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"Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" is a 1974 R&B song, written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh, and first recorded by Bobby "Blue" Bland for the ABC Dunhill album Dreamer. While Bland scored a minor hit with the song, landing in the top ten of the R&B charts, it is perhaps best known through cover versions and samples. While it is ostensibly a love song, some critics have also heard it as a lament on urban poverty and hopelessness; the reggae singer Al Brown's cover version even changes most of the lyrics to magnify this emphasis. The song is featured on the soundtracks to the 2009 film Fighting and the 2011 crime drama The Lincoln Lawyer.
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|"Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City"
|Single by Whitesnake
|from the album Live...in the Heart of the City
|"Take Me With You" (Live)
|Vinyl LP
|November 23, 1978
|Hard rock, blues-rock
|Michael Price
Dan Walsh
|Martin Birch
|Whitesnake singles chronology
A well-known cover of the song is by the hard rock band Whitesnake, who included it on their 1978 debut EP, Snakebite, and again as a live recording on Live...In The Heart Of The City. The cover was the new band's first hit, and it became a staple of their live set.
For his 2001 album The Blueprint, rapper Jay-Z recorded the song "Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love)," a Kanye West-produced track built around a sample of Bobby Bland's chartmaking rendition. Jay-Z's song was used in the trailer for the 2007 film American Gangster, in a 2011 Chrysler commercial, as the theme song for the CBS series NYC 22 and a Crown Royalcommercial in 2013.
The song is featured in the 2009 video game DJ Hero, in "mashed-up" form.
Other notable cover versions have been recorded by:
- Allman Brothers (Blues, 2009 live recording)
- Mick Abrahams (rock, 1996)
- Long John Baldry (blues, 1977)
- Maggie Bell (rock, 2004, live recording)
- Al Brown (reggae, mid-1970s)
- Joe Budden(Rap, 2007)
- Cafe Jacques - on the album Round The Back (rock, 1977)
- Paul Carrack (Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop/Rock, 2008)
- Willie Clayton (R&B, 1998, as "Heart Of The City")[3]
- Mary Coughlan (jazz, 2002)
- Chris Farlowe (R&B, 1985)
- Crystal Gayle (country, 1980)
- Jorn Lande (hard rock, The Snakes live in Europe 1998)
- Nicky Moore (blues rock, 2009)
- Ruthless Blues (blues, 1989)
- Barrett Strong (R&B, 1976)
- Grady Tate (jazz, 1977)
- Kate Taylor (rock, 1979)
- Joey Tempest (rock/metal, 2003)
- DJ Andrew Unknown & DJ Mekalek (hip hop/rap (intro), 2002)
- Vaya Con Dios (rock, 2004)
- Paul Weller (rock, 1998)
- YTcracker (From the "STC Is The Greatest" album, track #16, "spamcity", 2004)
- Whitesnake
- The Good Earth (pop/rock, 1994)
- Lukas Graham (Blue-Eyed Soul, 2012 as ″Daddy, Now That You're Gone (Ain't No love)″)
- Jay Z (The Blueprint, as ″Heart Of City (Ain't No love)″)


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George Michael's secret lung problem
George Michael suffered with a secret lung problem for five years.
The Wham! singer - who tragically passed away at his home at the age of 53 from suspected heart failure on Christmas Day (25.12.16) - reportedly never "fully recovered" from pneumonia after he was struck down with the respiratory condition and collapsed while on his 'Symphonica' tour in 2011.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "His lungs never fully recovered. That can happen after a serious bout of pneumonia like George had.
"Sometimes it leaves the lung scarred or damaged, which can lead to a loss of function. Part of the lung basically doesn't work anymore. It can leave you feeling breathless, as the lungs have a smaller capacity than before."
Doctors raced against the clock to perform a tracheotomy - a small incision in the windpipe - on the 'Careless Whisper' hitmaker in order to keep his airways open.
He was unconscious for some time and spent a few weeks in a hospital in Austria - where he collapsed - so that doctors could keep an eye on him.
Speaking about the incident two years ago, George said: "Yes, it almost killed me. On a subconscious level it was very frightening and I'll probably never feel quite as safe again. But oh my God, I was just so grateful to come out alive and very happy to get back to my home in London."
A full investigation into George's death is expected to be carried out by the coroner at the beginning of next year but police say they are not treating his sudden passing as "suspicious" - even though it is still "unexplained."
George's publicist said: "We have been touched beyond words by the incredible outpouring of love for him in the hours and days since his death.
"Contrary to some reports, there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death, and from the bottom of our hearts we thank those who, rightly, have chosen to celebrate his life and legacy at this most distressing of times."
A date for his funeral is yet to be announced.


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| Rhodri
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|First Appearance
|Fable: The Lost Chapters
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|Fable: The Lost Chapters
Rhodri is a character in Fable: The Lost Chapters. He is Amanda Grey's former boyfriend.
Rhodri can be found if you decide to try and uncover the truth about Lady Grey and her sister, Amanda Grey, during the quest Investigating the Mayor. He will be in Barrow Fields, near the Demon Door. When asked about Amanda's ghost, he tells the Hero of Oakvale to go to the carriage house outside Grey House and flash his lantern three times- this was his signal to Amanda to go to the cellar to meet him. However, according to what he tells the Hero, one of the times he went she didn't show up, and the cellar door was locked, which coincides with the time Lady Grey locked Amanda in the cellar to die.
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- If you decide to marry Lady Grey at the end of the quest and then return to Rhodri, he will make comments such as "Why must you and your awful wife keep tormenting me?!" and "So you married a serpent and turned into a snake!"
- It is possible to kill Rhodri. The Hero must start in Bowerstone North after accepting the quest to dig up Lady Grey's past. After the Hero turns down Lady Grey's offer of marriage in the cellar, and then walks out of the cellar, through to Grey House, and then walks out of Grey House to Barrow Fields, the Hero must then talk to Rhodri, who will urge the hero to reveal Lady Grey's secret. The Hero must then teleport to Bowerstone South, and then walk to Bowerstone North, and take the job as Mayor. The Hero must then teleport back to Barrow Fields. The Hero should see Rhodri walking back towards the Barrow Fields traders, and may now kill him, as he will no longer be invincible.


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Jerusalem (AFP) July 19, 2010
Israel will deploy in November its anti-missile system designed to combat threats from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, the defence ministry said on Monday.
"The Iron Dome interceptor, in conjunction with air force and anti-aircraft systems, successfully downed a large number of threats in fully operational mode," the ministry said in statement.
"The first two batteries will become operational in November 2010," it said adding that "the defence ministry will soon place orders for additional batteries."
The system is designed to intercept short-range rockets and artillery shells, of which Hamas and the Hezbollah have fired thousands at Israel in the past.
The system is expected to be first deployed along the border of Hamas-run Gaza from where a daily barrage of home-made rockets fired at the Jewish state prompted Israel to launch a devastating 22-day offensive on December 27, 2008.
It will then be deployed on Israel's border with Lebanon, where the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired some 4,000 rockets into northern Israel during a 2006 war. Israel believes Hezbollah now has an arsenal of some 40,000 rockets.
Defence Minister Ehud Barak praised the developers for the short timeframe in which they had managed to make the system operational.
"We will act to actively deploy the batteries in the field as soon as possible," he said in the statement.
In May, US President Barack Obama asked Congress to approve giving Israel 205 million dollars to develop the system, on top of the billions of dollars in aid it gives Israel each year.
The Iron Dome will join the Arrow long-range ballistic missile defence system in an ambitious multi-layered programme to protect Israeli cities from rockets and missiles fired from Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, Syria and Iran.
A third system specifically aimed at countering medium-range missiles is still in development.
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In my continuing crusade against all manner of twaddle, I begin:
Big Mountain offers you a third opportunity to witness high-flying stunts, or to perpetrate same, when the Night Riders Park Series continues at 5 PM on Fri., Feb. 2, with the Rail Jam. In an event making its debut this year, enthusiasts on skis or snowboards will have two hours to complete as many runs as they can manage through the Fishbowl Terrain Park, racking up points from judges and phone numbers from eager onlookers. Registration opens at 4 PM, with the whole shebang wrapping up around 9 with the awards ceremony and attendant jubilation. Fees and categories vary based on age, gender, skill and a throw of the I-Ching, so call 862-2911 for more info.
In an outdoor recreation version of a Hershey's bar falling into a jar of peanut butter (what was that person doing eating peanut butter during a movie, anyway?), the Rocky Mountaineers are teaming up with the Bitterroot-Mission Group of the Sierra Club to sponsor a Moonlight Ski at Lubrecht Forest on Fri., Feb. 2. Have a snack after work—if you're employed, that is—and get up there for three short loops with a shelter along the way. Call Steve Schombel at 721-4686 for all the information you could want. Oh, and dogs are not invited, but read on…
While this destination may not be as convenient as Lubrecht, convenience probably wasn't at the top of your list when you decided to get a dog, so suck it up and make the big drive. Moonlight Basin invites you and your canine lovemuffin to the Third Annual "Howlin' at the Moon Snowshoe Shuffle" on Fri., Feb. 2. The event takes place all evening and is a fundraiser for the Heart of the Valley Humane Society, a no-kill animal shelter in Bozeman. Following the snow romp, a party complete with raffle prizes takes place in the Madison Lodge. To register and get additional info, visit www.montanapets.org.
Whether you spent the night on the snow with your beloved canid or not, the New Rocky Mountaineers hope you'll join a mellow ski or snowshoe trek on Sat., Feb. 3, to Bass Lake in the Bitterroots. The plan is to travel across the frozen landscape for nine miles, at which point the group will have climbed about 3,000 feet and will be standing on the frigid shores of the lake. Perhaps an alien abduction will ensue—call Gerald Olbu at 549-4769 to get in on some of that, and to get his opinion on the issue of dogs on trails.
Bridger Bowl ratchets up the intensity with a stab at bilingualism. Randonnée is a French word for "excursion," which helps clarify their Sat., Feb. 3, Skin To Win Randonée Rally. Basically, this is a hardcore race involving skinning up a mountain and then speeding your way down. There is a mandatory pre-race meeting for competitors on Fri., Feb. 2, at 5:30 PM in the Weaver Room of the Emerson Cultural Center, 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman. Also, the required equipment—which includes a transceiver, avalanche shovel and probes—should tell you what time it is. Prize money and medals will go to the swiftest survivors. Pursue more information by calling 587-2111.
Blacktail Mountain has just the thing for all you Bill O'Reilly fans in the Flathead. On Sun., Feb. 4, the hill hosts KOFI 1180 AM day, which features, as the main enticement to leave the comfort of your Super Bowl viewing perch, the promise of all-day adult lift tickets for the low, and promotionally linked, price of $11.80. Now that's cheap. And while the hill has offered no promises, or even mention of such a possibility, this might be your chance to share a lift with a real, live, right-wing radio commentator.
Moving from the cold and frozen wastes of winter recreation to the promise of spring flowers and all the sweetness they hold, we offer budding apiarists a heads-up: Mon., Feb. 5, is the deadline to register for a beginning beekeeping workshop offered by Montana State University and the Montana Department of Agriculture, which takes place on Sat., Feb. 10, at 10 AM. Specialists in the field will demonstrate the use of beekeeping equipment, offer tips on suitable locations for hive placement and discuss other minutiae of the craft. Call David Baumbauer at 994-2231 to register.
Lastly, the folks at Big Mountain have more to offer: the 59th Annual Doug & Rollie Smith NORAM Speed Event begins Thu., Feb. 8, and runs through Thu., Feb. 15. This series belongs to the circuit one step below the World Cup level, so expect some fancy skiing. While you can't really enter these events—unless you happen to be one of our world-class athlete readers—you can still glom on as a volunteer and receive benefits such as coffee, pastries, lunch and a free lift ticket, so call 862-2911.
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Black Forest Blaze Most Destructive in Colorado History
Firefighters battling the Black Forest wildfire in Colorado say the blaze has surpassed last June's Waldo Canyon fire as the most destructive in the state's history.
Condo Starts Dog Poop DNA Database
A York County, Pennsylvania, condo complex is turning to extreme measures to combat an overflowing tide of animal refuse.
Giant Storm Moves East
A line of fierce thunderstorms may affect up to one in five Americans Wednesday as it rumbles forth from Iowa to Maryland, dumping hail, toppling trees, and leading to power outages.
The Coldest Journey Polar Expedition Halted
The Coldest Journey expedition, a team on a mission to cross Antartica via South pole during Winter, has been halted by rough conditions.
Study: Yoga Boosts Brainpower
Just 20 minutes of hatha yoga improves working memory and inhibitory control—measures related to your ability to focus and use new information—better than aerobic exercise, a study in the...
Invisible Fires Devastate the Amazon
NASA scientists have discovered that wildfires in the Amazon rainforest are the primary cause of deforestation in the region.
Gray Wolf to be Removed from Endangered List
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has officially moved to delist the Gray Wolf from the list of threatened and endangered species.
Plans for Nicaragua Canal Progress
A plan to build an alternative to the Panama Canal took a step forward Wednesday after Nicaragua announced the start of the $40 billion project.
Man Found in Sequoia and Kings Canyon
A California man whose vehicle tumbled down a steep mountainside was found alive in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Strava Wins Lawsuit
A California judge has ruled in favor of the social fitness website Strava in a court battle over the company's role in the death of a cyclist who was killed while riding in Berkeley, California,...
Why I (Don't) Ride a Fixie
People should ride fixed-gear bikes, or fixies, because they help you feel connected to the road and are good for training.
Study: Sunscreen Prevents Aging
Slathering up with sunscreen can help you look younger.
IOC Candidate: Include More Sports at Summer Games
A candidate for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee has called for a "more creative approach" of adding sports to the Summer Olympic.
Africanized Bees Kill Texas Man
A Texas man was killed and a woman injured by an agitated hive of Africanized bees Saturday.
Veteran Storm Chaser Killed
Veteran storm chaser Tim Samaras along with his 23-year-old son Paul and longtime chase partner and friend Carl Young were caught and killed by a large tornado that tore through El Reno,...


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|The Burning Wall Part II
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Previously; The Burning Wall Part I
The waves of creatures rushing toward the Wall ended abruptly during the night. After weeks of constant assault, the sudden peace was even more disturbing than the constant battle. For a precious handful of hours, there was silence and serenity.
And then the sound had begun.
It was a rhythmic sound, a steady beat that had droned into the minds of those who heard it only moments after it began. It was maddening, and the uncertainty of it, of what could produce the noise, set the warriors of the Crab, Lion, and Unicorn clans on edge as they stood in the darkness and waited. It had begun as barely a whisper, drifting on the winds across the plain toward the Wall, and grown slowly louder with each passing moment. It was an enigma that brought madness.
Akodo Shigetoshi knew the sound, of course, and he wished for the blissful ignorance of those who knew not what it was.
As the first light of dawn crept across the horizon, the Lion Clan Champion stood quietly beside his counterpart from the Crab Clan atop the Wall, surveying the empty expanse of the Shadowlands that stretched before them to the south. Neither man spoke for a time as they watched, although there was much shouting and alarm from those near them. Finally it was Shigetoshi who spoke. "Have you ever seen anything like this?" he asked quietly.
Hida Kuon shook his head. "There has never been anything like this."
Before them, marching across the Shadowlands, there was a force unlike any that man had ever seen. Endless wave upon wave of warriors, or things that appeared to be warriors, formed in flawless ranks, encased from head to toe in what seemed to be seamless metal armor. Each warrior bore four arms, two carrying weapons, and two with metallic talons adorning each inhuman finger. The faces crafted into that armor were hideous beyond all reckoning, and behind them burned some sinister light that cast a glow about the eyes and mouths.
"Where could such a force have been spawned?" Shigetoshi wondered. "Surely the Lost could not create such a thing, else we would have perished centuries ago."
"That is not the Lost," Kuon said. "That is no force spawned within the Empire, nor the Shadowlands."
Shigetoshi nodded. "Gaijin, then."
"No gaijin that I have ever seen, or heard of," Kuon said.
The Lion Champion chuckled lightly. "I am sure gaijin have demons as well, my friend."
Hida Benjiro grunted as he pried his tetsubo free from his most recent kill. The metal that comprised the armor of these creatures was incredibly resilient, but when finally struck with sufficient force, it collapsed and gripped the metal of the weapon that destroyed it like a vengeful fist. An individual tetsubo, Benjiro had learned, was only worth about sixteen kills before it was warped beyond use. He had discarded three today so far, and his fourth was nearing its lifespan. Katana seemed a better choice, but he had no intention of sullying his grandfather's soul with the blood of these damnable gaijin things unless he had used up every other weapon at his disposal.
Whatever these creatures were, within the first hours of the fighting, the clans had discovered that they had oni of their own, either specimens recruited or enslaved within the Shadowlands, or perhaps some foreign strain of demon that were indistinguishable from the warped monstrosities the Crab were accustomed to already. Ultimately, it made little difference. Flesh was flesh, and Benjiro would destroy it until there was nothing left remaining for him to kill.
His unit of Hida Elite Guard was currently at the forefront of a spearhead, the purpose of which was to try and pierce the enemy ranks and get some inkling of their command structure, then withdraw and report. Unless of course an opportunity arose to strike at the head of the army, which Benjiro would take without hesitation regardless of the Lion strategies Kuon had been convinced were good practice in a situation such as this.
A brief lull in the fighting as Benjiro's men surged forward past him allowed the veteran to hop atop a rocky outcropping in hopes of seeing deeper into the army's ranks. Thus far he had noted no ranged fire to speak of from his enemies, and he was not afraid. He swore as he ascended, however, for the ranks of the enemy extended every bit as far as he could have seen from the Wall. There seemed to be no end. A flash of color drew his eye, however, and he squinted against the glare in an attempt to see what he could from this distance.
There was a unit of irregular type, standing out among the sea of identical armor and composition. The iron warriors within it were larger, bearing six arms instead of four, and cast about in search of prey as if hungry for battle. Perhaps they were brighter than the average lump of iron, Benjiro couldn't say. There was little to distinguish the group otherwise, at least at first glance, but then the warrior noticed something else moving among the massive servitors. He watched it flicker and ripple as it moved, its shape somehow indistinct among the orderly ranks.
Benjiro froze as a memory surfaced unbidden in his mind. A memory of time spent trapped in an enclosed space, of a creature speaking to him at length in a language he did not, could not understand. And now, suddenly, something of its words seemed to make sense. An image formed in his mind, complete with instinctive understanding. And with it, dawning horror.
"Rakshasa," Benjiro whispered, the word familiar and unfamiliar all at the same time. "Fall back!" he bellowed, summoning his men back from where they pressed forward into the enemy. "Fall back to the Wall!"
Kaiu Kyoka surveyed the portion of the village immediately behind the Wall with great scrutiny. "We will need room for the new siege engines," he barked to his men. "Empty these buildings of anything of use, and level everything. Make room for war!"
The men under his command leapt to fulfill his order despite their exhaustion. They scattered through the buildings, grabbing anything of value that they could immediately locate. Some emerged with a handful of weapons, or of meager supplies. Most emerged with nothing, the area having long since been stripped of anything useful. One building was blockaded, an oddity that had gone unnoticed until now. Kyoka watched as two men broke down the door, the only apparent means of entry, and disappeared into its shadowy interior. A moment later, one appeared at the doorway again, his expression one of confusion. "Kyoka-sama!" he shouted. "You should see this!"
Kyoka swore as he descended the stairs from the rear portion of the Wall, the heat and sound of the battle disappearing as he stepped downward behind the barrier of stone. "If this is not of the utmost importance, I will see you thrashed!" he bellowed. He shouldered past the man at the door and squinted in the gloom. "Light!" he roared.
The man at the door disappeared outside. Only a moment later, one of the tightly boarded windows was smashed inward, allowing light to flood in. "Fortunes!" the man still within the building swore. "There's more than I thought!"
Kyoka glanced around in awe. There were supplies stacked everywhere, nearly filling the building. "What is the meaning of this?" he demanded. "These are supplies marked for entry into one of the storage compartments on the Wall!"
The scout drug a finger across the surface of a crate. "Been here a month," he said. "Maybe a little more. Stolen?"
"Why would it be stolen and hidden so close by?" Kyoka wondered. "It makes no sense. Where are these supposed to be?"
The Hiruma glanced at the chop on the side of the crates. "Storehouse sixty-four."
"Sixty-four?" Kyoka glanced back at the Wall. "That's right near Kyuden Hida, at the center of the fighting!"
The scout shook his head. "It isn't possible to steal this much out from under the Hida. How can this have been moved? Why?"
"I have no idea," Kyoka said. "But I have a feeling that we will find out shortly." He waved for those observing at the doorway to enter. "For now, however... move these supplies out and get these buildings down!"
The fighting at the Wall where it adjoined Kyuden Hida was the worst of the battle, and by far the worst that any living Crab had ever seen. Even years ago, when the Wall had fallen for a short time to the forces of Daigotsu, there was not such a fever pitch to the battle. Now the Crab understood what they faced if they fell, and they fought all the harder to prevent such a horror from ever happening again. Hida Benjiro stared out at the plains on the other side of the Wall, stared at the vast, unending ranks of their enemies, and realized the dismal truth of the matter: this was the face of inevitability.
"Kuon!" he roared, crushing one of the ironclad monstrosities that they faced. "We have to fall back! We cannot hold the line!"
"No," Kuon said flatly. Around him was an island of calm amid the storm, although judging from the gore covering his weapon, the Crab Champion had not stood idle during the fight to this point.
"Kuon, we have to fall back," Benjiro insisted. "Look at them! There is no end to them! If we stay, everyone dies!"
"I will not fall back," Kuon said again, his voice perfectly calm. "I will not see the line of my ancestors shamed twice by my failure. Not in my lifetime." He turned to the man who was as his brother. "Go," he ordered. "Get Reiha and my sons free from here."
"My sister will kill me if I come back without you, and then she'll come looking for you herself!"
Kuon laid a hand on Benjiro's shoulder. "Go," he repeated. "Save my family."
Benjiro stared at him, stared at the resolve in his eyes. "Don't do this," he said softly. "I will beg you if I must, but please don't do this. You are the Crab. If you fall, we all fall. Don't you understand that?"
There was a roar from the battlefield ahead of the men. "He comes now, your rakshasa," Kuon said. "This is my time, Benjiro. Protect my family. That is my final command to you."
Benjiro stepped away and wiped his eyes. "I will," he said. "Damn you, you know that I will."
There was some manner of explosion on the ground directly at the base of the Wall where the two men stood, shaking the entire section slightly. The pained shouts of men dying were audible even over the sound, and then the enemy ascended the Wall. To describe it would have been impossible, for even as the men looked upon it, its features swam and shifted. Different animals appeared, some completely unknown but utterly terrifying, before the image finally settled upon that of a tiger's head atop a massive warrior's body. "Who among you is the lead dog of this flea-ridden pack?" it snarled.
"I am Hida Kuon, Champion of the Crab," Kuon said, his grip on his weapon tightening visibly. "Are you responsible for the slaughter of my men?"
"Oh, absolutely," the thing said with a chuckle.
"Then we have much to discuss," Kuon growled. "You will step no farther into the Empire while I live."
"That will not take long," the rakshasa hissed.
The man and the beast lunged at one another, having no need for further discussion. Kuon was on the offensive instantly, raining down a series of carefully placed but devastatingly powerful blows upon his enemy, who evaded them with catlike grace by the narrowest of margins. It was a cautious dance between the two, with each trying to gain a measure of the other. Finally, the rakshasa seemed to leave an opening, which Kuon moved instantly to exploit with a two-handed downward strike that would have surely shattered a boulder with the force of his tetsubo. The weapon tore through the rakshasa with little resistance and no apparent damage, his flesh flowing back together like water in the wake of the blow. The thing laughed in a most sinister manner and ripped Kuon's side open with its scimitar, bringing the man to the ground instantly, gasping for breath. "Completely inadequate," it snarled. "Just like all mortal scum."
"Keep talking," Kuon spat. "It will make your death all the sweeter when your hubris catches up with you."
"Worm," the rakshasa sneered. "You think you can still kill me?"
"Not me," Kuon said, "but you will die. It is only a matter of time."
The thing growled and lifted its scimitar for the killing blow.
From amid the chaos around them, an armored man shouldered his way through the ranks and slammed into the rakshasa bodily, pushing it back and following it up with a strike from his massive hammer. The thing yelped in alarm and pain, and staggered backwards holding a bloodied arm. "Take the Champion and go!" the man roared.
"No," Kuon said, struggling to tear away from the Hiruma yojimbo helping him to his feet. "I will not leave the Wall in shame again!"
Kaiu Taru tore the helmet from his head and thrust his face mere inches from Kuon's. "Listen to me!" he demanded. "I have seen what happens here today! The Fortune of Enigmas showed me the future! If you die today, the Crab die! Do you understand? Your family! Your friends and followers! Everything is lost if you die today! Die another day if you wish but today you will go!"
Kuon stared at Taru in shock for only a moment, then bowed his head and nodded. The Hiruma spirited him away as Taru turned back to the rakshasa. "I have waited for this day for many months," he said.
"Only a fool waits for his death!" the creature said. "Do you honestly think you have a chance of defeating me?"
Taru pointed at the thing's bloodied arm. "Seems like I might."
"This?" The creature laughed. "My flesh is what I will it to be, and I will it to be whole!" True to his word, the wound swam and flowed like water again, and his arm was as it had been only moments before. "See?"
Taru shrugged. "It matters little."
"I see now," the rakshasa said. "You think your talisman protects you. And perhaps it might, from the slaves that make up the rank and file. The accommodations we were required to make might allow for that. But ultimately it is a meaningless bauble crafted by an insignificant god. It will not save you from me."
"I do not require salvation," Taru said, his hammer in one hand and a torch in the other. "I have determined my fate. My destiny is of my choosing, and no one else's."
The creature sneered in an expression of absolute contempt. "Mortals and your vaunted destinies," it spat. "What makes you think you are so exceptional?"
Taru smiled. "I am not afraid to die." He hefted his hammer in one hand and struck the ground in front of him, shattering the thin layer of stone that covered the hidden storehouse below.
The rakshasa frowned, then recoiled slightly. "That acrid stench, what is that?"
"I think you know."
It sniffed the air again. "Gunpowder," it whispered.
"And jade."
Taru dropped the torch.
The Wall exploded.
The distance that the two Hiruma had been able to carry the gravely wounded Kuon was enough to spare them the brunt of the blast, but the three men were sent sprawling into the mud regardless. The scouts were on their feet at once, lifting Kuon and checking his wound. "What was that?" one of them asked, glancing over his shoulder.
"The Wall has fallen," Kuon croaked.
"The enemy general is likely dead," the other man said.
"No," Kuon said. "No, that I doubt. But I think perhaps Taru hurt him."
"Taru?" the first man asked. "Was that Kaiu Taru?"
Kuon looked back toward the ruined Wall. "No," he finally said. "No, not anymore, it wasn't."
With the Wall breached, the Destroyer's Horde wasted little time rushing in to fill the gap, but found the way no easier, as the Crab, Lion, and Unicorn presented a most difficult obstacle to overcome. Still, the matter was concluded. Now it was merely an issue of how long before the defenders were forced to fall back. In the smoke and gloom, one man searched through the ruins of the Wall, his brilliant golden armor tarnished by smoke, ash, and the blood of his enemies. "He must be here!" he shouted in frustration. "Find him, Kheth-tet! Find him quickly!"
"Do not order me about like one of your mindless lapdogs, Legulus!" another man shouted through clenched teeth. He emerged from the smoke, his form largely unarmored, his face's dark complexion adorned with even darker tattoos. "I do not serve you, arrogant fool!"
The two men glared at one another as if they might come to blows when the rubble nearby shifted and fell away, and a shape emerged. "Be silent, you wretched filth!" a garbled voice said. The shape struggled to come together, but kept flowing away from itself as if it were melting. "I will disembowel the both of you if you are not silent!"
"Of course, master," the one called Legulus said at once. "How may we serve you?"
"What do you require, my eminence?" Kheth-tet asked.
"Kill them," the wounded rakshasa hissed. "Kill every Crab you find. Leave nothing alive in this wretched place."
Kheth-tet bowed and Legulus clutched his sword to his chest in salute, and the two officers returned to their men, leaving the mauled creature to try will its wounds away in the battered stone rubble. "I will see this Empire brought to ashes," the rakshasa hissed, its flesh very slowly beginning to knit back together, inch by inch. "Nothing will stand in the path of the Destroyers!"


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Yesterday, my 4 intrepid adventurers and I ventured out from the heart of Merida - the beautiful Casa del Panadero rental to be exact - to drive into the heart of the Yucatan and delve into the three magical cenotes of Chunkanaan (also known as the Cuzama cenotes).
For those that haven't been, the cenote tour via horse-drawn "truck" along 9 spine-jarring kilometers of narrow gauge railway originated in the tiny hamlet of Chunkanaan, just past the slightly larger town Cuzama, which in turn is just beyond the even larger Acanceh. The mayor of Cuzama, seeing all the traffic pass through his town on the way to the cenotes, decided to cash in on his location and built his own access point to the cenotes, which are located on land owned by the ejidatarios in the area and made it his mission to flag down every vehicle passing through to convince them that the Cuzama entrance was the 'real' starting point to the tour, going so far as to actually tell people (mostly tourists) that Chunkanaan was 'closed'. Pay no heed, however, to the red flag waved at you as you pass Cuzama and continue until you reach your destination!
Enough with local politics, however and back to the trip at hand.
After a stop along Calle 59 for some rather excellent roast pork sandwiches aka tortas de cochinita, with plenty of pickled onions, which my guests found to be deliciously decadent we embarked on our adventure.
There was the obligatory photo stop at the entrance to Acanceh where a charming restaurant has made it its mission to translate some of the highlights of its menu offerings in a manner that can only be described as unintentionally humourous and the drive down a one way street - the wrong way - in Acanceh itself. The policeman was nice enough to point this out and while I do remember such a rule, I was following the giant tanker truck in front of me who ignored this traffic regulation and forgot all about the one way thing. The policeman explained that the truck didn't have to follow the rule as he could not negotiate the narrow side streets and quickly diverted us (and the car behind us) to a side street to continue our way.
Arriving in Chunkanaan, after noting the red-flag-waving individuals mentioned above, I visited Doña Juanitas house, who had prepared for our little group a bowl of delicious sikil pak dip and a bag of tostadas to enjoy on the ride to the cenotes. Sikil pak, for those who don't know, is a quintessential Yucatecan food item often served in bars along with a beer and is made of roasted and finely crushed or pureed tomatoes, ground pumpkin seeds and cilantro, all mushed together to form a paste-like dip that, while not particularly photogenic, is fantastically delectable and an excellent source of fiber which of course - when eaten in excess - can lead to certain gastro-intestinal situations that are best left to the imagination.
The cenotes, as usual, were spectacular and as it was a Saturday a little crowded as the day progressed.
Afterwards a cold Indio cerveza from the cooler was refreshing as we drove back to Merida, stopping only once in Cuzama to visit the local expendio for another six-pack of frosty Sol and waking up the proprietor, who was fast asleep in his chair behind the refrigerated beer case.
We arrived back at the Casa del Panadero rental around 3 PM after 6 hours of being out and about.


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- Gagaku
- 'Refined Music'. Ceremonial music (kangen) or music and dancing (bugaku) incorporating Chinese and Indian elements are preserved in the Music department (gakubu) of the Board of Ceremonies of the imperial household and at certain shrines and Buddhist temples. Instruments include the three reeds (fue, sho and hichiriki), the wagon or yamato-koto, a kind of koto, and the 'three drums' (taiko, kakko and shoko). Gagaku dancers wear costumes and masks.
A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Brian Bocking.


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Speculation: My Questions after the First Four Season-Three Episodes
Lost is good at making us question just about everything, then making us wait for the answers. As with all my questions, I'm confident that Abrams, Lindelof, and Cuse will someday provide most of the answers—or lead me in a different direction so that I don't care so much about my old questions in light of newer, even more intriguing ones. But at this point in the third season, here are some of my questions and speculations:
About the Islands
- If there really are two islands close together, and not just a trick with geography, huge mirrors or projections, or mind games, are both islands hidden from the outside world to all but those who know how to find them?
- Is the Others' home base island the "control" and the castaways' island the test site in a larger experiment?
- Are both islands now cut off from the outer world except for some limited, possibly dying technology, such as television and periodic food drops?
- Are the Others being "punished" on their island, which is why they're so adamant that they're good and so good about knowing how to correct others' behavior?
- Or are the Others the children of the original Dharma Initiative folks who initially conducted research on the island and eventually lost touch with the outer world?
- Or are the Others the remnants of the Dharma Initiative's later recruits, who once were idealistic but who lost faith in humanity when their funding ran out and they were bought out/run out by a larger, meaner organization?
- (Or none of the above?)
About Ben and Juliet
- How are Juliet and Ben connected?
Other critics have speculated that they're siblings, which might not be a bad guess. They don't quite seem like exes, and I believe Juliet when she says that she doesn't work for Ben. His power seems to come more from a powerful personality and sense of "divine right" rather than a typical business structure; plus, if Lost's Powers That Be want to set up a comparison of governance systems, the Others seem more like a form of socialism than a democracy or dictatorship.
- Could both Juliet and Ben have been born on the island and grown up together there? That also would set up a rivalry and long-standing relationship that would make their recent remarks to each other plausible.
About the Others' Children (or Lack of)
- Are the Others infertile?
We've learned that they 1) take children as soon as possible to join their "family," 2) believe in a family structure and apparently in the strength of a family unit, and 3) wanted Claire's baby to join the family, although Claire wasn't really invited to come along; also, 4) Juliet says she's a fertility doctor. Of course, Juliet could be studying fertility of lots of mammals; perhaps she was meant to study changes in fertility among mammals faced with rapidly changing environmental conditions or to experiment in ways to increase/decrease fertility among mammals under specific test conditions. (I really hope that's not why the Others prettied up Kate and put her in a cage opposite Sawyer. Ewww—not a direction I want Skate to take. It's a little too Planet of the Apes for me!) Although we just may not have seen the kiddies yet, the only younger people we've seen are Carl—who might be the child of another unlucky castaway—and Alex, who was conceived elsewhere and born on the island.
- If Ben is telling the truth (always a big If), he was born on the island. Actor Michael Emerson is a bit over 50; Ben surely isn't still in his 30s, which is what he'd have to be if his parents were part of the initial Dharma Initiative in the early 1970s and didn't arrive on the island until then. So were Ben's parents castaways, or could they be part of the society evolving from those who built the four-toed statue?
- If people could bear children on the island prior to, say, the last 16 years, what made the change?
About Radiation Sicknesses
…which brings me to my next speculative set of questions: When did the "incident" take place that required stations to be quarantined?
- Could it have been shortly before Rousseau's expedition arrived?
- Would that account for her team's "sickness"? Was there some form of radiation sickness to wipe out most castaways?
- Why was Rousseau immune—or how did she survive—if radiation sickness is the disease that drove her crew mad? And if Rousseau is somehow immune (I attribute her "craziness" to being alone and feeling persecuted for many years), could she have passed immunity to her baby, Alex, who seems to be a quite healthy young woman?
- Could some form of radiation or electromagnetic fluctuation have rendered the people working on the island sterile? Could it cause tumors—such as the nasty spinal tumor shown on x-rays in the Others' surgery?
- Are the Others today the survivors of an abandoned experiment, who may not be able to survive in the outside world? (After all, Ben alluded to the fact that they know how to leave but choose not to.) Could they be supplied and provided just enough materials to stay alive for the rest of their natural lives, as long as they stay put and don't let the rest of the world know what happened on the islands?
What are your theories about these speculations and questions? I'll post more after the first six episodes have been aired, but these are the questions most on my mind right now. Of course, I'd love to know why the hatch imploded but apparently left few physical marks on the people inside it, and why Desmond's clothes disappeared but Desmond is OK—but I'm most interested in the even bigger mythology. How about you?


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Mitchie and Kimiko's Big Argument is a The New Adventures of Shining Time Station (Pokemon Puzzle League version) episode.
- After breaking the nutcracker toy theather, Mitchie gets angry with Kimiko and the two girls refuse to be friends. Misty, Erika, Whitney, Tierra, Marina, Krystal, The Steamettes and The Conductors try to figure out about their argument. Note: Kimiko is wearing her Sizing Up Omi outfit.
- Mr. Conductor 1
- Mr. Conductor 2
- Misty
- Erika
- Mitchie Ohara
- Kimiko Tohomiko
- Whitney
- Tierra
- Marina
- Krystal
- Aya
- Satsuki
- Charmaine
Part 1
- (We See Mitchie dancing to the nutcracker song)
- Mitchie: This toy theather is so adorable.
- Misty: Are you listening to music?
- Mitchie: I know.
- Aya: You're in a tutu.
- Mitchie: Yes, my white tights as well.
- Satsuki: Cutie!
- (Kimiko comes in)
- Kimiko: What's this? A nutcracker theather.
- (Kimiko stomps the toy theather, completely destroying it)
- Mitchie: My theather!
- Kimiko: Never listen to music here in Shining Time Station.
- Mitchie: Grr! That's it! We're refusing to be friends!
- Both: Hmph!
- (The Conductors appear)
- Mr. Conductor 1: What's wrong?
- Tierra: Mitchie and Kimiko are refusing to be friends.
- Mr. Conductor 2: Reminds me of Donald and Douglas' argument.
- Charmaine: Donald and Douglas?
- Mr. Conductor 2: Yes. I'll tell you.
- (Mr. Conductor 2 blows his whistle and Twin Trouble starts)
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August 22, 2013
Health report outlines PC failure on whistleblower legislation
EDMONTON, AB (August 22, 2013): The Health Inquiry report outlines Alberta's weak whistleblower legislation and the PC government's failure to protect real whistleblowers, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today.
"We knew from the very beginning this so-called whistleblower legislation was full of holes," Fox said. "Yet Associate Minister Don Scott and his government continued to mislead the public while leaving the health professionals who work on the front-lines completely unprotected." For months, the PC government had said their whistleblower legislation, "gives public sector employees the confidence and protection they deserve for reporting a wrongdoing." Scott even said that the legislation will cover, "health care professionals appointed to medical or professional staff of a public organization, or who hold privileges with one." –Edson Weekly Anchor, July 22 2013 However, the second recommendation in Justice Vertes' report says the PC legislation, "does not apply to independent contractors such as physicians or other health care providers," and calls for the legislation to be expanded. Vertes goes on to say that beefed up legislation, "would give added safety to professionals in the health care system who speak out about resource or policy issues or challenge improper procedures." "Last fall, the PCs shot down 21 sensible amendments to their whistleblower legislation which included protecting health care professionals and all provincially licensed health and seniors facilities," Wildrose MLA Heather Forsyth said. "Instead, the PC government bull dozed through bad legislation and once again need to make changes to fix their own mess. We need to go back to the drawing board, re-write the legislation so it protects the whistleblower and not the government." Other Wildrose amendments for the act included allowing the Crown Prosecutor's office to determine if political pressure, personal influence, or mismanagement has led to the dropping of cases and to make the legislation retroactive to Jan. 1, 2003 so workers can speak out on previous wrongdoing.


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Mazatlan, Anchorage and St. Croix
Cruise ships are getting bigger. Some weigh more than a Nimitz class aircraft carrier.
There are more onboard activities: rock climbing, water slides, restaurants run by famous chefs.
But let's not forget why most of us take cruises in the first place: the destinations.
This week we focus on some top cruise spots "off the boat" – places that can be visited as day excursions from your cruise or added onto your seagoing adventure after you reach dry land.
For story on Mazatlan, click here
For story on Anchorage, click here
For story on St. Croix, click here
Mexican cruises are among the most popular for West Coast travelers. So we're featuring a piece on the attractions of Mazatlan, one of the most visitor-friendly ports south of the border. Sip pina coladas in the Golden Zone or stroll the 19th-century town of the Centro Historico. If you like it enough, you can always return south for a longer stay without having to worry about getting back to the ship.
Our next anchorage is Anchorage, the closest thing to a metropolis in our 49th state. While most cruise ship passengers opt for trips to Denali National Park, another option for veteran Alaska sailors – or those looking for something different – is the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, with its Arctic terns resting up from their 11,000-mile journey from southern Africa or New Zealand.
Our final cruise-related stop takes us to the Caribbean, and a visit to St. Croix. It's part of the U.S. Virgin Islands, so you won't even need your passport, though you'll likely need it for other destinations along the way. St. Croix is bigger but less touristy than nearby St. Thomas. But enough cruise lines call on the island for ship passengers to get a taste. It's a cross-cultural stew, having had its beaches planted with the flags of Spain, Britain, the Netherlands, France, Denmark – and the Knights of Malta. The Danes sold us the place in 1917, and it has been under the Stars & Stripes since.
With these destinations, it's "bon voyage" mixed with, "Come back soon."


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CATCHER: Ryan Garko, Sr., Stanford
Strikeouts do not appeal to Stanford senior catcher Ryan Garko. He didn't go down swinging from April 7 through May 18, and finished the regular season with more home runs (15) than strikeouts (13).
The Stanford star showed a knack for coming up with a big hit at the right time. Through Sunday, Garko led the Cardinal in average (.406), home runs, RBI (78), slugging percentage (.708) and multihit games (27). Garko drove in three or more runs in 13 games, including seven May 4 in a key matchup against Pac-10 rival Southern California.
Garko has had a strong season behind the plate as well, committing just two errors and throwing out 18 of 51 would-be basestealers. He's a semifinalist, for the second consecutive year, for the Johnny Bench Award, presented during the College World Series to the country's top catcher.
Second team: Tony Richie, Jr., Florida State
An excellent defensive catcher, Richie leads the top-ranked Seminoles with 69 RBI and 22 doubles. He guides a rotation that carries a sparkling 2.72 ERA. He has thrown out 23 of 52 runners on stolen base attempts and has just one passed ball on the year.
FIRST BASE: Billy Becher, Jr., New Mexico State
The Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, Becher's first season in Division I since transferring from junior college was one for the record books. Through Sunday, Becher led the nation with a conference-record 31 home runs (four grand slams) and he also was leading the nation with 110 RBI, most in Division I since 1998.
Becher also broke the conference record for total bases in a season with 210. He also claimed school records for home runs, RBI, and hits (99). His .421 batting average also leads the team. Becher has been steady defensively as well, committing just four errors.
Second team: Michael Aubrey, Jr., Tulane
Aubrey was selected the Conference USA Player of the Year after leading the conference in batting average (.433), hits (93), on-base percentage (.517), and RBI (76), while ranking second in slugging percentage (.744) and third in home runs (16). Aubrey is one of five finalists for USA Baseball's prestigious Golden Spikes Award and one of 12 finalists for the Rotary Smith Award, both of which recognize college baseball's best player.
SECOND BASE: Rickie Weeks, Jr., Southern
Weeks had a tough act to follow after his All-America season in 2002. Last year, he became the first player to lead the nation in batting and slugging percentage since the NCAA began keeping statistics in 1957. But Weeks was at it again in 2003, leading Division I with a .493 average through 48 games, adding 15 homers, 62 RBI and 82 runs scored.
He'll likely walk away with NCAA career records for batting average and slugging percentage when he goes pro in June as one of the draft's first picks.
Second team: Marc Tugwell, Sr., Virginia Tech
The Big East co-Player of the Year, Tugwell led the conference with 90 hits and 64 runs scored, and finished second in batting average (.413), RBI (59) and doubles (17). A starter for four years with the Hokies, Tugwell was a first-team all-Big East selection in 2002.
THIRD BASE: Jamie D'Antona, Jr., Wake Forest
D'Antona won conference Player of the Year honors despite the Demon Deacons' disappointing 8-15 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference games.
The power-hitting Trumbull, Conn., native led Wake and the ACC with 21 home runs and 79 RBI.
D'Antona, a Freshman All-American at first base in 2001, switched to third last season. After just three years with the Deacons, he has claimed the school career record for home runs and needs just three more RBI to set that mark as well.
D'Antona, who led the Deacons with 18 doubles, is not only blessed with a powerful swing, but he's got a cannon for an arm. During Scout Day at Wake Forest last fall, he created a buzz by pitching 94 mph.
Second team: Kevin Kouzmanoff, Sr., Nevada
Kouzmanoff transferred to the Wolfpack from Arkansas-Little Rock for his senior season and became a top offensive force in the Western Athletic Conference. Through Sunday, Kouzmanoff led the league with 17 home runs, 67 RBI and 147 total bases, while his .361 average ranked third. He's also hit safely in 47 of 54 games this season.
SHORTSTOP: Dustin Pedroia, So., Arizona State
He's the little (5-7, 165 pounds) engine that could. Pedroia has been the heart of the Sun Devils' successful season, batting an impressive .506 with runners in scoring position.
If he's driving in runs, chances are he doing it with a double. Pedroia leads the nation with a school and Pac-10 single-season record 32 doubles and needs four to tie the NCAA record. Pedroia also leads the Pac-10 in batting average (.418) and hits (112), and is the first Sun Devil since Willie Bloomquist in 1999 with 100 or more hits in a season.
Pedroia made eight errors in 291 chances. He's started all 62 games this season and has at least one hit in 58 of them, including 38 multihit games. Pedroia was a 2002 member of Team USA and has been invited for the 2003 national team trials.
Second team: Aaron Hill, Jr., LSU
The team leader following the death of third baseman Wally Pontiff last summer, Hill led LSU to the Southeastern Conference regular-season title with a .367 batting average, 24 doubles, eight homers and 51 RBI. The SEC Player of the Year finished the regular season with an eight-game hitting streak.
OUTFIELD: Jordan Foster, Jr., Lamar; Dustin Majewski, Sr., Texas; Jeff Cook, Sr., and Clint King, So., Southern Mississippi (tie).
No outfielder in the country was more productive than Foster. He ranked third nationally with a .443 batting average, a school-record 27 doubles and 66 RBI, while finishing the regular season on a 17-game hitting streak. Foster was especially hot in conference games, hitting .513 with 30 runs scored.
Majewski, who led Texas to a national championship last season, tops the Longhorns in nine major offensive categories (including batting average and RBI) in 2003, and was batting .500 with runners in scoring position.
Southern Mississippi's version of the Bash Brothers, Cook and King, have had nearly identical seasons and both deserve All-America mention for leading their team to the top of Conference USA and into the Top 25.
Through 55 games, Cook had 20 homers and 66 RBI; King had 20 homers and 65 RBI. Cook has 28 multihit games and 16 multiple-RBI games; King has 31 multihit games and 17 games with one or more RBI.
Second team: Shane Costa, Jr., Cal State Fullerton; Brian Anderson, Jr., Arizona; Josh Anderson, Jr., Eastern Kentucky
The Big West Player of the Year, Costa helped Cal State Fullerton to a 43-13 record by batting .382 with 24 doubles, four homers, 50 RBI and 26 steals.
Brian Anderson had at least one hit in 49 of 52 games this season, including a school-record 26-game hitting streak. His best game was April 26 at Stanford, when he hit a triple and legged out an inside-the-park grand slam.
Josh Anderson is the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. He gets on base with a .439 average, then runs the basepaths with abandon, collecting 48 steals.
UTILITY/DH: Scott Beerer, Jr., Texas A&M
Beerer has done just about everything for the resurgent Aggies this season. He's made a majority of his starts in left field but also has starts at first and third, committing just two errors and batting a respectable .332 with 52 RBI.
Beerer has also made his mark as a relief pitcher. Appearing in 23 games and pitching 43 1/3 innings, Beerer (6-0) has a 1.04 ERA with 50 strikeouts and nine walks. As a closer, he's a perfect 11-for-11 in save chances.
Second team: Stephen Head, Fr., Mississippi
The SEC Freshman of the Year, Head (3-1) made 18 appearances for the Rebels, including two starts, entering the SEC tournament. The left-hander's 13 saves set a school record, while he also posted a complete-game, two-hit shutout against South Carolina. Head also appears as the Rebels' starting first baseman and enters the SEC tournament with a team-high .341 average.
STARTING PITCHERS: Wade Townsend, So., Rice; Jeff Niemann, So., Rice; Tim Stauffer, Jr., Richmond
Townsend (6-1, 2.06 ERA) might be the first midweek starter to earn All-America honors. He's made just eight starts this season in 23 appearances, but his performances in those starts make him a legitimate candidate. Townsend has collected midweek victories against Houston (twice), Nebraska, Baylor and Texas A&M. Townsend has also pitched in five combined shutouts and has five saves to go with 119 strikeouts in 78 2/3 innings.
Niemann enters the postseason leading Division I in wins (13 through NCAA's May 18 release) and has one of the nation's lowest ERAs at 1.60. He posted a 29-inning scoreless streak in April and is a semifinalist, along with Townsend, for the Rotary Smith Award.
Stauffer (8-4, 2.02 ERA) captured his second consecutive Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year award with another dominant season. Stauffer struck out 130 while walking only 14 in 98 innings, finishing the regular season with 10 complete games in 13 starts.
Second team: Scott Lewis, So., Ohio State, Randy Beam, Fla. Atlantic; Jered Weaver, So., Long Beach State
Lewis (9-1, 1.61 ERA) led the Big Ten with 127 strikeouts in 83 2/3 innings. He won 15 consecutive games over two years before his season came to a halt May 20, when he tore an elbow ligament against Minnesota.
Beam (13-1, 2.50 ERA) threw his fourth shutout of the season when the Owls defeated Stetson 2-0 in the regular-season finale.
Weaver (12-3, 2.11 ERA) stuck out 125 and walked just 16. He and teammate Abe Alvarez (10-0, 2.48 ERA) rank among the nation's leaders in wins and ERA.
RELIEF PITCHER: Ryan Wagner, So., Houston
The Houston Astros have Billy Wagner. The University of Houston has Ryan Wagner, who has put up strikeout numbers similar his professional counterpart.
Ryan Wagner (4-5, 2.01 ERA) is the national leader in strikeouts per nine innings (16.8 through May 18). Despite not starting a game, Wagner has collected 126 strikeouts against just 16 walks over 67 innings. His longest outing was a 5 1/3-inning relief stint against Louisville, when he struck out 11. Ryan has struck out the side 13 times.
Second team: Steven Register, So., Auburn
Register (3-0, 2.96 ERA) has 14 saves for the Tigers, which ties Virginia Tech's Matt Daulton for the national lead. Entering the SEC tournament, Register has 49 strikeouts and five walks in 45 2/3 innings.


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NIN.VC is your gateway to this new asset class: venture capital. We are a first of its kind technology venture capital fund to be raised via World Wide Web. NIN.VC will invest in these kinds of Series A & B rounds for early / growth stage companies in financial services, education software, internet and digital media, mobile communication, cloud computing, 3D printing, and other path breaking companies. We will create value by providing adequate financing, domain experience, and access to our networks of potential partners, vendors, and customers.
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Richard Kershaw
Lives: Yorkshire
Occupation: Farmer
Currently competing in: MSA British Cross Country Championship Career highlights: MSA British Cross Country Championship Champion four times – 2002, '03, '04 and '07. He is widely acknowledged as one of the 'kings of Cross Country racing'
What got you interested in motor sport in the first place?
As a farmer, I'm closely involved with the countryside and there are a lot of events such as Land Rover trials going on, so my initial interest came from watching them.
Where/how did you get started?
About 15 or 20 years ago, I bought my first competition car, which was an 88-inch wheelbase Land Rover, and started trialling. But I found that a car that's good in trials is usually also good at Cross Country speed events, so as it had a bigger engine fitted, I started racing, as I'd always preferred going fast!
What car do you use now, and how much does a season cost you?
Our car is a specially built GSR Evo 9, which has a fibreglass/carbon fibre bodyshell and a 300 horsepower Nissan V6 engine. We keep our season's costs down by repairing and servicing it ourselves – in fact, Cross Country is excellent if you are mechanically minded and enjoy building your own car to compete against other like-minded people.
What do you enjoy about your particular form of motorsport?
The social side in Cross Country is very strong – the friendship and banter between the drivers is excellent. Although it's very competitive, if you've got a mechanical problem during an event, you'll find everyone mucks in to help fix it, including your rivals.
What tips would you pass onto someone who wants to start competing?
Learn the ropes by contacting a team that's already competing, and start going along to meetings to help them out. None of the teams will turn down an offer of extra help.
Why would you recommend taking up motor sport?
It's a release from pressure of work! In Cross Country racing, the regulations are fairly free, so you can simply put a larger engine into your four-wheel drive car, fit a roll cage and "drive it like you stole it"! At the same time, there are classes for standard vehicles you can start off in – the choice is yours.


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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Huey Lewis and The News album Sports, Lewis teamed up with the king of music parodies to create a movie parody. Mild-mannered Lewis goes all American Psycho on poor, drunken Weird Al Yankovic who doesn't see it coming until it's too late. Clearly, Lewis needs a new drug because whatever he's taking this days isn't doing the trick.
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I recently had acquaint itself to me a creature of the deep; a creature whose appearance, vexing and grotesque, had never seen the sun, nor met with the gaze of any human being beside myself. The creature, or *fish*, I'll call it, was a disfigured thing, the length of a canoe, and warped within the uprooted muck from beneath the sea— deep within depths unheard of, unknown, an abyss of which surely be best kept in the darkness.
It would be purely assumption, if I now go on basing precise physical attributes, such as gills and the sort, to the fish, for it was such that it had shown itself only briefly. Also, my stance on it being an occurrence of rarity is based on yet another blatancy of assumption; as the possibility exists that I am but one of many who had brought themselves to the secluded cove whereupon it appeared. That said, I am a reasonable man, and I know that a secret can lie heavy on a man's tongue; shrouded in mystery as it was, it's to my reckoning that the thing was either never seen, or had disposed of any witnesses.
I feel it tried as it may, however, in attempting to lessen my fears when it first revealed itself, wrapping around my calf one of its cold and revoltingly slithering antennae. A waking nightmare, I supposed it was that I was experiencing, that a sentient fish had before me risen from the black water— placid, though haunting, the water had been a thing stalking my imagination before the ascertainment of its terrifying contents.
Terrifying, deathly so, it was at first, but there as I stood at the edge of the bay, the question shortly came of whether the fish, as it hung buoyantly, swaying half out of the water, had brought with it any inclination that be of a threatening kind. I couldn't then, nor here and now, make such a claim, lest I be a teller of tall tales. For I felt as though in its revelation, it intended not to fright or take or hurt, but to make aware to me, a man reflecting upon its surface a sad and miserable mug, that I oughtn't be down in the dumps, but that I share a counterpart off in the seas, and of that receive the tidings as I may, that I am not entirely alone.
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