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The Specialized Hollow Execution Squad [RP Thread - Discontinued]
Thread starter Rachael Ramiel
Rachael Ramiel
A Brighter Bird Lesbian
(This is a combined RP thread for Lilith Sakurai and Jeff Heorn. If you wish to join, ask me for permission first~ I will most likely agree and give you a place in the story )
Lilith Sakurai
It was raining harshly outside. A soft fog was emerging from the streets, managing to cover most of Lilith's window. She was on her bed, wearing baggy red-plaid pajama pants and a white shirt. Her hair was messy and undone, but that was to be expected since it was near 8 o' clock. She lazily rested on her bed above her pale blue sheets. Her hands and eyes were glued onto her phone, which had taken up most of her day. She was scrolling back and forth her apps. One minute she was in her iTunes preparing her playlist so she could put to shuffle later, and the next she was on Kik, texting with her friend Minato.
--Chat Room--
LillyCykes: So he wasn't going to Java Night?
DreadMinato: Nah, he said he was too busy to preform. Or in other words he was too pussy to show up xD
LillyCykes: Hahah, that's so stupid! Then why'd he sign up in the first place?
DreadMinato: Something about Ryuga placing a bet on him. Guess he won xD
LillyCykes: So what's Bakura gonna do about it?
DreadMinato: Dunno, but whatever it is - he ain't commin' to school for a while
LillyCykes: Ya lose to Bakura and you'll never live to see the light of day xDDD
DreadMinato: Yup!
LillyCykes: Ugh, so bored! Why hasn't it stopped raining yet?!
DreadMinato: Forcast says that it'll be like that for a while, maybe the outdoors field trip to Konoha Hill will be
canceled tomorrow
LillyCykes: Ugh, I'm planning to not do my homework for tomorrow! If we do go, then I can do it tomorrow since we won't be in school!
DreadMinato: Ugh, Ikutsuki handed out like three assignments today, no way in hell am I doing all of em' tonight.
LillyCykes: Haha, lucky I don't have him 3rd period xD
DreadMinato: Lucky bastard xDD
LillyCykes: xDDD
Lilith grew a slight smile. She had known Minato for almost 3 years, and still they're the best of friends. She turned off her phone and took off her silver headphones. She then placed them to the side and decided that it was almost time to go to bed for the day. She was about to go turn off the lights, but she was suddenly interrupted by her phone vibrating violently. A shock came to her face.
"Shit..." she muttered softly. She went into her closet and took out three things. A black skirt, a sky-blue button up shirt, and a red ribbon. She quickly changed from her sleep clothes and dawned her regular outfit. After both her skirt and shirt were on, she tied up her red ribbon to her neck. She made sure to make it loose enough to where a single pull could get it off completely. Afterwards she quickly got her phone and checked Kik again.
DreadMinato: It's here... he's near Fukagame Shrine!
LillyCykes: Yeah... I sense him there
DreadMinato: I'll provide you back up as usual, don't be reckless!
LillyCykes: Got it, thanks Minato-kun!
She then turned off her lights and opened her room door. "Alright! I'm going to sleep Mom! Don't bother me!" she shouted across the hallway. She awaited a response from her mother, but to her surprise she was fast asleep in her bedroom. What a lucky break, she thought. She grabbed her umbrella and opened her window. The rain and wind were blowing harshly. Lilith then hopped out of her door and landed on the ground. She closed the window tight and started to head towards Fukagame Shrine. She passed through alleyways, ditches and parking lots. The prescience of the something was becoming stronger to Lilith. As she got close to the shrine, she put on a small headset that was in her shirt pocket.
"Alright Minato, I'm close" Lilith said towards the microphone of the headset. She then awaited silently for a response.
"Read you loud and clear Lilly! Alright, it seems he's on top of the donation box. Be very careful, this guy is no joke!" Minato responded. Lilith then slowly crawled up the stairs leading to the box. "His spiritual pressure isn't very high, but according to what I can see, he's pretty fast!" Minato relayed. Lilith remained silent as to not be detected by the large Hollow in front of her.
"Alright... here goes... HYA!" Lilith grabbed her ribbon and pulled it out with ease. What was once a red ribbon that she wore on her neck was now a shiny red katana that was segmented. The segmented pieces stretched towards the Hollow as she slammed down towards the ground. She assumed that would have been a direct frontal slash that would be in her favor, but when she took a moment to assess the situation, she noticed the Hollow was gone. "H..huh!?" Without notice, her hands were now in restraint from somethings grasp. "W...what.?!?" She yelled. The Hollow was right behind her, binding her hands to her back so she was unable to do anything.
"Well lookie here... that's not a very nice thing to be doing. Slashing towards someone you don't even know! How rude!" the Hollow said condescendingly. The Hollow was slender and thin. His hole was directly above the palm of his hand. He was approximately 6 feet tall and had a round face with two eye-shaped holes that expressed a prideful smile. The Hollow then tossed aside her katana and proceeded to throw Lilith towards the box. Her back hit the wooden box and before you know it, her vision was starting to get blurry.
"S..shit... no like this" She said getting up from the ground. Her hazy vision was then directed towards her katana, which was no less than 4 feet away from her. She ran towards it, but before she knew it, the Hollow had used Sonido to move in front of Lilith. In rapid succession he kicked Lilith back like an insect. Her strength was diminishing quickly.
"Lilly!" Minato yelled. A victim of watching his very friend be beat to death by a hollow while he stood in the safety of his room. It almost brought him down to tears seeing Lilith like that. "Get up Lilly! It's not over yet!" he said, his voice nearly cracking. Lilith got back up from another beat down from the Hollow.
"Damn... Y'know that it's even more rude to hit a girl like that right?" She said confidently. She ran back towards the katana on the ground. The Hollow recklessly tried to kick her back again, but Lilith managed to dodge it and grab her blade. Quickly, she made a whip motion with her segmented katana and managed to grab the leg of the Hollow. "Ha! Gotcha now!" She jumped and slammed down her whip powerfully towards the ground. A giant puff of rubble and smoke had began to form. Lilith assumed her combat stance and awaited for the Hollow's next move.
Zanjutsu
Jeff Heorn
Jeff knew that his long, black coat and thin red gloves symbolized his detachment from the world. He was usually not in the business of making friends, people spoke too much about nothing. He himself could see things that other people couldn't, and was apparently able to "Manipulate the soul of an object" as an old mystic had once told him when he was seven.
The things he saw weren't pleasant things. Dead people crying, dead people in agony and dead people being eaten "alive" if you could call it that. He didn't know the names of those masked things eating the souls, but he damn sure new, that they weren't able to be reasoned with. He first encountered one at a fun fare when he was ten, having been drawn to the sound of singing. In a remote place behind one of the rides, he peeked from behind a wall and saw a woman singing with a chain hanging out of her chest. But behind her appeared a feint shadow, and the only thing he saw before the shadow jumped on the soul and ate her, were those menacing, red eyes. He had run like the wind to his parents crying inconsolably but unable to tell them why, because they wouldn't know.
That's how he felt about "friends", they wouldn't know. Jeff had only himself. Around when he was fourteen years old he found out, after having tested almost everything he owned, that the object he could manipulate the best, was a pair of red leather gloves, which he was able to make stone hard while still bendable. Jeff was naturally a hardy guy with great strength, so this seemed to compliment his traits very well. Later on his 18 year birthday, he was given a long, black coat he wore loosely, and the moment he saw that coat, he knew that the soul of it was similar to that of his gloves.
Today, two years later he had moved away from home, and was working to jobs. One as a removal man and one working at a warehouse, hauling things from the warehouse into large trucks going who knows where. He didn't really care, because he just liked the silent work and the looks of the experienced employees as he carried twice the weight of what they were able to. He didn't pride himself with his strength, but it was nice to have it and he liked exerting it once in a while.
This day had terrible written all over it. The wind was roaring and the rain was penetrating everywhere, and even though Jeff usually liked the night time better than the day time, because he was able to walk around unnoticed, this was the kind of night, he wished he stayed home. But earlier that day he had felt a strange presence, and he knew that it could only be one of those masked beasts on the prowl. He knew there was a shrine just not far from where he lived. Fukagame Shrine, it was called. Souls often gathered there, and if he wasn't mistaken, it seemed like the nasty presence came form there. Heavy rain or not, this coat had resisted worse, and he was going to go there and check it out.
The wind was tearing in the trees and the rain descended like large streams machine gun bullets towards the ground. Jeff suddenly felt something like a smack in the head, but he wasn't hit by anything. Could it be... That something was really going on at the shrine right now? Jeff started running and true enough, he saw one of the beasts at the shrine and... A teenage girl? She definitely wasn't a soul, and what was up with that red thing, she was holding. It almost resembled a sword? And it looked like she was capable with it!
Jeff quickly snuck up closer to the shrine and the girl seemed to have downed the hollow, Jeff got up behind it, as it stood up and turned its focus towards the girl again, angrily cursing her. "Hey beast!" Jeff shouted. "It's damn true, you shouldn't hit a girl, but I don't mind hitting the likes of you! Red Diamond Fists!" he shouted calling out his gloves special ability, and went in for a punch on the surprised hollow. The punch went right into its ugly chest and it flew several meters along the ground before slamming into a tree. "Damn, that's one fat masked beast, that one. So heavy!" Jeff remarked, as he didn't think he was holding back on that punch and had expected to send that hollow a lot further. The hollow seemed to get back up on it's feet quite quickly too, cursing Jeff and the girl.
"Hey, girl with the red hair! You seem to be able to handle yourself, what do you say that we combine our strength and take this ugly fellow out?"
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Out of nowhere, Lilith heard an unknown voice. It echoed pretty loudly considering how loud the wind and rain poured on the shrine. Lilith, dumbfounded, flinched backwards and landed on her back. "W...who in the hell..?" she said as she quickly regained her balance and resumed her combat position. She looked at the Hollow, who was now a sizable distance away from her and her unknown partner. She gazed upon a man with thin red gloves, almost looked like boxing gloves to her. His coat was flowing madly in the wind. Who was this man? And how could he harm a hollow?!
"Lilith! Lilith come in!" She heard Minato scream through her headset. "I sense a high spiritual pressure nearby your general area! It's not the Hollow you're fighting!" Minato relayed. High spiritual pressure? Where? All she saw in her general facility was this man and Hollow. Then it hit her. It's that man. Whoever he was, he had a high spiritual pressure. Was he... a fullbringer? She quickly ran down her options. If he's not a fullbringer, he could be a quincy. But... he didn't use a bow and arrow, and regular shinigami use a zanpakuto. This narrowed it down to her conclusion.
"Hey Minato... could the spiritual pressure be from another fullbringer?" She replied. She awaited a response, but she grew impatient. She resumed her sights onto the Hollow that was getting back up.
"Another fullbringer?! It's not completely out of the ordinary to asume that but, are you sure he could be one?!" Minato replied. Lilith examined the man slightly further. She was deep in thought, but was taken aback from his voice echoing from afar.
"Hey, girl with the red hair! You seem to be able to handle yourself, what do you say that we combine our strength and take this ugly fellow out?" he said confidently. He was here to help? Whatever his reason to help was, she wasn't in a position to deny his help. Whether he's a fullbringer or not, he can hit Hollows. That's all she needs, someone who can help fight along side her in this very moment. Minato is a fullbringer too, but his fullbringer is strictly for support means. His heightened senses can locate any spiritual being .from a pretty sizable distance. With him not able to fight, it was just her doing all the fighting. But now that changes. Now she has someone to go off of. She can fight with this mysterious man.
"You wanna help me? Sure, why not? Just make sure you don't get in the way" She said jokingly. She rushed at the Hollow who was now back on his feet. "Hygahh!" she said as she jumped high up in the air and started making downwards whip motions. She hit him harshly for a good 3 hits. As she fell down, she aimed for the Hollow, making sure that she held her sword downwards to stab him on the way down. "And now, take this!" her sword pierced through the Hollow like a hot knife through butter. From that she was able to hold her sword upwards like a skewer and launch it straight up. She went after it, slashing upwards millions of times. Now it was his turn. "Alright! Smack this Hollow down!" She said as she wrapped the Hollow up with her segmented katana. She then threw the Hollow straight at the mysterious man. "Go for it!"
What was this? The girl seemed to be communicating with someone through the headset. He couldn't hear anything because of the wind and heavy rain, but she was clearly speaking with someone else. He would have to wait to find out who and why, right now he still had focus on the hollow, which didn't seem beaten yet. The girl had taken up fighting stance again and he could now see the segmented sword, she used as a weapon. Was she really a fullbringer like him, or something else?
In any case she took kindly to his help, and that whas enough for Jeff. "Don't get in the way" she said. "Don't be stupid..." he mumbled to himself, he had never met anyone better at fighting these beasts but himself. Only he'd always only fought them alone and that had sufficed. Jeff decided wait for an opening, and observed as she skillfully jumped at the hollow, and attacked it in an instant. "What..? She is using her sword as whip?" Jeff was surprised, but she handled that weapon so skilfully, that he might even have met his equal.
He was baffled at the creativity with which she used her odd segmented sqord-whip while she danced around the rain with the hollow as her unwilling dancing partner. Only this dance was a dance of death, and the outcome was pre destined. The rain still hit the ground hard, but her elegant moves seemed to counter both wind and rain to an extend that the weather could just as well be an extension of her abilities.
Then suddenly, the opening! She had managed to pierce the hollow, wrap her whip like katana around it and launch it towards Jeff. This was his opportunity, but for this to be final it required a bit more power than before. Jeff took a deep stance, and in an instant he jumped forward with a battle roar aiming his albow towards the hollows ugly mask. "Now you're mine, filth!" he yelled. "Panzer Jacket!" he exclaimed, as his jacket hardened and a faint, grey symbol of a wolf appread on the back of his black coat. His albow pierced the hollows mask and it cracked like ice being hit by a sledge hammer, and he heard the hollow scream in agony as its own weght collided with Jeff's albow in a devastating last blow, and the powerful forwards momentum it had, was instantly converted to a downwards motion, as Jeff smashed the hollow into the ground, cracking the stone porch with the loud sound of the stone floor being destroyed, that seemed to even silence the rain and wind for a moment... and the hollow for good.
Jeff got up again, watching is the hollow disintegrated and flew upwards in many tiny pieces. "Damn, that was one tough bastard! And the hollow too!" Jeff said jokingly as he looked at the girl and smiled broadly. "Anyway, who are you? That funny looking katana doesn't look half bad for slaying these beasts, and what's with the headset and all?" Jeff enquired. Though honestly still a bit sceptic about the idea of "friends", he felt curious to who this girl was, and even more curious if she actually turned out to be a fullbringer like himself.
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The Hollow was defeated. Just like that - gone. Lilith sighed in relief and retracted her katana to it's original state. She then tied the ribbon back on the her neck loosely, as to not be caught off guard by something she wasn't aware of. She then faced her mysterious partner, who was a bit beat up from landing the final blow on the Hollow. He was pretty strong, if albeit a bit reckless in his technique. He looked pretty confident in his own fighting abilities, but to Lilith it lacked refine. Although that could be because she looks at a different criteria when judging fighting styles. While hers was unorthodox and elegant, his was crude yet effective. The way he slammed down on the Hollow and managed to kill it made Lilith a bit more comfortable in speaking with this man.
"My name? Just call me Lilith" She replied, making a small peace sign towards him. Something though took her of guard. He remarked on how strange her katana was, which made Lilith somewhat agitated. "Not only is it good for that - It works just as good on humans!" she said a bit angrily. After hearing her harsh words, she quickly retracted that statement by stepping backwards and apologizing. "Ehrm... sorry bout that... I shouldn't act like that in front of someone who helped me take down that monster" Lilith said. After that, the man was asking about her small headset. "What? You mean this? Oh! It's um... a communication headset... I use it to receive back-up from my friend... Speaking of which, I have this weird feeling that you and I aren't so different" Lilith said nicely.
If her conclusion was correct, she would obviously be referring to the fact that they're both fullbringers. But if she wasn't, then she would go on the path that they can both see spirits and defeat Hollows. Even so, if he wasn't a fullbringer - it would be in her best interest to come to terms with this man. He can defeat Hollows, that alone was of great interest to Lilith. "Now that I've told you my life story, I'd like to know who you are. And better yet, how you're able to harden those gloves and fight Hollows." she said with a blunt yet joking tone. The rain was almost gone now. It seemed that the storm had now passed. Her headset was now picking up Minato's voice once more.
"You've done it Lilly... it seems there are no more Hollows in the area. Although... I do still sense a powerful spiritual pressure." Minato relayed.
"Yeah... I think it's one of us Minato..." Lilith said in her headset. She then sat down on the damp floor, signaling for the man to sit down next to her and answer her questions. And hopefully, if at all possible, she wanted to know more about this man.
"A ribbon?" he said to himself. How was that able to become a sword like that? It looked a bit too magical for his liking and reminded him of the tricks that hollows sometimes liked to play. But then he thought that him hardening his gloves and coat was kind of equally wierd. "Lilith?" he said with surprise. "That's no name for a warrior. Are you serious?" he asked her and went on to comment that her sword was a bit strange. But her look alone told him that she was not happy and she told him off in a way that he couldn't misunderstand, and he felt as if he had to excuse himself. "I'm sorry, I'm not one for making friends, so I tend to say the wrong things." he said scratching his head and faking a big grin, which felt very uncomfortable for a gloomy guy like him.
But instead of her walking away, she actually started to apologize too, and Jeff felt as if he could ease up a bit now. And what was with that headset? "Communicating with your friend? Hmm... Interesting!" he said secretly not having a clue of what that was all about. He knew that teenage girls these days were a lot on the phone, but this was kind of ridiculous. And she was saying, that they were quite alike? Could it be... That she was a fullbringer too?
"I... I don't know... But since I was very little I could kind of control the soul of certain things, I don't know how to describe it any other way. And the gloves and jacket? Well, they just seemed to fit the best and I immediately felt comfortable with manipulating the soul of them." Jeff paused and looked at her seemingly still listening to him, which caught him a bit by surprise. Did she really pay genuine interest to what he had to say about himself and his past? Was what she did really the same as what he did... Just in another way?
"I've alwys be able to see these beasts, and the last three years, I've been hunting and fighting them. If you see one of them eating an innocent soul just once, you won't be able to forgive it ever again." Jeff said bitterly, and gave her a hard stare. He then realized it wasn't supposed to be a threat, and let go of his hard stare. "Anyway... What do you call these things? And why do you hunt them?" he asked hoping to gain more information about these beasts and deep down hoping to form a connection with someone who might be able to understand him.
Lilith calmly awaited a response. She wasn't one to be rude to a person who she had no connection to. She leniently let her hand fall off her ribbon. As she awaited a complete response, she got irritated about something that the man said. 'That's no name for a warrior!' That got her pissed off.
"Yeah..!? Well I don't need a damn name! All I need is my sword to tear your entire body apart!" she yelled ruthlessly. It was a unconscious reaction to his comment. She wasn't inherently mean, but life had made her like that. It took a few seconds for her to fully understand what she had said to the man. She flinched backwards and gasped. "Um! I'm so sorry! Just... geez.. don't make comments like that to someone you don't even know! If you had really pissed me of, I might've decapitated you where you stand" she said apologetically. She scratched her red crimson hair. "Um.. but anyway... you said you saw some innocent soul get devoured by a Hollow..? Damn... and I thought I've seen shit... " She said softly. She recomposed herself from earlier and proceeded to answer the man's questions.
"Well... as you may heard... those things are Hollows. Or at least... that's what THAT man called them. Ever since I was a little girl, I could see the spirits... and to make a long story short... there was this man... who claimed he was a doctor. But little did I know he was anything but. He was doing some research on those beings... trying to extract something from them... I don't know... All I know is that one damned night, one his little research subjects was released. It started eating everyone in my town... and..." Lilith said starting to choke up. She had told herself that this was who she was, but it was too hard to accept what happened next. "...it killed my parents." Lilith said soullessly. She cleaned up any tears that had emerged from her eyes, but it was too hard to conceal them. "And since then... I started using the soul of a little ribbon my mother gave to me as a child. And I used it as a sword... I've been hunting them since I was a little over 8... I'm planning to kill them all. This is my revenge for their very existence... Call me blind from revenge.... but this is what my life has amounted to. I have no one left. I had to leave my once peaceful town, to move to this shithole of a town... move in with a foster mother that doesn't care about me. The only person there is Minato... my best friend. And for the past 5 years he's been helping me defeat them." Lilith said, her voice cracking slightly.
"A..and there you go... my life story in a nutshell..." Lilith said wiping all the tears from her face. Afterwards she decided to sit down on a nearby bench. "Mhm... sorry about that... I get too emotional when I think about that... Mmhm" she said clearing her voice. "But anyway... I should get down to business" She said standing up and going towards the man. "I know this is a bit sudden, but I have no other choice. Forgive me for being so blunt but, would you like to team up with me and my friend, and hunt down these Hollows? I'm not asking for an answer right now, but could you at least consider that for a bit?" she said shyly. It was still weird for her to be talking to anyone other than Minato. She was self-conscious about her feelings being released like earlier, especially to a person she didn't know very well. "Oh... and I forgot to ask you for you name, sir?"
Jeff just stood there stunned. He couldn't believe what he just heard from her. No wonder she had a grudge against hollows, when her mother and father had been killed by one. And she said he had seen things? Compared to her, he hadn't seen s***. This was genuinely touching, and he had to turn around more than once to "blow his nose" because of "the damn rain giving him a cold". He always had a difficult time witnessing other people cry, and especially little girls. And this girl was breaking his heart, even though it was covered by that much muscle and his Panzer Jacket. How was this possible?
The next thing that hit him was the guilt. Yes, the f**** guilt. Jeff hadn't felt guilt like this since he saw the innocent soul being eaten by the hollow and he didn't help. But this time, the guilt was about being a damn sissy about his own past and isolating himself from other people, when this young girl so clearly shows him, that what he has experienced is nothing unique. And she asks him if he want to help her rooting these bastards called hollows out? He couldn't be more ready!
In reality much more was going on inside his head, than what could be seen. He was moved to tears and his soul was ignited with the fire of vengeance.... But on the outside, you would see only minor facial expressions to indicate, that he was actually moved by her speech. In that regard they seemed very much to be each others opposites, and he actually liked the idea of spending time with someone other than himself and especially one who could express the feelings he couldn't himself.
"If I want to join you? Sure." he said stoically. "Well... Definitely!" he added with a little more vigor and enthusiasm to it, as to underline his determination. "My name? It's Jeff Heorn." he said without investing much enthusiasm into that. He forgot names he had been told numerous times, and to be honest the name meant nothing to him. He had always been told, that he was forgetful, but he didn't know about that. Actually he thought that he'd rather not be remembered for his name himself. Instead he would feel a lot more content at just being "That big, gloomy guy with the powerful fists". At the very least that was how he'd like the hollow to remember him.
"But how do we go about it?" he asked calmly. "I usually find them by thinking like a hollow, and then i get the jump on them. But if you have an easier way, I'm all ears." he said thinking that she might have a more clever way of sniffing out hollows than his own, rather crude strategy.
Lilith was surprised to hear that Jeff was enthusiastic in joining forces with her and Minato. She gave a big smile before giving him a thumbs up.
"Jeff eh? And you say my name doesn't sound like a warrior" she said jokingly. She put her hand near her stomach to stop herself from laughing. "Ah... but anyway, I'm glad you're so co-operative. Yes there is an easier way. Like I said, my friend gives me back-up support using his powers. Much how you use those gloves and jacket of yours, and how I use my ribbon, his fullbring is a old map given to him by his father. All I know about it is that his dad used to go look for treasure, and that he left home. But not before mystifying Minato in his tales of adventures. And that's it. He uses it like a radar for hollows. It's actually pretty damn useful, that's how I managed to find this place. I'm not used to sensing hollows using their pressure, but he's a master at it." she said in a very educated tone. She gazed at Jeff once more. She carefully examined his entire body, head to toe. After her evaluation, she walked towards the park bench that was still slightly soggy from the rain.
"Ah I see... hmn..." she thought to herself. 'He's completely close ranged... that means that he'll perfectly compliment my fighting style... He'll go in for some hard strikes and then I'll swoop in and start using my whip as a ranged means of attack. But... that would be problematic for me in some instances... hmn... what to do...' She was taken out of her deep thoughts after having heard Minato's voice in her ear.
"Hey Lilly, when your done with that... um, wanna meet up somewhere? It's still about 11 at night, but we could go to that 24-7 restaurant just around the corner from school." Minato suggested.
"H...huh?" she said in surprise "Oh um, sorry about that Minato-kun, I was kinda in thought for a moment. Yeah why not? My mom is out cold, I doubt she'd notice I'm gone for long." She said slightly laughing. "Anyway, thanks for the help Minato-kun, I'll be there in 5 minutes." she said turning off the headset. She then went to go talk to Jeff, who was leaning up against a stone pillar near the entrance. "So um, since you decided that your gonna help us fight Hollows, you're officially part of our little team... Since you'll be working with us it only makes sense that you'd get to know both of us. Minato-kun suggested that we meet up at a restaurant near our school called 'Makoyana' you wanna come wit/" She said shyly, holding out her hand.
Officially a part of the team? Jeff thought that it was odd, that there actually was a hollow-slaying team right here in the very city he's been living in for so many years and he never noticed. Jeff frowned slightly "Well, do I get a medal or what?" and tried to conceal the fact that he himself was actually pretty shy and bad at these situations. But when Lilith extended her hand and revealed her own shyness, he couldn't resist and softened up and gave her his own hand and shook it with a firm two-handed handshake worthy of greeting any cage fighter. But then it dawned on him, that he was greeting a relatively frail looking teenage girl and quickly loosened his grip again.
"Ehhh..! I'm sorry, that might have been a bit too much of a... handshake..!" He said smiling nervously and scratching his head. "But sure, I'd like to meet this Minato-kun guy... And I'm happy being able to work with your group." Jeff said awkwardly, clearly not used to exercising his social muscle to this extend but cleared his throat and manned up again. "Well then, lead the way Lilith!" Jeff said sensing a bit of actual excitement in his own voice. Something he hadn't felt for a while. Maybe this could even lead to some kind of friendship. But that remained to be seen, right now he was just equally hoping for that restaurant to sell some decent meat, as that little skirmish at the shrine had left him somewhat starving.
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Saints At West Ham United The Verdict
Sunday, 1st Mar 2020 10:06
Well guess what I am going to harp on about ! Does anyone have any arguments ? Thought Not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the team news came through an hour before kick off our little group in a bar a mile away from the London Stadium were baffled as to the sections made by Ralph Hasenhuttl, two right backs on the bench and our best midfielder at right back, add to that Danny Ings also sitting out the start of the game and all the talk was about why we weren't playing our best team.
In my preview I mentioned that we had to try and dictate the game, but it went just the way I feared, we had the bulk of the possession, but the Hammers kept on catching us on the break.
Time and time again they caught us on the break with our central defenders not knowing where the other was and not knowing who to mark, add to that another goalkeeping mistake and it was a comfortable win for West Ham once we had gifted them the second goal on the stroke of half time.
We have to hope it was a bad day at the office and as I have often said, defensively too often we gift the opposition chances and too often there are individual errors, some games they will get punished and others they won't, it happens in every game and that is not good enough.
At time Stephens and Bednarek have formed a partnership with promise, but the goals against tally does not lie and all the evidence that you need was in this game and this was not a one off, it has been better of late, but it is still far from being good enough or consistent enough.
It was a funny performance, we could have easily have got something out of it, but we kept gifting them goals, if we had gone into the break level pegging you would have felt that we could have pushed on in the second half, but the goalkeeping howler by Alex McCarthy meant that the impetus was now with the home side.
Even when Stephens and Bednarek combined to gift them the third with one failing to get tight and leaving his man with an easy flick on header and the other being totally lost as to where his man was.
But even after that you felt that if Saints could get a second then the Hammers might crumble, but that goal did not come, bizarrely the third substitution with 22 minutes late saw Jannick Vestergaard brought on and a change of formation what it needed was was perhaps the strength of Che Adams given that he was the only attacking option left on the bench at this stage.
Sadly we just have to write this one off as one of the games where we didn't get away with it and come the end of the season we will look up the table and think of what could have been, of how many games like this we have undone a lot of good work by lapses of concentration, poor defending and individual errors.
I'm sure that some will disagree and point to missed chances by our forwards as an excuse, but no team scores every chance it has, that is the nature of the game, but why do our opponents finish their chances far more than ours ? this game answered some of those questions, we don't mark and we get caught on the break.
I would have loved to have written about a great win, how we were now only a point or two from safety, how we might finish in the top 10 etc etc, instead once again it is all about defensive errors, last six league games 12 goals conceded, that tells you whether our defence is good enough or not, not my opinion or otherwise.
But this game is now gone we have to look to the next one and that is vital so that we keep daylight between ourselves and the relegation strugglers.
LordDZLucan added 10:42 - Mar 1
You can bang on about defensive mistakes but at the end of the day we were woeful all over the pitch. We gave the ball away far too much and only had 2 shots on target. You rarely get anything out of a game with that.
JoeEgg added 10:45 - Mar 1
Although Ralph was quick to blame his defence, he must surely shoulder much of the blame himself with his extraordinary team selection. Moyes on the other hand got it just right. Let Southampton have the majority of the possessioand then we have the players to catch them on the break - if it works against Liverpool it can certainly work against Southampton! With Norwich, Watford and West Ham all picking up three points there could still be worrying days ahead for the Saints. Its not just the defence that needs to learn quickly - but Ralph too needs to stop trying to be clever and stick with a system and players that works!
A1079 added 10:57 - Mar 1
Nick, I know I criticised some of your pieces on Friday suggesting that there was too much focus on the failings of the defence and lack of emphasis on the failings up front - of course, that criticism by myself has come back to bite me severely on the bum - though, I am sure you take no pleasure in being proved completely right yesterday as Saints fans we are all disappointed when we have a bad day like we did yesterday, no matter what your personal views - we all want our team to do well and feel disappointed and even angry sometimes when they don't or they are makers of their own downfall, as much of it was yesterday.
Your assessment of yesterday is completely right. It was a defensive and goalkeeping horror show. We are kind of used to our defensive frailties and incompetence, but now we have a goalkeeper who is showing frailties again - not just yesterday but in the last 3 games - last week he got away with it, against Burnley and yesterday, he did not.
I did not understand Ralph's selections yesterday. His penchant for not playing players that have available in their natural positions is odd and more often than not, it has backfired. I like Ralph alot and he has done more good than not, but he annoys me when he seems to try to be too clever. You have 2 right backs on the bench but does not use them! You have a frail opposition but keep your main strikers on the bench?
I have noticed that teams that have loads of possession seem more likely to not win! We again only scored a single goal - we lost yesterday because we were poor in key areas but we are not prolific scorers as well as bad defenders. One moment when we had a corner and we ended up nearly conceding bordered on the farcical - though all credit to JWP for how far and quick he ran back to make an important intervention when others were nearer and seemed wooden.
Other things that have become apparent - we are light weight when it comes to physically demanding opposition - we don't seem to have the stomach for a real fight. We are good when teams give us space but less able to cope when teams are in your face.
There are wider issues. We purchase players and we seem to need an eternity for them to bed in and make an impact and yet other teams bring new players in and they seem to fit in quickly and have a positive impact on the team. Is it something to do with our coaching and training or is it we are buying the wrong players or is it because the manager/coach does not have confidence in them - and in some cases - i.e Danso and now KWP - we get them and then don't seem to want to use them for the position that they were brought in for?
Yesterday is no concern for the panic button. It was a bad day at the office and we move on. It highlighted our failings but none more so than what we not already aware of. Annoying that we again failed to turn up against West Ham and at their stadium. The fans have been let down for 3 seasons now when facing them. But, I think we will crawl across the line though it places more pressure back on next weeks game and please, please, please, just because Newcastle are not at their best, do not assume we just have to turn up - all too often teams that cannot score or players on a drought have the habit of breaking their ducks against us. Lose next week, when others below seem capable of picking up points will bring the doubts and nerves back in.
Looking longer term, assuming we do make it to safety I really do hope that the board, owners and stewards of this club are planning and putting in place the things that need to be done to ensure we don't go into a 4th season of just trying to get by. It is not fair on the manager, the team, the fans or the club or the city of Southampton. There are no excuses for failing to act. If you do nothing or very little then I can see RH walking and who could blame him if he does. I think the fans need to hold back when purchasing their next season ticket - place the pressure on the board to act first.
Saints have a week to prepare for next week. Hope the team use it well and next week the stadium is full and this weeks result is consigned to history.
We tend to get bullied by physically stronger teams. That is what needs to be addressed.
Centurion added 11:05 - Mar 1
davidargyll added 11:11 - Mar 1
Not much to say about this - of course I could go on about individual performances but let's be honest, even if we were better in H1 than H2, we were beaten by a better side on the day. Yes our defence had real problems but the Hammers did have a presence, both in height (did we win any corners in the air?) and attitude, that a lot of the time seemed to overwhelm us. Far too often we lost the one-on-one battles, being bundled off the ball when, if we had been more physical, we could have won it, which inevitably resulted in a loss of confidence, passes going astray and errors being made. And I'm pretty sure having Danny on the bench for two-thirds of the match was a symptom if not the cause of a fall-off in our overall determination to win the ball.
With a side of more youngsters than previously, it was always going to be difficult up against the likes of Antonio but surely the answer in the future is to tell the lads to mix it in the mid-field and show a much more determined and tougher edge when faced with a no-nonsense opposition.
highfield49 added 11:21 - Mar 1
Yet another wake up call, the problem is that we all too often switch off the alarm and go back to sleep. Whilst the usual suspects peacefully slumber we all endure the nightmares that they ignore. Today my heart goes out to Che Adams whose self esteem must be getting close to rock bottom, when Vestergaard gets onto the pitch and you sit on the bench two goals down it's probably time to phone your agent and chat about your future plans. We're now back into the must win territory against Newcastle because the trips to Norwich and Watford are evidently very uncertain ground if we play like we did yesterday. Wins against Newcastle and Arsenal are probably going to be enough but I'd suggest that RH takes KWP and Che aside this week and tells them that they will be in the starting line up on Saturday before greater damage is done.
halftimeorange added 11:29 - Mar 1
Every time we come up against an aggressive forward we seem to capitulate. Anyone who saw Antonio against Liverpool would have seen this coming. It's happened in the recent past with Glen Murray and Andy Carroll, for example. Of our two centre backs one needs to be a hard man and the other quick and efficient. Bednarek and Stephens are willing but neither of those things. I agree with others that playing JWP out of position was foolhardy. Not only did that reduce our creativity it weakened our midfield defensively. Even so, JWP was no match for a full steam Antonio. Who knows what's come over McCarthy, once again a resident Saints goalkeeper seemingly losing his nerve whilst the on-loan Forster is playing out of his skin. Maddening.
Merlin added 11:49 - Mar 1
There are good days and bad days. I know we have our share of bad ones but we've had some good ones in recent months. Liverpool had a bad one yesterday too!
Number_58 added 11:56 - Mar 1
How come certain other players never get named and shamed when they have shockers? PEH passed the ball to the opposition so many times yesterday I wouldn't have been surprised if WH had given him their MoM award. Criticise those you don't like by all means Nick, but don't leave out those who equally contribute to a poor team performance.
wibbersda added 11:57 - Mar 1
Just we we started to look comfortable with recent performaces RH decides to screw it up with his formation tinkering. I have no idea what he thinks he can achieve do this given the problems it caused in the first half of the Season. Stop it Ralph it does not work!!!
saintmark1976 added 12:00 - Mar 1
No coincidence that since our penny pinching owners dispensed with the services of Cedric and Yoshida we have gone into free fall once again. We've played five matches, lost four, let in twelve goals and been dumped out of the cup whilst leading two one with twenty minutes to play.Our one success being a win against an absolutely dire Aston Villa, only safely secured by a last gasp goal whilst their keeper was trying to play as a centre forward.
Has anybody other than Ralph got the slightest idea as to what he was attempting to achieve with that team selection yesterday? He couldn't have chosen a better line up to lose if that had been his sole intention in the first place. Ings not starting, a midfielder at full back and a lightweight rookie( Smallbone) in J W P's place. Those that were chosen looked lethargic and disinterested and as for the keeper their are no words which can adequately describe his efforts for their second goal.
We won't go down (100/1 against with Betfred )but if yesterday is a glimpse into the future of the Saints with the owners continued lack of investment, I'm now beginning to wonder how many fans will wish to make the journey with them.
underweststand added 12:19 - Mar 1
Much already said above, but even in a bad game we need to analyse individuals.
JWP DAJFU at RB, but he is much more effective in MF, and with two young candidates for the full back spot why did Ralph choose to leave both on the bench.(?) with less than ten games left we need to sort out who is the best choice..or will we buy someone else ?
WHam's had a big, tall back line, and with only Stephens, Bednarek and PEH carrying any height in an (otherwise) short and lightweight side who were were bundled out of the game. Sadly I am not convinced by PEH who made many bad passes (and if he is to end up at Spurs ..I hope we get a good fee this time).
Boufal was less than useless for all the skill he shows in possession going forward, his defensive tackling only ends in conceding free-kicks. Ralph defends our retention of ChÈ Adams why didn't he get on instead of Vestergaard(?)..we needed attackers at that point
Overall a very poor show, YES we can blame McCarthy for his error, but last week it took us 28 shots to manage 2 goals. More responsibility is needed up front, instead of continuously blaming the defence after every match.
We lacked a fit Ings... and a fit Redmond - and it showed.
I have to agree with the contributors who have commented on PEH. If you were to ask me what his key strength is I'd be hard pushed to come up with one. It's not tackling, it's not shooting and it certainly isn't heading. He can pass ok but he's not the best in the team by a long way. Take the £35m!
SaintPaulVW added 13:23 - Mar 1
West Ham played exactly like the last game so RH being unprepared for that was suicidal.
The team selection was crazy. We did well when we had a settled back 4 of specialist players. KWP or Valery should have been played at RB from the start. These bizarre selections must unsettle the players.
Had a proper RB been played KWP could have played further up.
Romeu should have been on from the start.
Boufal is an impact player. Playing both him and Smallbone from the start left us overrun.
Obafemi clearly needs to learn a lot. Hopefully this game time is helping.
All goalkeepers make blunders. Hopefully McCarthy can just forget and move on.
Our attack as always looks completely disjointed. Players seem to have no idea where other players are likely to be. So a mass of chances just turn into aimless passes into space in the box.
Yes JS and JB were bad but they weren't solely to blame.
I was aiming for 9 from 15 points and it's now at 6 from the next 6. Still doable but everyone needs to raise their game.
Block8 added 13:55 - Mar 1
Difficult to argue with this result & extremely poor performance. Strange selections & tactics against a team we knew would look to exploit on the break. Couple of things, we have pace & they were at home, why didn't we play that way? The emphasis was on them to get a result!
Ralph also said we had worked hard in training to counter their style of play. It looked like that was for Stephens and Bednarek to attack the high ball and Smallbone to tuck in behind, evidenced by him being the last defender for all three goals. Why not employ Romeu for that job, it is after all what he is good at?
This isn't a disaster but unless we perform better we could still slip up. Upcoming sides now know how we don't like to mix it!
Just needed to add that a very poor weekend was brightened a bit with Lovrens role in Liverpool's record attempt failing 😁😁😁😁
wessexman added 15:21 - Mar 1
Our lack of physicality and height will always be exploited by opponents. Ralph and previous managers can coach all they like but...concentration and bravery and things you either have or you don't. Looks like we are heading for a nervy end of the season.
Boris1977 added 17:19 - Mar 1
Play your best players in the correct positions. We're not good enough to rest our best players until safety is mathematically gurenteed. If you stay up the team needs investment over the summer and need to keep our best players. The pre season should be used to work on the best system with the players we have and go into the new season hitting the ground running. We're in trouble this season as Ralph seemed determined to use the idiotic 5 at the back for the first few months of this season despite it not working in pre season. Thankfully the Leicester humiliation killed that did system and the results improved.
We are 5-6 players away from being competitive but it's a big call to ask for this to be fixed over the summer so the rebuilding will take a few seasons. In the meantime we need to keep are best players - no selling to make a quick buck. Mr owner over to you.
saint66 added 17:42 - Mar 1
Perhaps we should also question our goalkeeper who comes off his line flaps about at the ball as a large body appears and also gifts a goal.
The defence starts with confidence in your keeper.
You have to question the desire of the whole team with this performance.
bigmart added 21:19 - Mar 1
Prior to the game I read that West Ham/Antonio would target KWP down the flank, as JWP had Grealish and Saha in his pocket in previous games I'm not surprised Ralph kept him at right back.
Ings picked up a knock and hadn't trained all week until Friday, again no surprise he was on the bench.
Every goalkeeper has a howler, DeGea had one today, I bet next time McCarthy is in a similar situation he'll stick his fist through the ball and player if need be.
Like everyone else, I can see the defence needs sorting, Jack has improved massively over the past few months but Jan seems to be falling away.
I have a feeling that PEH may be on his way in the summer, I'm not sure if it would be a great loss or not.
West Ham targeted Long, Armstrong and Boufal in the game with not much done about it by the ref.
At the end of the day, we didn't play well enough all over the pitch to get anything from the game.
redwight added 23:07 - Mar 1
It's all been said, especially by A1079, but JWP at RB made no sense whatsoever. KWP had 11 games to convince everyone that his move should be made permanent. Now he has 10. Total madness.
janecook added 09:01 - Mar 2
As Nick has been saying are defence is shite. I said before the match why did we have 2 right backs on the bench and then Prowse started at RB? If neither was fit enough for a full game why not play one in each half? Why did Obafemi start over Adams when Adams is a more experienced striker? Why when we were losing 3-1 did Ralph bring on Vestergaard when Adams would have been better bet? Maybe its time to start Gunn in goal and Romeu instead of Hojbjerg.
Saint4Life247 added 09:50 - Mar 2
I've said for a long time that PEH is poor/average at best. He has a reasonable game every now and again and sneaks under the radar for another month. If someone comes in and offers decent money over the summer I will personally drive him their, no petrol money needed.
kernow added 09:58 - Mar 2
Lots of negative thoughts expressed which are hard to disagree with.
Something positive, which nobody has mentioned as it understandably gets lost in the general gloom of a poor performance and abject capitulation, was Michael Obafemi's goal. That was a beautiful finish.

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Time Out With Diane Parkin
Posted on December 23, 2010 by Colin Galbraith
Image: Diane Parkin: Night Crawler
It is Easter 1996, and a young homosexual junkie has been murdered. His boyfriend is arrested and charged. Marcie Craig, local DJ and good friend of the prime suspect, knows he didn't do it and sets out to find out who did. Along the way Marcie is beaten up, another friend is murdered, and another is questioned until, in the end, Marcie's own life is threatened.
Sounds intriguing, doesn't it? That's the blurb for a new book that's just been released by a great writing buddy of mine, Diane Parkin. She's curently undertaking a virtual tour of the blogosphere, so when I heard about it I was only too happy to have her over here at Freedom From The Mundane.
Keep reading, because although it's to late for Christmas this is a book that will make for perfect reading as we move into the beginning of January; the perfect dose of mystery and intrigue to guide you through those cold wintry nights that lie ahead.
Over to Diane…
Hi Diane, tell us about Night Crawler
Night Crawler was originally a song recorded by Birmingham rockers Judas Priest and can be found on their 1990 Painkiller album. The novel is a story about someone that crawls around at night killing people to cover up his or her own secret. The story opens in April 1996 and runs for just a few months. It introduces Birmingham, the rock club and pub scene that once was there, and of course Marcie Craig.
Marcie Craig? Do tell us more….
Marcie Craig (real name Marcella) is a 32 year old female rock DJ that makes a perfectly adequate living from her first love, rock music. She lives in a caravan (trailer) in Meriden, a small town that lies between Birmingham and Coventry, England, on the A45 – although the caravan site (trailer park) is fictitious. She rides a Harley Davidson, drives a Jeep, and has a pet cat called Sylvester and two mice called Thomas and Jeremy. She is 5' 7", with long brown naturally curly hair, is quite physically attractive with an athletic body, but she's a bit immature and can be sarcastic.
Sounds fantastic. So how did the book come about?
I knew I wanted to write a mystery novel set in Birmingham but I didn't know where to start. Everyone told me to write what I know but I didn't think I knew enough about anything interesting. The only thing I did was work or go out to rock pubs and clubs, so I settled on the local music scene. I needed a protagonist and came up with an amalgamation of all the rock DJs I had ever known, then I made her a female and put her on a motorbike. Marcella was a favourite name and Craig was the professional surname of one of my DJ friends.
The milieu gave me my scene of crime and it was easy enough to place a victim there, but I needed a reason for Marcie Craig to get involved, I needed her to care. So I had an old friend of hers falsely arrested and charged.
I wrote copious character notes for all of the main players, I wrote a detailed chapter-by-chapter breakdown, I made timeline notes as I went along. I drew a map of the murder scene and I made a detailed timeline for the actual murder so I knew where everybody was.
I wrote the first draft by hand, every day, making notes of things I didn't know, and then I carried out my research interviews. The second draft was also in longhand but this took into account what I had learned. The first typo-free typed draft went out to my "experts" for checking, and all of my factual errors were corrected, most of the feedback was also incorporated. Then the second type-written draft was produced and the polishing process begun.
I did two more handwritten drafts before the final print-ready version. Then years of submissions began.
How long did the book take to finish?
The book was completed by the end of 1996 and in 1997 it started to do the rounds. I hawked the manuscript around publishers and agents for more than ten years, building in many of the suggestions they made. While many were genuinely interested, the only company that offered to publish Night Crawler ran out of money. Spurred on by mostly positive feedback, I decided to have a go myself and "get it out there".
How did you find the self-publishing experience?
Lulu is a print-on-demand self-publishing organisation that offers authors various levels of support. With so much editing experience behind me, however, I decided to do everything myself and undertook all of the editorial and technical work; I even sourced my own artist for the cover. Lulu is available to anyone with internet access and offers various distribution services and packages. Every book gets an ISBN.
What next for Diane Parkin?
I'm well known for having several projects on the go and not necessarily finishing all of them. However, future Marcie Craig novels already outlined or planned include The Beast Within (by Birmingham rock band The Handsome Beasts), and Snowblind (by Black Sabbath). There is also a prequel, Catch the Rainbow (by Rainbow), which is set against the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974 and features a cameo-type appearance by Marcie Craig, aged 10.
Diane Parkin started writing short stories for magazines in 1985 when the writers' group to which she belonged advised her not to waste her time and get a proper job. She went on to sell commissioned articles to magazines for many years. She qualified as a broadcast journalist with BBC Radio West Midlands in 1997, took over one of the classes on the course the following year, and continued as a full time freelance photo-journalist for ten years altogether. She joined an international steel company in 2005 as editor of one of their in-house magazines.
Diane has also edited education trade magazines and journals, text books, non-fiction books, and photocopiable classroom resources, and has taught adults creative writing and computer literacy. More recently she has started to produce activity and sticker annuals for children aged 3 – 6.
Night Crawler is Diane's debut novel. She lives in a South Yorkshire pit village in England with her two cats.
Night Crawler by Diane Parkin was published on 12 November 2010 and is available from Lulu. It can currently be purchased in hardback or as a download from here.
Publisher: http://www.lulu.com
Binding Hardcover (dust-jacket)
Interior Ink Black & white
Dimensions (cm) 15.2 wide × 22.9 tall
Hardcover price: £17.99 £14.39 (20% 0ff available at time of this post publishing)
Download price: £3.97
Purchase URL: Click here to purchase
Find Lulu at www.lulu.com, buy the book at , and read more about Diane at http://dianeparkin.blogspot.com.
Fascinating stuff, Diane, thanks for sharing the process and for entertaining all my Freedom readers today. And of course, good luck with the new book!
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Thank you so much for letting me pop along today. I hope your readers enjoy what they find here.
Congrats to Diane on the book and a great blog tour!
Thank you, Devon. It was my first time too – on a blog tour.


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Pujols contract talks are over. Deadline will pass without a deal. Have not been proposals swapped in last 100 hours or so.
And it wouldn't have been that big a deal if Pujols hadn't gone and set a deadline. Not that it necessarily matters to him or should — the guy should do what he wants to — but the frenzy that has been built up among the Cardinals fans and the media covering this deadline thing is a pretty artificial creation.
Pujols will show up in camp tomorrow. He'll give a few no comments. Then he'll go out and start abusing baseballs. Barring the absolutely ridiculous, he will be a St. Louis Cardinal all year. When the year ends the press of a legitimate deadline — his free agency — will likely make more happen than anything that could have been expected in these past few weeks.


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Pippa Middleton Confirms First Pregnancy With Husband James Matthews
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PR Mishaps That Rocked The Royal Family
After many rumors that Kate Middleton's sister Pippa was expecting her first child with husband James Matthews, she has finally confirmed the news herself.
The 34-year-old shared details of her first trimester as a guest columnist for Waitrose magazine where she talked about not battling as extreme pregnancy sister as her sister, Duchess Kate. "I was lucky to pass the 12-week scan without suffering from morning sickness. That meant I was able to carry on as normal," Pippa wrote.
"I'm fanatical about sport and have looked at loads of books and websites on exercise during pregnancy but have been disappointed by the limited technical information on what you can and can't do," she penned, later explaining that she's needed to tweak her workout regime to accommodate her changing body. "And this being my first pregnancy, I had so many questions I felt were still unanswered."
She added, "I've noticed my body change and weight increase, but through effective exercise and sports I feel that it's been strengthened to support a healthy pregnancy, birth and recovery . . . And ensure that post-baby, my old favorite jeans will still fit eventually!"
News of Pippa's pregnancy came just days before older sister Kate was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital in London in the early stages of labor with Louis on April 23.
According to sources close to the couple, Middleton and Matthews are looking forward to "having children and leading a quiet life."
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Simple DIY Key Fob Wristlet – At least 3-4 times a year I get to work, and go to open my office door only to look down to see that I'm holding my husband's keys in my hand instead of my own. After a few choice words come out of my mouth, I turn around, go back to my car and drive back home (thankfully, I live close to my work). Neither of us can get into our offices without our office keys. Our keys look almost exactly the same since we both have identical key fobs and keys for our cars, house, trailer, etc. There are some minor differences but not enough that you'd notice if you just quickly grabbed the keys on the way out the door. So I've decided it's time to put a stop to this frustrating mistake I keep making time and time again (seriously, this has been going on for years and yes, it's taken me this long to decide to do something about it).
Now that I'm starting to find my way around the sewing machine, I decided to make some really cute key fob wristlets. Sometimes, like when I'm just popping in to pick up my daughter at school, I don't want to carry my purse with me so I just grab my keys and go. So a key fob wristlet it is. This is ridiculously easy to make, even for novice sewers. Just get some pretty ribbon, cotton webbing, key fob hardware and you're ready to go.
Cut a strip of cotton webbing as well as a strip of ribbon exactly 11" long (I have small hands and didn't want the key fob too large so adjust the length if you think you'd want it larger).
Put a moderate amount of glue on the back of the ribbon and then place it onto the cotton webbing so that it's exactly in the middle. Allow to dry until it's securely in place.
Take the cotton webbing with the ribbon glued on to your sewing machine and sew a straight line approximately ¼" in from the edge of the ribbon from one end to the other. Repeat on the other side of the ribbon. Trim off any long pieces of thread.
Fold in half so that raw ends of the cotton webbing/ribbon are even. Sew the two ends together about ¼" from the edge.
Place the sewn end inside the opening of the key fob hardware making sure that neither side is sticking out the sides of the hardware. Take your pliers and gently squeeze the sides of the hardware together until it clamps firmly over the material. Give the webbing a tug to make sure it's securely in place. Add a jumper ring to the hardware and you're done.
Fun perler bead stud earrings – so easy, kids can make them.
Fun Perler Bead Stud Earrings – We love craft perler beads – you know, those fantastic and inexpensive little beads that can be arranged in any shape or pattern you desire! A little heat, and they stick together like magic! We've had a huge tub of them for a couple of years now and we've made all kinds of fun projects. My daughter enjoys making cute little purses, shoes and flowers and then gives them away to her friends and classmates. A few weeks ago I had a bunch of toys supplies come in, including stud earring findings and, in all honesty, I totally forgot about them until I was tidying my office yesterday. My intent for these stud findings were to make some cute little earrings for Noelle but I had no concrete plan for them.
At some point yesterday afternoon, I was putting something in Noelle's room when I saw the big tub of beads and a light bulb went off in my head… fun earrings that Noelle can make herself using perler beads. Mission on! We sat down and started picking out our colours (yes, I wanted to make some too). Being that my daughter is still only 6 years old I wanted to keep the designs petite for her little head but you could make and size and design you like.
Place the perler beads on the pegboard so the holes in their middles sit on the pegs. Make sure all the beads are touching at least one other bead so they can be fused together.
Pre-heat the iron to a medium-heat setting. Do not use the steam function.
Place a piece of kitchen parchment paper over the design and apply the iron to the parchment paper and rub gently for about 15-25 seconds until you can see through the parchment paper that the plastic beads have started melting together.
Set beads aside with the paper still attached, and allow to cool (5-10 minutes).
Lift the parchment paper off and check to make sure all the beads are fused together (if they aren't, repeat step 3 but for a little less time).
Now take your stud earring base and place a small amount of glue on the end, just enough so that it doesn't bleed out over the edge of the base too much. Press gently against the back side (the side you used the iron against) and nudge the earring base into your preferred position. Allow to dry completely (I definitely didn't wait long enough and the finding came off when I tried to put in Noelle's ear so try to be patient).
The Victoria Inner Harbour on Victoria Day Weekend.
Have I mentioned how much I love the city I live in, Victoria, British Columbia? This summer will be my 15th year here and I've loved every second of it. I truly believe that Victoria is one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
This past long weekend we were fortunate enough to be invited on our friend's boat to participate in the annual Victoria Day sail past. This is a fun event where boats gather in a "sail past"…or parade if you like, right into the inner harbour of Victoria.
All the boats were decorated with colourful flags and there was a dress code in which all people aboard the boats had to be dressed in white and navy. As we approached the inner harbour there was an important official (admiral or commander I'm not sure) standing at the end of his boat and everyone on our boat had to stand at ease, very seriously and then stand at attention. Our flag was then ceremoniously dipped into the water – here's the original history behind that: Nautical etiquette required that merchant vessels dipped their ensigns in salute to passing warships, which acknowledged the salute by dipping their ensigns in return.
It turned out to be a stunning day and I had the opportunity to see my beautiful city from a new vantage point. A big thanks to the Muirhead/Labarca family!


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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Calls US Ambassador 'Gay Son of a Whore'
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference in Davao City, in southern island of Mindanao on May 26, 2016.
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By Melissa Chan
August 10, 2016 9:03 AM EDT
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte insulted the U.S. ambassador to his country, calling him "gay" and a "son of a whore" in recent televised remarks.
Duterte, who took office in June after serving as the mayor of the city of Davao, openly spoke about his rocky relationship with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's ambassador, Philip Goldberg, acknowledging that he is "fighting" with Goldberg in an interview that aired in the country Friday, The Guardian reports.
"His gay ambassador, the son of a whore. He pissed me off," Duterte said in Tagalog, according to the newspaper.
The leader of the Philippines, who has been known to make controversial statements, said Goldberg "meddled" during his presidential campaign.
Goldberg had criticized Duterte on the campaign trail over comments Duterte made in 1989 regarding the rape and murder of an Australian missionary in a prison in Davao while he was mayor, CNN reports. "I was angry she was raped, yes, that was one thing. But she was so beautiful, I think the mayor should have been first. What a waste," Duterte said at the time, according to CNN.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said the department has asked the Filipino chargé d'affaires to "clarify" Duterte's recent remarks about Goldberg, CNN said.
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I am sorry that there was a discrepancy in the Bulletin regarding the Holy Day Vigil Mass times! The Vigil, on Thursday evening, will be at 6 PM at St. Therese - so we can accommodate the Altar Society meeting which begins at 7 PM. Mass will be at St. Boniface on Friday, August 15th, at 8:30 AM, in the church.


In 1845 the Rev. Allen Lincoln came to Gray Maine as pastor of the Congregational Church. Soon after his arrival, he went over the town and took a census of the families in town. I took a copy from the original which was in the possession of Mrs. Florence Hunt Nelson. It is evident that he either did not take it [the census] in West Gray or Dutton Hill or else those papers were lost.
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WINDSOR, Ont. - Matt Murray made 38 saves, including 17 in the opening period, for his fifth shutout of the season, as the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds whipped the Windsor Spitfires 6-0 in Ontario Hockey League action on Thursday.
Dylan Corson scored twice for the Greyhounds (30-10-5), who won their fourth in a row. Andrew Fritsch, Patrick Watling, Blake Speers and Bryan Moore also scored for Sault Ste. Marie, which led Windsor (25-17-2) 3-0 after one period and 6-0 after two.
Spitfires goalie Dalen Kuchmey allowed three goals on 22 shots in just over 28 minutes. His replacement, Alex Fotinos, stopped seven of 10 shots.
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. ? The Petes built a 5-2 lead in the second period before holding off Mississauga.
Brandon Devlin, Hunter Garlent, Eric Cornel, Anthony Stefano and Nelson Armstrong scored for Peterborough (18-21-4).
Sam Babintsev scored twice for the Steelheads (16-25-4), who lost their fourth in a row. Greg DiTomaso and Brett Foy also scored for Mississauga. Foy's goal at 7:34 of the third period made it a one-goal game.
Andrew D'Agostini stopped 25 shots for the Petes, while Spencer Martin handled 23 shots for the Steelheads.
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. ??? Mitchell Fitzmorris struck twice as Niagara topped Kingston.
Carter Verhaeghe scored and added two assists for the IceDogs (15-22-6), while Matt Gillard had the eventual winner. Anthony DiFruscia and Aleksandar Mikulovich had goals as well.
Brent Moran got the start in Niagara's net, stopping all 10 shots he faced in 12:40 of work. He was replaced by Blake Richard, who turned aside 30 of 33 shots faced.
Conor McGlynn had a pair of goals for the Frontenacs (24-15-4), while Lawson Crouse added a single. Matt Mahalak started in net, making 24 saves on 28 shots for Kingston in 29:04 of work. Lucas Peressini kicked out eight of 10 shots in relief.
NORTH BAY, Ont. ??? Joseph Blandisi and Andreas Athanasiou scored in the shootout as Barrie edged the Battalion.
Athanasiou scored on a penalty shot in the third period for the Colts (22-17-3), then Blandisi tied the game 3-3 to force overtime. Andrew Mangiapane had a short-handed goal in the second. Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for the win.
Ben Thomson had a pair of goals for North Bay (21-17-6) and Matt MacLeod scored as well. Jake Smith stopped 33 shots.
LONDON, Ont. ??? The London Knights fired 52 shots on net and ended a three-game losing streak with a win over Kitchener.
Justin Bailey opened the scoring for the Rangers (15-26-2) 41 seconds into the game. Mike Davies tied it for Kitchener at 2-2 in the second period.
Anthony Stolarz made 39 saves for London, while Matthew Greenfield stopped 46 for the Rangers.


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King Richard 2021
★★★½ Watched by ANV_ME 20 Nov 2021
There is nothing that special about this movie. Feels like a movie from the 90s of a regular sports biography. The movie was way too long and a lot of the themes kept repeating themselves over and over again. We get it Venus and Serena's dad had a plan and everyone he met along the way wanted him to do something different. After the fifteenth time a character says "come on Richard this isn't how it's done just take the…
★★½ Watched by ANV_ME 23 Oct 2021
Updated: I watched it a second time and still the same result, it's just a pompous Star Wars with so much exposition in it because the plot is too convoluted. This movie tells you what the story is and doesn't show you what the story is. Also not sure I'm a Timothée Chalamet fan, he thoroughly underwhelmed in this movie and in French Dispatch.
Original: This movie feels like episode two of a ten part miniseries. You come into the…
No Time to Die 2021
★½ Watched by ANV_ME 08 Oct 2021
The name of this movie should be called James Bond 007 : No One Is Allowed To Have Fun Anymore
The Many Saints of Newark 2021
★★ Watched by ANV_ME 04 Oct 2021
This movie shouldn't have happened. It doesn't feel like Sopranos at all. The look, the sound, the music, the caricature style acting of old beloved characters, and the pacing all feel off. Fifteen minutes into the movie when they have a reference to something from the show I just thought to myself "why am I not watching the Sopranos instead?"
The Happening 2008
★★½ Watched by ANV_ME 16 Aug 2021
At first I went into this and had high hopes for a good horror movie and then was extremely disappointed. But once expectations went away then I was able to lean back and enjoy how bad this movie is. This is one of those cases where "it's so bad that it's good" type of horror movies. It's definitely not a good movie at all but it is so stupid that you end up laughing harder at it than movies that actually try to be funny. It's a dumpster fire but the fumes will get you high off of it's stupidity.
Tenet 2020
★★ Watched by ANV_ME 01 May 2021
Setting aside the nonsensical inverted time science bullshit of TENET, all other basic aspects of what a movie needs are also incomprehensible. There is a complete lack of understanding of simple character motivations. The so called "world building" crumbles beneath the heady concepts and has no leg to stand on or ever gives you a sense of where you are or why you're there. There is some sort of a plan in the movie that is the driving force of…
★ Watched by ANV_ME 23 Apr 2021
Fight scenes are shot and choreographed horribly, the editing is incomprehensible, the story and dialogue are trash, the acting is atrocious. Scorpion and Sub Zero are the best parts of the movie and they're barely in it and the time is taken up by brand new characters that aren't from the video game that make no sense and have no reason to be in the movie. The rest of the other original characters are either written or acted so poorly…
O.J.: Made in America 2016
★★★★½ Watched by ANV_ME 15 Apr 2021
Great docu-series but not a movie. Movies aren't 10 hours long and span over multiple weeks and are edited to reflect commercial breaks.
Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
★½ Watched by ANV_ME 19 Mar 2021
Somehow this is worse than the other one. 4 hours of garbage.


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Wilhelm Trabert (Frankenberg (Eder),  – Viena, ) foi um meteorologista alemão,

Foi eleito membro da Academia Leopoldina em 8 de julho de 1901.

Obras
Meteorologie. 1896, 2. Ed. 1904 (Archive), 3. Ed 1912, 4. Ed. 1916, 5. Ed. 1929
Meteorologie und Klimatologie. Franz Deuticke, Leipzig und Wien 1905 (Archive)
Lehrbuch der kosmischen Physik. B. G. Teubner, Leipzig und Berlin 1911 (Archive)

Ligações externas

Membros da Leopoldina (século XX)
Meteorologistas da Alemanha

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Stalking is one of those crimes you often see in thriller movies to heighten suspense, keeping you on the edge of your seat. However, in reality, stalking is not thrilling, nor is it just a movie plot point. It happens in real life. Did you know, according to the National Center for Victims of Crime, 7.5 million people are stalked every year in the United States? And the majority of victims are stalked by someone they know. Sixty-one percent of female victims and 44 percent of male victims say their stalker is a current or former intimate partner, and 25 percent of female victims and 32 percent of male victims were stalked by an acquaintance. Stalking occurs in person, on the phone and online.
How is stalking legally defined?
Stalking is also described by the agency as being a crime of power and control.
What kind of behaviors do stalkers exhibit?
Some stalkers engage in a behavior daily and others once per week. Stalkers also often use more than one method to contact or harass their victims. In one of five cases, weapons are used to harm or threaten victims. Other stalkers will even disregard orders of protection filed against them, continuing to harass their victims. Then there are stalkers who are repeat stalkers— almost one-third of stalkers have done it before!
Is stalking a felony crime?
To answer the question, "is stalking a felony?" we have to look at it in different examples. Again, this will vary from state to state but stalking is a crime in all 50 states, District of Columbia, the U.S. Territories and the federal government. Overall, less than one-third of U.S. states consider stalking to be a felony on a first offense. More than one-half classify this crime as a felony after a second (or subsequent) offense if "aggravating factors" are present. These include: possession of a deadly weapon, violating a court order, violation of probation or parole, the victim is under 16 years of age, or the stalker pursues the same victim again. Depending on local laws, some states designate a specific number of events must occur before the activity is considered to be stalkers.
To see the specific laws and what constitutes stalking in your state, you can find this information here.
Protect America is totally committed to protecting people and their homes. If you are at risk because of a stalker or feel threatened by a potential stalker, you want to be sure you are safe in your home. Monitored home security provides a higher level of protection than using non-monitored technology and will increase protection from intruders. To learn more about options for monitored home security, call Protect America today for a free quote.


37, of Sun Valley, Calif.; assigned to the 250th Transportation Company, El Monte, Calif.; died Jan. 28 of wounds sustained when her convoy vehicle rolled over.
GLENDALE, Calif. — Eighteen years after then-teenager Carla J. Stewart felt the call to serve her country, she enlisted in the Army Reserves and reveled in the honor of wearing military fatigues.
"She would say, 'Mom, this uniform feels so right,'" Emmy Aprahamian said Tuesday, holding a photograph of her daughter.
The 37-year-old Army specialist, assigned to the 250th Transportation Company in El Monte, was killed in Tallil, Iraq, on Sunday when her convoy vehicle rolled over.
Stewart first considered joining the military when she was 17 but didn't enlist until she was 35.
"She cared a lot for this country," her mother said tearfully. "She was too good for this world.
Born in La Canada Flintridge and raised there and in Glendale, Stewart learned mechanical drafting and worked alongside her father, Edmond Babayan.
As she neared the cutoff age for the Army Reserves, she decided to enlist.
After completing basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., Stewart was deployed to Iraq. She was due to come home in March to her mother and brother, Richard Babayan.


Valve and Source Filmmaker have opened voting for the 3rd annual Saxxy Awards. Voting runs until until midnight PST on 24 November.
Nominees will be revealed on 25 November and the winners will be announced on 26 November.
Source Filmmaker is a suite of animation tools that can take advantage of any Source engine game assets the user has installed. The suite was used to create Valve's fantastic "Meet The…" series of videos which introduced us to the heroes in Team Fortress 2.
The community has been creating some great films using the tools, so it's easy to get lost watching the variety of entries.
So what are you waiting for? Head on over to the Saxxy's Awards page and get voting!


To move away from pork-centric curing for a minute, I 've been working on my first batch of summer sausage. Although today the term "summer sausage" conjures up less than noble images of shopping mall kiosks selling shelf-stable cheese spreads and vac-packed meat of questionable origin during the holidays, it's actually a great product. The name comes from the fact that this sausage could last through the hot summer weather without spoiling. There are all-pork versions out there, but I was curious to try a cured beef variety.
While at Underground Meats I tried a summer sausage made with 50% beef hearts in the mix. This was an older recipe that the man had learned from his first job at a multi-generation meat plant, where the grandfather of the company would save the beef hearts for this recipe. This was my inspiration, but I had one problem: no heart. I thought I still had a heart, somewhere in the freezer, but it was clearly long gone. Regular readers of this blog will realize I'm being completely literal, not metaphorically poetic.
Undeterred, I settled on a beef arm roast. This was ground and mixed with pork back fat, as pork fat is much more stable and resistant to oxidation and spoilage than beef fat. Then came the curing. Summer sausage, like many other items, gets its extended shelf life from a high acidity (like vinegar, cheese, and pickles) as well as the smoking process (which lays down an outer coating of antimicrobial and antioxidant smoke). The curing was particularly interesting to me, as it was a new technique to learn. Summer sausage is not quite a fresh sausage, like bratwurst, or a fully cured sausage like salami. But it is fermented for 2-3 days, which helps raise the acid levels.
You can raise the acidity in two ways - use a meat curing culture, like FR-M-52, or use a product called Fermento. I've never used Fermento and was curious to try it. Fermento is a blend of cultured whey and skim milk, which seems like an easy way to get the lactic acid bacteria you would normally get from a living culture like FR-M-52, which is full of Lactobacillus bacteria. Plus, I've been reading about pickling vegetables with whey, so this seemed like an interesting alternative.
Aside from the curing time in the fridge, the rest of the steps were pretty similar to my past smoked sausage recipes. While summer sausages are normally sealed in an artificial casing, I used beef middles, as that's what was on hand. It still gave me a 2-3" diameter on the finished product, and frankly I didn't find them hard to peel at all. I'll continue use them in the future, rather than make a special purchase of collagen casings.
The stuffed sausages were then cold smoked for an hour with oak, before being hot smoked to 155 F internal temp. The total smoking time was about 5 hours, including the hour of cold smoking. I love the look of these fresh from the smoke! I imagine that this is what a summer sausage looked like in generations past.
Peeling off the outer casing, I was pleased to see a rosy pink interior dotted with small bits of white fat. It's funny, but after ragging on the commercial summer sausage I was happy my finished sausage looked like a "professional" product.
Two things I noticed, though, is that the sausage was not particularly strong and tangy, as some summer sausage. I actually preferred this, as it didn't taste too acidic. I wonder if I made this recipe again using FR-M-52 instead of Fermento that there would be a stronger bite. Secondly, the sausage sliced into nice, firm rounds, but it wasn't the particularly firm or chewy texture I've had with other products. Calling it "crumbly" isn't right, as it held together fine, but it just seemed to have a softer texture than I imagined. Perhaps I need to mix and knead the forcemeat for an longer time before stuffing it to get a stronger bind.


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Senior government officials meet to reduce BAME labour market inequalities.
Tomorrow (21st June 2016) Sandra Kerr OBE, Race Equality Director, Business in the Community is chairing a roundtable on the Government's 20/20 targets for reducing Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) labour market inequalities. The roundtable is being jointly hosted by the Institute for Public Policy Research and the Runnymede Trust in central London.
The Prime Minister has committed to raising BAME employment and the proportion of BAME apprenticeship starts by 20% by 2020. The government has set up a number of reviews, taskforces and programmes to address BAME employment inequalities and eradicate discrimination in the labour market.
The roundtable will bring together senior government officials with key stakeholders and experts in order to share what policy actions and decisions they are taking to help meet the targets and to discuss how action across government could be better coordinated. It will cover how these diverse efforts can be better joined up and what practical action government should take to close labour market gaps between different ethnic groups.