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Into The Dark is an enticing adventure born from the original novelette series Origins Of The Magdon. Not every monster's legacy is remembered in history, sometimes those that are too terrifying and impossible to imagine are forgotten over time. In this heart racing adventure a family must come together to save that which matters to them most. They must face impossible odds and defy all expectation to survive their adventure with every step overshadowed by the mysterious followers of The Magdon.
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The unravelling of the week-long Pan-Orthodox Council, which has been in preparation since 1961, began with Bulgaria saying earlier this month it wanted a postponement, citing disagreements over the agenda.
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The aim of next week's meeting is to discuss their future, issues of unity and efforts to heal the bitter rift with the Roman Catholic church, which dates back to the "great schism" of 1054.
Agenda items include the mission of the Orthodox church in the 21st century, autonomy, marriage, the importance of fasting, and relations with the rest of the world.
On 3 June, the Bulgarian Orthodox church reversed its earlier commitment to attend the meeting. Among its reasons were disagreements over the agenda and the proposed seating plan for the 500 participants. It cancelled a chartered flight to Crete and informed the heads of the other 13 churches about its decision. The Serbian, Georgian and Antioch churches followed suit, leading to Russia saying it would not attend without all churches present.
Hilarion Alfeyev, a bishop in the Russian church, said: "We have made a decision that we will not be able to take part in the all-Orthodox synod if other churches do not go. All churches should take part … and only in this case the decisions of this assembly will be legitimate."
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Mark Woods, a contributing editor to Christian Today, said he was doubtful that the council could take place without the Russian church. But, he added, "if it doesn't go ahead, it's a blow to Bartholomew's authority. It represents a diplomatic failure on the part of the ecumenical patriarch and his advisers. It's a great pity that they are now at the stage where things have erupted into a crisis."
Tensions over where power lies, and between conservative and liberal wings, are behind the ruction. Although Bartholomew is "first among equals" of the churches' patriarchs, the Istanbul church he represents is small and poorly resourced.
The Russian Orthodox church, on the other hand, represents a majority of Orthodox Christians and commands huge wealth. Its leader, Patriarch Kirill, is closely allied to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, whom he has described as "a miracle of God".
"The rivalry between the powerful Russian church, which encompasses two-thirds of the world's Orthodox population, and the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, which numbers less than 3,000 faithful in Istanbul but boasts a primacy of honour over all of Orthodoxy, has in fact been for years one of the most serious conflicts within the Christian East," wrote the Italian analyst Sandro Magister earlier this year.
He added: "Kirill plainly intends, in fact, to strip Bartholomew of his exclusive status as the top symbolic representative of Orthodoxy in the world which Bartholomew enjoys, partly due to the excellent relations that he maintains with the Church of Rome and the pope."
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The United States "still, in spite of many repeated promises and commitments ... [is] not able or not willing to do this [target al-Nusra in Syria] and we have more and more reasons to believe that from the very beginning the plan was to spare al-Nusra and to keep it just in case for Plan B or stage two when it would be time to change the regime," Lavrov told the BBC.
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"Yes, the US supports the opposition [in Syria], but not directly. They support the countries that support us. But we are not yet satisfied with this support," said al-Ezz.
He said US weapons have helped the ongoing effort to depose al-Assad and impose Sharia law under a caliphate or Islamic principality. In 2012 the Pentagon predicted a Wahhabi Salafist principality would emerge in the region.
"Due to these rockets [American-made TOW anti-tank missiles], we reached a balance with the regime. Our tanks came from Libya via Turkey, joined by the [BM-21] multiple rocket launchers," the leader said.
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Diplomats and geopolitical experts agree Qatar is a prime motivator of terrorism in Syria.
"Qatar has deliberately channeled guns and cash towards Islamist rebels, notably a group styling itself Ahrar al-Sham, or 'Free Men of Syria.' Only last week, Khalid al-Attiyah, the Qatari foreign minister, praised this movement as 'purely' Syrian," The Telegraph reported in September, 2014.
Ahrar al-Sham received weapons from Turkey according to German intelligence. The terrorist group is notorious for killing Christians and kidnapping Shia Alawite Muslims. Bashar al-Assad is an Alawite Muslim.
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The US State Department denied it supports al-Nusra. It has not, however, addressed evidence TOW missiles and other arms were delivered to the jihadists by the so-called moderate Free Syrian Army (FSA).
On November 10, The Washington Post reported Obama has ordered the Pentagon to find and kill the leaders of al-Nusra that "the administration had largely ignored until now and that has been at the vanguard of the fight against the Syrian government."
A CIA report reveals the US in fact armed al-Nusra. It sent weapons to the FSA at the same time record numbers of FSA members were defecting to al-Nusra.
"The report concludes that the FSA was quickly becoming a cover name for Nusra, a fact which apparently didn't phase the CIA, which was just as eager to use this pretense, so long as they were arming a group that was fighting against the Syrian government," Jason Ditz wrote in September.
"The joint US-NATO secret training camp in the US air force base in Incirlik, Turkey, began operations in April- May 2011 to organize and expand the dissident base in Syria," Sibel Edmonds wrote in November, 2011, citing sources in the region and current and former government insiders.
"Since then, in addition to Col. Riad al-Assad, several other high-ranking Syrian military and intelligence officials have been added to operations' headquarters in the US base. Weekly weapons smuggling operations have been carried out with full NATO-US participation since last May. The HQ also includes an information warfare division where US-NATO crafted communications are directed to dissidents in Syria via the core group of Syrian military and Intelligence defectors," she writes.
Al-Nusra, recently rebranded as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, has played an instrumental role in the effort to depose al-Assad and the Syrian government. It has led attacks "on key Syrian military installations; air-defense bases; coastal and major highway routes in attempts to block SAA supply lines; the vast majority of suicide attacks in civilian areas; and assassinations on key Government security officials," notes Phil Greaves.
"These extremist groups have become the best equipped, most organized, consistently well-funded and importantly, the most successful on the ground. While the US and its Gulf allies claim to have only armed, trained and supported 'vetted' and 'moderate' rebels, the reality inside Syria bears absolutely no resemblance to these claims," Greaves writes.
The effort to support Salafist terrorist groups in Syria was acknowledged by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state.
"We need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region," she wrote in 2014.
Another leaked email released by WikiLeaks from January 2016 includes an excerpt from a private October 2013 speech in which Clinton acknowledged that "the Saudis have exported more extreme ideology than any other place on earth over the course of the last 30 years."
Remarks by Lavrov on US support for al-Nusra have received zero coverage by the corporate propaganda media in the United States. Russian media, including RT and Sputnik, continue to report what the US media refuses to cover.
Prior to the so-called "fake news" meme now used to attack alternative media, The New York Times accused Russia of spreading false stories. In August the newspaper reported "numerous analysts and experts in American and European intelligence point to Russia as the prime suspect" in disseminating what it calls misinformation.
On November 23, the German chancellor Angela Merkel said governments have to fight back against information that does not jive with the establishment's narrative.
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Kurt Nimmo, Newsbud Producer & Author, is a writer, editor, producer and researcher based in New Mexico. His research centers on international geopolitics and national politics in the United States. He is the former lead editor and writer for Infowars and now edits Another Day in The Empire. His most recent books are Donald Trump and the War on Islam and Another Day in the Empire: The Reign of George W. Bush and the Total War Neocons. Visit Kurt Nimmo's website here


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Welcome everyone to the second holiday special story I've been wanting to work on for a long time. I notice not many people see thanksgiving as a big holiday at least in my opinion. Many seem to care more about Halloween and Christmas during the fall. Thanksgiving not so much I've notice Ah well I want to thank General Herbison for assisting me with the story again thank you my friend I'm glad this story is finally ready.
Now then it's time for the disclaimer I don't own anything of star wars, DC universe, or General Herbison's characters Markala and Katalina. It's time for the story to begin, let's do this enjoy.
An interesting morning
Titan's tower
It was in the middle of the night and all was quit in Jump city. Near the city was a small island where a huge T shape tower was. The tower actually belongs to the heroes of Jump city the Teen Titans. Long ago five superhero teens joined forces to form a superhero team to protect their city from enemies who would try to take over the city. But soon the titans grew up and retired to be with their kids who eventually became the new titans of Jump city. Five of the titans were the children of the former titans who retired long ago when their children when they were born. Three of the titans were kids that belong to former enemies of the original titans, and one was a friend of the young titans and the girlfriend of one of the titans.
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It was near midnight and so far all has been quiet around the city. Just then a bright light appeared in one of the windows of the tower. The light continued to glow and immense a humming sound. The light and humming noise continued for almost three minutes till it finally went down and the light along with the humming seized.
Next morning
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Ahsoka's clock soon went off and Ahsoka moved to turn it off but for some reason she was unable to reach the alarm clock. Ahsoka tried moving closer to the alarm clock but she felt the closer she went the closer she came to falling off her bed. Ahsoka decided to use the force to push the alarm clock off her nightstand and it finally turned off. Ahsoka pulled the covers off her and she moved towards to get off her bed. However as Ahsoka moved one leg off the bed she was unable to reach the floor which caused her to fall hard.
"Ouch," Ahsoka got up but for some reason she was standing on both her hands and feet. Ahsoka looked at her hands and saw that they were now paws, she had orange fur, and everything in her room appeared bigger than her. Ahsoka ran quickly to her window where she saw her reflection. Ahsoka screamed when she saw that she looked like a puppy dog. She had the white fur, tail, and paws. She still though had her markings on her face and blue eyes, but she didn't care about that. "What in the world is going on?" Ahsoka decided to go see the others to find out if this was some kind of joke.
Ahsoka made her way towards the common room where she was about to say something till she saw what surprised her even more. She saw Ryu, Ichiro, Victor, Rowan, Arella, and Mikazuki all in animal forms, however only Ichiro was in animal form while the others turned into different kinds of animals. Victor was a grizzly bear, Mikazuki a Capuchin monkey, the twin's kittens, and Ryu an iguana. "Um guys what's going on?"
"Why don't you ask my sister," Arella said as she pointed to her sister who was hiding under her couch.
"Why what happened?" Ahsoka asked as she approached the others.
"It seems Rowan used her powers and her mother's spell book to try and hide the turkey…but she decided to try another spell and well the rest is history," Ryu said as he explained to Ahsoka what happened.
"I just wanted to keep you guys from killing Mr. Turkey is that so wrong?" Rowan said under the couch.
"Rowan it's thanksgiving your suppose to have dead turkey for dinner not a live one," Victor said as he lifted the couch where Rowan ran out and hid behind her brother.
"Personally I agree with Rowan, who gives us the right to kill an animal and besides I kind of like our new look," Mikazuki said as she jumped up on her brother and jumped on the TV, "It's not so bad if you think about it."
"Speak for yourself I actually want my body back," Arella said as she glared at her sister who was trying her best to hide behind her brother, "And you for your sake Markala and Katalina had better find a way to turn us back to normal, or else," Arella revealed her claws which scared her sister.
"Okay that's enough Arella until we get back to normal you and Rowan are going to be separated, understand?" Ichiro said as he stood up for his sister.
"Whatever," Arella said.
"Wait Markala and Katalina where are they?" Ahsoka asked as she noticed the two cat teens weren't here.
"Apparently the spell didn't affect them since they were already animals or at least humanoid animals." Victor said as he went to sit on the couch till the cat teens came back.
Markala and Katalina soon entered the room and they brought in Rachel Roth's spell book, "Good news I hope?" Ryu said hoping they had some good news.
"Not exactly, we called Mrs. Ishida and well let's just say she wasn't happy with what happened," Katalina said as she told the others what happened, "She did tell us though this isn't the first time the spell has been used and not to worry since the spell will wear off in 24 hours."
"Great so we're stuck like this for 24 hours just perfect," Arella said who didn't like being an animal. Katalina took out a ball of yarn and threw it near Arella who meowed and went after the yarn of ball, then soon began to play with it.
"How did you do that?" Ahsoka asked surprised by what Katalina did.
"Instinct, I saw how cats here on earth seem to like ball of yarns so I thought since Arella would be in a bad mood that I keep her busy with a ball of yarn," Katalina said as she approached Victor and sat next to him, "So how's my big bear doing?"
"Doing fine hungry though, speaking of which," Victor got off the couch and went into the kitchen where he began to take out all the food in the fridge.
"Okay Ryu so what are we going to do? Since you guys are temporary out of commission what will we do?" Markala asked.
"For now we will need to remain here in the tower, if our enemies found out what happened. Well they would try to take advantage of our current situation," Ryu explained knowing their enemies would take the chance to cause chaos in the city or rather attack the titans.
"But what happens if there are crimes in the city and we can't do anything to stop it?" Ichiro said.
"We'll handle the crimes till you guys get back to normal," Markala suggested.
"Fine, but if you need assistance we'll contact the other titans," Ryu said as the alarm went off, "Sounds like you guys have to go to work."
"Sounds about right let's go bro," Katalina said as Markala nodded and was about to follow his sister when he heard a soft meow sound. He looked down and saw Rowan with a sad look on her face.
"I'm sorry for making you do all the hard work Markala," Markala smiled and lifted Rowan carefully.
"Hey it's not your fault, I know your intentions were good and I'm not mad at you," Markala said as Rowan smiled, Markala set Rowan down and petted her a bit, "Now take care of yourself while I go take down some bad guys."
Rowan saw Markala run out of the room leaving her alone with her family, "All right then well I guess we'll just do what we normally do when we don't have any work to do then," Ryu said knowing there is not much the titans can do until the spell wears off, "I guess I'll head to my room then, bye."
Once Ryu left Ahsoka noticed Ichiro scratching his ear with the back of his leg, Ahsoka smiled seeing this knowing this is what dogs do when they are itchy, "Soooo what do you want to do then Ichiro?"
"I don't know…maybe we can go for a run around the tower?" Ichiro suggested.
"Run?" Ahsoka asked as Ichiro nodded, for some odd reason Ahsoka did want to run and it did sound like a lot of fun, "All right let's go," Ahsoka said as both her and Ichiro ran out of the room barking.
"What a bunch of dogs…hey Vic do you wanna…WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO THE KITCHEN!" The kitchen was a mess, there were food stains, cans, etc all over the floor. Victor was on the kitchen table licking his claws.
"Huh I'm still hungry weird," Vic said who didn't notice Mikazuki grabbing a metal frying pan and whacking her brother on the head with it over and over.
"You idiot you ate all of our food what is wrong with you!" Mikazuki said as her brother ran behind the couch. Mikazuki then began to throw anything she can grab at her brother who was doing his best to hide from his monkey sisters wrath.
Rowan sighed and normally this would make her laugh, but she felt too guilty to laugh. She walk towards her sister who was tangled up by the yarn, "This got bad fast," Arella said who was trying to break free of the yarn.
"Here let me help," Rowan said as she approached her sister and used her claws to cut parts of the yarn, "Also sorry Arella I just wanted to keep Mr. Turkey safe and I didn't want you guys to kill him."
Arella sighed and knew her sister meant well, but did wish she thinks before she does something like what happened. Still she couldn't be mad at her forever, she knew she meant well, "I know you didn't mean for this to happen, but next time be more careful Rowan. You know you're lucky mom didn't come by to talk to you about taking her book again."
"Yeah I know that's a good…wait why isn't mom coming here? I'm sure she would try to keep us safe by being here wouldn't she?" Rowan asked realizing that her mom would have come to keep her kids from harm if something like what happened just now occurred.
Arella was going to respond till she realized that her sister was right, normally when Arella, Rowan, or Ichiro did something their mom would come to see them. Why she hasn't come to see them now is a mystery to her, "I don't know, maybe dad convinced her not to come…Oooor."
Little Creek
Outside the small town of Little Creek was a house surrounded by large trees and was located near a river. Near the house there was a lot of barking that came from the Husky dogs that belonged to Isamu and Rachel Ishida. Both who were once superheroes and were former members of the Teen Titans, till they retired to settle down with their kids. However when the kids got older though they followed their parents footsteps, they then became the new titans of Jump city. Despite Rachel feeling that they weren't ready the kids became titans in the end, though Rachel does go see them from time to time for visits and if they were in trouble. Reason she isn't going to see them right now was that she had an accident, one she was very ashamed of that it happened to her.
Rachel had wanted to spice up her night with Ichiro when she accidently made a mistake with one of her spell books. She wrote down the spell an hour before her book went missing and she used the spell. However when she used it she fell asleep and woke up the next morning...as a rabbit. She was the same white fur rabbit when Mumbo Jumbo turned her and her friends into animals long ago. She hated that she was a rabbit, she didn't like that she was used for Mumbo's tricks and didn't like that her friends called her cute. She hated it and it was the most embarrassing moment of her life, which she had hoped would never happen again.
When she woke up she saw in the mirror that she had turned into a rabbit. She tried to change back, but found the spell book was missing and guessed her kids must of taken it. By the time she called her kids she found out they had turned themselves into animals by accident. She wanted to go see them but she knew if she did they would probably find her situation funny. She told them to wait 24 hours until the spell wears off and she hoped everything would be okay by then. When she went back to her bedroom to write Isamu a note saying she took off for work she found Isamu had woken up and saw her in her rabbit form. At first Rachel wanted to run out of the room, but she knew it would have been pointless and decided to tell her husband the truth. Once Rachel finished talking she waited to hear what her husband would say.
"Sooooo let me get this straight you wanted to use a spell to make our sex night better?" Isamu asked as he summed up what his wife told him.
"Pretty much, now thanks to my mistake I turned myself into…a rabbit," Rachel growled at the last part since she hated being a rabbit.
Isamu approached his wife and kneeled down to face her. Isamu lifted her up and held her out, "Awwww Rachel you shouldn't blame yourself I understand, it's just if you wanted to try something new I had some ideas in mind you know," Rachel relief her husband wasn't mad, but blushed by what her husband said. Isamu then brought her close and kissed her on the forehead, "Besides you look cute my little rabbit Rachel."
Rachel growled and slapped her husband on his cheek, "Don't call me that please. Now then mind setting me down on the bed?"
"Um sure," Isamu placed his wife on her bed and waited to hear what she needed to say.
"Okay look sorry for slapping you, it's just this brings back some bad memories and I don't want to relief it. Second this is only temporary I'll be back to myself by tomorrow morning, so don't get used to this form," Rachel said as she explained to her husband how long the effects of the spell would last.
"That's fine Rachel, you do look cute in your bunny form, but I like the original form better," Isamu said smiling at his wife who nodded in agreement, "So um what should we do now then?"
"For now I'll be staying in the house, I can't risk leaving especially with those dogs out there. That and maybe I'll do some reading," Rachel said as she explained what she was going to do.
"Okay, I'll call work and tell them you won't be coming in today. Then afterwards I'll stay here to be with you," Isamu said as he told Rachel what he was going to do.
"You don't have to miss work because of me, I'll be fine," Rachel said not wanting Isamu to miss work because of her.
"I know but I want to stay Rachel. Besides it's been a while since we've had a day to be together," Isamu said as he sat down next to Rachel.
"Thank you Isamu," Rachel said as she moved forward and tried to kiss her husband but he was too tall. Isamu leaned down and gave her the chance to kiss him, "How did I get so lucky to have someone like you?"
Isamu smiled then got up from the bed, "Guess we can call it a stroke of luck or chance. Either way I'm glad to have found a beautiful angel like you," Rachel smiled by what her husband said, "All right now then I'm going to make ya some breakfast…hmmmm I wonder what if I know how to make some carrot stew."
Rachel glared at her husband and wanted to throw something at him but he took off before she had a chance to throw an object at him. This is going to be a looooong day.
Jump city
Back at the city at the Jump city national bank many of the citizens were running out of the bank as a dangerous villain was inside the bank stealing the money. "Hahahaha yes soon with the money I stole I will be able to make the perfect armor. With it no one will be able to stop me…The Armadillo man."
The crazed villain was eight foot tall, had on an armadillo costume except the armor was bigger, he had long sharp claws, he appeared to be bulky, and the only thing that appeared from his body was his face which he had a pair of goggles on and appeared to be in his 30's. He had brown eyes and had a southern accent.
"Now then it's time for me to 'roll' myself out of this bank before those loser titans show up and ruin my fun," Armadillo man said as he was suddenly lifted out of the bank dropping his bags filled with cash. Armadillo man got up and saw two humanoid cat teens.
"Hold it right there, um who are you?" the male cat teen asked.
"I am Armadillo Man" he declared.
"Uh huh, is that it?" the girl asked, "As far as names go that's not really gonna intimidate people."
"Who asked you anyways? And who are you two suppose to be?" Armadillo man asked.
"I'm Markala and this is my sister Katalina," Markala said as he introduced himself and his sister to their opponent, "And we're the teen titans."
"Heh I was expecting more than just two, but no matter even if your friends we're here they're fates would be the same as the both of your faiths," Armadillo man said smirking as his chances for victory became very good.
"I wouldn't underestimate us if I were you just because it's just the two of us. If we were you it would be wise to surrender now before you get hurt badly," Katalina said as she warned Armadillo man to surrender.
"I'm going to surrender especially to freaks like you two I'll prove how bad I am when I run you two felines over," Armadillo Man curled into a ball and rolled at the cat teens.
They both jumped away easily before quickly converging to discuss tactics.
"Okay, big and slow but with that armor it will be tough to damage him." Katalina muttered, "I suggest attack plan Iron Sphere."
"On it" Markala darted to the side and scaled a building.
"Bring it on" Katalina beckoned to Armadillo Man.
For a response he rolled at her a lot quicker than last time. Katalina closed her eyes and let her psychic abilities loose. A concentrated beam of purple energy blasted from her forehead and formed a wall between her and the giant ball. When Armadillo Man slammed into the wall he kept rolling and cracks started to appear in it.
"Anytime bro" Katalina called.
"Death from above baby!" Markala jumped off the edge of the building and dived towards Armadillo Man. "Courageous Charge!" he shouted and his body glowed crimson. He smashed into Armadillo Man and sent both of them through the ground.
Markala got up and saw Armadillo man had stopped, but he knew he wasn't done yet. Markala thought for a moment and had an idea on how to end this fight, "Hey Katalina use your powers to lift him up as high as you can and I'll take him out from above."
Katalina nodded understanding what her brother wants to do. Markala jumped on the building nearby and began to climb it as quickly as he could. Armadillo man began to roll towards Katalina who began to concentrate in using her powers to lift Armadillo man. He soon came close to Katalina, but she managed to finally stop him rolling and lift him up slowly. For Katalina this wouldn't be a problem, but because of this world she is in her powers aren't as strong as back home. She slowly lifted Armadillo man who couldn't move and was unable to escape Katalina's grip. Soon she had him as high as she could lift him and waited for her brother to make his home. Come on Markala hurry up I can't hold up him much longer.
Markala made it to the top of the building and saw where Armadillo man was. He jumped as high as he could off the building and aimed at Armadillo man. He used both his feet along with the speed he was dropping and kicked Armadillo man straight into the ground creating a huge crater and creating a huge cloud of dust that send debri everywhere.
Markala joined his sister as they walked towards where Armadillo man landed. They looked into the crater and saw Armadillo man was in the crater but knocked out, "Well that takes care of that let's go," Markala was about to leave when his sister stopped him.
"Hold on bro we need to clean this place up," Katalina said as she pointed to the mess that was made by the bad guy and the cat teens.
Markala looked at the mess and they indeed caused a big mess, "And I suppose nothing I say will change your mind huh?" Katalina smiled and nodded, Markala sighed and decided to help out with the cleaning.
Chapter one is over and I hope everyone likes how the chapter started. Mr. Turkey is safe for now, but for how long and will our young titans be back to normal soon? Or think they should remain in their animal forms? Huh actually that probably isn't such a bad idea, at least in my opinion.
Thanks again General Herbison I hope the first chapter went well for everyone. Please leave a review of what you thought of the chapter. Just nothing negative please. Take care and goodbye everyone bye.
Jason: Well the first chapter went well and I hope everyone likes it.
Ichiro: Soooooo you made this story because you felt bad for thanksgiving?
Jason: Well I mean people seem to care about thanksgiving, but only think of it as a holiday to eat. Plus when I went to the mall last week I saw Christmas decorations being put up and nothing on thanksgiving.
Ahsoka: So that's a yes on feeling bad for thanksgiving then?
Jason: For me eating turkey is good, but I think spending time with your family and for what you are thankful for is what I like about thanksgiving. Which is why I wanted to make a story for thanksgiving so I can be thankful for all the readers who read along with reviewed my stories. Two years ago I didn't think the first two I wrote would be any good, but thanks to you the readers that all changed, thank you all.
Ahsoka: How sweet, you are a good man Jason and I'm glad you did make your stories. Just wish you didn't turn me into a dog.
Ichiro: Don't worry Ahsoka you're still cute even if you got turned into a dog.
Ahsoka blushes and kisses Ichiro.
Jason: Hey no kissing ever since what your parents did to my bed kid I will no longer allow kissing in here.
Ahsoka: Fine let's go Ichiro.
Ichiro and Ahsoka left the room.
Jason: Okay well it's time to go bye everyone.


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A Croatian-Canadian businessman, Robert Herjavec is also a television personality who is now in the spotlight after his divorce with longtime wife, Diane Plese, an optometrist. Diane and Robert got married in 1990, however, they started facing problems in their relationship.
From the beginning of the year, Robert started facing financial conflicts with his ex-wife Diane Plese. After such many years of Robert Herjavec and Diane Plese married life, they finally ended their marriage relationship with a huge battle. Now, what might be the reason behind the couple's separation, let's find out.
The main reason behind the split of this couple was Kym Johnson who was Robert Herjavec dancing partner. Diane took the decision of getting divorced as she comes to know the affair between her husband and Kym.
Robert Herjavec had to pay off a huge amount of money and even he has to come up with a financial settlement to divide his $200 million net worth. There were several other things Robert Herjavec have to give up while doing the settlement thing.
Must Read: Kym Johnson and Robert Herjavec Open Up About Their One Years Of Married Relationship.
TV personality Robert Herjavec
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Know full story about Robert Herjavec and Diane Plese divorce and Kym Johnson.
Robert Herjavec and Diane Plese were married for 25 years. This ex-couple have three kids together. As per Hollywood Take, Robert admitted he contemplated suicide after the breakup. and the two to go through a lot of work.
Robert Herjavec has many homes including a $7.5 million house in Bridle Path, Toronto, Ontario, a private plane, and some sports cars.
Businessman Robert Herjavec with his ex-wife Diane Plese
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Robert Herjavec is the founder of IT security firm Herjavec Group and enjoys earning more and more money from his Shark Tank investments. He has even done a partnership with Deluxe Corporation to help market his various Shark Tank products.
According to the financial settlement in the divorce of Robert Herjavec and Diane Plese, they settled to divide Robert's $200 million net worth. It is blur information but it's been told Robert also has to pay the living cost of Diane and their three children.
Robert Herjavec was divorced as he was having an affair with Kym Johnson the dancing partner from 'Dancing With The Stars'. After the divorced from Diane, Robert Herjavec got engaged with Kym and finally got married later.
Investor Robert Herjavec with his new wife Kym Johnson
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As everyone was doubting that Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson may be dating but later they themselves admitted that they have been seeing each other for quite a few time.
Other than there also can the news about Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson getting separated. According to Nicki Swift, Robert and Kym were having some struggle of keeping their relationship in right track. These couples married only after dating for one year and that may be the reason that leads them to risk their relationship.
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There is also another rumor gearing up that may be Robert Herjavec is dating another woman because while he was in a marital relationship with Diane before meeting Kym he was involved with actress Danielle Vasinova. They were spotted at the 2013 premiere of 'Fast & Furious 6' in Los Angeles.
Well, now the couples are happily married without any divorce rumors and we wish them for their long lasting marriage life.
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Duane Kumagai is the Managing Partner of Maynard Cooper's Los Angeles office and member of the Complex Litigation Practice. A 30-year California attorney, Duane has extensive experience litigating commercial, real property and business fraud disputes; and protecting the rights of creditors in corporate bankruptcy cases. An expert on creditors' rights and provisional remedies, Duane speaks to bar groups on writs of attachment, receiverships, judgment enforcement, and bankruptcy law. He regularly appears in the U.S. District, U.S. Bankruptcy and California Superior Courts.
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Before joining Maynard Cooper, Duane practiced with top law firms in Los Angeles, and founded and led Kumagai Law Group, in L.A.'s Century City business district.
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Anyway, the view from Tokyo Tower was so lovely. It was a little smoggy, but not so bad. I swear, some of the photos I took look like postcards. I took them I swear! X-D It was also great to take candids of people there too. Everyone has a camera so I wasn't too out of place. :>
So I wasn't sure where I wanted to go next. I looked at the subway map and realized that Ginza was right there. So instead of going to Harajuku like I planed, I went to Ginza instead.
And boy, can I tell you this? That the Japanese know how to celebrate Christmas. None of that religious signifigance or some such, but pure unadulterated consumerism! X-D Anyway, at least that's the feeling I got walking through Ginza and all of those super expensive brand name stores. There were a few Japanese ones, but things like Prada, Tiffany's, etc. They were scary. I felt broke just walking down the street.
And what a street it is! It was just filled with people! I don't know if the streets are normally blocked off or not, but wow!
One of Sony's showcase building was in Ginza too, so I decided to take a look see. Yes, Sony, the company you love to hate. The love, being the PS2, PSP and the upcoming PS3. The hate being their absolutely stupidity in copy protected CDs and their MP3 players that don't actually play MP3s. :P But I went anyway. :)
It was mostly a mall, showcasing their high end flat panels and sound systems. They had a few Blue-Ray players playing on HD monitors. I also happened to be there when they were showing off their new Aibo like robot, but this time in human form. It was... uncanning on how human like they moved. Walking, moving their limbs around. Yes, I'm sure it was all motion captured, but the fact that they didn't fall over after taking some steps is pretty amazing. One was even doing a waltz.
So it was getting late and I was getting hungry. I've been walking around all day, but didn't feel like having high priced food at the Ginza. So I walked and happened to run into a Yoshinoya.
Mmmm.... Yoshinoya >3 I love that place. It's basically a fast food, rice bowl. So I sat down and ordered beef on rice. Yum!
After a while I started talking to the waitress. She was asking me where I was from and was amazed I was from the US, since I don't look American. I told her I was originally from Taiwan. It turns out she was from China, so we started talking in Mandarin. X-D I told her I was here mostly to sight see and take pictures. Then she told me that they were unveiling some new light show for Xmas just a block away. After eating my dinner and thanking her for the tip, I headed on over there to see what was up.
It was actually near the main Tokyo Train Station. Since the lights weren't on yet, I went inside to have a look and find my train back to Shinjuku. It turns out that there's this HUGE underground mall there! X-D
The absolutely best part of the place is the HUGE food court there. They had every type of food you can imagine, just the ones I saw where Chinese, Korean, Italian, pastries. I'm *so* going back there to have dinner sometime. X-D Maybe I should go back to the Yoshinoya to thank that waitress too. :D
Anyway, this is sort of why I love going it alone and not just taking a tour group. You run across surprising things, interesting sights and you get to talk to the locals a bit. Also the waitresses and people you talk to, don't have an agenda to sell you crap that you don't want. I would have never known about the light show.
Anyway, I still have yesterday to catch up on, but first I'm heading off to lunch and then Harajuku! :)


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Seven great projects for the 12- to 36-inch lathe, designed for beginning to intermediate turners, presented in a fully illustrated step-by-step fashion. Included are instructions for turning two scoops, a covered cylinder box, a lidded bowl with a foil-leaf finish, a Christmas ornament turned from last year's tree, a beautiful carving set, and large salt and pepper mills. Each of these projects can be completed in the course of a weekend. A photo gallery offers the turner many variations on the themes shown in the book and entices them to try their own ideas. An experienced demonstrator and teacher, Bill Bowers covers the basics, including issues of safety and technique, and then shares the joy he finds in turning. He encourages the reader to always remember, exuberance experienced at the lathe is exceptional medicine for the soul.
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 280 color photos | 64 pp
ISBN13: 9780764327261 | Binding: soft cover
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House fire closes Homer Road
Three fire departments responded to the scene of a house fire around 10 a.m. Monday at 2901 S. Homer Road.
No one was inside the home when neighbor Jaramia Richards smelled a melting plastic odor and saw smoke coming from a chimney. The Homer, Midland and Lee Township fire departments responded to the scene, closing Homer Road from Brooks Road to Freeland Road.
Richards said the fire was mainly contained to an area around a television.
"Everything else is just heat damage and smoke damage," he said.
There were many items collected by the prior homeowner still inside the home, Richards said. Kim Kristine Sprunger had lived at 2901 S. Homer Road until she died Aug. 20 at age 58.
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There are always plenty of new terms looking to join the data center vernacular. You're familiar with many that have taken root over the past several years: virtualization, cloud, consolidation, mission critical... the list goes on and on. A hot term you've probably heard recently is Big Data. There's a lot of buzz around this one, as evidenced by the many companies introducing products designed to meet the challenges of Big Data. In this post, I'm going to take a look at Big Data and see what its implications could be for data center networks.
First things first: what is Big Data? The specifics may vary depending whom you ask, but the basic idea is consistent: Big Data means large sets of data that are difficult to manage (analyze, search, etc.) using traditional methods. Of course, there's more to it than that but that's a decent enough answer to make you sound semi-intelligent at a cocktail party. Unless it's a Big Data cocktail party.
A logical follow-up question is "why is Big Data so...big?" The main cause for these massive data sets is the explosive growth in unstructured data over the past several years. Digital images, audio and video files, e-mail messages, Word or PowerPoint files – they're all examples of unstructured data, and they're all increasing at a dizzying rate. Need a first-hand example? Think about your home PC. How many more digital photos, MP3s, and video files are on your hard drive compared to a few years ago? Tons, right? Now imagine that growth on an Enterprise scale, where thousands of employees are each saving gigabytes worth of presentations, spreadsheets, e-mails, images, and other files. That's a lot of data, and it's easy to see how searching, visualizing, and otherwise analyzing it can be difficult.
[Structured data, for those of you wondering, is data organized in an identifiable structure. Examples include databases or data within a spreadsheet, where information is grouped into columns and rows.]
So what to do? There's no shortage of solutions billed as the answer to the Big Data problem. Let's take a look at one that's getting a lot of attention these days: Hadoop.
Hadoop is an open source software platform used for distributed processing of vast amounts of data. A Hadoop deployment divides files and applications into smaller pieces and distributes them across compute nodes in the Hadoop cluster. This distribution of files and applications makes it easier and faster to process the data, because multiple processors are working in parallel on common tasks.
Let's take a quick look at how it works.
Two major software components comprise Hadoop, the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and the MapReduce engine.
- HDFS runs across the cluster and facilitates the storage of portions of larger files on various nodes in the cluster. It also provides redundancy and enables faster transactions by placing a duplicate of each piece of a file elsewhere in the cluster.
- The MapReduce engine divides applications into small fragments, which are then run on nodes in the cluster. The MapReduce engine attempts to place each application fragment on the node that contains the data it needs, or at least as close to that node as possible, reducing network traffic.
So who's using Hadoop today and why? You've heard of the big ones – Yahoo!, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, eBay. The common thread? Massive amounts of data that need to be searched, grouped, presented, or otherwise analyzed. Hadoop allows organizations to handle these tasks at lower costs and on easily scalable clusters. Many of these companies have built custom applications that run on top of HDFS to meet their specific needs, and there's a growing ecosystem of vendors selling applications, utilities, and modified file systems for Hadoop. If you're a Hadoop fan, the future looks bright.
What are the network implications of Hadoop and other distributed systems looking to tackle Big Data? Ethernet is used in many server clusters today, and we think it will continue to grow in these types of deployments, as Ethernet's ubiquity makes it easy to connect these environments without using specialized cluster fabric devices. The same network adapters, switches, and cabling that are being used for data center servers can be used for distributed system clusters, simplifying equipment needs and management. And while Hadoop is designed to run on commodity servers, hardware components, including Ethernet adapters, can make a difference in performance. Dr. Dhabaleswar Panda and his colleagues at Ohio State University have published a research paper in which they demonstrate that 10GbE makes a big difference when combined with an SSD in an unmodified Hadoop environment. Results such as these have infrastructure equipment vendors taking notice. In its recent Data Center Fabric announcement, for example, Cisco introduced a new switch fabric extender aimed squarely at Big Data environments. You can expect to see more of this as distributed system deployments continue to grow.
Big Data isn't going away. It's going to keep getting bigger. We'll see more products, both hardware and software, that will be designed to make your big data experience easier, more manageable, and more efficient. Many will use a distributed model like Hadoop, so network infrastructure will be a critical consideration.
So, here are some questions for you, dear reader: Have you deployed a Hadoop cluster or are you planning to do so soon? What network considerations did you take into account as you planned your cluster?
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Each day when I coach entrepreneurs, I use many tactics.
But there's one growth technique that I recommend that is so simple, so basic, so incredibly easy, that I often pause before I even suggest it.
I'm reticent to even talk about it lest my clients think it's too obvious.
And yet in my experience this one simple technique can grow a business faster and more efficiently than almost any other way.
What is this method? It is simply this: Do more of what's working.
As simplistic as it sounds, time and time again I see entrepreneurs that have worked out a way to get clients or sell products that works pretty well - only to start experimenting with some other growth technique.
No. Resist that urge to constantly move on to another methodology. Instead refocus on what's working and see how you can make it work twice as well.
For example if you have an ad that pulls in customers, why not run it three times as much?
If cold calls get you good business, consider hiring a second person to do that all day long.
Seems obvious right?
Yet in my experience teaching hundreds of entrepreneurs almost no entrepreneurs are maxmizing growth techniques that are working for them. Instead they are enamoured with trying new stuff, often in a shallow and half hearted way.
So don't just try lots of new ways to grow your business. Look at what's working and spend your time there first.
You'll find it's the absolute easiest and quickest way to grow your business.


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OBJECTIVES--To determine whether there was a generalised increase in bone mineral density (BMD) in spinal osteoarthrosis (OA), and to determine the mechanism of this possible protection against osteoporosis as assessed by biochemical markers of bone turnover. METHODS--We studied 375 women (ages 50 to 85) from a population based group. Spinal OA was defined from radiographs as the presence of degenerative changes affecting intervertebral or facet joints. BMD of the lumbar spine (LS), femoral neck (FN) and total body (TB) was measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry (Lunar DPX). Bone turnover rates were estimated from measurement of biochemical markers of bone formation and resorption (urine deoxypyridinoline (Dpyr) and serum bone specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP)). RESULTS--BMD at each site was greater in the women with spinal OA (mean increase in LS-BMD 7.9%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.0 to 15.1; TB-BMD 8.4%, 95% CI 1.9 to 9.7; FN-BMD 6.4%, 95% CI 0.3 to 12.6). Twenty four hour urinary excretion of Dpyr, corrected for TB bone mineral content, and serum BAP were 19% lower in the women with spinal OA (95% CI for Dpyr 4.3 to 31.9%; for BAP 6.3 to 32.0%). CONCLUSIONS--Spinal OA is associated with a generalised increase in BMD and a decreased rate of bone turnover. This suggests that the protective effect of spinal OA against osteoporosis may be mediated by decreased bone turnover.
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UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The MACC confirmed that this happened at 3.15pm on Thursday, The Star Online news website reported.
In a Facebook post, Umno Supreme Council member Lokman Noor Adam said Dr Ahmad Zahid announced that he had been arrested at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
"Datuk Seri Zahid informed me that he was arrested upon his arrival at MACC headquarters. All are invited to gather here at 9pm," he said.
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MACC is investigating claims that RM800,000 (S$268,607 ) belonging to Yayasan Akal Budi, his family's charity foundation, had been used to pay off his credit card bills.
Graft investigators have had four questioning sessions with the Umno president, the first on July 3, followed by three interviews on Oct 10, 11 and 12. Each session lasted more than eight hours.
MACC officials had sent a notice to the Umno president on Wednesday, requesting him to be present at the anti-graft authority's headquarters in Putrajaya at 3pm the following day.
It also said that he was expected to be charged on Friday.
Following his arrest, he rejected a suggestion by his lawyer to apply for bail, New Straits Times reported.
Instead, he indicated that he was willing to spend the night in the MACC lockup ahead of being brought to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to be charged, said his wife Hamidah Khamis.
"The lawyer had offered to arrange for him (Zahid) to be bailed, but he declined. So he will stay here until tomorrow," she said.
Asked on how she was coping with her husband's arrest, she said this wasn't the first time he had been detained.
"I'm all right. Previously, he was detained for 10 days when he was Umno Youth chief (under the Internal Security Act)."
The New Straits Times reported that MACC had confirmed the arrest of the former deputy prime minister in conjunction with an investigation into abuse of power, criminal breach of trust as well as money-laundering.
It said the arrest was related to funds belonging to a foundation.
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Darius McCollum is something out of New York City tabloid lore: the thief of all thieves, the guy who gets caught over and over again (30 times, in total), seemingly the minute he gets out of jail or prison for his previous caper. When he is inevitably arrested, the local press corps adds the latest incident to its running list, and his exploits in newspapers almost always carry roughly the same lede, Darius McCollum, the infamous subway thief....
It's no surprise, then, that Off the Rails, the documentary out this spring about McCollum's life, ends with the man behind bars on New York City's Rikers Island. Because for the last three decades, he has been through the notorious jail complex many times, always roughly for the same reasons: impersonating a subway conductor or bus driver; stealing said vehicle; and then, eventually, getting caught.
But as McCollum likes to say, "The thing is," he doesn't exactly steal the vehicles—at least not in the traditional sense. He drives them to their next destination, dropping off people as he goes, just like any bus or subway driver would. The only problem, of course, is that he isn't one—McCollum has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, which his lawyers and defenders say plays a key role in his pattern of criminal behavior, an "obsession" he just can't seem to shake.
On a recent afternoon, I sat down with McCollum on Rikers Island, where he's currently awaiting trial on charges of criminal impersonation and grand larceny after allegedly stealing a Greyhound bus last November. (That case is ongoing, and, per his lawyer's request, we did not discuss it in detail.) His voice is calm, his sentences articulate: By the end of the conversation, we were talking about the intricacies of New York City's subways more than him actually stealing them. We touched on his favorite station (Herald Square in Manhattan), his concerns about local infrastructure ("It's not what it used to be"), and the eternal dilemma of delay ("It's gonna take you longer than three years," he says, of the L train's pending closure).
What struck me most is the man's sense of self-awareness. He's almost painfully cognizant of the bizarre nature of what he's up to—as if he's watching a movie or news reel of himself play out on repeat. So we talked about that, the documentary (which he still hasn't seen), mental health behind bars, and what he describes as a possible movie about his life starring Julia Roberts and Idris Elba.
VICE: What's it like returning to Rikers, having been here so many times?
Darius McCollum: I try not to know it well—I just have to deal with it while I'm here. That's not something I really look forward to. There are things that go on that are particularly cultured, so to speak, and like I said, you just have to deal with it. So what I do is try to keep myself busy, occupied, help out people, and so forth, like that. Not really workshops, but programs throughout the field that I could benefit from. I try to do whatever I can to help the inmates, and sometimes the officers, just to help with different jobs and so forth. I try to keep myself busy.
Sometimes when you're out working, or on a certain detail, you don't feel like you're in a jail. You don't have that locked down feeling; you feel more responsible for doing something, as opposed to just doing nothing.
"It's bad enough from here—I don't want to go to federal prison."
How did this documentary happen?
In my prior case, it was introduced to my attorney, Sally Butler, and it was something that we had spoken about. She asked how I felt about doing it, or whether I would want to. It kind of seemed interesting, and Adam [Irving], the filmmaker, came to meet me in jail to talk about it. I said, "You know what, let's run with it." We finished up last year in August; I was home at that point, in North Carolina. Adam would go with me, and I would have to demonstrate how I did things. I would talk about how I did things, and sometimes, we'd go to the train and bus yards.
The thing is, I gave him a lot of information that a lot of people don't know about—for example, one of the biggest things that has been incorporated is that everything now is post-9/11. So I kinda got myself in trouble a little bit more, because I got placed on the federal watch list, and what happens is that they say I'm listed as a potential terrorist, meaning that if terrorist were to get a hold of me, they could try to use the information that I know to do nefarious crimes and things like that. And I'm like, "I don't want to be a part of no terrorist group." That's the least of my problems. It's bad enough from here—I don't want to go to federal prison.
A main part of the film is your belief you could be of service to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), by pointing out their security flaws.
I believe I would definitely be a service to them. The thing is, would they allow me to be a service to them? Because one of the things I've been trying to do over the years is try to be a service to them. But they make up excuses to not put me in that kind of service.
If someone approaches you and says, "I want to film a documentary on your life," does that filming experience—or even just having your story seem valuable enough to be a doc—make you view your own story differently?
It makes me feel differently in the aspect of the camera and the publicity behind it. People who didn't even know me will now know more about me, and they'll be like, "Isn't your name Darius McCollum?" "Aren't you the guy who..." And who I try to pass myself as other people at different times, they're gonna be like, "I know who you are. I'm gonna call the police." So I have to think about all of these things that I have done, as to how it's going to affect folk like that.
How has your mental health been addressed behind bars?
That's the problem that I kinda have, because it seems like people want to sit there and say that my diagnosis isn't that severe, or whatever the case may be. But you don't fall into that category to where you can make that determination. If you're just going by the law part of it, but you don't go by the psychology part of it, it hinders my movement. As long as I'm doing time, you're happy. But what service am I getting? You sit there and say that I'm supposed to do all this sort of stuff, but upstate or when you're on parole, they don't do what you tell them to do—it's the opposite.
What gets overlooked for people like yourself in places like this?
Pretty much the mental health part of it. And the thing is, years ago, they tried to say that I was the poster boy for Asperger's. But I'm not the poster boy—there are other people who have it beside me. Asperger's is just a small role, because there's more to it than that. You have OCD, the impulse control, certain things that make it into one. They don't just treat each symptom different; they try to focus on the issues at hand. So how far can I go?
People are trying to figure out, "Who is that guy?"
When I tell people your story, and I say that you don't go for joy rides—you (briefly) try to do the job like anyone else who works for the MTA—that's what interests people the most. And I'm wondering what you think of that part of your appeal.
I always appreciate the comment at the end, when people say, "Oh, thank you—I appreciate riding with you." Or, "Have a nice day!" That happiness you get sometimes is more than enough to let you know that you have successfully done your job, so to speak. And those are the things I look forward to, more than anything else. Those are the things that make you feel... Okay, I feel good. I feel happy. I want to do it again.
And what do you think when you read about people taking other vehicles for joy rides?
You got people who want to try to mimic Batman. Or Superman. And then there's people who try to mimic me. I just look at them, like, OK. I go through the challenge sometimes... "Are you the guy who drove the A train years ago?" No, that was a different guy. But I have driven the A train anyway. That guy got stuck in Brooklyn. And for me, I want to know where certain buttons are, and why certain boxes are there—what they do, who they go to.
So this is the difference between me and him. If I had been on the A train that day, I know for a fact that I wouldn't have gotten stopped. I would've pushed the right button, and gone to Lefferts [Boulevard] or whatever, and came back out. But he got stuck and didn't know what to do. The thing is, if you don't know, you don't know. You can't be held accountable for what you don't know. But if you do know, then you're held accountable. That's why I've made it my business to want to know.
There's one scene, where Adam picks you up from prison, and you're in the car heading back to NYC. And there's this sense that he's watching you to see if you'll get in trouble again. Do you feel that pressure still?
I'm thinking along those lines. I'll tell you the truth: When I get out now, and because of the extra bout of publicity, I feel like I'll be a bit more watched than I was before. As to how long, I don't know. But I also have a solution, and the solution is, let's say that if I did make money, I would just buy a car. That way, I'm not near the MTA. That way, you're not bothering me—just leave me alone. I'm leaving you alone by being up here, just driving around wherever I want to go. I happen to know that they only bother me when I'm on their property. But they don't bother me when I'm not. You're not gonna bother me in a car. So I figured I'ma have to do that.
If and when you get back out, do you have plans to go back to North Carolina to be with your parents?
Definitely. Even though it's boring down there, I definitely have plans to go back. It's beautiful and nice. But that's the whole thing: It's like a 24-hour city in New York. Twenty-four-hour country is just not making it, because at nighttime, you just hear crickets and have cows looking at you. I miss the lights and action. Prime example, even though New York City is noisy and has a lot of people, I like that mass transit atmosphere of New York. That's the whole thing. You got people cursing all day, yelling like, "You can't put your garbage over here!"—it's always something. The city is a fast-paced town when people want answers within a split second.
In the country, you have time to think. Here, you don't have time.
How did you originally get obsessed with subways and transportation? I read you stole your first train at fifteen.
The funniest thing is, I love the system. People used to classify me more so as a train buff years ago, but I've been on them so much that I learned things of the system that not everybody's supposed to learn. It kinda puts people on edge, because it's like, "Who is this guy? Why is he here?" And then I just say, "I'm just here." "Well, who are you with?" "Well, I'm not with anybody." "Oh, you can't be here. This is a restricted area." And I'm like, "Oh, OK." I just get up, put the paper down, and go leave. "How did he get in here?" The door's open, and I came in myself.
People are trying to figure out, "Who is that guy?"
These are the kinds of things that go on. So I've learned things about the subway system that it's just over another level. I was just told that I'm the person that people wish they could be, because I actually took the time to do something that people want to do. They had the case the other month when the guy in Florida wanted to be a doctor, so he got a building and impersonated a doctor. But actually, you can't do that, because of the ethics of medicine. I'm that kind of person, where I did the things that people want to do. In fact, there's a show on TV called The Pretender, and I heard I was in two different episodes, but they never showed my face. They mention me. There's another show called Person of Interest, and I kinda include myself in that category—I'm a person of interest. That's just how I see it. There's so much that I've done, and I can't begin to tell you half the stuff that I wish I could still do.
OK, so I've been hearing about a possible movie deal. What's that all about?
The movie deal is very interesting. We're not getting our hopes up yet, because there's still too much stuff involved, but the thing is, from what I understand, Julia Roberts wants to play Sally. And supposedly, Idris Elba is supposed to play me. It's not guaranteed.
How does it feel to maybe have Idris Elba (considering) playing you?
It's different! I was trying to say, "Well, why can't we make it like, Catch Me If You Can, Pt.2." But they said, "No, we can't use that title."
What do you want viewers to take away from knowing your story?
Take away the media. That's the main thing. Don't focus on the media part. Because the media, sometimes, will mislead you. I try to deal with that. I do have a problem. Take away the fact that the courts need to do something better than what they're trying to do. I need something to help me, as opposed to something that's going to discourage me. It makes me want to come back and do the same thing all over again. That's the whole thing. A lot of guys here will tell you the same thing.
Off the Rails will screen this weekend at the SF DocFest, in San Francisco.
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Lately I've been feeling that way about the bike. I finally got my ugly ass in gear and had a major maintenance day on the bike. I knew going in that this would would run me some money, after all I was finally installing the new CVT belt. While that was open I figured I would get the final drive oil replaced, after all it had been over a year since that was done and it was time. I had to get the engine oil changed out, the brake fluid levels checked, the front tire would also need to be replaced soon. In other words, lots of little things that add up.
|My front tire showing wear and crowning
Normally I would take her to the place where I bought her, Eco Green Machine, but I had issues with them ever since the rear brake issues. When I requested they open up the CVT casing and give me an idea on the belt life during an oil change they somehow managed to take all day and still could not get the casing off. Even though they had a air hammer and I was there when the casing was attached with a air hammer. I am not going to use any negative words here but lets say that I could no longer trust there work. Nor would I feel comfortable in recommending them to another.
So I took my bike to a mechanic's shop here in town. Frankly I could not be happier with there work so far, even though it is a little pricier you get what you pay for. My whole bill was $180 for the work done and it only took them three or four hours for everything. Sadly though they uncovered a problem.
Additional photo of the clutch assembly. Notice the dark lines and groves.
I'm in the market for a clutch. The price that they quoted me was for the Dr Pully HIT clutch, which is a quality part but frankly its an older bike and I am thinking that the Dr Pully clutch may, in fact, outlive the bike. So it's tempting.
I'm in the process of getting some info now.


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