid in close and whispered "we're being watched, a man and he's armed" A flush of irritation crept up Kaye's neck "Were you followed?" she whispered in response.
"We found four humans the women and two kids. We picked off the kids for ourselves and then captured the women for you guys" Alice explained "there weren't any men around"
"I was too hungry and not thinking straight" Kaye said remembering her time in these lands as a human. "The men can take more than one wife the women live communally as sisters caring for the children and the home while the man hunts. He'll know these lands like the back of his hand and he knows what we are. He'll wait out there in the brush hoping to pick us off one at a time." Alice let out a derisive snort.
"Yeah... good luck with that plan" Kaye took the other thinker by the arm.
"Take this seriously. The warriors here are nothing to trifle with and if he was able to get this close then we have a problem"
"I'll send 'Shanks to flush him into us" Alice suggested.
"No He wants that 'Shanks won't be coming back out... follow my lead wait for your chance" Alice's hand went over Kaye's in agreement and they both stood Kaye headed for the discarded bodies of the women while Alice split and started to circle their camp. Kaye grabbed what she remembered was the older woman, the first wife and lifting the headless rag doll form she shouted in the tongue of the grasslands "Here's your whore!!! Next I'll give her body to my beast so she can be further shamed in the afterlife!!" Timothy looked up from his rest shocked completely unaware of what was happening. He was even more shocked when the warrior lept from the brush grief and pride making him take the bait.
He was even darker than the women tall, thin, and muscular, clothed in a loincloth and wide belt with a hooded cloak of tall yellowed grass and fur to better hide among the brush. He was armed with several short throwing spears bound in a bandolier behind his back and a curved knife at his belt Along his arms and legs were colored bands indicating rank and battles fought and Kaye recognized the marks at his face chess and legs as ritual scars gained from enduring pain to prove strength. The look on his worn scarred face was one of rage, pride, and... grief. He had loved this one, his first wife, the others had been taken as a function of his social status. With that in mind Kaye shook the corpse once more and spit. That drove him wild and he charged screaming, one of his spears seeming to appear in his hand. Kaye threw the body aside and screamed opening herself to accept the attack. Just on her periphery she could see see Alice and Long shanks taking up position. He was theirs...
Suddenly the warrior cut left and began to spin an instant before Long-shanks pounced the spindly long limbed zombie overcommitment and went sprawling into the dusty stone. The spin had allowed the warrior to pivot as he threw his spear catching Alice center mass. The spearhead was broad and dull so that it created more impact when they hit as well as penetrating. Alice was taken right off her feet and sent rolling backward.
Long shanks came back up all four limbs close to the ground looking like some insane spider. The warrior drew another spear and squared off with the monstrosity. Long-shanks was taller and stronger and maybe even faster but it fought with only one intent, to wrap up its opponent and crush them hoping to get at his head and the brains therein. When long shanks charged leaping at the armed man the warrior stepped in and catching one of long-shanks' long arms twisted it over the other arm and flipped the huge creature over and to the ground, taking advantage of the surprise the warrior seized the other arm and twisted it around the other using one arm as a fulcrum he popped both out of their sockets at the elbow and shoulder and using the spear like a pin bound both arms to the ground. Shanks was thrashing and kicking but could not figure out how to get itself free
Now Kaye came on trying to salvage some advantage. She threw a short jabbing left kick then a short left punch closing the distance hoping to grapple him. He was taller and had better reach so she had to come in tight and turn that into a disadvantage. He slapped aside the kick and sidestepped the punch now coming in close pushing Kaye's left hand to pull her her off balance he came in with three hard blows to her ribs the last breaking one of them. The injury would have little real effect but the pain of it was excruciating especially with the hunger dulled. Rolling her left away from his hand she corrected her balance spun and delivered a kick to his lower abdomen. The belt soaked up most of the blow but it buckled him and he went to one knee but was still balanced. Now Kaye poured it on
A quick left upper cut caught him in the nose smashing it and a straight right finished it. His sinuses would be filling with blood and his eyes would be tearing uncontrollably. Instead of falling back or losing focus though, the warrior flipped back wards on his right hand and caught Kaye under the shin with a whip fast vertical kick that knocked her off her feet, into the air and landing flat on her back on the stone floor. He was on top her in an instant his third and last spear coming down the point driving for her eye
Kaye caught it just in time with her left hand and redirected the point across her face to slam into the stone. Before she could counter the warrior's blade was in his free hand and already at her throat in an instant he would begin cutting and Kaye would be as headless as 'Shanks.
Instantly, Timothy was in the fight flailing and clawing he set upon the warrior. The sudden unexpected fury caught him off guard for an instant and that was all it took. Timothy clamped his teeth onto one of the warriors exposed nipples and viciously tore it way. The wound was minor in and of itself but the bite carried an infection that was one hundred percent fatal. The warrior savagely kicked the boy aside but he simply stood their staring at his maimed chest trying to come to grips with his own death falling to his knees Quiet settled over the ridge as the defeated warrior looked up into Kaye's eyes. She had already taken his spear and without a word drove it into his throat pinning him to the floor. Then they were on him Timothy and Kaye cracking open his head and feasting on what was inside. Kaye stopped timothy half way though and letting long-shanks free gave him his share.
Alice came up having just finished yanking the spear from her chest. Both of them freed Long-shanks and then took stock of the battle."Looks like you manged to kick his ass, I though he had you for a second there." Alice quipped to Kaye.
"He did" she responded then reached over and tousled timothy's filthy matted hair. "But our young man here managed to get the better of him." timothy managed a smile through his torn withered lips. Alice looked over to him and smiled and said " Well I guess you earned you share. Now come over here and give auntie Alice a kiss and I'll see if I can't get any of those brains you stole from me back." She reached out to try and pull the boy in for a kiss but he pulled away and giving a embarrassed laugh started running about the ridge with Alice chasing and teasing him. Kaye sat back on a rock and considered the fact that the boy had probably saved her .
Timothy was just a miserable vagabond that the group had stumbled upon as they made their way south following Kaye's' dream of maybe finding a way to cure themselves. Coming upon a ruined town they found a dozen shamblers feating and a single thinker in a burned out homestead he was rocking back and forth holding a burned female corpse
His death had bee a common one among his social class, sickness. Working a field dawn to dusk without break trying to help his family eke out a living among barren soil would take a toll on any peasant but timothy's family was small and it fell to him as the oldest son to take on the lion's share of the work. Soon enough he caught pneumonia and deteriorated quickly. Finally when he was coughing up blood and wracked with pain the wise woman gave him a sleeping draught to make the end easier and told the father what he must do to keep his son from rising as a shambling mindless corpse.
Of course the father was loathe to do this and procrastinated waiting until his son rose before doing the deed. But when there was movement and shuffling in timothy's room and the father burst in with his ax drunk and ready he was greeted by a miracle. Timothy was alive he looked up with sickly human eyes and whispered "father"? The drunken fool ran to tell his wife the good news and left his youngest son a toddler in the doorway staring at his older brother. All the parents heard next was the word "brains!!!" and a small shriek. The older larger father managed to subdue timothy and bind him bolting the room closed, but he had been badly bitten in several places in the attempt and by the time the wise woman came again he was already very sick and weak.
Things went from dim to ebon in those last hours. The father died of his wounds and turned, attacking his wife who turned soon enough and timothy escaped his bonds and killed his remaining siblings. The wise woman rallied the town and when the house was set on fire only timothy had the intelligence to escape trying desperately and irrationally to make his parents follow. They tried obeying a thinker zombie's mental control but were still caught in the fire and immolated. Timothy returned soon after pulling a larger groups of shamblers he found in the woods and together they wiped out the small village
It was obvious that Kaye felt sorry for the wretch and that was why she had taken him with her and the rest of the group. But Alice had questioned what, exactly could he provide to earn a share of the brains they would find. "Nothing I imagine" Kaye responded "except that he is another body to share the load. We are all strong, fast, and nearly indestructible, even without any training or mutation, and the hunger has a firm a grip on him as any of us. He'll earn his share for that alone. And besides we aren't in this just for fresh brains we have a goal we have the cure to find." at That Alice raised her eyebrows. But said no more.
Now back on the ridge the sun had set in a majestic horizon and the sky was filled with stars and a bright moon. In that light Kaye sat on a rock commanding a tremendous view of the valley further on she could see the lights of the village the warrior and his women had come from but she harbored no delusions about any more raids. Alice saddled up next to her on the same rock.
"You think they'll send any more?" she asked idly hating silent contemplation.
"No" Kaye responded "This one was probably their best fighter" at least Kaye hoped that he was or her skills had really fallen off When he doesn't come back the elders will get the message and invent some legend about a terrible monster that lives on this ridge and no one will come this way for a decade. Alice laughed and slapped Kaye on the back.
"Well I wouldn't call you terrible, you haven't rotted that badly" they Alice pinched Kaye on her side " Though I don't know how someone who's supposed to be dead has started gaining weight" Kaye looked over and then turned back shaking her head
"Bitch" she said smiling
"Yeah, yeah I know... look I admit I was wrong about the boy he really came through when he could have just gotten a free meal and run on us." Kaye kept looking up at the sky.
"He knows there's more to this than just free meals" Alice groaned knowing what Kaye was getting at " you still don't believe me?"
"There is no 'cure' we are what we are and we should just be happy that we don't have to go through this alone. You've done that much for us and maybe we'll find others and maybe we'll all have that warm fuzzy feeling but why do you insist on there being a cure." Now Kaye turned to Alice
"I was always taught that everything has a dual nature. That every attack has a counter, every weapon a defense, and all sickness has a cure. If this disease we all have exists then it has an opposite. we just have to find it."
"Yeah and the fact that the greatest wizards and necromancers in the world haven't done it doesn't deter you a little." Kaye sometimes forgot that Alice had had her own adventures out in the world before she ... became sick.
"All they want is for us to go back to being their pawns and servants, and besides they didn't create the disease, the Dark lord did"
"And he is dead, give me a little credit even I know that much history" the dark lord had been destroyed almost a century ago in the last alliance of men elves and dwarves. A great war that had expunged evil from the world and then destroyed it when the dark lord caused the cataclysm as a last act of spite.
"Yes but who was the dark Lord before this one... Morgoth, the enemy of the world who taught this last one all he knew."
"No I didn't know that and I suppose you're going somewhere with this" Kaye just shook her head.
"Yes I am" Kaye said trying not to get exasperated "Morgoth ruled this continent once and he ruled it unopposed the other races holding the north and far south as borders to his land. It was here that he built a huge temple and city that even after he fell was left intact and served as a repository of knowledge for others seeking to make themselves the next dark lord."
"We could search this continent for years and never even come close we would need guides and people who have been there"
"I've been there!" Now Alice looked over her eyes confused trying to work out whether her friend was "giving her the business" or not. "Years ago after I left the red horn temple I hooked up with a few other adventurers and an archaeologist and we found the city. It had been abandoned a very long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed it most of its completely destroyed now but the temple wasn't that far away."
"And you found the temple" now Alice was letting herself get sucked into the tale.
"No... things got bad at the city and we cut out and I came up north. But Morgoth's symbol was a hand and eye the symbol of his most powerful weapon the hand and eye of a powerful previous Dark lord called Vecna the source of all Morgoths power and knowledge. While we were in the ruins of the city we learned a lot of how Morgoths people were controlled. The elite of the society were Morgoth's personal guard warriors bred to be the strongest, the most intelligent, and the most vicious. To show the world where they stood in the hierarchy they were branded with a hand and a eye on their belly, where a warriors Ki comes from." When Kaye was finished Alice looked back to where the warrior's body had fallen.
"But that was thousands of years ago right?" she asked finally
"The tradition would have continued long after the fall of the city, as a sign of having reached the highest levels of skill. By now even the men being branded would have no knowledge where it came from only that it was a symbol that they craved to prove themselves." Both already knew that beneath that belt was the very brand that Kaye had mentioned. All the proof anyone would need to start hoping that all this talk of a cure might just be true. When Alice looked back Her face said that she was starting to believe.
"All the Dark Lord's knowledge died with him, but If he created this curse then Morgoth would know how to reverse it and cure us. All his knowledge is in that temple all we have to do is find it."
"huh... and you were holding your own with one of them." Alice said a wry look on her face. Kaye's eyebrows went up at that.
"I beat him" Kaye corrected
."Oh yeah I know after the field hand stepped in and saved your ass" Kaye had no answer to that so she didn't try. "well it's not you fault I mean its been a rough couple of years. I mean all the weight you've been gaining..."
"Hey!" Kaye started looking aghast
"Not to mention you weren't exactly a spring chicken. When you had your... um... 'change of life'"
"I'm only forty" Alice started to laugh
"I was trying not to use numbers" she was said while chuckling
"That's not that old" Now Alice was cracking up
"No... its not if you're fifty but for us girls in our twenties, well..." They both started laughing now. And continued for sometime. When they were finished they both sat for awhile staring up at the stars. Finally Black Alice broke the silence.
"A cure huh..." Kaye thought for a moment
"Yes I hope so"
"Thanks... boss" Alice wasn't joking then
The End.
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Birthday Cake Contest Flavors And Ideas, Help Please!
Decorating By karenapple Updated 18 May 2010 , 11:46pm by KHalstead
It's gonna be first contest ever... the rules are very open, it has to be a Bday cake and choose flavors and fillings and we have to make 2. 1 for the lights and other for tasting.
I'm not sure if I should go for adult or kids themes!! But I'm more towards to kids, 'cause it's very fun.
I can't decide the flavors, should I go for the classics (like buttercreams: strawberry, chocolate, raspberry, apple, jams, curds, etc) or should I try something different (but delicious of course) like mango or passion fruit or pineapple fillings, mousses etc) I'll be judge by popular vote so I don't want to make something really weird like pistachio cake with mojito filling lol (just an example lol). I don't want to scare people's palate, but the country I'm from, people are used to more tropical fillings and very sweet fillings, or curds (buttercream is almost never used), I don't know if different fillings would be well accepted, even though I'm sure they are delicious.
They said I can use more than 1 cake flavor or fillings.
Also, I don't know if I should make 2 identical cakes, or different ones. I don't really know which one is gonna be judged for the look. They said they expect people to duplicate the cakes. Weird.. lol
I've checked the galleries and google for ideas of bday cakes and I want to make them all!!!!!!!!!!! lolol
Please, some light at the end of the tunnel?
I'd go w/something slightly different both for cake and filling.
As you said you don't wamt to be too 'far out' but different.
Yeah, kid's cakes can be fore fun to design. However a humorous cake for a man also could have lots of merit and show skill.
is it passion fruit to different?
One of the best-tasting and best-loved cake combos I've done is a white ginger cake w/ (cooked) mango filling and guava-passion fruit IMBC.
Should I go for buttercream or fondant? I'm better working with fondant (and I love much more to work with it), but I know most of people love buttercream even though my fondant tastes like marshmallows
Do what you do best.
One of the best-tasting and best-loved cake combos I've done is a white ginger cake w/ (cooked) mango filling and guava-passion fruit IMBC.
My mouth is watering...that sounds awesome.
I forgot to say that your combo sounds AMAZING!!
thanks for the tips from both ... I'm so "undecided" lol
just wanted to add that I've seen a lorann flavoring that is "cotton candy" how wonderful would that be for a kid's flavor?


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Coastal storms have long-reaching effects, study saysJanuary 25, 2012 in Earth / Environment
Coastal storms are known to cause serious damage along the shoreline, but they also cause significant disruption of the deep-sea ecosystem as well, according to a study of extreme coastal storms in the Western Mediterranean published in the Jan. 25 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.
The researchers, led by Anna Sanchez-Vidal of the University of Barcelona in Spain, identified a storm in Dec. 2008 as the most extreme storm in the area over the last 25 years, and found that it resulted in major redistribution of marine organic carbon associated to clay particles from shallow to deep water. This injection of carbon helps support life in the deeper water and boosts carbon sequestration, the authors write.
Despite the importance of such events for deep-sea ecosystems, however, the severe damage to coastal environments must also be taken into account, and both of these factors must be considered when considering how human-induced climate change might alter the overall ocean ecosystem.
More information:
Sanchez-Vidal A, Canals M, Calafat AM, Lastras G, Pedrosa-Pa`mies R, et al. (2012) Impacts on the Deep-Sea Ecosystem by a Severe Coastal Storm. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30395. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030395
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A new science fiction movie from the Wachowskis, the creators of The Matrix movies!
Gotta say, this has me intrigued. At least initially. I had no idea this movie was even in the works and then, whammo, the trailer hit yesterday. Count me in as a Mila Kunis fan. Loved her in Book of Eli and Black Swan. Not a Channing Tatum fan but maybe he'll change my mind in Jupiter Ascending?
What do you think of the trailer? A good concept with potential? Or CGI nonsense?
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Took this on my way home and liked the colours and the light coming from the car and big spotlight.
I shot it at f1.2 but could have chosen a higher aperture as there was enough light, still, why have a f1.2 lens if you don't use it at f1.2 occasionally at least.
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The much-awaited Margalla Avenue project will finally see the light of day. CDA Chairperson Engineer Farkhand Iqbal told The Express Tribune that the project would be launched next week.
The 13-kilometre, four-lane road will start from GT Road and will be constructed on the foothills of the Margalla Hills.
CDA sources said that 10 contractors had submitted their proposals for the project, with two companies — R M Gulistan and Rakhshani — submitting the lowest bids.
These companies offered to complete the road for Rs500 million against the CDA's estimate of Rs750 million.
An official in CDA, when contacted, said the scrutiny committee is expected to submit its recommendation in favour of one of the two firms within the next week.
Regarding the land acquisition, the official said the concerned department is finalising its report which will also be submitted next week. He admitted that the authority will pay a heavy amount as compensation to landowners.
Iqbal said the road will address the traffic load on the western side of the city. "The road will provide a shorter route to vehicles coming from northern Pakistan, especially Peshawar."
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Amma's (Jayalalithaa's) incarceration (which if served at all, will mostly be in a posh hospital like most VVIPs), has at least one unintended benefit for the country at large. The sudden outpouring of sympathy from everywhere, including politicians, bureaucrats and judicial circles, as to how injustice is being heaped upon poor Amma thanks to the oncoming Dushera breaks of five days when much of the Indian judiciary would come to a grinding halt, has brought the issue of judicial holidays centre stage like never before.
Never mind that it is these very politicians, bureaucrats and judges who have kept justice unavailable for 1.3 billion commoners of the country for five out of twelve months in a year. Yes, you heard me right. Let us just consider the high courts! Under Section 23(a) of the High Court Judges Conditions of Service Act, each high court is supposed to work for just 210 days a year, that is, about seven months. But in reality, vacations for the high courts are determined by each high court according to its own convenience. The total period of vacation of each high court varies between 48 to 63 days during summer. During vacations, only the most so-called urgent work — which essentially means cases involving the high and mighty — is transacted. There is a long standing convention that enables the high court judges to take 14 days casual leave annually. Add another sixteen or so of public holidays every year. Nor does the high court function on Saturdays and Sundays. Similarly, the Supreme Court is supposed to work only half the year — about 185 days! In summer, Supreme Court goes into hibernation for 8 weeks! (Incidentally, when it works, its working hours are essentially 10 to 12 in the am and 2 to 4 in the pm). Add to that the public holidays and the rest of it all and you have the math.
On paper, the vacations are supposed to enable the honourable judges to update their judicial knowledge by reading, attending seminars, conducting research work, etc. It is also held that being a judge is intellectually a demanding proposition and the judicial mind needs periodic time off for recharge.
True plodding through hundreds or even thousands of pages of drab case files and then dictating equally long judgments is tedious business and no one may grudge their lordships their reprieve from work. But haven't the lordships explored the possibility of taking off at different times of the year for their noble development of the mind, so that the doors of justice do not remain closed for extended periods for the citizens? Imagine if the railways, hospitals and airlines closed shop for two months every summer! No sir, they are covered under Essential Services Act. It is as if justice is hardly essential for a civilized society, in which millions of cases are pending in high courts and Supreme Court alone, never mind the lower courts which are far worse, and where you may need to wait anything up to two decades and counting for judgments.
It is a no brainer that Supreme Court and high courts need to increase the number of judges manifold if India is to be served justice in a reasonable time frame, say three years. In contrast, the situation is that even at the present strength of judges in our high courts, there are nearly 170 unfilled vacancies! Any statistics of the lower courts would be mind-numbing.
It seems that because poor Amma, ensconced in the airconditioned environs of a hospital, has been deprived of justice for five days of Dushera, the issue of judicial holidays has been freshly discovered. The irony is that it is precisely corrupt politicians likes her who have spirited away public funds for decades who are responsible for denying the common man getting bare minimum of state services, including judicial services. That sadly is our brand of democracy.
But then we have only ourselves to blame. Look at all the chest-beating in Tamil Nadu; the women wailing for their 'mother', fishermen standing neck deep in water praying for Amma's bail, politicians at their old trick of trying to seduce Gods through sundry offerings, as if God, like themselves, would not oblige except in exchange for a suitable offering …why Tamil Nadu today is nearly in spate with all the tears being jerked.
We all beat our chests at the corruption in high places! We all complain that no corrupt politician is ever brought to book, and that our investigating agencies almost never seem to find any conclusive proofs for all the blatant looting of public wealth. But when, as a rarity, a corrupt politician is finally brought to book by a fearless and competent judge, we now beat our chests all over again, simply because there is another bigger crook of a politician in the State who is yet to be brought to book. Why do you arrest my crook when the crook of my opponents is still out in the open? — is the argument. This is exactly the recipe that time and again comes to the rescue of most crooked politicians, as it may come to the rescue of Jayalalithaa too.
There are also subtle, but unmistakable attempts even in the media to down play Amma's extent of corruption, referring to her 'disproportionate assets' at a mere Rs 67 crore, which according to one editorial is peanuts in the present day context! What they don't tell is that Rs 67 crore of undisclosed income is what has been proven. The upside of her unproven assets may be anything. Public memory is notoriously short and perhaps does not remember that an estimated Rs 65 crore was also the small change incurred by her on her foster son's wedding as long ago as 1995. Would you think she would have spent her entire earnings in a single wedding?
In sum however, we deserve politicians like Amma and we deserve the reluctant and dribbling dose of mostly corrupted justice that we wait two or more decades to get. If not, let people of Tamil Nadu grow up and stop their strident whining, and rejoice that at last 'achche din' (or 'Nalle Naal' if you will, in Tamil) may truly be here, heralded by crooked politicians being brought to book.


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Looks just like the window in my local church..(the red lion):O)he he..magic draw 5/5.
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is this for the moths memorial....he was such a good moth.... we will miss him... i heard he was the king of moths
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- September 14, 2006, 6:12 AM
TAG Aviation's application to increase weekend movements at the London-area Farnborough Airport was rejected by the local Rushmoor Borough Council. The company, which operates Farnborough under a lease agreement, wants to boost the number of movements permitted each year on weekends and holidays from 2,500 to 5,000 and has offered to phase in the increase over three years. But the council ruled that the claimed economic benefits of the increase in business aviation traffic do not outweigh local residents' concerns about aircraft noise. TAG has indicated that it intends to appeal the decision to the UK central government.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Bio-Kinetic Clinical Applications, Inc. (Bio-Kinetic), a leading provider of Phase I clinical study services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art 108 bed facility on its corporate campus, increasing its total capacity to 240 Phase I beds. The new facility is set to open during the second half of 2006.
Dale Bourg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who founded Bio-Kinetic with Dave Koenigsfeld in 1994, said, "Increasing demand for our services has made it difficult to accommodate all of our valued clients. This additional capacity will allow us to meet current client needs and be prepared for increased demand as well."
Funding for this major expansion along with additional capital to purse other growth opportunities was part of a recently-announced investment by private equity funds managed by The Argentum Group and First Analysis Corporation. Dave Koenigsfeld, Chief Operating Officer, added, "In addition to the new beds, the new facility will also provide much needed office space for clients while they are on-site and will accommodate our growing employee base."
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I think they may bite!!! P/R are considering!
I think they may bite!!! P/R are considering!
Kalia and Porsche are talking. Porsche wants to keep Shelley longer. Porsche says they have to win HOH tomorrow and get rid of Rachel. If J/Rachel win POV, they want to convince them they threw it to let them them win, and therefore the deal J/R offered tonight is in place where J/R have to give Kalia/Porsche a pass the next week.
It's a little confusing, they are running through every possible scenario.
Porsche runs through how Pandora's box happened. She is so sucking up to Kalia. Such a phony.
Rachel said Shelly has a weird gangster walk when she is plotting!
Has Porsche ever watched BB before this season? She knows less about the game than I do and I'm only a sporadic watcher. Or is she just dumb?
Rachel saying Shelley has a gangster walk when plotting: I think she is saying what I just said -- she has very masculine mannerisms. It's her gait, I've noticed it all season.
That Kalia just never shuts up.....wow.....I bet she has trouble having any roomates.
SO! I think that the veto is going to be Otev. Not sure how they are going to work it all out....if the duo's will have to play in pairs or what. But they are on lockdown tonight for a veto tomorrow. And Otev takes a long time to set up!
When the Power of Love overcomes the Love of Power, the World will know Peace
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Letters to the Editor for Aug. 9, 2012
Keep our communities strong – shop local
To the editor:
In a recent edition of the NYA Times, I read about another local business closing its doors due to lack of business. It is sad to see local businesses close. The owners put a lot of hard work and their own money into their businesses only to fail.
I feel it is important for residents of small towns like Norwood Young America, Cologne, etc. to support their locally owned businesses. Small business is vital to our local economy as well as the economy of the United States. When money is spent in a small locally owned business in the local community, the money stays in our community, not to some rich stockholder in New York City!
Local businesses also support our local events. Without our local businesses' support, local events such as Glad Days, Zummerfest, and Stiftungsfest would not be as fun as they are or maybe not possible at all.
I am not saying that we should shop only locally, that is probably unrealistic, but making a concerted effort to shop locally owned businesses occasionally will help our local communities continue to be great places to live!
Alan G. Tellers
Norwood Young America
Commissioners dispute 'spendaholics' label
Editor's note: Although the newspaper's policy does not normally allow election letters to run the week before an election, this letter was accepted to allow the letter writers a chance to respond to issues that were raised in a letter from last week.
To the editor:
Mr. Leuthner's opening salvo ties all of our nation's serious issues into one bundle, and then lays them at the feet of Commissioners Lynch and Ische.
I think everyone knows the county commissioners are not the cause of $4.2 million "that the state still owes Watertown-Mayer Schools"; nor are we responsible for any decision made by federal or state officials that may have caused "everyone to be broke," as stated by Mr. Leuthner.
Mr. Leuthner mentions pay. He fails to mention the fact that Carver County has the lowest paid commissioners in the seven county metro area, and the commissions have actually taken pay freezes and pay cuts over the past five years, and both Lynch and Ische voted in favor of those freezes and cuts; the Carver County Commissioners actually make less now than they did six years ago, just as many of our friends and family do.
"Spendaholics," as we were called by Mr. Leuthner, would not have worked so hard (and been successful) in reducing the county's portion of real estate taxes during the past eight years. "Spendaholics"…? I think not.
Tim Lynch and Jim Ische
Carver County Commissioners
P.S. The paved Dakota Rail Trail stops at the county line … not the Black Hills.
Ortman's campaign responds to critical letter
Editor's note: As with the previous letter, this letter was accepted to allow the letter writer, who was writing on behalf of his candidate and her campaign, a chance to respond to an issue that was raised in a letter from last week.
To the editor:
I have followed politics for the past 25 years, and worked with many legislators in different states on many issues, and the simple truth is: Julianne Ortman is one of the hardest working, most effective legislators I have ever seen.
The Star Tribune recently called her a "legislative powerhouse" and here is an example of what they mean. As Chair of the Senate Tax Committee she turned a $6 billion budget deficit into a $1 billion surplus without raising taxes.
Last week in a letter to the editor, Carolyn Hoernaman tried to criticize Senator Ortman for not cutting more from the budget two years ago. However, Ms. Hoernaman's candidate was asked "what state services should be cut?" by the Chaska Herald last week, he could not identify one program or one dollar of cuts! We deserve better.
I have had the pleasure of working with her family and campaign team and experiencing the fantastic support she receives from her constituents, volunteers, and fellow legislators. Join me in voting for Julianne Ortman for State Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 14.
Jim Sanborn
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Los Altos PREPARE's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) recently put its students through final field exercises after 18 hours of training.
With help from George Hurst of the Santa Clara County Fire Department, CERT volunteers Leroy Wilkinson and Marsha Hovey, and Los Altos PREPARE staff members, Los Altos CERT graduates received a FEMA CERT Course diploma at their graduation ceremony May 31.
Los Altos Police Chief Tuck Younis and Santa Clara County Fire Department Chief Ken Kehmna, honorary guests speakers at the ceremony, thanked class members for their dedication and involvement with community preparedness – which will assist them and the city in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.
Intero Real Estate Services of Los Altos and the city of Los Altos Hills provided use of their facilities for CERT class activities.
The next CERT class is scheduled to begin Sept. 18.
For more information, visit losaltosbat.org.