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In this first image, you can see the toy's tiny LCD screen. It's small, because it's being forced to fit within the proportions of the Wiimote. The screen is almost too small to be useful at all, and is nearly impossible to play. This gets even worse when playing in the "motion" controlled mode, which supposedly lets you control by moving the thing. I wouldn't know, since it's nearly impossible to move the toy and see the tiny screen at the same time.
I would hope that any parent thinking of buying this wou
I think this is a highly unethical business practice which must be stopped. It is somewhat akin to companies in China producing brand-name knock-offs that so closely resemble the original product that they can only be described as counterfeit.
The best thing to do is to take a few minutes of your time and send a short, concise, and polite letter to:
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Attn: Customer Service
702 S.W. 8th Street
Bentonville, AR 72716
Believe me, they will notice your letter and do something about it.
I have to agree. I'm looking at the pictures and asking how anyone in their right mind would confuse a Wii-mote with one of these, let alone an entire Wii. They don't look the same, they just use the same styling.
There's no fraud involved, they're taking design cues from a market leader, largely, one assumes, so people see at a glance it's intended to be some kind of gaming device. If this is fraud, then those iFan things that look like iPods are even worse examples, and the CEOs of the companies making
In North America squirt guns are not allowed to resemble real guns so they cant be used for bank robberies etc. With the shoot first interrogate later mentality of most cops nowadays its probably a good thing.
Not so sure about that - I've seen plenty of squirt guns that have a passing resemblance to the real thing. I do know that my little spring operated pellet gun - which looks rather like a generic 9 mm semi auto pistol - has an orange ring around the muzzle to tip police off to it's benign nature.
"Guns" are not a protectable item. A closer analogy here, despite my hatred of using analogies in online debates, are the numerous "generic controllers" that you can buy that contain games in them, but are not unauthorized representations of any particular controller. Only a squirt gun that looked like a specific, trademarked gun would be comparable, and yes indeed, the law will require you to get permission. You can't make a model car that looks exactly like a real car without permission, which is why the Grand Theft Auto world is populated by knockoffs. You can't make a model Enterprise without permission from Paramount, but you can make any generic space ship you want. As is invariably the case with analogies used in debates, the difference between the analogy and the real-world situation render your analogy irrelevant.Is it also unethical to sell squirt guns on the basis that they are (or were, anyways) designed to look like guns, except instead of using gun powder to propel bullets, they shoot water?
If the design is sufficiently similar to the Nintendo Wii as to confuse consumers, Nintendo can sue for infringement on its trade dress [wikipedia.org]. Trade dress is similar to trademark, but instead of the words of a brand name or slogan it refers to the non-functional characteristics of a product. In other words, existing law should take care of this problem.
They don't look alike at all.
the changes are significant enough that I wouldn't be fooled.
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And those returns cost the retailer money--the product was taking up shelf space, the customer went through checkout, the store got charged the transaction fee if they used a credit card . . . and now it's being returned because it wasn't what the customer thought they were buying.
I think the real party at fault here is Wal-Mart. Sure someone made a crappy game device deliberately modeled after the Wiimote. Big deal. Wal-Mart decided to carry this piece of crap so it's taking up space on shelves, causi
I would think this was a wiimote if I saw it in a store without labelling. It's clearly supposed to look like a wiimote. I even bet that it IS a third party wiimote, just that the company couldn't get licensing or good tech or something, and retools to make this crap.
I mean, come on man. The button placement, the fake speaker, the color and shape, etc. It's a motion control game thingy. Like I said, I can tell this isn't nintendo's wiimote, but it could easily be logitech's or madcatz's. No doubt at all this is what even a nintendo employee would think at first glance.
Actually in this case Nintendo employees would not think that. But this is only because Nintendo has decided no make it very difficult for third parties to make replacement controllers, but encourages them to make controller accessories. This was a deliberate decision. If Nintendo's controller sales are not at risk, they feel better. The official policy seems to be that wii-mote plug-in add-ons are a bit more restricted but only to keep the number such accessories down to a manageable level. But they are
You know, given the intelligence level of your average Wal-Mart employee, that latter statement isn't really saying a whole lot. Then again, much the same could be said of your average Wal-Mart consumer. A fool and his money are soon parted."Wal-Mart is now selling an electronic LCD game in the kid's section that resembles a Wiimote so closely that even Wal-Mart employees can't tell them apart in a picture.
Wal-Mart is now selling an electronic LCD game in the kid's section that resembles a Wiimote so closely that even Wal-Mart employees can't tell them apart in a picture.
I also saw poorly made jeans at ShopKo, and one time I bought shampoo from Wegmans that smelled just like a famous name brand but wasn't. So what? It's not like either of those chains made those goods.
What did Wal-Mart have to do with the story other than carrying that product among tens of thousands of others? Would we be reading "Costco's Terrible Wii Knock-Offs" if the author had shopped somewhere else that day? There are lots of reasons [honeypot.net] why people don't like shopping at Wal-Mart [honeypot.net], but this is a p
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Kenton, Ohio
Kenton High School
Strength and Conditioning major
More about Demi
"If it's to be, it's up to me!"
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
Extracurricular organizations/activities at Bluffton: Track
Pre-game ritual: Watch Rocky IV, listen to Rocky music, drink energy Vitamin Water
When not playing sports or studying, I enjoy: Showing cattle, dancing
Favorite food: Spaghetti without sauce
Favorite music: Pop, country

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The quantity of research and information about invasive species in Lake Superior, and in all of the Great Lakes, is incredible. Unfortunately, we don't have enough time and space to air all of the wonderful information and interesting research that is being done in this area. Thanks to the World Wide Web, however, you can learn more about the different folks and facts in "The Blue Desert" online. Check these out:
The North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum (Art Fenstad, President)
Minnesota Sea Grant's informational page on aquatic invasive species
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Thank you Mario for your comprehensive reply.
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> In article <email@example.com>, TC225@.el.closeo.cornwell.edu says...
> > I guess I'll try it both ways & see, but if anyone can shed some light
> > the technical aspects of which might be better...
> Just because a table is temporary, it doesn't mean you can't index them.
> There are 2 types of temp tables. The one I assume you are trying to use
> is the Explicit temporary tables (something like SELECT INTO #<temp
> table> or create table #<temp table>). In that case you should index
> those columns you'll be using for inserting data into the last tables.
> [Mother Table] ---> [Indexed temp table] ----> [Final table]
> (Where the indexes of the temp table are created with the Final Table in
> mind)
> You can also place those temp tables on a different device at runtime.
> Although I really don't know to do it. But it's possible. This device is
> usually a much faster hard disk.
> But beware that certain statements also create temporary tables. These
> are known as Implicit temporary tables and are usually created when you
> invoke commands like 'select into', 'select distinct' and the dreaded
> 'order by' on a non-indexed column. (BTW, usually all operations on non-
> indexed columns make the engine create temporary tables). These temp
> tables aren't and can't be indexed. They are created by the engine and
> disposed off as soon as the task is finished. They are especially
> dangerous if they are being created to retrieve large amounts of data
> from non-indexed columns. The worst possible scenario being retrieving a
> huge set of data data with an 'order by' and 'sort' both at non-indexed
> columns. But they can be great if the amount of data to be retrieved is
> small.
> I speak of this, because it's very usual to see people creating explicit
> temporary tables thinking they are optimizing the task, only to find out
> later on that the engine itself had to create its own temp tables
> because of the data structure of the 'mother' tables and of poorly
> created selects.
> No matter what time you will be running this batch and how often, I
> would say you should go for explicit temporary tables. At the same time
> take care of how you are constructing the SQL statements, especially if
> you are working over non-indexed columns. If needed be take a second
> look at the mother tables and do some index working on them. But avoid
> over-indexing your mother tables. The rule of thumb here is only index
> those columns that are being used very often on selects, order by, and
> sort statements. If all of them are being used, the most important to
> least important are sort, order by, select. (Altough you will not be
> needing sort at all for populating tables). Never, ever create an all-
> indexed table if it has a huge set of records. Never, ever, ever, ever,
> create an all-indexed table if it is subject to a lot of daily queries,
> no matter he amount of records.
> All this index talking only applies if this batch of yours will be
> running very often during the day. If by any chance it will be running
> only once or twice each day and outside peek times, then don't even
> bother reorganizing the indexes on the mother tables (unless we are
> talking of teens of millions of records here).
> --
> Mario Figueiredo
> Web Developer
> Portuguese Ministry of Education, DESUP
> email@example.com
> (please only send email if *absolutely* necessary)
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Last week on Monday Night Raw; we witnessed something we thought we would not see for at least another couple of months, The SHIELD relinquished their WWE Tag Team Championships.
Obviously, we all knew this day was going to come, the team of Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins have held the titles for over 140 days and with those titles, they looked a lot more intimidating, as if they were unbeatable.
There were questions over which team could challenge The SHIELD for the championships, with a number of them looking unconvincing, only the likes of The Uso's and The Prime Time Players were considered as legitimate challengers, and if any other team captured the titles, 95% of WWE fans would have been disappointed.
But the events which took place on Monday Night Raw in the main event, it is safe to say a lot more fans would be happy with the outcome, as the team of Cody Rhodes and his brother Goldust defeated The SHIELD to be crowned the new WWE Tag Team Champions.
Yes, The SHIELD will not look as intimidating now as they did in the past, as only Dean Ambrose holds a championship, but there is a legitimate reason behind the title change.
Vince McMahon was unhappy at the fact that heels were holding every single championship in the WWE. The WWE Championship was with Randy Orton when the decision was made, even if it is vacant it does the company no favours as the company needs a legitimate WWE Champion.
Alberto Del Rio is the World Heavyweight Champion, Dean Ambrose and Curtis Axel hold the United States and the Intercontinental titles respectively, whilst AJ Lee; albeit a fantastic heel whom many now cheer for, is also a heel.
Even at the Night of Champions pay-per-view, almost every heel walked out with a victory, due to the heels retaining their championships, now that a face holds some gold, Vince McMahon could be at ease.
Even with the heart-warming moment of the two brother's finally capturing the titles, you have to wonder where this leaves The SHIELD, the team that were once unbeatable and so intimidating have no lost a number of matches in succession.
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Adam Chrissis is a senior wide receiver on the football team. As a freshman, the Pittsburgh, Pa. took the first reception of his collegiate career 67 yards for a touchdown on a screen pass and has been off and running ever since.
"Adam is a very smart, tough, versatile wide receiver who can play all the positions," says Tim Murphy, the Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football. "He knows our system better than anyone in the receiving corp."
Q: What is your concentration?
A: Applied mathematics with a specialization in operations research
Q: What do you hope to do in life once football is finished?
A: I would love to go back to Pittsburgh and live the small town, "Friday Night Lights" life with my buddies from home but I am more concerned with enjoying the ride of life, wherever it takes me.
Q: What's your favorite Harvard team to watch as a fan?
A: I can't say just one team but I do really enjoy watching both the men's and women's basketball games. The guys are fun to watch because the games are a high-energy environment where everyone is jumping around, yelling and screaming. The student section is great. The women's games are great because you get to watch some really good basketball and sit floor-level and just enjoy the game. There is a good group of my teammates that go to all home (and some away) games, which makes it that much better.
Q: What are the best parts of being a student athlete at Harvard?
A: The quality and diversity of the people here is unbelievable. Having access to the best academics and Division I athletics is the best of both worlds and I've tried to take full advantage of the opportunities that I have set in front of me.
Q: What are the hardest parts of being a student athlete at Harvard?
A: It's been a hard realization that there are only 24 hours in the day so budgeting my time has been the hardest and most rewarding thing about being a student athlete here. There is no substitute for hard work but I have definitely learned that there are many ways to be time efficient. Most require admitting to others and to me that I could use some help.
Q: Who do you most enjoy lining up against in practices?
A: Dan Minamide and Matt Hanson. I definitely have a love/hate relationship with both of these guys because we all know the offensive and defensive plays (and the audibles) so most of the time we know what the other person is going to do. These two love to compete and it doesn't matter if we tell each other what we are going to do on a certain play because you have to fight for every inch, which makes you that much better as a player.
Q: What's the best part about a home football day?
A: I really enjoy the routine of everything that goes with pregame at home but I always look forward to everything that happens after the game. It's great to see everyone's families and hang out instead of having to hop on the bus for a ride home. It's also nice to be able to chill out and watch football the rest of the day too – but there is something to be said about greasing up some classic movies to watch with the guys on the ride back after a road game.
Q: Do you have any interesting/funny game day habits or traditions?
A: I always get tapped by the same athletic trainer. It isn't out of superstition and to be honest I really don't know how I came to always go to him but Dr. Gary Geissler knows that only he can tape me on game day. "G" is the man and there isn't anyone that enjoys being around the game more!
Q: Choose one of each: The song you are most proud of, and least proud of, on your iPod.
A: This is a tough question because I am a pretty simple music guy: I like mainstream top 40 stuff and have gotten into Country music recently but my iPod is jam-packed with 90's music. I am not sure if proud is the right word but a real strong amount of my music is by Third Eye Blind, Sugar Ray, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty, or Vertical Horizon. I can't get enough of them. I can't think of a song that I am not proud of but I can say that, when I first started putting music on my iPod, my sister, brother and I put every CD that we owned into our music library. There aren't many "NOW" CDs that we are missing from our collection so I have quite a few songs on my iPod that I would be embarrassed to listen to even if no one was around.
Q: Who has the best nickname on the team and why?
A: There are a few guys in mind but my roommate and fellow wide receiver Hunter Thornton has some pretty good ones. Hunter has been called "Gimli" (stemming from Chris Lorditch being called "Lord of the Rings" which evolved to "Gandalf") and Gimli fits Hunter very well – he is fierce, stubborn, and uses his body like an axe when he cuts down defensive backs! My favorite nickname for Hunter though is "Tweeter." Hunter does use twitter a lot, but the name comes from his resemblance to Scott Caan in Varsity Blues. Check out his individual picture in the players section of the program!
Q: What do you think of when you hear Harvard's mission statement of "Education through Athletics?"
A: I think it hits the nail on the head. You learn so much more when you are thrown into the fire and have to dig yourself out of a tough spot which happens everyday when you play a sport. There are a lot of ups and downs that come with putting this much time and effort into something, but people are defined by how they deal with adversity. There's no better practice for dealing with adversity than through athletics.
Q: How has playing football at Harvard better prepared you for life?
A: I've learned a lot in the classroom during my time here but I think the real nitty-gritty qualities that define me as a person I got through playing football. Early mornings, long days of being sore, and times where I wonder how I can do it all over the next day have really made me mentally stronger as a person. It has definitely been a "labor of love" where sometimes it's more labor than love but it has made me into the person that I am today.
Q: What is your best moment on the football field?
A: I've been fortunate to have many great memories on the field but my strongest memories were from my first start during my freshman year. I scored on my first catch, which was my second play and had another touchdown on a reverse before halftime. We won a big Ivy League game and I could not think of a better way for the game to go for me personally. The game was also televised so my family and friends from home were able to watch which made it even more special.
Q: What is your best moment off the football field as a Harvard student?
A: Coming home for Thanksgiving my freshman year. I was so happy to get some home cooked food, sleep in my bed and see my friends from home. Being away from home was hard for me so I was very excited. Now whenever I go home after a couple days I am itching to come back up to campus!
Q: What is the best facility in which you have played?
A: Playing at Yale is the best if I can't play at home. The H-Y rivalry is awesome and the amount of fans that come out for that game on top of the intensity of that rivalry is very, very special. My favorite part is the walk from their locker room through their fans to the field – I love the hostility and it really gets me excited to play in The Game.
Q: Where are your favorite places to eat in the square?
A: If someone would have asked me my freshman year I would definitely say Pinocchio's. I would get Noch's every weekend and it got to the point that me and teammate Kevin Murphy would just walk in and they would ask us if we wanted "the usual." Since freshman year I don't know if I've had their pizza more than five (well maybe ten) times. I've matured a lot since midnight pizza runs when I was a young freshman so now I would say a sloppy, drippy double cheeseburger from Charlie's Kitchen is more my thing. I "discovered" Charlie's during a summer that I was up here and their burgers are fantastic.
Q: If you could do anything for a day without any cost considerations, what would it be?
A: I would rent a lake house for a day and have my family, friends, and anyone I could think of down for a day of barbeque, tubing and water skiing in the sun. I also would make sure that we had a wake boat so that my younger brother and sister could get some air and do tricks with their wakeboard, they are really good!
Q: Best football movie of all-time?
A: My favorite is Friday Night Lights. It's not one of those movies that I can watch that often but I really think they did a good job with it. If they wanted to make that movie perfect, they would have used a high school in the Midwest though!


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Which Colossus is your least favorite?
I'd definitely say that the sand snake is my least favorite colossus. Mostly because the first time I fought it I could not for the life of me figure it out. The only reason I beat was because after hours of deaths and defeat, I started randomly firing arrows at its face and it then crashed into a wall and I could kill it. To this day that frustration comes rushing back whenever I fight that beast. UGH.
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.Push off, and sitting well in order smiteThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holdsTo sail beyond the sunset, and the bathsOf all the western stars, until I die.
Really? I rather liked it, because I felt like Wander and Agro really bonded during it.
It was just... spending six hours on that fight the first time I went through the game ruined that boss for me. I think that objectively the lion or the tiger might be my actual least favorites, but the sand snake for purely sentimental reasons is my least favorite.
Gotta agree with you their. I despise the lion. It just seems out of place.
I think that it represents one of the few faults in Shadow of the Colossus. Why make what is essentially a recycled colossus? They could have gone with an entirely new model, but no. We get a tiger AND a lion... :P
They could have at least made it look different or something. Maybe I would hate it less if it was obviously a different colossus.
Any others that you really dislike?
I'm not a huge fan of the 4th colossus (The horse) or the 8th colossus (the lizard). They're not bad in my opinion, but they don't have quite the same level of quality as most of the colossi. What about you?


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Sen. Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel spent Monday dueling across Mississippi, each insisting they were better suited to be influential in Washington.
Cochran visited Meridian to make two emphatic points: He's had it with the mudslinging, and he's got support among voters born after he took office. McDaniel went in another direction: To crucial Jackson County, making three public stops.
In a week, their slugfest for the Republican Senate nomination ends with the runoff election.
Cochran, first elected to the House of Representatives in 1972 and to the Senate six years later, made an unusual campaign appearance in a Union Station meeting room. He spoke from a podium, instead of his usual meet-and-greet style, and had some sharp words for McDaniel and his backers.
"Enough is enough," Cochran said of the barbed criticisms from that crowd.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Addam Swapp, the man who bombed a Mormon church building and sparked a 13-day standoff in 1988 that left a corrections officer dead at a polygamist compound, was released from prison on Tuesday after more than 25 years behind bars.
Swapp, 52, was accompanied by family members as he left Sanpete County Jail three months after members of the state board of pardons and parole approved his release, saying he had shown remorse for leading the standoff in Marion.
At his September parole hearing, Swapp apologized and said he planned to join his wife Charlotte and wanted to use his freedom to live peacefully and "be a blessing to my fellow man."
"I desire when I get out of prison to live my life in such a manner that my family, friends, neighbors and community would find my presence in their lives a benefit and a blessing," Swapp said in a written statement, according to a transcript of the hearing posted online by The Salt Lake Tribune.
Swapp said he was a different man after serving time in state and federal prisons for manslaughter, attempted murder, possessing a bomb and other offenses.
"My core beliefs have completely changed," he said. "I am completely opposed to the violent acts I committed which got me sent to prison."
The standoff began after Swapp detonated 87 sticks of dynamite at a Mormon church building in Kamas on Jan. 16, 1988. Swapp claimed it would lead to the overthrow of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and resurrect his father-in-law, John Singer, who was killed by police at the Marion compound in 1979.
Authorities said Singer was fatally shot when he pointed a gun at officers trying to arrest him over his refusal to send his children to public schools. Singer, 48, was a practicing polygamist and blamed the LDS church for his legal problems after he was excommunicated.
Swapp claimed he had a revelation that Singer would return to life on the ninth anniversary of his death, which was barely two weeks away.
Swapp, who went on to marry two of Singer's daughters, holed up in Singer's compound following the bombing. Nine children were among the 14 people barricaded with him in a log cabin. More than 100 officers surrounded the property after following tracks in the snow.
Throughout the standoff, officers flashed bright lights and circled in noisy snowmobiles in the middle of the night to psychologically weaken members of the Singer-Swapp clan. They resisted by shooting out police floodlights and used a lantern and mirrors to flash a crude Morse code message, "Cops not telling truth."
Shortly after dawn on Jan. 28, 1988, the showdown ended in a gun battle.
Lt. Fred House, a dog handler with the state corrections department, was killed after he was struck by a bullet between armored plates in his flak jacket. House was shot by Singer's son, John T. Singer, who was released from prison in 2006 after serving time on state and federal charges that included manslaughter and attempted murder.
Swapp was shot in the arm and chest during the shootout and waved a white towel through the doorway to surrender. The shootout was later recounted in a made-for-TV movie.
During court appearances, Swapp donned a buckskin coat fashioned by his wives that featured Indian signs, geometric symbols and a flag designed by his deceased father-in-law. He told the Salt Lake Tribune at the time that he believed God had chosen him to gather American Indians for the second coming of Christ. John Singer, he said, would be resurrected and unite lost tribes of Israel.
Swapp served 17 years in federal prison before starting a state sentence in 2006. Officials opted to house him in Arizona rather than Utah because of his ties to a state officer's death.
At his September parole hearing, Swapp wept and issued a long apology, including statements directed at the House family, the Tribune reported.
Ann House, the widow of Fred House, sent a letter to the parole board accepting his apology and saying she felt he had been imprisoned long enough.
"Breaking down of my wrongful beliefs and replacing them with truly Christ-centered beliefs has been a long, slow process," Swapp said in his statement. "The end result is that I have come away with a complete change of heart and a radically new way of looking at life."
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Michael Carrick is close to signing a new deal with Premier League champions Manchester United which will end speculation about his future, according to the Metro.
The 32-year-old's contract ends at the culmination of the current season and he has been linked with an exit from Old Trafford during the opening quarter of this term.
However according to reports the pass-master is set to end speculation by penning a new deal which will tie him to the club for at least the next two seasons.
The deal, which will commence from the end of this campaign, sees Carrick taking home £75,000-a-week and virtually ensures that the former Tottenham midfielder will see out the remainder of his career with United.
Carrick has become an extremely influential figure for the Red Devils and the news that he is set to commit his future to the club following a shaky start to the season is likely to be music to the ears of the supporters.
If he does put pen to paper Moyes can place him alongside starlet Adnan Januzaj in the 'dealt with' pile, whilst Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Ryan Giggs and Patrice Evra are all still yet to cement extensions.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Gazillionaire Pays $240 to Win, Ghost Is Clear an Impressive 3YO Maiden Winner
NEW ORLEANS (Thursday, January 27, 2011) – Who wants to be a gazillionaire?
Anybody who wagered substantially on Stephen Stigall's Gazillionaire in Thursday's second race at Fair Grounds might be halfway to becoming one, because the 4-year-old filly by Authenticate lit up the tote board with a $240 win payoff based on a $2 wager – largest straight price recorded thus far in the New Orleans 2010-2011 Thoroughbred Racing Season. Was the owner surprised?
Trained by Romeo Omana, Gazillionaire held sway in the late stages of Saturday's upset for a 1 1/4-length score, accomplishing the mile and 70-yard distance in 1:47.76. The Louisiana-bred, who last visited the winner's circle on Kentucky Derby Day last spring (albeit at Evangeline Downs), paid $80.80 to place, $20.60 to show, and was largely responsible for an exacta payoff of $2,172.40 (also a season-high payoff) and a Daily Double payoff of $334.40.
The previous high win payoff at Fair Ground this winter was recorded by John Weber's Doo Wap Daddy, who returned a $128.20 win mutuel on Dec. 12 in the 10th race of the afternoon.
Ghost Is Clear Wins 3-Year-Old Maiden Feature
Later on Thursday, in the $47,000 six-furlong feature for 3-year-old maidens, Twin Creeks Racing Stable's Ghost is Clear justified his role as the favorite by drawing off for a convincing 7 1/4-length tally while accomplishing the distance in 1:10.47.
Trained by Mike Maker and ridden by Corey Lanerie – who was riding his third winner of the day – Ghost is Clear returned mutuels of $5.80, $3.20 and $2.40 and increased his career earnings to $39,098 with his first win in four lifetime starts.
With the win, the son of 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper enters the long-range picture for this year's $1 million Grade II Louisiana Derby March 26. Twin Creeks Racing Stable won last year's Louisiana Derby with Mission Impazible.
Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Rescue Financing, always well placed, could not stay with the winner when challenged but clearly held the place over Royal Colors Racing's Saracen, who established the early fractions of 21.95 and 45.77 before weakening against the top two.
Rescue Financing paid $6.20 and $3.60 while Saracen returned $2.60 in the show spot.
Racing resumes Friday at Fair Grounds with a 10-race program beginning at 12:40 p.m.
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vinces99 writes "The Supreme Court's unanimous decision to bar the patenting of naturally occurring genes opens up important clinical testing options for a variety of diseases, which University of Washington medical geneticists and laboratory medicine experts say will benefit patients. Mary-Claire King, a UW geneticist who was instrumental in identifying the breast cancer-causing genes at the heart of the court case, hailed the ruling as 'a victory for patients, their families, their physicians and common sense.' She noted that within 24 hours after the decision was announced on June 13, UW Laboratory Medicine was offering tests for all known breast cancer genes."


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Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues,
Many thought and opinion leaders have recently called into question the cost and value of "traditional" residence-based education in general, and of liberal arts education in particular. At the same time, a number of widely publicized opportunities in what might best be termed "open educational resources" have emerged, including from large American research universities. In this context and amid the intense questions being raised nationally about both the cost and the effectiveness of higher education, it is essential that Bucknell understand the opportunities and threats that new paradigms for higher education might present to our University.
Many on campus have surely considered the changes that appear to be directly ahead of us. To begin a more formal discussion, we've appointed a task force on Integrating Open Educational Resources and Residential Learning. We have asked the task force to consider a variety of issues related to Bucknell's determination to remain a leader in residential liberal arts education while exploring such questions as:
We have asked the task force to send us by April 1, 2013, a set of recommendations outlining the steps Bucknell might take to remain a leader in residential liberal arts education. These recommendations may suggest further analyses, possible pilot efforts, and other suggestions for effective responses to the challenges and opportunities generated by technology, costs, public perceptions and possible governmental interventions. They will be discussed as appropriate with faculty governance committees, our academic leadership, and other stakeholders, and will be only the first step in what will be, of necessity, a major effort to ensure that Bucknell is both adapting to new ideas emerging today and implementing approaches to our mission that capitalize on our strengths for the long term.
Co-chairing the task force are Professor Geoff Schneider, director of the Teaching and Learning Center, and Vice President for Library and Information Technology Param Bedi. The members are Professors Lynn Breyfogle, Katharyn Nottis, Ann Tlusty, Mike Toole and John Westbrook, and Vice President for Enrollment Management Bill Conley. We also have asked two students to serve on this task force and look forward to adding them to the membership.
Many believe that we are near an inflection point in American higher education. Our thanks to the task force members for the time and insight they are committing to this important endeavor.
John Bravman
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The following are links that were either mentioned on this week's show or inspired by it, as posted live on the @STRtweets Twitter feed:
- A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty by Joni Eareckson Tada
- What If Jesus Meant All that Stuff? by Shane Claiborne
- Is Mormonism Just Another Christian Denomination? by Greg Koukl (PDF)
- Why We Must Tell Christianity's True Story by Tom Gilson
- Thinking Christian – Tom Gilson's Website
- True Reason: Christian Responses to the Challenge of Atheism – eBook edited by Tom Gilson and Carson Weitnauer (the expanded print version is scheduled to be released on December 1)
- The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization by Vishal Mangalwadi
- How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
- Two movies on abortion: Bella and October Baby
- C.S. Lewis Society – Tom Woodward's page
- Doubts about Darwin by Tom Woodward
- Amazing Grace – the story of William Wilberforce's fight against the slave trade
- Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. Lewis
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Carlos Tevez: I'm going nowhere
Carlos Tevez insists he never thought about following Antonio Conte out of Juventus -- even if his old foe Roberto Mancini had been appointed as their new head coach.
Conte left Juve last week having guided the Turin club to three consecutive Serie A titles, and reports in Italy suggested Tevez, whose 19 league goals were key to Bianconeri success in 2013-14, had subsequently asked the board to clarify his own position.
Fresh from departing Galatasaray, former Manchester City manager Mancini appeared to be an serious option to replace Conte.
He had worked with Tevez at City before the pair's relationship soured when the striker was accused of refusing to come off the bench during a Champions League match in September 2011.
The potential issue was swerved, however, when Massimiliano Allegri was handed the Juve job, but Tevez stressed he was fully committed to pursue a fourth straight Scudetto with the club regardless.
"I never spoke to (director of sport Beppe) Marotta," Tevez told juventus.com. "I'm just a player and [the board] don't need to ask for my point of view on these matters. I think the papers should show greater respect when they write these things. Those who do so only want to harm Juventus.
"Leaving the club has never entered my head. I've got a three-year contract and I want to see it out here."
Tevez rejected the idea that retaining the Italian championship will be a tougher proposition following Conte's departure, but conceded plenty of challenges await his teammates.
"Winning four in a row is tough," he added. "We're the same group and need to demonstrate that we're the ones who achieved three consecutive titles.
"Of course, it was sad for me to see Conte go, but we're working well in pre-season under Allegri and that's the most important thing.
"We'll see what happens on the pitch. Let's not forget that we are the reigning champions. We're working well and ready to tackle both Serie A and the Champions League."
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@HEATHER FLYTE: Ah ha! Someone else got the reference too! I say it as well and am often met with strange looks.
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Mike Eder wrote:What Peter wrote about the St. Louis 1976 show.
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Mike Eder wrote:Here you go Doc
...in Charlotte he forgot lyrics, in Cincinnati he appeared "confused", and in St. Louis he was so overmedicated that Dr. Nick could barely get him out onstage. "Elvis seems weak" columnist Harper Barnes wrote of the perfunctory fifty-minute show, little wonder since, according to Dr. Nick, he didn't wake up till midway through the performance.
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Rolling Stone #213 - May 20, 1976
Gold-Spangled Elvis: Flashes Of The Old Fire
Elvis Presley, Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri - March 22nd, 1976
by Harper Barnes
These days, Elvis Presley wraps himself in the power of other people. There are ten backup singers, including a female high-note specialist and a male low-note specialist; three guitar players, including the brilliant James Burton; a bassist; a pianist on a miked grand; two drummers; an immense horn section; and god knows what else hidden in the tangle of arms and legs.
In St. Louis, where he ended a four-city mini tour that had touched Johnson City, Tennessee, Charlotte and Cincinnati, the whole human calliope was going full boil virtually all the time, embracing Elvis in a dense helix of sound. And the rock they play now is harder and louder than it used to be, a lot closer to Capricorn Records than to Sun.
Elvis seems weak, perhaps justifiably so after a prolonged battle with overweight, a battle he has only partially won and problems with his innards that sent him to the hospital. His set lasted barely 50 minutes, he loafed even more than usual and there were none of the karate chops and leaps of a few years ago.
But the fire burned through from time to time, and besides, it was Elvis Presley. You go to see him as much out of reverance for the past as from expectation for the immediate future. The auditorium, which seats 10,500, had been sold out for weeks. A crippled girl had been unable to get tickets and all she cared about in the world is Elvis Presley. There was a story in the paper and as if by magic a St. Louis massage parlor came up with a couple of ducats right up near the front for the little lady and her friend who pushes the wheelchair. There was a story about that in the paper too.
A creepy Las Vegas comedian named Jackie Kahane, who must be blackmailing Elvis or maybe is his brother-in-law told some prune juice jokes. Then it was time once again for the humble strains of 2001 (Thus Spake Zarathustra), and the rock 'n' roll obelisk named Elvis Presley hove into view. No cape this time, just basic gold-spangled black pants and vest over a ruffled and daringly low-cut baby-blue shirt.
He began with a fast "C.C. Rider" and then really ripped into "I Got A Woman," which became briefly entangled with "Amen," but soon emerged unscathed. The Instamatics were present in approximately one-to-one ratio with the bouffant hairdos and for a while the flash cubes were going off so rapidly it looked like high noon. That must have confused Elvis because, after long applause and a general rush of femininity toward the stage -- the audience was at least two-thirds women, including many mother-and-daughter combos -- he said, "I hope we have a good time this afternoon." It was about 10 P.M.
With the teasing elegance of a stripper in a room full of neck fetishists, Elvis removed and tossed into the audience two or three dozen scarves in the course of the evening, as has become his custom. If you didn't catch one, you could buy them in the lobby at five dollars apiece.
With a couple of exceptions, the remainder of the show. which seemed to be over in a blink, was devoted to a recitation of the classics. It was done quickly and perfunctorily -- with a couple of exceptions - and Elvis leaned on the band for support much of the way. There was "Don't Be Cruel," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Love Me Tender" -- lots of squeals and camera flashes on that one -- "Polk Salad Annie," "Hound Dog." Elvis sort of mumbled his way through the last, but when he was through singing, Burton took off on a glass-etching run of high notes. Elvis twitched his ass to the beat and the crowd went bonkers.
He closed with "Funny How Time Slips Away" -- yes, isn't it -- and "Can't Help Falling In Love." The crowd at the apron of the stage by then consisted of maybe 300 people jammed together, with the ones closest to Elvis reaching up desperately to touch the hem of his garment. As the last note decayed into the vast dome of the ceiling, Elvis turned on his heel and strode into the wings, followed by four or five bodyguards. The crush of women below the front of the stage squealed and waved Elvis goodbye and above the fluttering fingers, held tightly in a strong right hand, swayed a crutch.
Harper Barnes is a feature writer for the St. Louis 'Post Dispatch' and book columnist for Boston's 'Real Paper.'
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Daryl wrote:Hello,
Your welcome. As you say, it's what I do. Elvis' pose reminds me of the cover to FTD's "Tucson '76".
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xmascarrol wrote:I just have one question about this show, how true is the rumour that Elvis refused to do St louis after this show in 1976 cause a fan got carried away after gettin a kiss from Elvis. The fan rumoured to bite Elvis whe gettin a kiss. I might of just re-wrote an old thread so plz forgive me.
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stefan kock wrote:If I remember correctly he was bitten in the lip during the afternoon show in Charlotte on March 20th (before Burning Love) and was hit by his microphone in the mouth in St. Louis on March 22nd after which he, alledgly (sp?), stayed away from the front of the stage and cut the show short.
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By Rita Brhel, managing editor and attachment parenting resource leader (API)
A cup of hot cocoa, a bubble bath, a cozy blanket, a cuddle with a fluffy dog, a steamy bowl of soup, a tuck into bed — all of these are warm, but none compares to a snuggle with someone we love and who loves us. And this is especially true for Sophie, the little girl whose story is told in The Warmest Place of All, a new children's book by Licia Rando, M.Ed, illustrated by Anne Jewett. After trying comfort after comfort, Sophie climbs into bed with her mother and father and discovers a true sense of peace and wholeness.
Attached parents understand the importance of cultivating emotional attachment with their children, and use the Attachment Parenting International's Eight Principles of Parenting as a guide to do so. But there are many parents in the world, especially in Western society, who may be confused as to what children need. They seek out early independence through sleep training, discouragement of physical affection, punitive discipline, and other practices not consistent with Attachment Parenting (AP) — when what is most important for their child's development is that warmest place of all: wrapped in the arms of a parent attuned to the emotional needs of that individual child, apart from any cultural influences.
Let's turn to Rando, mother of three from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to learn more about how she is working to help parents provide children with the warmest place of all.
RITA: Hi Licia. Your book is such a great read, really taking the reader on a journey, and has a solid AP theme: that what really matters in a child's life is time with his or her parents. What inspired you to write this book?
LICIA: I became interested in parenting styles as I was growing up and saw kids getting hit and sworn at, and I wanted to do something about that. Then, 17 years ago, while considering adopting a child, I did a lot of research into Attachment Theory, reading John Bowlby's studies and Harry Harlow's studies on rhesus monkeys. Through this journey in learning about abuse and trauma and the effect on children, I realized the importance of parenting.
Then, years later, neuroscience began coming out with studies that confirmed what Bowlby had suspected, and that was a very exciting time. I became interested in, and wrote about, how parents who were neglected and abused as children can go about learning to parent in a connected way. You can read about this in one of the sections in my Caring and Connected Parenting Guide for new parents on my website, LiciaRando.com.
So, I wanted to put everything I had learned in a story form that could reach more parents, a story with a warm, fuzzy moment that could help parents realize that snuggling with a parent really is the most important thing in the world to your child.
RITA: A lot of parents really struggle with learning how to raise their children differently than they were raised – where non-AP practices were the norm.
LICIA: Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell describe this in their book, Parenting from the Inside Out, how people have emotional memories from when they were young, memories they don't even know they have except that they have certain triggers that stir strong emotions for no apparent reason. Parents really need to evaluate what happened to them as children, first, in order to be able to connect with their own child.
RITA: Some parents don't understand how their relationships with their children will change if they take the time to examine their parenting style and make a commitment to change. I know parents who are really struggling with connecting with their children, who have anger problems and whose children frequently act-out, yelling back at the parent the same way the parent yells at them. These parents can't believe that there are families where conflict resolution is peaceful and children are willingly cooperative. Can you give us your top three tips for parents who are seeking this?
LICIA: First, if you have a background of trauma, abuse and neglect, or loss such as of a parent, you need to come to understand how that is affecting your life. It goes back to Parenting from the Inside Out. It's a matter of learning why you parent the way you do, to identify your triggers, and to retrain how you interact with your child and others when your strong emotions are triggered.
I've heard people say, "This is just the way I am." But it's never too late to change, never too late to become a better parent and person.
Second is listening and speaking respectfully to your child. You need to set limits, but it should be done with respect while showing that you understand what the child wants. Say, "I understand how much you want to go see this movie, but it is a school night and you can't be out late. The weekend would be a better choice." When there is an altercation, go back and talk about it after you have calmed down or burned the energy with a walk or exercise. Take responsibility for your part in the eruption. Reflect with your child about inner emotions that played a part. For example, you yelled because you were worried about where your child was, because you love him and want him safe.
Third is modeling. Your kids are constantly learning how to act from you. Modeling is the best teaching tool. If you express anger in a certain way, that's how your child will learn to express anger. So, if you yell and scream and throw things, so will your child. And if you talk respectfully with your child during a conflict, that's how your child will learn to deal with his anger.
What you're doing affects more than yourself. It affects your children, too, and it's passed through the generations and interactions with others. So, your behavior affects your grandchildren, and their children and grandchildren, and all the way down the life — and other children outside your family.
RITA: Which is why AP is so important…
LICIA: It'd be a more peaceful world if we could all interact like that. I really believe that family peace is the way to world peace.
RITA: I love that quote: Family peace is the way to world peace! We should put it on a T-shirt. So, since your book came out in September 2009, what kind of response have you received?
LICIA: I've read the book around a lot, in libraries and bookstores. Little kids just love it. From their reactions, I feel like I just hit the nail on the head. They know! They really relate to that feeling of snuggling with Mom and Dad.
RITA: What kind of response have you received from adults?
LICIA: A lot of people are buying the book for holiday gifts. Parents like to use the word, "sweet," when they refer to it.
I wrote the book in simile, so it can be a good teaching tool, and sent it the reviewers who recommend books for classroom use. They wouldn't review it! They didn't like the idea of a seven-year-old child crawling into bed with her parents. I was surprised that it was being censored, especially with the disrespectful and violent books and movies out there. They're so worried about this one illustration — a very loving and beautiful illustration of what children long for.
But there are teachers who've read it and love it and are using it in their classrooms. It just won't be formally reviewed for teachers for classroom use.
RITA: That just goes to show, unfortunately, how much more work there is to educate our culture about the importance of AP. How do you see your book furthering AP?
LICIA: From all that I've learned from abuse statistics and brain trauma research, the really vulnerable age for children is from infancy through four years old. The Warmest Place of All is meant to emphasize the importance of early connection for parents. Research shows that if children get that connection early in life, parents have less difficulty with that child later on. And that the earlier a child receives harsh discipline, the more likely the child will act out later on.
My book also emphasizes the importance of touch. Why touch is so important is that it releases the hormone, oxytocin, which makes us feel good. The Warmest Place of All helps parents to actually feel the experience.
RITA: You have such a vast knowledge base of how parenting affects child development, as well as how to help parents learn the importance of connection. Are there more books promoting AP in the works?
LICIA: This is my life mission. I am always writing books that link or connect people and form community. I want to help people to connect with one another, especially between generations, like older people with the young child, parents with their children.


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An on-duty Pinal County deputy was involved in a fatal crash. Now there's a threat of a lawsuit and new concerns that the deputy is not being held accountable.
The crash happened August 30, 2012, about 10 p.m. on U.S. 60 near Gold Canyon Ranch, east of the valley.
Pinal County Deputy Robert Steele was trapped in his burning patrol car, and Jeffrey Sorenson, 57, a retired Army officer and former Department of Defense executive, was thrown from his vehicle.
No one saw the cars collide.
Sorenson was thrown from his truck and pronounced dead at the scene. Steele was seriously injured and airlifted to the hospital.
Six days later, Department of Public Safety detectives interviewed Steele at the hospital. He had no reported memory and there were no witnesses, so DPS had to rely on technology and science to reconstruct the crash.
The exhaustive investigation determined Sorenson was turning left into his subdivision and pulled out in front of the on-duty deputy, who was westbound on U.S. 60. The deputy "T-boned" Sorenson's vehicle.
An autopsy revealed Sorenson's alcohol level was .21, more than twice the legal limit. He also was not wearing a seatbelt.
Steele was found to be speeding, and evidence indicates a possibility of inattentive driving. The patrol car's GPS system recorded Steele going 97 mph at the time of the crash. Other on-board computers indicate the deputy never applied his brakes before impact. Records show the deputy was not responding to a call, and witnesses who saw him speed past them say he did not have his police lights on or siren activated.
Despite Sorenson's alcohol level, DPS investigators determined Steele's driving was so reckless that a manslaughter charge was appropriate. They turned the report over to newly elected Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles.
"We didn't see a criminal offense on the part of Deputy Steele," Voyles told CBS 5 News.
And Voyles said although Steele was speeding, he is allowed as an officer to do so.
Longtime Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley disagrees.
"He's wrong. He's just wrong on the law," Romley said.
Voyles refused to charge Steele because he said the deputy was involved in normal patrol activity. Voyles describes that activity as speeding up to a vehicle, running the plate to see if it is stolen, then speeding up to catch up with any other vehicle on the road and doing the same thing. CBS 5 News' check of the logs shows in the 10 minutes prior to the crash, Steele sped up and slowed down anywhere between 48 and 113 miles an hour.
"I refuse to criminalize police conduct that is within the laws," Voyles said.
Arizona traffic laws do allow officers to drive over the speed limit, but they must use lights and sirens. The law clearly states that the officer is not relieved from consequences of driving with reckless disregard for public safety.
"I think he broke the criminal laws, and I would have brought charges on this case," Romley said.
Sorenson's family would not talk on camera, but they, too, question why the deputy is not being charged. They have filed a $4-million notice of claim with Pinal County as the first step in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Voyles' decision not to file charges raises another question for Romley. Last election, Voyles ran on the same ticket and is closely tied to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.
Romley thinks another county attorney should have reviewed the case.
"If the implication is here somehow because sheriff (Babeu) and I ran on the campaign together that now I can't be fair and just in making a decision, that would be an absolutely false assumption to make," Voyles said.
Babeu and Steele declined CBS 5 News' request to comment.
Steele is fully recovered and currently assigned to desk duty pending the outcome of an internal review.
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Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and Everton are among several Premier League clubs keeping tabs on Manchester City youngster Abdisalam Ibrahim, according to Sky Sports.
The 21-year-old midfielder is currently out on loan with Norwegian outfit Stromsgodset, and he impressed during his first match of the new season, putting in a man-of-the-match display in front of watching Manchester City development executive Patrick Vieira.
Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool, West Ham, West Brom and Everton are all thought to be interested in the youngster, who's found his first-team chances limited at the Etihad Stadium.
He's highly-rated in Manchester, but with his contract expiring at the end of next season, Ibrahim has admitted he'll consider his future once he returns from Norway.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Ibrahim said: "I am happy with the way that the season has started and it is nice to hear Patrick Vieira was here to watch me.
"I want to continue improving and remain focused on my game and we will see in the summer what Manchester City plan to do with me."
The report claims Ibrahim impressed Vieira during Stromsgodset's 2-0 win over Sandnes Ulf.
Ibrahim is a Norway under-21 international, and he's currently on a second loan spell with the Norwegian club. So far, he's only made one Manchester City league appearance.
Manchester City's stacked squad has made it difficult for youngsters to break through, but the defending Premier League champions are reportedly committed to improving their academy, including a £200m investment at the Etihad Stadium complex.
But it seems several of their Premier League rivals, including Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool - all potential competitors for a top four spot - have their eye on Ibrahim.
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A former Illawarra school teacher on trial for child sex offences interfered with two young girls while his own children were in the same room, a jury has heard.
The man's trial began Monday in Wollongong District Court, where he formally pleaded not guilty to five charges of indecently assaulting a child and a charge of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child aged under 10.
The 53-year-old stands accused of molesting two girls who stayed overnight at his home on March 27, 2013.
In an opening submission, Crown prosector Kate Ratcliffe told the court the man was drinking and reading in his study when the girls arrived at the home, and did not join them, his wife and two primary school-aged sons for dinner.
The assaults are alleged to have begun later in the night, when all four children were in the boys' bedroom.
According to the Crown case, the man sat on one of the beds, with the girls on his either side and one of his sons on his knee.
The group formed an audience for the man's other son, who was playing the violin with his back to them.
The older girl later told police the man touched and rubbed her inappropriately - including on her chest and genitals - during the boy's performance.
She said she looked at the man and didn't reply when he asked her: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?", causing him to remove his hand. "The accused kept telling [his son] to keep playing [the violin]," Ms Ratcliffe said.
The Crown alleges the man reached to his other side, inside the underpants of the younger girl and asked her "does that feel nice?", withdrawing his hand when she replied: "no".
The younger girl alleges the man twice took her hand and placed it inside his underpants during a later encounter when the two were alone in the guest bedroom. She further alleges he asked her to lie on the bed, pulled the neck of her nightie down and licked her nipples and her genitals.
The older girl disclosed the alleged abuse to the man's wife later in the night, telling her "your husband sexually abused me".
The woman initially dismissed the touching as "accidental", but drove the girls home when the older one approached her a second time and told her: "[the younger girl] said [the man] licked her vagina".
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, held a senior position at an Illawarra school at the time of the alleged offending, but has since moved from the area.
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It's My Park Day at Bennett Park
Saturday, October 26, 2013
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Please note: This event has already taken place. Please use the Search options on the right to find upcoming events.
On It's My Park Day, join the Bennett Park Community Alliance and volunteers with bulb planting in the children's garden and other garden areas in the park along with some litter pick-up. This project is suitable for all ages, with chaperones where appropriate.
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Toledo Police are looking for two men suspected of robbing a man of $360 Tuesday at gunpoint, and then shooting at him as he ran away.
Police said Jordan Austin, 22, of Church Street called someone he knows only as "Bub" for a ride from about Tremainsville Road and Upton Avenue to East Toledo about 1:15 p.m.
When he pulled out some cash to give the man $20 for gas another man in the car pulled a gun and robbed him of $360, according to police.
The victim told police he was advised by one of the assailants to "keep his mouth shut or he will get what the guy got on Pearl Street." Two men were shot and killed on East Pearl Street in North Toledo Dec. 9. No arrests have been made.
The victim said he unlocked the door and jumped out and was shot at. He said the two men fled toward Sylvania Avenue in a four-door silver Ford with a license plate that included the letters EUH and a handicapped sticker hanging from the mirror.
Mr. Austin was shot Nov. 4 in the hand in a robbery, according to a police report. The victim told police he was approached at Berry and Earl streets by two men who demanded cash. One of the suspects pointed a gun at the victim's face; the victim grabbed the gun, and a shot was fired, according to a police report.


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Oldiesmann's still not here, so I'm up next I guess. Im going to add stuff later.
please note: my opinions are subject to change without notice.
Name: N/A
Age: 16
Location: Louisiana, LA
Favorite Quote: "Rock whatcha got!"
Position: Graphic designer
Pictar coming soon
1. Do you have pets? no.
2. What is your favorite color? color? i dont know. i like certain combinations of colors. not really one in particular.
3. What kind of music do you like? rock. old rock. no punk/emo garbage.some of my favorite bands are CCR, Boston, etc.
4. What do you do on your free time besides spending time on SMF? play paintball/friends. etc. normal stuff
5. What are your goals/dreams in life? i would like to go to LSU and play on the paintball team. as for carears and such, i have no idea yet :/
6. What got you involved in SMF? making themes, using it on my site, just general interest i guess.
7. Who do you admire? Why? I dont know. ill think about it. i do respect alot of people though. **EDIT: carlos mencia!
8. Are you into sports? If so which ones? paintball, baseball, used to play ice hockey. i play basketball and football too, but not in any actual teams/leagues, just around the neighborhood
9. What is your dream job? taking over vbulletin. (not really). I dont know yet. Really feel like im behind with future goals and such.
10. What was your first screenname? Tippmaster
11. Do you have any piercings? NO.
12. Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous? tricky. i guess im ambidextrous. I write left handed, skateboard (or used to) right handed, play guitar right handed, bat right handed, kick left handed.
13. Do you have any tattoo's? If not do you wish/plan to get one? NO. NO.
14. Do you have any siblings? If so how many of each. one sister
15. What is your favorite website? google.
16. Do you play computer games? If so which ones? not really.
17. Do you play video games but consoles? Which ones? I have a gamecube. I like the prince of persia and call of duty games.
18. Are you married or planing to get married? yes.(planning on it)
a. If so do you have any kids? N/A
b. How many kids? N/A!
19. How many languages do you speak? If so which ones? 1, english. i took french and spanish classes in the past, never caught on :/
20. Do you drink? occasionally
21. Do you smoke? NO.
22. Did you play hookey from class? which class? not really. we have security cameras :/
22. Do you have a license? sadly, no.
a. Do you own a car? no.
b. Have you ever been stopped for speeding? no..
23. Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily? no, but i do nightly.
24. How do you sleep? laying down. i dont really know if im on my side, or what angle im lying on, because you know, im sleeping.
25. Have you ever been on an airplane? yes. only once though.
26. have you ever broken a bone? yes. colar bone and arm.
27. Do you wear jewelry? If so what jewelry do you wear? NO. unless a watch counts..
28. How do you dress? normal i guess. As comfortably as i can and still look good. 8)
29. How many keys are on your keyring? one.
30. What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up? on weekdays i wake up at 5:50. weekends i dont even know, mostly in the afternoon. Weekdays i try to go to bed around 9. weekends around 12.
31. What's the freakiest thing you have done? //Keep it clean.
i cant decide.
32. Do you live alone? no. life with the rents.
33. How many hours a day do you spend in the computer? probabally 2-4 hours on weekdays. more on sundays, less on saturdays. when it's holidays and stuff im on more.
34. How many hours a day do you spend in SMF? probabally about 50% of time spent on the computer.
35. How about What is your favorite beverage? Coffee, Tea, Soda, Beer, other? other: water, then gatorade, then tea. (green tea :D)
36. What do you hate? //It can be anything.
A.) people who post questions without a question mark.
B.) restaraunts that paint the ketchup bottle red to make it look like it's full
C.) Surveys.
D.) when people dont believe that you are lying
E.) wh3n p30p|3 74|k |1k3 7h15
F.) when people argue over video games
37. What do you love? //It can be anything also.
A.) chiks. :D
B.) designing things
C.) music
D.) fOOD
38. What is your religion?
39. What is your hair color?
Dirty blond/brown.
40. How tall are you?
5'5 - 5'6. yeah, im short.
41. How much do you weight?
130-135 ish.
Why does paintball intrigue you as much as it does? What made you decide to carry your passion for paintball and make a website/forum about it?
my friends invited my to go along one time, so i did. Everyone lost their interest in it but me and one other friend. now we travel a bit to play, go to events, etc. I just think it's really fun. It's a great way to meet new people.
What SMF feature do you like the most?
Where do you get the content for your signature? :P
If you had 3 wishes what would they be?
What would your ideal country be? Why?
Whats your favorite theme that YOU have made? Why?
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Onions for sourdough
How fine should onions be chopped and how long should they be precooked. Would be be alright to carmelize them (slow cooked for 2-4 hours slightly covered with some salt and dry vermouth)?
How fine should onions be chopped and how long should they be precooked. Would be be alright to carmelize them (slow cooked for 2-4 hours slightly covered with some salt and dry vermouth)?
I use dried onions, I buy them in my local Supermarket.
I have not yet tried using freshly cooked onions because of the moisture.
I am hoping someone can give an Answer as I would love to learn how to go about it too:)
Thank you Mini Oven, you are a STAR.
I have not read the links Mini shared with you, but I can tell you from personal experience as I use onions all the time in my breads. I have used caramelized onions which I cook over low heat with some olive oil for around 20-30 minutes and I have used dried onions and sauteed onions. The cooked onions will add a little extra moisture to the dough so you may need to compensate slightly. I usually add the onions during the last minute of mixing the dough with my mixer and make sure they are incorporated evenly.
can you use a crock pot? with the lid off...?
works for me. first cut into rings and sprinkle with salt, let drain, pat dry and air dry (or use a dryer) When dry jar as rings or break up. Before using hydrate with vermouth, drain and caramelise or toss into the recipe flour.
There is a lot of moisture in fresh cut onions that has to be reduced before browning can begin. With a large batch, I cover (add a little oil or butter) in a fry pan until all are glassy (cooked) and water has pretty much separated. (This part can also be done in a microwave oven and transferred to fry pan.) Turn on the exhaust fan. Remove the lid and the water leaves quickly, browning begins so stick around to stir.
When doing several things at once this has proved the best way to get the job done evenly without burning the onions too early in the procedure. Even on high, the liquid will boil and prevent scorching. As soon as the water is gone, so is the protection and temperature in the pan rises getting hot fast to brown the onions.
I made a great loaf like this. No vermouth but caramelized for bout 2 hours. At the very end we added a touch of fine minced garlic. Then we cooled completely overnight In fridge. Pop out a couple hours to bring back to room temp. We added toasted pecans for the SS Pecunion. So delish. Just remember even cooked down like this they still add quite a bit of hydration to the dough. For this reason I added at the start of the mix so I could correct hydration if needed.


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Ben Horsthuis was a teacher, who also worked as a freelance illustrator for magazines, children's books and schoolbooks. He drew pictures for Sunday schools for publisher Meinema in Delft and was then employed by the publishing house De Banier. He has made countless illustrations for book covers, colouring pictures and children's stories, that were published in De Gezinsgids, among other magazines. In 1946 and 1947 he made political drawings for Algemeen Dagblad. His comics include 'Bella Paardebloem' (in Prinsestadt, 1946), 'Siep gaat naar de Olympische Spelen' (in Katholieke Missiën, 1952 and Taptoe, 1956) and several stories for Okki (until 1960).
He was present in family magazine Terdege with the comic 'Jef Farèl' and illustrations for the nature section in the early 1980s. He was a regular illustrator for Reformatorisch Dagblad; his work for the paper included the historical comic strip 'De Mattenmaker van Steenwijk', from a script by the publisher Tijmen Mateboer. The story was collected in book format by Voorhoeve in 1981, and by De Banier in 2012. In addition, he illustrated 10 comic books with 'Dindon', an educational series for the primary school's first grade.


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What do Hood River, Ore., and New York City have in common with Sapporo, Japan, and Marrakesh, Morocco? In January, these cities, along with other cities and towns in the Northwest and other states and countries will celebrate the birthday of William Stafford, Oregon's most famous poet and one of America's most important 20th century poets.
Local poets, writers, artists and musicians annually present a variety of events known formally as the William Stafford Birthday Commemorative Readings, sponsored by the Friends of William Stafford.
These popular "birthday parties" are being held in libraries, bookstores, art galleries, on college campuses, in a national park, at a chocolate café, a hospital, a state capitol and even a prison — wherever poetry can be read to and heard by appreciative audiences. The public is invited to these free events.
This year, Hood River's William Stafford poetry celebration will be held on Sunday, Jan. 13, from 2-4 p.m. at the Columbia Center for the Arts. Aspiring poets and poetry lovers alike are invited to read a favorite Stafford poem and, if they wish, one of their own Stafford-inspired poems. People who just want to hear poetry are also welcome.
As many readers as possible will be included in this enriching afternoon. Anyone wishing to participate is asked to bring a copy of one or two favorite Stafford poems.
Following the reading, Mr. Stafford's favorite, carrot cake, will be offered, along with other light refreshments. Broadsides of several of his poems will be available for purchase from Friends of William Stafford.
Jointly sponsored by the Friends of William Stafford and Columbia Center for the Arts, the reading event is usually well-attended.
William Stafford was born Jan. 17, 1914. He was a conscientious objector during World War II and remained a well-known pacifist his whole life. A favorite professor at Lewis and Clark College, where he taught for 30 years, he was known for his encouragement of other writers and for his advocacy of free expression in writing and speech.
Stafford is the author of more than 50 books and a recipient of the National Book Award. He died in August 1993.
The Friends of William Stafford is a nonprofit organization that supports and helps to underwrite a variety of literary projects and events open to the public. The FWS website is www.williamstafford.org.
For more information on the Hood River event, e-mail Debbie Dobbs: email@example.com.
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By Karl Ritter, Associated PressROME -- Italian lawmakers on Saturday elected center-left leaders for both chambers of Parliament, paving the way for difficult talks to form a new government to get started. Normally a routine procedure for a new Parliament, filling the positions required four rounds of voting in both the lower house and the Senate, highlighting Italy's political gridlock following February elections that gave no party a clear victory. Laura Boldrini, a former spokeswoman in Italy for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, was chosen to lead the lower house, while antimafia prosecutor Piero Grasso was elected Senate leader. "The country more than ever needs fast and effective answers to the social, economic and political crisis that it is going through," Grasso said. Boldrini won 327 votes to secure a majority in the 630-seat lower house. In the Senate, Grasso beat center-right candidate Renato Schifani in a runoff with 137 votes to Schifani's 117. No candidate won enough votes in the initial rounds Friday as Parliament convened for the first time since the Feb. 24-25 election. The majority rules were relaxed in the subsequent voting rounds on Saturday. On Monday, each party and coalition will have to select caucus leaders, the final step before President Giorgio Napolitano can open talks on forming a government, expected next week. Investors are watching the sessions closely for signs of what to expect from the eurozone's third largest economy, whose debt hit a new high, topping 2 trillion euros ($2.6 trillion) in January, according to the Bank of Italy. Center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani's party finished first in the election and has a stable majority in the lower house, but not in the Senate. Bersani has ruled out an alliance with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's center-right forces, which finished second. But Bersani has failed to persuade the antiestablishment 5-Star Movement, which captured a quarter of the votes, from cooperating on a leadership strategy. The 5-Star Movement, led by comic-turned-political leader Beppe Grillo, refuses to align with any major party. The political stalemate has raised the possibility of new elections in the coming months and bodes badly for Italy's efforts to pass the tough reforms it needs to snuff out its economic crisis.
Berlusconi was met with jeers from protesters as he arrived to take part in the Senate vote, a day after leaving a Milan hospital following a week's treatment for an eye inflammation. Before entering the Senate building, he turned to the protesters and said, "Shame on you." Berlusconi has been seeking to have two trials -- a tax fraud appeal and a sex-for-hire hearing -- postponed due to the eye condition. The courts responded by dispatching court-appointed doctors to verify its severity.


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I am mad as hell and something has to be done! We were lied to! We were deceived, and I demand the culprit be brought to justice.
I am mad as hell and something has to be done! We were lied to! We were deceived, and I demand the culprit be brought to justice.
When blatant fraud is perpetrated, we as citizens of this country must stand firm and make sure that the party be brought forward to explain himself and that action be taken to keep him and his cohorts from continuing their deceptive practices. In short, I demand the immediate indictment of Punxsutawney Phil for lying.
In the past, we have turned our trusting eyes to a small hamlet north of Pittsburgh every Feb. 2 to hear our nation's top official on shadow-related weather forecasting announce when we could put away the hat and gloves. Nigh on eight weeks ago, we were elated by the proclamation from this terrestrial sage that spring was on its way, and we could expect warm weather to be returning soon. Albeit his contractual obligation offers a contingency plan of six more weeks of winter his reputation as an accurate meteorologist has been depended upon by us citizens since the practice began in the 1900s.
But here we sit, less than a week from Easter, and much of the Northeast is still covered in snow. Even here in the sunny South, we are still wearing our winter coats and frantically covering tender shoots that are operating under the disillusion that they should keep to their normal schedule. How does Phil, if I may be so informal, explain the senseless demise of so many innocent blooms whose very existence depended on the word of one know-it-all rodent?
And what of our own local expert, Miss Charlotte? Is she in on the fraud as well or is she merely another victim of Mother Nature's cruel humor? Being a pig of high intelligence who has shown reliability in the past, I tend to give her the benefit of the doubt. But it does make me question if we are being blinded by her good looks and charming personality and would believe anything that comes from her snout? I've got my eye on you, Miss Charlotte. I won't be fooled by your feminine porcine ways twice.
It stands to reason that most people living in North Carolina would agree that by the last week of March, we should have been past the point of scraping frost off our windshield. But yet the question still remains, how could they both be so wrong? Think of the poor clueless teenagers, who witnessed one warm weekend and have steadfastly clung to their shorts and flip-flops regardless of how blue they turn. Think of the avid gardeners who are weeping into their compost heaps and curse the wind that prevents them from scratching around in the earth they love so dearly.
One fellow frost-bitten citizen has already taken matters into his own hands and has demanded Phil be held accountable for his errant forecast. Ohio prosecutor Mike Gmoser said, "Punxsutawney Phil did purposely, and with prior calculation and design, cause the people to believe that spring would come early." Finally a voice of reason ringing out from the frozen landscape!
But before the miscreant subterranean land beaver could be brought to justice, a pardon is being considered due to extenuating circumstances. In response to his accusations, representatives for the defendant forwarded the proposition that Phil is not to blame because his true forecast was lost in translation by his human counterparts.
In a recent statement to the Associated Press, Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, said the animal rightly predicted six more weeks of winter last month, but he mistakenly announced an early spring because he failed to correctly interpret Phil's "groundhog-ese."
"I'm the guy that did it; I'll be the fall guy. It's not Phil's fault," Deeley said.
I smell a cover-up! We all know what these high-rolling groundhog groupies are like. They would do anything, including offering themselves as a human sacrifice, to protect the image of their bloated idol who is living high on the hog snug in his warm den while the rest of us have to blow on our frozen fingers just to type their lifestyles column. Don't believe the hype, people!
I call for the immediate impeachment and subsequent indictment of Punxsutawney Phil and all of his cronies for fraud. Let the position be filled by a groundhog of integrity and strong moral fibers. Maybe its time we had a Punxsutawney Phyllis? Whatever the case may be, we need a rodent who can be depended upon, who cares for the people and who understands that all we want is to be warm.
Sharon Myers is a married mother of two. She is a graduate of Lexington Senior High and received her bachelor's degree in journalism from East Carolina University.


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This Or the Apocalypse, Sworn In and Shai Hulud perform Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Shelter, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $12. Call 313-961-6358 or visit www.saintandrewsdetroit.com.
Rick Armellino estimates that his band, This or the Apocalypse, has logged "between 33 and 38 tours" since forming during 2005 in Lancaster, Pa. But the current trek, the group's first as a headliner, is the most rewarding.
"It's the culmination of a lot of things for our band as an entity," explains Armellino, 27. "Not in a self-congratulatory way, but it's a lot of responsibility being on top of the bill. We have the responsibility — to the audience and to the support bands we brought out with us — of making sure there's a show each night. When you're a support band, a lot of times you feel you're not needed; if you blow a tire and miss the show, it's like, 'Eh, don't worry about it.' The headliner doesn't have that luxury.
"So we've really had to step it up this time, and it's cool for us to finally feel that."
This or the Apocalypse — with Sirens and Sailors drummer Doug Court sitting in for Aaron Maloney after an emergency appendectomy earlier this week — is still promoting its fourth album, "Dead Years," which came out in 2012. Armellino says the group still has positive feelings about the set, especially since it had to weather the departure of its rhythm section — including drummer Grant McFarland, who was "a big part of our writing process" — and was also making its debut for a larger national label.
"It sort of felt like a first album again, in a weird way," Armelliono recalls. "We were treading a lot of new territory and dealing with a lot of what-ifs and maybes. When I listen back to that album it sounds kind of panicked and like we were just trying to put the new thing together and see what happens. I feel like there wasn't a very specific goal on that record.
"Now when I hear some of the songs I'm like, 'Wow, we put that together. We kinda picked up the reins there, and it was cool.' It turned out fine. I'm proud of what we did on that record."
This or the Apocalypse, Sworn In and Shai Hulud perform Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Shelter, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $12. Call 313-961-6358 or visit www.saintandrewsdetroit.com.
Gary Graff writes about music for Digital First Media. His work can also be found at www.goanddomichigan.com, www.twitter.com/GraffonMusic and in the Facebook group Gary Graff on Music, while his Classic Rock Insider reports appear at www.wcsx.com.


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DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony are betting that their respective hometown teams will win the World Series.
The two sides have agreed that the winning city's orchestra will receive a shipment of iconic culinary delights from the loser.
What they haven't decided is what specific kind of food or foods it will be.
Both the DSO and the SFS are asking people to offer their suggestions via the orchestras' Facebook pages and Twitter feeds.
Detroit Symphony music director Leonard Slatkin says that "in the spirit of friendly competition, the DSO is challenging our colleagues in the San Francisco Symphony for bragging rights and spoils in the orchestral World Series."
The series resumes Saturday night in Detroit with the Giants holding a 2-0 lead over the Tigers.


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Sony Online Entertainment is sending yet another of its MMORPGs free-to-play, planning to open Vanguard: Saga of Heroes up to all this summer. SOE's also ramping up development a little, expanding the team to make new content.
Details on how exactly Vanguard will run as a free-to-play game aren't settled, but director of development Andy Sites says it may be "similar to" EverQuest and DC Universe Online. Expect tiered memberships with optional subscriptions, microtransactions for items and boosters, and the usual F2P fare.
"We've had a dry spell of game updates over the past few months," Sites wrote. "That said, I'm happy to announce the drought will be coming to an end this week, with our first scheduled update since last December. We plan to roll out game updates MUCH more frequently than years past, which will include general improvements, new content and more. "
According to the F2P FAQ, its "tentative time frame" for the F2P relaunch is summer 2012.
Vanguard was created by Sigil Games, a studio founded by EverQuest veterans who left SOE. However, less than four months after the game launched in 2007, the assets of Vanguard and Sigil were acquired by SOE.


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Elissa Uley
20 years ago, Joshua Uley left La Push. Now, Elissa and her brother have returned to find Sam Uley. What do they have in common that could change the pack forever? JacobXOOC, LeahxOOC, T for violence, No Nessie! This isn't JacobxLeah compatible
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The first thing I thought when I woke up was that my father should have been home by now. I got up and did my daily rituals, having a shower, blow drying my short, black hair, eating breakfast and brushing my teeth. I did it in a daze though, my thoughts on my father and brothers. I waited around for an hour after I got up, hoping that he would come through the front door with my band of brothers behind him. But it didn't happen. When the clock ticked over into the second hour, I got up off the sofa and decided to do some chores.
I decided to chop some wood. I went around the back of the house where my dad normally chopped wood. I wouldn't really call our house a house. It was more of a cabin in the middle of the woods. But don't think because we lived in a cabin we were poor. Our cabin was massive, three stories with large bay windows in the front. We had an indoor pool as well. We lived high up on a mountain and the view was amazing and sometimes I could sit for hours just sitting on my balcony and watching the panorama before me. We barely had any contact with the outside world except for the occasional visits into town to buy new clothes and luxuries.
I shook myself out of my daydream and walked around the corner to the clearing behind our cabin. The axe was sticking out of a tree stump and it was easy to work it out of the rotting wood. I picked up a large chunk and brought the axe down through the wood like a knife through melted butter. It was actually easier than I had expected. I picked up the next chunk and before I knew it I had a large pile of chopped wood beside me. I threw the axe down into the stump and started taking the wood inside. I was on my third trip back when my eldest brother stumbled out of the forest naked and covered from head to toe in blood.
I dropped my armful of cut wood instantly, some of it landing on my foot.
"What happened?" I asked, rushing forward to help my brother. No sooner had I put my arm around him, he was violently sick, coughing up bright red blood. I tried to walk forward but my brother was a dead weight in my arms. He had passed out from shock. I used all my strength and tugged and pulled my brother inside. I tried to put him down as gently as possible on the white leather couch but he groaned and rolled away from me, nearly rolling off the couch all together. That was going to stain, I thought as I hurried to get a bucket of warm water and a first aid kit.
I gently washed my brother down, avoiding his man parts as best I could. Once I had him as I could get him I checked him for any major injuries. He was alright in that department with only a large gash down his left cheek. I left it because I knew it would heal before the day was done. I went up to his room and brought back a pile of his clothing. Cut off jeans and a ripped tee were the best I could do. As I came down the stairs I saw my brother trying to sit up. I went past the kitchen and grabbed him a glass of water. I placed his clothes on the glass coffee table and helped him up.
"Put some clothes on and yell for me when you're done." I told him. I walked out and went to grab some aspirin from under the bathroom sink. I brought it back down and was glad to see my brother had clothes on.
"What happened?" I asked, sitting next to him on the sofa and handing him the aspirin. He took it thankfully and gulped it down. He waited a few moments before he launched into his story.
"We caught the scent around a mile west and followed it for a day. It lead nowhere in particular so we decided it was no threat. We just turned back when they attacked. There were so many! At least 5, I think. We were all fighting when Jack jumped on one. I swear it happened so quickly. One minute he was gnashing his teeth at the monster the next he was lying on the ground with his throat ripped out. We fought but they killed nearly everyone. Dad and I were the only ones left. He told me to come back here and get you..." My brother broke down, weeping into my shoulder.
I was numb all over. Everything I had ever known had just been ripped away, like an old band aid. I was in shock. I was so out of it I didn't even hear them coming. One minute I was sitting there with my brother the next I was being pushed far too roughly against the wall of the kitchen. In front of me was the single most beautiful and scary thing I had ever seen. He was tall, a good 6 foot 5 with black hair he was covered in blood, but something told me that it wasn't his. What freaked me out the most were the eyes. They were blood red. I gulped and tried to move away. He just smiled sadistically.
"Who are you?" I asked, trying to make my voice sound stronger than it actually was. It didn't work and my voice sounded as thin as a reed pipe. He pushed my harder against the wall and I actually felt the wall crumble a bit beneath the force. He brought his face towards mine and licked my cheek. I shuddered in absolute disgust at what he did.
"I am your worst nightmare" He hissed.