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The top 30 competitors from the Los Angeles qualifying round return to tackle the Los Angeles City Finals course. The course has been made more difficult and longer with 4 extra obstacles. Competitors will face the brand new obstacle "The Wedge". Only the top 15 will get to go to the National Finals in Las Vegas. Jessie Graff, Flip Rodriguez, and Kevin Bull return to see if they can become one of the 15.
MacGyver and the team are in Malaysia to extract a terrorist groups' money man, Ralph (Oliver Cooper), who holds key intel to an impending attack. But the mission goes south when the man is shot, and now, with only a driver's license and hand sanitizer available, MacGyver must keep Ralph alive in order to learn the terrorists' plans.
Joining McGarrett are Detective Danny "Danno" Williams, a relocated ex-New Jersey cop who is committed to keeping the islands safe for his children; Captain Lou Grover, who formerly headed Hawaii's SWAT unit; Jerry Ortega, the islands' local conspiracy theorist; and Tani Rey, a bold, recent police academy graduate. Helping them is Adam Noshimuri, a friend with old ties to a deadly crime family; Junior Reigns, a former SEAL who comes to McGarrett looking for a job; Kamekona, a local entrepreneur who has his pulse on the Island; Sgt. Duke Lukela, a trusted member of the HPD; and medical examiner Dr. Noelani Cunha. The state's brash FIVE-0 unit, who may spar and jest among themselves, remain determined to eliminate the seedy elements from the 50th state.
Rude(ish) Tube is a hilarious half hour show featuring the funniest, freakiest and most incredible clips that have ever been uploaded to the World Wide Web. Each show looks at different subject matter featuring anything and everything that is found online. From Ninjas to Nannies, School to Show offs, Embarrassing Dads to Extreme sports. Nothing escapes the eagle eye of Rude(ish) Tube. Each episode is a rollercoaster journey that goes to parts of the Internet other shows have never been. There are pranks, stunts, animals, cute kids and of course the overlords of the Internet cats....lots of cats!
The heart-racing competition series American Ninja Warrior is back for a seventh season, with hosts Matt Iseman, former NFL player Akbar Gbaja Biamila, and co-host Kristine Leahy. The action-packed series follows competitors as they tackle the world's most difficult obstacle courses in qualifying and finals rounds in Venice, Kansas City, Houston, Orlando, Pittsburgh and a new all military personnel qualifying round , with the national finals round in Las Vegas, on a four-stage course modeled after the famed Mt. Midoriyama.


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Alyas Robin Hood to Premiere Monday Despite Continuous Criticisms
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Billboard Hot 100: September 9, 2017
August 31, 2017 ralphierceBillboard, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Top 10 Hits, Bruno Mars, Bryson Tiller, Cardi B, Charlie Puth, Daddy Yankee, DJ Khaled, Ed Sheeran, French Montana, Imagine Dragons, Justin Bieber, Luis Fonsi, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Shawn Mendes, Swae Lee, Top 10 Hit Songs, Top 10 Hits, Top 10 Singles, Top 10 Songs, Top 40, Yo Gotti Leave a comment
Here are the Top 10 songs from the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of September 9, 2017.
1. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber – Despacito. No. 1 last week.
2. DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller – Wild Thoughts. No. 2 last week.
3. Cardi B – Bodak Yellow (Money Moves). No. 3 last week.
4. Imagine Dragons – Believer. No. 5 last week.
5. Charlie Puth – Attention. No. 6 last week.
6. French Montana feat. Swae Lee – Unforgettable. No. 4 last week.
7. Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back. No. 7 last week.
8. Bruno Mars – That's What I Like. No. 8 last week.
9. Ed Sheeran – Shape of You. No. 9 last week.
10. Yo Gotti feat. Nicki Minaj – Rake It Up. No. 24 last week.
All videos of the Top 10 songs can be viewed above. Our thanks to Billboard for this week's Hot 100 Top 10.
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In 150 Words: Weightlifting Fairy Finale on ABS-CBN
August 31, 2017 ralphierceABS-CBN Asianovelas, ABS-CBN Koreanovelas, ABS-CBN The First and True Home of Asianovelas, Jung Jae-hyi, Jung Joon-hyung, Kim Bok-joo, Kyung Soo-jin, Lee Jae-yoon, Lee Sung-kyung, Legend of the Blue Sea, Legend of the Blue Sea ABS-CBN, Legend of the Blue Sea Asianovela, Legend of the Blue Sea Koreanovela, Love in the Moonlight, Love in the Moonlight ABS-CBN, Love in the Moonlight Asianovela, Love in the Moonlight Koreanovela, Nam Joo-hyuk, Weightlifting Fairy, Weightlifting Fairy ABS-CBN, Weightlifting Fairy Asianovela, Weightlifting Fairy closing episode, Weightlifting Fairy closing week, Weightlifting Fairy final episode, Weightlifting Fairy final week, Weightlifting Fairy finale, Weightlifting Fairy Koreanovela, Weightlifting Fairy last episode, Weightlifting Fairy last week, Weightlifting Fairy national ratings, Weightlifting Fairy ratings, Weightlifting Fairy reairing, Weightlifting Fairy rebroadcast, Weightlifting Fairy rerun 6 Comments
Short and sweet.
This week will officially close the book on the ABS-CBN Koreanovela 'Weightlifting Fairy'. Starring Lee Sung-kyung, Nam Joo-hyuk, Lee Jae-yoon and Kyung Soo-jin, the series first aired on Monday, July 10, and will finish with around 40 episodes when it's all said and done.
One of the Philippines' most highly anticipated Koreanovelas and one of the most successful Korean series ever, 'Weightlifting Fairy' tells the story of struggling weightlifter Kim Bok-joo who fell in love with swimmer Jung Joon-hyung. However, Bok-joo was soon charmed by Joon-hyung's brother Jung Jae-hyi, and the chase for both love for work and love for someone is on.
Like 'Love in the Moonlight' and 'Legend of the Blue Sea', the success of 'Weightlifting Fairy' could result in the series getting reaired on ABS-CBN in the near future. But even without an impending rerun, Koreanovela fans should be satisfied with how 'Weightlifting Fairy"s story turned out.
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Billboard Philippines Hot 100: August 28, 2017
August 30, 2017 ralphierceAnne-Marie, Billboard Philippines, Billboard Philippines Hot 100, Billboard Philippines Top 10 Hits, Bruno Mars, Chance the Rapper, Charlie Puth, Clean Bandit, Daddy Yankee, DJ Khaled, Ed Sheeran, Halsey, Inigo Pascual, Justin Bieber, KZ Tandingan, Lil Wayne, Luis Fonsi, Punch, Quavo, Sean Paul, The Chainsmokers, Top 10 Hit Songs Philippines, Top 10 Hits Philippines, Top 10 Singles Philippines, Top 10 Songs Philippines, Top 40, Top 40 Philippines Leave a comment
Here are the Top 10 songs from the Billboard Philippines Hot 100 for the week of August 28, 2017. The list will also feature the top local performer of the week, highlighting the best performing single from a Filipino artist or band.
2. KZ Tandingan – Two Less Lonely People in the World. No. 2 last week.
3. DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne – I'm the One. No. 5 last week.
6. The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey – Closer. No. 6 last week.
7. Bruno Mars – Versace on the Floor. No. 7 last week.
8. Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye. No. 9 last week.
9. Charlie Puth – Attention. No. 11 last week.
10. Iñigo Pascual – Dahil Sa'Yo. No. 12 last week.
Top Local Performer
All videos of the Top 10 songs can be viewed above. Our thanks to Billboard Philippines for this week's Hot 100 Top 10.
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GMA's Own 5:00 P.M. Regional Programming Issue
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ABS-CBN is not the only major television network with a regional programming problem.
Archrival GMA also endures its fair share of issues when it comes to regional programs. Similar to what ABS-CBN experiences, GMA's biggest concern is at the 5:00 p.m. slot where regional news programs are aired in the provinces in lieu of shows relayed straight from Metro Manila.
Just last Monday, GMA's Mindanao-based channels began to air a new regional newscast titled 'One Mindanao'. The program is anchored by longtime Mindanao-based GMA anchors Tek Ocampo, Sarah Hilomen-Velasco and Real Soroche, and is aired on weekdays at 5:00 p.m.
Like 'Balitang Amianan' (Dagupan and Ilocos) and 'Balitang Bisdak' (Cebu), 'One Mindanao' preempts the first 30-40 minutes of 'Wowowin', the GMA afternoon game show hosted by Willie Revillame. But as far as GMA is concerned, this was just a minor inconvenience.
Consider the following factors:
Most GMA regional networks are now mere relay outlets following the closure of most stations and the layoff of its employees.
'Wowowin' is still aired after the newscasts, thus no need to reair the show the following morning.
'Wowowin' more often than not beats an ABS-CBN Koreanovela (only a few relay areas receive such programs due to regional 'TV Patrol') in the ratings game regardless of either Kantar or AGB Nielsen.
With that in mind, it was clear to GMA that they are undeterred about the overall programming disparity between Greater Manila Area and regional areas. However, with the entry of 'One Mindanao' in the Mindanao area, they now have every reason to worry since 'Wowowin"s audience will be reduced significantly.
Issues among ABS-CBN and GMA's regional network programs are in dire need of a resolution. The 5:00 p.m. slot, usually a haven for regional networks to produce their newscasts, is one example of what each network needs to do to make things all the more parallel.
But since GMA currently has less regional stations than ABS-CBN, their own concern may be revisited once they decide to resuscitate some of these stations. For now, GMA can only hope that their regional networks' standing will be improved with each step.
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Hay, Bahay! Ends, All-Star Videoke to Premiere This Sunday
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It turns out 'Hay, Bahay!' did not exceed expectations.
Last Sunday, the final episode of 'Hay, Bahay!' was aired on GMA. But like all previous episodes, the sitcom made little noise among its viewers.
First aired on June 19, 2016, 'Hay, Bahay!' succeeded another Vic Sotto-starred sitcom in 'Vampire ang Daddy Ko'. The latter's stars Vic and son Oyo were joined by Oyo's wife Kristine Hermosa, Ai-ai delas Alas, Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola.
Unlike 'Vampire ang Daddy Ko' which lasted for over three years, 'Hay, Bahay!' was only able to air for over a year as it had to contend with the long-running ABS-CBN gag show 'Goin' Bulilit'. Overall, the sitcom aired 61 episodes, joining a list of more recent Vic Sotto sitcoms that had a short run (e.g. 'My Darling Aswang', 'The Jose and Wally Show Starring Vic Sotto').
So what's next for Vic Sotto? According to GMA, a new sitcom starring Vic and Ai-ai delas Alas is in the works, but the premiere date and the show's title is yet to be determined.
Meanwhile, a replacement for 'Hay, Bahay!' is set to premiere this Sunday night. The new show will be called 'All-Star Videoke', and it will be hosted by Solenn Heussaff and Betong Sumaya.
The game play of 'All-Star Videoke' is as follows:
"The game features six celebrity contestants or Videoke stars vying to outwit one another by filling in the missing words on a song in a videoke-type of presentation.
In the event that every player correctly answered the words in each song, a pair of celebrity 'laglagers' will choose one player who will be out of the competition.
The two remaining contenders will proceed in the semi-final round for a chance to play in the jackpot round. The winning contestant becomes the All-Star Videoke Champ! and may bring home a cash prize of up to 100,000 pesos.
A "Super Oke" prize is also up for the win if the winner decides to continuously play in the succeeding weeks."
In short, 'All-Star Videoke' shares some similarities with another long-running videoke game show 'All-Star K'. But whether or not the former will enjoy the same success as the latter remains to be seen.
In the age of foreign franchised programs, it is good to see networks such as GMA maintain a more local approach. Still, the success of a particular program will only depend on the response of the viewers, and for 'All-Star Videoke', it will not be an easy task.
'All-Star Videoke' airs Sundays after '24 Oras Weekend' on GMA.
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10. Sam Hunt – Body Like a Back Road. No. 11 last week.

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Pain, Truth, and Hope
The joy of young adult literature
By Tina Chambers | December 4, 2020
At the online 2020 YA-hoo Fest — an annual celebration of young adult literature hosted by the Southern Lit Alliance in Chattanooga — Nashville author Jeff Zentner offered his "three rules for writing YA": Life is hard and filled with pain. You must be truthful, always. There is always hope.
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I'd say those are pretty good rules for almost any type of fiction. The lifeblood of a good story is the same no matter the label, and in the hands of a skilled writer, the effect can be profound for readers of any age.
In the nearly 10 years I have written for Chapter 16, I've reviewed more than 60 young adult and middle grade books, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Young adult titles are directed primarily toward readers age 12 to 18, while middle grade books target the 8 to 12 set. (There's actually quite a bit of overlap between the two categories, so in this essay I will use the designation "YA" as shorthand for both.) Subject matter includes practically every category associated with adult literature: family drama, thriller, sci-fi, coming of age, adventure, fantasy, romance, history, biography, mystery, humor, horror, sports — you name it, and there's a YA book (or dozens) about it.
Among the Tennessee authors I've covered, some favorites include Knoxville native Alan Gratz, whose historical books, including the brilliant Refugee (2017), provide young readers with a relentlessly immersive experience designed to convey the emotional devastation and daily life-and-death stakes of wartime. Chattanooga author Meredith Russo's beautiful debut novel, If I Was Your Girl (2016), follows a transgender girl through the horrors of high school as she struggles with her physical and emotional identity, romantic stirrings, and feelings of shame.
Vince Vawter's quiet gem Paperboy (2014) is another standout — an exquisite coming-of-age story about a young boy with a stutter and a dream in 1950s Memphis. In Zeus: Dog of Chaos (2020) by Nashville author Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, a fiercely dedicated service dog to a young boy with diabetes steals the show as the narrator of this funny and heart-warming tail … I mean, tale. Nashvillian Sheba Karim's 2017 novel That Thing We Call a Heart is a beautiful meditation on family and culture in the lives of two Pakistani-American teens.
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Tennessee can claim a host of outstanding writers who focus on work for the YA audience, including Tracy Barrett, Greg Howard, Helene Dunbar, Ruta Sepetys, Kerri Maniscalco, Erin A. Craig, Jeff Zentner, Dave Connis, Victoria Schwab, Natalie Lloyd, C.J. Redwine, Ronald Kidd, and David Arnold — and that's far from a complete list.
In addition to Tennessee authors, Chapter 16 covers out-of-state writers who visit for book-related events, such as Nashville's annual Southern Festival of Books, which always features a strong YA component. Other Tennessee festivals that cater exclusively to young readers include Murfreesboro's SE-YA (scheduled as a virtual event for March 2021), and Knoxville's LitUp (not yet scheduled for 2021). At these lively gatherings, whether in person or online, authors discuss their craft and answer questions from their fans.
In my experience, participants tend to be high energy, funny, passionate about their work, adept at social networking, and generous toward their young audience. In 2020 alone, Tennessee venues have hosted Justin A. Reynolds, Rocky Callen, Patrick Ness, Victoria Bond, and National Book Award winner Kacen Callender. Over the years, I have had the pleasure of reviewing books by Neela Vaswani, Nina LaCour, and Roshani Chokshi. I've enjoyed the reimagined Greek myths of Rick Riordan, the paranormal romance of Maggie Stiefvater, travel adventure stories by Dan Gutman, and the dystopian sci-fi of Rick Yancey (as much as one can be said to "enjoy" dystopia).
I'm a fantasy fan, and there is no short supply of that genre in YA, even excluding sparkly vampires. I've hung out with angels, time travelers, gods and goddesses, mediums, ghosts, witches, and even the Devil himself. But YA literature has allowed me to time travel in more ways than one: I've also accompanied Harriet Tubman on her midnight missions, roamed the early 20th century reading rooms of the New York Public Library, and trailed a serial killer through the Chicago World's Fair.
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I've witnessed the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, the Memphis sanitation workers' strike of 1968, and the Romanian revolution of 1989. Far from shying away from serious subject matter, many YA authors embrace it. I've read depictions of racism and religious bigotry, kidnapping and murder, censorship and human cloning, misogyny and feminism, abortion and adoption, persecution and genocide, physical disability and organ transplant, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexual assault.
YA authors face the daunting task of making such serious issues relatable to teens while maintaining readability, striving for brevity, and avoiding preachiness. It's no easy feat, and the best of them do it well. But it's emotion (with a capital E) that these authors excel in capturing for their young readers — readers who are likely questioning how the world works, why people act as they do, and why they themselves often feel as if they don't fit in. The truth is that we all feel that way sometimes, no matter our age, and YA authors understand that. That's why they specialize in drilling down to our worst fears and our wildest dreams, our bitterest regrets and our deepest loves, striving to present what they find in age-appropriate doses, always keeping an eye on the pain, truth, and hope readers long for in every good, every meaningful — every unforgettable — story.
What We See Transforms Us
"Slurry Spill"
The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
By Tyler Kepner
"What's it like to manage in the World Series, and what are the secrets of building a champion? Kepner celebrates unexpected heroes like Bill Wambsganss, who pulled off an unassisted triple play in 1920, probes the mysteries behind magic moments (Did Babe Ruth call his shot in 1932? How could Eckersley walk Mike Davis to get to Kirk Gibson in 1988?) and busts some long-time myths (the 1919 Reds were much better than the Black Sox, anyway)."


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Q: std::map::upper_bound vs std::upper_bound performance In some CP contest (it is important) I have used 2 versions of upper_bound to find upper bound in my std::map:
Algorithm upper bound (1):
auto itr = std::upper_bound(s.begin(),s.end(), somenumber);

if(itr == s.end() || *itr > somenumber2)
{
//dosth
} else
//dosth2
}

std::map::upper_bound (2):
auto itr = s.upper_bound(somenumber);

if(itr == s.end() || *itr > somenumber2)
{
//dosth
} else
//dosth2
}

Both versions works if I put small input by hand. But when comes to ~500.000 input (1) exceeded the time limit (4 seconds) but (2) do the job in 0.5/4.0 second.
I checked at docs algorithm/upper_bound and map/upper_bound and both have O(c log(n)) complexity (I think that in both cases c should be similar.  So the question is - what caused that difference?

A: The cppreference page for std::upper_bound says that the number of comparisons done is logarithmic, but it also continues:

However, for non-LegacyRandomAccessIterators, the number of iterator increments is linear.

std::map does not have random access iterators and therefore std::upper_bound will be allowed to have linear time complexity in the iterator distance due to increments, while std::map::upper_bound is required to have logarithmic time complexity in the size of the container.

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New Breathalyzer App Calls Uber If You're Over the Limit
By Brent McCluskey 10/28/14
Breeze can measure your BAC with an electrochemical fuel cell sensor and transmit the results right to your smartphone.
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A new breathalyzer app is keeping drunk drivers off the street by automatically calling them a ride if they're over the legal limit.
Users blow into a portable breathalyzer called Breeze, which pairs to a smartphone via Bluetooth. If Breeze determines it's not safe to get behind the wheel, the app places a call to Uber, a transportation service that allows customers to request a ride right from their phones.
Vice president of marketing Brian Sturdivant said the device will help drinkers make the right decision. "This is really about consumer awareness and being able to make the right decision and learn more about yourself," said Sturdivant.
Breeze, which will be available for $100 at Best Buy starting Nov. 1, measures blood alcohol content with an electrochemical fuel cell sensor. The results are transmitted to the app, along with an estimated time of how long it will take the user to metabolize the alcohol in their system. The app also syncs with Apple's HealthKit platform and keeps tracks of the user's BAC as well as other vital signs.
While similar products are currently on the market, Breeze stands apart by its ability to get the user home safely. The app can be programmed to automatically contact Uber, but it can also be set to use Yelp to find local cab companies. Or, if the user doesn't want to go home, the app can locate a nearby hotel.
It can be easy to lose track of how much alcohol has been consumed, or how much time has passed. But Sturdivant said Breeze will let users know exactly where they stand and whether or not they should drive.
"It's 10:30, do you really know how many glasses of wine you've had or where you are?" said Sturdivant. "This allows you and others to quickly check and [decide] should I Uber home, should I take a cab or am I good to go?"
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Chicago-Based Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Now Be Drug Tested
scam or policy?
Uber's 'Price Surging' Policy Accused of Manipulating Drunk People
Morning Roundup: Jan. 12, 2015
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Utah Cuts DUI Legal Limit to .05, Lowest in the US
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After my first randonneurs 200km brevet which I finished on MTB machine I decided to be an ultracyclist. It was 5 or 6 years ago. In my opinion I became an ultracyclist when I finished RAA last Year.
I am not sure I will finish, but I will definitely try.
This is the revenge with The Hochtor mountain, which almost broke me on RAA.
Only from my friends and family.
Just cycling according to my trainning plan.
Just cycling, this is the only one cure for stress. In fact before the race i try to spend a lot of hours cycling alone, in the extremally low temperture. But during the race ... hmm I don't remember.


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Q: Removing sections of a text file given a specific value for a character I have a text file. The text file is very large, about 6 million lines, but I need only a relatively small subsection of that file.
The file is divided into chunks of about 1200 characters. I need to see whether characters 921-922 of each chunk correspond to five different numbers. If they don't, I need the entire chunk deleted.
How do I go about doing this?

A: I think simplest answer is - to open another temporary file for writing. Read 1200 characters at a time (read in an array and directly compare the bytes at offset you mention). If your condition is true, write to the temp file or else do nothing. Rename the temp file to your file once you are done reading the file. Something along those lines.


well that's the first one i tried, seemed the most logical, 640x480 60hz is the most basic VGA resolution.. but no, black screen. holding down 'e' seems to delay boot time before the 'happy mac' screen even further - it is already a bit long since i installed the card, i guess it's scanning for a supported monitor. but no, that didn't help. i was really happy when i got this card that it can do 1024x768x256 but something is probably wrong with it. thanks, i did.. but to no avail. btw the original cable was happily doing 640x480 67hz from the builtin iici video for me, and it still does. in fact, if i set the adapter's DIP switches to '145' which corresponds to the internal video's resolution and refresh rate, it works flawlessly too. i'm beginning to thing there is something wrong with my futura card. maybe it's a PAL/NTSC problem?
hello again, so i bit the bullet and ordered a USB-C iron from banggood and all the accessories, and i'm proud to say my first soldering job was a success - it's ALIIIVE! the SMD capacitors were a bit hard to replace but i managed to do a fairly nice job in the end. : ) thank you guys for all the helpful links and encouragement. a bit off-topic, but searching ebay and the trading post here for an accelerator card (i'm looking for a micromac carrera040 in particular) didn't yield any results. anyone know where i could find one?
cheers for the suggestion, first i'll try a different PSU, if that doesn't fix it i'll take the PSU and logic board to my mate, and if all else fails i'll contact your guy. shipping to the US and back is definitely not cheap.
thanks for the reply. sadly, i'm not that good with a soldering iron, so i'll probably get a new (well 'different' to be exact) PSU, but this confirms my suspicions. if this doesn't fix it and i do need to recap the logic board too, i'll try to ask a friend with more experience. as for the floppy, after the second disassembly, it should work fine. one more question: is there a modern PSU out there that can be modded to fit the connection on the motherboard? seems like a better alternative to me than keeping alive the old one, but might be totally unrealistic..
wow, thank you. you sure beat me at finding nice ebay auctions. sadly, most of them only ship to the us, but i'll arrange something. i'll go along with your suggestion, too, i'm not getting rid of the duo. it's been with me for 10 years now, after all. however, i'll post a new thread about the ideas i have for replacing the hdd with something more silent and effective.. the old 500 meg ibm drive is throwing bad sectors at me like crazy.
thank you. i'm determined to making this machine working again. it still runs tiger (the best release mac os x so far in my opinion) quite nicely, and it'll be the perfect laptop for my mother. anyway, i'll make a post about the duo then. i love it, but it's almost useless without a duo dock, which is really hard to come by. i've been trying to get my hands on one for years now. the only complete one i've found is expensive as hell. ethernet duo docks require drivers. feel the irony.
i think not. and it didn't work for the guy in the article. anyway, i've succeeded, with a joint solution. there are two chips above the bigger one with the 'ati' label, and the right one remained sensitive to the touch. if i pressed down on it, the machine would boot normally. otherwise just blank screen. so i thought hey, i could put a copper plate between the heatsink and the chip while it's still hot, this way keeping it under a little pressure permanently. and it worked. i can toss it around, turn it upside down, it 'just' works now. the only problem is that this way the cpu runs 10-20C higher than normal, but i can live with that. maybe i'll put some more thermal paste in between sometime. so i was just starting to get optimistic and happy, began to copy some music, pictures, useful apps onto the ibook when boom.. my hard drive died. now it refuses to do anything, i don't even get a sad mac or anything, since the machine can't even initialise it. it makes an annoying clicking sound, too. i guess i'm just out of luck. next time i'll try to pick up a cheap ide hard drive (if they're still selling them, lol) and a gig of memory. right now it only has the onboard 256 megs. thanks for all the help, i couldn't have done it without you.
okay, i'm through with two burning sessions, and it works, but only partly. if i press gently on the gpu chip, it stil goes blank. i've noticed that the alcohol i'm using is only 70% pure, it's hard to set on fire, and it burns with almost no flame. i'm considering benzine, although that might produce a bit too excessive heat.
then burning it shall be. the machine is broken down to bits, i have nice, clean access to the gpu. it's hard to miss, since it has a nice 'ati' logo on top. i'm assuming that i have to place the candle light on the top as opposed to the bottom seen in the burning 'tutorial'. the g4 ibooks have the gpu on the upper side of the mainboard, and it wouldn't make much sense to start heating the board itself on the bottom: the gpu might come even looser. please correct me if i'm wrong. thanks, you've helped me a gread deal so far, and i have all the info i can get, now it's up to me to do the 'dirty work'. i'll do the burning after breakfast, and post my results. maybe some nice pictures, too.
update 2: pressing down on the heatsink did the job. as soon as i let go, the screen went blank. this leaves me with two questions: 1: did i actually press the gpu against the mainboard, thus connecting something that's loose, or did the motherboard sink deeper into the tablecloth, thus separating itself from the chip? the former is, of course, much more likely. 2: why is it that sometimes there's no hd activity on powerup, and if this happens when booted, then why can't i hear the sound up/down feedback sound? i'm guessing sometimes the machine completely freezes because of an incomplete connection. anyway, i'm sure now that this has something to do with the gpu. i have to get some sleep, but i'll try it again in the morning. this is really exciting in a strange kind of way.


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Interlude 8 -The Girl In The Arcade
Sunday, May 29th, 1983.
The blonde girl stood in a room full of noise and light. Surrounding her were testaments to mankind's ingenuity and drive for both innovation and entertainment. These feats of technology, these 'arcade machines' with their loud and colorful games had always astounded the girl. For the past five minutes, she had stood staring at one machine in the middle of this busy, crowded room full of similar feats of technology. She wasn't playing it, she wasn't even touching it. She was simply watching and admiring.
Unfortunately, not all the arcade's customers were so enthralled, as a voice from behind the girl heaved a long and clearly annoyed sigh before demanding, "Hey, come on! Are you gonna play it or what?"
The girl turned around, looking toward what turned out to be a collection of half a dozen boys, all them around thirteen or so. Several years below her own apparent age. Most looked doubtful, and the biggest of them, a boy with shockingly red hair, sneered. "She's a girl, they don't play video games, stupid."
"We can," the girl replied quietly, her eyes widening as if in surprise at the sound of her own voice. Speaking up unbidden still felt like a new concept. She wasn't used to that kind of freedom yet. Openly and audibly disagreeing with someone, that felt even more alien. Not allowed. Harmful. Bad. She had meant to say something else, but instead flinched, expecting a shock of painful punishment that never came. The fact that no chains wrapped around her throat to cut off her oxygen for the transgression was almost almost surprising, and the reflexive urge to discipline herself anyway was hard to resist.
"Hey, are you… okay?" The boys had clearly noticed at least some of her reaction, and one of them spoke up, the concern evident in his young voice. "You don't like—need help or anything, right?"
"Yeah, are you like, on drugs or something?" Another boy put in. "Is that why you're dressed funny?"
That boy was immediately elbowed in both sides by two different boys. One of them shook his head. "Idiot, that's just how high school girls dress." He looked her up and down with approval. "It's fresh."
The girl blinked down at her clothes. She wore white pants that were loose around her legs and a dark blue stomach-baring shirt. The urge to ask if there was something wrong with them was so strong she actually opened her mouth to start talking before catching herself. "I– am quite well. Thank you, sir."
For some reason, that started a wave of snickers as the boys reacted, slapping and nudging the boy as if it was strange that she would call him sir. They were teasing him more than her, which seemed odd.
The tall, red-haired boy finally rolled his eyes. "Shut up, you dweebs." To the girl, he demanded, "So are you gonna play, or are you gonna move? Cuz we've only got ten minutes til the movie starts."
"Movie?" The girl's head tilted, her face blank. "What movie?"
All of the boys stared at her like she'd just come down from Mars. "What movie?" One of them echoed, the shock and disbelief written across his face. "You know, the movie! The only movie that matters!"
Still, the girl just stood there, staring blankly until all of the boys crowed together, "Return of the Jedi!"
She had the feeling that asking what a Jedi was would be met with even more disbelief. Apparently this was something everyone was supposed to know, and not knowing would make her stand out. Which… was a very bad idea, especially at this point. She had to learn to blend in a lot better than she was.
"May I go to this movie with you?" she asked politely. After all, if everyone was supposed to know everything about it, she should probably put in the effort. She needed to learn to be more human.
The boys seemed a little surprised that an older girl wanted to see this important movie with them, but they didn't object too much. After a brief huddle, they separated and the boy with red hair gave a sharp nod. "Aight, you can go in with us. But you gotta either move or play, cuz we're running out of time."
Turning her attention back to the machine, the girl stared at it briefly. Her gaze flicked toward its neighbor, where another boy had a stack of coins sitting on top of the console. As she watched, the boy took one of the coins, shoved it into the slot near the bottom, and then started to play the game.
She duplicated his crouch, leaning down to face the slot. Her empty hand moved toward it, and she stared at her palm. She focused until another coin appeared there, right between her waiting fingers. With a smile, the girl pushed the coin into the slot, then straightened and put her hands on the controls.
The coin wouldn't last forever. None of the magic that she did for herself ever lasted long. As small and inconsequential as it was, the coin would probably last about an hour, but then it would vanish.
As the game started up, one of the boys sidled in closer. "So what's your name anyway?"
Name. Her Master had always had many different names for her, none of them all that pleasant. And none suitable for interaction in the real human world. Slowly, the girl looked to the left of the machine, searching for inspiration. Her gaze found a wall full of movie posters. One in particular appeared to star Peter Fonda and Brooke Shields. Peter and Fonda were out. Brooke? That was possible. She looked to the title of the movie. Two words. Wanda? Brooke and Wanda were both possible. But no, not right. Not… her. She wanted something special to be her name, something that really felt like her.
She looked at the second word in the movie's title, reading it through in her head before nodding. Not Wanda, not the first word of the title. But the second. That one felt right. That one felt like her.
"Nevada," the girl answered, making one of the first choices of her free life. "My name is Nevada."
Thursday, July 11th, 1984.
A little over a year ago, she had stood blankly in front of this machine. Now, the girl called Nevada confidently worked the controls, guiding the little spaceship back and forth across the screen. More and more alien ships were blasted apart as her score rose even higher. Not that it mattered all that much, considering the high score list was already entirely filled with the letters NEV. She held all the spots.
When her last ship was finally destroyed, she quickly filled in the letters to replace her sixth place score. Not the best she'd ever done, but still in her top ten. Then Nevada turned to the boy who stood open-mouthed next to her. "And that," she declared with an easy grin, "is how you win twenty bucks."
The boy sighed, but produced the money, laying it into her expectant hand. "Yeah, yeah, you smoked me. Jeeze, how'd you get so good at this game anyway? Your dad own the arcade or something?"
"Nope," Nevada replied truthfully before sparing a wink for the boy. "But I have fixed all the machines in here." She'd spent most of the past year learning exactly how this human technology worked, and how to integrate it with the magic that she already knew. Without a master, her magic was temporary. But it worked enough to get her by until she was able to learn how to work on these machines. After that, she earned money by repairing things. Not just the arcade games here, but cars, televisions, radios, anything that people either brought to her or had her come to them. Over the past year, she had become an expert in that sort of work. Her magic never lasted, but the technology she fixed was permanent.
"I knew it. You hustled me, you fucking hustled me." In spite of his words, the boy didn't sound that upset. Instead, he simply shook his head and chuckled. "Well, if you're gonna hustle me," he offered with a smile, "could you at least let me buy you lunch too? You didn't take all my money, after all."
Her mouth opened to agree. It could be fun, after all. She liked spending time with humans, especially the interesting ones, or the ones that she could learn something from. And this boy seemed interesting.
Unfortunately, just as the agreement started to pass her lips, Nevada's gaze moved over the boy's shoulder. They centered on the sight of a tall dark-skinned man standing at the entrance to the arcade, staring directly at her. And even as she met the man's gaze, the girl felt that cold feeling in the pit of her stomach. The cold feeling that only came for two different reasons. Either she was looking at one of the Reapers of Death, which seemed unlikely since no one here had died. Or she was looking at a Heretic.
Okay, don't panic, Nevada quickly told herself. If he's one of the subtle ones, she might still have a chance to slip out before he figured out a way to get across the room to her without attracting attention.
Or not. Instead of waiting, the man simply looked up toward the lights. Almost instantly, they went out, along with all of the machines. The room was plunged into into near-complete darkness, as the familiar and comforting sounds of all the games were replaced with cries of surprise and dismay.
No. He was coming for her. No, no, no, no. Even as the boy in front of her tried to make a joke about the power going out, Nevada was turning away from him. The cold feeling in the pit of her stomach had morphed into terror. She'd been so careful, she'd tried not to stand out, and she hadn't hurt anyone.
Still, the Heretic was here for her. Whether because he'd been passing by and noticed her or because he'd been openly hunting didn't matter. He was here now, and he wouldn't stop until she was dead.
Without hesitation, Nevada immediately called upon her power to teleport, trying to send her body to the parking lot outside of the mall. Unfortunately, she felt the power fail, her fear spiking even more at the realization that whoever this Heretic was, he was capable of blocking teleportation, either through a power of his own or a spell he had activated.
Okay, absent teleportation, she was going to have to escape manually. Spinning, Nevada ran straight through the pitch black room. She still bumped into several people, who shouted their own complaints but were drown out in the sea of similar noise. As quickly as she could, the girl made a beeline for the side door that would lead into the mall's staff hallway that ran between this arcade hall and the theater next door. With every step she took, Nevada expected to feel the shock of a blade between her ribs or feel the impact of a Heretic gun.
But no. She made it to the door, shoved her way through, and sprinted down the empty hallway, leaving the sound of yelling behind her. Run, Nevada. Just run. Don't look back, don't check, don't check.
She checked. A quick glance backwards as she ran down the hall revealed nothing. The Heretic wasn't there. With a slight, almost hiccupy breath of relief, she began to plan her escape from the mall itself.
The whistle of a blade caught her attention, and the girl dove for the floor, rolling under the massive sword that the Heretic was swinging. Somehow he'd gotten around in front of her. Teleportation, super-speed, something else? It didn't matter, and there was no way to tell. Heretics, terrifying as they were, could have any power. With any other creature, you could plan for what you were dealing with. You could prepare. But Heretics? They could have any power at all, and they used both technology and magic on top of that. There was no way to prepare for them, no way to practice, and no way to negotiate. Heretics didn't even try to negotiate. They didn't talk. They didn't listen. They just killed.
Still, she tried. Springing back to her feet as the blade cleaved through the wall beside the spot she'd been running through, Nevada held her hands up. "I didn't hurt anyone!" she called out, her eyes wide with terror. "Listen to me, listen! I wouldn't hurt anyone. I wasn't going to. I'm just trying to live!"
"You're a monster," the Heretic spat the words as though even saying that much to her made him feel dirty. "You prey on humanity. You really think you can do that forever without paying for it?"
Hands still up defensively, Nevada shook her head. "I'm n-not a monster," she insisted, her mind already thinking back to everything her former master had called her. Monster had been the least of it. "I'm not hurting anyone. I've never hurt anyone. You have to listen to me, I'm not like that. I'm–"
"A vile, disgusting creature," the Heretic finished, eyes blazing with hate. "And you'll never hurt anyone again. We aren't your prey anymore, beast. Now you pay for your crimes against humanity."
That sword was swinging, and Nevada quickly looked to the wall. At a thought, a small part of it disappeared. She leapt through the opening into what turned out to be the bathroom of the theater. Once there, she didn't slow down or even hesitate before running for the next wall. Three steps in and the Heretic appeared directly in front of her, that sword of his already swinging. She narrowly avoided having her head taken off, diving sideways through one of the stalls. A quick look at the wall there created an opening, and she dove through it to enter the theater proper. Two teenage boys were standing there, their eyes wide with surprise at the sudden hole in the wall. That lasted a second before the Bystander effect took hold and they forgot that there had been anything strange about her appearance.
She couldn't fight. Not now, not a Heretic. Where there was one of them, there was usually more. And Nevada didn't know how to fight. She'd never hurt anyone in her life. She'd obeyed one master after another for many, many years before finally escaping. Then, for the past year she'd simply enjoyed life. She'd spent the time learning, playing, just being free for the first time. And now this Heretic was going to kill her. He would hunt her down remorselessly and inevitably, using his stolen powers to hunt her down for the crime of living, the crime of simply being born something other than human.
So she ran. Putting her feet under herself once more, the girl ran through the crowd, racing to the main hall of the theater. If she could put enough distance between them, if she could just escape for long enough to make the man lose track of her, there was a chance.
The thought occurred to her briefly that hiding in the crowd might work. But no. She had no idea how the Heretic would react to that, or how opposed to friendly fire he was. If she put herself inside a crowd of humans, there was every chance that they might get hurt, and she didn't want that.
So rather than turning left to join the crowd in front of the snackbar, she turned right, running for the exit. Just a little further, a little bit more and she could be safe, she could stay free.
A hand caught her arm in mid-sprint, flinging her sideways into the wall. She hit hard, rebounding off it before slumping down with a groan.
The Heretic was there. And as he stood in front of her, the man twitched a hand. Fire appeared around them, covering all the walls, as well as the corridor behind and in front of them. She was trapped here, trapped in a small space with nothing between herself and the Heretic's sword.
She tried one more time. From where she had fallen on the floor, Nevada pleaded. "Please. Please stop. I didn't hurt anyone, I swear. I'm not like that. I just… I just want to live. Please."
"Your tricks will not fool me, beast," the man declared in a hard tone as he stood there imperiously. Flipping that massive sword of his around once, he raised it up high above her head.
Then… he simply stood there, motionless. For a second, the terrified Nevada peeked up at him, heart in her throat as she stared with wide eyes.
"You wanna live, huh?" A voice behind her announced, and she spun her head that way to find herself staring at a handsome man with dark hair, extending a hand toward her. The fire was gone. "Well, then you better come with me."
Heretic. He was a Heretic. The terror returned, even as Nevada looked back to the first one. Frozen. He was frozen in place.
"Yeah, he's not gonna move, don't worry," the dark-haired young man assured her. "And I know what you're thinking, but I'm not here to hurt you. I'd explain more, but keeping this guy frozen like this is kind of taking a lot of effort, so if we could just get out of here while we've got the chance?"
"Rebellion," she realized then. "You're part of the rebellion."
"Guilty as charged," the man replied, though his teeth were gritted from apparent strain. "Seriously though, we need to move right now."
Quickly, Nevada scrambled to her feet. She gave the frozen Heretic one last look before turning to run on down the hall. Her savior joined her a second later, and they ran together to the side exit before pushing their way through and into the lot. Once there, the man led her to a van and hopped behind the wheel before pulling away.
Only then did Nevada let herself breathe. She sat in the passenger seat of the van, exhaling before slowly turning to look at the Heretic who had rescued her. "I thought the rebellion was dead. I thought it died with–"
"Joselyn?" The man shook his head. "She's not dead, just captured. And it's not over, just quieter." His gaze turned toward her. "My name's Deveron. Pretty sure you call yourself Nevada."
Suddenly nervous again, Nevada straightened a bit stiffly. "How… how did you know that?"
"Because I've been watching you for awhile," Deveron replied before wincing immediately. "Crap. Sorry, that sounded creepier than I meant it. I don't mean in a bad way. I mean I've been watching you trying to figure out if I should approach you or not. Jackson back there kind of forced my hand."
"That still sounds kind of creepy," Nevada informed him carefully.
He nodded acceptingly. "Fair enough. But I really did just want to talk. Well, not just talk. I want to make you an offer. You're a, uhh, a genie, right?"
"Oh god," Nevada slumped in her seat once more. "We call ourselves Djinni, not genie. And before you say anything else, our magic is way overblown. Yeah, I can make objects, summon objects, or alter objects. Material possessions. But it's temporary unless I'm doing it for someone that's claimed me as a master. And even then, it's still just material possessions. I can't change people's minds, alter ideas, create life, end life, make you an all-powerful god, or anything like that. The only living thing beyond that I can change is myself. Because masters like it when their slaves can change themselves on a whim. Older, younger, look like that movie star, look like that person I saw on the street. Which, I suppose since we're objects to them anyway, maintains that whole… only affect material possessions rule."
"I'm sorry, Nevada." The man's voice was soft and sincere. "That's awful. But I promise, that's not why I need your help."
Swallowing as she forced back the memories of her long years of servitude, Nevada forced herself to focus. "The point is, I can make you rich, but I can't make you the Queen of England."
"That's a shame," Deveron deadpanned. "I'd rock those dresses she wears."
He winked sidelong at her before shaking his head. "That's still not what I need you for anyway. I just need to make one wish, that's it. One alteration to an established physical object." He paused, glancing toward her. "Make that two wishes. But you can refuse the second one if you want to."
"What are they?" Nevada asked slowly, her curiosity piqued.
Rather than answer right away, Deveron drove on in silence for a few minutes before finally speaking. "First, do you know how the Heretics become… well, Heretics?"
"Some kind of… ummm, light?" Nevada answered a little hesitantly.
The man nodded. "Right, the lighthouse. We call it the Heretical Edge. Well, technically that's what they call the lighthouse and the ability to absorb Alter powers. They're both called the Heretical Edge. But the first one is the thing I want you to use your power on. I want you to change the Heretical Edge."
Nevada promptly choked. "I—wh-what? Okay, first of all, for something that big, I'd have to actually touch it. And… and… second of all, what do you want me to do to it? I couldn't… destroy it or… or anything like that."
Deveron smiled. "I can get you inside it, don't worry. We'll have to be careful but… we have our ways. And I don't want you to destroy it. I want you to make one little change to it."
"What… what little change?" Nevada asked slowly, uncertainly.
The man glanced to her, his arm draped casually over the wheel. "Right now, the Edge only chooses pure humans to work its magic on. Only pure humans get to become Heretics. I want you to change that. I want you to change the Edge so that it chooses human-Alter hybrids too, and makes them Heretics."
Frowning a little, Nevada shook her head. "But why? Why would you want to do that?"
"Joselyn, she had a plan for if she was ever captured," Deveron replied. "Call it a long-term vision. This is part of it. If we're ever gonna change the Heretics, really change them, we need allies. The best way to get allies is to let people with connections to Alters, who could see the good in them, become Heretics too. We need to get those kind of people into positions of power in the Heretic organization."
"She planned for finding a Djinni?" Nevada asked doubtfully. "I'm pretty sure we don't grow on trees."
Deveron chuckled. "It could've been anyone with enough magic to change the Edge. But you're right, I've been looking for someone like you for over a decade now. Got close a couple times, but they always fell through. You though, you seem like the real deal."
"What about the second wish?" Nevada's voice was careful as she considered what the man was asking.
He met her gaze, stopping the van at a red light. "I want you to change yourself. Wish yourself into not being a Djinni anymore. Make yourself human, so no one can use you for your power again. So no one has any reason to hurt you or chase you. So you can be safe.
"Like I said, you can refuse that wish if you want. Refuse both of them if you want. But we need your help if we're going to change how the Heretics work. If we're going to make real, lasting change, we need you."
Nevada's hand was covering her mouth. Change herself? She couldn't use her magic that way of her own volition, but if someone else used it as a wish… "But… if I wasn't a Djinni, what would I be?"
"Human," Deveron offered. "You could go and live a normal life, a free life, if you wanted to. Or you could go through the Edge yourself. Become a Heretic and help us change things even more directly."
She just stared at him. "How would I become a Heretic?"
He shrugged casually. "Let's just say we have an in with the headmistress. She'll make it happen. If you want it to."
"You want me to go from being a Djinni, to being a Heretic? An Alter who hunts other Alters?"
"A Heretic who changes that," Deveron corrected. "I'm not saying it'll be easy or anything. But we need help, so I'm asking. Will you please help us?"
She didn't answer for almost five minutes. They continued driving in silence until Nevada finally exhaled audibly. "I'll do it. I'll use my power on the Edge, and… and then turn myself into a human so I can be a Heretic. I'll help you.. change them."
Deveron was smiling broadly. "That's great, Nevada. I can't promise it'll be easy, but it will be worth it.
"It'll just take a lot of hard work."
"I can't remember him," Nevada spoke slowly while gazing out the window of her office at the rest of the school grounds. In the reflection of the window, she caught sight of her own appearance. Different now, ever since she had turned herself human. Not dramatically so, she still had blonde hair and the same general build, but her face was just altered enough so that no one would recognize her as the Djinni who had hung around that mall thirty years earlier. Particularly a certain Heretic that had tried to kill her.
Behind her, Gaia Sinclaire replied, "The man who brought you into this?"
Nevada nodded at that. "I remember that he existed. I remember what he said to me. But I don't remember his name, and I can't remember his face." Turning, she squinted at the headmistress. "Do you?"
To her dismay, the woman shook her head. "I'm afraid not. Something erased that memory, but clearly did not do as thorough of a job as they did with Joselyn."
In spite of herself, and the situation, Nevada smiled. It always felt better to smile than to frown. She'd always felt that, even when she was one of the Djinn. Ever since she'd become human, though, her urge to smile had felt almost overwhelming. Maybe it was just the feeling that she would never be someone's slave again, never be magically bound into being nothing more than a tool. Whatever it was, she always felt like laughing and enjoying life. Even in bad situations, she still tried to find a way to be happy.
"You asked me to come here, to take over for Zedekiah after he was murdered, because you thought I could help you find out who killed him. But you haven't said much about it since then."
Gaia nodded faintly. "I asked you here for that, and because I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I can trust you, Nevada. That's… something rather rare right now. I can trust you, Risa, Virginia, and Ulysses. The rest I'm… not entirely positive about. But you are one of the very few that I trust implicitly."
"And yet," Nevada pointed out, "still with the not talking about it since you brought me in."
The headmistress chuckled softly. "I'm sorry. I suppose you just grow accustomed to keeping things to yourself when you do it for long enough."
Taking in a breath then, she let it out again before continuing. "I also wanted you here because I know that you will help protect the mixed-race students we have in case anything goes wrong. You can help guide them.
"As for Zedekiah's murderer… I had hoped to have that handled by now. Unfortunately, whoever they are, they've hidden their tracks well."
It was harder to smile. "So we have no idea who killed him… and we still don't know who the man was that was working with you and Joselyn, the one who brought me here in the first place. There's no record of him and no one remembers his name."
Gaia's voice was quiet. "That does appear to adequately summarize the situation."
Before Nevada could say anything else, there was a knock at the door. Then Risa Kohaku poked her head in. Her voice was grim. "We have another situation. Shiori and Flick have disappeared from the island."
"What?!" Nevada yelped. "What—how!?"
"It's all right," Gaia raised a hand to calm them both. "I was aware of their disappearance in this particular instance. I allowed it to happen."
Now Nevada was staring at the woman, her mouth open with shock. By the door, Risa was doing pretty much the same thing. "Wh-what do you mean, you allowed it to happen? Why? What if something happens to them? What if–"
Gaia was smiling a little bit. "Calm yourselves. I am keeping an eye on the situation, but thus far it does not require our interference. As for why I allowed it to happen, let's just say I believe that this trip will be good for both of them. After all, if the birds are going to fly, you have to let them out of the nest.
"And I'm fairly certain that these particular birds are going to need all opportunities to fly that they can get."
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Icoret says:
Wow that was so awesome, it's interesting how seeing a Heretic from the perspective of an innocent Alter is almost exactly as terrifying as seeing an Alter from the perspective of a bystander.
And damn did Deveron just have a big damn heroes moment? Deveron? Are we sure this is the same guy and not some sort of lookalike?
Oh and I was so sure that Nevada was Flick's sister so now I've got to start theorizing again.
I was right there with you on the "Nevada is the female twin" thing. Looks like we need to keep looking for them… .
That explains some things.
Huh, so we're getting some background on Nevada? Nice! A little leery about the Master she is referring to though…
Ahh, so is this how she is brought to Crossroads? And we see Deveron actually not acting like a useless waste? Shocking. To be fair to him though, he showed up just in time, as Nevada was about to be killed out of mindless hate.
"Oh god," Nevada slumped in her seat once more. "We call ourselves Djinni, not genie."
Me: Ah, so she's an Alter.
Me: Wait, what? I am very curious to hear why he wants Nevada to do that.
Me:…Huh. That explains the what, now for the why.
"The best way to get allies is to let people with connections to Alters, who could see the good in them, become Heretics too. We need to get those kind of people into positions of power in the Heretic organization.""
Me: And that explains some of the why. I like that the Rebellion planned both overt and subtle actions in case of…complications. And given that we know that Nevada is a professor in the present, the wheels are beginning to roll for the subtle way.
Me: Damn, I should have expected that.
Me: Hm. A bit underhanded of her, but given the Traditionalists I suppose she thought it necessary.
A VERY informative Interlude.
Well, given that Gaia let it happen, I am now considerably less worried about what will happen when Flick and Shiori get back.
As for Nevada's past and what she did to the Heretical Edge: DAMN. That's brilliant. Once again, Joselyn proves that she is awesome. And Gaia has earned back the awesome points her intelude lost her in my eyes. And then some.
That said, I expect Shiori to be pissed off when she finds out that Gaia knew she was part-Alter the whole time.
Huh. I wonder if she knows how exactly Shiori and presumably Vanessa are part-Alter, or if she just knows that they're mixed-race.
Ah damn. There are so many implications in this chapter.
But of course, the most important question of all: what did the freshly named Nevada think of Return of the Jedi?
Well there goes my theory that Nevada is the mole
Naeddyr says:
Just finished reading. This is really good. Although sometimes all the coincidences start to feel a bit overboard :p at least you're tying some of them up into it-was-planned-all-alongs. 😀
Hey, thanks! Glad you're over-all enjoying it.
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When her last ship was finally destroyed, she quickly filled in the letters to put replace her sixth place score
Don't think that 'put' was meant to be there.
I knew she was a Djinni from her clothing and then the coin summon. I also though the word 'Djinni' instead of 'genie' but I'm just one of thoses people.
Even with those restrictions it's a very powerful ability, being able to just summon up any sort of various nicknack for someone. I, personally, wouldn't want to be rich but being comfortably well off… well, that'd be very nice. The people who say "money can't buy happiness" don't know how to spend it right.
The personal shapeshifting could also be fun. *wink*
I was trying to remember who Nevada was, I have trouble with character names all the time. Then there was talk of her becoming human and a Heretic and I remembered that she's the super cool professor who doesn't like being called professor and has that bonkers chest of weapons.
Now we just need to wait and see how long it takes for the really hard core old Heritics to find out they've got a bunch of half-breeds in the new class. And that one guy to eat his words that Strangers can't interbreed with humans. He's not important enough for me to remember his name, being a bigoted dumb jerk. I bet it was him in this chapter hunting down the 'evil; Stranger preying on young and impressable teenages'… .
Nope! Thanks for that.
Between that and her ability to grant wishes for material possessions, it's no wonder she was so sought after. 😛
And that one guy to eat his words that Strangers can't interbreed with humans. He's not important enough for me to remember his name, being a bigoted dumb jerk. I bet it was him in this chapter hunting down the 'evil; Stranger preying on young and impressable teenages'…
Nah, that was Ruthers, who was described as essentially looking like 'a bulldog in a fancy suit' with long brown hair past his shoulders and a thoroughly broken nose that healed badly and a heavyset body that used to be in better shape before he settled down and packed on some weight.
And yet, he's still probably one of the most powerful people to be introduced so far, just by virtue of the fact that he and the other Committee members share each other's strength and powers, so he's basically as strong as twelve old Heretics at once.
Heh, looks like I was right about part of my theory regarding Deveron. Whether or not I'm right about the rest of it remains to be seen.
Oh that was *enormously* clever, and a rather bold move
I…erg, I wish I had better words to say than "this is awesome", all I can really say is that it's good to know who Flick can trust, it's good to know that I was right about all of this being part of the plan, it's *godsdamned weird* to know that the lazy asshole had a direct hand in allowing Shiori, Vannessa, and those like them into the school and that none of them remember him, and finally, it's cool to know Nevada's history
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This is snow.. he really just wanted to crawl back to his Mama so this is his only picture for this week..
Ginger making sure all of her little Chihuahua puppies are ok with my picture taking!
This picture is very special to me and I've decided to keep these two little darlings. Yes, Cocoa and Angelica Rose are staying with me.
Just a note on the size difference in the puppies so no one will worry.. Ginger is a cobbly build chi and is about 8 lbs while the father, Susu is a fine boned chi weighing in at 4.5 lbs. The 3 boys in this litter are cobble chis like their mother and the girl is a fine boned chi like her father. They are all healthy and gaining weight right on schedule. They simply have different bone/body structures and that is whey Rose is so much smaller than the boys.
Beautiful pups. The black and tan one I like very much. I'm getting my first Chi girl in 3 mths. She was born 3 days ago. I can't wait to get her home. I have a lhasa and shiddie girls, waiting to mother her. Not counting our lovely cat, who thinks she's a dog.


It is a common saying to say that one can't be in two places at once, but what if that was not necessarily true? Throughout history there have been decidedly bizarre accounts of mysterious individuals who have done just that, somehow managing to bend and subvert the laws of reality to literally exist in two places at the same time. I am not talking about teleportation, or the phenomenon of doppelgängers, of which I have discussed here at Mysterious Universe before, but rather those enigmatic people who have somehow managed to diverge into two separate physical forms to actually instantaneously and simultaneously be in two places at once, a phenomenon referred to as "bilocation." Inexplicable, baffling, and always startling, these cases of people splitting into two hint at potential powers and forces at work around us that are far from being fully understood. The whole idea seems impossible when considering the rules of physics and matter that we are acquainted with, yet the accounts that speak to the contrary abound.
Although bilocation has been recorded in cultures around the world since time unremembered, some of the most numerous and spectacular cases of this phenomenon are inextricably tied to saints and other religious figures throughout history. Indeed, the ability to bilocate has long been considered by the Church to be a gift from God, a power bestowed onto those who require it for the purpose of attending to important matters and acts of mercy or charity some distance away, such as tending to the sick or dying, or at times when they need to do God's will but cannot possibly physically be in a certain location under the circumstances. In fact, bilocation is so prevalent in the history of the Catholic church in particular, where its existence is considered a fact, that the Vatican considers it one of the core miracles required for sainthood, values it as a sign of high religious precept, and has researched and investigated the phenomenon extensively. The Vatican apparently has extensive, detailed files on these cases, and many of the numerous accounts of bilocation in church history are not mere lore and legend, but rather are well-documented phenomena that have been witnessed by various reliable witnesses and corroborated by those outside of the church.
People who wanted to see him approached the chapel and found him so deep in prayer that they decided not to disturb him. When they returned to the street, they were surprised to see him talking to some people. They hurried back into the chapel and saw him still lost in prayer.
Also from the 1500s is the case of the missionary St. Francis Xavier, a one-time professor of philosophy at the University of Paris, who traveled extensively to such far-flung destinations as Ceylon, India, Japan and Malaysia for his work during the 1540s. During these travels he was often said to appear simultaneously in two or even three locations at once (trilocation), talking to native peoples separated by sometimes thousands of miles at the same time. He apparently did this on a very regular basis, to the point that it was seen as a fairly usual occurrence for him and did not particularly surprise those who were used to seeing him in action.
Another case form the era revolves around St. Martin de Pores, who had started out training to be a physician but had ended up at the Monastery of the Holy Rosary in Lima, Peru. Born in 1579, St. Martin de Pores did not even start out as a true member of the clergy, as he had always refused to train for the priesthood in favor of a simple, humble life doing various menial tasks around the monastery in the name of God. However, as much as he sought the simple life and a low profile he quickly became known for his spectacular ability to bilocate. Although he was well-documented as spending his entire life at the monastery, never leaving its grounds, it was reported that Martin would often instantaneously appear all over Lima, as well as in distant places as far-flung as Mexico, China, Japan, Africa, Algiers, France, and the Philippines, where he would engage in activities such as preaching, working with children, tending to the infirm or handicapped, and distributing food to the poor.
One well-documented instance of Martin's bilocation was when he made a series of visits to North Africa where his work tending to the sick and clothing the poor was admired by a man who had been held prisoner in Barbary. Martin had come to him as well to offer aid. When the man was finally released he in later years found himself in Lima visiting the monastery there, where he happened to run into Martin by chance. He immediately tried to thank him, but Martin pulled him aside to tell him not to speak of what had happened in North Africa, as he did not want his supernatural powers to be widely known.
During these mysterious travels, Martin was said to be able to communicate fluently with people in any language, despite the fact that he had never studied a foreign language. He was also claimed to be able to appear even within locked rooms and prisons, where he would help those within. On at least one occasion he was claimed to have appeared on numerous occasions within a prison in North Africa in order to bring food and money to a man who had been wrongly imprisoned in Algiers by the Turks. The man eventually received enough money from the bilocating saint to pay his own ransom for his release.
Another very famous bilocating saint was Alfonso de Liguori, or St. Alphonsus Liguori, of Italy, who was a bishop of St. Agata dei Goti in 1774. Alphonsus was once seen simultaneously both preaching a sermon at the pulpit and hearing confessions in another area. On another occasion St. Alphonsus was preaching to university students when a poor woman came to his usual church to receive her regular alms from him. She was told that Alphonsus was away at a sermon at that time and turned away. As she was leaving, he was said to appear before her to give her the alms only to disappear once again.
The most famous story involving St. Alphonsus' bilocation powers supposedly occurred on the morning of September 21, 1774, when after giving mass in Arrezo he suddenly fell into his chair and went into a deep trance in which he seemed to be hopelessly lost deep in thought, in a state that one witness described as a "prolonged ecstasy." In this trance he did not move or say a word, would not accept food, and gave no indication that he was aware of anyone around him. No one could snap him out of it, and he remained in this dazed state the entire day and night. The following morning he had not changed, remaining still frozen with that far-off, eery stare, his body still set in the same position, with only his breathing and sporadically blinking eyes providing evidence that he was even still alive at all.
The servants and other clergy let him be, and were worriedly discussing what they were to do with him when there was a knock on the door. When the door was opened Alphonsus was standing there and stated that he was going to start mass, as if nothing had happened. When the surprised people in the room asked what had happened to him he did not seem to have any realization that he had been in a trance for a day and night. When confronted with this news, Alphonsus apologized and said that he had been away tending to the ailing Pope Clement XIV, who was located a full 100 miles away in Rome. He informed them that sadly the pope had just died. This was news to everyone present, but later that day word came that indeed the pope had passed away at precisely the time that Alphonsus had come out of his daze. The news included a list of clerics who had been present at the Pope's side at the time of his death, and Alfonso de Liguori was clearly listed as one of them, which should have been impossible as he had been in his chair in a trance the entire time. Witnesses in Rome verified that Alphonsus had been there amongst them praying and talking, and they seemed to be just as surprised as anyone that he should be confined to his chair 100 miles away at the exact same time. This apparent miracle is in fact one of the things that later led to his sainthood.
There are countless other stories of saints and the highly religious who have allegedly had the ability to bilocate, far too many to go over all of them here, but saints are certainly not the only ones who have exhibited this strange phenomenon. In 1844, a schoolteacher by the name of Teresa Higginson claimed that she had experienced bilocation from her native England to a remote African village in order to teach the children there. While she was there in this faraway land she claimed that she was able to somehow communicate with the villagers even though she had never studied or even heard their language before. She would say of this, "This has astonished me a little, that I perfectly understand all that they wish to communicate to me and they comprehend all that I say to them." During these stints in Africa Higginson was reported as being very much in her own school or home, and school personnel from the village adamantly insisted that this was indeed the woman who had been coming to teach for them.
A very famous historical figure, none other than USSR leader Vladimir Lenin, was also said to have bilocated. On October 19, 1923, just three months before his death, Lenin was having a tough time of things. He had just survived an assassination attempt in 1922 and had suffered a series of strokes in the intervening months that had left him incapacitated in bed. On this particular day, a Kremlin guard overheard a rather odd phone conversation between a duty officer and one of Lenin's administrators. The duty officer wanted to know why Lenin was in his office at the Kremlin energetically rummaging around and rifling through papers as if looking for something, made all the more bizarre by the fact that he was totally alone and without his usual entourage of guards. The response from the administrator was that it was impossible for Lenin to be there, as he was at home, mute, partially paralyzed, and quite ill indeed.
Nevertheless, many people at the Kremlin clearly saw him there, and when he was finished he allegedly had gone out for a stroll in the Kremlin courtyard. Two surprised guards who saw him walking around claimed that he had greeted them, and thought it odd that he was not using a walking stick as he usually did. Officials were so concerned by this apparent supernatural event that they made up a story about how Lenin had indeed visited the Kremlin on official business on that day, but this did not explain the lack of bodyguards, his apparent vigor in the face of his months in bed recovering from his strokes, or the fact that his own aides and family firmly insisted that he had made no such trip to Moscow but rather had been bedridden the whole time. In the wake of Lenin's death some months later, this strange incident of bilocation was seen as the once vigorous leader trying to tend to some unfinished business even in his poor health, and would be seen by many as a sort of portent or harbinger of his doom.
How could any of this possibly happen? The purported ability of bilocation is found in a variety of cultures outside of the Western world or Christianity. It has been documented by shamans throughout a wide range of cults and religions, as well as in witchcraft, paganism, a wide range of spiritualist movements, and in a variety of major religions such as Hinduism and Judaism, and there are stories of this phenomenon going back to ancient Greece. In each of these far-flung cultures and religions the mechanics of bilocation are attributed to often very different things, and ideas on what causes it are as varied as the people who believe in it. Some view it as a mystical extension of oneself, a sort of tulpa, or thought form, projected from a person to take form in the physical world, in essence a person manifesting a copy of oneself through sheer power of will and thought. In others it is a separation of the soul through intense mental and spiritual training, a mastery of one's inner energy. In other ideologies bilocation is a manifestation of natural forces permeating all around us, which can be harnessed and directed towards such abilities. For saints within the realm of Christianity it was simply a demonstration of the power of God. Those who have tried to look at the phenomenon from the angle of how it could fit in with the universe and natural world as we know it sometimes point to rifts in reality or inter dimensional portals. In the end, no one really knows how it works or why, and it seems that it is one mystery that will probably evade us for some time to come.
Bilocation is a bizarre ability which has manifested itself for centuries and been witnesses by numerous people, with many, many other cases which I have left out here. Is there anything to all of this? Can this all be merely written off as impossible and fanciful tales, the testimony of those involved brushed away in favor of the paradigm we know? If it is real, what lies behind this phenomenon? While the idea that someone could simultaneously physically inhabit two disparate locations hundreds or even thousands of miles away may seem to defy every law of physics and matter that we know of, perhaps we are getting into new territory here of forces that we have not even begun to comprehend. Maybe there are vast mysteries of the universe that have only sparingly poked through the veil of our known reality, just enough to make themselves known yet remaining so cloaked in the unknown as to evade us. Bilocation continues to protrude from this veil of mystery from time to time, and will likely remain a conundrum for some time to come. For now, if someone tells you they can't be two places at once, just remember that perhaps they can and just don't know it yet.


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Tip: Choose a larger T-shirt for the contrasting panel to allow for more fabric for the ruffles.
Designate one T-shirt as A and one as B. Remove the hem stitches from each T-shirt; press open the hems.
Fold T-shirt A in half lengthwise along the center front, matching the side and shoulder seams; pin. Measure 11/4" from the fold along the neckline; mark. Measure 2 1/2" from the fold along the lower-edge; mark.
Using a removable fabric marker, draw a line connecting the upper-edge and lower-edge marks (1). Cut along the line through all layers; discard the fabric triangles.
Fold T-shirt B in half lengthwise along the center front, matching the side and shoulder seams; pin. Measure 1 1/4" from the fold along the neckline; mark. Measure 7" from the fold along the lower edge; mark.
Using a removable fabric marker, draw a line connecting the upper-edge and lower-edge marks. Cut along the line; set aside the fabric triangles.
From the remaining T-shirt B-fabric, cut seven rectangles measuring 1 1/2"x10", 1 1/2"x14", 1 1/2"x18", 1 1/2"x21", 1 1/2"x24", 1 1/2"x26" and 1 1/2"x28".
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With right sides together, align one T-shirt B back-triangle long edge with one T-shirt A long edge, aligning the neckline edges; pin, and then stitch. Press open the seam. Repeat to stitch the remaining back-triangle long edge to the remaining T-shirt A long edge. Note that the hemlines may not match.
Place the T-shirt B front triangle right side up on a flat work surface. Using a removable fabric marker, draw a line down the center front. Measure and mark the center front line 2 1/2" below the edge; draw a horizontal line at the mark.
Mark the center-front line 2 3/4" below the first horizontal line; draw a horizontal line. Continue drawing seven horizontal lines 2 3/4" apart on the triangle fabric piece.
Select a long gathering stitch. Stitch each ruffle strip lengthwise center, leaving long thread tails at the stitching beginning and end.
Pull the 10" strip thread tails to evenly gather the ruffle to match the upper marked line on the triangle. Pin the strip to the triangle over the line. Stitch along the strip center.
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George Holliday, man who filmed Rodney King beating, dies from COVID-19
Holliday wasn't vaccinated and reportedly spent weeks on a ventilator
The man who filmed Rodney King's infamous beating at the hands of the LAPD in 1991 has died after reportedly contracting COVID-19. He was 61.
George Holliday passed away Sunday while hospitalized with pneumonia in Simi Valley, CA, TMZ reports. Holliday wasn't vaccinated and allegedly spent weeks on a ventilator, according to one of his close friends and his business partner.
"We're told he was plagued with blood clots and internal bleeding toward the end. His outgoing voicemail referenced he was in the hospital with COVID," writes TMZ.
George Holliday, Rodney King (YouTube screenshot)
It was Holliday's homemade video recording of King's beating by LAPD officers that sparked outrage and changed America in the 90s.
As previously reported by theGrio, in March 1991, King was stopped by the police following a high-speed chase, ordered out of his Hyundai, and repeatedly kicked, tasered and struck over 50 times with police batons, sustaining serious injuries.
Holliday filmed the scene from the balcony of his Lake View Terrace apartment.
The brutal beating of Rodney King was significant because for the first time, thanks to George Holliday's camcorder, Black America was able to go to the videotape, so to speak. Certainly, this was not the first time that a Black man was brutalized by police.
Without question, in the 1950s and 1960s, America and the world saw the televised images of civil rights workers being sprayed by fire hoses, bitten by four-legged police dogs— and beaten nearly to death by "two-legged dogs," as Malcolm X so aptly referred to brutal police officers.
In a 2006 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Holliday admitted that he got more than he bargained for when he gave the eight-minute video to KTLA. He received a couple of death threats, he was blamed for causing the riots that erupted over the King case and he suffered two failed marriages.
Holiday's video triggered a media sensation. The acquittal of officers involved in the King beating sparked the Los Angeles riots that led to 54 deaths and hundreds of destroyed buildings.
Holliday was the one person who captured the King beating, clear as day. https://t.co/1cjSacvKO2
— TMZ (@TMZ) September 20, 2021
King sued the city and won a $3.8M settlement.
Last summer, Holliday auctioned off his video camera "with a starting bid at nearly a quarter of a million dollars," per TMZ. According to a statement at the time from the auction house: "The foam cover of the camera microphone is almost completely deteriorated, which is the condition in which the F.B.I. returned the camera to George Holliday circa 2015. The camcorder remains in very good condition otherwise."
The Los Angeles Police Department subpoenaed the camera and videotape during the investigation into the King attack. The camcorder was ultimately returned to Holliday.
"The Rodney King video was the Jackie Robinson of police videos," Rev. Al Sharpton previously said in an interview.
"He clearly did something historic," Sharpton said. "If he wants to monetize it, that's a private decision."
theGrio reported that King's 2012 death was ruled an accidental drowning and there were multiple illegal drugs in his system, police said.
Rialto Police said the county medical examiner's report showed King had drugs such as PCP, cocaine and marijuana in his system when he died. King also had a blood-alcohol level of .06 percent.
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