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The Supernaturals
November 22, 2009, 02:03:47 pm »
(Sorry this post is not epic. >.> Have fun)
Jory Stevens waved good night to the other officers at the precinct. Her partner, Gerry smiled and told her good night. It had been a long day for them with the constant call to crime areas all over the city. She nodded to some of the Blue shirts as she passed by them; knowing what they are. The two men tilted their hats and kept going. The three of them knew that they were living a lie. This city; this city knows the true nature of the people that inhabitant this vast plot of land. Jory is one of them. They call themselves Supernatural beings. They are apart of a third lineage of humans that are not well known. Werewolves, vampires, ghosts, you name it; it exists. But, lately, there have been more occurrences in which crime has taken control by the Supernaturals. Some have stooped so low to become apart of the crime wave controlling this fair city. There is a new drug going around that Jory and the Saint City Police have been trying to get rid of.
They call it the Vampyr, or V for short. Vampires take control of young human minds and give them the power of the Vampire. Vampires have denied such a claim, but Jory knows the truth of it all. The police have found some of the farms in which Vampires would kidnap various people and turn them into Vampires. The long and arduous process of changing, the blood begins to mutate. This is whats selling on the markets. To schools, everywhere. It is the happening drug on the streets. So far, there hasnt been talk about a Werewolf or any other type of blood pill going around the city.
Not only that, but there had been rumours of a new group forming or a group thats been formed for a very long time. They call themselves the Red Justice. So far, Jory could see nothing wrong with them. They havent hurt her or anyone else that she knows. She doesnt know whos apart of the Red Justice and she wants to know about them. However, the history books and the texts are lacking for such a group. Theyve kept themselves hidden, and for good reason.
Jory got into her car and headed back to her apartment were the rest of her pack was waiting. She opened the door to see the Alpha male pacing around the room with the Alpha female and the Beta male sitting on the couch. The Alpha stared at Jory as she closed the door.
We cant stay here any longer, Rollo, the Alpha stated. We have to move out of the city right away.
Wait move out? Astor asked. We just got here. And Jorys doing pretty well with the police force.
Someone knows about us, Rollo stated. There is a group of humans that have paced around the apartments. They know were here.
We cant keep moving away when you smell trouble, Astor argued as he stood up. I want to stay here.
Jory shook her head and left the apartment. Astor and Rollo were always fighting about staying or going. It always ends the same. One or the other gets angry and retreats back into their room. So much for going back to rest for the night. She walked around until she heard the sound of bones clacking together. She turned around to see a young man walking up to her.
Seems like a bad night to walk around by yoself, miss, the man hissed.
Fuck off, Talus, Jory muttered.
Oh, why be so angry with old Talus? he asked. It just so happens that I know a place where some Vamypr is getting made. He held out a skeletal hand that was stained brown from dirt. That is, if I was given the right price.
Jory dug into her pocket and retrieved a small sum of twenties. She tossed it over and sighed. Dont fuck around with me, Talus. If this isnt real, Im going to break you into tiny pieces and bury them so far you wont be able to get out of the ground.
Talus bones clacked together as if he was nervous. Do not worry, young miss. Young Talus can show you the way.
The young Werewolf and the Skelton left Jorys apartment complex and headed deep into the city; where the real Supernaturals came out at night.
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Re: The Supernaturals
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November 22, 2009, 04:07:06 pm »
The grungy exterior of The Canvas seemed to meld with the rest of the city. It was as normal as they came, almost as if it had melded with Saint City long ago and endured the hardships of time with it. Indeed the tattoo shop had been around for decades. It had known many artists, but only one had stayed for the long-run.
Mackenzie Monroe sat behind the front desk of The Canvas, counting the money in the cash register. He often wondered why he even used such a thing; in all of his years the money he earned from doing his work had been placed in hand. But he had to keep up with the modern world lest he be left in its dust.
The interior of The Canvas was a sharp contrast to the exterior. If one knew any better, they would have believed to have traveled back in time to an early point in America, possibly during the 1800s or prior. Alongside pictures of tattoos were elegant paintings. There were several light fixtures, all intricate in detail and filled with soft, swirling patterns. The wallpaper also had these patterns, and the furniture was of a Victorian design. The hard surfaces were of mahogany, while the two couches at one end of the main room were of a dark brown fabric. Despite the elegance of the place, there was still an air of grunge; chipped paint, cracks here and there, warn posters of 80s goth bands. It was definitely a piece of Saint City. A large, oriental clock sat above the entrance, its strange hands letting Max know that it was growing late.
After sorting the money, he stashed it away in the back. Then he put on his black leather jacket and grabbed his keys. He wasn't one for going out all of the time, but when one does not eat...they grow weary.
Exiting the building, he locked up and hopped onto his motorcycle. He sat there for a minute, wondering if he should go to the usual place or a more...unsavoury...location. The usual place would have to do. Word had spread and being a Vampire feeding tonight would not look good for him in the long-run. He started the engine, revved, and sped off into the night.
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November 23, 2009, 02:45:21 am »
Claire got up from her chair behind the counter and put down the book she was reading, it was time to close up shop for the night. She walked over to the front door, locked it, and flipped the sign around to say CLOSED. She then set the barrier around the store from passive to alarm, so it would wake her if anyone tried to break in. There hadn't been any break-ins yet, but you could never be too careful, especially when dealing with powerful magical items and Supernaturals. She ambled back behind the counter and shut off the lights with a snap of her fingers as she opened the door to the back room.
This room was less ornate then the main room, but still had an air of mysteriousness. In the center of the room was a Gothic couch and a few similarly styled chairs on a black circular rug. The walls were white, but lit by black-lights set in wall sconces, and appeared purple in places. Claire headed to the fridge at the back of the room and pulled on the door handle. There was still some leftover pizza, so she took out a couple slices and popped them in the microwave. She usually had food delivered or ate leftovers, pizza was a typical choice because it was cheap and would last a while, she needed money for components of spells, after all.
Claire snagged a can of soda out of the fridge and pushed the door shut. She put it down on a small table in front of the couch, took off her cloak, folded it up neatly, and put on a t-shirt and jeans. The microwave beeped, signaling that the food was ready. She took the pizza, sat down on the couch and began to eat. It had been an average day as far as business went, no Supernaturals showed up, but they had been showing up more and more recently. It might just be that word was spreading, but it could also mean something interesting was happening. Claire giggled.
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Re: The Supernaturals
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November 23, 2009, 05:58:13 am »
Max breathed in deeply and let out a heavy breath. He exited the hospital, stashing three bags of blood into his jacket pocket. They would be empty soon, so there was no need to keep them refrigerated. He got onto his motorcycle again and sped away.
He stopped in his usual spot, an area uninhabited by most people, save for a homeless person here or there. His form nearly blurred as he ducked quickly into the shadows. He frantically grabbed for the packets; the smell was so strong and he had almost lost control of the motorcycle because of it. He opened his mouth wide and his fangs jutted out, dripping with saliva. Max punctured the bag and began drinking. When finished with that, he tossed it aside and moved onto the others.
Max stared up at the night sky. To be reduced to a weakling feeding on blood in an alley...it was sickening. But it could not be helped.
"Back again, Blood Man?" A voice from deeper in the alley, near a trashcan.
"Wh--" Max looked over and noticed a homeless man. "Oh, yes. I, well..."
"Don't gotta worry there, partner!" The homeless man walked into the light, chewing on something that shouldn't have been hairy. "Secrets 'tween you 'n me. I seen'd more'n people drinkin' bloods n' such."
Max stood up. "Yeah, you've told me many times before, Glub." He gave a quick smirk.
"Red." Glub said.
"Pardon?" Max gave a quizzical look, brow furrowing.
"Ya got red on ya." Glub said, pointing to his face.
"Oh--" Max quickly pulled out a handkerchief and dabbed his mouth. He frowned again as Glub began laughing at him.
There was silence as Max stared up at the moon again. Then: "Well, I must be off."
Glub nodded. "Be seein' ya then." The man waved and headed off to the street. Max followed and they parted ways.
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November 23, 2009, 08:35:27 pm »
Charles Gonzales sat on the end of his bed with his hands clasped in front of him. The voice in his head constantly told him what it was outside, and what he should do out there.
It's night time... Shouldn't we get something to eat?
"I... guess... Getting hungry, I'm sure..." He murmured.
Could murder a-
"Shut up!" Charles shouted, "not yet... Maybe... Perhaps..."
The eatery down the street, the diner farther on down, the-
Hissing through his teeth, he got up and staggered, leaning on the wall for balance.
On the table.
Walking slowly to the table, continuously grasping the wall for balance, he placed his hand firmly on the table and stood up straight. Brushing the hair from his eyes, he took the sunglasses and put them on. Walking to his closet, he became lost in thought;
What will we eat?
Whatever is available.
Which is?
Whatever is available.
"Whatever is available..." He murmured.
Moving to his closet, he stopped midway and looked down, spotting his black and gray poncho. Tipping his head to the side, he stared at it for a moment and picked it up, dusting it off in the process. Looking it over, he walked back to the table and draped it over the chair. His mouth twitching into a smile, he turned around and walked again to the closet. Reaching in, he laid his hand on the black coat and hesitated.
Take the coat.
Take the coat.
Not the poncho?
Either one will do. Coat or poncho.
"Coat..." Charles said quietly as he took the coat from the hangar and closed the closet door. Putting on the coat, he searched the pockets and found a set of keys, assorted coins and a crumpled $10 bill. Nodding his head, he opened the door to the apartment and walked out.
Lock the door.
"Almost forgot..."
Locking the door, he headed outside and started to walk down the street to the diner.
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November 23, 2009, 10:59:11 pm »
Archibald Cornweather sat behind the desk in his small office. In front of him was a collection of reports he had "come across" during a recent excursion when he was tracking down a vampire for menial grievances from some of its neighbors. The reports were for a new drug called Vampyr that was making a home within the city. Archie looked away from the reports and brought his bony hands to where his temple whould have been, had he had any flesh left on his head and slowly rubbed them.
"Just great," he sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Rouge wolves last week, shape shifter crime spree the week before that, skeleton gang war the week before that. And now this," he sighed again and looked back at the reports. Figures and notes strewn throughout the pages of paper. Distribution routes, income, names of distributors (probably aliases), the whole thing. The only thing missing was an indication of where the source of it all was.
Archie stood and walked over to a file cabinet that sat in one of the corners. He opened one of the drawers and flipped through some of the folders before selecting one simply labeled "Witch". "Now, where is the closest one?" He had a map in the folder, showing the location of the witches and warlocks that he had found over the past while. The closest one to his office simply had the name "Claire" written above a circle. He looked out his window and saw that night had fallen on the city. "Well, might as well go and pay this Claire person a visit," he said as he wrapped a scarf about his neck and lower half of head, placed a wig on his head along with a hat, donned a large set of tinted glasses, placed a pair of black gloves on his skeletal hands, and put on his jacket. Then, after attaching the clip that set his gun belt from falling off his skeletal body and stuffing the reports into an inside pocket in his jacket, he left his office and plunged into the night.
A short while later he found himself standing in front of a small inconspicuous shop. He checked his map again, and satisfied that he had found the right place, he knocked on the front door.
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November 23, 2009, 11:51:06 pm »
Jory sniffed the air as they headed deeper into the city. She could smell the blood being spilled everywhere. She could smell the Vampires, the Liches, the Warlocks, everyone. Talus clacked next to her as he waved to various people. All of them Supernatural beings. Jory could feel herself tense. She didn't mind working in the inner city, but she always had an ally that she could trust. Like Astor or Gerry for example. Jory could feel her breathing get more rapid as if something was closing in on her. She checked her holster and made sure her gun was still there. Then she checked her jacket pocket and felt her knife; at least she was prepared for what Talus is preparing her for.
"If you're going to trap me, Talus, I'm going to kill you," Jory muttered to the Skeleton as they turned into an alleyway. "Again."
"No worries, young wolf," Talus hissed. "I am only showing you where it is. Then you can get your mortal friends to come down here and take care of business."
Jory stopped in the middle of the alleyway. "I don't believe you Talus. You're planning something and I don't like it."
Talus didn't say anything as she heard people jump around her from the rooftops; vampires, she smelled.
She growled at Talus. She made a rookie mistake in believing him. "Talus!"
"Talus is just a mere lackey," a calm voice replied. Out from the shadows came out Michael, one of the oldest vampires alive in Saint City. Jory had only seen him a mere few times and he never addressed her or her pack before. "I have some business with you. Come."
"And if I refuse?" she demanded.
"Then my men will kill you with all the silver bullets in their guns," Michael stated. Jory growled and complied to the vampire before she nodded. "Very good. Come wolf, we must discuss the inner sanctum of this city."
A vampire opened the door for Michael and the group walked inside the building with Jory feeling uneasy and wondering if her packmates were going to come after her.
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November 24, 2009, 12:37:29 am »
Shelton made his way across the rooftops of the city. The moon was waxing, and soon there was sure to be young werewolves rampaging through the city unsure of what they were, having lost their humanity in their confusion of transformation. He was following up on some info that may or may not be useful. All he had been told was of money changing hands from Vampire to Skeleton. Usually the Vamps had no use for the bloodless beings, but this could prove fruitful. Especially since he had been told the word Werewolf was mentioned. He wasn't particularly worried, since he knew his own kind could withstand almost any situation. However, he still didn't like the prospect of any of his brethren being betrayed. He could smell his pack following various routes parallel to his, and sent them messages via scent and images.
"Inner city is full of Them. Be wary, do not attack alone."
Of course, by "Them" he meant the other Supernaturals. He let out a growl, and increased his speed, leaping gaps between buildings. All of a sudden he hit a veritable wall of scent. It was a mingling of many Vampires, a Skellie, and what he had almost not expected, a lone Wolf. "By the moon, I hope we weren't too late." He decided to avoid the bloodsuckers for now, and warned his pack to look for the Skeleton, whose scent had moved East. By way of flips, and rebounds, he made his way to street level, and readied himself to transform on an instant's notice. Soon after, his path converged with Hyena. The other Beta male had a smile on his face, and gestured for him to follow. After a few seconds, they spied a long-coated figure rounding a corner. Mud was on a side street able to intercept if need be. Wind just chuckled, thinking of a small plan. His black Chucks slapped the pavement, and he rounded the corner, while waving Hyena back.
"Excuse me! Sir!" He called out to the Skeleton, whose scent was definitely from the buildings earlier. "I'm new to the city, and seem to have forgot the way back to my hotel. Could you possibly lend me a hand?" He was almost withing arm's reach of his prey.
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November 24, 2009, 02:39:45 am »
Max was leaning against a light pole, a lit cigarette hanging from his lips. His hands were in his pockets and he stared forward at the building across the street. He knew something was happening there, and knew that it wasn't good. Yes, this must be where it was happening. He smelled others of his kind, many of them in fact. There was a sprinkling of other Supernaturals as well.
"Hmph." Max said, pulling the cigarette from his mouth and scoffing. "Michael." He and the lot of them were so arrogant, so out of touch with reality. They had lost their humanity. This was why he hadn't meddled in their affairs; their business was their own and he would have none of it. However, he couldn't keep himself away from the scene entirely. If someone needed aid, then...
He shook his head and began walking to his motorcycle. No, even helping whatever victims would soil his hands. Pausing, he dropped the cigarette and crushed it beneath a boot. Then he looked up, smelling a wolf. He listened carefully and soon heard Michael's voice among others. Max's breath quieted--he had learned to still his breathing to nearly nothing from his past as a hunter. He slipped back into the shadow of an overhang and watched other werewolves round the corner and head into the alley after the others.
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November 24, 2009, 10:30:46 am »
After finishing her pizza, Claire turned on the TV to a local news station. There had been a lot of crimes they couldn't explain lately, which Claire knew meant Supernaturals were most likely involved. She had also heard talk of a new drug on the streets changing people in to vampires. She would sometimes have Supernaturals in the police force visit, and would trade information with them, instead of selling it, if there was something she wanted to know. This way she could stay "in the know" even though she rarely left her store. Th-
Claire's attention snapped to the entrance of the store, someone was approaching... it was a supernatural. She readied an offensive spell, just in case. It was too early for the envelope to be picked up. After a few moments, they knocked on the door. Claire figured if they were trying to break in, they wouldn't have knocked. She dispelled the magic, but kept her guard up.
"Can't you read? The store's closed!" Claire yelled as she peered through the peephole.
The face of the creature standing there was almost completely obscured by a scarf and thick pair of glasses, even though it wasn't very cold out. They were also wearing a fedora and trench coat, like a detective you would see in cheesy old movies. Of course, they may have been around in the time those movies were made. Plus, Claire was used to all kinds of eccentricities in her customer base.
"Well, what do you want?" Claire asked.
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November 24, 2009, 03:55:06 pm »
Finishing up his work in his office, Thomas Kelvin smiled to himself and swiveled his chair so he looked out the ceiling to floor window. Watching the night approach always brought a smile to his face, knowing that the sub-species would be going home and out of the way, if only for a little bit. His smile faltered as he realized it would only be a reprieve from their presence. After making sure the encryption is still active and taking other precautions to his work, he logged off his computer and rose from his chair.
Embezzlement, fraud... Whatever they call it... It's the work of the just, taking from others what belongs to you; by right, by superiority.
After checking his bag to make sure everything is there, he locked the door and headed to the elevator. Pushing the button for the third basement garage level, he heard a voice shout for him to keep the door open. Pressing the close button, he watched the human run to the closing doors, smiling right before they shut.
Feeble humans...
The elevator stopped three times, once for the lobby. Not saying hello or goodbye to those who entered the elevator, he simply waited for his stop. Getting off, he headed to his car and got in, placing the bag in the passenger seat. Starting the car, he drove out of the building and started his trip back to his condo.
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November 24, 2009, 06:23:08 pm »
Archie stood outside the door after he had knocked. A moment later he heard a voice call from behind the door.
"Can't you read? The store's closed!"
the voice said which he figured out was Claire. He then saw the sign by the door that said closed and cursed himself silently for not noticing it earlier. He probably had interrupted Claire while she was doing something.
"Well, what do you want?"
Claire said again.
"Oh right," Archie said once he found his voice again. "My name is detective Archibald Cornweather. I know that you are a witch Claire. And being such, you are privy to information that would normally be hard to get for someone like me." He paused for a moment to gather his thoughts. "I need your help. I have documents reporting the drug vampyr. They have everything in them but a source for the drug. Have you heard anything?"
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November 25, 2009, 01:20:49 pm »
Jory followed them through the building. She noticed that Talus wasn't with them, but being a lackey, she knew that Michael wouldn't care. They passed by many rooms in which various vampires sucked the blood out of their new kin to create the drug that plagued the city. Jory growled and found herself in Michael's study. He sat down in front of a large oak desk and smiled to show his large canines. He brushed his long brown hair behind his shoulder before he sat back in his chair. Jory stood in front of him before one of his guards shoved her down into a seat. She sat back and crossed her arms.
"What the hell do you want, Michael?" she finally asked.
"I need your police mortals to stop hunting for the Vampyr drug," he stated as he tented his fingers. "It's bad business you know. You know humans will never understand about our world."
"I'm afraid that I can't do that," Jory replied. "I am the law and I have to obey by it. I cannot bypass it because of our race."
Michael grins before he frowns. "The problem is that those mortals are beginning to meddle in places that they cannot. If you cannot control your mortal officers, then we will by force."
"You will not touch the mortal officers," Jory stood up and growled. Michael's guards readied their weapons, but Michael signaled them to back away. "And I will come back here and stop this."
"I don't think you will," Michael stated.
"What makes you so sure?" Jory demanded as she could feel her eyes change colour. She was ready to transform and kill everyone in the room.
Michael tossed a folder onto the desk. "Sometimes the past creeps up on us, young wolf."
Jory stared at the folder. On the tab had her name and she stared at Michael confused. "What the hell is this?"
Michael pretended to stare at his fingernails before he said: "You had quite a rebellious stage back in the early nineteenth century, didn't you? Killing anyone that would come near you during the full moon."
"That is none of your concern!"
"To your mortals it is," Michael replied. "I happen to be
good friends with your Chief Inspector. So, should your group start snooping around this little farm here again, they will be killed and the ten o'clock news will have your face posted everywhere for the entire city to see. Wouldn't it be nice for you to be the one that tells the world that Werewolves exist?"
Jory huffed and calmed herself down. "Fine."
Michael nodded. "Very good. We'll be seeing each other again, young wolf. You now work for me."
"I didn't agree to that!"
"If you want your secret safe, you now work for me," Michael answered and tossed Jory a cellphone. "I will only contact you with that. Should you lose it, well....sucks to be you."
Jory pocketed the phone. "Anything else?"
Michael smiled. "I'll call you."
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For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed..."
The interior of the clocktower was dark, save for the broken stream of moonlight flowing through the illuminated clock face on the west side of the room. A dark silhouette stood within the rays of moonlight, arms outstretched as it stared through the clock face.
"...for the Lord...dwelleth in Zion. The voice was deep and raspy with a strong Irish accent.
There was a small whimper from deeper in the room. The silhouette's arms lowered and it turned, its trench coat swirling as it did so. Some light struck a cross necklace. The man sucked air through his teeth, giving the impression of a snake or reptile.
"Do you know...the difference...between you and I?" He asked to the darkened room.
There was silence.
"Do I need to repeat myself?" The man began to advance upon his target.
Another whimper.
Then, suddenly: "DO YOU
...THE DIFFERENCE..." The man lifted someone into the air and threw them into the luminance. "...BETWEEN YOU AND
" It was a young girl, tied and gagged. She slid to a halt on the hardwood floor. Her face was bruised and bloodied and her hair was a mess.
The girl gave another whimper, tears rolling down her face.
"The gag...sir." A voice from the darkness of the room. There was a sudden gunshot, a groan, and the falling of a body.
"Oh, why...Silly me." The man came into the moonlight again--he was tall with auburn hair pulled back into a long braid, with thick mutton-chops; he wore round, horn-rimmed glasses; his eyes were blue, harsh, and narrowed; and his face was covered in all manners of scars. There was another reptilian inhalation from the him. He bent down and tore the gag from the girl's mouth. "Care to answer my question?"
The girl was quiet again. And then: "Y-you're a bad man...You're all bad men..."
"But that is where you are wrong, my child. If we walk in the light, as he is in the light," he grabbed the girl, who let out a yelp and a sob, by the neck and lifted her into the air, facing her towards the brightness of the window, "we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. Amen."
"Amen." The word came from many; there were dozens of them, in fact, all emerging from the darkness of the room.
"The difference between you and I, little one, is that when
look at the night sky you see a home amongst the shadows. The
one similarity
we share...is that when we see the night sky, we both see the art of the hunt." He tossed the girl back into the darkness.
There was a moment of silence, and then: "Pennington."
A man walked into the moonlight and fell to one knee, head lowered. The moonlight glinted off a large blade upon his back. "Yes, Lord McGregor."
"Bring her back with us. We mustn't kill her now, for she holds valuable information. Be gone, I must think." He turned towards the light of the clock face again. "Praise be to Red Justice."
"Praise!" The room filled with the word and there was a single stomp of numerous feet, resembling soldiers standing at attention. The whimpering from the girl retreated out of the room.
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After a short pause, the figure said, "Oh right, my name is detective Archibald Cornweather. I know that you are a witch Claire. And being such, you are privy to information that would normally be hard to get for someone like me."
Another pause.
Man, this guy sure likes to state the obvious,
Claire thought to herself.
"I need your help. I have documents reporting the drug vampyr. They have everything in them but a source for the drug. Have you heard anything?"
"Well, Archie, I'd say vampires might be involved somehow," Claire replied sarcastically, "or did you want something a little more specific?"
She opened the door and held out her hand, rubbing her fingers together and smiling.
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The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 156, Ed. 1, Monday, June 30, 1884
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Why don't you ask him what it means? Nobody on here knows him or you, so they are not going to have enough info to give you an educated opinion. They are just gonna rely on past experience and use people from their lives as a basis in order to judge this situation. These things are very situational so their advice may be on point, or it may not even be close. The only way your gonna know for sure is to ask this guy yourself.
Nope. As far as I can think of, it just means what the words apparently mean.
...But, I can only speak for myself. And since your curiosity is enough to motivate you make a post about this then it could be you really want to make sense of it. In addition, I really respect people who are willing to ask questions based on simple curiosity. So, here are situations in which a guy would tell a girl that "he used to like her."
Situation 1 - The girl used to have characteristics that the made the guy like her (friendly or sexually), but the girl has changed and therefore he no longer likes her.
Situation 2 - The guy used to have feelings for the girl but things around him have changed and thus he has changed and therefore he's no longer attracted to her.
Free your mind!
I've told girls this before. Just to tease them. And its always backfired. Because they always wanted to start dating right after. Even though I no longer liked them.
yes there is ...means he once had strong lustful sites on you but now hes moved on to loftyer goals
It can mean alot of different things depending on context. It could mean he gave up going after you and is pursuing someone else. It might mean he still likes you but doesn't want to admit it because you have a boyfriend. He might say it because he's jealous or want to get at a guy that really likes you ..... the line is too vague without a knowing the situation, your relationship or his personality. Not all guys are the same.
I've done this with a girl And it was kinda one of the best decisions of my life ^^'
I had feeling for this girl and all but i was somewhat afraid of her, then i started talking to her, and she started hanging out with me and my friends so far so good ^^
But then i realised that she was much more worth as a friend to me, and that the feelings had sorta gone away with time
I told her one day when we were hanging out and she was quite surprised by it, and she went all nervous and shiz, and i told her that i didnt have any feeling for her anymore and would rather have her as a friend After that she weirdly enough started dating my brother for a cpl of years xD I didnt mind and she hung around our place all the time with the rest of our friends so iiin the end it all worked out for the better
Even though we rarely talk anymore since she decided to move cuz of education etc, i've never regretted doing it :P
But in the end saying something like that sounds just stupid to me if he still has feelings fr the girl Maybe im just a simpleton when it comes to social interractions but so far its worked out better then other people i've talked to.
But i guess this could be a subtle hint trying to check for any sings of mutual feelings from the girl, maybe like a "last call before i give up on this"
fish go m00
From the information given I can not speculate as to motive or the reasoning behind it. However I can posit a my own thoughts based on my own exp.
The only reason I can think of for stating somthing of that nature is such an oblique way would be for two reasons.
1. He's never had the courage to come right out and ask her out, or to tell her how he feels so now he sees that she might be available and is now testing the waters so to speak to see if she might be interested albiet in a round a bout way.
2. He is being honest and thought to bring it up with out realizing that thier might be unforseen conquences like the girl thinking there might be more to it than a simple sentence. (this is were we guys get in trouble we say things in an arbitrarey way that begs questions and awnsers or directs thoughts down a path we didn't intend)
So what ever happens good luck my advise would be to be as honest as is possible. Not as easliy done as said I know but give it a shot. Take it from me Its always better to know than to be unsure I missed mine and I wont again if I am ever given the oppertunity.
Depends. If he is telling you this while he is dating someone else, look at the state of that relationship. If it is getting rocky, they aren't holding hands in public as much, or are less demonstrative than they used to be, or if he has more free time than he did when he first started dating her, it may mean that he isn't sure if his current girlfriend is going to last and wants to test the waters to see your reaction to his telling you this.
If you respond favorably, with something like: "Really? Wow! I wish you would have told me then. I know you have a girlfriend and all, but if you had told me, who knows what would have happened. I probably would have gone out with you." He might take that as: "I know you and your girlfriend are going through a rough patch, and don't want to but in, but if it falls apart, I will definitely go out with you!"
If you treat it like a joke and say something like: "Yeah, right! Like that would ever happen. In your dreams buddy!" He would probably take that as: "No way! you're not my type! I like single guys and don't want to be your rebound girl!"
Or it could just mean that he used to have a crush on you....
Or that once he got to know you, the attraction went away... Which would be a bummer.
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POCATELLO – Cecil Allen 'Bud" Lish, 86, a longtime resident of Pocatello, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at a local care center following an extended illness.
He was born July 18, 1924. in the railroad section house at Onyx (south of Inkom), a son of Gilbert Milo (Jim) and Linnie deVada Allen Lish. He attended schools in Inkom and Pocatello. In August, 1943, he joined the U.S. Army and served in France at Allied Command Headquarters. Upon his release from the Army in May, 1946, he returned to work at Pacific Fruit Express where he had worked prior to entering the Army. He had also worked on the construction of the Naval Ordinance Plant.
On April 4, 1947, he married Theda Rose Reese in Las Vegas, Nevada. Theda passed away July 31, 2001.
Bud enjoyed farming at his place north of Pocatello and also enjoyed horse racing and cutter racing. He liked camping, fishing and Scouting activities with the Scout troop from Fort Hall. He liked watching football on Dish and enjoyed attending his grandfather Claude Lish's family reunions. He will be greatly missed by his loving family and friends.
Survivors include: a son, Mark Allen Lish, Townsend, Mont.; two daughters, Nora Kathryn "Kathy" (Paul) Stubbs, Pocatello; Linnie Jean (Edward) Claver, Blackfoot; a brother, Gilbert Rex Lish, Amarillo, Texas; two sisters, Juanita (Dr. Robert) Stovall, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Bonnie (Ralph) Bogar, Grand Junction, Colo.; 9 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, son Kent Cecil Lish and grandson, Heath Allen Lish.
Funeral services will be held Monday, May 2, 2011, at 1 p.m. at Manning-Wheatley Funeral Chapel, 510 N. 12th Ave. with Ed Reese, brother-in-law officiating. Interment will be in Restlawn Memorial Gardens with military graveside rites provided by the Pocatello Veterans Honor Guard. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Manning-Wheatley Funeral Chapel and Monday one hour prior to services.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the Pocatello Veterans Honor Guard or the charity of your choice.
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1'h it nn the lily's breast a tailsniiiii for love a true as ever man possessed what may this wondrous spirit be u ith powei unhesir.i before — this charm this bright amenity good temper — nothing mi re ! good temper — tis the choicest gift that woman homeward brings and can the poorest gift to bliss unknown to kings — exchange — m«tx an listen to the lion his impetuous nature is held in check by iron bars ave look tt me croud about and stair von opened mouthed hard breath ing mass of pour humanity ! note well die tawny beauty of my little form the delicate fluent ss of my tremulous whiskers the languid droop of my long sleek tail mark the powerful ease ol uiv stride and leap to the shelf where \ 1 can lie at all inv indolent length and see you f.ir better ih.ui you can me crowd and cru>h about mv cage ah 1 beard you little girl i caught i he sorrowful li.tlf w'.ii.-per poor beast lie dues no like to be shut up point with the rosy tii ger hall shy h df afraid of the big strange ani in i von ale a tend r inor.-el you ■i n p ed darling but i beard the di viiie plt of your tone little iiie and i would not harm ;. ou ewu it i lit tiny i hand lav on my rebellious net k i have had prey aim t a ilainiy i n.ive seen the yoiiug fawn p mt and i struggle and die in m relent h-ss grasp i have tasted the hot bh.o lh.it flow ed from its i ppled wounded side and licking my eh ps with satisti d tongue i h ive i i riiriied in my leep r nvst i ir lld slept conn ii . lying snug mi ., »\ i:it r i i jit when all the world was wrapped up in snow and bitter piercing cold i have heard the mount uus shudder and coaipl ill in t heir icy w hiding sin et and t e stre.iiii gurgle and battle chokingly under their heavy frozen fetters i have seen the stars in the violet sky shine out like great globes of lire al most within reach burning in the glo rious an:h with a full soft luster the \ dwellers in these lower places c n n ver know 1 have watched the small den izens of the hiils steal by oil fearful feet to the air hole in the water course below and because of my great con tent have let them go unharmed adown the perilous slopes and no.v to lie on a shelf and he tared at bah 1 hate you all gu-r-r-r-r you needn't jump i can't get out but if i could oh if 1 could how you would scatter before me like spray be fore the wind do you think i would stay here in this hot stifling curious w'.l city ah no i know a b tter place than this far away in the path way of the setting sun a canyon so cool so deep and dark that lapping at midday fromhhe turbulent mountain stream 1 have seimi niirrowed therein the silver stars in the noontide sky ah that is the place f r ui ! steep and dark are its sales nmnnuroiis with ] the whispi ring of the greitt\j i.ies fra grant with balsamic smells nud alive with stealthy gliding forms an nyhir rin r wind's there are nios>y cavek(is and flashing waterfalls a soundless car pet of pine needles and freedom sometimes i see the gleam of your hike through my prison bars i do not care for it i know another not so vast but thrice as lovely bluer than vo us too am cool and calm and clear led by silent springs that steal through the gold veined heart of the mountain encompassed by wooded slopes that hide many of my kin in their tangled i depths i swam it once there is a fort there but 1 herded ni t i plunged into the pure wave intent only on reaching the opposite shore but some one saw me and then what a fuss they made they woke the sleeping echoes many tongues in that land with their clumsy fir.ng the echoes were frightened from peak to peak they called and murmured and reiterated the startliug news i did not care down under the blue wave for i moment or two and then i rose far beyond their guns and shouts there were fishers on the lake a boat with three children for crew hardy nestlings of the great eyrie of the west tfiey knew not fear and the bare legged hoys only shouted as i rose beyond them and the tous ed curly he.al and brave blue eyes of the little girl turned and stared in wonder at the great cat swimming the lake doubtless they were gathered close to the maternal bosom when the ad venture was recounted and duly toid what a fearful thing i am to meet — at home in mv own mountains jjut here b.ih 1 1 am told there are two polar bears n as dire imprisonment as mvself ooped up in a rocky cage fenced in | viih iron b ir they who have known j the wide white silence of the frozen ea h ive m hint of their lost home save a tiny stream that dashes its puny i spray over the pallid exiles as they sit motionless do they muse in desperation on the far off icy north j that wondrous region that defies the entrance of man that holds in its vast j bosom most of those who dared try to unlock its mysteries and assail it in it might do they dream and long for the sullen roll of the icy sea the crash and grinding of the great white floss \ th • pale phantoms of towering bergs \ and the wondrous radiance of the polar j lights does a loaf of bread tossed and i crumbling on the sweltering stones compensate for a juirv seal caught nap i ping or a white fleshed fish drawn from the great refrigerator of the uni verse 1 know there is an eagle here for once i heard him cry just once but it was a strange sad sound stihed with j captivity i have seen ani heard him in our western home when with out spread wings and curving neck he dropped straight from the imperial vault of the mountain sky to his eyrie on some bald scarred crag and feeding there the brood of callow eaglets gave voice again and again to his triumph ant sense of power and freedom 1 hear it all again at times in mv sleep the rush of the winds the roar of the storm the murmur of the pines and the mu-ical tinkle of the ureless down leaping streams i snuff the fresh piue scents of the mountains and tinning uneasily in mv narrow prison 1 wake to — captivity and c!e p iir - chicayo times wages in the united states in 1800 1 the condition of the american wages class nearly a century ago is full of in struction in the large cities unskill ed work men were hired by the day bought ineir own food and found their oun lodgings but in the country on i tie farms or wherever a hand was employed oil some public work they were l<d and lodged by the employer mil given a few dollars a month on the peunsylv nia canals the diggers ate the coarsest diet were housed in tue rudest sheds and paid 0 a month from may to november and s5 a mouth from november to may hod earners ana mortar mixers uiggurs and ciiopper who trom l733 to 1800 la boreti on the public buddings and cut the streets and avenues of washington received 70 a ye.-.r or it they wished i tor ail the work they could per tonu from march 1 to december 20 l'lie hours of work were invariably trom sunrise to sunset wages at albany and new york were 3s , or as money then went 40 cents a day at lancaster ss to 810 a month else where in pennsylvania workmen were content with g in summer and 5 in winter at baltimore men were glad to be hired at 18d a day none by the month asked more than 0 at fred ericksburg the price of labor was from 85 to 7 in virginia white men em ployed by the year were given 1(5 currency slaves when hired were clothed and their masters paid £\ a mouth a pound virginia money was in federal money 3 33 the average rate of wages all over the country was 65 a year with food and perhaps lodging out of this small sum the workiu in had with his wife s help to m lintain lus family th5 credit system the nebraska supreme court has decided th it a mortgage on a growing crop cannot operate as a charge on corn in the crib even if proved to be product of the mortgaged crop the decision rests on a sound and healthy basis which rejects the idea of predicating something on no thing establishing a debt upon an in visible and uncreated consideration that is possibly to be but is not in ex istence and is outside of sound reason and good judgment the system of predicating the pay ment of money borrowed upon the uncertain outcome of labor to be done and crops to be raised dependent upon the uncertainties of seasons and favor able weather or the successful control of that labor has been the most dam aging element in retarding the agricul tural growth or the south as well as the demoralization of its laboring pop ulation establishing a false and rnin ous credit system which is always de trimental to the laborer xatehez democrat i^j i mi i i»m the best way tn attract and to hold the attention is never to weary an au dience but to always to leave off with something still unsaid it is a mistake to tell all that one knows in a first ef fort for during an ordinary lifetime there will be ample opportunities to use all the information any one may possess amateur who aspire to the dignity of professionals should culti vate terseness and simplicity as the highest conception of the rhetoricians art having once expressed an idea should never repeat it should avoid the the quagmire of wordy elaborations and above all else when they have | finished their subject they should not forget k stop orphans friend trusts compared to dams baltimore sun the rev e o eldridge pastor of exeter street methodist episcopal church also preached in the morning on the flood and its lessons he said the first lesson is man's weak ness god's greatness man made the dam — god ma e nature and it was one of nature's forces that of unsel fish utility as compared with selfish pleasure seeking the true end of man is service and not pleasure nd while happiness always follows in the wake of service when sought as an end in itself it is always a failure who built that dam and what the motives a few wealthy men in the city of pittsburg and for the purpose i of pleasure only and notwithstanding i the fact that vigorous protests from the citizens of johnstown and vicinity were entered at the time the work was projected we are told so careless was the manner of the dam's construction that the ordinary precautions for such j a structure were neglected thus was constructed the largest reservoir in the world two hundred feet and over above the villages and cities of 50,000 j people many of whom were constant \ ly in dread of its power we do not propose to place the responsibility but will say that if the facts have " been carefully reported culpable and crimi nal neglect has been indulged in it is a fair sample of the selfish pleasure seeking spirit that is abroad to-day numerous trusts and syndicates like i huge dams are concentrating millions of money for the enrichment and pleasure of the few at the expense of the many it lays its covetous hand upon all the smaller firms compels them to enter or forcibly destroys and when it has the commodity under its control inflicts upon a helpless com niun.ty the anomallv of want and often starvation in the midst of plenty the indications point to a railroad and we have put our engine on the track our people should bear in mind that an election will be held in this county august 15th next to determine whether or not stanly will subscribe 100,000 to the building of a railroad through the county beginning at s.il isbury and going in the direction of wadesboro — i scheme by the yadkin j railroad company we don't know j much about the project but it appears hopeful as much so perhaps as any scheme of recent years one thing we do know this route is the most natural the shortest and cheapest that can be built in the county and our citizens should stand not only ready but anx ious to vote ihe subscription required we have a good county rich in both mineral and timber but we can never realize our wealth nor feel our im portance until we possess railroad facili ties therefore it behooves us as a peo ple to work for this end we cannot get a railroad that will pass every man's door so patriotism should rise above self and every mm labor and vote for the common good — stanly obser ver a wron.7 word saves a life strange results have before now been brought about through accidents in writing but it is questionable whether the anecdotes have recorded anything more curious than the saving of a man's life through a slip of the pen such a thing lias just occurred in si lesia a wheelwright named kontny was indicted at the oppeln assizes for the murder of his wife in a fit of jeal ousy the jury found him guilty by seven votes to five and sentence of death was passed in the usual form when however the convict's advocate came to examine the record of the | verdict as written down by the fore man of the jury he found that by a slip the word studen had been acci dentally substituted in the place of stimmen by which it appeared that the murderer had been found guilty by seven hours 1 instead of seven votes of course an appeal was im mediately taken and the imperial court of cassation being unable to make sense of the record ordered a new trial the second jury was more tender-hearted than the first and kon | tuy was only found guilty of man slaughter the penalty for which is twelve years penal servitude st james gazette the cotton harvester is at last to be practically tested the mason cotton harvester co of charleston who have for several years been perfecting their picker have made a contract with the chattanooga agricultural works for the manufacture of a num ber of their pickers in time for the coming crop mr john p richard son one of the mast extensive planters in the south after a careful investiga tion has agreed to buy a number and estimates he will save 830.000 in the picking of his cotton crop compared with hand-picking he says 1 be lieve the machine in its present condi tion will pick cotton at a cost of not exceeding 15 cents per hundred and as you know we have to pay cotton-pick ers from 50 cents to 1.23 per hundred for picking 3fanufactttrefx record holy land railway application has been made by jos elias formerly government enginere of the lebanon sor a concession for i railway from haifa on lie mediter ranean about midway between tyre and caesarea by way of luke galilee over the river jordan to damascus authority for the navigation of the [ lake and priority of right for the exten sion of a line over any other applicant for three years is asked for tile line i is to follow the river kifhon for six miles going within three and three quarter miles of nazareth and then ascending the valley to the watersheds of the jordan the line will proceed i along the northwest of the lake close to the plain of genesaret up the jor dan crossing it about two miles below merim from that point the line turns i toward the east to damascus a dis tance of one hundred miles fn>m the coast a branch line will go to nao va the capitol of hanren with an option to continue on to bosra the ancient capitol of ba hall the prac ical part of mr elias ap plication is interesting he estimates the population to be served at 500,000 or about 5,000 to the mile damascus has about 200,000 inhabitants and there are ten towns with from 1,000 to 10.000 inhabitants and about 5,040 villages although the district is very fertile only one-sixth of the ara ble land is under cultivation there is an abundance of streams however so that he country could be easily irriga te gen lee and stimulants whatever speaks the thought or bears the sanction of kobert e lee is regarded the world over as being worth remembering we give below what he thought and said about stim ulants mrs margaret j preston gives it in the june century l he had the gentlest way possible of giving counsel and administering rebuke i remember hearing him say in a presence where such testimo ny was worth more than a dozen tem perance lectures men need no stim ulant it is something 1 am persuaded that they can do without when i went into the field at the beginning of the war a good lady friend of mine gave me two sealed bottles of very su perb fiench brandy i carried them with me through the eniire campaign and when 1 met my friend again after all was over i gave her back both bot tles of brandy with the seals unbrok en it may have been some comfort to me to know that 1 had them in case of sudden emergency but the moment never came when i needed to use them " on the el»e of an explosion \ doctor happened to be telling his family of an amusing scene he had witnessed at a patient's house during the day mr brown said the doc tor was not seriously ill out his wife really made matters worse and herself supremely ridiculous by rushing in and out like a wet hen the doctor's sou bob a very bright buy of six was present when his father said this and treasured his words a day or two afterwards mrs brown called on the doctor's family and when bob came into the room he sat down on a stool and fixed his eyes on the visitor by and by he asked very seriously mrs brown do you know any thing about a vet hen of course she replied in the negative and bob's face assumed a very puzzled expression after a brief pause — horrible to his sisters bob s.iid well it m'eiiis to me you ought to — piitsburg disjtaich salutary punishment the prisoners in the shelby j til who are working on the streets have a rule j among themselves that whoever curses or attempts to tight on thestreetssh.il • lie punished oh tuesday emanuel : miller broke the rules on his return to ; j.iil he was given ten blows with a i shingle by bacchus lee who was ap j pointed executioner the two new j prisoners who had just been put in j.nl for stealing were punished with fifteen blows each johnson ithyne who acted as judge told the new prisoners that if they had been put in jail for fighting or selling liquor they would j not have been punished but as they had been guilty of stealing they must receive a good beating the men bore their punishment with bad grace shelby sen era a number of very prominent east ern men who can command any j amount or capital needed lor anything [ in which they are interested are mak ing negotiations with th view to thees tablisment in denison texas of cer tain enterprises of enormous magn itude which they say will involve the expenditure of 810,000,000 mr w i p k:ce of boston and dr d m ! foard of denison will build a 125,000 | hotel a permanent exposition building i and a number of dwellings iron ore j has been discovered within twelve miles of denison it is said to be in apparently exhanstles quantities and is ; thought to be of a high grade these i are some of the effects that are already ' seen as the result of the recent heavy investments at denison of new eng liad capital — manufacturers record relics unearthed they are excavating the st reefs of concord for the street mil way tn:ck uid some interesting relies have 1 eon dug up a vein of gold ore has been struck in the main street but is con sidered as nothing to the relics dug up a snbscrber to the news semis us three pieces of wood one is labeled piece of stump dug up in centre ot the street near the morris house the tree having been cut down in 1793 when the streets of concord were laid off the second is labeled bft-ek enridge and lane flag pole afterwards used as a confederate flag pole tie third is labeled hell and everett flag pole ' our subscriber savs i send you herewith some relics which are explained by the labels a taehed they were dug up in excava ting for the street railway the con federate pole is the one under which general barringer when the flag was krst raised contracted to wipe up all the flood of the impending war with his pocket handkerchief under which colonel long strapped his coffin to his buck unsheathed his sword threw away the scabbard and pledged himself not to sheathe his sword or to return home until the southern cmise was triumphant also the time and place at which our friend col jones fleshed his maiden sword and the im mortal durgan made his eloquent ap peal to the southern braves clia lotte neurs rolling liquid metal among the interesting and success ful of recent inventions is a rolling mill for producing sheet metal direct from the molten state instead of roll ing it from a billet or bar a ma chine of this character has been at work for several months at the can factory in may wood near chicago it is used for making sheet solder six or eight inches wide and 15-1000 of an inch thick which it produces at the rate of 400 feet a minute the apparatus consists of hollow rolls with cold wnter running between them the water is introduced through the axles and the rolls are of sufficient size to at once change the jet of melt ed metal into solid form as fast as it is fed the powerful compression i.s ex erted by rolls upon the molten metal in forcing it between the two surfaces and at the same time changing it to i solid body tends to give the sheet an even an highly finished surface the inventors of the machine believe that the principle could be successfully ap plied to the rolling of bessemer steel i as well as to softer metals mr 0 vv potter and other osb ers o t!i » north chicago rolling mill company recent ly examined the machine ami express ed themselves as being favorably im pressed with its work a girl should learn to sew to cook to mend to be gei - tie to value time to dress neatly to keep a secret to be self-reliant ; to avoid idleness to mind the baby to avoid late hours to darn stockings to re spect old age to make good bread to keep a house tidy to control her tem per to be above gossipping to make a home happy to take care of the sick to marry u man for his worth to be a help-mate to her husband to take plentv of active exercise to see a mouse without screaming to read some books besides novels to be light-hearted and fleet-looted to wear shoes that won't cramp the feet : to be a woman v wo man under all circumstances — wilson advance a woman's discovery another wonderful discovery has been made and that too by a lady in this coun try disease fastened ita clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests but her vital organs wire uuderiniuded and death seemed immi nent for three months she coughed ii cessautly and could not sleep she bought of us a bottle of dr kin r n new discov ery for consumption and was bo much relieved on taking the first dose that she slept all nij:ht and with one bottle iihh been miraculously cured her name is jjrs luther lutz thus writes v ('. humrick & co of shelby n get a free trial bottle at t f xlutlz & co druy store ■» ■nearly everybody says that wheat is excellent so the tiling mu-t be true 0 king corn i looking very well and cotton well the recent rains has a good stand guareliteed and with a late fall a thing we ma reasonably expect there will be a fair crop of the fleecy staple made in this county the outlook is indeed quite hopeful .: hun dred per cent if you desire to hear it more encouraging than a month age but human beings are k curioua creet ers always gittin bkeered 1 liffore they arc hurt — stanly onset'rer _ tha verdict unanimous w d suit druggist bippus.ind . t.-n ifie i can recommend licet riv biittra as the be>t renie«ly ever ijo tie l.i ha relief in every case oihj man {• nk six bottles and wr.s cured t ltluuuiiu m tit 10 \ cars standing abraham hair druggist belivillv ohio affirm the best sellinji medicine 1 have iur handled in mj 20 ciirs experience i ekctric l'i tt-rr thousands of others imve adilcd their testimony so that the verdict i unanimous that h'c-itiic liiltent uu - un nil diseases ufthe liver ki«lnvyx orb i oiilj a half dollar a liottic at t f kiu-.u
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The SDR-3 (Sony Dream Robot 3), a technical prototype of a humanoid robot packed full of Sony's most advanced robotic technology, includes two important breakthroughs, said Toshitada Doi, a corporate executive vice president at Sony, and head of the company's Digital Creatures Laboratory.
The first is the development of a small-sized actuator that combines a motor, gearbox and associated circuitry into a small package. Such actuators are used in the joints on the robot's "body" and size is a key factor for entertainment robots, which are much smaller than commercial robots used in industry. The SDR-3 has three types of actuators that differ by the torque, or turning power, each one can provide.
The second development highlighted by Doi was the robot's synchronised body movement. The SDR-3 can move the upper half of its body to counteract the movement generated by the lower half and so maintain balance. Dual RISC (reduced instruction set computer) processors continuously crunch data from sensors mounted throughout the robot to ensure it stays balanced. They are powerful enough to enable a walking speed of 15 metres per minute.
Sony has also built basic voice recognition and image recognition into the unit, the latter via a colour 180,000-pixel resolution CCD (charge coupled device) pickup similar to those used in digital still cameras. At the demonstration, Doi showed how the robot could distinguish between two balls of different colors and kick the selected one into a goal.
The SDR-3 won't be on the market anytime soon however. In fact, Sony has no plans to commercialise it as a single product. Rather, it represents some of the latest technology developed by Sony and is likely to make its way into future commercial products over the coming years, said Sony.
The company's research into robots is being driven by a belief that robots have a place in the home as entertainment products.
Sony took its first steps towards proving this theory in 1999 when it launched the Aibo dog-like entertainment robot in 1999. The company managed to sell 150,000 of the first generation Aibo despite a hefty 250,000 yen (about $4000) price tag and recently launched a second generation Aibo, this time based on a baby lion but retaining many of the same looks as the original product.
At the time Doi said: "The 1990s was the era of the PC and the Internet. The first decade of the 21st century will be dominated by robots."
The SDR-3 robot will be on display at the Robodex exhibition in Japan from this Thursday. The event, which is being billed as the first ever expo for entertainment and companion robots, will showcase some of the latest breakthroughs in the field including an updated version of Honda Motor's humanoid robot. The car-maker's robot technology development program is aimed at improving its technology for factory automation rather than entertainment.
More information about Robodex, which runs from Thursday until Sunday this week in Yokohama, can be found online at http://www.robodex.org/.


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I guess it's obvious by context, but isn't there a whole COUNTRY called Georgia nowadays? Shouldn't this page just be under 'Atlanta'? (I haven't quite come to grips with how the naming terminology really works but I'd GUESS that the capital of the state of Georgia is the biggest Atlanta around and gets the unadorned title.)
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I've applied the 'large city' template to this article. I know Atlanta is a pretty large place, with many restaurants, etc, but in truth it is not a very interesting place for the traveller, with not much in the way of things to see or do. On that basis I decided not to use the huge city template, with all the district heirarchy baggage that brings. One consequence of this is that I have effectively orphaned the one rather vestigial district already present. I've moved the content to the main page, but here is a link in case somebody with a huge amount of info on Atlanta joins Wikitravel and we want to move to the huge city model. Atlanta/Little Five Points -- TheForester 12:32, 6 Aug 2004 (EDT)
Should we really describe things as "ghetto"?
Well, yes, we should. The previous description indicated that the shopping mall is posh at one end and grungy at the other. Assuming this is true, travellers would find this more useful than merely known that it's "upscale". Jpatokal 23:07, 28 Jul 2005 (EDT)
What is considered suburban?
Personally, i think considering the zoo as in the suburbs as absurd. I think anything within the city of atlanta should not be considered the suburbs. Maybe we should use the word "intown" for areas that are not necessarily urban but are still within the city. That is what most Atlantas call areas like grant park and virginia highlands.
The end of Music Midtown?
Peter Conlon cancelled Music Midtown for this year. The appropriate link is here: http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation/13569751.htm
I removed "Music Midtown" from the list of events. There is a chance Midtown might be held in the future, somewhere else in Atlanta, but it won't be held in 2006.
Recommendations & classifications
I'm certain that we can go round & round regarding which restaurants & bars to include, and I know that there isn't really a single "good" recommendation for visitors. That said, I'd like to take issue with: -Zyka classified as in the "East Suburbs." Zyka is in Decatur, and Decatur is not in the "suburbs." I don't mean to bring in the stupid ITP/OTP arguement, but Zyka lands very clearly within what people consider to be "in-town." That said, there are much better Indian restaurants to name (Udipi springs to mind,a nd it's even in the same area). -Hard Rock Cafe should be removed from the downtown list... because it's a chain restraurant that anyone can visit in any city. Should we be showcasing local resturants in order to truly reflect the character of the city? Or are we including this one as a fail-safe place that everyone knows? -Are the restaurant lists worht expanding? I've got a few good ones that come to mind.
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I did a complete overhaul of the page the past two weekends to add/reclassify a lot of the restaurants, bars, shopping and sights. Please add on!
Stay safe
Having lived in Atlanta for almost three years-in the city itself I find it weird that there is no "Stay Safe" section. Atlanta was quite violent with shootings occurring on a regular basis. This is mostly in the southern and western parts of the city such as College Park, East Point and Bankhead. Downtown is filled with aggressive beggars and scam artistes.
Is that long list of districts the best way to divide up the city? I don't know it, but it looks like a lot – cacahuate talk 19:02, 7 May 2008 (EDT)
OK, I've moved the list out of the article for now, so that they don't continue to get created... we should group these into maybe 5 or 7 total districts for Atlanta... User:Joggingman08, you seem to know Atlanta pretty well, can you help us to group these into a handful of districts? We don't necessarily go by the traditional areas of a city, unless the city is large enough to really require an article for each neighborhood. Are there certain ones of these that we can group together to make a bit larger of a "district" that makes sense for a traveler? – cacahuate talk 21:23, 7 May 2008 (EDT)
Yes, especially Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead should have their own districts. I'm classifying the other districts as their location/direction in relation to the city. -Joggingman08
I think the long list of suburbs needs to be seriously cut down too. Obviously some need to stay, like Decatur, but surely not all of those communities have enough attractions and accommodations to stand alone. Texugo 01:35, 8 May 2008 (EDT)
Sleep listings in the Atlanta overview?
Although there is an info box mentioning that all individual listings should be placed in the appropriate district articles, there are still some odd hotel listings in the Splurge sections, and even some advertisements. Is it ok to put the real listings in the appropriate district sections and delete the ad listings? --MarinaK 16:35, 23 March 2009 (EDT)MarinaK.
District Organization...Finally
Some proposed changes to better organize the district:
Still a work in progress, will migrate info from larger district regions to specific districts, and then eliminate links to the district regions themselves. Any input, objections? --Jtesla16 01:05, 19 July 2009 (EDT)
District Definitions
This map is not article quality, but I think it can help organize listings behind the scenes, and be a basis for someone ambitious and willing to make a real map. The outlining blue road is 285, the "perimeter."
Definitions - District are probably most easily defined by street boundaries. North boundary denoted as N:Street Name; East boundary = E:Street Name; etc.
Feel free to debate the boundaries if you like, but lets try to use what we decide on as a reference to end the Atlanta confusion. --Jtesla16 01:54, 19 July 2009 (EDT)
Two-tiered hierarchy
Right now we have districts & subdistricts for Atlanta. I think subdistricts are almost never a good idea, since they bury content, and would prefer to see the hierarchy flattened into one level. The districts are already grouped nicely in the main article by city area—I just want to see the links to middlemen like Atlanta/Downtown, Atlanta/East, etc. go away. I think they unnecessarily spread out our content across too many articles, when all the information that would go in them could just as easily be put in either the main Atlanta article or the individual districts themselves. --Peter Talk 18:59, 19 July 2009 (EDT)


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One of the most amazing and memorable journeys one can have combining the best of adventure, culture and nature; from a raging river to the massive mountains on the other end of the journey. We begin with the Rafting Camp at Mori, on the banks of the Tons River where you can experience the rush of adrenaline as you come face to face with the might of the thundering river threatening to engulf all that comes in its way, followed by extraordinary sense of accomplishment on having conquered the white fury and beaten the odds. Having pumped up sufficient energy, we now continue onwards to reach Sarahan, home to the beautiful 800 years old Bhimakali Temple. The temple is one of the finest examples of hill architecture with its weathered walls enclosing approximately an acre of temples, old residential quarters, courtyards and a small recently created museum. It also holds an ancient sacred text. There are delightful walks and interesting excursions. A few kilometers short of Sarahan is the quaint village of Ranwin from where a tunnel is said to lead to Sarahan.
From here we move to Sangla, nestled in one of the most incredible valleys in the country opened up quite recently to the public - the Kinnaur Valley. Here one can go on some beautiful walks along the Baspa river or trek to Chitkul, which was on the trade route on the Old Hindustan-Tibetan border road and is also the last village before the Tibetan border. We culminate our journey in the beautiful orchard town of Thanedar, which is home to the first apple orchard brought by a social worker from Philadelphia, Mr. Stokes. The "Sparking Apple" Orchard can still be seen here.
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maberi wrote:I just took a peak at the physical fitness test for the RPD. (I'm sure Demo will chime in on this one) but is that the only physical fitness test they give you? Most police officers I know are in great shape but that test seems like a bit of a joke (sorry to take this so off topic)
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crescendo Bioscience, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company dedicated to developing quantitative blood tests and disease information services for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases, announced that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare contractor, has established national coverage for the company's Vectra DA test to aid in the assessment of disease activity in conjunction with standard clinical assessment in adults previously diagnosed with RA. With this decision, Vectra DA is now a covered benefit for Medicare beneficiaries with RA in the United States.
There is a significant unmet need in RA for an accurate and precise disease activity assessment tool. Vectra DA simultaneously measures 12 immune, endothelial, bone, cartilage and metabolic biomarkers that reflect the underlying biology of RA. Serum concentrations of the biomarkers are integrated into a proprietary algorithm that generates a single score from 1 to 100 that classifies disease activity as low, moderate or high.
"Since its launch, doctors have been incorporating Vectra DA into routine rheumatology practice for a more insightful and quantitative assessment of disease activity in patients with RA," said Michael Schweitz, M.D., Chief, Division of Rheumatology at Good Samaritan Medical Center, Palm Beach, FL. "Now, Medicare beneficiaries will have covered access to this important test that helps rheumatologists better manage patients with RA throughout the course of their disease."
Vectra DA can help optimize patient management and therapeutic outcomes by supplementing the highly subjective and qualitative assessment tools routinely used in current clinical practice. This includes response to various therapeutic agents, determining the risk of joint damage, identifying which patients are in clinical remission, as well as assessing the effect of comorbidities such as fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis, which can interfere with accurate clinical assessments.
"We are very pleased that Medicare patients with RA will now have access to Vectra DA," said William A. Hagstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crescendo Bioscience. "RA is a complex disease with numerous clinical dilemmas. We believe that appropriate use of Vectra DA as an enabling technology can help physicians more efficiently and effectively match the clinical status of their patients with RA to the most appropriate management strategies for the disease."
"Rheumatoid arthritis is a lifelong, debilitating disease that can cause severe disability, leaving many patients unable to work over time. Having a state-of-the-art tool like Vectra DA to provide deeper insights into the biology of this autoimmune disease allows patients with RA to better interact with their doctors and improve their overall health outcomes," said Seth D. Ginsberg, President of the Global Healthy Living Foundation and founder of Creaky Joints, an advocacy organization for those affected by RA.
About Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
RA is a debilitating, highly variable, chronic disease affecting approximately 1.5 million Americans and more than two million people in Europe. The primary symptoms of RA are painful swollen joints and fatigue, with the disease often resulting in joint damage and disability. RA is a systemic disease that can significantly affect other parts of the body, resulting in infection, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and causes an increased rate of mortality. It is distinct from osteoarthritis, a degenerative disorder that can be caused by aging, heredity and/or injury from trauma or disease.
Clinicians assess RA based on three factors: disease activity (clinical signs and symptoms), structural damage in joints, such as erosions, and functional status (including pain). Many of the current clinical assessment tools are qualitative, subjective, and they may not adequately identify key trends in the disease in a timely fashion.
Early and accurate detection of RA, accompanied by effective therapy with frequent monitoring of disease activity, is critical for optimizing clinical outcomes. The American College of Rheumatology has developed guidelines supporting the goals of "Treat to Target" and "Tight Control" to help clinicians achieve clinical and structural remission in their patients, and improve their long-term functional status.
About Vectra DA
Vectra DA is the first and only multi-biomarker blood test for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity that integrates the concentrations of 12 serum proteins associated with RA disease activity into a single objective score to help physicians make more informed treatment decisions. Vectra DA testing is performed at Crescendo Bioscience's state-of-the-art CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) and CAP (College of American Pathology) accredited facility in South San Francisco, CA and test results are reported to the physician approximately one week following receipt of the blood sample. In addition to standard delivery options, physicians can receive test results via VectraView™, a private web portal.
With Vectra DA, physicians have an absolute metric that doesn't depend on subjective inputs that can vary significantly and be difficult to interpret. By providing a specific and precise way to measure RA disease activity that complements a clinician's expert assessment, Vectra DA helps facilitate more efficient management of patients. In addition to the advantages this provides in the context of an individual patient, Crescendo Bioscience developed VectraView – an online disease analytics tool that allows rheumatologists to order and manage Vectra DA tests, as well as evaluate the test results of all of their RA patients as a group. Furthermore, the Company has developed a patient support tool, a free iPhone app called MyRA™, that can help patients track their RA on a daily basis.
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Talk on the phone a lot, do you? Probably not as much as this French woman does, or so the phone company alleges. Solenne San Jose received a 12 quadrillion euro phone bill (or 15.5 quadrillion US dollars) and when she saw the amount, she knew, obviously, there had been some sort of mistake. I mean, when there are more zeros on your bill than there are words, you know you've got problems.
San Jose dialed up Bouygues Telecom expecting, you know, an apology and maybe a good laugh or something, but what she got, instead, was something not so much funny ha-ha, but more like funny living-nightmare.
The company told her that her bill could not be changed, and if San Jose liked, they could just take the money directly out of her bank account. Then, after some "frantic phone calls", the phone company agreed, finally ... to let her pay using an installment plan.
L.O. mother trucking L.
Things eventually got worked out and San Jose only ponied up the 117 euros she owed, but believe it or not, this isn't the first time a poor soul has ever received a hilariously erroneous bill.
A woman in Colorado got a water bill for $50,000 due to a broken meter, and a Chicago area family was billed $107,000 for one month's electricity. The electric company thought they used over 1.6 million kilowatts, which, come on, only the Christmas light-loving Griswalds could rack up a bill like that.
I'd like to see my phone, electric or cable company charge me hundreds of thousands, if not quadrillions, of dollars. Go ahead, try and take that out of my bank account. Joke would be on them.
Have you ever gotten a hilariously high bill?
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