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Erotic asphyxiation refers to intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal. It is also called asphyxiophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, scarfing, kotzwarraism, or breath control play. A person engaging in the activity is sometimes called a gasper. The erotic interest in asphyxiation is classified as a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association.
Various methods are used to achieve the level of oxygen depletion needed such as a hanging, suffocation with a plastic bag over the head, self-strangulation such as with a ligature, gas or volatile solvents, chest compression, or some combination of these.[1] Sometimes, complicated devices are used to produce the desired effects.[2] The practice can be dangerous even if practiced with care and has resulted in a significant number of accidental deaths. Uva (1995) writes "Estimates of the mortality rate range of autoerotic asphyxia between 250 to 1000 deaths per year in the United States."[3] Cases have also been reported in Scandinavia[4] and in Germany.[5][6]
Deaths often occur when the loss of consciousness caused by partial asphyxia leads to loss of control over the means of strangulation, resulting in continued asphyxia and death. While many do enjoy incorporating asphyxiophilia into sex with a partner, others enjoy this behavior by themselves, making it potentially more difficult to get out of dangerous situations[7]. Victims are often found to have rigged some sort of "rescue mechanism" that has not worked in the way they anticipated as they lost consciousness. In some cases autoerotic asphyxiation may have triggered carotid sinus reflex death, but this claim is controversial[citation needed].
In some fatality cases, the body of the asphyxiophilic individual is discovered naked or with his penis exposed, with pornographic magazines nearby, with dildos or other sex toys nearby, or with evidence of his having ejaculated.[5] Bodies found at the scene of an accidental death often show evidence of other paraphilic activities,[8] such as fetishistic cross-dressing and masochism.[1]
Breath Control by a Gasmask and a wet piece of leather in a BDSM role play
Breath Control by a Gasmask and a wet piece of leather in a BDSM role play
In the BDSM community, interactions of this nature may be referred to as breathplay or sometimes edgeplay, and generally include a partner. Because like other forms of edgeplay breathplay pushes the limits of "safe, sane and consensual", situations involving breath control can be assessed using the acronym RACK or Risk Aware Consensual Kink. Partners are generally expected within this community to be cognizant of and responsible for the dangers that they may take part in.
The great majority of known erotic asphyxial deaths are male; among all known cases in Ontario and Alberta from 1974 to 1987, only one out of 117 cases was female.[1] Some individual cases of women with erotic asphyxia have been reported.[9][10][11][12] The mean age of accidental death is mid-20s,[1][13], but deaths have been reported in adolescents[14][15][16] and in men in their 70s.[13][5]
Lawyers and insurance companies have brought cases to the attention of clinicians because life insurance claims are payable in the event of an accidental death, but not of suicide.[17][18][19]
Historically, the practice of autoerotic asphyxiation has been documented since the early 1600s. It was first used as a treatment for erectile dysfunction and impotence.[20] The idea for this most likely came from subjects who were executed by hanging. Observers at public hangings noted male victims developed an erection, sometimes remaining after death (death erection), and occasionally ejaculated when being hanged. Note that, however, ejaculation occurs in hanging victims after death because of disseminated muscle relaxation; this is a different mechanism from that sought by AEA practitioners.
Famous cases
- The composer Frantisek Kotzwara died from erotic asphyxiation in 1791, probably the first recorded case.
- Sada Abe killed her lover, Kichizo Ishida, through erotic asphyxiation in 1936, proceeding to cut off his testicles and carry them in her handbag for a number of days. The case caused a sensation in 1930s Japan and has remained one of the most famous Japanese murder cases of all time.
- Stage and screen actor Albert Dekker was found in 1968 with his body graffitized and a noose around his neck in his bathroom.
- The artist Vaughn Bodé died from this cause in 1975.
- Progressive rock musician Kevin Gilbert died from this in 1996, as did drummer Robin Hanssen.
- The death in 1994 of Stephen Milligan, the British Conservative MP for Eastleigh, was a case of autoerotic asphyxiation combined with self-bondage.[21]
- Hideto Matsumoto, guitarist of X Japan, died mysteriously by self-strangulation with a towel. Autoerotic asphyxiation is one of several proposed scenarios.
- Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS is rumored to have died from auto-erotic asphyxiation in 1997, although suicide was the official cause of death.[22]
- A more recent case is the death in 2004 of the extreme right-wing National Front party member Kristian Etchells.[23]
- On March 28, 2007, the New York Times had a front-page story on a teenager who had suffered a heart attack and spent three days in a coma after hanging himself for a "rush".[24] This was apparently an instance of the choking game, which had become a major health hazard to adolescent youth in the United States in the 21st century.
Cultural references
Autoerotic asphyxiation is key to the plots of many books, movies, and TV shows.
- In the beginning of the film Life as a House, actor Hayden Christensen, playing the troubled teen character Sam Monroe, performs erotic asphyxiation hanging in his closet while huffing chemicals out of a plastic bag. The result, though, borders the comical, as the closet doesn't support him and he falls among a heap of clothes.
- An accidental death in the film The Ruling Class (1972), starring Peter O'Toole
- "Scarfing" is practiced by the character Tate (while listening to women's tennis) in the controversial 2002 Larry Clark film Ken Park (with a non-simulated masturbation scene). [25]
- Full Frontal - The character played by David Duchovny dies of what is portrayed to be autoerotic asphyxiation. This may have been a reference to the fact that the character Fox Mulder, played by Duchovny in "The X-Files," was told by Clyde Bruckman, played by Peter Boyle, that he might die that way.
- Killing Me Softly in which Alice, the protagonist, experiments with autoerotic asphyxiation.
- This practice was also depicted as leading to the death of a character in Rising Sun, a movie based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton.
- It appears in the less publicized 2003 movie Young and Seductive, starring Julian Wells, Alana Evans, and Robert Donovan.
- The practice was central to Nagisa Oshima's highly controversial 1976 movie In the Realm of the Senses.
- The main hero of Kirill Serebrennikov's 2006 movie Playing the Victim Valya did some scarfing with his girlfriend.
- Paul Prior, a war photographer in the New Zealand film In My Fathers Den meets a girl in a pub and proceeds to take off his belt and practice erotic asphyxiation which makes the girl pick up her things and leave.
- Mason Verger makes reference to it when speaking about his crimes in Hannibal
- MacIntyre "Mac" Womack, portrayed by Steve Lemme, practiced autoerotic asphyxiation while masturbating in a police cruiser in the film Super Troopers.
- In the opening sequence of the movie Dangerous Desires, the main character played by Richard Grieco, accidentally kills a woman he is having sex with via putting a scarf around her neck during climax. In a later scene,the same character simulates the act upon Angie Everhart's character, although Everhart's character fakes her death.
- In Knocked Up - Jonah (Jonah Hill) & Jason (Jason Segel) ask Ben (Seth Rogan) not to masturbate while choking himself. Jonah adds that if he has to do so, play with a friend for safety.
- In the stoner comedy Puff Puff Pass, the character of Otis (LaVan Davis) is seen performing autoerotic asphyxiation on himself in a closet while looking through a peephole.
- Marquis de Sade's novella Justine.
- William S. Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch has a number of scenes in which a man is hanged, gets an erection, and ejaculates. This qualifies as a minor theme of the book and is revisited in much of Burroughs's subsequent work.
- Thomas Harris' novel Hannibal features a character named Mason Verger, who performs it in front of Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal gives him drugs, and convinces him to slice off his face. (Although Verger recalls Lecter as having fed his face to his dogs, he is later told that he ate it himself.) At this point Lecter breaks Mason's neck, leaving him severely deformed, and permanently confined to a specialized sickbed or wheelchair.
- In chapter 29 of Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Galápagos", there is a flashback scene to the youth of one of the main characters, the con-artist James Wait, to when he was working as a homosexual prostitute in New York city. In the recounted episode, Wait accidentally kills a European prince who has paid for Wait to strangle him with a silk sash so that he may experience erotic asphyxiation. Wait strangles the prince for longer than instructed so that while the prince does have an orgasm, he dies moments later.
- P. D. James, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- Erika Barr, Acquisiti (ISBN)
- Irvine Welsh's book Filth feature a scene where the main character starts choking a girl he is having sex with; when the girl complains "You're choking me," he responds with "Well, choke me back" and "cut off the gas". Later on, this behaviour becomes usual in their relationship.
- Chuck Palahniuk's book Haunted features a story called "Guts," which tells several stories of accidents while masturbating. Palahniuk discusses that one of the reasons for an increase in teen suicides is actually disguised AEA, because many parents try to reclothe the asphyxiated teen and make it look like a less humiliating death.
- It has been suggested that Robert Browning's dramatic monologue Porphyria's Lover is about erotic asphyxiation rather than murder.[26]
- Michael Connelly refers to autoerotic asphyxia due to self-strangulation in his novel A Darkness More Than Night.
- Henrik H. Langeland's novel Wonderboy (2003).
- Robert Rankin referenced autoerotic asphyxia in his novel Snuff Fiction.
- Stephen King's 1408 mentions Henry Storkin who killed himself practicing this act.
- Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline has a part in the book wherein Sir Alec Nichols hires a filmmaker to record this act being done by a hired prostitute and another man.
- In the Six Feet Under season 2 episode "Back to the Garden," the opening death scene is of a man who is masturbating and slips and hangs by accident whilst experimenting with asphyxiation.
- The Family Guy episode "The Perfect Castaway", features a game of "I Never" where Glenn Quagmire drinks to performing erotic asphyxiation with an illegal alien from Home Depot, then doing the same thing with someone from Jo-Ann Fabrics. In the episode "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do", Stewie tries to pull a plastic bag over his head "just like that boy from INXS", a reference to the band member's death by autoerotic asphyxiation. Also, there is a reference in the episode "Lois Kills Stewie", where Peter starts a rumor about Rob Schneider paying migrant workers from Home Depot to choke him in the shower. When Stewie takes over the world and becomes president, it cuts to a scene where several migrant workers are sitting on Rob Schneider's couch. When asked to watch the news, Rob Schneider says "I'm not paying you guys to watch TV, now get in the damn shower!"
- The American version of Queer as Folk, the Showtime television series: In the first-season finale, Brian Kinney (Gale Harold) turns 30, an event looked upon by some in the gay community (jokingly and otherwise) as the year one "dies". Kinney decides to experience scarfing, but his best friend Michael (Hal Sparks) discovers and stops him. Kinney claims he wanted to experience "the best fucking orgasm of my life", but Novotny counters that it would have been "the last fucking orgasm of your life". When it aired, the episode featured a disclaimer about the dangers of the practice and discouraged viewers from attempting it.
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, (2005, Season 6, episode 2, "Room Service") of the CBS television series involves death by autoerotic asphyxiation.
- In the HBO series Entourage, Johnny Drama asks Turtle if he ever "Jerks off with a belt around his neck".
- The League of Gentlemen
- The 2006 George Carlin HBO Special Life is Worth Losing.
- X-Files, episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (first aired Friday, October 13, 1995), the psychic Bruckman (played by Peter Boyle, who won an Outstanding Guest Actor Emmy for the part) implies that Special Agent Fox Mulder will die of AEA.
- "Peep Show", a UK Channel 4 TV show, when Jez says "I'm so bored, dangerously bored, I even considered doing that thing that Michael Hutchence and that MP did".
- The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode Ridicule involves a woman who the investigators thought had died as a result of erotic asphyxiation
- Upright Citizens Brigade TV show.
- In the FX series Dirt, the character Lucy Spiller achieves sexual pleasure by being choked during intercourse.
- On the HBO Show OZ, the character Robson manipulates Wolfgang Cutler to try AEA, but murders him instead.
- In the IFC show Whitest Kids U' Know, a character played by Trevor Moore accidentally kills himself while performing AEA, and then becomes a ghost who is highly embarrassed by the development.
- The song "Self Suicide" by Welsh rap group Goldie Lookin' Chain includes two references to the death of Michael Hutchence, including the line "Wanking with a bag on your head tied to a door/That bloke from INXS he knew the score"
- The 1960s-1970's underground cartoonist Vaughn Bode died from AEA.
- In December of 2005, Dane Cook, who hosted Saturday Night Live, played a character whose wife told his loved ones that he had died of AEA instead of being in a coma.
- Brutal death metal band Devourment has a song called "Autoerotic Ashpyxiation"
- In the novel Pig by Irvine Welsh, the main character indulges in both AEA and "scarfing".
- The death of British MP Stephen Milligan by autoerotic asphyxiation is briefly mentioned in the song Mr. Robinson's Quango on the album The Great Escape by British rock band Blur.
- The electro group SITD has a song called "Asphyxiation".
- "Asphyxiophilia" is a song by the industrial rock group fetish 69
- The Genitorturers song "Asphyxiate" describes someone engaging in a sexual act involving a cord that is presumably erotic asphyxiation.
- The song "Dead Goon" on Mr. Bungle's self-titled album is about an antisocial youth who dies from autoerotic asphyxiation.
- In the song "No Apologies", Eminem raps, "I choke mic's like asphyxiation / When I'm stranglin' my own throat masturbatin'"
- The electronica group Blaqk Audio features a song titled "Between Breaths" including the lyrics "Please, please, please don't take it, take it, take it, take it easy on me. Just make it, make it, make it, make it harder to breathe."
- The game Grand Theft Auto IV, has an in game store called Autoeroticar.
1. ^ a b c d Blanchard, R., & Hucker, S. J. (1991). Age, transvestism, bondage, and concurrent paraphilic activities in 117 fatal cases of autoerotic asphyxia. British Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 371-377.
2. ^ O'Halloran, R. L., & Dietz, P. E. (1993). Autoerotic fatalities with power hydraulics. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 38, 359–364.
3. ^ Uva, J. L. (1995). Review: Autoerotic asphyxiation in the United States. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 40, 574–581.
4. ^ Innala, S. M., & Ernulf, K. F. (1989). Asphyxiophilia in Scandinavia. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 18, 181–189.
5. ^ a b c Janssen, W., Koops, E., Anders, S., Kuhn, S., & Püschel, K. (2005). Forensic aspects of 40 accidental autoerotic death in Northern Germany. Forensic Science International, 147 (Suppl.), S61–S64.
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7. ^ UCSB's SexInfo
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10. ^ Behrendt, N., Buhl, N., & Seidl, S. (2002). The lethal paraphilic syndrome: Accidental autoerotic deaths in four women and a review of the literature. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 116, 148–152.
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13. ^ a b Burgess, A. W., & Hazelwood, R. R. (1983). Autoerotic deaths and social network response. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 53, 166-170.
14. ^ Shankel, L. W., & Carr, A. C. (1956). Transvestism and hanging episodes in a male adolescent. Psychiatric Quarterly, 30, 478–493.
15. ^ Sheehan, W., & Garfinkel, B. D. (1987). Adolescent autoerotic deaths. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27, 367–370.
16. ^ Edmondson, J. S. (1972). A case of sexual asphyxis without fatal termination. British Journal of Psychiatry, 121, 437-438.
17. ^ Cooper, A. J. (1995). "Auto-erotic asphyxial death: Analysis of nineteen fatalities in Alberta": Comment. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 363–364.
18. ^ Cooper, A. J. (1996). Auto-erotic asphyxiation: Three case reports. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 22, 47–53.
19. ^ Garza-Leal, J. A., & Landrom, F. J. (1991). Autoerotic death initially misinterpreted as suicide and a review of the literature. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 36, 1753–1759.
20. ^ "Erotic Asphyxiation". Lust Magazine (1997).
21. ^ BBC ON THIS DAY | 8 | 1994: Police probe MP's suspicious death
23. ^ National Front member died during sex act - News - Oldham Advertiser
24. ^ Teenager Casts Light on a Shadowy Game - New York Times
25. ^ http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4182/2311/1600/James%20Ransone%20in%20Ken%20Park.jpg
26. ^ Catherine Ross "Browning's Porphyria's Lover January 2002, The Explicator
Further reading
- Robert R. Hazelwood, Park Elliot Dietz, Ann Wolbert Burgess. Autoerotic Fatalities. Lexington, Mass.: LexingtonBooks, 1983.
- Sergey Sheleg, Edwin Ehrlich. Autoerotic Asphyxiation: Forensic, Medical, and Social Aspects. Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark, 2006.
John Money, Gordon Waiwright, & David Hingsburger. The Breathless Orgasm: A Lovemap Biography of Asphyxiophilia. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1991.


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Thailand to promote provinces amid Bangkok unrest
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is planning to drive more tourists to the country's provinces amid the continuing unrest in Bangkok.
Addressing a press conference in Malaysia recently, the TAT's recently appointed governor, Thawatchai Arunyik, said he is urging the travel trade push more business to Thailand's regional destinations, to avoid potential disruption in the capital.
Destinations that could benefit include the key tourism destinations of Chiang Mai, Phuket, Koh Samui, Hua Hin and Pattaya, and secondary locations including Kanchanaburi, Chiang Rai, Khon Kaen, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nong Khai and Rayong.
"This is a good time for buyers to discover new destinations, especially those in the provinces bordering the Greater Mekong sub-region countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar," Thawatchai said. "Those tour operators and travel trade buyers who take advantage of the opportunity to explore the emerging destinations will be able to reap the competitive advantage very soon."
To enhance the identity of Thailand's regions, the TAT said that "a new way of planning" might now be necessary to market Thailand's various provinces more effectively.
"The feedback we received indicated that if the price was right, the buyers are willing to find ways of packaging the Thai products, as long as they could be assured of their clients' safety and security," Thawatchai said.
He added that while travel advisories warning against travel to Thailand remain a concern, the country still has a strong base of support from tourists and the travel trade.
"The most important thing for us is that the goodwill towards Thailand remains unaffected," Thawatchai said. "Travel trade buyers see the evolving political situation as… temporary phenomena. There is tremendous sympathy and support for the ordinary Thai people, especially the many rank-and-file people who work in it.
"Once everything returns to normal, Thailand will back in full strength," he concluded.
Thailand welcomed a record 26.7 million visitors in 2013, and is now targeting more than 28m arrivals in 2014. But less than a month into the year, the political protests in Bangkok are threatening to derail the country's tourism industry once again.


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Hermione and Draco are "enjoying" their 7th year at Hogwarts, but a sudden message from Professor McGonagall can change their lives for ever as they travel in time to 1944. Their mission? To stop the rise of Lord Voldemort in school boy form.
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I found this culturally interesting to see how the muslims fit this in their culture.
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"Have lived here in a very socially conservative part of the Muslim world for many years."
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Thu, May 9th, 2013 - 10:35 am - By Gordon Basichis
Over the years, I have written and commented on issues involving workplace violence. One such article was entitled…"If You Want to Decrease the Chance of Workplace Violence, Have an Employee Firing Protocol Established." The article explains, as the title suggests, that this is sound advice.
It is no secret anymore that a large number of employees live in fear of workplace violence and workplace bullying. The violence can come from job hazards as it comes from, say, taxi drivers and retail staff. Or it can come from within the job, either through patients, as the most frequent case for healthcare workers, or from managers and staff members, or agitated relatives and lovers who intrude upon the workplace to raise havoc.
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This article comes from TribLive. It discusses the different cases of assaults and violent episodes that the nurses in Western Pennsylvania Hospitals must encounter as part of their daily routine. No fun, for sure.
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Thomas' experience is similar to that of many ER nurses surveyed during the past four years by the national Emergency Nurses Association, half of whom said they had been physically or verbally abused at work during the past week.
Of that, about 12 percent suffered physical abuse, while about 42 percent suffered verbal abuse, said Lisa Wolf, director of the group's Institute for Emergency Nursing Research."
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In case you are missing out on the subtle, yet powerful, awesomeness that Cluster can bring to your life, Brenden explains when the light goes on for most people: "A lot of people don't immediately understand the value or magic of a shared photo album. We've gotten so used to only seeing a tiny subset of the photos that are taken around things we experience. For most of our users, the magic moment is the first time a friend or relative uploads a batch of photos that the user wouldn't have ever seen. They suddenly realize how many other photos they've been missing and immediately start inviting their friends to send photos as well. It's pretty special to watch."
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Germany leads the 2016 list, followed by France, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Norway.
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The Tsar's Abdication and The Provisional Government
On March 2, after a great deal of pressure from the Duma and the military, Nicholas II abdicates. Leaving his Brother Michael in his place rather then his son, who was to sickly. The next day, Micheal also abdicates leaving no Tsar for Russia and only the Duma to take control. The Duma becomes the countries provisional government until a Constituent Assembly could be elected later.
Although many countries around the world see the provisional government as Russia's legitimate government, in Russia the Pertograd Soviet held the same amount of power if not more. With almost 3,000 members who were mostly Mensheviks, the group was if favor of radical changes to Russia. Though both groups had every different views for Russia's future, they ended with working together with major decisions.
Lenin's Return to Russia
During the February Revolution, Vladimir Lenin had been living in exile in Switzerland. his leave and return was lead by the germans and they did so with the intent of destabilizing Russia. When Lenin arrived in Petrograd on the evening of April3, 1917. His arrival was enthusiastically awaited, and a large crowd greeted him and cheered him as he stepped off the train. To their surprise, however, Lenin expressed hostility toward most of them,. denouncing both the provisional government and the Petrograd Soviet that had helped bring about the change in power he considered any who stood outside his own narrow Bolshevik enclave to be his sworn enemies and obstacles to the "natural flow of history.
Lenin's April Theses
On April 16, 1917, the Bolshevik newspaper published the ideas contained in Lenin's speeches to overthrow the provisional government, which came to be known as the April Theses. From the moment of Lenin's return he began to build up support for the bolshevik party and worked toward seizing power for the party. Lenin made several attempts to start a revolution but no coup grew out of the demonstrations. He realized that in order to take power he needed to be more organized. Lenin decided to build up his military and take over the government by force.
Lenin's First Attempts to overthrow the Government
Throughout the month of June, the First All-Russia Congress of Soviets was held in Petrograd. Out of 784 delegates who had a full vote, the Bolsheviks numbered 105, though they were a minority, their voice was heard. As the Congress discussed the future of Russia,doubt was expressed if any existing party would actually accept the responsibility of leading the country. The Bolsheviks weren't taken serious as a strong future lead while the party was actually quite serious.
Bolshevik- Incited Demonstration Failure.
On June 9, 1917, the Bolsheviks called for all civilians and soldiers to fill the streets of the capital and to condemn the provisional government and demand and immediate end to the war.
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Army Mutiny
February 23, gathering of working-class women in Petrograd form a protest demonstration calling for "bread and peace". The protest started out peaceful but later turns violent when thousands of male workers join, and call an en to the war and the monarchy. Police are unable to control the crowd. The Tsar Nicholas II orders an end to the protests to be ended on February 25.
In order to follow the Tsars orders troops of a local guard regiment fire upon the crowds of protester on February 26, the regiment fall into chaos, as many soldiers feel empathy for the crowd of protesters. The next day, more then 80,000 troop mutinied and joined the crowds to fight against the Tsar as well.
This event showed the power of the people against the Tsar, and how the Tsar only used force stop the people. The Tsars forced only angered the people more and gave the people a reason to start the revolution of Russia.
The Duma and the Petrograd Soviet
During this period, two political groups in Russia quickly recognized the importance of what was developing and began to actively discuss how it should be handled. The Duma was already in active session but under the order of the Tsar to disband, though it remained and met in secret to discuss. it soon came to the conclusion that the unrest in Russia was was unlikely to be brought under control as long as Tsar Nicholas II continued to maintain his position in power.
During the same period, the Petrograd Soviet, an organization of revolutionary-minded workers and soldiers dominated the Menshevik Party, convened on February 27, 1917. They immediately began to call for a full-scale revolution and an end to the monarchy all together.
The Kornilov Affair
In the Kornilov affair, according to one account, Vladimir lvov a former member of the Duma planned to exploit the bad relationship between Kerensky and Kornilov. Lvov wanted to save Russia by installing a military dictatorship and saw Kornilov as the best fit. First Lvov visited Kornilov, telling him that Kerensky was offering him dictatorial powers in Russia. Lvov then went to Kernsky informing him that Kornilov demanded martial law to be established in Petrograd and that he gave Kornilov full authority. Neither knew of the other's intentions so on August 26 1917 Kerensky paniced and publicly accused Kornilov of treason. Kerensky appealed to the Bolsheviks for help but no military coup materialized. Kornilov was infuriated by the accusation as he had been told he was offered to take power. This affair weakened Kerensky's credibility with the military and the rest of the country. Also this made the Bolsheviks seem more powerful.
The Red Resurgence / Victory in Moscow Soviet
August 31, they finally achieved a majority in the Petrograd Soviet, and on September , 1917, they won a similar victory in the Moscow Soviet. Although Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky's authority was faltering he provisional government was coming closer to organizing the Constituent Assembly, which would formally establish a republican government in Russia. Elections for the assembly were scheduled for November 12. Lenin knew that once this process started, it would be harder to seize power while still maintain the appearance of legitimacy. if there were to be another revolution, it had to happen before then.
Bloshevik's approve armed uprising and Final Plans
On October 10, 1917 the Bolshevik party hold a meeting, in which Lenin delivers an impassioned speech where he restates his reasons for an uprising. Members are reluctant at first but in the end all but two approve of an armed uprising against the provisional government. Lenin's followers being to make finals plans and assemble forces. The Second congress of Soviets was scheduled for October 25, and the Bolsheviks were confident in there support. The Bolsheviks decide to hold the revolution the day before the meeting for congress to approve and then ask for approval of their actions just to be sure. At this point the Bolsheviks had an army made of the Military Revolutionary committee, a part of the Petrograd Soviet. Lenin knew the troops were unreliable, but would support them when they saw the Bolsheviks had the upper hand.
October 24 Revolution
Bolshevik made their way to preassigned positions and systematically occupied crucial point in the capital such as the telephone and telegraph offices, banks, railroad stations, post offices, and most major bridges. In the morning of October 25, the Winter Palace was the only government building that had not yet been taken. Although the palace was defended weakly by the junker cadets, most of the Bolshevik soldiers were unwilling to fire on fellow Russians or on the buildings of the Russian capital. Instead, small groups broke through the palace windows and negotiated with the junkers, eventually convincing many o them to give up. The ministers were finally arrested shortly after 2:00am on October 26 and escorted to prison cells in the Peter and Paul Fortress. The congress was declared open, even though the Winter Palace had still not been taken. Lively debate and disagreement took place both about the Bolshevik-led coup and also about who should now lead Russia.
Russia's Final War Offensive
On June 16, 1917, Alexander Kerensky orders the Russian army to take offensive along the Austrian front. The troops are ale to make progress against the Austrians until German reinforcements arrive, and Russians troops fled in panic. This was a complete failure and weakened Kerensky politically. Lenin takes this opportunity to agitate the Russian people and waits for the right moment to stage his uprising.
The July Putsch
On June 30, the Petrograd Machine Gun Regiment was ordered to report for duty on the front and it was met with protest. On Jul 3, 1917, Bolshevik leaders decided to try to use the regiment, their own armed forces, and sailors from a naval base to take over the Petrograd Soviet. On July 4, an armed mob began to assemble outside the Tauride Palace, where the Petrograd Soviet had its headquarters. The mob was ill-organized and fear spread so they departed and the front line troops returned to return order. Arrest warrants were issued for all Bolshevik leaders. Lenin managed to escape to Finland and Kerensky was promoted from minister of war to prime minister. In July, the Prime Minster Kerensky appointed General Lavr Kornilov commander in chief of the Russian arm. However, Kerensky soon began to fear that Kornilov was plotting to set up a military dictatorship and lack of trust grew.
Revolutionary Dictatorship
The Constituent Assembly eventually became problem for the Bolsheviks and it appeared that they might have to make drastic compromises to stay in power. They dealt with the problem by first declaring the Cadet Party illegal and demanding the Constituent Assembly give ups legislative authority. The Assembly in the end only met once on January 5, in which they refused to give up their authority and the Bolsheviks declare the assembly permanently dissolved. They were replaced by the Third Congress of Soviets, and 94 percent were required to be Bolsheviks and SR delegates. The group removed the "provisional" from the offical description of SPR, making them permanent rulers. The terms revolutionary dictatorship and dictatorship of the proletariat began to be frequent in Lenin's speeches.
The Bolsheviks' Consolidation of Power
Even as Lenin's representatives were signing the final treaty taking Russia out of WWI, the Bolsheviks were in the process of moving their seat of power from Petrograd to Moscow. They needed military power to forces the rest of the country to comply with their vision while discouraging potential foreign invaders from interfering. They rebuilt their military force. These troops were the early core of the newly established Red Army. The other major instrument of Bolshevik power was the secret police, known as the Cheka. Official formed on the December 20, 1917, the Cheka was charged with enforcing compliance with Bolshevik rule. At its command, Lenin placed a Polish revolutionary named Felix Dzerzhinsky, who would soon become notorious for the deadly work of organization. Tens of thousands of people would be murdered at under the Cheka.
On August 30, 1918 there was an assassination attempt on Lenin and due to this a brutal crackdown on all forms of opposition commenced. The Bolsheviks refereed to this as the Red Terror. This was the atmosphere under which the Civil War Begins, which lasts into 1920-1921.
The Civil War
It generally began during the the Summer of 1918 and ended in October 1922. As the Bolsheviks ( the Reds) were consolidating power, Lenin's opponents were also organizing from multiple directions. Groups opposing the Bolsheviks ranged from monarchists to democrats to militant Cossacks to moderate socialists and they united together to form the Whites. The Whites had backing from nations such as Great Britain, France, USA, and Japan, while the Reds sported internal, domestic support which proved to be more effective. The Allied nations were defeated. In the meantime, a contingent of about half a million Czech and Slovak soldiers, taken prisoner by the Russian army during WWI, began to rebel against the Bolsheviks, who were forcing them o serve the Red Army. They tried to escape Russia, and temporarily joined the White forces in the central Volga region, presenting the fledgling Red Army with a challenge. In response to these growing threats, the Bolseheviks instituted military conscription in May 1918.
October 27, 1917, several important decisions are made. First motion approved is Lenin's Decree on Peace, in which Russia declares a wish for World War I to end but no cease-fire. Also, the Decree on land, which officially socialized l land in the country for redistribution to peasants communes. Finally, a new provisional government as to be formed. The new government formed was called the Soviet of the People's Commissar, with Lenin as its chairman. After October 25, many Russians were indifferent to the change in government and did not expect it to last long.In the government some improvised policies were made, with no long-term plans or structure. Few realized how much bloodshed the Russian revolution would eventually lead to.
An End to the War
After Lenin's government secured power, one of its first major goal was to get Russia out of WWI. Following his Decree on Peace, Lenin sent out diplomatic notes to all participants in the war calling for everyone to cease hostilities immediately if they didn't want Russia to seek a separate peace. The effort was ignored. Therefore, in November 1917, the new government ordered Russian troops to cease all hostilities on the front. On December 15 1917, Russia signed an armistice with Germany and Austria, pending a formal peace treaty that wasn't completed until March 1918. Russia's exit from war was very costly, but Lenin was desperate to end the war at any cost, as the Germans were threatening to invade the Petrograd. In the peace, Lenin consented to give up most of Russia's territorial gains since the time of Peter the Great. The Soviets wouldn't regain these territories until the end of WWII.
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Death of Lenin/ Rise of Stalin
When Lenin fell ill in the summer of 1923 a power struggle for power between Stalin and Trotsky. Trotsky seemed to be the favorite of Lenin and Stalin was viewed as dangerous and power hungry by Lenin. On January 24 1924, Lenin died. During this time Trotsky was away and Stalin set up Lenin's funeral without Trotsky in order to gain support for himself. Soon Stalin began his grab for power by taking place as secretary. In this position, Stalin built up his supporters in the party and removed opponents. Trotsky wanted world communism while Stalin was insistent in "Communism in one country" which was more appealing to the Russian people who were tried of war. By 1928-1929, Stalin had secured his position, and removed rivals. Even Trotsky had to flee Russia in fear of his life. But Trotsky was later assassinated far from Russia and it is believed to have been ordered by Stalin.
First Five Year Plan
Second Five Year Plans
Due to the successes of the first plan, Stalin implemented the Second Five-Year Plan in 1932, with the official start date at 1933-1937. Heavy industry was the top priority, and put the Soviet Union not far behind Germany as one of the major steel-producing counties of the world. Improvements were also made in communications such as railways. Like that last plan, the second year plans failed to reach the recommend production levels in such areas as coal and oil. The governments control over the country did not subside and agriculture revival was unsuccessful because farmers were being imprisoned or murdered as political persecutions became stricter. The Second Five-Year plan was the start of the deterioration in the standard of living. With the focus on military goods and heavy industry the economy suffered, and much lower quality and quantity of available consumer goods.
The Purges
Wanting to eliminate possible competitors, and silence opponents, Stalin began a series of purges in 1937-1938. Old members of the revolutions were charged with crimes like treason, and after a "show trials" were quickly executed. Stalin went through the army as well, eliminating 20% of its officers, an action that would cost him dearly in WWII. Some of the accused gave "confessions" before execution, but those were force under threats to families or under torture. Between 700, 000 and 1.2 million were killed on Stalin's orders, up to 1, 000 a day.
War Communism/ New Economic Policy
During the civil war the Soviets ploy an economic policy called War Communism, which removed private business and the nationalization of industry. It also forced the requisition of surplus grain and other food products. This lead to rapid decline in agricultural production, labour productivity and industrial output. Up to 10 million peasants died during this time. By March 1921, Public discontent results in strikes and protest and in response to the displeasure the Bolsheviks introduce the less-radical New Economic Policy. The new measures included the return of most agriculture, retail trade, some private ownership, and the reintroduction of money into the economy. This allowed the economy to recover from years of war.
Treaty of Rapallo
Hitler and Stalin signed an agreement on April 1 1922, that would see Russia supply Germany with war materials needed for re-armament. This was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles. In return, Hitler would share industrial technology and technique with Stalin, allowing Russia to catch up to the rest of the industrialized world.
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Stalin signed a secret agreement with Hitler on August 23 1939, which stated that both countries agreed to not attack each other. This was done because Hitler needed to avoid a two-front war, while he began war on Poland and France. While Stalin needed more time to build up his military before a Nazi invasion. Both leaders agreed to divide Poland between each other, but this never happened.
Lenin's Decrees Issued/ New Provisional Government
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The first Five Year Plan introduced in 1928 and ran until 1933, concentrated on the development of iron and steel, machine ls, electric power,and transport. Stalin set the workers high targets. He justified these demands by claiming that if rapid industrialization did not take place, the Soviet Union wouldn't be able to defend itself against an invasion from capitalist countries in the west. Factory workers were tightly controlled and high pressure placed on them. If work ethics were poor, they were accused of trying to sabotage the Five Year Plan and if found guilty could be shot or sent to work as forced labor on Baltic Sea Canal or the Siberian Railway. As part of the plan, Stalin pushed through collectivization. This forced peasants to gibe up ownership of their land and add it to a state-run pool. The state decided what needed to be done, and took all surplus for international sale, or to feed those in the cities. There was no free market. By 1930, half of the peasants were on cultaized farms. Stalin stated that German and the west were threats, and they Russia had to make up for the difference between them in only a few years. The human cost of all of this progress was very high. Stalin ruthlessly eliminated the entire Kulak class of peasant. Most of them were shot, sent to slave camps, or to the Gulags.
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The main function of Ultram is altering the way how a given body feels and deals with, pain. It can be taken in two ways -- either with a tablet every four to six hours or a tablet which lasts for long periods of time. For people who stay in a hospital, Ultram can also be provided in IV form.
In certain instances, people have turned to Ultram for depression. Essentially, via its pain solving inherent nature, Ultram for depression has the ability to remove the more painful parts that are associated with depression. That is not so much a treatment, however, as it is a mask. That coupled with side effects such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, constipation, anxiety, and headache should cement it as an inadvisable treatment option for depression.
Addiction is something that is also typically associated with Ultram for depression. In 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement from the creators of Ultram that noted serious warning about potential addiction.
Regardless of your take on Ultram for depression, as with any other drug, it is important to consult with a knowledgeable physician before committing to any particular course of action. Once on Ultram for depression, it is suggestible that a person constantly keeps track of how they feel and the effects of the treatment, so as to not be susceptible to the many pitfalls commonly associated with it.
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CORVALLIS - The Oregon Department of Education will honor Oregon State University for a unique undergraduate course where students worked directly with farmers, migrant workers, educators, and others to learn more about multicultural issues surrounding agricultural labor in Oregon.
Dwaine Plaza, an assistant professor of sociology;, Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies; and Geoffrey Habron, a graduate student who worked as course facilitator and is now an assistant professor at Michigan State University, will be honored as Oregon Innovators in Education at a conference to be held Feb. 18-19 at OSU's CH2M HILL Alumni Center.
Of the 25 educators being recognized, Plaza, Habron and Gonzales-Berry are the only individuals involved in higher education. More than 100 educators were nominated. Winners will receive awards of up to $2,000 and will have a chance to share their findings with colleagues.
The class, "Cross-cultural Perspectives in Agricultural Labor: Learning Through Listening," focused on the learning process through social action research. Last March, 20 students spent five days in the town of Independence questioning farmers, church officials, housing officials, educators, health providers, migrant workers and labor union representatives to gain an understanding of the complexities of the issues and concerns of the stakeholders.
"We immersed the students in the issues surrounding farm labor," Plaza said. "For five days, they spent 10 to 14 hours a day interviewing, discussing and better understanding the positions of different stakeholders involved in farm labor issues."
For Chris Bowman of Bend, a senior in liberal arts, the class was one of the most intense of her college career.
"I learned a lot about group dynamics," she said. "I learned to listen to everyone and learned that everybody's opinion is valuable."
Gonzales-Berry said the goal of the class is to draw students from diverse backgrounds together to learn about cultural perspectives through listening, analysis, and collaboration. The learning takes place in an environment that blurs the traditional teacher-student and community-researcher relationships.
"The students take ownership of the class," Plaza said. "It's like a giant jigsaw puzzle. They have to work together to fit the pieces. They learn more than if they were simply to read a journal article or take notes at a traditional lecture."
Through intense listening, Gonzales-Berry said students gain an understanding of the complexities of the issues and concerns of the stakeholders. They then re-evaluate their understanding of the topic based on the feedback from the stakeholders. She said the procedure is complex, but it contributes to the understanding of issues presented from different social and cultural perspectives.
"This is a different way of learning," Bowman said. "By the end of the week, it felt like the class was a family. It was one of the hardest classes I've taken, but it was also one of the most rewarding."
Plaza said the OSU Interaction Program supplies a grant to help pay major costs associated with the class.
"Without the Interaction Program, we wouldn't have this class," Plaza said.
This year, Plaza said the class will focus on cross-cultural perspectives in education.
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Name: Balund
Type: Planet
Physical Description: Balund is a planet entirely covered with the trash of a long-forgotten spacefaring civilization. It was not their homeworld, and was instead more like their dumping ground. As such it is barely habitable except by the hardiest creatures, but its atmosphere is breatheable, though it is toxic after prolonged exposure. The garbage that covers the entire planet's surface can be useful if you can find what you want, and so a few nearby spacefarers make a living finding interesting things and selling them. Be warned, however, that much of the waste found here is radioactive and so some sort of protection is required.
Climate: Generally colder than Earth, but still habitable; however, its surface is constantly ravaged by harmful acid rain. And acid floods. And acid oceans.
Who Lives There?: The planet has no native life-forms. But such an abundance of resources means that a large variety of creatures make their home here, usually descended from things that were jettisoned with the trash. These creatures are all incredibly resilient due to their hostile home, and as such are very hard to kill. Extreme caution is recommended. Traders from various spacefaring civilizations can also sometimes be found here, scrounging for salvageable garbage.
Location: Near the ancient center of the Milky Way, but not quite in the center. It revolves around a red giant star.4/12/2010 #1
|Typing Typhoon
Zwank came to, he shook his disproportional noggin as if the simple motion would clear his foggy mind. It did no such thing. The odd bird creature shakily got to his feet. The first thing he noticed was the terrible lingering stench, the second, were the piles of junk. None of which looked very shiny.
This did nothing to deter Zwank, the exteriors of the mounds of filth would protect the inner items from the elements, so if he dug far enough he knew he would find something of interest. Something to keep him occupied until another shiny vessel returned to pick him up...4/14/2010 #2
(You shouldn't post before I approve him. It's fine, just don't do it again.)
A piece of garbage that Zwank disturbed moved aside, revealing a small shiny object underneath it. This object was roughly ovaloid in shape, with a smooth, gray surface. It was only maybe an inch long.
It suddenly turned over, revealing was appeared to be two large, bulbous, black eyes. They stared at Zwank. After a moment, a pair of wings sprouted from the thing's back, and it rose into the air. It was only able to hover for a split second, however, before falling back into the garbage again. One of its wings was chipped.4/14/2010 #3
|Typing Typhoon
(I apologize, I thought you had already approved him when you told me what to edit. FAIL on my part.) :)
SHINY! Zwank lowered his head until it was at eye level with the machine. "Hmm, judging by the exterior coloring and texture, it is probably compised of some sort of alien alloy." Zwank mused, eyeing Nomin interestedly. "I likes it!" Zwank squawked erratically, without a second thought he shouldered off his precariously perched pack and scooped up the robot with a talon.4/14/2010 #4
(It's not a robot, it just happens to be made of metal.)
The thing immediately split open, shooting out several thin, clear threads from inside itself. Their ends latched onto Zwank's neck and head, then began to burrow into his skin.
(Note that due to alterations I made to Nomin's bio, he is able to control his host's body. But after he makes sure that he isn't in mortal danger anymore he'll pretty much let Zwank do what he wants.)4/14/2010 #5
|Typing Typhoon
(GODMODDING! Godmodding! Sure, no prob.) :)
Zwank squealed as the shiny thing attached itself to his head. Zwank noted that he had just lost control of his body.
Bad shiny thing! He sqawked inwardly, unable to move.4/14/2010 #6
(...It didn't fully penetrate yet. He can still do something like, I dunno, rip it out.)4/14/2010 #7
|Typing Typhoon
(I did not know that... Apperantly, neither does Zwank. Feel free to proceed.)4/14/2010 #8
A voice spoke in Zwank's head. "Y-yes, finally... Food... I was starving..."4/14/2010 #9
|Typing Typhoon
"Shiny? What are doing on my head?" Zwank squawked, his fear replaced with intrest.4/14/2010 #10
(I'm going to assume that he reeled himself in and is now, in fact, on Zwank's head, even though I never said that. XD)
"What is 'shiny'? Who are you...?" The voice in Zwank's head sounded slightly frightened.4/14/2010 #11
|Typing Typhoon
[The thing immediately split open, shooting out several thin, clear threads from inside itself. Their ends latched onto Zwank's neck and head, then began to burrow into his skin.] (Hmmm, I assumed it was instantanious.)
"Why you are 'Shiny' and I am Zwank. What are you doing on my head?" Zwank asked, rolling his eyes into the back of his skull in an attempt to see the creature.4/14/2010 . Edited 4/14/2010 #12
("Began". :D)
"No, I am Nomin. You are... you are my food. But I won't hurt you, so don't worry..."4/14/2010 #13
|Typing Typhoon
"Nomin? You are indeed shiny! Now, how do you eat me without hurting me? That is most peculiar, Shiny." Zwank asked squeakily, his eyes darting back to the front of his skull.4/14/2010 #14
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Something else shiny would likely catch Zwank's eye. This shiny thing was airborne, and rapidly growing in size. Either that, or it was coming right at him.4/14/2010 #15
"I'm happy right here like this. You are Zwank, right?" Nomin asked cautiously.4/14/2010 #16
|Typing Typhoon
"I am Zwank indeed! For I have made that clear. Now will you anwer my previous question? It is impolite to ignore inquiry." Zwank stated, rolling his eyes back into his skull, as if his could see Nomin through his head. This was apparently a mistake, as a second shiny object homed in on him.4/14/2010 #17
|Thunder Lord Aeatos
The shiny object was quite large now, following which it flew over his head, creating quite a wind as it did so.4/14/2010 #18
"I... don't really know the answer..." Nomin jerked Zwank's head up, seeing something fly over them. "We should move, don't want to be nearby when that hits!" He then paused. "...I don't really know how this works, so... could you do it for me?" he asked sheepishly. Zwank would feel control of his body returning.4/14/2010 #19
|Thunder Lord Aeatos
He needn't have worried; the thing came to a complete halt in midair a short distance away, then touched down lightly.4/14/2010 #20
|Typing Typhoon
"Shiny!" Zwank shouted, making a bee line toward the odd once flying creature.4/14/2010 . Edited 4/14/2010 #21
|Thunder Lord Aeatos
When he got closer, he could see that it was some kind of spacecraft; something unintelligible was printed on the side.
A spot on it hissed open, releasing a cloud of foul-smelling black smoke.4/14/2010 #22
|Typing Typhoon
Zwank stopped mere yard away from the ship. He sneezed involuntarily as the fumes passed overhead. "Hmm, another spaceship. For a planetary wasteland it sure contracts a lot of visitors. Shiny!" Zwank squawked. He wondered what sort of interesting creature was inside. Maybe it has shiny things it would share with him.4/14/2010 #23
|Thunder Lord Aeatos
He didn't have to wait long.
Something sea-green and a foot long exited the craft, trailing small wisps of black smoke. It stopped, examined the pair for a moment, then stood up on its hind legs and said something in an unintelligible language.4/14/2010 #24
|Typing Typhoon
Zwank looked from the ship to the dragon, it didn't seem to speak English. He wouldn't aquire anything shiny that way. Maybe he could find its native language.
"Lo siento, no comprende Espaniol? No verstehen Deutsch? No comprenez Francais?" Zwank said, rattling off different languages. He hoped it didn't answer to the middle one, he didn't how to say 'shiny' in German...4/14/2010 #25
"No, get away!" Nomin cried. All of his instincts told him that the creature which had just come out of the ship was dangerous in some way. However, for whatever reason, he couldn't overpower Zwank's desire for shiny things.
With a crashing noise, something large came suddenly sliding down the side of a nearby hill of trash. It was a reptile-like creature, much bigger than any of the others there, with a tail and four limbs and covered in dirt-encrusted scales.
It slid to a stop at the bottom of the hill, panting. It lifted its head and gave a cursory glance at the three, then looked back and gave a growl. Apparently it was more worried about something behind it than the three it had just stumbled on.
(I shall overcome the language barrier shortly. :P Maybe.)4/15/2010 #26
|Thunder Lord Aeatos
The smaller creature looked at Zwank curiously. "Oui, je parle français.... How about English?"4/15/2010 #27
|Typing Typhoon
(Bon, laisse completer da' jeu entrez Francias) :D
(Cel- Faillent/Versagen/Fallar) XD
Zwank cocked his head to the side. How convient!
"English is preferable. Do you have shiny?" Zwank asked, taking several steps closer. He took no notice at Nomin's shock. He was too interested in the potential of obtaining something shiny. Despite Nomin's pleas Zwank was still completely oblivious of the monster behind him.
(So, the reptillian monsters... where do they come from? I'll address em' next post. I'm having to much fun putting all of my useless language courses to use.)4/15/2010 . Edited 4/15/2010 #28
(The one that just showed up is Aal. In a second another monster will appear, one less friendly.)
A hissing noise came from a short distance away, just over the hill the reptilian creature had come over. Following the hiss came a succession of rapid c*** noises, which sounded like they were coming closer.
The large creature swept its gaze across the group, then started to lumber through their midst. It did not seem to particularly mind that they were there.
Nomin watched the creature through Zwank's eyes. "...We should get out of here..."
(I think I'll give Aal telepathy or something, and just pass it off as genetic modifications or whatever. XD Really, you could find almost everything here.)4/15/2010 . Edited 4/15/2010 #29
|Thunder Lord Aeatos
"Ssh!" The small creature said. "Something's coming...." It whispered.4/15/2010 #30
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The company is currently in consultation and says that it has yet to make anyone redundant.
In a statement the ISP said: "Whilst there may be less than 20 redundant positions, an equivalent number of new positions have been created across the business.
"These positions will contribute to the effective delivery of our business strategy," it said.
Once this organisation is completed Tiscali will employ around 230 in the UK.
Last year Tiscali UK axed between 250 and 300 people as part of a restructuring programme. ®
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