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In an unfortunate turn of events, Randy De Puniet lost his front and crashed into a completely unaware Colin Edwards who was off the racing line on an out-lap. While Randy De Puniet suffered abrasions to his fingers, contusions to his left shoulders and is reported to be hurting while breathing, Edwards was diagnosed to have a fractured left collarbone by the circuit medical centre.
After the crash Colin Edwards was taken to the Circuits clinic and was taken care of by Dr. Sarmiento and his team. He was under observation after the accident and has finally been release to leave the clinic. The American rider will have to fly tomorrow to Barcelona in order to have surgery on his left collarbone. The surgery will most likely be performed by Dr. Javier Mir on Monday. Dr. Mir previously operated on Edwards during the crash at Catalunya last year where he fractured his right collarbone.
“We solved a few problems that we had this morning. We did a few laps on old tires and when we changed to the news tires. With the old tires he already improved the lap time from the fasted one he made this morning. The bike seemed to feel good for him and its just a shame to finish the weekend like this with such an unfortunate crash.” said Kornelis Veldeman – Crew Chief
“Our main concern is Colin´s wellbeing. We are hoping he will have surgery performed on Monday by Dr. Javier Mir in Barcelona and this is our main concern. The only positive outcome of today would be that the difficulties encountered during this morning’s free practice were solved and during qualifying unfortunately he wasn’t able to get in his fast lap.” said Marco Curioni – Managing Director.


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No. 6 Buffs Host Wayland Baptist Tuesday
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CANYON -– The No. 6 West Texas A&M baseball team returns home to host Wayland Baptist in the final non-conference regular season game of the season Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Wilder Park. WT enters with a 31-12 record overall and Wayland Baptist is 30-17.
It is Faculty Appreciation Day at Wilder Park and it also is Meet the Buffs as there will be an autograph signing after the game as fans are encouraged to bring something to be signed by the players.
WT is coming off of a 1-2 weekend at Angelo State. The Buffs held leads in the first two games, but big innings by the Rams proved to be the difference late in each game. The two losses dropped the Buffs out of a tie for first in the LSC. The Buffs are one game back of Texas A&M-Kingsville with six conference games to play. WT owns the tiebreaker with TAMUK and has a five game lead on Angelo State, while also holding the tiebreaker with the Rams.
The winner of the regular season will host the conference tournament, May 8-10. The Buffs host Tarleton State this weekend for Senior Weekend, before closing the regular season at Cameron, May 2-3. TAMUK hosts Angelo State this weekend and finishes at Tarleton State.
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You’ve probably been living under a rock if you haven’t heard of Lady Antebellum. But, as we’ve learned from Geico commercials, some folks do live under a rock, so it’s worth making sure all our faithful readers know about this wonderful new group that have been taking the country and music world by storm.
Lady Antebellum formed in Nashville (where else?) in 2006. The group is composed of Dave, Hillary, and Charles. They’ve racked up a host of nominations and awards in the past five years. The trio was awarded the New Artist of the Year in 2008 by the CMA and has six Grammy’s to their credit.
They had a #1 song in 2010, “American Honey” that deserves a place on that Southern playlist I know you’ve been working on all summer.

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HB 390 would amend existing state law to include a ban on abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation, while HB 391 would require physicians to provide notice of a planned abortion procedure of a non-emancipated minor to one parent or guardian at least 48 hours prior to the procedure.
Democrat Bruce Braley on Thursday attacked Republican Joni Ernst for saying one thing and supporting another when it comes to abortion and contraception during the final Iowa Senate debate.
The clinic decided not to appeal a Hamilton County judge’s ruling that the Ohio Department of Health was within its rights when it revoked the clinic’s license earlier this year.
The Susan B. Anthony List is known for misleading ads. So it may come as a small surprise that a recent ad it sponsored featuring the Ryun family doesn’t mention the family patriarch’s long history as a Republican operative with close links to the Tea Party and the Koch brothers.
Mississippi’s new law is a 20-week ban, while Florida’s creates additional restrictions on abortions performed in the third trimester, and bans abortion at any point in a pregnancy if a doctor determines the fetus could survive outside the pregnant person’s body.
The high court hasn’t yet ruled on buffer zones or Hobby Lobby, but it did say a legal challenge to an Ohio elections law can proceed.
The law, which will go into effect on July 1, places additional restrictions on abortions performed in the third trimester, and bans abortion at any point in a pregnancy if a doctor determines the fetus could survive outside the pregnant person’s body.
Five years after the brutal murder of Dr. George Tiller, our political and legal climate has only made targeted clinic violence more likely.
The road ahead for abortion providers and their allies to not only preserve George Tiller’s specialized service, but simply to stay open, is hardly an easy one. But many of those who knew Dr. Tiller as a colleague and friend are no doubt fortified by remembering one of his favorite sayings: “Attitude is everything.”
A key piece of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Women’s Equality Agenda failed to pass a senate committee vote Tuesday. The Women’s Reproductive Health Act, which would have expanded access to abortion care in the state, was blocked by Republicans and seems unlikely to pass the legislature this session.

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text: We previously reported a novel affinity purification (AP) method termed modified chromatin immunopurification (mChIP), which permits selective enrichment of DNA-bound proteins along with their associated protein network. In this study, we report a large-scale study of the protein network of 102 chromatin-related proteins from budding yeast that were analyzed by mChIP coupled to mass spectrometry. This effort resulted in the detection of 2966 high confidence protein associations with 724 distinct preys. mChIP resulted in significantly improved interaction coverage as compared with classical AP methodology for ∼75% of the baits tested. Furthermore, mChIP successfully identified novel binding partners for many lower abundance transcription factors that previously failed using conventional AP methodologies. mChIP was also used to perform targeted studies, particularly of Asf1 and its associated proteins, to allow for a understanding of the physical interplay between Asf1 and two other histone chaperones, Rtt106 and the HIR complex, to be gained.

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He landed at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport last night.
In his speech, Romney is expected to say it's time to change the course in the Middle East and accuse President Obama of passive leadership in the world.
He's proposing the United States should take a more assertive role in Syria, put conditions on aid to Egypt, and tighten sanctions on Iran.
Romney is looking to paint President Barack Obama as a weak leader, who has limited America's influence on global affairs.
According to prepared remarks, Romney plans to say the U.S should work with other countries to better arm rebels fighting in Syria's civil war.
Excerpts from the speech he plans to give Monday morning have been released.
Romney wants a change of course in the Middle East, including tougher sanctions on Iran.
He promised to be a strong international leader if elected.
Obama's campaign is criticizing Romney as unprepared to be commander in chief.
After his speech at VMI, Romney will head to Newport News.


Who would’ve thought that a guidebook created by a tire company in the 1900’s would be the holy grail for a chef and their restaurant? Director Rasmus Dineson delves into the power and influence of the world’s most revered restaurants rating guide by traveling from New York to Copenhagen to Tokyo and more. In Michelin Stars: Tales from the Kitchen, 15 chefs including Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park, Rene Redzepi of Noma, and Yoshimi Tanigawa of Kichisen explain their relationship to the star system and the sacrifices they’ve made to earn their stars.
Barbecue should be considered a universal language throughout different cultures. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re cooking in the same style, or even the same animal, but the concept has been laid out universally as a way to mingle with friends, family and tradition. Most American’s immediately think Texas when they hear the word “barbecue.” However, what comes to a Syrians mind when they hear the same word and act on the concept? A new Netflix documentary “Barbecue” has you covered.
A film told in 13 languages, from Texas to the Syrian border, from ‘Shisanyama’ to ‘Lechon’, Barbecue is a film about the simple truths in life that bring people together, and how barbecue is a path to salvation. The latest Netflix food documentary made it’s premier at South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, TX at the beginning of the year, but has now found a way into the Netflix family of documentaries. I can say from experience that’s it’s a huge eye-opener for anyone who likes to stay within the confines of their little bubble. Get out there and eat some damn good barbecue; no matter where or who you’re eating it with!
Initial release: 3/10/2017
Director: Matthew Salleh
If Pirus and Crips all got along they’d probably cook some…..bomb-ass food!
By now you’re most likely familiar with Trap Kitchen Los Angeles, if not go ahead and push yourself out of under that rock now. Roberto Smith and Malachi Jenkins, former Blood and Crip respectively, came together a few years back to start cooking up some of the finest soul food to come out of Los Angeles County – South Central LA to be exact. Their underground culinary experience is taking place under one roof, serving up one very special dish a day, while Instagram acts as their delivery/pick-up service becoming one of their major keys to success. They’ve served the likes of several celebrities such as Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, The Game and more, but they’re most proud of serving their community by giving them a chance to taste delicious food at a very decent price.
Recipe videos are all of the rage these days, especially the quick recipe videos you see all over your Facebook feed (we’re looking at you Tasty). This is because most of our #firstworldproblems lie in being too lazy to cook a decent meal once we dip from the 9 to 5 grind. David Ma is doing things a bit different. Actually a lot different! We came across this genius of a recipe video maker while visiting one of our favorite blogs (shout out to MUNCHIES). Mr. Ma has two very interesting talents in food stylist and filmmaker, so he’s combined both of them to deliver a unique video series properly titled Food Films. His inspiration for these recipe films are drawn from the likes of famous movie directors, most of whom can’t go unrecognized such as Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino and Michael Bay to name a few. Check out a couple of the videos below and visit his YouTube channel for more great movie director recipe videos.
Chefs everywhere are starting to realize that growing your own produce isn’t all that bad. However, when it comes to growing your own herbs in an urban dwelling, it could become quite the hassle to figure out where exactly you’re going to plant these fresh seeded herbs. Futurefarms Spacepot is on a mission to make this issue go away by making hydroponics more accessible to everyone by applying the methods of simple and fun for the not-so-natural botanist. In five weeks (maybe less) you can have your own fresh herbs grown and ready to utilize in your most epic dishes, while also bragging to your family and friends that you grew those herbs right there *points to Spacepot*. It’s literally the set-it and forget it method that all home cooks have learned to love thanks to that famous TV infomercial. Get’s you every time huh?
Don’t get caught being Punk in Drublic, or is it drunk in public? Either way, Stone Brewing and NOFX are teaming up to make this thing happen (beer and hopefully not the drunk in public part). With NOFX going on their much anticipated Punk in Drublic fest it was only fitting to let the ultimate purveyors of craft beer actually brew the beer for you. Their collaboration hoppy lager has gone viral with punk rock beer enthusiasts demanding this craft beer hit their local liquor store shelves. Unfortunately, this isn’t going to be the case, but thanks to CraftShack a digital shelf (the internet) will have this beer available for online orders and shipping across the country. Pre-order the beer on it’s own, or purchase a special VIP package that includes a festival ticket, exclusive meet-and-greet and a six-pack of Punk in Drublic. Sounds like a party to us. Hopefully we get our hands on some of this and come back to this post to tell you how damn good it tastes.
Eating well usually tends to be exactly what American’s are good at. Rapper, chef and television host Action Bronson shows us just how accurate that is with his new book F*ck, That’s Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well. The host of the popular VICELAND TV show, F*ck, That’s Delicious, has packed a book full of exactly what he strives for, deliciousness! You’ll be able to delve into the mind of Action Bronson with 40+ recipes inspired by his childhood, family, music tours, and travels throughout the world. For those of you that know who he is, you know his love for weed is like no other, so we’ll also get an insight into the world of cooking with cannabis. From the simplistic styles of bagels with cheese to the world’s most coveted five-star meals, Mr. Bronson will have you covered (in drool).
Action Bronson cookbook – F*ck, That’s Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well is set to drop on September 12, 2017.
“You Know Nothing John Dough” is the name and who better to open it than the real-life Hot Pie – actor Ben Hawkey from the HBO hit series (and our favorite show on television) Game of Thrones. Hot Pie recently made a rare appearance in the latest episode of GoT doing what he does best, giving Arya Stark the scoop on what’s happening in and around Westeros, while also feeding her (of course).
Now, Hot Pie is feeding Londoners with his new London-based bakery that operates via delivery service Deliveroo. He’s serving up his famous Direwolf loaves which can be ordered for a mere $1.30 each and delivered straight to your door. According to Deliveroo the loaves are made from whole wheat cornbread with orange zest and, per Deliveroo’s instructions, are best served slightly warm with soft butter.
Hawkey insists, “People are always asking me for the secret of my recipe.I can’t share that, but Deliveroo customers will have the chance to try them themselves. You don’t even need to take a dangerous walk down the King’s Road to visit, it comes to you.” Now is your chance London, don’t miss out!
Keep doing your thing Hot Pie, and please try your hardest to stay alive in that harsh, harsh world known as the Seven Kingdoms.
Pop-up dinners have become a unique alternative for chefs to showcase their dishes in a more intimate setting – they’ve literally been popping up all over the place! PlaceSetting, however, is out to explore a new type of supper club with a very unique twist.
Courtney Nichols of Disco Dining Club and Chef Gabriel Cappelli (formerly of The Edmon, Saint Martha, & The Dressing Room) are taking an already unique concept and elevated it by holding each event at a private residence in Los Angeles, but here comes the twist. The menu, cocktails and performances will all be inspired by the era and history of said residence. These residences aren’t just your average track home either, with their next pop-up dinner location taking place at a Westdale 1947 mid-century modern located in West LA. This 8-course dinner will be prepared and cooked utilizing appliances that the home provides such as the Crock-Pot you’ll see below in the photos.
We keep our celebration of America going with the release of our Chef Life America Patch. Needless to say, we love our country even if we don't agree with the leader of the free world at the moment. We won't get to that on here, though. All you need to know is that we stepped up our patch game while also repping our home country. We are super stoked about this, so you should be too and since it has a plastic backing we recommend slapping this on your chef coat, chef hat or chef whatever. Don't miss out on a slew of accessories coming your way pretty soon, so stay tuned!
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American Beef Stew
American Beef Stew
Beef stew is classic comfort food. If your family has a slow cooker (also known as a Crock-Pot), this is a good time to learn how to use it! In the morning, you can prepare the stew through step 5, then put it in the cooker on low, and it will be ready by dinnertime.
- Cutting board
- Sharp knife (adult needed)
- Measuring spoons
- Measuring cup
- Vegetable brush or clean sponge
- Can opener
- Paper towel
- Large bowl
- Large pot with lid
- Dinner plate
- 2 tablespoons white whole-wheat flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 to 1 1⁄2 pounds beef chuck, cut into 1-inch cubes and patted dry with a paper towel
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 onions, coarsely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 carrots, peeled and chopped (about 2 cups)
- 3 celery stalks, sliced (about 1 cup)
- 1⁄3 pound potatoes (any kind), scrubbed and diced
- 1 medium-size turnip (about 1/3 pound), scrubbed and diced
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 3 cups low-sodium beef or chicken stock
- 3⁄4 cup canned diced tomatoes with their liquid (about half of a 15-ounce can)
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- Put the flour, salt, and pepper in the bowl and mix well. Add the beef and toss until it is well coated with the flour mixture.
- Put the pot on the stove and set the heat to medium. When the pot is hot, add the oil.
- Very carefully add the beef cubes. Cook, without stirring, until the beef develops a browned crust and releases easily from the pot, about 5 minutes. Carefully stir the beef and turn the pieces over. Cook again without stirring another 3 minutes (you will have browned two sides of the cubes). Turn off the heat and transfer the beef cubes to the plate.
- Reheat the pot over medium-low heat and add the onions, garlic, carrots, and celery and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions have caramelized, turning brown and sweet, about 30 minutes.
- Carefully add the reserved beef, potatoes, and turnip. Add the thyme, stock, and tomatoes and stir well.
- Set the heat to low and cook partially covered until the beef is tender, about 2 hours. Add the vinegar and stir well. Taste the stew. Does it need more vinegar? A pinch of salt? If so, add it and taste again.
- Serve right away or transfer to a container, cover, and refrigerate up to 2 days.

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The practical applications of artificial intelligence meant additional processing workloads for computer systems and other consumer electronic devices. These prompted computer engineers, system designers, chipmakers, and device manufacturers to use AI accelerators to remove the burden of processing AI-related tasks from central processing units.
An AI accelerator is a type of hardware accelerator or coprocessor. It is a dedicated hardware component specialized to process AI algorithms and handle AI workloads. AI accelerators are now present in computers, smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices, as well as in modern automotive vehicles and commercial or industrial machine systems.
The Advantages of AI Accelerators: Maximizing the Uses and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Remember that AI accelerators are designed to accelerate AI applications or AI-related tasks. Their use leverages the advantages and applications of machine learning and deep learning, natural language processing and the processing of large language models, and other fields of artificial intelligence such as robotics and computer vision.
The general advantage of these hardware components mirrors the advantages of hardware accelerators and parallel computing. They have become essential components in modern electronic devices because they lessen the workload on the central processor. This ensures that the entire system runs as efficiently due to parallel or coprocessing.
Below are the specific advantages:
• Speeds Up AI Workloads: They are specifically designed to process AI algorithms and models. This means that they are faster and more efficient than general-purpose processors when it comes to handling AI-related tasks or workloads.
• More Power Efficient: Another advantage of AI accelerators is that they consume less power than general-purpose processors. Field-programmed, application-specific, and superscalar processors can have low-powered processing cores.
• Can Be Cost-Effective: Using hardware components designs for artificial intelligence is more inexpensive than using general-purpose processors and even graphics processors. This makes them cost-effective for large-scale AI applications.
• Programmable and Flexible: Specific hardware designs such as FPGAs and superscalars can be programmed to handle a particular or a range of AI tasks such as image processing, deep learning, and language processing.
• Scalability of Performance: There are hardware designs that can be scaled to handle larger AI workloads or adapt to expanding AI applications. This makes an existing AI deployment cost-effective and future-proof.
The Disadvantages of AI Accelerators: Challenges in Hardware Architecture and Issues with Implementation
It is important to note that there are different types of AI accelerators. GPUs are the first hardware accelerators that have been repositioned as coprocessors for handling AI-related processing requirements. Other types of AI accelerators have since emerged. This means that there are no standards as regards hardware design.
Furthermore, considering their design and implementation, some might find these as one of their notable challenges because of the complexities and expertise involved. The lack of design standards on top of the expanding and evolving applications of artificial intelligence creates a need for specialized skills and knowledge.
Below are the specific disadvantages:
• Relative High Production Cost: Remember that there are different types of AI accelerators. Application-specific integrated chips and neuromorphic hardware can be expensive to produce because they are custom-built.
• Implementation Complexities: Designing and implementing a particular processor for AI-related tasks and workloads require specialized expertise. It must also be attuned to a particular AI algorithm and instruction set architecture.
• Still Has Limited Flexibility: Programmed chips or custom-built ones are prone to suffering from compatibility issues. These hardware components may not be flexible enough to tackle new AI algorithms and models.
• Power Consumption Requirement: There are coprocessors found in mobile devices that are power-efficient. However, for processing-heavy AI requirements, these hardware accelerators can consume a large amount of power.
• Absence of Industry Standards: Another disadvantage of AI accelerators is that they are not interoperable. There are different types of these coprocessors with different capabilities, specified use cases, and limitations.


#Xenophobia: Basketmouth cancels his appearance at the Comic Choice Awards in South Africa this weekend. After Tiwa Savage cancelled her performance in S.A on the 21st of September, This also came in.
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Boeing Machinists to vote on new president
Citing company's success, workers seek rewards
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, March 15, 2007
One of the country's most powerful unions, which represents Boeing Machinists in the Puget Sound area, will vote today on a new president to lead it at a time when jetliner orders are soaring, production rates are going up, and workers want to be rewarded with better job security, retirement, health care benefits and wages.
The union has struck Boeing six times since 1948 -- most recently for 28 days in 2005.
Only two candidates are running, but it could be more than a fresh face that represents the more than 20,000 members of District 751 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
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"This election is being watched very closely not only by the members and The Boeing Co. but also by the labor community at large," a Machinist wrote Thursday in an e-mail to the Seattle P-I.
"At stake here is the difference between those that feel that the union is on the right course versus those that feel that a definite change is needed," said Ronnie Behnke, campaign manager for Clifton Wyatt, one of the candidates for union president.
Blondin said Wroblewski has the experience that is needed to run the union.
He has been a union business representative for many years, Blondin said.
"It's a big job, and to do the job you need experience," Blondin said.
Wroblewski, 52, has been involved in contract talks with Boeing since 1992 and was part of the main table negotiating team during the last contract talks in 2005. He works at Boeing's Auburn facility.
He was the union's grievance coordinator until earlier this year, when he quit and was immediately appointed to the union's district council. That made him eligible to run for president.
Wroblewski said that he wants the union's membership to "continue to grow," and that it must "listen to members, earn their respect and help solve problems."
He said he would fight for the union just as he has been doing for more than 30 years.
But Wyatt, a 56-year-old Machinist at Boeing's Everett plant, said change is badly needed.
"Change is good," Wyatt said. Many Boeing Machinists feel disconnected from their union, said Wyatt, who has worked at Boeing for about 19 years.
He is vice president of the Machinists union.
"We need support from the membership to help hammer out better contracts," Wyatt said, noting that the union received no general wage increase in the last contract.
One of Wyatt's supporters, Charles Grieser, a quality team leader at the Everett plant where Wyatt works, said the election is "about the old guard or the new guard."
Grieser, who said he previously supported Blondin, said Boeing has dramatically changed the way it builds airplanes with the 787, and the union must change, too.
"We need to be more proactive," he said.
The union's current contract expires at midnight Sept. 1, 2008.
That contract ends just when Boeing will be delivering the first batch of 787 Dreamliners to customers -- a jetliner that is critical to the company's long-term success against rival Airbus.
The Machinists union is considered one of the most powerful in the country given that a strike can, and has, shut down Boeing's commercial airplane operations.
Today's voting begins at 5 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m. A union spokeswoman said the winner should be known by about 10 p.m.


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Poppy has the most extraordinary imagination. When she is sent upstairs to tidy her room, she just can't help imagining and suddenly ...her imagination literally comes alive. Soon her room is jam-packed with all kinds of weird and wonderful creatures. There's a problem, though - the mammoth puts his foot through the floor and the hungry crocodile thinks Poppy would make a tasty snack. Poppy needs to get rid of all these creatures FAST - but how?


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Calendar of Events Spring 2018
Holiday events for you and the entire family!
Events you won't want to miss!
Events in and around Las Vegas - from Aug - Oct 2017.
Events in and around Las Vegas - from May - July 2017.
Uncork’d, Annual Luncheon Fashion Show, ONE NIGHT for ONE DROP, An Evening of Hope, Skye Canyon 8K Trail Mix and 5K Road Race, The 28th Annual Splendor in the Glass Wine & Beer Tasting, Las Vegas Philharmonic, An American in Paris, Fly with Nevada Ballet Theatre
Support a great cause and stay fit at the same time or go skiing on Mt. Charleston... Winter is here and there's lots to do!
Dec. 2-Jan. 8, 2017: The Conservatory & Botanical Gardens at Bellagio will open its holiday display. The free and family-friendly attraction will once again...
The fourth annual Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival will be held in downtown Las Vegas. The three-day music, art, culinary and learning festival creates a multi-genre experience.
June 2-Sept. 8: The “Paint. Drink. Dine” summer series will be held at Crazy Pita Town Square. Crazy Pita is teaming up with Pinot’s...


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Irony is a key aspect of the literary genius observed in both Oedipus the King and Don Quixote. For the former, irony is used to illustrate the futility of man’s actions that attempt to act against the Gods, whereas in the latter, situational irony is used much more often to enhance the reader’s perception of events. This sample essay from Ultius custom writing services explores the use of irony in each tale.
Literary use of irony
Many rhetorical literary devices are used in order to spice up a plot or make it more interesting. For the case of classics like Oedipus the King, irony is used to show the audience that one cannot meddle with the will of the Gods. In Don Quixote, there are also numerous aspects of the story that are reminiscent of irony. For the context of this essay, irony will be defined as a literary tool that portrays characters, events or the plot in such a way that challenges or contradicts the expectations of those characters. Irony is symbolically like an unknown aspect of the story that the audience knows about. Indeed, for the listed works, irony played an important role in not only shaping the
Irony: Understanding the literary term
Irony is symbolically like an unknown aspect of the story that the audience knows about. Indeed, for the listed works, irony played an important role in not only shaping the plotvbut also making sure that the outcomes actually came to fruition. However, a serious question is whether, and to what extent, the outcome of the stories were dependent on the character’s own actions. In using Oedipus the King as the primary reading, it is clear that the actions of the characters exemplified and exacerbated the outcomes, which ended up being heavily ironic.
Oedipus the King
In Sophocles’ Oedipus and the King, the character’s fate is surely ironic because he spent so much time and energy trying to fight the will of the Gods. Despite his arrogance and hubris towards the truth, he persisted in attempting to do what he thought was the right thing. Ultimately, he could not fight the Gods and the oracle at Delphi proved to be triumphant over him:
“In short, the evidence ‘convinces every character in the play—not to mention virtually every reader or viewer since it was first produced—that Oedipus did indeed kill his father and marry his mother.’ Destiny won” (Fosso 27).
Destiny did take its course and the irony was that this was the will of the Gods; a will that Oedipus knew fully of before he even followed through with his plan. Even other characters noted how the will of the Gods could not be challenged.
In speaking with the Chorus, Creon remarked that “…no living man can hope to force the gods to speak against their will” (Sophocles).
Surely, the major truth that everyone knew was that Oedipus’ fate would come to fruition. However, Oedipus was the only character who truly did not buy into it. Consequently, he paid the price.
Fate and free will
Another ironic part of the story is that Oedipus’ own actions make it come true. Because the character was so dead set against having it come true, he actually went through the motions of actualizing it. For instance, in behaving erratically and taking things out of proportion with his eagerness to find the guilt party, Oedipus set forth a tone radical behavior that would carry throughout the entire story, no matter what the outcome.
As Fosso remarked, “[Oedipus] assemble[d] his self-convicting narrative from a patchwork of prophecies, rumors, testimony, and interpretation” (Fosso 50).
Ultimately, ancient Greek literature tells us Oedipus went through the cognitive process of piecing together the story and interpreting it in such a way that he believed he was doing the right thing. Such actions are the epitome of irony because as audience members, we all know that Oedipus’ actions were the actual cause of the outcome as much as the oracle’s vision was. Because Oedipus went through so much trouble and dedicated so much effort to guiding his fate, he was surely responsible.
Oedipus fight against fate
Another critical aspect of Oedipus’ fate was that he fought so hard against it. From the onset, he knew that he was faced with a challenge, except that he did not know what kind of challenge it was. For example, in speaking with the Chorus and arguing with them, Oedipus exclaimed:
“Speak before all; the burden that I bear Is more for these my subjects than myself” (Sophocles).
In making such a statement, he wanted to badly to find out the truth and move forward that he had no idea that he was only antagonizing his own fate.
Oedipus’ argument is “it is equally inconceivable that any people would allow their kind to be murdered and not try to find the guilty party” (Searle 327).
That is, the character is hung up on finding out who is guilty and then bringing them to justice. In doing so, Oedipus is once again only contributing to his own dismal fate.
Indeed, Searle lamented that “by the end of the play, it appears that he has cursed himself to a life of misery and exile” (Searle 326).
Such an expression is significant because it places more blame on Oedipus rather than his pre-determined fate.
Oedipus’ fate dictated own actions
Because Oedipus acted without rationality and with vigor, his own fate was heavily based on his actions. The reality of the story was that the truth was not going to help Oedipus; in fact, it would be his downfall. However, Oedipus ultimately had a choice when it came to how hard he wanted to pursue the truth. Indeed, not only did Oedipus choose to pursue the truth with such vigor that he made many nightmares a reality, but he also ignored the advice and input of others.
For instance, Oedipus had multiple talks with Creon and Teiresias regarding the situation; however, those conversations only ended in anger and blame on behalf of the King. The irony of the story was therefore exacerbated by Oedipus and his affinity for doing what he thought was right. Oracle or not, Oedipus sped up the process and actualized his own demise.
Don Quixote and ironic valor
Like Oedipus, the story of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza also had similarities with respect to the use of irony. Mainly, for Don Quixote, the character took the words from his books and believed in them very literally. He accepted his book’s notions of chivalry and valor to the point where he actually attempted to pursue it on his own. While being humorously portrayed as a coward, Horace Hodges in Holy Moley: Don Quijote’s Significant Senal remarked that the character was ironically presented as a strong man in some senses.
For instance, one example of this is shown where Quixote is showing his back and there is a black mole. Sancho Panza remarked that this was “the mark of a strong man” (Hodges 174). This mole was used as a comparison to the Islamic prophet Mohammed and was indicative of his own strength as a knight. However, the latter portions of the story would clearly indicate that Quixote was not as strong, powerful and brave as his mole may have given him credit to be. Again, the notion of firmly believing in something that the whole audience knows is not true is the case. Like Oedipus the King, Don Quixote is partly to blame for the outcome of his own story.
Oedipus’ connection to Don Quixote
Clearly, there are some sharp similarities between literary irony in Don Quixote and Oedipus in terms of how they ironically had perceptions of the world. While Oedipus was clearly in his own world in terms of believing that the Gods’ will did not apply to him, Quixote tired himself out from his reading until he was not normal anymore.
In remarking that “finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind,” the author was indicating that Quixote had lost his senses and believed that he was someone else (Quixote).
This was similar to how Oedipus believed that he was the rightful King and not wrong. Another major similarity between the two characters is how the story ended in pain and suffering for both men. For Oedipus, it was his self-destructive behavior that led him to even question the prophet Teiresias:
“What then, thou knowest, and yet willst not speak! Wouldst thou betray us and destroy the State?” (Sophocles).
Despite being given numerous warnings about his actions, the protagonist persisted in believing that he was right until he found out the truth. Similarly, Don Quixote’s journey would take him through countless moments of misery:
“Just as his mental Slate appears as a checkerboard of lucidity and insanity, so is his bodily condition a crazy quilt of vigor, fatigue, endurance, and twinges of hopeless pain” (Quixote).
These examples clearly indicate that there was a serious relationship between the two stories in terms of how the main characters’ fates would be ironic.
Finding similarities among the differences
While the core difference between the two stories was related to the way in which the characters dealt with their pain, they surely shared similarities in how they helped their fate move along faster. Clearly, both characters took a proactive approach in shaping their destinies because they either thought that was what they wanted to they had no idea what they were getting into.
Nonetheless, the fate of Oedipus showed that the more he pursued the issue, the closer he reached his miserable fate. These cases represented irony because only they had wrong information, or refused to accept it. The rest of the audience knew the reality of the situation and thus could realize the error in the characters’ behavior.
Themes of irony and prophecy in Oedipus and Don Quixote
As we have seen, both Oedipus and Don Quixote experienced a journey that proved to be extremely ironic in hindsight. However, it was also the actions of the characters that helped shape their fate. For Oedipus, he attempted to fight the will of the Gods, despite the fact that the Oracle at Delphi made his future very clear to him and those around him. Nevertheless, he resisted and sought to make his own destiny. Also, Oedipus’ own interpretations, actions, and thoughts helped actualize his prophecy.
The chorus, other characters, and even Jocasta all gave him evidence and tried to explain to him that his course of action was not correct. In trying to bring the supposed killer of his father to justice, he was only inching himself closer to his fate. This drew many similarities to Don Quixote, who also suffered at the hands of irony. Quixote tried to actualize his own dream of being a courageous knight. In doing so, he built his life around suffering, being cold and miserable. Surely, this draws a relationship to Oedipus in the sense that he helped actualize his destiny. Consequently, irony was a very important facet of both stories.
Fosso, Kurt. “Oedipus Crux: Reasonable Doubt in Oedipus the King.” College Literature Summer (2012): 26-60. Print.
Hodges, Horace. “Holy Moley: Don Quijote’s Significant SeÃ±al.” Cervantes 29.2 (2009): 173-183. Print.
Saavedra, Miguel de, and Edith Grossman. Don Quixote. New York: Ecco, 2003. Print.
Searle, Leroy. “The Conscience of the King: Oedipus, Hamlet, and the Problem of Reading.” Comparative Literature 49.4 (1997): 316-343. Print.
Sophocles. “Sophocles Plays.” Project Gutenberg – free ebooks. N.p., 19 Nov. 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2012. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31/31-h/31-h.htm#king.


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To: Silas Justiniano <email@example.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <firstname.lastname@example.org>
Date: 04/07/2007 23:25:59
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 23:54:53 -0300
"Silas Justiniano" <email@example.com> wrote:
> Hello all!
> I'm having a few problems when I try to run NetBSD 3.1 in my T22
> laptop. It has a i82550 Ethernet that works fine when I use a
> crossover cable conected to another computer but when I connect it to
> a common hub (switch) using common cable, I can't ping other machine
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> jakllsch, from #netbsd and #networking (on freenode), told me that the
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There have been problems with speed negotiation (among other things)
for that chip. See kern/35386 and a few others. It looks from the PR
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The Combo marks a strong return to form for Vauxhall vans. Not only does it cover all of the important small van requirements, when it comes to carrying capacity, running costs and practicality, but it also breaks new ground when it comes to safety tech. It’s just a pity that the majority of the smart features cost extra.
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Colgate Wins OT Thriller Over Bryant
MITHFIELD, R.I. – Jimmy Ryan rifled a game-winner midway through the first overtime to lift Colgate to a thrilling 14-13 win over Bryant here Sunday.
The host Bulldogs had tied this see-saw affair for the sixth and final time with just eight seconds left in regulation, Brian Schlansker doing the honors with a low rocket from the left wing. But the Raiders fought off Bryant's initial possession in overtime to set the stage for Ryan's heroics.
Ryan and fellow midfielder Matt Clarkson accounted for nine of Colgate's 14 goals, with Clarkson scoring five. Both goal totals were career highs.
Colgate scored the first goal of each period, but Bryant rallied to force four lead changes in the game in addition to the six ties. Clarkson opened the scoring, Kevin Boyle scored just four seconds into the second period, and then Ryan tallied his final three goals to begin the third, fourth and overtime periods.
Senior attackman Peter Baum added two goals and two assists for the Raiders, while Ryan Walsh and Brendon McCann added first-half goals.
Freshman Gordan Santry earned the starting nod in net for the Raiders, stopping 11 Bulldog shots.blog comments powered by Disqus

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North Vietnamese Army Viet Cong Rifle Training Device
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In an Army or Guerrilla force constantly low on ammunition for training, this sight device is the perfect way to teach a soldier proper sight alignment.
This tool has rear sight and front sight devices for the K-44 Carbine, the round circle with post; the Mauser rear sight V notch and the AK and SKS. In addition there are various size silhouettes that reflect the proper aiming point for various man size targets.
These silhouettes could be placed at various distances from the front sight post to demonstrate how large a target might appear at a known distance. The wing nuts allow the apertures to rotate so a soldier could train on the various small arms in a single training session.
The white man size silhouette is attached via the wing nut so perhaps this is the battle site zero target look.
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Your Call: What are the most recent Supreme Court decisions and how will they affect you?
On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about decisions affecting the ability to lie in political ads, buy a gun while lying to the dealer about who the gun is for, and sue corporations for toxic chemical contamination. We’re still waiting for decisions affecting the birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act, cell phone searches, and greenhouse gases. What do you want to know about these cases? It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
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The DSC Transformation Framework
Transforming supply chains is a complicated business that requires studying multiple layers of customer needs and forecasting, servicing requirements, manufacturing, transportation networks, amongst others. Many decisions regarding how a supply chain will look in a given segment are interdependent and will require integrated actions across functions. Coordinating across functions in large global firms is not something that happens easily or by itself. Looking at the entire picture is too complex for even the best supply chain leaders to develop actions plans for. To help break down the complexity into a framework, decisions must be made about what to include and exclude. Figure 1.2, is a DSC Transformation Framework, a tool to help organize, plan, and develop action plans for the most significant aspects of leading meaningful changes in your own supply chain.
The model is divided into two larger sets of supply chain performance factors from which supply chain leaders can develop plans for.
Digital Technology Performance Factors
The first set of performance factors fall under what we might call “Digital Technology” factors. Being a DSC means taking advantage of core technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, 3-D printing from generative designs, and, eventually, autonomous vehicles. These technologies, when deployed strategically in the appropriate business segments, may yield business performance improvements. Before these improvements are realized, however, we must recognize that digital technologies alone may fall short of providing the intended benefits. To be effective in delivering the desired performance changes, some mastery of data analytics is needed. Of the technologies mentioned, IoT, in particular, will generate enormous volumes of data that will need to be managed well to extract timely and high-quality business insights supporting decisions. Well-designed data architectures, data cleansing, alignment, and ready availability are essential to being able to support more accurate predictive models, forecasts, in addition to machine learning and artificial intelligence processes.
In summary, the digital supply chain must strategically deploy technologies that generate and use analytic data. These core factors have the highest opportunity to produce an outsized impact on supply chain performance.
Employee and Organizational Performance Factors
The DSC Transformation Framework acknowledges that supply chain leaders cannot rely on technology investments alone to meet performance improvement expectations. The second set of key performance factors for supply chain leaders to consider are aligned to employee and organizational issues. Supply chain leaders have recognized that developing digital strategies and deploying technology using data-driven analytics will require access to new skills and capabilities, some of which a firm may not have. Supply chain leaders must develop plans on how to close this talent gap if they are to realize the benefits of the digital supply chain. The right capabilities, deployed in a tailored and, perhaps, newly designed organizational environment are a key part of the performance improvement mix. Just as investments in technology may be blunted or limited by weak efforts in data analytics, so too must digital talent be added to new business models for the digital supply chain to flourish. One of the hallmarks of a mature and high- performance supply chain is its ability to help develop and implement entirely new business models. Business models that utilize a mix of technology and data in ways that respond quickly and creatively to the competitive environment are essential to moving the performance step function for firms.
Transformational Performance Outcomes
This chapter began with a discussion of what digital supply is and the components of a digital supply chain transformation. To close this chapter we now take a look at a proposed list of digital supply chain transformational performance outcomes. Instead of using the term “transformation” broadly, supply chain leaders should be more specific about what their goals are when investing in digital supply chain. The following is a list of outcomes that should be targeted and we propose that they are uniquely attainable by strategic digital actions in the performance areas we have described. This is where the traditional supply chain ends and the digital one takes over. Well-deployed digital actions should enable:
- • Performance function shifts to reflect fewer trade-offs between costs and customer satisfaction
- • New business models to foster growth through new revenues that were not accessible in traditional practice
- • Sustained competitive advantage through “hard-to-replicate” integrated capabilities
Our recommendation is that supply chain leaders keep these performance outcome targets handy as they evaluate digital supply chain investments. If a proposed investment cannot be traced to one or more of these outcomes, it may not meet the threshold of efficacy needed.
- 1. Do you believe a digital strategy will significantly improve your supply chain efficiency and provide a competitive advantage?
- 2. Is the move to a digital supply chain a new, transformative strategy, or simply the decades-long continuation of the digitization of most business processes?
• Digital transformation is about making a shift from traditional ways of operating, to ones that use data, technology, and business models in innovative ways.
- • Digital transformation calls for strong leadership, as it requires more integrated business processes and collaboration.
- • Digital transformation is happening globally across most industries. Firms that are slow to react or ignore digital transformation are likely to fall behind their more agile digital competitors.
- • The term “Digital Supply Chain” began to gather attention around 2015. It usually refers to the strategic transformation of supply chains, rather than the simple digitization of legacy business processes.
- • The benefits of a DSC for firms can be summarized as uniquely reducing the amount of trade-off between costs and customer satisfaction.
- • The challenges, complexity, and management demands involved in transforming to a DSC have slowed many firms in their implementation.
- • Transformational performance outcomes should foster growth that would be inaccessible in traditional practice and should create sustainable competitive advantage through hard-to-replicate integrated capabilities.
- • The key to unlocking this value and advantage is a new, robust, and digitally aware supply chain leadership mindset.
AE Consultancy (2015). What Is Digital Transformation. http://www. theagileelephant.com/what-is-digital-transfonnation/. (Accessed 15 October 2016).
Bui, T. (2019). The Digital Supply Chain of the Future: From Drivers to Technologies and Applications. Proceedings of the Slst Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2018). URL http://hdl.handle.net/10125/ 50380. ISBN: 978-0-9981331-1-9.
Biiyiikozkan, G., 5c Coyer, F. (2018). Digital Supply Chain: Literature review and a proposed framework for future research. Computers in Industry, 97(5), 157-177.
CapGemini (2016). In for, GTNexus, The Current and Future State of Digital Supply Chain Transformation, http://www.gtnexus.com/resources/papers- and-reports/current-and-future-state-digital-supply-chain-transformation
Michel, R. (May 2017). The Evolution of the Digital Supply Chain. Logistics Management, 23-25.
Radanliev, P., De Roure, D. C., Nurse, J. R. C., Montavalo, R. M., &: Burnap, P. (2019). Supply Chain Design for the Industrial Internet of Things and the Industry 4.0. Oxford e-Research Centre, Engineering Sciences Department, University of Oxford. 10.20944/preprints201903.0123.vl"
Westerman, G., Bonnet, D., 5c McAfee, A. (2014). Leading Digital. Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, MA.


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If you're looking for a spot just out of Roma for a lazy Sunday afternoon or a night out under the stars, Judds Lagoon is the place to be. With free camping along the banks of the lagoon as well as firewood available for around $10 bundle (depending on the size you choose), it's a great place to take some time out and get back to nature.
We were a little sad to see just how low the water had got since our last visit back in 2015. The local wildlife still looked healthy and happy so they're doing well regardless. We mostly spotted wallabies, magpies and a couple galahs. Oh and some sneaky crows, who were photobombing the galahs while I was trying to take photos! The speedy galahs would land on the stick poking out the middle of the lagoon and hang upside down for a quick drink before zooming off again - those guys must get some serious hiccups!
Continuing south along Mongool Road, a picturesque winding road, will lead you past some local properties bordering the Yuleba state forest to the historic mark of the original site of Yuleba. A headstone marks the area surrounded by a couple of tall trees and to my surprise, a couple of palm trees. A word of warning, if you are keen for a drive like I often am, the roads around this historical landmark are all private property Please respect the owners of the property and stick to the marked track.
You will find Judds Lagoon only 5 km south-east of Yuleba off Mongool Road. In good times, fishing is a popular sport with the possibility of catching yellow belly and cod, as well as a few other varieties. You can take a relaxing stroll along the lagoon and sit to watch the wildlife go by as the sun sets. There are BBQ and picnic table facilities which are perfect for a barbecue for the whole family with plenty of space for the kids to play.

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Reunited with Godney!
Such a special moment!
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If Ellie Goulding paired up with a mellower Skrillex, you'd have rising British duo AlunaGeorge.
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This is the dope shit!
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CHATHAM, NJ - Two years later, it's still hard for Melissa Landry to remove completely from her mind.
The Chatham senior pitched against Sparta for the first time since she was struck in the face by a batted ball as a sophomore, spending time in the hospital because of it. Ever since that game, she has worn a protective mask while pitching.
"Two years ago, same team," Landry said. "There were times when girls took some heavy swings and I kind of flinched. But I have my facemask on this time. The girl who hit me graduated last year, so I wasn't too scared of anyone in particular, but it definitely was in the back of my mind. It gave me a reason to want to pitch this game."
Landry triumphed over her fears during her pitching duel against Sparta, but her opponent, Paige Smith, was even better, tossing a one-hitter that boosted the Spartans to a 2-0 softball win Wednesday at the Chatham Middle School.
Landry and Smith were locked in a scoreless battle through the first five innings before Sparta (5-2) pushed across a run in the sixth on an error and three walks issued by the Chatham right-hander.
"I get really mad at myself and I feel bad for the defense behind me because I want to make the batter put the ball in play," Landry said. "Not being able to do that is annoying.
"It was a good experience. We were supposed to play them last year and it go rained out. I was looking forward to that game. Now, two years later, it's still fresh in my mind. It's still good to face them."
In the third, Sparta had a runner on second with two outs and Landry induced a grounder to end the threat. In the fourth, Sparta loaded the bases and Landry notched a strikeout to escape the jam.
In the fifth, with runners on second and third and two outs, Landry induced another grounder and third baseman Hallie Pellegrin threw the runner out to end it.
"I think our team kind of prides ourselves that in tough situations, we can get ourselves out of it," Landry said. "We showed that last year against teams like Morris Knolls. The county tournament, there's always runners on, so that's a good trait to have."
Winning pitcher Smith's RBI double in the top of the seventh made it 2-0 and Sparta had runners on second and third with no outs before Anna Lengner came in from right field to pitch and got three straight grounders, two of them comebackers, to strand the runners.
Chatham (6-3), the No. 4 seed for the upcoming Morris County Tournament, had a chance to score in the first inning when Camryn Davies drew a walk and stole second. But Lengner's line drive was hit right at the center fielder for the third out.
In the fourth, the Lady Cougars made a bid to break the scoreless tie. Morgan Pellegrin broke up Smith's no-hit bid with leadoff single to center and then stole second base. With one out, Sarah Stubeck put down a bunt as Pellegrin moved to third with two outs. But Sarah McCabe hit a grounder to third for the final out of the inning.
Smith, who struck out eight and walked two, turned her pitching up a notch from that point on, retiring the final nine batters in order.
"You knew she's a top pitcher," Chatham coach Brian Figueiredo said. "You're not going to win many games with one hit. On the flip side, we knew we had to play good defense to stay in the game and for the most part we did that. It just unraveled a little bit in the sixth. Credit to them for capitalizing on it."


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Wednesday, 17 March 2010
12:14:13 AM (GMT)
^ Chapter 12
Chapter 13: I Glare, now fall to death! (Lame Title I Know =P)
I couldn’t believe what I had gotten myself into. I mean, I was pretending to be
Ryoki’s girlfriend, RYOKI’S! Seriously, I think I hit my head. And he was holding
my hand really awkwardly; did he even know how to act like a boyfriend? Honestly, if
he didn’t, I wouldn’t be surprised.
How had I gotten myself into this again? Oh yeah, he promised to buy my favourite
dinner, potatoes, potatoes, potatoes, fires and steak. (Never underestimate the power
that potatoes hold over me, they’re my favourite food, I eat them like nothing.)
“Sneaky lil bastard.” I muttered, Ryo didn’t even notice the words I had said,
so unlike him, that deaf pedophile.
“I see her,” Ryoki said. I bent down and grabbed something I had brought with me
to disguise him so this.
“Put it on.” I grumbled. Ryoki, confused, but still he nodded and put it on,
haha he should have seen how awful he looked. I mean, black eyebrows and red hair?
In a matter of seconds his sister was knocking on the door, we waited a few moments
and made feet shuffling noises, then Ryoki slide it open the door.
“Yeess?” Ryoki asked in a weird, creepy, stalker voice. I wanted to laugh then,
but then that would break the point of the wig right?
The girl who looked the COMPLETE opposite of Ryoki, I mean, she had blonde hair,
that was really long and silky, and her eyes were greyish blue. Did that seem like
Ryoki’s sister to you?
“Um... is Ryoki Yoh here?” She asked, and then she bowed, she actually freakin
bowed, so different from him... “I’m his sister Aki Yoh.” She went on as she
rose up. So polite...
“No. He’s in the house over from here.” Ryoki said, releasing my hand and
pointing over to Sam and Ed’s house, oh no he didn’t!
“By the way, he’s shrunk in height, and dyed his hair blonde.” Ryoki finished.
My jaw dropped, I felt stupid punched, and he was setting up his own best friend!
“Thank you.” Aki said. She bowed again and headed off towards the other house,
well shit; I’d need a couple bananas to think this over.
As soon as she was gone, Ryo burst into laughter, not noticing that he’d left the
door open and was still holding onto my hand, wait WHAT? Why in hell was he still
holding onto my hand?
“I can’t believe she bought that! I didn’t even have to use you!” Ryoki
laughed out. I could feel my face burning with anger.
Getting my hand free, I wacked him on the head in anger, why’d he do that to Sam?!
I could bite his head off and throw it into the floor and stomp on it.
“How could you?!” I screamed at him. Hitting him on the head, knocking over the
wig, and then there was sudden footsteps, and suddenly Ryoki grabbed my hand again in
that awkward hold.
I was about to ask ‘What the hell?!’ when I saw why, a huffing, angry bull was
standing in the open door way.
“RYOKI!” the bull screamed. Um, what was happening exactly?
“Change back into your human self Aki, stop being mad.” Ryoki said, pointing at
her nose. Erm...
“No.” Aki, well the bull said. But even though she said no, she turned back into
her human self, standing before us looking as mad as heck, well maybe they weren’t
And then I heard sounds at the backdoor, I turned to see Sam and Ed, I gave them my
help me away from the pedophile look. And then Ryoki noticed them.
“Hey guys, this is... my sister, Aki.” I saw Sam take a look at Aki, overlooking
her from head to toe. Meanwhile I was thinking of all the similarities I could now
see between Aki and Ryoki. And then I noticed the scar on her arm, it went down
parallel to her forearm; I knew a scar like that on someone...
“Oh, you’re the people from the other house, right?” Aki said as she spun
around to face them. They nodded in response, jeez were they robots? “Well let me
tell you two, you got a strange neighbour. I can tell, he fell in love with this
stupid girl here!”
“What?!” We all said, all though couldn’t really hear me, because, I REALLY
wanted to start laughing uncontrollably. I mean rolling on the ground, slapping my
fists on the wood, walls and ceiling kind of uncontrollable laughter.
Then Ryoki was suddenly mouthing something to Sam and Ed and they immdetly
understood, um could I be filled in a little bit? Just a little.
“Well, it’s true! It’s just that Ryoki doesn’t deserve a girl like this!”
Aki said, pointing at me, talking as if I was an it, and I was pretty sure I wasn’t
a boy and a girl, because in my language that’s what an “it” means.
“Why do you say that?” Ed asked Aki, looking directly at her.
“Well, for one, she’s not well kept. I can tell by a certain aura she gives off
that she’s hostile, accusing, foul mouth...” Aki went on listing my bad traits,
but I really didn’t care, I was more tired and annoyed at Ryoki to bother listening
Suddenly I could feel my hand become free, I looked at it, yuck! It was all sweaty
from his hand, whoa, ew, I had Ryoki’s germs all over my hand, he made it all
sweaty, yuck I needed to wash it now.
“Ryoki, your sister was saying all those mean things about Meaghan, why didn’t
you stop her?! If you’re acting as if you’re her boyfriend, at least act like
it!!” Sam yelled with unusual harshness in her voice.
“But she’s my sister; I can’t talk back to her! She’s the only family I have
left...” Ryoki said, trailing off as he looked off.
“I don’t care if she’s the last person on earth! You shouldn’t let her get
away with that!” Sam said, well I wasn’t worried about that, I was actually
worried about the sweat still on my hand, I felt filthy, but before I could go, Sam
raised her hand to slap Ryoki, but suddenly it wasn’t Ryoki she was going to slap
anymore, it was Ed.
“Oh my god Ed! I’m so sorry!” Sam cried. While Sam was distracted, Ryo pulled
something out of his pocket; I couldn’t believe how much of a jerk he was being! I
was going to slap him after I washed my hands, and then after that, I’d wash my
“...What’s that?” Sam asked, her eyes looked like she was dazed, and annoyed.
“From Master.” Ryoki said, playing the cool laid back act. I saw Sam’s hand
shaking with the want to hit Ryo, oh she knew how I felt, but Ed stopped her,
grabbing her hand with his and smiled. Ick, moon eyes between both of them, I liked
it better when Ed didn’t moon eye, he looked yucky when moon eyeing.
After Sam read the letter, she disappeared from our house, dragging Ed with her, and
I rushed off to the bathroom, and put a big glop of soap on my hand, rubbing my hands
furiously under the freezing cold water, cold water disinfected better than hot
water, or at least that was what I had thought... I then switched it to hot water
just to make sure.
“Are we going?” Ryoki asked. I could hear his yawn outside the bathroom door,
and the movement of fabric as he shrugged on his coat.
“We would have been leaving sooner, if you hadn’t sweated your germs onto my
hand!” I yelled over the rushing water, drying my hands I pulled out my pocket
knife and opened the door.
“Hey! Watch it with that thing!” Ryoki yelled at me as he backed away from me, I
glared at him and stuck out my tongue, but out of the corner of my eye I could see
Aki standing at the end of the hall way, horror struck as she looked at my switch
blade. Jeez, what was her problem; it was just my switch blade.
“You! What are you still doing here?” I asked, looking Aki straight in the eye
as I still held up my knife to Ryoki’s face.
“Um, I wanted to come with you guys on a mission. You know, see what his partner
was like when on the course.” Aki said, still staring at my switch blade.
“Well you can’t come.” I told her as I went into me and Ryoki’s bedroom, I
shrugged on my black coat and dropped my switch blade into the zip up pocket before I
stuffed my hat onto my head, I then came back out and looked at her.
“Ryyyoooo pllllleeeeasssseeee!” She complained. Ryoki looked at me, saw my look,
shuddered and turned back to her.
“No. Go with Ed and Sam, get to know them better.” Ryoki said. He then walked
past her and slammed the sliding door; I followed him, picking up my shoes and tying
them up quickly.
“You don’t remember, do you?” Aki said to me. I looked up to see her just
behind me, I stood up.
“Remember what?” I asked, shaking my bangs away from my face.
“What you did to me.” She said, and then Aki was out the back door and heading
to Ed and Sam’s place. Well she was a freak, but honestly was it a surprise? Her
brother was a pedophile after all.
I glared at Ryo the whole entire walk, and kept in front of him whenever I could. He
was such a dick, doing all that to Sam and Ed, that jerk Ryoki, why I outta...
“What are we looking for again?” Ryo asked, sighing as he stopped walking so he
could stare around.
“A cave you freakin idiot. We’re looking for a magical sword! A FREAKIN MAGICAL
SWORD!” I yelled at him. Ryo stopped looking around and looked just at me.
“You liar.” He said. I didn’t laugh, I glared at him.
“You’re gullible.” I said. “Although we are looking for a cave.” I said.
Ryoki made faces at me when he thought I couldn’t see, but I saw them. And he would
pay for those faces later, but for now we had to find that cave...
“Is that it? The freakin cave?” Ryoki asked, pointing at the only cave we’d
seen since we’d begun our journey around the out skirts of town.
“Probably.” I said, flicking on my flashlight with my right hand’s thumb, I
used to sit up in the middle of night when I was four years old flicking the
flashlight on and off like this so it’d look cool when I got older, yeah, never
quite worked, but six year olds thought it was cool, wait that’s lame...
I entered the cave, shining the flashlight on each wall, they were all blank. Well
jeez I was expecting some kind of cave writings by apes. But I moved onwards in the
dirt ground of the cave, Ryoki following me from behind, yawning still.
I stopped when I came to an end and saw something glowing, and what seemed like
tinker bell like lights, you know those mystical balls of light things, that are
magic? Yeah those. But anyways, they were surrounding some kind of mystical sword.
Well gobbler berries, I had been right, it was a freakin magical sword, wait why was
there a banana sticking out of the end of it? Jeez what was with me and bananas?!
I reached out and grabbed the sword, throwing the banana onto the floor. “That was
too easy, come on, no boogie traps?” I asked, playing around with the sword.
“Don’t jinx it Meaghan!” Ryoki yelled, stepping into the area I was in.
Suddenly crashing noises came from every exit of the cave, I shined my light on the
exits, and strong sturdy cage doors of black had fallen down.
“Too late.” I said, standing facing one black door. Jeez was it always me that
got us into trouble, like really?

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