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EkphrasticStory
"The Dead Forest" By Tim Standridge

The Cell was less than ten paces wide and no more than twenty paces in length. The room was bare, and the walls and floor were at one time smooth granite, but now everything has a thick covering of moss and slime. The bars at the door are very old and rusting, through these bars the only light in the cell creeps in. The torch outside the bars wavers back and forth, casting moving shadows upon the walls and floor. An unknown man is lying in the corner of the cell. Micelo a tired and frightened boy, huddles against the back wall of the cell and is afraid to go near him. The man's frame is slight and haggard; the cloths on his back are but rags. Micelo hears his sister Ceila move, stirring from her fit full sleep. “This is a damnable place for a girl only fourteen-winter moons old”.” Ceila, are you awake?” Her head rises from her knees; she sits curled up, her arms wrapped around her knees in the corner, where she cried herself to sleep. The light flickers across her pale and tear stained face. “Papa, papa, is he back Micelo?””No he is not.” “What could they possibly want with papa, Micelo?” ”Is it because of the man from Atriums, that papa helped?” “Hush Ceila do not speak of anything in this place, I fear the walls may have ears.” ”Papa will be ok Ceila; this is all just a misunderstanding I am sure the guards will let us go soon, just sleep for now.” Her small head lays back down as she chokes back a sob. “Micelo, what is this place?” “Ishtaban Prison, I have heard stories from travelers passing through papa's inn; they say it is the cruelest place in all of Borela.” “Its only reason for existing is, culling the notion that there exists a place on the other side of the Raven Mist forest.” “Atrimus is just a rumor a whisper on the wind, even speaking of it is treason.” Ceila whispers quietly to Micelo “I heard that Atrimuns poses magic, dark and nefarious.” “That's just a tale told to frighten children.” “Tales that are against, King Druca's orders and told in secrete, by the elders.” “It was the wisest of elders Haman Lorteright, who foretold; over two hundred winter moons ago of King Druca's demise at the hands of an Atrimus child. The clamor of feet in boots echoes down the hall, Micelo struggles to his feet. Micelo can hear the gates up the corridor being unlocked one at a time. Micelo makes his way to the gate pressing his head against the bars trying to squeeze through enough to see who is coming. “Papa, Micelo!” Micelo, makes his way back to her and leans over, she hugs his neck. Micelo, whispers in her ear, “remember say nothing in this place.” The gate is unlocked and thrown open just long enough for the guard to throw something large down, before he turns and runs off muttering about the stench of it all. The children hear a groan and look over to see the shape of another body. Ceila cries out “Papa!” Micelo, lets Ceila go “I will go check and see it may not be Papa, stay here.” Micelos, heart sinks again and he carefully rushes to check, as he reaches down, the man breath's out in a gurgle.

“Micelo come here boy.” Ceila, upon hearing her Papa call Micelo by name rushes towards him. Micelo grabs her by the shoulders to hold her back. ”Careful Ceila he is injured.” Micelo gets his first quick look over Manaphis their father in the dim torch light, they can see their papa is covered in blood and his clothes are torn. They move close and Ceila carefully takes a hold of his head, she is crying as she gently embraces him. His face is burned. They can barely tell it is him, as he gasps and struggles to breathe. “Micelo, Ceila, you must be strong now, what I have to tell you will not be easy.” “It is true, it is all true.” “The elders are right there is an Atrimus.” “I have heard it from the lips of the Inquisitors themselves.” Ceila sobs out, “papa what do you want us to do, how can we help you?” Manaphis, struggles to talk, “I am past saving Ceila save your tears for later.” “Now you need to be strong.” “The guard is a sympathetic soul; he will be back very soon to take you and your sister to the tunnels.” “Listen to me carefully both of you, you will never be safe in Borela again, and you must go through the tunnels they lead out to the edge of Raven Mist forest.” “Do not be afraid of the forest or of the Atrimus people.” Manaphis, gasps and The children can see blood gush from the side of his shoulder as his eyes close in pain. “Papa!” “Hush Ceila, listen to me Ceila, do as your brother says; he will take care of you.” His eyes look to each of the children and they can tell he is struggling. Manaphis breaths in and the sound of blood bubbling from wounds in his neck brings a gasp from Ceila who rips cloth from the hem of her dress to wrap around his neck. “Hold on papa.” Manaphis, is barely whispering as he motions for Micelo to come closer. Micelo, leans over and Manaphis whispers in his ear. “Your mother was from Atrimus of the House of Matrivous, find your way there, they will welcome you. “Tell them you are the son, of Sir Manaphis, of the Strangelands, and of Lady Ephiline of Matrivous.” Micelo pulls, back to look at Manaphis. “I have never heard these names before, how can this be, mama died when we were young.” “Papa I don't understand, how this can be.” Manaphis is no longer moving and his eyes are wide open. Ceila whispers with a broken spirt “papa, no don't go papa.” Micelo knows their papa is gone and he reaches up to close his eyes, saying the traveler's final prayer. “Bless, this man a safe and quick journey to the halls of his kingdom, in the hereafter.” The cell is quite, and the children can hear the clamor of boots down the corridor. The cell doors are opening and closing one at a time. Each time the gates close the clang rings down the corridor like the sound of distant thunder. “Micelo, papa is gone, just like mother.” “It will be ok Ceila, papa is with mama now and they will still watch over us.”

Micelo, pulls Ceila up to her feet away from Manaphis, and they move to the gate. The guard rotund and disheveled, but strong as an ox approaches quickly and opens the gate. “Come with me children, I am Bobachaw, your father has arranged for your safe passage.” “You must be quite as we go.” Ceila turns and shuffles quietly towards the door, tears in her eyes as she looks back at her Papa one last time. With a sorrow filled voice Micelo asks “Sir, before we leave will you promise to take care of our papa.” “He deserves to be in a better place than this.” Bobachaw, looks anxiously about the cell and hall way before answering, “right, you are young sir, don't worry I'll see to it myself.” “If it isn't too much trouble, I'm certain he would like to be buried next to our mama, in the blue oaks field.” Bobachaw nods his sullen head “yes, yes, now be quite, and come along we must hurry.” The guard rushes the children out the door and turns left. The children follow him as he grabs a torch off the wall and continues down the long dark corridor. The torch cast’s long wavering shadows upon the wall and through the bars of other cell doors. They can hear moans of pain and agony coming from cells as they pass by. At the end of the corridor there are a long set of stairs, they are steep and the stones are slick with moss and mold. “We must tread these stairs softly children they are dangerous.” They move with such a pace that Micelo is worried about Ceila, and has to help her along as she stumbles almost falling several times. “We are almost there.” Ceila, is moving as if in a daze, but she always did, as her papa said too. At the bottom of the stairs, they came to a large hallway that is connected, by several small hallways. They pass four hallways before taking a left and continue walking at a fast pace. ”Quickly children, we must hurry.” “Drabeo the traveler, who is a friend of your fathers, was sent for.” “He should be at the end of this tunnel waiting for us.” They kept a brisk pace and within, four hundred paces they could begin to see another torch at the end of the corridor. “Ah that would be Drabeo, children you can trust Drabeo, or so your father told me.” As they approached Drabeo, A lean and shadowy figure, Ceila begins to cry softly. “Quite Ceila, Drabeo, is that you?” A calm and pleasant voice replies “Yes, we must hurry, I passed the Inquisitions guards on the way here.” “They were off to bring more poor souls in, and I can only assume that means they will be kept busy if we hurry.” Drabeo and Bobachaw shake hands, “Then I take it Sir Manaphis will not be coming.” “No”, Bobachaw replies with a tone full of implication. Micelo replies brazenly with anger, “he has been murdered.” The guard gives Micelo a sideway’s glance both comforting and stern as if to say he should hold his tongue. Micelo will for Celia's sake. Drabeo turns to the children, “now children I am a friend of your fathers, do not worry.” “I will see you safely to your journeys end, I will also see that your fathers accusers are dealt with.” “Wait here for me I will be but a minute.” Drabeo and Bobachaw turn and head a hundred paces up the corridor from which they came, talking quietly.

“Tell me Drabeo do you know how it is that Manaphis, was sought out in this?” “Yes, I fear that it was in part my fault, for I had sent a new courier to Manaphis.” “He was brash and did not stay to the shadows at all times as he was taught.” “ I believe he meant well but, his over confident sense of self exposed him to a patron that sold Manaphis out to the Counts Court.” Bobachaws face grows red in anger. “who was the brigand?” Drabeos face grows stern, “I know what you are thinking but I am reluctant to send any one to the Inquisition, even the lap dogs of the Counts Court.” Bobachaws voice rises in defiance of the comment, “never forget that the brigand will not hesitate to send more here, the coin offered is to good for the sort that wastes away spending their time in inns looking to spy and get drunk.” With a long sigh Drabeo nods his head, “It was Sechfrilla, brother to the village baker, and a mean and unhealthy attitude he has towards things he knows nothing about.” “I must admit the village at large will be better served with out his like hanging around, do what you must.” The two men stop, “Ah, here it is.” Bobachaw reaches into the wall, pulling out a small piece of cloth and hands it to Drabeo. “This was a close call, I almost did not have time to recover them from Manaphis before he went to the Inquisition.” “He made me promise to see that the boy received the key and the girl the seal.” “Will you make sure they get them when they are safely through the forest.” “I will.” “Then I bid you farewell, I must be back, before I am missed.” Drabeo, turns to leave and walks quickly down the corridor tucking the cloth and the items inside, into his back pouch.

“Children are you ready?” Micelo, muster's all of the courage he has and takes’s Celia's hand, “Yes”. She nods, and they head towards the opening a few hundred paces off. Micelo is awestruck, by how Drabeo moves without making noise. “Pardon me Sir but how is it you do not make noise when you move.” “Ah that is an old trackers trick think lightly children and you can too, light thoughts for light feet.” Celia is about to cry again, Micelo can see it in her face. Drabeo also notices, and he stops to turn and talk to the children, just as they reach the exit of the corridor. “Now, children, you should know that your father was a brave man, perhaps the bravest I know.” “While his time was cut short here, he served the good Queen with a conviction that never wavered.”  “Even as the Inquisition tortured him, and it is, for this reason that you will be, well taken care of.” Drabeo pulls from his back pouch a small piece of cloth, and says with a stern face. “Now is as, good a time as any, I suppose.” “Children I have for you the last and parting gift of your father and mother.” “I must stress to you that these gifts are not to be taken lightly.” Unwrapping the cloth Drabeo pulls out a small signet ring, “Celia, this was your mothers ring, it is very important because upon it is the crest and Siegel of the house of Matrivous.” “Take the ring and protect it, for with this seal, you bear the weight and power of the house of Matrivous and anything you sign with it is binding, both in magic and law.” Celia, accepts the ring with a wide and astonished look on her face, and whispers “mama.” They can see her struggle to remember her mama, and for a brief moment, her grief over her papa's death is, pushed, to the side. Drabeo, Pulls from the cloth a chain with a key on it. “Now then young Micelo, this key is equally important, or more to the point what it unlocks.” “Your father had spoken to me in the past of his plans to pass it on to you, in but a moon's time, on your seventeenth.” “This is a tradition as old as time, it was his intention for you to join the ranks of the good Queens service.” “This key will open a vault in the good Queens Court, where your father's armor resides; it waits there for you now.” Micelo slowly accept the key but his heart sinks, “Sir, I would rather, that my father were here than any gift, he could have given.” Drabeo nods his head, “indeed children, but such is the way of life.” Drabeo turns to head out of the tunnel, “we must hurry children we have a long way to walk, and we must walk quickly and with silence.”

Not very far away but on the other side of a forest, events on a cold day transpire events which could mean trouble for the children. Akamai, A quiet and hulking man dressed in plain clothes leads a simple life, the life of a wood carver. Akamai sits at a small workbench in the corner, carving away at the back of a chair. When there is a loud knock at the door Akamai turns towards it, “go away!” The door bounces back and forth on its hinges as it turns from knocking to pounding. Outside ten guards of the Inquisition stand at the door to the cottage. Their leader Malik bangs insistently on the door, “open in the name of the High Lord of the Inquisition.” Akamai, scratches his ear, “I said go Away, I don't know or care who your high Lord is.” Malik screams back with rage, “you should hold your tongue, worm those words could be seen as treason.” Akamai sighs out in frustration, “what I don't understand you, just go away, I am working.” Malik motions too his men and one of them kicks the door in. The light that now comes in through the broken door makes the cottage look smoky. “What, what is this” Akamai, stands to his feet, reaching over nine feet tall. Malik and his men are taken aback by the sheer size of Akamai. “Who is the worm now?” Akamai quietly asks. Malik falters as he gazes up into Akamai’s eyes, “I have orders, from the High Lord Inquisitor, on the behalf of the Royal King, Druca.” Malik, stammers out the well rehearsed dogma of the Inquisition. “We are here for the woman Anya Marice who stands accused of witchcraft. Akamai, throws his head back in laughter, before somberly looking down on the guards. “Who says she is a witch?” Malik, stutters as he replies. “That doesn't matter, what, what dose matter is that she has been reported to the Inquisition as a witch.” “Therefore we must bring her before our lords good judgment.” Akamai’s mood begins to grow darker as he replies “careful little man what you say, for she is my mother.” “I am Akamai Marice and if you call her a witch again I shall consider it treason unto her memory.” With an ineffectual and nasally voice Malik replies “Well, we must take her in, where is she?” Akamai, slumps into his chair with sadness in his eyes, as he points out the window towards an old weeping willow tree, “She is there, in forever and eternal sleep, gone from me not one winters moon past.” Malik turns to look out the window, “Tell me then, where is your father?” Akamai replies with a tone that strongly suggests this stranger in his house has no right to ask such a thing, “I know him not.” Malik replies with malice, “Indeed I should imagine there is some craft involved in so much as the sheer size of you.” Akamai, looks down at Malik and replies with a disdain almost palpable in the air, “I told you already I don't like your suggestions of craft least of all where my mother’s good name is involved.” ”Then it is for this reason that you, a faithful and loving son should come in her stead to plead her case before the High Lord Inquisitor.” “And what do I care of this Lords request.” Malik, begins to feel brave again with the power he garners from his place of authority, “all though it may be sad that your mother did not to teach you of the courts, or of ownership of land, there are things you must, now be told.” “The truth is, this land is owned by the good King Druca.” “The good King did in his splendor allow the family of Marice the rights to this hovel of a dwelling.” Akamai, reacts in anger to Malik’s speech, “I don't like the sound of your voice, you should leave.” Malik quips back, “what you like does not matter at present.” “If you wish to continue, to live here then you must, convince the High Lord there was no fault involved.” “Or the land right can and will be stripped away from your family.” “In terms that you can understand come with us or be put out of your home.” “Oh and who is going to do that now.” Akamai, stands up again but with a tinge of anger in his demeanor this time. “Surely you don't think you could will me to leave here, where I have grown all my life.” Malik replies quickly “Come with me now or I will return with ten times as many men and we will burn this hovel to the ground.” “Speak for your mother or we will be forced to bring her into the light from whence the place she rest's now.” Akamai balls his hands into fists, fists he is ready to use on Malik, “You would not dare!” “I would have no choice, it is said that a witch may slumber in a silent grave moving down the ages, until she is forgotten.” “Upon being forgotten they shall rise up to stir mischief and lead souls astray.” “The only way one can be sure is to tie them to the stake and burn them till only ash remains.” Akamai's face turns pale, “I know my mother is not a witch, she grew still from an infection.” “Infection brought on by the bite of a wicker whale, there is no magic involved there, just a danger of the woods we live so close too.” Malik, feigning interest and concern speaks quietly, “my sympathies Akamai, all you need do is tell witness in the court and your good mothers name will be cleared.” Akami, looks around thinking to himself, these men surly could mean trouble if ignores them, at last he replies “I do not relish the thought of leaving, but I will go with you.” Malik, claps his hands together, “good, we shall wait for you outside while you gather your things.” “Things, what things, should I bring to this court of yours?” “Might I suggest a hat and a lunch it is a day’s journey to the east.” I will wait but hurry. Malik walks from the cottage and around the corner calling to his second in command Captain Breaves, a crisply dressed soldier, “Captain Breaves, I will leave you with three men you are to wait till we are out of view.” “Then dig up the witch put her in this hovel and burn it to the ground.” “Yes my Lord Captain, it will be done.” “And Breaves, hurry to catch up to us I do not like the look of this fellow, it’s just not natural to be such a size.” Malik, turns and walks back to the front of the cottage. Akamai ducks down to step through the cottage door “Alright I am ready let us get this over with.” Breaves, walks over motioning to three of the men, “Come with me!” Malik, mounts his horse and turns to leave calling out. “Forward, and Akamai, I don't believe any of our mounts will hold you, so you shall have to walk.” “That's alright I would rather crawl then ride such a funny looking creature.” The Inquisition guards and Akamai move down the road until they are far away. Far away from the home in which Akamai, has up to this point, spent his whole life. The Guards of the Inquisition move at a slow pace so that Akamai can keep up. Malik calls a hold to the guards “Look over there, just below the tree line.” Malik turns to his five guards. “Give me the glass.” One of the guards dismounts to bring Malik A long tube fitted with glass in either end. Malik takes the glass and looks out across the field towards the tree line.

Drabeo, hurries the children along, being careful to stay just on the edge of the forest, “Carefully children, keep your eyes open, this part of the woods can be dangerous. there are mean and foul creatures that reside here.” Micelo looks around “Really what kinds?” “There is said to be a lot of wolves, wicker whales and even dromini.” Ceila asks with an incredulous tone, “what’s a wicker whale?” “It’s a bird, no bigger than your fist, but with a razor sharp beak.” Micelo, puffs up his chest, acting brave for his sister, “that doesn't sound too scary.” Drabeo chuckles back, with the mirth of an old man telling a ghost story, “Ah, but you see they are rarely ever alone they hunt in packs, and they are ruthless and smart.” “It has been said that once the wicker whales have your scent you will never get away from them.” “Worst of all is they are very poisonous.” “Once you have been stabbed by their little, sharp, teeth filled beaks, you are sure to fall from the disease of it.” Ceila, looks around timidly, “oh, I see.”

Malik sits upon his horse spying on the three moving through the edge of the forest, “what a fortunate turn of events for us I recognize those two children, the runts of Manaphis.” “Guards I am sure that the man escorting them is a traitor, I want you to capture the children and kill him. Akamai, having over heard them burst out “Whatever did they do, to deserve that.” Akamai, can see the children and Drabeo moving through the edge of the forest even without the spy glass. “They are prisoners of The High Lord Inquisitor, escaped of this I am sure.” “Guards if you cannot capture the children, kill them.” Akamai, tightens his grip upon the walking staff he brought with him, “you can’t kill children that's not right.” “Akamai this has nothing to do with you, stay out of it or you shall forfeit your lands and your life.” The rage inside Akamai that had slowly been building since his morning had been disturbed was quickly reaching a critical point. “I won’t let you hurt children, I don’t care if you think you can take my home.” Akamai, leaps forward sweeping his walking staff into the air knocking three of the guards from their saddles the blood flying from their wounded face's spraying across Malik. Malik screams out “get him!” Akamai, recovers quickly and with another swing smashes the remaining two guards heads into each other, with the end of the walking staff. A staff that is fit for a flag pole. Malik screams with a whine “you fool, I'll be back.” Malik turns his horse down the road and takes off in a gallop. Akamai, turns to look into the edge of the forest and watches while the three quickly fade off into the distance safe for now.

The five guards sit in the small cottage having made themselves, at home, even going so far as to eat the stew left to simmer over the fire place. Breaves sigh’s “It’s a shame the giant man will have to die he prepares a great stew. Tolso, one of the meanest of the guards a cruel individual, with a long face, guffaws out loud. “True, maybe they should make him a galley slave.” Breaves, shakes his head, “hmm, well I think we have taken long enough here they should long since be out of eye sight.” Tolso stretches out on the bed. “Say's you I think a nap proper is in order here.” “What, after having enjoyed such a fine meal is better.” “Besides not like that one gentle giant could harm six armed men.” “We can always tell the Lord Captain, we had to dig deep to find the old hag.” The other two guards nod their heads in agreement already finding comfortable spots to lay down. Breaves turns toward the door, “Tolso, you were ever the slacker, that's why I was put in charge of you and I'll not sit idly around.” Tolso, yawn’s, “go ahead, be spineless then and start digging, I see a chance for a reprieve and I plan on taking it.” Breaves shakes his head and walks out the broken door towards the weeping willow grabbing a shovel from beside the front porch. Breaves, approaches the base of the tree looking around expecting to see a tombstone or a small wooden cross. “So this is the final resting place of a once honorable land holder.” “Not even a marker to display the final resting place.” Breaves falls to his knees at the base of the tree, looking for any signs of disturbed soil, in the otherwise pleasant looking grass. “Tell me lady Marice, where is it that you lay.” Feeling all over the ground, Breaves is overcome with a deep feeling of sleep and falls forward to lay on his chest. As Breaves is falling forward he notices the tree above him. It's trunk is broad with a dark grey bark very smooth, uncommonly so for such a tree. In the shade of the vividly green leafs hanging down low he notices a large yellow bulge upon one branch. The branch is stretched out like an arm slightly twisted as if in pain. The bulge of yellow is dripping a gross dark slime, like an infection. Sleep over takes Breaves and he slips into dark and troubled dreams.

Breaves, unaware of his lapse into dreams is accosted by memories of his childhood, of the abbey he was taken from as a child. His parents scream as the guards dressed all in red pull him away from his mother. The Vivid color of her blood as another guard swings an axe removing her head. Breaves shakes in his sleep as he sees images of his fellow guards at the academy savagely murder townsfolk. He feels his heart grow cold as he watches in horror as he partakes in the murders, he has his orders what can he do. “Why, why must I, help me.” Breaves muffled screams fade away in side his mind and the visions turn into a subtle hazy gray. He lowers his head to his chest wishing he could cry. Breaves lifts his head to cry out. “Hello, Where Am I.” Breaves, turns around to see a lonely weeping tree, it dances in the hazy light swaying to and fro then throwing its branches forwards as if in a greeting. Lightning flashes through the skies and in the relief of the darkness the tree stands out vividly silver. The tree is special Breaves can tell but he doesn’t know she is one of a very few left of her kind. She is a dromini, a tree spirt. “You are here, I am Lady Anya Marice, and you have asked me for help.” Breaves cries out in fear, “what devilry is this, then you are a witch!” “Hardly a witch I am a woman, I am a tree spirt. Sadly I cannot greet you as a woman, so as to put your troubled mind at ease.” “For the wicker whale has bit me and I must stay in this form of a tree to slow the infection which otherwise might take over me.”

Breaves yells with the indignation of someone trained for too many years by narrow minded men, “Spirt, witch what is the difference you are of magic, and there for I must burn you down.” “Now what would be the point in that, for it was, you who asked me for help, young man there is a very big difference between a witch and a spirt.” “Not, to me there isn't.” “Well now your ignorance does not make it any less so.” “Besides, what, what can you do to help me.” “Ah, so there is hope in you yet, I have heard the way of your heart, young man you have done much wrong, but there is still time for you to do good.” Breaves looks down, ashamed that anyone else should know of his past misdeeds, “how, is that going to help me?” “Well, I can only help you to see the error of your ways, and suggest to you there is always a choice to do the right thing.” “What would you call the right thing?” “Oh but that is simple, do what makes your heart grow free and wild and that which is just to those whom you have power over.” “A good start would be to help my son, he will be back soon, but he is still such a child.” Breaves, begins to wake, and the image of the tree fades into the distance as he staggers up to his knees the last words echoing in his mind. Upon fully waking Breaves is filled with fear at the thought of a talking tree and scrambles backwards out from under its branches. “It cannot be! And yet look at the trunk; you are shaped as if a rather large woman!” The tree waves back and forth in the gentle breeze, but remains silent. Breaves stands to his feet the echoing words of her last request gaining in power. “I do not like this life I live.” “You are right Lady Anya!” Breaves Bows before her then rises and turns quickly for his horse muttering softly under his breath. A gentle madness having taken hold of him, the sort of madness that is so bright in its revelation that truth cannot be denied. “But I do mean to change it, I know I cannot persuade my fellow guards.” “As such I have no choice but to dispatch of them while they sleep.” Breaves upon reaching the horses, removes all, of the cross bows loading each one. He turns back and walks to the cottage carefully balancing them in his arms. Carefully and with deadly silence Breaves sets one of the crossbows on the table and takes aim at the hearts of two of the guards on the floor. “Forgive me, yet this will be a quicker death than the lot of us deserve.” Breaves pulls the triggers and in an instant both of the guards are dead, their last screams and the sound of the two empty crossbows as they hit the floors a violent punctuation to a violent life. Breaves retrieves the third crossbow from the table in an instant just long enough for the screams to wake up Tolso, who sits up from the gentle giants bed. “What the hell, Breaves have you gone mad!” Breaves pulls the trigger with a deadly aim, and a razor sharp steel tip. In an instant the end of the arrow is sticking straight out of Tolso's forehead. “You shall not kill anymore!” The light quickly fades from the eyes of Tolso as he slumps forward dead. Breaves turns to a work bench to retrieve an axe and heads back outside to the tree. “Forgive me my lady, but it does seem to me that the best way to save you is to remove that which festers.” Breaves, begins to chop at the wounded branch, with every swing he swears he can hear a scream.

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User:Stick dog

G'day all. I'm a Vet. Student at JCU, which is located in Tropical North Queensland, Australia. I'm new to Wikiversity but have been on Wikipedia for a little while.

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1.0 Breeds of Dogs
 * 1.1 Toy Dogs
 * 1.2 Terriers
 * 1.3 Gun Dogs
 * 1.4 Hounds
 * 1.5 Working Dogs
 * 1.6 Utility Dogs
 * 1.7 Non-Sporting or Companion Dogs
 * 1.8 Wild Canids

1.0 Breeds of Dog
See also Dog Breedsat Wikipedia

It is important for any veterinary professional to have a basic understanding of dog breeds. Many breeds are predisposed to certain diseases. Dog breeds are commonly divided into a number of groups, which vary by country, but are roughly as outlined below.

Toy Dogs

Terriers

Gun Dogs

Hounds (sometimes divided into scenthounds and sighthounds)

Working Dogs or Herding Dogs

Utility Dogs or Guardian Dogs

Non-Sporting or Companion Dogs

Northen Breeds are sometimes given their own group. Wild canids, while not breeds of dog, will also be covered.

1.1 Toy Dogs
Toy dogs have been bred for companionship. Common examples include the Chihuahua,

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User:CarrieBerg/The Eyes Have It

I see eyes everywhere.

No. I'm not paranoid. But I know my words won't convince you.

I doubt you'd believe me even if you did see them.

But doubtless of whether you believe me or not, whether you see them or not, they are there.

And they are watching me. Tracking my progress.

OK - now I know you think I'm crazy. I assure you, I am not. My employer just has a... unique way of watching me.

Ah, perhaps it would make more sense if I started at the beginning of the story...

Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Galena. A not-so-average human. A Class-3, Galactic Standard Being, or a C-3 GSB, if you will. Average humans are Class-5. My boss, on the other hand, is a Class-1, Interdimensional Being, or C-1 IB. He's not quite a god, but I'm sure he'd like to think so. And his powers, in all honesty, do make him seem very god-like to us humans. My paltry abilities seem like nothing when compared to him.

Yet, he still needs me.

Why does he need me? I can't claim it's my stunning good looks since I have none. No, it's for my good ol' human curiosity. What else? C-1 IBs, while stunningly powerful, haven't quite mastered the ability to sift through vast random events and find what is useful in them. They don't have curiosity, they don't have flashes of insight or intuition. It is precisely for those skills I was hired in the first place. My curiosity knows no bounds. And my intuition - it's, ah, part of the reason why I'm Class-3, instead of a Class-5.

I am a "freelance researcher". That is my official title, anyway. I'm not really a detective. In fact, I serve rather the opposite purpose. People hire me to throw detectives, or whoever is watching them, off track. They openly hire me under some pretense to find out information that they want other people to think they are seriously looking into. Meanwhile, they secretly hire someone else to find out what they really want to know. It isn't expected that I'll find out anything useful, but if I do, all the better. Though I usually keep what I find to myself - and I'm paid very highly to do so.

I am the ultimate red herring. You might think that some agencies have caught on to my activities. In fact, I'm sure a few of the better one's have. But they can't ignore or overlook me because I might find out something they don't want my employer to know. So they can't afford not to watch me. Which ultimately spreads them thin, and so my employer is still pleased with my work.

So why would an Class-1 Interdimensional Being hire me?

Obviously to lay down a false trail for other Interdimensional Beings.

While you might find this dangerous, playing with powers far more than what I possess, I find it exhilarating. I've never worked with IBs before. I expected the experience to be something new. I wasn't mistaken. But I wasn't really expecting the eyes.

Then again, I'm pretty sure they weren't expecting that I could see them.

And if my luck holds, two of them still don't know that I do.

There are three distinct pairs. All deep black - like a void, or a black hole. They suck in the light when they appear. But even though they all look similar, I know they are different. My boss, for one, never appears unannounced. He always lets me know he is there. There's usually a slight breeze first, then rippling lights, and then his eyes are there, watching me, and his voice is in my head. Not surprising, really. It's hard enough to form physical eyes, so why bother forming a mouth when we can talk perfectly well mind to mind?

I'm pretty sure he knows about the other two sets of eyes. How could he not? He did hire me, so he must have some idea that he was being watched.

One set is bored. Like the IB has much better things to be doing with it's time. I've met this type before, just not in IB form. They believe I won't do anything worthwhile, but they've been paid to watch me, and so their ass is on the line if they ignore me. So they sulk, and often overlook a great many things I do find as inconsequential, much to their detriment. I smiled at the thought.

The other set will not be as easy to fool. No, this set knows something is going on, even if it doesn't know what just yet. These eyes are not writing me off as inconsequential. In fact, these eyes seem to be taking much too much interest in me. I have a sinking suspicion that this pair of eyes has noticed that I can see them. And I have an even bigger suspicion that I shouldn't be able to unless they want to be seen. Which means the interest might be more than professional - now it might be personal. And I don't know if I can protect myself from that.

Now, IBs are both more and less powerful than you think. Yes, they are interdimensional, but that just means they are not native to our dimension. They can visit here, but only at a great loss to their powers. Kind of makes you wonder how powerful they are in their own dimension, doesn't it?

As I was saying, they can't fully interact with the physical world without using something as a medium. Usually that medium is furniture. Don't ask me why, but I think it has something to do with the potential energy trapped inside chairs... Or perhaps it has to do with Plato's ideal chair. Or was it Aristotle's chair? I don't remember. But what I do know, from my own experience, is that IBs prefer to use furniture, especially chairs, to interact with my world.

What that means is that, instead of creating a whole humanoid body so they can interact with other physical beings while visiting, the IBs enter into a chair and temporarily change it. They make it alive, so to speak, by adding a mouth, or ears, or in my case, eyes.

Creepy? Definitely. But also useful. It is a very economical expenditure of energy. And supposedly the chairs are not changed enough to gain any permanent sentience from the merging of energies. Though you'll find a great many people will not longer sit in those chairs...

So, I'm not a crazy as you first thought, getting hired to lay down a false trail for IBs. Since they aren't acting at full power, all I have to do is lead them on a merry hunt, preferably well away from whatever my employer is searching for.

Which brings me to what I am looking for.

I was hired to find a rogue C-1 IB.

It happens sometimes. The powerful no longer want to deal with the troubles that come with having power. So they run off to do something totally mundane.

However, in this case, totally mundane means transforming into a humanoid creature, giving up the ability to shift dimensions, and becoming vastly less powerful than before.

In short, I had to find a being that could literally be anywhere and look like anything.

Well, anything except a chair with eyes.

But my task was not as hopeless as it seemed. My employer had provided me with a place to start looking. A place not to far from where I grew up, actually. So poking around there wouldn't be too difficult.

And he gave me a way to find out if a person was once an C-1 IB.

Not surprisingly, it was all in the eyes. They could turn into any form, look like any creature in the universe, but their eyes never changed. They were still black, without reflection, as deep as the void.

Which was helpful information, but not entirely so.

Sadly, there is this little invention called the contact lens. You know, those things that you put in your eye that can, well, change their color? Yeah, those things. And I was willing to bet that any transformed IBs would be wearing them. I certainly would. And I wasn't about to go around asking people, "Hey, are you wearing contact lenses? Could you take them out so I could see if you are an Interdimensional Being?  Thanks."

You already think I crazy because I see eyes. Wouldn't you think I'm even more crazy if I started asking about yours? Thinking you were an Interdimensional Being? Yah, I thought so too. So I decided I'd research first and ask about eyes later.

I know you are curious as to who else my employer had hired. The person (or persons, depending on how paranoid my employer is) who was hunting down what they really wanted to know. Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm curious too. I'm never told about anyone else my employer may hire. For safety reasons mostly, in case I'm questioned. I can't lie if I don't know the truth.

I see you don't quite believe me. Well, it is true that my employer doesn't tell me. If I find out on my own, well, that's a different story. What my employer doesn't know won't hurt him.

But as of yet, I could discover no other person he had hired. Much less any other research goals. I had asked around, discretely, and had even pulled in a few favors to find out.

But there was nothing.

It was as if I was the only one he hired. Either my employer was much cleverer than I thought, or he was making a big mistake.

I'm not sure I wanted to be the only one. I'm far too used to playing by my own rules to start being a legitimate researcher now. This does not mean that I usually use illegal methods of gathering my information! That would be useless! Not to mention utterly inadmissible in court.

No, what I'm saying is that I'm too used to being the decoy to be the true researcher. I prefer the thrill of being chased, the excitement of staying one step ahead of my pursuers. But the more I looked into it, the more I realized I was going it alone. If that was the game my employer was playing, he really was much smarter than I thought. But if I couldn't pull this off, I was screwed. And so was my employer.

It was a bold move, making me into the true - and sole - researcher. It would certainly get all those watchdog agencies in a twist. Was I the decoy or not? Oh, the chaos it would cause! With luck it would give them doubts about me in the future too. If I managed to successfully complete this assignment.

So, that brings me back to researching the missing IB. The reason I'm talking to you. If my employer isn't going to hire anyone else to be a decoy or researcher, then I guess I have to take initiative and provide that person myself.

You'll be wanting to know what I pay. Let's just say that it is more than enough to cover any problems that may arise. This is a lucrative business, despite what others my think.

Just don't look too surprised if you spot an eye or two.

Remember - you've been hired to be watched.

So look calm, act natural. And never forget:

Keep an eye on the chairs.

.:.:.:.:.:.

The statues I chose from the Olympic Sculpture Park I know most people overlook - even though the carvings don't overlook you. Do you know the Father and Son fountain? How about the chairs scattered around it? Those chairs are carved like eyes. There are three sets - two pairs are facing away from the fountain, and the last pair is located facing away from the water, a slight ways away from the other two pairs. All three eyes can be seen from standing on the overlook and looking down. One set it half-lidded, one is open wide, and one is angled away from the viewer so it is harder to make out. But all look on, even though most people's eyes slide right over them... Why don't you look for them next time? Then you too can see eyes everywhere.

And, this is as far as I believe I'm going to get on this story at this time. Sorry. I will work on it more in the future - I have great plans in mind. Sadly, I do not believe I have to time to finish it before the end of the quarter. (I admit, I rushed this ending. I'll probably change it in the real version.)  So, let's just call this Chapter 1, or Prologue and leave it at that. For now...

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Emanuel Jauregui  Emamuel Jauregui was born in Cd. Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. He realized his studies in ITSON university (INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE SONORA). Recently he is working in a Wireless Game Development Studio. The areas of interest are: Game Programming, Brew C++ Programming, Java Programming and the .Net Programming.

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Hi, my name is Jesus Gonzalez aka Jesse Gonzalez. I am the owner of www.REOPro.NING.com and am a active Realtor living and working in Metro Nashville.

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Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

Understanding Objects
Suppose you are the personnel manager for a company and you need to hire someone to fill an important position. After sifting through dozens of resumés, you select one candidate to call for a face - to - face interview at your company offices. You call her (let’s say her name is Issy) on the phone and chat for a few minutes and confirm that she appears to be the right person for the job. You (we’ll pretend your name is Jack) make arrangements for Issy to fly to your location, stating that you will meet her at the airport.

However, since the two of you have never met before, you start asking a few questions so you can recognize each other at the airport. Issy says she’s short with blonde hair and that she will be wearing a black business suit and carrying a tan leather briefcase. You then describe yourself as six feet tall with brown hair and say that you’ll be wearing a gray suit. You then set a date and time for the flight and everything’s ready for the interview.

Everyday Use of Objects
Perhaps without realizing it, both of you used objects in the course of your conversation. (An object is just a simplification of something that you wish to use in your program. In this example, you are creating a list of properties that will be used to describe a person object.) First, you implicitly created a person class during the phone call. A class is a template used to describe an object. As such, a class is an abstraction or simplification of some object you observe in the real world. You can break a class down into two basic components:
 * 1) The properties that describe the object,
 * 2) The methods, or actions, that you wish to associate with the object.

Class Properties
The class properties are the data that you want to record and associate with an object. If you wanted to create a class person object, a list of properties might include:

 * name
 * gender
 * height
 * build
 * hairColor
 * eyeColor
 * clothing
 * accessories

It’s important to notice that, prior to the phone conversation, the properties list for the class person named Issy is virtually empty. In fact, all you were able to fill in from her résumé were her name and gender. However, after the phone conversation you were able to fill in almost all of the properties for the class person object named Issy. (You might scare her away if you tried to fill in the build and eyeColor properties over the phone.)

While you were filling in a class person object named Issy, she was doing the same thing for a class person object named Jack. Prior to the phone call, the class person object Issy created to be associated with the name Jack may have been totally empty, because Issy had no idea who might be calling her about a job interview. However, the dialog on the phone enabled each party to fill in at least some of the property values for the other.

Properties of "Person" object Issy Name: Issy Height: 59" Hair Color: Blonde Build: Petite Glasses: Yes Clothing: Business casual Shoes: Black Accessories: Tan leather briefcase Gender: Female Methods: CarrySign, Speak, Walk, WaveHands

From Issy’s point of view, her class person object went from a totally nondescript object to (at least) a partially identifiable object after the phone call was completed. By changing the values of the class properties, you are able to change the state of the object. The state of an object is determined by the values of the properties used to describe the object. In our example, the properties used to describe the state of a class person object are those in our list. While people don’t change their names very often, it happens occasionally. Likewise, people do gain and lose weight, dye their hair, wear tinted contacts, change clothes, and alter their accessories. If any of these property values change, the state of the object also changes. Just keep in mind that anytime the value of a property changes, the state of the object — by definition — also changes.

Class Methods
Just as there are property values that define the state of an object, there are usually class methods that act on the properties. For a class "Person" object, you would want that object to be able to talk, wave his or her arms, walk, change clothes, and so forth. In short, the class methods determine the behaviors the object is capable of performing. Methods are used to describe whatever actions you wish to associate with the object and manipulate the data contained within the object.

We can depict the phone conversation between Issy and Jack as objects of the "Person" class. Often, class methods are used to take one or more property values, process the data those properties contain, and create a new piece of data as a byproduct of the method's process. For example, you might create an invoice object that has priceEach and quantityOrdered (among others) as properties of an "Invoice" class. You might then create a method named salesTaxDue as a class method that would compute the sales tax due for the invoice. In fact, you might have another "Invoice" property named salesTax that gets filled in automatically as part of the code contained in the method named salesTaxDue.

In a way a class may be viewed as a specific type of noun: a person, place, or thing. Class methods, on the other hand, often behave like verbs, denoting some kind of action to be taken on the data.


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Visual Basic .NET/Reusable Code

Previously we have learned about declaring variables and writing logical code. This lesson will focus on making reusable code through the use of functions, modules and subprocedures.

Introduction
Imagine that you have a fully fledged GUI interface for your program. A treeview control, several text boxes, some buttons, a few menus, and other odds and ends. Your program takes values entered into the text boxes and adds them to the treeview control. But you don't want just any values, you want MAC addresses. MAC addresses consist of 6 pairs of 2 digit hexidecimal characters. You want to validate the txt put in the control. Also, you want to add the value to the treeview control, but only if it is not already there.

The wrong way and the right way
One might be tempted to write code that produces the desired result for an action that you know several code blocks will need to perform. This works and is not hard to do, but it wastes a lot of space and makes your code harder to read, and harder to fix.

The above code helps illustrate. Both procedures execute exactly the same with only slight variations. Why not consolidate that code so that if future code additions need it, they can call it too? Below is how one might do this. Ahh, but what if I wanted to have the type of control change between code block? Easy, Just specify the type of control as another argument.

Functions
I know I went over functions previously, but it is worth noting that functions are specifically designed to be re-usable code. Take some value or reference (or not) do something and return a value. They are really not designed to do anything else. You can obviously affect objects with a function like changing colors in a control or something, but a function has to return a value (along all code paths I might add). There is no similar stipulation for Subroutines.

Exercise
Try designing a form with two buttons and two textboxes. Write some code that has one button multiplying the value in one textbox by 2 and outputting to the second textbox, and the other button multiplying by four and outputting the same way. An example of the finished code can be found on the talk page.

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User talk:Oniyarabi toba,prestige

 'Short history of my church; was established through the mission work of SIM which began in 1893. On December 4, 2005, SIM/ECWA was 112 years old since Rowland Bingham, Thomas Kent, and Walter Gowans in their early twenties, left the comfort of their homes, families businesses in the West and headed to what was called “the Dark Continent”, to preach the Good News. Two of them died within the first year of their mission and Rowland Bingham had to be evacuated back home a couple of times because of Malaria, yet, he did not give up. However, the peak of the fruit of the ministry became a reality when Rev. Titcombe baptized 10 men and 3 women during the first baptismal service in 1909 at Ogga. The SIM churches established were incorporated as ECWA in 1954 with 7 DCCs. Today, the church that was founded through the sacrificial efforts of these saints is the ”Evangelical Church West Africa (ECWA) with 6,000 churches organized into 74 DCCs and 6 million members. Many people have benefited directly or indirectly through the ministries of SIM/ECWA.'

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User talk:Tigey

 Hello Tigey, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may

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Hi Tiger, I think you should be able to go to VB.net, then click on move, put in the new name, VB.NET, then probably agree to overwrite the old VB.NET redirect, and you should be in business. Let me if that doesn't work. Sincerely, James. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:40, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:JGonzalez

 Hello JGonzalez, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may

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Talk:Julius Caesar

This has been copied from http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761578066/caesar_gaius_julius.html. Perhaps it would be better if we had something written by Wikiversity users, so that it could be modified without having to restart the whole thing.

Was it right to kill Ceasar?
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 * Arguments for (Ceasar's arrogance)
 * Just preceding his death, Caesar refuses Artemidorus’s pleas to speak with him, saying that he gives last priority to his nearest, most personal concerns. He thus again demonstrates a split between his public and private selves, endangering himself by believing that his public self is so strong that his private self cannot be harmed.
 * This sense of invulnerability manifests itself clearly when Caesar compares himself to the North Star, which never moves from its position at the center of the sky: “constant as the Northern Star, / Of whose true fixed and resting quality / There is no fellow in the firmament. / [the] one in all [that] doth hold his place” (III.i.60–65). He not only considers himself steadfast but also infallible, beyond the questioning of mortal men, as he compares the foolish idea of him being persuaded of something to the impossible act of hefting the weight of Mount Olympus. In positioning himself thus as a divine figure, Caesar reveals his belief that he is truly a god.
 * https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/juliuscaesar/section6/page/2/
 * Arguments against (Envy)
 * Brought tributaries to Rome, in which that money caused wealth for the Romans.
 * He helped the poor.
 * Refused the crown three times on the Lupercal feast day.
 * 75 drachmas were to be given to every Roman citizen (from the will).
 * His private gardens and walkways are available to all the Romans for public pleasures.

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BCP/Lupinus

Lupinus

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BCP/Lupinus/Logs

2009 Logs

 * Jomegat 00:26, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Jomegat 00:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Jomegat 22:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Jomegat 00:38, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Jomegat 04:26, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Recent Logs

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User:Rkala

Rahul Kala

I am a student of 5-Year Integrated Post Graduate Programme (BTech + MTech in Information Technology) from Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior (http://www.iiitm.ac.in/).

Areas Of Research
* Hybrid System Design using AI and Soft Computing * Design of Algorithms * Robotic Path Planning * Speech Recognition

FOSS
I am presently also the President of Students' Forum for Free/Open Source Software, IIITM Gwalior. To know our initiatives and activities for FOSS, please visit the website of SF-FOSS (http://sf-foss.iiitm.ac.in)

Contact
Student, Room No 101, Boys Hostel-1, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, Gwalior, MP, INDIA

Mail: rahulkalaiiitm@yahoo.co.in, rkala@students.iiitm.ac.in

Phone: +91 9993746487

Personal Web Page (http://stucents.iiitm.ac.in/~ipg_200545/)

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Spanish 2/Chapter 14 (Picnics)

Outdoors

 * al aire libre - outdoors
 * cielo - sky
 * dar una caminata - to take a walk
 * dentro de - inside
 * fuera - outside
 * hormiga - ant
 * mosca - fly
 * nube - cloud
 * piedra - rock
 * sendero - trail
 * suelo - ground, trail

Eating outdoors

 * fogata - bonfire
 * fósforo or cerilla - match
 * hacer una parrillada - to have a barbecue
 * leña - firewood
 * a la parrilla - on the grill
 * puesto - stand

Foods

 * aguacate - avocado
 * asado(a) - grilled
 * asar - to grill
 * bistec - steak
 * carne de res - beef
 * cereza - cherry
 * cesta - basket
 * chuleta de cerdo - pork chop
 * durazno - peach
 * frijoles - beans
 * harina - flour
 * maíz - corn
 * mayonesa - mayonnaise
 * melón - melon
 * mostaza - mustard
 * olor - smell, odor
 * pavo - turkey
 * piña - pineapple
 * sabor - taste
 * salsa de tomate - ketchup
 * sandía - watermelon

Describe foods and the outdoors

 * dulce - sweet
 * grasoso(a) - fatty
 * mojado(a) - wet
 * picante - spicy
 * seco(a) - dry

Other words

 * acompañar - to accompany

Using usted and ustedes commands
To form an Ud. or Uds. command, drop the -o of the present-tense yo form and add -e and -en for -ar verbs and -a and -an for -er and -ir verbs.

Regular Ud. and Uds. commands

 * preparar: prepare(n) - prepare
 * comer: coma(n) - eat
 * servir: sirva(n) - serve

Irregular Ud. and Uds. commands

 * dar: dé, den - give
 * estar: esté, estén - be
 * poner: ponga, pongan - put
 * ir: vaya, vayan - go
 * ser: sea, sean - be
 * tener: tenga, tengan - have
 * traer: traiga, traigan - bring

Using por in sentences

 * To indicate length of time or distance
 * To indicate movement through, along, or around
 * To indicate an exchange of one thing for another
 * To indicate reason or motive
 * To indicate a substitution or action on someone's behalf
 * To indicate means of communication or transportation

Foods

 * aceite de oliva - olive oil
 * ají - pepper, a hot sauce made with this pepper
 * apio - celery
 * calamares - squid
 * chorizo - sausage
 * ciruela - plum
 * cordero - lamb
 * espárragos - asparagus
 * espinacas - spinach
 * fruta de estación - seasonal fruit
 * hígado - liver
 * langosta - lobster
 * pepino - cucumber
 * ternera - veal
 * toronja - grapefruit

Tastes

 * agrio(a) - bitter
 * cocido(a) - cooked
 * crudo(a) - raw
 * jugoso(a) - juicy
 * salado(a) - salty

Cultural insight (Comida al aire libre)
Throughout the Spanish-speaking world vendors and food stands make it clear: outdoor eating is very popular among the people. From tamales in Mexico to churros in Spain to fresh fruit anywhere eating outdoors is a favorite. Some dishes are also served with main dishes, such as rice and beans. Eating outdoors is popular among locals because the food is cheap, delicious, and usually prepared faster than at restaurants.

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Spanish 2/Chapter 15 (Planning a trip)

Travel plans

 * agencia de viajes - travel agency
 * agente de viajes - travel agent
 * equipaje - luggage
 * extranjero(a) - foreign
 * hacer un viaje - to take a trip
 * maleta - suitcase
 * hacer la maleta - to pack the suitcase
 * pasaporte - passport
 * planear - to plan
 * reservar - to reserve
 * reservación - reservation, booking
 * tarjeta de embarque - boarding pass
 * turista - tourist

Note: Turista can either be masculine or feminine.

Airports

 * abordar - to board
 * aduana - customs
 * aduanero(a) - customs officer
 * aeropuerto - airport
 * anuncio - announcement
 * auxiliar de vuelo - flight attendant
 * con destino a - going to
 * de ida y vuelta - round-trip
 * directo(a) - direct
 * durar - to last
 * empleado(a) - employee
 * facturar - to check
 * hacer escala - to stop over
 * inspección de seguridad - security checkpoint
 * línea aérea - airline
 * llegada - arrival
 * pasajero(a) - passenger
 * pasillo - aisle
 * piloto - pilot
 * puerta de embarque - departure gate
 * registrar - to inspect, to search
 * retraso - delay
 * salida - departure
 * ventanilla - (airplane) window
 * vuelo - flight

Other words

 * abierto(a) - open
 * bienvenido(a) - welcome
 * cerrado(a) - closed
 * insistir en - to insist
 * listo(a) - ready
 * sugerir - to suggest
 * tendremos - we will have
 * tener paciencia - to be patient

Note: Sugerir has a stem-change of e to ie.

Verbs often followed by que + subjunctive

 * decir
 * insistir en
 * necesitar
 * permitir
 * preferir
 * prohibir
 * querer
 * recomendar
 * sugerir

Present subjunctive
The subjunctive mood is often used to say that one person influences the actions of another. Note that the subjunctive sentences have two parts, each with a different subject connected by the word que.

ex.Ella sugiere que yo aprenda español.

The first part uses the present indicative verb (recommendation, suggestion, etc.) + que, and the second part uses the present subjunctive verb (what should happen).

The present subjunctive is formed the same way as negative tú commands and all Ud./Uds. commands. Drop the -o of the present-tense yo form and add the present-tense subjunctive endings.

 * hable - that I speak
 * hables - that you speak (singular)
 * hable - that he/she speaks
 * hablemos - that we speak
 * habléis - that you speak (plural)
 * hablen - that they speak

 * aprenda - that I learn
 * aprendas - that you learn (singular)
 * aprenda - that he/she learns
 * aprendamos - that we learn
 * aprendáis - that you learn (plural)
 * aprendan - that they learn

 * escriba - that I write
 * escribas - that you write (singular)
 * escriba - that he/she writes
 * escribamos - that we write
 * escribáis - that you write (plural)
 * escriban - that they write

Travels

 * acampar - to camp
 * excursionista - excursionist, traveler
 * expedición - expedition
 * explorador(ora) - explorer
 * ir al extranjero - to go abroad
 * paisaje - landscape
 * paseo - trip
 * recorrido - route
 * tienda de acampar - tent
 * trotamundos - globe-trotter, world traveler

On the airplane

 * abrocharse el cinturón - to fasten one's seat belt
 * almohada - pillow
 * aterrizar - to land
 * compartimiento sobre la cabeza - overhead compartment
 * despegar - to take off
 * procedente de - arriving from
 * tripulación - crew
 * turbulencia - turbulence
 * salida de emergencia - emergency exit
 * señal de no fumar - no smoking sign

External resources
Guide to Spain and Spanish culture

Cultural insight (Los Códices)
Explorers have discovered that the Incas of South America drew pictures of their travels of new places on walls of caves throughout the Andes in Peru. Some pictures show local people and their cities and others show royalty and lifestyles of the new land. These were called códices. Enter the museum of pre-Colombian art Cusco: https://mapcusco.pe/en/salas/shell/

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User:Causeduncaused

This is my first wiki page and/or edit, it seems appropriate. I'm interested in the studies of philosophy, Chinese medicine, and the development of global connections.

I am currently enrolled in a community college, and undertaking a course with the goal of developing an alternative to our current judicial system.

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Numerical Analysis/Power iteration exercises

Exercises
Consider the matrix, $$ A=\left[\begin{array}{c c c}6 & 2 & -1 \\2 & 5 & 1 \\-1 & 1 & 4 \end{array} \right] $$, and the vector, $$ \textbf{x}^{(0)} = \left[\begin{array}{c}1 \\1 \\ 1 \\\end{array} \right]. $$

By hand, do two iterations of the power method starting with $$ \textbf{x}^{(0)}. $$

Solution, first iteration: $$ A\textbf{x}^{(0)}=\left[ \begin{array}{c c c} 6&2&-1 \\ 2&5&1 \\ -1&1&4 \end{array} \right] \left[ \begin{array}{c} 1 \\ 1 \\ 1 \end{array} \right]=\left[ \begin{array}{c} 7 \\ 8 \\ 4 \end{array} \right],$$ so the estimated eigenvalue is $$\mu_1 = 8$$ and the estimated eigenvector is $$ \textbf{x}^{(1)} =\frac{1}{8}A\textbf{x}^{(0)} = \left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{7}{8} \\ 1 \\ \frac{1}{2} \end{array} \right] $$.

Solution, second iteration: $$ A\textbf{x}^{(1)}=\left[ \begin{array}{c c c} 6&2&-1 \\ 2&5&1 \\ -1&1&4 \end{array} \right] \left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{7}{8} \\ 1 \\ \frac{1}{2} \end{array} \right]=\left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{27}{4} \\ \frac{29}{4} \\ \frac{17}{8} \end{array} \right],$$ so the estimated eigenvalue is $$\mu_2=\frac{29}{4}$$ and the estimated eigenvector is $$ \textbf{x}^{(2)} =\frac{4}{29}A\textbf{x}^{(1)} = \left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{27}{29} \\ 1 \\ \frac{17}{58} \end{array} \right] $$.

Use a computational software package to do 50 iterations. What was the result? Solution, 50 iterations: The estimated eigenvalue after 50 iterations is $$ \mu=7.5712 $$ with estimated eigenvector $$ \textbf{x}^{(50)}=\left[\begin{array}{c} 1.0000 \\ 0.7507 \\ -0.0698 \end{array} \right] $$


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Numerical Analysis/Inverse iteration exercises

Consider the matrix, $$ A=\left[\begin{array}{c c c}6 & 2 & -1 \\2 & 5 & 1 \\-1 & 1 & 4 \end{array} \right] $$, and the vector, $$ \textbf{x}^{(0)} = \left[\begin{array}{c}1 \\1 \\ 1 \\\end{array} \right]. $$

The LU decomposition of A is $$ L=\left[\begin{array}{c c c} 1&0&0\\0.3333&1&0\\-0.167&0.3077&1\end{array}\right], U=\left[\begin{array}{c c c}6&2&-1\\0&4.333&1.333\\0&0&3.423\end{array}\right]$$.

By hand, use the LU decomposition to do two iterations of the inverse power method (without shift) starting with $$ \textbf{x}^{(0)}. $$

Solution, first iteration: $$ LU\textbf{y}^{(1)}=\textbf{x}^{(0)} \Rightarrow \textbf{y}^{(1)}=\left[\begin{array}{c}0.1910\\0.0674\\0.2809\end{array}\right]$$. The estimated eigenvalue is $$ \mu_1 = \frac{1}{0.2809}=3.56 $$ and the estimated eigenvector is $$ \textbf{x}^{(1)}= \frac{\textbf{y}^{(1)}}{0.2809} = \left[ \begin{array}{c} 0.6800 \\ 0.2400 \\ 1.0000 \end{array} \right] $$.

Solution, second iteration: $$ LU\textbf{y}^{(2)}=\textbf{x}^{(1)} \Rightarrow \textbf{y}^{(2)}=\left[\begin{array}{c}0.1996\\-0.0966\\0.3240\end{array}\right]$$. The estimated eigenvalue is $$ \mu_2 = \frac{1}{0.3240}=3.0864 $$ and the estimated eigenvector is $$ \textbf{x}^{(2)} = \frac{\textbf{y}^{(2)}}{0.3240} = \left[ \begin{array}{c} 0.6158 \\ -0.2982 \\ 1.0000 \end{array} \right] $$.

Use a computational software package to do 50 iterations. What was the result? Solution, 50 iterations: The estimated eigenvalue after 50 iterations is $$ \mu_{50} = \frac{1}{0.4375}=2.2855 $$ and the estimated eigenvector is $$ \textbf{x}^{(50)} = \left[ \begin{array}{c} 0.7750 \\ -0.9394 \\ 1.0000 \end{array} \right] $$.


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User:AnthonyThomas

Bio
My names Anthony, and I am really into 3D arts and animations. I study as much as I can on the topic. I spend a lot of my times improving myself as an artist in general.

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic: Car Commercial

 * Research Component: I want to make a fully 3D animated Car Commercial (personal) to learn more about

how car commercials are done, by studying the and applying an industry pipeline, and applying it to my own way of working.

 * week 1: Watch several Car Commercials and come up with an idea for mine.

 * week 2: Plan out the commercial, and create my own personal pipeline.

 * week 3: Start the Animation, and finalize it

 * week 4: Set up all the shots, and render passes, Shade and texture the car.

 * week 5: Have the car Fully Animated and Rendered.

 * week 6: Composite all shots and edit the shots.

 * week 7: Add Audio and Music

 * week 8: Finalize and Burn DVD.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
I recently forced myself to ponder on a sculpture I didn't like at the Seattle Sculpture Park. Being asked to find something I didn't like there was pretty bold. I don't like any of the work there. I find that style and form of art to be boring, and un-eventful. the fact that someone got paid to make a huge metal block of steel....and call it art, well that in itself bends me the wrong way. I'm not going to lie, I cared nothing about looking up the artists history or other art pieces. But I did have to trick my mind into thinking I liked something about that place. So I did. Upon furthure examination I noticed some things about the individual pieces that really caught my eye. It wasn't the fact they they had made something so stupid as a block of metal....but the thing I really like about the pieces all together is the material...Odd I know. For instance, Tony Smith, nailed it right on with his stainless steel, Black. So smooth, and yet seems very soft. Subtle Reflections, and yet the specularity of the objects pick up the light very well, carving the edges of the block. If a certain someone hadn't made me go and look at it, I'd never had noticed that. I did very much enjoy looking around and forcing my mind to ponder a little deeper, and train my eyes to look a little closer.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
Ok, I gotta ask myself, "How am I going to do this assignment?" and I specifically remember getting into a debate with someone who claimed this, "Grand Theft Auto Games are the reasons why we have an increase of crime and shootings" I feel there is no real evidence that Grand Theft Auto Specifically has lead to the increase of violence in the world. Maybe a huge mixture of movies, television, games, and various music artists. I think this would fall under the category of Fallacy, mainly cause his argument was not logical.

Here's a Weasel Word for ya.

I was working on my Digital Ink and Painting class assignment, and it was later on in the evening and all of a sudden, this male enhancement commercial came on, and my roomate and I just laughed at these people that they had "Asked on the streets" about how it's worked for them. First off that in itself was a weasel action, no way would they just stop some random person on the streets and ask them how there penis is doing, secondly here is the weasel word that I got from it, "Clinically Tested and Doctor Approved." What clinic, and what doctor, right? Who are these people? That's all I got.

Self-Assessment
5/25/09 So I'm doing my late work for this website, and I realize that I'm not even signed in! I hate that I forgot to sign in, cause now my IP is plastered all over this wikiversity....Lame sauce.

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User:Triangl~enwikiversity

Hello. For information about me see my wikipedia userpage

I'm not sure whether I am here to learn or share my knowledge. Probably mostly the former, but perhaps I can share as time goes on.

I just finished my third year at Royal Holloway, University of London (made famous as the alma mata of the fictional heroine of The Da Vinci Code) I am staying at least another year, and will graduate next year with an MSci in mathematics (it is a taught undergraduate masters, I am not graduating this year, and my masters will have a classification, hopefully a 1st)

My main interests are graph theory, number theory, and cryptography. But that's what I'm good at, so I'll probably try to learn stuff about analysis, algebra, and computer science while I'm here, amongst other things unrelated to mathematics, just out of interest.

So if there's anything you think I can help with, or if you want to suggest something for me to learn, feel free to do so!

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User:Graeme E. Smith/Disappearing Memory Cells in Laminae I: A role in learning?

Disappearing Memory Cells in Laminae I A Role in Learning? Graeme E. Smith, GreySmith Institute of Advanced Study  http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:GreySmith_Institute   http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:GreySmith_Institute  grysmith@telus.net In 1970 Marr introduced A Theory for Cerebral Neocortex which put great weight on the role of the Mossy Dendrites in Laminae I of the Cerebral Neocortex. In 1983 Eccles introduced The Horizontal (Tangential Fiber) System in Laminae I of the Cerebral Neocortex Which indicated that very few nerve cells were found in Laminae I of the Cerebral Neocortex of Adult brains. Assuming both are true, where did the Mossy Dendrites go? In this article I assume that both articles are correct, with respect to Mossy Dendrites and that they merely represent studies done at different times in the life of the Neocortex. I present a hypothesis that might explain why immature brains have more mossy dendrite neurons than adult brains. In 1969 David Marr began to publish a series of studies on the Micro-Anatomy of the Pyramidal Memory areas in the brain, based on the then in vogue assumption that neurons were equivalent to mathematical statements, and therefore that an arrangement of neurons would define a simultaneous equation which would have a probability function, that he could detect. Of interest in this article is his 1970 article A Theory on the Cerebral Neocortex In this theory he introduced the idea of a group of neurons called a CODON which he suggested made the cortex into a "self-classifying content addressable memory". It was of course an oversimplification of the nature of the cerebral neocortex, but it pointed the way towards a more complete model at a later date. Of especial interest to me, is the role that the mossy dendrites in Laminae I seemed to suggest, that of detection of patterns of activation in the inputs to the Cerebral Neocortex, and an almost buss-like local connective architecture, that allowed them to influence the activation state of the associated pyramidal neurons in layer 2/3. From this I devised a hypothesis that in fact the mossy dendrite neurons had a role in training the pyramidal neurons to detect patterns. In this case, it was assumed that the nature of the layer was a highly competitive layer where neurons competed for activation by creating inhibitive links with each other, to suppress alternative patterns of activation. It was naturally assumed that this inhibitive activity would concentrate locally, with the effect of creating local islands of specialization, explaining to some extent Marr's conception that the CODON was self-classifying. Unfortunately Marr also assumed that he would be able to find a probabilistic function for the connections between the neurons, something that did not actually happen. This destroyed the mathematical function model of neural networks because there was a chaotic factor that eliminated probabilistic models. There were two main things going against Marr's probabilistic approach to the placement of connections, the Phenomenal nature of Neural Networks where the location of a memory is indeterminate until the actual time it is distributed across the network, which makes selection of particular memories within the implicit memory difficult if not impossible, and the opportunistic nature of connections between neurons which adds a chaotic factor to the connections that means that no two brains are connected simularly. The best method of dealing with these confounding factors in organization is the concept of Neural Darwinism, which allows the brain to self-organize to overcome variations in local anatomy by the gyrus and sulcys organizational level. Of interest but not well explained in the book, is the concept of a Neural Group, which is defined by hundreds of neurons acting on each other pre-firing to promote a very small number (1 or 2) neurons in the group to fire for the whole group. Marr's theory did not attempt to deal with this larger micro-architecture, and so the two theories can be seen to be to some extent complimentary. In 1983 JC Eccles wrote an article The Horizontal (Tangential Fibers) System of Laminae I of the Cerebral Neocortex in which he takes a closer look at the micro-anatomy the brain, and determines that there are very few neurons in Laminae I of the Adult Brain, but that the so called Tangential Fiber system of Laminae I, is a complex matted fiber layer that takes it's inputs from a number of different sources. At one point in his article he shows that the tangential fibers form a classic instar at the dendrite of the pyramidal neuron suggesting a direct connection between these different input sources, and the dendrites. He also draws an inference from the inhibitive field of the Martinotti cells, that the role of the spiky neuron is to block the inhibitive field. This suggests that inputs to the granular layer in the 4th laminae, trigger the pyramidal cells in their columns by blocking the inhibitive effects of the Martinotti cells, and thus, sensitizing the pyramidal cells to patterns of inputs from layer 4. If so, it would seem that role of the mossy dendrite neurons is no longer needed in the adult brain which is why they are sloughed off at an earlier age, and very few are left by adulthood. If we accept this then we are left I think, to wonder what the role of the mossy dendrite neurons is, if it can be mostly dispensed with by adulthood. One hypothesis that I put forward, is that the mossy dendrites in laminae I of the immature cerebral neocortex are there to impose an arbitrary classification system that connects the inputs in the tangential fibers with the inputs of layer 4, in essence correlating multiple sources of inputs so that the same patterns are detected despite the individualistic nature of each source. If this is so, then I suggest the role of the mossy fiber neurons is to compare patterns from different input sources, and find the best fit that activates the pyramidal neuron with the closest levels of similar behavior between the different input signals to activate when the signals are detected. Once the Pyramidal neuron has been trained, and consistently fires when the signals are detected, the correlative function can be dispensed with, and so the mossy dendrite neurons become redundant. Mossy dendrite neurons would only remain in areas where there is some variation to the correlation between inputs that requires the correlation function to remain active. This might indicate a reason for a slow down in plasticity that is not related to the production of growth hormones, but is instead related to the stability of the input patterns for different inputs to the cerebral neocortex. People who continue learning in adulthood might retain more mossy dendrite neurons in laminae I than people who are immersed in a stable 9-5 work routine. If so this might be a factor in staving off senescence until later in life, since the mossy dendrite neurons would assist in retraining after strokes.


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And don't forget to explore Wikiversity with the links to your left. Be bold to contribute and to experiment with the sandbox or your userpage, and see you around Wikiversity! --Juan de Vojníkov 06:00, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Weiz. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Weiz~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:47, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:25, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Weiz~enwikiversity


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User talk:Gno4uv

 Hello Gno4uv, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may

 * Take a guided tour and learn to edit.
 * Visit a (kind of) random project.
 * Browse Wikiversity, or visit a portal corresponding to your educational level: pre-school, primary, secondary, tertiary, non-formal education.
 * Find out about research activities on Wikiversity.

 * Read an introduction for teachers and find out how to write an educational resource for Wikiversity.
 * Give feedback about your initial observations
 * Discuss Wikiversity issues or ask questions at the colloquium.
 * Chat with other Wikiversitans on #wikiversity-en.

And don't forget to explore Wikiversity with the links to your left. Be bold to contribute and to experiment with the sandbox or your userpage, and see you around Wikiversity! --Juan de Vojníkov 06:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

title: User talk:Gno4uv