#385 thousand gold

[demonictacobeard]

………..I must have it

[dertaglichedan]

A parking pass from the Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president was shot, has sold for hundreds of dollars on eBay. The green special guest parking pass reeled in $385 on Monday following 31 bids.

“Printed and used instructions for special guest with printed and used parking pass and mailer left in car after the event. I have actual pictures inside the event to support these items being there,” the eBay description reads.

No other items from the rally have yet to be posted on eBay as of this publishing on Monday afternoon.

However, others are trying to cash-in on the assassination attempt, selling trading cards, shirts, photos and other items with Trump’s likeness. Prices are ranging from $5 for cards, $20 for shirts and $50 for photos.

Trump collectibles have previously sold for thousands of dollars on eBay. In May, a Collect Trump Cards relic card, which contained a piece of the suit he wore when he had his mugshot taken inside an Atlanta, Georgia, jail, sold for $6,177. This past February, people shelled out thousands for limited-edition Trump gold sneakers.

[bolintheturtleduck]

Song Ranking

So I did that song ranking thing and it took HOURS. literal HOURS. Don’t ever do it, I won’t even link it. I hated doing it. But here is my list. And dare I say my Top 130 is immaculate hjgkhg

Some of this is not really accurate though. Could be me or the generator. Like ‘Cold Hearted’ being 500 something???? Not in my house. 

Also don’t go looking for christmas songs. They are all somewhere down there lmao

Anyways! Let’s go!

1 Nasty / Rhythm Nation

1 Rumour Has It / Someone Like You

3 Be Okay

4 Love You Like A Love Song

4 Seasons Of Love

6 Mustang Sally

7 So Emotional

8 Tightrope

9 Barely Breathing

10 Cough Syrup

11 Shake It Out

11 The Boy Is Mine

13 Back To Black

14 Valerie

15 Paradise By The Dashboard Light

16 River Deep, Mountain High

17 Problem

18 Faithfully

19 Gloria

20 I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You

21 How Will I Know

22 We Are Young

23 How To Be A Heartbreaker

24 Hand In My Pocket / I Feel The Earth Move

25 If I Die Young

26 I Feel Pretty / Unpretty

27 Bust Your Windows

28 Candyman

29 American Boy

30 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) / You Make My Dreams

31 If I Can't Have You

32 It's All Coming Back To Me Now

33 Crazy / U Drive Me Crazy

34 ABC

35 Bad Romance

36 It's Too Late

37 Hungry Like The Wolf / Rio

38 I Wish

39 Need You Now

40 Landslide

41 Start Me Up / Livin' On A Prayer

42 Thriller / Heads Will Roll

43 What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)

44 There Are Worse Things I Could Do

45 Losing My Religion

46 The Edge Of Glory

47 Teenage Dream (Acoustic Version)

48 Make You Feel My Love

49 My Prerogative

50 Singing In The Rain / Umbrella

51 Songbird

52 Spotlight

53 Mine

54 Take Me Or Leave Me

55 Take Me To Church

56 No Surrender

57 Never Say Never

58 Constant Craving

59 Brave

60 Born This Way

61 Pumpin' Blood

62 Blame It (On The Alcohol)

63 Glad You Came

64 Give Your Heart A Break

65 It's All Over

66 It's Not Right, But It's Okay

67 Everybody Talks

68 Here Comes The Sun

69 Into The Groove

70 In Your Eyes

71 I Don't Want To Know

72 I Lived

73 I Kissed A Girl

74 Halo / Walking On Sunshine

75 You Can't Stop The Beat

76 She's Not There

77 Nutbush City Limits

78 True Colors

79 Can't Fight This Feeling

80 Breakaway

81 Dancing Queen

82 Don't Stop Me Now

83 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

84 Empire State Of Mind

85 Doo Wop (That Thing)

86 Arthur's Theme

87 Happy Days Are Here Again / Get Happy

88 Toxic

89 This Is The New Year

90 Last Name

91 3

92 A Change Would Do You Good

93 Got To Get You Into My Life

94 Tongue Tied

95 Smooth Criminal

96 Papa Don't Preach

97 Animal

97 Another One Bites The Dust

99 Don't Speak

100 Don't You Want Me

101 A Hard Day's Night

102 Some Nights

103 Somebody That I Used To Know

104 Superstition

105 Survivor / I Will Survive

106 My Life Would Suck Without You

107 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

108 Misery

109 My Love Is Your Love

110 Somewhere Only We Know

111 Blow Me (One Last Kiss)

112 Me Against The Music

113 I Follow Rivers

114 Mean

115 Here's To Us

116 Stronger

117 Summer Nights

118 Make No Mistake, She's Mine

119 Love Song

120 Waiting For A Girl Like You

121 We Got The Beat

122 We Found Love

123 We've Got Tonite

124 Love Shack

125 The Scientist

126 Love Is A Battlefield

127 Run Joey Run

128 Wings

129 When I Get You Alone

130 Uptown Girl

131 Roots Before Branches

132 I'm The Only One

132 I've Gotta Be Me

134 Hopelessly Devoted To You

135 Hit Me With Your Best Shot / One Way Or Another

136 Dinosaur

137 Dog Days Are Over

138 Hung Up

139 Everytime

140 Go Your Own Way

141 Every Breath You Take

142 Fire And Rain

143 Fighter

144 Not While I'm Around

145 Not The Boy Next Door

146 Fly / I Believe I Can Fly

147 Girl On Fire

148 Oops!... I Did It Again

149 Stop! In The Name Of Love / Free Your Mind

150 Stereo Hearts

151 Bills, Bills, Bills

152 Somebody Loves You

153 Hold It Against Me

154 Turning Tables

155 Wide Awake

156 You May Be Right

157 Cell Block Tango

158 A Boy Like That

159 All Out Of Love

160 Alfie

161 Jessie's Girl

162 I'm A Slave 4 U

163 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

164 I'll Stand By You (Amber)

165 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

166 Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)

167 Lovefool

168 Just Can't Get Enough

169 Just Give Me A Reason

170 Keep Holding On

171 Like A Virgin

172 New York State Of Mind

173 My Dark Side

174 More Than A Feeling

174 My Cup

176 I Want To Hold Your Hand

177 I Want To Break Free

178 I Want To Know What Love Is

179 I Want You Back

180 Teenage Dream

181 Take My Breath Away

182 America

183 Glory Days

184 I Say A Little Prayer

184 I Wanna Sex You Up

186 I Will Always Love You

187 A Thousand Years

188 Like A Prayer

189 Don't Rain On My Parade

190 Disco Inferno

191 Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals)

192 Dream On

193 Get It Right

194 Gold Digger

195 Telephone

196 Without You

197 You're The One That I Want

198 Tell Him

199 Let Me Love You

200 Good Vibrations

200 Raise Your Glass

202 Run The World (Girls)

203 Gimme More

204 Hey Jude

204 How Deep Is Your Love

206 Higher Ground

207 Vogue

208 Something's Coming

209 Footloose

210 Forget You

211 Gives You Hell

212 Everybody Wants To Rule The World

213 Far From Over

214 Fat Bottomed Girls

215 Hair / Crazy In Love

216 Hall Of Fame

216 Hello

216 Hello, I Love You

216 Somebody To Love

216 Time Warp

216 To Love You More

222 Last Friday Night

223 Hate On Me

224 Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

225 Locked Out Of Heaven

226 Rose's Turn

227 Everybody Hurts

227 Express Yourself

227 Loser

227 Shout It Out Loud

231 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

232 Pompeii

233 Party All The Time

234 Our Day Will Come

235 Perfect

236 Old Time Rock & Roll / Danger Zone

237 Greased Lightning

237 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

237 Live While We're Young

240 Firework

240 Love Child

242 Fire

243 You're All I Need To Get By

244 The Scientist (Acapella)

245 Afternoon Delight

246 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)

247 Listen To Your Heart

248 Tik Tok

249 You Keep Me Hangin' On

250 The Rose

251 You Can't Always Get What You

Want

252 Let's Have A Kiki

252 Listen

254 Pretending

255 More Than A Woman

256 More Than Words

257 Hot For Teacher

257 No One Is Alone

257 Not The End

257 Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag 257 O Christmas Tree

257 One Hand, One Heart

257 One

257 Only Child

257 Proud Mary

266 Heroes

267 Hey Ya!

268 Getting Married Today

268 Happy

270 Hell To The No

271 Night Fever

271 Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club

Band

273 The Music Of The Night

273 The Only Exception 273 The Rain In Spain 273 The Safety Dance 273 Thousand Miles 278 Billionaire

278 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 278 The Happening

278 The Lady Is A Tramp

282 Borderline / Open Your Heart 282 Born To Hand Jive

284 Control

284 The Longest Time

286 Give Up The Funk

287 Chasing Pavements

288 Man In The Mirror

288 Say

288 Sexy And I Know It 288 Shout

292 Marry The Night

293 Mamma Mia

294 Loser Like Me

295 Don't Stop Believin' (Season 1)

296 Colorblind

297 Diva

297 Don't Cry For Me Argentina

299 Don't Dream It's Over

300 Let It Be

301 Don't Stop

302 Highway To Hell

302 Hold On

302 Holding Out For A Hero 302 We Will Rock You

302 What I Did For Love

302 What It Feels Like For A Girl

308 Take On Me

309 For Once In My Life

309 Good Riddance (Time Of Your

Life)

309 Hello Goodbye

309 Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love

309 Home

309 Homeward Bound / Home 309 Honesty

309 Human Nature

317 Drive My Car

317 For Good

317 I'll Remember

320 I'll Stand By You (Cory)

321 On My Own

321 Taking Chances

321 The Bitch Is Back / Dress You Up 321 Werewolves Of London

325 My Man

326 My Life

327 My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)

327 Never Going Back Again 327 No Scrubs

330 Creep

331 Come What May

332 Never Can Say Goodbye

333 Who Are You Now?

334 You Give Love A Bad Name

335 Womanizer

336 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

337 Come See About Me

337 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 337 People

337 Popular

337 River

337 Roar

337 Rolling In The Deep 337 Santa Baby

345 Boogie Shoes

346 At Last

347 I'm The Greatest Star

348 Jar Of Hearts

349 It's Time

350 It's My Life / Confessions Part II

351 It's Not Unusual

352 I'm So Excited

352 I'm Still Here

354 Don't Stop Believin' (Season 5) 354 Don't You (Forget About Me) 354 Dreams

354 Unchained Melody

354 Uptown Funk

359 Bohemian Rhapsody

359 Don't Stop Believin' (Rachel) 359 Lucky

362 Don't Stand So Close To Me /

Young Girl

363 Bridge Over Troubled Water

363 Bust A Move

365 Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee

366 Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee

(Reprise)

367 Longest Time

368 Applause

369 All Of Me

370 Any Way You Want It

370 Anything Could Happen

372 Red Solo Cup

372 Rock Lobster

372 Rockin' Around The Christmas

Tree 372 Rockstar

376 Saving All My Love For You

377 (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

377 Piano Man 377 Poison 377 Poker Face

381 A House Is Not A Home

382 4 Minutes

383 Black Or White

384 Blackbird

385 All By Myself

385 Smile

385 You Make Me Feel So Young

388 Wrecking Ball

389 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural

Woman

389 (You're) Having My Baby

391 Superman

392 Ain't No Way

392 Stayin' Alive

394 Still Got Tonight

394 The Most Wonderful Day Of The

Year

394 The Way You Look Tonight / You're Never Fully Dressed Without A

Smile 394 This Time

394 Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?

399 They Long To Be Close To You

400 All About That Bass 400 Sing!

400 So Far Away

400 Some People

404 Addicted To Love

404 Moves Like Jagger / Jumpin' Jack Flash

404 Sing

404 Someday We'll Be Together 404 Somethin' Stupid

404 Something

404 Somewhere

404 Stand

412 Scream

413 Rather Be

414 Next To Me

414 No Air

414 Papa Can You Hear Me? 414 Physical

414 Piece Of My Heart

414 Pinball Wizard

414 Pony

414 Rehab

422 La Isla Bonita

422 Lean On Me

422 Let's Wait Awhile

422 Little Drummer Boy

422 Little Girls

427 Light Up The World

428 Science Fiction Double Feature

428 Silent Night 428 Silly Love Songs

431 Le Jazz Hot

432 Out Here On My Own

432 Pure Imagination

434 School's Out

435 Hey, Soul Sister

435 I Kissed A Girl (Season Six) 435 Sway

438 I Believe In A Thing Called Love

439 I Have Nothing

440 I Am Changing

441 I Saw Her Standing There

441 I Was Here

441 I Won't Give Up

441 I'll Be Home For Christmas 441 I'll Never Fall In Love Again 446 Funny Girl

446 I Look To You

446 I Only Have Eyes For You 446 I Still Believe / Super Bass 446 Story Of My Life

451 I Love New York / New York, New

York

452 What Makes You Beautiful

453 What The World Needs Now

454 An Innocent Man

454 Bad

454 Because You Loved Me

454 Bein' Green

454 ByeByeBye/IWantItThatWay 454 IfIWereABoy

454 Take A Bow

454 Take Me Home Tonight

462 Barracuda

463 Beauty School Drop Out

464 Chandelier

465 Baby It's You

466 It Must Have Been Love

467 At The Ballet

468 Baby One More Time

469 Beautiful

469 Being Alive

469 We Built This City

472 Being Good Isn't Good Enough 472 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 472 I Love It

472 Isn't She Lovely

476 All That Jazz

476 Blurred Lines

476 Bootylicious

476 Extraordinary Merry Christmas 476 Father Figure

476 Fight For Your Right (To Party)

476 Flashdance... What A Feeling

483 I Don't Know How To Love Him

484 Fix You

484 I Could Have Danced All Night 486 Push It

486 Rainbow Connection 486 Rise

489 Promises, Promises

490 Oh Chanukah

490 Ohio

490 One Love (People Get Ready) 490 Only The Good Die Young 494 Baby

494 Dancing With Myself

494 Defying Gravity

497 Baby, It's Cold Outside

498 Cherish / Cherish

498 Christmas Wrapping 498 Closer

498 Downtown

498 Endless Love

498 Forever Young

498 Friday I'm In Love 498 Friday

498 Gangnam Style

498 Get Back

498 Safety Dance

509 Cold Hearted

510 Clarity

511 Centerfold / Hot In Herre

511 Just The Way You Are 513 Jumpin', Jumpin'

513 Kiss

515 Juke Box Hero

515 L-O-V-E

517 Jolene

518 Jump

518 La Cucaracha

520 Dream A Little Dream

521 A Little Less Conversation

521 Beth

521 Bitch

521 Don't Sleep In The Subway 521 Girls Just Want To Have Fun 521 Have Yourself A Merry Little

Christmas 521 Help!

521 I Dreamed A Dream 521 I'm His Child

521 I'm Still Standing 521 Ice Ice Baby

521 Imagine

521 In My Life

521 It's A Man's Man's Man's World 521 Lose My Breath

521 Memory

521 Outcast

521 Over The Rainbow

521 Same Love

521 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 521 Teach Your Children

521 Tell Me Something Good

521 The Final Countdown

521 Uptight (Everything's Alright) 545 Big Ass Heart

545 I Love L.A.

545 I Melt With You

548 Big Girls Don't Cry

548 Mary's Boy Child

548 O Holy Night

548 On Our Way

548 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One

Beer

548 One Less Bell To Answer

554 Maybe This Time 554 My Favourite Things 554 My Sharona

557 Marry You

558 Cool

559 Cool Kids

560 Celebrity Skin

560 Cheek To Cheek

560 Dance The Night Away

560 Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend / Material Girl

560 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 560 Don't Wanna Lose You

560 Feliz Navidad

560 Here Comes Santa Claus 560 I Know What Boys Like

560 I Know Where I've Been 560 Trouty Mouth

571 Total Eclipse Of The Heart

572 Don't Make Me Over

573 Call Me Maybe

574 We Are The Champions

575 Time After Time

576 Bring Him Home

576 Broadway Baby 576 Buenos Aires 576 Burning Up 576 Yesterday

581 Boys / Boyfriend

582 Mercy

582 You Get What You Give

582 You Have More Friends Than You

Know

582 You Learn / You've Got A Friend

582 You Should Be Dancing

582 You're All The World To Me 582 You're My Best Friend

582 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 590 Break Free

590 Jingle Bell Rock 590 Jingle Bells

590 Joy To The World 590 One Of Us

590 Tonight

590 You're The Top

590 You've Got To Hide Your Love

Away

590 Your Song

599 To Sir, With Love

600 Torn

601 Wake Me Up

601 Wannabe

601 Wedding Bell Blues

604 Touch A Touch A Touch A Touch Me

604 UpUpUp

606 All Or Nothing

606 Alone

606 Cry

606 Leaving On A Jet Plane

606 Let It Go

606 Mickey

606 Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 606 Mr. Roboto / Counting Stars 606 Try A Little Tenderness

606 U Can't Touch This

606 Uninvited

606 Vacation

606 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 606 What Kind Of Fool

606 Whistle

606 Will You Love Me Tomorrow /

Head Over Feet 606 Wishin' And Hoping

606 YouAndI/YouAndI

624 Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

624 Do You Hear What I Hear? 624 Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh

Yeah)

624 Lucky Star

624 Merry Christmas Darling 629 Damn It, Janet

629 Danny's Song

629 Daydream Believer

629 Deck The Rooftop

629 Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead 634 All I Want For Christmas Is You 634 Angels We Have Heard On High 634 Anything Goes / Anything You Can

Do

634 As If We Never Said Goodbye

634 As Long As You're There 634 Bamboleo / Hero

634 Bella Notte

634 Copacabana

634 Do They Know It's Christmas? 634 Last Christmas

634 Let It Snow

634 We Need A Little Christmas

634 Welcome Christmas

634 Whenever I Call You Friend

634 Whip It

634 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

650 All You Need Is Love

651 Americano / Dance Again

652 Crush

653 Big Spender

653 Make 'Em Laugh

653 White Christmas

653 Yeah!

657 (Charlie Chaplin song)

657 (originally by Michael Bublé) 657 Away In A Manger

657 Baby Got Back

657 Christmas Eve With You 657 Come Sail Away

657 You Are Woman, I Am Man 657 You Spin Me Round (Like A

Record)

665 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

666 Starlight Express

666 The Trolley Song

666 The Winner Takes It All

666 There's A Light (Over At The

Frankenstein Place) 670 Take Care Of Yourself

671 Sweet Caroline

672 Ben

672 Best Day Of My Life 672 Blue Christmas

672 Candles

676 Starships

676 Suddenly Seymour 676 Sweet Transvestite

679 Thong Song

680 The Fox (What Does The Fox

Say?)

680 The Living Years

682 The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)

682 The First Noël

[angelhummel]

once again i spent hours of my life answering >5000 questions in order to sort almost all of the glee songs ever (there’s 683 songs in the sorter when there’s over 700 on the show) anyway if you wanna see my rankings for those then check it out <3 [also here’s the sorter!]

1 Being Alive 2 Rose's Turn 3 Baby, It's Cold Outside 4 Le Jazz Hot 5 Maybe This Time 6 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going 7 Come What May 8 To Sir, With Love 9 As If We Never Said Goodbye 10 Valerie 11 Somewhere Only We Know 12 Cough Syrup 13 Teenage Dream 14 Not The Boy Next Door 15 It's Too Late 16 It's My Life / Confessions Part II 17 Start Me Up / Livin' On A Prayer 18 When I Get You Alone 19 The Happening 20 The Boy Is Mine 21 Home 22 Don't You Want Me 23 How Will I Know 24 Bad Romance 25 Not While I'm Around 26 Scream 27 Shake It Out 28 On My Own 29 Hate On Me 30 Bills, Bills, Bills 31 4 Minutes 32 True Colors 33 There Are Worse Things I Could Do 34 Go Your Own Way 35 Jessie's Girl 36 Proud Mary 37 Tongue Tied 38 Last Christmas 39 Somebody Loves You 40 Back To Black 41 Sweet Transvestite 42 For Good 43 At The Ballet 44 Gloria 45 Blame It (On The Alcohol) 46 Like A Prayer 47 So Emotional 48 Misery 49 Nasty / Rhythm Nation 50 Toxic 51 Don't Speak 52 Born This Way 53 Dog Days Are Over 54 Defying Gravity 55 Last Name 56 Womanizer 57 I Will Always Love You 58 Broadway Baby 59 The Lady Is A Tramp 60 I'm A Slave 4 U 61 Centerfold / Hot In Herre 62 Thriller / Heads Will Roll 63 Bust Your Windows 64 Candyman 65 Brave 66 Boys / Boyfriend 67 The Scientist 68 The Scientist (Acapella) 69 Dream On 70 Hey Jude 71 I Lived 72 I'm Still Here 73 I Believe In A Thing Called Love 74 Me Against The Music 75 Like A Virgin 76 My Man 77 Everybody Wants To Rule The World 78 I Have Nothing 79 Blackbird 80 Got To Get You Into My Life 81 Animal 82 3 83 I Follow Rivers 84 Just The Way You Are 85 Constant Craving 86 Don't Stop Me Now 87 Hung Up 88 Let's Have A Kiki 89 Love Shack 90 Marry The Night 91 Hit Me With Your Best Shot / One Way Or Another 92 It's Not Right, But It's Okay 93 I Want To Hold Your Hand 94 All You Need Is Love 95 Getting Married Today 96 Don't Rain On My Parade 97 Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals) 98 We've Got Tonite 99 Smooth Criminal 100 Uptown Girl 101 Sway 102 If I Die Young 103 No One Is Alone 104 Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee 105 No Scrubs 106 Mamma Mia 107 Papa Don't Preach 108 Teenage Dream (Acoustic Version) 109 Santa Baby 110 We Found Love 111 Roar 112 She's Not There 113 Spotlight 114 The Way You Look Tonight/You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile 115 Some Nights 116 Rumour Has It / Someone Like You 117 You Make Me Feel So Young 118 You Keep Me Hangin' On 119 I'll Stand By You (Amber) 120 Hand In My Pocket / I Feel The Earth Move 121 Crazy / U Drive Me Crazy 122 Funny Girl 123 Cold Hearted 124 Keep Holding On 125 Bye Bye Bye / I Want It That Way 126 I Know Where I've Been 127 I Kissed A Girl (Season Six) 128 Hopelessly Devoted To You 129 Homeward Bound / Home 130 Into The Groove 131 Hold On 132 Tell Him 133 Nutbush City Limits 134 Because You Loved Me 135 Perfect 136 Cherish / Cherish 137 Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) 138 Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead 139 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 140 Tik Tok 141 The Safety Dance 142 Oops!... I Did It Again 143 Run Joey Run 144 Time Warp 145 Something's Coming 146 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 147 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 148 Vogue 149 Downtown 150 Diva 151 Dancing With Myself 152 Rockstar 153 Wrecking Ball 154 We Are Young 155 I Saw Her Standing There 156 Jumpin', Jumpin' 157 Just Can't Get Enough 158 Take Me To Church 159 Wannabe 160 It's All Over 161 Take Me Home Tonight 162 If I Were A Boy 163 Landslide 164 Pompeii 165 The Bitch Is Back / Dress You Up 166 Christmas Wrapping 167 Buenos Aires 168 Call Me Maybe 169 You Can't Stop The Beat 170 Seasons Of Love 171 Safety Dance 172 Dream A Little Dream 173 Alfie 174 I Want To Break Free 175 Baby One More Time 176 A House Is Not A Home 177 Daydream Believer 178 I Don't Know How To Love Him 179 Hungry Like The Wolf / Rio 180 Suddenly Seymour 181 People 182 Silly Love Songs 183 Love Song 184 Shout It Out Loud 185 Some People 186 One Of Us 187 Sing! 188 Up Up Up 189 Torn 190 Popular 191 This Is The New Year 192 Paradise By The Dashboard Light 193 Let It Snow 194 Let It Be 195 Never Can Say Goodbye 196 Touch A Touch A Touch A Touch Me 197 La Isla Bonita 198 Tightrope 199 My Love Is Your Love 200 Love Is A Battlefield 201 Losing My Religion 202 Total Eclipse Of The Heart 203 This Time 204 I Dreamed A Dream 205 Leaving On A Jet Plane 206 Locked Out Of Heaven 207 Chandelier 208 Girl On Fire 209 Telephone 210 Don't Cry For Me Argentina 211 Human Nature 212 Halo / Walking On Sunshine 213 Anything Goes / Anything You Can Do 214 Make You Feel My Love 215 Stronger 216 Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag 216 Pumpin' Blood 218 Papa Can You Hear Me? 219 Summer Nights 220 Sweet Caroline 221 Superstition 222 We Will Rock You 223 Alone 224 Hello, I Love You 225 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) 226 A Hard Day's Night 227 Mine 228 My Prerogative 229 Beauty School Drop Out 230 My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) 231 Extraordinary Merry Christmas 232 Every Breath You Take 233 Express Yourself 234 Everybody Talks 235 Everytime 236 Marry You 237 Moves Like Jagger / Jumpin' Jack Flash 238 My Favorite Things 239 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 240 River Deep, Mountain High 241 My Life Would Suck Without You 242 Be Okay 243 Applause 244 Cool 245 All I Want For Christmas Is You 246 American Boy 247 Cell Block Tango 248 Breakaway 249 Don't Dream It's Over 250 Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) 251 Whatever Happened To Saturday Night? 252 Without You 253 Science Fiction Double Feature 254 Loser Like Me 255 I Kissed A Girl 256 I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You 257 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) / You Make My Dreams 258 Don't Stop Believin' (Season 5) 259 Empire State Of Mind 260 Old Time Rock & Roll / Danger Zone 261 Take My Breath Away 262 You Get What You Give 263 Take On Me 264 Beautiful 265 It's Time 266 ABC 267 Afternoon Delight 268 Don't Stand So Close To Me / Young Girl 269 Don't Stop Believin' (Season 1) 270 Colorblind 271 Cool Kids 272 Dancing Queen 273 Songbird 274 Somebody That I Used To Know 275 Singing In The Rain / Umbrella 276 I Feel Pretty / Unpretty 277 Borderline / Open Your Heart 278 In My Life 279 I'm Still Standing 280 Blow Me (One Last Kiss) 281 Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? 282 Do They Know It's Christmas? 283 Mustang Sally 284 Pinball Wizard 285 Anything Could Happen 286 America 287 Any Way You Want It 288 Higher Ground 289 Flashdance... What A Feeling 290 My Life 291 Let It Go 292 If I Can't Have You 293 L-O-V-E 294 Closer 295 Addicted To Love 296 Heroes 297 A Boy Like That 298 Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend / Material Girl 299 Holding Out For A Hero 300 Dinosaur 301 Disco Inferno 302 Party All The Time 303 Raise Your Glass 304 Push It 305 Lean On Me 306 Pure Imagination 307 Lovefool 308 Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' 309 Americano / Dance Again 310 All Of Me 311 At Last 312 Promises, Promises 313 Hair / Crazy In Love 314 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 315 Chasing Pavements 316 Don't You (Forget About Me) 317 Love Child 318 School's Out 319 Poker Face 320 Boogie Shoes 321 Bootylicious 322 I Love New York / New York, New York 323 One Less Bell To Answer 324 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 325 Rehab 326 I Don't Want To Know 327 Shout 328 I'm The Greatest Star 329 I Love It 330 Never Say Never 331 Juke Box Hero 332 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 333 Glad You Came 334 For Once In My Life 335 Here Comes The Sun 336 Baby It's You 337 Drive My Car 338 Last Friday Night 339 Roots Before Branches 340 The Only Exception 341 Survivor / I Will Survive 342 All Or Nothing 343 Time After Time 344 You're The One That I Want 345 Yeah! 346 Starships 347 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 348 Story Of My Life 349 Something 350 We Need A Little Christmas 351 Gold Digger 352 Beth 353 Fighter 354 Forget You 355 How To Be A Heartbreaker 356 Get Back 357 Love You Like A Love Song 358 There's A Light (Over At The Frankenstein Place) 359 We Got The Beat 360 Make 'Em Laugh 361 Sing 362 U Can't Touch This 363 Try A Little Tenderness 364 Pony 365 On Our Way 366 Lucky Star 367 Loser 368 Over The Rainbow 369 Outcast 370 Stop! In The Name Of Love / Free Your Mind 371 What Makes You Beautiful 372 Will You Love Me Tomorrow / Head Over Feet 373 Wide Awake 374 Wishin' And Hoping 375 Yesterday 376 Out Here On My Own 377 You're All The World To Me 378 Somethin' Stupid 379 Someday We'll Be Together 380 River 381 The Longest Time 382 Somebody To Love 383 The Edge Of Glory 384 The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year 385 Lucky 386 Memory 387 Mary's Boy Child 388 Longest Time 389 My Dark Side 390 Taking Chances 391 The First Noël 392 Smile 393 Celebrity Skin 394 All That Jazz 395 A Thousand Years 396 Big Girls Don't Cry 397 Ain't No Way 398 Don't Sleep In The Subway 399 Doo Wop (That Thing) 400 Don't Stop 401 Uptight (Everything's Alright) 402 New York State Of Mind 403 Turning Tables 404 Vacation 405 Fire 406 Hold It Against Me 407 I've Gotta Be Me 408 Endless Love 409 Run The World (Girls) 410 Saving All My Love For You 411 Give Up The Funk 412 I Am Changing 413 I Melt With You 414 I Could Have Danced All Night 415 Fat Bottomed Girls 416 Hot For Teacher 417 Never Going Back Again 418 Imagine 419 Jolene 420 Arthur's Theme 421 Damn It, Janet 422 Control 423 Barracuda 424 Copacabana 425 Barely Breathing 426 I Look To You 427 Come Sail Away 428 Jump 429 Clarity 430 Friday I'm In Love 431 Jar Of Hearts 432 It's Not Unusual 433 Footloose 434 Here Comes Santa Claus 435 Happy Days Are Here Again / Get Happy 436 Help! 437 Greased Lightning 438 Hell To The No 439 All Out Of Love 440 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 441 Candles 442 All By Myself 443 Hello Goodbye 444 It's A Man's Man's Man's World 445 I Say A Little Prayer 446 It Must Have Been Love 447 Just Give Me A Reason 448 Come See About Me 449 Born To Hand Jive 450 I Want To Know What Love Is 451 I Wish 452 I'll Remember 453 Get It Right 454 (I've Had) The Time Of My Life 455 I'll Stand By You (Cory) 456 Forever Young 457 A Change Would Do You Good 458 Smile (Charlie Chaplin song) 459 Best Day Of My Life 460 An Innocent Man 461 Dreams 462 All About That Bass 463 Home (originally by Michael Bublé) 464 Black Or White 465 Baby 466 Bad 467 Problem 468 Oh Chanukah 469 What Kind Of Fool 470 Wings 471 You're My Best Friend 472 You're All I Need To Get By 473 White Christmas 474 Whenever I Call You Friend 475 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 476 What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) 477 Wedding Bell Blues 478 More Than A Feeling 479 More Than A Woman 480 Our Day Will Come 481 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 482 Here's To Us 483 Honesty 484 Hall Of Fame 485 It's All Coming Back To Me Now 486 Teach Your Children 487 Night Fever 488 What The World Needs Now 489 Listen 490 Let Me Love You 491 Live While We're Young 492 Light Up The World 493 Trouty Mouth 494 Werewolves Of London 495 Kiss 496 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 497 Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 498 Mickey 499 Mean 500 Mercy 501 Merry Christmas Darling 502 Let's Wait Awhile 503 Man In The Mirror 504 Rather Be 505 Rise 506 Good Vibrations 507 Faithfully 508 Firework 509 How Deep Is Your Love 510 Fix You 511 Fire And Rain 512 Give Your Heart A Break 513 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 514 Little Girls 515 Cry 516 Bust A Move 517 Bridge Over Troubled Water 518 Bring Him Home 519 Cheek To Cheek 520 Break Free 521 As Long As You're There 522 Big Ass Heart 523 Bitch 524 Bamboleo / Hero 525 Away In A Manger 526 Deck The Rooftop 527 Christmas Eve With You 528 Angels We Have Heard On High 529 Creep 530 Crush 531 Make No Mistake, She's Mine 532 Lose My Breath 533 Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise) 534 What I Did For Love 535 Wake Me Up 536 Thousand Miles 537 Take A Bow 538 Still Got Tonight 539 The Music Of The Night 540 Stereo Hearts 541 The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) 542 Take Me Or Leave Me 543 I'm The Only One 544 Isn't She Lovely 545 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 546 I'll Never Fall In Love Again 547 Unchained Melody 548 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch 549 You Have More Friends Than You Know 550 You Should Be Dancing 551 I'm His Child 552 You Learn / You've Got A Friend 553 Somewhere 554 So Far Away 555 Uptown Funk 556 The Winner Takes It All 557 They Long To Be Close To You 558 Tonight 559 Being Good Isn't Good Enough 560 You May Be Right 561 To Love You More 562 Don't Wanna Lose You 563 Do You Hear What I Hear? 564 Ice Ice Baby 565 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 566 Don't Make Me Over 567 I Won't Give Up 568 I'll Be Home For Christmas 569 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 570 I Still Believe / Super Bass 571 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 572 I Want You Back 573 Father Figure 574 Everybody Hurts 574 Gangnam Style 576 We Are The Champions 577 Stayin' Alive 578 Superman 579 The Rose 580 Don't Stop Believin' (Rachel) 581 Fly / I Believe I Can Fly 582 Gives You Hell 583 I Love L.A. 584 Mr. Roboto / Counting Stars 585 O Holy Night 586 Only The Good Die Young 587 One 588 Silent Night 589 Piano Man 590 Sexy And I Know It 591 Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club Band 592 Pretending 593 Physical 594 Danny's Song 595 Stand 596 The Final Countdown 597 You Can't Always Get What You Want 598 You Are Woman, I Am Man 599 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 600 Your Song 601 Say 602 No Air 603 Need You Now 604 No Surrender 605 Piece Of My Heart 606 Thong Song 607 Blurred Lines 608 Another One Bites The Dust 609 I Was Here 610 Bella Notte 611 I Know What Boys Like 612 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 613 Glory Days 614 Friday 615 More Than Words 616 Waiting For A Girl Like You 617 Welcome Christmas 618 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 619 You Give Love A Bad Name 620 We Built This City 621 Whistle 622 Who Are You Now? 623 You And I / You And I 624 Take Care Of Yourself 625 Tell Me Something Good 626 The Rain In Spain 627 Can't Fight This Feeling 628 Jingle Bell Rock 629 In Your Eyes 630 Hello 631 Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) 632 I Only Have Eyes For You 633 Jingle Bells 634 Joy To The World 635 I Wanna Sex You Up 636 Fight For Your Right (To Party) 637 Feliz Navidad 638 I'm So Excited 639 Uninvited 640 The Living Years 641 The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) 642 O Christmas Tree 643 One Love (People Get Ready) 644 Ohio 645 Only Child 646 Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love 647 My Sharona 648 Dance The Night Away 649 Poison 650 My Cup 651 Not The End 652 What It Feels Like For A Girl 653 Listen To Your Heart 654 Little Drummer Boy 655 One Hand, One Heart 656 Bein' Green 657 Big Spender 658 Billionaire 659 Ben 660 Gimme More 661 Burning Up 662 Hey Ya! 663 Hey, Soul Sister 664 Baby Got Back 665 Blue Christmas 666 Bohemian Rhapsody 667 Far From Over 668 The Trolley Song 669 Starlight Express 670 Whip It 671 You're The Top 672 Red Solo Cup 673 Next To Me 674 Rolling In The Deep 675 Rainbow Connection 676 La Cucaracha 677 (You're) Having My Baby 678 A Little Less Conversation 679 Happy 680 Highway To Hell 681 Same Love 682 Rock Lobster 683 Girls Just Want To Have Fun

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Daring Do

and the Adventure of the X'ibian Vase!

by

De Writer (Glen Ten-Eyck)

And

Carmen Pondiego

Cover Art by

Doctor Dimension

52630 words

© 2015 by Glen Ten-Eyck

Writing begun 08/26/15

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The dromedaries of Sang He’s herd were amazed at Jeremy’s ability to keep up by maintaining a steady canter to their walking.  They shifted the walking order to put the double colloquium at the center, where they could all hear. Most of what Sehang Shu was telling and responding to was material that was interesting but pretty well known to them.

What Jeremy was explaining about small unit military operations was both new and fascinating.  Sehang Shu spoke for them all as she offered, “So that is how to advance against a superior force?  I would not have expected that we would have any option but retreat.”

Nodding, Jeremy cantered alongside his friend and pointed out, “Retreat makes perfect sense sometimes.  When you must, do not simply flee.  A well done retreat in force makes it too costly for the enemy to follow.  Another option often overlooked in active situations is harassment.  That goes far beyond simply being irritating if properly done.”

The whole group nodded understanding.

The questions came thick and fast as they continued on toward Hong Wa.  It was time for noon rice all too soon, as Jeremy counted it.

While they gathered about the stove, fixing the meal, Soree said softly, “You are an excellent teacher, Jeremy.  The horses of Saddle Arabia could use your knowledge and skills.”

Daring Do acknowledged, “It is easy to see how you could be deserving of a Hurricane Fellowship, Jeremy.  I have to say, though, that I am glad that you chose Antiquities instead.”

Sehang Shu nodded, “In only a few hours, I have learned more of these matters than in my whole life before this.  I have lived in these deserts and faced these situations many times.”  She shuddered a little, emotion getting the better of her as she went on, “I have lost too many friends to the ignorance of what you spoke of so clearly this morning.

“Jeremy, why are you crying?”

He looked up from his rice, vegetables and tea.  “I am not used to this, Shu.  My family never treated me with much respect at all.  My older brother and sister both went to the Equestrian Military Academy.  The family was proud of them, even if they did not qualify for the College.

“When I did, they tried to drive me unmercifully to be the best.  No respect, though.  Always called me dummy or stupid if I made any mistake at all.  Never said anything of praise when I was right because if I was going to E.M. College, being right was expected.  I hated it.”

To his surprise, Sehang Shu gave him a hug.  “These are not bad tears, Jeremy.  Let them out.  Let the old venom flow out with them.  We here, not only respect you, we are in your debit.  You have saved lives yesterday and likely more this morning.  Ignorance is the deadliest of enemies.”

Daring Do watched in thoughtful silence and then offered, “Jeremy, continue your colloquium of Ethnological Geography.  I have been auditing your progress.  If you continue to learn as well as what I have been hearing, I will correct your grade when we return to the Royal University.”

The party continued to work their way through the vast X'ibian Highlands toward the ancient and long abandoned Imperial Capital city of Hong Wa.

Cresting a low pass in a sharp sided defile of stone, they got their first view of their goal. Jeremy took one look and dived for cover.  Without waiting to ask why, the whole party went for shelter.

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Some days previous, in Cantrot, the partners examined what their 385 gold cash had bought in the way of repairs.

Robber philosophically observed, “At least both trucks are now fully operational and all systems required by law are working correctly.”

Tyranny snarled, “Why didn’t they fix that door?”

Overthrow retorted, “You know why!  Besides insulting the Shop Master, you got it hit by a water buffalo!  They had no parts that would fit!  At least it is secure and weather tight!”

“Drat it, Overthrow, all that I did was bribe the Shop Master to put our trucks ahead of those other vehicles!  Mere farm working things!”

Robber shook his head sadly, “That is not how bribes here work, Tyranny.  I have explained that to you before.  They are to the person as a recognition of his importance to you.  They are NEVER to get your work or things put ahead of other work.  We had already taken care of the problem and had only to wait our turn until you breached all social etiquette here by trying to get him to rearrange his shop schedules for us.”

Overthrow, trying to get a developing argument derailed, inquired with real interest, “How are the ancient X'ibian translations going, Tyranny?”

Frustrated, he snapped, “I can find NOTHING about the Heart of Discord, no matter how old the manuscript!  I have found some that date to the reign of Im Farst and the Dragon Queen, but NOTHING about the Heart of Discord!

“We have OLDER references to it in Old Middle Equestrian from shortly after the Nightmare Wars than any from here!”

While mulling that over, they got into the trucks.  Overthrow grunted sourly, “I wish that our drivers had not abandoned us.  At least the desert should not offer much difficulty to our travel!”

Robber, mounting the driver’s seat of his truck, replied, “All that we need is to take the cross river barge and we will be headed to Hong Wa.”  

He shoved Tyranny into the back of the cab.  “Just stay there and let us deal with the barge. The last thing that we need is you sticking a hoof up the rump of our passage!”

Sullen, Tyranny settled back and busied himself pretending to study old manuscripts.

Cantrot was covered by the dust raised by the trucks heading out into the desert.  Tyranny watched from the passenger seat of the lead truck as they came to the end of the road that they had been following.

“I thought that you said that this was the way to Hong Wa, Robber!  This is the end of the road.  Where is Hong Wa?”

Robber shrugged, his frustration with Tyranny utterly expressive of total contempt. “Sometimes I wonder if you listen to anything but your own voice, Tyranny.

“I said that this road will take us closest to Hong Wa!  From here on, we will be driving across the desert.  I do have good maps.”

Robber got out and began to scout the best way for the trucks to leave the road’s end.

Overthrow joined him. “Tyranny has gone completely mad, Overthrow.  He seems to think that there is a regular road going to a city abandoned a thousand years ago.  After I got it into his head that there was no road, he spouted garbage about just driving across the desert at night, steering by the stars!  He seems to think that the desert is FLAT!”

Overthrow nodded glumly. “Last meal break he told me to be watching out for the dust of Daring Do’s expedition.  I tried to tell him that they are taking an ancient dromedary route, completely different from ours.  

“I tried to cash a credit letter in Cantrot before we left.  It was refused.  The firm’s capital is gone.  If this plan does not work, we do not have enough money to get home.”

Robber stopped, stunned. “Broke?  What has happened to it?”

Overthrow aimed a hoof at the truck with Tyranny in it.  “He  did.  Those new manuscripts that he has been studying?  Over two million golden bits by themselves.  Add in our expedition costs, which are simply enormous, and there is not enough capital left to even pay the staff at home.”

Robber accepted the news glumly.  “Look, a vulture circling up there!  Not an omen, I hope!”

Both chuckled at the feeble jest.  After locating the best way to get the trucks off the road, they returned to the vehicles and backed down the road to the chosen spot.  They bumped and bounced across the margin and set out, following landmarks shown on Robber’s map.

Tyranny was fretting, “We are going too slow!  We need to be swift!  We must get there first!”

Robber, as they hit a big bump, slamming Tyranny’s head to the ceiling, replied offhandedly, “Why?  If Daring Do gets there first, we let her find the tomb and do the heavy digging for us.

“If we get there first, we can still use HER and her cohorts to do the digging for us.  That tomb is not in any of the fourteen necropoli shown in the site map. Only she knows where it is, so we will let her find it for us.”

He waited, grinning that Tyranny had not fastened his safety harness, and deliberately hit another series of bumps, jouncing Tyranny about like a dried pea in a can.  “Are you sure that we need to go faster?  We are already making over four times the best walking pace of a dromedary.  We are nearly certain to be there first, ready and waiting for Daring Do’s expedition to show itself.”

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Jeremy signaled for them all to keep their heads down and retreat back into the pass.  When they were all safely back, he recovered his hooves and led them further back yet.  Satisfied, he told them all, “Wait here until I get back.”

He rummaged a pair of binoculars out of his saddle bag and sneaked back, going from cover to cover.  Watching him go, Soree made a few swift sketches and many notes.  

She observed, “I think that Jeremy believes that somepony is there before us.”

Daring Do nodded and offered, “Any bets about WHO it might be?”  Silence greeted her offer.  “I thought not.”

Jeremy returned silently. “ROT got here first, with two trucks.  There seem to only be three of them, all Equestrians by the look of them.  Our problem is simple.

“They have a pair of obsolete MT81 quick fire guns and what appears to be two ammo cases for them.

“Those guns nearly caused the overthrow the Empress of the Gryphon Empire back during their Civil War, years ago.  Luckily for us, Doctor Do gave you those new semi automatic rifles.  The 81s still have the range on us and may have either solid or explosive rounds.

“Doctor Do, how accurate is your map of this area?”

“Perhaps main features could be off by as much as two meters.  Nothing worse.  Is it good enough?”

Jeremy nodded and gestured them close to study the map, remarking, “A good map is more deadly than a cannon.

“See this tongue of rock going down into the valley of Hong Wa?  If we can get behind it, they will not see our advance if we are careful.  From here on, we will be in rifle range of the guns.  Do not worry about the ponies.  We need to stop those guns.  Out in the open like that, their ammo cases are a weakness.”

Corba Jai suggested, “I have been from this pass to the blind canyon the leads to that ridge of stone. I scouted it for Doctor Do during the search for cave burials.”

Jeremy nodded acceptance at once.  “That is good, Corba Jai.  Would you please guide us all through to it?”

Nodding silently, Corba Jai led them further back up the defile.  She pointed to a steep but climbable slope.  “We need to go up here.  Bear to the right of that rock needle.  Getting down into the canyon will not be easy either but we can do it.”

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The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch

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Don’t know if any one will actually see this but I can never find collections of quotes including page numbers. I figured since I’m stuck in self-isolation, and incredibly bored, I’d make a collection for a few of my favourite books as I read them again. These are quotes and scenes that are my favourites (impact, emotion, etc).

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‘Ila justicca vei cala’

‘I’ve got kids that enjoy stealing. I’ve got kids that don’t think about stealing one way or another, and I’ve got kids that just tolerate stealing because they know they’ve got nothing else to do. But nobody, and I mean nobody, has ever been hungry for it like this boy. If he had a bloody gash across his throat and a physiker was trying to sew it up, Lamora would steal the needle and thread and die laughing. He... steals too much.’ (pg 12)

‘There are only three people in life you can never fool - pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother’s dead, I’ve taken her place. Hence, I’m bullshit-proof.’ (pg 27)

‘Locke Lamora’s rule of thumb was this - a good confidence game took three months to plan, three weeks to rehearse, and three seconds to win or lose the victim’s trust forever. This time around, he planned to spend those three seconds getting strangled.’ (pg 31)

‘Locke is our brother and our love for him has no bounds. But the four most fatal words in the Therin language are “Locke would appreciate it.”’ ‘Rivalled only by ‘Locke taught me a new trick,”’ added Galdo. ‘The only person who gets away with Locke Lamora games...’ ‘...is Locke...’ ‘...because we think the gods are saving him up for a really big death. Something with knives and hot irons...’ ‘...and fifty thousand cheering spectators.’ (pg 62)

‘Unbelievable! Taken in so fast, by such a simple trick. Well, my father used to say that one moment of misjudgment at the Revel is worth ten at any other time.’ (pg 89)

‘What kind of knife is this?’ Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains’ inspection. ‘It’s all wrong. You couldn’t kill anyone with this.’ (pg 99)

‘I only steal because my dear old family needs the money to live!’ ‘Liar!’ ‘I only steal because this wicked world won’t let me work an honest trade!’ 'LIAR!' ‘I only steal because I have to support my poor lazy twin brother, whose indolence broke our mother’s heart!’ ‘LIAR!’ ‘I only steal because I’ve temporarily fallen in with bad company. ‘LIAR!’ ‘I only steal because it’s heaps of fucking fun!’ ‘BASTARD!’ (pg 107)

‘You’re one third bad intentions, one third pure avarice, and one eighth sawdust. What’s left, I’ll credit, must be brains.’ (pg 118)

‘Well, this is the damnedest damn thing that ever dammed things up for us.’ (pg 181)

‘And let me emphasize that you can’t make the corpse yourself.’ (pg 188)

‘Nice bird, arsehole.’ (pg 214)

‘So eat hemp and shit rope, Bondsmage.’ (pg 214)

‘Gods! You’re quiet!’ ‘Not all the time,’ Locke stepped to within a few feet of the larger boy. ‘I can be very loud, when I’m being stupid.’ (pg 234)

‘Beer now, bitch later.’ (pg 251)

‘That fucker,’ Jean’s hands balled into fists. ‘I could do so much to him, without killing him. I very much hope I get to try.’ (pg 251)

‘There are a few things I want to ask him[the Grey King]. Philosophical questions. Like, “How does it feel to be dangled out a window by a rope tied around your balls, motherfucker?”’ (pg 275)

‘This is a fantastically silly moment to start giving a shit.’ (pg 276)

‘Hold it!’ Locke cried, waving both of his hands. ‘Whoa! I know what this looks like, but you’ve got the wrong idea, friend.’ He pointed at the petrified woman clinging to the hanging bed. ‘She came before we came!' (pg 280)

‘For the love of the gods, madam,’ snapped Locke, ‘can you please pick one man in your bedroom to cheer for and stick with him?’ (pg 280)

‘It’s not polite to hit girls.’ ‘It’s even less polite to hit my friends.’ (pg 308)

‘Many things are commonly thought, but perhaps not commonly thought all the way through.’ (pg 319)

‘Calo and Galdo lay beside it, on their backs, staring up in the semi-darkness. Their throats were slashed from ear to ear, a pair of smooth gashes - identical twin wounds.’ (pg 342)

‘The things I could do to you if I were to stitch your true name.’ (pg 343)

‘You brave little idiot. You brave, stupid little bastard. This is my fault, Bug, please... please say this is all my fault.' (pg 346)

‘I promise you a death-offering, brothers,’ Locke whispered when he’d finished. ‘I promise you an offering that will make the gods take notice. An offering that will make the shades of all the Dukes and Capas of Camorr feel like paupers. An offering in blood and gold and fire. This I swear by Aza Guilla who gathers us, and by Perelando who sheltered us, and by the Crooked Warden who places his finger on the scale when our souls are weighed. This I swear to Chains, who kept us safe. I beg forgiveness that I failed to do the same.’ (pg 348)

‘I’ll do more than that. Whatever he’s planning, I will unmake it. Whatever he desires, I will destroy it. Every reason you came down here to murder my friends will evaporate. Every Grey King’s man will die for nothing, starting with you.’ (pg 349)

‘When you see the Crooked Warden,’ said Locke, twisting something in his hands, ‘tell him that Locke Lamora learns slowly, but he learns well. And when you see my friends, you tell them that there are more of you on the way.’ (pg 350)

‘I’m only good at breaking people; I don’t put them back together.’ (pg 385)

‘You have a plan?’ ‘No,’ said Locke. ‘Not even a speck of one. Not the damnedest idea. But don’t all my better schemes start like this? I’ll find an opening, somehow… and then I suppose I’ll be rash.’ (pg 398)

‘Crooked Warden,’ he whispered, ‘I’m going into this counting house and I’m going to come out with what I need. I’d like your aid. And if I don’t get it, well, to hell with you. I’ll come out with what I need anyway.’ (pg 402)

‘You’re bleeding hard, Tannen. You won’t live out the night, you fucking bastard.’ ‘That’s Gentleman Bastard,’ he said. ‘And there’s a chance I won’t. But you know what? Calo and Galdo Sanza are laughing at you, bitch.’ (pg 440)

‘...I’d be very curious to hear just where I fucked up and tipped you off.’ (pg 470)

‘I am the Idiot King,’ he muttered, ‘of all the world’s fucking idiots.’ (pg 470)

‘That shape you saw, darting out from the tower? Bird. Biggest gods-damned bird you ever saw… It was a bird, right?’ ‘Biggest gods-damned bird we ever saw.’ (pg 472)

‘Locke smiled the cruellest smile he’d ever worn in his entire life as he rose to his feet.’(pg 479)

‘Just one question, you arrogant fucking cocksucker,’ said Locke. ‘I’ll grant the Lamora part is easy to spot… But what the fuck,’ he said slowly, ‘ever gave you the fucking idea that Locke was the first name I was actually born with?’ (pg 480)

‘I’m not going to kill you,’ said Locke. ‘I’m going to play a little game I like to call “Scream in pain until you answer my fucking questions.”’ (pg 481)

‘Because I tied that Bondsmage to the floor just an hour or two ago...I cut off his fingers to get him to talk, and when he’d confessed everything I wanted to hear, I had his fucking tongue cut out, and the stump cauterized… I called him an arsehole, too. He didn’t like that.’ (pg 497)

‘Aza Guilla,’ Locke whispered, ‘give me justice for the death of my friends. Give me blood for the death of my brothers.’ (pg 515)

‘I don’t have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here… until Jean shows up.’ (pg 517)

‘So this is revenge.’ ‘It is.’ ‘It’s a shit business.’ (pg 519)

‘Some day, Locke Lamora,’ he said, ‘some day, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope I’m still around to see it.’ ‘Oh, please,’ said Locke. ‘It’ll never happen.’ (pg 521)

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Along  U.S. Route 385, NE (No. 1)

U.S. Route 385 (US 385) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that travels from Big Bend NationalPark in Texas to US 85 in Deadwood, South Dakota. Within the state of Nebraska, the highway is known as the Gold Rush Byway, one of nine scenic byways across the state. The highway follows along the old Sidney-Black Hills trail which played a crucial role during the Black Hills Gold Rush in the late 1870s. It served as the primary route to transport gold and mining gear between Sidney, Nebraska and the Black Hills to the north. Today, the highway enters Nebraska in the southeastern portion of the Nebraska Panhandle on the state line with Colorado northeast of Julesburg and continues in a northerly direction to the South Dakota state line north of Chadron.

US 385 was an original entry in the initial development of the US Highway System in 1926. It originally ran from Comfort, Texas to Raton, New Mexico and did not come near Nebraska. In 1935, most of the routing of US 385 was resigned as US 87.The current incarnation of US 385 was commissioned in 1959 bringing the highway into Nebraska along the new alignment that stretched from Big Bend all the way to Deadwood, South Dakota in the Black Hills.

US 385 travels south to north through the Nebraska Panhandle which has been part of the state since it was acquired in 1803 as part of the vast Louisiana Purchase. Much of inland Nebraska, including the Panhandle became important regions for overland travel via horse and wagon. This included the California, Mormon, and Oregon trails as well as the Pony Express route which passed through the region. Settlers to Nebraska were mostly farmers, but the discovery of gold in Wyoming in 1859 sent a rush of speculators westward across the state.

In 1874, during the Black Hills Expedition led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, the discovery of gold in the region sparked the Black Hills Gold Rush. As prospectors located valuable sources of gold along Deadwood and Whitewood Creeks, thousands more prospectors entered the area looking to stake their claim. In April, 1876, a gold outcropping was discovered near Lead, South Dakota. This gold claim became the Homestake Mine and was the primary source of the placer gold being mined from the surrounding area. Over the next century, ten percent of the world's gold supply would come from this site.

Sidney, Nebraska became an important city during the gold rush. It was an optimal starting point for gold prospectors. It was adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad and on established trails from the east, as well as to the north via the Sidney-Black Hills Trail. The trail was also preferred as it was shorter and through less treacherous terrain than trails to the west. The construction of Camp Clarke Bridge over the North Platte River in 1876, three miles west of modern-day Bridgeport also boosted its appeal. This allowed prospectors and freight to arrive via rail and continue north into the Black Hills with relative ease. The bridge contained sixty-one wooden trusses and spanned nearly 2,000 feet (610 m). Tolls ranged between $2 and $6 per wagon and up to $10 for heavy freight wagons.

While prospectors flooded the area, along with them came those who would service the nascent mining industry. This included stagecoach lines that traveled between Sidney and the Black Hills carrying freight and passengers. Sometimes stagecoaches would depart Sidney for Deadwood three times each day. Conditions on the stagecoaches were usually cramped as upwards of sixteen people could be carried at a time. Between 1874 and 1880 most of the supplies and freight coming to and from the gold camps traveled this trail. Thousands of stagecoaches and wagons are estimated to have traveled the route during this time. At the peak of the gold rush in 1878 and 1879, fifty to seventy-five freight wagons left Sidney every day and an estimated 22-million pounds of freight traveled along the trail.

Each week, gold was shipped out of the Black Hills to Sidney, sometimes with daily loads approaching $200,000 in value (equivalent to $4.7 million in 2018). It was during this time that stagecoach robberies became frequent occurrences. This became such a problem that the Gilmer and Salisbury stage lines manager, Luke Voorhees, attempted to capture the bandits to prevent loss of business along the route. When that wasn't enough, in 1878, he enlisted the help of Concord stagecoach builders, Abbot-Downing Company, to manufacture an armored stagecoach to withstand attacks. These armored stagecoaches were lined with half inch steel, portholes for windows and outfitted with an 800-pound steel safe accompanied by six to eight armed guards. Throughout three years of service, the armored stagecoach, nicknamed "Old Ironsides" was only robbed once.

In 1880, a railroad between Chicago and Pierre, South Dakota severely damaged the freight business in Sidney. As the faster northerly route became preferred, freight companies moved their business to Pierre, mostly returning Sidney to the quieter times before the Gold Rush.

Source: Wikipedia

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A Second Decade of Movies

Ten years ago on Facebook, I compiled a list of every movie I watched, in order, from the first decade of the network’s existence. Now, here’s part two, covering the years 2010-2019. There are 754 titles below, though some are repeat viewings. The movie I watched the most? Harold Lloyd in “The Freshman.” My favorite movie from the last decade? “The Tree of Life.”

But I began the 2010s with James Cameron’s mega-hit “Avatar.” I’ll go on record saying the movie is still enjoyable ten years later, as I watched it again in 2019 with my kids to prep for visiting the World of Pandora at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. But--I also agree with those who say there’s little remembered from the film in the culture today. Can you name the stars? Recount the plot in detail? Mostly what we remember from the film is the spectacle of it all, game-changing when it was released in 2009.

At any rate, enjoy the list below! If a title is hotlinked, it will take you to an essay, interview, or related coverage on the film by yours truly.    

1.       Avatar 2.       I Walked With A Zombie 3.       The Paradine Case 4.       Whip It 5.       The Body Snatcher 6.       Coraline 7.       Everybody’s Fine 8.       The Blind Side 9.       The Hurt Locker                 10.   Citizen Architect 11.   Fantastic Mr. Fox 12.   Dance With the One 13.   The Happy Poet                 14.   When I Rise 15.   Mr. Nice 16.   Lemmy 17.   Haynesville 18.   Rashomon 19.   Cabin in the Sky                 20.   Toy Story 2 21.   Being There 22.   Modern Times 23.   Iron Monkey 24.   Kiki’s Delivery Service 25.   Alice In Wonderland 26.   WALL·E 27.   Goldfinger 28.   A Fistful of Dollars 29.   The Red Shoes 30.   M. Hulot’s Holiday 31.   When In Rome 32.   Toy Story 3 33.   The Godfather 34.   White Heat 35.   The Girl on the Train 36.   Mary Poppins 37.   Kapò 38.   Dr. Strangelove 39.   White Dog 40.   Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 41.   Scoop 42.   Katyn 43.   Metropolis 44.   Days of Heaven 45.   Shane 46.   Ramona and Beezus 47.   Duck Soup 48.   Pillow Talk 49.   Monte Carlo 50.   Persona 51.   The Powderkids               52.   Machete 53.   THX 1138 54.   Ran 55.   Fantasia 2000 56.   Contempt 57.   The Big Red One 58.   Mid-August Lunch 59.   McCabe & Mrs. Miller 60.   Casablanca 61.   The Last Song 62.   Close Encounters of the Third Kind 63.   Sherlock, Jr. 64.   The Thin Red Line 65.   Modern Times 66.   Fantasia 67.   Mon Oncle 68.   Stagecoach 69.   Hallelujah 70.   Mademoiselle Chambon 71.   Double Take 72.   Black Swan 73.   Tangled 74.   The King’s Speech 75.   TRON: Legacy 76.   A Safe Place 77.   The King of Marvin Gardens 78.   Wings of Desire 79.   Head 80.   The Social Network 81.   Drive, He Said 82.   The Fighter 83.   Gold Diggers in Paris 84.   The Gay Divorcee 85.   The Love Parade 86.   127 Hours 87.   Never Let Me Go 88.   Forrest Gump 89.   A Film Unfinished 90.   How To Train Your Dragon 91.   Modern Times 92.   Malcolm X 93.   When I Rise 94.   Inception 95.   The Kids Are All Right 96.   A Time For Drunken Horses 97.   Our Hospitality 98.   The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 99.   The Mikado 100.   Something Ventured 101.   Five Time Champion 102.   Natural Selection 103.   Kumare                 104.    F#$k My Life 105.    Hesher 106.    Small, Beautifully Moving Parts 107.      Win Win 108.     Beats of Freedom 109.     Topsy-Turvy 110.     Taken By Storm                 111.     I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang 112.  Army of Shadows 113.  The Life of Emile Zola 114.   Rio 115.  East of Eden 116.  The Drummond Will 117.  Cooper 118.  Marriage Italian Style 119.  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 120.  Sunflower 121. Salt of This Sea 122. Casablanca 123.   The Happy Thieves 124.  The Art of Getting By 125. Patty Hearst 126. Breathless 127. The Tree of Life 128.  Nora’s Will 129.  Mr. Popper’s Penguins 130.                        My Man Godfrey 131.                        The Muppet Movie 132.                        Back to the Future 133.                        Back to the Future Part II 134.                        Back to the Future Part III 135.                        Rear Window 136.                        Q: The Winged Serpent 137.                        Cars 2 138.                        The Godfather Part II 139.                        Super 8 140.                        Dazed and Confused 141.                        All Night Long 142.                        The Tree of Life 143.                        Winnie the Pooh 144.                        M. Hulot’s Holiday 145.                        Snow Flower and the Secret Fan               146.                        A Thousand Clowns 147.                        Tokyo Story 148.                        The Smurfs 149.                        The League of Gentlemen 150.                        Malcolm X (1972) 151.                        Late Spring 152.                        Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones 153.      ��                 The Princess Bride 154.                        Hud 155.                        The Boys 156.                        Poetry 157.                        Waking Sleeping Beauty               158.                        Martha Marcy May Marlene 159.                        Seduced and Abandoned 160.                        The Nightmare Before Christmas 161.                        The Third Man   162.                        Dressed To Kill 163.                        Echotone 164.                        Straw Dogs (1971) 165.                        Sapphire 166.                        Broken Embraces 167.                        The Wild One 168.                        La Belle et la Bête 169.                        The Tree of Life 170.                        Beauty and the Beast 171.                        Killer’s Kiss 172.                        The Producers 173.                        Camille (1921) 174.                        She’s Gotta Have It 175.                        La Belle et la Bête 176.                        The Descendants 177.                        Hugo 178.                        The Muppets 179.                        Another Earth 180.                        Rise of the Planet of the Apes 181.                        Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 182.                        The Artist 183.                        Arthur Christmas 184.                        The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 185.                        Midnight in Paris 186.                        War Horse 187.                        The Whistleblower 188.                        The Great Waltz 189.                        Manhattan 190.                        Annie Hall 191.                        The Help 192.                        Moneyball 193.                        Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 194.                        Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 195.                        The Lorax 196.                        Kid-Thing 197.                        Zodiac 198.                        Hunky Dory 199.                        Wolf 200.                        Tchoupitoulas 201.                        21 Jump Street 202.                        Crulic: The Path to Beyond 203.                        The Imposter 204.                        The Descendants 205.                        Victim 206.                        Revenge of the Electric Car 207.                        We Bought a Zoo 208.                        Titanic (3D) 209.                        Shame 210.                        The Jazz Singer 211.                        For Greater Glory 212.                        Lola Versus 213.                        The Avengers 214.                        Prometheus 215.                        Citizen Kane 216.                        Brave 217.                        Rio Bravo 218.                        The Black Hole 219.                        Thunder Soul 220.                        The Gold Rush 221.                        Children of Paradise 222.                        The Natural 223.                        An American in Paris 224.                        North By Northwest 225.                        Harold and Maude 226.                        Killer Joe 227.                        Gilda 228.                        Miss Bala 229.                        Bride of Frankenstein 230.                        The Graduate 231.                        Madagascar 3 232.                        Close Encounters of the Third Kind 233.                        Star Trek VI: The Final Frontier 234.                        TRON: Legacy 235.                        Rise of the Guardians 236.                        Lincoln 237.                        Finding Nemo 238.                        Hitchcock 239.                        The Illusionist 240.                        Les Misérables 241.                        A Christmas Story 242.                        Kit Kittredge: An American Girl 243.                        Silver Linings Playbook 244.                        The Apple Dumpling Gang 245.                        Zero Dark Thirty 246.                        Wreck-It Ralph 247.                        On the Waterfront 248.                        The Life of Pi 249.                        Argo 250.                        Bag It 251.                        Loves Her Gun 252.                        Good Night 253.                        Mud 254.                        Museum Hours 255.                        This Is Where We Live 256.                        Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story 257.                        Sake-Bomb 258.                        The Girl                 259.                        Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 260.                        Return to the Hiding Place 261.                        The Purple Rose of Cairo 262.                        To The Wonder 263.                        Epic 264.                        There Will Be Blood 265.                        Star Trek Into Darkness 266.                        Lawrence of Arabia 267.                        The Birds 268.                        Star Trek: First Contact 269.                        Barry Lyndon 270.                        Star Wars: A New Hope 271.                        Saboteur 272.                        Hell’s House 273.                        Of Human Bondage 274.                        The Flowers of St. Francis 275.                        Monsters University 276.                        Old Joy 277.                        Out of Africa 278.                        Safety Last! 279.                        The Killing 280.                        A Night To Remember 281.                        Singin’ in the Rain 282.                        Sherlock, Jr. 283.                        The Smurfs 2 284.                        Planes 285.                        Sicko 286.                        Brief Encounter                 287.                        Meek’s Cutoff 288.                        Wendy and Lucy 289.                        Side By Side 290.                        A.I. Artificial Intelligence 291.                        Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 292.                        Powaqqatsi 293.                        Machete Kills 294.                        Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 295.                        The Royal Tenenbaums 296.                        Moonrise Kingdom 297.                        Bottle Rocket 298.                        The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou 299.                        The Exorcist 300.                        The Darjeeling Limited   301.                        Dreamgirls 302.                        Dallas Buyers Club 303.                        Brewster McCloud 304.                        Cruising                 305.                        City Lights 306.                        Saving Mr. Banks 307.                        Frozen   308.                        Lili 309.                        The Gold Rush   310.                        Ninotchka 311.                        12 Angry Men 312.                        Lone Survivor 313.                        Her 314.                        The Nut Job 315.                        Cool It 316.                        American Hustle 317.                        Money and Medicine 318.                        Life Itself 319.                        The X From Outer Space 320.                        Captain Phillips 321.                        A Cat in Paris 322.                        Le Ciel est à Vous 323.                        Las Marthas 324.                        Rezeta 325.                        La Jaola de Oro 326.                        Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory                 327.                        Clue 328.                        Gravity 329.                        Nebraska 330.                        The Lego Movie                 331.                        Up 332.                        Liv & Ingmar 333.                        Before Midnight 334.                        Two Weeks in Another Town 335.                        Rio 2 336.                        All Is Lost 337.                        The Great Mouse Detective 338.                        The Adventures of Robin Hood 339.                        Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party 340.                        Belle 341.                        Bottled Up: The Battle Over Dublin Dr Pepper 342.                        My Dinner With Andre 343.                        Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction 344.                        The Lego Movie                 345.                        Bears 346.                        The Nightmare Before Christmas 347.                        Contempt 348.                        How To Train Your Dragon 2 349.                        Vertigo 350.                        Gojira 351.                        The Wizard of Oz 352.                        12 Angry Men 353.                        A Hard Day’s Night 354.                        Network 355.                        Picnic At Hanging Rock 356.                        Get On Up 357.                        E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 358.                        The Drop             359.                        The Match Factory Girl   360.                        Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 361.                        Superman 362.                        Horse Feathers 363.                        I Married A Witch 364.                        The Grand Budapest Hotel           365.                        Il Sorpasso 366.                        Conde Drácula 367.                        Boyhood 368.                        Fun and Fancy Free 369.                        The Freshman (1925)     370.                        Intimidation       371.                        I Am Love 372.                        Fantastic Mr. Fox 373.                        The Freshman (1925)     374.                        The Freshman (1925) 375.                        Safe 376.                        Invitation to the Dance 377.                        Captain America: The Winter Soldier 378.                        Bicycle Thieves 379.                        Sherlock, Jr. 380.                        Whiplash 381.                        Ida 382.                        Tron 383.                        Return of the Jedi 384.                        Petting Zoo 385.                        Western 386.                        Cinderella (2015) 387.                        Lamb 388.                        Babysitter 389.              ��         The Thin Blue Line 390.                        Vernon, Florida 391.                        Gates of Heaven 392.                        Purple Rain 393.                        Sullivan’s Travels 394.                        Star Wars: Episode I 395.                        Safety Last! 396.                        Jesus Christ Superstar 397.                        Anatomy of a Murder 398.                        Mary Poppins 399.                        Inside Out 400.                        Love & Mercy 401.                        A Star Is Born (1954) 402.                        The Princess and the Frog 403.                        The Freshman (1925) 404.                        Zazie dans la Métro 405.                        The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 406.                        Lilo & Stitch 407.                        Monkey Kingdom 408.                        Foreign Correspondent 409.                        The Princess Bride 410.                        Tomorrowland 411.                        Rome: Open City 412.                        A Hard Day’s Night 413.                        Star Trek: Generations 414.                        The Roaring Twenties 415.                        Following the Ninth 416.                        Samantha: An American Girl Holiday 417.                        He Named Me Malala 418.                        Wings of Life 419.                        Singin’ in the Rain 420.                        The Peanuts Movie 421.                        Spotlight 422.                        The Good Dinosaur 423.                        Fantasia 2000 424.                        Reel Injun 425.                        It Happened One Night 426.                        Star Wars: The Force Awakens 427.                        Star Wars: Episode II 428.                        Concussion 429.                        One Hour With You 430.                        Enchanted 431.                        A Room With A View 432.                        The Hateful Eight 433.                        Speedy 434.                        Time Out of Mind 435.                        Cinderella (2015) 436.                        The Lady Vanishes 437.                        Naqoyqatsi 438.                        Suzanne’s Career 439.                        Bear Country 440.                        The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window… 441.                        Bandidas 442.                        Star Wars: The Force Awakens 443.                        Virtuosity 444.                        The Big Short 445.                        Two Days, One Night 446.                        The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe 447.                        Bridge of Spies 448.                        Brooklyn 449.                        Michael Jackson From Motown To Off The Wall 450.                        Tower 451.                        Transpecos 452.                        Last Night at the Alamo 453.                        Claire In Motion 454.                        Zootopia 455.                        Bodyguard 456.                        W. 457.                        The Adventures of Pepper and Paula 458.                        The Jungle Book (2016) 459.                        Star Wars: The Force Awakens 460.                        Captain America: Civil War 461.                        What About Bob? 462.                        Love & Friendship 463.                        Dial M For Murder 464.                        Garfield                 465.                        Ben-Hur 466.                        To Kill A Mockingbird 467.                        Citizenfour 468.                        Finding Dory 469.                        Ant-Man 470.                        The Quiet Man 471.                        The Peanuts Movie 472.                        The BFG 473.                        My Dinner With Andre 474.                        Children of Men 475.                        The Last Temptation of Christ 476.                        The Secret Life of Pets 477.                        Chimes At Midnight 478.                        Brewed in the 210 479.                        Saturday Night Fever 480.                        The New World 481.                        Who Framed Roger Rabbit 482.                        Walt & El Grupo 483.                        Saludos Amigos                 484.                        The Jungle Book (2016) 485.                        The Last Picture Show 486.                        Beetlejuice 487.                        The King and I 488.                        Ride in the Whirlwind 489.                        Dracula 490.                        The Angry Birds Movie 491.                        The Sword in the Stone 492.                        Queen of Katwe 493.                        The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 494.                        Beetlejuice 495.                        Dracula 496.                        Arrival 497.                        Tron: Legacy 498.                        Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams 499.                        Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 500.                        Boomerang (1947) 501.                        Safety Last! 502.                        South of the Border 503.                        Honey, I Shrunk The Kids 504.                        Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 505.                        Jiro Dreams of Sushi 506.                        Rogue One 507.                        Moana   508.                        Once 509.                        Redes 510.                        Max Dugan Returns 511.                        Amadeus 512.                        The New World 513.                        13th 514.                        Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 515.                        Yarn 516.                        Paddington 517.                        Hidden Figures 518.                        Doctor Strange 519.                        The Lego Batman Movie 520.                        Clue 521.                        The Honor Farm 522.                        Mr. Roosevelt 523.                        La Barracuda 524.                        The Ballad of Lefty Brown 525.                        Beauty and the Beast (2017) 526.                        Cat People 527.                        The Adventures of Tintin 528.                        The Freshman (1925) 529.                        The Artist 530.                        Day for Night 531.                        Stranger on the Third Floor 532.                        Twentieth Century 533.                        Modern Times 534.                        Alien: Covenant                 535.                        Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul 536.                        Norman 537.                        Casablanca 538.                        Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 539.                        Alvin & the Chipmunks: Road Chip 540.                        The Man Who Knew Too Much 541.                        Cars 3 542.                        The Sugarland Express 543.                        Redes 544.                        School of Rock 545.                        Duck Soup 546.                        Cat People 547.                        Tower 548.                        War for the Planet of the Apes 549.                        Pete’s Dragon (2016) 550.                        Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny 551.                        The Double Life of Veronique 552.                        Dunkirk                 553.                        The Adventures of Robin Hood 554.                        Something Wicked This Way Comes 555.                        Young Frankenstein 556.                        Duck Soup 557.                        Tampopo 558.                        Beggars of Life 559.                        Tender Mercies                 560.                        The Princess and the Frog 561.                        Rogue One 562.                        Steve Jobs 563.                        Despicable Me 3 564.                        Close Encounters of the Third Kind 565.                        Koyaanisqatsi 566.                        Honeysuckle Rose 567.                        Wonder Woman 568.                        Creed 569.                        North By Northwest 570.                        Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 571.                        The Nightmare Before Christmas 572.                        Altered States 573.                        Dealt 574.                        Star Wars: The Force Awakens 575.                        My Cousin Rachel (2017) 576.                        Get Out                 577.                        Planet of the Apes (1968) 578.                        Tomorrowland 579.                        Justice League 580.                        The Disaster Artist 581.                        Thor: Ragnarok 582.                        Beneath the Planet of the Apes 583.                        Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 584.                        The Philadelphia Story 585.                        Escape From the Planet of the Apes 586.                        Ferdinand 587.                        Star Wars: The Last Jedi 588.                        Darkest Hour 589.                        Coco 590.                        Dunkirk                 591.                        Phantom Thread 592.                        Paddington 2 593.                        Arrival 594.                        Spider-Man: Homecoming 595.                        Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 596.                        Our Souls at Night 597.                        Mudbound 598.                        The Post 599.                        Germany Year Zero 600.                        Trading Places 601.                        The Shape of Water 602.                        Black Panther 603.                        Logan 604.                        The Simpsons Movie 605.                        Wings 606.                        Miss Congeniality 607.                        Never Cry Wolf 608.                        Something Wicked This Way Comes 609.                        Pride and Prejudice (2005) 610.                        Moana 611.                        Ready Player One 612.                        Viva Max 613.                        Red River 614.                        Bridget Jones’s Baby 615.                        Avengers: Infinity War 616.                        The Sugarland Express 617.                        Selena 618.                        Peaceful Warrior 619.                        Spider-Man 2 620.                     ��  Stagecoach 621.                        The Godfather, Part III 622.                        Solo: A Star Wars Story 623.                        Jaws 624.                        Peter Pan 625.                        The Day the Earth Stood Still 626.                        Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 627.                        Won’t You Be My Neighbor? 628.                        Daughters of the Dust 629.                        Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 630.                        Time Bandits 631.                        Incredibles 2 632.                        Avatar 633.                        On the Waterfront 634.                        Forks Over Knives 635.                        It Happened One Night 636.                        Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 637.                        Ant-Man and the Wasp 638.                        A Quiet Place 639.                        Full Metal Jacket 640.                        The Thin Blue Line 641.                        The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 642.                        Teen Titans Go! To The Movies 643.                        The Reluctant Dragon 644.                        Tokyo Story 645.                        The Karate Kid (1984) 646.                        Blazing Saddles 647.                        The Black Cauldron

648.                        Back to the Future 649.                        2001: A Space Odyssey 650.                        Blaze 651.                        In Old Arizona 652.                        Crazy Rich Asians 653.                        Ocean’s 8 654.                        Star Wars: A New Hope 655.                        The Tree of Life (Extended Cut) 656.                        First Man 657.                        Food, Inc. 658.                        Napoleon Dynamite 659.                        Halloween (2018) 660.                        Christopher Robin 661.                        Battle for the Planet of the Apes               662.                        Paris, Je t’aime 663.                        Breakfast at Tiffany’s 664.                        Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 665.                        Back to the Future, Part II 666.                        Koyaanisqatsi 667.                        Creed II                 668.                        True Stories 669.                        Ralph Breaks the Internet 670.                        Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse 671.                        The Last Command 672.                        Mary Poppins Returns 673.                        The Primary Instinct 674.                        Rise of the Planet of the Apes 675.                        An Inconvenient Truth 676.                        A Christmas Story 677.                        BlacKkKlansman 678.                        Annihilation 679.                        A Star Is Born (2018) 680.                        That’s Entertainment, Part 2 681.                        Close Encounters of the Third Kind 682.                        Teen Titans Go! To The Movies 683.                        Back to the Future, Part III 684.                        Stranger Than Paradise 685.                        On the Basis of Sex 686.                        Bohemian Rhapsody 687.                        The Favourite 688.                        First Reformed 689.                        Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 690.                        Cold War 691.                        They Shall Not Grow Old 692.                        The Iron Orchard 693.                        Free Solo 694.                        Captain Marvel 695.                        The Little Mermaid 696.                        Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 697.                        Wasted! The Story of Food Waste 698.                        Green Book 699.                        La Bamba 700.                        Running for Good 701.                        Us 702.                        War for the Planet of the Apes 703.                        I, Tonya                 704.                        Avengers: Endgame 705.                        Amazing Grace (2019) 706.                        Shazam! 707.                        Testament 708.                        Vice 709.                        Raiders of the Lost Ark 710.                        The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 711.                        Planet of the Apes (2001) 712.                        Aladdin (2019) 713.                        The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 714.                        Detour 715.                        The Hitch-Hiker 716.                        The Border 717.                        Toy Story 4 718.                        Flight 719.                        Do the Right Thing 720.                        Midnight Cowboy 721.                        Spider Man: Far From Home 722.                        Some Like It Hot 723.                        Strangers on a Train 724.                        Red Hook Summer 725.                        All That Heaven Allows 726.                        Cowspiracy 727.                        Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 728.                        Zodiac 729.                        Wings of Desire                 730.                        The Blues Brothers 731.                        The Farewell 732.                        Super Size Me 733.                        Safety Last! 734.                        Hustlers 735.                        Raiders of the Lost Ark 736.                        The Game Changers 737.                        Downton Abbey 738.                        The Body Snatcher 739.                        The Lion King (2019) 740.                        Ad Astra 741.                        The Terminator 742.                        The Irishman 743.                        Frozen II 744.                        Our Dancing Daughters 745.                        The Castaway Cowboy 746.                        The Thin Man 747.                        Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 748.                        Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 749.                        Doctor Sleep 750.                        A Hidden Life 751.                        Bombshell 752.                        Fed Up 753.                        Miracle on 34th Street 754.                        Brittany Runs a Marathon

[basicsofislam]

THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET (PBUH) : Abdullah bin Zubayr (r.a.)

Abdullah was the son of Hz. Abu Bakr's daughter Asma and Zubayr bin Awwam, who was one of the ten Companions that were given the glad tidings of Paradise. He was the first child born out of muhajirs after the Migration. He was born in the 1st year of the Migration. His birth made all Muslims very happy. The Muslims celebrated it as if it was a feast day. They uttered "Allahu akbar!" Their joy was due to revealing the lies of the Jews. For, they said to muhajirs, "We cast a spell over you; you will not have children anymore."

The Prophet gave him the name "Abdullah". Then, he wanted a date fruit. He chewed him and put it into Abdullah's mouth. Thus, the first food to enter the stomach of this beloved baby was the date from the blessed mouth of the Messenger of Allah. Then, the Prophet prayed for the blessing of Abdullah.

Both Hz. Zubayr and Asma did their best to raise him in the best way. When he was seven, they took him to the Prophet for allegiance. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) accepted his allegiance by smiling.

Hz. Abdullah ended the period of childhood and became a youth during the caliphate of Hz. Abu Bakr. He proved himself during the caliphate of Hz. Umar. He fought heroically during the caliphate of Hz. Umar and Hz. Uthman.

Abdullah did not expect any worldly interest or return for his service. He always based his deeds solely on the consent of Allah.

During the caliphate of Hz. Uthman, the Islamic armies were conquering cities and towns in various places. The conquests in North Africa were led by Abdullah bin Abi Sarh, the Governor of Egypt with 40 thousand mujahids. The Islamic armies reached Tripoli with magnificent triumphs; they confronted the resistance of the Byzantine army of 120,000 people. The Muslims continued their heroic struggle against the Romans in the battle that lasted for days. The battles continued violently. The battle that started every day at dawn lasted only until noon; then, the soldiers of both sides returned to their tents in a weak and exhausted way.

Gregorias, the commander of the Byzantine army, was very sad because he could not defeat the Muslims or make them retreat in spite of having more soldiers. Suddenly, a clever idea came to his mind. He would marry his daughter off to a person who would kill Abdullah bin Abi Sarh, the commander of the Muslims. In addition, he would give to that person a reward of 100 thousand gold coins. Meanwhile, his daughter was fighting with him.

This news of reward encouraged Greek youths. They attacked Abdullah bin Abi Sarh. They could not kill him but they inflicted many casualties. Meanwhile, Abdullah bin Zubayr, who came to help Abdullah bin Abi Sarh with a small unit, said to the commander,

"Promise the same thing to your soldiers. Promise 100 thousand gold coins, the daughter of Gregorias and the governorship of North Africa to the soldier who would kill Gregorias."

The commander of the Islamic army found this offer appropriate.  

The next day Abdullah bin Zubayr became the commander. Hz. Abdullah was a good commander. He practiced a nice strategy. He divided the soldiers into two groups. While one group continued fighting, the other group would rest in their tents.

The plan was put into practice. The first group continued until noon. When they retreated, the second group, who were fit and energetic, came to the battlefield. The Romans were very tired. They could not resist the mujahids and were defeated. Meanwhile, Abdullah bin Zubayr captured Gregorias and killed him. He enslaved his daughter.

After the war was over, it was time to share the booty. The daughter of Gregorias and 100 thousand gold coins were going to be given to Abdullah bin Zubayr, who deserved them. Abdullah did not accept them. He said, "No. I made jihad for my religion, not for worldly possessions. I expect my reward from Allah."

Abdullah bin Abi Sarh, the commander, sent Abdullah bin Zubayr to Hz. Uthman to give him the glad tidings of victory and to deliver the booty. After a tiring journey, Hz. Abdullah arrived in Madinah; he told to the Caliph of Islam and other Muslims about the victory of Islam with all its splendor, but he did not speak of himself even in one word. However, they later found out about the self-sacrificing and heroic deeds of Abdullah in this battle. The fact that he did not mention himself elevated his rank more in the eyes of the Muslims. [ Mustadrak, 3: 547-548. ]

Abdullah bin Zubayr did not want to change the service of holy jihad with temporary and ephemeral pleasures and worldly things and ranks; he did not sacrifice the eternal fruits of the hereafter for the pleasures of the world. He found it contrary to the principles of sincerity to expect  to be appreciated, liked and applauded by people let alone obtaining some worldly benefits and interests for the material and spiritual jihad, which needs to be done for the sake of Allah.

Hz. Abdullah was a scholar of the Companions. He was one of the famous "Four Abdullahs". He narrated a few hadiths from the Prophet. One of these hadiths is as follows:

“If man were to be given a valley full of gold, he would desire to have another. If he were given two, he would seek the third.  Nothing can fill his mouth except the earth (dust). Allah Almighty accepts the repentance of a person who turns to Him.”[ Usdul-Ghaba, 1: 163. ]

Hz. Abdullah offered advice to the public at every opportunity. In a season of Hajj, he made the following speech:

"O people! You come from various countries as guests of Allah. Allah entertains His guests in the best way. Whoever comes with the purpose of obtaining rewards should know that Allah will not turn away a person who is at His door. Confirm your words with your deeds. For, what is essential is what you have done. The intention is also the intention of the heart. Avoid opposing Allah in this blessed day because these days are the days when sins are forgiven. "[ al-Hilya, 1: 337. ]

Hz. Abdullah fulfilled the duty of conveying the message of Islam by both speaking and sending letters. He wrote the following letter to a friend:

"My brother! There are some signs of pious people. People know them from those signs. Those signs are patience in the face of misfortunes, consent to qadar (destiny), thanking for boons, and obeying the commands of the Quran and avoiding its prohibitions. "[ Hayatus-Sahaba, 3: 354; al-Hilya, 1: 336. 5. ibid, 3: 385. ]

Everything he saw reminded him of Allah. When he heard the thunder, he would say, "I glorify Allah, whom clouds and angels glorify out of fear, and acquit Him of all incomplete qualities.” He said it was a great threat to the people of the earth.

In addition to these virtues, Hz. Abdullah was a good administrator. After Yazid's death, he was chosen the caliph in Makkah when most of the Muslims paid allegiance to him. The Muslims of Hejaz, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt and Khorasan regarded him worthy of this duty and paid allegiance to him. He ruled in Makkah with justice for a few years.

However, Abdulmalik bin Marwan, who captured the Umayyad government, sent Hajjaj, who became known with the name “the Oppressor” in history, against Abdullah with an army in 72 H. Hajjaj set up a catapult on Mount Abu Qubays and threw stones at the Kaaba. Hz. Abdullah defended the Kaaba heroically. However, many of his men were deceived by Hajjaj through various promises. Finally, they martyred Hz. Abdullah. Hajjaj, the oppressor, did not find it enough and hanged Abdullah. He stood against this martyr and insulted him. Then, he cut off his head and sent it to Damascus.  

[mugiwara-lucy]

One question, in what order would you watch the One Piece episodes, movies and OVAs?

Alright, this is my order:

One Piece Episode 0

One Piece Episodes 1-8

One Piece OVA: Defeat Him! The Pirate Ganzack

One Piece Episodes 9-18

One Piece Movie 1: The Movie 2000

One Piece Episodes 19-53

One Piece Special 1: Adventure in the Ocean’s Navel

One Piece Movie 2: Clockwork Island Adventure

One Piece Featurette 1: Jango’s Dance Carnival

One Piece Episodes 54-91

One Piece Movie 3: Chopper’s Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals

One Piece Featurette 2: Dream Soccer King

One Piece Episodes 92-130 (And theoretically One Piece Movie 8: Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates could fit in here as well since Alabasta lasts from episodes 92-130 and Movie 8 is a retelling of the Alabasta arc)

One Piece Episodes 131-138.

One Piece Special 2: Once Upon the Great Sea! A Father’s Huge, HUGE Dream

One Piece Episodes 139-143.

One Piece Movie 4: Dead End Adventure

One Piece Movie 5: The Cursed Holy Sword

One Piece Featurette 3: Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King

One Piece Episodes 144-219

One Piece Special 3: Protect! The Last Great Performance

One Piece Episodes 220-227

One Piece Movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

One Piece Movie 7: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle

One Piece Special 4: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy

One Piece Episodes 228-325

One Piece Episodes 326-384

One Piece OVA: Romance Dawn Story

One Piece Episodes 426-429 (I’m putting these right here since they act as a prelude to Strong World which’ll be next on this list)

One Piece Movie 10: Strong World

One Piece Movie 11: 3D Straw Hat Chase

One Piece Featurette 4: ONE PIECE 3D! Trap Coaster

One Piece Episodes 385-516

One Piece 3D2Y: Overcome Ace’s Death!

One Piece Episodes 517-574

One Piece Episodes 575-578 (The Z-Ambition Arc which acts like a prelude to Film Z)

One Piece OVA: Glorious Island

One Piece Movie 12: Film Z

One Piece Special 6: Episode of Luffy: Adventure on Hand Island

One Piece Movie 9: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura (Now the reason I’m putting this right here is because the 2014 re-adaptation had this OVA as a dream that Chopper had post-timeskip which can explain the Thousand Sunny, Robin, Franky and Second Gear on Drum Island)

One Piece Episodes 579-Current

One Piece: Heart of Gold

One Piece Film Gold Episode 0

One Piece Film Gold

(And the reason I’m putting these three at the bottom is because I feel given how everything in the timeline is, it’d make more sense for these events to have taken place after the events of WCI. With Sanji being gone, Doflamingo defeated being references, Sabo’s Flame Flame fruit abilities and so on and so forth.)

Alright, hope this helps! ^_^

[atc74]

Honey Butter

Written for @kathaswings 1K Celebration; my prompt is “For a clever guy you can pretty stupid.” This will be in bold italics below. 

Pairing: Sam x Reader

Word Count: ~3100

Warnings: Language, nudity, mentions of hunting injuries (not graphic), Sam being completely cute and clueless, excess showering, brazen flirting

Beta: @just-another-busy-fangirl  Thank you so much Laura for helping me tweak this to make it better postable. Hope y’all like it. Feedback is appreciated. 

Bold indicates text between Reader and Sam. 

The sounds of the forest were drowned out as the blood rushed through her veins, thumping in her ears. The harsh, ragged breaths burned her lungs as they struggled to expand and let in new oxygen. The ground below her pounding feet flew by as Y/N pressed on.

She gasped for breath, looking around frantically and there was nothing but an expanse of forest in any direction. I’m fucking screwed, was the only thought as she changed direction, trying to throw the newly turned wolf off her scent, leaving blood in one spot, only to change direction once more. Y/N repeated the process until she had left enough blood and false trails to confuse an entire nest of vampires. Come to think of it, she thought, vamps would be a welcome change to this fresh Hell.

Y/N paused only momentarily to ease the cramp in her side and tighten the belt around her wounded arm in an attempt to stem the bleeding. She knew she needed to get out of there, but wasn’t sure which direction was which anymore. Pulling her phone out, she was shocked to find a faint signal.

Y/N thumbed out a quick message to the best hunters she knew and prayed for the best.

Need assistance with new wolf. BHNF between Sturgis and Deadwood. I think. Wounded but alive. Y/N/N

She waited a few moments after she hit send, not wanting to risk losing the signal, but the howl that echoed off the surrounding forest forced Y/N to stow the phone and head in what she hoped was the correct direction of her car.

Sam flipped on the table lamp and stared at the flashing green light. He unlocked the phone and blinked away the sleep. He knew from experience that a text or call at two in the morning was never a good thing. His thumb swiftly opened your text and his eyes widened at the words and his heart thumped wildly in his chest. He blindly typed his reply:

Just finished salt n burn in Custer. On our way. Be safe. Sam

“Dean,” Sam’s voice broke the quiet of their motel room and he flipped on the lights, causing Dean to grumble.

“Dean, I just got a text from Y/N. She is about an hour north and in trouble. We have to go.” Sam explained, his voice frantic as he threw his belongings into his duffle.

“Got it. I’ll be ready in ten,” Dean threw back the covers and moved quickly.

Within fifteen minutes, they were packed, fueled up and filling their stomachs with old gas station coffee and stale donuts. Dean gunned it north on 385.

“Dean, watch the road; we don’t want to hit a buffalo,” Sam advised.

“Buffalo? Like ‘Tatanka’ buffalo?” Dean’s faced scrunched up in disgust when he realized what kind of damage an animal the size of a buffalo could do to his Baby and flipped on the high beams.

“Dude, you just quoted ‘Dances With Wolves’,” Sam shook his head in disbelief at his brother.

“What? It was a historical movie and it had horses, just like a good western!” Dean protested.

“Anyway,” Sam’s exaggerated pft bounced off the dash. “I was able to track her phone from where she texted me. She is only about a mile west of Deadwood. She said it was a new wolf. So something in Deadwood or nearby is playing with their food.”

“Deadwood? Like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane Deadwood?” Dean perked up.

“Pull up, Dude! Our friend is in trouble and I need you to focus,” Sam lectured.

“Right, sorry. New wolf, Y/N, Deadwood. You said about a mile west. So we’ll start there,” Dean recounted the info Sam had given him and pressed harder on the gas.

“She said she’s wounded, Dean. What if we don’t get there in time? What i-” Sam babbled.

“Sammy, you can’t think like that. She is one of the smartest hunters we know, smarter than me for sure. She’ll be just fine. We will find her, take out the wolf and you can nurse her back to health. It’s about time we invite her to the Bunker anyway,” Dean insinuated, looking sideways at his brother.

“Dean, I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Sam denied.

“Sam, she is even smarter than you,” Dean laughed.

“You’re going to have to go straight into Deadwood, then head west on 14, there is a Kamground of America about a mile outside of town that is close to where she was last,” Sam directed.

~*~

Dean pulled into the back of the lot at Deadwood KOA and they grabbed their gear, ensuring their guns were loaded with silver bullets. Sam checked his GPS one more time before they headed into the wilderness surrounding the campground.

“The KOA is only about two thousand feet from her last known location,” Sam estimated as they hiked through the darkness on foot. Ninety minutes had passed since her first text and he hadn’t heard from her since. He internalized his fears for her and trekked on with his brother.

“Sam!” Dean called out. “Look, blood.”

“It’s still fresh, Dean. Come on, we need to find her,” Sam demanded as he started scanning the ground and trees for any other signs of her. He and Dean searched the area, finding more blood and that was when Sam finally figured it out.

“She backtracked to hide her trail, leaving her scent everywhere,” Sam marveled at her genius. He closed his eyes and took slow, deliberate breaths, letting his mind empty of all thoughts but what he would do next if he was in her boots. He turned around, opened his eyes and looked again; maybe there was something he was missing.

They were enclosed with trees on every side of them, no trail in sight. Sam surveyed the trees that had the most blood on them, but one had more than others. He shined his light up the bark toward first few branches, taking note that several were broken or cracked. His heart pounded with hope as he shone the light farther up the branches and there she was. Her body was prone over one of the larger branches.

“Dean! I got her!” Sam’s voice quaked and Dean ran to him. There was a small spattering of blood at the base of the tree. She was injured and they needed to get her down.

The nearest intact branch was about ten feet above ground, but Sam couldn’t reach it. Dean braced himself and Sam stepped into his brother’s handhold. With a push of force, Dean was able to boost Sam high enough so he could grab the branch and pull himself up.

Sam climbed the next few branches until he reached Y/N. He shook his head at her genius; she had strapped herself to the tree branch using her belt. Sam quickly checked her for injuries, but before he could wake her, his attention was drawn below him as the wolf had found them and thrown Dean against the tree, knocking him out cold. “Shit.”

Sam carefully drew his weapon, bracing himself on the branches above and below, taking aim. “Hey, Spot!” That got the newborn’s attention and Sam fired once, hitting the beast in the face, dropping it to the ground next to his brother. Sam unloaded two more rounds to the heart.

“Sam?” Y/N was groggy and Sam’s face blurred in her vision. “Am I dead?”

“Not today, Y/N/N. Not on my watch. Let’s get you down from here, okay? You think you can help me help you?” Sam questioned as she sat up.

“Um, yeah, I think so. Just, go slow, okay?” she cautioned.

“No worries there. I was counting on Dean to help me get you down, but he’s out cold, so slow and easy it is,” Sam agreed.

Sam asked questions about the case as they made their way down. “Was it just the one werewolf, Y/N?”

“There were two, and I got the first one. I didn’t know about the second, but it was new, the sire must have turned it just this cycle,” she theorized as she sat on the bottom branch. Sam was on the ground and checked on Dean. “I think they were targeting the bike rally in Sturgis.”

“Okay, Y/N, I am going to need you to jump, but you have my word; I will catch you,” Sam promised.

“You better, Winchester,” she groaned and let herself slide off the last branch, landing neatly in Sam’s arms, her own tight around his neck.

“You caught me,” she looked up at him, her eyes hazy, then passed out. Sam laid her on the ground next to Dean as he dug a grave to bury the body.  Dean woke up first and they decided to get going.

Dean was well enough to walk on his own as Sam carried Y/N back to the Impala. Even with the bike rally in full swing in nearby Sturgis, the trio was able to find a vacancy at the Gold Dust Casino and Hotel, although they paid three times what the room was worth.

Dean grabbed the first shower, giving Sam time to clean and stitch up Y/N’s arm. The cuts weren’t all that deep, but ran the entire length of the inside of her forearm and she was passed out again by the time he finished. Sam cleaned the wound once more for good measure, then bandaged it up. He retrieved a clean wash rag from the bathroom and a pitcher of warm water and set to cleaning the dirt, grime and blood from her face.

He paused as each swipe of the cloth revealed her natural beauty to him. Her long black lashes cast shadows over her cheeks where her color was returning, a rosy pink in her skin. Y/N’s lips were slightly chapped, but he still pondered what they would feel like against his. He imagined they were soft and sweet, like the honey butter he preferred on his pancakes. He ran his thumb against her bottom lip, when she sighed, her lips parting slightly, then gasped as she bolted upright.

Sam jumped back from her, “Welcome back, Y/N/N. You gotta quit doing that.”

“Doing what?” she puzzled.

“Passing out on me. That’s twice now. But uh, um, you’re good to go; all patched up,” Sam stammered, as he bumbled the supplies.

“Thank you, Sam,” she laid her good arm on his shoulder, making him tense up and swallow hard. “For, well, for everything.” She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek, watching as a blush crept up his neck and spread over his face.

“You’d do the same for us, Y/N,” he replied.

Dean sauntered back in the room with a few pastries and three cups of coffee. “Hey, you’re up! So, I was thinking, you should probably come back to the Bunker with us. We’ve got plenty of room and you gotta give that arm some time to heal up. Isn’t that right, Sammy?”

“Yeah, don’t want to rip open those stitches. And sure, we got room,” Sam added with a shrug, staring at his brother, silently telling him to fuck off. Dean just grinned like a fool because he got Sam’s message loud and clear.

“That would be great, thank you both. I, uh, just need to get my car. It is parked off 14 about three miles west of here,” Y/N stated.

“No problemo. We can drive there, then Sammy here can drive it back for ya; rest that arm,” Dean shoved a pastry in his mouth and continued to smile.

Sam spent the entire drive back to the Bunker sparing sideways glances at Y/N when she wasn’t looking. He had been such an idiot. He shouldn’t have allowed himself to get too close. He needed to keep his cool. Between him and Dean, Sam was the level headed one; he always thought things through before acting on them and there he was, ready to lean in and kiss her. God this is going to be a long week filled with cold showers.

~*~

“Sam!” Y/N’s voice echoed through the Bunker and Sam took off at a sprint toward the kitchen, gun drawn.

“Y/N?!” Sam shouted for her.

“Hey, there you are! Can you get me that olive oil off the top shelf, please?” she asked so sweetly, but what caught Sam’s attention was the state of her clothing, or lack thereof. She was wearing short shorts, that barely covered her rear and a tank top so tight, it left little to the imagination, but that didn’t stop Sam from using his…

“Uh, um, yeah. Here ya go,” Sam easily reached the oil and passed it down to her, getting a good look at her displayed cleavage. Sam, stumbled over his own feet in a rush to get out of there. He decided multiple showers per day were perfectly acceptable.

~*~

Y/N walked into the library one afternoon, finding Sam alone at his laptop, no doubt looking for another case. “Hey, Sam?”

‘Hmmm?” Sam looked up briefly from his screen.

“I wanted to cook for you guys tonight, but Dean is doing an oil change on my car. Would you mind driving me to the market so I can get some fresh vegetables? I know you prefer them over the processed, grease filled dinners Dean normally makes,” she remarked.

“You’re right about that. Just give me a few and we will head out, okay?” Sam agreed.

Y/N stepped closer to Sam, placing her hand next to his on the table. Her breasts brushed his arm as she leaned into him a little. “So, you find us a case?”

“Uh, no, um, just doing some research for another hunter. You’re not ready to go out yet and, I, uh, we, wanted to wait until you were fully healed,” Sam’s breath faltered as his words tumbled nervously from his mouth. His eyes remained locked on the screen, not daring to meet her gaze. Her hot breath fanned across his cheek and the open collar of his flannel, littering his skin with goosebumps.

“I need to take a shower before we leave,” Sam pushed back from the table abruptly, almost racing to the bathroom. Y/N took his vacated seat, propping her feet up on the table, a satisfied smile on her face.

~*~

“Sam, do you prefer asparagus or brussel sprouts? I have an amazing balsamic that would pair nicely with either,” Y/N inquired sweetly as she looked up at the tall hunter, her eyes shining bright in the sunshine of the open air market.

“Oh, um, asparagus, I guess,” Sam couldn’t take his eyes off her. The way the sun lit up her hair, setting the strands ablaze as they danced on the breeze. She brushed them from her face and loosely tucked them behind her ear, tugging one corner of her lower lip with her teeth.

“I agree, we have everything I think I’ll need,” she looked over their purchases, paid for the asparagus and handed it to Sam, her fingertips lightly brushing his as she removed her hand.

~*~

“Sam!” Y/N called for him from the library late one evening.

“Yeah, Y/N/N?” Sam asked as he rounded the corner from the kitchen hall. She was standing on her tip toes, legs bare and wearing nothing but one his red flannels. His breath was punched out of his lungs at the sight of her and his pants were suddenly too tight in a certain spot.

“Can you reach that book for me, please? I wanted to read it before bed tonight and I just can’t get my hands around it,” she giggled, the soft sounds floating through the library and straight to his groin.

“Um, sure, no problem,” Sam tripped over his words for the second time that day with her. He reached up and easily snatched the book she wanted, handing it over swiftly, almost dropping it. “I am going to hit the showers and turn in. Good night, Y/N.”

“Thank you, Sam. Good night,” she replied, a silvery lilt to her voice as watched him rush from the room.

~*~

“Sam!” Y/N called through the empty hallway.

“Y/N?” Sam rounded the corner to the shower room and stopped dead in his tracks in the doorway. Y/N was standing in the middle of the room, hair dripping onto her ample chest, wrapped in a towel, that didn’t cover as much as it should.

“Sam, I need your help?” she murmured. “I need to put a new bandage on and I am just all thumbs with my left hand.” She coyly pulled her bottom lip between her teeth and looked up at him through her lashes. “I wouldn’t want it to get infected.”

“Uh, sure. Right, let me just get those bandages,” Sam turned on his heel but she placed her hand on his arm to stop him.

“I have them here,” she turned her back to Sam, bending down to grab them from the bench when her towel fell away completely, leaving her fully exposed to Sam when she turned to face him. “Here.”

Sam’s brain told him to look away, but the way his cock was twitching in his jeans, he was torn on his current moral course of action. He turned around instead. “Your, um, towel, Y/N.”

“Sam, you know for a clever boy, you can be pretty stupid,” she laughed, her lilt echoing off the tiled walls.

“Um, what are you talking about?” Sam babbled.

“Sam, I have been hitting on you constantly since I got here. And don’t try to tell me you’re not interested; no one takes that many showers!” she teased.

Sam turned around, allowing himself to admire her in her natural state. “So you think I’m clever?”

Y/N took a step closer to him, but he was just out of her reach. “I also said you can be pretty stupid.”

Sam closed the gap, pulling her naked form to his body and crashing his lips to hers. He pressed his tongue against them, prodding for entrance which she granted, their lips slotting together as their tongues fought for dominance. Sam pulled back first, his breaths ragged.

“I was right,” Sam whispered.

“Right about what, Sam?” Y/N asked.

“Your lips do taste like honey butter,” Sam ducked his head down for another taste.

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[led123123]

fell asleep again after eating food

as always.. I was like.. maybe I would make this cake.. but.. then I was like.. damn it’s fat.. so.. like..

https://youtu.be/WSMKeflrcAw

https://youtu.be/wswnyoZZNLM

https://youtu.be/ZPcztaJGSw0

“queen mother”???

https://youtu.be/09PtlJ5z4x4?t=202

https://youtu.be/09PtlJ5z4x4?t=251

yes that’s f*cking scam

I need to find like.. if I find like.. a cable.. but I don’t wanna do it..

usb cable

only if it’s gonna be along my way.. only if I happen to came across a usb cable that is not used

do I have any usb cables that I won’t use..

and the problems is also.. cable colors.. usually.. there’s many different ways that people color these cables.. like.. but like.. sometimes it’s like..

there’s only 4 cables. I though it’s.. 4 or 5

I have bought some extra usb cables in the past.. but they were like.. usb 3.0. and this is 2.0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_3.0#Pinouts

usb 3.0 has the same 4 usb 2.0 pins and 5 more pins

https://youtu.be/d7KrUnFfE-4

so if I reduce ads sensitivity by 10.. then.. it’s like.. a lot.. if I have.. 4.7 sensitivity.. then 10% is like around 0.5 normal sensitivity

and I increased it by like.. last time by like.. 0.3 or something.. and 0.2 before.. or something like that.. so.. it makes it really slow if it’s 0.9

https://youtu.be/09PtlJ5z4x4

all these fund products.. are scam

https://youtu.be/KziML_Om7pQ?t=19

https://youtu.be/NVYxiizkbWs?t=81

https://youtu.be/NVYxiizkbWs?t=843

не надо было выёбыват��а

cioty zjebane

https://youtu.be/-QHA_nOSfJ8

and the color doesn’t match for this cable..

https://youtu.be/aXrwjLahUdw

https://youtu.be/GdCXwWjzeRg?t=66

https://youtu.be/mQpk1zJNrHo

but these would be ok

I’m just gonna factory make them so I have a lot to eat for later

efficiency

anna has like. 3 ovens.. and she can fit 2 or 3 trays in one, so she can bake a lot faster

it’s not cold.. with open window

it’s not that cold.

https://youtu.be/XV4YVn2Xvik?t=13

she looks like in a movie

https://youtu.be/3K6KpkFXKdM?t=326

colors don’t match..

usb 3.0 has 5 more wires

but I just would connect only 4 out of 9

these cookies are so dry

but I made pasta before.. so that’s not as bad as eating just cookies..

the home made cookies wouldn’t be as dry. they would be more fat maybe. I don’t know these ones are sweet the home made ones wouldn’t be as sweet. these ones are really sweet and I think they’re too sweet

https://youtu.be/-aTjHRPTA3g?t=9

I cannot hit.. like.. 4 wingman shots in a row.. that happens really rarely

I just like if I hit a headshot

https://youtu.be/Uwylw3SSWEM

https://youtu.be/VD7-nQEQBEU

https://youtu.be/IgoIUm3gQ4s

https://youtu.be/YYJpNLWlp8U?t=426

wtf..

https://youtu.be/6JvON_fjaiY?t=1260

3rd party king

another username idea

https://youtu.be/Bvh_DsDgNJk?t=16

that’s also 2 headshots in a row

https://youtu.be/3T3-UiiohCQ?t=385

stray not even good enough on 2k mmr

2ks better than stray already

https://youtu.be/3T3-UiiohCQ?t=1200

xD

https://youtu.be/3T3-UiiohCQ?t=1211

слил на варлоке xD

https://youtu.be/3T3-UiiohCQ?t=1250

варлок тебе всё обясьнил

it’s not my priority to fix this cable.. but if it will keep crashing then I won’t have a choice

I need to be prepared to do that mentally because this plug broke many times

if I find a cable then maybe I’ll do that because I want a bit longer cable on this mouse

a bit longer cable on this mouse would be really convenient

keyboard cable is longer I think

I think that twitch bans people who don’t have any subscribers..

because they take a big part out of subscriptions

https://youtu.be/hBNHEPI5TT0

https://youtu.be/hBNHEPI5TT0?t=175

https://youtu.be/hBNHEPI5TT0?t=630

they make puffed rice in this

but the apple cake isn’t that fat

stupid teammates

why.. do I find gold wingman one in million games..

I found gold wingman.. and my aim was really good.. I was hitting more than 50% shots at pretty far range

even with 1.0 sensitivity. doesn’t make much difference to me. I mean.. it’s not too difficult to control

but the queue times are fucking insane.. wtf

what the hell happened with queue times

https://youtu.be/djsfjrAa6yQ?t=3

fake trader. xD

the hell are queue times.. what the fuck

my gold wingman was.. I was hitting a lot more than 50%

at really high range

but that was like.. giblartar.. or something

I was hitting really a lot of shots. I will show you

I told you that was just a warm up. but they had like.. giblartar and he’s easier to hit

lol I’m waiting 20 minutes still no game found.. oh right.. jesus.. it’s late..

why no players.. there should be millions of players..

where are these millions of thousands of players that people always talk about

https://playercounter.com/apex-legends/

1 million?? where is this million

where is this million you fucking scammers

there’s an update omg I’ve been scammed

so I was playing with people who didn’t download update

one dude in my team may have had an aimbot.. he killed 12 people and did like.. 3k damage

omg.. how ring does so much damage.. it’s 20 damage per tick now.. what the fuck.. did they change that?? they changed that already with this update that I downloaded??

https://realsport101.com/apex/apex-legends-season-7-patch-notes-brand-new-legend-new-map-new-vehicle-legend-adjustments-more-olympus-the-trident-horizon-ranked-gameplay/

I died to 5 ticks

https://youtu.be/QHm2WdR2Wws?t=51

there was a lot of audio stuff in new map. sound just disappeared for few seconds for whole squad sometimes

I was taking 20 damage per tick..

I had really juicy headshot

with skullpiercer lol

I had 6 kills

https://youtu.be/VsbGdTDfiWI?t=116

20 damage

where does it say that they changed ring damage to do 2 times more damage

https://youtu.be/OrBmIWW5f8w?t=100

I cannot click that fast with this weapon.. really it shoots that fast?

https://youtu.be/OrBmIWW5f8w?t=326

yeah it’s near waterfall

https://youtu.be/djsfjrAa6yQ?t=330

https://images.app.goo.gl/vR3HiTEevjVSURvn7

https://youtu.be/efNUXXBm5jE

https://youtu.be/efNUXXBm5jE?t=35

“the right trade” “I would do it again” “I would be retired”

https://youtu.be/djsfjrAa6yQ?t=780

can watch netflix. netflix stock obviously

watching netflix lol. “hey I’m watching netflix”

https://youtu.be/X86S5oZzzh4?t=63

https://youtu.be/9hlrgjIJMpo

https://youtu.be/9hlrgjIJMpo?t=45

see??

https://youtu.be/9hlrgjIJMpo?t=55

I knew I was gonna hit the 2nd one

https://youtu.be/9hlrgjIJMpo?t=64

wait a second.. if I drop.. then.. like..

when I’m aiming on target.. and I fall a bit.. then.. how does that change my aiming point so much..

maybe it’s just.. the.. gravity.. it’s just in the game that aim drops briefly if you fall right

https://youtu.be/9hlrgjIJMpo?t=56

the bullet velocity doesn’t seem as slow as I though now

I though it’s slower

maybe it’s because of hammerpoint rounds

https://youtu.be/9hlrgjIJMpo?t=65

do I have this wingman skin on this account.. damn.. I think I don’t

it puffs out steam on kill

what the hell I’m platinum what the.. fuck

lol.. 1. I have a lot of “charms” and r99 skin really has better iron sight

I missed the time when I got platinum..

https://youtu.be/sEbsgZyLf94?t=33

this is the skin

https://youtu.be/LOb8WJTs5Nc?t=1260

https://youtu.be/LOb8WJTs5Nc?t=1409

как дела xD

как делишка xD

дурачёк

парень

молодой

https://youtu.be/c0ck8l1EjKU

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Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184:  third battle day of the `46 war is finally at an end.

(By Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184)

The third battleday of the `46 war is finally at an end.

The clans, some victorious, some blooded but not bowed and some more or less annihilated, must now put these battles behind them and cooperate against a threat to them all.

A huge army is headed towards us, already split into 60 task groups containing thousands of Mechs each.

Each task group is aimed at one specific clan. The good News is that if a clan defeats them in a timely fashion, there are some additional loot to be had.

That is in addition to what we got from the war of course.

The final scores of battle day 3 were:

Division 1

Warlock 87 - 11 Leviathan

Warlock won handsomely here, as expected.

Death's Collector's 87 - 34 Brotherhood of Arcane Dragons

The Collectors had a bit of a struggle, but not more than they could handle

Division 2

Northwind Dragons 70 - 59 Spirit of Bunny

The Dragons camne out on top, but the bunnies let them know they had been in a fight.

Death's Brethren 90 - 0 Smurf Heavy Cavalry

The Brethren get the prize for the most loopsided victory of this round.

Division 3

The Brotherhood-BlackWatch 37 - 6 Avengers of Bunny

Blackwatch won 6 out of seven engagements and were never threatened.

Myth & Legends: Blood Wolves 82 - 49 Slaughter House 5

The Wolves stayed the distance and had a clear victory

Division 4

Black Star Lycan Rangers 69 - 50 Black Star Knights

The Rangers years as a team was enough to offset the tonnage advantage of the Knights

Star League 71 - 41 Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows

The Unicorns gave a good Battle, but the Star League won in the end

Division 5

Heroes 71 - 83 Death's Revenge

The Heroes got a drubbing from Death here.

Alpha Legion 61 - 100 ***Raging Vengeance***

The Legionares got their war machine going toward the end, but it was to little and to late.

Guardians of Bunny 53 - 45 Heroes Support

The Bunnies won in the end, but the Heroes was closing the gap

Mad Scientist.7 14 - 25 HF: Dragoons

The Dragoons took Control of the situation, established a perimeter and was never seriously threatened by the scientists.

Division 6

Phoenix 55 - 27 Steampunk Dragons

Phoenix beat the Dragons 2-1

Death's Disturbed Asylum 53 - 46 Emerald Dragons

The Dragons tried a late catch-up, but the asylants had a to big initial advantage

Smurf Platoon 45 - 26 ARMORED CORE

Armored Core aquitted themself well, but were still beaten by the Smurfs.

M&L B.C. 13th Armored Division 103 - 13 Defenders of Bunny

The Cats crushed the bunnies nearly 8 -1

Division 7

Black Star Bandits 36 - 0 Myth & Legends: NecroManiacs

The bandits won every engagement here

Knights of Chaos 9 - 40 HF: 110th C.C. 1st Armored Regiment

The Cannoners blew up the Knights at long range and in the end had a better than 80% success rate

Heroes Ranger Raccoons 55 - 56 Death's Reapers

As the end neared the Raccoos was getting closer and closer, but the Reapers won by the lowest possible margin

Galaxy Rangers 8 - 35 Dinochrome Brigade

The Dinochromers outscored the Rangers by a good margin

Division 8

The Brotherhood-1st Kearney Highlanders 22 - 52 Renegades

The Renegades was clearly best in this struggle.

Ronins 8 - 0 Mech Point Academy"Rangers"

The Ronins stood ready to counter any last moment blitz from the Rangers, but it never materialized

Brigade of Patrol Smurfs 96 - 19 Behemoth

The Behemoths was outscored by better than 5-1 odds.

UNDERWORLD 2 - 81 today and tomorrow

Underworld got soundly beaten here.

Division 9

Heroes Light Brigade 38 - 36 JC's Rowdy Bunch

It went to the wire here, and more than half of the clashes was fought during the last 20 minutes. In the end the Heroes managed a narrow win.

**Raging Vengeance** 96 - 42 Arctic Warfare Bandits

The Bandits was beaten soundly here.

Major Steel 60 - 14 MurderMechs

Major Steel won better than 80% of all the clashes here.

*Raging Vengeance* 100 - 11 Indo Nusa Alliance

Raging Vengeance was all over the INA and beat them soundly

Division 10

*Raging Vengeance 2.0* 85 - 28 Insane Clown Posse

The Clowns was soundly beaten here

Karma 74 - 2 All Welcome

Karma got an almost unopposed win.

---- As some might remember, I tried to predict the winners for those who had niodes to spare for Nick`s wager.

At the time I mentioned that I usually get one or two predictions wrong. I got two wrong this time.

The first was a misjudgement of the relative strength of the Heroes and Death`s Revenge, and can be excused.

The second was worse. I mentioned Ronins as possible contenders to Kearneys Highlanders in div 9, but totally overlooked the Renegades in my final analysis, even though I had the numbers right in front of me. ---- As for those who are concerned about the the huge disparity in levels in the (Big) divisions. Here are the average strentt at the start of round one and the medals each team got:

Div1 ..............................……Warlock: 396 - Gold ...........................…….Leviathan: 385 - Bronze .............…….Death's Collector's: 357 - Silver Brotherhood of Arcane Dragons: 320 - Plastic

Div 2 ......….Spirit of Bunny: 280 - Silver …...Death's Brethren: 190 - Bronze ...Northwind Dragons: 195 - Gold Smurf Heavy Cavalry: 185 - Plastic

Div 3 ............….Avengers of Bunny: 185 - Silver .....…….M & L: Blood Wolves: 183 - Bronze The Brotherhood-BlackWatch: 183 - Gold .........…….Slaughter House 5: 181 - Plastic

Div 4 ........................…...…….Black Star Knights: 179 - Silver ....................................…...…..Star League: 176 - Bronze ...............……….Black Star Lycan Rangers: 159 - Gold Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows: 155 - Plastic

Div 5 ..................……..Heroes: 158 - Silver .........……..Alpha Legion: 141 - Bronze ......…..Death's Revenge: 141 - Gold ........Guardians of Bunny: 133 - Silver ***Raging Vengeance***: 125 - Silver ......…….Heroes Support: 123 - Bronze ........…...Mad Scientist.7: 121 - Plastic .................HF: Dragoons: 116 - Bronze

Div 6 ...............…….Death's Disturbed Asylum: 115 - Silver ..........................................……..Phoenix: 113 - Gold M & L: Black Cats 13th Armored Division: 113 - Bronze ........………………...Defenders of Bunny: 104 - Plastic .......................……..Steampunk Dragons: 101 - Silver ................................……...Smurf Platoon: 102 - Silver ....................…………...Emerald Dragons: ..96 - Bronze .............................……ARMORED CORE: .96 - Bronze

Division 7 ...................………….Galaxy Rangers: 93 - Plastic ...................………...Knights of Chaos: 91 - Bronze .......................…….Black Star Bandits: 85 - Gold ..........……..Heroes Ranger Raccoons: 85 - Bronze HF: 110th Cannon Company. 1st A. R.: 83 - Silver ......................….M & L: NecroManiacs: 82 - Silver ............................…...Death's Reapers: 80 - Silver .....................……Dinochrome Brigade: 79 - Bronze

Div 8 .........................................…...…….Ronins: 76 - Silver ............……….....Brigade of Patrol Smurfs: 73 - Silver The Brotherhood-1st Kearney Highlanders: 70 - Silver ..............…............……….UNDERWORLD: 70 - Plastic .........................................…….Renegades: 68 - Gold ..........................……...today and tomorrow: 67 - Bronze ......…..…...Mech Point Academy"Rangers": 61 - Bronze ........................…..........….……...Behemoth: 59 - Bronze

Div 9 ...Heroes Light Brigade: 58 - Gold **Raging Vengeance**: 53 - Silver ..........……..Major Steel: 46 - Silver .......JC's Rowdy Bunch: 44 - Silver ..Arctic Warfare Bandits: 44 - Bronze .....*Raging Vengeance*: 39 - Bronze .........……MurderMechs: 38 - Bronze ….....Indo Nusa Alliance: 26 - Plastic

Div 10 ..........…….All Welcome: 25 - Plastic ............................Karma: 24 - Gold ......Insane Clown Posse: 24 - Bronze *Raging Vengeance 2.0*: 20 - Silver

The only division where the top got Gold, then 3 Silvers, then 3 Bronzes and finally plastic was Div 9.

Of the ten Golds, two went to the top-ranked clan (Div 1 and 9), and in the top four divisions (four clans) three Golds went to the third ranked clans.

Of the ten Plastics, five went to the lowest ranked clans (four of them in the top four divisions) and two to the highest ranked clans

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Running (Jogging)

That is from the film Forrest Gump, when Forrest (played by Tom Hanks) pursues in scene after scene. The thought symbolized, in addition to other things, the start of the running rage that spread the nation over during the 1970s. From that point forward, running has caught the consideration of a great many Americans. A large number of street races and long distance races happen every year, and running is the 6th most famous exercise in the United States. Be that as it may, you don't have to run long distance races, or run ceaselessly for three or more years like Forrest, to pick up the advantages of running. Thirty minutes daily will do! Right now, will mention to you what all the complain is about. I'll audit the historical backdrop of running, how to begin, what to wear, legitimate stance, where to run, the dangers of running, and a couple of more statements from Forrest.

What is running?

Here's the Merriam-Webster word reference meaning of running: to go consistently by springing steps with the goal that the two feet leave the ground for a moment in each progression. That is the key: the two feet are noticeable all around without a moment's delay. During strolling, one foot is consistently on the ground. Running will be running gradually, and run is running quick. I'll examine both running and running right now.

What's the historical backdrop of running?

People began strolling and running some 4-6 million years prior when we developed and rose from each of the fours. Ten thousand years back, tracker gatherers like the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico, ran 15-75 miles per day on the chase. In any case, it was Pheidippides (490 BC), an old "day-sprinter," who set running up for life. Pheidippides is implied to have run 149 miles to convey the updates on the Persian arrival at Marathon to Sparta so as to enroll help for the fight. Researchers accept the tale of Pheidippides might be a fantasy (if the Athenians needed to send a pressing message to Athens, there was no motivation behind why they couldn't have sent a dispatcher riding a horse), yet the legend had legs (no play on words expected) and was the beginning of the cutting edge long distance race. It was the principal running of the long distance race (26 miles 385 yard) in the advanced Olympic Games of 1896 in Athens that celebrated Pheidippides' noteworthy run. All through the last piece of the nineteenth century, olympic style events, including running, assumed a noticeable position in the field of game. By the late 1800s, youngsters in school were contending in running races. In the twentieth century, it was the well known dark sprinter Jesse Owens who, in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany, broke Hitler's fantasy about demonstrating the prevalence of the Aryan race by winning gold decorations in the 100-meter run, 200-meter run, and the 400-meter hand-off. More American were onlookers of running than they were members during the time of Jesse Owens, however that has changed in the previous 35 years. Sprinters like George Sheehan, Bill Rodgers, Jeff Galloway, Alberto Salazar, and Grete Waitz (victor of nine NYC long distance races from 1978-1988 and motivation to all ladies to get out there and run!) advanced going through their athletic achievement, and now running is emphatically a famous movement for practice just as for sport.

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Vasyl Lomachenko goes through final public workout ahead of Luke Campbell bout

Vasyl Lomachenko goes through last training in York Hall as pound-for-pound king admits he & # 39; extra motivation & # 39; has for O2 Arena match against home favorite Luke Campbell

Vasyl Lomachenko takes over Luke Campbell in the O2 Arena on Saturday evening

Both hunters took part in a public training on Wednesday at York Hall

Campbell's trainer Shane McGuigan believes his man can defy all expectations

by by Jeff Powell for Mailonline

Published: Published: 11:03 PM BST, August 28, 2019 | Updated: 23:07 BST, August 28, 2019

The great Vasyl Lomachenko returned to the homely surroundings of York Hall, Bethnal Green for his last public training before defending his unified world lightweight title in the more beneficial O2 arena this Saturday night.

Loma fought in the spiritual home of East End boxing a year after winning in London He second his second Olympic gold.

That visit was for a hybrid pro-am tournament – which of course he won – before embarking on his full professional career.

Vasyl Lomachenko received a roaring reception for his last public training in London

The pound-for-pound king makes his preparations before Luke Campbell picks it up

The British hunter insists he can beat Lomachenko on Saturday

Now the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, he enjoyed the pilgrimage and said: "I have memories of everything in London.

"At this place there were hundreds of Ukrainians roaring and waving the Ukrainian flag.

& # 39; Thank you to the one who came again tonight. They will be there again at the O2, but I expect that they will be in the minority by thousands of Englishmen who support their famous English boxer. No problem That gives me extra motivation. & # 39;

Lomachenko has found memories of London after his success as an amateur hunter

He showed his hand speed in various exercises, including hitting a ball attached to a string

Lomachenko also showed his coordination when he impressed spectators with his juggling skills

Lomachenko was welcomed by the York Hall rafters Londona also, which he did on Saturday & # 39; a pleasant fight & # 39; promised. Campbell made a similar promise when he briefly followed him into the ring.

Campbell and his new trainer Shane McGuigan tell each other that the Great Lomachenko & # 39; just another fight & # 39; is.

This is an exercise to strengthen Campbell's self-confidence before competing with the No 1 pound-for-pound hunter in the O2 arena on Saturday night in the London ring road.

Lomachenko is the extraordinary talent that won the world featherweight and super featherweight titles on its way to becoming the united world lightweight champion.

McGuigan says: & # 39; There is no point in going in there unless you think you can win. We believe that Luke has the size, the power, the experience now at 31 and especially the belief that he will beat the man who others think is unbeatable. & # 39;

Campbell admits that & # 39; a certain extra excitement generated by the public view of this as a huge fight and I enjoy the great opportunity & # 39; but adds: & # 39; I prepared anticipate this in the same way as I do for all my fights. & # 39;

The Ukrainian hunter shook hands with boxer Anthony Crolla side of the York Hall ring

Campbell has the size advantage and is convinced that he can deliver an exciting fight on Saturday n

Campbell's trainer Shane McGuigan (L) believes his husband has the experience of beating Lomachenko

McGuigan feeds that story, saying: & # 39; Luke is sometimes at the level of smaller opponents dragged, but when he is against an elite hunter, he brings out the best in him. That's what will happen Saturday night.

& # 39; We won't be surprised when Luke wins, but boxing will see it as the biggest upset by a British boxer since Lloyd Honeyghan went to America and the welterweight titles of the so-called unbeatable Donald Curry. & # 39;

While McGuigan is the psychological support of his hunter, Campbell helps his trainer come through personal grief similar to his own suffering two years ago.

Cambell's father died prematurely fourteen days before his previous world title fight, the loss to Jorge Linares. McGuigan's sister has just succumbed to cancer.

Campbell says: & We help each other. It's better for Shane than he has the big fight to think about in this sad time. & # 39;

Vasyl Lomachenko v Lakue Campbell in the O2 Arena will be broadcast live this Saturday evening on Sky Sports Box Office.

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