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The most stunning revelations from "Fallen Idol," ABC News' "explosive special event" about "American Idol 2" finalist's Corey Clark's alleged affair with judge Paula Abdul, were mere afterthoughts mentioned during the show. Randy Jackson was a member of Journey! He wore tight leather pants! Corey's mother thought Paula was 38 years old in 2003! Corey's forthcoming album includes a song called "Paula-tics"!
Because the juiciest revelations from Clark's story have been reported over the past few weeks, the details weren't surprising, and these odd pieces of information stood out as something new.
The other surprising part of the program was how oddly insignificant this rather significant information seemed coming from Clark, an unlikely spokesperson for anything. If anything, Primetime Live's special might have the opposite of its intended effect, hurting Clark's credibility and strengthening Abdul's.
In short, Clark claimed that, starting in December of 2003, he began a relationship with Abdul that started when someone slipped him a note with her phone number. Eventually, their interaction became sexual; along the way, he says she coached him, helping with everything from song selection to his wardrobe. Clark says Abdul was "letting me know all the ins and outs: what to do, what not to do, who to talk to, who not to talk to." The group of "American Idol 2" semi-finalists that Primetime Live cobbled together said this was abnormal behavior, since they interacted with the judges only on the set.
The best was saved until last, when we heard a voice mail message that Clark says Abdul left for him just a few weeks ago. A voice that sounded very much like Abdul tells him to "say absolutely nothing."
On the surface, all of this seems damning, as preferential treatment might have created an uneven field for the contestants.
Can Abdul really help anyone?Reality television programs may capture viewers' attention like fictional programming does, but those shows with contest elements still have to abide by rules. Primetime Live's John Quiñones noted "that with their reactions, the judges can carry a lot of weight with the voting audience."
That may be true, but let's consider the judge in question. For the past four seasons, Paula Abdul's reactions have been nearly identical for everyone: relentless, empty praise that tends to ignore the actual strengths and weaknesses of each performance.
Abdul doesn't act like a judge; she acts like a grandparent. And if her comments have an effect on any members of the voting audience, those people should have their phones taken away from them immediately.
It's a stretch, at best, that any of this had any concrete effect. Even Clark admitted that Abdul didn't try to rig the contest. He said that she helped him ("of course, of course"), but "not as far as making it through, but, you know, as far as helping me, and, uh, you know, like, wardrobe, so I looked the part, you know, and, uh, song choices, you know what I'm saying."
As that quotation shows, Corey Clark is possibly the worst spokesperson imaginable to level these sorts of charges. Clarkis so inarticulate that John Quiñones had to ask leading questions just to get him to give "yeah" and "right" responses. Clark couldn't even defend his own credibility, saying, "at the end of the day, like I said before, I'm not here to try to prove my case one way or the other, I'm just here to let people know what was going down on my side of the fence."
Asked to describe the most salacious part of his claims, his physical relationship with Abdul, Clark said, "It was dope, I was like, wow. ... She came up behind me and she just started kissing my neck, and, you know, that's the first night that we had ever been together, you know what I'm saying?"
Actually, no, we don't. But at least if the singing thing falls through, Clark can always turn to writing romance novels, because he sure can craft a captivating, erotic tale.
FOX can and has dismissed Clark's charges because of his past behavior (The Smoking Gun revealed that he'd been charged with "battery on four law enforcement officers, battery on his sister, and endangering a child," and those revelations led to his removal from the show.) Although his past doesn't disprove any of his claims, it's suspicious that he's popping up now, two years later, when he's shopping a memoir and working on an album.
Primetime Live spent much of its hour helping to promote that forthcoming CD, despite Quiñones' stated skepticism about Clark's motives. If ABC News was really concerned about his motives, they wouldn't have interspersed evidence of these allegations with clips of Clark whoring his new record, which seems to be entirely focused on his affair with Abdul.
From what the special showed, the record shows that Clark isn't quite over Abdul now, more than two years later. One song is actually named "Paula-tics" (although the exact spelling is unclear), some lyrics tell the story of Clark's relationship with her, and one song actually includes the familiar phrase "straight up." All that's left is for Clark to shoot a video dancing with MC Skat Kat.
'Idol' needs to be more transparentSince its early days, "American Idol" has been dogged by rumors and scandal. The series has nothing to blame except itself.
The most popular reality TV show in the country pretends it is one thing (wholesome family entertainment and a talent contest that lets people realize their dreams) when it's actually the opposite (an often cruel exercise that's concerned only with selling ads and records and discards dreams without flinching). For a show that relentlessly tortures its contestants with glee, it's no surprise that some people would like to see the show's glossy veneer crack.
The series' complete lack of transparency has fueled every conceivable conspiracy theory; anyone with a puzzle piece thinks theirs fits perfectly because Idol's pieces are invisible. Vote totals and percentages aren't released; auditions are orchestrated to ensure drama and good television; the only things we see behind-the-scenes are stiff segments with Ryan Seacrest or heavily produced commercials for the shows sponsors; the screaming sycophantic audience would boo Simon Cowell if he said it was raining outside, especially if it was pouring.
Whether or not anything comes of Corey Clark's claims, that Paula Abdul is the target of the most significant scandal to date is quite fitting. Abdul offers expressive comments that are substanceless, and now she's the target of substantive claims that have been delivered inarticulately. If they don't stick, we may never know if it was the message or the messenger.
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WASHINGTON – On the heels of their third consecutive Landmark Conference title, the Catholic field hockey team will host the first round of the 2013 NCAA Championship Tournament against the Falcons of Messiah.
In terms of rankings, Catholic moved up three spots to No. 17 in the NFHCA and No. 5 in the NCAA South Atlantic region. Messiah is ranked No. 14 in the NFHCA and No. 6 on the NCAA South Atlantic list.
Wednesday marks the third consecutive NCAA appearance for the Cardinals. In 2012 CUA lost 4-3 in the first round to Lynchburg, while the Cards moved out of the first round in 2011 on a 5-2 win over Eastern. Lynchburg snapped their run with a 2-0 loss in the second round that same year.
Road to the Title…
Catholic reached the NCAAs after defeating Scranton 2-0 at Cardinal Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 9 in front of 500 fans. Maura Campbell, who was named the Landmark Conference Championship Most Valuable Player, assisted on Ellen Thorburn's opening goal then extended the shutout to 2-0 on a penalty stroke.
Before Saturday's championship win, the Cardinals most notable victory was a 1-0 shutout of No. 3 Salisbury on Sept. 19. Catholic is 14-5 overall and 4-2 in the conference. The team also recorded wins over No. 14 rowan and no. 15 Ursinus.
Kim Hermann leads the Birds with 14 goals and four assists, as Rebecca Lukaszcyk and Taylor Elliot have each scored six goals. Hayley Wright (3g, 2a) Colleen Harwood (3g, 5a), and Maura Campbell (3g, 7a) are also offensive threats for Catholic.
Megan Comunale has been extremely effective in the cage with 17 starts and boasts impressive NCAA rankings. The senior ranked No.2 in goals against average at 0.66 and No. 11 with an 83% save percentage. Comunale has only allowed one goal in her last eight games.
Worthy Opponent...
Messiah scored three goals in the second-half at Elizabethtown to conquer the Blue Jays in the Commonwealth Championship. The win supplied the ground for the Falcons' seventh-straight conference title and put them into their 13th-straight NCAA Championships Tournament.
The Messiah roster consists of several impact student-athletes. Moriah Pfautz is ranked No. 8 in the NCAA with a 1.28 goals per game average and leads the Falcons with 23 goals and four assists. Brooke Sands and Celina Nissley have each scored 10 goals and collected three assists while Rachel Cox (7g, 6a), Caroline Wulf (5g, 6a), and Gina Kellett (4g, 5a) all have double-digit point totals. Becky Ely (3g, 3a), Jennie Kamel (2g, 4a), and Emily Bower (2g, 4a) have also been big contributors to the Falcons' No. 28-ranked 3.50 goals per game.
Wednesday's contest marks the Falcons' 28th NCAA Tournament appearance. In 2012, Messiah lost 2-0 to Lynchburg in the second round of play.


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Killzone 2 'Behind the Bullet' Interactive PS3 Demo Now Available
Sony VP of Product Marketing Scott Steinberg announced news of a Killzone 2 'Behind the Bullet' Interactive PS3 Demo which is available as of today.
To quote: We want you to get a glimpse of the technology behind the game with a playable version of the commercial, codenamed: "Killzone in 4-D." I'm happy to announce that as of the PlayStation Store update today, you will be able to go to PSN and download the interactive demo officially titled "Behind the Bullet."
This demo will provide an inside look at the making of the commercial, enabling you to take control and slow down the action, move the camera axis and pivot, hear audio commentary from multiple selectable sources such as the art director or technical director at Guerrilla Games, and utilize a variety of buffers and filters to see how every single frame of the commercial was created using the game engine technology.
As you will see, everything is directly rendered on a PS3 without the need for additional tweaking or touching up. Simply put: "what you see is what you get."
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In high school, I dated a guy who had so much money that his father actually had gold bricks lying around the house. I always debated stealing one, but I'm not a thief and I never really knew what I'd do with one if I took it. I mean, I'm pretty sure those puppies are kind of well-tracked. It wasn't like I could have taken that to the record store and bought Britney's new CD without raising eyebrows.
Plus, I'm honest enough, and my conscience is guilty enough that the next time I saw his dad, and he'd said, "Hi Becks!" I would have responded innocently with, "OHMYGOD I'M SO SORRY I STOLE THE BRICK PLEASE DON'T HATE ME."
Yeah. Not exactly coy, eh?
But in that neighborhood for 2 years of my life I learned a lot. Namely the term "trophy wife."
As someone who, at age 18, had realized cleverly that she was allergic to a hard day of work, this seemed like an idea life to me. I'd marry an old rich guy, pop out some kids, occasionally sleep with him when Viagra could give him a boner, and live a life of leisure. I'd pop pills, have plastic surgery, hang out at the Country Club down the street. I'd lunch and spa and hand the kids off to the nannies to be raised.
Eventually, my husband would die, his First Wife would fight me in court for his estate, and eventually we'd settle. The only real kink in my Ultimate Plan so far as I could see was that I wasn't blond, but that, I figured, could be remedied with a quick dye job.
A Trophy Wife, I liked the sound of that.
Age 22 found me unmarried with a kid, working my way through the prerequisites required to get into nursing school, and although I was pretty pleased with school, I was becoming increasingly aware that nursing school wasn't going to be what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
Age 22 also found me to be The Date for any of my male friends going to any company parties, because, well, they knew I put out everyone needs a standby date. Evan had been one of my best friends since I could remember and when he invited me to be his date for one of his work dinners, I accepted immediately.
We showed up together at a swanky steakhouse, and in the vein of broke 20 year old's everywhere, I began drinking immediately. Because OBVIOUSLY. So by the time dinner began, I was fairly lit and began drunkenly talking to the guy on my left, an attractive guy with an accent, probably 20 years my senior.
Evan, always one to ditch me at parties, had probably already ditched me by this point anyway, so I made this guy my date. Besides, Evan and I were just friends, and this guy was charming and funny, and, well, Evan was the same guy who had come over to my house and left a framed picture of his naked ass on my pillow a couple of years before.
A real charmer, that one.
It probably wasn't until the end of the evening by which point I was BEYOND fairly loaded when the guy who was sitting next to me stood up and started addressing the room when I realized that the person that I'd been teasing and generally making an ass of myself in front of wasn't The Boss. He wasn't the Bosses Boss. Oh no.
He was the Big, Big, Big, Big BIG Boss.
And somehow? He found me ADORABLE.
Because I had no idea who he was, I wasn't shoving my tongue up his ass trying to get a promotion or a raise or a car or whatever it is that people do around the Big Boss People and I think he found that refreshing. Maybe I was just an awesome drunk or just On My Game that night, I don't know. All that I do know is that the second I was out of there, he was all over Evan to hook him up with me.
The problem is, I really wasn't interested in dating him. The prospect of living a life of leisure, even though he was funny and attractive AND had a sexy accent AND a assload of money just didn't do it for me. I tried to reframe my thinking for an entire week and I simply couldn't do it.
Turns out that life as a Lady of Leisure, even with the prospect of free pills and unlimited plastic surgery just wasn't enough for me.
I know. I KNOW.
I still don't know what I was thinking.
In sticking with the bizarrely romantic themed things around here this week, I'm over at Toy With Me today, talking about people who marry…things. No. Really. I am. You should come visit because seriously, I didn't make it up. I COULDN'T LIE TO YOU, PRANKSTERS.
45 Responses to I Was Almost A Trophy Wife Once.
You can be my trophy wife any day, baby! LOL
and you could have totally taken that gold brick to like a pawn shop, no?
I briefly dated an older, attractive man of means and I was BORED. Had I stayed with him, outings with him and his friends would have necessitated MASS quantities of pharmaceuticals. I swear that's why trophy wives get so much surgery-the pain pills numb them to boredom and old man saggy ass.
Of course he found you adorable. How could he not? Drunk, 20 something play thing. Blond or not it's like crack to powerful men. They have to have them some of that.
It's like crack to not-powerful men too.
Ahhh, the trophy wife. I too could have been one. I really should have considering I married a cop instead and he was a complete douchnozzle and really turned me off to marriage for like EVER.
Just think, I could have been on the cast of The Real New Jersey Housewives!
(I will come over later darling, they frown upon that site from where I am commenting now)
If he's still available, give him my number. I could learn to love him…
Trophy wife seems like one of those things that would be fun for like a week but then get boring. Plus, you might end up looking like that cat lady after having all of your boredom enduced plastic surgeries. I think you made the right choice in the end. Better to be considered Trophy wife quality than to actually be one right?
Oooh. Jocelyn Wildenstein. Ouch. She looks like a SyFy Saturday Premiere creature, the poor thing. I wonder which surgeon of hers it was who said "What the hell? It can't get any worse." and went ahead with the whole cat lady look?
I wonder if I could still be able to be a trophy wife? I don't think my husband would say yes to that. Or maybe he would if I would share my money with him.
I am a Trophy Wife…in the sense that anyone who is married to me better consider me the best fucking prize they could ever achieve. 🙂
On everyone loves Raymond Marie told frank "I'm not just some trophy wife" and frank said "what contest in he'll did I win" lol great post ur wit amazes me!!!!!!!
On everyone loves Raymond Marie told frank "I'm not just some trophy wife" and frank said "what contest in he'll did I win" lol great post ur wit amazes me!!!!!!! Keep it coming!
Aunt Becky-maybe what you need is a trophy husband? I found your site through Joann at Laundry Hurts my Feelings (thanks Joann). I love it. Can't wait to read more.
I felt the same way in my 20's and I couldn't do it either, even though my mother always told me it was as easy to love a rich guy as a poor guy.
Now, of course, I wish I'd tried a little harder.
Oh, I thought my Nana came up with that rich guy, poor guy thingie, course I didn't heed her advice either, not that I was presented with a plethora of options.
I'm willing to be a trophy husband…
I'm still looking for my sugar daddy. I am not sure I qualify as a trophy wife though.
being a trophy wife is probably over rated….at least that's what I tell myself…kinda makes me feel better….who would want enough money that you could use it for toilet paper and baby wipes? Who would want to just go shopping and not worry about bouncing checks? Really. It just sounds horrible….but not as horrible as having to touch those old husband balls…..see…being a trophy wife is over rated.
A friend of mine actually once referred to his new bride as a "Trophy Wife". He was so proud of the fact he had somehow managed to score a child bride 20 some years his junior. When I finally met her, all I could think of was, "yup, she's a trophy wife alright, just not for first place!!!"
Wife no but girlfriend maybe – would beat an impoverished juvenile 20 yr old for a few weeks no?
Oh Aunty girl…I'm so disappointed.
Right now you could be regaling us with stories of bitch slapping someone at the country club and your failed botox procedures!
I also thought I wanted to be a trophy wife early on. However 1) I couldnt find any good looking rich guys, and 2) I am too much of a control freak. Not many rich guys want a gal who is bossy.
I couldn't do it either. I mean I havent had the chance, but given the chance I don't think I could live as a trophy wife. Oh I would love all the free shit and money growing from trees, and I could suck it up and do it with an old guy everyonce in a while… It's just trophy wives always have to be put together, and I? am Really Really really lazy.
knowing that i'm just not trophy wife material, i'd go for a guy like evan who left a framed picture of his naked ass on my pillow. i love a guy who can make me laugh.
unless of course he has assloads of money, then funny wouldn't be so important.
dude, didn't I have those visions as well? Don't we all? i think the people who DON'T end up trophy wives just have too much integrity. Do you ever have dreams of a man, not even one you know, but just a man of your liking, who makes you feel like a total dream and then you wake up and look at your partner and you think…fuck me. I love my husband and all, he's wonderful beyond words, but if ever I came across that fella in my dream last night, it would be ON. You hear me? ON!
you could always go the real housewives of orange county-gretchen route and claim that you didn't get ANY money from the relationship. just love. ::sigh:: isn't that beautiful?
(i know, it's embarassing, but yes i am actually referring to a "housewife" of orange county. ugh.)
I always kinda, sorta wanted to be a mafia princess. But, thing is, I just can't manage the long nails. C'est la vie. Sigh. .
At least you tried. You gave it a week. Gold digging is hard work mentally.. You have to keep your eyes on the prize 100% of the time. I lack that level of concentration & accompanying acting ability myself, much to my own disgust when I was 22.
I had a few times where I would think, "Self, can't you make yourself like or love Mr. So and So, your life would be sooooo much easier?" And that bitch "Self" said "Hell no!" I guess that's why I have to work, and can't stay at home. I suppose it's also because I DO actually love my husband, even though he makes me completely freaking crazy.
There are days I think I should have married for money. I hear trophy wives have some crazy pre-nups, though. Like must maintain a certain weight range and put out a certain number of times per week/month. Gross!
Maybe you can look him up and go for the whole Indecent Proposal thing:) You never know and it'd be a shame to miss out on an easy mill$
I have always said I'd make a better mistress than a wife anyway. Men always treat their mistresses better.
So I guess you survived the last post! LOL
Many times I've thought about marrying an old rich guy too. But I know I won't be able to go through with it. I mean my ego is so huge that whoever arm I'm on should be looking smart and handsome. And of course one who doesn't look like my grandfather!
Kudos to you for not falling for a loveless life…;p
I AM a trophy wife – If we're talking about those cheap plastic trophies that the entire t-ball team is presented with at the end of the season over pizza hut and orange soda.
I wonder if that dude is dead now. If he is, you could have had all his money.
I only dated the poor guys….it's like I wanted to punish myself for being so awesome or something. A rich guy would have been nice.
Why are all trophy wives blond?
I'm glad I'm a brunette. (read grey)
Alright – that's was so NOT nice. I thought for sure I was loosing my mind this time because I could have SWORN I had read this post before and got VERY confused.
Thanks to my super sleuth skills (aka The Search Box) I have just proven that I am indeed still sane.
You really scared me there. Please don't do that again.
Trophy wives can't have kick-ass tattoos like your phoenix. You made the right choice. 🙂
I keep telling my husband that next time, I'mma marry rich.
My daughter has been dating a serious La-hoo-ser for the past 2 years, and I did such a happy dance when she broke up with him. 😉
It's funny that you mention about accents. There's actually a dating website out there called "I love your accent."
I learned about it from my fiancee. Should I be concerned about that?
Gold bricks makes me think of that cartoon Richie Rich!!
Dear AB,
I have a question unrelated to your entry, but relating a few back. Did you get your iPad with 3G? What's the difference? Just that you don't need a Wi-fi hotspot to access the internet? Hmmm….


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Whenever a new Inspector General of Police is appointed, he calls together the top echelon of the Police, with great media attention, to unfold his vision and mission. The recently appointed IGP, Alhaji Suleiman Abba, is no different. Abba has made it clear that the Nigerian Police under his charge would be modelled as, not just a friend but also a "helper". According to him, it is only when a policeman demonstrates his eagerness to help members of society that he is accepted as a friend.
According to Abba, the policeman will now be strongly reoriented, not just to arrest, investigate and prosecute criminals, but also to be able to administer such humanitarian services as first aid, emergency management and other activities that will make citizens glad to see a policeman, rather than being afraid or contemptuous.
It is a good way to start. But we are witnesses to the fact that successive police bosses always come full of promises and hope but eventually leave the Force no better than they meet it. Some come in pledging to abolish police roadblocks and offering to strengthen mobile patrols. Some come in, emphasising on respect for human rights, while some promise to strengthen police/public relations and partnership or boost welfare as a means of combating crime in society. But in many cases, IGP's have left the Force in blaze scandals and corruption, with the promised reforms never attended to.
We as a society and nation must bear in mind that the Police is what we make of it. Our Police Force is a mirror-image of our society. The Police cannot help itself unless the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria make up their minds to give unto themselves a police force they can be proud of.
A police IG can come with glowing ideas, but unless the officers, men and women of the force are properly trained, equipped, paid and given a conducive atmosphere to give their best, the pledges by successive IGP's to produce rabbits from the hat will remain mere platitudes.
For the Nigerian policemen to truly become helpers and friends, they must be totally reoriented to ensure they do away with their military mentality. They must realise that the arms they bear are for the security of lives and property of the citizenry, and that it is a gross abuse of office and power to use same to terrorise and extort them.
We wish the new IGP success in implementing his vision, especially in the run-up to the crucial general elections of 2015. Nigeria will be a happier place when, indeed, the Police become the helpers and friends of the people.


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> Message-Id: <1013453810.25718.93.camel@jfouffa> > From: Philippe Le Hegaret <email@example.com> > To: Bert Bos <email@example.com> > Cc: WWW DOM <email@example.com> > Subject: Re: Comment from CSS WG on HTML DOM draft > Date: 11 Feb 2002 13:56:49 -0500 > > On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 15:19, Bert Bos wrote: > > This is the official comment from the CSS working group on the "DOM > > Level 2 HTML" working draft[1]. It is a week late, my excuses. It got > > lost. Hopefully it can still be taken into account. > > > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20011210 > > > > In November 2000, DOM Level 2 HTML was delayed for backward > compatibility reasons and our intent is to capture the current practice > in several implementation, which is not the case for indeterminate. Only > IE implementations are supporting this indeterminate feature for the > moment. The TriState implementation [1] does support indeterminate > property but it is not equivalent to the one in IEs. So, even if other > implementation are going to implement indeterminate in the future, we > prefer not to add this new feature for the moment. This certainly needs > to be on the list for an XForms API at some point. > > Please, let us know if you are (or are not) satisfy with this decision, > > Philippe, > for the DOM WG. > > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2002JanMar/0038.html The CSS WG is disapointed with the DOM WG's decision and maintains its opinion that "indeterminate" should be added. In detail: Checkboxes and radio buttons in user interfaces may not only be "on" or "off", they may also be an in "indeterminate" state which means that they are neither checked nor unchecked. Their state becomes determinate when a user checks them. This is useful for example when you have an option for which there is no reasonable default (for a checkbox) or for a collection of radio buttons for which none should be initially selected. This note documents a proposed addition to the HTML DOM that the CSS working group believes would provide access to this state to content authors. The state is already stylable using the :indeterminate pseudo-class found in the Selectors specification. The proposal consists of the following addition to the HTMLInputElement interface: attribute boolean indeterminate; The attribute is defined as follows: When the type attribute of the element has the value "radio" or "checkbox", this represents whether the form control is in an indeterminate state (neither checked nor unchecked), in an interactive user agent. Changes to this attribute change the state of the form control, but do not change the value of the HTML value attribute of the element. An indeterminate control is neither checked or unchecked: although the value of the checked attribute is not affected when the indeterminate attribute is set, it is irrelevant. (A separate question is whether an indeterminate control should be considered successful for the purposes of form submission, but that doesn't affect the issue at hand.) As far as implementation status is concerned, we will note that there are at least two different implementations. Both IE/Mac and IE/Windows (which have separate DOM implementations) implement input.indeterminate since version 4 (circa 1996). Thus the addition of this property should pose no problem for DOM Level 2 HTML exiting CR since there are already two interoperable implementations that have been shipping for quite some time. Mozilla (and Netscape 6.x) currently lacks this proposed property because when Mozilla's DOM was implemented, the property was not listed in the DOM specification. However, recent changes mean that the support for indeterminate check boxes will be available soon, at least internally (this support may not be exposed in the HTML DOM if the "indeterminate" property is not added to the DOM spec). The DOM is also missing support for some other UI pseudo-classes, such as :hover and :active, and for pseudo-elements, such as ::selection. However, we do not think it would be wise to force this issue at the moment. In our opinion, those issues are not yet mature. There is ongoing work in the CSS working group to find solutions to these problems. Adding .indeterminate to the DOM2 HTML spec is, in our opinion, a reasonable thing to do for now, since there already exists several years' worth of implementation experience. On behalf of the CSS WG, Bert -- Bert Bos ( W 3 C ) http://www.w3.org/ http://www.w3.org/people/bos/ W3C/INRIA firstname.lastname@example.com 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 +33 (0)4 92 38 76 92 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, FranceReceived on Monday, 15 April 2002 15:04:37 UTC
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This afternoon on the Team 1200's Healthy Scratches, Senators Assistant GM Tim Murray was on to talk to Jason York and Steve Lloyd about the playoff match up with the New York Rangers, scouting Erik Karlsson, and liking fourteen prospects in the upcoming draft. The interview itself lasts for almost twenty minutes, so I'm not going to bother transcribing all of it. It was a worthwhile listen, so I encourage you to check it out. Now having said that, here are a few nuggets of information that interested me.
As always, my thoughts are in bold.
York: When you look at the Bingo grads who won (the Calder Cup) and made that jump, how much stock to do you put in how good that program has become?
TM: Well, I put everything into it. It's development. I don't know the percentages but your first, second and third overall picks normally play in the league right away. But there are seven rounds in the draft and thirty players per round. There are college free agents. There are free agents out of junior. There are European free agents. There are a ton of players that have to develop and get better before they get to the National Hockey League and the best way to do that is (through) the American Hockey League. I think we have a good program down there. We're well coached. It's all about teaching. Last year we won with a pretty good team. Another surprise, I think all of the experts, if I remember reading The Hockey News and some predictions for the American League before last year, but this year now we're not too good down there in terms of points but we're still going to get players out of there. You know there were a few things that happened to start this year: Lee Sweatt retired in August and he was my (Andre) Benoit type player this year and you need that top defenceman down there to help your kids and make the power play effective and your special teams effective. Mark Parrish was my other vet guy and he's played hard when he's played but he hasn't been able to play a lot. The veterans that I have put in there, and I'm responsible for that, the veterans that I've put in there this year certainly weren't near the guys last year like Benoit, like Keller, like Potulny. I mean, those were special players and we let them move on in certain cases. Potulny, we owned his rights, and he wanted to move on. He wanted to an opportunity and there was no point in keeping a guy who doesn't want to be there.
Sadly, this may be the last time Lee Sweatt's name ever appears on this blog.
Lloyd: Of all the call ups that you've had, I can't remember a guy this year who didn't appear ready.
TM: No, they're ready to play. Again, I bring up the coaching. They don't coach the exact same system as we have here but what they do coach is accountability and responsibility. Play the game properly. Play the game hard. I mean, if you look at some of… we've got a couple smaller guys – now Andre Petersson, who's a smaller player and so they're not supposed to play the game hard. They're not supposed to compete like a Canadian does but he for the most part has. And those are the lessons that we're trying to instill down there and if you want to play up here, you have to play hard. You've heard Paul's mantra all year about skating 200' and playing properly and that's what we're trying to do down there. From a Bingo standpoint it hasn't been a successful year but when you see four or five of those players become NHL players, from a development perspective, it is still successful.
Lloyd: How many black aces do you want for the start of the playoffs?
TM: Around eight. I'm going to guess around eight. I think three defencemen. I think one goaltender and three, four or five forwards I would believe would be the number.
Smart money's on: Lehner (goaltender); Gryba/Wiercioch/Borowiecki (defencemen); and Petersson/Da Costa/Hoffman. Perhaps a Dziurzynski or a Grant get the nod as well.
York: What's the plan, if you can say, for Mika?
TM: The plan is, he's going to go down there (to Binghamton) to play in the two games this weekend. Randy Lee is going to go down to watch. I've asked Jimmy Clark and Rob Murphy, our two pro scouts, to go down and watch. And not to go down and see if he can score, I want to see his energy level. I want to see if he's active. I want to see if he forechecks. I want to see if he plays at the same pace that he played here in earlier in the year and that he played at the world juniors at. For the most part, he was sick a long time over there. He had a cold and something else that he couldn't kind of shake. He's lost some weight. He was concussed. So if we are legitimately thinking about putting him in down the road here, you know that anything can happen here – injuries; somebody's not going. I find when you add someone to the lineup, you want to add energy, you want to add jump, you want to add somebody who can help you. Certainly, in his case, when you're burning a year (of his ELC), which really doesn't bother me at all, we're not going to get into the CBA aspects here but the burning the year thing for me doesn't mean anything. He's a top end player who's going to get his money. He's going to get his term here down the road. I don't think it really matters that he's one year closer to arbitration rights, that's not the point. In saying that, it is a big decision and you want to be sure that he does bring you that jump, that life and that energy and anything after that is a bonus. So they're going to keep a close eye on him down there and see where he's at from a physical standpoint.
I've re-read this blurb about four or five times now and it still seems like the negatives outweigh the positives. I'll come back to this later.
Lloyd: The burned ELC year is overplayed. He's no closer to free agency because it's not an accrued NHL season. If he burns his year, he burns his year. He's going to get his money because he is a top end guy.
TM: It's either he's going to get his money or we made a major mistake and I don't think we made a mistake. He's going to get his money. He's going to have a long career. We hope it's here in Ottawa. Actually, by burning his year, we get rid of potentially the one year of bonuses that he could make. As I talked to his agent yesterday, neither side is sure who gains by burning a year – does the player gain or does the organization gain? Because he's got three years of potentially decent bonus money, you have to assume that he would achieve that in his third year, if he played three years in the National Hockey League. Now you're removing one of those years. Guys that achieve bonuses, you don't mind paying them because they did work them. But, there is the potential there that he does not max out his full earning power by burning year. Again, that's not a reason why we'd do it, I'm just giving you both sides of burning a year. I know it's a big topic and people are worried about it but this could come back and bite us down the road but I don't think it hurts us to burn a year and I really believe that.
"But this could come back and bite us down the road..."? I'm sold. Free Mika!
Lloyd: Is the plan for Silfverberg to come over as soon as the SEL finals are done?
TM: Yes, the plan from day one that I've been talking to his agent from when the playoffs have started, we've made it clear that we want him here. They're going to do their due diligence with the national team and get his release from there is what I'm told. When he's done there, we want him here. He wants to be here. Playing in another World Championships is great but first is coming here and being around. If that's the least that he gets out of it is just being around and seeing what happens here around North American playoff time, legitimately I can see him getting into the lineup. He's a hell of a player. It's not like you're putting a kid in the lineup. He's three years in the elite league over there. He's the MVP of the elite league – second youngest ever, I believe. He's the straw that stirs Brynas' drink and they're probably going to win a championship. Apart from playing in the American League, his development has been outstanding. We all believe he's ready for the next step.
Umm, nails much?
Lloyd: He's the most ready prospect that you have in the organization, is that fair?
TM: I think so. You never know how they react. I mean, if you were to put Mika in, or if you were to put Mark Stone in, or if you were to put Silfverberg in, I would pick Silfverberg now as being the most ready but who knows in a couple games who is ready to do what.For what it's worth, Mark Stone's Brandon Wheat Kings could be swept and eliminated in their WHL semifinals series versus the Edmonton Oil Kings. Not too sure what to make from Murray's comments considering that: a) he has no problem putting Zibanejad in for one game and burning his ELC's first year; and b) he sees Silfverberg getting into the lineup when he comes over. Does this mean that Stone could potentially be a lineup possibility should his Wheat Kings be eliminated tonight? I'm not entirely sure, especially after Stone missed the third period in game three of the series with an undisclosed injury.
As Bob Cole would say, everything is happening!!!
Other News of Pithy Importance
- HNIC's Elliotte Friedman voted for Erik Karlsson as his Norris Tropy winner.
- More 30 Thoughts from Friedman:
3. Team broadcasters pick the Adams winner. Sounds like it's going to come down to Ken Hitchcock and Paul MacLean, both very deserving.
5. Biggest on-ice adjustment MacLean made? Asking his defencemen (other than Karlsson) to try and make plays. Ottawa was a real get-it-off-the-glass-and-out team. He wanted puck possession and challenged them to make good passes, even up the middle.
- For Slam Sports, Bruce Garrioch is staking the claim that Ottawa should be Canada's adopted team for this year's playoffs.
- Puck Daddy's Sean Leahy picked the Rangers to win in five games in their series preview.
- Should either of the Vancouver Canucks or Ottawa Senators win the Stanley Cup this season, Boston Pizza has pledged to give away 10,000 pizzas to the victor's city.
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Alarm is armed and the car won't start?
My battery corrodes for some reason, if I forget to check on it, it won't charge and my battery drains. So yesterday, I went to start me car and say my displays were blank. Yep, dead battery. So I put it on the charger and cleaned the terminals. But now something has happened that didn't happen before. The car alarm is armed (I don't lock my doors, so I've never set the alarm), I open the door, it goes off. I can get it to stop from the passenger side, but not the driver side. But then, I stop it and try to start the car, not only will the car not even try to start, the alarm goes off again! I don't have an owner's manual for this car, the previous owner's had lost it (*grumbles*) and I'm not finding the answer on the net.
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Use the key to lock the car from the drivers door - Click it locked two / three times Wait 30 seconds - Unlock the car using the key in the drivers door UNlock the car two / three times See if the car starts - If not repeat from Passenger door ... Keep us informed.
It worked! Hurray!!! Thank you so much!
It's pretty easy actually - just click the unlock button on your remote, or put your key in the drivers side door and turn it to the left until the alarm goes off. Then you should be able to start the car no problem. If that doesn't work, try locking the car again, and unlocking with either the key or remote, or try putting the key in the iginition and turn to on, but don't start.
I have a question I'm trying to start the car but it won't start..... A night before this happen the car ran out of oil and shut off without starting again nothing died at all engine still work and everything. Sooooo I put oil in it and tried to have it jump but when it sound like it was starting the alarm started to go off and I don't know why I charge the battery and it stills goes off idk what to do but I need an answer for what to do when everytime I start the car the alarm goes off please someone answer me........
What happens if you are missing the keylocks on both doors?? Had to climb in the trunk to unlock the doors today because passenger one popped out(driver one popped out a few months back). Tried the battery disconnect. This is a smart car! Dang it!
In my case..I had to reset my car alarm by using the key to unlock my TRUNK! It worked like a charm...no more problems with my alarm system..car starts and all is well!
Question went to unlock my car(I have a 2001 cabrio vw) and it wldnt unlock key kept going around so it's striped but the alarm went off opening my door and I can't shut it off now start my car. How do I dis arm the alarm all together? I don't has the remote. Just my key which now doesn't work in the door. Pls help
that advice totally worked woooh!!! ^o^
I need help yesterday my battery discharged and I took it to autozone so they can charge it for 2 hours and when I install the battery to my car my cat won't start and before I forget to type it I have a car alarm
My car won't start at all at first all my displays showed then I switch the car in natural and it started but shut right back off. The same thing happened to me about a month ago it turned out to be the central fuse witch only took $13 dollars to replace. They disconnected the horn because the alarm wouldn't stop going off. Now the car is acting as if the battery is dead and I know its not. The car took a jump earlier today but now doesn't want to do anything and I mean nothing at all. My window won't roll up my doors won't lock. No lights come on at all. Except for the red button on the dash that blinks red only when my alarm is going off. And the light that tells me when a door is open. Also the first time this happened, once I got the car running again it must have blown something because my radio won't work either
Now only sometimes when I try to start it the dash lights will come on other times it wont .sometimes when I try to start it it will try to turn over but never all the way and the alarm is still going off
Thank you so much for this advice! My son and I had this problem today. Thought we were going to end up stranded, but I saw this excellent advice here and It worked like a charm!! Thanks again♡
Help !! My 96 toyota Avalon won't start after the windows were left open in rain and alarm went off. We un plugged alarm under hood can't figure it out tried putting the key in the doors to unlock it and shut off security light but nothing seems to work please help
Hi all, My Subaru wont start even if professional mechanic people says its the fuel bump. My mate recons its the the alarm, and that it is causing false electrical stuff, is this true?
Mark me as helpful please :O) Yer welcome sir
Please help my car alarm wont let me open the car and when i tried to unlock the car with the key, the alarm go off. And also wont start the car.. Please help..
Ok my 2002 nissan maxima is on lock mode because my car alarm remote got wet so one day when i was parked wit my car on it just locked itself wit the alarm and when i turned it off it wouldnt turn on anymore and the security light turned red when i try to turn the car on but i cant disarm the alarm wit the control remote because it got wet and all it does when i have the remote near the car is arm the alarm anybody know anything about this
I have a 1996 honda 2 door and my alarm is goin off and it won't start. I dnt have a remote and my key doesn't work for the doors. I have tried everything from the battery to unhooking the box. It jus won't start I'm frustrasted and stranded. Plz help me plz!!!!!!!
have a 1996 Volkswagen Passat at the auto repair I work at and need to figure out how to disable the alarm so that I can start the car can't get it in the shop if I can't move it
2002 Honda civic. I parked and some how locked itself while I was inside. My alarm remote has a dead battery so i never lock my driver side door. Alarm is blaring, can't start it. In need of immediate assistance.
Can someone please just tell me how to completely dis arm or disconnect my alarm. It goes off every single time I crank up my car, car runs great. But the alarm beeps at least 30 times before it goes off. EMBARRASING! PLEASE HELP ME. (also for some reason my key will not fit/go in my trunk so I cant try the trunk thing)
My passat wont start sometimes and the alarm go's off when i try to start it so i have to pull the fuse to stop the alarm it dosn't do it all the time it's gone months with out it happening any idea's ?
I have a 2000 cabrio Volkswagen n i drop my alarm n the water how can I disarm my alarm
I have a 2000 cabrio Volkswagen n i drop my alarm n the water how can I disarm my alarm I don't have a door key to get n it work off the alarm
I got a 1996 3000gt been sitting for a year don't have key alarm pad or origanl key just spare key I put new battery and the car lights dash and everything turns on so does the alarm andnit won't go off how can I get it to go off and can the alarm be the reason for the car not to start? Everything was working fine before I parked it a year ago now it don't start but the alarm goes off and won't go off please help
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As you may have heard, the East Coast has been hit in numerous cities by terrorist attacks. CNN has reported that ISIS has taken credit for the multiple deaths in a Minnesota mall. While America waits for answers, Franklin Graham shares that he knows one thing for certain: America is going to need a much tougher-on-terrorism President than Obama in the next term.
You can read more about the terrible mall attack at CNN.
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10 Best Action Movie Stars
The 10 best action movie stars pack the theaters and make the money. Action movies are known for their risky stunts, massive explosions, high-energy pace, and iconic stars. In particular, an iconic action star can turn a mediocre screenplay into a classic action movie. The following 10 best action movie stars have several classic action movies under their belts.
Harrison Ford. Known for his iconic roles at Indiana Jones and Hans Solo, Harrison Ford has all the qualities that make someone one of the 10 best action movie stars. Ford has a larger than life presence and well-respected acting skills. These acting skills were perhaps best displayed in "The Fugitive" and "Clear and Present Danger."
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Before he became "The Governator," Schwarzenegger was "The Terminator." Along with "The Terminator," he is known for his roles in such action movie classics as "True Lies," "The Running Man," and "Conan the Barbarian." Schwarzenegger may be the most well-built actor on the 10 best action movie stars list (he was awarded Mr. Universe at age 20).
Bruce Willis. Unlike some actors on the 10 best action movie stars list, Bruce Willis has shown the ability to play an action star and a dramatic lead role (most notably in the "Sixth Sense"). No matter which direction his career goes, he will probably remain best known for his role as Officer John McClane in the action movie classic "Die Hard."
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Werewolf/Were-cat AU.
Pairing: Dean/Castiel, Sam/Gabriel
Rated: NC-17
Dean's POV
Dean and Sam are caught by an enemy were-cat colony, where the Alpha and Beta begin giving them unwanted and unexpected attention.
Fuck. We were screwed. I could sense them behind us, gaining fast. They knew the territory better than we did, and despite the blow it is to my pride, I know that Sam and I aren't as fast as we could be. We'd been slacking off with patrols and hunts and now we were paying the price for it; deep in were-cat marshlands with nowhere to run or hide.
The marshes are vast and deadly. They'd have to be to create such inhabitants. There are deep pits that don't look like pits buried under the wet grass and boggy fields. There are no trees, no cover, and with the recent rains they're even worse. My pack lives right on the border where trees start growing, and we can't see them anywhere. We're in so deep.
Sam and I ran, and behind us we could hear their growls and their panted breaths. Sam's huge bulk was a comforting shadow behind me and I slowed as I saw him disappear with a yelp of surprise and pain. The ground gave under my feet, sending me sliding several yards before I regained my balance and returned for my brother. He was sprawled awkwardly, his brown-gold coat splattered with mud, and as I crept forward, wary of our pursuers, he whined at me, ears flat back.
Broke my leg. Damn pits, he voiced, trying to get up and growling in agony when his right foreleg gave under his weight. Can't run. Get away, Dean. Don't let them catch you.
Like Hell, Sammy, I replied, hackles raising just slightly at even the suggestion that I would leave my baby brother behind. I crept closer, shielding his body with my own from our invisible enemy. Change back, Sammy, and I'll carry you.
It'll slow you down, he grit out.
Don't care. Do it before I bite you.
They were getting closer, but luckily Sam was quick at phasing from one form to another. When he was human it was only a matter of getting my head between his legs, and his physical upper body strength would do the rest; he hauled himself onto my back, and I yelped a little as he tore at the scruff, which was still tender after my fight with Gordon – a subordinate in my pack. When I thought he was safely on I began to run again, mindful of my little brother's injury but also very much aware of our pursuit.
I could begin to see the trees now, five miles away. If I could get there in time I would be over our own borders, and home free.
Except –
Was that –
A were-cat came out of nowhere, her sleek black fur blending almost perfectly with the marshy grasslands, and tackled me easily. She sent me flying, and Sam had to let go, his body rolling to a distance away from us. I tried to watch him out of the corner of my eye, to see if he had injured himself further, but the she-cat attacked me again, jaws gaping and claws ready. She was half my size but double my speed, effectively trapping me in so that I couldn't keep running – not that I would leave my brother behind anyway.
I growled, and struck at her, catching her along her spine and flank. She yowled, spit dripping from her parted jaws as she clawed back, catching me across the face. My left field of vision – incidentally, the one that was watching Sam – was lost in a sea of my own blood.
I don't know how long we fought for, but we were both raw and bleeding when I finally made out my brother's voice; "Dean…"
I froze, as did the female, and looked his way. The others had caught up. They were in a reverse V around us, circling me and my brother in, and one of them – a small, honey-yellow male – had Sam's torso a dangerous distance away from his mouth. One movement would cut right through him. I growled; ears back and hackles raised – a mix of defiance, aggression and anxiety – and stepped forward, but stopped when the leader hissed at me, claws unsheathed and digging into the marshes.
He was a beautiful creature. His coat was blue-black and well-kept, covering smooth, powerful muscle and a lithe form. His eyes shone the brightest blue I had ever seen, and for a werewolf that would mean the pup was blind, but the were-cat followed my every movement precisely, from the twitch of my ears to the shift of my legs. The intensity was frightening, somewhat, and despite the fact that I was an Alpha in my own right, a little part of me shifted and deferred to this powerful, dominant creature.
I shook the feeling away before it could take hold.
The head cat hissed at me again, upper lip wrinkling to reveal a huge set of canines, curved and serrated on the back-edge, and jerked its head back the way we had come. I dipped my head in understanding, tail drooping, for the golden were-cat still had not released my brother, and my freedom was not worth his death. When I crept forward the he-cat pulled away and allowed Sam to climb onto my back again, his reddish-yellow eyes fixed intently upon my brother's hidden leg for a moment before he fell into step behind the sleek, black Alpha. The she-cat that had attacked me flanked my other side, and I carried my brother in the middle of the feline triangle, back into the country we had so desperately been trying to escape.
Were-cats and werewolves have long been enemies, like regular cats and dogs. Long ago, the human population died of a mysterious illness that no one has solved yet, and the disease triggered a long-dormant gene that forced people either as wolves, cats, or the rarer eagles that are rumored to be extinct. From all boundaries such as this sprouted hatred and fear, and we separated and hunt each other. Sam and I were in deep shit and we both knew it.
One main difference (aside from the obvious) between werewolves and were-cats is our cultures. Werewolves wouldn't think twice about tackling a playmate or a family member in jest, or any form of physical contact, but were-cats are so formal. They don't touch each other unless they are mated or fighting, and everything they do is surrounded by formality and ceremony. Compared to them, werewolves are savages.
We can change at will. That's another thing I should mention. Walking into the were-cat settlement, I was struck by how…feline they all were. I'm sure they would have thought the same sort of thing around us, but it's true…they are so graceful and fluid in everything they do and it's weird to watch. We don't bother with clothes, but they do; white sheets they wrap around themselves in the same way as Ancient Greeks used to, in human times.
They all stared at Sam and me, noses wrinkled in disgust at our appearances – splattered in mud and blood and my brother naked as the day he was born. I'm sure we looked quite a sight. I growled at one as he spat on the ground, earning a tensing from the cats on my right side, but paid them no mind. Let them fear me – they have a right to.
We were escorted to a set of tents built up on the high ground, where it was slightly more stable and I didn't slip at every turn. Sam whined in pain at every step and I rumbled my apology at him, tail hanging low at the shame of not being able to take care of him. He slid a hand through the fur at my shoulder, as good as a shoulder nudge between our wolf forms, and I figured I was forgiven.
When we approached the largest tent the golden beta shifted into his human form. He was a short man with slicked-back golden hair, hazel-brown eyes and a sarcastic smile. The rest of the group averted their eyes to afford him modesty, but werewolves have no real concept of that, and I stared right on through him.
"Change into your human form, wolf," he snapped at me, and the she-cat that had attacked me growled in affirmation. I dipped my shoulder, letting Sam slide onto his good leg, before I changed back into my human form as well. I didn't miss the appreciative glance the were-cat sent our way, followed by a low whistle. "Big boys, aren't ya?" he said, leering at Sam.
The Alpha cat hissed at him, but it was I who spoke; "You gonna stand there all day or kill us?" I knew, despite their claims at being 'civilized', that were-cats had an affinity for taking the wolf heads of their enemies and hanging them outside their borders. I had no doubt this would be our fate now.
"Dean," Sam growled at me, his eyes flashing between the gathered cats. Knowing him, being our chief tactician in the pack, he'd be trying to sort out a way of escape for us.
"Neither," the golden cat replied, smirking slightly as he folded his arms over his chest, resting his weight on one leg. "I'm going to heal this one," he pointed to Sam, "and you are going to sit tight and wait until we decide what to do with you."
I shifted, uneasy. I had assumed the sleek, black-coated cat to be the Alpha, but it seemed like this golden cat was calling the shots. The lines of power weren't as clearly defined, here, and it made me uneasy.
"Why would you heal him?" I asked, wary.
"'Cause he's purdy," the golden cat replied, leering once again at my brother, and I growled, shifting more into an attack stance. I would not sit back and take such a tone towards my brother, my flesh and blood, and this golden cat needed to be put into his place. The cat raised his hands in mock surrender –"Relax, wolf; it's my job."
"I'll be fine, Dean," Sam said, placing a hand on my shoulder and pulling me back slightly. I relaxed, because Sam is a fantastically calming influence on me, and if this golden cat really was going to heal him and make him alright, then it would only be a good thing in my books. He drew me back, rumbling the next words in my ear; "As soon as I'm free, I'll get a message out to Azazel and he'll bring back-up."
I smiled.
The golden cat came forward, providing a prop for Sam as my brother hobbled to the nearest tent, and I watched him go, desperate to follow but obviously I hadn't been invited to, so I held my ground. The night was pleasantly cool, raising goose bumps on my skin and chasing away the bugs for the night, so I wouldn't have to worry about mosquitoes or other parasites, which was a pleasant reprieve.
My attention was grabbed when the cat I assumed was the Alpha shifted his form, along with the female that had attacked me. She took form of a beautiful, slim redheaded woman with ice-blue eyes. Her torso was torn from my attack and I swallowed back the remorse I felt, remembering that this was meant to be my enemy…but I had never felt the inbred hatred for were-cats that my kinsmen had. I wanted to mend the divide, not encourage it.
That's why my pack had been here. We had been visiting a neighboring were-cat colony and we'd had to travel through this colony's territory. Sam and I had been separated and though we were both good fighters, tacticians and strong pack members, we were shit navigators. Lost and alone, we were no match for their hunting parties.
"I'm sorry," I told the redheaded female, voice heavy with sincerity and almost took a step back when she whirled on me, hair flying and eyes dark and cold.
"You don't talk to me, dog!" she hissed, fingers curling into talons as she advanced on me, teeth bared.
The Alpha spoke then; "Anna! Stand down!" Immediately the she-cat deferred, looking over at her Alpha, and I followed her gaze. The Alpha cat was…beautiful. That's the only word to describe him – with jet black hair and warm, bright blue eyes and miles of pale skin, the man was gorgeous. He was a little shorter than me and less built, but what little muscle he had vibrated with energy and power. Yes, this was definitely the Alpha.
The female stepped back, hissing once before she followed the golden cat and Sam into the tent, presumably to get healed as well. I followed her progress until she disappeared, and then focused my gaze on the Alpha. "I am sorry," I repeated, hoping to get a better reception.
The man smirked slightly at me, looking me up and down with a predatory gaze and I felt myself blushing. I crossed my arms over my chest, trying to hide myself, but there was no hiding the fact that the both of us were naked and I couldn't lie with my scent…Pheromones. I was pouring them out… 'Pawing the ground for him', as young members of my pack would say – werewolf slang. My blush darkened and I cleared my throat, shifting my gaze away and hoping against hope that werewolf pheromones and were-cat pheromones didn't smell the same. The smirk on the Alpha's face told me otherwise.
Damn it.
"So…" The man raised an eyebrow, looking me up and down again, not giving a care for his own nudity. Cold bastard. "You're the Alpha of your pack?"
I frowned. "How did you know that?" Sam hadn't called me by my title once around the were-cats. Immediately I was on the defensive; if the were-cats knew of my status they could use me for ransom or, better yet, kill me and Sam to get to the pack. I couldn't allow that.
The man shrugged. "One of my cats is a…specialist. He's good at getting inside your mind." He pointed to his temple. "Any mental communication during phase, he can pick up."
I frowned again, uncomfortable with the idea of someone inside my head without my permission or knowledge. I shifted my weight, but I didn't have time to respond before the Alpha was talking again; "Leave us," he said, turning to the rest of the cats. "Now!"
A few of them hissed, ears flattening, the upper lip wrinkling, but they left with their tails down and their shoulders dipped. The man stepped forward again, and I was reminded, once more, that we were both naked and I was currently very turned-on, hormones-wise. He smelled like the marshes, but in a pleasant way – like fresh rain on grass and ocean spray; salt and water in equal measure. I inhaled before I could stop myself, and embarrassed myself as I shook on the exhale, fingers digging into my forearms so I didn't reach out and touch him.
"That wasn't very smart, Alpha – leaving the two of us alone," I commented, trying to distract myself, and ended up failing when the were-cat smirked back at me, brightening his eyes and fuck. This is not cool.
He shrugged. "I don't think you're going to be doing anything…untoward," he replied, smiling again as he fixed me with an appraising look. "My name is Castiel, and I would like you to tell me what you're doing in my lands now, Dean."
I forced a smirk to my face. "Oh you know; exploring."
The change was sudden and swift; without warning he grabbed my chin, tilting my head up so I was forced to bare my throat. I instinctively shied away, growling in warning, but the Alpha's hold was strong and unyielding, pulling me back.
"Now you listen to me, pup," Castiel snarled, and I caught just an edge of serration to his teeth as they brushed against my neck. I swallowed back my whimper just in time. "I have neither the time nor the inclination to deal with your tricks and smart-ass remarks. I was here before the trees you hide in were here, and my brothers are much older. Now, you will answer me honestly and quickly, and maybe I will let your brother and your miserable self go." He pushed, then, sending my stumbling before I caught my balance. "What were you doing on my lands?"
I rubbed at my throat, wincing at the scratch that Castiel's teeth had left behind. The Alpha snarled at me, and I cursed myself at the little submissive whimper that escaped my throat – fuck it, this is not how an Alpha reacts.
"Answer me, dog!"
"I'm sorry," I answered, desperate. "My pack was visiting a neighbor of yours, and we had to travel through your lands. My brother and I got separated and we panicked, and ran. I'm sorry; we're sorry. The trespass was unintentional."
Castiel paused, cocking his head to one side, looking me over once again. "Dean…is your last name Winchester?"
"Dean Winchester…you're of that pack up north, aren't you? The ones reaching out." Castiel snorted. "You're fighting a losing war."
"I'm just here because you brought me here – you can either heal my brother and let us go, or kill us both, or ransom us or whatever the hell you want, but I don't owe you anything, and I'm an Alpha in my own right, damn it, and -."
Castiel was smirking.
"What?" I growled.
"You talk high and mighty, Alpha," Castiel said, advancing on me with that feline grace of his breed. I just barely resisted the urge to back down; "You puff yourself up and make yourself threatening, and you act with such righteous indignation…but you can't lie to me." He was so close to me now, and I was awash in his scent – and he could probably smell mine, too. His eyes were darkening, near-black, his lips inches away from the exposed skin of my throat, which I only just realized I had bared for him, on instinct. "And your body…you body doesn't lie to me, either. You want me, Alpha. You want me to take you, and own you, and make you feel like you want to feel – submit to me, and accept me, and I'll make you feel so good…" I don't know how they got a reputation for being so cold, when Castiel was so warm in front of me, his body heat almost feverish, eyes burning and serrated teeth just scraping against my carotid artery, heavy with my racing pulse.
I shivered, and stepped away from him, hands defensively outward. "Never," I rasped, hating how even I could smell my own pheromones, and Castiel, the bastard, smirked.
"If you ever change your mind…Dean." Then, he jerked his head to one side, to where a smaller tent was, and I knew he was telling me to go in. It was right next to the tent my brother inhabited, so I went in quickly, whining at a frequency cats hadn't evolved to hear, to check if Sam was okay. I heard his bass rumble in response, and although Castiel cocked his head to one side, I knew we were safe with the meaning of the sound.
The tent was covered in the pelts of deer and furs of bears and…I shuddered with revulsion…wolves. My brethren and some of them I could fancy I recognized from other packs, with their blank, staring eyes and gaping maws. God…this could be me. This may still be me. It's a terrifying concept.
Castiel had followed me in; I felt him behind me and whirled around. "What are you doing?"
The Alpha grinned. "This is my tent, and you are my…guest." The force of his gaze sat heavy on my shoulders, and I went to my knees in front of him. I inhaled deeply, and found another scent hidden amongst the smells of death, fur, blood and rain. Deep and heady – a siren song.
The Alpha.
I smirked. "You talk all high and mighty too, but you're just as prey to me, Alpha," I purred at him, smirking when his mouth twisted in anger and embarrassment. Oh yes, two could play at this game.
I crawled forward, all an animal for him – perhaps, if I could make him lose his guard, just once, I could strike him down and Sam and I could make good our escape. When the healer cures his leg and any other injuries he might have sustained, I'll take him out of here and we'll run and kill any were-cats we can on the way. They'll regret injuring my brother.
He crouched down in front of me, our faces level. He took my chin in his hand again, tilting my head up. His gaze was speculative. "This is a dangerous game you play, Alpha, and don't think I don't know the rules."
"Wouldn't dream of it."
We met, then, in a clash that was more a fight of dominance than an actual kiss. Castiel was quick to surge forward and pin me onto my back, teeth biting my lips bloody as he forced my jaws apart. I felt the Alpha cat mewl when his tongue came into contact with my own jagged-edged canines, biting down on his lower lip and lapping at his blood.
His hands were dirty and without shame, exploring places on my body that, honest-to-God, no one had touched in years. Mates of an Alpha were very…select. Only a few bloodlines were eligible and, from that, courting sometimes lasted into the years. Of course, Alphas were allowed to screw around a little bit, but I'd never actually made it to the courting stage. There had been one female, Cassie, that I had contemplated for a few months, but she…didn't work out. We wanted different things.
Castiel, though…was fire. Liquid fire; his hands burned and seared at my flesh, leaving marks behind that would be embedded into my skin and my fur for days – weeks – to come. I arched for him, welcoming the long-missed touch, and it was like my body knew exactly what it wanted, regardless of what my brain was saying, because when his hands found my thighs and spread them, my head shouted in protest, but my muscles relaxed and went willingly to his coaxing. My hands found themselves knotted in his hair, my lips parting easily when his kisses turned gentler. His scent was driving me crazy, sinking into my very pores, and the combined scent of ourselves was making my head spin. I thrust up against him, mewling for it like some goddamn virginal bitch in heat, and the bastard chuckled against me, his long fingers stroking around the base of my cock, teasing at my entrance just slightly before withdrawing.
"God damn it, Alpha," I gasped, almost purring when he stuck two fingers into my mouth, his eyes telling me to suck, and I did willingly, growling when his hand forced me back, palm against my throat, fingers almost choking me. The submission felt so good…I could easily lose myself in it.
"You know," Castiel said, voice light, belying the greedy darkness in his eyes; "Females are a lot harder to get. They attack the male – make them work for it. But you, Alpha…" He pulled his fingers away from me, examining them to see if they were slick enough. "You are something else."
I growled at him, words kind of beyond me at this point, and he chuckled. "Not to say you're by any means easy…I'm sure you have more than one trick waiting for me, or a plan or something, and this is all towards a greater end. That's the way Alphas think, isn't it? But your pheromones…" He purred slightly as he inhaled, leaning back over me so jaw scraped against mine, the gesture so wolf-like it startled me, and I was returning it before I could think. "God, I've never smelled anything like that. Even our most potent females do not have a call such as you, Alpha…"
There was no warning before he was breaching me, his slender fingers too much, too thick and fast for my liking. I clenched and hissed at him, clawing lightly at the dip of his spine, causing him to shiver above me. He purred against my neck, sheathed teeth nipping at my throat, and I kind of hated how eagerly I tilted my head back and spread my legs wider for him, letting him settle between them. One finger became two and my body – again, ignoring the will of my mind – opened graciously for them, my thighs gripping his sides where he held one of them up with his free hand, expression contorted in almost comical concentration.
"Oh, fuck," I growled, dangerously close to howling for Castiel as the Alpha's fingers crooked just right, brushing against something that set my world on fire. My back bowed, hands clawing for purchase and finding it on his shoulders, the other hand pulled his head down for a kiss, to stop myself making more embarrassing noises more than anything else.
He pulled his two fingers out, pulling away from the kiss just long enough to spit on his palm and slick his cock up, before he was back, silencing my whimper of submission when he first breached my body. His hands gripped my hips, sliding me back onto him as much as he was pushing forward. He was kind about it – conscientious, almost – stopping and starting whenever I thought it would become too much. I was shaking around him, sweat gathering on the hollows and dips of my body, and I almost came when he leaned down to lick the sweat from above my collarbone. His eyes were so dark, and he looked like he was going to eat me alive, and I whimpered again, and mewled when he growled – a heavy, bass sound that I felt where our bodies were connected – and surged forward, ramming in all the way.
I did howl for him, then, the sound muffled against his lips but still loud enough that I'm sure Sam heard it. I clutched at his hair, desperate for something to ground me, and he was making the most delicious little sounds – purrs and hisses and groans all mixed together – as he rode me, quickly building up a rhythm and fucking into me with single-minded purpose.
This isn't how wolves do it. When wolves, it's all rough passion, and the stereotypical 'doggie style', because sometimes we can't even be bothered to change back into humans before the must-have-you-NOW feeling takes over and we just have to fuck. Werewolves run on adrenaline – it's like the basic hormone in our system, and as a result we're all urgency and fight-or-flight-or-fuck, and it's hasty and messy and oftentimes over quickly.
Were-cats, evidently, are not like that.
Castiel was slow about it. Methodical. He carefully, and with surgical precision, mapped out every part of my body available to him and took me apart, piece by piece. He made sure I was coming apart at the seams, driven crazy by him before we were even half-way done. He made me writhe, and howl, and beg for him, with nothing but dirty words and harsh growls and his cock in my ass and his hands on my body. His teeth kept scraping over my throat – a teasing threat that he never carried out, but only added a whole new layer of danger and excitement to it – something that we werewolves feed on like mother's milk. He knew exactly what he was doing, and it was so effective.
I reached down to jerk myself off, dangerously close to that cliff-edge but just being kept off it, when Castiel tossed his head and bit down on my shoulder, teeth sinking through the skin and muscle easily. I cried out and tried to strike him, but he anticipated my move and held me down.
"No, Alpha," he growled, lips and chin red and bloody, and I found myself licking my lips, watching him. "You're going to come on my cock alone, and the knowledge that no one in your pack would dare own you like I do, and that you fucking love my cock up your ass and my teeth in your body, owning you and claiming you and making you mine."
And fuck, did I come at that. It's shameful, but I did. I, Dean Winchester, Alpha of my pack, came from the thought of an Alpha were-cat fucking me. I came from the knowledge that that bite mark would stay there and I'd have to explain, and pass it off as some war injury, when and if I ever got home. My world went white and through it all, Castiel's black-blue eyes were burning into me. He reared up, holding my legs apart, and the rougher he got the more I felt it, battering my body with relentless precision. My cock gave a feeble jerk at every drive into my prostate and it was too much – oversensitive, over stimulated, I clamped down on him and held him to me as he shook through his own orgasm, closing my eyes at the warmth he was giving my body.
"Cas…" I gasped out, unable to say even his full name, and whimpered once more when he pulled out of me. His fingers prodded gently at my entrance, circling and probing at me, his other hand holding me down with ease when I squirmed and tried to get away. "Alpha…"
"I think the victory is all the sweeter because of this," Castiel murmured to himself, and I had no idea what he meant when his now-sky-blue-again eyes flashed to and held my own. "But, if you were female, this would make a much more interesting story."
And then he smirked, a true victor's smirk, and I knew I was in way over my head.