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Chapter 3
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August 14, 2054. Friday. 11:11 PM.
Kiyro was waiting by the twin trees that he and his brother had played around in the forest when they were younger. Many things had changed since the last time he had visited here. A majority of the forest trees were cut down and new houses were in their place. He was amazed that the entangled trees that look like two lovers in a embrace were still standing. With a gentle brush of his fingertips, he rubbed his hands against the engraved name K2.
They were barely any lights from the houses that lite the surrounding area, only the moon's light cast overhead. He gazed up and was amazed to see the star lights twinkling in the sky. Back in New York, he could barely could see the stars twinkling from the bright artificial lights that were on constantly, blotting out the stars. Everything around him was washed out in darkness, making it difficult to see around him.
Leaning back in between the entwined trees, he waited. He had been waiting for two hours. This was the spot where Kyle had wanted to meet. The only problem was he didn't know how long he had to wait for his brother to arrive. Hopefully Kyle would come sometime soon, because he had a long way walk back home.
He had left Anna a message on where he was going so she wouldn't worry. Even the warm breeze during the summer night still felt hot and sticky. The humidity of the georgia weather was one thing he did not like, especially in the summer time. How he wished dearly that the fall breeze would come sooner.
Sighing with a deep breathe, he continued to wait. Shifting from one foot to another, and partially dozing off to the sound of the chirping bugs. The smell of evergreen, maples, and even a tingle of aromatic lavender drifted into his nose soothing him. How long has it been since he had walked in the forest by himself? One year? Two? Or was it maybe three?
The last time he remember climbing this tree was the time when he and his brother had made a bet on who could climb the tree fastest when they were kids. The prize was a large chocolate bar that they had haggled on. With the race underway, he was behind in climbing to the top till Kyle slipped. That one slip up gave him a chance to break away and make it first to the top.
Kyle frowned when he lost, he really wanted that chocolate bar. He could see it written all over Kyle's face when the wager was on. Both Kyle and him sat on top of the thick branches of the tree as Kiyro fished for the chocolate in his pocket. In all honesty, he had bought the chocolate for Kyle. It wasn't until Kyle had seen the large chocolate bar in his pocket that he had made the bet on the spot.
He chuckled to himself remembering how his brother was trying his best to convince him to give him the chocolate. Kyle gave up persuading him when he had lost the bet. It wasn't until Kiyro broke the chocolate in half and handed it to Kyle that Kyle's eyes brightened up into a smile as he gratefully received it. Throughout the night both of them stayed out gazing at the stars till their parents called them back into sleep.
Sometimes it was these fond memories that he wished he could go back and relive those moment again. The fun time when they were children with no care in the world. The only thing on their mind at that time was to go out and explore. From catching frogs, chasing birds and rabbits, sometimes even finding old caves that they stumbled upon. It truly was a fascinating time as they played cops and robbers or even pretending to become explorers from a fantastical world.
His mind shifted to the quest on hand with the cat people were still underway. He had given directions to M2 on where the Draconis Village was possibly located. The only problem was that they could not enter the Draconis Village without him being present. So whenever he logged out, he would find them a safe place to hide for the duration of the time.
M2 would go out and cover their tracks and kept them all well hidden. They were a couple of times when the soldiers almost stumbled upon them, but eventually they gave up and went back towards the city walls. Kiyro did not want to stay out to long, but meeting his brother was a priority. He probably would not get another chance like this in awhile if he thought about it.
A sudden snap of broken branch could be heard on his right. Kiyro turned his head towards the direction of the sound, but in the dark he could not see very well. Even though he had a perfect 20/20 vision even in the dark, the shadows blended perfectly with the darkness making everything into one big blob of black. For a moment he thought he saw a human silhouette dart across from him. His ears perked, and his senses were heightened ready to flee or fight.
Something told him in the back of his mind that something was not right. His brother would not need to sneak up on him, especially at the location that Kyle had set up. Kyle knew first hand that it was a bad idea to sneak up on him without any words. He had gotten a couple of bruises and got into some squabbles because of Kiyro's sudden reflexes. His hands were to his sides where hidden daggers, knives, and even a blade that he had hidden in his pants that were strapped to his thigh.
He listened carefully for any breaking twigs, and even for any sudden movements. His instincts were kicked up a notch, ready to fight or flight. In all honesty,he would rather not get into a fight at all and resolve things peacefully. But life does not always goes as planned and he tried his best to be ready for it.
A snap of the twig could be heard from the left from behind him. He twirled and out of instinct he swung his arms towards the direction of the noise. An unknown arm blocked him in an instant as another kick comes from the side. Kiyro tighten his muscles where he thought he would possibly get hit. He raised his knees blocking the powerful kick that gave him a horrible sting. He could feel a bruise forming in the spot that he was kicked. He was sure that the next one could possible break his ribs if he was not careful.
Kiyro sidestepped out of harm's way as two-five combo punches were aimed at his face and body. It was fast like a pro boxing punch, he had to step backwards numerous times, trying not to get hit by one of them. Even still, he felt a second presence behind him that aim for his legs. Jumping up like a cat, he dodge the incoming sweeping kick.
They were two people who covered their faces with a mask and wore black street clothes to blend in with the night. Kiyro could tell they were experienced fighters from their attacks and the way they held themselves. He had a very difficult time slipping through and dodging their attacks, especially in the forest where they were more obstacles that he had to watch out for. He was the type to pay attention to the surrounding for any possible obstacles that would trip him up if he needed to escape or to fight.
Kicks and punches came from both directions. Kiyro slipped in when he had the chance to strike. It was quick and simple with no exaggerated and wasted movements. His training and past street fight experiences kicked in allowing him to take a fatal strike. With a snap of his punch, he punched straight in the throat at the first attacker. The attacker collapsed forward, holding his throat, choking on his own spit.
With an elbow drop on the back of the first attacker's head, the attacker fell onto the floor unconscious. The second one came from behind as he grabbed Kiyro by the throat. Before the attacker could choke him out completely, his hands slipped in to stop the choking from even happening.
Both of them struggled with one another as they tried to overcome each other. Kiyro dropped down using his whole body weight, the sudden unexpected drop caused the attacker to fall forward. This gave Kiyro the chance to throw him over his shoulder as both of them rolled. He was able to slip out of the attackers choke and into a quick armbar. A snap could be heard as an arm was broken and a scream could be heard. Letting go, he rolled away giving him time to straddle the downed attacker. With a couple of fast but powerful punches, he rattled the brain of the attacker, causing him to blackout.
Kiyro sighed as he let down his clenched fist which was bloodied with both his blood and the attackers. Small cuts were littered all over his knuckles as relief washed over him. He looked down and searched the attacker's clothes looking for anything that could identify these people. Whoever they were, they were not Kyle.
It was odd that these attackers knew where his brother's meeting place were. What was worse, he got the feeling that these people were not here to steal from him but to retrieve him. Turning the man's jacket inside out, a triskele dragon like snake pin fell out of his jacket. An eye was in the middle of the the triskele as it stared back at him coldly with an unblinking. It was the same pin that he had found with an embedded information asking him to join to become the light that breaks through darkness and become heroes. A chill ran down his back as he felt danger.
Suddenly, he felt a sting on his neck. He raised up his hands and felt a small tranquilizer. His head felt light and woozy. The world spun around him, making it very difficult to keep his bearing. Falling face forward, he fell unconscious.
"Hey. You awake?" An unknown male's voice spoke over him. Kiyro slowly came to. His vision become clear and noticed an unknown young man hovering over him.
"Who are you?" Kiyro bolted up and shoved him hard against the wall. He was ready to snap the young man's neck to survive if he had too. Getting kidnapped and ferried away was not something he had not expected at all, especially because he was supposed to meet his brother.
"C-c-calm down." The young man stuttered. He tried his best to peel Kiyro's fingers away from his throat. "I'm j-j-just like you."
Kiyro let go, allowing the young man to breathe. He took a good look at the young man in front of him. He was not to tall nor short, his baggy clothes and glasses made him look like a nerd. Even his brown hair was curly and messy as if he got out of the bed. If only he took a bit care of himself, he would look decent. They were also a silver ring around his neck that had numbers written on it. Nothing about this young man screamed a dangerous killer or the people that attacked him at the night.
"My name is Daulton Lee. I been here for over three weeks now."
"What is this place?" Kiyro looked around. He was in a small comfortable room with two beds and desks. A large window was across the room, where blinds covered it shut. Only glimmers of light entered, and the rest were lit up with fluorescent light. Across from the window was a wooden door.
"It's some kind of academy."
"Yes, New recruits are brought in everyday."
"How many are present here?"
"I think about two hundred, from nine years old to thirty years old. Personally, I feel like this place is more like a private school from the activities that it does."
"What's the longest someone ever stayed here?"
"Um… Hmmm." Daulton scratched his chin. "The longest that I heard someone being here is five years. This should be the sixth year. You'll fit in just fine. A lot of people have been brought here. Though only a few are kidnapped like you."
"Wait, people actually willingly come here?"
"Yes. It's considered the number one facility for developing psychics."
"Hah?" Kiyro could not believe what he was hearing. An academy that delve and studies into the psychic realm.
"It is privately funded academy. Well you can call it a college I guess. I honestly don't know where we are located. We were put to sleep before we all arrived here. When you go outside, you'll be able to see that we are in the middle of the forest out in nowhere. By the way, you never told me your name."
"I'm Kiyro. I shouldn't be here. I was going to meet my brother when I got jumped. How did they know that we were going to meet me there?"
"So that's how they got you. They planned it."
"Excuse me?"
"I'm saying they sent out that message to get you alone. They've been watching you, waiting for the time to spirit you away."
"This is kidnapping. A federal offense. Who would go this far?"
"From my short stay here, I believe that there is something more that's going on here. I suggest to keep your profile low, especially if you have special psychic powers."
Kiyro stared at him strangely.
"I'm very serious. The powerful ones are experimented on and valued more than anything. They especially won't let you go if you are considered a valued material. Everyone here are psychics with abilities that's why you are brought here as well."
"This feels like I'm straight out of a comic."
"Buddy this is nothing compared to the comics. This is real."
Kiyro felt something uncomfortable on his neck. He reached up his hands and felt cold metallic ring around his neck. "What?"
"I wouldn't pull it if I were you."
"It's encased with poison. If you pull it off, or even speak about this academy it's going to inject a lethal dose of poison into your system and kill you."
Alarmed Kiyro peeled his hands away from the ring around his neck and gulped. He was in a serious predicament that put his life on the line. Whoever these people were that ferried him away were mentally disturbed, especially if they put a collar on him.
"I'm dead serious. I've seen someone die trying to tell someone in the outside world. This is not a joke."
"These people are insane. They really want to keep us here forever."
Someone knocked on their door and the door creaked open. A women stood in front of their door. She was wearing a white lab coat with glasses. Her golden locks were tightly in a bun as she smiled. Both of them whirled around to see her standing there.
"Welcome. You must be Mr. Koga. My name is Angela."
Kiyro wearily stared at her. He was not pleased that he was kidnapped and brought to an unknown place. "What do you want? Why am I here?"
"I'm sorry in their behalf for the rough treatment. We didn't plan for you to get into a fight. They were only supposed to negotiate to bring you here."
"So you think I would now?"
"Absolutely not."
"Then let me go."
"We can't let you till we know for sure that you have psychic power or not."
Kiyro crossed his arms and leaned towards one leg. The conversation that he was talking with this chick sounded totally crazy. Psychic. Him? "You must of gotten the wrong person. I'm no psychic."
"No, we are sure you are one. Everyone who had gotten the Seed in the game of Growth all have some form of psychic power. Not one had failed the test. We have been monitoring and searching for all Seeded players in America and throughout the world. Some people had their abilities awaken a little earlier than you, but eventually you too were given an ability as well."
"You are basing one psychic power by the Seed that one gotten in the game of Growth? Do you know how crazy you sound?"
"Yes, to the normal people who does not understand that the game of Growth is more than just a game would think such a thought. The Alive Gear is a machine that was created with the sole purpose to bring people into a virtual world, but later on it was found out that it had the ability to stimulate one's brain causing one to awaken to their inner ability. Only a few people know this."
"This whole time the Yami Hikari game company have been doing illegal experiments on people?" Kiyro had a hard time believing such ludicrous tale. This was truly out of a sci-fi story and he was smack in the middle of it.
"Yami Hikari Company? Please do not compare us with them. We are a totally different private company that has nothing to do with them. They don't know anything about the Seeders being psychic's. It was our group that found out that the Seeders were blooming psychic's. Now if you would follow me. We will get you situated into your new life."
Angela straightened up, turned around and left. Daulton motioned his head to follow. Kiyro was hesitant in going with strangers, but so far he had no information that he know of the surroundings that could help him escape. He needed to plan out his route carefully or he would not get another chance.
"I was just like you when I came here too. Confused, Angry, and lost. It took awhile to get use to this place, but you're definitely going to like the setup they have here. It's truly the top of the line for the gaming world."
"Gaming world? I'm not following you."
"Look." Daulton pointed towards the clear glasses windows where they were passing by. On the other side he saw dozens of egg shape pods were placed in a straight line. Inside each pods were humans hook up into the machines. They all had on the Sense Gear helmet mixed with an oxygen mask on their face. Rubber swim suits tuck perfectly on their whole body with lines connected to their skin. All of them were floating inside the middle of the egg, filled to the brim with water. Each one of them moving in odd movements as if they were fighting, running, or even climbing.
"What are they doing?"
"That's the new machine called the EMBYRO Type II Machine. It is supposed to help the body not deteriorate when playing in the game of Growth. We would be using that as well when we enter into the game. It helps strengthen our body from all that movement that we do in the game and it transfers to your own body. I've tried it out and it was pretty cool. That's not all, you get a balanced diet curtailed to your specific body needs.."
"This all sound great and dandy but don't you want to leave this place?"
Daulton thought it over for a moment. "Yes I do, but I also want to see how far I can push myself into this so called psychic power. Don't you think it's so cool? We are like superheroes in the making."
Something about what Daulton had stated had made him worry. A school where budding psychics were being trained and even fed well. An illegal operation where people are kidnapped to be experimented on. This could only spell trouble. He did not know what these people would want them to do later on. Nothing was ever given freely, especially for a facility with a top of the line equipment.Whatever these people's purpose was, he had a very bad nagging feeling that it was not good.
"We get to play the game twenty-four seven if we wanted too. Actually they recommend that you play everyday." Daulton stated excitedly.
Angela stopped in front of an glass door and waited for it to open. She raised up her pass that allowed the door to open. They followed her into a small room, where another person with a white coat was hunched over jotting something down on paper.
"Alex." Angela called out towards the man.
Kiyro eyes widened when he heard the name. What surprised him the most was that he knew the face that stared back at him. It was Alex.
"Kiyro?" Alex stared confused at him. "What are you doing here?"
"You guys know each other?" Angela asked. She a bit too delighted in Kiyro's opinion.
"Yes. He's someone I know very well."
"What are you doing here?" Kiyro hissed. His face darkened at the thought of Alex being part of the crazy group that kidnapped him here.
"Me? I'm a temporarily replacement doctor that just arrived today."
"You are? You're not with them?" Kiyro shook his head towards Angela.
"No. Why would I be? I'm here for a temporary job."
"Oh." Kiyro sighed with relief. He was immensely glad that he knew someone here that wasn't truly part of the lunatic group.
"It's quite shocking that even Eve is here. What are the chances of that?"
"Eve's here?" Kiyro asked in disbelief.
"I just did a check up on her not to long ago. I think they were also other familiar faces present here as well. What was that famous Hercules guild leader's name again?" Alex twirled his pen and tapped it a couple times onto the desk.
"Ah yes. Will. I saw him eating at the cafeteria not to long ago."
Kiyro went silent. The number of people that was brought to this strange academy that he knew of gave him relief and worry. He wondered if they were kidnapped and brought here or made the decision to come here themselves.
"I'm shocked to see that you have made the decision to come here. I thought you were the type who would decline such a strange offer."
"I was kidnapped." Kiyro glared at Angela.
"Kidnapped? That's strange. I thought everyone came here freely."
"That what they all want you to believe."
"We only did this for your protection." Angela spoke. She pulled out a small digital phone from her pocket and handed it to Alex. "Please get a blood sample."
"If you don't mind." Alex patted on the chair for Kiyro to sit. Kiyro sat down and pulled his sleeves backwards for Alex to draw out blood. "This won't hurt. Unless you are afraid of needles."
Kiyro shook his head. "No, just get it over with."
"Good to hear."
"I'll be waiting outside." Angela left first leaving behind Daulton, Kiyro, and Alex together in one room.
Kiyro scooted closer towards Alex and spoke in a low voice for only them to hear. "Is she always like that? I feel like in her eyes, we're like some kind of test animals to be experimented on. If she stared any longer, I felt like she'll be able to look into my soul. Is there anyway for me to get out of here? My sister is going to be worried about me."
"Like I said. I only been here a day. From what I heard, messages has been already sent to one's respective family. Everything will be fine on your family side."
"But I didn't sign up for this."
"Look, I'm sorry to hear that but I suggest to keep your head down and bid your time. My hands are tied behind my back. I'm only here because I'm forced too."
Kiyro thought it over and listened to Alex's advice. It seem like Alex was just like him in some way.
"If from my understanding, this academy is a place for psychic research development. I suggest you to use whatever disposable that you have to learn the things that they have to offer. It doesn't hurt to see what could be used as your asset."
"I'm not so sure I would want to. Worst case scenario this place could turn into a mental institute."
"Possibly, If I do find anything, I'll look for you."
"Thanks." Kiyro felt a little relieved to know that someone he knew was here in this academy. Better yet, Eve and Will was present somewhere in this academy as well.
"You're all done for now." Alex turned around and began writing on his paper. "Daulton Lee is it?" He look up towards Daulton.
"Please take a seat. I need to do a quick blood draw from you."
"But I did one when I first arrived here."
"We are doing a bi-weekly check to see if there are any changes to your body."
"Oh. At this rate you guys will be taking all my blood like a vampire."
"We don't need that much blood Mr. Lee."
"Just call me Daulton."
"Well Daulton, we're all done for now." Alex finished drawing blood from Daulton and placed a small bandage on it. Daulton brushed his clothes aside and stood up.
"Thanks Alex. I'll see you around."
"Good meeting you. I'll see you in the game."
"I'll be looking forward to that." Kiyro stepped out of the room and into the hallway. Angela was waiting patiently as she look through her tablet. On it he saw a glimpse of list of people's name written on it. He slightly leaned forward and caught a momentary what she was reading. Above the list of names were a words: Project Revelation.
Project Revelation? Kiyro rolled the word over in his mind. Something about the project made him uncomfortable. Whatever it was he getting a bad vibe from it.
"It took a bit too long. We are a bit behind schedule, let's get on with it." Angela look up and said with a stern voice.
"What's her problem?" Daulton whispered. "It's like she got a stick up her butt."
"I heard that Mr. Lee."
"See what I mean." Daulton elbowed him as he mumbled towards Kiyro with a smirk.
"What we are going to do first is to feed you and wash you up for the first game run. This way."
They walked through the winding path of the hallway and eventually came up to the cafeteria. It was bustling with a large crowds where many variety of races from different countries were present. Angela stopped in front of the entrance to the cafeteria. "This is the cafeteria, go get yourself something to eat. I would be expecting you to come to the Gaming Room G in the next hour. Mr. Lee, please show Mr. Koga the way when you are all cleaned up and fed. Now if you'll excuse me." Angela left in a hurry.
"She's a fine looking women, especially her chest. I haven't seen such a large rack in a even though her attitude is dislikeable. What can you say, these crackpots think they own this place just because of their fancy white coats." Daulton shook his head and then he sniffed the air. He gulped. "They have meatloaf today. I'm starved." Daulton grinned happily. He went first to grab himself a tray. Kiyro walked behind him scanning around him for a familiar face. Picking up a tray he walked in line for a plate of food. With a splatter the food was plopped in his tray. Bread and milk was picked up next as he continued down the line picking up a chip next.
"Kiyro this way." Daulton motioned him over for him to follow him to a round table.
Kiyro placed his food on the table and sat across from Daulton. Two other people sat in the small round table quietly eating their food. They look up towards Kiyro and Daulton.
"Hey Daulton. Who is this?"
"This is Kiyro. Kiyro meet Ken and Sylvia."
"We have new blood gracing our presence." Sylvia smiled. "Lately there is more new bloods coming in every few days. I wouldn't be surprised sooner or later this place is going to overrun with newbies."
"If they only knew what they were getting themselves into."
"What would that be?" Kiyro asked. He was curious on what Ken had to say.
"Just think of this as joining an organization of modern day superheroes."
"You kidding me right? Superhero?"
"Yep, that could be another way you could say it."
"We're not going to go out and start saving people are we? We're not bulletproof."
"Don't listen to him." Sylvia bumped him with her shoulder. "He into fantasy movies and gets these crazy ideas that we are some kind of superheroes."
"We are. Think about it. Why do you think we are at this psychic academy? It's to become modern day superheros."
"Yea. Yea. Just eat." Sylvia rolled her eyes. "So far not a single one of us has such a extraordinary power."
"You'll be surprised. I heard there is a breakthrough where someone can move objects with their mind. They say about a good five feet." Ken replied,
"Five feet? Come on. What are you going to do with five feet? Throw a stick at someone?"
"Think about it. If someone can move things with their minds what do you think they can do if they have stronger psychic powers? They could probably shoot down a plane for crying out loud."
"What it's true. Haven't you seen those superhero movies where a powerful psychic could move a whole plane with just her mind?"
"That's a movie Ken. This is reality."
Kiyro couldn't help but quietly listen in on the two bickering. "I'm just asking out of curiosity. What supposed psychic power do you guys even have?"
Both of them stopped talking and turned towards Kiyro.
"I'm an empath." Ken replied chirpily. "Or rather you can say I can feel the same emotions that you can. Almost like harmonizing with your emotional wave length. Though I would personally like the ability to move objects more than anything. Sylvia here is a highly tuned clairsentience or what I like to call a know it all."
"Excuse me. I'm not a know-it-all. I just have a knack for knowing the truth. The answers just drop in my head without a reason."
"See, what I told you. A know it all."
"I heard that," Sylvia growled.
"What about you Daulton?" Daulton was chugging food in his mouth happily eating his meatloaf. He gulped down the food and smirked. "I'm a pyrokinetic."
"A what?"
"A fire user. I can start fire if I put my mind to it without even using a match." Daulton proudly stated.
"I personally recommend using a match or lighter to start things. His would take a good thirty minutes. It's a waste of an ability if I might say so myself," said Sylvia.
"It's not a waste. I'm just budding into my abilities. You'll see. One day, with just a snap of my fingers, I'll be able to start a fire."
Kiyro was quite skeptical at what they were talking about, but from everyone gathered here for a reason of being a psychic, he had more difficulties in not believing it to be real. Whatever it was he wanted to know how they were able to use their so called psychic powers.
"I heard that Jergorian had broke through the Electric storm with his guild in the Electric Continent's lands and succeeded in capturing an old castle that was taken over by an old vampire," said Ken.
"I'm not surprised. It wouldn't be the first. I had my eyes on Jergorian's ability to succeed in getting a castle," Daulton nodded. He took a bite out of his food.
"I heard he's aiming to take over the whole Electric Continent under his rulership."
"That's not a surprise, but I thought they weren't many civilizations out there in the other Continent's."
"You wouldn't believe it but they are surviving human civilizations out their that have been enslaved by the dark forces. I heard he had rounded up the slaves and freed them."
"Well, he is considered number one for a reason." Daulton sip on his drink. "At the rate they are conquering quests from left to right, I wouldn't be surprised they haven't already started a settlement. I'm betting that it would become really big."
"He's so lucky. I wish I conquered a castle and begin building my own kingdom," said Sylvia. She sip on her drink and placed it on the table. "It would be nice to rule over a land. I'm still stuck in the Mt. Dea's Dungeon trying to finish a simple quest, but it's not easy as it sounds."
"There are other large guilds out there that have taken over small castles around the Electric Continent. I even heard that the Killemall Guild is trying to take over multiple villages in the Fire Continent in the No Man's Land."
"Seriously? Isn't he aiming a bit to high? Wouldn't it be more practical to be starting a village out in the Electric Continent than taking over a castle that's being backed by a large army?"
"I think that's exactly the reason." Daulton replied. He gulped his food and drank a sip of his water to clear his throat. "He's trying to unify the whole Troll race himself and create a kingdom from there. You know as well as I that in the No Man's land, there is no king. If he did unify the whole Troll race under his flag, think about how fearsome his power would be. He could probably start a war with the neighboring Kingdom and take it over."
"Isn't he a bit too greedy," said Sylvia.
"No. I would do the same thing if I was the troll. Think about it, having hundreds of thousands of followers one would have at his command if he succeeds, Plus, it's never been done before in the whole Fire Continent. Trolls are known to never come under the same banner from their blood lust. He would be the first Troll King in existences."
"It's all well and dandy and all but what about Lily Have you heard anything that has been going on with the WaterRose guild?" asked Sylvia. "I been following her since her accomplishment with the Fire Lizard King battle in the Volcano dungeon. There hasn't been much news about her since the World Quest."
"Sylvia here is a fan of the WaterRose Guild. If you check her room, she has poster of her stick to her wall all over the place. It's truly frightening if you get under her radar. If you know what I mean." Ken smirked as he told Kiyro.
"Look, I just admire her accomplishments. Their nothing wrong in collecting posters." Sylvia scowled.
"I never said they were anything wrong with it."
"I've seen you ogle at her pictures too. Not too long ago, I caught you red handed in sneaking away a poster of her in your room too."
"I'm a guy. It's normal."
"Uh-huh." Sylvia rolled her eyes. "I'm not surprised if you took it and added to your porn collection that you hide underneath your bed."
''It's a guy's thing. It's none of your business."
"I'm a healthy young male. There's nothing wrong with me having an hot picture of a girl. We all have our types."
"Anyways," Daulton couldn't help but chuckled under his breath, "there have been some rumors going around that they are trying to take over the City of Diadem for themselves."
"What?" Both Ken and Sylvia exclaimed at the same time. The cafeteria had become momentarily silent from their loud outburst. Both of them look around embarrassed.
"You've got to be kidding me right? The City of Diadem is considered the number one spot that has the highest number of human population in the whole continent. Water Rose Guild will need triple the amount of soldiers to take over the city if they want to even succeed," said Sylvia.
"Look, it's just a rumor. There hasn't been any known facts about it at all. It just that the New King has been trying to get the Draconis Library back these past couple of days. Someone had seen a Water Rose Guild member next to him on and off. That's where the rumor had started from."
Kiyro listened intently. He was three-fourth of the way done with his food. When Daulton brought up the Draconis Library, he needed every kind of information that he could get to keep it safe. Especially from enemies that were trying to steal what he had work hard to earn.
"Draconis Library? Are you talking about the so called flying library that is stationed at the City of Diadem?"
"Yea that one."
"I never visited that Library yet, though I definitely want to visit it soon."
"I'm not sure you would be able to find it anymore."
"The whole Library just vanished into thin air."
"You kidding me, right? How the heck does something so big disappear like that?"
"I don't know but there is a large sum of money for any information about the Draconis Library if we do find it."
"How much?" Ken leaned over.
"Fifty gold for every information that has a solid fact to it. One hundred gold coins in eradication of the Drezo Regalia's living on the Draconis Library. Especially if you bring their crystal heart you get a bonus of fifty gold coins for each one. The best one is five hundred gold coin in killing the Black and Gold Dragon. Supposedly they are rumors that if you get his crystal heart you would gain tremendous amount of power."
Ken fell backward onto his chair amazed at the sheer amount of gold one could obtain just from killing a Drezo Regalia. He raised his arms and pulled back his hair. "Wow. The new king is serious about this isn't he?"
"Wait, isn't a Drezo Regalia a dragon?" Silvia asked. "I'm sure it is a dragon. It came up on the Growth website for a new playable species."
"It is, but from the looks of it I personally believe that the odds are against them especially since they are large bounties on their heads. The only area that they can spawn from is the Draconis Village that I heard so much about."
"I don't know about that. It's been quite a hot topic for newbies to go in and become a dragon. I would take the chances to become one like the legends. Think about it, you'll be able to fly around in the sky and even come down and create massive amount of havoc that a normal being can not do."
"That does sound fun."
"I heard that the black and gold dragon kills children and eat them up for dinner," said Daulton. He whip his spoon around accentuating his words.
Kiyro splurted out water from the sudden accusation that Daulton had stated. He wiped his mouth and stared up at Daulton. "I think you got your facts wrong."
"Really? I thought I was up to date on it."
"Drezo Regalia's don't eat children."
"How are you so sure? Did you meet one?"
"Well, you know one of my friends is a Drezo Regalia in the game. They said that they don't do anything of that sort nor does the black and gold dragon."
"Really? I didn't know that. Do tell, is it true that the dragons are as tall as the mountain or even have piles and piles of gold?" Daulton asked excitedly. His eyes twinkled at the thought of treasures and even possibly hearing about some tales.
"I'm not so sure about the mountain size dragons yet. I haven't seen one so far. The piles of gold is a lie. For starter players no one has that much gold in their account."
"Damn. My dreams are shattered. Do you think you could show us to your friend?"
"What why not?"
"Because their is a high chance that you might kill him for his crystal heart. I don't like player killers."
"Look. I swear I won't kill him. I just want to meet one."
"That's what they all say in the beginning."
"You're no fun."
"Nothing I can do about that can I."
"Fine. Then tell us about the black and gold dragon that people has been talking about. How tall is it? What powers have you seen it use? Do all dragons use fire?"
"One question at a time. So far that I know of is that all dragon use fire, but there are always exception to the rule. I don't have much to tell you about the black and gold dragon except that I have only seen it in the battle during the battle with Lilith."
"That's it. No other information?"
Kiyro shrugged. He was careful in telling them any more information that could put his small village in danger. Especially now he got another bounty on his head this time by the Kingdom of Terra just for having the Draconis Library. Telling them even a single clue to the wereabouts of the village could be fatal.
Daulton sighed. "I wish I chosen the path of the dragons. I should of waited." He groaned. "I'm not sure now if I'll ever even be given a chance to now ride one. We better get going. I know for a fact these scientists or whatever you call them don't like us being tardy."
Kiyro got up and picked up his tray. He felt full and satisfied that he was able to eat. He didn't know how hungry he was until he finished devouring his food. "Well, its nice to meet you."
"Same. Hopefully we'll be seeing each other in game." Sylvia waved her hands goodbye.
"Don't let Daulton suck you in into doing anything. He has a knack for that."
"I do not." Daulton glared at them.
Both Daulton and Kiyro went to the counter where all the trays were left for the kitchen people to pick up and clean. Then they walked out of the cafeteria and headed for their destination where Angela had stated for them to meet.
"You are going to like what we are going to next."
"That is?"
"We're going to go play the game. You remember that giant egg machine? That's what we are going to go and play in."
"I see." Kiyro actually was interested in what the giant egg had to offer. Was it exactly like the Sense gear or was it even better?
Both Kiyro and Daulton passed through large glass windows where hundreds of other Embryo Type II machines were placed. A good majority of them was filled with people already playing in the game of Growth. They stopped in front of the glass door as it automatically opened by itself. Sitting in a chair in front of a desk was Angela with her legs crossed over. She twirled around on her rotating chair and faced them.
In the same room, there were ten Embryo Type II machines present in two rows of five. From a closer look at the Embryo Type II machine he noticed a couple of peculiarities about the machine. It look like an chicken egg with a fetus in the middle of it. A good portion of the Embryo was made of glass where one could see into it.
The most interesting part of the Embryo Type II Machine was that it was able to get snippets of its pictures through the player's eyes taken in their virtual adventures. It did not compare to his O.M ability of recording everything in real time. He noticed for some reason that the even the Embryo Type II could not record anything in the game of Growth. He assumed that something was blocking the outside recording to be able to take place.
Five of the Embryo machines were mostly filled with people that he did not know, except for one. In one of the machines closest to the wall was Will. He had to double check to see if his eyes were not playing with him. It was Will floating in the Embryo Type II machine playing the game of Growth.
"You are late by five minutes. Make it into a habit to coming here on time Mr. Lee and Mr. Koga. We have schedule that we need to follow." Angela clicked her ball point pen a couple of times in irritation. "Go get washed up in the next room. Your clothes is waiting for you there. Mr. Daulton show him the way."
"Yes, mam."
Daulton motioned him towards the small hallway where it was split into two directions. One way was for the female and the other for a male. Daulton pushed the door opened for the door that lead to the male bathroom. When Kiyro stepped inside he was quite amazed on how nicely built the bathroom was built. They were showers that were divided for personal use. Hanging on the walls across the shower were the black suits that Kiyro saw other players wearing inside the Embryo.
"Soap is on the wall. Towels are over there next to the suits. Whenever you are finished just go back out."
"Is this all necessary?"
"Apparently so. I'm guessing that they don't want stinky suits or their precious water being contaminated. In all honesty, you start to feel disgusting after you stay in the suit for a long periods of time. That's why we take another quick shower and let them deal with sanitizing it for the next use."
"It's that bad?"
"Yea. The longest one ever stays inside was forty-eight hours nonstop. It become so unhygienic that they installed a filtration system so you could use the bathroom if something like that happens again. With that being said let's get this over with. You look as if disaster struck and been living out in the wild for days."
"That's not too bad. Here I thought someone hasn't changed out of his clothes and his underwear for a month."
" I feel like I'm going to throw up the food that I just ate just hearing that." Kiyro thought he would hurl.
"My bad. I didn't mean to. I recommend taking a long shower, but the lady with a stick up her ass might actually come in here to drag you out if you take to long."
"I'm not sure I would like that."
Kiyro went ahead and started to peel off his dirty clothes. Now that he thought about it, he had not changed from his rough tumble with the two people last night. Looking down his clothes were dirtied and even ripped in some places. He placed them in the basket as he stepped into the shower. A hot jet stream of water hit his bare skin making him wince backwards. He wasn't expecting hot water to be the first thing to hit his skin. Usually, he would experience a jet of cold water then slowly hot.
Kiyro took a quick shower, slipped into his new clothes, and went back out. Angela was busily maintaining three Embryo Machines for use. He wondered who the third person that was going to join.
"Well Mr. Koga, it seems you are ready to do a test trial of the Embryo Machine. There are a couple of things that you need to know. The first rule is that either in game or in real life no one is allowed to tell where this academy is located nor anything about it. If you fail to follow this rule, you will die."
Kiyro shifted uncomfortably. He as not to keen on dying anytime soon. He needed a way out of this place and find his brother.
"The second rule is that every two week their is going to be an evaluation that you need to go and attend. You will have a supervisor that you need to go to and relate your information. Finally, the day is divided into three categories. The first nine hours you will play in the game of Growth, the next three hours you will be taking classes. You can take your meals in-between and the rest of the hours includes sleeping and your own free time. This machine will be specifically your machine. No other people would be able to use it because it would be registered to you. Now go in and step into the Machine and we will start."
Reaching up towards the Machine, Kiyro pulled himself in. He felt odd being enclosed. The Sense Gear came down onto his head and clicked onto his suit. He felt an electrifying feeling throughout his whole body as if it became one with the machine.
"You'll have enough space to move around inside the Embryo unit."
The glasses of the Embryo machine slowly came down and cover his vision.
"Your supervisor will be Angel." Angela look over his shoulder behind her. "Here he is."
Kiyro's eyes became wide with alert. He held in a gasp when he saw Angel. It was the same man that he saw in the game world. No, he knew that time was not just the game world, but the real world.
The man was wearing the same suit as Kiyro with his hair slicked back and a silver cross dangling on his side stepped towards Angela. The glass closed and locked into place keeping Kiyro in and Angel on the other side.
A killer playing the game? Kiyro couldn't help but wonder why this man who had murdered so many people would go into the game world. What was his reason in the first place to even come here. Did Angel remembered who he was at the college.
"Well, what do we have here?" Angel smiled as he looked directly at Kiyro.
Kiyro felt a shiver run down his whole back as he froze. Luke warm water splashed all around him as it slowly had begun to fill up. He could see Angel and Angela talking among themselves over something he had difficulty in hearing because of the rush of water streaming in from all sides.
"New blood?"
"You could say something like that." Angela nodded. "I'm surprised that you are here so soon. I thought you didn't want to take part in this experiment."
"You know me. If I find something interesting to take part, I'll go in head first. I can see why BlackStar takes interest in this game."
"Really? I find it fascinating as well. You could say it's like a second world."
"A second world it shall be to the people, but our goal is not to live in this virtual world. We got things that we need to do."
"Yes. I've been keeping track."
"That's wonderful to hear." Angel stared towards Kiyro curiously.
"How-?" Kiyro mumbled as he was astonish that he would meet the same guy that he had met by chance. He remembered it as if it was just yesterday that he felt himself become almost sucked into Angel's devilish words. Either it be fate or coincidence, he had met this man now three times. Now his fate was entangled directly with Angel who was his supervisor. Their eyes made contact, giving Kiyro the shivers.
The world around him slowly became black. His eyes droopy as Kiyro was brought into the game of Growth. The last thing that stuck into his mind was what the hell was he going to do now.


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Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement/Busher, Leonard
BUSHER, LEONARD (fl. 1614), pioneer of religious toleration, appears to have been a citizen of London who spent some time in 'exile' at Amsterdam, where he seems to have made the acquaintance of John Robinson (1576?–1625) [q. v.], the famous pastor of the pilgrim fathers, and probably of John Smith (d. 1612) [q. v.], the se-baptist. He adopted in the main the principles of the Brownists, and after his return to England Busher apparently became a member of the congregation of Thomas Helwys [q. v.], and published in 1614 his treatise advocating religious toleration. In it he speaks of his poverty, due to persecution, which prevented his publishing two other works he had written: (1) 'A Scourge of small Cords wherewith Antichrist and his Ministers might be driven out of the Temple;' and (2) 'A Declaration of certain False Translations in the New Testament.' Neither of these books appears to have been published, nor is any manuscript known to be extant.
Busher's only published work was entitled 'Religious Peace; or, a Plea for Liberty of Conscience, long since presented to King James and the High Court of Parliament then sitting, by L. B., Citizen of London, and printed in the year 1614;' but no copy of this edition is known. It was, however, reissued in 1646 (London, 4to), with an epistle 'to the Presbyterian reader' by H. B., probably Henry Burton [q. v.] This edition was licensed for the press by John Bachiler, who was on that account ferociously attacked by Edwards (Gangræna, iii. 102–5). A reprint of this edition, with an historical introduction by Edward Bean Underhill (d. 1901), was issued by the Hanserd Knollys Society in 1846. Busher's book 'is certainly the earliest known publication in which full liberty of conscience is openly advocated' (Masson, Milton, iii. 102). He was apparently acquainted with the original Greek of the New Testament, and his book is an earnest and ably written plea for religious toleration. It has been suggested that James I was influenced by it when he declared to parliament in 1614, 'No state can evidence that any religion or heresy was ever extirpated by the sword or by violence, nor have I ever judged it a way of planting the truth.'
[Underhill's Introd. to reprint in Hanserd Knollys Soc. 1846; Masson's Milton, iii. 102–5, 432; Hanbury's Hist. Mem. relating to the Independents, i. 224; Morley's Life of Cromwell, 1900, p. 158.]

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WATERTOWN, NY — Shannon N. Hamer, 31, Watertown, was charged by Watertown police at 7:47 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, at 1708 Ohio St. with disorderly conduct.
Police allege she attempted to fight another person and had to be held back by other people in the area. "The defendant also attempted to pass a police officer in an attempt to try to fight the person again," police wrote.
She was being held at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building on $100 police bail pending arraignment Monday morning in City Court.


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We can always count on the geeks over at iFixit to buy the latest and greatest gadgets and then tear them up so we can see what they look like on the inside. It's nice to see someone else open up their gadgets giving us a glimpse at how things are packaged and how repairable the device might be should we ever need to get into it on our own
iFixit used a heat gun, plastic opening tools, a spudger, and a T4 torx screwdriver, a T5 torx, and a set of iFixit Guitar Picks to open the tablet up.
Under its hood, iFixit found the following chips:
- NVIDIA 1.4 GHz Tegra 3 Processor
- Samsung KLMBG4GE4A 32 GB NAND Flash
- Micron 2RE22 D9QBJ 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM
- Texas Instruments TPS659110 power management IC
- Marvell 88W8797-BMP2 wireless MIMO SoC
- Wolfson 8962E low power audio codec
- Cypress Semiconductor CY8C20466A capacitive touchscreen controller
In fact, they found multiple touchscreen controllers – presumably to help detect inputs from the touch cover keyboard as well as the screen. One of the components that's most likely to fail over time in any gadget is the battery. It appears that while the battery is glued in, it is removable and said to be easier to remove than the battery of the iPad. Though that certainly doesn't mean that the Surface tablet is easy to repair. iFixit rates the Surface tablet on repairability scale as 4/10 with 10 being the easiest to repair and 1 being the hardest. This is only slightly better than the nearly impossible-to-service iPad series.
I can't help but wonder each time I see one of these tear downs of a new gadget if they're able to put it back together so it works again.
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Notebook name: water_intake_profile_calculator.ipynb
This notebook will calculate the water intake profile vs time of a sample.
This application is still under heavy development. The look of the UI will differ from the screenshot you can see in this tutorial and features are added on a regular basis. The tutorial will be fully rewrite once the development is done.
Here are the steps (bold for user input/manipulation)
If you need help accessing this notebook, check the How To > Start the python notebooks tutorial.
Need help using the IPTS selector?
Select the images you want to process using the File Selector. Once you click the Select button, the time stamp and the images will be automatically loaded. Wait for the progress bar to be done.
Need help using the File Selector?
It's possible to resize or move any of the plots.
By default, all the images are sorted using their time stamps. But in some cases (old IPTS), the time stamp may be wrong. So It's possible to:
You can select the profile algorithm to use (to integrate over the x-axis of the region selected) using the profile algorithms available
The profile is calculated using the following method:
By default the water intake profile display the position of the "wave" as a pixel number vs the time. But it's also possible to display this one using a real dimension (mm). To do so, just click the water intake y_axis -> distance check box and define the dimension of the pixel.
In the new version of the application, it is now possible to specify the direction of integration of the profiles. Select either y_axis or x_axis to change this direction.
It's possible to chose between 2 different algorithms to calculate the "wave" front position.
This method is fully demonstrated in this PDF document
The signal is fitted using a modified version of the error function as shown here
You can now select a 3rd algorithm based on the following python library (changepy)
For very poor statistics data, you can rebin the data by 2, 3 or more pixels. This will decrease the resolution of the water intake peak position, but will improve its calculation by the various algorithms (sliding average, error function, …)
You can export the following data
For Advanced Users. keep reading!
If you want to play yourself with the data loaded, you can easily access all the data and metadata loaded
list_of_data = o_gui.dict_data['list_data']
list_of_files = o_gui.dict_data['list_images']
list_of_time_stamp = o_gui.dict_data['list_time_stamp']
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There is much more to this company than just a funny name - douchebags is a movement. The Norwegian company is on a mission to make travel easier.
In 2009 Jon Olsson, a pioneer of freestyle skiing and Truls Brataas, a product designer, met surfing. The two minds struck it off immediately and The Douchebag was born. The Douchebag is a product like no other. A ski bag like no other: lighter, stronger and more packable. Since 2012, when production began, Jon Olsson has travelled the world with his trusty Douchebag.
douchebags started with one product, the Douchebag. A multiple award-winning ski bag and 'the best ski bag ever made', according to Outside Magazine. The Douchebag extends up to two metres and folds down to a fraction of its size when not in use. The Douchebag is complimented by the Slim Jim, another folding ski bag, but even more compact. The Slim Jim and The Douchebag are two of the lightest wheeled snowboard or ski bags on the market.
The luggage line also features the Big Bastard and Little Bastard. These two follow the douchebag's heritage of quality and quirky names. The Big Bastard is 90-litres, durable and lightweight - ideal for longer trips. The Little Bastard is of equal quality and has 60-litres of storage. The Hugger 30L and 60L are designed as every day, carry-on luggage. The newest addition to The douchebags family is the Explorer. The skiing and snowboarding knowledge of The douchebags team has crafted a minimal, yet fully equipped, skiing backpack - great for on and off the hill.
What separates The Douchebag from an ordinary ski or snowboard bag? douchebags follow the fine tradition of Scandinavian design. Each bag looks sleek and stylish, but it's not all for
douchebags have five design principles:
• Adjustability – Bags are length- and capacity- adjustable, ready for your gear.
• Easy to Carry – Straps and handles make carrying your douchebag a breeze.
• Protection – ABS 'ribs' keep your equipment safe.
• Low weight – Who needs heavy baggage? Avoid extra charges with the lightest bags about.
• Compressible – all douchebags roll up or pack down to a fraction of their size.
The five design principles have been carefully crafted. The masterminds behind douchebags, Jon and Truls, surveyed 150 skiers and snowboarders, baggage handlers and airline companies. Add to the mix The Norwegian University of Science and Technology and you have both brains and experience. All of these minds together have begun to redefine travel.
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Sun, 19 May 2013
It's the third season premiere of The Nosleep Podcast! We're back and kicking off a new season with four tales, all featuring young kids and the frightening things they experience and sometimes cause.
The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first tale.
"In the Darkness of the Fields" written by Edward Warren and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:03:45)
"Poor Little Babysitter" written by Cliff Barlow and read by Travis Newton. (Story starts at 00:34:55)
"The Soul Game" written by Christopher Bloodworth and read by Nina Jacobs. (Story starts at 00:50:00)
"The House with Painted Doors" written by Leon Chan and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:05:55)
Podcast produced by: David Cummings
Music by: David Cummings
This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2013.
Direct download: EpisodeS03E01.mp3
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Kim Kardashian has released her own line of emojis called "Kimoji" that she has reportedly been working on with a team with a team for the past two years. The set of emojis includes 250 different images, many of which are directly relevant to Kim including her face, body, some Yeezy boost sneakers, speech bubbles with words like "basic", and even a waist trainer.
The $1.99 app was launched this week but apparently so many went to download it that there was an issue with the app store.
I can't believe so many people downloaded my KIMOJI app that it affected the entire app store!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 21, 2015
Many of Kim's fans were tweeting the issues that they were experiencing with the app that extended beyond downloading it and for some people it just working right. Kim made sure to keep people updated throughout the process.
"We worked so hard on this app & we know there are some issues due to the massive downloads that the whole tech team is working on. My KIMOJI app will be up and running again soon! They are also working on fixing the search so u can easily find it!"
Some people might be having some issues with the app but the Kardashian family sure isn't. Shortly after the app launched the sisters started posting screenshots of text message conversations they were having with the help of the new emojis, presumably to demonstrate how they can be fit into normal conversation and increase interest.
The app is currently the top trending app under the paid section of the app store, so it's safe to say that some people feel like their communication will be enhanced (or at least become more entertaining) with the addition of Kim's rear end to their emoji collection.


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We all know that carpets give a cool look and character to our houses. But carpets can also become really dirty real quick due to the dust buildup and stains from various things.
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Interview with Robert Fowler and Rita Rhen
Although always surrounded by music in his childhood, Robert H Fowler followed his parent's advice and became an electrical engineer. He was working as an engineer and studying gymnastics as a hobby when his coach suggested he take a dance class. Someone in his class offered him a job dancing in Las Vegas and he never looked back. Although that job fell through it freed him from his previous life and set him on the path to a career as a dancer, a singer, and an actor. Rita Rhen was not only a working professional by the time she was 11 but an entrepreneur as well. She and her sister created The Entertainers – a group of young girls who put on plays and became so successful that they were in demand in their community. Listen to these two talented people talk about the interesting and very different paths they took to becoming professional performers. And come see the result of all their hard work in By Gershwin and The Book Of at Florida Studio Theater.


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Many familial early-onset Alzheimers disease cases are caused by mutations in the presenilin 1 (PS1) gene. and cell motility. Taken together, our results suggest a role of PS1 in cell adhesion and/or cellCmatrix interaction. The presenilin (PS1 and PS2) genes have been identified as major causal genes for early-onset familial Alzheimers disease (FAD) (1C3). However, PF-8380 the biological functions of presenilins are unknown. The presenilins are integral membrane proteins with a proposed structure of seven to eight hydrophobic transmembrane domains and a hydrophilic loop located between transmembrane domains 6 and 7 (1). More than 60% of amino acid residues in the sequence of PS1 and PS2 are conserved (1, 3). FAD mutations are found throughout the entire molecule of PS1 (4C6). Northern blot analysis and hybridization studies of PS1 and PS2 mRNAs demonstrate a widespread, uniform expression of RNAs both in the brain and peripheral tissues of humans and rodents (1, 7C9). A high level of expression of endogenous presenilins was detected only in neurons (8, 9). Light and electron microscopy studies revealed predominant localization of PS1 and PS2 to endoplasmic reticulumCGolgi compartments and to coated transport vesicles in neurons and in various cell types transfected by PS1 or PS2 cDNAs (9C12). In addition, immunocytochemical studies of transfected cells possess determined PS-1 in the nuclear membrane, interphase kinetochores, and centrosomes (13). Conflicting outcomes had been reported for localization of PS1 towards the plasma membrane (10, 14C16). PS1 reveals around 50% homology with proteins sel-12 (17), which facilitates signaling mediated with the Notch/lin-12 family members receptors. Notch receptors are cell surface area protein that regulate cellCcell connections and cell destiny options during T cell and neural advancement (18, 19). The appearance of Notch 1 mRNA is certainly decreased considerably in the presomitic mesoderm of PS1 null mice seen as a massive neuronal reduction in particular subregions from the mutant human brain (20, 21). Vito (22) confirmed the fact that PS2 gene plays a part in T cell receptor (TCR)-induced apoptosis. Many groups reported connections of presenilins with amyloid proteins precursor, catenin, and filaminproteins that get excited about cell adhesion and cellCcell connections (23C26). Within this paper we present that endogenous PS1 is certainly highly portrayed and is targeted at the top of lamellipodia in Jurkat cells honored a collagen matrix. Cell surface area PS1 forms complexes using the actin-binding proteins filamin (ABP-280), which mediates cell cell and adhesion motility. These total results suggest a job of PS1 in cell adhesion and cellCmatrix interaction. Components AND Strategies Cell Civilizations and Brain Extracts. Jurkat cells, clone PF-8380 FHCRC E6C1, a human leukemia T cell line, and HEp-2 human epithelial cells were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection. Jurkat cells, grown in RPMI 1640 medium made up of 10% FBS, were plated on chambered coverslips covered with a saturated solution of rat tail collagen, type 1. Brain extracts from wild-type PS1(+/+) and homozygous PS1 knockout (?/?) mice were kindly provided by S. Sisodia (The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore). Antibodies. The following rabbit polyclonal antibodies and one mAb were Mmp2 generated against synthetic peptides corresponding to amino-terminal regions of human PS1: PS1-N was generated against residues 27C44; 231f was generated against residues 2C20 (provided by B. Yankner, Harvard Medical School); R222 was generated against residues 2C12 (provided by N. Robakis, Mount Sinai School of Medicine); Ab14 was generated against residues 3C15 (provided by S. Gandy, Nathan Kline Institute); and mAb MKAD 3.4 was generated against residues 45C48 (provided by T. Honda, Yokohama Research Center, Japan). Rabbit antiserum PS1-L (antibody to loop region of PS1) was generated against residues 331C350 of human PS1 (12). Antibodies PS-N, 231f, and PS1-L were purified by using affinity chromatography on columns with immobilized peptides. Preabsorbed antibodies were obtained by using immobilized recombinant S-Tag-PS1 (30). Anti–TCR mAb clone "type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":"text":"T10139″,"term_id":"471488″,"term_text":"T10139″T10139.1A-31 (PharMingen), anti-Golgi PF-8380 58-kDa protein mAb clone 58K-9 and anti-CD44 mAb A3D8 (Sigma), anti-filamin mAb PM6/317 (Research Diagnostics), and anti-transthyretin rabbit polyclonal antibody (Boehringer Mannheim) were purchased. Conversation of CD44 and TCR with PS1. Full-length PS1 cDNA was cloned into the strain BL21 (DE3) and affinity-purified from inclusion bodies by using S-protein agarose. HEp-2 or Jurkat cells (107) were lysed in buffer A: 10 mM Tris?HCl, pH 7.4/1% Triton X-100/1% NP-40/0.1% SDS/1% PF-8380 sodium deoxycholate/150 mM NaCl containing a protease inhibitor mixture (5 g/ml leupeptin/5 g/ml aprotinin/2 g/ml pepstatin A/0.25 mM PMSF, Sigma). Cell lysates were mixed with fusion protein S-Tag-PS1 bound PF-8380 to the S-agarose and incubated.
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Success and Sacrifice go hand in hand. So what's the price to success? There is only a few people I have ever met in my life know what the price of success truly is. As athletes we have learned the price of sacrifice and understanding the value of time, but the many they either don't understand or simply don't want to accept it as fact that the people who run a business or whom stand on top of the podium of a championship competition, or whom stands on the stage for impeccable performances that sacrifice is inevitable to gain success!
So how do we measure success? Success is very individual, and there are two things that drive us to success and that is pain or pleasure. I truly believe that success is driven by these two factors and they drive human instinct to the next level or they hold us back.
The great thing is that when we see success in others we have no idea what drove that person to their next level. Was it pain or pleasure that paved their way. See we had a coach that drove fear and pain into our heads when we were training and while we were growing up. We feared that we would be doing our programs for instance and a guard would come flying at us, or get our music turned off for making a mistake, or what ever it was. We sacrificed so much to be there and we did not want to be there. It was counter intuitive.
Coaches need to be understanding, firm, and fun with great ethics at the core to push through negativity as you are wiring your brain for success when we are growing up. Teachers teach but Coaches sure instill positivity in our souls to challenge ourselves. If we can relate the things we learn in sport to business or day-to-day events more of us will find those life lessons more valuable and adaptable to success.
Sometimes it can be parents that get in the way because we fear the failure speech that we might hear in their voices and what they have given up to help us grow. The worst thing is fearing failure and letting our parents down. But a really great athlete and business person and human being will embrace fear and use it as motivation. But, because of this position in our mindset so many people are not willing to risk everything to become successful because of the memories engrained in us. The pain receptors of failure in our parents faces stick in us for a life time. But if you are one of the lucky ones like Jodeyne and I you have parents that are resourceful and willing to push forward you might be the one to make a difference in this world. You need to be able to fight the fear head on. Everything is Figure-Out-Able!
Hey, when I say very few people, I'm being polite…in fact it's almost no one who truly understands what it takes to be successful because they are so scared of fearing the unknown. Did you know that there are many people who are scared of success?
We kid ourselves from reality, we forget what drove us there in the first place. We had a love for something that was our guiding light and something turned it around on us inside. It may have been spiritual, environmental, it may have been a loss of faith in ourselves. What ever it is we need to find what drives us again. Find your life force and learning positive sacrifice is key. When we give things up and focus our energy on the necessity of success it will come full circle and give back to you ten fold.
For me and what I'm working on in my life and my life purpose I live by one very simple strategy:
Fulfillment and Happiness is key.
I exchange all my time on this planet to build my dreams, help others, help the environment, and build a base foundation of support for my family and friends to impact the lives of millions of people and do what I believe to be meaningful and beautiful work, sport, coaching, healthy living, and entertainment which we do!
I literally exchange every breathing moment for what I Believe in…and I can tell you I spent most of my life trying to reason with that concept and trying to find balance and fit it all in… Ya that's not so easy in life but it sure is fun! Sometimes, it really depends on whom is in my circle at the time.
Daily, I wake up at 4:00am and I don't stop until after midnight on many of those days simply because what I'm building means more to me than anything else that can help my family, my friends, my sport and entertainment industry, and many others along the way and inspire them to push forward in life. I now fully understand what it takes to create a vision and I simply exchange my time for it because I finally worked out that is the price we all must pay to be successful.
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it!
The problem you face is the same problem almost everyone faces… Pain or Pleasure what is it that drives you to your success. We aren't brought up to exchange our entire being, our energy and our time on this planet for what we believe in and our highest calling!
It's considered abnormal in society and by your friends and family to be obsessive, to work tirelessly and around the clock, to sacrifice everything you have in order to become everything you can be! But here is a fact, "Your not working if you love what you do!"
But the truth is everyone that ever made an impact on this world and became legends in their field were abnormal…they didn't quite fit in! I know I have never fit in and I never will. But the thing I learned is to be unique is an amazing feeling. Success is a measurement in time with the way you feel. If we can just make it replicable and fun we know we are on the right track.
Because they exchanged their time on this planet almost exclusively for what they believe in and dedicated their entire being to their craft and their calling!
It doesn't matter if you look at Steve Jobs, Ayrton Senna, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa or even Elon Musk…They all understood that they had to exchange their life for what they believed in, otherwise what they believed in would never exist in the real world.


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The delicious history of Detroit's favorite potato chip
What sets this chip company apart from the rest
The average American eats around four pounds of potato chips per year; Detroiters consume an average of seven.
It's a statistic that the Cipriano family has been a part of shaping since founding Better Made Snack Foods, now a Detroit staple, back in 1930.
"At the time, the potato chip was a new snack food that was taking the country over," said Salvatore Cipriano, CEO of Better Made Snack Foods, whose father started the company. "Detroit was industrial with a lot of factories at that time, so it was a perfect snack to take with you."
Once declared the potato chip capital of the world, Detroit was home to 22 potato chip companies at one point. Better Made Snack Foods is the only remaining potato chip maker in Detroit from that era — an impressive feat given that up until several years ago, the majority of retailers that carried the brand were Michigan-based.
"We have a lot of loyal, dedicated customers who have grown up with Better Made," said Cipriano. "People that move out of Michigan come here to the store when they come back and buy cases to take home with them."
A handful of diehard customers have even taken their dedication to a more permanent level. "We've seen a dozen different people have tattoos on their arm with the Better Made crest – we have pictures that people have sent us," said Cipriano.
What it means to be "better made"
What sets Better Made potato chips apart from the rest? Cipriano credits the company's proximity to what he believes are the best tasting potatoes in the country. "[Michigan] potatoes have a [better] consistency, they're a heartier potato," he explained.
Consistency is also key to the Better Made potato chip recipe. "The product has never changed. We still use Michigan potatoes, salt, water and cottonseed oil the way we did when we first started. And cottonseed oil is not like any other oil — it doesn't leave an aftertaste, it enhances the taste of the product. It gives the potato a better flavor," said Cipriano.
Growing the family business
"It was hard going in the early days," Cipriano recalled of his time spent growing up in the business. "We weren't a big company, we were just family owned. They used to [make chips] on the side in kitchens, and then take the product to Belle Isle and sell them out of the back of the truck."
Better Made Snack Foods has come a long way since then. Today, the company processes over 50 million pounds of potatoes each year — and makes tens of thousands of potato chip bags per day during its busiest times. Locals can catch a glimpse of fresh chips coming down the line through the street level windows at the production and distribution facility on Gratiot in Detroit.
Making a bag of Better Made potato chips used to involve hours of tedious, manual work — from hauling 100-pound bags of potatoes to hand-cooking chips to stapling each individual bag shut. "Nowadays it takes seven minutes for the potato to go from bin to bag," said Cipriano. "The first couple of minutes are the washing and peeling of the potato. Then they go into frying, which takes three minutes from one end to the other. Then they go conveyer up to the various package machines. The flavoring is added, and then it goes to packaging."
Distribution has also evolved to meet the demands of Michigan's loyal Better Made fan base. "We started selling at Meijer in the 80s when there were only three or four Meijer stores in the area, and as they've expanded, we've expanded with them," said Cipriano. "Working with suppliers like Meijer helps both of us — they get into a lot of areas we couldn't."
But for Cipriano, it's not the company's volume or footprint that defines success. "I don't want to be known as the biggest company in the world, other people can go that way. I want to make the best product we can and do the best service we can. I want to be known as the best company. No matter what size we are — as long as we're known as the best," he said.
Being the best has as much to do with the product Better Made puts out as it does the people the company employs. "Meijer is a great company. They are family-owned and they have a lot of high principles in their way of doing business – it's very similar to us." said Cipriano. "We treat everybody like family here. The reason why we have longevity with our employees is because they're not a number to us. We know everybody, and we treat them like this is their company. You've got to work with good people and good products."
To find Better Made Snack Foods and products from other local vendors, visit a Meijer near you.


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Whilst in Brisbane for Eat Drink Blog '14, my sole touristy goal was to visit GOMA, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. I find modern art galleries generally miss the mark for me – perhaps I'm just not sophisticated enough – but I spent most of my first day in Brissy wandering the minimalist white and concrete halls admiring the collections.
Later at the conference, when I mentioned I'd visited GOMA, there was always a bit of confusion until I clarified that I'd visited the gallery, not the restaurant (typical foodies!). Usually I avoid cafes and restaurants at places like these as they tend to be mediocre tourist traps, but I was assured that this was one not to miss out on – and the current menu would be ending that weekend. After hearing rumours of a group lunch on the Sunday after hanging out with the bees, I was helped to gatecrash by the lovely Jemima of Feed Your Soul Perth, and sat down to a three course meal especially for the Harvest exhibition.
It was the only super fancy meal that I treated myself to whilst in Brisbane, and it was a good choice. With a focus on native ingredients and an artistic flair, the meal was intriguing and exquisite. The nice thing about dining with a group of food bloggers is there's almost an unspoken rule to not all order the same thing, take photos of everything before eating, and pass around tastes for everyone to try.
Too much time has passed for me to give more than general impressions, but the absolute standout for me was my dessert, ordered thanks to a handy tip from Anthony of FoodMeUpScotty). It came to the table looking like a brown, slightly wavy plate with two lines of dots drawn in it.
But as explained by the waitress, underneath was wattle custard which was then sprayed completely with Daintree chocolate paint and dotted with vanilla curd, giving a textural appearance reminiscent of the Australian desert and referencing Indigenous art. It was beautiful, surprising and most importantly a joy to eat. I'm not ashamed to say that I scraped every scrap of chocolate paint off of that bowl.
Parts of this menu, including the wattle custard dessert, appear to still be on the menu at the GOMA restaurant – worth the splurge! Don't forget to check out the gallery, even if you're not usually a modern art fan, as there's plenty to see.


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The Pros and Cons of Solo Versus Group Travel
Some people love to travel alone and dislike exploring the world with a group of people, while others are the exact opposite – they prefer a group experience to a solo one. No matter which side of the divide you fall on, there are pros and cons to weigh before you plan your next getaway. You may even change your mind and go for the something opposite the ways that you have travelled in the past.
Pros and Cons of Group Travel
Group travel doesn't necessarily mean a large pre-planned package tour. It could also be a trip that you plan – and go on with – a small group of friends. Traveling with a group gives you safety in numbers. If you have too much to drink at a local pub or fall ill, one of your group members will be able to make sure that you get back to the hotel safely. Also, if you end up in an intimidating situation, the strength of your group should keep all of you protected. Groups also receive discounts on nicer hotels, as they can buy a packaged block of rooms, and you'll find that entertainment options, like live shows and even museums, will provide the group with a deal as well. You might also make new friends in the group, so you'll have someone to commiserate with during that airline delay.
However, group travel isn't perfect. You do have to stay with the group at all times, which means having to do things that you don't want to. For example, you might want to check out a local museum, while everyone else wants to spend some time at a different place. If you go the large tour group-route, you'll also have to adhere to a pretty strict schedule. This doesn't allow for a lot of freedom to roam about. On top of this, you might not get along with everyone in your group, which could lead to some uncomfortable situations.
Pros and Cons of Solo Travel
Traveling solo means just that – you are alone and free to eat and go where you please. You'll be able to come up with your own itinerary, and if you wake up one morning and change your mind, you can choose to do something else. You'll also have plenty of chances to make new friends, especially if you are staying at a hostel or utilizing travel message boards. As long as you exercise caution and meet your new online friends in public places, you might end up making some friends for life. Plus, you'll receive plenty of attention from caring strangers, particularly at your room accommodations, in restaurants, and even in public places. It's also easier to immerse yourself in local culture if you're alone.
There are some negatives to traveling by yourself. Although you'll have plenty of freedom, the loneliness can be intimidating to some. Some people are more adapted to reaching out to strangers, while those with general or social anxiety may be afraid of going it alone. The safety that comes with group travel isn't present when traveling solo, so you might need to stand up for yourself now and then. It will also be harder to document your travels. After all, your selfies will only show so much of the scenery. If you want a real picture of yourself standing somewhere awesome, you'll have to rely on the kindness of strangers.
The pros and cons of traveling in groups or alone must be considered before you choose your next travel destination! Don't let them scare you, however, as both are acceptable forms of vacationing.


text: Ever since I was old enough to consider what I would want in a house of my own, I've dreamed of at least one space with interior brick walls. If that sounds stark to you, it may be because you're not seeing the completed picture my mind is privy to…in my imagination it's an absolutely luxurious space. While the opportunity to incorporate brick in my home has yet to present itself, I'm bursting at the seams with ideas to integrate it. While most people wouldn't automatically peg brick as an extremely versatile look, it's really quite the chameleon. With the right wash you can use it to accomplish a loft, bohemian, French country, Tuscan, modern or rustic look. If you're lucky enough to live in a home with some brick interior or if you're simply a fellow admirer of the look, then enjoy these pictures of a few of my favorite brick spaces.


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Work Integrated Learning (WIL) at UNSW enables our students to gain real-world work experience while earning credits for their degree. WIL is available in all the six UNSW Faculties with plenty of overseas placement opportunities via UNSW Study Abroad and Exchange Office. That means you can get hands-on work experience while you study remotely.
It all depends on the program you want to study, whether it's undergraduate or postgraduate, or whether it's a coursework degree or research degree. Normally, you need to meet both academic entry requirements and English language entry requirements to get an offer. However, some programs may have additional selection criteria.
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In DrChrono, you don't need to individually add each patient to OnPatient. There's a way to bulk invite all your patients to OnPatient with the click of a single button. This option is found within the OnPatient Settings section of your account.
To begin, mouse over Account on your DrChrono navigation bar and select OnPatient Settings.
Within OnPatient Settings, there will be a button under the Doctor tab titled Invite all patients now!. When you select this button, all patients with an email address on record will be sent an invitation to sign up for OnPatient.
A Preview of an OnPatient Invite
The following image is an example of the email your patients will receive.
When your patient clicks the Sign up now link contained in the email, they'll be directed to the OnPatient website and will be asked to register for an account as well as verify their identity via either social security number or date of birth and phone number. When they register via the emailed link, they'll automatically be associated with you as their provider.


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The Inland Printer is without question the single greatest resource for the study of the American printing industry during the period where it was one of the largest industries in the world.
Note: If you are interested specifically in type, Maurice Annenberg's A Typographical Journey through the Inland Printer: 1883-1900 (Baltimore, MD: Maran Press, 1977) remains an exceedingly convenient, well-done reference.
The Inland Printer began publication in October, 1883. At first there were 12 montly numbers per volume, and each volume consequently spanned a year-end. The size of a volume was increasing, however, so starting with Volume 10 (October 1892), they went to 6 monthly numbers, with volumes running October-March and April-September.
Sold by The Inland Printer Co. to Tradepress Publishing Corp. in 1941. [1]
Acquired by Maclean-Hunter Publishing Corp. in 1945. [1]
At some point after Vol. 142 No. 1 (October 1958) but before Vol. 142, No. 6 (March 1959) (my collection is incomplete O'Brien [1] says Nov. 1958) it combined with American Printer and Lithographer and became known as: The Inland and American Printer and Lithographer The publication schedule remained the same, and the volume numbering continued.
After Vol. 147, No. 4 (July 1961) but by Vol. 147, No. 6 (September 1961) (again, my collection is incomplete) they restyled themselves Inland Printer / American Lithographer.
With Vol. 182, No. 4 (January, 1979) it became American Printer and Lithographer. [1] [2] The volume numbering continued unchanged.
Became The American Printer in January 1982. [1]
Ceased publication in August 2011. [1]
(Often library and other catalogs will file the entire run under a later name.)
The presentation here is divided into human-comprehensible numeric (= starting at 0) decades, but individual volumes are not split when they span a decade end (they're grouped with the decade the volume started in.
The presentation here is incomplete.
I have scanned a few volumes, and my scans are higher-resolution. But I lack the more sophisticated software available to Google for processing scans, so for now I'll not be using my own scans.
Google Books has scanned many volumes of The Inland Printer in conjunction with various university libraries which hold the originals. Some of these are available via Google Books. Unfortunately, there are two issues with these. First, only a subset of those which might legally be available are in fact available; Google lags in verifying public domain status for things which are in fact in the public domain. Second, while the Google Books PDFs are minor miracles of efficient text representation, they are (therefore) not at full scanning resolution.
However, many of the university libraries associated with this project have formed a consortium The Hathi Trust to preserve and present their copies of the Google scans (and also other scanning projects). Generally, (a) they present more volumes, and (b) they present these volumes at a higher resolution.
The problem is that (c) at present they allow access only one page at a time. There is, however, a program, hathihelper.py, which will grab an entire volume in an automated way. The only (further) difficulty is that some of the page images are in JP2 (JPEG 2000) format, which is still not as widely supported as it should be.
So what I've done for each volume from the Hathi Trust presented here is:
This is something that I need to do anyway for my own research (for myself, I view my assembled PDFs locally on my own computer). So I'll have these versions in any case. Uploading them to The Internet Archive takes time (slow rural net connection), but not much work.
Source: O'Brien, Katherine. "American Printer: 1883-2011: It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday." Blog entry formerly at http://blog.americanprinter.com/kob/2011/08/19/american-printer-1883-2011-its-so-hard-to-say-goodbye-to-yesterday/ This is no longer online, but may be recovered via "The Wayback Machine" at The Internet Archive.
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Athletes get trading cards. Why not celebrities? At least celebrities wearing athletic jerseys should get cards. I am doing my best to create cards for jersey-clad celebs.
Brian Heffron was born in Philadelphia, PA and has stayed close to his roots. As "The Blue Meanie," Heffron became a star in the PA-based ECW. Heffron is one of the nicest guys around. My interview with him can be found at On the Beat with The Blue Meanie. Heffron lost a lot of weight, but has kept the Meanie magic. On his Celebrity Jersey Card, he is wearing a Phillies jersey, naturally. He's have it no other way.


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Main Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus
Professor Katherine Smart's stellar career brings together the academic, industrial and entrepreneurial strands of brewing and distilling. And it gives her special insights into modern brewing and distilling science – in which she has always had a
deep interest.
She will also share fascinating recollections from a career including scientific research, academic success, adjusting to senior roles in the corporate world and bringing her expertise into an entrepreneurial venture with a new gin distillery.
Katherine's career encompasses significant jobs in the brewing industry (SABMiller and AB InBev) and academia. She began lecturing at Oxford Brookes University at the age of 25 and went on to gain a PhD in yeast and fermentation at Cambridge
University. As well as being involved in global research collaborations with industry, Katherine helped create the National Brewing Library at Oxford Brookes.
The National Brewing Library is the most comprehensive source of information in the UK on the scientific, technological, historical and social aspects of brewing and distilling. It is housed in
Oxford Brookes Library's Special Collections
From 5pm local gin distillery, TOAD and local brewery, Hook Norton will be running free tastings before the lecture.