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Continued in Sequel: Traces
Author: Mink (& thank you Jink!)
Rating: R
Spoilers: General
Disclaimers: DA & characters are owned by their respective creators.
It was a spooky building.
The massive structure loomed right out of the thick pine forest, only its very upper floor visible from any kind of distance.
It was when they drew closer to it that Logan could really see the thing and its actual size. Sitting deep in a gorge, it was an entire six stories of concrete, broad slabs tinted brown with water stains. It was covered in tall and narrow slits for windows, like some abandoned fortress guarding nothing at all. The towering woods grew almost right up to its walls, miles and miles of frigid tangled wilderness providing a better fence than any chain links with barbed wire.
Considering the looks of the place they got in lot easier than Logan could have ever hoped. There was only one road that lead up anywhere near it, and they had gone by foot as soon as they got close to it on the hand drawn map. It cost them time but there was only so quickly Logan could go. He felt some guilt at his inability to travel as fast as Max could have on her own, but he did not want her to vanish in these woods like Alec had. Without an argument, she had begrudgingly slowed her pace to match the fastest of his. By night fall they had begun to skirt unnoticed around the facility's perimeter. Max noted the lack of security wasn't just due to its careful isolation. The facility wasn't exactly right back up to speed yet.
That hack Alec and the other X-5 had done on their computer system had done a pretty good job at disabling the place. Only a few of the perimeter floodlights were on and the few cameras that Max carefully found and checked were dead. Logan didn't say anything when he followed Max into the darkness of the ground floor of the vast and quiet gray cement structure.
According to what Max had been told, the upper floors were all supposed to be empty. They walked them like shadows, the dusty tile silent under their feet. Rows after rows of shut doors leading to who knew what, Logan just followed Max's cautious passage, confident she would find the way it took to get them downwards. Down to the subterranean levels.
The first flight of stairs they took, Logan started to feel the weight of the building start to crush down on top of his head. They had one flashlight between them and without even the meager light of the outside floods to shine faintly through a window it became utterly and absolutely black. However, they found signs of life the lower they went.
A supply room with a few lab coats and a few much better flashlights allowed them to continue through the intermittent nervous staff completely unnoticed. The second flight of stairs were longer, and steeper. Another floor down revealed blackened walls and the fried scent of electronics. Acrid with fire retardant foam and the lingering heavy smell of thick oily smoke. Max incredibly noticed a landmark that she'd been provided by the young X-6. A floor and cross section number that was almost half burned away on the wall in the beam of her flashlight gave her their exact location.
Logan shared a small smile with her in the dim light.
They might find Alec, but he wasn't quite so sure anymore that they'd find him alive. Not in this bleak place that sat in the below the snow drifts. With its lights all out and its windows sitting quiet and dark somewhere above them. The bowels of the building were gutted and filled with worried flitting shadows of men intent on nothing but their own departure.
This place didn't seem like it could hold anything much at all.
Alec didn't twitch at the first round of the alarm.
Dull red rotating lights came on around him. He could hear people all around the complex. Below him and above him. Voices were far off and muted. Somewhere. Everywhere. He smelled the strong smolder of smoke. Melted plastic molded to metal. Toxic fumes following the sluggish current of the over loaded ventilation system.
Alec didn't remember being put here.
He'd come back from the red haze half encased. A foam padded box lined with a network of tubes feeding the IVs which ran from his arms. The foam was cut to the shape of his body, contoured perfectly to the curve of his spine and the width of his hips. A specialized package to deliver human cargo. Times sure had improved since the slave days. He was strapped in securely, no room for movement. Even as he weakly tested his limbs, bound in the customized lining of the box, he knew he would not be leaving. He would wait for the lid. Or maybe more smoke. Whichever got there first.
He heard voices but his eyes could only focus on the steady pulse of the red light that turned slowly above. Urgent voices. Close by, very close. Maybe even in the same room.
"Help me Logan!"
Someone was trying to pull his arm free of the stiff foam.
Alec blinked, still uncertain of what was happening around him. He could make out light and dark. Movement and stillness. His ears turned everything into strained echo. He felt his eyes water as he tried harder to focus.
Someone was whispering in frustration, yanking one of his arms free of the confining mold he had been placed in, another hand under his neck, trying to pull his head forward.
"Can you hear me? Wake up!"
There was the sound of movement, of another person nearby. Hands were on his skin, checking his pulse, at his neck and his wrist. Alec felt his dulled forgotten anger simmer back to the surface. His unbound limbs met the icy cold air of the room, maybe as cold as the snow covered peaks that Alec had imagined may lay just outside. His freed hands traveled over himself, feeling nothing but his bare chest and some fabric at his waist that ended at his thigh. It wasn't much to withstand the elements. But that was okay. After all, he had been built to withstand a lot of things.
Organic scents, maybe something like human scents. With all defenses stripped down and nothing defined, he relied on the most base and primal of instincts. Threat, like salt in sea air, was unmistakable. He did not need eyes to know it. Two different bodies, two scents. One like his, the other of entirely different make. He need not be concerned with that one. It was the ones like his he had to fear. But there was something like kin in the timbre of the voice, an echo he seemed to recognize. Soft long hair fell down and hid Alec's face, blocking the light and bringing home the scent of the person. Strong. Female. He groaned when the quiet surge of the hormone surfaced again. He couldn't push it back down and away. He was so tired. But he wasn't finished.
If he had to fight one more time he would make sure he made it count.
He felt himself smile a little bit when his fist made contact with flesh, the sudden gasp, and the scent of her reeling away. He pulled himself upwards, feeling connections attached to him snap, feeling needles strapped into his flesh tear, he still couldn't see but he could hear them. Smell them. The floor was suddenly cold under his face, his legs useless underneath him. They might have done something to his spine to temporarily disable his nervous system. For what? Memory clouded his thoughts. They were sending him somewhere. They were selling him to someone. For study. For experimentation. Maybe he was already there.
Alec could hear himself trying to speak. He could hear the sounds that were trying to form the words he was screaming in his head. No. No. No.
He swung out again when they came too near, catching her ankle and flooring her hard. He wasn't going anywhere, they'd have to kill him, they'd have no choice. They'd have to slice him down into paper thin sheets and package him that way before they could do one more god damn thing—
"A-Alec! It's going to be okay!"
He tried to roll onto his side and found he couldn't. The voice and scents were confusing him now. They were everywhere, moving and talking.
"I'm sorry Alec." A man's voice said softly.
The burn of another needle in his arm and he felt what was left of his fight rapidly start to fade. The red light he could see through the bleary gauze of his vision quickly became less distinct.
"We have got to get out of here Max, now!"
The alarm was still sounding, steady and low, bringing the other voices closer, the sounds of confusion and uncertainty mixed up with the smell of the left over fires. His anger flared again as he felt hands lift him. The scent carrying threat would not have control again. He wanted silence. Stop the panic in his blood, stop the noise—
Alec froze.
There was another sound that made him still his own breath.
He heard other footsteps. Far off down some empty corridor but coming closer. He twisted in the grip he was in, listening intently to a slow tread he knew. A steady fall that he had memorized. He felt the floor under his back again. His head rolled limply to the side, his muscles going completely slack, his motor control gone. The people near him were too loud, their talking, rushed voices overlapping with his breathing, the sound of his lungs filling and exhaling in a staggered rhythm.
The foot fall grew louder and louder.
Clothing was being slid over his head and onto his arms. Up over his numb legs. There was a distant sensation of warmth spreading over his skin that he hadn't realized was almost numb with cold. The firm footsteps finally stopped. If Alec could turn his head he would see him.
Standing right there in the doorway. Everything stopped as the people handling him finally noticed they were no longer alone.
"452." Agent Ames White said.
Alec could feel the air all around him change. The scent of the woman near by him suddenly went white hot, her aggression roiling off of her like a fire he was too close to. The other person that still hovering over him, the male, smelled like anger and dully keen with fear as the alarm still sounded on and off and on and off…
But Ames, he smelled the way he always did.
Alec tried to watch the swing of the red emergency strobe overhead but it was getting darker and darker. The blur of it smearing into one insubstantial wash of light. There was violence around him. He could hear the dull crashes, the sounds of muted pain and the movement of bodies in full motion. Flesh struck flesh. Bone against bone. The light above had crystallized into every individual particle it emitted. Staring up at it, he thought it was almost beautiful. It dimmed even further until only the heart of the filament itself shone through the tunnel of his faltering vision. Something shattered nearby. He could feel the fall of glass across his face, gentle like rain.
Soon he knew that he would see, hear and feel nothing at all.
When the doors opened and closed behind them, Logan felt as if he had just finished climbing a mountain.
Everything was dark as he had left it, his computer station buzzing and flickering to life as he stepped into its vicinity. The city was glittering dully outside the windows in a steady night of rainfall. The familiar feel of home was so welcome all he wanted to do was collapse in his biggest and softest chair and not move for a few hours. But he had a few things to do first.
Max had helped Alec in and laid him unceremoniously out on the floor beside the front door. She was looking down at him, still covered in canvas snow pants from the mountains, the heavy down jacket with hood they had managed for him almost completely obscuring his face. It was warm down here in the city. The rain chilly but nothing close to what they had felt up north. But Alec was pale and shivering, the heavy coat bundled up around him the only thing keeping him relatively calm.
That and the sedatives.
Logan hadn't wanted to give him anything else on top of who knew what had been already administered. However, they had a long trip with a lot of checkpoints and they had no idea what state Alec was in. The drugs Logan had given him were mild. Mild enough that he sometimes attempted to talk or fight them. Both were garbled and confused. Thankfully for the most of it he'd slept. Laid out in the back seat, cocooned in the winter jacket with the large hood that hid him away from the light and the forest that passed by them mile by mile in the car windows.
Logan keyed into his terminal and smiled when he almost immediately received a reply.
"There are a few things I need you to pick up at the hospital Max, I think we can—"
"I'm not leaving this apartment." Max said bluntly, her hands working on the loose hood of Alec's coat.
Logan looked at her carefully and then slowly nodded. "Okay, it's fine, we'll just get--"
"I'll call Cindy." Max said suddenly.
Logan's small smile faded as he looked down at the transgenic that lay shuddering on the floor.
"First things first."
Max nodded and hauled Alec up to his feet. There had only been so much they could do in their tense drive down out of the mountains and back over the border. They had kept him stable, they had kept him warm and almost mercifully comatose. There had been no time to stop and take stock of damage done. No time to gather their own thoughts and rest themselves.
Logan closed his eyes for a moment and imagined what the promise of sleep would feel like in the not so distant future. They just needed to put things in order first. They'd been through too much to mess this all up now. They had to first take care of Alec and make sure they could keep him here safely. Logan wasn't going to go through what happened last time again. Alec wasn't leaving this apartment unless he stepped over Logan's very own dead body.
"You try getting some fluids in him. I'm going to try to find out what kind of cocktail they might have prepped him with for transport." Logan settled down in front of his computer. The key board under his hands felt like coming home a second time. "It'd also be nice to know if anyone traced us down here…"
Max sat Alec heavily into a large leather chair and watched him slump limply to the side before she moved to Logan's kitchen.
"And Max?"
She paused, her hand on the refrigerator door.
"Use the bottled water." Logan said over his shoulder. "Just in case."
He hadn't meant it to sound like the half joke it came out as. The grim look she returned him was nothing compared to what he thought she might say instead. The fridge door slammed with a noisy rattle of glass jars and bottles that lined its doors.
A window popped up on his monitor. It was old Intel but Logan thought that these men might not vary too much on their procedures on how they handled the shipment of transgenics to buyers. However, what he was most interested in was not the method but what was done medically beforehand. Especially because it meant just how long it would be before Ames White or his men sounded another alarm. In fact, if they were beyond lucky, the agent was still down deep under that concrete structure unconscious and dreaming right where they left him. Tightly under a lid and in Alec's place.
It was amazing really how close the agent's bio readings were to a transgenic's. If no one opened the thing up they wouldn't even know the difference until it was much too late. If it wasn't too late already.
Logan had to admit, after Max had gone head to head with White, those readings had become fairly faint. It was the only reason Logan could convince her to flee while they still could. Her efforts to off the man had been severe and brutal but the agent had withstood her like he was made from something even as strong as she was. Max's bruised face and battered body was all the proof he needed of that fact.
A small beep brought him back to the task at hand.
A neat compilation of chemicals began to stream down in a list on the monitor. The particularly volatile and noxious came up tagged in a bright red of warning. Logan frowned. If they were going to weather Alec's reemergence into consciousness right here in these four walls, he wanted to know for damn sure just exactly they were in for. From what he could understand of the disquieting list, it wasn't going to be very pleasant.
A soft broken noise distracted him. Raw and unused, the wounded transgenic tried twice before his throat would make the words he was attempting to form.
Logan turned to see Max holding the bottled water up to Alec's mouth. He was speaking again. That meant the sedatives were now sliding down off their peak. Logan felt his jaw clench. That wasn't any good. Fortunately, he had another transgenic here that was ready to handle it. He hoped. Alec's hand came fast and from nowhere, whipping the bottle away and catching Max across her face. Max stayed his strong fist, and stared back evenly at him. Logan could see him staring at her in confusion. All of his movements uncertain, his muscles twitching, his hands in the thick gloves trembling.
"Where am- where am I?"
She caught the other hand that came at her, quickly and efficiently subduing him. He stared at her again but then slowly blinked, his eyes turning wet and bright as he searched her face.
"You're home Alec."
"Thank god you're here."
Logan didn't know how else to say it. The welcome sight of Cindy standing in his doorway made him feel like the last week may have not even happened. She looked back up at him curiously, her arms filled with the task he had sent her on and her eyes filled with questions he knew he'd have to soon answer.
"Think I got it all." She said, handing him the supplies he'd requested from his contact. Apparently Cindy had looked through it all herself. "Four point restraints? Kinky." She gave a wry smile.
"Are they padded?" Logan asked seriously as he dug through the bag himself.
"Uh...yeah? Why, izzit yer anniversary or something?"
"Cute." Logan said, letting her in. "This way."
Cindy didn't waste any time.
"So where the hell've you guys been anyway?"
"M-Max and I were just having a little bit of trouble…" Logan began heading back across the living room. "We've been up in Canada...for a few days."
"Trouble?" Cindy frowned. "Trouble you couldn't work out with a l'il wine and dine?"
"No, no, nothing like that." Logan sighed, feeling more tired than he already was. "This has nothing to do with Max. Or me. It's about--"
"Ames White."
Max was there suddenly, stopping them short in the hallway. Her hair was in her face and she was flushed and breathless. She smiled. Or at least she tried.
"Cindy. Hi."
Cindy looked at her carefully. "And who is Ames White?"
"Kinda hard to explain." Max chewed her lip.
"Wait." Cindy held up a hand. "Try starting from the part that makes sense, like the beginning? And what happened to your face?""
Max opened her mouth to reply when a sudden explosion of splintering wood forced them all to jump. A fist protruded from the bathroom door, knuckles raw and bleeding. Logan sighed and covered his face with his hand.
"Ohhhh Lord." Cindy blinked in startled confusion. "Uh....what is that?"
"Alec." Max said.
Logan knew what Cindy would see.
Somehow Max had managed to get him to the bathroom. Alec's limbs had not stopped trembling and he'd been overly tense, eyes darting everywhere as he took in his surroundings. In the living room seated on the leather chair, he'd been relatively sedate. In the hallway, he'd been sluggish. But when Max tried taking him into the bathroom for a wash, all hell had broken loose.
Alec's entire demeanor had shifted. It was as if the warm dry wood floor changed to cold, sterile tile. The walls became stark white and mirrored. Logan had actually seen Alec's eyes harden on the neatly arranged shelves of prescribed medication. He had turned on Max in a blind panic when Logan had started to fill the bathtub. They could not understand why the suggestion of immersion had made him frantic. It was after that that all of Alec's tentative cooperation had evaporated.
Logan watched Max wearily approach the bathroom door.
"Alec?" She knocked firmly as she turned the knob. "We're coming in!"
Logan watched Cindy's gaze linger on the cracked mirror, a lattice network of breakage running down its center. Faint reddish smears of blood stood out on the walls where Alec had punched them. Pills were scattered in a colorful array all over the floor. Alec was standing against the sink, fists raised and tensed. He was breathing too hard and fast, chest hitching. He looked worn, dark circles under his bloodshot eyes.
"Alec. Look who's here?" Max said, moving aside a little to give him a better view.
Logan could see Cindy recoil slightly.
"What's up with him?" She hissed.
"He's kinda outta it right now."
Cindy had a strange look on her face that made her look brave. Cautiously, she stepped past Max. Her smile was forced.
"Hey?" She began hesitantly. Alec stared, seeming to tolerate her. She moved a little closer. "Uh, l-long time no--"
Alec charged. The motion so quick and so lethal that Logan had to grab Cindy and throw her out into the hall as Max intercepted him.
"Woah, easy there." Max said, her grip around his waist as he lunged again, heaving and frantic. "This ain't exactly...a one man job!" She grunted.
"…or two woman." Cindy blew out her breath, feeling the back of her head where it had knocked against the wall.
"Was thinkin--" Max groaned as she had to force Alec down to the floor on his knees. "--maybe I could--" A boot was planted firmly down on his shoulder blades and pressed hard. "—sit on him while you scrub?"
Cindy looked down at Alec, struggling and panting below Max. She lifted a doubtful eyebrow.
"You crazy, boo."
Max motioned to Logan. With a resigned sigh, he tossed her the pair of handcuffs that Cindy had picked up along with an assortment of other things from his contact at the hospital.
"NO!" Alec shouted and surged upwards. Max slammed her boot down on his back, straddling him and yanking one arm behind his back. "S-STOP! IT'S NOT ME!!!"
"Shhhhh!" Max did her best soothing tone, forcing his wrists into the cuffs and snapping them shut. Alec would not be calmed, his shoulders heaving with renewed struggles. "Alec, you're ok, you're safe now--"
"I-I didn't tell them where you are Max!" He moaned. "I didn't tell them anything, I didn't tell them--" He pressed his face wretchedly against the cold floor tile.
"I know. It's ok, everything's fine." Max murmured to him as she reached over to twist on the shower. "Come on Alec? Please? We'll getcha cleaned up."
Logan resisted getting any closer to pat him on the shoulder and instead looked to Cindy.
Max was looking at her too. "We could really use your help?"
"You askin' way too much of Original Cindy, girl." Cindy held up her hands. "What am I supposed to do?"
"I don't know?" Max said, her frayed edges reaching her voice. "I just—I didn't know who else to call, I just—"
"Ok, Ok, just take a deep breath." Cindy said. "I mean, it's still just Alec in there, right?"
Cindy approached Alec apprehensively from the threshold. Slowly, she knelt carefully down next to his trembling shoulder. She glanced at the shower then back at Alec. The transgenic flinched when her fingers gently and briefly touched his neck.
"Damn, his heart's going crazy. What they do to him?"
"It's those drugs they prepped him with for transport." There was rage behind Max's forced calm. "And all that other shit they've been pumping into him, god, I just..." She slumped down the tile wall and hid her face in arms.
"Alec?" Cindy covered her mouth with her hand. "Oh honey, you that smell?"
"What smell?" Logan asked.
"He smells like smoke and um, and..." Her mouth trembled a little.
Logan knew. He had gotten so used to it that he hadn't even noticed. The many wounds that covered Alec's body and the unmistakable scent of blood. It was as if his instinct to be alarmed at the heavy metallic scent had been dulled or masked. All Cindy could smell was Alec. The smoke, the blood, the sweat. She did not smell the stuff coursing through his system, could not detect the deep burnt sugar scent of his altered chemistry. She, like all other non-transgenics, was immune.
Logan began to see the full logic of Max's insistence on Cindy's presence.
"Aw, baby..." Cindy ran her fingers through Alec's damp hair, the hiss and steam of the shower swirling behind her. "....you a mess."
She straightened and pushed her hair out of her face.
"Alright, let's do this." Cindy stood up. "Come on sweet thing, pick 'im up! I'll make sure he's all washed off ok? Y-You just sit right there and get my back if he goes all assassin on me."
Logan could feel Max's relief as she carefully heaved Alec off the ground, letting him lean against her. His shakes were back. Taking one look at the water, Cindy shrugged, rolled up her sleeves and lost her shoes.
"Ok honey, in we go. It's all right, I'm going right in there with you see?"
Alec hung back in Max's grip. He was watching the water and shaking his head.
"It's nice and hot, look…" Cindy reached out and touched his arms with her wet hands. "Almost too hot, see? It'll feel real good?"
He didn't resist when Max nudged him forward again.
"That's it, just sit down right here." Cindy looked sideways at Max who had turned away, dragging her forearm across her eyes. "We can um take off your clothes ... I guess...?"
Cindy carefully peeled the quickly soaked T-shirt off of Alec, pulling it sopping wet over his head and leaving it wadded at his wrists. Logan shared her shock at the sight of his flesh underneath. Logan swallowed nervously as he saw the unhealed bruises and wounds on the transgenic's body. His skin color was an unnatural shade of white that was off even for some of the Manticore exotics. Cindy ran her hand delicately over the strange clear plastic that was fastened over freshly sutured wounds. Gunshot wounds.
"Should I, um—"
"It's ok," Max murmured "That's military grade bio plastic. Waterproof."
Cindy looked around and found some shampoo that she squirted into her palm. "They sure had a time with you Alec honey."
Alec let her move the soap through his hair. "I--I didn't tell them where you were."
Shrugging, Cindy just nodded. "That's good, you did good."
Cindy's brisk hands moved down under his arms and down his back. Alec's body tensed, his trapped hands making fists behind his back. His voice was lower, huskier, filled with restraint.
"D-Dont-dont touch me…"
Cindy took her hands away and looked up uncertainly at Logan.
"It's a hormone." Logan cleared his throat. "There's still enough of it in him to-- Look, we don't know long it will take to get out of his system, maybe a week? Maybe more…"
Logan stopped talking as Cindy soaped carefully around Alec's bruises. He tried not to watch Max fold a little bit more into herself and bring her hands to tightly hold on her head.
"It's almost over Alec," Cindy said as she worked, speaking in a low and droning kind of voice. "Try to think about something else, something nice."
Alec shuddered, his shoulders shaking with the quiet sobs he somehow decided he couldn't keep in anymore.
"Something a little better than that. Hey? What about the time you beat out that pool tournament at Crash?" Cindy smiled a little. "You beat every one of em, remember that?"
Alec didn't answer her.
Max drew up her knees to her chest and watched them with an exhausted caution.
Logan wished he could take Max's place on the floor. Take the vigil from her and let her sit one moment of this out. He quietly shut the door behind him, the need to give Alec some semblance of privacy suddenly important to him. Rubbing his eyes under his glasses, he walked slowly out into his apartment. Logan turned when he heard his computer.
It had brought back a return on his enquiry. Along side the medical information he had been extremely interested in military movement everywhere and anywhere on the northwest coast of the continent. With a small smile of disbelief he sat down heavily in his chair. There was nothing going on. Nothing but the same routine activities he had almost memorized in his daily inventory of the active government networks in his part of the country. Chances were they hadn't been tracked outside of the northern sector check points.
Chances were that they had actually gotten away with it.
Sitting back, he turned his chair so he could watch the rain stream down his windows. He listened to Cindy's far off voice, drifting in a steady litany of comfort down the hall. The sound was muffled, but her calm tone carried.
Logan hoped that some of got to Alec.
And if there was any left, he hoped that maybe some would reach Max too.
to be completed, Heat: Epilogue...
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Dear Dr. Cusick,
i need advice
I am 36 yo, have one daughter born october 2010.
At the time, the only problems i was aware of were tubal disease and decreased ovarian reserve (had low AMH and FSH as high as 12). Also tested positive for anti ovarian antibody. After I got pregnant, I was recommended to be an baby aspirin for no particular reason other then "it's good for you" and everyone was on it at the fertility clinic I used. However, after I had a small subchorionic hemorrhage at 13 weeks and per my ob's recommendations i discontinued it. The rest of my pregnancy was mostly fine (had 2 vessel cord, but that turned out to be fine, baby was born 6lb 5 oz at 36 weeks though not sure why so early, my water broke a few days after some painful contractions)
i am currently trying to get pregnant again (frozen cycle) and had to switch fertility clinics for insurance reasons. My latest FSH was 9, but they also ran thrombophilia panel and it came up with heterozygous for MTHFR and Prothrombin mutation. So, my fertility specialist wants to put me on lovenox 30 mg once a day right after transfer and "until your ob takes you off". He believes that baby aspirin does nothing. I am also on extra folic acid (folgard)
when i contacted my ob about how long he would keep me on lovenox, he felt it wasn't even that necessary and maybe only first trimester.
Now that I know I have these mutations and from doing some research, I am nervous because I do want to prevent possible miscarriage, especially reading that with prothrombin mutation it can happen in 2nd or 3rd trimester, but I am also worried about possible subchorionic hemorrhage or any other problems during birth from lovenox.
what would you advise me to do in terms of using lovenox and for how long after I get pregnant? Is extra folic acid necessary as well? and do you think I need to be under care of a high risk Ob now?
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6 Best TUMI luggage in 2019 reviewed
As far as premium travel gear brands go, TUMI is right up there. Since 1975 they have been producing high-quality luggage for travelers all over the world.
If you are looking for an upgrade pick or a super stylish luggage that lasts then Tumi is definitely the way to go.
Luxurious, fashionable, well-designed, functional are some of the words that perfectly define TUMI's product range.
TUMIs are also on the pricier side so comparing & researching are that much more important. There are many features like the TUMI tracer that are common to all our picks which is pretty handy as well.
6 Best TUMI luggage
Not sure which TUMI suitcase to opt for? Not to worry. We've listed some of the best items that TUMI has to offer in 2019. Everything from their well-designed carry-on luggage to elegant garment bags are covered on our list.
1. Alpha 2 - 29"
If you are looking for a checked luggage option by TUMI then the Alpha 2 we think is the best way to go. This is certainly one of the most robust suitcases we've seen from any brand that sells suitcases. Even though its description portrays it as being ideally suited for medium trips, the Alpha 2 is awesome for long vacations as well as shorter trips.
Size: 13" x 20.1" x 28.9"
Weight: 17.2 pounds
Durability. This is probably the hallmark of the TUMI Alpha 2. It's made from premium quality ballistic nylon which is almost completely abrasion proof & resistant to wear. The luggage features TUMI's special FXT Ballistic Nylon which has a unique weave and is tougher than ones you see on many other regular suitcases. The exterior has a couple of pockets for storing easy access items. This is more useful than usual, considering the robust frame makes it hard to access your items without unzipping the suitcase almost all the way down.
It's quite common, especially among hard side cases, to see the corners dented when the luggage hits the wall of the baggage carousel hard. This is something you don't have to worry about with the Alpha 2 as the heavy-duty stitching and impact resistant caps on the corners make this one of the strongest frames we've seen. Another thing we were extremely impressed by which other users mentioned as well, is that this luggage rolls extremely smoothly.
The telescopic handles & zippers work well and there haven't been any reports of issues with them by users. What they did, however, have trouble with is the expansion system. You can gain an extra 2 inches by expanding the Alpha 2 through a clipping mechanism which is more robust than the traditional zippered expansion. You essentially eliminate the expansion section getting stuck through faulty zippers but the mechanism can take a bit of getting used to.
The interiors are elegant, contain many pockets for keeping your items organized. It comes with a bag for your suit, if you decide to use the Alpha 2 on frequent business trips. And there is a clasping mechanism that's horizontal instead of vertical (seen on most suitcases) to prevent your stuff from moving everywhere. It comes with a luggage tag which is the same color as the bag which is not ideal considering you want something that stands out.
Depending upon how you like to travel, there is one downside with the Alpha 2 and that is to do with its weight. It comes in at about 17 pounds despite making use of ballistic nylon, which can easily put you above weight limits if you pack it fully & utilize its expansion features. This is essentially a tradeoff for the ultra-durable frame. Considering for most folks this is an investment for the long term we don't think it's too much of a tradeoff especially if you expect it to last a lifetime.
- Structurally very sound
- Protective bumper guards for the corners
- Rolls extremely well on most surfaces
- Classic design
- Good packing capacity & easy to organize
- Excellent overall durability
- Not lightweight
- Expansion mechanism could be simpler
The V3 international expandable carry-on is one of the more durable hard-side cases we've come across. This nifty carry-on has elegant interiors with plenty of packing space for even a 4 day-long trip.
Weight: 7.48 lbs.
Size: 22" x 15.75" x 9"
The V3 is quite different from the Voyageur Oslo which is an under seater option. This hard side offering by TUMI has a number of positives including being one of the smoothest rolling hard side cases we've ever tested. The dual wheels give this a lot of stability even on rough surfaces. The exterior is made from polycarbonate which is not too different from the exteriors on other high-end hard side cases. Meaning it can still accumulate scratches. Structurally the frame is quite sound though, this is something that really is the difference between a cheaper alternative & the premium TUMI offering.
The interiors are black as is the case with many signature Tumi interiors. There are plenty of pockets for organization on the top section & in the sides of the main packing area. You can very easily pack 4 days to even a weeks' worth of clothing in this if you have your packing A-game on.
Unlike the Alpha 2, this employs a more traditional zippered expansion method. Even after expansion, you can take this aboard most US airlines for domestic travel purposes. This is a big positive considering the investment one needs to make for this suitcase. The handle is 3 stage which makes it comfortable for shorter & taller people or to tie a travel pillow or another bag above it.
Overall, despite TUMI's warranty being excellent & the durability of the V3 being quite good, some folks tend to opt for models like that B&R baseline. Considering it's a soft side option and of a similar price tag. The V3 in our opinion is probably the 2nd best hard side offering by TUMI after the (larger versions) Tegra Lite of course.
- Dual wheels roll smoothly
- Reasonably lightweight
- Expandable
- Comes in many different colors
- Can accumulate dents if you happen to check this in
3. Voyageur Oslo - 15.5"
The Oslo from TUMI's voyageur collection is a high quality under seater carry-on option that will add to your 1st class business travel experience. This stylish bag comes in a couple of variants & can perfectly complement the Voyageur Capri crossbody bag.
Size: 7.5" x 14" x 16"
Weight: 7.9 lbs.
As far as overnight bags go, the Oslo sure doesn't disappoint from its highly fashionable look to its premium quality interiors this bag has plenty to offer. Speaking of the interiors, there are a couple of zippered pockets in the front & main compartment along with a padded laptop pocket & a section for keeping your files. The front of the bag has a couple of easy access pockets too which are a boon.
This bag, like every single one on our list, rolls extremely well. Certainly a testament to TUMI's quality that their suitcases all roll smoothly without falling off or being difficult to navigate. It comes with an adjustable telescopic handle which is quite long and you can attach another bag on top of this one which makes moving around so much more comfortable.
A couple of niggling issues were reported by a number of users. These were more to do with the fact that laptops that are larger than 13.5" don't tend to fit in the designated laptop pouch. A workaround many users recommended is to use the front section (meant for your laptop) & place your tablet or other documents in the laptop pocket section. The laptop section is padded and offers good protection for your device (if it fits in there). The 2nd issue is that we found the zippers to be a tad tight initially. They do loosen over time but rough use initially can cause issues.
TUMI's suitcases are not really known for how lightweight they are but this one is just over 7 pounds which is quite heavy for most carry-ons let alone an under seater option. That said the packing capacity isn't this luggage's strong point. You should just about be able to fit 1-2 days' worth of stuff into it. Additionally, if you happen to carry an extra pair of shoes it can really eat up a lot of space.
- Fully lined & stylish interiors
- Sophisticated aesthetic elements
- Plenty of pockets for different items
- Ideal for short business trips
- The laptop pouch is too small for most laptops
- Packing capacity is a bit low
- A bit heavy for such a small carry-on
4. Tegra Lite - 29"
The Tegra lite by TUMI is an ultra-durable hard side suitcase made from TEGRIS a cutting-edge woven polypropylene thermoplastic material that is designed to compete with super expensive carbon fibre. The TUMI Tegra is currently the only suitcase in the market that uses TEGRIS and it comes with a number of interesting features for those who want a hard side that lasts.
Weight: 16.75 lbs
Size: 29" x 20" x 13"
First up, the Tegra lite is one of the rare hard side cases that has a front pocket where you can store easy access items which is a positive for us and many users about. Staying on the exterior, the suitcase is available in a couple of variants and both are aesthetically quite stunning. (At least initially) The corners are well padded and some elements have a nice leather finish which is the exclamation point essentially. There are plenty of handles all round so picking this case up from the carousel is a cinch.
The interiors are lined and designed well with plenty of organizational room and mesh straps for keeping your folded clothes in place. There is a removable garment sleeve & hanger brackets for your suits if you decide to use this for longer business trips. This case also uses dual wheels like many others on our list & the spinners (you guessed it) do roll quite well. The handles can be extended to different sizes, although we found them to be a tad thin for a case of this size.
Long-term durability is always the issue with polycarbonate & ABS cases which is why it's quite common to see many folks recommend a soft side option if you want something that lasts a lifetime. This suitcase is relatively light compared to other TUMI cases and still a tad heavier than many mainstream options that are designed to last just for the medium term.
A couple of issues with the Tegra lite that tends to make users think, is the price & the fact that the exterior still accumulates scratch marks. Despite being structurally robust, aesthetically it can show wear like regular ABS/ polycarbonate options. The glossy finish on the TUMI Tegra lite holds it back on that front. Aesthetics & quality are some of TUMI's main strong points but when one of them is compromised the high price is another that can be an issue.
- Ultra-tough & durable
- Relatively light for its size
- Excellent impact resistance
- Looks stunning for a hard side option
- Scratch & scuff marks are visible
- Pricey
5. Merge - 31"
The TUMI Merge extended trip case is an aesthetically modest option that is ideal if you intend to travel for longer periods. This case has a whopping 123L capacity and plenty of premium features that help you stay organized throughout your journey.
Size: 31" x 20" x 13"
Weight: 13.01 lbs.
The merge extended trip case maybe underwhelming design wise to some but its highly functional. This is something we liked very much. This is also one of the lighter TUMIs around coming in at just over 13 pounds. Considering its size, weight & practical elements the merge is perfect for those looking for the quality that comes with the TUMI brand and pure functionality.
The suitcase is made from Ballistic Nylon and is expandable as well which is quite rare for a 31" suitcase. The handle does seem a little thin compared to the sheer size of the luggage but it definitely holds up & enables the suitcase to roll easily. The handle is adjustable and is made from lightweight aluminum.
There are plenty of zippered compartments including a zippered access to the main compartment itself. There are a couple of mesh pockets on the lid of the suitcase, hanging zip compartments, hanger brackets & compression straps too. The mesh compression straps do a better job of keeping your clothes in place when compared to the simple buckle straps seen on most luggage in the market. The 2 easy access pouches in the front are handy.
Overall, it's hard to go wrong when opting for the TUMI merge especially for extended trips. The Carry on version is also something we recommend looking at, if you want your TUMI to be a few lbs lighter than the ones we've gone with above.
- Lightweight
- Perfect for long trips
- Plenty of packing space
- Aesthetically more reserved when compared to other TUMIs
6. Alpha 2 - Garment Bag
The 2nd member from the Alpha 2 family on our list is an extended trip garment bag. Made from Ballistic Nylon this bag has plenty of storage room for all your items which in our opinion, makes this one of the best garment bags in the market & not just by TUMI.
Size: 24 x 25.5 x 13 inches
Weight: 17.2 lbs.
The bag comes with a number of features like the TUMI tracer common to all our picks, luggage tags & well-built sturdy wheels. There are hanger brackets for your suits & dresses and mesh tie-down straps that ensure your clothes stay wrinkle free. From the off, we felt that this was an extremely well-thought-out design. In case, the bag gets bulky as you pack, there are side handles which will help you carry it in and out of your car with ease.
This garment bag also has a couple of zippered pouches to store items like toiletries. Other than a bag for your toiletries, one of the external pouches is also waterproof which helps you store wet/ damp items. This is a huge positive for us since it's quite common to wind up with a wet pair of socks or hand towels when you are constantly on the move. There is also a separate zippered section to store your shoes which doesn't interfere with your clothing. A feature like this is what we thought was lacking on the Oslo carry-on for example.
The downsides of the Alpha 2 garment bag are more to do with the price, & the design of the handle. Whilst the handle is adjustable it's not very sturdy which has a domino effect on how well the garment bag can roll. The dual wheels are great and can navigate most surfaces, the long handle coupled with a fully packed bag can make it a bit tedious to turn even on smooth surfaces.
The 2nd niggling attribute mentioned by users is that this bag is quite heavy, despite being made from Ballistic Nylon (which is usually quite light) it comes in at over 17 pounds. Considering that the bag is more likely to be checked in and the limited packing capacity on offer, we felt that this was a non-issue as it's quite difficult to reach the 50-pound limit with your everyday packing items. The price on the other hand, despite its fantastic organizational elements & design we felt, is pretty steep even for TUMI.
- Great design
- Spacious with plenty of pockets
- Handy waterproof pocket
- Can easily fit at least 3-4 suits
- Pricey
- A sturdier handle would help
- Hangers don't come with the bag
Criteria We Used for Evaluation
TUMI makes a wide variety of world-class luggage tailored for different segments and usage purposes. Some are for overnight stays, some are designed to help you travel for months on end. To figure out which are the best we had to look beyond just how stylish a luggage was.
Our in-depth research was conducted with the following criteria in mind to determine the list of the best TUMI luggage worth investing in.
Design & Ease of Use:
The TUMIs do come stacked with a whole lot of premium features & the ease with which these mechanisms can be used over a long period of time will determine how long the suitcase lasts for a consumer. We looked for the latest trendy designs as well, when picking our list. Style is important if you decide to opt for a TUMI and we picked suitcases where we think style & practicality didn't get in the way of each other.
Q: What size should I opt for?
A: Depending on the duration of your trips this can vary. We would recommend the following:
Under seater/ Smaller Carry on – Overnight or day trips
Carry-on (21"- 22" – 1 to 4 days)
Medium Checked (24-26" – A couple of weeks to a month)
Large Checked (28 – 31" – Extended holidays/ months)
These recommendations are mainly for TUMI luggage owners as they do come with premium features making them heavier. On other budget suitcases, one can fit even a weeks' worth on some carry-ons, for example.
Quality of Zippers, Handles, Wheels:
The importance of having good zippers can never be underestimated. Even one coming lose at the main compartment section can be catastrophic. TUMI's build quality is exceptional and we looked for how these suitcases last during short, long & medium trips. The OMEGA closure system employed on all our picks ensures the puller breaks away from the bag if the zipper ever gets caught. There were some bags in the TUMI line that had sluggish zippers which we tried to avoid on our list.
Handles are also quite important which is another reason we went with the V3 as the carry-on option rather than the Tegra lite which does have handle durability issues after a couple of years. The different heights at which the handle can be adjusted to was also important to us not just the fact that it can be adjusted to 3 levels. We looked similarly at the wheels and picked models which tended to roll exceptionally well.
We were looking at not only the TSA luggage locks & luggage tags provided but at whether hangers came with the garment bags or had to be purchased separately. The garment bag is further down the list since the hangers have to be bought separately which can add to the cost. It might seem like a small investment relative to the actual bag but it definitely matters. We noted things like this as & when we were choosing.
The add-a-bag strap that TUMI provides for instance & its quality is something we looked at closely. A good point of comparison for you would be the Travelon Bungee which is one of the best around. The availability of such items is also a factor we considered.
TUMI's product quality is certainly top notch but their warranty program is also worth taking a closer look at. TUMI's customer service is fantastic, which is a strong point but their warranty program can differ from others like Briggs & Riley that cover airline damage for the lifetime of the bag. TUMI's limited warranty covers you for at least 5 years and they do cover airline damage as well for the 1st year. (at the time of writing) This is certainly not an issue but it's something worth noting for prospective buyers especially considering the steep price tag.
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Married at 17 to Italian Count Francesco Verasis di Castiglione, she had been dispatched to Paris to convince Napoleon III to support Italian unification - instead, she promptly became his mistress. Their dalliance was brief but helped establish her reputation as a beautiful and enigmatic seductress.
The countess was enthralled with the study of her own beauty, and collaborated with photographer Pierre-Louis Pierson on over 400 self-portraits.
While Pierson operated the camera, the pose, dress, setting and angle were all conceived by the countess. She was also involved in post-production, directing the printing of the pictures and often painting on top of them herself.
The countess posed in the elaborate and luxurious gowns that she wore at court, reenacting her moments of greatest triumph. She soon expanded her oeuvre to include scenes and costumes inspired by theatre, literature and myth, and even rather voyeuristic shots of her bare feet.
As grew older, she retreated from high society and became an eccentric recluse, living in an apartment with the curtains drawn, only venturing outside at night.
The countess died in 1899 at the age of 62, but her extensive and distinctive record of herself endures.
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Hunt's Concrete Supplies Ltd. was originally formed in 1974 by Clayton Hunt (A.C. Hunt) who was heavily involved in the construction of steel buildings in the Central Newfoundland area. Clayton seen the need for a better supply of concrete for his building projects, and through much hard work and toiling his vision was completed with the creation of a family owned business.
The last 35+ years have seen many changes but today operating as Hunt's Concrete Ltd., in it's third generation, this basic truth still remains: no matter what the job, it's always worth doing well.
Going forward, the management and staff of Hunt's Concrete will strive to provide the public with the highest quality product and excellent customer service.
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7:15 a.m. Last Minute Registration & Packet Pick Up Open
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8:15 a.m. Half Marathon Wave 1 Start (9:59 min. pace per/Mi. or faster)
8:20 a.m. Half Marathon Wave 2 Start (10:00 min. pace per/Mi. or above)
8:30 a.m. 5K Start
Course Closes at 11:45 a.m.
Option 1: Get your packet mailed right to your door for $12.99 (limited time availability).
Option 2: Packet pick up will be available on Friday,10/18/19, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at:
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Picking up someone else's packet? Don't forget you must bring their signed waiver.
Option 3: Event day packet pick up (not suggested).
Participant gear must be picked up at pre-event packet pick up or on event day. If you do not pick up your participant gear there will be a fee to have it mailed to you: Post-race event gear registration
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Bloomington, MN 55438
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Awards will be awarded to the top 3 participants, male and female in each age group and overall for the half marathon and 5K.
Participant must be present on the event day to receive a medal.
Age Groups: 14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69 & 70+
Finisher medals will be given to half marathon finishers only.
If you do not pick up your medal there will be a $5 fee to have it mailed to you: Post race medal request registration.
There will be pacers to help you achieve your goal time. Pacers will be at the start holding a sign of the pace they will be consistently running. Run with these pacers and they will help keep you on track to achieve your goal. That's right, these pacers are dedicated to help lead you to one of the goal times listed below:
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2:25:00 (11:03 per mile)
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2:35:00 (11:49 per mile)
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All event shirts are cold wash & hang dry.
There is a railroad crossing on course. In the event that you are delayed because of a train, we will have a timing mat recording stoppage time which would be deducted from your overall time.
Runners and walkers can participate in this event as long as the participant can finish within the event time limit, see the schedule above.
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Park trails and roads are open to public use throughout the event.
Water stations include water and sports drink. The sports drink will be provided to half marathon participants only.
If at any time you are in need of assistance throughout the event please notify a volunteer or course monitor.
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If you ordered your race packet to be mailed to you, it will typically arrive 1-4 days before the event. It will be sent to the address you entered during registration. If your package does not arrive before the event day, please come to the event day packet pick up where you will be re-assigned your bib and gear.
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Glen 'Big Baby' Davis says Orlando coach Jacque Vaughn is 'a Gandhi kind of guy'
Considering that a careful consideration of his work and the various independence movements he championed wasn't exactly given more than an afternoon's worth of discussion in most public education history classes during the late 1990s, it's pretty impressive that Mahatma Gandhi's name is at the tip of Glen "Big Baby" Davis' lips as he discusses the approaches taken by new Orlando Magic coach Jacque Vaughn in the coach's rookie year.
Nearly as impressive as Orlando's 5-8 start to the season. Quite a few pundits, myself included, predicted the Magic to end the season with one of the lowest win totals in the NBA during 2012-13. We thought that the roster was still full of passable NBA players, the team wasn't rebuilding with total scrubs, but only a coach that could secure a game-to-game output that was bigger than the sum of its parts could hope to stay competitive. And this is exactly what Magic coach Jacque Vaughn is doing as he leads his team toward competency, if not a winning record.
For Davis, the comparison to his former coach in Boston's Doc Rivers is night and day; even if Davis still has kind things to say about Rivers. And he doesn't mind saying all of it on record, because happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
"Different guys," Davis said of the two coaches. "Doc is more of a military-minded kind of guy, and Jacque is more of a Gandhi kind of guy — soft but powerful. Doc's more, 'Get the job done,' and Jacque Vaughn is more the kind of guy who will ask you, 'Would you feel comfortable getting the job done?' I think that's different with players. But in my system, I think I just feel better functioning in Jacque's system. Doc wasn't the kind of guy to pat you on your back and say, 'Good job, man.' He's more like, 'OK, move on.' In a way that's positive, but some players are different.
"Jacque's a different kind of guy. He pats you on your back — good job. That's his motivation. But at the same time he still holds you accountable if you're doing things wrong."
Just try and re-read that without laughing at the "would you feel comfortable getting the job done?"-line. Try it. Love you, Big Baby, because where there is love there is life.
Again, it's good to point out that Davis isn't ripping on Rivers in this instance. He went on to say that Doc was good for the beginning of his career, which lasted from 2007 to 2011 in Boston, and credits him with "building the foundation" for the undersized forward. And that, when you're a rookie, "you need a guy like Doc to set you straight."
Of course, though he did play point guard for 12 NBA seasons, Jacque Vaughn is a rookie NBA head coach. And, so far in his initial season with Orlando, he needs a guy like Davis in order to help his team compete.
Davis isn't producing at All-Star levels in his second season with the Magic. He still shoots a low percentage as a big man and doesn't get to the line much. But he's average overall; and, not to slam the guy, that's an improvement on his first five years in the NBA. Observers tended to overrate Davis because of his stature as an NCAA champion and plenty of postseason exposure with Boston, but those low percentages and iffy rebounding totals got in the way of getting to that middle ground.
Because of his work as a scorer, though, the Magic are hanging in there. Like so many cats, dangling from branches perilously perched atop the Ganges River.
Our worry about the Magic heading into this post-Dwight Howard rebuilding year was the average tone of its roster failing the team as it looked for a star to keep things decisive. The 5-8 start, though, is huge; and Vaughn has this team playing improved (to eighth, overall, up from 12th) defense than the batch Stan Van Gundy squeezed from a group that featured Howard (on court, sometimes, and once in a while even caring) last season. Nine of the team's regulars (10, once Hedo Turkoglu returns) feature double-figure Player Efficiency Ratings; and though that's not a guaranteed recipe for a run to .500, that number isn't typical amongst scorched earth teams in the midst of a rebuild.
Of course, there are other easy connections between Vaughn and Rivers, despite their apparently disparate styles.
Both began as rookie coaches in Orlando. Both played in San Antonio, though Doc missed working under Gregg Popovich the coach (he was a team executive back then) by a season, and Vaughn had the relative luxury of sneaking in a few seasons as an assistant coach under Pop following his playing career. The greatest similarity that most Magic fans hoped for entering the season was a near (or, probably, more successful) underdog run that mirrored Doc's first year in 1999-00.
The offseason before that season saw Orlando GM John Gabriel admittedly clear the decks, working as the second NBA GM (following Chicago's Jerry Krause) to notice that if you acquired a whole bunch of players with expiring contracts (new term!), you could put together a whole lot of cap space for a designated offseason. And for Orlando that offseason was the 2000 summer, with Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, Jermaine O'Neal and Tracy McGrady hitting the open free-agent waters.
The 1999-00 season wasn't supposed to count, but Rivers and his band of merry men took to the year with abandon, keeping games close and nearly making the playoffs (until a batch of underachievers in Milwaukee got their acts together late in the season). All done behind the work of Rivers, Darrell Armstrong, and a player in Ben Wallace that Washington traded away because it thought it was one Ike Austin away from making the postseason.
This year's group doesn't have the same talent, but the drive is there and they truly appear to love working under Vaughn. That, in a rebuilding season in front of a ticked-off Magic fan base, is enough for now.
And, as Jacque tears into the meaty, blood-ridden taste of VICTORY, he may turn out like Gen. Glenn "Doc" Rivers soon enough. Look out, countrymen.


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And this was the last time I wore a shirt tucked into my pants. Now if I tried that trick, you would see the rubber band struggling to hold my pants together. I'm past that point and I've moved on. Now onto more tunics, big tees and real maternity tops- and bigger sized jeans!
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Friday 13th Oct marks Mental Health & Wellbeing Summit where we'll be flanked by various professionals and commentators throughout the field. You can find us at the Aviva Stadium from 8am when it all kicks off.
A little bit like a trojan horse we'll be stating the case why now, more than ever, we need to rethink and shake the signifiers 'mental health' and 'wellbeing.' We think it's much more useful to speak of mental suffering.
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Colin McDonnell is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over ten years experience working in different health and social settings. Currently he works as a psychoanalyst and Clinic Director at Psychotherapy Dublin. As an accredited psychoanalytic psychotherapist he is a member of APPI, ICP, PSI and PPS. He also holds masters degrees in both psychoanalytic psychotherapy and addiction studies.
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Sharp is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.
A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over 30 years, Elliott Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from orchestral music to blues, jazz, noise, no wave rock, and techno music. He leads the projects Carbon and Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics, and Terraplane and has pioneered ways of applying fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors to musical composition and interaction.
His collaborators have included Radio-Sinfonie Frankfurt; pop singer Debbie Harry; Ensemble Modern; Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Kronos String Quartet; Ensemble Resonanz; cello innovator Frances Marie Uitti; blues legends Hubert Sumlin and Pops Staples; pipa virtuoso Min-Xiao Feng; jazz greats Jack deJohnette, Oliver Lake, and Sonny Sharrock; multimedia artists Christian Marclay and Pierre Huyghe; and Bachir Attar, leader of the Master Musicians Of Jajouka.
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Courvoisier has led several groups over the years and has recorded over 25 records as a leader or co-leader for different labels, notably ECM , Tzadik and Intakt Records and 35 cds as a sideperson.
She has performed and recorded with John Zorn, Mark Feldman, Yusef Lateef, Ikue Mori, Tony Oxley, Tim Berne, Joey Baron, Joëlle Léandre, Herb Robertson, Butch Morris, Evan Parker, Mark Dresser, Ellery Eskelin, Lotte Anker, Fred Frith, Michel Godard, Tomazs Stanko among others.
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DNA enjoyed legendary cult status, while creating a new brand of radical rhythms and dissonant sounds; forever altering the face of rock music.
In the mid 80's Ikue started in employ drum machines in the unlikely context of improvised music. While limited to the standard technology provided by the drum machine, she has never the less forged her own highly sensitive signature style.
Through out in 90's She has subsequently collaborated with numerous improvisors throughout the US, Europe, and Asia, while continuing to produce and record her own music.
1998, She was invited to perform with Ensemble Modern as the soloist along with Zeena Parkins, and composer Fred Frith, also "One hundred Aspects of the Moon" commissioned by Roulette/Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.
Ikue won the Distinctive Award for Prix Ars Electronics Digital Music category in 99.
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also awarded Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship.
2003 commissioned by RELACHE Ensemble to write a piece for film In the Street and premired in Philadelphia. Started working with visual played by the music since 2004. In 2005 Awarded Alphert/Ucross Residency.
Ikue received a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2006. In 2007 the Tate Modern commissioned Ikue to create a live sound track for screenings of Maya Deren's silent films. In 2008 Ikue celebrated her 30th year in NY and performed at the Japan Society. Recent commissioners include the Montalvo Arts Center and SWR German radio program and Shajah Art foundation in UAE. Current working groups include MEPHISTA with Sylvie Courvoisier and Susie Ibarra, PHANTOM ORCHARD with Zeena Parkins, project with Koichi Makigami and various ensembles of John Zorn.
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The Fergusons couple(부부) opened up their generous hearts to become the Event Sponsor for C3 Pre-Leadership Conference Meet Up / CKFTA & U, happening on Jan 27th, 2015. This event brings together more than hundred individuals who are past and future mentors and delegates at the annual C3 Leadership Conference. Also, guest speakers are invited to talk about the historical FTA between Canada and Korea, officially rectified in 2015, and what it means for the Korean Canadian community in Vancouver.
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Stephen Ferguson is an ICBC Personal Injury Lawyer in Vancouver and his reputation precedes him in this town. He works for the Simpson Thomas & Associate, a firm that always made the Korean speaking service available for ages.
Esther Chung Ferguson is also a lawyer specializing in Business and Real Estate Development. You now know who does all the paper work for all the new condos being built in Vancouver. Her legal talent resides at Lando & Company LLP office in downtown.
Esther and I go way back. I knew her from the early high school era when our families went to the same church. But I lost touch with her during the college days until I started noticing her at many of the community events. Then I found how she just keeps giving back to the community. She serves on the board of many organizations that share similar interests, such as HYPE and Vancouver Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation.
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Tis the Season!
I'm watching Mad Men reruns again and the magnificent character, Don Draper. I'm even more wowed now, not just by the changes in culture since the 60s, but the changes since the show's finale three years ago. If the ad execs weren't called on the carpet for sexual harassment today, they'd be standing on line for liver transplants.
Much changes and then plenty remains the same. Like what creative looks like and what it demands of us.
In my latest episode, Don heads to the office for a potential client meeting with Jantzen, a "family values" swimwear company bleeding sales on their two-piece bathing suit that they refuse to call what Don sees it is—a bikini.
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That line got me. Because over the years, I've seen this with clients from bestselling authors to start-ups to Fortune l00s. And in all the books I have written, too. We build, we fear what we've created, (I feel for you, Dr. Frankenstein); we lose enthusiasm for our vision and then try to throw money at it to make it sound less scary.
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They did five songs:
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2. 失楽蝶 (shitsurakuchou)
3. 花陽影 (hanahikage)
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5. Soaring awakening
They've slightly changed the arrangement for Soaring awakening, to give people more opportunities to headbang.
Kazune (keyboard) was still missing from the live. But he finally updated his blog tonight with the reason for his absence... Apparently he collapsed on the street while out running, and later had a cardiac arrest. He's out of the hospital from today (after three weeks), but still not completely recovered. I hope he'll be able to rest up in the coming weeks, and be in good enough shape to participate at the band's oneman on August 20th.


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Beer distributors, another restaurant agree to take Penn State buyout, not sell alcohol on State Patty's Day
Penn State has enlisted another restaurant in the effort to create an alcohol-free downtown, and beer distributors have been added to the list of businesses that are going dry Saturday for State Patty's Day.
University officials said Wednesday that 34 of 35 downtown State College establishments have now agreed to accept monetary compensation from Penn State to stop selling alcohol on the student-created drinking holiday.
One downtown restaurant will serve alcohol to its dinner guests. A second restaurant, which had remained undecided Tuesday, took the university's offer on Wednesday. Last year, the entire downtown was alcohol free.
The list of businesses that will stop serving alcohol this year includes all downtown taverns and bottle shops. Now you can throw beer distributors on that list, according to a release from Penn State. The university said distributors have been offered a stipend to prohibit the sale of alcohol, but they did not indicate how much that offer was, which distributors it was extended to and which have accepted.
A Penn State spokesperson could not provide additional information about the distributors Wednesday.
The university offered a tiered compensation system this year based on occupancy, giving the largest establishments $7,500 for halting the sale of alcohol and $2,500 for the smallest. According to figures provided by Penn State, it would pay out $173,000 to downtown businesses.
Penn State and State College officials hope the move, and other efforts under way, curtails student drinking during the annual celebration.
"By changing the dynamics of downtown, law enforcement will be able to put heavier focus on apartment complexes, the neighborhoods and other off-campus student housing — the areas that have historically been the most troublesome on State Patty's Day," State College Police Chief Tom King said in a statement.
State College officials are offering a free parking validation program Saturday aimed at getting customers into downtown businesses and restaurants. Customers will receive up to four free hours of parking in any of the borough operated parking garages. More information on the program can be found at www.downtownstatecollege.com/pages/park_easy.
Penn State students are also doing their part, volunteering in record numbers to do some good on State Patty's Day, according to the university.
"A newfound partnership with both the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils has lead to an anticipated 1,000 student volunteers — a record 238 percent increase from last year," said Zane Douglass, president of the Council of LionHearts, the umbrella organization for campus service leaders. "Collectively we are looking forward to engaging students from all areas of campus in service events and are proud to see so many fellow Penn Staters answering the call to make a positive contribution within the surrounding community."
The day of service event currently has about 934 volunteers, contributing 2,800 hours of their time at 37 different agencies, Penn State said.
As in past years, the Penn State Interfraternity Council has banned social functions during the weekend, and the Panhellenic Council has adopted a no-guest policy for sorority floors at residence halls.
State College and university police will be heavily mobilized throughout the weekend and be supported by officers from the Pennsylvania State Police, Liquor Control Enforcement and regional police forces. Code enforcement offers also will have an increased presence, targeting noise, overoccupancy, litter and other violation, according to the university statement.
"It seems increasingly doubtful that anyone looking for a drunken festival will find one in our community on State Patty's Day," said Damon Sims, Penn State's vice president for student affairs. "This day has proved dangerous, damaging and unnecessary. We hope to replace it with an event the entire community will embrace."