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Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:38 pm
Hellcat wrote:
The brute was falling backward...
Sweat was pouring from her face.
Shaking, she grabbed the nail out of her waistline. Squeezing it in her fist, she began punching the brute's leg muscles with it.
She realized she was screaming a very primal haunting scream as she stabbed over and over again. It occurred to her, that she liked it too.
The Brute fell landing on top of Oceana. Oxygen fled her lunges as he crushed her. If it weren't for the weight of the beast being distributed across her entire body, it surely would have killed her. It let out an angry growling howl and rolled off of the thief, finally allowing her to breath again.
It quickly stood and fell again, it's ankles snapping from the torn rotted flesh not being able to hold the weight.
Unfortunately, it fell on Oceana again, this time it's stomach landing across her own.
Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:29 am
Onni laid there under the trashed cart and manure. He pulled himself out so that he could breath, but he collapse soon after. There were places where his blood trickled down his scales, all over his body. His armor was almost tarnished. It probably saved him from too serious of wounds, though.
He was furious at himself. The horrors of Toi Swamp was still fresh in his mind. He slew a dragon, for the dead gods' sake! Why did he let the brute do so much to him?
Auer laid on the ground a fair distance from Popurum. Both were unconscious. The riverfolk took two big hits after each other, and the naturalist was abused to no end. His scales were an unnaturally bold red. The bloody scales gleamed in the cold moon light.
The riverfolk didn't move at all. He was bruised, but was likely in much better shape than Auer. His red hair covered his face. He was on his stomach, not moving at all. His green robed dirtied by the ground and blood from Auer. His arms were stretched out in front of him, small and abandoned of life. Popurum's breath was shallow and slow, but the back of his chest stirred still.
Onni pulled himself out from under the cart. He breathed deeply. He kicked his legs and felt something underneath the mound of manure. Something fleshy. The lizard held his breath and dug into the mound. The smell of road apples never bothered Onni, fortunately. However, it was probably not the healthiest thing to be sticking a head into.
Onni felt around and grabbed hold of an arm. He pulled. The body seemed to follow, and soon, a darkling appeared out of the mound.
"There's one," he said in a heavy breath.
Onni looked over at Oceana. The poor woman was stuck beneath the horrid monster...
Onni pulled himself onto his scaly, clawed feet... then stumbled.
Damn... cart...
A small hand grasped at the ground. Popurum slowly stirred awake. His head turned to look around. A bloody streak had dried on his forehead, adding more red to him besides his hair.
The riverfolk was dizzy, and tired. A few feet away, a red reptile was laying on its back, out cold.
"Ow..." whined the little guy, pulling himself up. His legs and feet hurt.
He turned and looked to see what hit him. A giant infected was falling over onto that nice human lady!
Popurum gasped and ran over to help. The small figure approached the huge terror without a second thought. The brute swiped at Popurum, still on its stomach... and hit. The monster must have been at an awkward position with its swing. Popurum was able to get up with a busted cheek and eye. This time, Popurum approached slower. Something stirred inside. A feeling similar to what he felt in the cage, with the firey hands.
The brute propped itself up on one arm, ready to swing with the other.
Now, some heroes have great strength to fight with. Some, use speed and stealth. Some are wise and intelligent enough to summon powers. Some even can wiggle their ways out of fights with wiley and clever words. Popurum... he didn't excel in any of these traits.
He had enough sense and understanding for some magic, sure. But what Popurum truly had that made him a hero: courage and luck. Two traits that seem to get overlooked...
Popurum was on his feet, with energy inside him. It wasn't a powerful spell... but it was enough.
The brute pulled its hand into a fist, next to its face. It was ready to pound the riverfolk into its grave. Popurum however, finished his spell.
A blast of energy collided with the stationary fist, causing it to whip backwards into its owner's face. The brute managed to punch itself, and it rolled itself over, off of Oceana.
Now in the grand scale of things.... Popurum didn't damage the brute at all. The punch was hardly powerful enough to cause the fist to do much. However... it did free Ms. Oceana.
"WHEEEE!" squealed the riverfolk, running over and trying to drag the woman away from the beast. He grabbed her by an arm and started dragging away with all his vigor.
"You're sure lucky, Ms. Oceana."
"There's two..." said Onni relieved that Oceana was pulled to safety. The riverfolk was endearing for sure.
Onni didn't waste another chance, however. The riverfolk's spell stunned the horror, and with its leg crippled, there would be no better opportunity. With one final breath, he sprung into a spring, running straight for the brute's arm.
It had started to recover and had its fist ready to pound the ground. The riverfolk and woman were gone. Onni was quickly coming towards it. The monster pounded the ground causing the ground to tremble. Onni skidded to a temporary halt before jumping up onto the brute's arm in an attempt to sprint to the head. The monster roared and flung its arm.
Onni dug into the arm, grabbing one of the arm's bones. He held on tight... THERE! Onni using the arm as a lift, swung up over to the neck. With his left blade released, he plunged it into the brute's skull. The degraded bone caught the blade, and Onni's arm split open the skull, allowing brain matter to pour. It fell onto the dangling lizard man. His blade was lodged in the skull, and the monster was flailing still.
Onni released his right arm's blade and began to punch upward into the face of the brute.
One, two, three, four... counted Onni with each punch. Finally one of the arms flailed right into him. It was kind enough to dislodge Onni's blade before sending him soaring again through the air... landing on his butt... on his tail stub... hard. He hissed.
He sat right next to Revek as he pulled Brute zombie brain out of his mouth... He then smeared it over the human's nice fancy boots.
"Starting to become a diet of mine," said Onni, grumpily.
Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:04 am
Onni Scaletail wrote:
"Good way to get infected. Ever wonder how zombie dragons get infected?" Revek said.
Onni then remembered when his tail had been bitten.
"It's not over yet people! HERE THEY COME!" Revek yelled, readying himself, as a horde came running toward the scene.
Draylas was dazed he slowly pulled himself up he looked around he scanned the area for some makeshift weapon, he found nothing.
The Darkling turned around and it just so happened that a zombie had made its way in through a gaping hole in the building, it was overlooked in the battle with the brute.
Draylas couldn't react fast enough the zombie grabbed a hold of him and sunk its teeth down into his arm tearing flesh away.
The darkling managed to grab a plank of wood and bash the zombie's head in crushing it.
Draylas slowly stood he looked at the group and then to his arm he then slumped against the wall, he had lost..his mission was over.
He heard his father's voice again.
"You did well my son, do not fear we shall see you soon enough," the voice faded away.
"I'm sor-", Draylas was cut off.
A perfect red hole was in the center of his forehead a line of crimson ran down his cheek.
Clyde Young
Name: Clyde Young
Hair: Slightly long almost shoulder length neatly trimmed.
Hair: Light black
Ability's: Versatile,Rugged,Influential
Companion: a Raven,it has no name.
Personality: He isn't evil but he isn't nice more or less neutral.
History: Unknown.
Appearance: He has a beard, its not bushy its like 5 o clock shadow that hasnt been shaved, he has two scars along his right cheek, each about 3 to 4 inches long. He resembles that of a wild west Gunslinger/Outlaw.
Weapons: Clyde uses pistols only he is a gunslinger, he has two pistols that look like Scolfield Revolvers, They are not those weapons due to time period they just look like it, they have the same fire rate as Scholfields and work the same, they just arnt scholfields. they are custom made by Dwarves. (I will post a picture below)
Armor: He dosent really wear armor he wears a brown duster and cloth pants he has a bandoleer along the inside of the duster for more ammo, he has cowboy boots on and a cowboy hat. (I will also post a picture of these)
The first pictures are the weapons, mind you he has two of those pistols
The second picture is his outfit and hat.
Clyde's Revolver was smoking he had it aimed at the Darkling he looked at the group and in the most cold un-caring voice he spoke, he always sounded that way.
"Someone had to kill him, mind as well have been me," he said as he struck a match against his duster and lit a roll of paper that had some sort of smoking product in it.
He took a long drag.
The darkling fell to the ground dead, Clyde spun his duster slightly swirled as he aimed both revolvers at the undead, the were six shooters but he was very good at reloading.
he began firing the revolvers one after another the bullets exploded through different zombies head.
He holstered the two revolvers once they were empty, he ducked behind a wall as he quickly reloaded he jumped back out and a Stalker screeched leaping at Clyde with its mouth wide open.
He stuck the end of his revolver inside its mouth and pulled the trigger, it's head literally exploded.
It's body fell limp and Clyde tipped his hat slightly, at the fact that he was challenged and he won.
He glanced at the rest of the group as he spit the smoking product from his mouth.
"I have horses just in the stables there cut off from the undead if we can get there we should be able to get away," he said still firing away.
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Nick W
Location : CO
Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:14 pm
The sounds of the gunshot echoed, and caused Onni to jump. He wasn't expecting the loud bang. He grasped Revek's leg in a reflex.
"Er... sorry," he said embarrassed. The lizardman stood up. The horde was coming. Onni sighed, heavily. He ditched the human and ran over to Auer's unconscious body. He grabbed his mate underneath both arms and dragged him to the hidden door. Onni was surprised to see it intact.
"Riverfolk!" called Onni to Popurum. The little red headed mage was making sure Oceana was alright, but came when he heard his name.
Onni opened the door and quickly tossed Auer down, not being very delicate.
"Guard the boy and the lizard until he sobers up. Auer is a naturalist and can heal us when he's clear-headed. I don't know what the boy's purpose is, but guard him like he's a cure or something."
Onni then rudely shoved Pops into the cellar.
Screams in the city could be heard. Some of the nearby ones were the hardest to hear. The sound of men, women, and children trying to escape, only to be captured. Their desperate, pleading screams as they were eaten alive were never easy to listen to.
Onni tried to block the sounds from his mind. He first had to make sure Auer was safe, then he would protect the boy. He released both blades, and braced for the horde...
"There were gods, she suspected, convulsed in perpetual hilarity at her wretched fate, for which they were no doubt responsible."
-Steven Erikson, Bonehunters
Hadrian woke up to the commotion and saw the undead running around the commons. He saw across the way his friends ducking and getting away. He looked around for his stuff. He only found his sabre, pouches and jacket.
Grabbing both the boy worked his way through the crowd killing zombies along the way. He growled as he did so. Rage was taking over as the hunter, or animal for lack of a better discription, came to the forefront of his consciousness.
The boy was fierce if not skilled. He hacked with his sabre. A weapon mainly used with grace, Hadrian used it like a machete cutting through thick brush.
He could see his friends going for a building.
He didn't see Draylas get bit. He did see him get shot in the head though.
"NOOOOOOO!" Yelled Hadrian, but no one could hear him over the sound of the crowd.
Hadrian saw who did it and followed the man as he ducked behind a building. The man came out with two odd looking flintlocks using one to explode a sprinters head.
The man turned to talk to the group about horses putting his back to Hadrian. Hadrian picked up a broken signpost and swung with all his might into the back of the knees of the man in the duster.
THWAK!
The man dropped to his knees in pain. Hadrian swung again with the makeshift bat and hit him in the head, knocking him to the side and on his back. The man lay there holding his guns still, somehow, flash of lights exploded in the mans eyes from the boys hit.
"YOU KILLED MY FRIEND! YOU KILLED HIM, YOU BASTARD!"
Hadrian reached into his pouch and quickly, probably too quick for anyone other than Oceana to see, and stuck a black wad in the barrel of one of the pistols.
"I WOULD KILL YOU, BUT I'LL LET YOU LIVE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I CAN KILL YOU AT ANY TIME. YOU WILL NEVER BE RID OF ME! YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER GET EVERYONE OUT OF HERE LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD."
Hadrian learned from the brief lesson Draylas taught him. The boy quickly leaped away and went to Oceana to make sure she was ok.
"What happened?' Hadrian asked, 'and who's the boy?"
Hadrian turned to see the man in the duster gripping his hand he had his gun. He had lost two fingers from that hand his trigger finger and his pinky. The hand was bleeding out and the man gripped it as best he could to try and stop the blood.
"That's called a stickywad. As you can see it explodes when it's hot or when it's agitated. Don't touch my friends again. Now get up and stop whining. get us out of here!"
Clyde looked at his gun the barrel was exploded he salvaged it best he could he would have to repare it later he tucjed them both in his holster and looked at his hand, he would have to learn to shoot with his middle finger or get some sort of prostethic fingers, he was unsure, he could feel for the bou for Clyde to has lost friends.
Clyde walked over to Hadrian and clasped a hand on his shoulder, the grip was firm but gentle at the same time.
"He was bitten it had to be done, I am sorry," he said hos voice still sounded cold but he had a sentimental hint to the way he spoke.
He walked over to Draylas's body and took his sword and dagger he closed his eye lids and drapped a blanket from his pack over him, he then walked back to Hadrian and handed him Draylas's weapons.
"Something for you to remember him by, now I believe we got off on the wrong foot the horses are just around the corner I need to be able to trust you, you have to help me," Clyde spoke to the boy.
He then walked over to the trap door and opened it he leaned down in the hole and stuck his arm down to help the others up.
"Hope you can ride a horse were leaving," he said as he waited to pull the others up.
He looked back to Hadrian.
"Gather what you can friend, and set the Darklings body on fire, its the best burial we can give him in this situation," he spoke horde zombies were getting closer his trigger finger twitched slightly as he looked back down into the whole.
Revek looked at Onni, slightly annoyed at grabbing his leg.
"Pull yourself together. We need fighters, not children," he said and walked toward Clyde.
Before Clyde could speak, Revek grabbed his good hand and smacked Clyde in the face with it, causing the cowboy to pistol whip himself.
"No more shooting people idiot. Do you hear that horde coming this way? That's because you're attracting them us. They go toward loud noises."
Revek turned toward the others.
"Get the boy out of the cellar. We have to leave Greyshore NOW! Sarek did his part for the Hunt. If we don't do ours, the boy will die and then it's all over. Face facts people...we're Hunters.....and we're being hunted," he finished turning back toward Clyde.
"If you're lying about these horses...I'll kill you."
Clyde just nodded he looked at everyone.
"Alright, stay here I'll get the horses," clyde said he holstered his weapon and adjusted his duster and his hat and snuck out onto the streets.
There was a large group of undead fighting over a child and his mother Clyde tipped his hat in respect, he then quickly ran across the street an undead was leaning up against the door to the stables as if that was going to get it inside.
Clyde drew his revolver he cocked back the hammer eased his finger on the trigger, but he stopped remebering what Reverk said. He hosltered the revolver. He had a large hunting knife in his belt, he pulled that out and grabbed the zombies shoulder and swung the blade downard he stabbed it right through the top of the skull into its brain.
He opened the door, there were two horses one which was his a black stallion he mounted it and grabed the reins of the other horse which was pulling a wagon large enough for the whole group plus one riding the horse.
"HIYAH!" He said as he snapped the reins and the horses ran out of the stables making there way to the group, his pet raven then landed on his shoulder he didn't pay any mind he looked at Reverk and the others.
"Let's go," he said the zombies noticed the horses and started running. Towards the group, his horses were faithfull to him and would stay no matter what.
Clyde jumped off his horse to help the others in the wagon.
Lichlord
Aese pops his knuckles and pulls a folded blade from his waist, letting a flick of his wrist free the longsword from where it had looked to be crumpled. He lets the fingers of his free hand quiver softly as he runs them down the stainless blade, small blue arcs of lightning leap forward from his fingertips to connect with the steel and energize it with pure energy. The blade seems to take on a faint illumination, and begin to vibrate faintly with the magick coursing through it.
As he encroaches the small grouping of people, he holds the blade at ready. The very first of the group to catch his eye was the lizardman without a tail. It bewildered him as to how the aniver could walk without its tail...which acted to balance the movements of many reptilian humanoids.
"I have the innate feeling that you all will be exiting this place. I believe I'll be following...another instinct lets me know that you all wouldn't mind the help." He staggers back as a wagon pulls up, and as a man begins to usher people into it. "Erm..yes, that'll do." He closes his folding blade and falls into line within the confines of the vehicle.
Still using the staff from earlier, he smashed an undead in the face, and then another in the knees, breaking its leg. He launched one of his hooks into a zombie that was running for the lizardman, snapping its spine as its own force kept pulling against the cable.
The majority of the zombies gone, he turned back towards the group just in time to see the darkling get shot. Now it should be stated, in their brief time together, Petra found that he didn't like Drylas. And now that he thought about, he wasnt sure if that was his name.
But no matter what he thought of the darkling, he hated this "cowboy" more, wagon or not.
"Where'd he get a damned wagon...?" he said to himself
Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:12 pm
Onni looked at the cowboy's wagon, and then down the hole. His face became strict and poised. He was stern. A look of understanding and clarity. It was bitter though. Yet, he smiled.
"Watch my back. I'm getting the boy." Said Onni loudly. He slipped down under the door and did not come up for several minutes. Finally, the door opened. Popurum and the boy emerged. Pops held the boys hand and held a plank of wood (His Knight's Mace).
"Mr. No-Tail said it's time for us to go?" asked Pops helping the boy to the wagon.
The door to the cellar was closed. Onni never appeared. Nor did his mate, Auer.
Once the boy was in the wagon, and safe, Pops turned back to Revek. He didn't know why, but Pops liked Revek. He might not have been very friendly... but he was a strong leader.
"Boss, the lizards are staying behind," said Popurum. Then in a voice to imitate Onni's, "'In this world, you can't worry about if and when you die. All that matters is how you die.' That's what he told me, Boss."
In the cellar, Onni lit a torch and walked towards the back. There, sitting with his back against the wall, Auer looked around groggily. A blanket was around him. Onni lowered himself to the ground, sitting down next to his love.
The two lizards got close together. They spoke to each other in their raspy, reptilian voices. Onni told Auer about the Civil Agents and Acaetus Nimius. Auer told Onni about seeing the Civil Agents and fleeing the house before they caught him.
The remains were of some mammalian humanoid. Somehow, Auer and Onni managed to keep missing each other, and thinking the other was dead. Then, Auer heard of Onni, Savior of Greyshore.
"Onni?"
"Yeah?"
"Where are we?"
Onni chuckled. He remembered waking up in a chair one floor above with tubing draining his lizard blood... That was how long ago? It felt like years...
"It doesn't matter."
There was a pause. It was still and quiet in that cellar. Just the two of them. The two waited... the horde would come. Then... with any hope, they'd find their places together in the next world.
"I'm glad you found me."
"Me, too," finished Onni.
Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:21 am
Nick W wrote:
Revek nodded.
"OK everyone get into the wagon. We have--"
A lone zombie rushed the wagon and began convulsing horribly as it ran.
SHA-BOOM!!!
The Exploder ran between the horses to climb up the front of the wagon and exploded.
Now then, Exploder zombies weren't conventional zombies. They didn't need to bite a victim to spread the plague. They simply needed to blow up and their left overs just needed to make a flesh contact with someone uninfected to spread the plague to them.
Horse meat and the front half of the wagon flew through the air. The back half of the wagon itself. Anyone who had climbed into the wagon went flying through the air as well.
Aese landed hard on his left shoulder on the ground, feeling something pull in it.
Revek pushed himself up off the ground. He had covered Popurum and the back half of his coat was covered in zombie grime. He quickly took it off and tossed it to the side, annoyed at having to find a new one now. White leather trench coats weren't easy to come by and he had to trade a lot for that one.
He then glanced over at Clyde.
"Damn," he whispered.
The side of the cowboy's face was covered in Exploder grime. Petra's neck was covered in Exploder grime. Asar's hand's were covered in Exploder grime.
In the cellar, Onni and Auer sat close to one another. Onni thought about the ordeals he had been through recently....and oddly enough he viewed some of it in a strange way....some of it....made him feel hungry.
Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:51 am
Hadrian had been around the corner keeping watch as the others started to load up into the wagon.
SHA-BOOM!!
"What the hell?!" Hadrian came back around the corner to see what was happening.
"Can you guys be any loud... ...er.... ?!"
Then he saw the gore and grime splattered over almost everyone.
Hadrian got mad.
"Keep it down! Now lets get out of here, Clean that crap off and lets go!"
Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:35 pm
Craigzilla wrote:
"Auer..." said Onni, afraid. Ever since that human spoke of how the dragons become infected... Onni silently knew. One reason he knew he couldn't continue with them. He didn't want some stranger to do it... He wanted Auer...
Lizards aren't known for their tears... with maybe the exception of crocodiles. However, even Onni could cry. Auer watched, saddened. What they were, well, was beyond the need to speak.
"I'm sorry-" began Onni. Auer stopped him. They got closer. For years, Onni wondered what the point was. Why not just give up, and abandon Nerin Toth? All the pain in this world... all the sadness and sorrow. Why go through that? It seemed so pointless... But... Now, he understood.
Years of hurting. Months of putting up with stupid mammals and zombies. Even all the politics... None of that could damper Onni's spirit. He understood why the world kept fighting. This moment with Auer. That's what it's all for... for everyone.
All the harder... after finally figuring it out... to know that Onni's fight would be over... Onni could feel it. Time was borrowed.
"The boy... that darkling thought there was something important about him..."
"Okay..." said Auer.
"You better..." Onni couldn't finish. He unlatched the wrist blades from his arms. He handed them over to Auer. The red scaled lizard, with Onni's help, set the weapons in place...
Auer kissed Onni's forehead.
"Wait for me," whispered Auer... he placed a fist to Onni's temple. He prayed it would be fast... Both shook. Both quivered. The best moment of their lives... was also the hardest... and cruelest.
"As long as it takes..." replied the damned lizard.
Auer released the blades...
Blood ran down to the ground, staining the blanket... staining the cellar floor... staining Auer's heart.
The naturalist lizard worked fast. After making sure there was no way for Onni to be raised again, he took a pack, placed the bloody blanket inside, lovingly.
He hurried to the cellar door. The torch was darkening. Auer started to open the door...
He looked back...
"You've done your part, Onni. I pray I can do mine..."
The lizard slipped up to the surface. He shut the door behind him. A gust of air slipped in. The breeze reached the weakening torch. And the room went dark...
OOC: That was THEE hardest post I have ever written... I'm going to miss Onni. I cried while writing this.
Name: Auer Scaletail
Race: Aniver (Lizard)
Faction: Naturalist (Druid)
Ht: 5'9"
Wt: 160ish
Skin: Red scales as the dominant color. Found around his back, legs, arms, head, and neck. Copper colored scales decorate his underbelly. Reptilian fins decorate the top and back of his head.
Gear: Tattered naturalist robes. Onni's wrist blades. A pack with a blood stained blanket, water, and rations.
History: Read The Dead Will Hunt
Aese pulls to his feet, resting a hand on his left shoulder. He grunts hard, and swiftly pops the bone back into place. A stabbing pain floods through his arm and echoes within his body, causing a hard gasp to arise from his pallid lips. In all of his life, things were being destroyed by all of the fucking zombies. His fists clench, as he looks around at all of the disgusting ichor that had glazed over much of the surrounding area.
"This is bullshit." Aese says aloud as he grabs the blade from his waist and lets it snap outward to its full length, and with a clench of his fist, the metal seems to become engulfed in a blindingly white flame. He wanted to run zombies through. He wanted to spill their vile, rotting entrails across the soil, and fertilize the Earth with their disgusting mulch of a body. Though, his left arm ached and twitched uncomfortably. He couldn't do much with it...it was a marvelous turnabout that he was ambidextrous.
To much of his disdain, no zombies were in reach. As much as he wanted to cleave one into tiny little pieces, he would have to wait. Though, he had the itching feeling that he wouldn't have to wait very long.
"I would like to make the suggestion that we regroup, take care of those with...slime...on their bodies, and move along." He spins the blade in his hand and gestures towards those with grime on their bodies. "I don't know if that spreads the disease through skin contact, and if no one else knows for sure..then I'd rather not take any chances." He lets his hard, emotionless eyes lock onto those afflicted.
"I'm sure, as hunters, the majority of you will agree. Kill them if necessary. Or...remove the parts of the body that ail them." He says in a harsh tone, better befitting a Murderer than a "gentle" artificer. One who's inventions would be used for the betterment of mankind should there be a lack of the Zombie Scourge.
But now...
Everything he would ever create would be used to destroy.
Subject: Re: The Dead Will Hunt Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:30 pm
Auer appeared above and immediately noticed the carnage. His moist eyes enlarged at the gore. He suddenly threw up all over the ground in front of his clawed feet... There went the booze.
The reptile watched and listened Aese. Auer wondered exactly who the leader or the group was. He wiped his mouth of the bile and walked over to him.
"I'm sorry for missing most of the scene, but I am a healer. If I can be any assistance to you or a little boy, I promise to serve to my death," said Auer, respectfully to Aese.
"I'm here for the group, just command me."
Coughing and gagging, Oceana gasped for air in her lungs. It felt good, she gulped air, cooling her burning lungs.
"Thanks!" She said to the little man. Wondering to herself how it came to be her rescuer was so small and the brute that was crushing her was so big.
Oceana ducked when the gun was being fired. Things were just so chaotic and nothing was making sense.
She looked down at her hands, the wood plank had left several splinters and cuts. Pain. Like every other sense, it must be pushed aside. No time for crying or whining, she pulled as many of the wood splinters out with her teeth as she could, while her eyes took in all that was going on around her.
Who was this strange man with the hat and horses. Could they trust him? Did they have a choice?
She looked at the brute, finding no weapons on it's remains, Oceana sighed. And kicked it's leg out of frustration. She must find a suitable weapon.
Her fortune to defend herself would not hold out long as it is, she has more than once owed her life to these new friends.
How could she begin to repay them?
Revek looked at the others frustrated that his trench coat had been covered in zombie grime. He tossed it aside with an angry look on his face. White leather trench coats were not easy to come by.
"We have to leave here now. These undead are after the boy. It was Sarek's job to test all of you to see if you would be suitable guards for the boy's life. It's believed he holds a cure to all of this madness. Who or what is controlling these undead causing them to hunt the boy specifically we aren't sure. What is known is that the Tothian Mage Guild, Acaetus Nimius, and Civil Agents of the Blood have been hunting Sarek for quite some time. And since you were all seen with him here in Greyshore it's no doubt that they know of you all assisting him. The longer we stay here, the closer we get to death. We need to return the boy to Medrath as soon as possible, and leaving now while this city is in chaos would be best to avoid any notice."
"Medrath? What do you intend to take him there for? Why not Peregren? Their walls are fortified, and the Knights of Tomath are there. If there was any chance for a cure, Zoei Fantasy would know how to pool the resources needed. And more importantly, the child would be much safer there. We'd be taking an unnecessary risk, don't you think?" asked Auer. His voice was calm and thoughtful.
Auer wasn't sure about this human. He wasn't sure who to trust and who was the leader. Onni never said... All Auer was told, was to protect the child.
"Unless you can give a decent enough reason as to why we should go to Medrath and not Peregren, I'll take the boy on my own. His safety is my biggest concern. Don't give me a death or torture threat either! I'm bound to this world for the boy only. You won't persuade me through violence!" said the lizard in a much harsher tone. He walked over and placed a gentle hand on the boy's shoulder.
His only hope was that the boy wouldn't be frightened by Auer's scaly physique.
Revek strode over to Auer and punched him square in the nose.
The boy took of running down the street, vanishing into a crowd of people not to be seen.
"YOU IDIOT! NOW WE HAVE TO FIND HIM AGAIN! Peregren has fallen! Zoei Fantasy no longer controls it! The Knights of Tomath.............you're a drunk and an embarrassment to yourself. Stay away from the boy," Revek finished.
He then turned and began walking the direction the boy went searching for him.
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"Yeah, dummy!" yelled Poprurm, kicking Auer in the shin. Popurum then ran to catch up with Revek. Popurum soon became the human's shadow.
"Let's go get him, boss!" he said. He was important!
Auer stood there cupping his nostrils. A little blood came out. He was quickly sobering up. He looked at the others confused. What'd he do? The human was the one that scared the boy!
"Gods bless you Onni for putting up with this group," whispered the lizard. "But Gods damn you for getting me involved!" he hissed.
Revek found the boy hiding between two market stands, crouched down trying to remain unnoticed. People still ran about in a panic and the guards were trying to get everything under control.
Revek and Popurum walked up to the boy.
Revek kneeled down to be eye level with the boy.
"You know what we have to do?" he said softly but sternly.
The boy nodded.
"And you know, only you can end this?" Revek said.
The boy looked away scared.
"I know. I don't like it any more than you do. But we have to accomplish this huge task in front of us. If we don't this whole world dies. You don't want that do you?"
The boy glanced at his feet neverously. Then the boy shook his head no.
"Lets get the others then and get going," Revek said softly.
The boy, Revek, and Popurum walked back toward the others.


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NUM 8Numbers 8
8 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand." 3 And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses. 4 And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6 "Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. 7 Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. 8 Then let them take a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering. 9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel. 10 When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites, 11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD. 12 Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.
14 "Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. 16 For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself. 17 For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself, 18 and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary."
20 Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them. 21 And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24 "This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting. 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more. 26 They minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties."
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What Is the Book of Numbers About?
In a letter to the Corinthian church, the apostle Paul says that the events in the book of Numbers "took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did" (1 Corinthians 10:6). We know he's referring to Numbers because he mentions specific events—wilderness (10:5), serpents (10:9), and grumbling (10:10). He warns these New Testament Christians, telling them to remember Israel's wandering in the wilderness, and not to repeat their sins. So what happened in the desert?
The book of Numbers covers 38 years of Israel's history, including their move from Mt. Sinai to the plains of Moab, right outside the Promise Land.
If you'll remember, at this point God had brought the Israelites out of slavery from Egypt. He had gathered them at Mount Sinai and entered a formal covenant with them. He initiated a loving relationship with them, where they would be his people and he would be their God. God had instructed the Israelites to build the tabernacle—a portable structure God filled with his presence to fulfill his promise to be with his people. After that, God had given the Israelites certain commandments (his law) to obey so that they, though sinners, they could dwell with their holy God.
With this history in mind, we come to the book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible). Numbers begins with the Israelites preparing to move from Mount Sinai towards the Promised Land. After camping at Mount Sinai for about a year, God instructs the Israelites to follow him (Numbers 10:1-10), promising to be with his people as protector and guide. The same cloud that guided God's people out of Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 13:21-22) is now guiding people from Sinai to the Promised Land (Numbers 10:11-12).
In this respect, we might expect Numbers to glow with excitement and hope, a sense of gratitude to God and excitement for his provision. Unfortunately, that's not exactly what we see. Instead, we hear this: "And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled" (Numbers 11:1 ESV).
At the very outset of their journey, the Israelites complain against God. They complain against the One who delivered them from slavery in Egypt, sent plagues against Egypt, parted the Red Sea, crushed the Egyptian army, provided food from heaven and water from rocks. God did all of this for them, and the Israelites still chose to grumble against God.
And don't you and I do just the same?
Numbers is like a mirror, helping us see our tendency to wander from God and doubt him.
Unfortunately, the whole middle section of Numbers shows how the Israelites continue to test God, rebel against Moses (their God-given leader), question God, and even refuse to enter the Promise Land! "The whole congregation said to them, 'Would that we have died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!" (Numbers 14:2 ESV).
Eventually, God punishes this first generation's faithlessness with death: "I, the Lord, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die" (Numbers 14:35 ESV). The continued unfaithfulness of the Israelites incurred the wrath of God. In fact, God did not even allow Moses to enter the Promise Land.
Do you see why Paul warns us against being like the Israelites in Numbers (1 Corinthians 10:6-13)? We quickly fall into sin when we forget all that God has done for us.
When we witness the Israelites breaking their covenant with God, and choosing sin instead, it causing us to wonder: How will the promised blessing for the nations (Genesis 12:1-3) come through Israel, if they cannot seem to be faithful to God?
In one of the strangest sections in the Old Testament, we see God reiterate his plans for Israel—through a pagan, prophet-for-hire, named Balaam (Numbers 22-24). Balaam prophesies that God still intends to prosper his people and bring them into the Promise Land. God waited for the first generation of Israelites to die, so he could bring the next generation into the land.
As the Lord prepares this second generation to enter the Promise Land, we are still left with a question: Will they be like the first generation?
Numbers is like a mirror, helping us see our tendency to wander from God and doubt him. But it's also a wonderful reminder that our failure does not keep God from keeping his promises. Open Numbers to discover the faithful character of God.
What Is the Background of Numbers?
The Background of Numbers
Moses is the source and primary author of the book of Numbers, which is the fourth volume in the Pentateuch. Its English name comes from the censuses in ch. 1–4 and 26.
Numbers tells of Israel's journey from Mount Sinai to the borders of the Promised Land, summarizing some 40 years of the nation's history. With Israel having been freed from slavery in Egypt and then receiving the law (Exodus and Leviticus), the book of Numbers begins with the people's final preparations to leave Sinai. It then records their triumphal setting out, before a series of events in which the people grumbled about the difficulty of the journey and the impossibility of conquering Canaan. This response leads God to delay their entry to Canaan by 40 years. The closing chapters of the book tell how the people at last set out again and reach the banks of the Jordan, ready to cross into the land promised to their forefathers.
Theme and Purpose
The theme of Numbers is the gradual fulfillment of the promises to Abraham that his descendants would be the people of God and would occupy the land of Canaan. The book shows the reality of God's presence with Israel in the pillar of cloud and fire over the tabernacle. It also shows how Israel's unbelief delays the entry into Canaan and costs many lives. Nevertheless, by the end of the book, Israel is ready to enter the land.
There were four elements to God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:1–3, and they all play a role in Numbers:
Numbers describes Israel's journey toward the Promised Land.
2. Descendants
Abraham had been promised that his descendants would be as many as the stars of heaven (Genesis 15:5). Jacob's family consisted of just 70 persons when he entered Egypt (Genesis 46:27). Now they had increased immensely. The first census (Numbers 1:1–46) showed that the fighting men numbered 603,550. That did not include women and children. Surveying their camp from a hilltop, Balaam declared, "Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the fourth part of Israel?" (Numbers 23:10). Balaam went on to predict that Israel would become a powerful kingdom in its own right: "a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel" (Numbers 24:17).
3. Covenant Relationship with God
The essence of the covenant was, "You shall be my people, and I will be your God." The Lord's presence with Israel is constantly highlighted throughout the book of Numbers.
4. Blessing to the Nations
This is the aspect of the promises to Abraham that is least apparent in Numbers. To a greater or lesser degree, the nations that Israel encounters are all hostile. Nevertheless Balaam recalls the phrasing of Genesis 12:3 when he says, "Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed are those who curse you" (Numbers 24:9). Nations who treat Israel generously by blessing her will themselves be blessed.
Numbers consists of three major blocks of material describing the events and laws associated with three centers where Israel encamped for a significant time. These centers are Sinai (ch. 1–10), Kadesh (ch. 13–19), and the plains of Moab (ch. 22–36). They are linked by two short travelogues recording what occurred as Israel journeyed from one camp to the next.
I. Israel Prepares to Enter the Land (1:1–10:10)
II. Marching from Sinai to Kadesh (10:11–12:16)
III. Forty Years near Kadesh (13:1–19:22)
IV. Marching from Kadesh to the Plains of Moab (20:1–21:35)
V. Israel in the Plains of Moab (22:1–36:13)
Journeys in the Wilderness
The Global Message of Numbers
Numbers in Redemptive History
The modern title of the book of Numbers is probably one reason that the church often neglects this important part of Scripture. The title, together with a first reading of its early chapters, may mislead the reader into believing that the book is primarily a detailed census of the population of Israel. The original Hebrew title of the book, however, is "In the Wilderness," and this accurately describes the essence of the book. The original purpose of Numbers was to warn the second generation of Israel not to lapse into the rebellion and unbelief of their first-generation parents, lest they also perish in judgment in the wilderness between Egypt and the Promised Land. Yet its deeper purpose was to encourage them that the Lord was with them, and that he intended to fulfill his promise to their father Abraham to give his descendants the land and through them to bless the nations.
Numbers thus has something to say to Christians all around the globe today, for this book advances the history of redemption for all peoples—the story of salvation that began in Eden, was given as a solemn promise in Genesis 12:1–3, and which we see finally accomplished in Revelation 21–22.
Conquest of the Promised Land
In Numbers, Moses seeks to encourage the second generation of Israelites to advance to the Promised Land by faith and begin the war to take possession of it. This will be a holy war. The Israelite camp houses a holy army, for the Lord dwells at the center of the camp and has ordered its military configuration and census. The camp itself is arranged in three concentric circles (or squares), from greater to lesser holiness. The holy tabernacle sits at the center. The Levites, encamped immediately around the tabernacle, provide a protective space between it and the rest of the camp. The twelve tribes surround them as the outermost ring. As Israel prepares to set off from Mount Sinai toward Canaan, the tabernacle becomes the royal traveling tent of a King on the march to retake what is rightfully his. The camp is a holy army preparing for war to take the Promised Land by conquest.
Tested in the Wilderness
Israel's wilderness wandering can be seen as an "already–not yet" stage in redemptive history. Israel had already experienced God's salvation in their exodus deliverance from Egypt, but they had not yet obtained the Promised Land. The wilderness becomes the place of testing. When Israel first entered the wilderness, the Lord gave them manna from heaven, not merely to provide for their needs but also that "I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not" (Exodus 16:4; compare 20:20). The wilderness was no easy stretch of land through which to journey. Hot and dry, it offered no shelter from the sweltering heat. Like much of the world today, the wilderness was barren, harsh, windswept, and inhospitable. Plants did not grow, and humans struggled to survive. God intended the wilderness to function as a test for his people, to reveal whether their faith was genuine or not. Those with genuine faith persevered with the Lord through the hardships and trials; those who did not trust the Lord fell away into apostasy and rebellion.
Universal Themes in Numbers
Abrahamic, messianic, and new creational themes are all seen in Balaam's oracles (Numbers 23–24). Genesis 12:3 and Genesis 49:9 are echoed in Numbers 24:9. Israel is reaffirmed as the bearer of a messianic hope and the channel through which the Abrahamic promise will be realized and the nations of the world blessed. The messianic promise from Genesis 49:9 of an ultimate king of the nations from the line of Judah is picked up and expounded (Numbers 23:21, 24; 24:7, 9, 17–19). This king will bear Israel's vocation upon his shoulders and will fulfill the Abrahamic promise. Through him the world will be blessed and the curses of Genesis 3 will be overcome(see "The Global Message of Genesis"; compare Psalm 72:17). He will rule over the world as the king of Israel, depicted in a vision as an Eden-paradise-kingdom (Numbers 24:3–7). All these hopes are finally fulfilled in Jesus.
The Global Message of Numbers for Today
Murmuring Rather Than Trusting
Grumbling plagues the global church today as it always has. Complaining when circumstances are difficult, when leaders appear ineffective, or when resources are scarce may seem like the normal and even right thing to do. The book of Numbers warns, however, that grumbling is taken by the Creator-King as treason. Whenever Israel murmured, God's anger was roused and he broke out in judgment against them (Numbers 11:1–3, 33–34; 12:10–16; 14:20–23, 27–38; 16:20–35, 46–50; 20:12; 21:6–9). The Lord had set out to test Israel, but Israel tested him instead—ten times (Numbers 14:22). For their stubborn rebellion, the first generation's bodies were strewn across the desert, and they never saw or entered the Promised Land.
The global church must recognize that grumbling, murmuring, and complaining all flow out of a lack of trust in the promises of its covenant Lord. By covenant, the Lord had become Israel's God and had promised to provide for their needs and protect them. He had also sworn to bring them to the Promised Land, assuring them that it was "flowing with milk and honey"—far better than slavery in Egypt. The people, however, did not trust these promises. Their murmuring reflected the deeper issue of unbelieving hearts. Grumbling, complaining, and murmuring by the church is rebellion against Christ and reveals unbelief in the promises of God. Paul warns the church against such murmuring (Philippians 2:14–15).
Adversity in the Wilderness
In 1 Corinthians 10:1–13, Paul refers to several events in Israel's journey through the wilderness. He sees the church as being "in the wilderness," on its way to a Promised Land, having been freed from slavery in an exodus deliverance (see 1 Corinthians 5:7). God had tested his people Israel by the difficulties of the wilderness, in order to see if they would trust and obey him in the midst of adverse circumstances. Likewise, the span between the first and second comings of Christ can be seen as the church's own wilderness journey. In his first coming, Christ delivered his people in the exodus deliverance of the cross; at his return, Christ will usher the church into the new creation, the true and final Promised Land. The wilderness march of Israel serves as a pattern of the church's own wilderness march (1 Corinthians 10:11).
Our march through this wilderness is not easy, nor does God intend it to be. It is a time of difficulty and suffering. It is a time of testing, to distinguish between those who profess faith in Christ and persevere in obedience to him (thus revealing genuine faith) and those who profess faith yet fall away in apostasy (revealing lack of true saving faith). Through difficult circumstances, the church must trust Christ as we march homeward. Christ has promised to every believer who overcomes the wilderness of this world the privilege "to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God" (Revelation 2:7). He has assured the church that he will bring her safely home to this Promised Land. This is indescribably better than any pleasures that the fallen world may offer (Hebrews 11:24–26).
Num. 8:1–4 The lampstand is described more fully in Ex. 25:31–40. Its construction is explained in Ex. 37:17–24; see also illustration. This section gives instructions for its operation. The seven lamps . . . give light in front of the lampstand, so that their light shines on the table opposite it in the tabernacle (see illustration). On this table are 12 flat loaves of bread symbolizing the 12 tribes of Israel (Ex. 25:23–30). Light reflects God's glorious presence (see notes on John 1:4–5; 8:12).
Num. 8:5–22 The Levites took the place of the firstborn Israelites (vv. 16–18). Their cleansing made them fit to be offered to God. The leaders then laid hands on them, symbolizing that the Levites represent the congregation (vv. 9–11). Then, like parts of a sacrifice, they are offered as a wave offering (v. 11). "Sacrificial waving" is usually a side-to-side movement, but how the Levites were "waved" is unclear. Part of the Levites' job is to guard the tabernacle. They protect the community by preventing an Israelite from approaching the sanctuary incorrectly and thus causing a plague (see v. 19).
Num. 8:23–26 At age 50 Levites were to retire from the duty of the service because carrying the tabernacle was too hard for older men. They could continue as guards (vv. 25–26). In 4:23 Levites start carrying the tabernacle at age 30, but here they start at age 25. Perhaps from the ages of 25 to 30 they were apprentices.

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The post-Olympics blues
January 19, 2005 19.01.2005 • 08:00
Greece's Economic Climate Index (ECI) fell for the fourth time in the past six months as businesses and consumers have been disappointed by the economy's prospects and the government action, or lack of it, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) said in its monthly review yesterday. The index, at 91.6 in December from 92.1 in November, remains below EU and eurozone averages (103.3 and 102.6 respectively) and significantly below the average for the 1998-2004 period. «The fall in the Greek ECI is due to the gradual erosion of the optimistic views, evident early in the year, of prospects in all economic sectors and among consumers. This decline accelerated after the Olympics, especially in the construction sector, but also in every other sector, albeit in a milder fashion,» the IOBE report said. Business expectations in the construction sector plunged to 59.6, from 64.5 in November, less than half the 1998-2004 average (128.3). The reason is that the sector's firms see little business ahead and forecast a decline in employment. As for the reasons behind this pessimistic view, 34 percent attribute it to a lack of financing, while fewer blame low demand, bureaucracy and uncertainties over the legal framework regarding public procurements. About one in four businesses (24 percent), however, see no impediments to their activity. These are mostly firms active in private projects. Among those involved in big public projects, 42 percent complain of a lack of adequate financing. The Business Expectations Index in industry was at 94.1 in December, down from 95.5 in November, and the lowest level in the period since 1998. The index was negatively affected by inventory estimates, which declined for the third month in a row. Estimates on production and exports appear positive but significantly weaker than those made in November. The average months of assured production are 4.7, slightly up from November (4.6), but significantly below the early-2004 levels. Capacity utilization is also at low levels (72.9 percent in December compared to 73.9 percent in November). Estimates on future industrial prices are guarded: 80 percent of the respondents believe there will be stability in the coming months, while 16 percent forecast a rise in prices and 4 percent a fall. In consumer goods, there is an improvement in the business climate. IOBE attributes this to the decline in inventory and improved production prospects in the coming month. Only 29 percent of businesses believe that production is at lower-than-usual levels, compared to 64 percent who respond that it is at normal levels. By contrast, there is a significant drop in the Business Expectations Index in capital goods, to 101.3 in December from 106.2 in November, as a result of projections of low sales and a rise in inventory. The survey shows that the high expectations in the runup to the Athens Olympics have been partly deflated and that most businesses do not believe in a post-Olympic boom. This is in line with European Union forecasts of lower growth but contrasts with the government's optimistic view, expressed in the 2005 budget, that growth will actually accelerate in 2005, to 3.9 percent.
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The 15-year gilt yields increased slightly during August up 3 basis points to 2.07% after being as high as 2.27% earlier in the month and at an all time low of 2.02% on 2 August 2012.
The European Central Bank (ECB) said it would do "whatever it takes" to support sovereign countries that find themselves requiring a bailout and investor confidence increased in July. On 6 September 2012 the ECB will give details of how it can achieve this and as the meeting approaches investors have moved funds back to safe havens such as UK government bonds and gilts.
A positive outcome would mean both equities and gilt yields will increase as investors have more confidence in European bonds where the yields for 10-year bonds in Spain are at 6.23%, Italy at 5.69% and Portugal at 9.46%.
Despite the slight increase in gilt yields annuity rates have reduced with standard, smoker and impaired annuities lower by up to 4.1%. Standard annuity rates are lower by 1.99% and smoker rates by 0.92%. With gilt yields virtually unchanged it would appear that annuity rates can increase in August by between 1.22% to 2.29%. For the latest updates see Annuity Rates 2012.


Nutritional intake is one of the most important aspects that influence body composition and may affect body somatotype. Some previous studies conducted on somatotype in Malaysia have focussed on the aspect of sport performance and physical activities but none were on somatotype with dietary intakes. Thus, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between somatotype and dietary intakes. A total of 308 males and females of uniformed government agencies personnel in Kuala Terengganu were systematically selected to participate into this study. Somatotype was determined by using the Heath and Carter, method. Dietary intakes were measured by using 24-hour dietary recall technique. The mean age of respondents was 38.18 ± 5.23 years. Their mean BMI was 26.09 ± 5.69 kg/m2, which indicated that they were overweight. Mean somatotype components of the male respondents were (5.71, 4.73, 1.20), while of female respondents were (8.77, 4.99, 0.77). This indicated that the males belonged to mesomorph-endomorph body somatotype while the females belonged to mesomorph endomorph somatotype category. Median calories intake among respondents was 1987 kcal per day. The correlation between endomorphy component with calories, carbohydrate and protein intake were r= -0.083, r= -0.172 and r= -0.226, respectively (p<0.05). Mesomorphy component correlated negatively with protein intake of respondents (r= -0.161, p<0.05). The ectomorphy component correlated positively with calories (r= 0.151, p<0.05), carbohydrate (r= 0.113, p<0.05), protein (r= 0.191, p<0.05) and fat intake (r=0.112, p<0.05). Some vitamins and minerals intake also shows correlation with somatotype components. Generally, this study suggested that dietary intakes influence somatotype components and somatotype measurements can be useful to be used as tools for identifying obesity predispositions.


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George Sherman Robinson
November 21, 1926 - March 20, 2020
George Sherman Robinson George Robinson, 93, of Oklahoma City was called home by his Savior on March 20, 2020 at Epworth Villa. Born on November 21, 1926 in Fond du Lac, WI, he was the son of George W. and Ursula (Meinert) Robinson of Plymouth, WI. Following service in the Army he received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Ripon College, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking, and continued his education at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. George`s early business career was spent with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in the insurance credit management field, then later in banking at the First National Bank of Chicago and First Tennessee Bank as senior vice-president and general manager of operations and information technology. On October 22, 1948 George married his childhood sweetheart, Waldine (Blanke) of Plymouth, WI. They were members of the Methodist Church and were very active in volunteer work, including formation of the Habitat for Humanity Chapter for Greater Memphis, Helping Hands, Birthright, Stephens's Ministry, and prison ministry. George was a long-term care ombudsman for many years, but his favorite challenge was in financial counseling. His loving wife preceded him in death in 2012. Also preceding him in death were his two sisters, Myrtle (Taylor) of Seattle and Rose (Mortimer) of Wisconsin Rapids, and granddaughter Jennifer Michelini. Survivors include his son George William (Bill) of Naperville, IL, daughter Barbara Ann and son-in-law John Michelini also of Naperville and his son Brian Walter and daughter-in-law Cynthia of Edmond, OK. Additional survivors include brother-in-law and sister-in-law Henry and Janet Blanke of Plymouth, WI along with 9 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Memorial services to be determined.
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Valeriano Pérez Garza (born 1 May 1941) is a Mexican fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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Olympic fencers of Mexico
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Pan American Games medalists in fencing
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There is a health care revolution going on in your pocket and on your wrist, and it is one for which the legal system is ill-prepared. Health law often lags behind shifts in clinical practice and organizational structures. Notwithstanding, current law maps reasonably well to major tenets of traditional health care, including the regulation of medical devices and the duties of providers to protect patient information. In other words, health law seems up to the task of regulating health care's business-as-usual model.
Mobile health is poised to upset that model. Notoriously, health care is relatively immune to traditional market forces and is more difficult to disrupt than other industries. Instead, change has been reliant on massively compromised and politically fraught interventions, such as the Affordable Care Act. Mobile health offers a different, parallel path. Most of its apps and wearables do not support existing models of health care. Rather, developers are delivering the consumer-centric aesthetic and functionality that health care policymakers are now beginning to conceptualize.
Of course, for many of the tens of thousands of health apps in the Apple and Android stores, that remains an exaggeration. Health care is not going to be upended by an app that provides access to your medical record. Rather, the revolution began when first generation fitness trackers evolved into true wellness apps, and apps that monitor and help manage chronic conditions became more sophisticated. Just around the corner are apps that diagnose, even suggest, treatments.
The latter may be the most interesting and potentially the most revolutionary type of app, capable of doing things no conventional health provider can (or doing them faster and cheaper). The apps are always on, monitoring the patient (or the pre-patient) 24/7, and are highly context-aware with knowledge of place, temperature, surroundings and, increasingly, of people and things around us. Also, many apps are very smart, leveraging sophisticated, cloud-based analytics.
What is unclear is whether the current regulatory environment is promoting or thwarting innovation. For example, the Apple Watch is capable of measuring pulse oximetry and, theoretically, capable of alerting some patients to dangerous symptoms. However, the watch was released with this functionality disabled. It is possible that the quality of its measurements would not have satisfied regulators. Equally, questions as to device regulation or liability exposure could have been relevant to that decision. If regulatory or liability indeterminacy is the issue, then mobile health innovation may be at risk.
Nicolas Terry is the Hall Render Professor of Law & Executive Director, Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. His "The Week in Health Law" podcast is at www.TWIHL.com and he is @nicolasterry on Twitter.


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Drug Treatment Centers in Poughkeepsie, NY
DC Dept Behavioral Community Health Dutchess County Partial Hosp Program
DC Dept Behavioral Community Health Dutchess County Partial Hosp Program is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (230 North Road 12601).
DC Dept Behavioral Community Health Dutchess County Partial Hosp Program allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Marital Counseling, Behavioral Therapy.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Mental Health Disorder Treatment. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders.
Poughkeepsie Center PROS
Poughkeepsie Center PROS is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (26 Oakley Street 12601).
Poughkeepsie Center PROS allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Mental Health Disorder Treatment. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Court Ordered Outpatient Drug Rehab.
Hudson Valley Mental Health Inc Poughkeepsie Mental Health Clinic
Hudson Valley Mental Health Inc Poughkeepsie Mental Health Clinic is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (230 North Road 12601).
Hudson Valley Mental Health Inc Poughkeepsie Mental Health Clinic allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
Rockland Childrens Psychiatric Center Dutchess IDT Falt Point/BOCES
Rockland Childrens Psychiatric Center Dutchess IDT Falt Point/BOCES is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (5 BOCES 12601).
Rockland Childrens Psychiatric Center Dutchess IDT Falt Point/BOCES allows Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Payment Assisted Addiction Treatment for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Mental Health Disorder Treatment.
Rockland Psychiatric Center Dutchess Clinic
Rockland Psychiatric Center Dutchess Clinic is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (26 Oakley Street 12601).
Rockland Psychiatric Center Dutchess Clinic allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
MHA of Dutchess County Beacon Wellness PROS Program
MHA of Dutchess County Beacon Wellness PROS Program is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (253 Mansion Street 12601).
MHA of Dutchess County Beacon Wellness PROS Program allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy, Behavioral Therapy. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
Astor Adolescent Day Treatment Program Middle School Satellite
Astor Adolescent Day Treatment Program Middle School Satellite is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (5 Boces Road 12603).
VA Hudson Valley Healthcare Sys FDR Poughkeepsie Community Clinic
VA Hudson Valley Healthcare Sys FDR Poughkeepsie Community Clinic is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (Freedom Executive Park Route 55 12603).
VA Hudson Valley Healthcare Sys FDR Poughkeepsie Community Clinic allows Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Private Insurance Payment, Military Insurance in Drug Rehab for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Marital Counseling, Behavioral Therapy. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
Astor Servs for Children and Families Adolescent Partial Hosp Program
Astor Servs for Children and Families Adolescent Partial Hosp Program is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (205 South Avenue 12601).
Astor Servs for Children and Families Adolescent Partial Hosp Program allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Private Insurance Payment for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy.
Westchester Medical Center Mid Hudson Regional Hospital
Westchester Medical Center Mid Hudson Regional Hospital is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (241 North Road 12601).
Westchester Medical Center Mid Hudson Regional Hospital allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Individual Alcohol Counseling, Marital Counseling, Group Mental Health and Addiction Therapy. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Mental Health Disorder Treatment. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Court Ordered Outpatient Drug Rehab.
St Josephs Addiction Trt Recovery Ctr Josephs House Supportive Living
St Josephs Addiction Trt Recovery Ctr Josephs House Supportive Living is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (7 Fallkill Place 12601).
St Josephs Addiction Trt Recovery Ctr Josephs House Supportive Living allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Private Insurance Payment for the different services that they provides, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention Services, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It provides its services in different environments, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Long Term Addiction Recovery.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Sober Living Centers, Addiction Treatment Programs. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Aftercare Programming.
Florence Manor CR
Florence Manor CR is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (24 West Cottage Road 12601).
Florence Manor CR allows Private Payment for the different services that they provides, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention Services, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It provides its services in different environments, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Long Term Addiction Recovery.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Sober Living Centers, Addiction Treatment Programs. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Adult Women, Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Addiction Assessment.
Mid Hudson Valley Div of WMC Turning Point OP R
Mid Hudson Valley Div of WMC Turning Point OP R is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (201 South Avenue 12601).
Mid Hudson Valley Div of WMC Turning Point OP R allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Behavioral Therapy, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men.
Mid Hudson Addiction Recovery Centers Medically Monitored Withdrawal
Mid Hudson Addiction Recovery Centers Medically Monitored Withdrawal is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (51 Cannon Street 12601).
Mid Hudson Addiction Recovery Centers Medically Monitored Withdrawal allows Private Payment, Private Insurance Payment, Payment Assisted Addiction Treatment for the different services that they provides, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention Services, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It provides its services in different environments, including Inpatient Drug Recovery, Residential Detox.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Medically Supervised Detox, Detox for Alcoholism, Addiction Treatment Programs. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Aftercare Programming, Comprehensive Addiction Assessment, Substance Abuse Evaluation.
Spectrum Behavioral Management Service
Spectrum Behavioral Management Service is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (514 Haight Avenue 12603).
Spectrum Behavioral Management Service allows Private Payment, Private Insurance Payment, Military Insurance in Drug Rehab for the different services that they provides, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention Services, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Comprehensive Addiction Assessment, Mental Health Treatment, Substance Abuse Evaluation.
Lexington Center for Recovery Inc OP 6
Lexington Center for Recovery Inc OP 6 is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (412 Main Street 12601).
Lexington Center for Recovery Inc OP 6 allows Private Payment, Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention Services. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services, Addiction Treatment Programs. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Adult Women, Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Aftercare Programming.
Waryas House Abilities First Inc
Waryas House Abilities First Inc is located in Poughkeepsie, New York - (488 Freedom Plains Road 12601).
Waryas House Abilities First Inc allows Medicaid for Drug Rehab, Medicare Insurance for the different services that they provides, including Behavioral Therapy, Relapse Prevention Services, 12-Step Support Group Therapy Approach. It provides its services in different environments, including Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
The facility offers these services for these types of care: Addiction Recovery Services. Lastly, the center has a few individualized programs for individuals, including Drug Rehab for Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders, Drug Rehab for Adult Men, Comprehensive Addiction Assessment.


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Cupcake Confides: Why Preschool?
by Michelle Joni | Apr 9, 2015 | lets play | 0 comments
BY :: CUPCAKE
There comes a time in every adult's life where the sirens call of arts and crafts takes us away from the board meeting table and into imaginative day dreams of sand box castles and finger painting. To a free timer in our lives when grades were stickers saying a job well done and your art was proudly hung on your parents refrigerator. Wasn't life was good back then. When you lived in a world where any old object was a toy with which you explored the every shifting boundaries of the possible.
Is that a spoon? NO! It's a space ship. Is that your mother's red leather stiletto or a race car? Who cares, maybe it's a hat. Who are you? Maybe a fireman on the moon! Or a worm in a sleeping bag!
I'm not advocating that we all need to revert to being 4 again and disband with all social conventions, but as I look at the current state of culture and politics in America I am over whelmed with a feeling of fear; do we not know how to play anymore?
What happened to sharing and group clean up? When did we sign up to live in a world of bullies and Mine Mine Mine?
What happens between Preschool and adulthood that we switch shoots and ladders for corporate ladders, and almost never return to the dreams of our youth? Why does being an adult seem to necessitate a denial of everything about us which is 'child-like'? Wonder, exuberance, laughter, freedom, expression, when I speak to people about their childhoods and ask them to tell me tales of their experience these are the words that most often come up. People speak of a time when they remember what it was like to make art with out feeling judged, when they could be experimental, before they learned that to survive in this culture, you have to adhere to a strict set of social rules.
Boys play with army trucks, girls get Barbies, we color in the lines, we don't get the finger paint on the walls, don't knock the blocks over, sit at your desk, don't stare at the clouds out the window, adhere to convention, deny your impulses. Help people but don't help them so much they do better then you. Don't share your things, hoard them, they are yours! Keep them safe!
I mean not all of this is bad. Structures, like language or writing, only work because of conformity. Yet now that we have learned all of this, perhaps the time has come for us all to go back to Preschool. To rekindle our collective creative energy, to make ::magic together. Fear, self-judgment and social conventions keep us down, let's change that. We are adults now, so lets learn to be kids. Plus we have the added bonus that most of us are potty trained and many of us have learned to make an edible meal, all in all we are doing alright. So lets take a step back, shed some of this judgment and re-educate ourselves on how to be people the way kids are; open, inspired and creative.
I want to share a story with you.
Now feels like a good time.
It's about an adventure Michelle Joni and I took to THE MEGA MICHAEL'S crafting store last week.
It's about how we interact with others and what we do with invitations to play when they are given.
To me this experience highlights both why we need Preschool Mastermind as a culture, and how easily accessibly these skills are if we just take a moment to quiet our adult mind.
It was 6pm in the evening and after a day of excitedly chatting about our future plans for Preschool, Michelle and I slapped on some lipstick, (I applied mine to my eyebrows) threw on a few frocks and headed out to the R train for a ::magical:: trip to NYC, dressed as zani-color-addicted Preschoolers. We were carrying bags bursting with pom-poms and pipe cleaners and games we hoped to amuse ourselves and others with, on the ride into the city.
Recharging my ::magical:: transport ticket
As a generally faggoty person who enjoys using my body as a canvas upon which I can express my own unique faggotry I have grown accustomed to some people being repelled by the way I choose to present myself. That said I think visibility is our most powerful tool, and even in moments where wearing a dress renders me a target of verbal violence I feel proud of who I am and am not willing to sacrifice my freedom of expression for the security that comes from not drawing attention to my gender-and-all-around queerness. (as a tall, white, hairy visibly male person, I understand that this is a unique position and luxury that many people do not have.) Michelle is much the same and when we are together I feel joyously free.
To 4 young men on the R train however, everything about our visual freedom was repellant. It was obvious from the moment we all sat down. Yet unlike other experiences I have had where I have been verbally gay-bashed, in our presence these men reverted to bullying us. Bullying us exactly how a kid would. I never felt that any of their hatred towards me was specifically because I am gay, but because I was embodying the ethos of 'play'.
It began when one of them asked if we wanted to play a game of catch with him. Michelle and I were thrilled, even though they seemed to be hating on us, perhaps they really did just want to be our friends. Michelle threw him a pom-pom and as it sailed across the aisle he smacked it from the air, stepped on it, kicked the remains at us and then began verbally yelling at us.
No one sitting on the train did anything about it. Quick on the heels of his hatred the other three young men joined in, taunting us, telling us we looked 'stupid' and generally spending more time making sure that their friends had seen them insult us, rather than worrying about how we responded. The entire time, Michelle and I never spoke a single word to them. I believe we were both to perplexed. There is something so hauntingly sad in watching 4 nearly full grown men, congratulate each other about their collective hatred and distain for those who are different.
We took a selfie to try and showcase our sadness at being bullied. They made fun of us for this too. #whateverz
At this point in my life I have a thick enough skin and have spent enough hours in therapy to understand that their hatred has little to do with who I am, and more to do with how I reflect their own insecurities back at them. But oh how I wish they had taken our invitation to play and joined us in exploring the dimensions of fun together. This is exactly why we have started this program. For far too many people in the world react to those who are different by attempting to either exert dominance over them, or by running from them. What ever happened to simply playing with each other? We were seeking nothing more than a momentary connection, a temporary respite from the human condition of loneliness and yet to these men that invitation was to transgressive. I want to learn from, to learn how they dance, how they see the world, how they share with one another. I wish I could show them how I see the world, and that maybe in that sharing we would come closer together and learn to respect one another, rather then approaching each other from a place of fear.
As we pulled into the 1st stop there was a tense moment as none of us did anything, Michelle and I refused to get off, as did the 4 young men. The entire time the doors were open, no one on the carriage spoke. The moment the doors closed however and we slid from the station, the insults began again. It was odd watching them. In seeing how safe they felt in bullying us.
My heart goes out to them. Has any one ever taught them how to play, to speak about their feelings? As the train pulled onto the next platform Michelle and I got off, shook off the experience, and got ready to wait for the Q. Walking away from them was a sad moment. I hope they all learn how to laugh with others not at others.
We could not have had a more different trip from that moment onwards. Waiting on the platform we met an architect with a giant yellow leveler, who told us it was her wand and let us frolic around the platform with it, spreading her ::magic::. We discovered a woman with a big bunch of balloons who told us it was her birthday and let us lead a merry band of commuters in a rather lovely and off key rendition of happy birthday for her as we made her a crown from pipe cleaners and glitter.
::magic:: Level
Yet the best moment may have come when the Q finally arrived and we met three wonderful people on the train who decided to join us in a dance. All it took was an invitation. Michelle put on some music and we both looked innocuously around the carriage till we caught the eyes of the people sitting opposite us. They smiled, we smiled, we invited them to dance. They said yes.
Play is all about delving into open ended invitations and discovering unknown moments. It's about saying yes and getting lost. Dancing on the Q train was transformative. For me it was about taking back space, this space of commuting and disappointing social interactions and making it a point of energy and connection. It was about naming and then being in my desire to express myself through movement. It was about acknowledging the social conventions that normally keep me from dancing on the train and rejecting them.
It was about indulging myself and giving myself the freedom and the space to play with strangers, to expect nothing from this momentary interaction than an exchange of smiles. Those people on the train were so ready and willing to dance and move and sing with us. It was such a delight! The world is ready to play, Join us.
Oh we made it to Michaels as well. We bought EVERYTHING. it was awesome.
Ok… story over…. back to what I was saying….
Play is hard work and you can't do it alone. That's why we have started Preschool Mastermind, a class where we return to the basics and explore ourselves and our creativity through a host of what many people call childish methods, and trust me, they are. We dress ourselves in outfits, we make magical creatures from play-doh, we put stickers on everything.
This month we shall be launching our second Preschool Mastermind course. We learned a huge amount the first time around and are excited to bring the class back in an attempt to continue this work of not only educating ourselves, but others, about how to play.
In the month ahead we will be releasing more information about the class, but i'm happy to tell you all now that I'll be leading a Preschool Mastermind focus in CRAFTING YOUR OWN HEROIC MYTH. It will involve dress up, and movie nights and wild adventures and quests through the streets and wilds of the 5 burrows.
Preschool Mastermind is rooted in an embodied practice of learning how to communicate with ourselves and each other. Our classes are salons where we bring ourselves and our work to the table in order to become the best version of ourselves that we can be.
Come learn with us, come share your stores and your dreams. Lets make ::magic:: together.


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Q: How delete an object based on its index from a nested array in React? I click the icon 'delete' on the product. I pull out his index and save it in state. Example: select: 1,index: 1.
How to set this.setState to delete an object nested in an array colors in array products. Example delete object:
{
  a: 'orange'
}

from array colors in array products
this.state.select is the item in the products, this.state.index is color in the item to delete
And how does it look in a real application? Give your products and colors id? I would like it to be dynamic. I click the product, download its index and delete
class App extends Component {
  constructor(){
    super();

    this.state {
      products: [
            {
                colors: [{a:'black'}, {a:'orange'}, {a:'purple'}]
                desc: 'gfgfg'
            },
            {
                colors: [{a: 'yellow'}, {a: 'white'}, {a:'gray'}],
                desc: 'gfgfgfg'
            },
            {
                colors: [{a: 'pink'}, {a: 'brown'}, {a:'green'}],
                desc: 'gfgfgfg'
            }
        ],
        select: 1 //example
        index: 1 //example
    }

  }

  removeItem = () => {
    const { select, index } = this.state;

    if(index) {
      this.setState({
          products: [
            ...this.state.products[select].colors.slice(0, index),
            ...this.state.products[select].colors.slice(index + 1),
          ]
      });
    }
  };

  render () {

    return (

            {
                this.state.products
                .map((product, index) =>
                    <Product
                        key={index}
                        index={index}
                        product={product}
                    />
                )
            }

          <Products

          />

    )
  }
}

A: You need to pass the remove function to Product component, in Product component pass the select and index to removeItem function.
modify your remove item, to take in two parameters, select and index.
removeItem = (select, index) => {

  const filtered = this.state.products[select].colors.filter(
    (color, i) => i !== index
  );

  this.setState(prevState => {
    return {
      select: select,
      index: index,
      products: [
        ...prevState.products.slice(0, select),
        Object.assign({}, prevState.products[select], { colors: filtered }),
        ...prevState.products.slice(select + 1)
      ]
    };
  });
};

Pass the function as prop to Product component.

    {this.state.products.map((product, index) => (
      <Product
        key={index}
        index={index}
        removeItem={this.removeItem}
        product={product}
      />
    ))}

In your product component, pass the index of the color and the select.
<button onClick={() => removeItem(index, i)}>X</button>

DEMO

A: Just use Array.filter() to create a new array not containing the specific element. So your new color array for that desc is:
this.state.products[select].colors.filter( color => color.a !== 'orange' )
This keeps all the colors where a is not orange.
Keep in mind that arrays are zero-based, so your select and index should both start at 0.
If you do not want to store the actual indexes, use the desc instead.
So if select would be gfgfg instead of the array index, you could do:

const state = {
  products: [
      {
          colors: [{a:'black'}, {a:'orange'}, {a:'purple'}],
          desc: 'gfgfg'
      },
      {
          colors: [{a: 'yellow'}, {a: 'white'}, {a:'gray'}],
          desc: 'gfgfgfg'
      },
      {
          colors: [{a: 'pink'}, {a: 'brown'}, {a:'green'}],
          desc: 'gfgfgfg'
      }
  ],
  selected_product: 'gfgfg',
  color: 'orange'
};

const setState = update => Object.assign( state, update );

console.log( 'before update' );
console.log( JSON.stringify( state.products[0] ));

setState({
  products: state.products.map( product => {
    if ( product.desc === state.selected_product ) {
      product.colors = product.colors.filter( color => color.a !== state.color );
    }
    return product;
  })
});

console.log( 'after update' );
console.log( JSON.stringify( state.products[0] ));

Same logic can obviously be done using the indexes, but that might result in longer code.
Might have to update some of the code if everything has to be fully immutable.

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Mike Zampa
Mike Zampa was appointed Director of Communications in September 2014. He is responsible for internal and external communications including media outreach, public relations, and strategic and crisis communications. These programs are aimed at increasing positive awareness and understanding of the Port, its projects, and policies. Mr. Zampa has more than 25 years of communications experience including eight years within the maritime sector.
He worked previously for container shipping line APL and its Singapore-based parent company, NOL Group. Before APL, Mr. Zampa was the Senior Vice President of Communications Services at Bank of America overseeing Internal Communications, Media Relations, and Marketing Communications where he managed all internal communications during one of the largest U.S. financial services mergers in history, Bank of America and Nation's Bank.
He began his career in journalism and worked as Managing Editor of the Contra Costa Times newspaper. He has worked in the San Francisco Bay Area, Singapore and Jakarta.
Contact Mike Zampa: 510-627-1565