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Saints and Superdome, New Orleans: 14 reviews and 26 photos
We saw the Superdome on the way in from the airport, and of course when we took the New Orleans tour, they mentioned it again.
They used to have tours of the Superdome but since 9-11 they no longer do that.
Equipment: Major Sports Events
* New Orleans Saints (NFL Football).
* NOKIA Sugar Bowl Football Classic.
* Tulane University (NCAA Division I Football).
* Bayou Classic Football (Grambling State and Southern University).
* Nokia Sugar Bowl Prep Classic (LHSAA Football Championships).
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* NCAA Basketball Final Four (1982, 1987, 1993, 2003).
* NCAA Basketball, Division I Regionals (1981, 1990, 1999, 2001).
* Southeastern Conference (SEC) Basketball Tournament (1996, 2003).
* New Orleans Bowl (Sun Belt Champion vs. Conf. USA)
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* Louisiana Sportsmen Show.
* U.S. Hot Rod Assn. Grand Slam Motor Jam.
* New Orleans Boat & Sport Fishing Show.
* LA Bike Expo
* Mardi Gras Marathon
Address: Superbowl Drive
Directions: From Interstate 10, coming from the East:
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Bryant Park Juggling
at 42nd Street Plaza (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
Category: Education
Free Lunchtime Exercise Classes in Morningside Park
at 112th Street and Manhattan Avenue (in Morningside Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m.
This class involves walking and using park benches to work various muscle groups.
Category: Fitness, Outdoor Fitness, Seniors
Discovery Walk: First Day of Fall in the North Woods
at Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (in Central Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Bring your family for a special weekday guided walk in the park and take part in hands-on exploration, in celebration of the first day of fall.
Category: Birding, Education, Nature, Best for Kids
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Have fun turning discardee materials into usable works of art. Children under 10 years must be accompanied by an adult. Wear clothes that can get messy.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Best for Kids
NYC SPARX: Technology and Dance for Girls
at St. Mary's Recreation Center (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Girls ages 12-17 will learn coding, tinkering, app building, technology and get homework help and college prep in this free program.
Category: Education, Best for Kids
Teen PASS
at Faber Park Field House (in Faber Pool and Park), Staten Island, Red Hook Recreation Center (in Red Hook Recreation Area), Brooklyn
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
When school is out, Teen PASS offers FREE, exceptional clubs that focus on the areas of NYC Parks, arts, environmental science and sports that are tailored to the interests and talents…
Category: Education, Best for Kids
3 to 6 Club
at Walker Park, Staten Island
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Walker Park is offering various activities at the 3 to 6 Club, open to children ages 7 through 12 years, including art, literacy and sports.
Category: Best for Kids
Flow.15 Outdoor Art Exhibit Tour
at Touchdown of the 103rd Street Footbridge (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join the Randall's Island Alliance for a tour of the annual summer outdoor art exhibition, FLOW.15! Come enjoy public art along Randall's…
Category: Art, Tours, Waterfront, Seniors
Ocean Breeze Wave Runners Youth Track Club
at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Practices will include training in cross country, sprinting events, middle distance and distance events, field events (including jumping and throwing events), and much more.
Category: Fitness, Best for Kids, Sports
Heart Smart: A 6-Session Heart Health Education Series!
at Asser Levy Recreation Center (in Asser Levy Playground), Manhattan
5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
The 6-session course includes cholesterol and blood pressure screenings. Participants receive tote bags, recipes, exercise bands, and other wellness tools...
Category: Fitness
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My name is Danyel. I am a former middle school math teacher, and now a stay-at-home mom to three beautiful children. I am a proud military wife. I am a yarn addict. I'm originally from the suburbs of Chicago, and now I create patterns & crochet hats here in my home near Seattle.
I began crocheting in 2007 after a 15-year hiatus. My grandmother tried to teach me when I was little, but it wasn't until my mother-in-law sent me a how-to book and a crochet hook that I finally taught myself. At first, crocheting was something I did to keep my hands busy to keep from going crazy while I was pregnant. Now it's my passion. I truly love every stitch. The colors, the fibers, the textures, and even the SMELL of yarn are delightful! I taught myself to knit about 2 years ago, and am slowly adding more knitting patterns to my collection.
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My best friend, Nick, wanted a warm scarf that he could wear with business or casual clothes. I wanted him to have a nice, textured scarf that's reversible and not "girly". This scarf definitely accomplishes all of that. It has a great thick texture, is fun to crochet, and is perfect for men (and women!) The pattern includes 3 sizes, and instructions for crocheting your scarf widthwise or lengthwise! There are also other suggestions for further customizing your own Awesome Scarf!
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Unbelievable! Great work. Incredibly inspiring!
That is insane!!!
I love the heartwarming mood of this illustration, really beautiful.
Lovely illustration. The glow is certainly eye catching. Thanks for posting it.
Really fantastic! Beautiful lighting, and I really like the style of her armor. I see a lot of the Legend of the Crytids stuff here at DevArt, and I've always wondered what it was? The art is always absolutely stunning!
What is the idea behind the weapon? It appears as a sword here and a spear elsewhere. Do you have some background for it?
Art-directors of the LoC does.) I don't.) I just needed to paint sword on the first stage - and spear on the other. You can see the spear at bg of the regular ver.
Wow! This is really spectacular! I'd love to read the story that goes along with it.
Wow amazing artwork! <3
Very nice.
wow! I love works like these with its dramatic lighting. Great job on the colors, lighting, shadows, armor, facial expressions and everything else! By the way which program did you use?
Your work is soooo incredible!!!
Very beautiful. Amazing work!
nice composition and rendering of the gold
Natalie Portman with a huge glowing thingy )) great job!
Nice, I like the composition and her gaze!
Reminds me of the Hildebrands, beautiful!
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Man, I just love these two pieces. Some of my fav from the LOTC illustrations I've seen.
Very coo!
Amazing !
Love it! Especially the faces are amazing !
Lovely work!
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STABLE 200 horse riding stable rug for pony - navy blue
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Ideal for spring/autumn.Can also be used as an under rug in very cold weather.
Products benefits
200 g/sqm polyester filling.
200 denier polyester fabric. Reinforced breast lining.
Ease of use
2 breast buckles. Crossed girth surcingles and elastic strap covers.
Anatomic design
Very comfortable 100% polyamide interior. Sheepskin withers pad.
Padding : 100.0% Polyester (PES) Lining : 100.0% Polyamide (PA) Main fabric : 100.0% Polyester (PES)
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protecting stabled horses from the cold. Can also be used as an under-rug in very cold weather.
2 years
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It is recommended that you clean the rug regularly. Dried urine and manure may damage the rug if left for dry too long. A dirty rug may be a cause of skin irritation. Remove dust using a brush before removing the rug. All Fouganza rugs are machine washable at 30°.Decathlon offers a rug washing service. http://atelier.decathlon.fr/nos-prestations/equitation/prestations-equitation
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Seems very good quality Material is very plasticy
Fits my horse really well and i love the colours.
Good price, good fit, excellent service Feels a bit plasticish
First of all the service, absolutely first class, ordered one day, arrived the next. Decathalon offer a tremendous customer service.
The rug, bit worried it may cause sweating, but now on day 2 it seems to be ok. Not too thick, not too thin. Good fit and for the price of £19.99 can't go wrong really. Just ordered another for my other horse.
easy to keep clean, smart ;) you never have enough of sizes i want :(
i love your store, but honestly you would sell far more products if you had someone to help us find things. 6'3'' rugs,fleeces,turn-outs are like gold dust. I have always found carrie and mandy very knowledgeable and helpful tho
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I need help to get forward.
After you have talked to Shuv-Oohl for the first time at the mystery wortex and you are about to look for that location he want me to find. (with the binoculars at the Largest Boll Of Twine)
In my case for "Frog Rock", how do i find it?. i have decreased the speed of the binoculars, and allso complete stoped them from moving so Max should suppose to make a comment on all locations of interest (says the wallktroughs), but he doesnt say anything where i stoping, must i hit any key to make him coment? i find it really hard to find this location without it, casue all look the same to me exept World of Fish.
So How do i know the locations im pointing at in the binoculars?
Please help me find Frock Rock
You need to hit the Frock and speed down the rocket for finding Kloppstock the rock. Therefore, no there aren't any buttons to push any longer.
i cant' find any dress localike? (no spoiler problems with me. i just want to get trought this at any cost :)
(cause if thei should do so thei dont do it to me automaticly when speeding down as mutch as possible)
I'm guessing English isn't his first langauge (I actuelly mean it)
I admit, English is not my first language ;)
"is there a button to make Sam or Max comment the place of interest?
(cause if thei should do so thei dont do it to me automaticly when speeding down as mutch as possible)"
so have in understand it right that the answer is no here. no one tells you where you are,
and i shall instead just look at the shape of the places and look for a mountain that looks like a soft "dress" (from H&M!?)
but if this is was fully understandable for everyone else exept me,i apologise for my bad english and will imigrate:toilet1: to a lonely cave in Tasmania and never speak in 3/5 years
if ya all are tired of me and want me to shut , i then thank you all for your answers, and i will let this thread die peasfully :clap2:
I've gotcher Kloppstock right here!
PS. as usuall i did not understand what "Mr Gerbil" tryed to say this time either, (what is a gotcher?) :waive1:
but your picture talks another language,and i will add it to my family photo album emidietly (between uncle Omar on page "3" will do)
anyway im gonna try you method "Shmargin" i accually think i understood you.
im sure ya are all nervous about if i will succed to get past this Crazy Frogg or not.the whole world awaits :violin:
stay tuned
No still i have no idea where i am on the map. Anyway you people have explained as good as poosible.
its not you, it's me who are the problem (have you ever heard that replica on Glamour etc before? :) but that is corrcet here
i will possible be (the first..yes?) to give up on this child game!.(atleast temp)
fear not, maybe some day i will beat it
thanks for all replies
Try to enhance the binoculars, maybe by increasing it's magnification factor, if you haven't done so already. Maybe you could try to do like MacGyver would, but you can easily achieve that without using a pen, pubic hair and/or thinner.
>_> You talk too much..
Ray Jones said that?
Looks that way.
Shmargin - "I'm determined to make you beat this game damnit"
And you did it!. i have find the damm frog rock finally :)
thanks to this in your walktrought "Place the magnifying glass on the binoculars, too"
i hade forgott to do that all the time ! im sorry! :smash:
the view over the countryside was suddenley moore zoomed accually after i placed the lens! :wstupid:
Thanks for all answers
including this
thong,ostrich,human vee,sony & cher,crowberry,chess doodles,20000 Yen, four-leaf :yoda4
Kloppstock, I'm just gonna speak for everyone on the S&M board and declare you to be the most coherent forum user we have. Congratulations.
Chess doodles... AND-
20,000 Yen!
But I said it first, you all suck ass.
Yo seem like a fun Guy Mr Jones
is this thread near a record yet Admin? (for several reasons?) :ears1:
No... well maybe the highest amount of actual help anyone has ever gotten.
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The Dog Said Bow-Wow
|"The Dog Said Bow-Wow"
|Michael Swanwick
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|Oct/Nov 2001
"The Dog Said Bow-Wow" is a science fiction short story by American writer Michael Swanwick, published in 2001. It won the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story[1] and was nominated for the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[2] The Dog Said Bow-Wow is the title story of his 2007 short story collection, published by Tachyon Publications, and was reprinted in the same year in Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology.
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"The Dog Said Bow-Wow" follows the story of Sir Blackthorpe Ravenscairn de Plus Precieux (better known as "Surplus"), a genetically engineered talking dog of human intelligence, and Darger, his partner in crime. Together they create a plan to con several high officials of Buckingham Palace out of their wealth. The story is set in a not-very-distant future after a war between humankind and its artificial intelligence creations in which humans won, but civilization as we know it was forced to revert to an early Victorian era level of communications technology.
The collection[edit]
The collection The Dog Said Bow-Wow contains the following stories:
- "'Hello,' Said the Stick" (Hugo Nominee for Short Story 2003, Locus Nominee for Short Story 2003)
- "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" (Hugo Winner for Short Story 2002, Nebula Nominee for Short Story 2003, Locus Nominee for Short Story 2002)
- "Slow Life" (Hugo Winner for Novelette 2003, Locus Nominee for Novelette 2003)
- "Triceratops Summer" (Locus Nominee for Short Story 2006)
- "Tin Marsh" (Locus Nominee 2007)
- "An Episode of Stardust"
- "The Skysailor's Tale" (Locus Nominee for Novelette 2008)
- "Legions in Time" (Hugo Winner for Novelette 2004, Locus Nominee for Novelette 2004)
- "The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport" (Hugo Nominee for Short Story 2003, Locus Nominee for Short Story 2003)
- "The Bordello in Faerie"
- "The Last Geek" (Locus Nominee for Short Story 2005)
- "Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play" (Locus Nominee for Novelette 2006)
- "A Great Day for Brontosaurs"
- "Dirty Little War" (Locus Nominee for Short Story 2003)
- "A Small Room in Koboldtown" (Hugo Nominee for Short Story 2008, Locus Winner for Short Story 2008)
- "Urdumheim" (Locus Nominee for Novelette 2008)
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Biopharmaceutical companies are developing a total of 907 new biologic drugs and vaccines for more than 100 diseases, according to a new report by The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)—just slightly higher than the number counted by the industry group two years ago.
Cancer drugs remain a plurality (338, or 37% of the total) of the new medicines under development, according to Biologic Medicines in Development, though the number has dipped from the 352 counted in PhRMA's 2011 report Biotechnology Medicines in Development—39% of the 901 drug candidates counted two years ago. The category includes therapeutics designed to fight solid tumors, leukemia, and lymphoma.
The next highest disease category with 176 medicines (19%)—including 134 vaccines—in development was infectious diseases, down from 188 in 2011 (almost 21%). As with the earlier report, some of the drug candidates cited by PhRMA this year were listed in more than one disease category.
Another 71 medicines were for autoimmune diseases including lupus, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, up from 69 two years ago. And the fourth-largest disease category, cardiovascular, has 58 new treatments in the proverbial pipeline, almost flat from the previous report's 59 such drug prospects.
Among product categories of medicines, a more than one-third plurality (338, or 37%) being developed were monoclonal antibodies, up significantly from 300 (33.3%) in 2011. mAbs have zoomed ahead of vaccines, which saw development decline to 250 candidates (about 28%) from 300 two years ago (33%).
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The Mathematica GuideBook for Symbolics (code and text fully tailored for Mathematica 5.1) deals with Mathematica's symbolic mathematical capabilities. Structural and mathematical operations on single and systems of polynomials are fundamental to many symbolic calculations and they are covered in considerable detail. The solution of equations and differential equations, as well as the classical calculus operations (differentiation, integration, summation, series expansion, limits) are exhaustively treated. Generalized functions and their uses are discussed. In addition, this volume discusses and employs the classical orthogonal polynomials and special functions of mathematical physics. To demonstrate the symbolic mathematics power, a large variety of problems from mathematics and phyics are discussed.
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Discover our favourite places in Barcelona to delve into tasty pancakes, hash browns, unwind on the weekend or even detox from previous misdemeanors. Lots of places have been popping up over the last few years, it's so popular that there is even a website dedicated to such a meal time, Coffee and Brunch BCN. We thought it was only fair that we share some of our regulars in addition to some classics and newbies.
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AIC's Benjamin Johnson Responds to Misleading Deportation Data in Washington Times Report
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Ben Johnson, the Executive Director of the American Immigration Council, responded to the misleading deportation numbers in a recent Washington Times article titled "68,000 Illegal Aliens with Criminal Records Caught and Released".
"The American Immigration Council, though, said the numbers were 'completely misleading' and that many of those ICE agents encountered were likely kicked out of the country even if they weren't officially put into deportation proceedings.
The AIC said the more than 720,000 immigrants ICE encountered also likely included many legal immigrants whose 'interaction with law enforcement was so minor that they are not even legally subject to removal.'
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VACHERIE — Don Becnel has enjoyed making wine most of his life, but mostly spontaneously and just for fun.
Today, he's putting out thousands of bottles of dry raspberry and blackberry table wine from a small building in his native Vacherie, products beginning to gain a foothold in local stores and restaurants. Though the base juices come from Oregon and Canada, Becnel's goal is to pay homage to the traditions of the Creole plantation owners of the area while also producing a commercially viable product.
"I wanted a wine people could drink for a lot of reasons," Becnel, 60, said Wednesday inside his winery, a small warehouse on the edge of a sugar-cane field. Inside, the wines ripen in plastic vats in simple climate-controlled rooms.
Becnel, a graduate of Nicholls State University and an oilfield engineer who has worked in Terrebonne and Lafourche, had considered several ideas for a culinary business in his retirement. But he elected to spent more than two years of work perfecting his wine formula, designing his bottle and label and working with regulators and a distribution company.
In recent months, he's begun to see the fruits of his success, with the products appearing in the Baton Rouge-area Matherne's Supermarket chain and Emeril Lagasse's NOLA restaurant in New Orleans. The wines are expected to be in Rouses stores soon, and talks with New Orleans restaurants continue.
The winery is purely for production at this stage, not tasting, but the wines are being served at Oak Alley and Laura Plantations nearby.
Becnel grew up on a former plantation just off River Road, or La. 18, in Vacherie, an area with a rich winemaking history. Plantation owners were used to drinking wine in their native France, but only the wealthiest could afford to have wines imported. With the climate ill-suited for growing most grapes, many plantations used local fruits like raspberries, blueberries and blackberries to make their own wine.
Becnel grew up on the Bessie-K plantation near Vacherie. His winery sits on land that was part of the former Succeed Plantation, which was originally purchased by his grandfather, Otis Wasguespack, during the Depression. Wine was always around when he was growing up, and his grandfather allowed him to sample it as a boy.
His winemaking started at age 11, when he was promised a lesson by "Old Joe," a 103-year old man who would sit on the porch of a nearby store every afternoon and drink a cup of wine. But that recipe didn't work so well, turning to vinegar.
As his life progressed, he continued to experiment, throwing together batches of wine in 5-gallon Kentwood water jugs. As an engineering grad student at LSU, he used raisins, tea bags and other common grocery items. Over the years, he used whatever other mixtures he could find: old bananas, past-its prime fruit, leftover blueberries from an organic farm. His kids sometimes added their "mystery ingredients": toys, film canisters, silverware.
"I've made a lot of wine that has enabled me to learn from my mistakes," he says with a laugh.
After his four children were grown, he and his wife, Karen, began weighing wine-making as an option for a retirement business, and he started talking to Republic National Distributing Co. of New Orleans.
Becnel knew he couldn't compete in an already-crowded market for Chardonnay, Cabernet or Riesling. Fruit wines, his specialty, are considered a niche product, a sweet drink served with dessert with limited appeal. The distributor told him that a dry fruit-based wine that could work as a table wine, however, was an untapped market.
"We take on the things we feel are smart," said Steve Russett, a sales representative for Republic National, which distributes wine and liquor to 22 states. "He's not trying to be something he's not. (The wines) have been very well received. People have been pleasantly surprised by what they've tasted."
Tony Matherne, an owner of Matherne Supermarkets, said the product is a different twist for his customers, but the bottles are selling.
"I like to support any local products we can," he said. "But the wine is not what you'd think it would be. They've got a little character to them."
Russett contends the product line has great potential, but Becnel must still continue to make the case for his products, he said.
With the help of Operations Manager Frederique LeNezet, an engineer from France with wine experience, they have produced 5,000 bottles, a figure they aim to make a monthly production target.
The wines are named in honor of his distant relative, plantation owner Pierre Clidamont Becnel, who settled in the area in 1782 in what is now known as Evergreen Plantation.
Becnel is also working on a sugar-cane variety and would like to expand into other types made from cranberry and pomegranate juice. Also on his wish list: a distillery that would make rum from cane syrup.
Wine can be ordered directly from the winery at www.BecnelPlantation.com, at the local plantations and may also be ordered from Rouses.
The wine comes in three varieties: black currant, red raspberry and blackberry, and ranges from $10 to $15 per bottle.
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Dead Drop
A Lawson Vampire Bonus Story
By Jon F. Merz
St. Martin's PressCopyright © 2010 Jon Merz
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I was parked up in a shitty Peugeot 406 that looked every bit the 15 years old it was, with rusted side panels and even a back bumper held on with bits of wire coat hanger. I was surprised the damned thing still ran, but I'd been assured by the local Control it hummed like a dream when it took to cornering around the high hedgerows that lined the country lanes in this part of Ireland.
I'd been loaned out — my Control, Niles, called it a personal favor to an old pal of his. "McDaniels is on leave — his mom died so he can't do it. And my buddy doesn't trust the replacement the Council wanted to send him." My usual area of operations is New England back in the States. But now I was sitting under thick cloud cover listening to the steady drizzle drum out a hypnotic beat on the roof of the Peugeot.
Belfast in November. Yuck.
The job was easy enough: unload a dead drop. I had no specifics of the assignment other than the fact that the dead drop was located inside an apartment building. I had a key to the flat. And once I spotted the load signal — in this case, a light would be turned on visible to me as I sat idling — I'd wait five minutes, retrieve the material, and then be on my way home to Boston.
Except dead drops never are.
They're supposed to be; that's what they drummed into us back at the Fixer Academy in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Dead drops preserve an established cut-out system that never compromises the entire intelligence network if done properly. If one person gets pinched, they can't reveal the identity of anyone else in the network. And in our case — as Fixers — we were especially interested in making sure no one ever discovered the existence of a race of living vampires that had evolved alongside humanity for millennia.
Of course, these days dead drops are a lot different than when I graduated Fixer training back in the mid-1960s. Back then, pay phones were everywhere and all you needed for a drop was a piece of chalk and a magnetic key case. Step into the booth, make a fake phone call, pluck the case off the underside of the phone bank, pocket it, then step out and stomp on a piece of chalk by the entrance to show you'd retrieved it.
After graduation, new Fixers are apprenticed to seasoned active-duty Fixers for a period of a few years. I got lucky. My mentor was a guy named Zero, a living legend within the ranks of the service. He had more kills on rogue vampires than anyone still working. He'd been working black bag ops longer than they'd had black bags.
One of our first assignments together was a dead drop, too. In Ubon, Thailand, of all places, right near where it snuggles up to Laos. During the monsoon season, Zero and I had huddled in a cafe down the street from the pickup. Rain made the streets look like swollen brown rivers of sludge and filth. A short distance away, the Mun River merged with the Mekong and ran south through Laos into Vietnam where the US was engaged in a crummy war.
The humidity, combined with the ceaseless rain, had turned my mood sour. "Why are we here again?"
Zero had eyed me with his customary thousand-yard stare. "Dead drop. What else is there to explain?"
I shrugged. "Details?"
"You don't need to know details. You just go get the pickup and then come back. That's your job. Just do it."
"Why here, though?"
Zero said something into his cup of coffee and then looked back up at me. "The problem with you, Lawson, is that you always want to know everything. I don't fault you for that. But the thing is: you have to be careful what you wish for. Need-to-know isn't just about people with control issues."
"Meaning what?"
"Meaning sometimes it's better if you don't know everything. Ignorance is bliss."
"It's got to be about Vietnam."
Zero sighed. "Yeah, I knew that wouldn't put you off." He shook his head. "So here's the thing: Vietnam is an American problem. Only it's not. Rumor is there's someone high up in the NVA that's leading a genocide campaign against villages in the south."
"He's one of ours."
I frowned. It was the first time I'd heard that a vampire — one of my kind — was mixing with humans. "Do the Vietnamese know about him? What he is, I mean."
Zero shook his head. "My guess is no. But that doesn't matter. Once we get his identity, we pass it on up the chain. The Council can decide if it warrants a sanction — which it will — and who gets to punch his ticket."
I felt a shiver go up my spine. As an apprentice Fixer, I had yet to get my first official termination order. The thought that the Council might give it to me pumped a spike of adrenaline into my blood.
Zero didn't miss the slight shift I made. He caught everything. "Afraid not, my young friend. There's no way the Council will task you with that. Not yet, anyway."
I frowned. "They'll have to, eventually."
"They'll have to when I tell them you're ready." Zero finished his coffee. "And that time isn't here yet."
"You think I wouldn't pull the trigger?"
Zero sniffed. "You think that's all it is? Just shoot and forget about it?" He stared at me some more. "Once you start down that path, there's no turning back. Not ever. The faces ... they're with you forever."
But I was young. New. And I didn't feel like listening to the wisdom of my elders. So I just dutifully nodded at the appropriate times until Zero finally told me to go and get the dead drop.
"You can see the load signal from here?"
Zero shook his head. "In this rain? No way. But it's time. You shouldn't have any problems."
I downed my cold tea and checked to make sure the loose shirt I wore covered the Colt 1911 I had strapped on to my back right hip. I glanced up at the sky and frowned. "Gonna get soaked."
"No doubt," said Zero. "It's three blocks down. Apartments. Look for a potted plant on the second-floor balcony. Take the stairs up to the second floor. Number five. Key will be under the floor mat."
"What am I looking for exactly?"
"A small kaleidoscope. It'll have a microfilm in it that we bring back to the Council."
I nodded. "Wish me luck."
"Make your own luck, Lawson."
Outside, the light cotton shirt I wore was drenched within seconds until I got myself underneath the balconies of the buildings that ran up the side of the street. Everywhere you looked, French colonial architecture had made its impression — even in this backwater town. Art deco lettering emblazoned the signs of stores. I passed few other people; most everyone was waiting out the worst of today's storm.
I stepped off the sidewalk into about a foot of sloppy, soggy mud and cursed quietly. A veritable river ran through the streets and I was lucky I hadn't been swept away. My shoes — slippers, really — were going to fall apart now.
Two blocks away, I saw the potted plant taking the brunt of a leaky gutter on the second-floor balcony. Good. Get in, get out, and get my shoes changed back at the hotel. Then Zero and I could get back to the real world.
I pushed through the door into the lobby and glanced around. I saw no one sitting in the lobby, and aside from a pay phone in the corner that looked as functional as my shoes were going to be in a few hours, the place was a mess. A few chairs littered the scene, but the wicker on their backs had torn open in places. A ceiling fan overhead sent a tepid breeze down atop my soaked head. I ran a hand over my short hair and it came away drenched.
The job. I started up the stairs and heard my shoes squish as I did so. Not the best way to stay quiet, so I slipped them off. They were the same cotton slippers the locals wore.
At the top of the steps, I turned right and crept down the hall. Number five should be on my right side, facing out on the street. I passed four and stopped. Five was dead ahead.
My heart beat a thunderous rhythm in my chest, and I frowned. I'd been on plenty of training assignments before — all with potential real-world consequences if we'd been discovered. But I was with Zero now, and his reputation spoke for itself. I didn't want to screw up.
The first problem was immediately obvious. No floor mat. And consequently, no key.
I glanced up and down the hallway, but there was no one else around. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the two picks I always carried with me. The lock looked simple enough and we'd been taught to crack locks back at the Academy. Improvise, adapt, and overcome.
I slid the picks into the lock and worked it until I heard the tumblers click into place. And the door opened.
I stepped inside quickly and shut the door behind me. No sense advertising the fact that I'd just broken in. Grab the kaleidoscope and go. But first I had to find the damned thing.
I stepped further in and heard the steady drumming of rain slashing down on the balcony outside. The windows were open. A breeze blew over me and I sniffed something that reminded me of fragrant jasmine.
"Nice to see the Academy still trains its Fixers to pick locks, although I'm guessing it wasn't your greatest attribute given the length of time it took you."
The voice, so suddenly breaking the silence, made me gasp. I turned and saw a figure seated in the middle of the living room. Short-cropped hair combined with a soft feminine face made it difficult to determine if it was a man or a woman. Dressed in the soft black silk pajamas that looked reminiscent of those I'd seen the Viet Cong wearing on news broadcasts, the figure sat in quiet repose, regarding me with strangely luminescent eyes that looked full of mirth.
But the shinai — a wooden sword made from split bamboo — resting in front of the figure looked anything but joyful.
To me and others of my kind, it was deadly. Get any wood into our bloodstream, and we were toast.
A slight scent on the air tickled my nostrils. The jasmine had masked it to some extent, but a breeze blew in a fresh gust of air and I knew what I smelled.
Perhaps an hour old.
My heart hammered against my chest. I tried to stay calm. "Who are you?"
The figure smiled and kept its hands folded in its lap. It certainly didn't seem to consider me a threat. "They call me su im lang mot. Do you know what that means?"
Languages weren't something that I found particularly bothersome and like others of my kind, I spoke a lot of them. "The Silent One."
The figure nodded once. "One possible translation, yes. You are here to recover something." It reached into the folds of its pajamas in a movement so fluid I scarcely caught the action. But when it flipped the kaleidoscope end-over-end to me, I caught it easily enough.
I looked down and then popped it open. A slim roll of film slid out. On it would no doubt be pictures of the vampire currently working for the North Vietnamese. I glanced at the figure. It still hadn't moved.
"You killed the contact," I said.
It nodded again. "She was a traitor to the cause. It's not nice to let slip my identity unless I happen to think it's all right."
I held up the film. "This is about you?"
"Of course."
"And you came here to kill my contact." I paused. "Are you also here to kill me?"
"I haven't yet decided. You're young. And I'm guessing you haven't seen much action yet. Where would the fun be in killing you now?" The figure rose slowly to its feet. The shinai stayed on the floor.
I felt the pressure of the Colt tucked behind my hip and wondered if I could draw down on the figure in front of me before it could close the distance. My ego said I could. But listening to my ego would get me killed, and the objective part of me said no way. So I stayed still.
"Hmmm, very good, a Fixer that shows restraint. I'm almost impressed." A smile flashed across its face and then vanished.
"Forgive me for asking," I said then. "But are you a man or woman?"
"You can't tell?"
"You look almost like a monk — "
But then the figure moved so fast that it was next to me and breathing into my ear in the next second. I'd detected no shift, no sound, no intention that would have given me a clue that it planned to move. It simply was at a distance from me and then it was next to me.
A tongue tickled my ear lobe. "I assure you I'm all woman." And then I felt a hand grab at my crotch. "Would you like to satisfy your curiosity?" She laughed then, and spun away from me even as I was certain she'd feel my heart pounding.
I was concerned the sweat in my palms would ruin the film I held. "Why are you doing this?"
"Teasing you? Because I like to, silly."
"Not that. You work for the North Vietnamese. Why?"
She glanced over her shoulder at me. "There are others in this world who are even better at dealing death than you Fixers. Why shouldn't we make the most of our skills? There are always those that need our services."
"You're a mercenary," I said. "Throwing your allegiance behind anyone with a few bucks."
"Don't ruin what has otherwise been an enjoyable conversation." She glanced down and looked at something in her hand, then back at me. "Lawson."
I frowned. How did she know my name? Then, without thinking, I reached for my wallet. I came out with a folded piece of cloth. She'd fleeced me so quickly I hadn't even realized it.
She laughed and threw it back to me. "If you could see the expression on your face ... but don't be mad. I like to know who I'm dealing with."
I tossed her the kaleidoscope and she caught it and pocketed it.
I needed to end this. But Zero hadn't told me what to do in this situation. Did I shoot her? Did I back out? I had the film, after all. That's what I'd been sent to recover.
I made a decision and hefted my wallet. "There still any money in it?"
"Of course. I'm not a thief."
My heart hammered as I tried to keep my movement normal. I reached back and replaced it in my back pocket and then slid my hand up toward the Colt. My clammy hands closed around the butt of the pistol and I yanked it out —
The tip of the shinai was already pressed against my throat.
Jesus, she was fast.
"Now, why would you go and do a thing like that? And to think I was going to let you go home in one piece." She sighed. "Oh well ..."
But then I heard the door burst open. "Down!"
I dropped to the floor as Zero rushed the room. But she was already driving forward, stabbing at Zero with the shinai. She cut left and batted his pistol away.
Zero wasn't me, however, and even as she knocked the gun out of his hands, Zero punched her in the stomach. She went with the shot and vaulted herself backwards toward the window, backflipping as she went.
Zero dropped to one knee, jerked his left pant leg up and drew his secondary weapon. I watched in awe as he leveled the gun and fired three quick shots.
But she was already gone, out of the window on to the balcony.
Zero grabbed at me. "You okay?"
I nodded. "Yeah."
"Come on, we've got to get her."
We ran for the windows, but when we got there the only thing that greeted us was the ceaseless rain and wind. The tepid breezes blew over us and the rain soaked our faces.
The Silent One was gone.
Zero ducked back into the room. "You were taking too long, pal. Hope you don't mind me interrupting like that."
I swallowed, aware of the sudden adrenaline crash I was experiencing. I felt like throwing up and moving my bowels at the same time. Zero noticed my discomfort and motioned for me to sit down in one of the wicker chairs in the room.
"Take a load off while I confirm the contact's dead."
I sat there, breathing deeply, willing my heart to slow down. Zero came back a moment later. "Too late for her." He shook his head. "Well, this has been a total bust."
"Maybe not." I held up the film. "She didn't seem to care that I had it."
Zero took the film from me and regarded it for a moment. "Come on."
We left the apartment and made our way back down to street level. I kept glancing around, wondering if we'd be ambushed. But Zero seemed unfazed.
"She's gone, Lawson. Not our time to deal with her. At least not yet."
"How can you be so sure?"
Zero shrugged. "Experience. Someone like that? They'll pick a time and place to take us on. And everything will be staged so that it benefits them. It will be subtle. They might take years putting the pieces into place so that you don't even realize you're being manipulated. But then they'll be there. Ready to drop you. Remember that."
I was going to ask him why she hadn't killed me, but I already knew the answer: I was too easy a kill. The Silent One lived for the challenge, the thrill of the hunt. I wasn't in that ballpark yet.
Excerpted from Dead Drop by Jon F. Merz. Copyright © 2010 Jon Merz. Excerpted by permission of St. Martin's Press.
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Sex And The Indian Woman: Are We As Liberated As The Media Claims?
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The tried and tested cure to this is, of course, releasing the results of a sex survey conducted among a few thousand people (or so they claim) which reveals some shocking, scandalous news about how Young India is no longer bound by the diktats of moral guardians.
Of course, when these articles are sandwiched between news of how young professionals in urban "liberated" India were raped and/or killed either while driving home, or by someone known to them, it feels like all this talk about Indian women being far more sexually liberated today than in any other time in recent history is all a bit of a sham. Or is it?
While we wouldn't go so far as to say that women in modern India can dream of the kind of sexual freedom that women in Europe, or the United States, or Australia enjoy, we can safely say that compared to nations in our geographic and economic vicinity, women in India are far more sexually active.
Young women in urban India no longer view sex as something to be used to blackmail their husbands after they're married. We believe this generation of Indian women is perhaps the first where a considerable number of women have had multiple sexual partners before marriage, and are not socially ostracized for it.
More Indian women are starting to become more vocal about her sexual desires, and in cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore, are not shying away from experimental, open relationships where both partners enjoy sexual encounters with multiple people outside their relationship.
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If movies are a mirror of society, then films like Deepa Mehta's Fire, that explored lesbian relationships, and young Bollywood's open portrayal of sex before marriage as normal and healthy in movies like Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, are another notch on the headboard of sexual liberation. They free not only the Indian woman, but also men from the standard of stifling traditional marriages.
Of course, the phenomenon described above is isolated to the more liberal and urban corners of the country, while a large percentage of Indian women still live under oppressive social structures, where lust is seen as a sign of masculinity among men, and yet is an abhorrent emotion for a woman.
Right-wing extremists are the perennial enemies of any form of liberal thinking. A sexually liberated Indian woman frightens most Indian males while others may view such independence as an open invitation. The ridiculous argument about why women who dress provocatively "deserve" to be raped is invoked far more commonly than we would like to believe.
Indian women may have a long way to go before the majority of society views their sexuality as a subset of a far more diverse and complex personality.
But the advances made by women in both, rural India – where attitudes have progressed from being Dark-Age to Late-Medieval – and urban India – where casual sexual encounters and sex buddies are quite common in 20-somethings – give us hope, if nothing else.
We may be little less than a generation away from a time when the sexual voice of Indian women is finally heard above the thunderous roar of Indian male lust.
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wrote on 9 January, 2012, 17:02
While it is true that women in India are yet to be as free as women in say US, Canada or Australia, theere are still elements within that society which pressurise them to behave as per established male norms. Case in point is an articel from a newspaper in Toronto, Canada where a cop advised girls "Not to dress like sluts". http://www.excal.on.ca/news/dont-dress-like-a-slu…
. SO it is a worldwide phenomenon to comment about women's dress even in developed countries
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you're so good with detailed background !
Really epic!
I really do love how you used the curtains to frame a kind of 'window' into another world. It reminds me of the many types of magical and fantasy themed artworks I used to enjoy in my childhood.
aaw she adorable
wows really sweet and nice concept. is this done by pen/pencil?
wow,nice! i like the details
A very nice piece spotted on a feature. Whilst agreeing with the main thrust of the critique may I also add: The framing of the picture works well, the strength of the curtain draws the eye to your subject. That is why it stood out in the feature.
this is really pretty and the detail work you've done is really impressive to me.
It's awesome ! ! ! ! !I like it^^
wow I love the way you ink. very good line.
Hey longtime no see changruth Nice one~~~xD
very nice! cool gallery!
Absolutely stunning. I love it ;]
What did you use for it?
This is amazing O: I love the sense of mysticalness about it ^.^