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Written by Daniel Hazard
Sunday, May 16
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Focus Theme
Breaking Chains
Weekly Prayer
Precious Love,your ascended Son promised the gift of holy power. Send your Spirit of revelation and wisdom, that in the blessed freedom of hope, we may witness to the grace of forgiveness and sing songs of joy with the peoples of earth to the One who makes us one body. Amen.
Focus Scripture
Acts 16:16-34
One day, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation." She kept doing this for many days. But Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I order you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour. But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities. When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are disturbing our city; they are Jews and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or observe." The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates had them stripped of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After they had given them a severe flogging, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to keep them securely. Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was an earthquake, so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened. When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted in a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." The jailer called for lights, and rushing in, he fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them outside and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. He brought them up into the house and set food before them; and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.
All Readings For This Sunday
Acts 16:16-34 with Psalm 97 and
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 and
John 17:20-26
Reflection and Focus Questions
by Kate Huey
Focus Questions
1. How does it feel to put yourself in the place of each of these characters in the story?
2. What do we learn about the people in this story who are on the edges of what's happening?
3. What mission are you on in your church, and what is at the heart of it?
4. When has singing hymns helped to sustain you?
5. Is Paul's undone work left to later times and cultures, and if so, what is left for us to do, in our own time?
Text for Meditation
Believe on the Lord Jesus, / and you will be saved.
For ideas on how to meditate with the Bible, read our article on Praying With the Bible
The adventures of the apostles continue in this colorful story of exorcism and outrage, mob scenes and courtroom drama, liberation and celebration, with Paul at the center of the action, and God very busy at work in the town of Philippi. In last week's reading from Acts, we met Lydia, the gentile woman of considerable means who brought herself and her whole household to faith in Jesus Christ, all baptized in the midst of great joy. Paul and his entourage, including Silas, and the narrator (perhaps Luke himself), and others, must have been feeling pretty good about how things were going. They followed their routine of going to "the place of prayer," perhaps down by the river where they had first met Lydia, or perhaps even to a synagogue.
On his regular trips to the place of prayer, Paul keeps encountering a woman who is very different from Lydia. While Lydia was a woman of position and many possessions, with her own household and a business to run, this other woman, really a young girl, is a person in the street, a slave-girl, a possession herself, owned not only by other humans but held captive by a spirit that appears to give her special powers. Scholars call such people "diviners" who were believed to be able to predict the future but also to see more deeply into realities the rest of us might miss; in the Greek culture, these powers were linked to the god Apollo, whose worship center at Delphi had a snake as his symbol. Paul Walaskay explains that people would come to these people, also called "mantics," to ask them questions which they would answer while in a trance, speaking "in the spirit of the snake-god." That may sound a bit exotic to us, but Walaskay tells us that in her own setting, this girl "would have been accepted as a more or less ordinary member of society serving a useful function for people in that culture."
The picture Walaskay paints of this young girl differs somewhat from the people tortured by spirits and demons usually encountered (and exorcized) by Jesus. This girl is a lucrative small-business enterprise for the men who own her. Like so many young girls, she is used by others, but her strange public announcements about Paul and his little band of missionaries, we suspect, do not bring much income to her owners. "These men," she cries out, "are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation." Her wording sounds odd to our ears, because she calls them "slaves," and refers to a God that is not her own as "the Most High God," although it was not uncommon for gentiles to call the Jewish God by that name.
"Very much annoyed"
Although some may say that Paul acted out of compassion for the girl, the text plainly says that Paul was "very much annoyed," so it seems fair to say that this exorcism is almost impulsive. Paul is tired of being heckled by the spirit that possesses her and can recognize who he is, who his God is, and what he has to offer. He's focused on doing what he came to do, and healing slave-girls doesn't appear to be at the top of his agenda. Paul finds her distracting, ironically, even though she proclaims the truth. Is she too loud, or too repetitious, or is it just too much for the truth to come from such a source?
What is much more puzzling, and much more troubling, is a question several commentators linger on: what about this young girl's life afterward? Isn't she still a slave, and isn't Paul moved to help her beyond freeing her from the spirit that possessed her? Lawrence W. Farris is haunted by this slave girl and the way Paul fails to challenge the system of slavery that holds her bound just as much as the spirit had. Are we asking too much of Paul, a man of his time and culture? Curiously, Farris says that Paul is "implicitly" challenging "the economic system of the day," but the text doesn't really indicate that as much as it describes his annoyance at being interrupted, or perhaps heckled. Paul was on a mission, and he didn't really see the girl or her healing as part of that mission, and certainly not as at the heart of it. What "suffering slave girls" may annoy you on your way and yet draw you back to the heart of God's call? Would these marginalized people recognize you as a "slave of the Most High God"?
All of us need to be freed
There is another way to approach this text that focuses on the ways we humans are captive to forces more powerful than we are. Farris is eloquent in asking the "unspoken question" in this text: "But what about the girl?" In our turn, he writes, we each ask, "'But what about me? What is yet to be saved in my perception and behavior?' Answers abound in this story--from financial idolatry to classism to fear of public opinion to xenophobia to anti-Semitism to legalism--and in every human life, time, and place." We think that slavery is something from a time long past, at least in most of the world, something from a more unjust culture. But Farris' questions bring home to us the reality of our own captivities and our need for chains that are broken, for liberation, for grace.
The girl is quickly left behind when the men who own her decide to go after Paul and his companions. The kangaroo court that follows seems to have little to do with the exorcism, when the men make all sorts of accusations against the missionaries. They don't try to recover the money they lost, Ron Hansen writes: "They don't want justice; they want revenge." And they go about it in an ugly way, making what David Tiede calls "a standard anti-Jewish charge": they were causing trouble with their strange customs and teachings. The charge of disturbing the peace is an easy and vague enough charge to put on "trouble-makers" of every kind, and the 40th anniversary of the May 4 Kent State tragedy is a reminder that this is true in every age.
Wholehearted acceptance of the gospel
We do not know what is in Paul's heart and mind when he drives the spirit from the girl, but we do know the price he and Silas pay, after the crowd turns on them, and the authorities order them flogged and thrown in the deepest part of the prison, where despair thrives. And yet exactly the opposite happens, as the two men, chained at their ankles and unable to move around, still sing hymns and pray, capturing the rapt attention of all the other prisoners. More excitement ensues when an earthquake hits and the prison is broken open, and Paul and Silas are able, if they wish, to walk free. We don't know why Paul stays, but he seems to know the price that his jailer will pay: Ron Hansen notes "the difference of Christianity in its refusal to sacrifice anyone, even an ill-regarded slave or a jailor, for gain or expediency." What happens next is one more illustration of the power of the gospel to transform lives, when the jailer and his family (like Lydia and her household) are baptized into the faith. These are outsiders coming in, responding wholeheartedly to the good news Paul preaches, an inclusive gospel of grace that is summed up so powerfully in Paul's Letter to the Galatians. Paul Walaskay does a wonderful job of tying these two texts together: "Our narrator," he writes, "has skillfully expanded Paul's groundbreaking statement in Galatians 3:28 into an elegant story. 'There is no longer Jew [Paul and Silas] or Greek [Lydia, the mantic, the jailer], there is no longer slave [the mantic] or free [Lydia, Paul], there is no longer male [Paul, Silas, the jailer], or female [Lydia, the mantic]; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.'"
When the jailer asks Paul what he must do to be saved, Paul answers simply that he should "believe on the Lord Jesus." This is still a difficult question today, and Paul's answer presents its own challenges as well. Perhaps we need to spend much more time on what it means to "believe" (and Marcus Borg has written so helpfully on this in books like The Heart of Christianity). However, Ronald Cole-Turner's reflects on this question in the context of this story and poses this question for each one of us, personally: "What must I do," he asks, "to be saved from what destroys me? What must I do to be saved from my particular bondage, my oppressive addiction, emptiness, or boredom? There are countless ways to lose our way in this world or to be in bondage, just as there are many different threats from which we need to be saved." One of the most powerful captivities of our age, besides materialism and militarism, is the way fear can imprison us in our convictions and our desire for security, making us unable to open our hearts and minds to others, to events, to the God who still speaks through them. How amazed the jailer must be, just as he's about to kill himself, to see that the prisoners are still there! Fear almost leads to death, but compassion leads to his life, and his family's life, being transformed. Cole-Turner writes that "Believing….means becoming decisively aware that our small lives are swept up into a great drama, God's story line. God is indeed reaching out to us in Jesus Christ, taking our lives into the gospel story of transformation and redemption."
Singing hymns in prison
One note about Paul and Silas in prison: Richard Landers writes, "Prayer and hymns seem out of place for such a dire setting. We wonder why they are still awake singing at midnight." And yet, when we think of slavery and, later, the Civil Rights movement in our own country, we remember the power of prayer and song in sustaining a people in their own form of captivity. There is hardly a better, and more appropriate place, for prayer and singing hymns.
Lawrence Farris observes that everyone in this story needs to be freed, not only the slave girl but the men who used her (possessed by greed), the men who judged Paul (possessed by fear and a hunger for power or maybe for the public peace), the jailer (owned by the empire), and, most surprisingly of all, Paul and Silas themselves, who need to be freed from their narrow way of thinking. What's the surprise that greets us on our way to ministry, the obstacle that has something important to teach us, or better yet, the opportunity that obstacle may offer for us to do something really wonderful for the sake of the gospel? Whether it's small and personal, for one individual, or big and communal (maybe even global!), like taking down a corrupt system, it is still a call. And we are free to say yes, or to say no and continue on our way.
There is one more note that is irresistible: how can we read this story and not have our memories come alive with all the talk of washing wounds, being baptized, and sharing a meal? Doesn't that sound familiar to us across all the centuries, and isn't it at the heart of who we are as followers of Jesus? David Tiede sums it up most eloquently: "This story is a remarkable example of the irrepressible hope with which the apostolic movement was sustained in its encounters in the disparate and contentious urban contexts of the Roman order." The adventures continue, throughout the book of the Acts of the Apostles, and today as well, two thousand years later, in the church that claims to follow Jesus, in a world still captive, a world still hungry for good news.
A preaching version of this commentary (with source titles) can be found on http://www.ucc.org/worship/samuel
For further reflection
William Gurnall, 17th century
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Charles W. Colson, 20th century
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Gene Tierney, 20th century
I existed in a world that never is--the prison of the mind.
Thucydides, 5th century B.C.E.
The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.
Walter Cronkite, 20th century
There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
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Until Wake Up!, this solid covers album produced by the Roots, John Legend's two sides have never really connected. For many people, he's the guy who lends welcomed buttery soul touches to songs by rappers like Jay-Z, Rick Ross, and Andre 3000. But to a bigger majority, he's the living persona of Starbucks soul, a thoroughly inoffensive singer recording songs that go well with Ugg boots, loose ponytails and a tall vanilla chai latte. Singing the hook of a Rick Ross song, he could seem like the coolest R&B singer this side of R. Kelly, but when singing his solo material, he could seem like a guy who took extensive notes on the John Denver discography.
That's not so on Wake Up! an album that positions Legend as the only logical successor to Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendergrass and Donny Hathaway. (Which of course basically makes him Raheem DeVaughn 2.0, but that's for another day.) Legend's voice has never sounded more tender, confident, or thrilling as it does here, as he runs through takes of soul classics like "Wake Up Everybody," "Little Ghetto Boy," "I Wish I Knew What It Was Like To Be Free," and an epic-length (11 minutes!) and excellent take of "I Can't Write Left-Handed." Rote covers of "Wholy Moly" and "Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be)" and the only original here, "Shine," won't shake Legend's status as the only male challenger to Norah Jones' stranglehold on the coffeehouses, but it at least is an improvement over anything off his tepid 2008 album, Evolver.
It's pretty hard to tell, all told, how much of the improvement in Legend is due to the fact that he's not charged with lyrical duties and is covering great songs, or the Roots' (and you have to figure, largely ?uestlove's) production and stamp of approval. And it's not just like when ?uesto produced Al Green's comeback album; Black Thought, Captain Kirk and Tuba Gooding are all on this, singing back up, ripping guitar solos, dropping stellar verses in front of Legend's covers (Black Thought's turn on "Little Ghetto Boy" is an origin story in the "C.R.E.A.M." mold) and generally serving as the best house band money can buy. And that's the biggest thing you learn from Wake Up!: The Roots are about to get flooded with production offers, since if they can lend John "Ordinary People" Legend serious street cred and make him more thrilling than he has ever been, they ought to be able to do this for everyone.
Band: http://www.johnlegend.com
Label: http://www.columbiarecords.com
Audio: http://www.myspace.com/johnlegend
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I was skeptical about this one, but Andrew has convinced me to check it out. Nice write up, man. Although, I'll have a cup of coffee in hand for the first spin, just to be safe.
Yeah, there's a lot of skepticism for this one everywhere. Like I told a co-worker yesterday: It's basically the best John Legend album imaginable (which is just okay) mixed with the most okay Roots album imaginable.
This is so harsh on Legend! I like the guy (Evolver notwithstanding)!
He seems like a good guy, but like I said, his music is often the male answer to Norah Jones.


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1st Throws Play Reading Series Presents All Dressed Up 4/26 at Gerald W. Lynch
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Posted on 09/15/2003 8:50:07 PM PDT by Marcus Alonzo Hanna
I used to listen to the Ed Koch show on WABC in New York and I remember him saying, "If you agree with me on 10 out of 15 things, vote for me. If you agree with me on 15 out of 15 things, see a psychiatrist."
Waking up every morning?
The improved economy brought in MORE tax dollars. And the media pundits wonder why we shout BIAS.
His Christianity.
Bingo, SkyPilot!
When I saw the question, that was the answer that immediately came to mind.
We are involved in great spiritual warfare, and George W. Bush represents to the Godless American left, the enemy.........righteousness, justice and most of all LIFE. That, IMO, is why they really hate him.
(I can't explain the freeper haters.......they make no sense at all......just mad at the world, I guess).
Sure thing, Mr. Kaczynski.
Most FReepers think that our war on mrijuana is ridiculous. It's not just a liberal thing.
The R beside his name.
Also, W went to Europe and fraternized with national leaders whose help we were going to need, making friends, using his charm and good will to develop these contacts, before we needed them. Coincidence? I think not. The man prays. He knows his God. He knows his mission. He has a charge to keep. And I thank God daily for him being in office. I pray for Four More Years.
Leftists are more inclined to utopianism and the notion of rule by an enlightened elite. The practical result is a dystopia in which individual rights are trampled. I think that most leftists genuinely believe that they can replace the traditional institutions they attack with something better. Their intentions are good, but they fail to see where a path so paved may lead. Once the institutions that provide checks and balances in society and government (and which provide an obstacle to the implementation of utopian schemes) are removed, it becomes easier for a demagogue to manipulate the emotions of the masses and satisfy his own lust for power.
Its as simple as that.
Your point is well taken. Nevertheless, they do seem to view the world through a quasi-moral lens. Maybe the relativists simply view the right as "mean" and the left as "nice."
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This was written months ago.
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EN: Scott MacPherson is back with another killer edition of SELC D2 Power Rankings!
Not a whole lot of what I would consider "Super Important" SELC D2 contests this weekend. And so, there was not much movement in this week's SELC D2 Power Rankings.
The top 4 (SCAD, Elon, Kennesaw State, Palm Beach Atlantic) teams remain in place.
You may ask, "how does Kennesaw remain at #3 after a two loss weekend and a 1-4 overall record?" Well, Indiana Tech and Dayton are some good out of conference competition and I am giving Kennesaw the benefit of the "doubt" here a bit. Remember that 9-2 win over Georgia Tech that they had to forfiet for administrative reasons? Well, GT took down perennial SELC D1 power FSU 10-7 this weekend. Read into what you will or want to. We will know more about Kennesaw for sure soon enough.
The upper "middle" of the SELC have been shuffled a bit. Coastal Carolina move up one slot to #5 after a 3 goal loss to South Carolina. I received a good scouting report from the Gamecocks and Coastal appears to be the real deal. Liberty had the biggest jump from #11 to #6 after a nice division win over Appalachian State at #7. Liberty is 2-0 in division and is in the driver's seat for an SELC Playoff berth. Charleston, Tennessee Wesleyan, Reinhardt all lost a place, even though they did not play. The Citadel dropped a slot despite a win over Wofford. #12 through #19 all remained the same.
The "SELC D2 POWER RANKINGS" is on spring break in Helsingborg Sweden next week and will return in two weeks!
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As you most probably are aware that Apple has released iOS 6 beta 3. Those of you who are developers can easily download iOS 6 beta 3 but those of you who are not can still get iOS 6 beta 3 not-so-legal-ways, well the newly released beta version can be jailbroken right now using iPhone Dev Team's redsnow. So go ahead and download redsnow 0.9.13dev3 to jailbreak iOS 6 beta 3.
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iOS 6 beta 3 can be jailbroken on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch via redsnow 0.9.13dev3, so folks those of you wanting to jailbreak their iOS device on iOS 6 beta 3 can do so by download redsnow 0.9.13dev3 from the links below
The "dev3" version covers today's 6.0beta3 release (and also adds explicit support for 6.0beta2). Please point redsn0w at the 6.0b3 IPSW in order to jailbreak beta3 and boot tethered. ** You must use "Select IPSW" to point redsn0w at the beta3 IPSW before every tethered "Just boot" **
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Artists Kirra Jamison and Dane Lovett reside in this small converted industrial warehouse in Melbourne. This is my favorite Sneak Peek to date! I love the white walls, open space and European/industrial-style décor. Pops of color are everywhere, and the abundance of sunlight and fresh plants create a lively and inspiring atmosphere. Click here to view the rest of the original Sneak Peek, which includes books organized by color and a chalkboard wall in the kitchen! — Lauren
Palette 1 (Bedroom)
A. Voyage (Valspar), PMS 428; B. Isle of Capri (Behr), PMS 2925; C. Hermosa (Pratt & Lambert), PMS 169; D. Serpentine (Pratt & Lambert), PMS 397; E. Sonic Plum (Valspar), PMS 7442
Roundup 1 (Bedroom)
1. Ben Quilty Painting, prices vary; 2. Vintage Scarf Reversible Duvet Cover, $79; 3. Greg Hatton Table, prices vary; 4. Vintage Desk Fan, $35; 5. Florist Bucket, $88
The second roundup + shopping guide continue after the jump . . .
Palette 2 (Workspace)
A. Night Shade (Behr), PMS Black 3; B. Hint of Cherry (Behr), PMS 1915; C. Green Blitz (Pratt & Lambert), PMS 382; D. Tropical Rainforest (Valspar), PMS Green; E. Blue (Benjamin Moore), PMS 2935
Roundup 2 (Workspace)
1. Industrial Rolling Side Table, $169; 2. Golden Acrylics Set, $35; 3. Japanese Masking Tape Pack, $30; 4. Public M8 Bike, $995
I love the use of a range in colors in a room, too keep it themed and all pulled together: love it!
Love the Greg Hatton Table! And really loving Palette 2 and the canvas painting. Too cool. I made a rainbow cake in a jar similar to those neon colors two weeks ago. We called it happiness in a jar. http://www.loveumadly.com/2011/10/recipe-dessert-in-a-jar
Love all the colours too. I especially love the black canvas!
What a lovely palette. So unique and refreshing.
I really love the bed in the first photograph!
Wowsa… That black/neon painting – wha?! Is it for sale?
Where on earth is that beautiful bed from?


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With Instructables you can share what you make with the world, and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.
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Yellow ribbons were tied around trees lining Havana's median Saturday afternoon, March 29, by a group of citizens who wanted to show support for American troops in Iraq. The group consisted of Shirley McGill, Edna Hall, Mary Washington and Ira Dean Herring. "We wanted to show our support for our troops," said McGill, who had family members and several friends in Iraq. "I encourage all citizens to display the yellow bows and ribbons."
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text: The Incredibly Cute & Clever Cosplay of New York Comic-Con's Last Two DaysEvan Narcisse10/15/12 9:30amFiled to: CosplayNycc 201226EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink If you weren't careful, you could step over some of the cutest cosplayers attending this year's New York Comic-Con. Take this little Spider-toddler in the shot above. She's only 19 months old but kept her mask on like a real superhero. Off to a great start, I say. Take a gander at the other outfits that turned heads, including one youngster's homemade Hawkman, a fashion-forward GLaDOS and an impressive alt-Earth Green Lantern. As always, if you spotted any great cosplay from NYCC 2012, go ahead and share the images in the comments. Reply26 repliesLeave a reply


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"I can't champion this film enough... I laughed and cried and laughed again. It's a truly endearing achievement of a film and should be sought out by all…"
"Harold's Going Stiff joins the ranks of refreshing contemporary zombie films alongside Shawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later and Fido. But more importantly, Harold's Going Stiff is just plain fresh"
"Writer-director Keith Wright has a wonderful ability to bend the tone of his material, gliding smoothly from one narrative strategy to another to suit his needs"
"It's easy to see why the Austin Film Festival jury were partial to this one, focused as that particular festival is on narrative structure and writing
"This is a superbly crafted film by director Keith Wright and is very promising. It's definitely one that everyone needs to look out for and to support upon release, it's a true British gem that you can't help but fall in love with"
"Writer and Director Keith Wright has created a powerful film with a strong social message; cleverly using the horror genre as a metaphorical backdrop"
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"Funny and moving... intelligent, witty and above all sensitively handled. Harold's Going Stiff is one of the most original zombie crossover movies to come out of the British film industry in a very long time"
"It's really rather good. It's sort of a metaphor for growing old and being forgotten. It's well written… features some very good performances and memorable moments"
"…flips from moments of laugh-out-loud physical comedy to real pathos, and when I say pathos, I mean that many audience members at the Dead by Dawn festival where I saw the film (including myself, if I'm honest) were moved to tears"
"It's a bold and uncompromising move by a talented and skilled director... ...beautifully acted, wonderfully directed... …naturalistic performances. Keith Wright has a touch for characterisation that many other writer-directors would kill for"
"Harold's Going Stiff is both a wonderful film and a brilliantly different spin on the zombie subgenre"
"Welcome to Night of the Living Dead meets Last of the Summer Wine, where an outbreak of the undead is not so much a sign of the apocalypse but a minor inconvenience… this is an accomplished, endearing and unique take on the Zombie format"
"Innovative, funny and ingenious… Beautifully shot and nicely paced, but the real achievement is the performances"
"I cannot remember the last time I watched a film with zombies in which I actually cared about the characters and their situation"
"All I can say is... wow. Harold's Going Stiff is the most original zombie film I've personally seen, and I've seen quite a few"


text: not if we keep the wide 9 defense. Suh played a few plays at de last night and was successful but I would rather have him playing closer to the line so that he can help stop the run rather than being way out on the edge and just collapsing from the outside. Not to mention I'm not sure I want Suh playing DE all the time anyhow.


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I've tried searching around on google about this, but nothing seemed to work.
Here is what I have so far:
All I want to do is submit 1 variable to a php file, then disconnect.Code:import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class submit {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String username = "test";
URL u = new URL("hxxp://127.0.0.1/test.php?var1=username");
URLConnection a = u.openConnection();
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) uc;
Edit: hxxp is suppose to be http, but It won't let me post "links".


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New York Giants linebacker Michael Boley says he's "a little bit" frustrated with the reduced playing time that's resulted from the many injuries he's had this year. A vital part of last year's Giants Super Bowl run, Boley is one of many players on the defensive side of the ball that's got to be wondering what the future holds for him in New York after the terrible way the past two weeks have gone. Per the New York Daily News:
Against Baltimore, he played only 25% of the defensive snaps, despite the fact that the Giants often used four linebackers at once. On Monday, Tom Coughlin had called Boley's reduction in playing time "a cumulative health thing," hinting that the back, hip and hamstring issues the linebacker dealt with all season had compromised his ability.
Boley said Wednesday that those issues "could have" been a factor, and he admitted that 2012 has not been "how I would like it to be." But he added that he's "still here, still playing," and that he felt he could have been effective on Sunday, especially since "at this time of year, nobody is 100%."
People have started to ask me whether the Giants would make major changes this offseason, especially if they don't get the four results they need Sunday and miss the playoffs. My answer is that I don't think the Giants have had those discussions yet, since I think they've been caught off-guard by the swift tumble this team has taken from first place to third place in such a short period of time.
But looking at a guy like Boley who's banged up, a guy like Justin Tuck who's not himself, a guy like Osi Umenyiora who seems eager for free agency, a guy like Corey Webster who's had a rough year... you start to wonder if next year's Giants defense could have a drastically different look from this year's and from the one that won last year's Super Bowl.
Sweeping offseason changes would be out of character for the Giants, but the team's decision-makers could, in a few days' time, be evaluating a roster that's missed the playoffs in three of the past four years. And that's the kind of thing that can change a team's opinion of itself.
The Giants expected to elevate their level of play this year to that of the elite teams in the league, using their Super Bowl experience to add consistency and reliability and not have to live on the edge as much as they did in 2011. Their inability to do that takes nothing away from last season's accomplishment, but it might underline for those in charge of building and maintaining the roster the idea that they're not what they hoped they'd be. And whether that means more reductions in playing time for some of their old reliable veterans or wholesale roster changes, you can believe the Giants will be looking at many different options.


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Homemade Egg Dyes, Healthy Tips For A Safer Easter
Tips for a safer Easter are vivid and this can be a favorite activities for children as they enjoy most about the Easter holiday.
This blog talks about how to make Easter eggs and how to make Easter safer.
How to make Easter eggs:
Things we will need:
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- Produce
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- Vinegar
- Water
Add vinegar which acts as a mordant and helps prepare the fiber to hold the dye. Vinegar is safe to use on eggs as it is edible. We need about 1 to 2 Tablespoons per batch of dye that we make.
Make homemade dye with pantry items.
- The outer layers of an onion helps in preparing brown dye
- Spinach leaves make green dye and
- Celery seed, ground turmeric or orange peels make yellow dye.
- Crushed blueberries help in making blue dye
- Crush cranberries or raspberries to make red dye
- Beet juice to make pink dye.
Get enough water to cover eggs in a container, mix pantry item and vinegar in a pan and bring to a boil. Boil the eggs in low heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
We can even use drinks to dye Easter eggs.
- To dye the eggs brown, add vinegar and hard boiled eggs to coffee or tea.
- Use vibrant juices like grape juice or cranberry juice to make bright colors.
Add food coloring for dye.
Add 20 to 40 drops of food coloring to a cup of water and vinegar. The quantity of food coloring determines the shade of the color. You can mix different colors to create a variety of shades.
Try these ideas and have a safe easter:
1. Instead of decorating real eggs it would be a good choice if we, paint, bead wooden eggs. Plastic eggs can also be decorated using stickers, paints, ribbons and colored permanent markers.
2. Instead of fixing the focus on food, it would be a great choice if we help divert the attention on, small toys, dolls, cars, crayons or mini stuffed toys.
3. Organizing an Easter egg hunt using plastic eggs can be an interactive game. Just fill the plastic eggs with coins, stickers or coupons and organize a roller skating or movies.
Follow tips for a safer Easter have fun for this eater by arranging favorite activities for kids as they enjoy most about the Easter holiday. For more Easter eggs recipes, visit ifood.tv.
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Independence Day in Jammu and Kashmir doesn't have the commonality or same fervour of belonging as any other part of India. The common visible thing in Kashmir on this day i.e. August 15 gives a sense of complete halt of activities whether it may be concerning the markets, plying of vehicles; it over the years have given sense of another shutdown and many pro-freedom groups call it as a 'black day'. Since the 1989 armed rebellion in this part of the world, this day brings thoughts of clampdown on the very pretext of living of almost every commoner in the valley whether, it is urban or rural areas.
The common occurrences associated with Independence Day in Kashmir are extra security measures across the valley; there is frequent and irrational frisking by security forces at different places (in fact in city areas as well) whether it includes Srinagar, Anantnag or Baramulla and other districts. Cellular phones are jammed and Internet connectivity is completely aborted from morning to noon. Usually, on August 15 people have the common feeling of the nightmare this day brings to them, because of the events and fear associated with the past.
Youth response to this day i.e. India's Independence Day in disgruntlement and dissent. The whole security process on this day and on the eve is irksome for any common people. Kashmir seems to be sandwiched between August 14 (Pakistan's Independence Day) and August 15, as on August 14 absence of vehicles and low turnout on streets starts occurring.
Youth usually in Kashmir would prefer to stay indoors or some will occupy the street and play games. The youth's perspective to India's independence has no meaning considering the events in past and how the state of India has reacted to those issues. Youth in Kashmir largely feel deceived and isolated in essence of how things have been shaping in Kashmir over the last two decades.
The unrest or uprising of 2008 and 2010 have further created a divide and sharp antipathy towards Indian state. Even during these years the youth in a few areas especially downtown Srinagar, Anantnag, Sopore and other districts would celebrate August 14 and lit and burst firecrackers.
Not only events of 2008 and 2010 have increased disillusionment among youth, but the way justice has been denied in case of Shopian rape case of 2009, or Afzal Guru hanging are some of the examples which are still brewing and have not totally escaped the minds of youth.
India's August 15 of Independence for a youth in reality doesn't signify much, it is the repeat of the same things which have been happening over the years, that is a complete shutdown. Irrespective, in every district so called mainstream politicians celebrate this day with fanfare. There are students from school and youth in NCC who participate in different activities on August 15, which show an altered image altogether to realities on ground and later in the evening the state television is eloquent about the events of August 15 in Kashmir.


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Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF-1) for the Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease (ACORD)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified August 2013 by CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc..
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc.
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CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: June 30, 2005
Last updated: November 7, 2014
Last verified: August 2013
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Detailed Description:
Treatment for no-option heart patients with coronary artery disease. Procedure includes the injection into the heart of a protein growth factor, administered by the Cordis Corp. MyoStar injection catheter, to stimulate the growth of blood vessels around blocked coronary arteries.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Coronary Disease Coronary Heart Disease Myocardial Ischemia Coronary Arteriosclerosis |
Drug: Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF 1-141) Drug: Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF1-141) |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF-1) for Intramyocardial Injection for the Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease |
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Further study details as provided by CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in cardiac perfusion as measured by SPECT scan under stress conditions and change in vascular bed density at the sites of injections as determined by angiography [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Exercise treadmill test: time (or change in time) to onset of at least 1 mm additional horizontal or downsloping ST-segment depression, or time to ETT in the absence of at least 1 mm additional ST-segment depression due to pain (angina) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 120 |
Study Start Date: | September 2008 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2015 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: 1
Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF 1-141)
Drug: Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF 1-141)
One time injection of 2 ug/kg of FGF 1-141, via a catheter
Experimental: 2
Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF 1-141)
Drug: Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF 1-141)
One time injection of 20 ug/kg FGF 1-141 via a catheter
Experimental: 3
Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF 1-141)
Drug: Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF 1-141)
One time injection of 40 ug/kg FGF 1-141, via a catheter
Placebo Comparator: 4
Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF 1-141)
Drug: Human Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 (FGF1-141)
One time injection of 0 ug/kg (placebo group), via a catheter
Detailed Description:
Patients with chronic, stable angina with documented coronary artery disease are eligible for the study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 25 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria
- Sign an informed consent form.
- Age ≥25 and ≤75 years, either gender, and any race.
- At least a 3 month history of chronic, stable angina and is relieved by rest and/or nitroglycerin.
- Documented symptomatic CCS Angina Classification of III to IV despite use of optimal medical therapy as noted in Inclusion Criterion 10.
- Pattern of CHD (coronary pathology) where percutaneous interventional therapy and/or CABG is not recommended by the treating cardiologist. This decision should have a documented basis in either complicated vessel physiology and/or lack of suitable target vessels for both PTCA and CABG, or past history of complications.
- One/two/three vessel disease as evidenced either by an angiographic documentation of advanced atherosclerotic narrowing of ≥60% of at least one major epicardial coronary artery (right coronary artery [RCA], left circumflex [LCX], or LAD [or any of their branches]), or of diffuse type of CHD as evidenced by the appearance on coronary angiography of multiple stenoses, multiple atherosclerotic plaques, and/or peripheral occlusion(s) of coronary vessel(s) with and without a history of MIs.
- demonstrate a radionuclide or angiographically determined left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥30%.
- Pre-operative proof of reversible ischemia.
- No evidence of proliferative retinopathy or significant non-proliferative retinopathy.
- must be on optimal medical therapy for at least 2 months prior to entering the study, as documented by a medical history. This will include medical management, and subjects must enter the study on at least one of the following medications: beta-blockers, calcium entry blockers, ranolizine, or long-acting nitrates.
- Exercise duration during the qualifying treadmill tests at Visit 1 and Visit 2 is ≥3 and ≤9 minutes on a modified Bruce protocol.
- Exercise durations for the qualifying treadmill tests at Visits 1 and 2 must satisfy at least one of the two following conditions: (a) they differ by less than or equal to 20% of the longer time; (b) they differ by less than or equal to 60 seconds. Subjects whose ETTs at Visits 1 and 2 do not satisfy at least one of these two conditions are allowed a third ETT, at the investigator's discretion, from 5 to 7 days after Visit 2. If a third ETT is done, then when compared with the second ETT it must satisfy at least one of the two conditions above.
- For a treadmill test result to support inclusion it must terminate in the presence of angina for either of the following reasons: (a) angina becomes too severe to continue the test AND there must be a horizontal depression or downsloping ST-segment of at least 1 mm measured 80 ms from the J point as subsequently established by the Biomedical Systems central ECG lab, or (b) angina of any grade AND there must be a horizontal depression or downsloping ST-segment measured 80 ms from the J point of 2 mm during exercise. The qualifying time for the treadmill test will then be the time to a horizontal depression or downsloping ST-segment of 1 mm compared to the pre-exercise ST segment as subsequently established by the Biomedical Systems central ECG lab.
- A forced vital capacity (FVC) of ≥30%.
- A negative pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential at Screening.
- Female subjects must be post-menopausal or sterilized, or if she is of childbearing potential, she is not breast feeding, has no intention to become pregnant during the course of the study, and is using contraceptive drugs or devices.
- Negative cancer screening tests according to the American Cancer Society ([ACS] Appendix 13.8).
- Ability to complete the study in compliance with the protocol.
Exclusion criteria
- History of undergoing a CABG, PTCA or TMR or evidence of an acute MI in the last 3 months.
- Subjects with malignancies or a history of malignancies (with the exception of basal cell carcinoma [BCC] of the skin) will be excluded from the study. Those subjects with a history of BCC are eligible for enrollment, and will be monitored by a qualified dermatologist every 8 weeks for a period of 6 months for evaluation of their skin condition. Subjects with existing BCC will be excluded from the study.
- Evidence of concurrent clinically significant infection (e.g. elevated white blood cell [WBC] count >13,000 x 109/L, temperature >38.5°C), evidence of "common cold" or "flu."
- Concomitant other structural heart disease, such as moderate to severe heart valve disease, congenital heart disease, etc. other than evidence of congestive heart failure that is directly related to past ischemic events.
- Left ventricular thrombus (mobile or mural-based) as evidenced by ventriculogram or echocardiography.
- Creatine kinase (CK) levels >3 x upper limit of normal (ULN).
- Renal insufficiency requiring dialysis or laboratory evidence of a serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dL.
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >2 x ULN.
- History of coagulation disorders or abnormal prothrombin time (PT) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) >1.5 x ULN, thrombocytopenia (<100,000/µl), or ongoing anticoagulant therapy (with the exception of aspirin, up to 85 mg/day).
- History of blood cell diseases.
- Poorly controlled insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (HbA1c >8%)
- Pre-existing retinal disease, including proliferative retinopathy, severe nonproliferative retinopathy.
- Use of any illicit recreational drugs within the past year.
- A positive test result for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody.
- Screening ECG results demonstrating recent evidence of transmural ischemia.
- Clinically significant ECG abnormalities, e.g.: QRS duration >0.12 seconds; QTc >450 ms in males or >460 ms in females;High-grade trioventricular (AV) block; Left bundle branch block(LBBB; Left ventricular hypertrophy(LVH) with secondary ST-T changes; Frequent, recurrent, or sustained ventricular arrhythmia; Resting ST segment depression >1 mm (measured 80 ms beyond the J point) at baseline.
- Subjects having a concomitant life-threatening disease in which their life expectancy is estimated to be less than 2 years.
- Any condition which in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with the participant's ability to provide informed consent and comply with study instructions, possibly confound interpretation of study results, or endanger the participant if he took part in the trial.
- Use of an investigational drug, device or product, or participation in a drug research study within a period of 30 days prior to receiving IMP.
- Any subject with unstable angina.
- Heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Class III or IV.
- Uncontrolled hypertension precluding exercise testing and/or contributing to angina severity (systolic blood pressure [SBP] >200 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure [DBP] >110 mmHg), or significant hypotension (SBP <90 mmHg or DBP <60 mmHg).
- Subjects currently on External Counter Pulsation therapy or who have received this therapy within 3 months prior to the screening date.
- Any mobility or pulmonary complication that impedes the subject's ability to perform an exercise stress test.
- Total fasting serum cholesterol >200 mg/dL (if levels greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL, additional medical interventions can be initiated to bring levels below 200 mg/dL).
- History of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
- Subjects with a history of recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation or significant ventricular arrhythmias.
- Aortic or mitral valve replacement.
- Subjects who have undergone heart transplantation.
- Medical history and physical examination displaying any evidence that catheterization is contraindicated.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.
For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00117936
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00117936
United States, Alabama | |
Princeton Baptist Medical Center | |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35211 | |
United States, Arizona | |
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | |
Gilbert, Arizona, United States, 85297 | |
United States, California | |
Medical Center, University of California, San Diego | |
San Diego, California, United States, 92103 | |
United States, Florida | |
Jim Moran Heart and Vascular Research Institute | |
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33308 | |
Florida Hospital and Cardiovascular Institute | |
Orlando, Florida, United States, 32801 | |
United States, Illinois | |
Cardiac Catheterization Labs, Rush Univ Medical Center | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612 | |
United States, Minnesota | |
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55407 | |
United States, Ohio | |
Fairfield Cardiac Cath Lab | |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45219 | |
University of Cincinnati | |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45219 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc.
Principal Investigator: | Nabil Dib, MD | Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, Gilbert Az. |
More Information
Additional Information:
Keywords provided by CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc.:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 28, 2017
Additional Information:
Responsible Party: | CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00117936 History of Changes |
Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT00032318 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Study First Received: | June 30, 2005 |
Last Updated: | November 7, 2014 |
Keywords provided by CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc.:
Angiogenesis No-option heart patients Blocked coronary artery |
Revascularization FGF-1 growth factor |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Diseases Coronary Disease Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Ischemia Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases Arterial Occlusive Diseases |
Ischemia Arteriosclerosis Pathologic Processes Mitogens Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |
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Do-Over in Durango: Western Town Goes Organic After All
Author: admin // Category: Home GardeningBy Joseph Boardman for SafeLawns
DURANGO, CO. — Completely reversing its course of action in a span of two weeks, the city council of this western community voted unanimously Wednesday night to adopt organic lawn care principles on all of its parks.
After voting 5-0 in late August against an ordinance that would have banned all synthetic pesticides on all publicly owned property, the city council opted not to gamble on bringing the issue to a public vote in the upcoming November election. Instead, the council took the advice of SafeLawns founder Paul Tukey, who advocated for a compromise during his testimony on Aug. 21.
Wednesday night's passage of "A Resolution Establishing an Organically Managed Lands Program" came after almost daily negotiation between the somewhat reluctant city councilors and group of impassioned residents in favor of organics. The resolution calls for an initial allocation of $36,000 to hire an organic land management consultant to create, monitor and evaluate a phased-in program in the next few years.
"This $36,000 is a more effective way to spend money than on an election that would be very divisive," said City Councilor Christina Rinderle.
The contentious nature of the issue was evident when several professional landscapers — who advocate for synthetic chemical methods of lawn care — angrily left the council meeting without commenting to local media.
"This isn't over," said a caller in a message to the SafeLawns office. "Stay the hell out of our business if you know what's good for you."
Asked about the sternly worded message, SafeLawns founder Tukey said it was indicative of the rhetoric and tactics of the synthetic chemical lawn care industry, which continues to run fear and smear campaigns against organic lawn care advocates.
"I'm delighted that both sides rose above the fray and compromised in Durango," said Tukey during a phone call from the site of the SafeLawns research project at Glenstone in Potomac, Md. "The organic advocates agreed to take the issue off the ballot, where they almost certainly would have prevailed, and agree to work with the city officials. The city, in turn, is taking the proper steps to get educated by the nation's leading experts so that the program will be successful."
Tukey provided the names of several of the nation's organic lawn care specialists, who can now provide bids to implement Durango's new program.
"The goal of the City of Durango Organically Managed Lands Program
is to extend organic management practices to all City lands and to minimize the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides on such lands, while maintaining City facilities at a quality consistent with City standards and the expectations of the public users of such facilities," reads the new agreement.
A three-person committee has been formed to recruit and evaluate bidders, a process estimated to take three weeks.
"We are supposed to start the review ASAP and we will keep you posted," said committee member Tricia Gourley in an email to Tukey. "Thanks for all your help in making this happen here!"
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It had been a few days since the news of my dads passing and Nate and i fucked. I was feeling worse rather than better and everyone was tip toeing around me like at any moment i was gonna turn into the hulk. all this had to stop. so one morning before i left for work for the studio i sat the guys down and looked at them. "I really appreciate what you guys have done for me over the past few days but you need to stop. I am fine and to be perfectly honest i need a drink so after work i am going to the minx and if you want to join me please do if not stop acting like i am about to blow your head off. please." i said my piece and left the flat and headed off to work.
closing came and instead of heading home i headed to the minx club to get my drink on. the guys weren't there so i sat on the bar and ordered a large gin and tonic. a few drinks after that i young guy came up to me and slide on the stool to my left. "you want another one ?" he asked with a tint of Irish in his voice. i nodded as i finished off my fourth g and t. he placed his order and the drinks were soon in front of us. "now why is such a pretty woman like you sat on a bar by your self." he added i cute half smile and i couldn't help but smile back. "I am drinking my sorrows away." i said finishing off the gin and tonic.
he sat by me most of the night and talked and told him all of what of happened and more drinks came. i felt like i should leave and as i turned round i saw the reflection of him in the bar mirror, slipping something into my drink. " are you fucking kidding me, you've been spiking my drinks." i said and all of a sudden felt really woozy. he smiled at me again and laughed. "you are alright darling after a few hours of you going on and on i thought i would get a little something in return." he pulled me up and took me outside where he dragged me into an alley way and began to take my clothes off. "stop please. don't do this." i tried punching him but failed, the drugs had taken complete control of me. his hands were rushing and he groped my boobs pulling them hard and making me scream. He slapped my face hard and continued to twist and pull my boobs until he was bored of this and his hands went between my legs and he forced his fingers in my cunt. i hated what he was doing to me, but the drugs were still in affect and i couldn't react against him raping me. I felt sick to my stomach, when the man finished with his fingers and had decided that it was time for the real act of torment to begin. he rubbed his head against my pussy and forced it in hard and did this repeatedly. I wanted to scream but he had me face slammed against a brick wall. once he was bored of my pussy he lined up and before i could do anything, he rammed his cock hard into my ass without any help. i screamed in real agony and laughed and pulled my tits again and slapped my ass hard repeatedly that purple marks were forming. he soon began to buck and his cum filled my ass, he pulled out spun me around and forced his cock in my mouth. "suck it clean your dirty cow." he said smacking my face again. he pulled out my mouth put himself away and turned to me.
"you little slut, you enjoyed that didn't you." he laughed again.
"fuck you, you vile cunt" i spat in his direction, what followed was a beating that nearly matched in pain in the act of rape he just committed. once he had his fun he walked away leaving me bruised bleeding and naked, I blacked out
i could her voices and murmurs, and my head hurt like hell. i was sat in my room with Kevin and Paul watching me. my vision finally cleared and the sound was no longer fuzzy. "how did i get back?" i asked sitting up. Paul gave me a glass of water while Kevin sat next to me and began to tell me what happened.
"when you didn't answer your phone we got a little worried and went out looking for you, we spoke to the man behind the bar at minx and he said you left with some man and he gave us his description, we left and walked round the back and saw your car there and then heard moaning in an alley way where we saw your beat up body. needless to say we all lost it and Nate went off and we haven't heard off him in awhile." as he said that his phone began to buzz.
"Hello... Nate where are you?... OK we are on our way." Kevin put his phone down and looked at us. "Nate is in jail, and they say he has the guy who assaulted you so you have to come down and identify him." i nodded and winced as i moved, Paul helped me up as we walked to the car.
at the station we found Nate, he had a bloody nose. he looked at me with those eyes and said "don't worry, its no where near as bad as you." the police interrupted us and i was taken into another room where they took photos of my wounds and took my statement and finally i managed to id the guy and was free to leave. Nate was only able to leave if we paid his bail which was a lot of money, thankfully i was able to use the money left by dad to get him out.
back home i went straight to bed and sat looking at the ceiling. a knock on my door and Nate entered again. "is this becoming a new thing now " i said chuckling, i winced at the pain in my side.Nate shut the door and slid into the bed next to me. "i will always be here for you." he said putting his arm around me.
"my night in shining Armour." i whispered as i snuggled into his chest my last thoughts were of Nate and the idea that I could love him.
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2013-08-06 15:29:22
thanks i am adding the first 5 chunks together so i can add more detail and stuff
2013-08-06 15:29:21
thanks i am adding the first 5 chunks together so i can add more detail and stuff
anonymous reader
2013-08-06 14:52:43
Good idea. lacking in details. descriptive words really paint a picture.
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