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1964-06-06 - Sinister Purpose: Latveria (Alpha Team Perspective)
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6:54 PM LOCAL TIME
They got in through a sewage drain. Thankfully, it was turned off and unused so the Avengers still smell pretty good all things considered. That pipe led to a shaft. That shaft led to a grate. That grate led to an electrical closet that opened up into an upward set of stairs, where all 10 of the Avengers on the mission have made it.
"Alright, gang, let's go through the plan again," Steve says. "We'll break into two groups. Our goal is to get to Doom, incapacitate him, and make sure those three million Doombots don't invade America to take over our nuclear arsenal. No mistakes. We need to win today."
"The team is splitting up into two. We can communicate through radio. I have this old map that we got from Roche. Be careful, though. It was years ago when this place was built and things might not be how they appear here."
"No matter what happens, realize that this mission must be successful. If you get knocked down, get your tail up. If you get hit, soldier on. The ramifications of what happens if we lose here could mean the end of the world."
"Finally, remember that fighting together and using teamwork is the name of the game. By ourselves we'll all die here. But together we'll prevail."
"Everyone ready?" There's only one door, so both teams are headed into the room as soon as Cap kicks the door down!
*WHAM!*
Captain Marvel nods, "Got it, Cap." Even though she's Captain Marvel, well, Cap is Cap, so that's fine. Then she looks at him, "Want I should take the point?" She then looks at Kai, Sophie, and Firestar, not knowing the latter two all that well as she gives them a curious expression. "Glad you all could make it by the way." And with that, the light motes that seem to constantly surround her intensify, as she starts channeling the energy that she stores.
Probably because she's going to need it.
"I'm just glad to be able to help," Firestar says. The team called for firepower, asked for Johnny Storm. He wasn't available. So they asked for Starfire. Again, busy with a major disaster. But this rather untested young lady was free, and according to Johnny is 'firepower'. So she's hanging back but is ready, in the orange jumpsuit. "If I have to fly, don't get too close to me, please. It gets hot." She's looking around for what she can do, not sure what's really going on, and looking way too young.
"Right," Kai says, and adds with a crooked smile, "no pressure." He falls in beside Carol and tells the small group, "I can take a bullet, so don't you chicks think twice about getting behind me. If there's a lock, I'll pick it. My da taught me young. Kind of the family business." He touches tugs a pendant free from his shirt and touches it with his two index fingers. With a tug and a twist, the pieces come apart and unfurl into… daggers. Somehow. Thus armed, he says, "Let's go save the word."
Sophie — or 'Mistral', as she introduced herself — dissipates from her solid, human self into a swirl of mist, which clears to reveal her 'ghostly', airy form hovering with her feet just above the floor. She's choosing to remain visible, at least for now, to make coordination with her teammates easier. She's here as a newly-minted X-Man, and as someone who witnessed the horror that began all this, and tried desperately to keep it from becoming worse. "Oui. Let's," she says in reply to Kai, sounding like a rather determined young woman.
"Once we get in there, Marvel," Steve replies. If they take a hit entering the room, he'd rather it be him than her. This team can still survive without Steve. Probably not without Carol. He kicks down the door.
< Room 5>
This wide open space looks to be a testing area for Doombots and other Doom creations. Moorings at the side of the room hold many Doombots in place as they await their commands. Burn marks on the ground show where some have met their untimely end.
From either side of the room, Doombots begin to shift to life. They look just like Doctor Doom, except the space behind their eyes looks dead and glows a deep green.
"Everyone look out," yells Cap as he covers his team in the door jam as the laser blasts begin to burn against his shield. He runs out, straight towards the first one, just as it comes away from the wall and smashes his shield towards its head.
Sizzling lasers and acrid smoke begins to fill the room as the beasts begin to take fire on the Avengers. If we were hoping for coming in unnoticed, that was clearly out the window sometime before.
Nexus stays back and reaches out and can feel the energy of the machines here in Latveria. There's, something in the way, however. It's, not mechanical. It feels natural. But dark. Natural and wrong. Something is blocking him from just taking control here and there and it is something evil.
|ROLL| Steve Rogers +rolls 1d100 for: 68
|ROLL| Firestar +rolls 1d100 for: 71
|ROLL| Kai +rolls 1d100 for: 71
|ROLL| Sophie Rousseau +rolls 1d100 for: 89
|ROLL| Carol Danvers +rolls 1d100 for: 10
Captain Marvel gives Cap a wry look, "I guess this is something where things aren't going to go according to plan." She blinks at the lasers, then says, "Lasers aren't going to bother me, I'll see if I can blast some before we get swarmed."
And with that, she flies in, just leading with a massive energy blast designed to clear a path for her to scrap the hell out of a bunch of Doombots before they can fully activate. She's pretty confident she can take the laser hits and absorb them… but the others, she figures she's the Tank in this scenario, so time to be Tanky! Even when you're Air Force.
Firestar stays behind Kai as ordered, not sure if she's got any requirements here. Aside from, y'know, blow stuff up. But the amount of energy in the room is actually making her feel kind of giddy, and she giggles and kicks off into the air shortly, her hair seeming to be actually aflame. She avoids blasts like an acrobat, then aims her hands and sends waves of flame out, enveloping two doombots in a blast of heat. They don't last under her barrage, but that's only two of many. "The room, it's full of energy!"
Kai winces as lasers start flying and he admits, "I don't know if I can walk these off." That doesn't stop him from coming into the room in Carol's wake. Normally, a knife against a robot might not do much damage, but he packs a punch, so who knows? He goes for quick duck and dodge and — if he can get close enough — punch-stabbing one of the bots between its robot eyes.
Mistral, meanwhile, flies up into a horizontal position near the ceiling, where she can fire over Cap into the room beyond. Stretching her 'ghostly' arms out in front of her, she takes aim and lets loose at two adjacent bots. Air compressed to near-solidity makes an *uncanny* sharp tearing report as it's accelerated to nearly the speed of sound.
Captain America's two hand slam hits the first Doombot straight away in the neck. It stutters and sputters and sparks begin to fly as it hits the ground. Using his foot on its chest for a brace he yanks hard and pulls the shield out, just in time to block another shot.
Carol burns ahead and sends a volley of shots that inexplicably miss their targets. Worse, she takes huge energy streams from two Doombots. Immediately she knows she's taking on too much energy too quickly and in too enclosed of a spot. Much more of this and she will overload.
Firestar damages one Doombot and singes another as she flies above the fray. Mistral finishes off the two Doombots that Firestar hit.
Worryingly, Firestar's making the room much hotter and Carol begins to emit laser beams as she overloads.
Kai, meanwhile, tries to drive his blade between the eyes of a Doombot. The machine pivots, expertly, and uses the elf's weight against him, driving him into the ground.
BRAVO TEAM
As Nexus reaches out with his powers, he can begin to feel the creases. Weak points like seams of power, banding the blocking together. Just as he's about ready to rip it open and get inside, a laser bolt shoots into the hallway and almost incinerates his face.
As Diana approaches, she'll find that these doombots are more savvy than she might have imagined. Her arm is knocked straight up in the air as her blade whizzes by the bot. A follow up shot drives the bots other hand right to her chest and knocks her backwards.
Rogue does a flip move and throws one of the bots, but it misses the other. The first does slam onto the floor, but it's still mobile. The second begins firing at Rogue, though it shoots wildly and misses her easily.
"Diana!" Steve yells as he holds his shield out. He looks to catapult her with all of his strength towards one of the doombots if she can get to him in time!
Captain Marvel starts glowing a brilliant green, drawing the fire… but probably too much too fast as she starts to feel the energy leaking away. Then she shouts, "Be right back!" And then she dives forward, rocketing into the midst of the Doombots and making sure no friendlies are nearby… before letting loose with a concussive blast of energy, trying to clear a path for her comrades as the alternative would be to fly out of the building. Which, well, if this doesn't work, that's going to be the Plan B.
Firestar is new at this. She has never worked in a smaller room, with people she's trying to to harm, before. But her radiant heat isn't something that she thinks about yet, so she simply holds out her hands together to send another wave of flame at a doombot and stays out of Captain Marvel's way. That much, at least, she can do. But the blast knocks her flipping in the air, forcing her to contort to keep from hitting a wall. "Erp!"
Kai hits the ground with a solid thump, far more solid than his slight frame ought to account for. Cap said if he fell to get back up, and that's what he does, going in low to take a stab at the doombot up from what passes for a throat. He goes for weak points in casing where a blade might have a better chance of stabbing through.
Mistral advances a bit, still staying close to the ceiling, wary of the lasers. Bullets, blades, or hand-to-hand attacks don't worry her. These, on the other hand… But she's here with a job to do. Last time, she was able to finish off two Doombots that were already damaged, but it wasn't clear if her attack or the prior ones were more responsible. This time, she focuses her attention on a single target, hoping that the undiluted force of her strike will be enough on its own.
Nexus is locked in a struggle with some sort of magic in trying to get access to the machines. So far he's unsuccessful, and surely must be getting frustrated. He knows he's more powerful than this magic and that there is a way, here.
Diana leaps and corkscrews onto Steve's shield. The latter times it perfectly and slings the Themysciran into a Doombot and it explodes into a thousand pieces.
Rogue simply tries to do to much and take on too many adversaries at once. The attention gets split and so does the effectiveness. The first bot gets thrown, but doesn't get destroyed. The second bot gets into a quick fisticuffs with her. After a few quick moves it grabs her by the throat and slams her into the wall.
Firestar wisely focuses on one Doombot this time and blasts him to smithereens with a concentrated blast of microwave energy!
Kai slams a knife into the throat of a Doombot. Immediately the functionality begins to suffer and it slows down, becoming easier to hit.
Sophie takes down the next target, but is unable to finish it off in total. It's down, but it'll be getting back up.
The more enemies Carol tries to take on at once, the more Doombots focus more and more energy on her. Worse, she's unable to hit any of them. Overcome with the overpowering of energy, Carol loses consciousness and falls to the ground.
And then she begins to pulsate.
"Marvel is gonna blow! Everyone back into the hallway!" screams Cap as he tries to block his friends from the energy blast with his shield.
Inside, Cap is worried. Too many of the Avengers are trying to do too much on their own rather than together. As a result there is too much that's not working here. They needed more time to train, clearly.
Carol lies unconscious, her energy blasts actually hitting Doombots as they sporadically fire off from her. If only there was someone around who could absorb the energy from her so she could recover a bit… or else just toss her out of the room so she could play Human Bomb. But as it is, she's just taken in too much too fast.
Alighting near Cap, Firestar grounds herself and extinguishes her flame. She's very excited, this being her first fire-fight, but she's already acting worried. "Cap..I mean, Marvel! I mean, man down!" Seen too many movies, but she runs to check on Carol, barely noticing the energy overflow. And, coincidentally, beginning to suck it into herself. Her air shifts in the energy waves, changing colour as her inner batteries absorb the bleed-off. She actually looks kind of surprised, having never done it before and not knowing that she could.
Kai delivers one more stab to the bot he's fighting, then falls back at Captain America's command. For a son of rebels, he sure does follow orders well. Maybe that's his way of rebelling against his family.
|ROLL| Firestar +rolls 1d100 for: 1
Meanwhile, Mistral grimaces at seeing her last target indeed down, but already starting to get back up. Maybe another shot will finish it — especially if she can score a cleaner, more solid hit than that last one, that partly glanced off. *SHRACK!*
BOTH TEAMS
Nexus is able to get root, so to speak as he mentally pushes the magic shielding out of the way. He has access. Not full access to the millions of Doombots in Latveria that are ready to take off for the invasion, but he can feel the Doombots in this castle.
Sophie fires, but is unable to hit as her shot fires wildly. She is, however, able to get behind Captain America.
Batgirl dips down low to help Diana and uses a pair of scissor legs to bring down one of the bots onto its back. It's still in commission, but it will take a moment to get up.
Carol begins to overload, sending all of her energy out. Steve does what he can to push the remaining people back into the hallway and cover them with the door and the shield. Firestar does her best to contain it but it's too much and it overpowers her as well!
BOOOM!
A large amount of energy shakes the hallway at its foundation, but there are no more laser blasts coming from the testing room.
Kai is safely behind Captain America's shield and suffers no damage. Steve's shoulders slump down and he looks.
Shit goes sideways. Luckily, however, Diana is protecting Cassandra with her block of the energy that sends a cocoon back towards Carol's energy.
Rogue and the Doombot are locked in an epic battle of strength with neither one totally overcoming. By the grace of God, the incineration takes out the Doombot, and while nailed hard, Rogue is going to be alright. Even if the sight of seeing Doom's face melt away into an exoskeleton will probably forever haunt her nightmares.
"Everyone alright?" Steve walks into the smoldering room to find the wreckage of the doombots and Carol and Firestar lying there with Carol's hair full of soot. Diana has Cass protected, and
Rogue looks like she's going to be fine. He reaches down to give her a nudge. "No sleeping on the job, Marvel. We have a world to save."
5r"Alpha and Bravo teams spread out. I repeat, you're stronger than these guys if you work together. You try and take them on by yourself or all at once, we're going to be dead before Doom has his dessert."
"Alpha, come on," he snarls as he leads Alpha team to the Northeast door that leads to number 2 on your maps. "Bravo, you guys head that way." Steve doesn't bother to stop and search the room. Everything in here is probably toasted anyways.
Carol picks herself up, muttering, "Can't believe I was that stupid and careless." She shakes her head to clear it, then looks over Firestar, "Come on, if you can absorb energy, I have an idea… actually, I have a couple ideas. Wish we had more time to work on some tactics, but now that I know what these things are packing." She grins ruefully, "I think I got a couple ideas that will stop them cold." Her eyes flicker to Cap's shield, "How reflective is that thing, anyway?" Thankfully, after that explosion, her power levels are evened out to where they should be, but she still has a slight green glow about her.
Firestar picks herself up after Carol, following behind. Trying to stay out of the way, mostly. "I didn't know I could do that," she says softly. Not on that level, anyway. She follows, glancing at Steve and back to Kai and Sophie in confusion. Then, with a bit more spirit, she smiles gamely and adds, "Ready for more. Sir." It's not much but at least she's not out of it yet.
|ROLL| Bucky +rolls 1d100 for: 88
"It's nice how being tested brings out talents we didn't know we had," Kai says, rubbing his arm from where a laser grazed him. "We've just got to do that a couple million more times and we'll have all these buggers taken care of." He follows Steve's lead, and as the walk along, he flips the daggers and they refold into the crescent-moon pendant around his neck.
Sophie (or, as she introduced herself, 'Mistral') is in her 'ghostly' airy form, floating horizontally near the ceiling as she keeps pace with the rest of the group, peering ahead for any surprises.
Crystal has not been well lately. Too much city air isn't good for the elemental Inhuman. But she refused to be left behind, which is why she was bringing up the rear, guarding their backs and keeping the line of retreat open. Now, though, it's time to move forward. Stealth isn't her gift, but she has other senses. Keeping her hands slightly extended to her side, she lets a faint wisp of air move through the halls ahead of her, paying attention for any feedback that would suggest there's something other than open hallway ahead of them. (Something other than Sophie, that is. What an interesting sensation.)
|ROLL| Crystal +rolls 1d100 for: 50
Bringing up the rear, indeed. The Shadow's at the back, and for once, he's broken out that signature cloak, hat, and scarf. Surprise. Though he may seem only occasionally visible to his comrades, since it's hard to pick a target between minds both friendly and inimical. He's got a pistol in each hand, a .45 automatic.
The Heroes of Team Alpha move into the next room. Steve looks over his shoulder giving a nod to both Crystal and Lamont as they arrive. "Everybody on the ready," he says as the door opens.
Despite the stone floors and candlelight along the walls rather than fluorescence, this room seems to be a sophisticated laboratory of sinister purpose. Long have rumors circulated that Latveria was engaged in genetic experiments and this seems to be the case. There are many glass jars holding all sorts of body parts that look to be modified in some way: an eye with four irises and pupils, a hand with four inch claws where four of the fingernails should be, and a leg that looks like a cross between a human's and a cheetahs.
In the corner, a pair of Genetic Freaks shuffle over towards the group. They look fearful, and their bodies are so disfigured that they look clearly to have been experimented upon in some way.
One opens its mouth as if it looks as though it's trying to say something.
Captain Marvel raises a hand, but then blinks, a hint of pity in her eyes as she regards the genetic freaks. "My God… what did he DO to you two?" She doesn't want to blast them, but if they get too close or attack, she's strobe light them with a blinding effect. "We don't want to hurt you two, but we need to find the control center." Her costume has been burned and blasted in places, but is still mostly intact, thanks to her powers. Her sparkles seem to be a bright neon green rather than gold right now, though.
Firestar, for her part, looks for orders. She just isn't sure where to put herself when there isn't anyone to blast, and if she were to fly in here she'd be cooking her own team. Assuming that someone told her of that little side effect in the last area. So she hangs back a bit, covering Carol in case she needs blaster backup and covering fire. Also, Carol's already taking care of the two, so…really no need.
Kai joins in with Captain Marvel, drifting to her side as he says, "We mean you no harm." Whatever language they speak, that's what they hear when he talks. If they understand language, the poor things. "We just need to pass through here." He pauses, then adds, "Is there anything we can do to help you?"
For her part, Mistral hangs back, floating closer to the floor so as to put at least one of her teammates between herself and the poor specimens. If Carol and Kai are trying to communicate with them, having them spooked by a 'ghost' would not be helpful.
The sight of strange physiology doesn't disturb Crystal - she's seen enough unusual effects of terrigen not to even blink at it - but that there are pieces in jars? That is upsetting. Instead, she turns her attention toward the science of it all. How were these things made? What sort of manipulation have they undergone? If they've achieved any of these results, they're far ahead of most of humanity. She trusts Kai to handle communication - handy folks, elves - but genetics is closer to home.
For his part, Lamont's still concentrating on something that might be coming up behind them. But he does cock an eye at the poor, afflicted things. There's telepathy if needed, but they might not need him for that, one hopes.
Everything happens really quickly. Almost simultaneously their eyes turn bright yellow and flames begin dispersing from their mouths. It becomes clear they're attacking at the team, whether they want to or not.
Carol's blinding effect causes the flames to stop right after they start and they lose their focus. Despite Kai's excellent communication skills, they are unable to make contact with the men—they are just too far gone. It seems clear to Crystal that it's some form of genetic splicing and modifying. They're grotesque, that's for sure. Lamont does not notice anyone coming from the rear.
Now that they are dazed, Captain America does his best to put them out of their misery with his shield, which is thrown hard and knocks them both to the ground. Steve looks down, sadly, but there's nothing they can do for them now. "We need to keep moving."
|ROLL| Bucky +rolls 1d100 for: 1
Steve Rogers dropped Doom Journal on Genetic Experiments!(TM).
Carol Danvers shakes her head at the poor abominations, sighing a bit, "Well, now I really want to clobber this guy." She grits her teeth, "Should probably take a look around here, just in case, before we go on…"
Doom Journal on Genetic Experiments!(TM) has left.
The trio of Lamont, Mistral, and Kai journey up the stairs. It goes okay at first. It's a large circular stone room. But, as soon as the hissing starts, they know they need to leave. A green gas begins to fill the room. Luckily for all of them, they end up getting out in the nick of time before the stone wall slams shut on them. That was close.
A large workbench dominates the area. This seems to be where Doom does his tinkering. Small metal contraptions of all design are thrown haphazardly around the floor, apparently not meeting his approval.
A pair of Doombots begin to attack immediately, but these are different. They seem to be suppressive, almost like they should be used to thwart riots. They shoot fire-hose style water at each of the Avengers!
Steve brings up his shield to attempt to block and give his teammates a chance to respond.
Captain Marvel braces herself for the water impact, and focuses an energy blast off of Cap's shield, trying to get it to refract into multiple beams to take out the Doombots.
Firestar is on the ground. As in: not flying. She walks into the room, squeaks, and then gets douses by the hose. Because she has zero combat training on the ground and literally can't dodge. She hopes that it won't hurt too much, or that someone can help her because otherwise this is gonna suck.
Kai leaves the area with the hissing gas with a quickness, though not so quick he doesn't glance back to make sure Lamont and Mistral make it, too. When he comes back into the room, he says with an air of finality, "You don't want to go down the— oh nuts." Doom bots! He ducks lasers.
Crystal quietly palms a journal off the table as the others go to inspect the stairs, tucking it into the back of her belt. As the team continues forward, she stays near the back of the group, which puts her at something of a disadvantage when it comes to dealing with the water. She loses a moment, even though she senses it before it hits, by not seeing it. Once she realizes what's happening, though, she holds out a hand to redirect the water toward the doombots.
Mistral, fresh from the stairway near-misadventure, is near the ceiling again and quick to strike in backup to Carol's attack. *SHRACK!* Again that sharp tearing sound of air compressed to near solidity moving at close to the speed of sound.
Let's see how doombots respond to plain old gunfire. Lamont's far enough back to not get caught full on by the spray of water….and despite the other heroes between him and his target, he's firing anyway. Someone must be confident in his marksmanship.
Mistral, Lamont, and Carol attack, while the others defend. Luckily for Kai, he just does get behind Cap and his shield. Crystal and Firestar are not so lucky. The good news is that they're not hurt. The bad news is that they're knocked off their feet. The best news is that Mistral, Lamont, and Carol combine to destroy the Doombots right away.
Steve Rogers dropped DoomBot Plans!.
DoomBot Plans! has left.
Lamont is unsuccessful in his scouting, which sucks because …reasons.
Kai is successful in his scouting. Sees a rather large DoomMech within a laboratory.
Captain Marvel blinks at the… /very/ large DoomMech, and looks over at Firestar, "Okay, what you did to me with absorbing the energy, try to do that to that big thing. Maybe we can take it down between the two of us without having to fight." With that, she concentrates, glowing a brighter green as she tries to absorb as much energy as she can take… using some of that to heal up from the earlier Doombot fight, but also saving some for Doom.
She'll probably need it.
Firestar comes running up, literally dripping and just as literally bruised. She slips a little into place, then says, "I don't know how!" as she holds out her hands, trying to…I don't know, eat more? She stops panicking a little, then closes her eyes, trying to 'reach out with her feelings' before the movie made the concept known. And to pull in what she can feel.
Carol's voice is calm, as if she were talking to a jittery recruit, "Relax, just feel where the energy is inside it, and then take it." She places a hand on Firestar's shoulder, eyes glowing a brilliant green now thanks to Doombot Power.
Kai does in fact point out the DoomMech, he's a team player. As Firestar and Captain Marvel take on the thing's energy, he stands by, guarding them. Just in case something else messed up jumps out at them. He's got his rather delicate looking fists at the ready, though honest, they do pack a punch.
Attacking or otherwise risking interference at this point with what Carol and Firestar are doing seems unwise to Mistral, and so she joins Kai in being quietly vigilant.
Crystal's moment of delay is one moment too long to keep her from ending up on her rear behind the others, rather thoroughly soaked. She sits there for a moment, wiping a forearm across her brow, then pushes herself off with a sigh that turns to a cough, quickly stifled into her shoulder. No time for weakness now. As the others take on the bots, she takes a deep breath, extending her senses into the stone of the castle around them.
|ROLL| Crystal +rolls 1d100 for: 6
And Lamont, too, has sense enough not to interfere. Gunfire doesn't solve *every* problem. Just most of them.
With Carol and Firestar on the attack and Mistral and Kai on defense, the pair of energy users destroy the mech before the mech can even get started. A special thanks to Kai for searching out and ensuring they got the first strike. The team likely would not have liked to get a taste of those rail guns. Either way, the mech lies smoldering, opening their way to the rest of the Nuclear Laboratory. Crystal, meanwhile, reaches out to attempt to sense the area around them. But, just like Nexus before, she can feel something blocking her.
|ROLL| Kai +rolls 1d100 for: 2
Steve Rogers dropped Evidence of a Failed Doom Nuclear Program.
Evidence of a Failed Doom Nuclear Program has left.
He's not at his best - Shadow skills are rusty, perhaps. But Lamont's ghosting forwardd to play scout, as stealthily as he can.
Crystal's brows furrow as she finds herself blocked. That…is new. As the others start to move forward, she stays where she is for a moment, pushing at her senses, trying one more time to see what it is about the stone of this castle that resists.
As Lamont scouts ahead, Mistral invisibly, er, shadows him, floating silently near the ceiling, ready to provide backup while keeping her eyes ahead.
The scouts find a Doombot up ahead. Lone, quiet, and unassuming. It looks like some sort of recording studio.
"I could actually feel it," Firestar says. She sounds more surprised than anything else, with the water literally steaming off of her clothing as she heats the area around her. Not really meaning to do so, just a side-offshoot of sucking up all the doombot's energy. Well, 95 percent of it. "It almost had a flavour, if that made any sense. I feel like I could shoot out the ceiling." She's chattering like a schoolgirl, not a soldier.
Kai follows up behind the scouts, after getting turned around and losing track of where he was for a moment. Hey, these things happen when you've been sober for this long. When he spies the Doombot, he creeps up ahead to provide meat shielding if necessary.
Carol smiles at Firestar, "I know, it takes some getting used to. Seems that your powers are similar to mine, but here… let's see if we can take this bugger out quickly, the same way." She then tries to sneak up behind the Doombot, doing a combination of power drain and just headsnap of it to disassemble the thing.
|ROLL| Steve Rogers +rolls 1d100 for: 100
Crystal can feel the stone and earth used to build this place, and the rooms near it and the soil under it and under all of the Latverian landscape. The information spills into her mind and she realizes that there is an elevator tot he south that will take them upstairs to Doom. Meanwhile, Captain America, Carol attack just as the Doombot realizes they are there. Good thing too, it begins to scream a high pitch noise that drives everyone's earbuds to distraction, and eventually, to burst. Carol reaches up to twist the Doombots head just as Steve's shield pierces its chest and causes it to die on the spot.
|ROLL| Steve Rogers +rolls 1d100 for: 6
Steve Rogers dropped Doom's Funniest Proclamations to his people!.
Doom's Funniest Proclamations to his people! has left.
The Squelching Doom has been put to rest. Cap takes a look at the map and notices they're in the room designated as 8 on their maps. "Alright, guys. Where to next?"
"Perhaps I can try to scout ahead," Mistral suggests. "So long as that door is not airtight, I can pass it without needing to open it or call attention to ourselves doing it."
The airy X-Man is pointing to the door to the south (to 10).
Captain Marvel looks at Captain America, then back towards Mistral, "Sounds like a good idea to me. Just be careful, alright? Doom's definitely been expecting trouble."
Firestar bites her lower lip thoughtfully. She's been overstimulated and is only now starting to be calm enough to think, and she says in a rather too soft voice, "Is it just me, or…is this a bit too..simple for …I mean, for Doom?" She trails off, not sure she should be talking and certainly not sure that she's right.
Captain America shrugs, "It's not like he knew we were coming. Unless Roche doublecrossed us." Or, unless Doom has someone deep within Roche's organization. Either way, it didn't give Doom a lot of time to prepare.
Steve leads the team into the room, and though most of the room have had Doombots and monsters and all of that, this one is empty. It looks to be an office of some sort, except for the ornate chair which sits in the middle next to a small desk. All around are filing cabinets, binders, and other office equipment that seems weird. It's almost like a home for records.
Diana heads to Out <O>.
Diana has left.
Firestar looks about, poking at some papers. She pulls open a filing cabinet and looks inside, curious. And careful not to destroy anything with flame. Yet. Always an option. "It's…a copy room. Right next to the photo lab?" She's referring to the room they just left.
Try as the team might, they are unable to find anything but boring documentation regarding the normal foreign policy and day to day actions of Latveria.
Carol frowns at some of the documentation, "Wow, who actually talks about themselves in the third person, anyway. And I think we can't dally, tempting as it is." The intel agent in her wants to investigate, but she knows time is wasting.
Mistral asks, "Shall we continue in the same direction? I will scout ahead again, just which door should I take?"
Firestar shrugs, tossing a glance southward. "I would..suggest..that we finish off the column before moving to the next row.." she says, referencing math without really meaning to do so.
A well tiled and modern bathroom, you have reached THE SECONDARY THRONE OF DOOM. Recently, reports mocking Doom's control on the media had stated that the people of Latveria believe that the Supreme Leader never needs to use the bathroom because he is 100 percent efficient. Apparently that is not true. And apparently, Doom likes modernity when it comes to bathrooms.
Firestar looks into the room. Blinks. Then immediately says, "Oh thank heavens. Everybody out…" as she urges the group to go toward room 13. "I'll be right along."
Firestar says, "Go, go. Nothing to see here."
Captain Marvel grins wryly, "Well, if he has a death trap here, he's more paranoid than I ever imagined. Don't forget to wash your hands, Firestar." And with that, Carol leaves the bathroom, though she does wait nearby for Firestar to finish things that typically don't happen in the comics.
Mistral scouts ahead again, misting along invisibly, since that worked so well the last time. (Well, just because there wasn't anything there to react to her doing it badly…)
Mistral looks ahead toward the next room; it appears to be a living quarters of some sort. She notes that it doesn't seem to be defended, but cannot tell if there are traps.
Firestar emerges from Room 13, which for ever shall be referred to as the Washroom of Doom. She joins the group, saying nothing, but blushing mightily! "I went before we left, but this is really stressful.." Okay, so she says something after all. "Should I burn it all?"
Carol smirks at Firestar, about to say something when Mistral returns from scouting, and she hmms, "Well, we could toss that room quick, if we think there'd be anything there, but otherwise we should keep moving."
Visible again, though still airy, Mistral nods to Carol. "The room I checked is unoccupied at least, so we should be able to safely bypass it." She points on toward room 12.
The floor in this room is covered by a large mat, similar to what you might see in a high school wrestling gym, but there are no pairs of headgear here. Instead, the wall is lined with martial arts weapons from Asia. A stick glows in the middle of the room. It seems to be enchanted with some sort of bluish energy.
(Room 12)
SUDDENLY, Firestar, Carol, and Mistral notice that there is a hissing sound coming from the floorboards. Upon further inspection, there are holes every so often close to where the walls meet the floor.
Firestar dives into the room, having no idea what's going on! She looks all cool, standing to one side of the doorway with her right hand held in classical 'pistol' formation, and looks around while staying low. She pauses, sniffs, and then says, "Fire in the hole! Wait, that's for a grenade, what is it when the room is filling with gas?"
Mistral exclaims, "Gas! Everyone back! I will try to clear it!" And with that, she exerts her will on the air in the room, causing it to flow toward the northeast corner. If she can blow that door open, and send it out that way, she will, but for the moment, the priority is sweeping the gas away from her teammates.
Captain Marvel nods towards Mistral, "Time to go. Come on, quick, let's get out of here." With that, she darts towards the southern door, looking to get out of the room quickly. Gas typically isn't a problem for her, but then again, Doom's been full of surprises and she isn't feeling like taking more chances, even with Mistral running interference.
As the group files out into the hallway, it's clear that the gas is out there as well. It's…everywhere. Firestar is the one most immediately hindered as they labor along, more slowly. She can't take much more of this. Carol, despite normally being strong against this sort of thing feels immediately weakened. As does Captain America. Mistral also knows that she won't be able to control all of it. The gas is filling in too fast.
With Firestar dragging, she focuses on trying to stay upright. "This…ugh." She's spinning a bit, and wonders if she should test that whole 'burn the gas' idea. "Should I try lighting it?" It's dumb, but it's the kind of thing you think of when you're breathing things that are not oxygen.
Sophie flies quickly into the next room, hoping to find something that will help them get out of the predicament. She'll notice the same holes that were in the floor and up in the corners of the room.
The room looks as follows: Books that look to be several hundred years old are aligned on bookshelves of wood. A large reading chair sits next to a candle and coffee table. In the corner looks to be some sort of work station with bowls full of different powders. A chicken's leg, dried, is also there, as well as some canisters.
Worse, or maybe less worse, it's hard to tell, she's found a fire elemental, but has the draw on him.
Captain Marvel coughs, then says, "Cap, can I borrow your shield for a second… gonna try to make a hole." And then she takes the shield, bracing it with one arm as she suddenly flies into the ceiling with all her strength, using the shield to take the brunt of the impact… and hopefully shatter a way through to the next level, or somewhere /away/ from the magical gas!
Marvel takes the shield and bursts through the floor up into the ceiling. She's gone from the bottom floor up into the Officer's quarters of the second floor up. It looks to be a simple room, with twin sized beds lining from each entrance. She'll notice that she still feels weak, and even weaker. A check and sure enough, there are more of the gasholes.
With Firestar basically leaning on the wall, she still doesn't have any response to her question. "I really.. I mean, I could test it and see if it's safe…" as she stumbles into the next area, trying to get away from both the gas and any falling debris from Marvel's exit strategy. She does, however, come face to face with fire. And with one hit point, she frowns. Then spreads her hands, and says, "Bring it on."
Firestar takes on the elemental. Fire vs. Fire. And she's definitely at the disadvantage. Both beings shoot out heat at one another and at first, it looks like Firestar is about to be overcome. The room gets very, very hot. Gradually at first, and then with more effort, Firestar pushes back against the Fire elemental, taking him over, and overcharging him. A streak of blood drips from her nose and she falls unconscious.
Captain Marvel blinks as she breaks through, and… there's more nozzles spraying gas in this room too. "Damnit, Cap, this isn't any good… either…" She staggers, barely able to fly back down to Steve as she hands him back the shield. Or she tries to, it bobbles out of her grip as she sways, glowing a bit brighter as she burns some energy reserves to try to shake off the whatever-it-is…
Carol's power flickers as she hands the shield over to Steve. For what it's worth, he knows that this is about to be over. Rather than waiting, he just runs. Neither he nor Carol can stand much more of this, he knows that. He turns a corner and disappears from view.
Lamont arrives from Out <O>.
Lamont has arrived.
Carol barely sees Cap running off, trying to shout for him to keep going, but all she can do is cough… and then her eyes roll back as she collapses to the ground, unconscious as the mystical gas does its insidious work.
Having slipped silently and invisibly away from the fire elemental as Firestar was on her way in toward it (having judged her own chances against the creature and finding them slim to none, since she probably couldn't hurt it while her own defenses would be worthless against fire), Mistral is just in time to see Captain Marvel collapsing and Captain America trying to get clear of the gas. She's able to resist it herself, at least, between keeping it away from herself and her (unless its magical properties void that warranty) immunity to gases while in her airy form… For the moment, she's a bit out of obvious options, and slips back to the Restroom of Doom to at least be more fully out of sight as she decides what to do next…
As people begin to fall, Steve knows that the mission is in jeopardy. He begins to run through rooms with his shield out in front of him, bashing down doors and running by Doombots that are too busy or too taken aback to fire before he zips past them. Desperately he searches for a room. A way UP. The potent gas, even with his serum fueled body does not seem to matter. He takes a hard left and comes into a room where he sees Nexus, Diana, and Rogue, all incapacitated upon a metal grate. He looks upwards into a black cavernous sky and assumes they're in an elevator. It's his way out of here. A quick look to the control panel. It's been destroyed.
Those are his last thoughts before he falls unconscious.
TO BE CONTINUED?
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Q: Symfony2 FOSRest set value to null In a web application built with Symfony2, I need to be able to send null values as part of a PUT or PATCH request to an FOSRestBundle endpoint.
e.g. { "available": null }. The database field is a nullable boolean type which is set by Doctrine. So in effect, the value needs to be able to be 1, 0 or null (i.e. unknown). Sending a null value seems to be ignored though. This could be an issue with either Symfony2 forms or with FOSRest. I have tried adding empty_value => null and empty_data => null to the form, but nothing seems to work. Any idea if there is a setting which allows accepting null as an option?

A: Boolean is either true or false normally, how can you determine that it was unchecked because it was null or unchecked because it was false, either way it is false. So if you want 3 choices better use choice field not checkbox, with  (Choose, Yes, No) with values (null, 1, 0).
You can check this but i don't think it will help much https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/10364

A: Try to set in your config:
fos_rest:
    serializer:
        serialize_null: true

A: Maybe you can try do a virtual property sending a string "0","1" or "null" and expose as the name of your other property.

A: Set Default value to NULL while DB design and ignore the field while insertion using query , It will be inserted NULL automatically.

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Exclusive: Firm linked to Tories provided tear gas canisters used in Tahrir Square
by Simon Basketter
Published Sat 26 Nov 2011
A British arms company with links to the Tory party has produced some of the tear gas canisters used against protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo.
Chemring Defence, of Fareham Hampshire, manufactures and exports CS canisters.
The majority of CS gas comes from the US. But evidence seen by Socialist Worker shows spent CS canisters with the markings of those produced by Chemring Defence.
The British government has given no firms permission to export gas to Egypt since before 1999. Yet some of the canisters used in Tahrir Square, at least, appear to be made in Britain.
At the beginning of this year, the Tories stopped companies, including Chemring, selling "non lethal weapons" to Bahrain and Libya after pressure.
There are also concerns that the stronger and more harmful CR gas is also being used against protesters.
The links between arms firms, the military and the government are murky.
Take Lord Freeman who sits on the board of Chemring Defence's parent company Chemring Group. He is a former Tory MP and government minister who sits in the House of Lords.
Freeman is currently a consultant to PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is also the chairman of Thales UK plc another arms company and one that was part of David Cameron's tour of arms dealers to Egypt earlier this year.
Or there is Air Marshal Sir Peter Norris, who is a Chemring non-executive director. Norris used to be the deputy chief of defence procurement (Operations). In other words, he used to buy weapons for the government – and now he sells them.
Socialist Worker can reveal that there have been at least two meetings between representatives of Chemring and government ministers in the last year.
Chemring met with parliamentary under-secretaries of state Peter Luff and Gerald Howarth to discuss the company's exports.
Sat 26 Nov 2011, 19:28 GMT
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By Rick Nelson
A. Burkhalter joins Port 2 commission
Kite festival Saturday at Vista Park
Attorney Tim Hanigan, left, administers the oath of office to Austin Burkhalter, swearing him in as a member of the Port District 2 board of commissioners.
Rosburg resident Austin Burkhalter has been appointed to fill a vacant position on the Port District 2 board of directors.
He replaces Lori Scott who resigned at the commission's August meeting. She hadn't sought re-election two years ago and, as state law allows, served until August.
Port Attorney Tim Hanigan said the position will be on the 2023 election ballot.
In other business at the port commission's Tuesday meeting:
--Port Manager Jeff Smith said the second kite festival of the year will take place this Saturday at Skamokawa Vista Park.
There will be no vendors, Smith said, but kite flyers will start pulling and start filling the air with their huge kites around 11 a.m.
The park is full this weekend and for future weekends, and Commissioner Lee Tischer suggested most of the campers would be hunters, who are often banned from camping on private timberlands.
--Commissioners approved a recommendation from Smith to declare Vista Park's espresso stand surplus to port needs and proceed to sell it. The stand will be in operation on weekends through the end of the month.
--Smith invited commissioners to identify projects they'd like to include in an update of the port's comprehensive plan.
Smith said the plan needs to be updated in order for the port to qualify for 2020 grant funding programs.
An updated draft will be presented at a future meeting; the update needs to be completed by March, 2020, Smith said.
--Smith presented a preliminary budget proposal for 2020 operations, totalling $1,043,614. He anticipates a beginning balance of $600,000 and thinks the port will receive $325,109 from operations and another $118,505 from taxes, grants, interest and donations.
Operations should cost $381,000, non-operating expenditures should be $28,000. The budget lists $370,000 for capital projects; Smith said those will be determined by the comprehensive plan update.
The year should end with a balance of $264,614, according to the preliminary budget.
The commission will act on an updated copy of the budget at its October 21 meeting.
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The California cotton industry gathered at Fresno State to participate in the 2017 Sticky Cotton Summit hosted by California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association (CCGGA). Dean of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Dr. Sandra Witte welcomed the group to Fresno State campus and thanked the attendees for the ongoing support that the agriculture industry has shown for the Jordan College. Attendees of the summit had the opportunity to meet Dr. Margaret Ellis of Fresno State. Dr. Ellis is the recipient of a CCGGA research grant surrounding Fusarium in cotton and fungicide efficacy, she is the first professor at Fresno State to receive a grant from the Association.
Jordan College Dean Dr. Sandra Witte welcoming Sticky Cotton Summit attendees.
As the program for the Sticky Cotton Summit got underway panels from the mill, merchant, ginner, grower, PCA and UCCE offered their perspective on how sticky cotton impacts their respective segments of the industry. In addition, USDA-ARS researcher Chris Delhom demonstrated the diverse testing methodologies that are present throughout the country, in part creating an issue of developing uniform testing standards for the industry to adopt. The conclusion of the summit resulted in an open group discussion that led to action items for the industry and CCGGA to pursue. The items included looking into a uniform gin level penalty for sticky cotton delivered, conducting outreach, education and retraining on thresholds and best management practices for growers, seeking additional research dollars to invest in sticky cotton testing measures as well as increasing awareness in order to have more open communication surrounding the issue. CCGGA was directed to develop an industry subcommittee to ensure the progress of the action items outlined from the day's discussion. We will be sure to provide updates and progress as these items are pursued.
Following the summit Fresno State's Ag One Foundation welcomed members and staff of CCGGA to tour Fresno State's 1,000-acre farm, the Fresno State Gibson Farm Market as well as a tour of the new Jordan Agricultural Research Center. The tour showcased the diversity of the agricultural operations students have access to use as well as the vision for the agricultural centered research to be conducted on campus for years to come.
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If you've been getting excited for "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" then you may be counting down the days until April 5th, 2018 and binge watching the previous seasons to refresh your memory. What better way to enjoy these marathons than with a drinking game dedicated to this specific show? The answer: there is no better way. This can go along with all seasons, but depending on cast members leaving and going, not all may be applicable at all times, so get creative and think of your own if needed!
-Deena refers to herself as "a blast in a glass"
-Mike says "We've got a situation"
-Pauly D says "Cabs are here!" or "T-shirt time!"
While "Jersey Shore" usually drives us all insane, we cannot seem to take our eyes off the screen and are constantly ready for the next argument and fight. It's just one of those shows where we need to stay caught up with all of the drama! "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" is less than two months away from beginning and it's time to start preparing by catching up on previous seasons with this drinking game.
What type of drama could there be now? How about the fights? It's been years since the previous season and most of the cast members are now married, some with children. The classic going to clubs and bars every night, dreading working at shops, and taking strangers home must be long gone...for some at least. Whatever could possibly happen now will soon be discovered on April 5th.


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The same thing happened to me. I've dealt with the counter-revolutionaries (or, well, I think so, they've disappeared from the list of targets at least), and some time later I received a call about naming a city... and that's it. I kept sending out random propaganda messages for days and absolutely nothing happened. The game really needs a "pass the time without doing anything" option, by the way. Otherwise, though, I liked Dear Leader quite a bit. The art style was great, the characters were awesome, the story was enjoyable. With a bit more depth and options it could make a terrific full game, I think.
First of all, I had fun playing the prototype. Nonetheless, this wasn't really what I've been expecting. To be completely honest, from the pitch I voted on ("storybook landscape"), I wouldn't have guessed that this is going to be in 3D, but that's not really a complaint, as it has been done rather well - more of a surprise. What I missed more, however, was the so-called "charming Double Fine take on a classic partnership". It's not that it was completely absent, but most of the gameplay was spent playing a 3D brawler. A well-made 3D brawler with very nice and realistic horse animations - but is that really the core of Steed's concept? I feel that during the limited time given to them in AF, the creators got lost in certain details and forgot to actually showcase that which makes Steed such a great game idea. Still, have to give credit where credit is due, what's actually been done has been done quite well, and made for pretty fun experience. It in fact says something about the game's potential that Steed could be so much more than this.
Because people are concerned, that's why. Do believe me, I would also gladly enjoy witnessing some of those more positive aspects of game development you mentioned, and I enjoyed what I've read/watched about it so far during the past year. But the time has come when neither us nor the devs can ignore the budgetary problems anymore, as it threatens the completion of the game itself; this update made that very clear.
I want to believe that too, but it certainly wouldn't hurt if someone from DF made a post about how much money they are expecting to make with the pre-release sales. Or better yet, clue us in on how the game currently stands budget-wise exactly. I know this isn't public information usually, but this being a Kickstarter project where we actually funded (much of) the game, I don't think it's an unfair request, and it would help a whole lot to clear things up. There seems to be much confusion about how much money has been spent already, and how much they still need, even when it comes to questions that have been already answered. A clear, concise rundown would be tremendously helpful.
Does the gameplay make any sense?
From what I've seen, they've programmed the robots to shoot everything that moves. If you set them to only attack those who deal damage to them for instance (and beef up their health a bit), they will leave you alone and can protect you from other robots.


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9. Nick Tyson vs. Adam Raw- Two men who started the LWA in the last one on battle they ever had.
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4. Gerald James vs. ACH– This was part of in my opinion the best feud in the history of Anarchy TX and STL. The two went all over the USA and both men grew as wrestlers and performers during this feud.
3. Jeremy Wyatt vs. KC Karrington– The longest title match in the history of LWA and SLA. This match ended the most underrated champion in our lineages history's title run.
2. Dan Walsh vs. Gerald James: The bloodiest match in the history of the event.
1. The Submission Squad vs. The Bearded Men from Space Station 11 Street Fight: This match capped off the biggest feud in the history of the LWA and was the wildest match in the company's history that would need to be seen to believe. The cops were called; a hand was set on fire and used as a weapon. At this year's Circus Maximus two of those men that were in that match Davey Vega and KC Karrington will finally settle issues steaming from that very personal feud all those years ago.
Everyone knows that I truly love pro wrestling but family is so much more important that even the passion that I have for the sport.
Myself with my father Steve Kelley,my son Josh,my mother Diane and my sister Dee Dee along with her two kids Faith and Marc.
This past week was laying heaving on my mind as Father's day was upon us. It has been two years since my father Steve Kelley has passed away and though life does move on, there isn't an hour pass that I don't think of him. When he was alive, both of us love the movies and were comic book fans. My dad and I went to the movies to every comic book movie that was made for several years prior to his passing. I am a Marvel Comics fans but it did not matter if it was a Marvel, DC or Independent comic book movie we always watched the movie on the big screen. Since he has passed, I have only been able to bring myself to go watch a movie on the big screen once and that was for the movie Avengers at the dollar theater in St Louis. I know it is silly but it just wasn't the same and I had not been there since.
With the new Superman getting a ton of hype and Father's day here, a part of me just wanted to stay home instead of even going to wrestling. The days passed, and the weekend was here, the excitement of seeing so many of my friends, wrestlers and fans, enticed me to move forward to live and make my way to St Louis. Add on the fact that so many of my friends were excited about the movie, Dubray and I talked about checking out the movie Saturday afternoon , but decided on spending time with our friends instead.
I was blessed to have my father in my life for 38 years, he wasnt perfect, or rich and we went to war at times but I could not of asked for a better dad in my life.
That leads me to SICW in East Carondelet, Illinois last night. A packed crowd was filling into the Community Center for the huge card that was main evented by the Classic Wrestling Championship match between Champion Ricky Cruz and former champ Ron Powers. Since the feud has heated up so much SICW promoter Herb Simmons had to enlist the services of a referee that was capable of maintaining order, and that responsibility would be on the shoulders of the first ever CWC title holder Danny Boy Hawkins.
With time passing by so fast, I needed to get my camera ready for action. Looking for a place to sit to put my flash on, I asked a fan if he would mind if I sat next to him for a second to do so. He was kind enough to say yes, and we shared some small talk. I asked him what match brought him out tonight and he proudly answered with a smile that he was the father of one of the wrestlers.Ernie Richardson went on to tell me that he son was Midwest Powerhouse Adam Raw, and that he unfortunately is unable to watch his son in action most of the time because he is on the road for his job, but was very happy to be there that night.
We shared some more pleasantries, and I told him it was nice meeting him and went to work. Midway in through the matches I was listening to the crowd pop for their heroes loudly and boo the villains when I noticed that there was a ton of different families in the building. It dawned on me, how great it would be to honor the fathers in the building with a special post for MWR by having them taking a photo with their kids.
So that conversation with Raw's dad is the inspiration for this post. I am going to share with you two extra pictures that I have, that were not of that night but of the weekend. One is of Daryl and Kyle Valle; I consider both of the guys' great friends before I even knew that were father and son. I believe years had passed before I found out on Facebook (Oh the wonders of Facebook) They have been much more than supporters of MWR; we have shared some great moments and conversations together through the years. They remind me so much of my dad and I, so I love photographing them every time I see them. That is how I do have a photo from the Dynamo Show of a dad and his son.
The second bonus photo is of wrestling promoter TNT Keny G. There is never a dull moment with TNT Keny G, and he has been a dear friend for many years now. He has a big heart and has open up his house to us when we come to STL, which allows us to afford double shots when we can. This was one of those weekends that it really helped us cover shows to the best of our ability for the site. TNT Keny G has worked with legends, champions and superstars but there is nothing that he is more proud of than his children. A father of three sons, Samuel, Dustin and Keny as well as three daughters Santana and Savannah.
For the wrestlers and fans that took part of this feature in a moments notice thank you so much, as it makes me feel good to meet you at the shows around the Midwest. If I miss you I apologize,as it was truly a spur of the moment project.Next year for Mothers and Father's day I may ask for you the fans and wrestlers to send in photos of your Dad/Mom.
Thanks for checking out MWR today, and be sure to tell your loved ones how truly you care about them just not on that special day but every day.
Enjoy and I will see you at the shows.
TNT Keny G with his sons.
The 2013 MWR Lifetime Achievement recipient and SICW promoter Herb Simmons poses with his son.
We are told that this is the Big Texans dad and his own son, but we are unable to confirm this or if the Big Texan made them pose for the photo so he could be a part of this feature. Yet, we are not going to argue with the SICW monster.
Kevin X to wrestle his final match in the area at the huge NWA Dynamo April 6th Supershow.
Kevin X(aka Kevin Sharp) has been a staple of the St. Louis wrestling scene for over a decade, dating back to the days of Midwest Renegade Wrestling(MRW).
He entered Gateway Championship Wrestling(GCW) in 2000 with his eye on the Heavyweight Title held by Pete Madden, but he was double-crossed by Big Bad Ben after Ben won the championship. The two fought for months until Sharp finally captured the title in a no-DQ match in the spring of 2001.
Kevin held the title for most of the calendar year, defending against tough challengers at every show…in the end, it took two tough opponents to end his title reign. On a night when he was scheduled to defend against Jack Adonis, Nikki Strychnine inserted himself into the situation and the match became a triple threat encounter. The numbers caught up to him and Strychnine ended his title reign…leaving Sharp incredibly bitter about the circumstances of the title loss.
Kevin underwent an attitude change in the ensuing years, transitioning from the self-absorbed "Pretty Boy" into a gangster mentality. Changing his name to Kevin X, he formed "Thug Inc." with Shawn Almighty and D'Mon G to run roughshod over the GCW roster. He would be a mainstay in the championship picture of just about every promotion in the Midwest!
Kevin X fought Adam Raw for the LWA Title at one point and also held the MMWA-SICW Heavyweight Championship, continuing a long-standing feud with veteran Gary Jackson.
In recent years, Kevin has competed for Dynamo Pro Wrestling as well as Gateway Championship Wrestlingin the Kansas City area.
IWA-ACW Tag Champs Pierre Abernathy & Evan Gelistico defeated Cabal & Brandon Graves and Justin Wade & Shawn Santel in a triple threat tag team match.
Eric Allen defeated Mephisto by submission.
Look for an exclusive interview with Sean Vincent in the near future at Missouri Wrestling Revival as we try to get to the bottom of his viscous attack on Billy McNeil.


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City begins Domestic Violence Awareness Month observance
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Posted on October 13, 2017 Author Wave Wire Services	232 Views
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has been awarded $900,000 by the U.S. Department of Justice to help victims of domestic and sexual violence, Mayor Eric Garcetti and other officials announced Oct. 5 while recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Garcetti was joined by his wife Amy Wakeland, as well as Councilwoman Nury Martinez and other leaders at a news conference at City Hall to make the announcement while stressing that domestic violence impacts every level of the economic and social ladder.
"The cruelty of domestic violence still exists," Garcetti said. "It happens in homes in every zip code, and the people that you think aren't survivors of abuse are. They are around us. They are our friends, they are our co-workers, many of them suffering in silence and it is up to us to make sure they know they have a lifeline out."
Garcetti's office said the three-year grant from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women will help the city serve 30 percent more victims through the Domestic Abuse Response Team and Sexual Assault Response Team programs by training more police officers and service providers while enhancing services.
Wakeland said that the city is working to open four new shelters for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking "so that no one has to choose between a violent home and no home at all."
She also said two of the shelters would be dedicated just to human trafficking victims and would be the first time the city funded shelters just for trafficking victims.
Garcetti said the city wants to open the shelters in 2018 and that they would be paid for by a combination of block grants and general funds.
Martinez took the opportunity to denounce President Donald Trump and said that his remarks and actions have not helped the fight against domestic violence.
During the presidential campaign, an old tape recording of Trump surfaced where he bragged about groping women. He apologized for the remarks and said they were made in jest as "locker room talk," but many critics said it was part of a long pattern of demeaning remarks about women.
"Words do matter. And when we allow language that condones the groping of women, we are subliminally encouraging more aggressive behavior that can lead to violence against women," Martinez said.
Tagged Amy Wakeland, Councilwoman Nury Martinez, Domestic Abuse Response Team, domestic and sexual violence victims, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Office on Violence Against Women, Sexual Assault Response Team, U.S. Department of Justice
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World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations. After strict enforcement for five years, the French assented to the modification of important provisions. Germany agreed to pay reparations under the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan, but those plans were cancelled in 1932, and Hitler's rise to power and subsequent actions rendered moot the remaining terms of the treaty.
The treaty, negotiated between January and June 1919 in Paris, was written by the Allies with almost no participation by the Germans.
The negotiations revealed a split between the French, who wanted to dismember Germany to make it impossible for it to renew war with France, and the British and Americans, who did not want to create pretexts for a new war. The eventual treaty included 15 parts and 440 articles. Part I created the Covenant of the New League of Nations, which Germany was not allowed to join until 1926. Part II specified Germany's new boundaries, giving Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium, Alsace-Lorraine back to France, substantial eastern districts to Poland, Memel to Lithuania, and large portions of Schleswig to Denmark. Part III stipulated a demilitarized zone and separated the Saar from Germany for 15 years.
Part IV stripped Germany of all its colonies, and Part V reduced Germany's armed forces to very low levels and prohibited Germany from possessing certain classes of weapons, while committing the Allies to eventual disarmament as well. Part VIII established Germany's liability for reparations without stating a specific figure and began with Article 231, in which Germany accepted the responsibility of itself and its allies for the losses and damages of the Allies "as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies." Part IX imposed numerous other financial obligations upon Germany.
The German government signed the treaty under protest. Right-wing German parties attacked it as a betrayal, and terrorists assassinated several politicians whom they considered responsible. The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the treaty, and the U.S. government took no responsibility for most of its provisions.
For five years the French and the Belgians tried to enforce the treaty quite rigorously, leading in 1922 to their occupation of the Ruhr. In 1924, however, Anglo-American financial pressure compelled France to scale down its goals and end the occupation, and the French assented to modifying important provisions of the treaty in a series of new agreements.
Germany in 1924 and 1929 agreed to pay reparations under the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan, but the Great Depression led to the cancellation of reparations in 1932. The Allies evacuated the Rhineland in 1930. Germany violated many disarmament provisions of Part V during the 1920s, and Hitler denounced the treaty altogether in 1935. From March 1937 through March 1939, Hitler overturned the territorial provisions of the treaty with respect to Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Memel, with at least the tacit consent of the western powers. On September 1, 1939, he attacked Poland to alter that frontier, as well.
One can never know whether either rigorous Franco-British enforcement of the original treaty or a more generous treaty would have avoided a new war. Certainly the British and American governments after 1945 sought to avoid many of the problems that had been raised by the Treaty of Versailles—especially regarding reparations—and the division of Germany and the Cold War enabled them generously to rebuild the western zones and to integrate them into a western alliance without renewing fears of German aggression. Meanwhile, they deferred certain fundamental issues for so long that no formal peace treaty was ever written to end World War II.


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Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Over 6,000 miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past ten years, and they are redefining our political ...landscape. There are many reasons why walls go up, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, politics. In Europe the divisions of the past decade threaten not only European unity, but in some countries liberal democracy itself. In China, the Party's need to contain the divisions wrought by capitalism will define the nation's future. In the USA the rationale for the Mexican border wall runs deeper than the need to control illegal immigration; it taps into the fear that the USA will no longer be a white majority country during the course of this century. Understanding what has divided us, past and present, is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today. In ten chapters covering The Great Divides; China; the USA; the UK; Europe; the Middle East; India and Bangladesh; Africa; The Spaces In Between; and The Bridges Across, bestselling author Tim Marshall presents an unflinching and essential overview of the faultlines that will shape our world for years to come.
Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Over 6,000 miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past ten years, and they are redefining our political landscape. There are many reasons why walls go up, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, politics. In Europe the divisions of the past decade threaten not only European unity, but in some countries liberal democracy itself. In China, the Party's need to contain the divisions wrought by capitalism will define the nation's future. In the USA the rationale for the Mexican border wall runs deeper than the need to control illegal immigration; it taps into the fear that the USA will no longer be a white majority country during the course of this century. Understanding what has divided us, past and present, is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today. In ten chapters covering The Great Divides; China; the USA; the UK; Europe; the Middle East; India and Bangladesh; Africa; The Spaces In Between; and The Bridges Across, bestselling author Tim Marshall presents an unflinching and essential overview of the faultlines that will shape our world for years to come.
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