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Disclaimer: I do not own anyone in this fic with the exception of Dr. Katherine "Shealti" Connally & mentioned Rowena Adams. Duncan, Joe, Richie, Methos, Seacover are sole property of Gaumont, Rhyser, Panser & Davis(or as the movies list them Davis & Panser), M6 and any one else I might have missed. The concept of Immortality is based on Gregory Widen's character. Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg, Simon Banks and all of Cascade belong to Pet Fly, Paramount and whomever else they belong too.
Spoilers: Uh, all of Highlander up to Archangel(Clan Denial all the way baby!), frankly it doesn't exist. Sentinel, I don't think any apply, if they do e-mail me!
Thanks: Gregory Widen, Pet Fly, Davis & Panser, M6, Gaumont, SCI-FI Channel for airing both shows, All my betas Becca & Anita, and most of all the readers & fans of fan fic.
Notes: Richie of course is not dead and is going to college at Ball State University in Indianapolis, IN. He's also seeing Rowena Adams( one of my OFCs) the relationship is long distance, but it is going strong. Richie knows about Methos. Shealti is older than Methos, they had a relationship.
Jason Giovanni had witnessed a murder, his parents own demise at the hands of an Immortal. He did not know who or what had killed his parents at first. After his parents funeral, Jason began digging through his mother and father's effects, the had been living a double life. Both Maria and Mario Giovanni had been in a secret society of men and women that watched Immortals. Learning the ways of Immortals he found that they fought each other with swords, the victor taking the head of the defeated. These Immortals often carried the blade with them, they sought each other out with the buzz. Challenging each other to the Game, there can be only one Immortal left standing.
Jason had been left an orphan in two strokes of a sword, he had been powerless to do anything about it. Since he was sixteen years old he had been taking lessons in fencing and martial arts. He was now able to do something, Jason Giovanni had set out to kill every Immortal that he came across. Hoping one day he would find the one that killed his parents, until then he would rid the world of Immortals one at a time.
The Immortal he had just killed was not the one, but there was now one less Immortal running around to cause anyone harm. Watching what the Watchers referred to as the Quickening, he had been fascinated by it, but now it barely held his interest. Leaving the scene as soon as he heard the distant wail of sirens.
The flight from Sydney to Seacover had been a long one, seventeen long hours. Katherine Connally had been looking forward to sleep in a bed, but that was mere hours away. The motorcycle rental place was supposed to have a Harley at the pick up counter, but she had soon found out that they were running late. The military duffel bag on her back was not getting any lighter, letting it slide off of her shoulder it hit the ground with a thud. Checking her watch Katherine had hoped to be half way to Duncan MacLeod's flat, but as she dialed his number Katherine knew it would be longer, like maybe a half hour at least. The phone rang, and rang, the machine finally kicked in, Duncan's cheery voice greeted her.
"You've reached Duncan MacLeod, I'm not available to come to the phone right now, after the tone please leave your name and number and I'll get back to you as soon as possible."
"Hello, Duncan, its Eall. The rental isn't here and obviously your not there either which just completes my bad day. I should be in a half hour, if your not there I'll meet you at Joe's." hitting the end button she sighed.
Sitting on the curb she rubbed her eyes behind the silver oval framed glasses, thanking the Goddess that she didn't have her contacts in. Checking her digital watch it read 11:55, hoping the poor soul who was on their way here could get here faster. She hoped to get at least four hours sleep before her lecture at the college. Her long red curls were coming loose from the braid she had redone on the plane six hours ago. Tucking the escaping curls behind her ear she heard the tell-tale growl of a Harley engine coming her direction.
"Thank you Goddess." she rose to her feet.
The rider walked the massive bike to a stop before her, "Sorry, we thought you weren't coming," he shouted over the thunderous rumbling. "I need to get back to the place to get my ride, you don't mind do you?"
"No," she shouted and mumbled "I can give a lecture on three hours sleep."
"Great." he smiled watching her shoulder her duffel.
Katherine quickly strapped on her helmet and barely had time to grab hold before the young man was taking off towards the city. Hanging on for dear life as he rounded the off ramp she was grateful for a helmet.
Duncan had called home to check his messages only to find Shealti's tired voice on the machine. The crowd at Joe's had finally dwindled off and closing time was drawing near. Methos, Joe, Mike and himself were the only ones that would be left. Methos had waited until Mike had gone in the back for something before he asked MacLeod about where Shealti was.
"Any news on where the Old Woman is?" Methos asked after taking a sip of his dwindling beer.
"Yeah she got in to the airport and is waiting on the Harley she rented to arrive, said maybe a half hour at the most."
"What happened? I thought you said she had a direct flight." Joe asked.
"She did, the flight must have had a lay over." Duncan shurgged.
"Seventeen hours?" Methos asked. "She's going to be a happy camper." he grinned devilishly.
"She was flying in from Sloang." Duncan said simply.
Katherine was slowing as she neared the apartment, sighing she proceeded down the street a few blocks the Joe's. Glad to see the lights on somewhere she parked the bike and headed for the door. Thanking the Goddess and the God for Joe leaving the front door unlocked she walked in.
"Joe, give me a Killian's." she sat at the bar.
"What happened, I thought you were supposed to be here two hours ago?" Methos asked.
"We had a highjacker who demanded to go to Sydney," she rolled her eyes. "I get here and the rental is no where is sight. Its been a hell of a day, Duncan, if you don't mind I'm hitting the sack as soon as we get back to your place."
"Sure." he smiled.
"Your lecture at the college is tomorrow and your doing it on three hours sleep?" Methos asked grinning "I wasn't going to go, but this should be fun."
"Get bent boy." she glared at him from behind the glasses.
Had a stranger been in the presence of the three men and woman they would have assumed that the young woman had no respect for her elders. It turned out that the young woman was the elder among them. Duncan Macleod and Methos were Immortals, but they were young compared to the woman that sat there, she was six thousand years old. Joe Dawson, a mortal and part of a secret society of people who were to watch them, record them, but never interfere. They all knew about each other, that much was obvious from the discussions and actions of the group.
Katherine finished her beer and bid Joe and Methos good night, appologising to them that she couldn't stay longer. Duncan had slipped out a head of her and was in the Thunderbird. Pulling away form the curb, Katherine pondered just giving up and falling asleep right there. She had to remind herself that the bed she so desperately wished for was just precious blocks away. Not even bothering to put a helmet on she prayed that a cop wouldn't stop her for breaking the helmet laws.
Straddling the Harley she stared it revving the thunderous engine she walked it from the curb and into the street. Thanking the God and Goddess that the lights between Joe's and Duncan's flat were green. She arrived to find Duncan waiting for her on the curb taking the heavy duffel from her she grabbed her lap top and picked up her saddle bags to follow the Scotsman into the front entrance. There he opened the door, letting her pass by him before he entered. Finding that he had left the gate to the freight elevator up she was glad, reclining against the rear wall of the elevator. She heard him lock the front door and make his way to the lift.
Putting the gate down he glanced over his shoulder at her, she looked like it was pure drive for her to remain leaning against the rear wall. He could not quite recall seeing her this tired before. Giving her a smile as the elevator stopped, lifting the gate he blinked seeing her duck under it. Shealti had dropped her saddle bags near the elevator and dropped the lap top on the couch. Proceeding to the guest room, he noticed the trail of clothes, her leather duster, containing the Locksley that she carried. A light weight flannel shirt, and a heavy Irish sweater. Arriving in the hallway he found one combat boot, then a sock, the other boot and sock.
Dropping the duffel on the floor nearest the chair, he began to unpack it as she crawled under the cool sheets. Turning to face him she unbraided her curly red locks, the glasses still on.
"You don't have to do that." Her protest was feeble.
"Yes I do, your exhausted," Duncan smiled "anything you want laying out?"
"Black and white pin stripe suit," she began to finger comb her hair. "Should have a dark violet cotton tank on top of it."
"Yeah," he said seeing it. "shirt as well?"
"Mhmm." she nodded off her eyes closed.
Duncan carefully laid the suit out, then slipped the glasses off of her features. Proceeding to retrace the trail of clothes strew out between the door and the guest room. Picking up the boots by their laces he tucked them under his arm. Stooping to pick up the socks he felt a buzz, knowing Methos would be staying the night.
"MacLeod, what you couldn't wait to get her into bed?" Methos' voice coming from the living room.
"No, I couldn't." MacLeod said sarcastically emerging from the hallway with boots under his arm and socks in hand.
Methos noticed he was dressed, and her had the Old Woman's boots. Methos stooped to pick up her black leather duster, noting the weight of the Locksley concealed with in the folds. Hooking it on his fingers her gave it a toss over his shoulder and squatted down to pick up the button down flannel as MacLeod picked up the Irish sweater.
"Too tired to take her sword with her?" Methos smirked.
"I've never seen her this tired." Duncan commented folding the sweater neatly.
"I have, she's only like this when she flys commercial." Methos grinned tossing the flannel over his left shoulder. "Here," he motioned for the boots "I'll take them back there."
"Don't keep her up." Duncan warned.
"Now how would I do that?" Methos grinned.
Before Duncan could say a word, Methos had taken the sweater from him as well as Shealti's steel toed boots with him. Slipping into her room, he found her glasses on the night side table, her sleeping form clad in the blue jeans, and a thin white cotton spegitti straped tank. Shealti stirred feeling the buzz, but drifted off again. Methos was very tempted to finishing undressing her, but thought better of it. Setting the boots down by the suit that was laying across the back of the chair. Pulling out the Locksley he laid it within her reach, laying the sweater, duster and flannel on the chest at the foot of the bed.
Morning came with the alarm on her watch going off promptly at seven o'clock. Rising she reached for the glasses and bumped the pomel of her Locksley, sending it clattering to the floor. Grumbling loudly at the Scotsman she glanced over that the chair and found her suit laid out. Rolling her violet eyes she realized that she forgot to pack the proper shoes, sighing looking at the boots from the previous night she resigned herself that she was in the Northwest and it was somewhat expected. She got dressed pulling on a fresh pair of socks, relacing the boots, she caught a glimpse in the mirror.
Her hair was reacting badly with the humid air, pulling her black hair tie out she quickly braided her hair. Glancing again in the mirror she decided some make up wouldn't hurt. Applying the concealer, lipstick and eye shadow with accuracy she slipped the glasses on her face and made her way to the living room.
Methos heard her footsteps on the wooden floor, grinning he spoke up "The grumpy dead chick is up."
Duncan had been reading the morning paper on the sofa and glanced up. He knew it was Shealti, but he could have sworn someone kidnapped the woman and brainwashed her. She looked very business like, and was that make up? Smiling he let out a low whistle.
Methos glanced over his shoulder, his jaw dropped. He had never seen her like this and he was glad he didn't. She was gorgeous, the shirt and eye shadow brought attention to her eyes.
"Whoa!" Methos smirked "Who is this? Its not Shealti Connally is it?"
"Shut up you two," she rolled her eyes. "I know I don't dress up, this is why. Coffee?"
"Here," Methos poured her a cup. "Any chance I can get a picture of this, I may never get to see this again."
"Shove it." She grinned grabbing a crossant and a banana. "I'll remember this, the next time I catch you in a tux." Shealti said down on the couch and managed not to spill or drop anything.
Shealti grabbed the remote and aimed it at the . She had intended on watching CNN, but the local news caught her attention, upping the volume she listened.
"Police in Cascade are baffled, a recent rash of murders are taking place in the small community. The victims have all died at the hands of a sword wielding psychopath who seems to cut the head from the body." the female news caster spoke as the crime scenes were shown.
Duncan and Methos looked up from what they were doing, attention on the television screen.
"Lora Brun asked Police Chief Simon Banks if he had any advice. He had this to say," The image of a African American man with gold framed glasses came up and he looked at his wits end as many reporters vollied for a good position. "Look, all I can tell you is that no one should be out after dark alone, we don't have any suspects as yet. I recommend that citizens of Cascade as well as our neighbors in Seacover to stay in. Thank you." The shot reveals the man walking way, the reporter stands in front of the camera "You heard it first, here on KTVS."
"Another head hunter." Duncan threw the paper down on the coffee table.
"Let's just hope not." Shealti said taking a drink of coffee.
"That would mean that we have a psychopath." Methos smirked.
"Damn, I've got to go." she stood up taking a drink of coffee as she did.
Running back to grab her duster, she grabbed her saddle bags and her lap top as she made her way to the door. Methos going behind her hoping into his Land Rover and followed her to the college. She arrived and parked, Methos parking as close as he could to her she smiled, slipping her saddle bags into the back of the SUV.
"Okay," Shealti walked with Methos "What's the real reason you came?"
"I told you, for your lecture." he smiled at her.
"Yeah," she nodded "sure, and I'm the ruling Queen of Spain." she gave him a sideways glance "Out with it, you came here for reasons other than to hear me babble on about something you and I lived through."
"All right," Methos grinned. "I have a friend who works in the anthropology department, this gives me an excuse to see him."
"See that wasn't too difficult was it?" she smirked.
Methos showed her to the lecture hall and excused himself to
grab a cup of coffee. Sheatli looked at the hall, knowing at
most the crowd would only fill a third. Sighing she made her
way to the podium and began to pull up her visual on the lap top.
Looking for the Smartscreen she had asked for, not spotting it
she muttered a few choice words.
Methos had gotten his coffee and had headed for Blair's office, hoping to find the young man in. Opening the door and sticking his head in he found the young man engaged in grading papers. Blair had not glanced up to see the person in his office, assuming it was Jim Ellison he ignored the man.
"Give me a minuet Jim." he focus on the papers.
"Sorry, to disappoint you Sandburg," Methos stood there grinning. "but I came to see you."
Blair immieadtly recognized the voice, looking up he found Adam Pierson grinning like a fox. Blair smiled and put away the papers, looking for a seat for his friend.
"What brings you up here?" Blair asked setting the chair across from his own.
"The lecture on the tribes of the Russian steppes." Methos smiled sitting stretching out his long legs. "I thought you'd be going."
"I am, I was hoping to finish these papers but I don't think I'm going to get to it. Between this," Blair gestured to the papers "and the new case Jim's been assigned and the unexpected stuff I'm not sure I'll get anything done. How are you?"
"I'm good," Adam smiled "that new case Ellison has, it wouldn't be the murder case on the news would it?"
"Yeah, that's it." Blair took his glasses off "Its scary to think this guy is running around chopping people's heads off. What could possess a person to do that?"
"I wouldn't know." Adam looked down at the floor, feeling the Ivanhoe's weight more now. "Come on, I'll introduce you to the lecturer."
Blair grabbed his coat "You know Connally, I heard he's a recluse, doesn't lecture often."
Adam's smile broadened "Connally is a bit of a anti-socialist, but I wouldn't think that would make someone a recluse."
Blair and Adam walked over to the lecture hall talking about various things in the Ancient world. They had just entered the lecture hall when Methos felt the buzz, knowing who was the source he smiled. Blair was getting even more anxious as he talked more rapidly and gestured more. Methos was going to enjoy the look on Sandburg's face when he found out Connally was a woman, and a young looking one at that.
"I beg to differ that the Romans were advanced, the Incas and Aztecs were just as advanced." Blair grinned.
"Yes and I remember something about the Incas playing soccer with a human head." Adam said going down the steps.
"I hate to inform you Pierson," Blair followed him, "that was the Myans." Glancing at the woman who was speaking with one of the AV guys. "Is she Connally's assistant?"
Methos looked at Shealti who was irately gesturing to the fact something was missing, "Something like that," he waved to get her attention. "Katherine, I brought company."
"I noticed Old Man." she turned back to the other man and pleaded with him nodding he agreed with her and left. "Hey, how was the coffee?"
Shealti looked at the shorter man with Methos, assuming this was the friend he spoke about earlier. He had the most intense blue eyes, they rivaled Richie's baby blues. The young man was dressed in a white cotton t-shirt, over that was a red cotton one. Faded blue jeans, heavy boots, the jacket was a tan swede. He had dark brown hair that was as curly as her own, it was pulled back from his face. She noticed the choker he wore, was South American influenced with blue-green beads. He had a pair of dark swede hiking boots, most likely a name brand.
Blair was taking in Connally's assistant, she was Adam's height, maybe taller. Long red hair that was as curly as his own, and probably just as unruly. She was dressed in a black pin stripe suit coat and slacks, under the jacket was a dark violet cotton shirt which brought out her violet eyes. The silver framed glasses were similar to his own, smaller in size. He noticed the silver Ankh around her neck, she had an affinity for the Egyptians. Her shoes were heavy boots, doc martiens or combat boots he couldn't be sure.
"Not bad, Dawson's is much worse." Methos winked at her.
Shealti knew he was up to something when he winked at her, she smiled and gave a curt nod. "Who's the company?" she smiled at the shorter man.
"Blair Sandburg," He extended his hand seeming to be looking for someone else. "So where's Connally? I thought he'd be here by now."
Shelati knew exactly what Methos had done to the young man, he had let the young man's assumptions get the best of him."Dr. Connally is running late, at least his flight is running late, if he doesn't show up soon I'll have to give his lecture." she added to the assumption.
"Katherine," Methos grinned, "Why don't you finish setting up for the good Dr. Connally?"
"I would if I could, but the Smart Screen I asked for isn't here." she nodded behind her. "All my stuff is on the lap top."
"What ever happened to paper?" a voice behind them sounded.
This man was tall, dark brown hair was receding slightly. He had what Shealti had come to accept as standard issue clothing when one came to the Pacific Northwest. Dark blue jeans, a light weight black jacket, under that she saw a a faded hunter green plaid shirt and a heather gray t-shirt. His shoes were hiking boots, most likely Nike's or Reeboks. He smiled at Blair as he pulled his hands out of the jacket pockets.
"Jim," Blair smiled. "what's up?"
"Nothing, just stopping by to check on you Chief." he smiled at the two strangers.
"Oh, this is Adam Pierson, a fellow grad student, and this is Katherine, uh, I didn't catch a last name?"
Shealti smiled extending her hand to Jim "Connally, Dr. Katherine Connally."
"Jim Ellison." he smiled shaking her hand, a little surprised to find some strength behind her grip.
"Wait a second," Blair's mind working like lightning, glaring at Adam "you knew she was Connally, and you let me make an ass out of myself?"
"That's what you get for making assumptions Sandburg." Adam grinned.
"Adam," Katherine interceeded "that was pure meanness." she winked.
"Oh? I'm mean?" He raised a brow. "You didn't exactly clear that up, now did you?"
Jim and Blair stood back and watched the two of them argue, the similarities were amusing as far as Ellison was concerned. Blair smirked as she swatted Adam on the arm muttering something in Spanish. Adam looked outraged, taking a step back.
"Just because I don't speak Spanish well doesn't mean I'm not fluent in it." Adam shot back at her.
"That's not the only thing your fluent in." she smirked. "Your quite fluent in making an ass out of everybody else, except when it comes your turn."
"Why I ought to-" Adam began.
"What?" she advanced on him grinning "You ought to what?"
"Geeze, they're worse than us." Jim remarked.
"Man I though you were bad, I take everything back." Blair nudged Jim in the side.
Katherine chuckled at Adam and excused herself to finish getting ready. The man form the AV department had returned with the smart screen and had wheeled it behind the podium. Jim and Blair discussed a few things before Jim began to leave. Blair had invited the Sentinel to stay for the lecture. Jim thought it over for a moment and shook his head, but thanking his Guide for the offer.
Shealti had begun to go through the files on the lap top once the AV guy headed out. The maps came up and in full color, she moused through the Power point and images of some artifacts in various collections from all over the world. Blair had chosen a seat in the center of the third row, Adam choose the seat next to him.
Ten minutes before the lecture the professors and students as well as a few alumni filed in. Blair hadn't seen the President of the college in a few years and gave a small wave as he passed by.
Introducing himself to the young woman, the college president smiled and remained up front. Introducing himself he then went into how fortunate they were to have Dr. Connelly at the college. Turning the microphone over to her she proceeded to beginning by giving her credentials. Moving through her lecture Blair found she had some interesting therorys on the tribes, but most of her lecture held his interest.
Shelati was surprised to see the crowd, mostly students she reminded up front after she had finished. A few of the staff and Alumni as well as a few students came forward with a few questions. She awensered them as best she could without loosing her patience with one particular professor who was sure his theories were the correct ones. Glad when they finally left, she began to shut down the various programs she had pulled up. Blair and Methos were the only ones left.
"It was fabulous, "Adam stood up with a mock bow "I bow to your superior knowledge."
"Thank you," she smiled. "what did you think Blair?" she asked unplugging her lap top.
"It was interesting,"Blair smiled, "you have to remember that my domain is South American anthropology. It had good points, some great theories."
"Thanks," she smiled shutting the lap top down.
Shealti looked at her watch she had filled up the two hour period. It was lunch time, and she was starving. Looking at Adam he nodded and they had decided on a local place. Inviting Blair to join them, he declined and thanked them. Shaking hands with Katherine, she offered coffee to him at later date. Nodding he agreed, and parted ways with the two, heading back to the office and the stack of paper.
Shealti looked at Methos and smiled "We might as well head back to MacLeod's place, Richie should be there by now."
"What about the immortal?" he asked at they headed for the exit.
"I'll come back later to night, see what I can find." she sighed.
"I'm gonna call Blair on the way there see if he can give me any helpful info."
"Thanks Old Man." she gave grin.
Jim Ellison had stopped by to pick up Blair for lunch, but found the young man very interested in the tall redhead. Jim could have sworn he'd seen her name somewhere before. Racking his brain, he ran headed back to the station, glancing at the FBI's most wanted list. No sign of the young woman, checking the Cascade computers there was again nothing. He checked the state computers, he did find Connally was involved in a assault. Getting more info he found that she was one of several arrested for a bar brawl in Seattle. The young woman had held her own, she had managed to get out with no more than a black eye, while the two men that had attacked her had received lacerations, as well as bruised ribs, a dislocated shoulder and a cracked sternum.
"Well, now not quite the little scholar." he smiled.
"What are you up to Jim?" the baritone of Simon Banks rang.
"Just checking out a name." he smiled reading further. "Katherine Connelly, she's a Doctor of History, several dead languages, and it looks like martial arts."
"Bar brawl?" Simon snorted reading the physical description. "Sounds like Sandburg could best her."
"I'm sure he would like to." Jim grinned. "He introduced us."
"So you met Connally?" Simon asked taking a seat in a nearby chair.
"Briefly," Jim nodded closing the program. "she's got Sandburg all ready, he just doesn't know it."
"A looker huh?" Simon smiled. "I do have to admit, Sandburg does have an eye for the attractive."
"Well Simon," Jim smiled "I'd have to agree with him. She's tall, redhead, fair complexion, and violet eyes."
Simon let out a whistle,"There doesn't happen to be a mug shot?"
Jim shook his head grinning he remarked. He happened to hear Blair coming, and if Jim's sense of smell was working right, he had lunch. Jim smiled when his friend came into view with a bag of food from the nearest Chinese restaurant. Simon pearked up seeing the that plain brown bag had more than enough food in it for the two of them.
"Simon, just who I was looking for." Blair smiled setting the bag on Jim's desk.
"You do have the House Lo Mien in there?" Simon nodded to the bag.
"Of course," Blair pulled out the take out container, handing it to Simon "Jim, you do like Sezchwan beef?"
"Gracias Chief." Jim smiled taking the take out from Blair. "What did you get?"
"De nada," he took out the container. "I ordered the honey ginger chicken, with egg roll." he pulled out the foam box.
"Sandburg, you are a mind reader." Simon said pulling the chop sticks out of the bottom of the bag.
"Not really," Blair grinned "its been while since we ordered from the Pagoda."
"Hey Chief," Jim grabbed the plastic fork from the bag. "I took the liberty of checking out Dr. Connally."
"Jim," Blair took a seat on the edge of his desk. "Its not necessary, she's harmless."
"Yeah," Jim nodded "I thought so too, until I ran her name through the system. She's had assault charges filed on her."
"What?" Blair looked over at Jim disbelife coloring his features.
"She was in a bar brawl in Seattle about two years ago." Jim managed to get out between the food. "Seems as though two guys got all touchy feely without her permission, she gave them several lacerations, one a cracked sternum and the other a dislocated shoulder."
"Whoa!" he set the soda down. "Are you sure it was her?"
"Yeah," Jim sighed "I check the description, it fits. Listen Chief, just be careful around her until we get this murder case solved."
"Your judging on past experiences." Blair shot back.
"Considering every woman you been involved with, excluding Michelle, has tried to leave their permanent mark on you, then yes I'm judging on past experiences." Jim looked at Blair.
"Okay," Blair smirked. "there were a couple."
"A couple?" Simon snorted.
Methos was sitting next to Richie and Shelati as Duncan sat across from him. Duncan smiled and asked how things went. Shealti went over a few things and then returned to eating. Richie talked about how his classes were going and he was thinking about history. Methos chuckled and remarked that he might want to wait a couple of hundred years before he attempted that. Richie looked at Shelati and Duncan then rolled his blue eyes. The young man interrogated Shelati about how Rowena was doing.
"She's good," Shelati smirked. "misses your horribly, doesn't know how she ever gonna live another year without seeing you."
"Really?" Richie asked hopefully "That's great we'll graduate the same year!"
"Oh no," Methos sat the beer down "now I've got to think about what I'm going to get them for graduation presents."
"I've got Rowena's narrowed down, its a lap top or the Harley I'm restoring." Shealti said non-chalantly
"I'm dating a motorcycle chick." Richie smirked.
"You too?" Methos raised an eyebrow.
"We're not even going there, you should insert 'I have' in there." Shealti said spearing the asparagus on her plate.
"So what did you think of Blair?" Methos winked at MacLeod.
"Uh oh," MacLeod winked at Richie "is this serious? Am I gonna have to scare him off?"
"No," she smiled. "I admit there is some attraction, but he was nice, a little energetic, but nice."
"Nice?" Richie raised a brow. "Guys don't want to be nice," he chased a pea across his plate. "we want to be dangerous and mysterious."
"Speak for yourself kid," Methos grinned. "I'm settling with being wise and old."
"I'll agree with the old, the wise has issues." Shelati smirked. "besides, boys I've been around longer than all of you put together. I think I know a few things about the male species."
"Maybe," Duncan grinned like school boy "But that doesn't make up for the fact that we are men."
"All right I'll give you that." Shealti smiled as she lifted her fork.
Blair and Jim were out on the night shift until this murder was caught. Blair had been quiet as long as possible, Jim had told him to keep quite. Blair flipped on the radio, Jim gave him a glare.
"You just can't stand quite can you?" Jim took his eyes off the road only for a second. "Did you think I might be listening?"
"Sorry," Blair reached to turn the radio off. "You should have said something, I'm not a mind reader."
"Its all right Chief, I haven't heard anything in the past two hours." Jim said turning the corner.
Jim was just about to let his hearing go back to normal when her heard a clang. It was metallic, more of a ringing. The sound was similar to the sound effect they used in movies that had sword fights. Stopping the Explorer, he focused his hearing to the sound. Blair was asking him what he heard.
"Sounds like a sword fight," Jim's eyes closed. "about a mile that way." he pointed toward the south.
"A sword fight? See if you can get anything else." Blair guided.
"Its empty, " Jim said concentrating "the sound is echoing, may be a docking bay or a where house."
"There's a couple of where house a few blocks over." Blair remembered.
"Let's go get 'em Chief," He backed the SUV up, then pulled a three point turn. "Call Simon, tell him we're gonna need some back up."
Shealti had found the fool, she had tried to talk to him, but he had only listened to her for about a second. She had jumped back to avoid a slash to her midsection. The man was not more than twenty, he had no buzz, which meant that he was a mortal. Slightly shorter than herself, and very angry. His dark hair was growing out he had it spiked, his blue eyes were full of hate and anger. He was good, which meant that the victims had been immortals, and he knew about them, somehow.
"Why do you kill us?" She asked.
"Because its not natural to live for centuries," He ground out "you all need to die, just like my mother and father."
"Did an Immortal kill your parents?" Shealti focused on defending herself.
"What do you think?" he tilted his head at an odd angle.
"So why kill us all?" she advanced on him.
"My parents didn't get the chance to live, why should Immortals?"
"Not all of us kill," she side stepped his parry. "Its against our rules."
"Rules?" he asked laughing. "What rules are those? No one followed the rules when it came to my parents."
Shealti heard the car pull up outside, trying to get past him was the hard part. She stepped toward the left and he blocked her. Shealti tried the right and he again blocked her. Shelati knew the time was drawing near they would both be caught and she was bound and determined not to be. Advancing he moved to block her and she shoved him out of the way. The door to the where house opened, screeching and protesting as it did. Turning to look, her eyes spotted Jim Ellison and Blair Sandburg.
Jim made sure that Blair was behind him, he had his gun out and was sweeping the area when he saw the two of them half way across the where house. Raising the gun he spotted the taller of the two, Connally, and the other young man.
"Freeze!" Jim aimed the gun. "No body move."
Shealti thought about for a second and then spotted the stairs near her and she bolted for them. She heard the curse Ellison spat and shouted for Blair to keep an eye on the other suspect. Blair turned to find the other suspect had disappeared. Running after Jim he soon caught up with the Sentinel.
Shealti had climbed the stairs as quickly as she could, the detective was close on her heels. Bursting out onto the roof she looked for somewhere to go, it was to the next roof. Making her way almost to the other side she took off running past Ellison as he cleared the stairs. Landing with both feet on the other roof, she took off running for the next roof.
Ellison stood there debating on following her, Blair rose into view. Jim decided on following her. Taking the running start he cleared the gap between the roofs, trying to close the distance between himself and Connally. Reaching the third where house rooftop he found the ally below and found her rounding the corner. Aiming he tried to take a shot, but just as he got a clear shot she made it around the corner.
"Damn!" he holstered his gun. "Sandburg, tell Simon I'll be over to meet him."
"Okay," Blair turned to go down the stairs, then turned back. "Who was it?"
"Connally." Jim shouted seeing Blair's features go pale.
It took Jim Ellison a few moments to find his way out of the where house, making his way over to where all the squad cars were, lights going. Forensics was all ready at work and Blair was waiting with Simon, his face still a bit pale. Jim was not sure if it was because of Sandburg's fear of heights or if the fact that Connally was the main suspect.
"What the hell happened?" Simon's voice boomed.
"She got away." Jim glanced at Simon then looked at Blair. "You okay Chief?"
"Yeah," Blair ran a hand through his hair "yeah, I'm fine."
"What about the other suspect?" Simon asked Blair.
"I took my eyes off of him for one second, I was trying to find Jim. The guy fled, he was twenty at the most, about my height, maybe a little taller."
"Anything else?" Simon proded.
Blair shook his head "No, it was too dark for anything else."
"You get an i.d. on the woman?" Simon turned back to Jim.
"Yeah, Connally," Jim looked at Simon who shook his head.
"All right, I'll put everyone on the look out."
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DNA said to protect Hispanic women from breast cancer
A genetic trait protects many women of Latin American descent from breast cancer, researchers probing the ethnic biology of cancer said Monday.
If confirmed, the finding may lead to more effective genetic testing for women at risk, by helping to determine who most needs to take preventative measures. Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer among women.
Generally, fewer Hispanic women develop breast cancer and fewer of them die from it, compared with women of European or African-American ancestry, medical statistics show. On Monday, an international team led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, said they now know why.
A single difference in just one of the three billion letters of biochemical DNA code in the human genome makes Latinas who inherit it about 40 percent less likely to develop breast cancer, medical geneticist Laura Fejerman and her colleagues reported Monday in Nature Communications.
If women have inherited the variation from both sides of their family, they are 80 percent less likely to get breast cancer.
"It is strongly protective," said cancer specialist Elad Ziv at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, who helped conduct the study funded by the National Cancer Institute. "We really need to do more experiments to nail it down and understand what it is doing."

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More tools for your mind.
Friday, August 4, 2006 by John Stone
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Yesterday I talked about some of the mental challenges that we all face as we work towards our fitness goals, and I provided some insight into how I use my mind to help me overcome those obstacles. Today I'd like to continue in that spirit.
By the way, I suggest that each time you read something or discover something on your own that resonates with you and/or creates a positive reaction, think of it as a tool. Add that tool to your mental "tool box"; as you progress you'll find that you almost always have something tucked away that will help you get through a craving or the temptation to skip a workout. Over the years I've accumulated dozens of these little mental widgets, and I don't hesitate to employ them whenever I need a boost.
This next trick works very well for me. Unless you've never exercised in your life, this should work for you, too. I think most of us are familiar with how we feel after skipping a workout: disappointed in ourselves, guilty, negative. Conversely, most of us have also experienced the incredible high that usually accompanies the end of a hard workout. That high we feel is the endorphin rush, combined with the positive mental state of mind that accompanies the completion of a difficult task. It's a very powerful feeling, and while it's not quite the instant gratification we've all been conditioned to crave, it's pretty dang close. When you finish a hard workout, you should be hyper-aware: endorphins are coursing through your body and into your brain, your muscles are full, powerful and engorged with blood, your body is drenched in sweat and you know you put it all out there and gave 100% to the task at hand. Man, I get a rush just thinking about it! Savor those moments – freeze them in your mind. The next time you feel like skipping a workout, compare how you feel after skipping a workout to those incredible post-workout highs. I think to myself, "I'm going to feel this way or that way in an hour – the choice is totally up to me." I skip very few workouts. 🙂


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In this comedy we follow Kenneth McAllister on his rebellious journey from Windsor Park in Belfast to Doran's bar in New York. Kenneth McAllister is a dole clerk who puts up with his life, until one day he says"Sod it!" and boards an Aer Lingus flight into the unknown.
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Set in the Gorbals on the eve of its demolition in the sixties. A lively narrative of one week in the life of would-be writer Tam Clay is an hilarious adventure.
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i did it again
Monday, June 27, 2011 – Baby
Yes, again! A long silence.
All it took was a quick break from a hectic schedule - a few days away from my work station. Puff! Gone all the good habit I just successfully developed in making sure I keep this blog of mine alive! I was back to work like weeks ago but just couldn't find a time to continue the routine, sigh.
So, before it gets more silent here let me start with a sneak peek. Here I present you beautiful little princess Anneshka. Isn't she a beauty? :)
And it's time to work on getting the good habit on track again!
Till the next entry ;)


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Several months have passed since the fiasco around the infamous image of the oligarchess Dasha Zhukova sitting on Bjarne Melgaard's chair in the shape of a black woman led to mass resignations in Britain's newly-formed International Socialist Network (ISN). Richard Seymour and Magpie Corvid, both of whom helped to found the fledgling group just months after it broke away from the publicly disgraced Socialist Workers Party (SWP), ventured into an online discussion about sexual and racial taboos related to the chair. Seymour, a famous blogger and writer for Verso, and Corvid, herself a well-known dominatrix, were almost immediately branded mansplaining, racist perverts for even entertaining the idea that such stuff was permissible if all parties consented. Needless to say, the whole thing was a farce. Together with the sci-fi author China Miéville and a host of other prominent ISN cadre, they split from the party amidst outrage and recrimination.
Anyway, I covered that entire saga back when it was still unfolding in late January. But it's back in the news, so I thought it'd be fitting to take a look back. The Times ran a full-page story on the incident, authored by David Brown and Jonathon Manning. It's a serviceable enough mainstream account. From what I hear, the New Statesman also put out a retrospective this week on the still-earlier SWP "rapegate" scandal, which is what led to the formation of the ISN in the first place. New Statesman is probably less keen to write up anything about Seymour's subsequent follies, as they published the so-called "Discourse on Brocialism" between him and fellow Guardian columnist Laurie Penny last November.
Here's a rundown of the articles I wrote on the controversy, as well as a couple I reposted from James Heartfield, Corey Ansel, and Jason Walsh:
- Live by intersectionality, die by intersectionality (January 23, 2014) — The fall of the House of Seymour. Includes a large image showing the original exchange that led to Seymour's marginalization.
- International Socialist Network releases statement distancing itself from Richard Seymour (January 24, 2014) — On the supposed the ideological implications of "race play." The beginning of the end for Seymour & co.
- First as tragedy, then as farce…then as low-budget bondage porn (January 27, 2014) — It's sad enough that the Left has degenerated to such a pitiful state, where it squabbles over such piddly crap. Did Seymour and co. really need to have their reputations ruined on account of it, though? Tarred as perverts and racists? I don't think so.
- Further adventures in intersectionality (January 31, 2014) — By James Heartfield. Ties together the ISN split with a simultaneous but unconnected occurrence, where Laurie Penny faced extremely unfair backlash on account of an article she wrote about women who wear their hair short. As Heartfield put it: "Neither Seymour nor Penny understand that these dead-end arguments come about because of their own commitment to 'intersectionality.' They think that 'intersectionality' just means anti-racism. But it does not. In fact, it means the opposite. Intersectionality is not about opposing racism. It is about institutionalizing racism."
- The oppression ouroboros: Intersectionality eats itself (February 2, 2014) —By Jason Walsh. "[I]ntersectionality may well burn itself out, but I have a feeling it will do great damage in the process. Well meant, intersectionality is in fact little more than an invisible knapsack full of unverifiable grievances."
If anyone is interested, I later wrote a couple polemics aimed at Flavia Dzodan, who in many ways led the charge against Penny's article. So don't think that I'm laughing at Seymour & co.'s expense; at least in this, it's their accusers who appear far worse.


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British Woman Volunteers To Be The First Woman To Give Birth On Mars
The Red Planet is well on its way to beingconquered by Earthlings it seems. So far, only unmanned vehicles and equipment have been sent there but there is a definite plan on its way to colonize Mars by the year 2025.
Maggie Lieu, 24, is an astrophysics PhD candidate at the Birmingham University and as such she is greatly interested in exploring the potentials for human life on Mars. She is willing to do her part in it by becoming the first woman to give birth to a baby on the planet that was, as far as we know, always devoid of intelligent life.
Maggie is currently one of the 600 candidates that are officially being considered for the Mars One project for colonizing Mars. If she makes the final 40, she will be one of the first people sent to Mars. The plan is to make the colonizers able to survive in extremely harsh conditions and in order to do so, they will have to undergo years of extensive and intensive training, both physically and in terms of gaining new skills. Maggie and her peers will have to learn all about medicine, agriculture, mechanics, plumbing and other subjects important to human survival.
As for the childbirth, Maggie doesn't see any problem with it. She believes that giving birth in conditions of low gravity and raising a child shouldn't be that much different from doing the same on Earth. In fact, she thinks it would be fun – her baby would be the first ever Martian!
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The first four colonizers are expected to be sent to Mars in 2024, which gives Maggy enough time to find and bond with her Martian baby's father.


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We are all busy with endlessly growing to-do-lists yet there are still only 24 hours in a day! So, how can you make the best use of your time and try to work smarter rather than just harder?
Entrepreneur.com make an excellent point that clock time is actually irrelevant. We should focus more on 'real time'; which is ours to create and manage. They suggest that there are three ways to categorise how you spend your time:
- Thoughts
- Conversations
- Actions
This is a useful framework to help you assess how you currently spend your time and what activities are actually productive. We tend not to allocate time for thoughts or conversations and instead pile on more actions which we never finish and end up feeling de-motivated because we're overwhelmed with a huge task list. If, however, we took time to organise, prioritise and schedule everything that we need to do more systematically it would take away so much stress, ensure we get the important things done, and generally lead to us being happier, more 'on tops of things' people!
After some research and trial and error on our part, here is our round-up of top tips.
1. Understand your own body clock and natural energy levels
There is no point fighting your natural predisposition. If you're more of a 'night owl' who lacks self-motivation it is counter-productive to schedule in a 6am gym session which you will find hard to commit to. Spend some time analysing yourself to see at what points of the day your own body clock and natural energy rhythms are best suited to particular tasks.
2. Keep a log for a week to see where your time is actually spent
It is quite easy to become a busy fool (being busy doings things but not actually achieving what needs to be achieved). Be honest with yourself and keep a log of everything that you do for a week. This will show you how much time you actually spend doing certain tasks – we guarantee that you'll be surprised!
3. Get into the habit of scheduling in time for everything
Time to think is important. Time to exercise is important. Regular catch-up meetings with your team are important. Make sure that you block off time on your calendar for all of the things that you need to do, and, most importantly, stick to it. By routinely and consistently doing something it becomes a habit and 'second nature' – not only will you achieve more you will also feel more in control, less stressed and be able to focus better.
4. Focus on importance and aim to suppress urgency
It is very easy to fall into the habit of fire-fighting and giving your attention to urgent tasks that demand your immediate attention. However, chances are that many of those urgent tasks can be avoided – either they should have been completed earlier or perhaps they don't need you to complete them but to delegate them to someone else. Of course, there will always be unavoidable urgent tasks but you need to take control and manage the situation rather than the other way around.
5. Identify 3 crucial tasks for each day
As per the point above, identify 3 important tasks to complete each day. Again, this is about creating habits and ensuring that you identify the most important tasks that actually help you achieve your goals and ensure that you move forward.
6. Take the first 30 minutes of each day to plan your day
Get into the habit of spending your first 30 minutes of the day planning, organising and prioritising your tasks. Trust us, it will be time well spent.
7. Don't be ruled by notifications – emails, social media, announcements, texts
You may think that by 'quickly' responding to that email that's popped up you're being efficient with your time. But, as you will notice from your log mentioned in point 2, the culmination of all of these interruptions steals your time and focus away from those important, critical tasks that you should be doing.
8. Allocate time for interruptions such as dealing with emails and being available for phone calls
When scheduling your diary, block off chunks of time for dealing with emails, beings available for phone calls and interruptions from your team.
9. Cluster related tasks together
When planning out your day it makes sense to batch related tasks together so that there is synergy. It will also make better use of your time ensuring effectiveness and efficiency.
10. Realise that being happy and healthy actually makes you more productive
So, schedule in gym sessions, time with friends and family and doing the things that you enjoy. If you plan 'down time' into your schedule you will break the cycle of feeling guilty for non-work time. You will also be in better mental and physical shape to complete your other work based tasks more effectively and efficiently.
If you have any nuggets of advice about time management that you're happy to share then please do let us know email@example.com


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SportPump Congratulates SportPump Sponsored Athlete Ben Hoffman for his Second Place Win in the Ironman World Triathlon Championship
Our congratulations go out to Triathlete Ben Hoffman for his impressive Second Place performance at this year's Ironman World Triathlon Championship in Kona, Hawaii. Ben has been a SportPump system user since 2012 and one of our standout endorsees in the pro sports world. Hoffman's race included finish times of 51:20 for the swim, 4:32 for the bike and 2:51 for the run portions of the World Triathlon Championship.
This year's Ironman World Championships in Kona Hawaii saw 16 of the event's 52 male starters unable to finish the grueling race. For Triathlete Ben Hoffman, reaching the podium as the runner up in this year's championship as one of two Americans to finish in the top five made the showing all the more satisfying.
Finishing, let alone placing high on the roster, and in this case coming in with the second fastest time, is about more than talent and training. It's also about training smart and having the heart to persevere. Ben has proven that he has what it takes with his impressive performance in Hawaii and everyone at SportPump joins the U.S. and others around the world in congratulating the SportPump user and endorsee on his accomplishment.
The placement is especially gratifying for the two top-performing Americans–Ben Hoffman who finished second and Andy Potts who finished fourth, as they were the first Americans to make it to the podium since Chris Lieto's second place in 2009.


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Rene Leal is in his 7th year coaching at San Bernardino Valley College. He is currently the infield coach and recruiter.
Leal graduated from Colton High School. He played Semi-Pro baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers.
In 1999, Leal was among the 1st Americans inducted into the Australian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Before joining SBVC, Leal coached Varsity Baseball at Redlands High School for 14 years where they won 4 CBL titles.
Leal's hobbies include boating at the river, watching football and going to baseball games.


text: So I am having a tough old time trying to write and carve out space to think right now. I have two deadlines for university work and have an editing and proof reading job to do before June. When I offered, it seemed a good plan; get some experience under my belt, do someone a favour and have a good reference for when the next person wants some work done and I can charge them for it. However, now, it seems that there is no time at all. I'm either at work or having fun with the children or asleep. I have no time to read or write and am behind my schedule for my assignments. This would have once worried me - I am very good at keeping to deadlines and getting things done way ahead of time. This approach has worked for me my entire academic life but now it is deserting me. I am unsure why but think being in a negative working environment is probably to blame. After all, I don't expect my 7 year old, who has maths and English computer programmes to do, along with challenge maths questions to prepare for the SATS next month, spellings to learn, multiplication tables to memorise and reading to do EVERY DAY, to work in an atmosphere of mistrust. I want to nurture him and it is my role as the most influential adult in his life to do this. As an adult, you lose that protection and when you find yourself somewhere where you feel personally under attack, your spirit begins to sag a little. And then a little more. Things will change and really, this is no biggie, but it is getting to seem a little more insurmountable each day so the sooner I can actualise the escape rather than just visualise it, I think everything will become more managable.


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Palestinian Self-Determination In The Arab Spring
Albert Einstein once famously suggested that insanity was "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." With this definition in mind, what is more insane than Washington's approach to the so-called "peace process?" Indeed, the same tired and regurgitated paradigms for negotiations remain dogma among American and Israeli officials. President Obama's latest recommendation, no doubt influenced by the leading advocate of incrementalism Dennis Ross, is for Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate borders and security now and worry about "emotional issues" like refugees and Jerusalem at a later date.
This strategy, much like the entire peace process itself, will allow Israelis to continue to effectively annex more and more of the West Bank by continuing with the illegal settlement enterprise, furthering the "Bantustanization" of the West Bank. In February, the Obama administration vetoed a UN resolution, comprised of language directly appropriated from US policy, declaring settlement activity to be illegal. The other 14 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution. Is there anything else to call this but a "cowardly failure," to borrow from Chas Freeman, on the part of the Obama administration?
It seems that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has finally come to grips with the servitude of America to the status quo as directed by Israel. Indeed, PA President Mahmoud Abbas, a long compliant client of the US, has eschewed the peace process and refused to negotiate, and in the interim, Abbas and Fatah have reconciled with Hamas, with a unified front planning to bring a resolution to the UN in September to receive endorsement of Palestinian statehood. Regardless of what one thinks about this maneuver, it no doubt signals a radical departure of previous strategy. Whereas Abbas, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and the PA were long content to serve as collaborators with the occupation, spending more time worrying about limiting Hamas influence in the West Bank than resisting the occupation, Abbas is now moving forward with an active strategy to force the hand of the US and Israel.
The resolution that Palestinians will present will no doubt pass in the General Assembly. Indeed, there are already over 100 countries that recognize Palestine as a state. What of the United States? As President Obama expresses support for democratic aspirations of protesters from Libya to Iran, how can the US legitimately justify vetoing Palestinian statehood? To be sure, the administration will call on the Palestinians to come to the negotiating table to forge a just and lasting peace. They will insist that the insane approach, which has allowed the settlement population to nearly double in the last twenty years, is the only way for Palestinians to acquire self-determination. In other words, the process that allows for Palestinians to receive their self-determination most come with American imprimatur. For the US and the Israelis, Palestinians should be incapable of determining their own self-determination.
Unfortunately, for the Obama and Netanyahu administrations, the developments in the region are unlikely to be conducive to the piecemeal peace process. Across the Arab world, people are standing up and refusing to countenance the untenable dictatorships, human rights abuses and suppression of their political and economic freedom. If there was any question that Palestinians would rise up as their other Arab brethren have done, on Nakba day (May 15), in an unprecedented move, thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria and Lebanon peacefully marched to protest the continued occupation.
Many decry Palestinians for not using nonviolent tactics to resist the occupation. This is, of course, a tendentiously crafted narrative. To start, many leaders and advocates of nonviolent resistance are locked away in Israeli jails. Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? He is probably languishing in an Israeli jail. For the past six years, in the Palestinian city of Bil'in, Palestinians have nonviolently resisted Israeli attempts to continue construction of the wall that would illegally confiscate half of their land. Indeed, three years ago pressure exerted by these protesters led the Israeli high court to order that the path of the wall be diverted so as to not annex parts of Bil'in. The emergence and growing power of the international boycott, divestment, sanctions movement (BDS), further belies the fraudulent accusations that Palestinians and their supporters refuse to resist nonviolently.
As the world's attention remains focused on the uprisings in the Middle East, continued nonviolent pressure, protests and agitation for Palestinian independence remains the Palestinian's most efficacious and important opportunity for ending the enervating occupation and acquiring Palestinian self-determination. The "Arab Spring" has ushered in a new reality in the Middle East. Whereas for decades "change" or "reform," if there ever was any, was imposed by autocrats or foreign powers, the people of the region are now driving history. This will certainly be the case in Palestine.
Although UN General Assembly endorsement of Palestinian statehood is ineluctable, it will likely result in little change on the ground. Israel has violated international law and UN resolutions for decades with impunity. Moreover, any suggestion that the peace process will result in anything like sovereignty for the Palestinians is either delusional or mendacious. If Palestinians are to not control their borders, airspace, electromagnetic spectrum or water table and they are to not even have a military to protect themselves, what does statehood mean? The quasi-state that would emerge from the peace process would barely resemble a state. President Obama can adduce a peace plan, which will undoubtedly be similar to the Clinton Parameters, the Geneva Initiative, or the plan previous Israeli Prime Minister Olmert presented to Mahmoud Abbas, and the peace process charade can begin anew.
Meanwhile, influenced and encouraged by the uprising across the Arab world, Palestinians can continue to resist. If they stand up and demand political rights in all of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, that is an inclusive state for the inhabitants of the land of Palestine/Israel, what will the Israelis do? With the world's attention focused on the drive for freedom in the region, a violent crackdown by Israel will not only bolster accusations of apartheid, but it will also put Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman and the Israeli leadership in the same historical trajectory as deposed Presidents Mubarak and Ben Ali. What would the United States response be?
As President Obama expresses support for the protesters across the region, any support for an Israeli crackdown on Palestinians' demands for the same political freedoms will ring as deeply hypocritical. Time is not on the side of the advocates of the insane peace process. People in the region are standing up to determine their own future and those who continue to assert diplomatic and political maneuvering as the solution are simply continuing to buy into moribund paradigms that are no longer viable, particularly in light of the Arab Spring.
Adam Gallagher is a PhD student in Political Science at George Mason University and a contributor to the academic blog Tropics of Meta.


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Children's Ministries
Sunday School
"Do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them." Deuteronomy 4:9
The Sunday School program at LCC takes this command to heart, focusing specifically on disciplining children, youth, and adults in their faith.
Our new curriculum, Hands-on Bible, we learn the Bible how Jesus taught it. Jesus was the master at using creative objects—like coins, fish, and lilies—to connect eternal truths to everyday life. With Hands-On Bible Curriculum, kids experience the same powerful connections between Scripture and everyday life by engaging all five of their senses. The Bible comes alive!
In addition to gizmos, we use unique games, snacks, and crafts to help kids learn about God. Kids retain more by interacting with a lesson instead of just hearing it. Discovering the Bible will be a fun, hands-on experience that gets kids excited about Sunday school.
Pre-teens and Teenagers explore topics and themes relevant to teenagers today from a Christian perspective. Using scripture based in resources found on RightNow Media, teens are presented Christ-based teaching from a contemporary perspective in a form that is aesthetically engaging and important to twenty-first century teenagers.
We would love to have you join our Sunday School program. For more information please contact church office.
Join us for a great week of VBS at Lakeview Community Church. This amazing program runs the third week in July. More information to follow. Contact church office for registration.
Cartown is a fun event for kids ages 2-7 and their families. Kids drive around a mini cardboard town using foot powered cars. They can visit the car wash, fire station, post office, campground, ice cream store, and many more interactive places for kids to use their imaginations.


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How Motherboards Work
How Motherboards Work
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Introduction To Motherboards Form Factor Sockets and CPUs Chipsets Bus Speed Memory Motherboard Power Connector. Slots And Ports On Motherboard. 2
The motherboard is the main printed circuit board and contains the buses, or electrical pathways, found in a computer. These buses allow data to travel between the various components that comprise a computer. A motherboard is also known as the system board, the backplane, or the main board. 3
The motherboard accommodates the central processing unit (CPU), RAM, expansion slots, heat sink/fan assembly, BIOS chip, chip set, and the embedded wires that interconnect the motherboard components. Sockets, internal and external connectors, and various ports are also placed on the motherboard. 4
Specifications Form Factor: Micro ATX, uATX Processor Socket: Intel Processor Interface: LGA1156 Processors Supported: ●
Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
•Form Factor : ATX . • Processor Socket: Intel •Processor interface : socket 775 • Processors Supported: ●
Intel Pentium D Intel Pentium EE Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core 2 Extreme Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Pentium Dual Core 6
Intel Penryn
Motherboards Form Factor
The form factor of motherboards pertains to the size and shape of the board. It also describes the physical layout of the different components and devices on the motherboard. The form factor affects where individual components go and the shape of the computer's case. There are several specific form factors that most PC motherboards use so that they can all fit in standard cases. 7
Various Form Factors Exist For Motherboards
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AT – Advanced Technology ATX – Advanced Technology Extended Mini-ATX – Smaller footprint of ATX Micro-ATX – Smaller footprint of ATX LPX – Low-profile Extended NLX – New Low-profile Extended BTX – Balanced Technology Extended 8
Motherboards Form Factor
The form factor is just one of the many standards that apply to motherboards. Some of the other standards include: The socket for the microprocessor determines what kind of Central Processing Unit (CPU) the motherboard uses. The chipset is part of the motherboard's logic system and is usually made of two parts -- the northbridge and the southbridge. These two "bridges" connect the CPU to other parts of the computer. The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) chip controls the most basic functions of the computer and performs a self-test every time you turn it on. Some systems feature dual BIOS, which provides a backup in case one fails or in case of error during updating. The real time clock chip is a battery-operated chip that maintains basic settings and the system time. 9
Sockets and CPUs
Socket 775
LGA 1156 Socket
Sockets and CPUs
The central processing unit (CPU) is considered the brain of the computer. It is sometimes referred to as the processor. Most calculations take place in the CPU. the CPU is the most important element of a computer system. CPUs come in different form factors, each style requiring a particular slot or socket on the motherboard. Common CPU manufacturers include Intel and AMD
Sockets and CPUs
The CPU socket or slot is the connector that interfaces between the motherboard and the processor itself. Most CPU sockets and processors in use today are built around the pin grid array (PGA) architecture, in which the pins on the underside of the processor are inserted into the socket, usually with zero insertion force (ZIF). ZIF refers to the amount of force needed to install a CPU into the motherboard socket or slot. Slot-based processors are cartridge-shaped and fit into a slot that looks similar to an expansion slot. 12
Sockets and CPU's
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They say that there's always a return to the scene of a crime, and this came to mind today. I ran the Sorbrook Challenge this morning. Nearly didn't - planned a rest day today, but had a message late last night asking if I was doing the "Bluebell Blunder" or the "Sorbrook Challenge" in the morning. I could have sworn that it was on the 18th.
I duly re-set my alarm clock and expectations, after all I quite enjoyed it last year. If you haven't done Sorbrook, then let me make it clear - there are hills, serious hills. Two of them, with a resevoir in the middle. As Julie put it last year - "the horse doesn't like going up there".
Ran it with Katie last year, and she moaned. As soon as the big hills came up, I started walking. Not walking all the way, but I just adopted a walk/run strategy - it worked for me, but I wasn't running. My goal this year was to run the whole way, slowing my pace down on the hills for my heart to catch up.
I met up with some fellow Lliswerrians on the way to the start, who commented on the low club turnout. Ah, that's because it was a Club Championship race last year, and not this year. Next Club race is the "Sirhowy Challenge" next week. Oh. OK, I thought. I've got the wrong race, and the wrong week. Never mind, here's a chance to put things right from last year.
Weather was a bit wet just before the race, and we were expecting a downpour while out. Walking to the start involved navigating a few puddles - always funny to see people trying to dodge them even though they needed to run back through just a few minutes later. This caused me to confess to shouting at a bloke at parkrun yesterday who "refused" a puddle in the woods, stopping and then turning 90 degrees to go around. Funny, checking my Garmin results, you can see the exact point that it happened!
The Sorbrook Challenge starts with a couple of kilometers of fast running, after an initial shallow incline, a nice drop that saw me putting in a quality 4:03 split. At this point, the sun was so good, I was wondering whether I should have applied sun cream. A few runners behind started making noises - loud noises, I couldn't decide whether it was effort or abuse, but I heard it. It was about this time that my music cut out - a good thing actually, I've been running more and more these days without it, and I can tell my effort by how noisy my breathing is.
On the first real hill, I started playing "catch-up" with a girl from Griffithstown Harriers. She was walking, I was running, taking baby steps to try to keep my heart rate under control. Didn't take long before she was ahead of me going up the hill, then I took her on the downhill. We spoke, and I mentioned the abuse I took last year when I was doing the opposite. After the race, she came over to talk and I seem to have kept her going. Looking at a photo of me with the puddles, she was directly behind, which was nice.
Spectator support is always great, and nice to see Julie at the resevoir - "you made the first hill then" she chirped while taking a photo, then proceeded to follow me up the hill a few minutes later... in her car! Still, I was grateful for the photos and to see a familiar face.
Also on the flat by the resevoir, I was talking with a chap from Griff who was also playing catch-up. He was quicker on the ascent, but slow going downhill. He commented on this, so I gave him my advice - shoulders relaxed, arms down, lean forward from the heels and pretend you're ten years old. This appears to have worked, since I couldn't quite catch him after that.
I mis-judged the last hill. Thought I had seen the last, told my new friends from Griff "downhill from here", only to turn the corner and hit another incline. They probably thought it was a spoiler tactive, but guys, I was as suprised (and disappointed) as you.
Somewhere in there, one of the marshalls had a cardboard box. She was running alongside runners up the hill (which was nice), and I was delighted to find some Jelly Babies in there. I deliberately missed the water stations, although one of them seemed quite aggressive with marshalls coming towards us, almost forcing water on me (maybe I just looked a bit of a state by then).
Just coming to the 8.5 km point, one of the Marshalls said "you look comfy". I took that as a compliment at first - if you can get comfortable at your desired pace, then it's a whole lot easier to run. That was great, but then I got to thinking about it - there's only a bit to go, maybe I should be in pain. Started ramping up the speed, getting just a bit closer to "Mr Downhill" from earlier on. I called out to him, to let him know I was on his tail. This had the desired effect, and he picked up the pace - pulling me along, but then he had a bit more than me, moving further forward as we climbed the last mini-ascent. I never caught him, but knowing I was there pushed him on. The lanes seemed to take longer than last year, but the second run through the puddles certainly went quicker, knowing that the finish line was in sight.
Once again, water, and a lovely goodie bag, designed by a runner (thanks Griff) - Banana, protein bar, coconut milk and water. Cake was available back at HQ (I remember it being really good last year), but it was time to go home.
And the reward for this "running all the hills" stuff - about 15 seconds quicker than last year. Worth it? I think so.
If anyone's interested, I had my "Tachograph" on both times, here are the Garmin recordings:
2013 - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/311553235
2014 - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/497321819
Just done my research on Sirhowy for next week - 10 miles of MT. I might just have a rest day.
Photos courtesy of Julie Lees - thank you :)


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HA or High-Availability is a term used to refer to making your services more available than they currently are. If you have a web site on a server you can reasonably expect 99% uptime, making it highly available means upgrading that uptime from 99% to 99.9%. Linux-HA is now easier than ever to implement, I'll describe how and why here.
Every business that depends on their applications will either be running some form of HA or be waiting for the poo to hit the fan. This is a given, people expect reliability these days and any computer system downtime - whether it be a database, a web site, an intranet etc. - is bad news. Many technology providers have their own form of HA and this can take many forms including boxes that sit in front of servers, application level HA or network level HA.
For example:
Microsoft provide a form of HA in their .net/SQL stack but push it to the application to provide the failover capabilities. This is done by putting a 'Failover partner' in the web.config of a .net web site connecting to SQL server then setting SQL server to do database mirroring. While this is fine in the closed-loop of Microsoft development, it doesn't allow any freedom to pick and choose your stack, and it's also relying on the application being still there so you will still need a method of making your front end web site more available. To use differing vendors and technologies in your application you need to push the High-Availability to the network level and not the application level, something that you can't do easily with Microsoft technologies.
Linux therefore has a decent advantage over Microsoft in this particular segment. Added to the advantages that the traditional (but now loosely termed) LAMP stack gives you it can be a very cheap, efficient solution to use HA technologies with Linux. The only issue up until now has been that it's been very difficult to pick up and learn, documentation was confusing and required a good understanding of what you were looking at. That's all changed very recently with the advent of Pacemaker and the excellent clusterlabs web site. It still subscribes to the Linux nuts n bolts DIY route but now it's a whole lot easier and you have good support while doing it.
Next post I'll show how to do it, what you can do and show you where to go from here.


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I do so enjoy creating procedural programs so I said I'd be happy to help out. We'll probably explore this idea in a pen and paper format but I went and coded a prototype of a browser-based character generator. The results are very simplistic but its oddly compelling to see what the program will produce.
If you come across an amusing combination do let me know!
DnD Character Generator (prototype)


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A 10-Point Plan for Appliances (Without Being Overwhelmed)
Where to Purchase a Good Washing Machine The market right now is being filled with lots of washing machine with the various sizes that is being manufactured with the different brands. in this case, it is sometimes difficult be able to find the best washing machine that is suited for your needs. The number one requirement that you need to consider when buying any products in the market is your personal necessity that will fit into the equipment. Depending on the requirements, we must need to narrow down our search for the equipment and finally we need to arrive into one washing machine that is best. You can follow some certain guidelines that you need to consider right before you are going to by the washing machine. There are two types of washing machine, the front loading and also the top loading. If your option is to put the washing machine into your kitchen counter then you can try to buy the front loading because this is the best choice but it is narrow.. Compared to the front loading washing machine, this consumes more water and more hour for it to be operational, However this has also larger capacities in terms of compartment.
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Define the wash load capacity this one determines the total load of the machine can handle in just a single washing. It is advisable that you are going to use a machine up to its full load capacity for its Optimum energy conservation.
What Almost No One Knows About Appliances
The spin speed of the washing machine is determinant of the speed in which the machine can be able to spin all the clothes that you put into the machine so that you can remove all the water while the clothes is being washed and all dried up . It is a measure also in the revolution per second or the rpm. It is only the maximum spin speed that will be able to determine the cut ability of the machine that you're going to purchase in the market. If you have a higher spin spin then it is required for those cotton clothing while the lower speed can be best suited to those delicate clothes and also those synthetic type of clothing. it is very important as a user that you need to be able to check the best option for the washing machine because the spin speed can vary from one washing machine to another then finally I can be able to watch all the type of clothes that you want to watch because you have choose the right washing machine.


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Ended up switching outfit. Mom says I need to be more colorful ;x
Now about my past few weeks!
I have been eating a lot but that's only when I go out with friends and family (so almost every day..)! ( ´∀`)so much food, I will just let the pictures do the talking for me!
Recent non-caffeinated (YES) beverage! I am weak when it comes to caffeine, so I can never drink ANYTHING with caffeine in it starting 4pm. If I do, I will be hyper for hours. Mixed fruit tapioca milk drink!
This is from DineLA! Basically some nice restaurants will collaborate with this event and have a set menu for registered guests. Went back to Bazaar with Mio, John (photographer), Gilbert (photographer), Nicky (my hubby), and another friend. We got to choose one appetizer, three dishes, and a dessert for $44 (excluding gratuity). Because the portions are tapa style, we all just ordered different things and tried a bit of everything. Portions look small, but really, you get SUPER full from them! And so sorry, the pictures are in backwards order, so dessert is first!
My grandmother's birthday is in January, few days after Chinese New Year. Lots of relatives met up to celebrate. And it IS my grandmama after all...so you can only imagine her birthday cake..s:
All my cousins instantly started instagram-ing this. Haha O(≧∇≦)O
Now for random hang-outs! Went to eat with a few friends and decided to take pics. Sadly, the seats were deep violet velvet, so it looks black on my phone! m(_ _)m ゴメンナサイ
With Stef and Stae!
Stae, Kai, and Anna!
During one of the days, I had to go with Koto to buy some fabrics for cosplay (which cosplay?!) at Fashion District. Went to Koto's and what do I get? Her two dogs hyperactively (?) attacking me. In the end, they look like this:Pocky! ♥
So finally when Koto was ready, we went to buy fabric with Erri! Some pics of me having Mikuri.. everywhere!
And this is what I will be cosplaying as:
Megumi from the anime Shiki! :) Got all my fabric, just gotta' sew everything!
Did I mention my giveaway yet?
Yes that is Koto and I cosplaying from Arakawa Under the Bridge! -(*0*)- Koto is the cutest P-ko EVER!
Anywho, you read it right! I am having ANOTHER giveaway! This is the easiest giveaway ever since you barely have to do anything. Really! ∑(O_O;)Shock!!
So the prizes this time will be..
♡ Gyaru-inspired clothes~! Some purchased from here, some overseas~!
♡ Asian sweets and snacks!
♡ Mikan-made customized bear hoodie ( ̄(エ) ̄). Pick your choice of fluffy color and I will make it! I CAN SEW I SWEAR
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♡ Mikan-made customized bear hoodie ( ̄(エ) ̄). Pick your choice of fluffy color and I will make it! I CAN SEW I SWEAR
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(please ignore my face, I was really tired after ALA LOL ;x)
Remade the white one since it was a tad small (gave it to little cousin!). Rawr!
How do you enter my giveaway?
♥ How to Enter ♥
1. Must be my "friend" on Facebook. This makes it easier for me to contact those who are entering the giveaway. And I like making new friends! ♥ ヘ(^_^ヘ)(ノ^_^)ノ ♥
2. Must "like" the AniMaid Cafe page.
3. Must "like" the AniMaid Host Club page.
4. "Attend" this event!
2. Must "like" the AniMaid Cafe page.
3. Must "like" the AniMaid Host Club page.
4. "Attend" this event!
AND THAT'S IT! I will be announcing new prizes and surprises until the end of the giveaway (deadline is end of February!), so check Facebook for announcements! :D
Also, my recent hauls! (~ *0*)~
What is this?
That's right, MY FIRST PAIR OF JEFFREY CAMPBELL SHOES! キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!! These are my DREAM wedges, Jeffrey Campbell Mariel!
Now, on Jeffrey Campbell in general..
I LOVE the price ($120 for Mariel). For most high end heels (D&G, Theysken, etc.), you can expect to pay $250+ for a pair of shoes (T▽T). Jeffrey Campbell is much more affordable for the common gal, and there are a lot of different styles of shoes available for each girl! The boxes each shoe is contained in is different almost every time (I think), and the designs on the boxes are SOOO cute! ♥ The packaging inside, as you saw, is REALLY nice. My wedges had tissue paper stuffing on the sole to keep the shape of the wedges, as well as a Styrofoam-like material to shape it. Each wedge had it's own mesh bag (EACH ONE HAS ONE!) to prevent any damage from the other shoe. Such quality! ~(*0* ~)
Now, for some of you, you're probably thinking,"It's suede. It's going to get dirty. YOU ARE SCREWED." At those of you who are thinking that, I laugh at you. I ALREADY FOUND A SOLUTION!
Kiwi Suede Protector! In this small bottle is enough liquid to spray on all your shoes (ok, maybe just most of them) and make them waterproof AND stainproof! AMAZING? AMAZING!
So what else did I get?
Made a splurge on Drugstore.com! Spend over $25+ and get free shipping, and spend $30+, get $5 off! Total after discount, $25.01. JUST MADE IT FOR FREE SHIPPING! -insert winning face- ( ̄ー ̄)
Purchased Biore eye cream because when I stay up late, my eyes are like (9_9). Also got Neutrogena 2-in-1 Fight and Fade Toner. It's really good for getting rid of any pimples growing or already present.. AND IT FADES SCARS! Third, got an eco-friendly kabuki traveling brush. And lastly, NO PAIN SCRUNCHIES!
So far, this is doing great for me. I sometimes break out around my hairline, and so after I wash my face, I just use a cottonball dabbed with the toner, and brush around affected area. I did notice my breakouts going down, and some scars I had when I was going through puberty are fading! I recommend this for normal/combination skin! ☆彡
One of my really good friends Nicky (I call her "hubby") went to China a few weeks ago (in December!). She brought me back two lovely gifts!
This is a puppet. I have NEVER owned a puppet before! Gilbert (photographer) got this cute San-X Sentimental Circus puppet for me. Played with it on the way home after Bazaar! Note the cute hat with the word "Master" on it? IT'S GOSHUJINSAMA! XD
Finally! A pin. LOL! XD This pin was purchased at Macy*s for $2 to donate to the American Heart Association. Along with this donation, you will receive a 20% discount with purchases for the next 3(?) days (not too sure how many days, they told me until Sunday).
Sorry for not posting as much as I did before. I know it used to be every week (almost), but now I actually see some daylight ;x. Please do stay tuned for more posts though!
Also, don't forget to join my giveaway on Facebook for your chance to win lots of cute goodies! ♥ Gambatte!
Also, don't forget to join my giveaway on Facebook for your chance to win lots of cute goodies! ♥ Gambatte!
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GlobalOption Review
Globaloption is a binary options broker that offers its traders top class customer service and trading tools. It is recommended to read on to learn more about this unique trading platform.
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You can trade Weekly Options on the weekends, giving you the chance to make some extra bucks even outside of regular trading hours. This is a feature which many traders have already used to their advantage.
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Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:03 am by Admin
i added some changes we have a warning system a rpg system in which i am learning how to use it. i am working on other thing which will be added in next update.
if you join we have a chat room/box
vote or make your own polls
and more see you soon
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Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:30 am by Admin
Take some time to read this information before starting to use the administration of your forum:
How to access your administration panel ?
In the top menu, click on Log In, a new page is displayed. Fill in the username "admin" and the password you have choosen during your registration. If you have lost or forgot it, click here. Once you are logged in, click on the link "Administration Panel" at …
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