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Enter CONTESTS!! Yes, they ARE important! Today's TIPSY is to give you a link to 34 Top Book Awards you should consider in 2015.
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Enter to win The 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The contest is for independent, university, small press, self-publishers and independent authors throughout North America and overseas publishers who publish books intended for the American market. https://secure.independentpublisher.com/trans_entry.php?srcg=ipggl1
Entering IndieFab Awards should definitely be on your literary to-do list. Formerly ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards Check it out here https://indiefab.forewordreviews.com/
Check out the National Book Critics Circle Awards http://bookcritics.org/awards/award_submissions/
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction boasts that the prize is the world's most important literary award. Entry Forms are due March 6 and Finished Books are due June 19. http://www.themanbookerprize.com/node/20
The Newbery Medal was the world's first children's book award. Enter before December 31 http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyapp/newberyapplication
Enter to win the Caldecott Medal before December 31 for your Children's picture book http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottapp/caldecottapplication.cfm
Find out how your book can earn a Hugo Award and check out science fiction's most prestigious award details http://www.thehugoawards.org/about/
Strive to be nominated and win the Nobel Prize in literature. Who can nominate? Professors of literature and of linguistics at universities and university colleges to name a few. (Another reason it pays to keep the ties to your alma mater!) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/nomination/
See how to submit your book for The Edgar Allan Poe Award, "The Edgar." http://www.mysterywriters.org/?q=Edgars-Info
FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. http://www.ft.com/intl/management/business-book-award
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction site will reopen for new entries in May 2015. http://www.pulitzer.org/how_to_enter
The National Book Award by the National Book Foundation. Learn how to submit your book here http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html
Enter the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards by March 10, 2015. The "IPPY" Awards were conceived as a broad-based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and are open to authors and publishers worldwide who produce books written in English and intended for the North American market. http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipland/IPAwards.php
Learn more about how to enter to win the Stonewall Book Award. Click for details http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award
Enter Dan Poynter's Global eBook Awards. Don't miss this important ebook only award. http://globalebookawards.com/
The Deadline for the Autumn House Press award for poetry, fiction and non-fiction is June 30. Check it out here http://www.autumnhouse.org/contest-submissions/
Enter to win the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Click for more details http://www.pen-ne.org/hemingway-foundationpen-award/
Poets & Writers has nice list of writing contest, grants and awards. Check it out at: http://www.pw.org/grants
Find out how to make it on the Indie Next List to win an Indies Choice Book Award http://www.bookweb.org/indiebound/nextlist/view
Get your book recommended for The Discover Great New Writers award http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/for_publishers/discover_program/discover_program.html
The Nautilus Book Award seeks books that make a difference and inspire. http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/
Here's a service where you can enter several book festivals at the same time for about $50 per festival. This is absolutely the best idea. I've used this several times. One entry form, one payment, two books, ten plus book awards spread out over a year. Just do it. http://bookfestivals.com/
The National Indie Excellence Book Awards competition selects award winners and finalists based on overall excellence of presentation in dozens of categories. Created especially for indie and self-published authors. Deadline is March 31, 2015 http://www.indieexcellence.com
Have you written a business book? The Axiom Business Book Awards celebrate excellence in business book writing and publishing by presenting gold, silver and bronze medals in 20 business categories. http://www.axiomawards.com/
The non-profit Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Awards are now in their 27th year of awarding excellence in book publishing in 55 categories. All entrants receive direct judge feedback–unique in the industry. For more information, visit http://ibpabenjaminfranklinawards.com/
USA Best Book Awards has a ten year track record of honoring and promoting books to the national and international community. The contest is sponsored by USA Book News which covers books from all sections of the publishing industry—mainstream, independent, & self-published. http://www.usabooknews.com/2015usabestbookawards.html
Reader Views Annual Literary Awards were established to honor writers who self-publish or who were published by small presses or independent publishers. http://readerviews.com/literaryawards/
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The Grand Prize winner will receive a publishing contract and a $50,000 advance. All you need is a CreateSpace account. Check out this year's winners and learn how to enter: http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Novel-Award-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=332264011
Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. Whether you're a professional writer, a part-time freelancer or a self-starting student, here's your chance to enter the only self-published competition exclusively for self-published books. One winning entry will receive $8,000 with nine first-place winners who'll receive $1,000 each. Early Bird deadline April 1, 2015. http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions/selfpublished
Readers' Favorite Awards receives submissions from independent authors, small publishers, and publishing giants like HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, with contestants that range from the first-time, self-published author to New York Times best-selling authors. https://readersfavorite.com/annual-book-award-contest.htm
Romance Writer of America promotes the interests of career-focused romance writers by sponsoring awards that acknowledge excellence in the romance genre. RWA sponsors: "The RITA" for published romance fiction novels and "The Golden Heart" for unpublished romance fiction manuscripts. http://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=525
Epic eBook Awards by The Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition (EPIC) annually recognizes the best ebooks in many categories. (Books may also have been be released in print editions.) The awards were previously known as the "Eppies" https://www.epicorg.com/competitions/epic-s-ebook-competition.html
Rubery Book Award is the longest established book award based in the UK for independent and self-published books. "The key to our success is having a keen eye for quality from distinguished and reputable judges." First prize is $1,500 and the winning book will be read by a top literary agent. http://www.ruberybookaward.com/
The Digital Book Awards celebrate quality and innovation in digital content. Each year, award winners and finalists in fifteen categories illustrate the cutting edge of digital publishing, showcasing creative approaches to design, technology integration and e-reading experiences. https://app.wizehive.com/apps/DigitalBookAwards15
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The STORI program collected, preserved, archived and disseminated oral histories from the Samford community, the Birmingham area, and the state of Alabama through audio interviews and transcripts.
During its operation, S.T.O.R.I. was committed to collecting, preserving, archiving and disseminating oral histories from the Samford community, the Birmingham area, and the state of Alabama.
Oral history work at Samford is nothing new. Since the 1970s, James Brown, Wayne Flynt, Donald Wilson, Marlene Rikard, and Jonathan Bass have led students in this field. Samford professors and students have always felt the call to document and preserve the lives of the "shirt-sleeved multitude." From 2012 to 2019, S.T.O.R.I.'s mission was to serve Samford University, the Birmingham community, and the state of Alabama by preserving our shared history and providing a platform for students, researchers and alumni to engage in the past.
Oral histories record stories that might otherwise never be told; they create unique sources for future generations and forever change the lives of participants. For example, during a History Internship one of our students interviewed relatives of Jimmie Lee Jackson, the civil rights protestor killed by an Alabama State Trooper in 1965. Not only was he awestruck by this encounter with living history, but he also created a new primary resource. Getting students out of the classroom and engaged with people that lived through and participated in history they've only read about in a book leaves a lasting impression. In an age of ever-decreasing face-to-face social interaction, oral history is a powerful tool for participants on both sides of the recorder.
Samford University Special Collections currently houses over 250 oral histories on Samford University History, Baptist History, and Alabama History. Special Collection is the repository for our oral history interviews.
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David joined The a2 Milk Company in February 2021 from his most recent role as Group President – International Innerwear, Hanesbrands. He joined Pacific Brands in 2009 initially as Chief Financial & Operating Officer taking over as CEO of the public company in 2014.
In 2016, Hanesbrands acquired Pacific Brands and expanded David's role to cover Australasia and subsequently its international innerwear operations outside of the Americas.
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Prior to joining the Group, David was the CFO of DIM Brands International (formerly Hanes Europe Innerwear), and prior to this was the CFO of Hanes Australasia. David was the CFO of ASX and NZX-listed Pacific Brands prior to its takeover by Hanesbrands Inc. in 2016. David commenced his career at Deloitte and has gained significant experience in the apparel, consumer goods and retail sectors in various international markets, including China.
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Univision, the U.S.-based Spanish-language broadcast company, is a rising star in the media world. Meet the planner who has been building its event-marketing division from scratch.
Although Gross' corner office in Univision's high-rise headquarters in midtown Manhattan carries all the classic trappings of power — alot of space and killer views — what's most striking about Gross is her warmth. She has been in New York City for almost two decades, but her voice retains the honeyed tones of her native Alabama, and her office is filled with color and personal touches, including framed photographs of friends and family on display.
What were some of the things you wanted to do first, in building an event-marketing department from scratch?
First of all, it is a dream opportunity. After 19 years in this field in New York City, I think that I finally have the wisdom and, not only the skill set, but the ability to understand that it's not just about the planning skill. It's also about your ability to influence and to work internally and to see the bigger mission for the company.
I was lucky enough to bring some of my colleagues that I had worked with when I led the events department at AOL. And one of the first things that I started doing was learning about the business. Univision is a complex, fascinating, dynamic company, and I knew that for me to be successful here I needed to get in under the roots and really understand the business.
My first goal is to come in and say, "Let's understand what the priorities are, and how we can be helpful and supportive." My goal is to grow this brand. Our CEO, Randy Falco — who's fabulous — knew events could be a secret weapon for our company, and that's what we're doing. We want to deliver on that and really build upon the success of this brand and make it great.
What advice do you have for planners about getting a seat at the table?
How do you get a seat at the table? You ask. Things are not given to us, and when you're hired and you're given the responsibility to create something, to lead something, you have to manage that. You have to be accountable. You have to own that — you have to take that initiative. So getting the seat at the table is about showing up, being accountable, delivering, saying you're going to do something, and actually doing it.
And with that accountability and as trust develops, you can have a seat at the table. But you have to ask for it. People don't knock on the door here at 605 Third Avenue and say, "We want to give you all this opportunity." Everything is a process, and I think asking for it and realizing your value and sharing that and showing your value will help pull that chair closer to the table and [get you] included in key discussions.
What qualities and characteristics do you look at as you build a team?
When we hired an event manager, [Jeysa Plana,] we posted a job listing on LinkedIn and had 250 resumes. We went through every single resume, because this is really important —just as someone's looking for a new opportunity, I'm looking for that next great person. And I invest a lot of time in it personally.
We have a recruiting team here that is supportive, but I get my hands in it, because I'm picking a player for this team. I'm putting together a puzzle, and I need that perfect corner or that perfect middle piece. After [evaluating] the 250 resumes, which were prescreened by recruiters, I then have met with probably 35 people, because we really want to find the right personality.
For me, the price of admission is being great at your skills. You have to be so good and confident and aware of how to do this job, the ins and outs of it, the A to Z — but that is a baseline. That just gets you in the door. Then the things that are what I would call the special sauce on top are your ability to communicate and to think strategically. You have to be a great communicator — you have to be articulate, you have to have that confidence behind you.
I think planners typically like to hold things close to their chests and really show that they've got the details down, but it's about being collaborative and listening to your customer. It's about changing and evolving and customizing things based on what the needs of the customer and the business are.
They also have to understand what it means to be a good teammate — it mean being very strong on your own, but then also nimble and agile and able to jump into a team situation and be supportive.
I would say one other thing that is hard to interview for — but after going through these 35 interviews, I'm getting better at — is identifying if someone has instinct. Can they provide a solution that represents the values and the culture of this company? And are they a problem-solver?
The word "instinct" to me is really important, and we use that a lot as a team. We will say in a situation, "What does your instinct say to you would be the right way to solve this?" And this is what makes this career so magical, is that you're finding these people that are part psychologist, part meeting planner, and part detective — all of these amazing skills. Everybody on this team has something unique about them.
How have you made a decision about which direction to take in your own career, when you've come to a crossroads?
I feel like I have had so many crossroads. Along the way, I have had experiences that have absolutely just been… I pinch myself sometimes, thinking I can't believe how lucky I've been. And that's not to say everything has been perfect.
I took a job where I knew in the first month that it was the wrong fit — and it scared the hell out of me. That was a crossroads. In my last position [at AOL], I was at a crossroads where I was making that professional leap from being a doer to being a leader. And I had with me an executive who encouraged me to take that step and to take that brave move.
When I made the decision to leave a nine-year career [at AOL], where everything was humming and I knew how to do that job, to create something from scratch — that was a crossroads for me. And without taking those [risks], I don't think I would be able to say that I've had a lucky career or I've had a fruitful career. I had to take the risks. And I'm better for it.
I've learned so much about soccer, which has been really fun. We'll have 125 people with us. And then we have about 140 engineers and staff running the 24/7 coverage of World Cup. So for the company, it's really special and momentous.
Our events are going to be centered around our most important sponsors and advertisers, and they'll be coming to Brazil with us. We'll be there for a seven-night program, and our clients will have the opportunity to experience soccer firsthand. What we really want to do is bring to life for our sponsors and advertisers what's happening on our networks — we want to give them such access to the World Cup that they'll never forget it.
We'll have about 15 event staff with us. And, as a way to leverage our team on site, we'll be working with a local university and using event students to help support us on site. It's a model that I know other companies have used, but it's the first time for me to do this. It allows us to take our core events team and then partner with hospitality students at the local university and give them a chance to have access to some of these special things that we're planning. I think from a career perspective they're going to love it.
[Students] will be staffing activities, and there'll be a consistent group that our customers will recognize — they'll be branded with us. They all speak Portuguese, which is another way to leverage [our team]. Sometimes when you have a hole in your own skill set, how do you fill it? And we're thrilled about this. So they'll be bilingual and able to speak English and Portuguese.
We're going to be doing a lot of immersion. People will be able to go to a samba school and see how the samba dancers prepare for Carnival. They will be able to go to a Brazilian bakery and they're going to make bread and interact with local chefs. We want people to walk away being smarter about Brazil. We have a full schedule of different activities and things that I think will really make people fall in love with Brazil like we have. We're thrilled to be there, and we're going to be giving back also to the community while we're there.
I want to give this team something memorable for themselves, so we're going to be doing a community service project on the days before our customers arrive. Jenny Stahl, CMP, who is the lead on the project with me — we're doing this as an investment in our team.
I think when you're in the events industry and you're in the service industry, we have to feed our soul a little bit, too. We've been working in this country now for — it will be 18 months by the time the program operates — and we're in love with Brazil. We love the people, and we want to make this special.
Successfully creating a new event-marketing division at a more-than-50-year-old company has meant taking time to understand legacy behavior, according to Rachel Gross. But it's also meant looking with fresh eyes at how things are usually done.
Case in point: Traditionally, Univision has had a standard footprint at The Cable Show, which is the cable industry's largest annual event. Gross worked with company executives to ask whether their investment was yielding the kinds of interactions they were aiming for. "You have to have the courage to ask, are we leveraging this partnership to the fullest potential?" Gross said.
Gross suggested that Univision plan an exclusive dinner with President Bill Clinton during last year's Cable Show. Almost all of the invited guests accepted. It was so successful that a similar dinner will take place at the 2014 Cable Show, around the theme of people who are changing the world.


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'Smart Guy' Reboot: Tahj Mowry Gives Update On Its Progress
Jordan Simon
Tahj Mowry is best known for his role in the classic '90s sitcom, Smart Guy. The series, which ran from 1997 to 1999, chronicled the adventures of TJ Henderson (Mowry), a 10-year-old child prodigy whose intellect causes him to ump from fourth grade to high school. The series also starred Essence Atkins and Jason Weaver as TJ's siblings, Yvette and Marcus.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Mowry disclosed the status of the Smart Guy reboot.
"There's been lots of Zoom meetings and talks about this, so we do have the ball rolling on it. It's just a matter of time and timing, but we do have the possible home for it," he said. "We do have a writer, and I feel like I came up with a really fresh take on how we can bring that back with the whole cast and something that is fresh and new. But also something that the diehard fans will still get that nostalgic aspect of it as well."
Mowry teased that you could find T.J. in a similar situation to the original show. "You will find T.J. just as he was in the original, a fish out of water. He was sort of exploring a new world for himself," he said. You'll find him in that same situation, but somewhere else. So I'll just say that."
He also acknowledges that T.J. is now of legal drinking age, and playfully adds with a laugh, "You'll be able to see him, maybe, have a tequila on the rocks."
Last year, Shadow and Act reported on the Smart Guy reboot, in which Mowry told Vice that the reboot would be "sort of going to be a sequel, a continuation."


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April 25, 2011 Karen	9 Comments
"Mom, Dad, I'm back! And they said I could join them- look at my new Man Harem! The one with the glasses is a tool, but that doesn't matter in the dark."
Summary: This week, I would say Armor kicks ass and takes names, only Armor doesn't care what your name is unless your name happens to be Emma Frost. A pretty decent breather episode is marred by some poorly animated, bafflingly dark action scenes, but on the plus side, we get to see Beast do some more SCIENCE!, and the X-Men have a pretty bitchin' coffee machine.
Apparently a secondary mutation brings you up to 54% "mutantcy"...does that mean it takes a tertiary mutation to bring you up to 77 percent mutantcy? I'm dying to know how these things are calculated, and I doubt Madhouse is going to hook me up here.
First thing's first, everyone blaming Madhouse for the name of the "U-Men" should probably be informed that their ire is misdirected; Grant Morrison came up with that idea a decade ago in New X-Men. I don't remember if this was made explicit in the comics, but I think the idea was that the U-Men had named themselves after the X-Men, because they thought "if you mutants can have powers and organize yourself into para-military teams, then dammit, so can we."
I thought it was weird that they didn't call themselves the Y-Men- since, in theory, they would like to surpass the X-Men with their combination of harvested mutant biology and technological savvy-but everything in New X-Men was just slightly off-kilter like that. Anyway, it made sense in the context initially, which is hard to tell from Madhouse's adaptation; I'm just pointing out that it's not Engrish, as much as this show may be littered with it otherwise.
Second, this episode kind of had to wage an uphill battle with me, since I've never been keen on the concept of secondary mutations. It seems to me like the writers just take characters whose powers have become outdated (Angel), or where the writers have exhausted what they think they can do with a particular power (Emma and her telepathy), and just make up a convenient excuse to give them a new trick they can play. Furthermore, they seem to reverse-engineer the mutations from whatever the characters' name/image is; how convenient that Emma's mutation allows her to turn into a glittering diamond- she looks downright frosty.
I generally don't nitpick the "science" in superhero stories- if your premise is the guy is an alien from a planet where everyone has superpowers, fine, I'll bite- it's fantasy. The problem is that X-Men in particular often makes a big deal about being tied to actual science, hence the emphasis on genetic mutations rather than flowery origin stories. To put it another way, I can accept hard sci-fi and I can accept magical origins, but if you give me one and and pretend it's the other, I feel betrayed. I just can't believe that these uber-convenient, new-power generating "mutations" are fair game in a world where favorable mutations are still rare.
All that said, I was presently surprised when they got Emma's mutation out of the way relatively quickly- instead of belaboring the "what happened to Emma?!" idea for the whole episode (which the trailer led me to believe they were going to do), they diagnose it as a secondary mutation immediately. Better yet, Beast is like, "Did I mention I made a vaccine for that?" Thank you Madhouse, for dealing with a plot point quickly and sensibly; I am not being sarcastic here.
When Everyday Battles are Mysterious Affairs
I would love to be able to tell you what happened in this action sequence, really I would...I just know Wolverine was grunting a lot. It was Wolverine, right? It sounded like Wolverine-grunts....
I don't know if this episode aired on television with poor visual quality, or it was just my particular file, but their were major problems with the visuals. About half the episode was way too dark, making it impossible to tell what was going on in the two action sequences. Fortunately, Hisako's inferno-palette made her easy to see, so we could see the all-important moment when she kicked one the of the U-Men in the face, which was probably the best part of the episode anyway, but still; I should be able to tell what's going on in a scene. If I can't even tell what's going on, then I'll just have to make up stuff to bitch about.
Also, even though Hisako's powers continue to be the highlight of this show, I didn't think her "armor" looked as good this time around- I don't know what it was, but in the last episode it was amazing, and this time she kind of looked like a red blob. I wonder if their animation budget was slashed for this episode for some reason.
The action scene between Wolverine and the tentacle-mutant (pictured above, for a given value of 'pictured') was particularly egregious; I wasn't even sure which X-Man was fighting until the end of it. It just looked like a vaguely man-shaped blob fighting some tentacles.
This is from Ep. 1, because I can't be bothered to take a new screen of Cyclops every time he does something stupid.
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Apparently Cyclops is still pissed at Emma because they didn't find any Cerebro-blocking tech at the U-Men's base, therefore- by process of elimination- Emma must be screwing with Cerebro. I know he's grasping at straws because he can't bring himself to trust Emma, but seriously, how stupid is that?
They don't know the full-extent of the tech the U-Men possess, because they had nowhere near the time to do a complete inventory of the U-Men's base- and what time they did have, they wasted interrogating Emma (but enough about that.) Meanwhile, I'm not sure if they investigated any of the U-Men's tech; they only found out that the U-Men had a device that was monitoring their powers because Emma was kind enough to tell them.
Actually, while I'm picking on Cyclops for being stupid, I'm more annoyed that no one called him on it- it would have totally made the episode for me if Beast said "Scott, that doesn't make any sense because we still don't know bollocks about the U-Men's tech, stop projecting all of your crap onto Emma."
I have to say though, as much as I bitch about Cyclops, the animators have made him a very fine specimen of two-dimensional masculinity; he's much prettier than the X-Men:TAS Cyclops from the '90s, who looked kind of like Vin Diesel with brownish/red hair. I can't blame Emma for being into him, even if she can think rings around him- even in her diamond form, when she's technically a rock.
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
I don't know if Storm's actual coffee preference has ever been revealed in the comics, but isn't it just so predictable that "Stormu" would drink DECAF with cream and sugar? Even her BEVERAGE is feminine and impotent.
The scenes at the mansion were fairly enjoyable, although I'd be hard pressed to say why- other than Beast looking at some monitors and examining people, very little actually happened. I think I just enjoy it when the X-Men are in the mansion because then I feel like I'm actually watching X-Men, not "vaguely familiar super-team goes to Japan." Epic battles aside, to me X-Men has always been about hanging around the mansion between missions.
I found it mildly irritating that Beast judged Emma's condition comparable to the doomed Hellfire Club student's, even though it didn't make sense to me that her case could be similarly advanced but also "benign." So like, her mutation is similarly taking over her body and destroying her mind, but like, in a benign way? I just don't get secondary mutations, folks.
Wolverine and Cyclops' pool game was cute, but wasn't Wolverine out of character here? I can't believe he'd actually do anything quite this childish. However, I didn't watch the Wolverine anime that predated this show, so it's possible it's a been a lighter interpretation of his character all along.
Next Time, ON X-MEN:
Since when does stopping by the mansion for a visit mean donning a uniform and joining the team? I don't think HIsako's parents were appraised of this....
I was surprised to see Hisako in one of the classic X-Men blue-and-gold uniforms in the next episode preview, as well as what appear to be Danger Room sequences. I think we all knew that Hisako was going to join the team eventually (especially since she puts them all to shame in combat, and yes I'm looking at you "Stormu!"), but as far as her parents know, she's there to get vaccinated. It seems awfully sudden to start dressing her and training her like one of the team, and quite honestly unfair to her parents. I hope there's some explanation offered for why the X-Men are apparently treating her as one of the team now, other than "well, she's here now, and we had a spare uniform…."
On the other hand, seeing Hisako deflecting Cyclops' optic blasts with her armor (plus the references to her uncontrollable power) means there's an excellent chance she's going to be kicking the living shit out of Cyclops again in the next episode, so you know I'm on board for that. There are two kinds of people in this world: people who enjoy seeing Cyclops in pain, and people who wonder what Emma sees in him…wait, I think those two groups are actually the same people. I forgot where I was going with this, make up your own anti-Cyclops joke and I'll get back to you.
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About secondary mutations. I wouldn't say they necessarily are at conflict with X-Men's so-called scientific roots considering that it's supposed to be a single gene (the X-gene) that causes all these myriad of different powers in all mutants. Some of which even start out with multiple powers from the onset, e.g. Nightcrawler having both the ability to teleport in addition to a mutated appearance giving him extra agility and the ability to climb walls and such.
I though calling it the David Haller Syndrome in this adaptation was a nice touch seeing as how David Haller is Xavier's son Legion who possesses a host of various mutant powers, one for each of his many personalities. (Even if it may have been incorrectly translated from "Damon Hall")
Emma's case being "benign" sounds to me like it will stay at its current stage instead of growing out of control and consuming her as it did for the other one. Maybe similar to abnormal cell growth.
You make a good point- I think I always tried to forget about the X-gene idea, because it seemed silly to me, but you're right that if that stands as the "scientific" basis for mutant powers, then secondary mutations really aren't that far out there. I guess it comes down to the fact that I just really don't like the idea of them. It just screams "Writer get-out-of-jail-free-card" to me.
I do think the scientific wackiness does hurt the franchise in regard to the recent "mutant extinction" storyline; not only have mutants and humans been having fertile offspring together in the X-Universe pretty much forever (thus mutants aren't a separate species), but the whole idea of mutants being a separate species goes against the point of the X-Men in general, IMO. It was that storyline that pretty much killed the comics for me.
Thanks for mentioning DHS, I wanted to mention it but I wasn't sure what to say about it- I remembered that Haller was Xavier's son, but I couldn't remember if DHS was something we'd heard of before, or if that was all Madhouse's doing- I guess Madhouse gets the credit for that one.
I realize this is nitpicking, but Beast said something along the lines of "Emma's case is similarly advanced," and based on what we saw of doomed Hellfire Club kid, that doesn't seem to jibe. I agree that whole scene probably just meant that she isn't mutating any further, thus is safe from suffering the same fate.
I wonder if you laughed when Beast said "Vaccinated" I LOL'D HARD…it just seemed kinda funny coming from him.
I was hoping Cyclops would have gotten some Abuse this episode….I got my review of this episode up…[as well as more screenshots as well at my blog]
Again this episode certain scenes giving me Hisako X Emma vibes again……
http://rborg42.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/anime-viewing-list-42611-x-men-anime-episode-4/
I wish Storm would get more action too, it's like she just had a few lines this episode…
And The Pool Game was funny too.
The writers seem totally at a loss for what to do with Storm, which is weird because her powers are so varied and versatile; it shouldn't be that hard to give her something to do. I don't know what the problem is.
Didn't laugh at the vaccinated thing, I think of Beast as a scientist first so it wasn't odd coming from him.
Anyway, I think we can both have high hopes for Cyke abuse in episode 5:).
Poor Storm! I mean she hasn't gotten much Screen Time in this series….she's barely cracked a thunderbolt or two as well.
I wonder if by Episode 10 if this thing gets to that if I need to do a Tally of what Storm did in every episode up to that point.
This series is "Promising" Some Action, but really isn't Delivering so far….sure the U-Man Base and that was Decent…but other than that we're in the boring part before the next plot line shows up in the series.
I'd love to see Cyclops getting Abuse, I mean seriously have you ever watched a show that's literally made you watch for the hope of one character you want to see getting slapped, beaten, and punched every episode cause they're emo??
Reason why I laughed at Beast is cause this one to me the whole catlike appearance just makes you think he'd be a poster for the Vet's Office "Get your Pets and Mutants Vaccinated!"
Still, seemed almost a Predictable episode:
Hisako and Emma stop the crazed organ dude, Beast wants to take her back to the Mansion, Hisako says she has to go too, get attacked during midflight[almost TOO Predictable], lounge around the Mansion chatting while Emma gets Examined, and the old Ominous "This isn't over" Statement from Professor X at the End of the Episode…
I hope the next couple episodes are good….and I wonder how many times they're going to Make Wolverine do something that's totally out of character each episode.
OMG I totally forgot about that! I was going to make fun of the fact that they actually ended the episode with Prof. X saying "This isn't over," but I forgot ><. It was really silly. Actually, lately when I watch Doctor Who I just watch it in the hopes that the Doctor will get the snot kicked out of him- not because he's emo, just because it makes me happy:). So this isn't a new thing for me.
Well guess that's no more different than me watching Stargate Atlantis to hope that Dr. Mckay gets beaten every couple episodes though I laughed my ass off when he got shot in the ass with an Arrow.
Still the whole end of the episode and when her schoolgirl friend showed up I half thought that if Hisako went back to school and started talking about everything it'd be like "I totally made the X-men look bad in that battle! It took my fist to stop that guy! That Cyclops dude didn't do anything except be whiny emo!"
Oh Great, now I'm thinking of that Hisako X Emma thing again….seriously this series gives off that Subtle Yuri vibe every single Episode now.
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1. Both the cartoon and the TV show mineepresestrd Cyclops. In the comics, he's probably one of the most well-rounded characters, but because everyone's obsessed with Wolverine and the two of them are always at odds, Cyclops is depicted as a douche bag when he's much more than that.2. I stand behind the belief that most of us went through puberty early because of the cartoon's depiction of Rogue. I'm not a fan of censorship, but that body should be illegal! I think that's why she was always wearing that jacket. Otherwise, she would have looked to naked and perfect.3. I straight up cried while watching the last episode of the X-Men animated series and the thing about that is that I watched it just over a year ago. (I missed the last two or three episodes on the original run. Probably for a Saturday morning soccer game or something.)


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Lego unveils its biggest and best R2-D2 set in time for May the 4th
By Scott Snowden published 27 April 21
This droid you're looking for is available May 1 for 288 Galactic Credits ($200).
Lego has an epic new R2-D2 droid, its biggest and best yet, available for May the 4th 2021. (Image credit: Lego)
Is there another droid in all of science fiction quite as well known as R2-D2? We think not.
The famed "Star Wars" astromech carried the stolen plans for the Death Star across the deserts of Tatooine, avoided capture on said Death Star and delivered them to the Rebel Alliance on Yavin 4. R2 also suffered being swallowed and unceremoniously spat out by a Dragonsnake on Dagobah and discovered the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive had been deactivated on Cloud City not to mention served a mean Gamorrean ice tea on Jabba's sail barge.
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This epic Lego R2-D2 droid set is definitely the droid your looking for to complete your Star Wars collection this year. With 2,314 pieces, R2-D2 stands over 12 inches high!
(Image credit: Lego)
This is far from an overweight glob of grease. It measures 12.5 inches (31 centimeters) high, 7.5 inches (20 cm) wide and 6 inches (15 cm) deep with 2,314 pieces. That's roughly the same size as Lego's 2013 R2-D2 model, but the attention to detail on the 2021 version far surpasses the earlier set and its design is also vastly superior, with a much more polished, rounded, less-clunky and screen-accurate aesthetic.
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CrazyChris : this is a sad one..


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Anime/MangaCode Geass
By: AlSmash
When Lelouch decided to stay in Britannia and become the Demon of Britannia, he did so to protect his sister. When Kallen assumed the mantle of Zero it was to avenge her family. And when the two meet on the battlefield that is Area 11, their struggles will culminate in a sweeping revolution that will consume the world. Book One of the Ice and Fire Trilogy
Rated: Fiction M - English - Adventure/Drama - Lelouch L., C.C., Kallen S. - Chapters: 50 - Words: 460,853 - Reviews: 2,360 - Favs: 2,138 - Follows: 1,971 - Updated: 5/31/2017 - Published: 4/15/2013 - Status: Complete - id: 9204949
1. Prelude2. The Journey of a Thousand Miles3. Begins with a Single Step4. Escalation5. Storming Heaven6. CC7. Heated Confrontation8. The Calm Before the Storm9. Taitō10. Declarations of Intent11. Making Waves12. Lovers and Schemers13. Date Night14. Damaged Goods15. Hair Triggers16. Ambushers and the Ambushed17. Strange Bedfellows18. The Day After19. Swimming with Sharks20. Suspicions and Surprises21. Quoth the Raven22. Winds of Change23. Opening Shots, Pt I24. Opening Shots, Pt II25. Changing of the Guard26. Out of the Dark, Into the Night27. A Damn Waste28. Aftershocks29. Shadow Plays, Part I30. Shadow Plays, Part II31. Shadow Plays, Part III32. Countdown to Zero33. Zero34. Shades of Red35. Clouded Skies36. Subversion37. A Dance with the Devil38. A Thin Veneer, Part I39. A Thin Veneer, Part II40. Pest Control41. Kyushu on Fire42. But For Me, It Was Tuesday43. Eye of the Storm44. Much Ado About Nothing45. Timendi Causa Est Nescire46. The Collapsing Stage47. In The Pale Moonlight48. Picking Up The Pieces49. Epilogue: Ice and Fire50. Game of Shadows Notice
Pendragon, 2010 a.t.b.
Everything felt so surreal to him even now as he slowly made the walk from the opened doors of the audience chamber to the man who sat like a God upon his ornate throne. In a way, it was an apt description of the man. From that throne, the world held bated breath as his very word could change the entire world in an instant, where a single man could order an entire third of the world to render hell upon his enemies or those who dared irritate him. From that throne, he had forged an Empire that few dared to challenge, and even fewer dared to fight. God Emperor indeed. After all, his Empire was holy, was it not?
Yet for the small boy who strode towards this God with righteous indignation, the man before him was neither God nor Emperor, he was his father. A father who had not seen nor talked to his son or daughter after his wife, their mother, had been brazenly gunned down by terrorists in the very home that was believed to be secure second only to the Imperial Palace itself.
This was a father whose daughter, his precious sister, lay in an induced coma in which the doctor's were not even sure she would awaken from. And if she did, she would never be able to walk again.
This was a father who seemed to care nothing for the motherless children who now had no one to turn to. Instead he sat upon that throne without a single damn sense of dignity to say anything on the matter.
That was why he was here, he would make that man see, and he would bring him to task. There was no way he and Nunnally could survive in a family that had more in common with sharks than human beings. He had to act! He had to make this man see!
Yet he was the one to see exactly how it was as he continued striding towards the man who would not fulfill his duty as a father. The hushed whispers, the razor-sharpened verbal barbs muttered amongst the nobles, it made it so blatantly obvious there were no allies here, only wolves who watched as an impudent pup dared challenge the alpha male of the pack. They spoke words of disgust, for him, for his family, for his friends. He hated them, he wished they would all vanish, scurry away back under their rocks like the insects they were. All he wished was for this man who wore the mask of his father to do SOMETHING...ANYTHING...for him and his sister.
He stood before the God-Emperor now and knew once and for all as he noted the man's bored expression he would get none of that, that there was a strong possibility he would only get the ruler who would damn himself and Nunnally as weaklings, death in all but action.
Which meant that he, Prince Lelouch vi Britannia, seventeenth heir to the Imperial throne, must make him see the error in his ways!
"Hail Your Majesty, my mother the Empress is dead."
"Old news," the God-Emperor rumbled, "what of it?"
His small fingers dug into his palms hard enough to draw blood. How DARE he!
"What of it?!"
"You sought an audience with the Emperor of Britannia simply to inform me of that," his head turned to an aide ready to dismiss his misbehaving son like the child he was, "send the next one in, I have no time for these childish games."
He wouldn't have it; he refused to let it be that. He refused to be dismissed by that man, not before he had his answer. So instead of meekly taking the dismissal, he charged up the stairs, causing that man's honor guards to begin interposing themselves between this threat, ridiculous or not.
"FATHER!"
A raised hand stopped the two men as they came to attention, shouting the signature "Yes, Your Majesty," that had been bred into them since birth.
He could feel his rage boiling, he could feel the adrenaline rushing, yet he had no weapons, only words, and words could be weapons in their own right. Like an archer aiming to strike the heart of his target, the words he used now must be aimed true. Maybe it would be through that way he could reach that man.
"Why didn't you keep Mother out of harm's way? You're the Emperor, the greatest man in this nation, if not the world, you should've protected her and now you don't even visit Nunnally," he shouted, eyes trembling as he beseeched the man who was his father, yet wasn't.
"I've no use for that weakling."
"That weakling," he staggered over those words, a mixture of shock and apprehension clouding his judgment, shock that his father would call his own flesh-and-blood a weakling, but the words were like a nightmare as they slowly trickled into his mind, because they were the words that doomed his sister, who had never hurt anyone, to a life-filled death.
"That is what it means to be royalty," the older man responded, as if the mere explanation were enough to clarify everything. Instead it only left him enraged. He had nothing, if Nunnally was doomed to death, then he had no one left, no reason…
"Then I don't want to be your heir, I give up my claim to the throne," those words, filled with such rage and indignity escaped his lips without any conscious thought, they were the very words of his heart, a dying heart that had nothing left, and even as his mind grappled with the weight of those words, the core of his being approved of them. He wasn't this heartless beast son, who wore the skin of his father, he was Lelouch vi Britannia, he was Marianne vi Britannia's son, not this bastard's!
The gasps girded him, they filled him with the pride that he had struck a blow into the facade of this indignity. Of this false justice his false order. It was nothing more than a sham, a playground of jackals. And he cast the stone that cracked the pane of glass that housed this monstrosity, and he could only continue on, his heart demanding he continue.
"I'm sick of the fighting and scheming over who will succeed you Father, I have had enough!"
"You are dead," the God-Emperor declared, his eyes narrowing in barely congealed fury at his audacity, "you have always been dead to me, dead from the moment you were born. Who gave you the fine clothes you were and the comfortable home? The food you eat and your very life? All of those I have given you. In short, you are nothing to me because you have never existed. Yet you dare speak such foolishness to me?!"
As he rose from his throne, Lelouch felt every urge to flee this man, yet he couldn't. He wouldn't. He refused to show his back to this false father, this monster, so he stared with all the defiance he could muster at the man who leered down at him as he continued his denunciation.
"Lelouch, you are dead, therefore you are not entitled to any rights. I am sending you and Nunnally to Japan, as Prince and Princess. You will serve as bargaining tools."
There it was, death by exile, even he at his tender age knew exactly what would entail in Japan, sooner or later his father would grow weary of Japan and invade it, more than likely he would have them killed. It was just like this man to torture them more, to give let them suffer a slow death by living, it was something that fit his cruel and sadistic streak, that much was obvious now. This man had never been his father. He was merely a monster who could do anything he pleased because he had the power.
As the guards moved towards him to carry take him away, he simply stepped forward, a gasp ringing through the chamber.
"No," he spat with all of the hate, indignity, and rage that coiled within his being. He would not be dismissed by this man! We would make his stand here, where there was only victory or death, and he would not stand for a life in which he was already dead, not from him!
This caused the God-Emperor to blink in disbelief even as everyone held their breath. What was happening was beyond the pale, to defy the Emperor so blatantly was something you just DIDN'T do, not in Emperor Charles zi Britannia's reign. Not if you valued your life.
"I refuse to obey your command," Lelouch continued, it was all he could do, that in itself was a hidden reservoir of strength for him.
Just as the guards were upon him, the Emperor held up his hand, stopping them as he stared at him, as if deciding what to make of this display, and for a moment, Lelouch could have sworn he saw the twitch of his lips in a smirk.
"Why," was the sole word that escaped the God-Emperor's lips a mixture of amusement and curiosity tingeing that heavy word fraught with so much meaning.
"I am already dead to you," he declared, his violet eyes not leaving the deep purple of the God-Emperors, "therefore I have no purpose to exist. Being sent to Japan as a political toy is beneath me! I would rather die a king in my own right than a pawn in your game!"
The entire room was on life-support now, not a single word was uttered, not a single breath breathed, everyone was too shocked by the event before their eyes, as Emperor and son stared each other down for what seemed like an eternity. Two egos clashing with one another for dominance, where if anyone blinked, they would miss something that was forever being etched into their minds.
And then like fine china dropped to the ground, it shattered, as the Emperor started to chuckle for quickly turning into full-throated laughter, his voice booming through the audience hall.
"Maybe I was wrong about you," he declared, standing up and walking towards Lelouch, towering over the young Prince, before reaching out and placing his hand upon his shoulder. For the life of Lelouch, it was the only time he had something this personal transpire between the two of them, yet the bridge was already burned, they did not stand as father and son, instead, they were Emperor and Heir, "I rescind my decision. There appears to be some use for you yet."
Then the contact was gone as the God-Emperor withdrew his hand and started back towards the throne, his cape fluttering behind him before he settled back upon the throne, his eyes lowering themselves back upon Lelouch.
"Lelouch, remember this moment in which I have shown you leniency. The next time you come here, it will either be as a victorious general or as a warning to future generations that some cases of audacity are merely the ravings of the weak. Now, begone from my sight!"
So that was it, he thought as he bowed, for Nunnally to live a happy life, he must wage war upon the enemies to her happiness.
His eyes darted one more time to the God-Emperor who sat upon the throne looking down upon him.
Including yourself.
Japan, August 21st, 2010 a.t.b.
She was scared, that was the only thing that ten-year old Kallen Stadtfeld could understand as several men dressed in military uniforms angrily yelled at her father. Everything was so loud and moving in such a blur, it hadn't been so long ago when she had been playing happily with Isabella and Morgan. Now her father had been trying to drive them across Japan, saying they had to get to the Tokyo Embassy. There they would be safe, he had said.
She didn't know what war was, she had only heard of it when it was murmured by her mother and father when they thought she and Naoto had been sleeping. Even Naoto had been mum to talk to her about it, saying it wasn't something she should be concerned with, that war wasn't something that was going to happen. All of the grown-ups were saying that "cooler heads would prevail" and there would be peace.
She still remembered the sirens as her mother came running into her room, getting her up and hurriedly dressing her, saying they were going on a trip. She knew it was a lie, her mother was terrified, something she had only seen when she had done something dangerous. It was like the world had been put upon its head.
And so they had fled, fled into the foothills where father had kept a cabin and they had waited there as the world seemed light on fire.
She still remembered the skies lit in the middle of the night with orange. Naoto had said they were fires, while mom and dad had said nothing, only looking worriedly in the distance. She had listened as peopled talked about "news of the war" and how "Britannia would prevail", they had no meaning other than they were from the land she faintly remembered, a place that was so different than the land they lived in now. The sounds of grand explosions like fireworks filled the night off and on, the lightshows beautiful to her, even as a part of thought it was the end of the world.
And then suddenly, it stopped. The lights on the horizon hadn't, but the booms had. And so they had waited another day, she had slept fitfully on a stomach full of her mother's cooking, as her parents read a story to her, it was both the happiest and most worrisome day for her. It was a day mommy and daddy weren't fighting and arguing.
The next morning they had decided to pack. Her father had said that his friend hadn't come here yet, that they needed to go before things got worse. He said that they could get someplace safe, that his nobility would protect them. They just needed to get to something called an embassy. Her mother hadn't even argued and they all got into the car and set on their trip back. Naoto had tried to keep her distracted, but she saw what the fires were, she saw the people who looked so sad and so lost, she wanted to help them, but mom and dad insisted that they couldn't that they had to make it to safety.
And then they had stopped all of a sudden, her mother speaking really quickly to father before turning back to both her and Naoto and telling them to be quiet. She had looked to see a group of men in weird looking clothing and scary masks approaching the vehicle with what looked like guns.
She was scared, mother was scared, and Naoto looked angry as her father started talking with the troops who had their guns pointed at him. Suddenly the one that didn't have a mask on starting yelling at her father. She couldn't hear what was being said but he sounded angry as her father tried to talk. And suddenly the man struck her father, before looking back and yelling at the others.
The men then started forward and her mother looked back at them.
"Get out, we need to get out," she said, panic in her voice as she got out of the car, she could only follow her mom's orders as she got out of the car. In hindsight, it would be the worst mistake that could have be made.
"Captain, I assure you, I am an Earl, all I ask for is that you take a moment to look at my identification again," her father demanded.
"Identification that can be easily fabricated, too many instances of false identities flying around the last day," the man sneered, before his eyes moved towards the three of them as they entered the car, but they were more focused upon her mother after quickly scanning all of them.
"I knew it, you're smuggling Japanese," he snarled, before backhanding her father again.
"Elend," her mother cried out, but was grabbed by two of them.
Her father reoriented himself and waved at her to be quiet.
"Captain, you are making a big mistake, she is mother of my children, and as Earl-!"
"I've had enough of this shit," the Captain muttered, unholstering his pistol and proceeded to shoot her father in the chest.
"FATHER," she screamed, the entire world becoming slow-motion as she watched her father, a man who was one of the nicest people she knew, could only drop to the ground, his eyes wide in shock at what had happened, before they looked one more time to her, she could see the life leaving his eyes in that brief contact and then he was gone, slumped on the ground.
"If he was an Earl, we found him on the side of the road a victim of these Japanese savages, got that men," the Captain called out.
"Yes, sir," the five other men responded.
This couldn't be happening. Father and he. What was this? Why was this happening? They hadn't done anything wrong. So why? WHY?!
She didn't know how she missed it, or why he even did it, but Naoto suddenly became a blur, barreling into the nearest man as she stood stock still, the taller man yelling before it became a gargle, a flash of red flying away as his throat was slit.
Everything became a blur as the men started shouting, yet, it all ended just as abruptly with the loudest sound she had ever heard, like the sound of a gigantic firecracker going off so many times that she felt the need to clasp her ears and scream, and then it was silent again and the world reverted back to its normalcy. Only that normalcy was hell itself as slowly walked towards the scene before her.
"Mother…Naoto," she breathed as she looked upon the scene, Naoto lay completely lifeless, his eyes unseeing, so many spots where blood was pouring out, while her mother was just the same, but instead of being lifeless, her eyes were locked upon her, as she mouth moved as she tried to say something that would not come out.
She dropped to her knees, feeling hot and sticky liquid cling to her knees as she tried to process what was going on in front of her, but nothing could be understand. All that could be done was to see and to hear.
"Goddamn fucking kid," one of the men snarled, "how did he move that fast?"
"Who the fuck shot the kid and the woman? I was looking forward to getting a piece of that."
"Maybe if you actually took your marksmanship certifications you dumbass."
But she didn't want to hear anymore of that, she could only see as her mother smiled at her, as if reassuring her everything was going to be all right, and then she was gone, and she was alone. She wanted to cry, but nothing could come out, she couldn't feel anything in her to even cry, all she could feel was…numb.
Then she was wrenched back to her feet and she found herself looking into the face of one of her family's killers, his leering face enough to fill her nightmares if not for this. There was just an evil glint in his eyes as he looked her over .
"Still, at least there is something left," the man said expectantly.
"Ah man, you're into that kinda shit, I really didn't need to know that," came a response from one of the others.
"Man, you know Sanders, if it has a hole…"
"Whatever you want Sanders," the Captain called out, "that little smuggler and his little monkey cost us a man, seems only fair we send the little shit to hell broken."
That was all the man needed to know as he gave one of the most evil smiles, like a monster had been unchained to feast upon its meal.
"Right-o," he then proceeded to start paying at her and ripping her clothes away and her mind came crashing back as she began to scream as he overpowered her futile attempts to break away.
It was then what sounded like a hundred tires squealing began to pick up in pitch until it was near unbearable for her ears. It then stopped as its source came to a stop before them.
There were three of them, tall metallic giants that glistened in the dying sunlight as they loomed over the gathering. For her feeble-mind that was trying so desperately to make any right of the world, they were the most menacing things she had ever seen, and they looked ready to eat them all.
It was then that the back of one of them opened up and a lone figure rose out of the back to a standing position.
"Captain, what the hell is this," the figure demanded, the man standing there, she couldn't make out any of his features, the sun to his back, but she quickly ripped herself away from the man and tried to cower back into the car. The car would protect her from this.
"Uhhh, Colonel, this is uh…we stopped this man," he pointed towards the deceased form of her father, "for attempting to smuggle Japanese and using false identification. The woman and the boy put up resistance killing Private Chalmers and we shot them as well."
"And what, pray tell, are you doing to that young girl," the man growled, his voice carrying even though it shouldn't in this type of situation.
"Uhhh, Private Enders was checking her for any contraband, sir."
"Is that so?"
The man then lowered proceeded to disembark his unit, lowering himself on a winch as he stepped forward towards the group, but instead of walking to the Captain, he walked towards her. Her!
She scrabbled inside the car, hands grabbing the door and slamming it shut. She just wanted this to end! She wanted to go back home! She wanted to go back to the cabin! She wanted to wake up!
The man then came to the door and stopped at the window, leaning down and allowing her to get a good look at him.
He was an older man, maybe as old as her father, with brownish hair and hair on his face around his mouth. If anything, he looked like a dashing hero from one of the stories her mom used to read her at night. But that seemed so long ago.
"Hello," he greeted, even as she tried to make herself smaller, she just wanted all of them to go away.
He didn't say anything more as he stared at her for the longest time, as if he were trying to reach her through other means. She almost felt like he was trying to reach into her soul, then it was gone as he stood up and stepped away.
"Commander," he called out, before snapping his fingers.
Suddenly the other two metal giants lowered their weapons and proceeded open fire, gunning down the men around them like rapid animals, leaving the Captain the only one standing.
"Colonel what the hell are you-!"
"It's called an on-the-spot execution," the Colonel stated caustically, "it is a sentence carried out for those who have killed a noble without any due process. The man you accused of smuggling and killed was Earl Elend Stadtfeld."
He didn't allow the Captain to answer, as he reached up to snap his fingers again.
"Don't," she cried, "please don't. Stop the killing."
The man stopped himself as he looked down to her before looking back up.
"Captain, take this…animal into custody, if he resists, crush him."
One of the metallic giants moved forward and interposed itself between the Captain and herself as the Colonel focused upon her. She didn't know what to feel, she wanted the man to suffer for taking away everything, but she also wanted the Captain dead.
"I'm sorry," he said, leaning on the roof of the car as he looked in, "I didn't mean for this to happen to any of you. Can you please come out?"
She looked at him and at the warm expression on his face, and she could feel herself being drawn in. Finding herself moving slowly towards him, her tattered clothing shifting about as she opened the door.
"Thank you," the man said, holding out a hand, with a smile, "I'm Caedron."
"K-Kallen," she murmured, her eyes going back to her family who lay lifeless before him, and then she suddenly found herself being wrapped up in his cloak that he had quickly unclasped.
"Come," he said as gently as possible, as he unclasped his cape and wrapped it around her, the material feeling impossibly warm as she pulled it tightly against herself, "let's take you from this place."
"But, Father…Mother…Naoto…"
"Wouldn't want you to be here, Kallen. They would want you to keep going."
"But where am I going to go," she asked, trying to fight the dam that was beginning give, the warmth this man giving her defrosting her emotions as she felt the urge to cry.
"Come with me, Miss Stadtfeld, I promise you, for what has happened here, I will help and follow you…wherever and whatever way you wish to go."
She couldn't react to it, but she knew there was truth to his words, but she couldn't tell him that. But there was a fire growing inside her, an angry fire that could only ask WHY? Why could this happen? Who could let this happen? What kind of people could breed these kinds of monsters? And she knew, deep down, that the answers were far larger than anything she could grasp at this moment, the world was too cold and too small at this moment.
But sooner or later, the fire would rise, and when it did, it would consume all of those that she viewed as her enemy.
A/N: And that does it for the Prologue. I hope you all enjoyed it. And no, this is not a declaration I am done with Catharsis & Apotheosis, it is right now a quarter done. I just had this story idea as a dream last night and it was gnawing away at me to where I have pretty much written this in 4 hours. Feel free to review, your input helps me determine if I have fouled up somewhere or maybe something to agitate a few new ideas.
Also, thanks Magery for the assist.
Until the next chapter.


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Lala is no longer accepting new subscribers and will close all accounts at the end of next month. This means subscribers will no longer to access songs they'd uploaded or purchased. Since purchased songs can only be streamed Lala (not downloaded), subscribers will receive a credit in the amount of their Lala web song purchases for use on Apple's iTunes store.
Apple's iTunes Store allows users to purchase individual songs and albums. Apple does not offer a streaming musics service or a subscription service that allows users to listen to a large library of music for a recurring fee. Apple could be preparing a more advanced online music experience that's a mashup of Lala, Microsoft Zune Pass and Pandora.


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Daisy Dreamer and the Totally True Imaginary Friend
By Holly Anna
Illustrated by Genevieve Santos
(Book #1 of Daisy Dreamer)
Hardcover eBook
Hi! I'm Daisy Dreamer and this story is all about how I met Posey, my totally true imaginary friend.
Hi, I'm Daisy Dreamer. People call me the girl with her head in the clouds because I daydream some of the time…or maybe most the time. But isn't that what makes life so…well, dreamy? Together with my best friends, Lily and Jasmine, we love to write stories, draw, and invent games. Then one day, I drew a doodle in my special journal and you know what? That picture moved! All. On. Its. Own. And that is how I met Posey, my totally true imaginary friend. Now he's got a story to tell. And guess who's going to tell it. Yep, that's right. Me, Daisy Dreamer, the girl with her head in the clouds.
With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Daisy Dreamer chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
Holly Anna
Holly Anna has always had a wild imagination. When she was little, she used to doodle drawings that would transport herself and her friends to a wonderful world of make believe. Now she visits other worlds through writing. Holly lives in San Jose, California, with her family. They have four cats: Rocket J. Squirrel, Le Mew, The Honest John Wookenchops a.k.a. "Wookie", and Noel.
Genevieve Santos
Genevieve Santos is an illustrator born, raised, and living in San Jose, California, and sole proprietor of a small stationery company, Le Petit Elefant. Wanderlust got the best of her so she's traveled to thirty-one countries before turning thirty, sometimes backpacking, sometimes by camper van, sometimes on her own, but always with a sketchbook. Her love for animation started at a young age, and is what drives her to draw the slightest observations. She also has an insatiable weakness for ice cream.
Publisher: Little Simon (April 2017)
Grades: K - 4
Lexile ® 620L
Age 4 - 8
Lexile ® 591 - 690
Children's Fiction > Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
Children's Fiction > Readers > Chapter Books
Children's Fiction > Imagination & Play
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The camp was about more than just the mechanics of politics. It was meant to inspire girls to get into public life. Recruiting girls for elected office when they're in high school helps ensure that there will be more women making policy decisions, said Jessica Grounds, the executive director of the group.
She said women typically waited until later in life to run for office and then struggled to balance their political ambitions with raising families.
Recruitment is an issue because research shows that women need to be asked to run for office, while men are more likely to enter politics on their own.
It worked for D'Anieri. "It's made me want to be a leader so much more," she said.
As they learned how to face TV cameras without fear, speak off the cuff and deepen their knowledge of policy, the high school students at the Running Start program offered predictions for their own futures. Many also left with a feeling of the importance of their role in creating a better gender balance in statehouses, city halls and the halls of Congress.
Barbara Palmer, an associate professor at Baldwin Wallace University who's an author of "Women & Congressional Elections: A Century of Change," said it was essential for women's interest groups to get involved in political recruitment.