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May 13, 2011
Survivalist Compound: Front Entrance - Wauconda, Illinois(#1740RJL)
The road curves inward from the gate in the tall stone wall and through the trees, allowing privacy before opening into this quaint clearing. Here, a small, stone cottage rests on the far side of a large, graveled circle, only six feet of grass stretching from the gravel to the cottage's front wall. The little building faces north with a wide, diamond-paned window a few feet to the left of the sturdy, iron-banded front door. Another, smaller window lies beyond the first along the long, front wall. The shutters are more than decorative - painted green, they are also functional and can be closed as evidenced by the metal latches upon them. A climbing rosebush grows rather wildly up a white lattice arch in front of the door. Ivy climbs the eastern end of the building and has almost completely obscured the dark roofing from view all along the rooftop. Another curving road moves off to the west from the gravel circle, leading back into the trees. A few little sheds are lined up to one side of the road, doors closed and padlocked.
Fair weather clouds sail across the blue sky, propelled by light breezes from the south. It's warm in the sun, cool in the shade, and the air is clear and dry.
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A big blue Dodge truck pulls into the compound, then Forest hops out of the truck and heads towards the cottage, leaving Zack behind himself. His beast is high and it's quite obvious that the man is unhappy by the set of his face.
"I'm not going anywhere," Cale notes to Sable, glancing her way. "As to tossing people aside, the current exiles are ones that some of us tried to help. Didn't take, not for lack of trying various methods. But it isn't in my hands whether they get taken back in or not." He sighs and leans back, propped against his arms. "The Pard can be like a family, but it also has to be run with a certain distance. Warm, fluffy and cuddly only goes so far. When a hard choice has to be made, the leaders have to make it, regrets or no. Has to be a mix.. otherwise you've got a bad environment either way." He then says to Dylan, "Things are they way they are for now. I don't think you're thinking enough steps ahead." He's sitting on the hood of his hatchback in just shorts.
Zack gets out of the truck. When he closes the door to the pickup, he slams it so hard that it doesn't have a chance to catch and flings itself back open. He is already feet away and leaves the door open. Likewise his beast is riding very high, caught with the pull of the moon and his own emotions. He doesn't walk towards the cottage as much as he stalks towards it.
"Best you can do is try. Sometimes an fight is what it takes to remind you that you're strong." Sable says and shares a faint smile towards Cale. "I'm neither warm, nor fluffy. But I can take down a rabbit or a dear with the best of them." She rolls her shoulder, flicking her hair from her shoulder and looks towards the sound of the arriving truck, muttering something under her breath.
Cray blinks a few times at Dylan, a snort escaping him. "Okay, so you have a bad memory as well." He shakes hsi head slowly and lifts a hand, running his fingers back through his hair slowly. "We spoke about Pard and why it should or should not be family shortly after the episode in the Polychrome with Keith, Tripp and myself, then we spoke just a couple of days before I leveled my challenge, again on the Pard, though this time on it's function and how it shoudl handle things. Try using your fucking brain before you speak there kitten." He tucks his thumbs intot he loops of his jeans and eyes the man. "I find it rather funny though that you've resorted to trying to descredit what I'm saying because you have no response to it." He glances to Cale and nods a little bit. "A pard is a family. THe Raj has to be the father. Stern, hard, but fair. Willign to do what needs to be done to protect his family, both from without, and from within." He stops to arch an eyebrow as Forest, then Zack go storming past, curiosity written across his face, though the patnher stays wher ehe is for the time being." Sable earns a little smile and a nod, but no words.
Forest turns towards those gathered when he gets to the cottage, looking over them briefly before stating in a firm tone, "There have been two challenges against me for Nimir. Cray, and Zack have both challenged me. Gage was to stand for me against Cray, but I will stand for myself." A quick glance is given to Zack, something in his eyes, before he turns his attention back. It's pretty obvious that he just wants to get this over with.
Auranna wanders up the road from the direction of town, probably having caught a cab and then walked the rest of the way. She comes along and has her energy wrapped around her tightly. She almost thought about leaving a message and finding another place to go to wait out the moon, but she needed family, she has lost a lot of what was and she can't be away from hide away somewhere. She hears Forest and raises a brow.
Keith looks over upon Cray with interest. Keith nods a long as everything the other says seems to be true. The expression on Keith's face says it all is true, though that he might think it all is coming off a bit harsh off Cray's tongue. Keith then winces as he hears Dylan doesn't believe Pard should be family, it almost looks as though it gives Keith physical pain to hear. Keith then looks at Cray with a nod, "I never said Zack was not a baby cat nor that he shouldn't be in the position. Though questioning his position questions Forest's choice. I am not powerful or strong enough to deny the appointment." He then looks over at Dylan with narrowed eyes. "You're god damned right I'm teacher. Speaking to me like I know not what I say is completely against the Raj as well. I'm teacher and although I don't know everything all the time. I know enough to know you're wrong about the social order!" He then looks beside himself growling. "I am not going to kill you myself. I will leave that to our leaders…" He's holding back, but it's clear the taunting is not helping. Keith's sight moves to see Forest's truck arriving. He backs away from Dylan though doesn't bow his head. That would be submitting and that clear is not in his plans. He listens to Cray and nods. "Yes, we sure did try to help." He then falls silent as he listens more.
Dylan shrugs and says to Cray, "I'm not interested in debating with you. It's not my problem anymore after tonight. You can be as wacky as you want to be with your social theories, man." He watches Forest and Zack arrive, folding his arms over his chest in a defensive, closed-off posture. Forest's announcement gets a more wide-eyed expression and he just grunts once in surprise apparently. He waves Keith off. "Later, Princess. The grown-ups are talking."
Cale goes silent as Zack and Forest emerge and he gets a clearer sense of their energy. His lips purse and a soft tension touches him. Curious? Yes and he doesn't really try to hide it. When Forest speaks, his brows snap upward, caught a bit by surprise, his attention shifting to Zack. He doesn't seem inclined to comment verbally, however, his expression schooling into a quiet neutrality.
Jin follows Auranna perhaps he is stalking her or perhaps he had to pay the cabbie and is just loitering a bit slower then she is now as he walks along. He finally catches up to her and snags her hand into his, head tilting as he approaches now. Listening.
Sable holds her arms tighter about her form, not interjecting anything more. She offers a polite, respectful nod towards Forest. Her gaze trails back to where her keys and purse rest in the car.
Zack stands as calmly as he can with the energy that is boiling under his skin. He watches both Forest and the others, though to a lesser extent. The young blond tenses just slightly, as the muscles can be seen running up along his jaw tightens.
Keith growls deeply at Dylan. It's clear Keith is angry, though going off the handle would to nothing and he knows it. "-Don't- call me -Princess-!" He then looks over toward Forest and Zack, awaiting their orders and thereafter what's happening. He glances over to Auranna waving. His energy is on the surface and it's clear it's not happy!
Cray waves a dismissive hand in Dylan's direction as his eyes follow Forest and Zack slowly. The man doesn't show any emotion other than curiosity at them, though his eyes do flicker around to the rest of the pard present, judging and gauging thier moods.
Forest looks over everyone briefly then motions for them all to clear an area for the challenges. He pulls his shirt off over his head and tosses it to the side as he looks to Cray, giving him a brief nod as he steps into the cleared area.
Keith looks around seeming to be frustrated with recent situations. His energy hangs around him, though he is able to pull some of it in to control. When Forest motions Keith steps out of the area, joining Anna at her side that Jin is not occupying. He then watches intently at Cray and Forest. It's that time and really, this might be for the best.
Cale is on his car, so he lingers where he is. He always parks it a bit out of the way. Though once it seems things are beginning, he slips back a bit, his back against the windshield. His arms cross over his chest and he makes himself quiet. Physically and otherwise, as much as possible.
Sable slips away from her rental, thankfully it too is out of the way. She doesn't wait for an invitation, crawling up beside Cale on the hood of his car to watch the challenges unfold.
Zack moves slowly back and forth around the area, like a cat spying a mouse on the otherside of a window. His expression is very somber and very focused. He watches the fight with vested interest.
Auranna squeezes Jin's hand and then moves up into a position to watch. She is still a bit unsettled and just watches leaning against Jin a little.
Jin wraps his arm around her and well lets her lean against him now as he watches.
The combatants move in after a few moments of respectful silence towards eachother. Forest and Cray both ready, but there appears to be no ill will or harsh feelings between the two, both of them simply following the call of thier beasts as they circle. Once combat begins and the challenge commences the blows are quick, hard, and some brutal. The thud of flesh on flesh as they two fight is loud int he clearing, blood spilling from split skin on both sides a few times, though more on Cray's than on Forest's. After a good few minutes of rapid strikes and misses the advantage becomes clear in favor of Forest, quicker than Cray, and stronger. Cray doesn't back down however when that difference becomes apparent, just continues the fight, slowly beign worn down by the Nimir Forest. Towards teh end though the challenge is clearly lost for him, even if he does fight on until a viscious blow from Forest levels the panther and leaves him laying, broken and bleeding, at least for the moment, upon the ground.
Jeremy watches from the sidelines. He grumbles softly at the fighting and when it looks done, moves forward to look at the combatents. "I can heal you if you need it Forest….and then I can help Cray if he's in too bad a shape. If you will allow it." He swallows but holds his ground waiting for the Nimir to make his decision.
Keith watches the fight with awe and amazement. It's clear he's torn as he watches, his beast making his eyes glow brightly. He's not willing to change and know that both parties aren't out for death. At last not yet…
Zack watches the fight. There is no joy in his eyes as he does so. After the fight is finished he looks up at Forest with a sad resolve.
Forest moves over to crouch down by Cray, a tired smile on his face which he turns into a grin, "Good fight man." He nods and offers his hand to help the man up. He then turns to Jeremy, a hand moves out to rest on Jeremy's shoulder, "Heal Cray." He then leans in to rub his cheek against Jeremy's before looking to Zack, his expression difficult to read for the moment.
Auranna just watches from the side, leaning into Jin, her eyes empty.
Cale watches the fighting in silence, his expression firmly neutral throughout. he doesn't speak when its done, though as it seems the second fight is progressing immediately, he cocks a brow slightly. His head tilting just a bit before he shakes his head and settles his expression again.
Cray turns his head, spitting some blood from his mouth onto the dirt, then turns his head back towards Forest, a tight smile on his lips, though he does grunt in pain as he reaches upt o take his hand, rising to his feet, though he has to stagger over to his motorcycle to lean back against it as his body stitches the wounds cloed, both internal and external. "Don't need the healing, thank you Jer. My body will heal itself over time and it is part of the lesson learned in a challenge. I made the challenge, I lost, and I'll deal with the pain from it.
Sable slides from where she perches on the car, padding towards Jeremy and Forest. "I can help also, if you like," she says quietly. Though she doesn't look back towards the waiting challenges that may remain.
Zack steps forward into the clearing as he looks at Forest. Rather reminescent to David and Goliath, he sighs then takes a deep breath.
Forest watches Zack closely as the blonde approaches him, and actually let's Zack throw the first punch. It's a fairly even match for awhile as the two men circle each other, fists and feet flying, blood oozing from various wounds, and healing nearly as quickly as they're given.
Cray watches as the next challenge goes on, his body still pulling itself back together. He shakes his head though, eyes going over to Keith and the others. He speaks, but doesnt' bother tryign to hide what he says. "I don't understand this challenge. I don't know of anyone that will follow the baby cat.." He purses his lips, then pulls his concerned eyes back to Zack and Forest, pulling in a slow breath, body slowly loosening up as the damage heals.
Jeremy stays by Cray, just hoping that being close to him will help the healing. He shakes his head a little. "I don't know why this challenge is being fought either. I'd follow Forest no problem. But…." He sighs and pets Cray a little. "Will you stop movin so much. Yer gotta rest."
Cale doesn't exactly seem too certain on things either. His eyes flick towards Cray as the man speaks, but he gives no sign of his opinion, save for a softly troubled expression that lingers as his attention returns to the fight.
Keith watches intently, clearly even more torn about this match than the last. He winces and cringes as each blow is exchanged by the pair. It's bloody and they seems to be quite even matching. "Oh damn…" He then looks over at Cray nodding. "Well, having a new cat would be quite odd ruling. Though that's what next challenges might apply."
Zack lays into the fight with a determined energy, though his heart being divided as he does. He slams into the larger man and is slammed in return. He takes a staggered step back, blood trickling down his nose and lips. Though he looks worse than Forest, he spits blood down on the ground.
Sable leans against Cale's car, once more watching the fight. She seems almost thankful that her help is needed and she can fade into the background.
Dylan watches the fight, face still as impassive as he can make it, though he's growing more and more nervous and tense as things go on. He glances at Keith at his words and shakes his head, "Too young. Even if he wins, he can't lead. Doesn't know who he is yet."
Auranna just watches the fight and leans into Jin. She looks over at Dylan and almost says something but doesn't. She shakes her head a bit and glances back to watching.
Keith looks at Dylan seeming less angry as his energy is nervous. "That would be quite right Dylan. He is a new kitten, though as you said earlier. Our beasts require order and that order is might. So if he can back-up his mouth, what are we to challenge him?" It's clear Keith is trying to come to a proper conclusion. That is what Dylan has been telling Keith about his teachings. That if you can back-up the postion with might, you win.
Forest slams his body into Zack's, his expression a turmoil of anger and pain, trying to knock Zack to the ground with all of his weight. He doesn't really seem to hear the comments going on around him, his mind completely on the fight, so much more into this one than the previous.
Jeremy says, "The other factions won't respect a child leading the pard. He came ta strength early, but he lacks the finesse and etiquette that comes with being a shifter fer a while. We'd be askin to be jumped by the first group that he pissed off. I…I don't want to be hunted again."
Dylan shrugs at Keith. "Getting is one thing. /Holding/ is another. Both the position and the people that make it mean anything." He watches the fight, wincing at the force of some of those hits and then nods when Jeremy speaks.
Zack pauses turning to snarl at Cray and Dylan. "I know who the fuck I am. I am the one that less than two weeks after my first change took on a vampire that took out several members of this pard with little effort. I am the one that held this Pard together when the Raj was taken. Who the hell do you think you are Cray? You haven't been here and you think that gives you some god given right to rule. Maybe if you don't disappear for weeks at a time you can talk. And Dylan, you don't know who I am. I have bled for this Pard, I have killed for this pard, and I'm certainly not going to let someone who hasn't been here long enough or given a shit to find out about those here tell me who the fuck I am."
Keith nods at Jeremy seeming to agree. "I don't want to be hunted either. It's clear we'd all need to figure out something if he wins." He then watches intently at the fight. He hears Dylan and nods, not willing to take his eyes off the two fighting. "Exactly, as we all know. He'd have to be able to /hold/ the position." He then clears his throat, "Maybe this will be the first time the Pard might need to /vote/ on a new leader… who knows…"
Cray gives a slow shake of his head to Dylan's statement. "I couuld care less about his physical age. Only his age as a shifter. He's still a baby shifter. He could be sixteen and I would follow him if he had been a shifter for 4 or more years and proved himself a wise Ra. But he's a baby, and I won't follow someone so inexperienced with his beast. He's a good kid, has promsie,a nd merit, but doesn't have the experience." He turns his head, his eyes settling on Zack. "I most certainly have been here. I backed away for a bit, but I was still here, anyone in the Pard could call upon me. I have been here since Lenore and Jacobi were kicked out. I backed away once, never dissapeared, so mind yourself kid. I was bleeding for this Pard before you were even infected. And, I never said you didn't know who you were. i said you're too young as a shifter, nothing more. But if you wish to keep proving you don't possess a level head keep talking the way you are."
Cale continues to hold his silence, his eyes flitting back and forth between those who talk with a carefully cultivated impassiveness. Though thought rolls slowly behind his eyes. But he refuses to let the thought be expressed in any tangible form for now. Though there is a vague air of disappointment.
Dylan shrugs impassively at Zack. The new alpha might be angry with him, but Dylan doesn't seem moved for the moment. "Well, we know you can dance /and/ sing, now. Doesn't make you worth following. Or able to lead. Especially given that you can't even stay loyal to the pard over your exiled friends." He snorts at the idea of voting, giving Keith an amused, sardonic look. "Yyyyaaaa. You do that." He nods at Cray's words. "Probably the first time I've agreed with you with evening."
Forest snarls a bit as he listens to the words spoken now, giving a shake of his head, then he turns back to Zack, waiting to see if the young man wants to continue the fight or not.
Keith nods at Cray as he agrees. "Yes, his age and familiarity as a shifter is the only thing I'd call to question as… culture expert?" He then shakes his head at the beginning argument. "Oh godess please… please…"
Auranna sighs and has had enough, "Every one, shut the hell up, silence. They are not finished and you are being inconsiderate children with your tirades." she stands up straight as she does and has other things she wants to say but holds them, and she seems to be speaking to almost everyone.
Jin loosens the hold on Aura when she straightens and he sighs looking at Cray, Dylan, and then Keith and well he just sighs again and looks back to the fight.
Keith looks over at Anna as she seems to put her foot down. He nods his head seeming to respect her request. He then looks back at the fighting couple, surely interested on who will rein supreme.
Cale frowns faintly and shifts, slipping around to slide off the hood of his car smoothly. Things are too tense. And the moon is calling still. Holding it hard with the tension in the air and Cale doesn't want to anymore. He doesn't say anything or look at anyone, but he does start to walk towards the deeper trees quietly.
Cray flicks his eyes around the gaggle of people in the clearing out front of the cottage, watching each in turn, though Dylan's comment does earn a soft chuckle from him and a nod of hsi head to him. He turns his head then towards Aura with an arched eyebrow. "I do believe the first one to launch a tirade was Zack, and we are entitled to speak as we wish. There's no rule that says we have to be silent during challenges, it's a choice, and we chose to speak." He offers her a smile though and turns his eyes back on those in the fight.
Dylan snorts at Auranna, rather pointedly turning his back to her as he watches to see how things are going to play out with Forest and Zack. His expression is still stoic, but increasingly agitated as the night wears on.
Zack looks at Cray, "People chose to be quiet because they're trying to not influence the fight by distracting those fighting. It's more than just politeness." He turns to look at Forest, "Let's finish this and don't stop until I stop moving, cause I won't until you do or yield. I won't let the pard be in the hands of someone who doesn't deserve it."
Cale continues on his path, disappearing into the trees. Shorts will be lost along the way and further along he'll have his shift and dart off. Making for wilder portions of the compound. Though likely he'll find the others later once they too give in to the moon's wishes.
Keith looks at Zack at his claims and seems completely shocked! The expression on his face clearly paints the impression that Keith had no idea that's how Zack felt.
Auranna shakes her head and starts to say something else to Cray and then maybe Dylan, well for a moment she looks like she might go tackle Dylan but she gets stunned as she hears Zack.
Forest listens to the conversation then looks to Zack. He seems to think for just a few moments, mulling over the words that Zack said to him, the muscles of his jaw clenching and unclenching rhythmically with the emotions that are running through him. He steps up close to Zack, and suddenly he gives him a quick, fierce hug, before stepping back, "I know how you feel on this Zack. I step down as Raj, if you think you can do a better job, you're welcome to it, though I don't expect you to keep it long." With that, he turns to the rest of the Pard, gives a brief nod of his head, before heading to his truck.
Cray moves towards Forest as the man makes for his truck, his head shaking slowly. "Forest, if you care about this Pard don't do that." HIs voice is heated, angry, the first hint of anger at Forest the whole night, even when he was getting his face beaten in.
Dylan snorts again at Zack's words. And at Forest's statement, his expression is briefly stunned and then flatly contemptuous. He just watches the now apparently former Raj leave and then leans over to quite deliberately spit on the ground before shaking his head once and turning his back on Zack, headed into the woods on his own as well now, apparently not at all interested in hunting with Zack's pard.
Keith listens to Forest as he relents. Well, that was quite unexpected as well. This might not be well for the group, such a young shifter offered the position. Keith doesn't move as the shock is still settling into him. It's clear by Keith's energy that he's torn between standing back and attempting to fix this situation himself.
Sable shakes her head, stepping back towards the car and her waiting purse and keys. She doesnt' spare a word for the others, instead turning her thoughts introspective for the time being.
Zack looks at those around him. There is not victorious gleam in his eyes, no revelling in the outcome. He lets out a sigh. "If you don't think I have any place here, go ahead and say, or you can give me the chance to prove you wrong." His eyes looking more to Cray at the moment, as he is the one that shows the loudest actual concerns.
Auranna sighs and just glares at Dylan and him departing. She isn't happy with the results but his reaction was uncalled for. She almost says something but then just turns back and looks at the others for a moment Cray, the Departing Forest, and Zack, and Keith.
Forest pauses to look at Cray, his expression grim, "The problem, Cray, is that I care too much and am not willing to do the things that a Raj needs to do." He gives one last look over his shoulder at Zack, before nodding his head and getting into his truck.
Sable looks up from where she is fishing for her bag. "You're the boss," she says neutrally. "It's becoming disheartening that we can't seem to have a moment to heal without musical chairs. Now, if you wish to kick my ass, you're welcome to it. I won't fight you. You're the Raj, until there's yet another fight." She sounds saddened by the outcome, but finally tosses the keys down again.
Keith looks upon Zack as he slowly approaches with concern. "Zack, you know I am only concerned about your infection time. We need a strong and knowledgable beast behind the Raj." He sighs before he kneels down, taking Zack as his leader. Brushing his face upon Zack's calf.
Cray turns his head, his eyes settling on Zack at his words. "I don't have the physical might to challenge you, not if yours and Forest's fight was that close. But that doesn't mean you are suited to the job Zack. You are a kid. Not in your physical age, that doesn't matter a fucking lick to me. But you are a baby cat, and you should not have even been allowed to challenge for the position. I didn't feel Forest was suited to the position either, but the manner in which you held yourself, and the manner in which you acted and replied to others only confirmed my belief that you are not suited to the position either. You are hot headed, and rash, not qualities of a good Nimir." He turns his eyes, dissaproving back upon Forest, then just shakes hsi head and makes his way to his motorcycle. "Someone give me a call when Frank or Gage beats the kid up and takes the position okay? Anyone is free to call me or anything. I'm not leaving, but I won't be around while the boy is in the leader position." He looks back to Zack then, a last look, and hsi ehad shakes sadly before he slips onto his motorcycle, pulling his leather jacket ou t of the saddle bags. "Notice the number of departing people Zack and ask yourself if you did right, or if you did wrong." He looks to Keith, then to Sable before asking. "Mind if I come crash at your place tonight? Some cat company would be nice if I'm not going to hunt."
Keith looks back to Cray nodding, though not moving from Zack's side. "As you wish Cray, as you wish…"
Zack reaches down and touches Keith, running his fingers through his hair. He looks over at Sable. "I have no reason to kick your ass, nor any desire to. I only want what is for the best of the Pard. Forest has been killing himself trying to do it, and he and the Pard have suffered for it. I take no joy in it… " He looks at Cray, "I might be young… but I was chided in the middle of a fight on the full moon. How many of us would be able to keep their beast in check without letting it influence our tongue?" He shrugs, "Forest accepted the challenge, I didn't make him. Those of you that wish to go, go ahead, I won't hold it against you this night. I do want to speak everyone in the Pard, at least until someone decides to take me down."
Auranna just looks at Cray and the departing Forest and then back over to Keith and Zack, and Sable too. She takes a deep breath.
"You're welcome to swing by," Sable says to Cray and nods towards Zack. "I don't have questions about where I stand, and I never have. But I will always be honest with you and any leader, if you so desire. At least it did not lead to someone's death. That is a blessing." She considers her keys and pivots on a heel to head off in the direction that Cale had gone earlier.
Keith looks up listening to Zack intently. "Yes, well the good of the Pard is good. You also make good points, shifting is hard even for us fairly long lived shifters…" He then grins as he listens to Zack intently. The expression on his face seems assured, so Zack does have realistic stance of his new postion. Knowing fully well he'd be challenged in short order. He then nods at Sable's words. "As I will be honest as well, I know you will understand that."
Cray glances over to Zack and he gives a soft snort, shaking his head. "Most everyone in the Pard would be able to hold thier tongue and thier beast back Zack. Most would have ignored those around them in the middle of a challenge. The fact that you were so easily distracted, and so easily allowed your beast to show is yet more proof of my belief. In 5 years, I could see myself following you as Nimir. But that's five years from now, not now. And no one chided you to begin with. I simply stated that I didn't understand the fight because as far as I knew, no one would accept you as Nimir. Keith has proven me wrong, but not by much." he shrugs his shoulders, and turns the key on his cycle, bringing it roaring ot life. HIs helmet is picked up, cradled. "You've got alot of growing up to do kid. I just hope someone takes you down so you can do it." He looks to Sable then and shakes his head a bit. "I'll leave you be then. stopping by wasn't what I intended. Have a good night Sable." He calls to her, then looks to the rest. "And the rest of you as well." With that he slips his helmet on and revs the engine on his bike, turning and pulling away from the house.
Jeremy is trembling as he stands there watching both Cray and Forest leaving. The way he's breathing looks to be a fairly good sign of a panic attack. He mrrrs softly to himself, a worried sound.
Zack looks to those few still around. He sees Jeremy with a sad expression in his eyes. He sends his beast to brush and wrap around him, trying to calm his beast and to reassure it that there is someone there still. He looks over at Aura and Jin, "Are you going to go as well or stay? The moon calls us to hunt, well at least me."
Keith stands up quickly looking at Cray with a sigh. "I only follow proper order. He won the battle as Forest yielded. I agree he's not shifter aged enough to stay leader for long. That should not be argued. I, myself, would be willing to help him with his beast and assist in ensuring he's doing a proper job. If Zack still acknowledges me as Manners Teacher, -I- could be advisor. -I- could be his checks and balances."
Jin rubs the bridge of his nose "I am more then willing to help Zack… he may not have been a leopard but he has a good heart and a good head on his shoulders and he does have the pard's best interest in mind from what I have seen."
Auranna shakes her head, "Pard is Pard, I am here," she says softly, "We need to hunt while we can. And see where the leaves fall tomorrow." She sends out her beast to Zack and nods, "And we can help brush up training if you need it too later."
Cray doesn't respond to Keith, just shakes hsi head lightly at the man, helmet hiding his face behind it's visor, and with that the dark skinned panther pulls away, motorcycle rumbling down the path out away from the house.
Keith looks upon Jin and everyone nodding. "Yes, we all can assist him. It doesn't have to a completely iron-clad ruling. He's young, though everyone says he shows promise. Why slam him before he proves himself in a leadership capacity?" He then looks at Auranna nodding. "Yes, Pard is Pard… lets hunt and see where the dice fall…" He then looks at Zack, "Just keep my offer in mind. Keep mine and Anna's offer in mind. We're here to train you, though clearly you can learn mental tasks quickly and physical tasks from Auranna progressively."
Jeremy sinks to the ground and just rocks a bit, staring after the ones who have left. He doesn't cringe away from the feel of Zack's beast. He just shudders, shoulders shaking as he quietly sobs.
Zack puts his hand reassuringly on Keith's shoudler, "I will always be willing to listen to council, even if I may decide to follow what's in my heart. I know that I'm young, hell too young, that's why I know I need advice when it's offered." He nods to Jin, silently saying thank you. He moves over to Jeremy, crouching down beside the empath. "You gonna be okay, my friend? We're gonna hunt, come with us…" It is not an order, it is a request.
Auranna nods and smiles a little and looks to Jeremy for a moment and then slips out of what little clothes she had on and moves to a clear space and lets the shift over take her.
Keith nods at Zack with a smile upon his face. "Yes, and I have plenty of council to give… plenty of council to offer indeed." He then looks around before tilting his head toward Jeremy. "Jeremy, please come with us to hunt. Getting some food in you will help, I assure you." He seems sincere. His beast clearly pressing lightly at his eyes as they glow. Almost twinkling as the energy seems to be flexing it's will upon Keith's control. Keith quickly strips as he awaits Jeremy's reply.
Jeremy is doing a good job of fighting the panic attack since he's not shifted yet. But its not a pleasant battle. "Everyone's leavin….They're all leaving."
Zack nods and brushes his fingertips over Jeremy's cheek, "Hopefully they will come back." There is something in his voice that he isn't saying. He smiles and leans over and kisses Jeremy on the top of the head, before he stands up and starts to remove his clothing. "Come on, lets go hunting." He steps away from the pile of clothing and begins to shift. The change is almost instant as he shakes his head, slinging goo about him.
Keith shakes his head at Jeremy as he reaches a hand out to Jeremy while his energy caresses over Jeremy supportively. "Jeremy, they're not leaving for long. I promise brother… they're just upset and want someone other to lead. We all want a proper leader, if it turns out Zack is the proper leader so be it. Though please Jeremy, join us…" He seems a lot happier since the issues seems to be resolving slowly now. He then follows Zack's suit not willing to tempt the destined. He shifts developing goo and shaking it off as he then brushes physically along Zack's shifted form.
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HOUSTON — Economic growth in the United States will cause demand for diesel to rise over coming decades, even as regular gasoline use continues a steady decline, according to a federal analysis released this week.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that growth in miles traveled by heavy-duty vehicles — such as buses, big rigs, and large pickup trucks — will outweigh improvements fuel economy, pushing demand for diesel higher. Heavy-duty vehicles will consume 41.5 percent more energy in 2040 than in 2012, the agency forecasts, a faster rise than any other mode of transportation, including aircraft and pipelines.
The rising demand is "a result of increased demand for travel as economic output grows," the EIA wrote. "In contrast to the projected decline in gasoline use, a strong increase in heavy-duty vehicle miles traveled leads to an increase in consumption of diesel fuel."
For the transportation sector as a whole, the agency projects that energy use will decline 4.5 percent between 2012 and 2040. That reverses the historic trend — energy use for transportation grew an average of 1.3 percent per year from 1973 to 2007.
Natural gas vehicles: Economics of natural gas don't always add up for fleets
Rapid improvement in the fuel economy of passenger cars and other light-duty vehicles will slash gasoline demand. Energy use from small vehicles will fall 24 percent between 2012 and 2040, to 12.1 quadrillion British thermal units, the agency forecasts.
The higher fuel economy is driven largely by stricter federal standards finalized by the Obama administration in 2012. The EIA noted that those rules effectively require automakers to boost efficiency of light-duty vehicles to an average of about 49 miles per gallon in model year 2025, compared to about 33 miles per gallon for model year 2012. Those improvements more than offset a projected increase in miles traveled by light-duty vehicles in coming years.
But that won't be the case for heavy-duty vehicles, whose energy demand will reach 7.5 quadrillion British thermal by 2040, according to the EIA.
But the agency cautioned that its projections are based on current policies. President Obama has called on the Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department to develop for stricter fuel standards for heavy-duty trucks by 2016.
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Some things you may not know about APUS History at TC Roberson:
Why you are doing this: There is likely a good reason why you decided to take this course over two semesters instead of the normal US History class that is over one. A possible reason might be that you realize you could get college credit for your work in this class. Perhaps you really love a more in depth approach to history. Regardless of the reason be prepared for one of the best educational experiences you can get in a high school setting. APUS history is a great prep course for college in that it forces strong study skills, prioritization, and organization. My hope is regardless of what happens with your grades and your test scores at the end of the year that you leave here better students who are more equipped to learn more efficiently.
Do you get college credit just by completing the course? No. Most colleges require a "3" on the AP test, but many now require a "4" or a "5". Check with the specific school you are applying to in order to find out what their standards are. You receive credit-you save your parents money and everyone is happy.
What happens when it snows? The AP Test is a NATIONAL test. It does not move. This year's test is the morning of Friday May 8, 2009. As a result of this, when we lose a day due to snow, we have to condense materials and sometimes creativity suffers. Expect in January and February to lose days and for syllabi to change. Just be patient and it will work out.
Is there an Exam? Yes. First semester you will have a practice AP style test. Second semester you will have a required state test that is a lot easier than the AP test. There are no exemptions for exams during either semester in this course.
What do I do about the textbook? Students may mark in the textbook, but there is a catch. By using the textbooks like any good college student would you obligate yourself to pay for them at the end of the year. The American Pageant is approximately $70.00 or more to replace, but you get a college level text prior to going to college. Portrait of America vols. 1 & 2 are regularly used in many colleges and universities. As they are paperback they will not last. I strongly suggest you leave these at home except on days when we might be discussing specific selections from them. My suggestion, talk it over with your folks BEFORE your start highlighting, etc.
How do I do well in this class? There are no free lunches in this world. If you want to do well you must work pretty darn hard. In general, folks who take the better reading notes, turn in complete notebooks every unit on time, and pay attention in class do fairly well. That is no guarantee for a "4" or a "5" on the test but those who do those things will earn high grades for the course. There are ways to cut some corners here and there but in general you need to manage your time to get your reading done. Remember, this is college level content in a high school setting. It is not supposed to be easy.
How Successful have former students been? VERY. TC Roberson always produces high powered, very competitive students that many highly sought colleges and universities are very familiar with. Some places that have accepted some of my former students include: Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, Savannah College of Art & Design, The University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, MIT, Georgia Tech, Davidson, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, and Wake Forest. AP US history was not necessarily the reason why they are attending these high powered institutions, but it did help them prepare for the rigors these schools present them with on a daily basis. As for my success rate on the test? My students have averaged better than the national average every year I have taught the course. Currently the average score on the test is close to a 2.5. My students have averaged around 3.5. Better than half earn 4's and 5's. The message? If you try really hard, do what I ask, come in for help if you are struggling with something, than you will be successful. Not everyone will earn a 3, 4, or a 5, but everyone can improve dramatically, and become better prepared for college.


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Imagine a generation of innovative and motivated young people, who instinctively think and act sustainably. It is a vision that is already becoming a reality for some schools through involvement in the Enviroschools programme.
What is an Enviroschool?
The Enviroschools Programme integrates environmental education into the whole of school life, creating learning opportunities by working towards a healthy, peaceful and sustainable environment. With support from the school community, students plan, design and take action to create a sustainable school.
The programme aims to equip young people with the skills they need to be leaders in sustainability. We see a world where students are actively engaged in environmental change that will have significant effects on the school, community, nation and planet.
We see young people with a holistic sense of the environment, and the ability to confront and challenge the barriers to a sustainable future. Action projects, undertaken by Enviroschools, have both environmental and educational outcomes that benefit the school and the wider community.
2019 workshop
We offered a free half-day workshop for Enviroschools teachers and facilitators keen to delve into the Holistic Reflection process in some depth. This workshop took place on Thursday 16 May at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council offices in First Ave, Tauranga.
The workshop was run by Sandy Bell-Jameson from the Enviroschools national team. Sandy comes with an extensive background in the Reflection process and offered insights into the benefits of reflecting, some tips for kick-starting the process, and how to involve your whole school community.


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Beginning in 1997, Claremont Companies were named designated developer by the Newark Housing Authority's federally mandated replacement housing requirements. Claremont successfully responded to six different RFQ's and completed over 500 rental units over a ten-year period. As designated developer, Claremont provided the construction financing through our relationship lenders and government agencies with a forward sale take-out to the Newark Housing Authority upon completion between 1997 and 2009.
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A UFO hunter claims discovery of a possible secret Alien-UFO underwater base.
While checking the ocean floor on Google Earth, Mexicogreek seems to have found an entrance to an underwater base, whether it's extraterrestrial or a secret military base.
There is much written about UFOs/USOs flying into and out of the oceans, unknown craft that are able to travel underwater, so it's quite possible that there are some UFO or Military bases hidden deep within the oceans.
Another remarkable detail, most of these underwater bases are located off coast and connected via tunnels with a base on land which indicates that such secret underwater bases are built by governments or certain organizations.
Even though Mexicogreek did not tell the coordinates of the underwater base, at the end of the video you can see that this base also is located near the coastline.


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have flowers growing
from my brain to my fingers
and down to my toes.
-it's still not enough for you.
I can not fathom
why you call me a bigot
while hate drips like spit.
-from your mouth, not mine.
Do you feel saintly?
You use a finger to point,
and blame gods, instead.
-take responsibility.
My eyes can not stand
the sight of you anymore.
I'd rather be blind.
-I foresee a life of disorient.
Brash girl, nasty girl
is what you yell at me now
that i walk away.
-once and for all.
I am still blooming
despite the wretched words you
spewed like a coward.
-I learned to close my lips and move on.
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I reached out to over fifty women to celebrate unity and solidarity, while still recognizing the injustices and struggles interwoven in what it means to be a woman. In
a world
so focused on catering to the male gaze, I decided to capture the female gaze and document how women see the world. What does it mean to be a woman?
Alex Vargas
"I remember having a conversation my second year, in bed with a friend, and he was like, 'What is a radical epiphany you've had in the last year?' and I said something along the lines of 'I don't think that I'm that pretty, but I don't think I have to be.' I don't know if it's me being uncomfortable with the way I look, because I've grown to accept the way I look and my body, to a certain extent, because of what I've been conditioned to think. But I like my body and I like my face and the way I look and my skin tone and everything. I accept myself. But also, but maybe I've learned to divorce, or [work] toward divorcing the way that I look and my value as a person. Maybe I don't have to be pretty. Maybe I just have to be who I am as a person and still be valuable."
"Being a woman to me is simultaneously being both the strongest and most powerless person in the room."
Nicki Guivatchian
"I used to have really long hair, and I just chopped it all off which was really empowering for me, because everyone loved my hair and how it was supposed to be. Then I cut eight inches of it."
Atika Dunlop
"What I thought I was supposed to look like is not what I looked like. I was especially self-conscious about really small things. Like when I was little, I wished so desperately to have straight hair."
Celine Li
"I came to the U.S. two years ago. I had a great job in China for six years but I felt like I was doing something I wasn't so passionate about. So I changed my job and accepted the challenge to move [to] a new country by myself. I follow my heart. I know a lot of my friends and colleagues stay where they're comfortable. I feel like it's a little bit boring. I like a lot of challenge, change, and discomfort. It makes my life more fun and meaningful, but during the whole process, you need to be very brave and independent and take responsibility for your decisions."
Rozhelle Buhay
"I was born in Guam, and it's pretty simplistic [there]. You sleep, work, and play and that's all. The food resources there are pretty natural. Everything there is pretty organic. That's what I grew up with. Then when I moved here, to the U.S., everything was processed and there was so much fast food and I was like, 'Ah, yes, I want to try everything!' At a young age, my weight gradually increased so much that my mom started to pick at me. She would say, 'You're not having a woman's curves anymore. Those are starting to be rolls.' I think for my mom, her standards of being a woman [are] to have that hourglass figure and she didn't see that in me."
Jessica Cao
"I feel like I haven't been as confident as males are taught to be, going into professional settings. When a woman is confident, people are offended or think she's bossy, or they look down on her. But when a male does the same thing, [he's] respected. The fear of being looked down upon for being confident is still there. [At work,] something a lot of my male peers didn't experience is like, when they would come in and ask questions, they would feel like it's okay to touch me or call me 'honey.' I know they don't mean it in a bad way, but it's something my guy coworkers would never experience."
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"My grandma is always telling [me that] it's very important to know how to cook so that I can be a good wife and so that someone will want to marry [me]. I mean, it's definitely important to know how to cook as a human being. I understand where she's coming from, but she's making it seem like that is my whole reality. She never talks to me about other things. She [is] just very insistent on me cleaning and cooking while my brother [is] playing video games."
Is there anything you would want to tell young girls?
"Be yourself. I know that's cheesy, but I wish someone [had] told me to be myself when I was younger. I was so insecure and sad and depressed. I really want every small girl out there to just be [herself]. We are infinite and dynamic, so don't go through life streamlined in a certain way just because people want you to act that way."
Christina Chen
Something I've been actively doing is utilizing [the phrase] 'Make space, take space.' It's a concept where people with privilege will make space for those who need it. But instead of waiting for people with privilege to make space for us, I think our mantra is that we are just going to take space."
How do you embrace your womanhood?
"I've embraced my womanhood by [ignoring] gender norms and not [caring] about how I appear. I burp really, really loudly. I burp [in] really random places. Usually, people are shocked-- like, what is this coming out of this girl? And I'm like, 'Suck it up! I'm human and I burp.' This guy yesterday was saying, 'Do you do yoga?' and I was like, 'Yeah!' and he was like, 'Hm, have you tried massaging out your stomach? I feel like you have a lot of gas buildup in your stomach.' And I'm like, 'Whatever, just because you can't burp like me.'"
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There is new evidence that Adolph Hitler was gay. Doctors who treated Hitler were interviewed by the U.S. Army after World War II, and the notes from those interviews have now been made public.
Army interrogator Herman Merl, who was a medical technician who interviewed Hitler's doctors, Karl Brandt and Hitler's primary physician, Theodor Morell, wrote "Homosex" in the space provided for Hitler's sexuality. The doctors told Merl that Hitler did not sleep with girlfriend Eva Braun in her bedroom, and he himself received female hormones. Merl wrote, "Eva Braun = separate rooms" and "female hormone – injection 50,000 units." He added, "His sexual life and intercourse with Eva Braun was told to me."
Merl wrote that Hitler was "hysterical," a "megalomaniac," and might have had Parkinson's disease.
The notebooks Merl kept will be sold by Alexander Historical Auctions of Chesapeake City, Md. in late May. Alexander has previously sold notes regarding Hitler that revealed he was also injected with bull semen for testosterone.


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Friday 24th March, 2017, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
The Digital Health and Wellbeing Symposium will be held at The Open University campus on 24th March and is organised by Dr Hannah R Marston, a Research Fellow in the Health & Wellbeing Priority Research Area (PRA). This 1-day symposium will bring together researchers, academics, stakeholders and practitioners in a bid to share innovative ongoing and future concepts of cross and multi-disciplinary research in the area of digital health and wellbeing. It is anticipated there will be networking opportunities across different disciplines, knowledge exchange, impact, community engagement and sharing of ideas and experiences in a bid to make a difference.
Registration is between 08:45 - 09:45.
Please register your interest/attendance with Dr Hannah R Marston – firstname.lastname@example.com
Welcome address
Speaker 1: Dr Josephine McMurray, Wilfred Laurier University, Canada: 'Tertius iungens: Connecting the disconnected and other notions that help build ecosystems to support health & agetech innovation'
Speaker 2: Dr Malcolm Fisk, De Montfort University: 'Developments in Telehealth: How Consumers will Change the Way that Services are Provided'
Comfort break and networking
Speaker 3: Dr Matthew Fay, GP Principle The Willows Medical Practice, West Yorkshire: 'A new paradigm in palpitation management'
Speaker 4: Dr Charles Musselwhite, Swansea University: 'Supporting mobility of older people: Why technology is getting it wrong'
Lunch and networking
Panel discussion
Speaker 5: Dr Elisabeth Boulton, University of Manchester: 'Motivating 60-70 year olds to be more active using smart technology: The PreventIT Project'
Comfort break and networking
Speaker 6: Professor Josie Tetley and Dr Emma Koivunen, Manchester Metropolitan University: 'Using technology to reduce isolation'
Speaker 7: Dr Verina Waights, The Open University: 'Enhancing quality of life of carers through innovative ehealth technologies'
Closing remarks
Dr Hannah R Marston, Research Fellow, Health and Wellbeing Priority Research Area
Dr Malcolm Fisk is a Senior Research Fellow within the Centre for Computing and Responsible Research at De Montfort University, Leicester will be presenting on the future of Telehealth, services and standards drawing upon his previous work and the PROGRESSIVE EU project which started on 1st October 2016. Additionally, Malcolm is the Director of the Telehealth Quality Group EEIG (http://www.telehealth.global/) and in June 2016, the Telehealth Quality Group organized their first symposium at the University of Manchester which had over 100 attendees, including strategists, commissioners, service providers, manufacturers, carer and user focused organisations. http://www.telehealth.global/author/malcolm-fisk/
Twitter: @malcolmjf
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/malcolmfisk
Dr Charles Musselwhite is an Associate Professor at Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University will be talking about the use of technology and transport in the 21st Century. Charles has published widely in the areas of transport, mobility, and ageing. He was one of three guest editors for the Digital Gaming and Ageing special edition for the Games and Culture and is currently an editor with Drs Marston and Freeman on the Mobile EHealth book to be published by Springer 2017. http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/human-and-health-sciences/allstaff/c.b.a.musselwhite/
Twitter: @charliemuss
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/charles-musselwhite-85365a45
Personal Website: http://www.drcharliemuss.com
Dr Elisabeth Boulton moved into research following a successful career in management in the social care sector, working in local government and the voluntary sector. Lis completed a PhD on involving older adults in designing and implementing interventions to promote healthy behaviour. She worked on the EC funded FARSEEING project delivering much of the work on older adults' views of technologies. Lis currently works on the EC PreventIT project designing and evaluating an App-based behavioural intervention, which will promote physical activity in daily life. Her research focuses on the use of technologies to facilitate behavioural change amongst older adults.
Dr Matthew Fay is a General Practitioner who joined Westcliffe Medical Practice in 1999. This has developed in to the Westcliffe Group of practices and he is now based at The Willows in Queensbury since 2014.
In 2001, Matthew established a GPwSI cardiology service in North Bradford which has expanded to provide services in Ilkley and Queensbury. He was a member of the NICE AF Guideline Development Group and is a standing committee member of NICE Quality Standard Advisory Committee. He is currently an Executive of the Atrial Fibrillation Association, STARS (the Syncope Trust), Arrhythmia Alliance, Anticoagulation Europe, on the Expert Advisory Panel for the Stroke Association, the faculty for Heart Valve Voice and a Trustee of ThrombosisUK. As a father of four, he insists that he is first and foremost a family doctor, spending the majority of his time seeing people in the setting of a general practitioner.
Professor Josie Tetley is a Professor of Nursing (Ageing and Long-Term Conditions) at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU).She is based in the Faculty of Health Psychology, Social Care and Social Work. To date she has 20 years' experience of undertaking a wide range of international, national and local research work with older people and family carers. During this time, her research has focused on issues related to gerontology and user participation in research. Her commitment to this area of research is evident in her research outputs and publications. In terms of grant capture, Josie has attracted funding of over £500 000, where she has been the main research lead or co-applicant, set within the context of more than £2m overall project research funding. Josie holds professional memberships for the British Society of Gerontology and the Royal College of Nursing, and is currently on the editorial board member for the International Practice Development Journal.
Dr Josephine McMurrray is an Assistant Professor in the Business Technology Management program, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, at Wilfrid Laurier's Brantford Campus. Her doctoral thesis (Dr Ian McKillop. supervisor) examined the classification of inter-organizational electronic information exchange and interoperability as a measure of system integration. Her general research interests include healthcare system integration, quality and patient experience improvement, and system performance measurement. She has investigated information exchange in care transitions related to the frail elderly and mental health care, and measurement of electronic health information systems adoption and primary care outcomes for at risk populations. Future research projects and areas of interest include examination of values-based care models, stakeholder perceptions of technology and information exchange within organizations, technology-enabled measurement and management of patient experience, technology-enhanced human resource models, and regional health innovation ecosystems. Josephine's industry experience includes 13 years in health administration for a not-for-profit, and seven years in the for-profit sector working as a marketing manager for a multi-national and running a strategic planning and marketing consultancy.
The Digital Health & Wellbeing Symposium will take place in the Michael Young Building (MYB), Rooms 3 & 4. If you are unsure of the location please see the map
From MK Central Train Station:
Bus: the #28 bus takes you directly to the OU Campus
Taxi: There are several taxi firms which will pick you up from outside and these are:
- Skyline – 01908 222111
- Speedline – 01908 260260
- Eezy Cabs – 01908 218218
Walking: There are Redways (the cycling network) across Milton Keynes and, depending where you are staying, you may be able to walk to the campus.


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After you have created an XMLHttp object, you are ready to start making HTTP requests from JavaScript. The first step is to call the
open() method, which initializes the object. This method accepts the following three arguments:
- Request Type: A string indicating the request type to be made-typically, GET or POST (these are the only ones currently supported by all browsers).
- URL: A string indicating the URL to send the request to.
- Async: A Boolean value indicating whether the request should be made asynchronously.
The last argument,
async, is very important because it controls how JavaScript executes the request. When set to
true, the request is sent asynchronously, and JavaScript code execution continues without waiting for the response; you must use an event handler to watch for the response to the request. If
async is set to
To make an asynchronous GET request to
info.txt, you would start by doing this:
var oXmlHttp = zXmlHttp.createRequest(); oXmlHttp.open("get", "info.txt", true);
Note that the case of the first argument, the request type, is irrelevant even though technically request types are defined as all uppercase.
Next, you need to define an
onreadystatechange event handler. The XMLHttp object has a property called
readyState that changes as the request goes through and the response is received. There are five possible values for
- 0 (Uninitialized): The object has been created but the
open()method hasn't been called.
- 1 (Loading): The
open()method has been called but the request hasn't been sent.
- 2 (Loaded): The request has been sent.
- 3 (Interactive): A partial response has been received.
- 4 (Complete): All data has been received and the connection has been closed.
Every time the
readyState property changes from one value to another, the
readystatechange event fires and the
onreadystatechange event handler is called. Because of differences in browser implementations, the only reliable
readyState values for cross-browser development are 0, 1, and 4. In most cases, however, you will check only for 4 to see when the request has returned:
var oXmlHttp = zXmlHttp.createRequest(); oXmlHttp.open("get", "info.txt", true); oXmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function () { if (oXmlHttp.readyState == 4) { alert("Got response."); } };
The last step is to call the
send() method, which actually sends the request. This method accepts a single argument, which is a string for the request body. If the request doesn't require a body (remember, a GET request doesn't), you must pass in
var oXmlHttp = zXmlHttp.createRequest(); oXmlHttp.open("get", "info.txt", true); oXmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function () { if (oXmlHttp.readyState == 4) { alert("Got response."); } }; oXmlHttp.send(null);
That's it! The request has been sent and when the response is received, an alert will be displayed. But just showing a message that the request has been received isn't very useful. The true power of XMLHttp is that you have access to the returned data, the response status, and the response headers.
To retrieve the data returned from the request, you can use the
responseText or
responseXML properties. The
responseText property returns a string containing the response body, whereas the
responseXML property is an XML document object used only if the data returned has a content type of
text/xml. (XML documents are discussed in Chapter 4.) So, to get the text contained in
info.txt, the call would be as follows:
var sData = oXmlHttp.responseText;
Note that this will return the text in
info.txt only if the file was found and no errors occurred. If, for example,
info.txt didn't exist, then the
responseText would contain the server's 404 message. Fortunately, there is a way to determine if any errors occurred.
status property contains the HTTP status code sent in the response, and
statusText contains the text description of the status (such as "OK" or "Not Found"). Using these two properties, you can make sure the data you've received is actually the data you want or tell the user why the data wasn't retrieved:
if (oXmlHttp.status == 200) { alert("Data returned is: " + oXmlHttp.responseText; } else { alert("An error occurred: " + oXmlHttp.statusText; }
Generally, you should always ensure that the status of a response is
200, indicating that the request was completely successful. The
readyState property is set to
4 even if a server error occurred, so just checking that is not enough. In this example, the
responseText property is shown only if the
status is
200; otherwise, the error message is displayed.
statusText property isn't implemented in Opera and sometimes returns an inaccurate description in other browsers. You should never rely on statusText alone to determine if an error occurred.
As mentioned previously, it's also possible to access the response headers. You can retrieve a specific header value using the
getResponseHeader() method and passing in the name of the header that you want to retrieve. One of the most useful response headers is
Content-Type, which tells you the type of data being sent:
var sContentType = oXmlHttp.getResponseHeader("Content-Type"); if (sContentType == "text/xml") { alert("XML content received."); } else if (sContentType == "text/plain") { alert("Plain text content received."); } else { alert("Unexpected content received."); }
This code snippet checks the content type of the response and displays an alert indicating the type of data returned. Typically, you will receive only XML data (content type of
text/xml) or plain text (content type of
text/plain) from the server, because these content types are the easiest to work with using JavaScript.
If you'd prefer to see all headers returned from the server, you can use the
getAllResponseHeaders() method, which simply returns a string containing all of the headers. Each heading in the string is separated by either a new line character (
\n in JavaScript) or a combination of the carriage return and new line (
\r\n in JavaScript), so you can deal with individual headers as follows:
var sHeaders = oXmlHttp.getAllResponseHeaders(); var aHeaders = sHeaders.split(/\r?\n/); for (var i=0; i < aHeaders.length; i++) { alert(aHeaders[i]); }
This example splits the header string into an array of headers by using the JavaScript
split() method for strings and passing in a regular expression (which matches either a carriage return/new line couple or just a new line). Now you can iterate through the headers and do with them as you please. Keep in mind that each string in
aHeaders is in the format
headername: headervalue.
It's also possible to set headers on the request before it's sent out. You may want to indicate the content type of data that you'll be sending, or you may just want to send along some extra data that the server may need to deal with the request. To do so, use the
setRequestHeader() method before calling
var oXmlHttp = zXmlHttp.createRequest(); oXmlHttp.open("get", "info.txt", true); oXmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function () { if (oXmlHttp.readyState == 4) { alert("Got response."); } }; oXmlHttp.setRequestHeader("myheader", "myvalue"); oXmlHttp.send(null);
In this code, a header named
myheader is added to the request before it's sent out. The header will be added to the default headers as
myheader: myvalue.
Up to this point, you've been dealing with asynchronous requests, which are preferable in most situations. Sending synchronous requests means that you don't need to assign
theonreadystatechange event handler because the response will have been received by the time the
send() method returns. This makes it possible to do something like this:
var oXmlHttp = zXmlHttp.createRequest(); oXmlHttp.open("get", "info.txt", false); oXmlHttp.send(null); if (oXmlHttp.status == 200) { alert("Data returned is: " + oXmlHttp.responseText; } else { alert("An error occurred: " + oXmlHttp.statusText; }
Sending the request synchronously (setting the third argument of
open() to
false) enables you to start evaluating the response immediately after the call to
send(). This can be useful if you want the user interaction to wait for a response or if you're expecting to receive only a very small amount of data (for example, less than 1K). In the case of average or larger amounts of data, it's best to use an asynchronous call.


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A very good friend of mine sent me to The Wrap Show with some words of advice, pick up a Hubertine. I had heard of the brand before but I had never tried any Hubertine wraps, so I was unsure. Stupidly I didn't follow the advice of my good friend and came away Hubertine-less.
Luckily a wonderful lady contacted me online to let me know that she had managed to get herself Josèphine B. En Jean and would I like to borrow it for a few weeks. Obviously I couldn't say no.
Hubertine is a French company, it was originally established by two mothers with a love and passion for babywearing and textiles. Atelier
Hubertine wraps are created by French craftspeople at every step of production. The wraps are woven in a family run workshop using traditional jacquard weaving techniques. Hubertine maintains the highest standards, demanding the best and most beautiful products.
Joséphine B. en Jean does not disappoint, it is the most beautiful wrap that I have ever used. The blend 84% cotton and 16% merino is perfect, the wrap weighs 300gsm, feels thin in hand but is supportive and has a strength like nothing I've seen before.
The colours shine and glow, and the intricate and detailed trade mark design looks exquisite in this colour way. The wrap glides into place and holds like a bandage. The blend combined with the relief from the design, ensures that the wrap stays in place.
The weather has been so beautiful but very hot over the past week. I found En Jean cool and breathable, which for me is an important factor when considering which wraps I will use over the Summer. Cass gets hot very quickly and easily becomes agitated and upset when even slightly warm. He remained cool on my back in a double Hammock, and dozed off immediately.
I am so glad that I got to try Hubertine, especially En Jean. If I get chance, one of these fantastic wraps will definitely be coming to live with us. I have been blown away by the quality and beauty of Hubertine, I understand why this beautiful French company is so popular. Thank you Hubertine, we love you!