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Man Kills Himself Over Obama Win -- But There's More to the Story
The presidential election has been fraught with high emotion. There are people who are ecstatic that Obama won. There are people who are despondent. So despondent that they run over a spouse who didn't vote. And now comes a story of a man who was so upset over Obama's victory that he reportedly took his life. A man in Key West, Henry Hamilton, had already threatened before the election that if Obama won, he "was not going to be around." He made good on his threat, taking an overdose of prescription meds and, for good measure, scrawling "F--- Obama!" on his will. But there's more to this than a sore loser. Let's look closer.
Hamilton owned a tanning salon business that had recently closed. But instead of chalking this up to the fact that maybe people in Florida have enough sun and don't need a fake tan, or perhaps that people are tanning less in general, or perhaps that tanning salons have been linked to cancer, he blames Obama.
Additionally, reportedly bottles of the anti-anxiety med Xanax and the schizophrenia med Seroquel were found on the scene. So ... there's that.
Hamilton was found when a friend became concerned about not hearing from him and police came to his condo -- the same condo he shared with his partner, Michael Cossey. Cossey was at the condo, but hadn't seen his partner the night before because he'd been out. When he came home, he fell asleep on the couch and didn't notice that his partner was dead in the bedroom. Could there have been some trouble in the relationship that was also stressing Hamilton out?
It's interesting that he was living with a man. Reports don't identify his sexual orientation, but do refer to Cossey as his "partner." Since Obama is certainly more the party of gay rights than Romney was, his hatred of Obama is a little perplexing. But I don't think this guy was thinking very clearly -- I mean, Obama is going to be president whether he's around or not.
I know what it's like to be upset over the president in office. I lived through eight years of Dubya. Somehow I managed not to kill myself or anyone else. There's no doubt the country is struggling -- but a lot of countries are right now. America is actually in better shape than most.
If you're truly concerned about where the country is headed, run for local office, or support politicians you believe in. Or just try to help out your fellow man, like what people are doing in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Anything but off yourself or someone else -- or sit around feeling sorry for yourself. Maybe go live in a third world country or real oppressive regime for awhile. You'll appreciate America when you get back. Trust me.
Have you felt despondent over the election?
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billsfan1104November 14, 2012 at 12:35 PMEnough with these articles. Stop being fricking condescending too. You are no worse than the people who are using racial slurs.
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dirtiekittieNovember 14, 2012 at 12:35 PM
at least he only took himself and no one else with him. if someone really thinks that a permanent answer works for a temporary solution, then that's on them.
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quinn007November 14, 2012 at 12:55 PM
I don't think his view of Obama was perplexing at all. Maybe gay rights wasn't the most important issue in his life. Maybe he wasn't a one issue voter and prefered to look at all the issues and vote for the candidate who felt the same as he did on most things, not just one thing. He was a businessowner so quite possibly he was more concerned at the moment about the future of his company than anything else. It is however sad that this was the choice he made when so much more progress and change can be made when you participate in the process.
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billsfan1104November 14, 2012 at 1:06 PMWhat is sad is that this author has made light of the suicide and made fun of this guy. At least that is how I am taking it.
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puasaurusrexNovember 14, 2012 at 1:07 PMWow. The tone of this article is absolutely disgusting. A man is dead. Jesus, pull your head out of your ass.
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puasaurusrexNovember 14, 2012 at 1:09 PMBillsfan, I took it the same way. After I posted my last comment, went back to see who the blogger was and sure enough. It's Kiri Blakely. Go figure. Her "articles" always leave a bad taste in mg mouth.
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PRIMA487November 14, 2012 at 1:10 PMI don't know why you are questioning the state of their relationship because he went out alone and went to the sofa instead of the bedroom when he came home. I know many a straight couple who do this,and it's no biggie.Maybe he was a hard core member of Log Cabin and maybe the partner needed some alone time what with living with someone who clearly had some mental issues.I'm sure his partner loved him and he is most likely beating himself up over the fact he didn't go into the bedroom.And I find it a lousy "fuck you" gesture to his partner to do this in their bed.
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EmilyNovember 14, 2012 at 1:28 PMI just wanted to clarify that Seroquel is not necessarily a schizophrenia medication. I use it for bipolar disorder, and they give it to elderly people, as it is an anti-psychotic. Please don't perpetuate the stigma of mental illness.
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JennaNovember 14, 2012 at 1:35 PMBlaming others for your problems is not the way to live life. I used to throw myself pity parties after I broke up with my abusive ex and blamed him for all the wrong that happened in my life afterward. But I realized that if I blamed him for the mistakes I made AFTER I left him, I would be no different them him for he blamed me for his life problems LONG before I came into the picture.
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TheresaNovember 14, 2012 at 2:42 PMIf he intentionally killed himself because Obama won, I have zero sympathy for this loser. As if taking your own life wasn't selfish and irrational enough, he did it because he hated a person he's never met? This country has enough hateful headcases. One less is actually our gain.


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Here's news that highlights the difficulty that President Obama will have making a decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan: U.S. intelligence sources are reporting that the Taliban has established a safe haven in Pakistan, from which they are planning attacks on Afghanistan.
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As a result, Pakistani and foreign analysts here said, Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, has suddenly emerged as an urgent but elusive new target as Washington grapples with the Taliban's rapidly spreading arc of influence and terror across Afghanistan.
Obviously, the U.S. doesn't have enough troops to "clear and hold" both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The report also reinforces the view of Vice-President Joe Biden, who believes that Pakistan represents a greater threat to U.S. interests than Afghanistan does. After all, Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And if that country should fall to the Taliban, then nukes would easily end up in the hands of al-Qaida.
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12:47 pm
Not for nothing Cynthia, but the correct spelling is Al-Qaeda.
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September 29th, 2009
12:55 pm
Pakistan has always been the greater US national interest. Afghanistan was just a sideshow because of Al Qaeda. And the real problem is that
the Pakistani secret service has strong ties to the Taliban.
Obama's problem is that Afghanistan is wrapped up with 9/11. When Bush failed to get bin Laden he should have pulled out of Afghanistan.
He did not and then decided to nation build. So you have a general in Afghanistan who would like to do what any good soldier does, win.
But neither McChrystal nor Obama/Biden/Clinton/Gates can say what winning will look like.
"It's a puzzlement."
September 29th, 2009
3:19 pm
The U.S. doesn't but the world does, not that I'm endorsing that. Let's talk? At least the Pakistan government is now taking it seriously. I look for Obama to adopt a new strategy in Afghanistan, more or less blaming the failure on Bush's support of Karzai, and increase air strikes in Pakistan.
September 29th, 2009
3:35 pm
To make their rule permanent, the State rulers need to induce their subject masses to acquiesce in at least the legitimacy of their rule. For this purpose the State has always taken a corps of intellectuals to spin apologia for the wisdom and the necessity of the existing system.
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September 29th, 2009
3:56 pm
Well at least Obama is not screwing around on something that, in the big picture, is not important and beneath the dignity of a president while packing in a few more vacation days in Europe.
September 29th, 2009
4:05 pm
Afghanistan, like Somalia, is a tribal mess. There is not a central force big enough, strong enough, or unifying enough to persuade the different tribes and the Taliban that central rule is preferable. We went into Afghanistan to get bin Laden. When the Taliban decided to give him safe harbor, they had to be dismantled in order to persue the true target. Along the way, we tried to establish things like Democracy, and economy, and rights for women and girls. But, like the Russians and British before us, Afghanistan is a large, isolated and desperate country ruled by Muslim fundamentalists, poppies and tribal culture. Those in power see no reason to give up that power, and (barring an unimaginably large occupying army) are isolated enough to hold that power. Pakistan is NOT Afghanistan, but the fundamentalist Muslims in Pakistan have been emboldened by first hand witness to the inability of an occupying force to subdue Afghanistan. There is no win/win situation here for the U.S. or Obama, and there never was. The best we could have ever hoped for was to send Al-Qaeda underground and keep them there. Nation building was never a possibility,and the attempt has only served to destabilize Pakistan.
September 29th, 2009
4:19 pm
Obama is not worried about this problem, he is more concerned about getting the Olympics to Chicago, ironically enough where he was a Senator, so some of his buddies can benefit from having the games in the windy city. Change, Change we are already sick of.
September 29th, 2009
4:20 pm
"Obviously, the U.S. doesn't have enough troops to "clear and hold" both Afghanistan and Pakistan"
Too bad you're not too educated on the subject, obviously. The problem isn't the entire country of Pakistan; it's the tribal areas between Afghanistan and "lawful" Pakistan. These tribal areas have been a huge problem for the Pakis too.
But hey, BO and his old lady have WAY more important things to do, like pimping Chicago for the Olympics in Copenhagen. So as Rome burns, Nero fiddles away. I'm sure this was the "Change" we all envisioned….
September 29th, 2009
6:24 pm
We will never win this war unless we draft everyone who is out of work right now, and send them in there to occupy, and even then, without changing their fundamental religion and philosophy you can't win. I say come on home, and let them all go to he… over there. And yes, our celebrity President who spends about 10 minutes behind his desk for every 4 hours parading around like some show dog, isn't the heavyweight to take on a war like this.
September 29th, 2009
8:11 pm
They might think they have a safe haven in Pakistan. They'd better sleep with both eyes open!
September 29th, 2009
8:12 pm
September 29th, 2009
6:24 pm
I'm disappointed. I was looking for more Clinton, less Bush on work habits.
September 29th, 2009
9:58 pm
The most dangerous person on earth is the arrogant intellectual who lacks the humility
necessary to see that society needs no masters and cannot be planned from the top down.
September 29th, 2009
10:38 pm
September 29th, 2009
4:05 pm
Good analysis, and many said the same thing before the ill-advised invasion.
An e-mail to Bookman:
How much worse does it have to get in Afghanistan…
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:17 AM
To: "Jay Bookman"
…before you can admit that was a mistake, too? The Taliban could have no more handed over UBL on 09/12 than we could have Eric Robert Rudolph. The Bush administration was working with them to eradicate poppy plants before 09/11 and should have, along with the rest of the world, put tremendous pressure on them to go after al Qaeda. And, of course, (not that I would recommend it) suspected training grounds could have been bombed.
I've read and heard that the Clinton administration had a submarine stationed in the Indian Ocean targeting UBL, but haven't been able to find out when and why it was moved. Do you know?
(The Taliban was given 26 days to cooperate before the invasion began.)
September 30th, 2009
2:59 am
US can bomb Pakistan, whenever it wants, the threat of throwing Pakistan into the Stone Age is futile as it is impossibe for US to do that. Leaving aside Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, rest of Pakistan is already living in the Stone Age. The US cannot harm Pakistan as much as the people (including both the elite and the cliched comman man) is harming Pakistan everyday. Pakistan is already in a mess, I beleive it will be a blessing in disguise, If US intervenes and once for all end the miseries of 170 million animals. Bring it on!
September 30th, 2009
5:26 am
This is nothing new. Obama said during the campaign that he would go into Pakistan and Hillary chastised him for it. Its amazing what one will say on the campaign trail.
Oh well, the President has more important things to do this week anyway, like jet off to Denmark and argue for the Olympic Games for 2016. Hope the country is still here in 2016.
September 30th, 2009
6:11 am
Sounds like George Bush decisions might have been best in Pakistan/Afghanistan, huh?
Obama is finding out it is relatively easy to get elected but tough to govern! His on the job training continues..Maybe Obama can win the Olympics for Valerie Jarrett and her Real Estate holdings while soldiers are dying..
September 30th, 2009
6:18 am
For all of you "enlightened" folks, it's called "Multi-Tasking". I know that's virgin ground for those of you still celebrating the previous administraton, put people do it daily. If I were Obama, I would not spend another nano-second trying to clean-up the middle-east mess that the son-of-a-bush left behind.
September 30th, 2009
6:20 am
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September 30th, 2009
6:11 am
Except for the initial invasion? Yeah, it looks like he realized rather quickly he had made a mistake. Why didn't he just get out after ousting the Taliban?
September 30th, 2009
9:19 am
We can not handcuff our military, we are fighting a WAR. T he objective of war is to defeat your enemy by 1. killing him, or 2. pound him in to submission, this cannot be done from the white house. The only role the white house should play is to listen to what the Generals ask for and to give them everything needed to win period.
I think we should tell all citizens of that area they have twelve hours to reach a safe zone or they face total annilation along with all enemy combatants. Once our ENEMY knows we aim to kill him with any and all means, then he will submit or perish.
September 30th, 2009
9:51 am
Proud American is right. But we've been handcuffing our Military since Viet Nam. I can imagine George Patton taking a phone call form Ike: What do you mean I can't shoot at 'em in a Mosque?
When the American public, and the 535 dimwitted cowards n Washington realize that war is ugly and people get killed, maybe things will change. But don't look for it too soon. It's not the ability, which we have, its the will to win.
September 30th, 2009
9:52 am
Is Obama going to be on Letterman this week?
September 30th, 2009
10:01 am
Attention: Attention: All progressive liberals need to sign up for the military immediately. We need to save out annointed one from defeat and disgrace. Hurry progressive liberals join the military today. Help save Obama mm mmm mm!
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The Dark Knight Rises was released July 20th, 2012 and stars Tom Hardy, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.
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@brady1138 Yeah i know what catwoman usually does, but fact is people have been debatting it for months now, and they just ended that discussion. Not really a very nice thing to do a few weeks before the movie comes out.
@ROFLitschristian you just completly missed the point. Keep laughing child.
@basquat I'm not? LoL, get out of here, troll.
2 years agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
@basquat Heh, neither are you. Catwoman has been known to "team up" with Batman, usually to serve her own ends, but then turns around and does her own thing. This spot reveals nothing major.
2 years agoby @brady1138Flag
@ROFLitschristian You're not the sharpest tool are you?
@brady1138 For months now people have been discussing wheter or not Catwoman was good or bad. They just answered it.
@basquat And how much of Bane have you seen, apart from just brief clips and the prologue? Joker was dominating the marketing of Dark Knight until Ledger passed away, then they shifted around.
2 years agoby @brady1138Flag
@basquat I'm not sure that was a very suitable rebuttal, but hey, whatever floats your boat. You should probably take what you said and apply it to yourself as well. :)
2 years agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
@brady1138 No i don't. I remember them talking alot about the joker but not showing much.
@ROFLitschristian Really, you don't say. Nobody is forcing you to comment on it either, yet you still did
^That video is only the bootleg of the the actual tv spot. I assume the actual video of the tv spot will be released and posted on here soon.
2 years agoby @themoviefanaticFlag
Batman and Catwoman, both in the comics and this film, make good a good team.
2 years agoby @SpeedyEricFlag
@vampire2000 AGREED!
2 years agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
@basquat No one's forcing you to watch it...
2 years agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
@basquat Remember how we all thought that with The Dark Knight, then found out we were mostly completely wrong?
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I'm very very into Anne's take on Catwoman already. Cannot wait to see the full force!
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The Worthing Tabernacle Church is located in the town centre of Worthing opposite the Town Hall. It was founded in 1896 by Pastor Douglas Crouch. For reasons of conscience he and others were led to sever their connections with the Baptist Union owing to its absorption of liberal views on Scripture (the Downgrade Movement) – thus the Tabernacle Evangelical Free church began and it has endeavoured to be faithful to the original concept. The church considers itself to be Christ-centred, Bible-based, and Spirit-led. We also believe the Bible is the Inspired, Infallible, Inerrant word of God. Our aim is to Win, Build and Send. We hold to the FIEC Statement of Faith and are used to powerful, uncompromising preaching. We are not cessationist and offer prayer for healing after an evening communion service and operate the practice in James 5:14-15.
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Our building is a Grade II listed building which will hold some 500 people in the main auditorium which consists of a ground floor with almost semi-circular pews radiating out from a platform housing a full-immersion baptistery. There is a raised pulpit area above the baptistery accessed by two curved staircases. Around the main auditorium is a first-floor 'horse-shoe' shaped gallery. To the back of the rear gallery are the control desks from which the audio-visual equipment is operated. We currently hold two main services on a Sunday. On one Sunday a month the morning service is preceded by a devotional type communion service. Our service style is conservative in 'feel', however many of our congregation are at ease in raising hands during the singing of songs but not at the point of dancing in the aisles. We endeavour to maintain a balance of old and new scriptural hymns and songs. Our three music groups would like more instrumentalists but are very faithful in their leadership of our singing.
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Our constitution requires that we hold communion every week – this is done at different times to accommodate the varying availabilities of our congregations. We have always offered refreshments after the evening service and have recently introduced coffee and tea after the morning service. We have a crèche, Sunday School and small teenage youth group. The leadership of the Fellowship comprises of a Pastor, Rich Owen, four Elders and four Deacons at present. We have a small, salaried, staff team led by a part-time Administrator. The church family is divided into 10 Home Groups headed up by Pastoral Group Leaders and these meet on alternate Wednesdays in people's homes for fellowship, prayer and bible study. On the intervening Wednesdays we hold a 'Down-town' prayer meeting at the church for the whole fellowship.
As a Great Commission Church we have a history of involvement in mission supporting a number of folk/families who have been sent out by the fellowship to locations at home and abroad. We financially support some 45 Indian Dalit Pastors and have strong association with overseas ministries in India and Africa. We have a concern for the lost and to that end we operate a weekly outreach in the Town centre shopping precinct distributing tracts and engaging people in conversation as appropriate. We join with the residents of the Town in the Remembrance Service around the War Memorial opposite the church and serve the people with teas and coffees afterwards.
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Another annoyingly cold and blizzardy week in NYC (19 inches yesterday) so still no riding since my return from NZ. So I'm resorting to desperate measures: Went to the gym last night for the first time in a year and did three miles on the treadmill. Then did a personal training session this morning, also for the first time in a year.
Tomorrow I'm pledging to try Bikram yoga, for the first time ever. We shall see.
I'm getting a small head start on February, which I've proclaimed to be Get Paula In Shape Month. Ideally this would have just flowed naturally from the Backroads trip, but as mentioned the snow thing has pretty much gotten in the way, as did the fantastic visit from my old friends Sharon and Ann last week for the Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt concert. (NZ wine was consumed.)
But I wish to be in much better shape when the NYCC's SIG season begins in early March. And I'm tired of sitting on my butt. I just hope I can keep running without acquiring another injury. As for the rest of the gym thing, my core clearly (and I mean clearly) is in need of help so I am committed to this. I also see it as paying the price for my mortifying Bungee Fail in Queenstown. Enough said.


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Bad news for those who were hoping to get a rock-bottom price for the Shelby Daytona Coupe going to auction : it won its class at Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance over the weekend.
The economy may be slowing down, but a best in class win for Race Cars at the prestigious show will definitely add some extra bucks to the hammer price. Then again, this is also the car that brought Shelby Racing the World Manufacturers Championship title in 1965, so the price was never going to exactly be "affordable".
This one of six ever will be a part of Mecum's Spring Classic auction in Indianapolis Auction this May.
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The legendary 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe CSX2601, "The Championship Coupe," was awarded "Best in Class" for Race Cars in the 1963-1972 category at the 2009 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, held March 13-15 at The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach.
Displaying the race car at Amelia Island was The Mecum Auction Company, who will offer the car during the 22nd annual Dana Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis, Ind. The company anticipates the Shelby Daytona will garner the highest bid ever paid at public auction for an American automobile, reaching well into the eight-figure mark when it crosses the auction block.
"We were honored to display the Shelby Daytona Cobra at the extraordinary Concours d'Elegance," said President Dana Mecum. "The Best in Class Award is a well-respected prize to add to this championship car's exciting list of accomplishments. The Mecum Auction team cannot wait to bring this amazing piece of American race history to the public."
Judges at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance evaluate several aspects of a vehicle's style and elegance when determining winners, including the vehicle's proportions and continuity design front to back; interior and exterior use of color and materials; design elements that set the vehicle apart; historical importance; the purity of design and its enduring qualities; and accuracy of the restoration.
The 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra - a Crown Jewel in American Racing - was one of six cars built by Carroll Shelby to compete against the dominating Ferrari in the F.I.A. (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) World Manufacturers Championship for GT race class. An experimental coupe body designed by Pete Brock was built on an existing Cobra chassis, immediately increasing the top speed by 25 mph. The race car made history when driver Bob Bondurant clinched the 1965 World Manufacturers Championship for the United States and Shelby American on July 4 in Reims, France.
A true slice of Americana, the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe was owned by a North Dakota businessman with six gas stations who drove the car on a 300-mile round trip each day to collect his receipts. It was also leased to Paramount Pictures for use in the Howard Hawks cult classic 'Redline 7000'.
Now fully restored to its famous Reims racing colors, the Shelby Daytona - which is insured through Hagerty Insurance and transported by Reliable Carriers, Inc. - will be on public display during Race Week at the Sebring International Raceway, leading up to the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 21.
The Shelby Daytona Cobra CSX2601 headlines the Original Spring Classis Auction, which is expected to feature 1,250 vehicles, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The auction is open to the general public and tickets are available at the door for $10. The Shelby Daytona will be sold on live national TV Friday, May 15, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. during the company's series, "Mecum Auto Auction: Muscle Cars & More" on HD Theater - Discovery Communications' first 24-hour high-definition cable network, offering compelling real-world and motorized content.


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Welcome to the next round of voting! The first round was very exciting, and I can't wait to see what happens this round. Again, you have until 10PM EST next Monday to vote.
Writers: Kathryn Immonen v. Devin Grayson
Kathryn Immonen is the writer behind webcomics Moving Pictures and Never As Bad As You Think, as well as the Marvel series Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Heralds, and a brief run on Runaways. She is currently writing the Wolverine and Jubilee miniseries.
Devin Grayson has written for many Bat-titles for DC, including Batman Chronicles, Gotham Knights, and a five-year run on Nightwing. She has also written on The Titans and the Vertigo series USER. She has since moved into video game writing, but she contributed a short X-Men story to Marvel's Girl Comics
Artists: Emma Rios v. Sara Pichelli
Emma Rios came to the American comics industry from her native Spain with Hexed from Boom Studios. She then moved to Marvel and drew the Strange miniseries, written by Mark Waid. Her work had also appeared in such titles as Runaways, Amazing Spider-Man, and Girl Comics. She is currently drawing the miniseries Osborn.
Sara Pichelli is an Italian artist who was one the winners of the "Chesterquest" international talent search and since worked for Marvel Comics on titles like NYX, Eternals, X-Men Manifest Destiny: Dazzler, and Runaways. She's currently working on the Ultimate Comics Spider-Man.
Cartoonists: Marjane Satrapi v. Faith Erin Hicks
Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-French cartoonist best known for her memoir Persepolis about the Islamic Revolution in the '70s, which she turned into an animated film with Vincent Paronnaud. She has also created the books Chicken with Plums and Embroideries.
Faith Erin Hicks is a web- and print cartoonist who created the webcomic Demonology 101 and the graphic novels The War at Ellsmere, Zombies Calling, and Brain Camp. She is currently working on Friends with Boys for First Second and the webcomic Superhero Girl.
Webcomics: Elena "Yamino" Barbarich v. Meredith Gran
Elena "Yamino" Barbarich is the creator of webcomic "Sister Claire" about a young nun who is pregnant with the new Messiah, a fact she was informed of by a blue businesswoman-angel in the convent bathroom.
Meredith Gran is the creator of Octopus Pie, which focuses on the misadventures of two 20-something women living in Brooklyn. Gran also helps organize Webcomics Weekend, the only annual convention solely for webcomics.
Colorists: Adrienne Roy v. Lynn Varley
Adrienne Roy was a colorist for DC Comics throughout the '80s and '90s, largely on the Batman books, as well as The New Teen Titans and Madame Xanadu. She passed away last month at the age of 57.
Lynn Varley is a colorist best know for her collaborations with Frank Miller, including Ronin, the legendary The Dark Knight Returns, and 300. She also worked on the 300 film, helping to digitally color the backgrounds.
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Air Jordan Accolades – White – Varsity Red – Laser
April 12th, 2010 by John Kim | 7 comments
When Sneaker News first dropped images of the White and Metallic Gold Air Jordan Accolades during the first week of 2010, the reader response leaned heavily toward one side. However, we've been dropping more info and images of the Accolades, and each following preview had some open-minded Jordan fans actually liking the shoe. The Accolades combines the bottom sole of the Air Jordan X while utilizing the lasering that was first featured on the Air Jordan XX. No coincidence that the shoe inspired by the 20 and 10 is being released in…2010. Continue reading for a closer look at the Accolades and let us know if this pair is worth the accolades. via FC.T.
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PLYMOUTH — Earthworks is accepting applications for its summer camp program.
The summer day camps provide unique and fun experiences for children age 6-10. Among the activities specially designed for children are: caring for farm animals, gardening, baking bread, making jam, hiking, swimming, and nature photography. Programs for older children include a young chef's week, complete with celebration banquet at the end, and a nature photography week, which features a trip to Chicago and a closing gallery exhibit of the children's work.
PLYMOUTH — Creating a multi-media presentation for the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is Washington Elementary first graders' latest project-based learning endeavor. Monday and Tuesday, the first graders worked with Plymouth High School desktop publishing students to put together an interactive map of the zoo for visitors to the zoo's website.
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BOURBON — Mariah and Sydney Musilli were called up front during Triton's school board meeting this week in recognition of a recent selfless deed they had performed. The two sisters, students in Triton's school system, had assisted their neighbors during a house fire.
"We always say we have good kids and a good community," commented Carl Hilling, superintendent. "And this is just one of those things that shows it is what it is. We can back up what we say."
In other business:
The Triton School Corporation will begin the 2012-13 school year with a new superintendent, as Donna Burroughs was named superintendent to replace retiring Superintendent Carl Hilling.
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Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants Entire 1,360 Acre Forest!
Read his AMAZING story:
A little over 30 years ago, a teenager named Jadav "Molai" Payeng began burying seeds along a barren sandbar near his birthplace in northern India's Assam region to grow a refuge for wildlife. Not long after, he decided to dedicate his life to this endeavor, so he moved to the site where he could work full-time creating a lush new forest ecosystem. Incredibly, the spot today hosts a sprawling 1,360 acre of jungle that Payeng planted single-handedly.
It all started way back in 1979 when floods washed a large number of snakes ashore on the sandbar. One day, after the waters had receded, Payeng , only 16 then, found the place dotted with the dead reptiles. That was the turning point of his life.
"The snakes died in the heat, without any tree cover. I sat down and wept over their lifeless forms. It was carnage. I alerted the forest department and asked them if they could grow trees there. They said nothing would grow there. Instead, they asked me to try growing bamboo. It was painful, but I did it. There was nobody to help me. Nobody was interested," says Payeng, now 47.
While it's taken years for Payeng's remarkable dedication to planting to receive some well-deserved recognition internationally, it didn't take long for wildlife in the region to benefit from the manufactured forest. Demonstrating a keen understanding of ecological balance, Payeng even transplanted ants to his burgeoning ecosystem to bolster its natural harmony. Soon the shadeless sandbar was transformed into a self-functioning environment where a menagerie of creatures could dwell. The forest, called the Molai woods, now serves as a safe haven for numerous birds, deers, rhinos, tigers, and elephants — species increasingly at risk from habitat loss elsewhere.
Despite the conspicuousness of Payeng's project, Forestry officials in the region first learned of this new forest in 2008 — and since then they've come to recognize his efforts as truly remarkable, but perhaps not enough.
"We're amazed at Payeng," says Assistant Conservator of Forests, Gunin Saikia. "He has been at it for 30 years. Had he been in any other country, he would have been made a hero."
I just don't get why we laud celebrities tirelessly for simply driving Priuses , when people like this exist worldwide and we barely hear about their efforts.
This is amazing.
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I don't feel bad about my art anymore, guys
and now I'm going to sit here and ugly laugh over Ramir side-eyeing the fuck out of himself
"What the fuck was I thinking when I was going through that phase…"
Idaren, one of my demon OCs. Still don't know what I'll do with him… and while coloring it I realized he looks like Gakupo. Still like him tho.
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Noble: A Solid Play in Energy
By Bobby Fisher - April 27, 2012 | Tickers: CVX, EP.DL, FSLR, MRO, NBL
I'm sure many people are skeptical of energy stocks, given the turbulent nature of the sector, as of late. In the midst of all of the turmoil, however, Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) has been one of a few shining stars and for good reason.
I don't think the good fortune is mere luck, as strategic drilling for resources and shrewd planning has led to a veritable windfall for more »
Most Popular Energy Stocks among Hedge Funds
By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 12, 2012 | Tickers: BP, EP.DL, XOM, HAL, OXY
Hedge funds usually devote significant resources in researching stocks. In order to get a thorough understanding of a stock, they do many things that ordinary investors don't have the time and resources to do. For example, equity analysts sometimes conduct on-site visits to companies they study and build up close relationships with management teams. As a result, hedge funds sometimes have access to borderline material non-public information and some more »
Billionaire James Dinan's Top Stock Picks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 27, 2012 | Tickers: C, EP.DL, XOM, GR, WMB
James Dinan began his career at investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, working 100 hours per week. In 1991, he founded York Capital Management with about $3.6 million from DLJ colleagues and today serves as the CEO of the firm, which specializes in merger and acquisition transactions. In 1993, Dinan invested about $600,000, 5% of York's AUM at that time, in Sears (SHLD). He successfully doubled his money more »
Billionaire Carl Icahn's Top Stock Picks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 24, 2012 | Tickers: EP.DL, FDML, IEP, MMI
Carl Icahn is a legendary corporate raider. He started his career on Wall Street in 1961. Seven years later, he formed Icahn & Co, a securities firm focusing on risk arbitrage and options trading. In 2007, he founded Icahn Capital LP, an investment arm of Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP). Icahn announced in March 2011 that he would be returning outside investors' money, which was worth about $1.76 billion, saying more »
Billionaire Leon Cooperman's Top Stock Picks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 22, 2012 | Tickers: APL, EP.DL, LINE, MHFI, SLM
Leon Cooperman is the chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, a hedge fund with approximately $6 billion in assets under management. Prior to founding Omega in 1991, Cooperman was the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. According to Forbes, Cooperman is the 242th richest American with a net worth of $1.8 billion.
Recently, Omega Advisors released its latest holdings in a 13F filing. Let's take a more »
Activist Dan Loeb's Top Stock Picks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 21, 2012 | Tickers: EP.DL, KRFT, SLE, WMB, YHOO
Using an activist value-oriented investing style, Dan Loeb has enjoyed tremendous success since he founded Third Point in 1995. Loeb's flagship fund returned 41.7% in 2010. Last year was less than stellar for Third Point, but it still managed to roughly break even, which is pretty good considering that the average hedge fund lost around 4% that year. And the size of his portfolio actually increased during the more »
Activist Hedge Fund Jana Partners' Bold Bets
By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 20, 2012 | Tickers: EP.DL, MPC, MHFI, PSO, VLO
Barry Rosenstein founded Jana Partners in 2001 and adopted the tagline, "Ignore the crowd" – a sentiment that can be easily seen in the firm's management. Rosenstein uses a value-oriented, event-driven investment style. Sometimes he bets on the jockey, other times the horse, but he frequently comes out a winner.
In 2007, Jana Partners returned just 7.9%, followed by a 23.4% loss for 2008. The fund was able more »
Three Mergers You Could Bet On
By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 17, 2012 | Tickers: EP.DL, GR, KMI, OI, UTX
Tom Steyer is the founder and co-senior managing partner of Farallon Capital Management LLC. The main investors of the fund are college endowments and foundations. Founded in 1986, Farallon is now the 14th largest hedge fund in the world with about $20 billion assets and eight offices worldwide. We like Steyer. He is not only a successful money manager, but also a great philanthropist. In 2010, Steyer and his wife more »
Diversification the Right Way- Part II
By Justin Carley - January 5, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, COG, EP.DL, FSLR, MWW
Yesterday I wrote a piece on diversification, not by sector, but by the stock's previous calendar year return. I suggested that by investing in a four stock portfolio comprised of the two best performing S&P 500 stocks and the two worst performing stocks from the previous calendar year, and holding them for one year, that you could do better than the S&P 500. Employing such a strategy over the last three years would have resulted in a 131% 3-year cumulative return versus 48% for the S&P 500. Those results are quite staggering and I wanted to do a more in-depth look at the strategy and see how it fared in other years and down markets, especially.
Price The Market Part 24
By Glen Bradford - January 4, 2012 | Tickers: DNR, DVN, DO, EP.DL, EOG, BAXS
Hello and welcome to my journey of pricing the entire S&P500. Frankly, it surprises me that more people haven't figured out that this is something worth doing. But then again, I'm a crazy person.
126. Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) got destroyed back in 2008 and 2009. Of course here comes Barclays Capital with their price target that roughly doubles the current stock price. I sometimes think that more »
Diversification the Right Way
By Justin Carley - January 4, 2012 | Tickers: BMO, COG, CMI, DF, EP.DL, FDO, FSLR, HRB, HBAN, MWW, THC, WYNN, XL
There are generally two schools of thought when it comes to investing; the trend is your friend and mean reversion. Some investors only want to buy stocks at a 52-week low and others when the stock is breaking to a new high. With the beginning of the year full of stock picks and forecasts, I propose a four stock portfolio comprised of the top two stocks in the S&P 500 over the previous calendar year and the two worst stocks in the S&P 500. I back tested for just the past three years, but the results are pretty remarkable; 100% success in beating the Index and an average return of 32.8% versus 14.5% for the S&P 500.
Kinder Morgan and El Paso Merger - A Double Opportunity.
By Nikhil Shamapant - December 13, 2011 | Tickers: EP.DL, EPB, KMI
This is a part of my, Behind the Curtain: Special Situations for Explosive Returns, series.
Understanding The Businesses: Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI), and El Paso Corporation (UNKNOWN: EP.DL)
Excerpt from Kinder Morgan Website:
"Kinder Morgan is the leading transporter and marketer of carbon dioxide in North America. We deliver approximately 1.3 billion cubic feet per day of CO2 through about 1,300 miles of pipelines. We are also the more »


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Friday, 27th July, 2012, 01:45 AM #21
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Jhiv takes a few minutes to look around. He walks over to the cupboard with the silver behind it. Noticing that Kroop is asleep he pockets the silver, then tries to wake Kroop up.
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Friday, 27th July, 2012, 02:29 AM #22
Fishguts awakens with a start. Blubbering a bit, and almost letting his bottle slip, he asks, "Who are you?"
Friday, 27th July, 2012, 02:30 AM #23
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"Hello, I'm the new ships mate."
Friday, 27th July, 2012, 03:06 AM #24
Despite the cook's sorry condition, he stands up to meet you anyways, setting his bottle down with a thud in one of the few empty spaces available on the table. Right now, it appears that he is drunk, but not insensibly so. You might call it "sober enough."
He starts pulling down pots and pans, grabbing cooking utensils, and making room for the day's work, all while talking you through what will amount to your second job.
"Basically, you'll be helpin' me prepare meals everyday. We make new food every afternoon, which the crew'll eat after the 'bloody hour'. There'll be leftovers, as well, there always is. We use those for breakfast and lunch the next day. Some days, I may ask you to acquire some more food, fishin' 'n such.
Fishguts looks towards you, "Well that's it. Ready to get started?"
CookingYou assist Kroop in preparing the day's meal, requiring a Profession (cooking) or intelligence check. If Kroop is sober enough, you gain a +10 bonus on the roll (this replaces the +3 total bonus that you can get from the kitchen and cookbook). Otherwise, you must make do by yourself. How well you roll determines how long the task will take and how well the food is prepared:After you know your Cooking results, consult the chart and make a roll to determine how long you spent cooking. Whether or not you finish entirely, the food will be served during the "bloody hour" and the food quality automatically counts as two steps lower than your roll would have normally qualified for.Code:Cooking Result Time Food Quality 5 or less Until "Bloody Hour" Very Poor 6 to 10 3d4+1 hours Poor 11 to 15 2d4+1 hours Average 16 to 20 2d4 hours Good 20 or higher 1d4+1 hours Very Good
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Friday, 27th July, 2012, 03:12 AM #25
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Jhiv gets started helping Fishguts cook the meal. While they prepare the meal Jhiv tries to get a feel for what Fishguts is like as a person and what the main characters on the ship are like.
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Friday, 27th July, 2012, 03:38 AM #26
You get an excellent feel for the cook right away, as he is a friendly old salt at heart who likes to talk almost as much as he likes to drink. (OOC: When interacting with the cook while cooking with him, you gain a bonus to your Diplomacy roll equal to the number of hours the task takes).
Gather Information (Ambrose "Fishguts" Kroop)Ambrose Kroop is a large, some would say fat, man, weighing well over 200 pounds and standing only 5 feet tall. He exudes an air of neglect, perhaps even despair, from the bushy tufts of black hair behind his ears, to his rotting teeth, to the stains on his filthy apron. He walks with a wallowing waddle, particularly when drunk, but is capable of surprising acts of strength. Kroop talks with a thick Shackles accent, which some people find hard to follow. He's had so many lashes that his back is like tanned leather, and he claims to not even feel the bite of the lash anymore. After 44 years in the school of hard knocks, Kroop is a man who clearly cares little for himself or what people think of him. Nevertheless, he is at heart a kind man, and does his best to protect his cook's mate from punishments brought on by mistakes made by either of them.
Kroop is the ship's cook, nicknamed "Fishguts"by the crew, though whether this refers to the contents of his soups or the stains on his apron is unclear. His job is to bring the ship's biscuits and leftovers on deck at dawn and noon for the crew, and prepare and serve the evening meal. Kroop is a drunkard, but not constantly inebriated, and is a potential ally for those who take time to talk with him. His unpredictability makes him a frustrating but ultimately useful friend. Like his friend Cut-Throat Grok, Kroop is from the school of hard knocks, but where Grok has become tough, Kroop has capitulated in the face of endless discipline and violence. In general, Kroop likes to cook and drink rum. He is usually insensibly drunk in his quarters during the evening, rarely venturing onto deck after serving the evening meal. Friends of Kroop have an easier time of influencing the quartermaster Cut-Throat Grok, and he'll lend any friends any equipment from the galley, though stealing it without his permission is easy enough.
For now, you also glean the following information:
DC 5: "Fishguts" might once have been a famous chef at that fancy place in Port Peril, but now all he cooks is fishgut stew. He's so pickled in rum now, bilgewater is all he can make.
DC 10: Remember the last cook's mate? Nobody does—only when he disappeared. Just up and vanished, that one, like he was spirited away, or maybe dropped in a pot...
DC 15: Kroop was so drunk once that he bet his life in a game with the captain, and now he's little more than Harrigan's slave.
A couple more days with the cook will probably garner more information and an even more accurate picture of Fishguts Kroop.Ding!Kroop has moved up two attitude steps, from indifferent to helpful!Reward+150 XP
At some point during this initial discussion, Kroop makes the following point, "It's poison, this ship, but don't let anyone hear you say it aloud. The hull listens, see, and the cap'n hears it all. Poison the Wormwood is, though, rotten to the core. You'll not meet a more nasty, sour piece of work than Cap'n Harrigan in all your days at sea, and his crew's the same, 'specially the first mate, Mr. Plugg. Vicious little sod, he is. He'd take his own mother's liver to the butcher to make pies with, he would. But they leave me alone, mostly. They know I can't 'arm 'em."
The meal is finished well before Bloody Hour, and you still have about 4 hours left until you have to report to the mainmast for your punishment.
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Friday, 27th July, 2012, 03:43 AM #27
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With his task complete, Jhiv attempts to determine the layout of the ship. Since he has no time left, Jhiv heads to the deck for the Bloody Hour.
Friday, 27th July, 2012, 03:57 AM #28
Wealday, 18 Desnus, 4712 AR (17:25:00)
The Wormwood, Unknown Waters, Off the Coast of Garund, Inner Sea Region, Golarion
Over the course of a few hours stroll, you get a good feel for the layout of the ship.
The Wormwood
A1 - Foredeck
A2 - Poop Deck
A3 - Main Deck
A4 - Officer's Quarters - Locked at night, Unlocked during the day
A4a - Access through A4
A4b - Access through A4
A5 - Captain's Cabin - Locked
A5a - Access through A5
A5b - Access through A5
A6 - Middle Hold
A7 - Quartermaster/Cook's Cabin
A8 - Galley
A9 - Quartermaster's Store
A10 - Lower Hold/Crew Berths
A11 - Bilges
Unfortunately for you, Bloody Hour starts in the next 20 minutes.
GM: Anything before the lashings begin?
Friday, 27th July, 2012, 04:11 AM #29
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OOC: Note to self - prepare abstemiousness to use for the cooking. Alternatively prepare Purify Food and Drink and/or Remove Sickness.
Edit: I might be pressed for time trying to get everything done in the campaign by myself, (gathering information, making friends and influencing people, getting supplies, and so on). Would it be possible to use those NPC's we made to get some of the work done?
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Friday, 27th July, 2012, 08:47 PM #30
Wealday, 18 Desnus, 4712 AR (17:42:00), Bloody Hour
Main Deck, The Wormwood, Unknown Waters, Off the Coast of Garund, Inner Sea Region, Golarion
You arrive on deck early enough, before the crowd has really started to form. The sun is still an hour or so from setting, and the crew is beginning to wind down the day's tasks while thinking about the evening's entertainments. You have just enough time to fully explore the main deck while you await your punishment.
At exactly 5:42 PM by the ship clock, long, deep gongs begin to echo out across the ship, signaling the start of the bloody hour. The crew files into a semicircle around the mast and clock, though few of the officers appear. Master Scourge and Mister Plugg aren't wont to miss their own show, however, and Scourge addresses the audience from the base of the mast while Plugg looks on from the poop deck.Main Deck, The WormwoodThe ship's main deck runs between the foredeck and poop deck. The mainmast rises from the center of the deck, extending 60 feet into the air and topped by a crow's nest. Rigging connects the mainmast to the ship's other masts and can be crossed with DC 10 Acrobatics or Climb checks. Several strands of thick rope are secured to the foot of the mainmast for use as a whipping post. An Escape Artist check (DC 20 + the binder's CMB) is required to escape the bonds. The ship's clock, a macabre brass-and-copper object depicting worms writhing through whale corpses, hangs from the mast above the whipping post. Not only does the clock keep time, but its bell strikes at dawn and an hour-to-dusk to signal the beginning and the end of the workday.
Two 10-foot-square hatches sit in the deck fore and aft of the mainmast. These hatches are thick wooden grilles (hardness 5, hp 30, DC 25 Strength check to lift) and open onto the middle hold (area A6) 15 feet below. At the fore of the ship, two doors lead into the officers' quarters (area A4), while two doors aft lead to the captain's quarters (area A5). A large wooden box bound in iron sits just beneath the bridge. This sweatbox, used to torment sailors, has just enough room to hold one Medium creature (and can be altered to confine a Small creature). It is locked with a good lock (Disable Device DC 30); Captain Harrigan and Mr. Plugg have the keys.
A small jolly boat (same statistics as a rowboat) sits on the deck next to the port rail. It has two sets of oars but no mast. Although designed to carry four Medium passengers, the jolly boat can fit six at a push.
"Welcome again, ladies and gents. Today, we've two shows for ye... Miss Quinn and her new pet fish! For insubordinance and general misconduct, I assign three lashes each." Seeing Sandara standing in the back with her pipe in her mouth, her arms crossed, and a look of impassivity on her face, the disciplinarian motions her forward. "Ladies first!"
Scourge has two pirates use the whipping post ropes to secure her to the mast, wrapping her arms around and tying them together, as well as securing her waist by wrapping more thick strands of rope around her and the mast and tying them off. Once the cleric is helpless, Scourge walks up and grabs the back of her bodice and leather corset where it is laced up the back and rips at the laces until they come undone. He rolls back the cloth and leather to fully expose her back and shoulders. A few of the male pirates cheer.
Scourge steps back and uncoils his whip to administer the punishment.
*Crack* "ONE!" cries the crowd.
*Crack* "TWO!" cries the crowd.
*Crack* "THREE!" cries the crowd, reaching a climatic frenzy. Sandara does not flinch once, instead continuing to smoke on the pipe she keeps in her mouth even while being whipped. Three long, red welts are left across her back. As the pirates untie her and help her down, Quinn crosses one arm across her bosom to keep her bodice from falling down and exposing her. As she retreats to lean against the the bulwark, Scourge looks to you, a sinister look on his face.
"Let's see how fish skin holds up to th' lash!" The crowd continues to cheer as you are led by two pirates up to the mainmast to undergo the same ritual Sandara Quinn just endured. Scourge begins to pull out a dagger, "Ye can pull off yer shirt afore ye're tied up there, or I can cut it once ye are bound."
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