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Thanks! Glad you're liking the plot so far! Things are about to get stranger here, though...and with these next few segments, I intend to let you guys stew over each of them for awhile before I post the next. The temperature sensitivity is actually very easy for me to do, as something of a cold-blooded creature myself. I've had hypothermia just from surgery where I wasn't even knocked out, and I remember how that felt--even with the sedative in my system, that fear that if the surgery didn't end in time I'd just freeze. When you rely that much on the outer environment, that's a very small, lonely, vulnerable feeling when you're in a place that's taking all your warmth away.
2375—The Dominion War—Five days after the attack on Rondac III Cardassian Rasgălor of Lessek "Who's on KP tonight?" Ensign Wilkes called, using the archaic American army acronym for 'kitchen patrol.' "Ngaer's heading up the team with Prashek," answered Crewman Yost from the other side of the mess hall. "I forget who all else is with them." "Wonderful," Wilkes sardonically replied. "More lovely unbreaded, unflavored, fishlike sticks for us, I guess, considering that's the only thing Ngaer seems to be able to manage without setting it on fire, and all Prashek's good for is carting the fire extinguisher behind her." The Aurelian came from a planet where all food was consumed raw; Ngaer's lack of culinary proficiency was quite understandable in this light. As for the youthful Cardassian, Prashek, no one was sure what his excuse was other than general gawkiness. "Better to be on KP than TP," Lieutenant Commander Spirodopoulos cut in, hoping to lighten the mood. "Remember who just about headed the list when they posted the newest rotation? Guess they want to show that rank hath no privileges." The 'rotation' was a list of names and dates: while the Cardassians had left the delegation of most of the camp's tasks to the beings interned there, the soldiers who had been there the longest recalled that in the first weeks there was a series of bitter disputes as to who w0uld take the most onerous duties. Glinn Va'Kust, the head of the camp, much to everyone's surprise, had responded not with the expected torture and executions for noncompliance, but with a list that rotated each person through kitchen and latrine duties. Grudgingly, those first prisoners had accepted the rationale behind the rotation if only as a means to maintain their unity. Folani glared hard at her commanding officer. "We're sitting here in a Cardassian prisoner-of-war camp and you're actually making jokes about it? We ought to be breaking out of here, not sitting around moaning about ridiculous things like food quality and insignificant drudge work! With all due respect, sir, why are we just frittering ourselves away like we're on some Prophets-damned vacation?" The Bajoran shot to her feet near the end of her sentence and slammed an interrobang into the table with her fist. The Cardassian guards hovering at the edges of the mess hall tensed and spun to face them. "Sit…your ass…down!" Spirodopoulos snapped in a most un-Starfleet fashion. Then again, Folani's challenge itself nearly defied a number of regulations, and ever since he had been informed he was the ranking officer in the entire camp, the burden of enforcing some semblance of discipline fell on him. So when the Bajoran didn't move quickly enough, he grabbed a wad of cloth on the back of her shirt and yanked hard, slamming her tailbone onto the metal bench with a jarring thud. The Cardassians relaxed slightly as Spirodopoulos took the lead; their hands, at least, moved further from their weapons. "Commander—" "Not one word until I finish what I have to say!" he hissed with as much venom as he could manage. He sympathized with Folani; he truly did, but he had to control the situation with her lest the Cardassians control it for him. And there was something else. "When this whole mess first started, I was ready to do anything to get out of here. And understand, I still want out as badly as you do. It's true the logistics of a large-scale prison break are daunting—but it's been done before and I agree that ordinarily the first duty of a Starfleet officer is to attempt escape. But I think there may be an even higher duty in this case. I am convinced something is going on in this place that we haven't seen before. And that something I want to get to the bottom of. "I don't know if you read Cardassian, but I've kind of picked up their alphabet since we got here. If you read the inscriptions on their armor…with a few exceptions I think might be from that shipyard Macet mentioned, these people come from four ships—the Trager, Romac, Ghiletz, and Sherouk, all Gălor-class ships of the same Order. It's weird for Cardassians to staff any ground facility on such a long-term basis with crew on detachment from their warships—fleet personnel don't take kindly to this kind of boondocks posting. According to Ensign Wilkes and some of the others who came here first, this has been going on for a full six months. We're pretty sure the guls of those ships are doing this on the sly. I know—I was wondering if the Obsidian Order or whatever it's reconstituted itself as these days was behind it. But there's something else. Tell me: is this what you remember, the way they're behaving here?" Folani glared. "I don't care if our prison has a five-star rating; all that matters to me is that we are being held against our will behind enemy lines by Cardassians." "I understand your anger. Not all of it, though I've got a fairly good idea. But tell me…is this what you remember?" The Bajoran officer focused her eyes straight ahead of her as she replied, "No. The way these Cardassians behave is nothing like I've ever seen." Spirodopoulos pounced. "Exactly! We've had the chance to observe for a month ourselves, and we've heard what the others here have to say. And it's pretty obvious this crew isn't operating out of the standard Cardassian training manual: not a single interrogation beyond name, rank, and originating starship—no killings, no maimings, no torture…nothing. I truly believe we are at the closest thing to a Cardassian rebel base that there is. And that's why I have delayed attempting escape: I think we owe it to Starfleet to gather whatever intelligence we can about who these people are, what they want, and what makes them tick. And if the situation is appropriate, try and talk them into sending us home with a message from the rebels to Starfleet Intelligence. That kind of break might help turn the war, and I'm not going to pass it up." "A month is a long time—why haven't you acted yet?" "I've been watching," Spirodopoulos countered. "But more importantly, as the ranking officer here, I want them comfortable with me—at ease enough with my presence that they might let something slip, something we can use. Maybe we can even get into the restricted buildings, see why it is they won't let us near them." Almost invariably, the restricted buildings reflected a more permanent construction, complete with clawlike mini-spires, than the spartan prefabricated structures comprising the barracks, mess hall, and command offices. All three were of a size that dwarfed the rest of the camp, suggesting just as Macet had said that a much larger structure had once been intended to go into place around them. "I'd be willing to bet they're storing something in there that the Dominion wouldn't like…which of course, probably isn't something they'd want a bunch of enemy prisoners getting their hands on. But if we're going to give a full report to Starfleet Command, we've got to know what they're hiding." Silent, Folani ran the chain of her earring over the tops of her fingers. In every tale Spirodopoulos had ever heard of Cardassian imprisonment, even the clothes on a prisoner's back were stripped, not a single shred of dignity or personal possession left. And they said human prisoners got it easy in comparison to the absolutely bestial degradation the Bajorans had endured. Yet they had let Folani keep the earring with its symbols of family and the faith they'd tried their damnedest to extinguish. And still tucked down the boot of Mike Spirodopoulos was that tattered photo of Stasya and the girls.
Now, what do the Cardies have hidden? My enemy's enemy isn't necessarily my friend--he's merely my enemy's enemy.
Somehow, I thing this group of Cardassians might be more forgiving of an escape attempt than of spying.
You'll see--tomorrow things are going to go more than a little bit crazy and, I have a feeling, cause a bit of a stir in the peanut gallery. Mwaaahahaha...
Here it comes...I promise, the hints were there all along. (Oh...and you also get to meet Tayben again, even though he's not called by name. Remember--he's a pre-relaunch DS9 novel character. Let's see if anybody figures him out this time...) ============ Hands shook him awake. The Starfleet soldier started violently, nearly wrapping his hands around the throat of the adversary who dared roust him this long before sunrise. That Spirodopoulos restrained himself turned out to be a lifesaver: the men to waken him were Cardassians, Ador and Prashek. In the intense glow of stars unshrouded by city lights he could make out the young Prashek gesturing with a finger to his mouth to be quiet. They want to sneak me out of the barracks in the middle of the night, fine, Spirodopoulos thought. But if I don't come back, all bets are off. It was him the Starfleet contingent was holding on for, of course, and that burden weighed upon him…but something told him that if he vanished, the rest would abandon his intelligence-gathering mission. And they would be perfectly right to do so. Prashek nudged Spirodopoulos out the door past the other bunks where thirty other men slept—or if they weren't asleep, wisely pretended to be. Once outside, the Cardassian guards led him towards a squat, prefabricated structure not unlike a Quonset hut that he recognized even in his half-asleep state as the base commander's office. What the hell could I have done to piss off Va'Kust so badly that he would feel the need to drag me in here at oh-dark-hundred hours to rake me over the coals? The glinn in charge of the prison camp had shown a near-Vulcan temperament to the prisoners and as Spirodopoulos knew from long experience not just on the battlefield but as a security officer, those were often the exact sort of people who when they snapped, raged like a Category-5 hurricane and left just as wide a swath of pulverized wreckage in their wake. Then he thought back to the scene with Folani in the mess hall and his subsequent comments. His stomach sank into and very nearly onto his shoes. There had been more than enough in that conversation to mark him as potential trouble, and if Glinn Va'Kust needed some rope to hang him by, Spirodopoulos had more than amply provided it. The door to the commander's office stood open, the vast silhouette of Va'Kust carving a gaping hole in the light. "Lieutenant Commander Spirodopoulos," the glinn rumbled with all the grace of a tank over the alien rank and name. "Kiba'avzayn." Prolonged exposure to the Cardassians had resulted in the rather disconcerting effect of hearing beyond the Universal Translator to the original Cardăsda, when the words were familiar to him. Va'Kust's greeting he recognized as a reasonably cordial one; nor did he discern any particular animosity in the man's tone. Spirodopoulos had learned this word from informal language lessons a few of the guards were running to kill the boredom from which guards and prisoners alike suffered: to judge from some of the comments he'd managed to overhear, the Cardassians were almost as cut off from computer access and communications as the prisoners were. "Good tidings," Spirodopoulos replied with a reasonably faithful translation of Va'Kust's greeting, figuring now was not the time to risk angering the man by mangling his language. The base commander acknowledged the effort with a brief bow of the head. "Come in," he commanded sotto voce. "Prashek, Ador…you may wait in the adjoining room." Once the guards absented themselves, he slapped his wristcommunicator. "Va'Kust to Gul Rebek. He's here." "Acknowledged—on our way," came a crisp feminine voice: soprano, but substantive, the powerful voice of a cathedral singer. Five Cardassians entered from the opposite direction to the one in which Ador and Prashek had retreated. The inscriptions on the armor of four of the five identified them as guls, one for each of the four ships from whom the camp personnel came. The fifth, a glinn with what almost looked like a receding hairline, accompanied a gul who looked at least twenty years younger than his subordinate. This gul stood with his hands folded behind his back, lake-clear eyes drinking in his surroundings, an odd sort of wariness as he evaluated Spirodopoulos: as if the man wanted very badly to trust but something held him back. Weird, Spirodopoulos thought. I should be the one concerned about what he's going to do, not the other way around… A lone female stood out from the gathering, her black hair in long braids that circled her head in opposite directions like a coronet until they met at the back of her head, joined by a pin bearing the sigil of her Order. From there the twin braids flowed down her back to a point just below her shoulders. This had to be Rebek. Kind of tiny for that big voice, he remarked to himself, though at least the pitch of it seemed right. Glinn Va'Kust took up a position at her side, comically dwarfing his diminutive gul—she looked to be only 1.6 meters in height, compared to Va'Kust's nearly 2 meters. Next to Rebek was a grey-haired man with rugged ridges, a beige cast to his skin, and indistinct macroscales much like Macet's: this, Spirodopoulos had learned, marked him as a member of an ethnic minority from the continent of Hăzăk on Cardassia Prime. He crossed his arms and glared at the wall just to the right of Spirodopoulos' head. Yeah, I love you too, the Starfleet officer snidely commented in the privacy of his own mind. The tall, lean gul who stood at the front of the group he knew immediately: Macet of the Trager. "Commander," Macet began in genteel tones, "good to see you are well. I trust the rest of you have fared the same?" Spirodopoulos nodded. It was true enough: the entire group was in good health, at least. "I wish I could say the same of my own men," the gul of the Trager continued. "You made the correct estimation of me earlier when I brought you here: I and the others with me have entered into active rebellion against the Dominion. It has cost us dearly…but we know that if this war continues, the losses to all our peoples will be far more staggering and frankly—the fate visited upon Cardassia is not one I would wish upon anyone now that I know it firsthand." "Your concern is touching," Spirodopoulos coldly remarked as the accumulated frustration of a month's confinement spilled forth, "but the fact remains that from where I stand, I'm the one in captivity and you're the one roaming free. Tell me why you dragged me here into what looks like some sort of high-level meeting…and I'm the one who doesn't exactly match the rest." Part of him remarked at how similar his words sounded to Ensign Folani's—but before his people, he as their commanding officer was not at liberty to speak so freely. He cursed himself. Restraint and higher duty had been easy to extol away from the architects of this entire situation but not so easy to demonstrate in this room. The gul to Macet's left, whose armor declared him the commander of the Ghiletz deepened his already impressive scowl, to Spirodopoulos' amazement, and formed a fist. Macet's hand flew immediately to clasp the other's shoulder in a gesture that managed to look both commanding and deferential at the same time. "Please, Gul Speros. How have we felt on the bridges of our own ships all this time? Give this man some latitude, if you would. "Commander," Macet said, stepping forward, "I don't know how much you've been told of the progress of the war since you came here, but things have taken a grave turn for the worse for everyone threatened by the Dominion. The Breen answer to the Dominion now and they wield an energy dissipater that has knocked the Federation and Romulan fleets out of the fight. Only the Klingons remain, and their forces are outnumbered twenty to one. And I regret to inform you that the Breen breached the defenses of Terhăn Terăm and attacked San Francisco. Starfleet's facilities took the brunt of the assault, but the civilian areas took serious damage as well." Earth! The news slammed into Spirodopoulos' gut like a steel-tipped boot—until it occurred to him that would be exactly what one might say as a prelude to interrogation. "If you think I'm going to tell you anything, you've got another think coming!" Macet blinked as his translator rendered the twisted grammar a little too accurately. "We're not here for information," said the young gul on the far right, stepping forward in Macet's silence. "And I understand the position you're in…and your skepticism…more than you'd think. But consider—if what Gul Macet just told you is correct, that means your people are almost defenseless. With that in mind, please listen to the rest of what we have to say. "The four of us—" he gestured with a sweep of the eyes, never unclasping his hands from behind his back, "are about to seize the shipyard on this planet and from there, the orbital drydocks. There are a number of new vessels here, including an enhanced Gălor in orbit, which we intend to commandeer before the Dominion can take control of it. They have a chokehold on our troop movements; there is no way to draw reinforcements from Cardassia with or without their permission. It's been tried…and that gul and his entire senior staff were caught and executed. This means our crews are stretched quite thin. For us to man the Gălor, not to mention the assortment of smaller vessels, would be impossible." "And this has to do with me how?" Macet took over. "We offer you the opportunity to take the fight to the Dominion behind their lines when the rest of your people cannot," he said. "Between our crews, the base personnel, and your people…we would have enough to raise something of a rapid strike force." And with that—everything snapped into place: the maneuver on AR-558, the secrecy aboard the Trager, the low-tech prison camp, even the Federation-like treatment of prisoners...everything. There was nothing he could do, not even with two glinns and four guls all armed and all staring straight at him, to keep his internal reactor from meltdown. "Holy shit!" he bellowed, not caring how the Cardassians' translators took the abuse. "Holy shit! This is what you've had in mind all along! This is a garrison you've been building here, isn't it?" His finger stabbed towards Macet's chest. "Do you have any idea how many interstellar laws you'd violate by forcing us to be your cannon fodder? You're out of your god—" "Stop!" Macet snapped, hooded eyes flaring with indignation. "You haven't let me finish—there is no coercion! We Cardassians know enough by now about serving as live targets against our wills, and that is not what we are doing here. This is not about coercion. It's about choice. My hope—" "And exactly what would be my incentive to fight for a foreign power? You can't buy me—I don't need money where I come from. You can't convince me your cause is worthier than that of the Federation because I know where my loyalties lie. I know what 'choices' people have to make when they fall into Cardassian hands, and I choose death over betrayal!" "So do I!" the bearded Cardassian retorted with equal ferocity. "I am already dead in the eyes of those who claim the leadership of Cardassia, because I refuse to stand by and watch the Dominion betray my people and I have already once struck back against them. Your choice does not involve death or torture or anything else you have ascribed to me after interrupting me for the second time in a row!" Macet paused, probing Spirodopoulos' demeanor. Finding him satisfactorily silenced, Macet spoke again, his voice lowered an entire octave. "No one has to join our rebellion who does not wish to. Those who do not will be freed into the foothills with food, water, and a map detailing where they will be safest from Dominion detection. We also will provide a comm beacon to monitor news of the war; eventually you could use it to signal a Federation vessel should one enter the system, and return home to your families. Whichever way you choose, I would like to see as many of you make it home as possible. "But if you do join us…I promise you the chance to do what the rest of your people currently lack the technological wherewithal to accomplish: to help us truly make a difference for ourselves and the rest of the quadrant. We would not simply send you to die—you would not leave without proper supplies any more than we would send you into the foothills that way. And on that subject, I understand from Glinn Va'Kust that you had some questions about the restricted buildings." Damn it! Spirodopoulos swore to himself. If this little meeting hadn't taken a turn for the insane, I would already be dead! Come to think of it, his spat with Folani probably had dropped the ambient noise level in the mess hall to a point where the rest of the conversation was an open book to all. Damn! Va'Kust laughed softly under his breath. "Cardassian hearing may be weaker than yours, Commander—but contrary to popular belief we're far from deaf. Had the guls not arrived tonight, this meeting would have been a warning to be more discreet." Oh, yeah, go and rub it in, he thought bitterly, nearly missing the fact that Va'Kust had never envisioned his death. "We're not on opposite sides. I was wary when Gul Rebek informed me I was her choice to come here, but the more I've dealt with your people, the more I have come to believe this might be viable after all. I've come to see that your loyalty to your Federation means just as much to you as any Cardassian's loyalty to his own world, even if you show it differently. And though I'm not privy to everything my superiors are…it looks to me like a situation where those loyalties converge." Is there even one of these men who couldn't walk onto the Academy forensics team and hold his own against the entire lot of them from sheer stubbornness? Spirodopoulos noted with annoyance. The damned thing of it was, the combined effect of Macet, Va'Kust, and the gul whose name he had never managed to catch, was growing rather persuasive. "It wouldn't be easy to convince this entire crew of that," he mused. "Even getting them to believe the situation for the Federation is as bad as you say it is would be tough. That's something I'm finding difficult to swallow—I have no real evidence except your word." "Is that so?" interjected Macet. "I think, in the persons of those Federation soldiers who have been here the longest, you have a plethora of evidence. In Ensign Folani and Crewman Webene I think you have even more." Macet struggled with their names, pronouncing them 'Volaniy' and 'Vebiyn.' This struck Spirodopoulos, for it suggested the man was either a poor student of languages or that Bajoran in particular was new to him. "Do not judge us as 'Kardiy-çăs,'" he insisted, bending the Federation Standard epithet into the Cardăsda plural for foreign loanwords. Macet practically spat the rest. "Judge us by our actions. Nor should I be judged by my cousin. I will not have my fate tied to his any longer!" Dukat's cousin! Spirodopoulos marveled. The blood tie explained much …and, he was forced to admit, it had to be driving some of the cognitive dissonance, for Macet's proposals and demeanor clashed violently with that unnerving resemblance. "I can't make a decision on something this drastic right away," Spirodopoulos finally replied. "And even if I had, I can't just drag everyone into it without any say in it." "Understandable," Macet acknowledged. Va'Kust spoke up again. "You'll have the mess hall entirely to yourselves tomorrow; I'll see to it. Just one thing," he added, lifting one stern pylon of a finger. "Don't discuss the restricted buildings…just tell them we have a way to provide what you'd require. I am trusting you to be responsible with this knowledge, Spirodopoulos. You have us well outnumbered and we've just put into your hands the means to destroy us all. Show me with your actions that I've judged you correctly." Oh, God…just what am I getting myself into? The Starfleet soldier straightened his shoulders, closing his eyes for a moment and drawing in a deep breath as he prayed that he did not swear himself into treason. He nodded then, addressing all six Cardassians. "You have my word."
Hells yeah, this is turning into one rollercoaster of a ride! Nerys-you have a twisted and devious mind which lends itself to excellent storytelling.
WHEW!!! VERY glad you're liking it--in posting this, I felt like I was hanging it all out on the line just as much as every single person in the room in that scene! (Well, minus the possible consequences to life, limb, and liberty... )
Well, the cards have been laid on the table for all to see. Spirodopoulos finds himself in an almost untenable position - to escape the planet and get back into the fight against the Dominion, he must collaborate with these Cardassians. Can he persuade the Starfleet contingent? It will be a very tough sell, particularly with Folani, but somehow I think Spirodopoulos is up to the challenge. Very fine segment!
Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place--for all concerned. You've set up the stage nicely here.
Thanks! I figured it would have to be a TOUGH position to be in. Compounding it for Spirodopoulos is the fact that he's never held a command of his own. I mean, he has managing experience, but there's a big difference between that and outright having command. Now it's him and these four guls. Heck, the two glinns probably outrank him too. (I think Spirodopoulos is probably a dalin-equivalent.) And now he has THIS to grapple with. This is a big gamble for the Cardassians, too. I mean, they've gotten burned by supposed allies before, just recently. And there are still mutual bad attitudes between the Cardassians and the Federation; the resentments never really died, on either side. There's a reason Macet is familiar with the word "Cardie." (BTW, I caught a small inconsistency last night--Macet should've been having difficulty pronouncing "San Francisco." I guess we can just assume Spirodopoulos was too stunned by the news to notice, and that it was more conspicuous later when Macet did it twice in a row.)
Wow. The fact that the Cardassians are willing to bring Federation prisoners in on this rebellion speaks volumes as to their dire circumstances. Here's hoping Spirodopoulos can convince the rest of the Federation contingent to join. Now would be a very bad time for the Starfleeters to start breaking ranks. Really terrific stuff here. Socially and psychologically complex work, nicely done!
They tried moving their own people around--but it didn't end well at all. Macet and company learned from this and figured the Dominion wouldn't necessarily track what they did with aliens quite so carefully. Macet in particular knows a bit about how the Federation mindset works, and that's why he was willing to gamble. Thanks! I am very glad to know this came off as credible--I was worried people would see signs of this coming early on (there are at least three areas where I hinted at it) and might be put off by it.
You may have hinted but I must be dense-I never saw a sign of it coming. You're doing good-all you really need is some confidence in your own skills. Personally, I think you show talent in your writing-and the care you take in assembling each sequence is obvious. In other words, you are doing great.
It may be that those areas only make full sense in retrospect. But the big one I thought MIGHT tip people off was when Tayben and Macet are having their conversation and it turns to the subject of Lessek--and the discussion of the prisoners and the rebellion gets tied up into one. There's a direct reference to raising a strike force there, and I wondered if somebody was going to catch it there and say something. The other areas where I thought people might get a whiff of it was when Macet makes that statement of responsibility at the beginning, to Spirodopoulos, and after the Rondac attack where Macet gets concerned about having to make his case to certain "commanding officers" on Lessek. And thanks for your kind words. I was just kinda worried that this particular plot twist was going to come off as too crazy to be believable and I'm glad to know that's not the case.
2375—The Dominion War—Six days after the attack on Rondac III Cardassian Rasgălor of Lessek "It's insane!" "They're so full of crap that it's leaking out their ears!" "Commander! What about Earth? How many casualties? What did they say?" "Are you stupid, Wilkes? You actually swallowed that?" "Excuse you, Crewman! How long have I been here, and how long have you?" "It's a hell of a chance to stick it to the Dominion!" "They'll just pick us off on the way out the door!" "Logic dictates they have had the opportunity to do that every day, but the fact that they have not dispensed with us to reallocate their resources elsewhere speaks volumes." "If they're really going to arm us, why don't we just take the weapons and—" The free-for-all had been going on for a full five minutes, and Spirodopoulos had had every intention of letting it go for another few before intervening. They had to work it out of their systems—but that last comment was too much. Did Lieutenant Haeruuh really want to give the Cardassians a reason to do what Chief Librescu suggested they would? They might not be present in the room, but any suggestion outside the confines of the mess hall that Haeruuh's statement might represent even a sizable minority consensus was the last thing Spirodopoulos needed right now. Maybe standing back and letting them hash it out wasn't the smartest idea after all. Yeah, I'm not anybody's captain here, but I guess I really should've moderated this thing a lot more…here's to hoping I can salvage this before I miss the window of opportunity completely! The ranking Federation officer clambered onto a bench, cupped his hands around his mouth, and bellowed, "STOP IT!" To his astonishment, all one hundred and twenty-six beings fell silent. One month ago, he had been a soldier and former shipboard security head with little more to think about than holding the line on some accursed rock in the Chin'toka system. He hadn't even been the commanding officer of the entire garrison; that was Commander Settles' problem. And now, simply because he happened to be the highest-ranking officer these dissidents had managed to snatch up, he was the man who might hold the key to a chance to really stir things up behind Dominion lines. Or lead us all to our graves. Or the largest mass court-martial Starfleet has ever seen. He hadn't forgotten any of that—not in the slightest. And he was exhausted—or should have been. But something within him was on fire. The more he had tossed and turned that sleepless night-into-morning, the more he listened now…the more he realized his mind was irrevocably made up. "I understand how much I'm asking of you," he acknowledged, "and that's why I'm not just ordering you to do it. After a great deal of thought, I have come to believe that if the Federation truly is in the situation these Cardassians have said it is, and they really are willing to put us on an even footing with them, weapons and all…then we may be just about the only Federation citizens in a position to fight. Everything about this place says to me they're desperate and they're in earnest. Either this is the most elaborate holodeck deception I could possibly envision—and I'll allow a small possibility that it is—or the opportunity to turn the entire war. Either we drive ourselves crazy with paranoia…or we act. "Even though we find ourselves in a place and among people we didn't choose, I believe taking the chance to make a difference is in keeping with our oath as Starfleet officers even though make no mistake…it may not be taken as such by all who learn of this, if we make it home. You may not have a career when you get back. Hell, this thing might begin and end in a penal colony. I encourage you all to weigh this very carefully. But for myself…I will go." Ensign Ivy Wilkes, one the first officers brought to Lessek when the Trager beamed a clutch of survivors out from the disintegrating wreckage of the Gora bim Gral, stood and strode over to the bench upon which Spirodopoulos stood. "I'm going with you," she vowed. Lieutenant T'Ruveh followed next. "If the Cardassian resistance fighters move against the Lessek shipyard without our aid, especially if they must rely on a ship-to-ship assault without being able to mount a ground offensive, the odds are 89.31 percent that their efforts will fail, which will bring Dominion assault troops to this planet in overwhelming force. No matter what munitions and supplies the Cardassians are able to provide us to take refuge in the wilderness, our capture and execution following a Dominion buildup on Lessek are nearly inevitable. As resistance fighters alongside the Cardassians, we each stand a 35.29 percent chance of survival. While less than a 50 percent probability, this chance is significantly more favorable." "Frinx the math—I want to kick some icy Breen butt!" Petty Officer Saar yelled. This triggered a round of table-pounding from his fellows from the troop carrier Westmoreland, who rose to their feet as one chanting, "Go! Go! Go! Go!" The next to stand was one of the two Bajorans—the red-headed Crewman Webene, rescued by the Ghiletz after the Starfleet supply ship Biko was forced to crash land on Pullock V. A ripple of hushed murmuring silenced the Westmoreland cheering squad as the burly young noncom, almost Va'Kust's equal in size, began to speak. "I grew up during the Occupation and I have seen things even this war has yet to match. I used to pray the Prophets would dish it all right back out on the Cardassians, blow for blow. Now that it's really happening…I don't know. It just doesn't feel like I thought it would. The Cardassians gave me more than enough reason to hate and I can tell some of them are just barely restraining themselves. But they all seem to agree that if they step out of line, Va'Kust will make them regret it. And if that's the tone they're setting from the top…then maybe there's hope." The nineteen-year-old Webene wore a bemused expression as in the wake of his encouragement, over two thirds of the Federation soldiers took to their feet. Spirodopoulos scanned the room and noted a deep furrow on Ensign Folani's brow. Though Webene Grathis was by far Folani's junior in age, his cogent words seemed to have struck a nerve. Something occurred to Spirodopoulos then, resurfacing from those adrenaline-engraved memories of the final battle on AR-558. That Cardassian she stabbed…he couldn't have been any older than Webene. He would have still been in grade school at the end of the Occupation. And in that light, it was no wonder the man Spirodopoulos had grappled with had been so outraged at his young comrade's death—especially at the way Folani had taunted him as he'd died, for everything she had accused him of had been impossible. Not that I've been much better, he thought as a Kobheerian engineer from the civilian freighter Aidos-Regaul stood and with him, the other three survivors from his wrecked vessel's crew. The resolve of these civilians, who on their cargo runs had seen firsthand the everyday indignities suffered by Cardassian civilians in the Dominion alliance, did the work of compelling almost every other Starfleet crewperson in the room to stand. Only a few, Ensign Folani among them, still remained seated. Spirodopoulos said nothing—he simply remained standing, as did the other seven AR-558 survivors from the Petraeus. Folani Jederia bowed her head, eyes closed, her face a contorted, unreadable maelstrom of emotions. She stood, her eyes staring off into a distant abyss. "I'm not doing this for the Cardassians, sir," she stated tightly. "I'm doing this for Starfleet." Then Folani, who had been one of his security officers on the Petraeus, looked Makis Spirodopoulos squarely in the eye. "And I'm doing this because time and again, trusting you has paid off. I don't like it…but I'm going to trust you with this one, too." And with that concession—however desultory, all final resistance broke. That's a go for launch, Spirodopoulos thought as his stomach wadded itself into a ball.
Consensus, but only barely in some instances. I wonder just how much adversity this disparate group can take without fracturing? Again, wonderful stuff!
Yeah, that was a great sequence. So, now what happens? Does Macet go, "OK, here's your new starship," or what?


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Until then...I have another fave site, Garnish. {large gasp!} I just ordered some stuff from them for a little get-together and I love everything here.
These are my fave little straws!!! They've got different colors, too!
And I got a bunch of this stuff....to make stuff cute...for the cute stuff I never make but want to...
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LOL at Ghaddafi for calling Eastern Europe retarded.
LOL at Ghaddafi for calling Eastern Europe retarded.
Map update.
Blue: Nothing
Purple: Other problems
Green: Minor Unrest
Orange: Middle Unrest
Red: Major Unrest
Maroon: Chaotic Unrest
Yellow: GOALLLLL
Pink: A big poop!
1. Ace (√), 2. WB (√), 3. BB (X), 4. Perona (√) 5. Boa (√) 6. Jimbei (???), 7. Sabo lives (√), 8. Timeskip (√)
What about the light gray area?
Disputed territory since it's claimed by a local group as well as the Moroccan government. Most of the people live in the area directly controlled by Morocco while the areas controlled by the local nationalist group ranges from middling population to "more camels than people". Most of North Africa considers Morocco's claim to be the legitimate one while other countries waver back and forth between them and the seperatists. The Polisario? Is that right?
Also Red: Wisconsin.
Complicating things since 2009.
i still cant believe fighter jets were used against protesters. i mean like what the hell... :s
also getting more worried about kuma...
Even if he's alive and well, he's going to be a different man. He's seen war basically. Bloody miserable civilian war front and center.
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I can't believe this.
Holy crap. I never imagine they would go as far as to bomb thier own people.
They can't...
In 2003, Gheddafi signed a treaty with USA. Gheddafi will help Bush with his war against terrorism (Iraq, at that time); in exchange, USA will stop talking against his regime and asking for polytical changements.
But after all, our country is doing an even worse job... italian premier keeps licking Gheddafis' ass...
"Interestingly enough, the gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they think they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is important to shoot missionaries on sight."
-France 24: Bahrain Grand Prix canceled due to to Political unrest
-Aljazeera: There have been multiple reports out of Libya that security forces there are using "high caliber" or "anti-aircraft" weapons against civilian protesters.Hidden:
-Al Jazeera: Libya's resigned ambassador to the Arab League says that the Chief of the Libyan Army is under house arrest. #Libya
-BBC World: The Libyan Ambassador to the US says that he resigned from Gaddafi's government but not from his post. "I represent the people"
Also, about Libya.
Didn't someone from there (possibly even Gaddafi himself) try to bomb Chicago once?
I heard it on Gangland when they did a piece on the Black P. Stones, when this kind of Black Power gang leader was offered money from Libya to bomb his own neighborhood.
EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_P._Stones
'CTRL+F' and type 'Libya.' (Brief here, but Gangland went into a little more detail)
...I guess George Bush really does hate black people if none of that phased him.
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Sure don't get me wrong my 2 posts dn't seem like I do but I know this much.
Gaddafi's tweets about Tunisia made my month. "Chief of the Libyan army is under house arrest".Wow who's still on his side?
-UN speaks of 'crimes against humanity' in Libya and demands an international investigation(lemonde.fr).
The headlines now use the words blood bath,butchery and what not.About time.
About Bart Kuma,might not hear from him until this ends really.Dsnt look like they will put back the internet anytime soon.
Shit I had forgotten about Gbagbo!!! mofo must be so happy with all the attentionIvorian troops kill protesters
going to the Arab world.
-(off topic)Btw a few days ago a ex military man self immolated in front of the presidential palace in Dakar. Not difficult to see where he got the inspiration from. It didnt do nothing though some say he died others say no.Garbage running this country is also rumoured to have called gaddaffi to voice his support libya pours $$ here)
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-Al Arabjya: Bahrain's king pardons 25 people accused of plotting to overthrow the regime
-AFP: Libyan embassy in Australia cuts ties with Gaddafi.
-DPA: Egypt says Libya's Benghazi airport runway totally destroyed.
-Ivorian troops kill protesters
Hmhm...Here is a Picture of the Air-Bombardment's Victims, Its Graphic :
Last edited by taboo; February 22nd, 2011 at 07:34 AM.
I'm sure this is not as a common sight in real life as you make it out to be.
Now excuse me......
Of course This shouldn't Happen, But we must all know whats happening in the World And never say "its their Problems" or "I don't need to see/know other people Problems" cause it could happens to Us Anytime.
Gadaffi should die, if he really wanted to solve this, he would have at least Split the Country on 2 sides since he has followers too.
Im actually happy there are still some people like you on this World who cares about Others...
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-Al Arabiya: Oil production has been disrupted due to the events | Libyan Opposition figure: 560 deaths, 1,400 missing & thousands injured.
-Al Jazeera: Political Activist Al Montaser Zeydan: Libyan Army General Abdul Rahman Al Sayd has been arrested & all contacts cut. #Libya
-Al Jazeera: Security Battalions open fire at protesters in Fashloum district of #Libya
-Al Jazeera Arabic now speaking to Air Force Pilot Abdallah Mohammed at Benghazi Airport describing his refusal to bombard protesters. #LibyaHidden:
-Al Arabiya now speaking with former Gaddafi chief of protocol Nouri al-MismariHidden:
-Al Jazeera: Mustafa Ben Halim, Prime Minister of #Libya (1954-1957, now in Dubai): This is a revolution for dignity & freedom.
-Al Jazeera: Reuters: Reports that anti-Gaddafi protesters are now in control of the Libyan-Egyptian borders #Libya
-Al Arabiya: Libyan opposition figure, Zakariya Salem Saad: These are the latest developments in Tripoli: There is silence today.. #Libya
-Zakariya Salem Saad: The mercenaries have been given Anti Bullet Vests to protect them from the police who have joined the protesters #Libya
-Zakariya Salem Saad: The mercenaries are now standing at the entrances of Tripoli to stop people from coming into the capital #Libya
-Zakariya Salem Saad: The airplanes used in the barbaric bombing of protesters were MIG 23 which have rockets & heavy machine guns #Libya
-Zakariya Salem Saad: The mercenary aircraft pilots are Ukrainians, Serbians & Pakistanis, we aren't sure about Syrians being involved #Libya
-Al Jazeera : 12 Libyan diplomats resign from their posts including the Libyan ambassador to France & to the UNESCO. #Libya
-Al Jazeera Arabic now showing dozens of passports of various African states that supposedly belong to the mercenaries in #Libya.
-The passports being shown belong to citizens of Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, Niger and "various other African countries" #Libya
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Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have opened an interoperability center at the Microsoft campus in Redmond.
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Old Linux Kernel Bug Discovered
The bug was introduced back in 2009 and has been lurking around all this time.
OpenSSH 7.5 Released
The new release deprecates the sshd_config UsePrivilegeSeparation option.
Ubuntu Touch Not Dead
Lives on as a community project
Dell Launches Five New Linux Systems
Five new systems join Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition that come with Ubuntu pre-installed.
Microsoft Takes Skype for Linux Out of Alpha
The Skype Linux client now has almost the same capabilities that it enjoys on other platforms.
CeBIT 2017 OpenStack Day
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Munich Plans to Ditch Linux and Go Back to Windows
A major setback for the Linux desktop.
Linux Kernel 4.10 Comes with New Security Features
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I tried deleting two threads in my group but was only given a "soft delete option". How do I permanently remove them, as I will not be restoring them? There is no option I can see. Are such features disabled on this board?
I tried deleting two threads in my group but was only given a "soft delete option". How do I permanently remove them, as I will not be restoring them? There is no option I can see. Are such features disabled on this board?
just have a mod close the thread.
My soundtracks thread: aces4839's rare game soundtrack thread
Currently accepting the following requests: GB/GBC/GBA, Sega Genesis/Megadrive & any OST that only has one loop and fades out.
That wasn't an option made available when the forums were updated. You also can't upload photos, just as another example. Not all the functions work.
However, the soft delete gets the job done. In my group, we regularly use a soft-delete on finished conversations. They drop to the bottom of the list of threads, and the current threads stay on top. They're not completely gone, but they are out of sight, which is just as good.
VGM Rumble - Currently DAVID WISE soundtracks and SONIC songs
VGM Annual Final Fantasy Rumble
VGM Recommendations
VGM Trivia
VGM Canon
Mine appear to me to be in amongst the other active threads.
It doesn't look like you've deleted any threads yet. You need to check the box to the right of the thread, click on the Moderation Tools drop-down menu at the bottom of the page, click on the first option ("Delete Discussions"), then click Proceed, then give a reason for the deletion.
After you delete a thread, it'll get a darker background and will have a "discussion deleted" note under the thread title. You can see examples at the bottom of this page.
I have, I deleted two threads but I still see them. I want them gone completely:
Did that work? I can't see them when I'm logged out. I can still see them when I'm logged in, though.
I can still see them but I dont want to, its ugly. Can you 'hard delete' them?
Apparently not. You'll need someone higher.
Maybe Jessie, but probably an admin.
Just checked and regular users can't see them anyway. No reason to worry.
Highly doubt admins would take the time to delete threads that only you and staff can see.
Oh, so does that mean most people can't see all of the threads soft-deleted on here either?
Checked yours too when I was making sure I was right before posting. So, yeah, I couldn't see them on my normal account.
Thanks! Well, I feel silly trying to use that as an example. Now I know.
Only mods/admins and the creator of a group can see deleted threads for that group.
This was one of the things that aggravated me about this forum when I first joined (still kinda does but not as much) is how you can't delete your own posts or threads you create. I've never created a group though mainly because I kinda find them pointless and since they're not really in your face I tend to forget about them pretty easily.


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Robotics;Notes – 15
Posted by avvesione in Anime, Robotics;Notes on February 5, 2013
It seems as though the spirited and cheerful Airi, the shining, sunny personality we knew and loved, is no longer with us in Robotics;Notes. And though it seems like a cruel and heartless event to occur in the series, essentially the death of a character with her artificial intelligence being lost to digital nothingness, it does serve an ultimate purpose in the series from this point going forward. That is to say, her character has fulfilled her duties and her intended purpose and now, is no longer necessary.
Needless – Chapter 106
Needless is innovative and creative, especially in its storytelling. Throughout the manga, there have been countless examples of where character development or story progression have been told or shown in a way that directly generates interest, creates suspense and surprise or is just unanticipated fun and amusement (for example: Kuchinashi). And of all the methods utilized, the most innovative might be how Needless has unveiled its past. Rather than relying solely on flashbacks or lengthy exposition, Needless has decided to show us its past through a variety of diverse means and styles. And rather than reveal everything about the past together, it's been fragmented into various segments, allowing the manga to answer the immediate concerns while raising other questions to create further intrigue and mystery. And with another new style presented in this chapter, it's time we recognize a few of the brilliant storytelling techniques employed in Needless.
Spring 2012 – Week 12 Anime Review
Posted by avvesione in 2012 Spring, Anime on June 27, 2012
Sakamichi no Apollon – 8
Posted by avvesione in Anime, Sakamichi no Apollon on June 3, 2012
Of the five characters tangled in these unstable and perplexing romances, Yurika is the only one to achieve any success. Among the chaos, discomfort, and pain, Yurika has remained true to her original ambition while others have faltered or collapsed under pressure. Unwavering from her plan and courageously facing all hardships and adversity, Yurika has persevered and found the only romantic happiness in Sakamichi no Apollon. The reason for such an accomplishment is the mere fact that she has yet to redirect her feelings from one potential lover to another. This dedicated direction, or perhaps more fittingly acceleration, is responsible for the first successful romance in this anime.
Kimi ni Todoke Season 2 – 12 (Finale)
Posted by avvesione in Anime, Kimi ni Todoke on March 31, 2011
The second season of Kimi ni Todoke closes its curtains with some rather happy moments and beautiful memories, at least for those rooting for Sawako and Kazehaya. For the rest, there's nothing but the remains of shatter dreams and the tears that accompany them. Like Pin said in the beginnings of the episode, if good fortune exists in the world, then there must be an equal amount of misfortune. Well, I'm sure we're all glad the good fortune exists for those who deserve it, like Sawako.


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Beautiful laurajane - I have only seen a greater spotted woodpecker here in England in real life, and I was very lucky to see one. Nicky.
Lucky you Laura - he looks cute!!
Thank you very much, pumpkin, Jack, tex, Patti and morris! They have an interesting call, don't they?
Beautiful, laura!
I love it! Thank you, Laura!
Jacques has been in the eggnog again!
beautiful butterfly LJ.
This is a great picture of what we call "handsome fella", Laura. They are beautiful birds, we have one who comes to our feeders quite often.
Yes, true. I think I was just listing the ones here at my feeders and on my lawn. But you're right, we have all of them, too!
Don't forget the Piliated, yellow-bellied sapsucker and red-headed Laura.
Thank you, pkin! Lorna, as far as woodpeckers in Illinois, we have the Downey, Hairy, Red-bellied and the Northern Flicker. We have Nuthatches, which act similar to woodpeckers, but are not.
Beautiful shot, LJ. I'd love to see one in my yard. Thanks.
We have the green, the great spotted and the lesser spotted woodpeckers Laura. I was so excited to see a lesser spotted on the birdtable several times early in the morning last winter. I'm hoping that now I have a new camera, I'll see it again and perhaps get a picture of it. But I haven't used the new camera to get a photo of anything yet unfortunately, thanks to the appalling weather or because I have my 2 dogs with me!
Cute fellow thanks....
Which 3 kind, Lorna?
No we don't have these woodpeckers Laura, but we do have 3 other kinds.
You are right, chickie. A sort of pinksh-orange color. Here is what the National Geographic site says about them: All red-bellied woodpeckers show a black-and-white barred back, white uppertail coverts, grayish white underparts, black chevrons on the lower flanks and undertail coverts, and barred central tail feathers. In flight a small white patch shows at the base of the primaries. Adult male: entire crown, from bill to nape, is red; there is a suffusion of pink or red on the center of the belly. Adult female: red on the head is limited to nasal tufts (just above the bill) and nape; wash of color on the belly is paler, less extensive. In rare individual females, the nape and nasal tufts can be yellow-orange instead of red. Juvenile: resembles adults but duller, with red nasal tuft and nape patches lacking; bill is brownish (black in adults).
They do have some red on their bellys laura.
Thanks Lyndee and Lorna! Lyndee, I thought the same thing. I guess they had to come up with another name.Lorna, do you have these woodpeckers over there?
He's a handsome fellow. Lovely photo Laura.
I guess they already had one called "redheaded woodpecker". Great shot Laura.
Why he's called red-bellied when his head is red, I'll never know!


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Alabama Shakes Lakeside Lounge Friday, December 10
Better than: Alabama (the band and the state).
The banks of the Mississippi swell and contract in a brutally accelerated pace, not unlike the current cycle of Internet-fueled indie stardom. Channeling the bona fide heart of that fertile waterway's musical heritage, Alabama Shakes have ridden the rapid storm swell; several notable performances at CMJ this past fall placed the group at the center of the discussion on rising talent, landing them an in-studio performance at NPR, an unexpected nod from Paste as the best new band of 2011, and now a recording contract with ATO Records. Hardly two months after settling in the minds of listeners and finding an audience outside of sleepy Athens, Alabama, they returned to New York last week, performing two sold-out shows at Mercury Lounge and even larger venue Brooklyn Bowl.
As great as those shows most probably were, it must have been infinitely more of a treat to see Alabama Shakes tear down the East Village's Lakeside Lounge Saturday evening. Announced by the band hours before, the impromptu free gig at the long-standing Alphabet City dive bar was an iconic slice of discovery and comforting ambience. Which, coincidentally, could also neatly sum up the band's musical approach.
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Largely based around simplicity and earnestness, the vintage hue of Alabama Shakes' music is immediately apparent. The economic yet blatantly memorable licks of CCR and the declamatory sizzle of Wilson Pickett are present. Other alt-country and soul revival bands have had success with similar elements, but those bands lack the powerhouse, show-stopping roar of Shakes frontwoman Brittney Howard. At the center of the band, the lead singer and guitarist's howl is as delicate as it is penetrating. She's often compared to other soul mamas like Janis Joplin and Tina Turner, but Howard bleeds more Otis Redding than anything else. Her rollercoaster-like delivery makes her vocal melodies themselves lyricalthey tell stories and convey eternal truths, beyond even the plaintive narratives embedded in her words.
Lakeside was an ideal setting for discovering Howard and the band's charm. Filled far beyond capacity, audience members stood on benches and chairs to get a view of the quintet in the bar's dimly lit back area; some who couldn't fit in even watched along through the venue's fogged-up glass windows from the street. Evoking the complexion of the delta in a dingy venue tucked away steps from the junkies and gutter punks of Tompkins Square Park, Howard led the band through its entire 12-song catalogue. Launching almost timidly into the microphone-bleeding groove of "Hold On," the single from their eponymous debut EP, the performance started with a mellow, early-matinee bend. It smartly allowed for growth, though, as the volume and pace of the music only increased as the band continued. By the time the band arrived at the clamor and uptempo swagger of "Hurricane Strut," filled with smoothly stabbing solos from lead guitarist Heath Fogg, the crowd had moved from static smiles to shut-eyed hip shaking.
Despite the comforting nature of the music, Alabama Shakes weren't concerned with just reliving a specific past glory. Interspersed within the double stop chords and clanking piano lines were bassy synth rumbles, mucked up noise, and spaced out tremolo outbreaks that seemed more akin to No-wave revivalists than Muscle Shoals proponents. The crisp time keeping of Steve Johnson coupled with the lead-like bass riffs of Zac Cockrell framed the guitar interplay between Howard and Fogg. That exchange was almost art punk in naturea Verlaine and Lloyd-like dialogue, superficially ramshackle yet full of prowess, stewed up with collard greens and sweet yams.
Howard's stage persona was as much of a throwback as some of the band's music. Speaking in a hushed, wide-eyed yet authoritative tone, she came off as that universally wis, even as she acknowledged her supposed ignorance toward life in the big city and the folk who populate it. Nevertheless, she declared: "Y'all seem alright."
It was an endearing routine, even if it felt a bit like just that. After the recent media blitz, you might expect some of the elitism and worldliness of a band selling out shows in London long before the start of a European tour to emerge. Whether it has or not, the obvious honesty and graciousness of the Shakes' soulful spirit was the most lasting impression. In a strange and intimidating megacity full of strangers, Howard sang with conviction, in heart-tugging ballad of the same name, that "You Ain't Alone."
Critical bias: According to whoever does ads for the jewelry store Zales, the bluesy, dirty-south rock of bands like Alabama Shakes and The Black Keys make the perfect soundtrack for purchasing conflict diamonds.
Overheard: Audience member to band: "Play one more!" Howard in response: "We don't know one more! We came sorely unprepared."
Random notebook dump: Bassist Zac Cockrell had a cherubic charm and a brimming smile that never let up. I'd love to get on that guy's level, but it might take a lot of nitrous.
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Staffer Lenny Wilson learned to make shoes in 1987 at a leather trades college in London, England. Shortly afterwards he began a career in public horticulture and was inspired to create a pair of shoes that incorporate parts of plants into their construction. Using traditional methods and materials, he unifies leather and leaves and other materials to craft unique, life size shoes. Join us for this distinctive visual presentation and story as Lenny shares his journey to illustrate what inspires him; highlighting plants and the plant selection process, how he integrates the materials, tools he employs as well as exhibition and workshop experiences.
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Something about retailing sad/inspirational stories annoys me. Its almost making a mockery of the genuine, noncommercial thing. It seems like every time some athlete overcomes some serious adversity and has a genuinely inspiring story to share it is trademarked, packaged, and sold in mass. Whatever, it's a good story


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Getting the tree is one of my favorite holiday traditions. For the past few years, I've been in California when they went to get the tree, but this year I was in town! My dad also came for his first time. The weather was beautiful, thankfully, so we could actually take our time instead of jabbing one gloved finger at the nearest tree and stammering from behind our scarves that we'll take that one, and please sir hurry. We have a somewhat strange tradition of sticking the tree in the car with us instead of putting it on top. It's cramped, but sort of nice, like taking home a baby haha. :)
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Sunday Dinner is a great American tradition that has all but disappeared. I want to bring it back. Join me in an exploration of roots food, culinary history, and kitchen folklore. Let's remake Sunday Dinner from scratch.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
What's Cooking at Heritage Square...
We recently visited Heritage Square for "Museum of the Arroyo Day" and had a blast. Who knew we would have so many great food related experiences while visiting a collection of transplanted Victorian houses? Our first stop was the art station and while my daughters colored pictures of Victorian ladies, my husband went to check out the Civil War re-enactor tent. Turns out, it was manned by someone he knew... Colonel Douglas Rober Mroczek of the Seventh United States Cavalry Memorial Regiment. When the girls had finished coloring, Tim took us to visit the Colonel and he regaled us with stories from his regiment and showed us his period mess kit.
When we turned around, we spied an octagonal house... and had to check it out. Although the exterior was lovingly restored, the inside was a wreck and showed all the wear and tear of a transplanted 100-plus year old house desperately awaiting renovation.
The girls had a fun time running around the circular porch while I snuck inside for a closer look. The sitting room was full of historical photos and glass cases containing the remnants of broken dishware and other household objects found at the building's original location. It was mildly interesting, but the kitchen was the place that the curators had fun. There were several period appliances and a number of Victorian era kitchen tools. I loved looking at these objects and wondering what it would have been like to use them on a daily basis. I must admit that I'm grateful I will never really have to do cook this way.
By the time we left the octagonal house, everyone was starting to melt down, but I didn't want to cook, so I headed for the food trucks while Tim fed the girls their lunch in the shade of a giant oak tree. We'd originally intended to enjoy a relaxing Sunday dinner picnic together, but that was clearly not going to happen. In the end, we decided to take our food home with us and eat it after we put the girls down for a nap. The food suffered a bit in transit, but it was still pretty yummy!
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David Bailey's box of pin-ups
- Object:
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
1965 (printed and published)
- Artist/Maker:
Bailey, David, born 1938 (photographer)
Wyndham, Francis (writer)
Boxer, Mark, born 1931 - died 1988 (designer)
Hillman, David (designer) - Materials and Techniques:
Half-tone print
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Given by Mark Haworth-Booth
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Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 1035
David Bailey rose to fame as a fashion photographer in the early 1960s, his photographs. He published 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups' in 1965 as a loose portfolio of 36 portraits of the mainly-male fashionable elite that, as the cover description states, 'belong to Bailey's own world of fashion, pop music and the Ad Lib [nightclub]'. Each portrait is accompanied by notes by Francis Wyndham. Together, they constitute a celebration of the growing celebrity culture of the Sixties, and many of them have become the definitive images of key figures of cultural life in London during the Swinging Sixties.
Surprisingly, only four of the pin-ups are women, all of whom are models; as the notes explain, 'in the age of Mick Jagger, it is the boys who are the pin-ups'. Here the Rolling Stones, formed in 1962, pose as the new 'boy band' phenomenon.


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Finally, a national sports entity -- USA Swimming, of all entities -- gets it right with DUI and its athletes, suspending Michael Phelps for what could amount for the rest of his career.
What you likely know about Mississippi -- about and not about its college football -- is negative. That football's changing, and if you ever lived in Mississippi, it's even sweeter.
Bill Belichick is a Hall of Fame coach, but a humbling loss to the Chiefs proves his many recent misses as a GM have finally caught up to him and the Patriots.
Michigan apologizes for the handling of the Shane Morris concussion. And that's good. But the damage won't be known until much later.
Scandal usually finds famous folks. Not Derek Jeter. And as he retires, that might capture the most remarkable stat in his historic career.
Looks like Alabama has opened things up on offense to the point Tide media is asking Nick Saban if new OC Lane Kiffin deserves the credit. Saban's answer, and the correct one: Not exactly.
Last weekend featured several noteworthy violent outbreaks at NFL games, and that was just the fans, bringing patron violence to the fore. And the NFL is not alone.
Jameis Winston and embarrassment for Florida State go hand in hand, but the school's refusal to control of the Heisman winner's bad behavior has reached a new low. Or has it?
Roger Goodell could have shown that the league has a clear path forward amid growing public resentment. Instead, the NFL commissioner looked helpless when confronted with tough questions.
Adrian Peterson's story about spankings (child abuse?) hits a nerve. This is not just another NFL problem.
NFL failures on the Rice and Peterson abuse cases are outdone by the league attempts at appeasement, which draw attention away from the real issue -- failure to deal with violent players.
When Richard Sherman is winning and shutting off half the field, he's the toast of the town. Just ask him. However, when his Seahawks lose and he's less-than-dominant, the CB goes silent until the Chargers prompt a reply via Twitter.
Baseball damaged itself with a season-ending strike and a steroid scandal. Will the NFL reach a tipping point as its scandals pile up?
Adderall is legal and easily obtainable, but also dangerous if abused. Use in the major leagues has reached an absurd level.
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Buying a bunkbed or loft bed is surely an investment. As a way to protect this investment, families must look into these things before purchasing:
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Federal engineers spent years developing this "blueprint round," which delivered superb accuracy, enabling the USA Olympic Team to bring home Gold medals from Barcelona in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. The solid bullet makes this round great for training and pest hunting. This ammunition is new production and non-corrosive.
Technical Information
- Caliber: 22 Long Rifle
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Online Tools Take Time - But Reward too
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Thanks to all who commented, & shared their concerns of the site being blocked. I hope that the school districts don't block this valuable site. Unfortunately it is called 'Social bookmarking' but that's only because one can share with others if one chooses, but not in the education groups. The site I set up is monitored by me, so I see all the bookmarks and comments that my group members send. I hope that information is helpful.
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot about Diigo, but I haven't tried it yet. Will explore this more. I usually share web tools such as these to my teacher-students, and I have a feeling that this one would prove to be particularly useful to them too. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us, Linda. And I hope that things are fine now at home. :)


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A polyhistidine-tag is an amino acid motif in proteins that consists of at least five histidine (His) residues, often at the N- or C-terminus of the protein.
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SET and MYND domain-containing protein 3, also known as Zinc finger MYND domain-containing protein 1, SMYD3, and ZMYND, is a member of the histone-lysine methyltransferase family. SMYD3 contains one MYND-type zinc finger and one SET domain. SMYD3 is a histone H3 lysine-4-specific methyltransferase. It is expressed in skeletal muscles and testis. It is overexpressed in a majority of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SMYD3 plays an important role in transcriptional regulation in human carcinogenesis. It activates the transcription of a set of downstream genes. Of these downstream genes, there are several oncogenes and genes associated with cell adhesion (including those of N-Myc, CrkL, Wnt10b, L-selectin, CD31 and galectin-4), which have been shown to have effects on cell viability, adhesion, migration and metastasis. Increased SMYD3 expression is essential for the proliferation of breast cancer cells. SMYD3 may be a promising new target of therapeutic intervention for the treatment of cancers or other pathological processes associated with cell adhesion and migration.


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Tess Williams
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Hometown: | Davis |
High School: | Davis |
Previous College: | Scripps |
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Personal bests: 6K - 25:22.7; 5K - 19:51
Tess Williams started running in middle school. "My mom didn't want me to run alone so I'd run six miles around my block everyday. My neighbors called me the energizer bunny." Tess likes goats, long bike rides, and farmers' markets like the one at home in Davis where she gets her spinach bolani fix. She enjoys running along the local Putah Creek at sunset and then cooking a delicious dinner. Tardy Tess's favorite band is the Fleet Foxes. Her 5k P.R. is 18:28 and her mile P.R. is 5:29. Her goals are to feel good, compete well and feel accomplished after her races. "And go on long warm-ups."


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Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece, wins Australian Ladies Masters
(Reuters) - Cheyenne Woods, niece of 14-times major winner Tiger, claimed the biggest title of her professional career with a two-stroke victory in the Australian Ladies Masters on Sunday.
The 23-year-old American carded a final-round four-under-par 69 at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast for a total of 16-under and finished ahead of 17-year-old Australian amateur Minjee Lee for her first win on the Ladies European Tour.
"This is a huge accomplishment for me," Cheyenne, the daughter of Tiger's half brother Earl Junior, told reporters.
"I've been pro for two years and, for the majority of it, people just think of me as Tiger Woods' niece so now I have a game of my own and I have a title now, a win, which is exciting."
Cheyenne was happy she had finally proved that she did not just share the surname of her famous uncle.
"It's nice now to say to people that I can play and I'm not just a name," said Cheyenne, who won her first minor title in the United States in 2012.
"Growing up with the last name of Woods, there's a lot of expectations and pressure and spotlight on you but I always knew that I was able to win.
"I always knew I'd be able to compete with these ladies so now it's kind of a weight off my shoulders because now everybody knows not just me."
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Ed Osmond)
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