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The tale of the terrorist and the beautiful spirits 10
It's a cautionary tale that will be taken no notice of by Our Betters Who Rule Over Us (OBWROUs).
A true story. This is what happened (roughly – details have yet to be clarified):
Usman Khan, a Muslim jihadi terrorist, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for plotting to blow up places and people in London. In prison he said he wanted "to know more about Islam" so he could "become a better British [!] citizen". The OBWROUs thought that was a jolly good idea and a sure sign that he really, really wanted to reform – and what could help him do that better than plunging himself deep into the teachings of "The Religion of Peace"? (Whose commandments he had in fact been trying to carry out with his plans for murderous attacks in London.) So under their approving eyes he brooded over the Koran that still insisted he should kill the infidel.
Then a bunch of people who think everyone is fundamentally good and who feel sorry for prisoners – "beautiful spirits" who had formed a do-gooding organization at Cambridge University called Learning Together – and who apparently heed the advice of Jesus to "resist not evil", to forgive, and to love their enemies …
Excuse us a moment while we overcome our nausea! …
… visited him in prison and soon announced that he was reformed.
Now he wanted nothing so much as to be a model for others who had not yet studied the Koran deeply enough or felt the love of the beautiful spirits. He would help them reach those others. So he was let out of prison.
The OBWROUs did instruct him not to go to London, though it no doubt hurt their tender consciences to do so.
The Learning Together beautiful spirits of Cambridge University organized a "rehabilitation" event in the grand Fishmongers' Hall at one end of London Bridge. There, on Friday November 29, 2019, they would introduce their great success, the reformed Muslim jihadi terrorist. The OBWROUs smilingly gave their consent to lift the London ban for that one day. Such a good cause! Such a splendid example of what love, forgiveness, and resisting not evil could accomplish!
So Usman Khan went to London.
He entered Fishmongers' Hall, was warmly welcomed by the chief beautiful spirit, Jack Merritt, and a student named Saskia Jones. In return, Khan drew out a big sharp knife and stabbed them to death. He turned and ran out on to London Bridge.
A few people in the hall, fortunately less beautiful of spirit than their hosts, chased him, one with a fire extinguisher as a weapon. The Polish cook employed at the hall, having seen what happened, seized a long sharp whale's tooth from among the decorations on the wall, ran out after Allah's soldier and with it kept him pinned to the railing at the side of the bridge. Another man also more brave than beautiful of spirit wrestled the knife from Khan's hand. Then the police arrived and shot Khan dead.
Will the brave men and the police officers who brought revenge upon Khan face charges of Islamophobia? That would be serious. They'd spend a long time in prison if found guilty. No parole for them. The OBWROUs will see to that.
What the Cambridge group Learning Together says they are all about:
"Learning Together brings together people in criminal justice [prison] and higher education institutions [Cambridge University] to study alongside each other in inclusive and transformative learning communities."
Some persons from the group went on a sponsored 10 mile run to raise funds to buy Usman Khan a computer while he was in prison.
He wrote them a poem to thank them.
Have they now learned something?
Posted under Terrorism, United Kingdom by Jillian Becker on Monday, December 2, 2019
Tagged with Jack Merritt, Saskia Jones, Usman Khan


"So, what was your job like, man?" Eddie asked to the King shepherd sitting on the seat row in front of him.
"What do you mean?" Dasco asked back, unfazed.
This made the youngest human of the group to fall silent, while their car ran toward the core cluster of Xanadu.
Iris kept looking at the panorama around them and visible under their feet. The car's frailty was apparent, as it was made of plasteel and could stand a bazooka shot. "It's so beautiful," she muttered, feeling like a puppy during her first exploration of the world. "Sir?" she then asked to the black wolf standing near the door, together with that silent Natalie Domina woman.
Speaking of 'standing', their Captain hadn't taken a second to rest since 'welcoming' the group.
"Uh, this area was hit by an earthquake, once. In fact, the old Truman Laboratories were shut down due to leaks caused in the fissile material storage tanks. Isn't it dangerous to have a nuclear fusion reactor here, of all places?" Especially considering that the thing was supposed to revolution the energy market forever.
The wolf nodded. "First of all, Prometheus is supposed to just turn off, in case of structural emergency. The plasma core smothers itself like a candle fire. No fancy explosion, sorry for the drama lovers. The real mess will be turning it on, as that process requires a very generous injection of energy.
Sarah and Catherine nodded. This was their territory, international espionage. It was a safe bet that an hostile party would not rely on microphones and the such –no unapproved transmission could leave this place or reach it. And it was as much clear that privacy was nonexistent. No one could ask for a 'personal favor' without Big Brother knowing.
This left room to good ol' spies only. Now, that was something hard to catch, unless you were a pro. Like a CIA spook and the daughter of a former top KGB Agent.
The car stopped over the roof of the central building.
Temno examined his 'troops': plasteel plates body armor, emergency kits (including 'invisible cloak' and AR contacts), HUD glasses and cameras which allowed each member of a single team to keep track of the other, skin communicators powered by the body heat, smartphones GT Omivac-Z3, sleeve stunners, GT Hyperflash neural grenades NG MIII, C5 explosive pack, boot knives.
Then came the weapons of choice, what humans and animals had decided to keep as personal item. Of course, their armory held enough bounty to last for World War III and some year later, but a good soldier would stuck to those weapons he or she would use more frequently.
In this case, Jake Torrance's question was not really unfounded.
Archer had kept his arrows, his 'Hawkeye' quiver and his own compound bow. Considering he could turn any object into a weapon thanks to his exceptionsl marksmanship, he really wasn't disarmed without bow and arrow.
Edward Pope Jr. now owned a PSE TAC 15 crossbow, his own quiver, and a SIG Sauer P238 loaded with six GT C5 fragmentation bullets.
Chance showed no visible weapons, but only because his vest contained anything he needed to be dangerous and taking his enemies by surprise. The cat had dubbed that vest his 'Bat-belt'. Like him, Clayton Whitaker was good with an assortment of weapons, but since he excelled at short range combat and preferred to be of support to Chance, he had chosen a "Ranger" combat trench survival knife, a Tomahawk knife, and a KSG Kel-Tec Shotgun.
Sodina and Catherine Panderov had eventually gone for items that could make their own bodies more lethal –retractable wrist claws GT M1 'Predator', gloves reinforced with titanium layers, reinforced boots with hidden knives, and telescopic batons strapped to their arms.
Flare and Fredrick, who had trained to think and work as one, a requirement in their kind of specialty, carried a classical piece each: AK-47, and a bag to reassemble it according to necessity. Whatever else they needed, in case of defusing explosives or setting them, they carried it in their backpacks.
Lance and Jake carried each an XM-25 rifle by Alliance Techsystems, still to go on the market, and a multipurpose knife. Other than that, they too had their own backpacks –and no one still knew what was inside them.
Amar had chosen two items: As a spotter, his job was to be silent. All he needed were a Leonida Combat Survival Knife, and a GT SF-01 'StarField' Spotting Scope. His partner, Elsa, carried a disassembled M107A1 in a hard bag strapped around her shoulders. That, combined with her talent, made her one of the most lethal women in the world.
Navy and Caleb couldn't refuse their standard attire, and they really, really hated to use lethal weapons. So both had opted as well for the GT SK-08. Caleb had added a Taser X12 Stun gun for longer range shots. After all, they were basically negotiators. Right?
To say that Marcus liked overkill, there was no doubt: after a long debate with himself, and Temno's refusal to hire a Sherpa, the dire wolf had kept his Smith & Wesson Bush Hog Kukri and the SOG cutting knife. He had strapped a Beretta M92 with 9x19 prabellum rounds to his thigh…and had replaced his first choice with two novelties: The Auto Assault AA-12 shotgun, and a Pfeifer-Zeliska .600 Nitro Express Magnum! A weapon that only one like him could fire like a 'normal' gun'. Damien, with his M4 Carbine with Grenade Launcher and his D2 Extreme Fighting Ka-Bar, looked small and inadequate!
Dasco had his Magpul FMG9 folding machine gun, a FNH Five SeveN ODG, and a Cold Steel Recon 1 Knife. Rusty was equipped with an M4 Carbine, a Beretta M9 pistol and a Walther P99C.
All in all, a sight to fear.
The elevator doors opened on a large meeting room –as local architecture went, a room occupying the whole floor. It must be an interesting show, when it was filled to capacity with scientists discussing over their pet project.
For now, it was just an empty amphitheater, the set for some post-apocalypse movie. Eerie.
"Beak! I told you guys we needed to work on the scent factor!" An incorporeal male voice said…a moment before a crowd filling the room to capacity appeared out of nowhere! Men, women and animals, all wearing their clothes and coats!
At the same moment, every single team member carrying a gun produced it and cocked it, aiming at the crowd!
The warriors lowered their weapons. "Just. Don't. Do. That. Again," Marcus growled, lowering his AA-12.
The man stepped forward, He was accompanied by a Russian Blue cat. A graceful, pretty female Russian Blue cat.
"I think I am being in love," Amar said.
"Saw her first," Chance whispered.
Marcus was looking at Wayward as if the human was an alien –how was he supposed to instill fear in the enemy if he didn't even instill awe in this…puny creature?!
Jake and Lance were examining the crowd. The two newly elected guns for hire were actually drooling at the sight!
"I love my job," Lance said.
"And build our future," a German male scientist said. His tag read FRIGSBURG.
"And doesn't this give you…loyalty problems"? Iris asked. As a dog, loyalty was something built in her DNA. As a CIA agent, she couldn't see herself giving her talents to any other country than hers.
"Especially my country," a Mr. DONADIO said. He looked like the grumpy guy of that bunch. He also looked a lot like a younger Michael Ironside. He was accompanied by a female Boxer. "If I told you just how much cash our politicians spent for their own bordello pleasures instead of financing research…" He was becoming all red in the face.
"I want their puppies," Lance whimpered.
"Who is caring?" Amar shrugged. "I…like a good competition," he said to the Russian Blue, correcting himself at the last moment. He didn't usually care about his speech, but all of a sudden he wished he was more sophisticated.
"GRUNTS!" Temno roared. The mercenaries sprung on attention.
"Sir!" Archer raised his paw.
After he and his partner had left the room, a long silence fell while the guns for hire looked at the civilians.
Eddie cleared his throat. He felt as if he was about to get flunked at an exam.
Eddie remembered that examining commission guy saying the same thing. Before a painful F hit him in history. His old man had eaten him alive, at dinner…were those fangs in this Spanish guy's mouth? He needed air!
"Didn't he try to kill you?" Donadio asked.
"Once you get past the wish to strangle them, I guess," Catherine whispered back.
Shirakawa nodded. "We need recreation from time to time, fresh air, meet other people, but we are not stupid. We are well aware of the historical importance of our jobs. The work of the other Clusters is important, but it's nothing compared to this. In fact, they depend on us giving them the fire to feed their products and the industry manufacturing them.
Galvan looked at the cup's content. He seemed puzzled. "Hmm, I think I may have taken the liquid nitrogen by mistake. Here, let me try." He took the cup and emptied it with a couple of gulps! Eddie saw his career dying in front of his eyes and his body grinded for his uncle's next lunch!
But Eddie had fainted again.
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well I'm not sure I pictured Iris with dual katanas, but It fits. plus, I love dual wield katanas. plus yeas, stun gun is very much her.
as for Sarah, yes, those weapons sound about right. though keep in mind, she'd only use one at a time because shooting with two hands has higher accuracy. but having two means more shots before needing to reload.
I'm enjoying seeing more of them interacting. I look forward to seeing them do their jobs.
Love that Marcus's main gun is the AA-12! That shotgun is amazing! I had completely forgotten about it. The special Frag-12 round comes in three different variations. Explosive, armor piercing, and fragmentation. A gun that truly is a perfect weapon for a Dire Wolf that enjoys killing and will do so without hesitation.
Oh and then there is the Pfeifer Zeliska .600 Nitro Express revolver. Considered one of the most powerful handguns in the world! Love these guns.
If you say that those eggheads actually made a functioning Railgun or also known as a Mass Accelerator Cannon/Magnetic Accelerator Cannon then I will die.
You can bet it, they are developing that as well at Red Cluster. I didn't want to introduce it now because it's still a cumbersome affair, and I want a fairly portable device.
Today this ficcie has reached the 100,000 hits!
Please allow me a moment of pride while you all get this extra-bonus: a big thank you from the couple that started it all...and the new generations! With extra superduper spoiler added.
And a big, genuine and humble THANK YOU for being with me and my rants so far!
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You really keep adding more characters that I hope you keep track and I know you do.
As for 100,000 hits pic, really CUTE and MAGNIFICENT! Stu did a spectacular job even with the shadow. Aw, Pixel is such a jinx.
Well, of course this is just an introductory episode, so not everyone is mishmashed in a row. I'll try to cover as much as possible and keep your interest going, before going back to the Gardens and Terrace.
I have have plans for everyone.
GT SK-08 = Gottschalk Technologies Stun/Kill (Taser gun) mark 8, a made-up weapon with a lightning bolt kick!
I believe in English we call it "harakiri" rather than "karakiri"
Oh, Amar, you never thought paying attention to Elsa's grammar talks was going to be important, did you?
King and Bailey wreak havoc upon the earth by turning the adorbs level up to 11.
though I may need some help identifying who's who in it. some are pretty obvious, but there are 5 Sandwich kittens and I can't be bothered top remember the decriptions of all of them, and I can't even remember who all have kids at this point. it's so epic.
then comes Bosco, intrepid pup of Bino and Sasha.
and then...egad THE UNNAMED WONDER THREE CORGSKIES!
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do we get to suggest names for cogskies? if you go for two boys and a big sister, Bishop and Rook could be good names for the boys.
I'll open a new thread for the contest.
That aside, gratz on your milestone. And awesome picture to go beside it. Stu is an amazing artist.
This said, you're not forced to stuff it down your throat, take it easy and if you like it you may have a nice long hobby to pass time..
I'll strap myself down with a few bottles of water and bucket of popcorn and start later tonight on it. We'll see how far I get.
You know I always wanted to know what these children looked like and I have to say they all look great.
Also, I have a question to ask. What are the characteristics and personalities of both Mortimer and Pixel since Mortimer is a new character and the only thing I know about Pixel is that she is the adopted daughter of Fido and Sabrina and she's a mute kitten?
Lastly, congratulations for reaching 100'000 hits.
So there are more security/guards right? You said they make up, "30% of the general staff".
It's just that the animal/human teams will be more along the lines of 'personal guards' for the eggheads right?
Mortimer is definitely the strongest of the new generation and he's well aware of it. Pround and vain like a miniBino, he aspires to be the guardian angel of babylon gardens. He treasures is friends like a wolf treasures his pack members, and respects humans like any good dog. Unfortunately, his management of friendship includes a regimen of training that is not often met with equal joy by his peers.
Pixel is a jinx. I mean, it's not that you *must* expect to have problems around her...just don't upset her. Of course, you can't know what can upset Pixel to the point that a manhole will erupt fire and throw the cover at you, but...okay, be prudent with her around.
Other than that, Pixel is much like Sabrina -responsible and mischievous, open minded and social but no mama's fool, curious...ok, too much curious for her own good. Nutella and Louise are her best friends because she knows she can drag them into her discovery adventures, hoping that one day she'l be a great detective like 'Doc'. Evildoers beware!
Armed security is ALL about animal/human teams, at Xanadu. Again, whereas the civilian furs are female, security are boys.
And yes, the special First Line Team is the force assigned to the safety of Prometheus' core staff.
Temno went to the table, took a seat and sat down between the Rottie and a Bull Terrier. "Nothing that I can't handle Gorky. Now gimme some cards, Ferdy."
A moment later, a can landed perfectly into his grasp. "I hate you, mutt!" Her voice followed.
"She loves me," he said while opening the can with one claw. He drank a gulp. "And yes, they're that good. There's a couple of softies, but I trust the brass' choice." He then proceeded to describe the weapons of choices. The dogs listened intently.
"Do you think it will actually work?" A German Shepherd asked. He tossed some plastic chips into the pile at the center of the table.
"But Gottschalk is a powerful human," Gorky said, adding chips to the pile.
It was 9pm, when the survivors from their first meeting with Prometheus staff walked into their quarters.
"Uh, yes." Now even the collars were being put into the cabinets.
"First thing a woman learns in the Army," Elsa said, speaking for the very first time since their gathering, "is to stop thinking about herself as a woman. We're uniforms, we're ranks, we're killers, we're comrades." She stood naked, perhaps the most precious specimen Eddie had ever seen in his life. The poor man was stuttering.
She was about to walk in, when a naked Edward Pope stepped in at a brisk pace and an angry frown on his face, followed by Archer, who was sticking out his tongue at her. "'Kid' my @#£$%!" he was muttering. One could insult him, mistreat him, humiliate him…but being addressed at as 'kid' was the supreme insult. He was a man and determined to prove that, especially to his Uncle whose ghost hovered over this new job!
Within a few minutes, water was running freely. Even if the showers had the option of being turned into single cabins, for now the group washed without walls between them. The air was filled with water droplets, mist, and the occasional moans from the animals when dexterous fingers rubbed the right spots.
"I studied accurately human and animal anatomy to know how to terminate my opponents better," the wolf said working on the human's blades. He sounded proud of that statement.
The cat shrugged but did as he was told. A moment later, strong paws grabbed him around the chest. Paws large enough to hold him as if he were a stuffed doll.
"Much as we'd love to settle down," Damien said, Marcus scoffing at that, "we'll just keep moving and stay alive as long as we can." And he bit into his bread with salami.
"No frick," Eddie said. Frozen plastic explosive was one real killer. While this material was pretty stable, once it had been frozen it better stay frozen! Once you had it out of the freezer, you had about one minute, tops, to recommend your soul to your God.
"Yeah!" Flare said, grinning enthusiastically. "Jack's last intended victim was Adrianne, his old fiancée, a classic! And she worked in this frozen foods market. His final challenge was for us to get there and find the packet he had slipped in a freezer. Now, I don't like to admit it, but not even I could sniff out the culprit, not in time, not without causing serious damage to my poor nose. So we could only evacuate the market, since Jack had told us everything during business hours.
"But Jack had made a mistake: He wanted to make sure that Fred and I would be involved in the explosion. Go on, partner!" he patted the human's thigh.
"Thank you champ: You see, there was only one way to make sure the bomb would be set off, and that would be turning off the power. No energy, no cold, boom!
The tension was palpable. Everyone was listening intently, not daring to utter a word.
"Lasagna. Three layers of explosive taste," Flare said.
"Speaking of which," Amar said, putting away his empty plate, "I am having a lady's heart to make mine!" he walked toward the exit.
"It's awfully late!" Elsa remarked. It's not like she's going anywhere, plus you should wash your teeth.
The cat tut-tutted. "Cats, nocturnal, remember? And then," he flashed a grin before picking it with a claw, "You know that where I'm coming from, a male smelling like food is the most sought after. Hej så länge!" and out he went.
Archer was wagging like crazy. He had forgotten the last time he had tried to have a relationship with a girl, and this was some occasion to put together duty and pleasure!
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bah, curse you and Karlos. first he does his usual really long update at a time I don't have the time to read it before, then you update right before I need to sleep.
I was actually hoping to seem some of that twisted humor and enthusiasm from Dasco, otherwise you're doing a great job. Can't wait till the next update.
Man, I really loved how not only did you have flare and fredrick talk but also have them tell a story. Your the best! Also the team looks to be working together great so far. All I know is that this chapter will be super long.
Another thing, when you mentioned 3 different RP neighborhoods all i could do was smile very big. I loved those references that you made.
Keep up the fantastic work Val!!
I'm sure we'll see that twisted humor with Dasco and Marcus in the future.
And then there was the parts with Marcus! Those were great! And the story about the crazy bomber was great and what everyone would do with there money.
what everyone would do with there money.
not everyone. Marcus derailed the money conversation with the bounty conversation.
So he did...sneaky. I like it.
Of all the members of the First Line, Jean-Claude Amar Asad was the only one who could truly appreciate the…alienity of this place.
A sky of rock, metal and light. Tall buildings illuminated as if millions of colorful fires shone through their windows. A metallic web hanging above, where hundreds of tiny insects ran like busy bees in every direction.
And the silence. Even though the cars above hummed softly, theirs was like the voice of an incessant wind in the loud silence of this cavern forged by nature and rebuilt my Man.
Amar was used to open spaces, to the sounds of other animals, to the rain season and the powerful winds. His body ached to caress real grass, not a simulation. His senses could be fooled, not so the ancient call of his species.
And yet, this place was…ajabu. Wonderful! And still they wondered how had these apes become the masters of this world. Buwarans had had their own nation, even an empire before that, and they were still far from the level of progress intelligent creatures could gain.
Amar walked along the stone pavement, avoiding touching the metal-linen road as the warning signs recommended. 'Danger! Magnetic Fields' and 'Danger: LowNo Traffic' the graphene signs would read in different language and the unmistakable black skull and lightning icon.
Amar wondered what kind of a railway this was…and what could ever be 'LowNo Traffic'!. But, after all, if he started wondering about everything they did here, he'd never stop. He wasn't here to question authorities, and he surely had better plans for tonight than playing Jeopardy.
"Good evening, milady," he muttered to himself intently, "You have being met me today… No, no, no!" he shook his head, then tried again. "Good evening, milady. We have met today…" Better! Amar remembered how some the humans and their dog soldiers had snickered at him every time he opened his mouth. They were being rude, but it was comprehensible they'd find his speech funny.
His claws had started flexing out and in. The African wild cat forced himself to relax.
Elsa had never made fun of him, they respected each other. In fact, she had put the bullet into the body of the human who had killed Amar's mother.
Elsa had tried hard to teach her partner the basics of correct speech. Amar had given her a cold ear on that, but both knew he was absorbing each and every word with his prodigious memory.
The moment he saw the egg-shaped vehicle suspended at a feet above the road, just by the pavement, he understood: Low-Noise Traffic of magnetic cars. Remarkable.
And, speaking of Buwarans… A leopard and a black panther were sitting in the car, together with their human partners.
"Zo? Ghet kai?" 'What? Do we know?', Amar asked, sheathing his knife.
And humans had imposed them this weird habit! "I am Orum, son of Mazar of the Springwater Clans." He then pointed at the leopard. "And that is my brother, Garum." He waited for the other feline to answer.
Amar nodded, a grim expression on his face: Every promise betrayed, no money, scarce food and the threat of seeing your family decimated if you turned against your tormentors/superiors.
Amar recognized something behind that polite request. Curious, now, he walked toward the egg-shaped vehicle. Once he and the panther had embarked, the thing hummed briefly and silently levitated along the mag-road.
"So, you guys have not been informed yet?" Garum asked, checking the control panel from time to time, although the car seemed quite capable of driving herself.
"We just came. I am—I guess the Captain will inform us, once he's done lashing us," Amar barely held a blush in check. Heck, even his peers were more sopshisticated than him!
The big cats exchanged an amused glance. Then Orum said, "Yes, he knows how to assert his authority. No wonder he's your Captain.
Now Amar was really curious: Everyone knew that Gottschalk wasn't a philanthropist…but how far would that human go?
Amar's eyes widened. "The Animal Prince from Dubai?" he remembered him, a jackal, an actual jackal who owned his own fortune in oil thanks to the quirks of his deceased owner, much like the Milton ferrets had inherited Henry's Milton mortal possession.
Amar nodded. He had studied Gabriella Lundberg's program for the furkindred, a program based on Martin Foster's principles. Among them, the end of 'ownership' for pets, who'd become full family members with the right to choose their human companions if of mature age…or leave them.
The maglev car proceeded among the clusters. Amar had all but forgotten about his romantic intentions for then night. He was…what? Puzzled? Awed? Confused?
For sure, he had just discovered that his job was part of something so big that he couldn't see its end. "Why weren't we being just informed, upon coming here?" he asked, his eyes lost in his own thoughts.
"I feel sick," was Edward Pope's first comment, once he had pressed the 'pause' button. There was a limit even to how much information one could take in one swipe. He also felt like drinking a whole bottle of Grappa.
"Talk about motivational speech," Dasco muttered. He knew he looked, at best, dumbfounded, but he couldn't help it –and heck, he had been watching over some weird top-secret stuff!
But that stuff was supposed to stay secret, hidden forever, either because it was too dangerous or because it would wreak havoc in the relationship between people and their Governments.
There was only one of them who was actually smiling.
Marcus. "All my life," he said. All heads turned to him.
Damien looked with utter amazement at the single tear that flowed from his partner's eye. A tear from a creature who had never shed any, not even for his own father's demise.
"I will die a hero. My name will be passed among those who helped build a new world. The shamans will name the finest warriors after me. My skin will become part of a totem" He drew a deep breath. One could almost hear his powerful heart beating like a drum in his chest.
"No frick," Eddie said. The faces of his colleagues spoke out loud enough.
Their old lives were over. Even when or if they'd retire, they could never go back to anyone they knew, unless this master plan, Codename: Arcadia, would really speed up. They would be stuck with their job until they could do it, that much was clear, and not because they'd be forced to –not even Gottschalk was so stupid as to force a bunch of top killers and hackers and what else to do their job…no, they would keep on working at Xanadu because it was that or abandoning their own actual chance to write history. That wolf was right, Eddie thought: One day kids would read about them and their adventures and play pretend to be them. One day, there would be books about Xanadu and the people who protected it.
Edward Pope Jr. couldn't dishonor his family name by dropping this chance. Even if it would cost him his old plans to find the murderers of his father and make them pay!
Amar had to focus hard on a question that had lingered in his mind, in the turbulent sea of so many more questions! "What's with this 'Republic'? Where does it lay, to be so…'close to the Western World'?
"But what really matters is," Orum went on, "Is that the Mexican Government never claimed back that place, in fact no one did, not even the cartels.
"So, where were you going?" Garum asked.
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I have no problem in repeating it: *everyone* will have their rightfully deserved moment. It's a question of the *right* moment.
I just wrote a base page for H!tS on TV Tropes.
I...I don't know what say, Kitch.
'Thank you' a million times is not enough. Oh, and if you tell me how to update the page, I'll happily provide.
*bows then hugs* thank you for making my week!
You have to be registered on TV Tropes, which is simple enough. When you do, there's an "edit page" button on the top of the page.
I once started to try reading it for fun, before realizing I had spent something like five hours on it.
I will devote myself to it on the weekends. I gladly accept suggestions in PM about the 'how-to' on adding tropes, as this will be my first experience with TT.
Indeed TV tropes is a double edged sword, it's good for analysis and finding out whether or not a particular work suits your tastes. I found the Housepets! webcomic thanks to TV Tropes as a matter of fact. It is also really easy to burn a whole day and a half just mindlessly clicking through links, they even have a term for it called "wiki walking."
Anyways, the updates are awesome! I like how you are writing in all of the new characters and delving into them little by little. I can't wait to see further interactions between all of these characters because they are all so dynamic.
Also, since I was a little busy and missed the party bus, here's a late congrats on your 100,000 comic views!
I'm looking for one of the illustrations by Stu. For some reason I can't seem to find it anywhere. It's the one where Grape and Peanut are reacting to awkward looks after coming out with their relationship.
I am loving how you write Amar! I'm so excited to see his big screen time!


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ERA/FoEN alerts on dumped toxic waste in Delta
The Environmental Rights Agenda/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has raised the alarm on the presence of substances suspected to be toxic waste in Koko community in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State.
ERA/FoEN, Executive Director, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, at a briefing in Lagos, urged the Delta State Government and the National Environmental Standard and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to immediately set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the development. Ojo identified Ebenco Global Link Limited, as the company responsible for the dumping of the toxic waste in Koko community, which he claimed has been on for over three months.
"This is not the first time this is happening. To refresh our memory, persistence ecological onslaught on the people of the Niger Delta being perpetrated by corporations and their Nigerian collaborators continues unabated leading to massive pollution of water bodies and soil contamination," he said.
He recalled that in 1988, Italian businessmen, Gianfranco Raffaeli and Renato Pent, of Waste Broker firms, Ecomar and Jelly Wax respectively, signed an illegal agreement with an unsuspecting Nigerian businessman, Sunday Nana, to use his property for the storage of 18,000 drums of hazardous waste for approximately $100 a month. Italy is believed to produce between 40 and 50 million tonnes of industrial waste and 16 million tonnes of household wastes each year, most of which are exported to developing countries like Nigeria for disposal, ERA noted. Nana, Ojo continued, was made to believe that the wastes were residual and allied chemicals relating to the building industry. "By the time the truth came out, it was discovered that the contents included 'toxic and radioactive' substances, including asbestos fibre and dioxin." Nana was said to have died while looking after the substances.
To address the issue, ERA/FoEN wants NESREA to live up to its responsibility of protecting the environment and enforce compliance with all environmental laws, both in Nigeria as well as international agreements, protocols and treaties on the environment to which Nigeria is signatory.
"Delta State Ministry of Environment and the Federal Ministry of Environment should also step into the situation and collaborate for a proper commission of inquiry to unravel the persistence of toxic waste dumping in Koko. Ebenco Global Link should be compelled to clean up its mess in Koko and evacuate its hazardous wastes, including those allegedly surreptitiously buried in large quantities," ERA/FoEN demanded.
ERA also wants Ebenco to pay specified penalties and fines as well as compensation, to be imposed by NESREA and the Federal Government, to victims/community people whose lands have been contaminated.
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Virginia Tech architecture professors, new exhibit highlight female architects in a transforming Japan /
Mark Cartwright achieves Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity status
Virginia Tech's forest landowner program offers course in selling rural land
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Virginia Tech robotics team dominates international RoboCup competition
Anne Khademian named director of School of Public and International Affairs
Ray Pethtel appointed interim executive director of I-81 Corridor Coalition
Primland celebrates Virginia Tech partnership with Tree House to Trails weekend
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine dean becomes president of national veterinary education association
Melissa Georges joins The Inn at Virginia Tech as sales manager
Lindsay Key named communications officer for Fralin Life Science Institute
American Psychological Association selects Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute professor as Distinguished Scientist Lecturer
Megan Seibel named director of new agriculture leadership program
Max Kiebach named new food and beverage director at The Inn at Virginia Tech
Researchers closer to understanding cell-division gatekeeper enzyme
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Virginia Tech architecture professors, new exhibit highlight female architects in a transforming Japan
Donna Dunay
When Donna Dunay, the G. Truman Ward Professor of Architecture at Virginia Tech, visited Japan in February of this year, it seemed like a standard trip abroad for a busy academician. As chair of the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center at Virginia Tech, she met with her counterparts with the Union of Women Architects Japan to finalize plans for summer exhibition and symposium in Tokyo highlighting the contributions of women architects to their field. The exhibit would celebrate the center's 25 years of the work and signify the cross-border collaborations that are becoming more common in the 21st century.
Within a month, however, Japan would be hit with an unprecedentedly destructive earthquake and an associated tsunami and nuclear crisis. Soon it became clear that nothing in Japan would be routine for a long time, if ever.
Yet after temporarily putting their plans on hold, the exhibition's organizers decided to move forward with their plans. "Though there is much rebuilding to accomplish," says Dunay, who teaches architecture in the School of Architecture + Design in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. "Our Japanese colleagues decided to have the exhibition on the original schedule to restore a degree of normalcy and take this opportunity to showcase important history with the benefits that knowledge can bestow."
The exhibition, entitled For the Future: The Pioneering Women in Architecture From Japan and Beyond, features the pioneering work of women architects from Japan and the United States and international women beyond, highlighting their accomplishments and, Dunay says, reveal their contributions to the built environment by giving this unacknowledged segment of the architecture profession a voice rarely heard. Dunay and architecture professor Kay Edge were featured speakers at a symposium associated with the exhibition, which opened last month at the Architectural Institute of Japan in Tokyo. The exhibition will later become one of the featured venues of the International Union of Architects meeting in Tokyo this fall.
Established in 1985, the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center is a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. The purpose of the Archive is to document the history of women's contributions to the built environment by collecting, preserving, storing, and making available to researchers the professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians, urban planners and critics, as well as the archives of women's architectural organizations.
Dunay says that before the earthquake, the exhibition in Japan offered a chance to highlight the work of women in architecture. Now, she says, the exhibition will also "promote the solidarity of our two countries looking into the future through the juxtaposition of work from Japan and the United States in an international partnership," at a time when Japan needs help recovering from an unprecedented disaster.
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Something's rotten (and festering) in Italy
I can't certainly be identified as someone who blindly followed and supported bands from my country over the years, and I might say it with pride. On the contrary I have been often accused of hating Italian bands by default which might be not entirely incorrect. I do believe Italian bands on the average sucked amazingly during the nineties with just a short lived moment across the millennium when we had some interesting things going on. 90% of what I heard however in about 30 years is pure garbage, mostly composed of bands obsessed with technical Death-like riffing, usually self described as Thrash/Death but actually being just sloppy second rate, unimaginative thrash metal with stellar overproduction and a lot of ego. The last 10 years or so, however, basically the decade after I closed my old shop and drifted away from everything related to music, things got REALLY interesting. Possibly lead by a couple of dedicated individuals a whole layer of rot started to fester over the plastic post-Meshuggah shit mountain that the Italian "scene" had become. Is it just a new trend? Yes, probably. For some of these these might prove that to be true. Do I care? Hell no. Let this shit come over since it really looks like a new Renaissance to me. No, not exactly a Renaissance, that would imply a glorious past, which my country NEVER had except for VERY few bands. No this is really the real shit we were supposed to play in the early 90's, we're just 20 years late.
I will certainly forget about a lot of bands, some on purpose. I won't list "Brutal Death" or Black Metal or Grind/Death, but just the sickest, darker more traditional sounding Death Metal shit I have been enjoying and discovering lately.
Funest
Funest is a relatively new band which recently had their 2014 Memento Mori album on vinyl repressed on Morbid Generation (boy what a horrible name is that for a label, right short of Brutal Bands). Their sound is massively Swedish, kinda old Grave with a crisper production and reminds me VERY much of the first Bloodbath EP in more than one aspect. Great vocals, great riffs, great sounds. Their album is just a must have.
Into Darkness
Into Darkness is not just the title of one of the greatest Death Doom recordings ever, but also a relatively new Death Metal band from Como with a rather sparse discography. Their sound is definitely less Swedish and has strong references to Asphyx and has that kind of half-desperate, half-agonizing, half-hateful (yep that makes 150%) vocal style which is typical of Asphyx/Pestilence and Morgoth. I like their more minimalistic approach to Death Metal, just grab take some good riffs and start munching, no fillers. Like said before their releases are few and sparse, but I think everything is easily available.
Gravesite
Gravesite's an highly interesting and also rather new band from my city and neighbors that inherited a great part of its sound and members from the troubled yet decently successful Undead Creep. Gravesite also rests in the moldy chamber of older-sounding Death Metal with a mix of sonorities closer to the American southern coasts ranging from earlier Death to Massacre with some faint reminiscences of crust in between. They released a full length on Xtreem last year but I feel like recommending their previous demo tape as well, where the double vocals were ever more distinct and the sound a bit darker. Good stuff.
They might be catalogued as Death/Doom but I would just say Assumption is really just straight backed Death Metal at its best and probably in my top 5 list bands from Italy today. They're not more Death/Doom than Incantation, so to speak. Apparition's only EP is just four tracks (still runs longer than Reign in Blood) but it's just flawless. Minimalist structures, no filler riffs, Mortician-like zombie vocals, and that tiny pinch of harmonies that is just like that white pepper in the batter for fried chicken, or the stem of vanilla in whipped cream. This is for lovers of the Finnish darker side of Death Metal. Top quality here too.
Profanal
Remember when the most Swedish-sounding band around was Fleshcrawl which was not even a Swedish band? Profanal discovered the same fountain of youth rot that defies borders with the dedication of a Syrian immigrant. They manage to sound just like a band from Nicola Costantini's fetish books and, while in the past the similarities with early Dismember sometimes just overlapped a bit too much, their upcoming "Supreme Fire" really sounds like all weak spots have been addressed. Contaminations from all the cult classics are here, including some early Necrophobic, but the mix is just evenly balanced. It is really one of the best albums I have heard in 2016 even though lampredotto is still nowhere to be seen, mister.
Morbus Grave
Formed this very year Morbus Grave is probably the youngest band of this report, but features members of Sepulcral, Funest and Into Darkness. Still another nail haling from the land of fog and panetùn ready for the vacant coffin of OSDM. To be completely honest the band still sounds a bit unripe to me, I like them in general but they just don't have anything that clicks incompletely yet. No killer riff, dark but not too much and so on, you get it. Possibly the most interesting element in the demo are Erman's vocals, eerie and malignant and with a barely perceivable accent just like Angelripper on "In The Sign Of Evil".
As far as I know the band only released one demo so far and moreover that one is also limited to only 200 copies on our inexorable and inoxidizable Unholy Domain recordings so it might not be so easy to obtain in the future BUT we shall take into account that they have a track on Youtube for listening and the fact that people just don't buy anything anymore (me included sadly but I have already done my homeworks in the past so fuck off that's another story) so 200 might as well be the right number.
Voids of Vomit
The band might not have an impressive array of releases despite being over a decade old now, yet they might be considered one of the cornerstones in the new renaissance of our beloved Metal of Death in this shitty peninsula. Necrovore and Sadistic Intent aptly demonstrated in the past how releasing one full-length a year doesn't necessarily means quality – just saying. Truth be told, all Voids releases have a slightly different feel, from the messy 2006 debut to the latest 2016 promo on Unholy Domain, even though there are at least two common recurring elements: a massive, ultra-down tuned sound (which might be the reason Asphyx come up so often in their reviews) and the eerie feel of the lyrics, which are generally made of short one liners and deal about things dark and creepy hidden beyond our veil of conscience. Things might have changed a bit on the last tape however as I think* the theme shifted a bit on the topics of ancestry and blood valor. Nevertheless the sound is till there: massive vocals, massive riffs and that general feel of decrepitude.
*haven't read them, just judging by the titles.
Hateful
Hateful might be the only band in this list together with Valgrind that has roots back in the nineties. They are also the less "plain old school tribute" of them all as well so it barely fits this list. We all love the sound of the early 90's when the genre was fresh but Hateful just don't grab full hands and build their sound upon influences, preferring to go entirely personal, a choice which definitely doesn't follow the market, preferring to create a corner of its own. We can certainly grab a couple of technical Death Metal bands from Florida and make some comparisons now but I think the elements that make Hateful what it is cannot be easily identified. The songs are pure Death Metal, crisp and technical without sounding scholastic, chock full of tempo changes and variations without being another brick in the Unique Leader pyramid. If I had to choose three words to describe the band those would be drive, honesty and inspiration. Their second full length was released in 2013.
Valgrind
Earlier this year Valgrind released their second full length album, and boy it's a devastating piece of Morbid Angel-influenced traditional Death Metal with paired guitars that contort and twist like snakes. Not so many bands use this many solos and riffs in their songs without sounding one of those Willowtip shitty bands with sideburns. Valgrind plays neat, quintessential Death Metal with some serious guitarwork, Another hit from Lord of the Flies that seems unstoppable. Go for it believe me.
Hailing from Rome Morbo is a tribute to the old school, putrid sound of Autopsy performed by musicians already active on other bands like notably Corpsefucking Art. They recently released a split Ep with Bunker 66 (which I haven't heard) and yes, they're actually quite good. They have all the good elements of the more punkish, rawer part of Autopsy including the classic tremolos, phlegmy vocals, mid tempo accelerations and so on. Being a huge fan of the band myself I can't but recommend to hear this. The vocalist does a particularly good job in my opinion.
Hellish God
Another extremely recent band formed this year that offers a brand of Death Metal that you just don't hear so often: kinda Deicide meets South American brutality. Think of bands like Throneaeon and Centurian and mix the sound with Ophiolatry and Fornication. The satanic aspect is exploited in full including the double vocals that recreate the feeling of being present at an exorcism. Needless to say, once more Lord Of The Flies is the way to go. To be honest I am not 100% into it all of the time, but we have a solid ground to work on. We wll see.
I'll make a bold statement here but I believe this is potentially the most interesting band in Italy right now. Presumed Dead from Treviso might be young, might be somehow untight, hell they might even lose control sometimes, but they have IT, which is something I seldom say anymore. They don't have IT all the time, but when they do, they hit the G spot hard. I heard once them saying they sounded a bit like Grotesque and well. It's true, they do. Add Kaamos, Pentagram, Revenant and something else in that vein in the mix and you might get an idea of their guitarcentric approach to Death Metal. I really feel like we haven't seen anything yet, which is confirmed by the fact they have released just two split EPs so far, a total of 8 songs in 3 years.
I can't forget to mention Necro even though I admit I bought their full length from 2012 (their last release) and I wasn't particularly blown away. Maybe the expectations were too high according to the promotion that mentioned Impetigo, Repulsion, Autopsy and so on. Certainly the band from Como plays some decrepit sounding mid tempo Death Metal, but just lacks entirely of the sickness and nauseating feel of the band mentioned before. I think the band was trying to do what Cadaveric Incubator from Finland is doing brilliantly, but just ends up sounding a bit dull and boring in the long run.
Sepolcro
Verona based Sepolcro is an interesting band. In their innocent simplicity they might be the most genuinely 90's sounding of the whole lot I listed so far. I particularly dig the vocal style, which has that feeling of coming from beyond the grave which is often absent these days, in particular when paired with that marked Italian accent. They play some very simple, mid tempo Death Metal that just feels like some demo tape I could have found my mailbox when Death Metal was fresh and vibrant. Nothing incredibly innovative again but definitely 100% authentic which is a big thumb up coming from the Crypt of Pus and Gore that is Nuclear Abominations. Great sound too on their split with Presumed Dead.
Another band from Como Cimitero is maybe a name that doesn't come up as often but they're not terrible at all. They sound sometimes a bit uneven, like a patchwork of different styles but often you actually hear something good in the mix. Full albums are free to hear on streaming (last one from 2012).
Haemophagus
Another cornerstone of the NRoITDM (New Renaissance of Italian Death Metal) is obviously Haemophagus, a voracious, hyperactive and hyper-productive band with a long list of releases that include two full-length albums and a big compilation released earlier this year on Despise The Sun. After 12 years of intense activity Haemophagus are so well ingrained that their sound is solidly defined and doesn't just sound like a mix of other band material blended together, it's just Haemophagus with all its twists. I personally dislike the 70's guitar leaks that sometimes head into the songs, but generally speaking every release they ever made is good. Even the lyrics are great stuff, all of them based on gore topics in pure Autopsy style. These guys are pros and you can't really go wrong with them.
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Today I saw Greek homeless men cooking food, on a mass scale, for refugees. Not discriminating who can get what dependent or defined by nationality, but simply, food for the hungry, cooked by the hungry. I'm not sure about whether miracles exist or not, but I felt that I witnessed something miraculous. Something with the shape and colour and innocence of miracles.
During the day I went to use the toilet in the waiting area of the Athens harbour. It is full to the brim, split evenly between homeless locals and refugees. On leaving I saw a group of people, locals, setting up a pop-up-soup-kitchen.
I asked if they needed help peeling potatoes, grabbed a peeler from the van, and took my place next to the local Athenians, and some homeless men. One of them, Thomas, was deeply critical of the size and shape of my potato cutting, but under intense scrutiny and instruction, I gradually became a better pupil, much to the delight of my toothless master.
After a few hours, and as the light died down, an orderly line formed of both homeless people and refugees. I was lucky enough, after everyone was fed, even to get a taste myself, and dam hell, it was the best meal I've had in some time! All the locals contributed something, and Lydia, a farmer, topped it all off with a huge jug of Greek olive oil, all of which of course went into the broth.
It struck me that something which is not so often reported about in the news is the positive side of this crisis. What I mean is that even in my very short time on the road, I have come across so many open attitudes, interesting insights and people contributing in their small way. Yes, I am very aware that the Golden Dawn (the far right party) is a huge growing concern in Greece, and not to be, for a moment, taken lightly. But I do marvel at the capacity of these local people – whose economy is in taters – and their ability to contribute, to welcome and to share.
These are values which appear so scare in such times as ours. But in digging a little deeper, I am heartened to the core to discover that they are, after all, not in such short supply. And if a homeless fella with nothing in the world can find such a contribution to make, I feel inspired to look again at my own.
It is not the first time you truly make my day by writing such lines! Thank you!


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Guido Rasi (* 9. Januar 1954 in Padua) ist ein italienischer Arzt und ehemaliger Leiter der Europäischen Arzneimittel-Agentur.

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Rasi studierte an der Universität La Sapienza Medizin. Von 1978 bis 1990 arbeitete er im Krankenhaus und in der Arztpraxis. Anschließend arbeitete er am Institut für experimentelle Medizin des italienischen Forschungsrates. Ab 2005 war er dort Forschungsleiter. 2008 wurde zum Professor für Mikrobiologie an der Universität Tor Vergata und zum Leiter der italienischen Arzneimittelagentur ernannt. Zuvor war er seit 2004 Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung. Von 2011 bis 2014 sowie von 2015 bis 2020 leitete er die Europäische Arzneimittel-Agentur. Von 2014 bis 2015 ruhte die Amtsführung durch Rasi aufgrund eines vermeintlichen Formfehlers bei der Vorauswahl für das Amt. Das EUGöD hatte mit der Besetzung des Vorauswahlausschusses der Europäischen Kommission mit Mitgliedern des EMA-Verwaltungsrats einen Interessenkonflikt festgestellt. Hingegen urteilte 2017 das Gericht der Europäischen Union, dass es keine Unregelmäßigkeiten in Rasis Ernennungsverfahren gegeben habe. Während seiner Amtszeit wurde der Sitz der Europäischen Arzneimittelagentur von London nach Amsterdam verlegt.

Rasi ist verheiratet und hat zwei Kinder.

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Mediziner (20. Jahrhundert)
Mediziner (21. Jahrhundert)
Mikrobiologe
Hochschullehrer (Universität Tor Vergata)
Italiener
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