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Pictures from all over Kilimanjaro – hiking up the routes, various views of the mountain, its surrounding, and the climbers.
Looking back at Lava Tower during our ascent to Arrow Glacier Camp the Shira Plateau can be seen off in the distance over 20 miles away and Lava Tower Camp is the light beige patch to the ... [read on]
The serpentine line etched in the topography describes the way to Arrow Glacier Camp from Lava Tower. It looks to be a simple 2 hour uphill jaunt but the 1000 foot gain in altitude places you at ... [read on]
Last week I spoke of the "frigid shade" at Lava Tower. It was that crisp morning we awoke to find our water bottles frozen as we dug into the deepest corners of our trusty packs to find the ... [read on]
Lava Tower Camp remains blanked in a frigid shade provided by the
immenseness of Kilimanjaro until late morning. Only then do the suns rays begin
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Nestled behind an exposed rib of stone that separates the tents from the loos at Lava Tower, you can see the black public outhouses that my research told me to avoid if at all possible.
I heeded the ... [read on]
These multicolored cocoons housed the South African Team and my son and I from Wisconsin at Lava Tower. The bright yellow ones were ours of course but after meeting many different people from around the world, only ... [read on]
This is the top of Lava Tower. We climbed it as practice for the, now closed, Western Breach.
Trekkers using the Lemosho route still stop at Lava Tower Camp to assist acclimatization and the heartier souls no doubt ... [read on]
Normally the views of Lava Tower Camp are taken from ground level with tents in the foreground and giant mastiff in the background but having scrambled up to the top and talking myself into edging this close ... [read on]
This is yours truly negotiating one of the pitches as we scaled Lava Tower. We did ok in a flatlander sort of way and it was excellent practice for the Western Breach. I have no doubt our ... [read on]
Lava Tower Camp is 14,950-ft above sea-level which makes it higher that anything in the continuous 48 states. It was a trill to see the clouds running past the camp below our line of sight and after ... [read on]
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What God Can Do
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.
- Colossians 1:13
Our society doesn't really have answers for all the problems we are facing in our country today. Ironically, our society seems to do everything it can to undermine the only one who can help us, and that is Jesus Christ.
There are people caught in our legal system as repeat offenders. There are judges who make the wrong decisions. There is the breakdown of the family. And all of these elements combined produce a society that can do very little to change a person's heart, if anything at all. Rehabilitation efforts largely fail. In fact, the only real programs that seem to produce lasting change are faith-based, and more specifically, are being operated by Christians who are calling people to faith in Jesus Christ. Society doesn't have the answers.
Jesus met two men whose lives had been controlled and ruined by Satan. Society didn't have the answers. Enter the Savior, Jesus. What did He do? He sought them out in their graveyard and offered them hope. In fact, Luke's account of the story tells us what happened to one of the men who was delivered: "Then they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid" (Luke 8:35). Why were people afraid? They didn't know what to make of it. He was so transformed it frightened the people. They couldn't even imagine a guy like him could be changed in such a dramatic way.
It is such a glorious thing when Christ so transforms someone that you can't even imagine that person being what he or she used to be. You realize that it is the power of a changed life. And that is what God can do.


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When Vincentto said that he'd stolen the Roslyn Diamond, everyone knew where he hid it: in his ear. The problem was how were you supposed to get in there? People are protective of those things. You can't just go touching a man's ears without him starting to wonder, "Is this guy going for my diamond?"
So, what did I do? I got a disguise. A really good disguise. I dressed up like his favorite pair of Klipsch In-Ear Headphones. He loved em because they were designed specifically for Android and their exclusive oval ear tips best fit the natural shape of his ears. It was perfect. I just put on all the makeup and waited next to his phone.
I stuck with it for a few days. I wasn't just going to grab the diamond and run. I needed to make sure he didn't suspect any funny business. So, he took me on his jogs and I sang his favorite songs to him. My voice wasn't as good as the Klipsch's and I didn't have their noise-isolating locks, but he didn't seem to notice.
And you know what, I really loved being his earbuds. In fact, even now that I stole the Roslyn Diamond from him and sold it for 11.4 million, I still look back on that week when I was a pair of Klipsch as the best week of my life.
- Introducing the first-ever Klipsch in-ear headphones designed specifically for Android™
- The S4A successfully merges the functionality of your Android mobile device with the sonic fidelity of Klipsch
- Klipsch's exclusive oval ear tips best fit the natural shape of your ear so you can wear them for hours in complete comfort
- Compatible with devices running Android 2.2 or later, you can keep the world under your thumb with pushbutton control for music and calls
- With the free Klipsch Control App, you can customize functionality of your calls and music
- Noise-isolating locks you into the moment with a frequency response of 10Hz – 19kHz and a nominal impedance of 18 ohms with a sensitivity of 110db SPL/mW
- The Image S4A headphones feature intuitive push-button control for music and calls
- In case you ever take them out, the unstoppable S4A comes with a protective carrying case
Shipping Note: Eligible for shipping to all 50 states
Warranty: 2 Year Klipsch
- Design: Dynamic Moving Coil Micro Speaker
- Ear Coupling: Canal
- Drivers: 8.5mm
- Drive Components: Full range KG 25
- Frequency Response: 10Hz - 19kHz
- Noise Isolation: -16 dB
- Nominal Impedance: 18 ohms
- Sensitivity: 110db SPL/mW
- Microphone: Inline
- Connector: 3.5mm
- Cord Length: 52"
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The integrated solutions will offer development platforms for professional artists in visual effects, upstream exploration of oil and gas, digital content creation (DCC) and computer-aided design (CAD). In addition, professionals interested in adding the Fusion ioFX to their current HP Workstation can purchase the ioFX as a custom integration component.
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The Fusion ioFX provides application acceleration to leading workstation applications such as those from Adobe, Assimilate, and The Foundry. The new solution will integrate the Fusion ioFX into the HP Z Workstations with Intel Xeon processors. The architecture is designed to deliver a platform for digital content creation applications by moving beyond the performance limitations and bottlenecks of traditional systems.
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This chew bone from Trixie is made from beef rawhide with a bull pizzle filling. The thick chewy rawhide will give your dog plenty to chew on and will keep it amused for ages. When your dog chews on this bone it will strengthen its jaw muscles and also clean its teeth. The Trixie chew bone consists of 35-40% bull pizzle and is a great treat for your four-legged friend. Trixie Chew Bone with Bull Pizzle Delicious bull pizzle in a practical bone shape. Made from thick rawhide for lots of chewy enjoyment Chew fun and dental care in one filled with 100% bull pizzle Delicious chew bone from Trixie with tasty bull pizzle filling.
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Ace Australian spinner Nathan Lyon is chuffed up about the prospect of working alongside Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan, who has joined the Australian side as a spin consultant.
Cricket Australia (CA) informed on Wednesday that Muralitharan, the game's highest wicket-taker has joined the national side as a spin consultant. Muralitharan has already joined the Australian camp and will be working closely with their off-spinner Nathan Lyon.
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Anyone care to take a guess who our newest vendor / website sponsor is? I'm only about 1/2 way done setting up their account, so look around a bit and let's hear your guesses. arty: Formal intro to come later this week.
Yeah! no idea at all, however hopefully they'll be either be a performance vendor or some type of lift vendor.how abohow about some free stuff to?
I am with Surrealone on this one! I looked into the company a few months ago. I was pretty interested, then I realized that it was for AFM trucks. Thankfully I do not have AFM, if I did they would be added to the top of my "mods I am saving money for" list. I am sure that there are multiple members here that would be interested in the model that turns AFM off.
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Keane: Press Reaction Over the Top Tuesday, 23rd Mar 2010 08:31 Boss Roy Keane says the press reaction to him keeping the squad behind in the dressing room after the Watford game was over the top. Keane was less than impressed with the display at Vicarage Road last Tuesday and shut his players in the dressing room for 90 minutes after the match. Keane said: "I think there's been a reaction over the last few days - as there always is regarding myself - really over the top stuff about me locking players in dressing rooms, as if other players haven't done it. "Me pressing panic buttons, a load of nonsense, certain players will never play for the club again, really negative stuff the last few days which has really disappointed me from certain parts of the media, but then again that shouldn't surprise me." The Blues boss says that while he was tough on his team at Watford, that isn't always his approach to man-management: "We have put our arms around a lot of the players, particularly at the start of the season, but the other night needed something a bit different. "I've been a player myself, sometimes I needed an arm put around me, I very rarely got it, and other times I was given what I deserved and I took it on board. "When I was a young player I made a mistake at Crystal Palace and Brian Clough smacked me in the mouth and he was dead right. It was the best thing he ever did to me. "People think I'm always over the top with my players. I don't think I am. I think I've always been very, very fair with them." Keane says that last Thursday's aside about punching his players was taken out of context by some sections of the media: "Last week I said that about me throwing punches tongue in cheek, and all of a sudden I want to be punching my players. It's crazy, obviously you can't be doing that." The former Forest midfielder revealed more about the incident with Clough: "He did it because he felt I shouldn't have backpassed it to the goalkeeper and he was probably right. "It was a replay in the FA Cup, John Salako scored with the last kick of the game. It was the goal which made John Salako when he scored from 45 yards out. "I still haven't forgiven Mark Crossley because he took about 40 seconds to run back about 20 yards, but 'Norm' was quite a big lad. "[With Brian Clough] that was a situation that happened and I think it was right, but obviously you can't be doing that. "Brian Clough went on the pitch against QPR and smacked a few fans! That was Brian Clough's way, he was a genius and he was able to get away with it, but obviously you can't be doing that, I know that!" Keane says players don't all react the same way to various styles of managment: "You have to treat every player differently. Some players will respond to it depending on their personality, but I still think the good players and the good characters will react in a positive way no matter which way you have a go at them. "A good character will just stick his chest out and say 'I can take that no problem, I'll show you in the next game', and that's what the players did on Saturday. "But that's history. We won a game of football [on Saturday], we've not won enough of them this season and it's about winning football matches, particularly the close matches. We've come up short in a lot of the close games. We're nearly a good team, so we've got a bit to go as yet." The Blues boss says that it's not just the games on which his players are judged: "The media and fans will focus on what goes on on match day, but we train most days of the week as well and it's about their attitude and mentality in training, attitude to the staff, attitude to wanting to improve as a player. You generally get the rewards on a match day. "We're always looking at the overall package, particularly with the players who have been left out of the team. I know they're disappointed, but you still have to come in, you're a professional, you get well paid and you have to have that hunger to want to do well. That's the key area, I need to work with hungry players." Please report offensive, libellous or inappropriate posts by using the links provided.
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text: The One Where The Spirited Phillies Fan Leaves Us A Phone MessageA.J. Daulerio11/06/09 4:30pmFiled to: Deleted Scenesphillies fanWhimsyBimsyDavid SternLarry JohnsonTop1351EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkWe get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another Advertisement It's usually because they're just so absurd or really lack even the most tenuous of news angles to give them the go-ahead. Other times it's because they're just absolute horseshit. But every Friday until we get sick of running them, we'll present to you some of these not-so-shiny gems. All items should be treated as [Sic'd]. Enjoy...And Here's One Of Her Emails, Too Excuse me...I urge you to provide me proof that embedding was permitted from my YouTube account which I assure you wasn't. That's why I'm not going away until you take down the article and compensate me for the escalating level of slander, now up to almost 18,000 views. Have you even asked Barry how he got it? Because no matter what he says, it will be a lie that he took it legally.I also did not think I would be outing my full identity with a screen name I selected, "PhillySlide," but all that keeps coming up is "SEDonaldson." Your site will not allow me to fix it. That IS your problem to fix now and I do think that is mandatory. I also don't appreciate you telling me that I will "regret" anything. I do not regret standing up for myself. You should regret having a career where you think it is morally ok to defame people. Your parents would be so proud.SarahAnd Here's Another Lady You Pissed Off Advertisement To whom it may concern,I was connected to your site through a link in a sports article from Yahoo.com. I was thrilled to see a story featuring a female Jayhawks fan with a beautiful back-piece tattoo. However, I was then disgusted to read some of the comments posted below…AzureTexan11:25 AMHmmm, a Kansas skank. If she clicks her heels three times with enough force, a ping-pong ball will fall out. #kansasjayhawks ReplyArtie Fufkin09:58 AMThe frat brother with his letters tatooed on his ankle looks like a pus now. Doesn't mean he won't date rape her later. #kansasjayhawks ReplyHit Bull Win Steak09:43 AMalright, the tattoo I can sort of understand, but was the rhinoplasty to get the Jayhawk's beak really necessary? #kansasjayhawks ReplyI then noticed y'all didn't have any women on staff. I would suggest that if you want a female following and fan base (yes there are die hard female fans out there… Look at Jayhawk Kat) you might want to censor out some of these ignorant comments that perpetuate gender stereotypes.. I am fairly sure this email will not go anywhere and nothing will change, but that does not change the fact that by allowing comments like these to be posted you are directly contributing to gender inequity in sport and reinforcing harmful gender stereotypes. At the very least please keep the female sports fan in mind when running future stories and concerning future content.Thank you for your time,Liz J. Titus I Miss You, Too, Philly Advertisement Sponsored So what the fuck? the bigwigs in New York keeping you down from talking shit? I speak for every Philadelphian who read this site and enjoyed the hell out of your writing on the way to being "THE WORLD FUCKING CHAMPIONS" . Talk some shit big boy. Or aren't you really in charge of the site. Sixers beat the Knicks, Birds sent the Giants back up the turnpike with their tails between their legs and now we have a shot to even it up and you ain't a smart ass? 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Michael may be an archangel, but he's not quite the way you'd expect him to be: He loves cigarettes, he uses a wide variety of decidedly non-angelic phrases—and he dances like this. Nora's words are usually her strong point—she was a journalist and essayist after all—but this wordless scene with a just-coming-back-into-the-spotlight John Travolta is spot-on.
5. You've Got Mail (1998)
Talk about ahead of your time: Nora was tackling online dating before it was the norm. She reunited Sleepless in Seattle's Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks for You've Got Mail. The common themes of Nora's works are all here—the long wait, finding out that someone you thought was all wrong for you is actually perfect for you, and so on—but this time, it's set against an entirely new landscape: The Internet.
6. Julie & Julia (2009)
Unlike many of Nora's films, this one isn't a romance—or at least, it's not a romance between a man and a woman. It might still be considered a romance, but it's between two women in two different generations, their shared passion (food), and the extraordinary journeys on which that passion takes them. Julie & Julia is also the first film to be based on a blog—unsurprising in light of You've Got Mail. Oh, and also: Cooking lobsters? No easy feat.
RIP, Nora.
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Here is the official recipe for "Curls Apple Salsa" which contains my favorite apples – Granny Smith! You will also need a lime, yellow onion, cilantro, salt, and pepper. I hope you like this recipe and if you make it – tell us how it went for you in the comments below.
I just made a batch – above is a photo so you can see how it looks in non-cartoony form. It's in a nice green Tupperware bowl I got at Ashley's Tupperware party this past weekend. Time to get crunching on those chips!
One more thing to add is that this is the second installment of "Cook with Curls" – the first one can be found here and is all about how to open a pomegranate.


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For decades, the Boeing 747 was the Queen of the Skies. But the glamorous double-decker jumbo jet that revolutionized air travel and shrunk the globe could be nearing the end of the line.
Boeing has cut its production target twice in six months. Only 18 will be built in each of the next two years. Some new 747s go into storage. Counting cancellations, Boeing hadn't sold a single 747 this year until Korean Air bought five last week.
Boeing says it's committed to the 747 and sees a market for it in regions such as Asia. But most airlines simply don't want big, four-engine planes. They prefer newer, two-engine jets that fly the same distance on less fuel.
"We had four engines when jet engine technology wasn't advanced," Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson said at a recent conference. "Now jet engines are amazing, amazing machines and you only need two of them."
Part of the problem is all those seats. A 747 can seat 380 to 560 people, depending on configuration. A full one is a moneymaker. Otherwise, the cost of 63,000 gallons of jet fuel – roughly $200,000 – must be spread among fewer passengers.
The plane also is too big for most markets. There aren't enough passengers who want to fly each day between Atlanta and Paris, for example, to justify several jumbo jet flights. And business travelers want more flight choices. So airlines fly smaller planes several times a day.
"No one wants the extra capacity" that comes with jumbo jets like the 747 and the Airbus A380, Teal Group aviation consultant Richard Aboulafia said.
The 747 once stood alone, with more seats than any other jet and a 6,000-mile range.
The plane was massive: six stories tall and longer than the distance traveled by the Wright Brothers on their first flight.
On early versions, the distinctive bulbous upper deck was a lounge. The plane epitomized the modern age of international jet travel.
"Everyone on the flight was dressed up," recalled Thomas Lee, 17 when he took the inaugural passenger flight on Pan Am from New York to London in 1970. "After all, it was still back in the day when the romance of flight was alive and thriving."
The 747 changed the nature of international travel. The first planes could seat twice as many passengers as the Boeing 707, the preferred jet of the time. Long flights became more economical for airlines; ticket prices fell; a European vacation soon was no longer only for the wealthy.
The 747's profile was enhanced by its role as Air Force One and by flying the space shuttle – piggyback. But technology eventually caught up with it. As engines became more powerful and reliable, the government in 1988 started allowing certain twin-engine planes to fly over the ocean, as far as three hours from the nearest airport. Within a decade, twin-engine planes such as the Airbus A330 and the Boeing 777 dominated long-haul routes.
Passenger airlines have ordered 31 747-8s, the current version of the plane. By comparison, 979 smaller but ultra-fuel-efficient 787 Dreamliners have been ordered.
Cost is a factor. The 747 is Boeing's most expensive plane, at around $350 million, compared with $320 million for the biggest 777.
"Several" new 747s have gone into storage, the company said, "to balance production and delivery rates."
At least the president still prefers a jumbo jet.
The two modified Boeing 747-200s that serve as Air Force One will be 30 years old in 2017. The Air Force is seeking a four-engine replacement, making the Pentagon one of the last airplane shoppers willing to buy fuel for four engines instead of two. Boeing and Airbus are the only Western jetmakers with such a plane.
Boeing responded to an Air Force request for information. Airbus, widely assumed to be at a disadvantage against a U.S. company, has not.
Another company might buy planes and modify them to be used as Air Force One. An Air Force spokesman said there have been multiple responses, but no date has been set for discussions with potential bidders.
Boeing says slower 747 production won't have a significant financial impact.
The company has a backlog of some 4,787 planes, mostly orders for the best-selling 737. Production of the 737 and the 777 has been increased, and Boeing plans to boost its output of 787s in 2016. The company receives the bulk of the money from a new plane upon delivery, so faster deliveries mean better cash flow.
Boeing is expected to offer a new version of the 777 by year-end. That plane, with about 400 seats, is widely expected to kill demand for the 747 from passenger airlines, although the freighter version may survive longer.
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text: Increase the Sound Output of Your Portable Game SystemsDavid Galloway10/27/12 12:00pmFiled to: ElectronicsVideo GamesSolderingAudio11EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkIf you have a vintage portable game system with bad sound you can buy or scavenge off-the-shelf speakers and amplifiers to improve the sound. AdvertisementAnton at electronics weblog AVR Noob picked up a Game Boy Color but the sound output from the tinny speakers was so bad he had to use the headphone jack just to hear his game. He wired in a Motorola cell phone speaker which helped but the sound output was still low and there was distortion coming from the power supply so he found a mono amplifier, wired that to a basic circuit board, and connected it to the Game Boy along with installing a capacitor to remove the noise from the power supply.You probably wouldn't want to do this with your newer 3DS or Vita but if you have a Game Boy, Turbo Express, or Game Gear with bad sound it may be worth breaking out your soldering iron and finding a few parts.AdvertisementGame Boy Color Loud Sound Mod | AVR Noob via Hack-A-Day


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'Jeff, Who Lives at Home' -- 3 1/2 stars
R; 1:22 running time "Jeff, Who Lives at Home" could be just another quirky, abrasive and unconventional relationship comedy from the Duplass Brothers, the fellows who gave us "The Puffy Chair" and last year's "Cyrus." It starts with the assertion ¿ by Jeff (Jason Segel), the title character ¿ that "everyone and everything is interconnected in this universe." You know, he says, like that life-altering (and daft) M. Night Shyamalan movie "Signs," a film that's become Jeff's obsession. Read the full "Jeff, Who Lives at Home" movie review
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BOSTON – The unemployment rate for New England rose 0.2 percentage points in June to 7.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday.
The jobless rate in New England, which is one of nine geographic divisions across the United States, was below the national average of 7.6 percent for the month. The national unemployment rate was unchanged from May.
Year over year, the unemployment rate in New England fell 0.2 percentage points from 7.3 percent. Nationally, the jobless rate fell 0.6 percent in June during the same 12 month period.
Of the six New England states, Vermont had the lowest jobless rate in June at 4.4 percent, seasonally adjusted. Following Vermont were New Hampshire at 5.2 percent, Maine at 6.8 percent and Massachusetts at 7.0 percent, seasonally adjusted.
Connecticut at 8.1 percent and Rhode Island at 8.9 percent were both above the national average.
In Rhode Island in June, the civilian labor force shrank by 0.25 percent year over year, meaning that there were 1,400 fewer people in the Ocean State either employed or looking for work in the 12 months ended June 31, according to the report released Thursday by the R.I. Department of Labor.
The New England region as a whole saw its civilian labor force contract year-over-year by 0.23 percent, or 17,800. All employment data for June 2013 was listed as "preliminary."
Of the nine geographic divisions in the U.S., the East North Central division reported the highest jobless rate at 8.2 percent, and the West North Central division again registered the lowest rate at 5.4 percent.
Of the four regions in the U.S., the Northeast region — which includes the six New England states as well as New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania — had a jobless rate of 7.6 percent in June, a 0.1 percentage point increase from May, but a 0.7 percentage point drop from June 2012.
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Bah, so much for big exclusive premiere featuring brand new footage, all they did was rehash all of the 3 trailers, paste them together and add the music. Nice piece by John Williams, too bad the video sucked big time.
Bah, so much for big exclusive premiere featuring brand new footage, all they did was rehash all of the 3 trailers, paste them together and add the music. Nice piece by John Williams, too bad the video sucked big time.
You just remember what old jack burton says at a time like this. Have you paid your dues? yes sir the check is in the mail.
this is the first john williams song i don't really care for. i keep expecting to see clint eastwood ride a horse into the sun set or something.
and there were way too many cuts of the "band" playing. who, except for their kids or mates, wants to see these people?
I have to disagree with you there derek, I like the song ALOT. I think it is cool. It doesn't beat the Imperial March, and Han and Leia's love theme is better, but I still like it!
Is the video to it really THAT bad??? How bad could it be? Is there any new footage on it?
"You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you!" - Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Well, take all 3 of the trailers(the ones that played in theaters), and play them almost in order with cuts of Williams conducting and the band playing in between the scenes, then add a new scene where Anakin looks to the side, and you have the whole video. It reeks of sucktitude and feels like it was taped and edited several months ago.
You just remember what old jack burton says at a time like this. Have you paid your dues? yes sir the check is in the mail.
The track is actually a mix of all of the tracks and from what I hear they didn't do a good job
However, don't let it sour you on the score. It's definitely one of Williams' best in the last ten years (behind only A.I. Artificial Intelligence in my opinion, and directly above Saving Private Ryan and the Phantom Menace)
I thought the video was a decent commercial for the film. No... it didn't hold all sorts of NEW footage. I think the thing that "messed it up" was that Lucas and Fox gave us SO many trailers this time around. We saw so much footage that there really wasn't a whole lot left without showing us the whole film. The music was bits and pieces of the score and wasn't sequenced all THAT badly. No... it wasn't the video for "Duel of the Fates", but I was happy to see it!
The soundtrack IS good... I agree.
We already have four trailers with three of them having almost completely exclusive footage from the film. I think if the video had shown anymore then what would be the point of going to the theatre?
I really liked the Across the Stars theme, it has that sweeping dramatic feel that reminds me of movies like Lawrence of Arabia and The Ten Commandments.
So is the AI soundtrack that good Mike? I might have to check it out then.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
BB--A.I. is fantastic Completely innovative, fresh, and melodically stunning. If you want to see whether you'll like it first, I'd recommend sampling the tracks "Search for the Blue Fairy", "Abandoned in the Woods" and "Where Dreams are Born".
Derek--the "band" (actually the London Symphony Orchestra) has as much right to be there as anything from the movie, in my opinion. They worked hard and it showed. The music wouldn't have been nearly as brilliant without their input. Have some respect for the artists, please
To the people that were disapointed. What were you all expecting? I am not getting ****y just wondering what your expectations for this music video were? I was not expecting much from this video at all. An ad for the movie was what I was expecting and got that.
The only thing I can really complain about is that I do not like the deathsticks character. He sounded really lame. Apparently Kenobi and Anakin find themselves in Club Wuss.
Do or do not. There is no try.
Yeah he's annoying (though i guess that's his purpose in the film), I'm glad he ownly has a cameo.The only thing I can really complain about is that I do not like the deathsticks character.


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After testing out the new bottom bracket today, I have a new appreciation for bottom brackets in general. It feels a million times better than the old one - much stiffer and more responsive.
To share some of the cool bike related things I found this week...
Trek is doing a fundraiser for the World Bicycle Relief where they'll match any amount that you donate. To make things even better, Fat Cyclist is having a contest where you get entered when you donate, and can win some awesome bike gear.
If you're into trying out new gear for riding, check out Bike Loot. For about ten bucks each month, you get a box full of goodies containing everything from "gels, bars, hydration, and maintenance." Seems like a cool way to get exposed to a lot of products.
Bike Tinker is a great blog about, well, tinkering with bikes. There are a lot of cool fixes and some really clever ideas to be found here.
Combining two of my favorite things, Cupcake Ride is a blog dedicated to bicycles and cupcakes. Lots of great photos about bicycle adventuring in Toronto, and of course organized rides that visit lots of cupcakeries.
New Kit Day is making cycling kits right here in the Bay Area, and I dig the designs they have. Also, much of the promotional material was shot at Hellyer!
And finally, Hipster Sled might be one of my new favorite terms.
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WASHINGTON -- Conservatives are fired up to defeat President Barack Obama. Now the hard part: finding their candidate.
A year until the Iowa caucuses, this important part of the GOP base hasn't rallied around any one person and it doesn't seem all that enthusiastic about its options -- even though more than a dozen Republicans, and counting, are considering candidacies.
The polite -- but hardly overwhelming -- receptions for auditioning Republican hopefuls and the wary voices in the audience at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend underscored the challenge facing those weighing bids and the predicament facing a GOP searching for a nominee strong enough to overtake an incumbent president.
Such restiveness among conservatives also portends a volatile and unpredictable nomination race as Republicans with similar policy positions try to convince skeptics they alone can unite a cultural, economic and security-focused right -- and win.
Looking for Reagan
"I know what I'm looking for, but I haven't found the whole package yet," said CeCe Heil, an attorney in Virginia Beach, Va. "My candidate would be a mixture of what we've got. If you took a little bit of each one, that would be my candidate."
So, what does the GOP base want?
Ask anyone attending the gathering, and you'd hear something like this: a dynamic conservative with a backbone who can win.
"That's it. But there's nobody who meets that criteria," added Bill Hemrick, a Nashville businessman who founded Tea Party HD, a conservative media company. He said the only two who even come close -- former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann -- "aren't electable."
In short, no one is like Ronald Reagan.
"There may not be a next Ronald Reagan among you, but we sure as heck are going to make you act like him," Ryan Hecker of the Houston Tea Party Society warned.
Obama still popular
Stated or not, there's a concern among GOP insiders that it may take someone of Reagan's caliber to beat Obama, who remains personally popular despite stubbornly high unemployment and a series of divisive legislative accomplishments.
It says a lot about the likely field, for instance, that conservative pundits and right-leaning activists keep encouraging Republicans who have ruled out 2012 bids to get in the race, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Also telling: Billionaire reality show star Donald Trump and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a once failed presidential candidate who is leaving the door open to a reprisal and is a hero to libertarians, were the biggest hits at the conservative confab among Republicans trying out for the chance to take on Obama.
"I don't see anybody really starting strong with conservatives, corralling them and leaving the rest of the field in the dust," said Al Cardenas, the new head of the American Conservative Union, which sponsored the gathering. "This time, they are being very cautious because of the stakes. No one wants to make a mistake. People will be shopping for a longer time."
He dismissed the notion that the prudence among conservatives had to do with the quality of the would-be candidates and rightly noted that all were well received at the year's first major gathering of likely Republican candidates.
Popular target
It's no wonder. All went after Obama and filled their speeches with zingers tailor-made for their conservative audiences. The responses varied.
A veteran on the national stage, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who lost in 2008 but is gearing up for a second bid, delivered a general electionlike speech that was almost exclusively an indictment against Obama. "If I decide to run for president, it won't take me two years to wake up to the job crisis threatening America," Romney said, earning standing ovations and hearty applause from a capacity crowd.
He ignored what conservatives consider arguably his biggest black mark -- the Massachusetts health care law that Obama partly modeled the national one after.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who also is likely to announce a run soon, delivered a speech equal parts assailing Obama's policies and promoting his own positions. He drew cheers throughout from the standing-room-only audience, including when saying: "We need more common sense and less Obama nonsense."
He also emphasized his efforts to keep taxes low, seeking subtlety to counter a blemish on his record that he didn't mention -- backing increases on cigarettes.
A packed hotel ballroom also gave a warm reception to South Dakota Sen. John Thune, who is said to be less certain than others about running. The lone senator among the crop, Thune said he'd continue to be "on the front lines voting no" when Democrats try to push a liberal agenda; it's a pitch that could either serve as his argument for or against a candidacy.
He didn't address a top problem for conservatives -- his support of the Wall Street bailout.
Others fell flatter.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's professorial side came out when he spoke to a filled ballroom. It was a third empty for former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's address.


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This is a storyline I wish marvel would make happen that has yet to take place. Not only that I'd like to see the Inhumans fight the skrulls as well.
If these stories are to take place mavel should bring in artists like Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Marc Silvestri, Arthur Adams, While Portacio, etc to do the artwork.


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In the last 10 years, CNN has been the Changeable News Network, with four different presidents and lord knows how many different iterations of its primetime lineup. On the web side, though, it's been a story of tremendous stability -- to a fault.
The -owned channel is in the midst of a major overhaul of its entire digital platform, its first in more than a decade. "For a long time, we looked at this as a television network with a really large website attached," says K.C. Estenson, CNN's general manager for digital.
But with television and the web collapsing into one mega-medium -- a convergence that's likely to accelerate with this week's news that has reached a deal to stream cable channels over its game consoles -- a new set of priorities was needed, says Jeff Zucker, who took over as president of CNN a year ago.
"We are not going to care in the long run where people are getting their news and information from, as long as it's CNN," Zucker says.
The good news is that, despite the relative inattention, CNN is still one of the top news destinations online -- the biggest after /ABC News and /Huffington Post. The bad news is, or was, that CNN's digital publishing platform was built for the internet as it existed 10 years ago, when basically everyone experienced it on desktop computers and there was no such thing as social media.
While CNN is a clear No. 1 in mobile traffic among news sites, and while its mobile (up 46% versus 2012) and tablet (up 70%) growth have far outpaced its flattish desktop consumption, the publishing system was still desktop-centric, with content being published first to the desktop site and then pushed, clumsily and with lots of manual coding, to its mobile formats.
Over the next three months, all that will change. The new platform, in limited beta now but due to be rolled out worldwide by November, is completely dynamic, with one content stream that automatically reoptimizes to whichever screen it's being viewed on. When it's all done, CNN.com will be the biggest website in the world published dynamically, says Estenson.
"The idea is for there to be a consistency of experience for CNN regardless of which device you come in on," says Estenson. He and Zucker use the term "closest screen available" to describe their new thinking.
The rebuild also offered an opportunity to refresh the brand's digital look and feel in numerous smaller ways that users might not consciously notice but that could have a big effect on how they perceive it. Those include a different color palette. The old site made way too much use of CNN's signature red hue, says Estenson. The new one will have a palette that shifts depending on the tenor of the news you're viewing, with lighter and softer stories marked by earth or gem tones and red reserved for the most serious matters. "You can think of it almost as a mood ring," says Estenson.
The new design will also offer ways to follow individual CNN personalities (not unlike the contributor pages we have at FORBES) and news topics.
"The grand vision," says Estenson, "is at some point we can start to dynamically publish the site for each individual."
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My Little Nikki and I spent the entire day playing in the field ... we were eventually found, just ten minutes before dinner would start and so when we had gotten back to the castle there was no time to change, so My Little Nikki and I just sat down and started eating our food ... after dinner, Keld said a few words of thanks for all our relatives and friends showing up for the ramshackle reunion, and I once again beat a hasty retreat with my darling daughter ... that night, My Little Nikki and I actually slept in her room with the doors to my room magically locked as had been done the night before, and all the relatives that came by assumed that we were in there again.
The night passed quickly and without trouble.
The next morning, My Little Nikki woke up first and even got dressed especially for the farewell ceremony for the visitors.
She was wearing a black silk dress that contrasted her moon-white hair. The dress was formal, and as such, you could not see her feet, which had been donned in matching shoes, and once again, her arms were draped with delicate sleeves that ended at her tiny knuckles. Once she had been dressed, My Little Nikki then put the amulet half around her neck.
No matter what outfit she is wearing, My Little Nikki always wears the amulet half I gave her. Even if it looks bad with the outfit, even if some complains and tells her to take it off, My Little Nikki always wears it, and she wears it over her clothes, so that everyone may see it. I asked her a while ago why, and she said it was because she wanted everyone to know that she was my daughter ... I then realised that I am always wearing my amulet half over my clothes as well ... My Little Nikki was just copying what I was already doing ... Is she beyond adorable or what?
When I finally woke up, My Little Nikki was trying to decide what to do with her hair; tie it up or leave it out, and when she realises that I'm awake, she asks my opinion.
We end up tying her hair loosely in a clasp that is black, but decorated with a single, gleaming silver crescent moon, and clip matching earrings to her ears ... My Little Nikki then expressed an interest in getting her ears pierced and I told her I would think about it.
We then, using the ultimate sneaking around skills passed down to me from my mother, sneak into my room, get some clothes, and sneak back into My Little Nikki's room.
I had already decided what I was going to wear for the farewell ceremony that would take place after breakfast today, and my darling daughter loved my choice
I wore a skin tight black suit that had all necessary extras (buttons and linings) in silver. I wore my amulet half where all could see it, and I realised that I didn't care that it didn't go with the outfit, but I kinda wanted to keep my luck closer to my heart ... when I told My Little Nikki this, she though on it for a moment and then suggested, that for this one occasion seeing as we were likely to be mobbed again, we should wear our amulets under our finery. So we did.
I pulled out the present from my father for my 11th birthday ... one of the only times he put a huge amount of thought into what to get me... the only time other than that was when I was seven and wanted to learn how to ride a horse... father spent a whole week teaching me before I got it down, and then spent the week next making sure I was alright with it...
But this present means just a little bit more to me than that...
Father knew about my being The Vampire Kings reincarnation, mother told him the day after I died the last time ... but he still loved me as his son ... I really am appreciative of that ...
Father, for my 11th, went out two months before to find something ... and that something is in my hands now and I can't help but smile at it...
Father found a rare stone, called kornoom (Cor-num) and made it into a special hair clasp for me, since I had been growing my hair for as long as I could remember ... Kornoom had special meaning to vampires ... it meant the passing of honour... my father was giving me the honour he had earned, and he was giving it to my very soul.
The clasp isn't very large, but it has beauty throughout its entirety... a small, silver full moon, surrounded by a black and gold dragon, about to claim it within its jaws... I wear it only when I can feel something extra special coming up ... and I felt it deep in my bones as soon as the guests started arriving...
Something big was on its way, and I couldn't tell if it were friend or foe.
Cliffy times : )
As we entered the dining hall, I regretted the last decision I made with my outfit ... I had added a cape... I like capes and rarely wear 'em so I thought what the hell and put one on ... now I have made my stalker relatives very happy and all my murdering relatives plot... luckily the two cancel the other out so I am not dead yet, by love or murder.
We finished the meal relatively intact ... sir Lejuuy had been drinking heavily and was severely hung-over and Sir Ashley and Lady Leene were trying to explain it away that he was just tired, not related to his over consumption of alcohol in the slightest... no one was convinced but they kept that to themselves.
After breakfast we received news of some hooligans on the road, so departure was delayed (remember that feeling I had?) and so everyone was to stay until the palace guards got it sorted out.
Phelios was willing to let everyone split up for a while but Keld said that would cause trouble once the issue was resolved so we all went to the Ballroom (its huge) where some music was played and everyone just started chatting to one another.
I was actually catching up with Aunt Falan when My Little Nikki asked me if I could sing for her ... Roxanne stared at me in disbelief, mainly because only Mother, Father, and My Little Nikki have ever heard me sing ... not even Phelios has heard my singing voice (which I know to be a good thing because I don't think I'm a particularly good singer)
I normally would have said no, but a storm had been brewing, and my precious daughter was feeling anxious and I wanted to soothe her fears ... I end up walking to the musicians and tell them what I am about to do ... songs always sound better when they have music with them
The musicians don't let me down and I can feel the melody enter into my soul and capture my heart ... the words flow from my mouth without any memory to the lyrics
If I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be
And if I never held you
I would never have a clue
how at last I'd find in you
the missing part of me
As I'm singing everyone is watching me and I know that Phelios will never let me live this down, but I don't care ... The entire point of my singing is to make My Little Nikki, my darling daughter, feel safe, as the rain starts to fall.
In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
in your eyes
so dry your eyes
And I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you
I can feel that everyone is watching me, and I don't care ... whenever I sing, my eyes are always closed so that I don't watch people watching me ... I know that I'm being watched but if I can't see it, then all that matters is the song
If I never knew you
I'd be safe but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true
I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you
I can feel my voice being carried into the farthest reaches of the ballroom ... I can feel the vibrations of the instruments behind me as they play the melody I know so well ... as they play the song that I sing with my heart
If I never knew you
If I never knew this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be
There's no moment I regret
since the moment that we met
if our time has gone too fast
I've lived at last...
The rain falls hard to the earth, but I cannot hear it from the music or the song. All I can hear is the melody, and the words that represent my soul
And still my heart is singing
we were right
And If I never knew you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Empty as the sky
Never knowing why
lost forever
if I never knew you
As I finish the song, the melody slowly fades away, disappearing slowly and gently back into the instruments from where it came, until the only sound left in the ballroom, is from the heavy falling of rain
And Cliffy-bot 3000 strikes again! MWAHAHA! Thx to Disney's Pocahontas
I open my eyes after what seems like an eternity since I ended the song and find that every single one of my relatives is staring at me ... crap ... I can feel myself flushing and cover my face with one of my hands in embarrassment... why did I think that I wouldn't be embarrassed? Almost no one in the family has heard me sing and yet I briefly thought that this would all end okay?
"That was beautiful ..."
I look in surprise at the voice and find it to be Lady Leene
"That was more than beautiful Lady Leene ... that was divine ..."
Aunt Falan was complimenting me as well but I was just getting more embarrassed ... as more and more of my relatives began talking about how nicely I sounded and such, I felt a little tug at my sleeve and found My Little Nikki looking up at me smiling I crouched next to her with a smile on my lips and she gave me a cuddle
"That was really pretty Daddy ... even prettier than the time you sang me happy birthday ... I love you too"
I cuddled My Little Nikki back and suddenly realised that everyone was looking at us ... most of them with goo-goo eyes, and several envious ones ... I have told you that my relatives are freaky ... right?
Just as I was about to tell them off for doing nothing but staring, the main doors to the room burst open.
As I covered her, I felt My Little Nikki shiver from the sudden cold. I looked to the door and see a man in blood stained clothes enter, a malicious smile across his face and a group of followers behind him.
As soon as I saw him, dread set stone within my gut, and I could feel the power of darkness emanating from this man in levels that would have killed a human ... I may have been only one of a few, but I could tell that this man and his followers, were vampires.
Cliffy-bot screws wit chore mind!
"Who are you? State yourself!"
It has always amazed me at just how calm Keld can remain in the worst situations; this man was reeking of pure death and destruction, but Keld stood tall and was demanding answers the man at the door started laughing and threw something towards Keld ... at Keld's feet lay the body of the captain who went to get rid of the hooligans on the road out to the Phelostian capital... the captain was severely injured and even if he was still alive, there was no way we would be able to save his life ... an arm was missing and he was bleeding deeply from his left side where a sword had been run through him. I knew it to be a sword wound by the fact that the sword was still in the captain's body.
I kept My Little Nikki's eyes sheltered ... as much as I want her to experience the world we live in, I have no desire to let her be witness to such carnage, as is all this can be called. She keeps asking me to let her see, to see what is making all the adults scream and panic ... what has made me fear for my precious daughter ... but no matter how she cries, this is the one time that I shall not let her be indulged, the one time, that I shall say no to the angel who gave my world light. I dare not even loosen my grip upon her as she starts to struggle, trying to free herself so that she may understand what is going to happen, but no matter what, I will not allow this image to be set into her memory
As the relatives are panicking, the stranger has started laughing, and so I use the opportunity to whisk my daughter into the secret passageway in the ballroom ... it is a tunnel formed behind a pillar. It is a dead end, so when we have entered, I cast a sleep spell on My Little Nikki, and she falls into a deep slumber. I didn't want to use magic on her, but even more than that, I don't want her to see what I am about to do... even I wish that what is about to happen didn't have to, but seeing as a vampire of such a level is here, and with so much of my family here, the only course of action is down the path that stretches before me, like a hallway in the castle during the darkest hours of night, only a smattering of light is there to see but no light is strong enough to illuminate the path, so I most certain that at one point I shall stray, and hurt something, or worse, someone. As I leave the passageway, I cast the spell Sedo Obscurum (it's Latin, look it up) and all the screaming stopped. The vampiric intruder looked at me through the spell and started laughing again.
"To think that a mere human would have the necessary skills to cast the spell of darkness with barely an incantation ... who are you lad? I can tell by your regal splendour that you are one of the higher classed among the Phelostian line"
"From the house of Phelios, I hold the position of second in line for the throne. Second born of the Late Queen Ishtar and her partner General Darres of Pheliosta, I bear the name opposite my brother and this kingdom. I am Phelostia's Prince Duzell."
I have no idea why I gave such a fancy intro, but I did, and it really impressed the crazed visitors in front of me ... it impressed the vampires too.
"So here I find the one who claimed our lords' title ... well to be fair, you yourself did not claim it, but you shall receive the same fate as the one who bestowed it to you should have ... you shall either be crushed until not even your bone marrow remains, or you shall be, and believe me when I tell you that this is a great honour for a dismal mortal such as yourself, turned into one of us."
Wasn't expecting to hear that one frankly...
The other vamps began to slowly come near me, which forced the spell of darkness to fade, one of the females was actually at my side and was urging me to go along with the whole vampirism thing, and then the others joined in ... so I cast Adepto abyssus a mihi and the spell forced them away with screams of anguish ... I don't know why they weren't expecting that but hey, and what have you ...
When the leading vamp saw my attack all formalities were dropped and he lunged for my throat. I dodged and then cast a very powerful spell that actually is vampiric in nature. It was made by the vampire king (me two lifetimes ago) for Phelios but it is nothing like La Gamme or Sidia. It is the spell Cado Cruor, Succurro Mihi percello is Regius Poena in Solum which summons the soul taker blade, named Fallen Blood.
The lead vamp promptly shat himself, and all the minion vamps ran off in terror and left the castle.
"Very few men, mortal, immortal or otherwise, have felt the blade of this sword and lived to tell its tale of terror and might ... and only one with the blood of the creator is able to wield it did you know? Most identical to Sidia in that regard"
As I said that, Phelios appeared by my side with Sidia in hand and eliminated one of the remaining minions. He then looked at me resolutely
"Will the Vampire King fight alongside the Warrior Saint?"
I felt myself smile as Phelios spoke those words ... normally we are fighting each other, but he is proposing a truce of sorts, until the common enemy is disposed of
"I believe I shall, but do not forget, Phelios my brother, that I started this fight, and as such bear rights to finish it!"
I swung Fallen Blood and removed the Lead vamps legs
"That isn't fair Duzell! Why do you get all the fun? Yeah you can cut him up to bits but I should be allowed to end his miserable existence!"
I scoffed in a contemptuous manner and after eliminating more of the remaining minions turned to face my twin
"Excuse me? Seeing as I did not invite you into this battle you have no right to claim his life! If I had asked for you to participate then fair dose to call dibbs, but you came in on your own, which can be classified as interrupting!"
Phelios turned to look at me and was about to start arguing when at least five vampirian flocks appeared out of nowhere and tried to attack us. Phelios turned to the problem and swung sidia while casting Abolesco, a powerful holy spell
"Yes my joining in was not premeditated in any way, but as I have joined the battle with the express desire of removing the intruder, I feel that calling my actions interruptions is unwarranted and must therefore be deemed null and void, thereby allowing me the right to finish the battle by ending his life!"
More vamps joined the ranks and actually formed almost a tornado surrounding us while they were flying in circles and I cast the holy spell Decolor (still Latin, I am not just making up the spell names!) to thin the vampiric forces
"Phelios, I do appreciate the gesture of trying to protect our home from unwanted scumbags trying to eat us, I do, honestly. But the fact remains that I am the one that caused the trouble to escalate to this level, so I should therefore be the one responsible for remedying the situation, and as you have already stated, in as many and as few words, that can only happen if I kill the damn intruding bastard myself!"
Phelios obliterated several vamps with Sidia while I terminated several more with Fallen Blood
"Look Duzell, you got to party with the last vampire flock and I didn't so why can't I have some fun too?"
Phelios' statement had me surprised and kinda angry so I wasted about thirty vamps before talking to him again
"The Flammeus Nocturna, were hiding out in the secret passage, you can have Zadora verify that, and came out trying to cause havoc! My Little Nikki and I would have been teleported out with the rest of you but the stupid newbie mage freaked out and we ended up being left behind idiot! If I could have that redone, I would've made damn sure I was teleported out with the rest of you, but it didn't happen that way! More than anything I'm grateful that those bastard bats didn't manage to harm My Little Nikki!"
More bats bit the belfry
"I've been meaning to tell you, but it's really creepy the way you call her 'Your Little Nikki', I mean, I can understand giving someone you care about a pet name, but you make it sound as though you claimed her or something, and frankly that just sounds weird, brother"
I waste ten or so vamps before smacking Phelios on the back of his head
"Like I care moron! She is my daughter, and she has no problem being called My Little Nikki! Seriously, what is up with you? Ever since you first met her you've been trying to get rid of her ... are you jealous of her or something? 'Cause if you are that is some seriously messed up s#!% right there man!"
Phelios stares at me in shock before completely obliterating some more vamps
"I'm not jealous stupid! It's just that she has no royal blood in her at all and she looks absolutely nothing like you so we can't hide the fact that she isn't your biological daughter! After she has grown up some more, people will realise that it was stupid of you to adopt her and they will most likely riot until you disown her! I know you said that you would rather renounce your claim to the throne but there is no way you would actually be able to! You forget how well I know you Duzell!"
I dispose of thirty or so vamps before speaking again
"You say you know me well, Phelios, but you were in beyond shock that I would risk my life for yours, and indeed that I would willingly trade my safety and life for the sake of a ten year old girl! You don't know me as well as you think dimwit!"
It was at that point that there was only the lead vampire left, the rest having been destroyed by Phelios and myself ... unfortunately as we were still arguing over who got to kill him, Uncle Laphiji cast a spell that didn't leave even any dust of the vamp that I had mutilated
A lot of our relatives just stared at Phelios and I ... I found out later from Keld that it was because they could actually hear what we were saying perfectly ... and they found it nearly impossible to believe that we had been talking about all that while fighting several flocks of vampires ... they could only believe it because they had seen us fight.
MESSING! With your mind!
As I was retrieving My Little Nikki, I saw Roxanne watching me again ... it is very disturbing when you have a relative stalking you ... she then ran off, and started jabbering away to Uncle Vord and Aunt Falan.
Once I got to where My Little Nikki was sleeping and had gotten her out of the passageway, Keld called me over and informed me that due to the vampires presence, the family would be staying one more night and the holy knights would be called out. Fallen Blood was been put away but the side effects would hit hard tomorrow ... as I cradled My Little Nikki, I thought about the bad feeling I had ... and the next thing I knew I singing gently to my darling daughter
The second star to the right
Shines in the night for you
To tell you that the dreams you plan
Really can come true
I don't know why the castle was attacked, but I do know that I did what was needed to protect my daughter ... more than anything, I don't want My Little Nikki to get involved with battles that I start ... she is just like mother was, a peace maker, not a fighter
The second star to the right
Shines with a light that's rare
And if it's Never Land you need
It's light will lead you there
As always my eyes are closed and I can feel the vibrations of the rain falling on the roof above me, but I then realise that the musicians have started playing again, and are matching the tune to my words
Twinkle, twinkle little star
So I'll know where you are
Gleaming in the skies above
Lead me to the one who loves me
I can feel some relatives humming along as I stand over the captains body ... everyone knows that he loved this song
And when you bring them my way
Each time we say "Goodnight"
We'll thank the little star that shines
The second from the right
As the song ends, and the melody fades from the air I open my eyes and say a silent prayer for the captain ... when the melody has finally faded from the ballroom, the only sound anyone can hear, is the cold, hard pelting of rain
Thanks once again to Disney, only this one is from Peter Pan ... Yay!
I awoke within the deepest hours of the night to the sound of a violin ... everyone was exhausted because of everything that had happened and had just gone straight to bed. I had placed My Little Nikki into her bed before going to my own ... another of Fallen Bloods side effects is that for the night after it has been used, my dreams are haunted by the lives it has taken ... when you're a vampire this is actually a lot of fun, and I actually think that I designed it to do that, but when you're a human, it really creeps you out but any way ...
I got up and followed the sound ... it was clear and gentle ... I once heard mother say 'True genius and artistic ability lies, not in making someone able to see, but in making someone able to feel' ... just listening to the clean edge of the violins music, I can feel the soul of the person at the bow ... the person is kind and gentle, and very much at peace right now ... but they are also sad ... as though they have been placed under a binding curse and it threatens to drag them to the depths of the blackest night.
It is amazing how you can hear a person's soul through music.
Maybe all the guests heard mine when I sang today? Who knows, but the guests themselves as they heard what they wanted to hear
I find myself near the balcony and peer slightly out onto it to see who is playing, but I can barely see anything in the dark ... there is no moon out tonight
Many people think of the moon as a way for vamps to gain spiritual power, but that's a load of bull. The moon is a vampire's sun ... we get our power from the sun but direct sunlight is too strong for most vampires to be able to stand, they get to much power and actually explode. At midnight, the moon is reflecting the maximum amount of sunlight most vampires can stand without going boom
I could stand going out in the daylight in my second incarnation because I grew used to it in my feline form ... most other vamps just blew up
I sneak out further to see who it is and am surprised to see Sir Lejuuy ... I had no idea that he could play the violin so beautifully ... or that he could even play the violin at all for that matter...
He turned suddenly and saw me, but if I surprised him, he hid it well, in fact ... he asked me to stay and listen. Of course I would but I asked him why
"Mother once told me, that she fell in love with your mother when she was still a princess because she was so kind ... I always that that was funny because my mother picks fights at the drop of a hat and even if she is wrong she will stick by her decisions no matter what ... but when I heard you sing today ... I didn't see you singing ... I saw the kindness and wonderfulness of your mother that I'm always being told about ... I know that I'm a brat; I'm selfish, I'm spoiled, and I don't have a problem hurting or embarrassing other to prevent those exact things from happening to me ...no one in this family has ever heard you sing ... and you know that Phelios will torment you for ages over it ... but you still got up and sang ... I have been playing the violin for years, since I was five, but I have never played to anyone but mother and father ... I refused to play for anyone else ... you showed a lot of courage to just get up and sing for your daughter ... despite what Phelios says ... everyone knows that she could only ever really be your daughter, I mean, just think about the way she looks and smiles at you ... compared to you Duzell ... I am nothing."
Sir Lejuuy didn't say anything else, but began to play, I sat with him on the balcony and listened ... his music was pure and his technique strong ... a master violinist and a confident method was being used as he played ... he didn't play for others because he was afraid that they wouldn't hear the beauty of the music ... that they would only see him as the son of Sir Ashley and Lady Leene
And the Cliffy-bot strikes at serious and pure awesome moment of pure and serious awesome! And at the end of the chapter! See you … sorry, hopefully hear from you, next chapter! Toodles and Love, Oky Verlo


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What u Atheist believe in what will happen when u die ? what is after death ? is it game over or what ?
There is no afterlife, just death. You die, that's it ?
I'm guessing you're new. This question is asked all the time in different forms. You might try using the Search function.
After you die, you won't know it. There will be no you. I always say that "Dying is an experience. Death is not."
i see every one here has his own plans for after death
ok now if there is nothing after death
and there is only one life
what should atheist do to enjoy his one life ?
I spend my time learning another language, practicing violin, trying new foods, and trying to get a book published.
I think that is different for each person. Also, why do you base it on enjoyment?
RE: "what should atheist do to enjoy his one life ?"
Whatever he pleases, as long as he doesn't hurt himself or anyone else.
As one pleases to the extent they don't injure anyone or themselves!
To enjoy my life, I will marvel at the very fact that I am alive and CAN marvel over it, love, be loved, cry, laugh, make puns, hike up mountains because they are there, teach, learn, savor pleasant sensations, be aware of each moment, leave the world a better place somehow...
Certainly not waste my life worshiping something that doesn't exist. It's really nice not having the burden of thinking there's someone out there judging my every action.
Marc, I'm with you on there being nothing out there doing any judging.
I have for a few years been doing some judging. I regularly tell xians that their "designer" did a poor job of designing the human body. If tooth decay isn't enough to persuade you to my point of view, then consider a condition many older men know: the prostate's enlarging and shutting off the flow of urine. Using a term I learned while in the Navy, that is one piss-poor design job.
The human body's many poorly designed features will easily support a conclusion that it just evolved from something that had itself been poorly designed.
Was the human knee designed for football? The elbow for tennis? Etc, etc, etc.
I don't have any plans for after death; I will be dead.
As for life, I try to leave my little corner of the world better for my being in it.
As for everybody else, atheists are not some strange creature, they are people... just like all of the other people on the planet. Personalities and interests vary, along with all of the other qualities that make people unique and individual. Non-believers give purpose to their lives through their interests and actions, just like believers.
A dish of ice cream will improve my little corner of the world.
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