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BALTIMORE (AP) — Even during a lockout, the NBA still packs plenty of drawing power. LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul starred in a hastily arranged summer league game Tuesday night that drew an overflow crowd at Morgan State University. The big question is: Will these stars and their peers get the opportunity to perform in the NBA this year? The owners and players union are expected to meet this week.Read more on NewsOK.com


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I've really been enjoying Google+ since the beta version came out. It is like the best of flickr, facebook and twitter all in one easy to use format. I have to say I like it better than all the other social media networking platforms and it is especially great for photographers. If you have google+, please put your ID in the comments so that I and other readers can circle you. You can find me here: http://gplus.to/annemckinnell
And, if you are wondering how you get a cool URL for your ID like mine rather than using the long number that google gives you, first go to your google+ home page. In the address bar, copy that really long number. Then go to http://gplus.to and enter your number and the name you want to use to get a friendly URL.
Finally, if you want to get in on the Google+ fun and haven't been invited to play (it's still by invitation only) let me know in the comments and I'll send you an invite.
Now, on to the Ghost Car…
On our way to Badlands National Park, we were going down the road from the campsite when I spotted this abandoned car in a farmer's field. It was on the opposite side of the road and we zipped right past it. I said to Ray "we have to come back for that car! The light will be better later anyway."
We visited the famous "Wall Drug" in Wall, South Dakota, which was super cheesy. I've seen that place listed on some people's "must-see" list and I can tell you, just take it off your list, ok? Unless you really are into riding a giant jack-a-lope. Ray seemed to enjoy it. Yes, he made me take his picture on the jack-a-lope and no, I'm not going to show it to you.
I did enjoy seeing a wall covered in historical photographs and newpaper articles, that part was very interesting.
On the way home I fell asleep in the truck. When we came to a stop, I expected to be at the campsite but we were on the side of the road. "What's happening?" I mumbled sleepily. Ray said "there's your car." I was so excited, I had forgotten all about it and, although it didn't look that great in real life, I just knew I could make something out of it.
I made this image using a single hand-held exposure and processed it using Topaz Adjust.
Great shot Anne. I haven't found my ghost car yet but hope to in my travels. Thanks for the tip on the Google+ url. I too seem to be moving away from Flickr and Facebook to Google+ and 500px.
I got a chuckle out of your Wall Drug comments. I've been there and would like to go back with a camera. It is pretty cheesy but a unique place as well for that reason.
Here's my Google+ though I'm already following you:
Who doesn't love a giant jack-a-lope? Probably get more tourists with cheese than with some other sort of attraction. I like that car though, too bad its just rotting in a field.
Already circled you on G+ but I can be found here if anyone else is interested: http://gplus.to/michaelrussell
Google+ states that it is temporarily oversubscribed (in UK at least) but agree that it looks better than all the other social media. I follow you on my commute to work in Nottingham everyday and then home again at night and you keep me entertained and informed. Love the ghost car and Topaz adjust looks easier than wrestling with the photomatix aperture plugin – might invest.
Good eye catching this beauty along the roadside! I've seen pictures from Wall Drug but I've never been there. I've talked to people who have though and it sounds about like you've described it!
We're already mutually circled but here's my ID for anyone else who's interested: http://gplus.to/curtfleenor
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I'm another armchair traveler enjoying seeing America through your lens. Thanks for the photos and commentary and for the offer of a Google+ invite

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Years ago, when everyone else started gearing up for 2007, it looked as if Jamestown Island was standing still.
Construction started first on several projects at neighboring Jamestown Settlement. But, work on the island is going steady now.
Historic Jamestowne, and is in the midst of millions' worth of construction projects for the 400th. Here's a rundown on $45 million worth of construction, part of $60 million total on the island.
Parking -- The new Neck of Land parking area holds 150 cars and has a short walking trail.
A loop shuttle, which provides bus transportation between the two Jamestowns, will make stops there as well. Those who shuttle to Jamestown from the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center will get off at Neck of Land, then hop on the loop shuttle for eithe Jamestown.
There are no plans to limit vehicle access to Historic Jamestowne on typical days, though that could happen during major events such as Anniversary Weekend in May 2007 when representatives of the White House and British royal family are expected, Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst explained this week during a tour of Historic Jamestowne facilities.
The Neck of Land work is part of $8 million in transportation spending by Congress at Jamestown that also includes the shuttle and parking lot improvements.
Visitor Center -- On the island, modular units comprise a small visitor center. A $7 million, 18,000-square-foot Visitor Center should be finished by November.
Construction faced its own timing challenge, based on a clutch of bald eagles nesting nearby. Mating season for the eagles runs five months, so crews had a limited amount of time to bring heavy equipment onto the island without disturbing the birds.
The exterior of the building is basically complete. Work continues on the parking lot and some of the cement work.
Inside there will be an exhibit area and small, circular theater. The Park Service is billing the movie as an "immersion" experience, joining the adjacent exhibit in telling the 92-year history of Jamestown as the first capital of Virginia. The focus will be on the "coming together of three cultures," Litterst said, referring to the English, the Indians and the Africans.
Classrooms will be offered to the various school groups that visit Historic Jamestowne.
Out the back door is a covered porch for groups to get a briefing before moving on.
Then it's across a new walking bridge that crosses the swamp about 100 yards from the current walking bridge.
Visitors using the bridge will have their attention focused on the church tower and fort. Designers are counting on piquing their curiosity during the walk across the bridge. The natural inclination to walk to the right at the end of the bridge leads to sites on the island that tend to follow the chronology of the development of Jamestown.
Research -- Work is winding up on the $4.2 million Historic Jamestowne Research Center, a two-story facility with two wings that will provide storage space under one roof for the collections of both the Park Service and APVA. The building will be closed to the public.
The Park Service gets its section of the building in a couple of weeks and will begin to move in 1.1 million artifacts. They were moved out of the old Visitor Center when it famously flooded during Hurricane Isabel in 2003.
Archaearium -- Perhaps the signature building on the island will be the archaearium, a $5 million building that will incorporate virtual reality technology for visitors.
The building is being built on pillars to give the image that it's floating over the landscape. It's built over the foundations of the last statehouse on the island. There will be two "holes" in the floor where visitors can look through glass and see the actual foundation work.


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Brittany has been writing about science and health since 2000, working for the NCI Cancer Bulletin as a writer and editor since 2004. She is particularly interested in cancer immunotherapy and cancer survivorship, and she enjoys writing profiles of the people who work in medicine and research. She has an undergraduate degree in neurobiology, physiology, and behavior, and a master's degree in science and medical writing. Brittany is a member of the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences.
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· Such transactions must meet the Post Award Cost Transfer Guidelines at: http://nau.edu/postaward/policies/Cost-Transfer-Guidelines/
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See instructions for using the "Attachments" button at: https://nau.edu/its/learn/psfinancials_Attachments/
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Matthew McConaughey walks his dog Foxy while on the set of We Are Marshall in Atlanta. The man rolls out of bed and is still super sexy. Too bad he is wearing some ugly version of Uggs. That almost kills the entire look - besides, is it that cold in Atlanta that he would need those warm shoes?
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"After Survivor, I didn't really want to do anything," the 24-year-old tells USA Today from the film's Hollywood set. "I didn't want to go into acting. I met some people involved with the film, I auditioned for the role, and to my surprise, I got the part. And now I'm sitting in a trailer on a movie set. It kinda happened really, really fast."
But as Haskell explains, she couldn't have found a better acting coach than Schneider, who plays a guy who takes on animalistic behaviors after receiving organ transplants from several creatures. "Rob is teaching me a lot," she says of the Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo star. "I'm telling everyone that everything I learned, I learned from him."
However, when it comes to coping with the pitfalls of fame namely, the tabloids obsession with celebrity scandal it's Haskell who could probably teach Schneider a few things. From the second she got kicked off the island, the art student has been dogged by rumors romantically linking her to fellow Survivor contestant Greg Buis. At first, the media glare "really bothered me," she admits. "Now I'm like, why would I care? People are going to say what they want."
Well, for the record, what's the deal with her and Greg? "He's a really good friend," she says. "We've stayed close after the show, and that's it." Spoken like a Hollywood pro.
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Thanks to Gmail, a lot of non-Gmail users are also going to be able to enjoy larger storage space for their inboxes. Yahoo! is deploying larger inboxes for both free and premium email members over the summers. A mostly obscure Aventure Mail is offering 2GB for free for the first 10000 customers.
I thought the way people were buying and selling and swapping Gmail accounts was almost ridiculous. I mean, Gmail is so hot simply because it symbolises "cool" — I'm not sure how many people are after Gmail from the point of view of its utility or functionality. But where is all this going to lead? I mean what after 1GB? And how does this impact spam?
With Yahoo's anti-spam proposal gaining momentum, we're hoping that the amount of spam will reduce in the future. But it seems to me that more storage for inboxes might also imply more spam as well. Though that relationship is quite obscure, its more like a gut feeling. As Gmail suggests, archive, don't delete.
Most people I know hate spam because they have to delete the stuff manually. If spam filtering really becomes effective, at what point will spam stop being a PITA, if at all it ever will. If you look at the most popular networking applications through the decades, starting in the 1970′s, you'll see that email has been a constant contender. And it still remains, and will probably remain for the next decade as well.


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This season, Supernatural's hell-raising, demon-blooded and/or soul-torturing Brothers Winchester have been given a holy quest by the angel Castiel. (Yeah, I know, it seems kinda weird to us, too.) That quest? To stop the demon Lilith (Dean's killer) from opening the 66 seals binding the fallen angel Lucifer. (There are actually 600, but only 66 need to get popped.) While we've seen two of them -- the Rise of the Witnesses and the Summoning of Samhain -- apparently at least 34 have been opened off-screen, leading us to wonder what the heck they were and where the Winchesters were when it happened. Well, it turns out they actually tried to stop a bunch of them between episodes, with mixed results. We made some calls around the Hunter hotline and found out what went down recently with six of the seals.


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Do the math on health care reform
I have a math question to pose for all those congressmen and senators who cannot seem to find common ground on health care reform. It is a word problem — the kind you used to hate back in high school algebra class. Here it is: I'm 59-years-old. My plan was to semi-retire, working part-time as a newspaper reporter, for at least another half-dozen years. That got derailed in April, when the newspaper company laid me off. Subsequently, my income has decreased by about 95 percent. My husband, 61, is retired from his state job, but works part-time for the town of Eagle. The town has frozen wages, in the face of the current economy, so his income will not be changing in the coming year. We're several years away from qualifying for Medicare. We just got a notice from our health insurance company that our premiums will be increasing by 24 percent for next year. An extra $500 has been added to the deductible. You do the math. We will be paying more, and earning considerably less. We don't qualify for employer health insurance benefits. We are self-insured, which means an expensive monthly premium (more than our home mortgage payment), and a high deductible. Our insurance is far from a "Cadillac" plan. Keeping with the car metaphor, our present health care program is more like the AMC Gremlin plan. (We got the rude awakening when we first became self-insured. The price of a three-months supply of a prescription medication jumped from the $50 I paid while insured by my employer to $260.) We are counting on those elected officials in Washington to get a handle on the health care situation. We need more efficiency in the health care system, and the spiraling costs need to be brought under control. A public option would make those profit-happy insurance companies sit up and take notice. We fully realize that despite the growing cost to us, we're much better off than the many people in this valley who can't afford insurance at all. But from a personal viewpoint, the question comes down to this math formula:
Unemployment + wage freeze + insurance premium increase =
Need for health care reform. Now.
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by Sam Veneer (not verified) | Sat, 2009-11-14 09:00
Reply to Kathy Heicher: From
Reply to Kathy Heicher: From Vail to where you live there are 500+ families with net worth more than $5 million dollars. Perhaps the whole healthcare debate is really a distribution of income thing? Sam Veneer
by Brian Christopher (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-29 12:37
And one more thing... One of
And one more thing... One of the reasons that people tolerate socialized care in other countries, is that our system still produces new technologies and innovation, that they can use when they come here to get treated. If we governmentalize our system, it will hurt the health of the world. Many other countries can afford socialized medicine because we fund the research and development of medicine and medical procedures for much of the world.
by Brian Christopher (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-29 12:33
If we really want lower
If we really want lower health care costs, we need LESS health insurance, not more. The spiraling costs are caused by people not paying the bill for the services they are receiving. Whenever someone else is paying the bill, people don't pay attention to what things cost. As long as some insurance company is paying for Joe's doctor visit, he doesn't know the total cost, just what he has to pay. And we need to get people talking about the same thing. Health care does not equal health insurance; health insurance reform does not equal health care reform. Everyone in this country has access to health care, even though they may not have health insurance. And these two terms have been purposely used in place of the other to muddy the debate. If you want to lower costs have more people directly pay for the services they receive. Most people should not use insurance for a doctor's visit for a cold and some basic medicine, but so many do, and this is why costs keep rising. And that's not health insurance, that's a health care payment plan. Another problem is too many people just want me to pay for their health care. If you have an ipod, an iphone, cable, internet, a new car, new clothes (like so many of the people who can't "afford" insurance) you don't need government to pay for your care or insurance, you need to re-organize your priorties.
by Kaitlyn J (not verified) | Fri, 2009-10-23 06:18
Two words that will really
Two words that will really impact healthcare costs. PREVENTATIVE CARE. Government can't fix this, it's an individual decision. Why should a thirty year old otherwise healthy person spend 20+ days in the ICU on a ventilator and heavily sedated for Acute Respiratory Distress when they could have gone to the doctor when they first had an infection and taken antibiotics and been well in 5-7 days? That is personal responsibility. That is individual impact on healthcare reform. Don't rack up tens of thousands of dollars of avoidable health care costs by trying to avoid spending a couple hundred. Be smart about things. Don't avoid dental cleanings for years only to end up requiring $1000 worth of fillings at once. It just doesn't make sense. As the old saying goes...A stitch in time saves nine.
by Melinda K (not verified) | Fri, 2009-10-23 06:02
Hmmm, not sure about the
Hmmm, not sure about the limit on lawyer compensation for medical lawsuits, but not for patients. Emotional, psychological, punitive damages, etc make up the largest part of these lawsuits and consist of a number plucked out of thin air and usually are always in the millions. Want one reason your hospital bill is so big? The hospital had to pay out 10 million dollars in emotional damages when someone's baby was born with complications that had nothing to do with the hospital. Then the next time you went to the hospital you had to pay $500-$1500 extra dollars to cover those and other losses the hospital incurred. Then you limit what they can charge and all of a sudden you have to drive two counties away to even get to a hospital, and you have to wait 8 hours in the ER before they can find you a bed. Healthcare reform DOES need to happen, but so does Washington reform. I say we vote out EVERY incumbent and start fresh there as well.
by Richard T (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-22 21:05
Here's the math. You are
Here's the math. You are older and insurance costs more. Bring in Obama's healthcare and your insurance rate will be reduced while younger more healthy citizens will have to pay more. The bad news for you though is that as you earn more money your subsidy will diminish and if you ever get another full-time job you likley will pay far more than you are now and it could even be taxed if you are paid by your employer. The lesson..don't work too hard and the government will provide you some relief.
by xRc (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-22 20:14
Well my fellow Americans.
Well my fellow Americans. Ummm ya having some problems ha? Let's forget this Democrat/Republican~Left Right ****. It's people. We are all people. I live in another country (I'm American) where I have the "Commie"~ "Socialized" health care many are fearing is going to take over the USA. Well, I pay about $100.00 a month and get national healthcare. Oh, I went to the dentist last month and got a filling...Really expensive...$10.00. America is a greedy money oriented society and you (the people) have to change and stop this old "Commie" thinking...My best to you.
by Ray (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-22 15:49
Big government, big labor
Big government, big labor (unions), greedy corrupt career politicians, an under-informed poorly educated electorate who allow themselves to be persuaded by pandering politicos. These are the reasons our health care system as well as virtually every other aspect of American society is in trouble. Wake up America. The government is not the answer. Every time that we allow the government to "fix" one problem they create 10 more. People must return to the values self reliance. Government can't be Robin Hood. We must take care of our own families, and if help is needed we should look to churches and charities, who are funded by people who choose to give, of there own free will, not to government programs that are funded by forced taxation so that politicians can pander more to the recipients of aid.
by Apeon (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-22 15:34
The Reform Putsch is nothing
The Reform Putsch is nothing but an attempt to control another 17"% of our economy. Single Payer is a myth--You All will pay it---You All pay for everything now. If you pay taxes, consume anything, You are Paying for Evetything. Individuals pay for everything---You fly, taxes are levied on your ticket, so
by DShirley (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-22 15:29
Interesting post by the
Interesting post by the writer. But I'm more curious if the counties represented by this category are the "white flight" counties of the late 20th century that may be reaching their economic plateau....
by Gary (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-22 14:38
I have a dream...that I lived
I have a dream...that I lived in a world without government. In my dream, I am personally responsible for my well-being and happiness, but must suffer the consequences--therefore, I better mind my P's and Q's and be a good friend, neighbor, and citizen. In my dream, my taxes (federal, state, county, city, property, gas, food, clothes, fees and fines, and anything else they can conjure up), isn't my biggest expenditure, including healthcare. In my dream, I'm not saturated with sermons about how I should think and behave. Preached loud and long from some guy in Washington who insists I think and behave like him. (and if I don't--he'll tax me some more with a fine). My dream is a faded blur because of a lifetime of indoctrination by my Mommy--the government. I've been reduced to a child and need constant care and attention from Mommy, and if I don't get instant gratification, I whine and cry until Mommy makes my boo-boo better. I've been reduced to a slave. I'm paid room and board and I get to own a car that drives me to work so I can earn my room and board. Mommy thinks of my wages as an allowance. By the way, our Founding Fathers had my very same dream. They debated ten years whether we should even have a federal government. Finally, they had no choice and created Mommy. But Mommy has a dark side. So they put her in a cage and called it the Constitution. But Mommy ****** on it and now roams around like a lion, devouring everything in her path--because she's got it in her head that she must destroy everything and re-make the world in her image. Or is that imagination? I wish I wasn't such a wussie so dependant upon Mommy, because I can't take care of myself without her. So fellow Comrades, I bid you farewell and I'll see you in the queue down at the doctor's office.
by George (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-22 13:14
Very interesting take on
Very interesting take on things. In my career as a freelance graphic designer, I had to by insurance on the open market and found that very eye opening. Health insurance quickly became our biggest monthly expense by far even though we took a $5000 deductible plan. Luckily we had only 4 events of hospitalization and were very successful financially, but when I was teaching graphic design and advertising at a local college I told the students to beware of starting their own business, because of the prohibitive costs for health insurance. My personal feeling is that if we had a public insurance option to make the big boys play fair or at least a vibrant Co-op plan we could take the burden of working entrepreneurs to have more incentive to take a flyer and we could start to germinate more little companies that could eventually recapture the dwindling American dream.
by Dave (not verified) | Wed, 2009-10-21 09:23
There are many "individual"
There are many "individual" stories, but you cannot write legislation for everyone based on an individual. The reasons our government gives us for health care reform sound noble enough on the surface, but is this really something that will benefit us in the end. The same peolpe who yelled that George W. was ammassing too much power for the government are the same to tout the nobility of health care reform. It is a power grab, for the government. Even if this administration (and that is a big if)has purely noble reasons for having control over our health care, it will not be in power forever. Someday, there may be another Bush who uses this power unethically. Let's think of the long term implications of how others may abuse this power.
by Yaj (not verified) | Mon, 2009-10-19 05:16
DJ: It's worth restating the
DJ: It's worth restating the point that government can control prices through regulation, but it cannot control costs. Prices are driven by innumerable variables that range from weather conditions to global commodity prices to the return on treasury bills that combine and vary in ways that no one can foresee, much less centrally administer. Having the government declare that no one shall pay a farmer more than $1 a gallon for milk is well and good, but if it costs the farmer $1.01 to produce the milk, guess what happens to the supply of milk. The dynamics of supply and demand are the same in medicine - whether you're talking about surgical supplies or surgeons. Centrally administered price controls can never change rapidly enough to account for changes in technology, demand, etc - and the invariable result is long waits and shortages of critical resources and personnel. Since Congress elected to expand access without increasing competition, price transparency, medical liability, etc though - it looks like that's the path we'll be heading down. Once this legislation is implemented, and the entirely predictable worsening of the price spiral manifests itself, we'll get the price controls that you seek - as well as the long waits, doctor/nurse shortages, dramatic reductions in innovation, etc that come along with them. In short - be patient. You'll get your price controls, and all of their unintended consequences in fairly short order once this thing gets through Congress.
by djofraleigh (not verified) | Sun, 2009-10-18 09:28
What makes either writer
What makes either writer think that they are going to get cheaper and better plans after the reform? The Democrats are not going to have any significant tort reform as long as the trial attorneys continue to be their biggest contributor. From the beginning, this health reform has not been about lowering costs, although it claimed it would at first. The two biggest health care costs, physician charges & hospital costs are not controlled under the new reform, now called insurance reform. As in other western countries with universal care, both those costs should be REGULATED by the state. Another cost that is not addressed are the profits of the pharmaceutical companies. Non-transparent deals have been made with those organizations. Why would that be? Why not negotiate for better drug prices like other countries? Why not regulate what insurance can pay for healthcare services? Why not set reasonable charges for hospital services? Not only has the reform been diluted but polluted by the politics of passing it. Start over. Start with REGULATION of major costs. Have all citizens have the same coverage, congress, veterans and unions included. Have a patients bill of rights included in the bill, which isn't. Have a base line "best practices" listed in the bill and review of it set by congress, which isn't in the bill. Make no exceptions for any group or class, as does exist throughout the bill. Have limits on attorney shares of malpractice, but not patient compensation.
by Cheryl Tucker (not verified) | Thu, 2009-10-15 12:48
Well expressed. I took an
Well expressed. I took an early retirement from a CA school system, having worked as an administrator and speech therapist/special ed teacher for 30 years. I wanted to be closer to my family in the south. I was fully insured through my work (as was my son)for vision,dental,and medical. I chose Kaiser as my health plan due to their lower costs. This enabled me to fully insure both my son and I. Moving to Florida, I was unable to do a COBRA plan,as there is no Kaiser in this state. I knew that I would have to cover myself for health. My costs are around $300 per month for a plan that has a $2500 per year deductable. My son has to pay for his own medical privately or through his job Cost for his health plan is $90 per month whether he uses employment or self insures. He has chosen to self insure,in case he is laid off or seeks another position so that his costs do not increase unreasonably. Given that he is now 26 vs my 59, his plan is much cheaper! We both pay for vision and dental out of pocket, as carrying an insurance plan for these health services is just not economical given the care we require. It is outrageous that our Congress has done very little for the past 30 years to address the health care/insurance costs for Americans. Why does it take this long for our country to craft a plan that provides for adequate and cost efficient health coverage? Many have harsh criticism for Obama's recommendations/plan but...what do they offer to counter??? The Congress MUST address this issue. It will break the backs of our citizens. It is shameful what citizens must do to provide for themeselves and their families. We grumble about gas prices rising yearly. However, the percentage of increase for health care over the past 20 years far surpasses that of oil/gas services. As well as reforming the insurance industry, Congress must take a look at liability issues/tort reform to insure that doctors can continue to work in their chosen field, pay their student loans,and pay insurance companies for liability insurance. It is an upside down situation for the USA!!


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Last week, I attended the Ad:Tech conference in Beijing and participated in a panel discussion on microblogging, a relatively new phenomenon on the Chinese Internet, as it relates to marketing. The reason microblogging (for example: Twitter, Sina Microblogging, fanfou, etc.) has received so much attention is that the format is fresh to most Chinese netizens and is growing very quickly. As a result, the potential opportunities are worth paying attention to.
Since blogs and web 2.0 hit the world, information no longer spreads merely from top to bottom or from the minority to the majority. The microblog enables information to have more sources and become more diversified and authentic. However, microblogging has not yet become hot in China. There are several reasons for this, such as the controls on the Internet in China (Twitter and Fanfou are blocked), the level of knowledge amongst netizens in China, the polarization of thinking, etc. Microblogging appears ready to explode in China due to its growing energy.
The panel discussion on microblogs began with its potential impact on ads and promotion. As a result, the opinions of attendees on microblogs in general were not expressed. For some, microblogs are a new method of promotion by ad service providers. To web portals, it is a tool to help generate page views. What on earth is a microblog? I am a Chinese blogger and a Twitter user. I am co-founder of BloggerInsight, a startup that relies upon Chinese professional bloggers for social sourced intelligence. From my point of view, the microblog is a simplified version of the traditional blog. It focuses on short length and convenience so that people can post their opinion quickly. It shares many characteristics with traditional blogs in that it is characteristic, social, and passes trust to followers. But it has its unique features as well, such as breaking and hot news that connect people more directly. Blogs and microblogs are not one-way marketing that leads directly to more sales or larger market shares. Blogs and microblogs represent character–and to some extent, the formulaic, industrialized, big brands have unfortunately lost their unique characteristics and are not able to adapt to the microblog. Topics on microblogs are posted quickly, but also fade away quickly as well attracting attention for only a short period. For the promotion of topics that need longer-term attention, it is necessary to use microblogs in conjunction with other outlets such as websites and traditional blogs.
Now back to the panel questions we discussed. The first question asked was whether the microblog is a good or bad thing for ads and marketing.
For brand owners, microblogs are positive as it allows for additional contact with consumers. That is a relatively obvious and positive opinion.
To web portals which need traffic to attract more ads, microblogs are also beneficial. The attention span of modern netizens is becoming increasingly short. With the ability to generate a large number of hits in a short period, microblogs enable new issues to spread faster and attract more concentrated visits. As traffic increases, it can be roughly viewed as a gathering place of readers, which means that it's a gathering place for an audience to view advertising. As a result, a web portal can sell more ads.
Personally, I believe that microblogs do no harm. To companies that consider consumers God and really want to know about the demands of the market, utilizing microblogs is a way to convey a grassroots feeling and close the gap between companies and consumers. But to those who still have the intention of "educating" consumers and "guiding" the target market, to those which fail to change or listen to the demands of consumers and to those who still place themselves above consumers, microblogs probably represent the beginning of a nightmare as the microblog has the ability to screen information. Information that is unconvincing, not beneficial or boring will not be spread. Every blogger is a processor who selects information he/she wants to spread.
Another phenomenon we have to pay attention to is that the young generation in China has changed its way of consuming information. The impact of ads on traditional media like TV, radio, newspapers, etc is. decreasing and many people tend to say, "Ads are just bragging." This tells us that people don't trust ads very much. On the other hand, recommendations from friends and sharing experience via the Internet are booming. People gather together to share good products and warnings of bad products. There is no right or wrong in it–it's just their choice in the market.
The above are just personal observations, the reasons for which are relatively complex. One point that cannot be ignored is that bloggers want their content to have an impact. They hope that companies openly receive their suggestions and that their value is respected. Those who have high value naturally become opinion leaders on the Internet (distinct from "Internet Stars" who are promoted to entertain netizens).
How to define opinion leaders in the world of blogging and microblogging?
Openly available data include the amount of contributed content, the number of followers, time started, etc. But that information alone is not enough. We are all aware that information no longer spreads in limited directions: opinion leaders are not limited to a few individuals, but can arise from a large number of microbloggers. What's more, an opinion leader should be someone who has unique perspective or rich knowledge in one or two fields, has been contributing a decent amount of content, and has a large number of active users following him. Generally speaking, microblogs create communities. It's human instinct for people with similar characteristics or interests to gather together. Microblogs are just a platform that reflects the instinct of the Internet to classify opinions. Those who can gather a community are anything but ordinary. Last but not least, the ability to influence others is actually as important as how trustworthy the content or opinion is. If a piece gets lots of promotion (retweets) once it is published, it shows that people who are paying attention agree with and trust what the blogger puts forward. Then there are bloggers who are rarely trusted, and they cannot get extensive retweets even if they say "Please RT this for me" in their messages.
I want to especially put emphasis on the fact that opinion leaders are not objects for netizens to make fun of, nor are "Internet Stars" there to entertain the public. They are important amongst their community and they are strongly connected to their followers.
Opinion on paying bloggers to write Ads
As to this question, all three panelists disagreed. Let's look at some facts first. Once there were some companies that closely interacted with many top bloggers and tried to use their blogs as a medium to promote clients' products. The result was that no company was able to survive through this business model, which shows that this approach to promotion is not appreciated by the market. Ad agency, Blue, also claims that they wouldn't promote this way. It takes some time for famous bloggers to build up their audience and gain their reputation. Insincere characters and opinions cannot survive or be spread in the virtual world of the Internet. Fake information is not accepted by most bloggers and as a result, it is not worthwhile to write phony articles for money. On the other hand, there are companies who pay bloggers to tell the truth. They ask the bloggers to share their real experience of using a product and express their true feelings to a product or a brand. That is different. Under that circumstance, the money represents respect, not a buy off.
I regret to say that most of Chinese netizens are lazy and are not content contributors. We are far away from the ideal web 2.0 world, with each netizen as an independent knowledge disseminator. These people are easier to be led and used. They will thus become stepping stones for companies which pursue nothing but profit. Fortunately, I am witnessing Chinese netizens, especially bloggers, become increasingly mature and many networking techniques such as microblogs will bring us together and produce social intelligence, which will soon realize its value in the development of companies. The chance to take advantage of ignorance will disappear and this may catch many people off guard.
"Microblogging, flattening the world" ("微动力,广天地")
Only those who understand the character of the microblog and its value can truly enjoy this Chinese phrase. It is a tendency for micro values to be gathered and become the energy supporting companies to grow. I would say more and more tech or applications will be innovated to empower social intelligence. BloggerInsight is one of them.


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I'm having the exact same problem and honestly, it's making tanking difficult for me. I look at name plates for multiple reasons. One is I see them most of the time before I see mobs, especially around corners. I watch for all of them to be tinged red and know I have aggro on everything and if one of them isn't I click and Hand of Reckoning it, simple. And because if I'm targeted on one thing and I see one dying a lot quicker, I know my group is on a different target and if I don't single target it I will probably loose aggro. The whole red tinge thing helps when a melee grabs aggro, its obvious when a ranged pulls aggro bc the thing is running from you but if a melee grabs one of 5 same modeled mobs it may be impossible to notice (especially since my grid has not been updated and I can just see if someone grabs aggro and one click a Righteous Defense.) I hope they fix this soon bc its making my personal way of tanking difficult, which I don't need since I have the whole new Holy Power system and consolidated attacks to get through.


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Jerusalem Attractions:
As Israel's leading tourist destination, Jerusalem is home to a plethora of attractions for every age and budget.
The city's impressive array of museums includes:
- the recently renovated renewed Israel Museum
- the nearby Bible Lands Museum
- Bloomfield Science Museum.
- The Tower of David Museum and the famous Night Spectacular Show is another must-see.
- The Museum of Islamic Art,
- The Museum of Italian Jewish History
- Museum on the Seam, and many more.
Top-rated family destinations in Jerusalem include the Time Elevator, the Biblical Zoo, the nearby Ein Yael hands-on museum, as well as the Israel Museum's Youth Wing. As for the grown-ups, recommended activities include Segway tours in all areas of the city, and historical, cultural, and culinary tours of places such as Machane Yehuda, the Old City, and other areas. By night, take advantage of the many bars and clubs strewn around the city, as well as an ongoing lineup of great concerts and shows.
Annual Events in Jerusalem
Jerusalem has developed a thriving modern city with a variety of exciting annual events and festivals.
Popular summer festivals include:
- the international Chutzot Hayotzer festival, possibly Israel's largest tourist attraction
- the Jerusalem Film Festival, arguably Israel's most important film event,
- the Wine Tasting Festival at the Israel Museum, and the Beer Festival.
Autumn in the city brings with it:
- Beit Avi Chai's Piyyut Festival, bringing life to the unique musical tradition of Piyyutim
- the Old City Knights Festival, full of magic, legends, and musical creatures.
- Hamshushalayim, a culture festival offering loads of events at little or no cost, takes place over four weekends November and December, heating things up as the cold winter winds blow through Jerusalem.
Top-draw spring events include:
- the now annual full Jerusalem marathon
- the Jerusalem Arts Festival
- the Old City Lights Festival.
National, Historical and Holy Sites in Jerusalem:
Jerusalem is sacred to three major world religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. To this day Jews pray in the direction of the Western Wall, the only standing wall left standing from the Second Temple. Other not to be missed points of religious interest include the Dome of the Rock, the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, believed to be Jesus' place of crucifixion.
Jerusalem serves as the capital of the modern state of Israel, and is home to many national and historical sites, including the Knesset, the Israeli government's official legislative branch, the Supreme Court, and Mount Herzl. Other historic points of national and historic interest include the Old City, the City of David, Mishkenot Sha'ananim and Yemin Moshe, Ammunition Hill, and many more.
Hotels in Jerusalem:
As Israel's leading tourist destination, it's only natural that Jerusalem is home to dozens of hotels offering thousands of rooms for visitors, ranging from luxurious five star hotels to quaint B&Bs and trendy hostels.
There are rooms available in all popular areas of the city for every budget. When choosing a hotel you'll likely consider location, price, and nearby food and attractions.
The majority of the city's hotels are concentrated in four general areas: The Old City, the City Center, the City, and hotels located on route one between the City Center and the city's north side.
East Jerusalem is home to the world class, historic American Colony Hotel as well as several other more modest options. Pricing is dependent on hotel star rating and location.
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This article was prepared by GoJerusalem.com, Jerusalem's leading tourism site, where you can find comprehensive information about hotels, events, and attractions in Jerusalem.


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Kiefer Sutherland 24 Series Finale Interview
24: Live Another Day DVD/Blu-Ray Promo (HD)
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In the highly anticipated season finale, the clock ticks toward the final seconds of Jack Bauer's most heroic day. As the world teeters on a terror plot of mass proportions, Jack and the team reunite one last time to avert an imminent international crisis. With little time left and the fate of the free world on the line, Jack is faced with an unthinkable and grave decision. Lives will be lost and the American administration will grapple with the day's most devastating news as the clock stops in the all-new "Day 9: 10:00 PM – 11:00 AM" Event Series Finale episode of 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY airing Monday, July 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
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The final episode of 24: Live Another Day is set to premiere July 14, which may also mark the final episode of the series, with no firm plans yet for the show to continue. Live Another Day, described as a limited-event television series, joins eight full seasons of the show and one television film — Redemption — for more than 200 episodes spanning from 2001 to 2014.
But if the show is truly ending for good this time, what does that mean for the actors who have played your favorite characters from 24? Here are nine of the biggest actors from Live Another Day and where you can find them next after the finale.
1. Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland has now played agent Jack Bauer for over a decade, starring in more than 200 episodes of the series plus the TV movie 24: Redemption. But despite the positive reception for Live Another Day, it looks as though there's a strong chance that this will be the last time Sutherland takes on the role.
Up next for Sutherland are lead roles in the TV movie Marked and Forsaken, the second of which he'll be acting alongside his father, Donald Sutherland. He is also set to do voice acting for the video game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, in which he will lend his voice to the lead character Big Boss.
Just a few that i've seen that are out there. Follow the jump to see the Animations!
Jack Bauer going H.A.M. on London has finally come to an end. Showrunners Manny Coto and Evan Katz discuss that wild finale, the show's politics, and where we'll see Bauer go next. [Warning: Spoilers.]
It had been four long years since we'd seen Jack Bauer, the hell-hath-no-fury rogue CTU agent, wreak havoc on all matter of terrorists and other assorted scum. But, after talk of a Hollywood feature film and even rumblings of a Die Hard/24 crossover mega-movie, we were treated to 24: Live Another Day—an action-packed 12-episode Fox miniseries.
Fans around the world cheered when they learned that '24′ would be seen on their television screens again. Kiefer Sutherland's modern cowboy 'Jack Bauer' was going to 'Live Another Day', as the subtitle of the ninth season shouted. Now, with only one episode of this Fox show remaining, everyone is wondering if Day 10 could follow?
Terrific villains have always made this specific small-screen flick highly compelling. 2014′s story arc, which initially focused upon 'Margot Al-Harazi' (Michelle Fairley), was outstanding. The inclusion of hijacked drones was a sharp way to weave topical concepts into the current script. Earlier hours of Day 9 also allowed 'Chloe O'Brian' (Mary Lynn Rajskub) to discover that 'Adrian Cross' (Michael Wincott) wasn't a total bad guy after all and enabled her to find a way back to the light.
Pulling emotional chords, by having Kim Raver ('Audrey Raines') and William Devane ('President Heller') reprise their skillfully written roles, allowed 'Jack's' vulnerable side to be seen anew. That personal element rounded Sutherland's character from Day 1 and helped elevate that actor from a strong on-screen hero into an indelible star.
Benjamin Bratt ('Steve Navarro') hid his inner mole until just the right moment of reveal. Of course, justice was masterfully delivered a short time later via 'Jack's' inspired set-up, which cleverly allowed the charismatic 'Kate Morgan' (Yvonne Strahovski) to find some sense of closure.
Meanwhile, 'Mark Boudreau' (Tate Donovan) was forced to take responsibility for his treasonous actions. He actually displayed a strong spine during his forced infiltration of 'Anatol Stolnavich's' (Stanley Townsend) compound. Despite 'Boudreau's' actions, that connection refused to reveal needed information before his Russian expiration date.
Viewers were recently surprised to learn that 'Cheng Zhi' (Tzi Ma) was behind the evil all along. That falsely-presumed dead man delivered on his intent to pit China against the United States in a potentially world-altering game of battleship. With missiles already fired, there's no telling how episode 12 might close.
The following plot-pointed questions are also hanging off London's cliff: Who's inside the flag-draped coffin that was teased last week? Can 'Jack' prove that 'Cheng's' revenge game is real? Will 'Audrey' and 'Jack' reunite by the time Day 9 ends if all major plot points have somehow been resolved?
Surely fans of '24′ and of this genre in general hope to see the series extend, even in just event form. TV ratings have held their own to-date and the unique relevance of this series is still smartly in order.
The latest view of 'Jack's' world offered another glimpse of imposed justice on an ever-unbalanced world. And, that's a key reason why this production was, is and will forever be a masterpiece of the small screen.


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Plastic Rat said...
Faltor's experience mirrors mine. I'm in an oceanic timezone, but I play on a West Coast timezone server. That means I'm playing in everyone on my battlegroup's mornings. I've gotten some absolutely awesome pugs. Full of literate, well spoken people who don't go off the deep end at the odd wipe. In fact we have fewer wipes any way. I've met a large number of people I wish I could add to my friend list.
This contrasts horribly to weekends or days I'm running the equivalent of early afternoons. I've gotten to the point where I simply don't tank during those times. Pretty much every negative experience has happened then.
I'm not saying age is the be-all end all gauge of competence, but right now it's looking to be the most consistent one.


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List of Idaho railroads
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following railroads operate in Idaho.
Common freight carriers[edit]
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
- BG&CM Railroad (BGCM)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Boise Valley Railroad (BVRR)
- Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR)
- Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW)
- Idaho and Sedalia Transportation Company (ISRC)
- Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (INPR)
- Montana Rail Link (MRL)
- Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)
- St. Maries River Railroad (STMA)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Washington and Idaho Railway (WIR)
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Defunct railroads[edit]
This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
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- Inland Empire Railroad
- Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway
- Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company
- Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Idaho PDF. Retrieved May 9, 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.


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Sydney coming off the Harbour Bridge on Flickr.
Haven't been here since August, but coming over the Harbour Bridge today brought back the reasons of why we left. To begin with, overcast skies, pale light in the middle of summer and (although it doesn't appear so in this snap) too much traffic - even on a Sunday afternoon. Still, I'm looking forward to taking some photos and getting my city urges out of my system!
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The microstructure of cross-autocorrelations
AbstractThis paper examines the mechanism through which the incorporation of information into prices leads to cross-autocorrelations in stock returns. The lead-lag relation between large and small stocks increases with lagged spreads of large stocks. Further, order flows in large stocks significantly predict the returns of small stocks when large stock spreads are high. This effect is consistent with the notion that trading on common information takes place first in the large stocks and is then transmitted to smaller stocks with a lag, suggesting that price discovery takes place in the large stocks.
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Virginia Tech shooter Cho had behavioral issues that professors and mental health professionals knew about. After the fact, there were discussions about whether he should have been monitored more closely or removed from campus before the tragedy. It is impossible to know whether anything might have prevented that situation, but schools are trying to do what they can to focus on potentially risky situations—or people in need of assistance on or outside of their campuses—and to spot red flags that might signal trouble ahead.
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After get back to the hotel, Pierre may receive a new that he wouldn't like to.
"Gosh, Pierre, you got us worried to death! Five more minutes and we would be calling the police!" he shouted worried "Come on in. You look terrible." he said heading me to the living room and sitting me down at a chair and Seb soon placed some towels around my shoulders
"Pierre, are you okay?" asked Jeff worried while all of them took their sits around me
"I...I don't know." I answered with a hoarse voice
"Well, your voice sounds terrible and, judging by how red your cheeks are, I think you're having a fever." Stated David
"Yeah, me too." I concluded
"Why did you take so long?" asked Seb
"The police took my car because I parked it in the middle of the street stopping the traffic, so I had to come back by walking."
"You did what?!" they yelled in unison
"What for? And where's Jessica?" asked Jeff the one thing I didn't want to have to answer
"I did that to make her stop her car and to try to talk to her and see if I could get her to forgive me somehow, but she didn't. She just...she just runaway and I have no idea of where she is right now or even...or even if she is okay." I said holding myself not to cry
"We...we can see it hurts you to talk about that, but...Pierre, why did you do that to her? Why were you cheating on her with Ashley?" asked Chuck slowly "I understand why she wanted to disappear from here. Her world probably felt down over her shoulders when she saw what we saw this afternoon `cause you were her world. You always treated her like she was the only woman in the world and she always felt like she was special to you. All by sudden you're almost naked making out with Ashley in the sofa. Why?"
"Chuck, I never intended to cheat on Jessie, she really is special to me. What happened was that I got in the dressing room and took my T-shirt off like always and Ashley left our bathroom in those sexy underclothes and started teasing me with sensual voices, kisses and touches. That messed up with me and it was the most I could handle before loosing my mind. I swear I never did something like that before and I would never do it again. It wasn't my fault, I love Jessie a lot. You guys just have to believe me."
"We do, Pierre. We believe you `cause we know you and we can see you're not lying when you say how much you love her." Responded David "But Jessie loves you bad and that's what makes it so hard for her to believe you. You need to prove her how bad you love her if you ever want her back and I know you do."
"Yeah, I know. Just wish I had any idea if I'll ever see her again." I said pausing for a few "What's about Ashley and Brendan? What happened?"
"They broke up." Simply answered Jeff "When you left and she put her clothes back on, those two started a long fight on which Ashley said she doesn't love you, she doesn't love Brendan and she doesn't even love Julie. She said she got pregnant of Brendan's child `cause she wanted a husband to support her and she wanted to get pregnant of your child `cause she wanted to get fame and money by getting back with you `cause she knew you wouldn't just abandon your child. After she humiliated Brendan with some words that I don't want to repeat, Adam took her to the airport and paid for a one way ticket back to Toronto. Now she's on her way back home. And Julie, Ashley had to take Julie with her `cause Brendan said he doesn't ever want to see their baby's face again."
"Still, Brendan is going to be your bodyguard until this tour is over." Completed Seb "After that, you can pick up another guy. Adam felt sorry about Brendan and got him a job in Lava."
"But, Pierre, you have no idea how much pissed off you got Ashley, Adam and Brendan. Those three want to see you dead." Said David "If you were here a few hours ago we would probably be going to your funeral now."
"And the best thing about it is that a guy who hates me is my bodyguard. Awesome! I may die anytime from now on!" I said sarcastically "I remember I had said 2 years ago that I didn't want Brendan to be my bodyguard. If someone had listened to me, Jessie would be here now and I wouldn't be worried if I'll wake up tomorrow. But did someone listen to me? No, I was just being paranoid, right?"
"Pierre, after you had fired half of the guys in Toronto, how would we know you were right about Brendan?" asked Jeff making his point "Anyway, Pierre, you look really sick. You better take a hot bath and change those wet clothes and then we'll see what we're going to do."
Just nodding, I left the living room and went straight to the bathroom to have my bath, but I discovered in a few it wasn't the best idea in the world to take a hot bath in that moment. As soon as I felt that hot water falling over my cold body, I felt even worse than before and I almost fainted in the bathroom floor. Still, I forced myself to be strong and spent sometime having my bath and torturing me under that water.
After a while, I returned to the living room trembling and with my face getting pale, and the fever didn't seem to be going away anytime soon, but at least I had finally put on some warm clothes and a jacket.
"Pierre, why didn't you ask us to pick you up?" asked Jeff realizing how bad I was feeling
"I needed to be alone for a while and to punish myself for everything I've done to Jessie."
"God, we have a show in the day after tomorrow and take a look at your voice." Said David remembering me once again how bad it was sounding
"David, that's the last important problem now, okay?" said Chuck almost telling David he was being rude "Pierre, you're trembling, your face is pale, you're having a high fever and your throat is probably hurting a lot. Please, go to your bed sleep. We'll take your dinner to you in a few, but just try to rest before you get worse."
"I don't wanna sleep, I'm not tired." I responded being as stubborn as I had always been
"Pierre, you're not superman and you don't have to pretend to be him. We can see you're tired." Said Seb trying to convince me to go sleep
"Guys, stop it. I don't need anybody to hold my hand and tell me what I should do and what I shouldn't. I'm not a kid."
"But you're acting like one." Said David
"What did you say?!" I shouted back at him but, before he was able to give me the answer I could see he was going to, the phone started ringing
"Guys, please, fight later. It might be her." Said Chuck making us slow down and he soon answered the phone "Hello?...Yes, I'm one of them, Charles-Andre Comeau, how may I help you?...Yes, I do. Why?...A what?! Okay, just wait one minute, okay?" After saying that to whoever it was, he took the phone away from his mouth and, with a pretty scared face, he directed to us "Guys, I'll be right back, okay?" as we simply nodded, he left the living room and went straight to his room to finish with that phone call
When Chuck left the living room, there was death silence between us. No one dared to say one word only while he didn't return. Even I, that had been standing up all the time trying to look strong, had sat down at chair to wait for him to return, not even realizing that I had done that.
After what seemed to have lasted a lifetime, Chuck returned and placed the phone in the base, not making a sound. When he sat down, he started staring the ground, like avoiding looking at us and his face looked so pale that it seemed like he had seen a ghost. Realizing that, we kept staring at each other's face like trying to decide soundless who was going to be the one to ask him what was going on, until Seb was the brave one to start questioning about the phone call...
"Who...who was that?"
"It was a...a nurse from the Central Hospital." He replied calmly
"A nurse? Was that about...Jessica?" asked Seb slowly as Chuck just nodded as an answer, but not taking his eyes one second only from the ground
That sign that Chuck had made with his head broke my heart, I knew that whatever that had happened to that girl would be my entire fault and that I would never allow myself to sleep at night again, but I still needed to know what was going on. Of course that little by little.
"What...happened...to her?" asked David afraid to make that question
"It was raining and she was driving just too fast. She lost the control of the car when she saw a 5 years old kid crossing the street. That was when she tried to stop the car but it didn't stop, so she decided to turn around even faster to save that kid's life..."
"And...what happened?" asked Jeff, but still afraid to hear the answer
"The kid is okay." He replied drying some tears that had fell down his eyes
He didn't have to say anything else after that. We perfectly understood what happened by putting the pieces all together, but I wish I didn't. It was eating me inside to know that the girl that was so precious to me had passed through that because of me. It was all my fault. All my entire fault and there was nothing I could do to change everything that happened in that day that should be the one I was going to ask her to marry me. That day that was my 21 years old birthday and that shouldn't had turn out like this. Spent some seconds until I, not taking my eyes away from Chuck's evasive look, broke the silence with the question I was afraid to ask, but I desperately needed to hear the answer...
"She...she is alive...right?" I asked and felt lots of relieve taking my heart when I saw him nodding positively "So, how's she doing?"
"She's in the ICU. They told me they don't know if she'll be able to...to make it through it all. She's really weak and depressed. Asides that, she suffered a...a miscarriage in her pregnancy."
"Suffered a what?!" me and the other guys yelled surprised in unison
"We were having a baby?!" I shouted surprised and even more in pain
"Seems like yeah. She was 2 and a half months pregnant."
"My God, I'm such a jerk!!!" I yelled as loud as I could, not being able to hold any longer the tears that I had been holding for such a long time. Guess that was the first time ever that I allowed them to see me crying "I sent the woman I love to the ICU and I killed my own baby! Why have I done that? Why do I have to be so stupid? Why do I have to do everything wrong? Why?...Why do I have to be me?!?"
"Pierre, calm down. Take it easy on you or you'll end up going crazy. It's not your fault. You couldn't predict any of it and you didn't even know you were going to be a father. Nothing of it is your fault." Said Jeff trying to calm me down
"Yes, it is, Jeff. If it was only Ashley's fault, she would be alone in the sofa and neither of it would be happening now, just like Jessica said a few minutes before disappearing. I killed a baby that didn't even had the opportunity to born. I killed my baby! My own son or daughter! And now I'm slowly killing the girl I love. Why can't I just die in her place? I just know I can't take it! I can't take it anymore!" I shouted crying even harder and trying to control myself to keep talking "Chuck, give me the address of the hospital. I wanna see her right now."
"Only family is allowed to get in the ICU so late at night. You're not married to her so we'll only get to see her tomorrow during the day and if she wants to see you." Said Chuck in reply
"I don't care. Give me this address and I'll give it a way. I want it and I will."
"Pierre, you're just too stubborn, you know?" he said
"Yes, I do."
"Fine, you wanna go? So, go. Take your chance." He shouted giving me the keys of his car and a piece of paper with the address of the hospital "Take a really good care of my car and do not consider parking it in the middle of the street. Now, just go. Let's see what you'll get. If you get something different than a door closed at your face, please, let us know. Just go to the hospital, now."
"Fine. That's what I'm going to do." I shouted and left as fast as I could, not wanting and not minding about anyone else's opinion, even though I could hear them yelling and almost killing Chuck for letting me go. I could hear them saying I couldn't drive the way I was and I even realized, by the screams I heard, that even Chuck was regret about letting me go after remembering I was sick. I could hear steps following me, trying to make me stop from driving but, as soon as I realized that, I started running and reached his car before someone could make me stop. They were just giving their first step out of the hotel when I was already in the car and driving away. They didn't have the address of the hospital anymore so I was sure that from that moment on they couldn't stop me anymore. I know they were just worried about me and that they were doing this for my own good, but there was no little fever stopping me from seeing Jessie in that moment. I really needed to see her.


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