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The Last Tribute: Chapter One - The Phantom Librarian
02:06 am August 7th, 2014
The Last Tribute: Chapter One
Okay. What the heck. I knew where it started, and I wanted to get on the train. Who needs a break when you're having fun? :D
Part One: Volunteer
I wake up buried in angora sweaters.
For a minute, I'm confused about where I am and why I'm here. I was having a dream about the arena, huddled under the blanket with Maysilee Donner. I reach for her sleepily -- and drunkenly, let's not forget that -- then remember that she's not here. She hasn't been here for twenty-four years. She's been dead considerably longer than she was alive.
I am in a trunk full of sweaters from Cinna's fall line, and the gentle rocking of the train tells me that it's still pretty early. As they decelerate in the approach to Twelve, there's a paradoxically more pronounced sense of motion. My knife is gripped tightly in my right hand, and I've managed not to cut anything with it. (I have many sheets and blankets that bear the marks of learning to sleep armed.) There's plastic under me so that no one will be able to tell that I slept on top of the sweaters, but six of them are my blanket. They're all sized for a girl much larger than any District Twelve girl will ever be. I can fold them up and put them at the bottom of the pile, with the plastic carefully stretched back over the top. They won't be used, so Cinna will just take them back with the rest of the unused sizes, wash them, and put them in his boutique.
There's carving on the side of the trunk -- Cinna's label, cut through the wood. Air holes. I can't see much through them, but there's a view of the door. I moved one of the mannequins in front of it before I went to sleep, making it look like it was accidentally shoved by a rolling wardrobe rack. Anyone coming in would have had to move both -- setting off a pile of clattering hangers I placed precariously on the top shelf of the rack -- and I doubt anyone would think to put it back. It's still there. I suppose it's possible that someone is lying in wait, but I think anyone suspecting that the wardrobe car is occupied is likely to come in with guns and drag me out. I wouldn't be wondering.
I put my knife away and reach into my pocket and pull out a little magnet contraption that Wiress made. It pops latches closed from the inside, and if I reverse its polarity with her little switch, will hopefully pop them open as well. Beetee's used it, anyway. I flip the switch and hope for the best.
It takes long enough that I'm starting to come up with bad excuses for Peacekeepers who ask how I got in here, but finally, I hear the little click of the metal letting go. I push the top up and climb out. I'm not as drunk as I was when I boarded back at the fueling station, where one of our District Six spies got me on board and hid me here, but I'm still a little unsteady, and my stomach is going to need settling pretty soon. I fold up the sweaters carefully and put them at the bottom of the trunk. the plastic is wrinkled, but I don't seem to have soiled anything in my sleep, which is a wonder.
I leave the top open to air it out, and go to the narrow windows. We're definitely in Appalachia now, but that's not surprising. The fuel station is just south of where the mountains start to give way to the red earth around District Eleven. We were probably in the mountains before I even dropped off to sleep. But I can see the river peeking out through the trees, the one that leads up toward Twelve. Maybe closer than I thought, then. It's hard to tell. I usually take freight trains for these things. This is the first time I've actually hopped the tribute train.
It was the only choice. Finnick's schedule was tight. They watch him more closely than they watch me and Chaff. Mags could cover for him for a couple of days, but that meant waiting for an empty cargo train heading up to Twelve to pick up coal. Chaff could join him in Eleven, and I could catch the loaded train down to the fueling station. Finnick and Chaff caught a second coal train back -- luckily, everything goes through Eleven and then on to the Rotation, so Finnick could get some other cargo train home -- but the only thing left going to Twelve before the Reaping was the tribute train. I had to wait in the woods for a day and a half for it. Luckily, Chaff brought me a couple of bottles of brandy that he distilled from his peach trees, and, as it turns out, I'm still capable of killing a squirrel or two, though they aren't resting very peacefully in my gut. There was no luck involved in remembering to bring a paperback. I got stuck for three days outside District Eight once, and I was bored out of my mind. I haven't traveled without one since.
I'm not even sure we needed to meet. They wanted to check on Cinna's status, and talk again about the many ways it could backfire if we start trying to use the Games before Plutarch is ready. I'm tired of waiting for Plutarch to be ready. I want Snow to realize that we can touch the Capitol. Maybe it's crazy. Maybe Chaff's right, and no one will care if I can make them love two tributes. But there's nothing to lose. My plan, worked out with Cinna this winter when he ostensibly came to "say hello" to his new team leader, is to visually and narratively pair my tributes. Make it impossible for the audience to see one without the other. Make them choose between two kids when neither deserves to die, the way every mentor has to make sadistic choices. Chaff says they won't care. Finnick isn't sure.
I'm sure they'll care. Whether or not it will make a difference is a different question. I don't think Snow can brainwash hundreds of people at once, but he may have methods I don't know about to control a fractious Capitol population.
And of course, there's the matter of the tributes. If I get a pair of Career-wannabes, I doubt they'll put up with it, and I'll back their play. I'm a mentor before I'm a rebel, much to Plutarch's annoyance.
Nothing we talked about really couldn't wait for the Games.
But, like Finnick says, scratch a victor, find a thrill-seeker. Why just risk getting caught and questioned by Games Security in the Capitol when you can risk being caught in the out-districts by Peacekeepers who've had the go-ahead to shoot on sight since the raider attack? (Of course, they've more or less wiped out the bands of raiders entirely, but once they've been given an okay to kill, they're not going to let go of it.)
"Let's face it," he said as we huddled around our little fire three nights ago. "Once you've been in the arena, it's just not as thrilling when the other guy isn't trying to kill you."
I rolled my eyes. "Thrilling."
"Yeah, thrilling."
"Right," Chaff said. "I lay awake nights thinking, 'How can I be as excited as I was in the arena?'"
Finnick shrugged. "Tell me you weren't more alive when they were trying to kill you than you are now."
Neither Chaff nor I bothered to answer that. Finnick, at least, has a life after the arena, albeit one that's not exactly ideal. He's got things to look forward to. When the Capitol gets bored with him, he plans to marry Annie and have a family. Chaff and I pretty much plan to drink until we pass out for good. Even when I was as young as Finnick, I knew that the Capitol would never be bored enough with me to risk having a family, given what they did to the one I used to have.
We spent most of the night talking. We didn't even reach a conclusion. Plutarch has been making noises since Johanna's Games about a potential ally, but he hasn't gotten anything finalized, and won't talk until he does. He says that he picked up a weak signal while he was with Johanna in isolation -- something on a radio frequency that didn't belong there. He's holding it back like a tasty Games surprise, despite repeated reminders that we are his allies, not his audience. The only thing I can think of is District Thirteen. We've narrowed Johanna's stop to the islands in the North Atlantic, and that's not terribly far from where it used to be. But Twelve is even closer -- we've never heard a peep, or had mysterious visitors from the supposedly irradiated north.
I dismissed the idea out of hand at first, because everyone knows that Thirteen is dead. Then I started thinking about that radiation. All my life, it was a ghost story told around smoky campfires. If you go north, you'll get radiation sickness. People wandered out of the ruins of Thirteen having grown extra limbs and turned strange colors. But no one ever saw such a thing. No one ever ventured there and came back, even among the wilder daredevils of District Twelve. If anyone tried to get there, they never came back… which could mean that they died in the woods, or that someone was there to meet them.
If it is Thirteen, then it goes beyond a loose alliance. Thirteen, if it's not destroyed, has actual weapons. It means that, instead of an uprising, there could be a war.
I'm not sure how I feel about that, especially since our last potential allies turned out to be complete lunatics. No one blames Blight for thinking of the out-district raiders -- I'm sure we all thought about them a few times -- but we don't invite him into our councils anymore, either. It may not be logical, but I can't forget them threatening Effie and my tributes, and Finnick will never forgive them for scaring Annie before the Games. Blight's all tied up in that, and I guess, between that and his drifting away on his own, we can't really trust him anymore.
I look out the window for a few more minutes, watching the brown, wooded mountains go by. It's pretty, but monotonous. It's also exposed, if anyone chooses to wander in. I go back among the hanging wardrobe bags and pull out my book. It's a ridiculous, fully-approved-by-the-Capitol book, with a detective who works the bad side of the city and her plucky sidekick, a kid of uncertain origin who seems to know his way around pretty well. They've had sixteen adventures, and I've read them all, to my great shame (and Finnick's unending teasing).
I'm trying to figure out where the kid came from. I'm guessing he's one of the secret District kids that used to be so ubiquitous in Capitol fiction -- he has all the usual markers -- but someone in the Culture Authority has obviously been trying to stamp the type out, so the author seems to be settling on these little codes (a weird accent, an inability to understand Capitol society, and a certain willingness to settle problems violently). She'll have to eventually think of something else, though, or they won't publish it. I'm toying with the idea that he's really a rich boy whose parents disgust him, but I'm not sure even that much rebellion would be allowed. The current mystery involves a stolen statue and a society matron. I suspect the Gamemakers, but then, I always do. In the book world, I've got it down to either the restaurant owner who has a side business in scrap metal to be melted for ammunition, or the artist who thinks it was stolen from him in the first place.
I've been reading for about half an hour when the door opens, and I draw back into the shadows. Effie Trinket comes in. She's got her face painted white, and she's wearing a bright pink wig. She moves across the car with the quick, determined steps that I've learned to associate with a particularly recent dose of whatever they've had her on. I can't hate her. I also can't stand looking at her like this.
She moves aside my mannequin and wardrobe rack and examines the boy tributes' potential outfits. She doesn't look impressed. Cinna is far too low key for Effie personally, though she seems at least interested in what he'll do with the parade costumes. He's kept the same prep teams, though, and Effie wrote to me that they like him. That means something.
She bites her lip and looks at a moss green sweater. It looks like Cinna has planned for Seam coloring, which is usually smart.
She moves on to the girls' outfits -- dresses, skirts, big thick sweaters. She pauses at the open trunk, and I think she sniffs the air a little bit, but if there's one advantage to what they've done to her, it's that she's ultimately incurious about things. She takes whatever she sees as a matter of course.
She stares at the trunk, then closes it and leaves the car.
I hate the Capitol.
I can't get back into my book after she leaves, so I open up Chaff's brandy again. It's very sweet, and it goes down warm.
The train starts decelerating ten minutes later, and twenty minutes after that, we come to a stop in District Twelve. This is the tricky part. I have to somehow get off and be wandering in from Victors' Village before the reaping starts.
On the cargo trains, this is easy. I could be shipped. A spy from Six could unload me. But there's no cargo coming off of this train. There are no floor panels to left up and escape along the track. The only exits are the proper doors, and beyond them, the Peacekeepers are guarding the road to town for the Games production crew.
I'll have to find a way to move along the fence.
I'm starting to regret the most recent brandy. My brain is not coming up with any good scenarios.
I manage to get out of the wardrobe car by waiting for the Peacekeepers to deploy outside, but every time I check along the length of the train, they're at the doors. I can't very well attack one with the others around, either.
They finally start to get sparser as I reach the end of the train -- the observation car, with its glassed in sides. It's not as fancy as the tour train's observation car (presuming they still use the same one I was on), but it's definitely meant as a high class lounge for the trip. I have never made much use of it.
I'm able to get down from the train, though there's a dangerous moment when I lose my balance (and am in danger of losing the brandy in my stomach), but I realize that there's no way I'll be able to go through the fence. It's reaping day. The electricity will be on, especially around the train station, to prevent another attack. Maybe, when I was a boy, I could have fit under it somehow, but now?
I duck under the cover of the scraggly bushes that line the verge around the track.
I look toward the small gate that leads from the tracks into town. Beside it is a dilapidated old depot, not used for travelers since the Dark Days, though kids go there to do whatever they feel a need to do away from their parents.
It straddles the fence.
It's kept locked on this side, of course, but there's a loose board. I used it once before, getting through from the other side. They'd see me go out on the town side, of course, but I think I can get around that.
I make my way there carefully, ignoring the spins that keep trying to send me rolling down the verge. The board is still loose. The opening is barely big enough for me now -- the boy I used to be would have found it roomy indeed -- but I manage to squeeze through. I douse myself in brandy, grab a tarp from the corner, and sit down against the wall. The room seems to rock.
According to my watch, it's almost two. If I don't get to the platform soon, there'll be hell to pay.
I realize that the brandy isn't going to stay down, and I guess vomiting is as good an announcement as any. I open the door of the depot, lean over the railing, and retch into the bushes.
"There he is!" a Peacekeeper calls. "Abernathy! What the hell are you doing there?"
I stand up and put a little more sway than I really feel into my walk. "Officer? Aren't I s'posed to be here? Isn't it time to leave? I got in a little early. Didn't want to be late for the train!" I lean on his shoulder. "I figured I'd do my drinking here, instead of at home. Save some time."
He shoves me off. "You're disgusting. And you know perfectly well that you have to go to the reaping first."
I am manhandled along the road to town. People gape at me as they lead me along the streets where latecomers have to watch the reaping on the screen. Sae, set up as usual in her squat near the hob, gives me a frustrated look.
The Peacekeepers shove me.
"Hey!" I shout as we get to the stairs that lead to the stage. "You don't have to do that, I can get there!" I can see Merle Undersee up there already, giving District Twelve's proud history of victors. Duronda and me. A drunk and a suicide. It's no wonder we're so well-loved. The world spins around me.
"You're already late," the Peacekeeper says. "Bad enough you look like a bum and smell like a day old turd. You can at least manage to move faster to the one job you have to do in a year for your salary."
"What do you know about what I get paid for?" I yell. "I'm paid because I'm a victor. It's all back pay. I -- "
I am shoved out on to the stage, and very legitimately lose my balance. Effie looks up at me, dismayed. She always looks dismayed now. She didn't used to. She used to think I was wonderful. I remember that. She kissed me once. Maybe twice.
I lean over and hug her.
She pushes me away and gets me turned around and into my seat. Her wig is askew.
Merle gives me an exasperated look, though he should at least know the score. He was the one who was supposed to be making sure no one knew I was gone, so at least he knows that much.
And it's not like they don't know I'm a drunk.
He calls Effie up front, to stand between the reaping bowls.
She puts her hand on her wig to straighten it, then says, as always, "Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!"
That's a laugh. I know it's a script, and all of the escorts need to follow it. I know that Effie is very good at her job, and whatever they did to her in the Capitol, it's made her insufferably bubbly about it, which the Capitol audience loves. But District Twelve is the smallest district. Everyone's odds are worse than anywhere else. I look out at the see of thin, hopeless faces in front of me. Who am I going to kill this time?
I see the eighteen year olds in front. Strong, skinny boys who are about to go to work in the mines. Willowy girls who will be working alongside them, even though they don't look like they could lift the pickaxes. I know from experience how wrong that is, but the sponsors don't. They think our girls look weak.
Danny's middle boy, Edder, is in this group. He's a town kid. He'll be broad-shouldered and blond. I don't remember much about him. Since the boys stopped needing someone to watch them while Danny and Mir bake, I've lost track of them. I see one of the merchant boys who might be him. He doesn't seem to have much interest in the proceedings. Why would he? I doubt he's had to take any tesserae, while the boys beside him are most likely covering huge families.
Beyond the eighteen year olds, I see the kids getting younger and younger as the crowd reaches to the back of the square. Sometimes, I've had kids called from the back. They come home in boxes the same size as anyone else's, but they're too small. Once, drunk on the train, I opened Treeza Murphy's casket. They put in a shelf under her feet so that she wouldn't slide down.
"It's such an honor to be back in District Twelve," Effie says. "In fifteen years as your escort, I know how very strong and brave you are!"
This isn't even met with dutiful applause. There's been another round of gossip about Effie's transfer application. She jokes about it with me sometimes, though she seems not to understand when it is and isn't okay to tell a joke. She manages not to make one this time.
"I just know that we'll have wonderful tributes this year, who will bring honor to the District."
Again, there's no response.
She smiles woodenly, then says, as always, "Ladies first!"
The name she pulls is Primrose Everdeen.
I know the name. I knew Glen Everdeen. He gave me information on the mines for the war chest before the accident that took two dozen miners four years ago. Glen's daughter. Ruth's daughter. Is this the one that half the district (including Mir) thought was really Danny's?
If so, I can understand it, as she walks forward from the back, where she's standing with the other small children.
I think of a shelf in the casket and close my eyes.
This doesn't make the image go away.
She has lovely, golden blond hair that she's wearing in two braids. Large blue eyes. She's dainty and fragile-looking, like Ruth. It's hard to imagine big, tough Glen as her father. But I know he is. Both of the men involved fumed to me about the situation, and insisted that there is no other possibility.
I force my eyes open.
She is still coming forward. Against all logic, she seems to be getting smaller.
I think about my half-baked plan to use the Games to create an image. As always, any plans about the Games shatter when I see the tributes.
The kids.
This poor girl will have no chance in the arena.
She holds her head high as she passes the group of sixteens, where another girl is staring at her, dumbfounded.
This is the usual way.
It's always the same. I try to think of some way this tiny child is going to survive, and can't think of one. There's nothing anyone can do.
"PRIM!"
I look up.
The girl I noticed earlier runs forward, surging toward the stage. "Prim!" she screams again.
The Peacekeepers grab at her and try to hold her back, but she threads between them like a fish swimming with the current. She moves easily and quickly, and with a single, clear determination.
She reaches Primrose at the bottom of the stairs and drags her backward, shielding her from all of us.
I sit forward, the brandy-haze lifting a little bit.
There is something that can be done for Primrose Everdeen. It's something that's never happened in Twelve, at least in my memory. Something that's utterly insane.
"I volunteer!" the older girl gasps. "I volunteer as tribute!"
From: (Anonymous) Date: August 7th, 2014 09:37 am (UTC) (Link)
I am so excited for this!
You're amazing doing all those challenges and jumping straight into this!
From: fernwithy Date: August 7th, 2014 06:36 pm (UTC) (Link)
I tried to put it off, but it was getting silly, making up excuses not to write. :D
Thread started by vesta_aurelia
From: vesta_aurelia Date: August 7th, 2014 10:01 am (UTC) (Link)
This is something I've wanted for so long: Haymitch's first impression of Katniss.
Thank you Fern!!!
It's too bad he's too drunk for serious responses, but even drunk, he processes a lot.
The First...
Line is absolutely marvellous in its disorientation and humor. Looking forward.
Re: The First...
I decided to start with Haymitch waking up, the same way HG starts with Katniss waking up... but at this point, yeah, Haymitch is a theater of the absurd.
From: (Anonymous) Date: August 7th, 2014 12:53 pm (UTC) (Link)
Even though I know the story....seeing it from this angle is going to be amazing. I've often thought about Haymitch's impressions of Katniss too. You truly have a gift, Fern.
Re: Perfection
I'm looking forward to seeing it, too.
Thread started by redrikki
From: redrikki Date: August 7th, 2014 01:41 pm (UTC) (Link)
I love the world building in this with the novel and his musings about it. I also liked the look into how the revolution is progressing and the relationships between the victors.
One correction: I have to somehow get off and by wandering in . Should be "be."
Oops, I'll grab that.
I think the reason CF is my favorite of the books is the fascinating little family the victors have built with each other.
Thread started by gabrielladusult
From: gabrielladusult Date: August 7th, 2014 02:36 pm (UTC) (Link)
I'm going to try and be better about reviewing this go around, since I really am an avid follower of your HG stories.
So, I'm hooked again as usual, and eager to see what will happen next.</p>
I seem to remember in your other Haymitch POV stories he would have dreams about pairing tributes and his mothers voice saying "what is your brain trying to tell you?" He seems to have figured some of that out somewhere along the road. Looking forward to seeing his reaction when he realizes that Peeta actually loves Katniss. This is going to be a fun ride.
I think he's finally been putting pieces together (there's simply no way that all things set in place in the Capitol had been put together in the eighteen hours or so that Katniss was en route).
Thread started by Persephone
From: persephone_kore Date: August 7th, 2014 06:11 pm (UTC) (Link)
There is something that can be done for Primrose Everdeen.
*blinking back tears*
Yeah. And he's gotten so used to the way things are that it never crossed his mind that someone else might step up.
Thread started by sonetka
From: sonetka Date: August 7th, 2014 08:24 pm (UTC) (Link)
Huzzah! I love seeing all the pre-planning that went into the matching-pair scheme which Katniss was too dense, I mean focused, to see :). And never apologize for writing too quickly; I only wish I had a gift like yours.
From: fernwithy Date: August 8th, 2014 03:12 am (UTC) (Link)
Yeah, Katniss isn't very clued in. It's understandable that she's never really thought about what would go into this, but she's... dense.
Thread started by MJ
From: maidenjedi Date: August 7th, 2014 09:17 pm (UTC) (Link)
This one is going to crush me. I can already tell.
And yet, I can't wait. :-)
I'm enjoying being back in Haymitch's twisty little head.
It seems criminal how much excellent content you put out for free. I work in publishing, and your writing is so much better than much of what I see on a day-to-day basis. I hope someday you'll publish a series of your own--with the same excellent world-building and well-developed characters from these stories.
I hope someday I'll have a nice fresh concept to work with. I unfortunately tend to come on board when the current genre is in, and people are looking for the next one.
Thread started by MirandaBeth
From: mirandabeth Date: August 8th, 2014 04:40 am (UTC) (Link)
Ah, this is so satisfying. I have so many theories in my head about this story that I feel like you're writing canon.
I love the comment about Plutarch treating them like his audience. Half the time I suspect Plutarch just wants to fight a war because it makes an excellent story and/or he wants to prove he can do it.
Plutarch probably believes his own hype. I mean, he believes in the business about the republic, too -- he's not a hypocrite -- but he totally believes that he's the only key figure who matters.
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From: queen_bellatrix Date: August 8th, 2014 04:42 am (UTC) (Link)
Catches/Squee!
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But the there's Think maybe you can delete the the, unless there was supposed to be more to that sentence?
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Ah, it is good to be back in Haymitch's head! This entire chapter is proof of Finn's assertion in that challenge with Jo about just how much Haymitch can do/process, even smashed. Which, y'know, just makes it worse that he's smashed, because of all he could accomplish if he weren't. *fumes*
Your inclusion of Drake's old phrase about backing tributes' plays was fantasticly done. We've seen Haymitch, through the other fics, back plays, and do his best to teach/help. But, I think this is the first time he's explicitly put it in those terms; what he felt with his first tributes has become one of the most profound parts of his moral code. And all his thoughts about Prim nearly made me cry; mentoring twelve-year-olds must be an especial kind of hell. I remember being Twelve; when I was especially scared, I was still known to curl as close to my Mom as humanly possible. To have to sit and watch these kids, and know they were going to die without their parents, or anyone they were really close too (I know they know the victors from their Districts, but I'd imagine it's often more a case of know of than know.); all you could really do would be to give them a hug if they were scared, and make sure they got the largest piece of cake. The futility, knowing they just didn't have the physical prowess to compete...I can't even imagine. And the detail about the shelves in the casket somehow made it about a hundred times worse. Also really loved how Prim was described; keeping her head up, etc. etc., because the brave ones would almost be worse when you knew it wouldn't do any good.
And Finn; you hit the bullseye once again with the insights about victors. I just love the idea of them finding fairly thin pretexts to meet, because they just need community. I think sometimes Haymitch, being so isolated, forgets that while the other rebels may have other victors, there's no garuntee they share their sympathies, which leaves them tremendously isolated in a huge part of their work/life.
The glimpse of Effie and Haymitch's thoughts afterwords was infuriating; especially how much he's pickled himself since her re-education. I know a lot of details we got in TANT may've slipped his mind even before her stint in CD; but, I imagine a lot of it happened afterword, which is horrifying. And the bit about not being able to have a family; I love how you're playing with how much is imposed on people by societal constraints, and how much is choice. I realize Haymitch may be entirely right, but I can't help wondering how much of it is a way to rationalize not getting sober; wouldn't matter, because he'd never have a life anyway, that sort of thing.
And seriously, Blight, were you either drunk or on morfling? Because honey, I get that Gia/Finn's situation is messing with your head, but *headdesk* So, I'm assuming that when half the rebels went awall the spring before the 70th, they were going to hear the proposal Blight already had set up? Which I'm assuming was more like: I have a glorious plan and all of you should be happy than: Let'stalk to these people, or the Raiders crazy would've become obvious far sooner?
A couple of smaller things that struck me: I loved Haymitch's passion for detective novels; just such a fun bit of world-building. And for all that Chaff's much more of an extravert than Haymitch, I find it interesting that he is, in a lot of ways, far more cynical about the Capitol; just a really clever contrast, because you'd think it'd be reversed.
And oh, Haymitch; backing Kattniss's play'll be easy enough, but backing Peeta's, especially when he starts to like him outside of being Danny's kid is going to be so hard; I bet there's at least one point when he curses his and Cinna's plan so much.
Re: Catches/Squee!
Glad you noticed the hark back to Drake. He actually did turn out to be Haymitch's mentor, after all.
The hell of seeing not just a twelve-year-old, but a small, fragile looking one... man. I imagined it, but I didn't want to.
I loved Catching Fire because of this very weird, wild family that the victors made together. If they weren't rebelling, I still think they'd have found ways to get together outside the Games. They have an experience that very few people do.
Haymitch really has shut off his feelings about Effie, and he doesn't even have the excuse of being brainwashed. He's just hurt, and does the thing he does when he's hurt: Pulls away.
I think Blight's thought wasn't a bad one, and no one really told him to put the brakes on, but the raiders weren't the free-spirits he imagined. They were vicious criminals. The argument at the lake was ultimately about whether the rebellion should find a way to keep the Capitol from annihilating them (since they were the ones who invited them to "rebel") or just let it happen (since the raiders were distinctly not going along with the rebels' plans).
I just think Haymitch would dig Sherlock Holmes.
When it comes to the Capitol, all I can think of is that in D12, Haymitch never would have had access to anything, really. The Capitol lets him take (some) classes, read (some) books, and indulge his random interests. It has things that occasionally challenge his mind. And it has the people he cares about. Chaff still has people he cares about in Eleven, and his district has had a tougher boot on its neck.
Before he gets to how to back Peeta's play, he's going to have to deal with Danny.
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From: zinne80 Date: August 8th, 2014 10:14 am (UTC) (Link)
Great! So happy to see you already started the new story line.
You are fabulous :-)
Glad you like!
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From: mariachillin Date: August 9th, 2014 12:49 am (UTC) (Link)
I'm so very, very happy! This is what I've been waiting for! I can't wait to read all three of Haymitch's POV thg books.
The other two were such fun to write, I just had to, even though it will end up overlapping quite regularly with "The Final Eight."
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We took some time off and this is our official relaunch of the Primal party with our new show Ancient Mermaids. We invite everyone come out and express your primal self through dance, movement, music and creativity! We are all primal in our instincts and with music is how we get back to our native and primal roots.
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Les Qualifications du Championnat d'Europe féminin de hockey sur gazon 2023 sera une série de 4 épreuves de qualification pour le Championnat d'Europe 2023 à Mönchengladbach. Les tournois se dérouleront en Angleterre, en Irlande, en Lituanie et en France du 15 au 27 août 2022.

La meilleure équipe de chaque tournoi se qualifiera pour le Championnat d'Europe. Les deuxième et troisième équipes classées de chaque groupe passeront au championnat II, les équipes restantes se qualifiant pour le championnat III.

Équipes qualifiées
Toutes les équipes éligibles des éditions 2021 des Championnats d'Europe II et III participeront, ainsi que les quatre équipes les moins bien classées des Championnats d'Europe.

Qualificatif A

Toutes les heures correspondent à l'heure d'été du Royaume-Uni (UTC+1)

Classement

Source: FIH

En cas d'égalité de points de plusieurs équipes à l'issue des matchs de poule, les critères suivants sont appliqués dans l'ordre indiqué pour établir leur classement:
 Points,
 Matchs gagnés,
 Différence de buts,
 Buts pour,
 Plus grand nombre de points obtenus dans les matchs de poule disputés entre les équipes concernées,
 Buts en plein jeu pour.

Rencontres

Qualificatif B

Toutes les heures correspondent à l'heure d'été d'Europe de l'Ouest (UTC+1)

Classement

Source: FIH

En cas d'égalité de points de plusieurs équipes à l'issue des matchs de poule, les critères suivants sont appliqués dans l'ordre indiqué pour établir leur classement:
 Points,
 Matchs gagnés,
 Différence de buts,
 Buts pour,
 Plus grand nombre de points obtenus dans les matchs de poule disputés entre les équipes concernées,
 Buts en plein jeu pour.

Rencontres

Qualificatif C

Toutes les heures correspondent à l'heure d'été d'Europe de l'Est (UTC+3)

Tour préliminaire

Classement

Source: FIH

En cas d'égalité de points de plusieurs équipes à l'issue des matchs de poule, les critères suivants sont appliqués dans l'ordre indiqué pour établir leur classement:
 Points,
 Matchs gagnés,
 Différence de buts,
 Buts pour,
 Plus grand nombre de points obtenus dans les matchs de poule disputés entre les équipes concernées,
 Buts en plein jeu pour.

Rencontres

Finale

Classement final

Récompenses
Les prix suivants ont été remis à la fin du tournoi:

Qualificatif D

Toutes les heures correspondent à l'heure d'été d'Europe centrale (UTC+2)

Classement

Source: FIH

En cas d'égalité de points de plusieurs équipes à l'issue des matchs de poule, les critères suivants sont appliqués dans l'ordre indiqué pour établir leur classement:
 Points,
 Matchs gagnés,
 Différence de buts,
 Buts pour,
 Plus grand nombre de points obtenus dans les matchs de poule disputés entre les équipes concernées,
 Buts en plein jeu pour.

Rencontres

Récompenses
Les prix suivants ont été remis à la fin du tournoi:

Voir aussi
 Qualifications du Championnat d'Europe masculin de hockey sur gazon 2023

Références

Hockey sur gazon en 2022
Sport en août 2022

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Idiom 词组字典
短语和例句
chamber music (室内乐)
He wrote some 200 works, focused on chamber music.
Jazz is not traditionally considered chamber music.
He also studied chamber music with Geneviève Joy.
combustion chamber (燃烧室)
The combustion chamber was also changed in the TÜ2.
Multiple furnaces would share a single combustion chamber.
A hemispherical combustion chamber and in-line valves were used.
chamber orchestra (室内乐团)
From 1992 bis 2003 she was concertmaster of the I Musici chamber orchestra.
In 1890, Cook became director of a chamber orchestra touring the East Coast.
Among his compositions is a concerto for electric violin and chamber orchestra.
burial chamber (墓室)
The burial chamber is dated to 895–903 AD.
Inside, where the burial chamber would have been, was a mint-flavoured fondant.
The burial chamber has the same height and width as the antechamber, but is longer.
chamber of commerce (商会)
Instead he worked on legal matters in industry and for the chamber of commerce.
The station shares a large two-storey building with the local chamber of commerce and industry.
The company won the "Small Business of the Year" award from the local chamber of commerce in 2012.
chamber musician
Schmidt was also in demand as a chamber musician.
Ferenz Radosc coached her as chamber musician.
She is also active as a chamber musician.
chamber ensemble (室内乐团)
"The Io Passion" is scored for a chamber ensemble.
Volume IX is for chamber ensemble or solo piano.
In 2001 she founded the Accademia Arcadia as a "Baroque chamber ensemble of high originality."
upper chamber (上室)
In the upper chamber of the gallery, Charlemagne's marble throne is housed.
In 1917 Barvinsky became a member of the Austrian upper chamber (House of Lords).
Thereafter they frequently held enough seats to give them the balance of power in the upper chamber.
120 is one of the composer's late chamber works.
He has recorded solo and chamber works for television and radio as well as CD.
He has composed symphony and chamber works, big band, and jazz orchestra music.
There, she selected prisoners for the gas chamber.
The gas chamber and crematorium were reconstructed after the war.
The first gas chamber at Auschwitz II was operational by March 1942.
There is a continuation of the horizontal passage in the south wall of the lower chamber; there is also a pit dug in the floor of the chamber.
As a member of the opposition coalition "Zajedno", he was re-elected a Member of Federal Parliament in the Chamber of Citizens (lower chamber) in 1996.
Digging by the Severn Valley Caving Club in 1969 and 1970 led to the discovery of a passage dropping to a lower chamber with many passages leading off from it.
chamber opera
In 1975 he composed a chamber opera "Stigmates", to a libretto by Jacques Pajak.
He has also written one chamber opera, "Bardos", which premiered in Seoul, South Korea in 2004.
The life of Sturn and opera singer Emilia Cundari are portrayed in the chamber opera "Pat & Emilia".
This work of art now adorns the council chamber of the town hall.
Kenton is the location of the municipal council chamber for the RM of Woodworth.
It contains offices on the ground floor and the council chamber and reception hall on the upper level.
magma chamber
These volcanoes appear to share a magma chamber at a depth of .
Heavier minerals may crystallize and settle to the bottom of the magma chamber.
Some inclusions in Licancabur rocks seem to be from wall rocks of the magma chamber.
Brotons mainly produces works for orchestras and chamber ensembles.
Williams composes for solo piano, chamber ensembles, choir and solo voice.
In Lima she was a member of several chamber ensembles and young people orchestras.
organ chamber
Attached to the south side is a 19th-century organ chamber.
The organ chamber has a three-light window and a rose window.
There is a vestry to the north-east and organ chamber to the south-east.
He made numerous international concert tours with the chamber choir of the university.
Phoenix Chorale The Phoenix Chorale is a professional chamber choir based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Jeffrey Lewis composed "Epitaphium – Children of the Sun" for narrator, chamber choir, piano, flute, clarinet and percussion.
vacuum chamber
It is the world's largest thermal vacuum chamber.
In Spring 2013 SpaceX conducted a fairing separation test in the vacuum chamber.
A jet of steam entrains the vapour that must be removed from the vacuum chamber.
main chamber
The main chamber is wide, deep, and tall at the center of the hangar.
It is illuminated from both a skylight and several lamps above the main chamber .
A coyote den can have several entrances and passages branching out from the main chamber.
second chamber
Part way along, a second chamber is found in its west.
This second chamber later became known as the première des enquêtes.
A second chamber, the "Chamber of Counties" (), was set up in 1993 pursuant to the 1990 Constitution.
each chamber
The umbilicus is open, partly covered by triangular umbilical flaps extending from each chamber of the final whorl.
The chambers must also align consistently with the barrel, so the bullet enters the barrel the same way from each chamber.
In the case of revolvers or other multi-chamber firearms, each chamber must be proof tested before the firearm may be marked.

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September 6, 2009 · 10:58 AM
Prison Buses Haul Feeling-No-Pain Las Vegas Sinners
Crime and punishment always gets center stage in Las Vegas. On the heels of continuing high-profile criminal trials and Las Vegas announcing plans to finally construct a Mob museum (as previously reported by Las Vegas Backstage Access on Jan. 16, March 17, June 20 and Aug. 5), now you have an option of either taking a cab, limousine or, if real daring-do is in your blood, get whisked around Las Vegas in an authentic prison bus.
It's a 1950s style prison bus with bars on the windows, ready to take you to the nightclubs, bars, brothels, or whatever flights of fancy you desire. The company Las Vegas Con Xpress offers rides in these old and very kitschy prison buses, authentic right down to the graffiti.
"Prisoners" or passengers are loaded up in the back behind a locked gate. You even get to pick your own "Sheriff", also known as your tour guide. Once loaded up and locked down, the prison bus heads to all the hottest spots in town.
Con Xpress founder Danny Sinatra thought it criminal to pass up on his unique venture. "Never in the U.S. have prison buses been put back into public use for charter services," Sinatra says.
There's no question the buses are attracting attention. Since operations began about a month ago the buses have been involved in lots of drama, being pulled over by local police, Nevada State Police and, yes, even Homeland Security.
Tourists swarm the bus, getting a fun kick out of this odd blast from the past. "For a bachelorette or bachelor party it would be fun", said Ray Navarro, visiting Las Vegas from Arizona.
Sinatra says he's fully licensed to operate his charter business and he is working with local law enforcement as well as security at casinos to let them know his buses are out on the streets.
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Chapter: Zinc
« Previous: Sulfate
Suggested Citation:"Zinc ." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Guide to Nutrient Requirements. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11537.
TABLE 1 Dietary Reference Intakes for Zinc by Life Stage Group DRI values (mg/day) EARa RDAb AIc ULd males females males females Life stage group 0 through 6 mo 2 4 7 through 12 mo 2.5 2.5 3 3 5 1 through 3 y 2.5 2.5 3 3 7 4 through 8 y 4.0 4.0 5 5 12 9 through 13 y 7.0 7.0 8 8 23 14 through 18 y 8.5 7.3 11 9 34 19 through 50 y 9.4 6.8 11 8 40 ≥ 51 y 9.4 6.8 11 8 40 Pregnancy 14 through 18 y 10.5 12 34 19 through 50 y 9.5 11 40 Lactation 14 through 18 y 10.9 13 34 19 through 50 y 10.4 12 40 a EAR = Estimated Average Requirement. b RDA = Recommended Dietary Allowance. c AI = Adequate Intake. d UL = Tolerable Upper Intake Level. Unless otherwise specified, the UL represents total intake from food, water, and supplements.
PART III: ZINC 403 ZINC Z inc is crucial for growth and development. It facilitates several enzy- matic processes related to the metabolism of protein, carbohydrates, and fats. Zinc also helps form the structure of proteins and enzymes, and is involved in the regulation of gene expression. The adult requirements for zinc are based on metabolic studies of zinc absorption, defined as the minimum amount of dietary zinc necessary to offset total daily losses of the nutrient. The Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) is based on a zinc-induced decrease in copper absorption that is manifest as a reduction in erythrocyte copper–zinc superoxide dismutase activity. DRI values are listed by life stage group in Table 1. Foods rich in zinc include meat, some shellfish, legumes, fortified cereals, and whole grains. Overt human zinc deficiency is rare, and the signs and symp- toms of mild deficiency are diverse due to zinc's ubiquitous involvement in metabolic processes. There is no evidence of adverse effects from intake of natu- rally occurring zinc in food. The adverse effects associated with chronic intake of supplemental zinc include acute gastrointestinal effects and headaches, im- paired immune function, changes in lipoprotein and cholesterol levels, reduced copper status, and zinc–iron interactions. ZINC AND THE BODY Function Zinc is essential for proper growth and development. Its biological functions can be divided into catalytic, structural, and regulatory. Zinc serves as a catalyst for nearly 100 specific enzymes, including alcohol dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, and RNA polymerases. It is necessary for the structure of certain proteins, some of which are involved in gene expression as deoxyribonucleic acid–binding transcription factors. Examples include retinoic acid receptors and vitamin D receptors. Zinc also provides a structural function for some en- zymes, the most notable of which is copper–zinc superoxide dismutase. Addi- tionally, zinc plays a role in gene expression and has been shown to influence both apoptosis and protein kinase C activity.
DRIs: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS 404 Absorption, Metabolism, Storage, and Excretion During digestion, zinc is absorbed by the small intestine through a transcellular process, with the jejunum being the site with the greatest transport rate. The mechanism of absorption appears to be saturable and there is an increase in transport velocity with zinc depletion. The absorbed zinc is bound to albumin and transferred from the intestine via the portal system. More than 85 percent of the body's total zinc is stored in the skeletal muscle and bone; only about 0.1 percent of total body zinc is found in the plasma. However, the body tightly regulates plasma zinc concentrations to keep them steady at about 10–15 mmol/L. Factors such as stress, acute trauma, and infec- tion can cause plasma zinc levels to drop. In humans, plasma zinc concentra- tions will remain relatively stable when zinc intake is restricted or increased, unless these changes in intake are severe and prolonged. This tight regulation also means that small amounts of zinc are more efficiently absorbed than large amounts and that people in poor zinc status can absorb the nutrient more effi- ciently than those in good status. Zinc is excreted from the body primarily through the feces. Normal zinc losses may range from less than 1 mg/day with a zinc-poor diet to greater than 5 mg/day with a zinc-rich diet. Zinc loss through the urine represents only a fraction (less than 10 percent) of normal zinc losses, although urinary losses may increase with conditions such as starvation or trauma. Other modes of zinc loss from the body include skin cell turnover, sweat, semen, hair, and menstruation. DETERMINING DRIS Determining Requirements The adult requirements for zinc are based on factorial analysis of metabolic studies of zinc absorption. Zinc absorption is defined for this purpose as the minimum amount of absorbed zinc necessary to match total daily zinc losses. The dietary intake corresponding to this average minimum quantity of absorbed zinc is the EAR. Special Considerations Children aged 3 years and under: The absorption of zinc from human milk is higher than from cow milk–based infant formula and cow milk. The zinc bioavailability from soy formulas is significantly lower than from milk-based formulas. Zinc nutriture in later infancy is quite different from that in the younger infant. Human milk provides only 0.5 mg/day of zinc by 7 months postpartum,
PART III: ZINC 405 and the concentration declines even further by 12 months. It is apparent, there- fore, that human milk alone is an inadequate source of zinc after the first 6 months. Vegetarian diets: Cereals are the primary source of dietary zinc for vegetarian diets. The bioavailability of zinc in vegetarian diets is reduced if phytate content in the diet is high, resulting in low zinc status (see "Dietary Interactions"). Zinc intake from vegetarian diets has been found to be similar to or lower than in- take from nonvegetarian diets. Among vegetarians, zinc concentrations in the serum, plasma, hair, urine, and saliva are either the same as or lower than in individuals consuming nonvegetarian diets. The variations found in these status indicators are most likely due in part to the amount of phytate, fiber, calcium, or other zinc absorption inhibitors in vegetarian diets. Even so, individuals consuming vegetarian diets were found to be in positive zinc balance. Yet, the requirement for dietary zinc may be as much as 50 percent greater for vegetarians, particularly for strict vegetarians whose major food staples are grains and legumes and whose dietary phytate:zinc molar ratio exceeds 15:1. This is due to poor absorption of zinc from vegetarian sources. Alcohol intake: Long-term alcohol consumption is associated with impaired zinc absorption and increased urinary zinc excretion. Low zinc status is ob- served in approximately 30–50 percent of people with alcoholism. Thus, with long-term alcohol consumption, the daily requirement for zinc will be greater than that estimated by the factorial approach. Criteria for Determining Zinc Requirements, by Life Stage Group Life stage group Criterion 0 through 6 mo Average zinc intake from human milk 7 through 12 mo Factorial analysis 1 through 50 y Factorial analysis > 51 y Extrapolation of factorial data from 19 through 50 y Pregnancy 14 through 18 y Adolescent female EAR plus fetal accumulation of zinc 19 through 50 y Adult female average requirement plus fetal accumulation of zinc
DRIs: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS 406 Lactation 14 through 18 y Adolescent female EAR plus average amount of zinc secreted in human milk 19 through 50 y Adult female EAR plus average amount of zinc secreted in human milk The UL The Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) is the highest level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk of adverse effects for almost all healthy people. Members of the general population should not routinely exceed the UL. The adverse effect of excess zinc on copper metabolism (i.e., reduced cop- per status) was chosen as the critical effect on which to base a UL for total daily intake of zinc from food, water, and supplements. The UL for zinc represents total intake from food, water, and supplements. According to data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examina- tion Survey (NHANES III, 1988–1994), the highest reported zinc intake (from food) at the 95th percentile for all adults was 24 mg/day in men aged 19 to 30 years, which is lower than the UL. The 95th percentile of intake from food and supplements for adult men and nonpregnant women was approximately 25–32 mg/day; for pregnant and lactating women the 95th percentile of intake was 40 mg/day and 47 mg/day, respectively. The risk of adverse effects resulting from excess zinc intake appears to be low at these intake levels. DIETARY SOURCES Foods Zinc is widely distributed in foods. Zinc-rich foods include red meat, some seafood, whole grains, and some fortified breakfast cereals. Because zinc is mainly found in the germ and bran portions of grain, as much as 80 percent of total zinc is lost during milling. This is why whole grains tend to be richer in zinc than unfortified refined grains. Dietary Supplements According to U.S. data from the 1986 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), approximately 16 percent of Americans took supplements containing zinc. The median total (food plus supplements) zinc intakes by adults who took the supplements were similar to those adults who did not. However, the use of zinc supplements greatly increased the intakes of those in the upper quartile of intake level compared with those who did not take supplements.
PART III: ZINC 407 TABLE 2 Qualitative Bioavailability of Zinc According to Diet Characteristicsa Bioavailability Dietary Characteristics High Refined diets low in cereal fiber and phytic acid, with adequate protein primarily from meats and fish Phytate/zinc molar ratio < 5 Medium Mixed diets containing animal or fish protein Vegetarian diets not based primarily on unrefined, unfermented cereal grains Phytate/zinc molar ratio 5–15 Low Diets high in unrefined, unfermented, and ungerminated cereal grains, especially when animal protein intake is negligible High-phytate soy protein products are the primary protein source Diets in which ≥ 50 percent of energy is provided by high-phytate foods (high extraction rate [90 percent] flours and grains, legumes) Phytate/zinc molar ratio > 15 High intake of inorganic calcium (> 1 g/day) potentiates the inhibitory effects of these diets, especially when animal protein intake is low a The phytate content of foods is provided by Hallberg and Hulthen (2000). The zinc content of foods is available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp. Evidence of the efficacy of zinc lozenges in reducing the duration of com- mon colds remains unclear. Bioavailability The bioavailability of zinc can be affected by many factors at many sites and is a function of the extent of digestion. The intestine is the major organ in which variations in bioavailability affect dietary zinc requirements. Dietary substances such as phytate can reduce zinc bioavailability (see "Dietary Interactions"). To date, a useful algorithm for establishing dietary zinc requirements based on the presence of other nutrients and food components has not been established, and much information is still needed to develop one that can predict zinc bioavailability. Algorithms for estimating dietary zinc bioavailability will need to include the dietary content of phytic acid, protein, zinc, and possibly cal- cium, iron, and copper. (Characteristics associated with diets varying in zinc bioavailability are summarized in Table 2.) Dietary Interactions There is evidence that zinc may interact with certain other nutrients and dietary substances (see Table 3).
DRIs: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS 408 TABLE 3 Potential Interactions with Other Dietary Substances Substance Potential Interaction Notes NUTRIENTS THAT AFFECT ZINC Iron Iron may decrease In general, data indicate that high intakes of zinc absorption. supplemental iron inhibit zinc absorption if both are taken without food, but do not inhibit zinc absorption if they are consumed with food. This relationship is of some concern in the management of iron supplementation during pregnancy and lactation. Calcium and Calcium and phosphorus Dietary calcium may decrease zinc absorption, but phosphorus may decrease zinc there is not yet definitive evidence. Human studies absorption. have found that calcium phosphate supplements (1,360 mg/day of calcium) decreased zinc absorption, whereas calcium supplements in the form of a citrate– malate complex (1,000 mg/day of calcium) had no statistically significant effect on zinc absorption. Currently, data suggest that consuming a calcium-rich diet does not lower zinc absorption in people who consume adequate zinc. The effect of calcium on zinc absorption in people with low zinc intakes has not been extensively studied. Certain dietary sources of phosphorus, including phytate and phosphorus-rich proteins, such as milk casein, decrease zinc absorption. Protein Protein may affect The amount and type of dietary protein may affect zinc absorption. zinc absorption. In general, zinc absorption is higher in diets rich in animal protein versus those rich in plant protein. The markedly greater bioavailability of zinc from human milk than from cow milk is an example of how protein digestibility, which is much lower in casein-rich cow milk than in human milk, influences zinc absorption. Phytic acid Phytic acid, or phytate, Phytic acid, which is found in many plant-based and fiber may reduce zinc absorption. foods, including grains and legumes, binds to zinc and reduces its absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. Phytate binding of zinc has been demonstrated as a contributing factor for zinc deficiency related to the consumption of unleavened bread seen in certain population groups in the Middle East. Although high- fiber foods tend also to be phytate-rich, fiber alone may not have a major effect on zinc absorption.
PART III: ZINC 409 TABLE 3 Continued Substance Potential Interaction Notes Picolinic Picolinic acid may promote Picolinic acid has a high metal binding affinity. People acid negative zinc balance. do not consume picolinic acid through food, but through dietary supplements, such as zinc picolinate or chromium picolinate. Zinc picolinate as a zinc source for humans has not received extensive investigation, but in an animal model, picolinic acid supplementation promoted negative zinc balance, presumably by promoting urinary zinc excretion. ZINC AFFECTING OTHER NUTRIENTS Copper Increased zinc intake may Reduced copper status has been associated with lead to reduced copper increased zinc intake. Doses of 60 mg/day (50 mg absorption. from supplements and 10 mg from food) for 10 weeks have shown this effect. This interaction also derives from the therapeutic effect of zinc in reducing copper absorption in patients with Wilson's disease. Folate Low zinc intake may Some studies have shown that low zinc intake may decrease folate absorption. decrease folate absorption and folate status, whereas other studies have found that low zinc intake did not affect folate nutriture and that folate supplementation does not adversely affect zinc status. However, extensive studies on this potential relationship have not been carried out in women, and because both of the nutrients are important for fetal and postnatal development, further research is warranted. Iron Zinc may reduce High intakes of supplemental zinc may reduce iron iron absorption. absorption. One study found a 56 percent decline in iron absorption when a supplemental dose of zinc and iron (administered in water) contained five times as much zinc as iron. However, when the same dose was given in a hamburger meal, no effect on iron absorption was noted.
DRIs: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS 410 INADEQUATE INTAKE AND DEFICIENCY Overt human zinc deficiency is rare. Because zinc is involved in so many core areas of metabolism, the signs and symptoms of mild deficiency are diverse and inconsistent. Impaired growth velocity is the primary clinical feature and can be corrected with zinc supplementation. Other functions that respond to zinc supplementation include pregnancy outcome and immune function. Other ba- sic and nonspecific signs and symptoms include the following: • Growth retardation • Alopecia • Diarrhea • Delayed sexual maturation and impotence • Eye and skin lesions • Impaired appetite It is noteworthy that zinc homeostasis within the body is such that zinc defi- ciency can occur with only modest degrees of dietary zinc restriction, while circulating zinc concentrations are indistinguishable from normal. Special Considerations Individuals susceptible to zinc deficiency: People with malabsorption syndromes, including sprue, Crohn's disease, and short bowel syndrome are at risk of zinc deficiency due to malabsorption of zinc and increased urinary zinc losses. Ac- rodermatitis enteropathica, an autosomal recessive trait, is a zinc malabsorp- tion problem of an undetermined genetic basis. The mutation causes severe skin lesions and cognitive dysfunction. EXCESS INTAKE There is no evidence of adverse effects from the excess intake of naturally oc- curring zinc in food. The adverse effects associated with chronic intake of supple- mental zinc include suppression of the immune system, a decrease in high den- sity lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and reduced copper status. Other adverse effects include the following: • Acute effects: Acute adverse effects of excess zinc include acute epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and headaches. Doses of 225–450 mg of zinc have been estimated to
PART III: ZINC 411 cause vomiting. Gastrointestinal distress has been reported at doses of 50–150 mg/day of zinc • Impaired immune function: Intake of 300 mg/day of supplemental zinc for 6 weeks has been shown to cause impaired immune function SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Individuals susceptible to adverse effects: People with Menke's disease may be distinctly susceptible to the adverse effects of excess zinc intake. Because Menke's disease is a defect in the ATPase involved in copper efflux from enterocytes, supplying extra zinc will likely further limit copper absorption.
DRIs: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS 412 KEY POINTS FOR ZINC Zinc functions as a component of various enzymes in the 3 maintenance of the structural integrity of proteins and in the regulation of gene expression. Factors such as stress, acute trauma, and infection can cause plasma zinc levels to drop. In humans, plasma zinc concentrations will remain relatively 3 stable when zinc intake is restricted or increased, unless these changes in intake are severe and prolonged. The adult requirements for zinc are based on metabolic studies 3 of zinc absorption, defined as the minimum amount of dietary zinc necessary to offset total daily losses of zinc. The adverse effect of excess zinc on copper metabolism (i.e., reduced copper status) was chosen as the critical effect on which to base a UL for total daily intake of zinc from food, water, and supplements. The bioavailability of zinc in vegetarian diets is reduced if 3 phytate content in the diet is high, which may result in low zinc status. Zinc interacts with many other nutrients and dietary 3 substances. To date, a useful algorithm for establishing dietary zinc requirements based on the presence of other nutrients and food components has not been established, and much information is still needed to develop one that can predict zinc bioavailability. Zinc-rich foods include red meat, some seafood, whole grains, 3 and some fortified breakfast cereals. Whole grains tend to be richer in zinc than unfortified refined grains. This is because zinc, mainly found in the germ and bran portions of grains, is lost during the milling process. Overt human zinc deficiency is rare. 3 Because zinc is involved in so many core areas of metabolism, 3 the signs and symptoms of mild deficiency are diverse and inconsistent. Impaired growth velocity is the primary clinical feature and can be corrected with zinc supplementation. The signs and symptoms of zinc deficiency include impaired 3 growth, alopecia, diarrhea, delayed sexual maturation and impotence, eye and skin lesions, loss of appetite, altered immune function, and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
PART III: ZINC 413 It is noteworthy that zinc homeostasis within the body is such 3 that zinc deficiency can occur with only modest degrees of dietary zinc restriction, while circulating zinc concentrations are indistinguishable from normal. People with malabsorption syndromes, including sprue, 3 Crohn's disease, and short bowel syndrome are at risk of zinc deficiency due to malabsorption of zinc and increased urinary zinc losses. There is no evidence of adverse effects from the excess intake 3 of naturally occurring zinc in food. The adverse effects associated with chronic intake of excess supplemental zinc include acute gastrointestinal effects and headaches, impaired immune function, changes in lipoprotein and cholesterol levels.
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Egypt's population to rise to 190 million by 2050 if current growth continues: planning official
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 - 01:40 GMT
A general view of a street in downtown Cairo, Egypt March 9, 2017. Picture taken March 9, 2017. REUTERS
CAIRO – 4 August 2021: Director of the Planning Ministry's demographic center Amira Tawadros warned that the Egyptian population will reach 190 million by 2050 in the event of the current population growth.
In remarks to Al-Haqiqa TV program, Tawadros said there are projects inaugurated and investments pumped in the country on a daily basis. However, the lives of the citizens will only change through facing the population growth.
During the inauguration of the food industry city "Silo Foods" in Menufiya governorate, Sisi said blamed the problem of constructions over agricultural land on overpopulation as more people need housing.
Sisi said 20 million people have been added to population since 2010, noting that prices of commodities increase due to increasing demand which is linked to overpopulation.
The president also warned that the huge spread of dwarfism, anemia and obesity among children is due to overpopulation, arguing that some parents tend to have more babies than that they can care of.
In a meeting with the editors-in-chief and media personalities while touring the food industry city, Sisi said the state is working hard to make water available and protect the agricultural lands, affirming that there will be a water problem due to overpopulation.
Sisi affirmed that fighting encroachment on agricultural lands should be considered a top priority issue for the Egyptian countryside.
The president also warned against the serious economic implications of rapid population growth, citing the way it has affected bread subsidy.
Sisi affirmed that it is in the public interest to control this population growth given the need to ensure a decent life for all citizens.
Planning Ministry
Amira Tawadros


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Q: iOS: why this instance deallocated? the code is :
if(!spriteInfoBack){
        spriteInfoBack = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"bg_player.png"];
        [spriteInfoBack setAnchorPoint:CGPointMake(0, 1)];
        [spriteInfoBack setPosition:CGPointMake(infoLeftX, infoTopY)];
        [parent addChild:spriteInfoBack];
}else{
        [spriteInfoBack setPosition:CGPointMake(infoLeftX, infoTopY)];
}

The crash output is:
[CCSprite setPosition:]: message sent to deallocated instance 0xc59cc70

and it is positioned on this line:
[spriteInfoBack setPosition:CGPointMake(infoLeftX, infoTopY)];

I think it is strange, because the if(!spriteInfoBack) has already checked the instance is deallocated or not.

A: You need to retain the CCSprite. The class method spriteWithFile returns an autoreleased object. The return value stored in spriteInfoBack is not owned by you. That means that the lifetime of the object is until the next autorelease pool is drained. From your code it appears that you are using spriteInfoBack as something that is lazy initialized and then used later. What you will want to do is retain the return value of spriteWithFile like so:
spriteInfoBack = [[CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"bg_player.png"] retain];

And at some future point you will need to release spriteInfoBack. I don't see the rest of the class but if spriteInfoBack is an instance variable of a class then doing so in the dealloc would make sense.

A: Nope, the !spriteInfoBack just check the value against nil (i.e. : spriteInfoBlack == nil), which is different (if you need to persuade yourself, log something in the else part).  The variable still contains a memory address and thus the crash because the instance has been deallocated.
We can't guess by looking at the code why the instance is deallocated, so double check the code, memory managment, and/or put nil in the variable once you don't need it anymore, this way you ensure the test won't fail.

A: The instance is on the autorelease pool which is drained between iterations of the ui's event loop. If you want an object to survive the autorelease pool, you must explicitly retain/release the objects yourself. Even though the object has been deallocated (since you haven't retained it), the pointer spriteInfoBack still remembers the old address of the object.

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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
{
  public static GameManager instance = null;
  private ScoreManager scoreManager = null;
  private BubbleManager bubbleManager = null;
  private TimeManager timeManager = null;
  private GameMenu gameMenu = null;

  // Screen values
  public float xMin = 0.0f; // previously -8.0f;
  public float xMax = 0.0f; // previously 8.0f;
  public float yMin = 0.0f; // previously 3.5f;
  public float yMax = 0.0f; // previously 5.5f;

  // Pop values
  public const int popValue = 1;
  public const int popCountDownRate = 3;
  public const int popCountDownBonus = 2;

  // Bubble values
  public const int bubbleValue = 1;

  // Swish values
  public const int swishValue = 2;
  public const int swishRadiusMin = 1;
  public const int swishRadiusMax = 5;
  public const float swishRotateSpeed = 0.5f;

  // Slide values
  public const int slideValue = 2;
  public const float slideMoveSpeedMin = 0.05f;
  public const float slideMoveSpeedMax = 0.10f;

  // Time Attack value
  public const int timeLimit = 60;

  // Game state
  public bool isPlaying = false;

  private void Awake()
  {
    if (instance == null)
    {
      instance = this;
    }
    else if (instance != this)
    {
      Destroy(gameObject);
    }

    isPlaying = false;
    gameMenu = gameObject.AddComponent<GameMenu>();

    Vector3 screenInfo = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(Screen.width, Screen.height));
    float playableWidth = screenInfo.x * 0.85f;
    float playableHeight = screenInfo.y * 0.85f;
    xMax = System.Math.Min(5.0f, playableWidth); xMin = System.Math.Max(-4.75f, -playableWidth);
    yMax = playableHeight; yMin = -playableHeight / 2.0f;
  }

  public void IncreaseScore(int s)
  {
    scoreManager.IncreaseScore(s);
  }

  public void LoseCurrentGame()
  {
    isPlaying = false;
    bubbleManager.ClearAllBubbles();
    gameMenu.Open(scoreManager.Score);
  }

  public void StartNewGame()
  {
    if(isPlaying)
    {
      return;
    }

    if(scoreManager != null)
    {
      Destroy(scoreManager);
    }

    if(bubbleManager != null)
    {
      Destroy(bubbleManager);
    }

    if(timeManager != null)
    {
      Destroy(timeManager);
    }

    isPlaying = true;
    scoreManager = gameObject.AddComponent<ScoreManager>();
    bubbleManager = gameObject.AddComponent<BubbleManager>();
    timeManager = gameObject.AddComponent<TimeManager>();
    gameMenu.Close();
  }
}

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January 2014 | Rebecca Rego Barry
Out of Print, but in Demand
Earlier this week, Bookfinder.com released its eleventh annual report on the 100 "most searched for out-of-print book titles" in 2013. This list tracks old books that have, somehow, either retained popularity despite being largely unavailable or regained it from some publicity bump sometime over the past twelve months.
According to the report, Bookfinder does not "consider a title currently published as an eBook or POD [Print on Demand] to be in print. We felt that In Print meant printed on a page, with ink; so while a book only available electronically may be handy, it did not fit our criteria. We also decided some years ago that we would not consider POD published titles to be In Print." The reasoning they offer for this: "The BookFinder.com Report is meant to highlight books which traversed the entire traditional book lifecycle from life to death, and yet are once again sought after for one reason or another."
So what are those popular old titles?
The names in the top ten haven't budged much from last year's report--Madonna (Sex, 1992) is still #1, followed by Stephen King as Richard Bachman (Rage, 1977) and Stephen King as himself (My Pretty Pony, limited edition, 1989), and further down, Nora Roberts (Promise Me Tomorrow, 1984) and Kyle Onstott (Mandingo, 1983).
Outside the top ten, we can still find Ray Bradbury's Dark Carnival, Madeleine L'Engle's Ilsa, Cameron Crowe's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and Carl Sagan's Murmurs of Earth. New to this year's list are The Afronauts by Cristina de Middel at #15, Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in Formula One by Sid Watkins at #23, and The Angelique Series by Anne Golon at #18.
Bookfinder.com
anne golon
cameron crowe
madeleine l'engle
sid watkins


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Jakob Karl Maurer (* 30. Dezember 1890 in Darmstadt; † 22. Dezember 1975 in Lauterbach) war ein hessischer Politiker (SPD Hessen) und ehemaliger Abgeordneter des Landtags des Volksstaates Hessen in der Weimarer Republik.

Familie
Jakob Karl Maurer war der Sohn des Schmiedemeisters Friedrich Karl Maurer und dessen Frau Karoline geborene Nohl.

Jakob Karl Maurer war evangelisch und heiratete am 14. Mai 1921 Amalie geborene Rüdiger.

Ausbildung und Beruf
Jakob Karl Maurer studierte bis 1914 und wieder 1918 bis 1919 in Darmstadt, Marburg, Heidelberg und Tübingen. 1919 schloss er das Studium mit dem Staatsexamen in Marburg ab. Während der Studienzeit war er stark im Wandervogel engagiert. Im Sommer 1914 arbeitete er kurzfristig als Assistent am Berliner Völkerkundemuseum.

Im Ersten Weltkrieg war er August 1914 bis 1915 als Sanitäter Kriegsteilnehmer und 1915 bis 1918 in russischer Kriegsgefangenschaft. Dort war er unter anderem Arzt für deutsche Kriegsgefangene und Mitglied der schwedischen Rot-Kreuz-Kommission in Petersburg. Er war Zeuge der Oktoberrevolution. 1919 bis 1925 war er zunächst Mitarbeiter in der Zentralstelle zur Förderung der Volksbildung in Darmstadt, dann Lehrer in Groß-Umstadt. In den Jahren 1925 bis 1933 war er Realschullehrer in Lauterbach.

Politik
Jakob Karl Maurer war seit 1925 Mitglied des Gemeinderates in Lauterbach. 1927 bis 1932 war er Gründer und Leiter der Hessischen Bauernschaft, einer gemeinschaftlichen Selbsthilfeorganisation. 1927 bis 1931 war er Landtagsabgeordneter und 1931 Sekretär der SP-Landtagsfraktion in Hessen.

Sonstige Ämter
Jakob Karl Maurer war 1936 bis 1975 Stadtarchivar in Lauterbach. Er war Autor zahlreicher historischer Beiträge. 1934 bis 1941 und 1945 bis 1958 war er Leiter des Hohhaus-Museums in Lauterbach und 1941 bis 1945 Leiter des Vonderau-Museums in Fulda.

Literatur
 Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808–1996. Biographischer Index (= Politische und parlamentarische Geschichte des Landes Hessen. Bd. 14 = Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen. Bd. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6, S. 257.
 Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessische Abgeordnete 1820–1933. Biografische Nachweise für die Erste und Zweite Kammer der Landstände des Großherzogtums Hessen 1820–1918 und den Landtag des Volksstaats Hessen 1919–1933 (= Politische und parlamentarische Geschichte des Landes Hessen. Bd. 19 = Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission. NF Bd. 29). Hessische Historische Kommission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1, Nr. 575.
 Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessische Abgeordnete 1820–1933. Biographische Nachweise für die Landstände des Großherzogtums Hessen (2. Kammer) und den Landtag des Volksstaates Hessen (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Bd. 5). Verlag des Historischen Vereins für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X, S. 183.

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Lincoln Crown Court
Man spared jail after "gun" incident
in Courts, News 23/09/2020
A man who waved what appeared to be a gun in Spalding town centre has been spared an immediate jail sentence after Lincoln Crown Court was told that witnesses to the incident regarded him as a nuisance rather than a danger.
Matthew Bellerson was in a wheelchair in Spalding Market Place when he reached into his jacket and pulled out an item which he pointed at a 60-year-old woman.
Tony Stanford, prosecuting, said that Bellerson then shouted "bang, bang".
"One of the witnesses thought, 'blimey, he's got a gun'. She was concerned enough to call the police."
Other witnesses heard Bellerson say "I'm going to kill you" as he produced what appeared to be a firearm.
Mr Stanford said "The defendant was seen in the Market Place by the police. They knew he didn't have a gun. He had been using the footrest of his wheelchair.
"In interview he said he had no intention to scare anyone although he said the footrest looked like a gun. He said he was off his nuts.
"There were a number of people in the vicinity at the time. No-one appears to have been distressed by what happened."
The court was told that Bellerson had 32 previous convictions for a total of 83 offences.
South Holland District Council obtained an interim injunction against him at a court hearing earlier this month which bans him from Spalding town centre and bans him from behaviour within the South Holland District which causes alarm or distress.
Bellerson (46), of The Chase, Pinchbeck, admitted a charge of possession of an imitation firearm in a public place as a result of the incident on December 5 last year.
Bellerson told the court he was desperate to receive help. He said "I'm asking for help and I'm getting nowhere. I'm not getting it. I'm trying. I'm trying. I want to be normal. No-one listens to a word I've got to say."
And the court was told that a probation report said that Bellerson had engaged "pretty well" with the service while on an earlier community order. The report author said that they felt that Bellerson could be managed within the community.
His lawyer Neil Sands said that Bellerson had made it clear he wanted help and urged that he should be given a suspended sentence rather than immediate custody.
Bellerson was given a six-month jail sentence suspended for 18 months with a 25-day rehabilitation activity requirement and a four-month electronically-monitored curfew which operates from 1pm each day.
A prosecution application for a criminal behaviour order was adjourned to next month.
Recorder Jacob Hallam QC, passing sentence, told Bellerson: "You have the advantage of a very helpful pre-sentence report. That is in part down to the way you have complied with large parts of your community order and the way you have dealt with probation in the last few months.
"You have admitted you have committed this offence. It was committed in a public place but it appears that nobody thought much of it and largely you were seen as a nuisance.
"You have asked me in very clear terms for help and that is what I am going to try to do. Probation have said that they think you can be helped and with help your offending behaviour can be addressed.
"For a long time you stayed out of trouble but your life took a turn and that has led to you coming back before the courts. I'm prepared to suspend the sentence. Now it's up to you."
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Dimensions: 15.75 " x 22"
The inspiration for this piece was a PBS Nature documentary called "Unforgettable Elephants". In it, the photographer Martyn Colbeck shot video footage and still shots of a family of African elephants over the span of 15 years. I found this program not only moving and insightful, but it inspired me to capture in stone the beauty I saw in these gentle animals.
The various textures of a mature elephant's skin was fascinating to me. I wanted to focus on this aspect, describing rough and smooth surfaces in a somewhat abstract composition. The overall impact though was still clearly to be elephant... almost too large for one frame.
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QLI therapy program provides innovative take on rehabilitation
Amanda Crawford
After a significant injury, rehabilitation can be a grueling, painful process. However, QLI in Omaha is taking the work out of the gym and into a completely different environment.Video: QLI therapy program provides innovative take on rehabilitationWhat's mostly an ordinary swimming pool was recently a stage showcasing the strength of two young men."These guys, Zach and Dylon, have done a phenomenal job of preparing with our adaptive sports team at QLI," therapy services director at QLI Michala Witas said.QLI teams up to give patients that are going through rehab a different workout."It allows them to engage more in their therapies and allows for the therapy to happen outside the four walls of the gym," Witas said.Witas likes to make exercise meaningful. Dillon Fales said it means a lot to be back in the water."Before my accident in the summer, I used to live in the water," Fales said.Fales was thrown from a truck in a rollover crash last year. He broke several of his neck vertebrae in the accident."I never thought I'd really be able to swim again," Fales said.Fales is not only swimming, but scuba diving."I think after an injury, sometimes individuals think some things aren't possible, and so it's nice to show them that these things are possible," Witas said.Fales is free to sink underwater, with trainers nearby, and move around better than he has in months."Rehab obviously is not easy, and so to be able to do things like this is just priceless," Witas said.Scuba diving is part of QLI's Adaptive Sports Program, which also offers cycling, kayaking, boating and other activities. All of which are geared around healing patients mentally and physically.
After a significant injury, rehabilitation can be a grueling, painful process. However, QLI in Omaha is taking the work out of the gym and into a completely different environment.
Video: QLI therapy program provides innovative take on rehabilitation
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What's mostly an ordinary swimming pool was recently a stage showcasing the strength of two young men.
"These guys, Zach and Dylon, have done a phenomenal job of preparing with our adaptive sports team at QLI," therapy services director at QLI Michala Witas said.
QLI teams up to give patients that are going through rehab a different workout.
"It allows them to engage more in their therapies and allows for the therapy to happen outside the four walls of the gym," Witas said.
Witas likes to make exercise meaningful. Dillon Fales said it means a lot to be back in the water.
"Before my accident in the summer, I used to live in the water," Fales said.
Fales was thrown from a truck in a rollover crash last year. He broke several of his neck vertebrae in the accident.
"I never thought I'd really be able to swim again," Fales said.
Fales is not only swimming, but scuba diving.
"I think after an injury, sometimes individuals think some things aren't possible, and so it's nice to show them that these things are possible," Witas said.
Fales is free to sink underwater, with trainers nearby, and move around better than he has in months.
"Rehab obviously is not easy, and so to be able to do things like this is just priceless," Witas said.
Scuba diving is part of QLI's Adaptive Sports Program, which also offers cycling, kayaking, boating and other activities. All of which are geared around healing patients mentally and physically.