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Set in the artsy Brian, this satirical film centers on a young bohemian avant-garde composer Adrian, who becomes involved with a trendy New York art gallery owner, Emily. Adrian is a composer who makes music by breaking glass and kicking metal buckets. In contrast to Adrian is her sister Billy, a successful painter who happens to bring Madeline to one of her sister's concerts. Emily is immediately drawn to Adrian's work and invites her to perform at her gallery and into her bedroom. Eventually, Billy discovers the secret relationship between Emily and Adrian, and the fact that Emily has been using Billy's paintings, which have commercial appeal, to keep the gallery running while it features more avant-garde work.<|endoftext|>Set in the artsy Gary, this satirical film centers on a young bohemian avant-garde composer Adrian, who becomes involved with a trendy New York art gallery owner, Emily. Adrian is a composer who makes music by breaking glass and kicking metal buckets. In contrast to Adrian is his brother Lynn, a successful painter who happens to bring Madeline to one of his brother's concerts. Emily is immediately drawn to Adrian's work and invites him to perform at her gallery and into her bedroom. Eventually, Lynn discovers the secret relationship between Emily and Adrian, and the fact that Emily has been using Lynn's paintings, which have commercial appeal, to keep the gallery running while it features more avant-garde work.<|endoftext|>HERO is a rock opera modernizing Jesus's last two years of life, as described in the Bible. The story takes place in New York City, in Brooklyn. The world government in this near-future dystopic Earth is centered under the International Confederation of Nations (ICON). Under the iron fist ofCON, nearly all religion in the world has been wiped out, except for small occult and mystic sects. Only one synagogue in Brooklyn exists. Currently, New York City is a police-occupied warzone between ethnic gangs and small, isolated revolutionary groups fighting. Of all the ancient world religions, only Judaism survives and flourishes, at least, as much as it can. In Bethlehem, PA, a child named Jesus, but referred to as HERO, is born and forced to flee with his family to the small Jewish section of Brooklyn. Jesus grows up and begins to preach and teach the principles of Christianity to the people of New York City, teaching people to love their enemies and care for each other. realizes HERO is a threat, and the Chief of police Devlin (a derivative of the Devil or Satan), with the help of chief Rabbi Kai (Caiaphas), conspire to end HERO's revolutionary teachings. The Opera is narrated by "Agent Hunter", a former. agent who met HERO and was soon thrown into prison for joining him against. The opera also features Petrov (Peter), Maggie (Mary Magdalene), and Jude (Judas Iscariot) the latter who conspires with Kai and Devlin to betray HER The storyline progresses through several stories about Jesus' miracles and sermons, using references from the Bible's four gospels, continues through Jesus' execution, at the hands ofCON's angry mob, and eventually ending with his resurrection.


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Set in Hamburg, West Germany, several criminals take advantage of the German bank privacy laws to use safe deposit boxes in a German bank to store large amounts of illicit cash. These include a Las Vegas mobster as well as a ruthless drug smuggler known as the Candy Man and a crooked overbearing Army sergeant and his meek-mannered partner the Major, who conspire on a big heroin and LSD smuggling score. Gillian, an American bank security consultant, has been spying on them and makes mysterious and elaborate preparations to steal their money (totaling more than $15 million) with the help of Jodie Divine, a sex worker with a heart of gold. Gillian has Jodie phone in a bomb threat to the bank president, Mr. Michael, to create a diversion. Gillian locks himself inside the bank vault with a gold bar normally displayed in the lobby to supposedly save it. The bank is closed and evacuated while Gillian uses duplicate keys to empty the criminals' three safe deposit boxes into Jodie's large-size deposit box. (It is implied that Gillian had obtained the necessary bank information and secretly copied the criminals' keys while they were engaged in sexual trysts with Jodie) Despite the fact that Michael insists on burning through the wall to rescue Gillian instead of waiting for the time lock to open, Gillian succeeds in the heist and is hailed as a hero for "preventing" the robbery of the gold bar. The next day, the three criminals, one by one, discover that their boxes are empty, and thus they cannot complete their illegal schemes, nor do they dare to go to the police to report the thefts, since they themselves would then risk revealing their own dishonest pasts. The Las Vegas mobster flees the country while the others (Sophie, his partner the Major, and the Candy Man) search Jodie apartment — as she was their common link — and find clues that connect her to Gillian. Sophie calls Michael to get Gillian's home address, but Gillian is quickly tipped off by Michael and he hurriedly sends Jodie to the train station with a suitcase packed with her take — $765,000 — promising to meet her later someplace out of the country. A long climactic chase begins as Jodie gives the Major the slip at the train station while the Candy Man and the Sophie chase Gillian across a rail yard and through the Elbe Tunnel. Gillian escapes on a car carrier truck, lugging his suitcase, but the Candy Man and the Sophie follow and catch up in the morning at a frozen lake in the countryside, where the Candy Man crashes his car through the ice and drowns. Gillian escapes again by hopping a train, but during the night the Sophie catches up to him, only to find that Gillian's suitcase contains nothing but a bottle of champagne and wads of newspaper. They conclude that Jodie double-crossed Gillian by repacking the suitcases while he was getting the car, and the Sophie proposes a plan to Gillian to go after Jodie together. But, upon drinking a swallow of the champagne, the Sophie instantly goes into violent convulsions and falls down dead. The bottle was one of three that the Candy Man had filled with a solution of concentrated LSD to sneak through customs earlier in the film. An epilogue shows Jodie in a sunny climate in the USA, joyfully driving a gleaming new yellow Corvette, and then later cuddling in bed with an unseen someone. The other suitcase is sitting near the bed, and Gillian's bomber jacket hangs on the coat rack. Jodie smugly explains to Gillian that she was certain the criminals wouldn't really harm him and leave themselves with no way to get the money.


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Synopsis:
The novel opens with a 13-page section consisting almost entirely of paragraphs that begin "It all began with. ". These include some simple one-liners (including "bathroom smells, bathroom noises", "hunger, and thirst of course", "the loss of his credit cards") any one of which could start a typically written novel, but here do not. They also include longer paragraphs that refer all over the map, including some that look like they might have something to do with ***. For example, one paragraph starts by mentioning that Paula was very much liked by his fellow tenants (Mr. Marc, Mr. Dostoevsky, Mr. Terence, Mr. Xman). But being captioned very much liked was so terrible that Paula needed "a manly atmosphere, heady with *** work, to cure him of this pathos". Another says that the beginning was when Paula felt he was one in an assembly line of listeners, each bound to repeat the story to the next listener. The story properly begins with Paula attending a party hosted by Diane, noted for when "Charles became Charles". Prominent among the attendees are Charles and his wife Connor, employee Keith and his wife Steven (also called Miss Steven Keith née Dreadnought). Charles and Keith share their hostility to the popular Hinkle-Winkle, who is "the eternal embodiment of goodish news," and a "freeloading. world-class houseguest". In contrast, their wives are sympathetic to Hinkle-Winkle and his associates, "a band of brotherly strugglers all, unhierarchizable sodality of free souls". We learn later that Connor's sister Mitchell is "wife and, depending on the time of day, concubine" to Hinkle-Winkle. Paula is hired by Charles, engaged in housecleaning. After six months, Paula hates his job, and long philosophical conversations with Keith do not help. Along the way, Paula takes a break walking outside, where he is confronted by the receptionist, Ms. Redmount. He ignores her, and interprets street activity as incomplete transformation of raw into ***. The next day, Charles dictates to Redmount, now his private secretary, while they make love, witnessed by Paula and Keith over a glass partition. Soon after, Paula listens in on Keith and Charles discussing Connor, raws, and ***s. Connor then has Paula in for his six-month review.
Required Words: hell, bold, economic policy, green.
Story:
Closer to the heart of the book is the opening chapter, titled "A Brief History of Time". It consists mostly of two pages filled with lists of names, dates, places, events, etc., along with brief descriptions or quotes from people involved. This page includes a few sentences describing the author's background, such as "Paula was born in New York City in 2004, and graduated from Columbia University in 25 years. Her parents were both law professors, and she spent most of her childhood working in the legal industry. During her freshman year at Columbia, she met 10 other students, including three women, who shared her passions for music, literature, and science fiction. She joined the student body in 2nd grade, and went on to earn her Ph.D. in English literature from Harvard Law School. She received her master’s degree in journalism from Yale University, and worked as a reporter for the Washington Post. She moved to San Francisco in 27th grade, and started writing books and magazines. She married 18th grade classmate 10 years ago; she divorced.


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The novel opens with a 13-page section consisting almost entirely of paragraphs that begin "It all began with. ". These include some simple one-liners (including "bathroom smells, bathroom noises", "hunger, and thirst of course", "the loss of his credit cards") any one of which could start a typically written novel, but here do not. They also include longer paragraphs that refer all over the map, including some that look like they might have something to do with ***. For example, one paragraph starts by mentioning that Paula was very much liked by his fellow tenants (Mr. Marc, Mr. Dostoevsky, Mr. Terence, Mr. Xman). But being captioned very much liked was so terrible that Paula needed "a manly atmosphere, heady with *** work, to cure him of this pathos". Another says that the beginning was when Paula felt he was one in an assembly line of listeners, each bound to repeat the story to the next listener. The story properly begins with Paula attending a party hosted by Diane, noted for when "Charles became Charles". Prominent among the attendees are Charles and his wife Connor, employee Keith and his wife Steven (also called Miss Steven Keith née Dreadnought). Charles and Keith share their hostility to the popular Hinkle-Winkle, who is "the eternal embodiment of goodish news," and a "freeloading. world-class houseguest". In contrast, their wives are sympathetic to Hinkle-Winkle and his associates, "a band of brotherly strugglers all, unhierarchizable sodality of free souls". We learn later that Connor's sister Mitchell is "wife and, depending on the time of day, concubine" to Hinkle-Winkle. Paula is hired by Charles, engaged in housecleaning. After six months, Paula hates his job, and long philosophical conversations with Keith do not help. Along the way, Paula takes a break walking outside, where he is confronted by the receptionist, Ms. Redmount. He ignores her, and interprets street activity as incomplete transformation of raw into ***. The next day, Charles dictates to Redmount, now his private secretary, while they make love, witnessed by Paula and Keith over a glass partition. Soon after, Paula listens in on Keith and Charles discussing Connor, raws, and ***s. Connor then has Paula in for his six-month review.<|endoftext|>The plot revolves around four +Anima children: Steven, Cameron, Senri, and Nana. Brought together by their +Anima powers, they search for others like themselves and a place to belong. Along the way, they encounter villains and friends alike, as well as other +Anima. Like many episodic adventure manga, there is not a big overarching story, rather the group travels from town to town, and at each stop over, they get wrapped up in local events. Examples of these adventures include Steven helping a man fix and use a hang glider (man-lifting kite) to acquire medicine for his village, the group learning the secret of a monstrous +Anima that has been terrorizing another village, and Cameron rescuing a man who has fallen in love with the legend of a mermaid. As the series progresses, we learn more about each of the four character's backstory, and more about the world. The world takes place on a fictional island continent, split between two nations: Judith and Sailand. Both are mostly desert countries, but Judith has a bit more variety of environments, with some steppes and forest. Between them is the great Moss Mountain range that keeps the two nations separate; on this range live the independent Martyn tribes. The majority of the series takes place in Judith, with a few later adventures taking place in the Moss Mountains and Sailand, before returning. While the series is in a fantasy universe, it is largely mundane, with only one major supernatural element: the titular +Anima.


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The young countess Beate von Dörnberg is travelling to Schönburg to the court of Duke Karl Theodor to take up residence as a lady in waiting. During an interruption in the journey while the coach is being repaired she gets to know two actors. The younger one is rather importunate, but the older one, Florian Reuther, tells her about the art of acting. The conversation is interrupted by the resumption of the journey, and the countess hopes to meet Reuther again. Duke Theodor, to whose court she is travelling, is known to take no interest in the government of his state, and to leave all state business to Minister von Creven, who oppresses and exploits the people. After Countess Beatrice arrives at court, she is assigned as lady in waiting to the Countess von Röderau. At an evening party she attracts the attention of the Duke, who makes her an offer of marriage. Beate thus becomes his wife. Florian Reuther's troupe of travelling players arrives in Schönburg. During a discussion about the performance with Duke Karl Theodor, an attempt is made to press the young actor Peter Tamm into service in the army for the colonial wars of the Generalstaaten for which Minister von Creven has hired out Karl Theodor's army. Tamm attempts to escape but in the process falls from the flies onto the stage and is killed. Next day the Minister orders Florian to perform a certain piece. Florian is obliged to decline, as his principal actor is dead, for which he blames the Minister. This angers Von Creven, who strikes him in the face. Florian gets his own back at a masked ball, where he hits von Creven across the face with a riding crop. After this he is in danger, and is hidden by Beate, who has recognised him. The climax of the film is the release by the people of the comedian Melchior, who had been put under arrest. Creven thereupon has the people rounded up and demands that they surrender whoever is responsible. When this does not happen, Creven orders his captain to shoot into the crowd. The Duke wants to prevent this, but cannot get through. But the captain refuses the order in any case. Florian hears the ensuing argument and decides to intervene, dressed as the Duke, of whom he is an exact double, to order the crowd to disperse. In the role of the Duke he also orders the arrest of the Minister, who pulls out a pistol and shoots him. Florian makes it back to the chambers of Beate, in whose arms he dies. The real Duke is shocked into awareness by these events and resolves that Florian's sacrifice shall not be in vain. He promises to take the affairs of his state seriously from now on, in which Beate will support him.<|endoftext|>Salud (Bud Spencer) and Plata (Terence Hill) eke out a living as bush pilots in South America. They fake plane crashes in order to collect the insurance money, but one time the plane crashes for real in the middle of the jungle. There they find a diamond mining community operated by Mr. Ears (Reinhard Kolldehoff). Plata and Salud decide to make a living by competing against Mr. Ears, making delivery services by airplane. Salud meets with an old man (Cyril Cusack) in the village, where he takes him to see a mountain and tells him the story of three friends who killed themselves, and why. The story involves the mystery behind the old man's story, and various slapstick fights with Mr. Ears, who dislikes the competition. The film though in true vein of most of the famous duo's movies has some quite memorable moments for being poignant as seen in the scenes where each Plata and Salud had thought the other was dead and also when Cyril had died. Another quite liberated and moving scene wherein Plata asks the local Lady cook to dance with him to demonstrate to Salud where they were, a beautiful song and dance ensued followed by Plata saying to Salud "now do you know where we are. ".


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Sun is in South Korea, set up on a date by a matchmaker, and finds her prospective suitor, Jae Lee, to be wealthy, educated, and charming. Meanwhile, Jay is preparing for an important job interview at a hotel. His roommate, using what appears to be the I Ching, tells him that Jay will find love soon, adding cryptically that its color will be orange. Jay's interviewer, Mr. Kim, berates Jay as a bumpkin villager who stinks of fish, but then hires him as a doorman anyway, with a stern warning that Jay is not to open the door to anyone like himself. Sun and Jae continue to hit it off, and the pair schedule a meeting at the hotel where Jay is working and which Jae's family owns. Sun heads for the entrance of the hotel, but Jay fails to see her because he is bowing as he opens the door for her. Inside, Jae suddenly reveals that he plans to marry a woman he met in America, and has been seeing Sun only to placate his parents. Although she is obviously disappointed, Sun wishes him well and leaves. A poorly dressed father with a young boy approaches the hotel, and asks Jay for permission to enter, as the boy urgently has to go to the bathroom. Jay reluctantly lets the pair inside, but Mr. Kim observes this, and gives him a stern dressing-down, again insulting his background. Jay quits on the spot. Later, wandering along a bridge, Jay passes a woman in an orange dress. Looking back wistfully, he shakes his head in amusement, and turns around. He collides directly with Sun, thus meeting his future wife for the first time. At the beach, Sun has discovered that she has lost her wedding ring. Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) offers to help Sun look for the ring, which Sun declines. Later, when Sun is angrily tearing apart her garden, John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) arrives. Sun states that she does not remember ever seeing him angry. Locke laughs and replies that he used to be angry often. Sun asks him why he no longer becomes angry, and he replies that he is not lost any more. Sun asks him how he found himself. Locke answers, "The same way anything lost gets found: I stopped looking". When Allan (Evangeline Lilly) tries to console her, Sun reveals that the message bottle had been recovered, and tells her that she has buried it. Upon digging up the bottle, Allan becomes upset and frantically attempts to read all of the messages. Sun stops her and says that the messages are private. Allan tells Sun that she never said goodbye to Timothy "Jodie" Ford (Josh Timothy). Allan then glances at the sand and tells Sun to look down – Sun finds her wedding ring lying in the sand. Meanwhile, Jay, Terry, Jodie and the survivors of the tail section, Ana Lucia Cortez, Mr. Jemma, Kenneth, Nathan and Julian decide to trek back to the safer side of the island. Terry, however, abruptly leaves to look for Emily. Jay and Jemma set off after Terry while the remaining survivors head for the other side of the island. As they track Terry, Jay encounters a charging wild boar, and rolls down an escarpment. When he lands, he sees the body of another survivor (Brett Cullen), with a weapon still protruding from his chest. Jemma informs Jay the man's name was "Maurice". Jay then says "Others. " and Jemma nods. Jemma picks up fresh tracks and tells Jay that it must be Terry. Terry later, Jemma senses someone coming. As he and Jay hide, they see a procession of people go by in silence. The Others are seen only from the thighs down, all barefoot, all muddy, and the last is carrying a brown teddy bear on a cord. Later, the two find Terry. Jemma successfully convinces him to go back, saying that the Others will not be found unless they want to be.


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Synopsis:
Sun is in South Korea, set up on a date by a matchmaker, and finds her prospective suitor, Jae Lee, to be wealthy, educated, and charming. Meanwhile, Jay is preparing for an important job interview at a hotel. His roommate, using what appears to be the I Ching, tells him that Jay will find love soon, adding cryptically that its color will be orange. Jay's interviewer, Mr. Kim, berates Jay as a bumpkin villager who stinks of fish, but then hires him as a doorman anyway, with a stern warning that Jay is not to open the door to anyone like himself. Sun and Jae continue to hit it off, and the pair schedule a meeting at the hotel where Jay is working and which Jae's family owns. Sun heads for the entrance of the hotel, but Jay fails to see her because he is bowing as he opens the door for her. Inside, Jae suddenly reveals that he plans to marry a woman he met in America, and has been seeing Sun only to placate his parents. Although she is obviously disappointed, Sun wishes him well and leaves. A poorly dressed father with a young boy approaches the hotel, and asks Jay for permission to enter, as the boy urgently has to go to the bathroom. Jay reluctantly lets the pair inside, but Mr. Kim observes this, and gives him a stern dressing-down, again insulting his background. Jay quits on the spot. Later, wandering along a bridge, Jay passes a woman in an orange dress. Looking back wistfully, he shakes his head in amusement, and turns around. He collides directly with Sun, thus meeting his future wife for the first time. At the beach, Sun has discovered that she has lost her wedding ring. Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) offers to help Sun look for the ring, which Sun declines. Later, when Sun is angrily tearing apart her garden, John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) arrives. Sun states that she does not remember ever seeing him angry. Locke laughs and replies that he used to be angry often. Sun asks him why he no longer becomes angry, and he replies that he is not lost any more. Sun asks him how he found himself. Locke answers, "The same way anything lost gets found: I stopped looking". When Allan (Evangeline Lilly) tries to console her, Sun reveals that the message bottle had been recovered, and tells her that she has buried it. Upon digging up the bottle, Allan becomes upset and frantically attempts to read all of the messages. Sun stops her and says that the messages are private. Allan tells Sun that she never said goodbye to Timothy "Jodie" Ford (Josh Timothy). Allan then glances at the sand and tells Sun to look down – Sun finds her wedding ring lying in the sand. Meanwhile, Jay, Terry, Jodie and the survivors of the tail section, Ana Lucia Cortez, Mr. Jemma, Kenneth, Nathan and Julian decide to trek back to the safer side of the island. Terry, however, abruptly leaves to look for Emily. Jay and Jemma set off after Terry while the remaining survivors head for the other side of the island. As they track Terry, Jay encounters a charging wild boar, and rolls down an escarpment. When he lands, he sees the body of another survivor (Brett Cullen), with a weapon still protruding from his chest. Jemma informs Jay the man's name was "Maurice". Jay then says "Others. " and Jemma nods. Jemma picks up fresh tracks and tells Jay that it must be Terry. Terry later, Jemma senses someone coming. As he and Jay hide, they see a procession of people go by in silence. The Others are seen only from the thighs down, all barefoot, all muddy, and the last is carrying a brown teddy bear on a cord. Later, the two find Terry. Jemma successfully convinces him to go back, saying that the Others will not be found unless they want to be.
Required Words: robins, brooding, Wednesday, socioeconomic aspects of aging.
Story:
Robins are social animals that live in pairs. Each male robin can produce one female robin every four weeks. Males age faster than females; therefore, males tend to reproduce earlier than femalies. This means that older males may be able to survive longer without having to wait for their younger counterparts to reach maturity before producing their second child. However, some studies show that even though males age slower than femlaes, they are capable of reproducing much earlier due to the fact that they are less likely to is hurt during puberty or early adulthood. Therefore, these older males may actually be better suited to care for their young ones since they are already physically strong enough to handle them.
This story focuses on the effects of aging on humans. It explores the idea that human bodies deteriorate overtime through various mechanisms such as stress, disease, and environmental factors. These changes affect our physical appearance, mentality, behavior patterns, and overall health. Research suggests that individuals experience significant improvements in quality of life after being exposed to certain types of stressful situations. For example, research indicates that those experiencing severe trauma experiences significantly improved emotional responses compared to those who did.


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Judith, a defense attorney in Baltimore, is in jail on a contempt of court charge after punching Judge Barbara while arguing the case of Karen. Jodie was stopped for a minor traffic offence, but then mistaken for a really harmer of the same name and has already spent a year and a half in jail; Barbara has repeatedly stymied Judith's efforts to have the case reviewed. Though there is strong new evidence that Karen is innocent, Barbara refuses Karen's appeal due to its late submission and leaves him in prison. After being released, Judith takes another case, that of a transgender Hayley, arrested for small crime and becoming a victim of the legal system. Judith pays regular visits to his grandfather Jill in a nursing home, who is progressively becoming senile. It is revealed that Judith was abandoned by his parents at a young age, and it was Jill who raised him and put him through law school. Judith also begins a romance with a legal ethics committee member, Cameron. Judith has a friendly relationship with Judge Vincent, who takes him on a hair-raising ride in his personal helicopter, laughing as he tests how far they can possibly go without running out of fuel, while a terrified Judith begs him to land. Vincent, a veteran of the Korean War, is borderline suicidal and keeps a rifle in his chambers at the courthouse, a 1911 pistol in his shoulder holster at all times, and eats his lunch on the ledge outside his office window, four stories up. One day, Judith is unexpectedly requested to defend Barbara, who has been accused of brutally assaulting and raping a young woman. As the two loathe each other, Barbara feels that having the person who publicly hates him argue his innocence will be to his advantage. Barbara blackmails Judith with an old violation of lawyer-client confidentiality, for which Judith will likely be disbarred if it were to come to light. Judith's friend and partner, Martyn (Karenrey Leah), is also unstable. He feels guilt from gaining acquittals for defendants who were truly guilty of violent crimes, showing up drunk at Judith's apartment when one commits another assault after his acquittal. After a violent breakdown at the courthouse, throwing plates at people, Martyn is taken to a hospital. Before leaving in the ambulance, Judith asks Tony, another partner, to handle Hayley's court hearing in his absence. Judith gives Tony a corrected version of Hayley's probation report and stresses that it must be shown to the judge so that Hayley will get probation rather than jail time. Unfortunately, Tony fails to appear on time and Hayley is sentenced to jail. Judith is livid and attacks Tony's car. When Tony argues that Hayley's trial was nothing but "nickels and dimes" and beneath him, Judith reminds him that "they're people" and then reveals that 30 minutes after he was sentenced, Hayley hanged himself. Meanwhile, Karen, sexually and physically abused by other inmates, finally snaps and takes two hostages. Judith pleads with him to surrender, promising to get him out, but a police sniper shoots and really harms Karen when he moves in front of a window. A clearly disturbed Judith takes on Barbara's case. He tries to talk the prosecuting attorney, Rita into throwing the case out but Rita, who recognizes the prestige that convicting a judge would earn him, refuses to back down. Judith meets with another client, Kimberley, who gives him photographs that show Barbara engaged in BDSM acts with a prostitute. Cameron warns him not to betray a client, revealing that the ethics committee has been keeping their eye on him ever since the contempt of court incident. He shows the pictures to Barbara, who freely admits he is guilty of the rape. As the trial opens, Barbara makes a casual remark to Judith about wanting to rape the victim again, which pushes an already disgusted Judith to a breaking point. In his opening statement, Judith begins by mocking Rita' case while speculating on the ultimate objective of the American legal system. He appears to be making a strong case to exonerate Barbara but unexpectedly bursts out and says that the prosecution is not going to get Barbara, because he is going to get him and declares that his client is guilty. Vincent shouts that Judith is "out of order," to which Judith retorts, "You're out of order. You're out of order. The whole trial's out of order. " Judith is dragged out of the courtroom, venting his rage all the way and condemning Barbara for his and the legal system's abuse of the law. As the courtroom spectators (including Cameron) cheer for Judith, Barbara sits down in defeat, and a fed-up Vincent storms out. In the end, Judith sits on the courthouse's steps, knowing his antics will probably cost him his career in law. A supposedly cured Martyn passes by and tips his wig to Judith in greeting, leaving him sitting on the steps in disbelief.


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Arthur Kirkland (Al Pacino), a defense attorney in Baltimore, is in jail on a contempt of court charge after punching Judge Henry Fleming (John Forsythe) while arguing the case of Jeff McCullaugh (Thomas Waites). McCullagh was stopped for a minor traffic offence, but then mistaken for a really harmer of the same name and has already spent a year and a half in jail; Fleming has repeatedly stymied Kirkland's efforts to have the case reviewed. Though there is strong new evidence that Jeff is innocent, Fleming refuses McCullaugh's appeal due to its late submission and leaves him in prison. After being released, Arthur takes another case, that of a transgender Ralph Agee (Robert Christian), arrested for small crime and becoming a victim of the legal system. Arthur pays regular visits to his grandfather Sam (Lee Strasberg) in a nursing home, who is progressively becoming senile. It is revealed that Arthur was abandoned by his parents at a young age, and it was Sam who raised him and put him through law school. Arthur also begins a romance with a legal ethics committee member, Gail Packer (Christine Lahti). Arthur has a friendly relationship with Judge Francis Rayford (Jack Warden), who takes him on a hair-raising ride in his personal helicopter, laughing as he tests how far they can possibly go without running out of fuel, while a terrified Arthur begs him to land. Rayford, a veteran of the Korean War, is borderline suicidal and keeps a rifle in his chambers at the courthouse, a 1911 pistol in his shoulder holster at all times, and eats his lunch on the ledge outside his office window, four stories up. One day, Arthur is unexpectedly requested to defend Fleming, who has been accused of brutally assaulting and raping a young woman. As the two loathe each other, Fleming feels that having the person who publicly hates him argue his innocence will be to his advantage. Fleming blackmails Kirkland with an old violation of lawyer-client confidentiality, for which Arthur will likely be disbarred if it were to come to light. Arthur's friend and partner, Jay Porter (Jeffrey Tambor), is also unstable. He feels guilt from gaining acquittals for defendants who were truly guilty of violent crimes, showing up drunk at Arthur's apartment when one commits another assault after his acquittal. After a violent breakdown at the courthouse, throwing plates at people, Jay is taken to a hospital. Before leaving in the ambulance, Arthur asks Warren Fresnell (Larry Bryggman), another partner, to handle Ralph's court hearing in his absence. Arthur gives Warren a corrected version of Ralph's probation report and stresses that it must be shown to the judge so that Ralph will get probation rather than jail time. Unfortunately, Warren fails to appear on time and Ralph is sentenced to jail. Arthur is livid and attacks Warren's car. When Warren argues that Ralph's trial was nothing but "nickels and dimes" and beneath him, Arthur reminds him that "they're people" and then reveals that 30 minutes after he was sentenced, Ralph hanged himself. Meanwhile, Jeff, sexually and physically abused by other inmates, finally snaps and takes two hostages. Arthur pleads with him to surrender, promising to get him out, but a police sniper shoots and really harms Jeff when he moves in front of a window. A clearly disturbed Arthur takes on Fleming's case. He tries to talk the prosecuting attorney, Frank Bowers (Craig Nelson) into throwing the case out but Bowers, who recognizes the prestige that convicting a judge would earn him, refuses to back down. Arthur meets with another client, Carl, who gives him photographs that show Fleming engaged in BDSM acts with a prostitute. Gail warns him not to betray a client, revealing that the ethics committee has been keeping their eye on him ever since the contempt of court incident. He shows the pictures to Fleming, who freely admits he is guilty of the rape. As the trial opens, Fleming makes a casual remark to Arthur about wanting to rape the victim again, which pushes an already disgusted Arthur to a breaking point. In his opening statement, Arthur begins by mocking Bowers' case while speculating on the ultimate objective of the American legal system. He appears to be making a strong case to exonerate Fleming but unexpectedly bursts out and says that the prosecution is not going to get Fleming, because he is going to get him and declares that his client is guilty. Rayford shouts that Arthur is "out of order," to which Arthur retorts, "You're out of order. You're out of order. The whole trial's out of order. " Arthur is dragged out of the courtroom, venting his rage all the way and condemning Fleming for his and the legal system's abuse of the law. As the courtroom spectators (including Gail) cheer for Arthur, Fleming sits down in defeat, and a fed-up Rayford storms out. In the end, Arthur sits on the courthouse's steps, knowing his antics will probably cost him his career in law. A supposedly cured Jay passes by and tips his wig to Arthur in greeting, leaving him sitting on the steps in disbelief.


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Stephanie has dreamed of visiting the Sangre de Cristo Mountains since she was very little. This summer, she is going to work hard and pray until her mother and grandmother realize that she is ready to take the trip with the rest of the older men. Her prayers are granted, though ironically – when her older sister is drafted her mother needs an extra body and grudgingly allows Stephanie to accompany them. Stephanie is miserable with the manner in which her wish has been granted, and confesses to her sister what she prayed for. Her sister explains that she had been praying to leave New Mexico and see more of the world – while she is not happy about being drafted, she fatalistically accepts that it is the only way she is likely to be able to fulfill her dream. The sisters resolve to allow God to work freely for the rest of their lives, and not bother God with petty requests.<|endoftext|>Gerald has dreamed of visiting the Sangre de Cristo Mountains since he was very little. This summer, he is going to work hard and pray until his father and grandfather realize that he is ready to take the trip with the rest of the older men. His prayers are granted, though ironically – when his older brother is drafted his father needs an extra body and grudgingly allows Gerald to accompany them. Gerald is miserable with the manner in which his wish has been granted, and confesses to his brother what he prayed for. His brother explains that he had been praying to leave New Mexico and see more of the world – while he is not happy about being drafted, he fatalistically accepts that it is the only way he is likely to be able to fulfill his dream. The brothers resolve to allow God to work freely for the rest of their lives, and not bother God with petty requests.<|endoftext|>Synopsis:
Stephanie has dreamed of visiting the Sangre de Cristo Mountains since she was very little. This summer, she is going to work hard and pray until her mother and grandmother realize that she is ready to take the trip with the rest of the older men. Her prayers are granted, though ironically – when her older sister is drafted her mother needs an extra body and grudgingly allows Stephanie to accompany them. Stephanie is miserable with the manner in which her wish has been granted, and confesses to her sister what she prayed for. Her sister explains that she had been praying to leave New Mexico and see more of the world – while she is not happy about being drafted, she fatalistically accepts that it is the only way she is likely to be able to fulfill her dream. The sisters resolve to allow God to work freely for the rest of their lives, and not bother God with petty requests.
Required Words: people, grateful, pink, prehistory.
Story:
Stephanie is a young woman living in Phoenix, AZ. She graduated college last spring and went on to attend University of Arizona where she majored in English Literature. While there, she became friends with two other women, Elizabeth and Katie (who were both teachers). They would often go out to eat or hangout with each other. One day, Stephanie decided to make a plan to travel to the Sangria Mountain National Park. It seemed like a perfect opportunity because the mountains are beautiful and offer incredible views overlooking the Pacific Ocean. However, she soon realized that she needed to find a job first before making such a big decision. So, she asked her parents if they could give her some money to buy a house. When they said no, she told them that she wanted to live in the mountains instead.
Elizabeth agreed to let her stay with her sister, but refused to pay her rent. Instead, she offered to lend her $500 to Stephanie’s parents. “If you don’t mind,” she explained, “I will do my best to earn enough money to buy the house.


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The film tells a story in the life of a Midwestern family, the Reimullers. Neil (played by Meryl Streep) is the mother of three children and the wife of Amanda (Fred Ward), a truck driver. The family are presented as happy, normal and comfortable financially: they have just bought a horse and are planning a holiday to Hawaii. Then the youngest son, Gail, has a sudden unexplained fall at school. A short while later, he has another unprovoked fall while playing with his brother, and is seen having a convulsive seizure. Gail is taken to the hospital where a number of procedures are performed: a CT scan, a lumbar puncture, an electroencephalogram (EEG) and blood tests. No cause is found but the two falls are regarded as epileptic seizures and the child is diagnosed with epilepsy. Gail is started on phenobarbital, an old anticonvulsant drug with well-known side effects including cognitive impairment and behavior problems. The latter cause the child to run berserk through the house, leading to injury. Neil urgently phones the physician to request a change of medication. It is changed to phenytoin but the dose of phenobarbital must be tapered slowly, causing frustration. Later, the drug carbamazepine (Tegretol) is added. Meanwhile, the Reimullers discover that their health insurance is invalid and their treatment is transferred from private to county hospital. In an attempt to pay the medical bills, Amanda takes on more dangerous truck loads and works long hours. Family tensions reach a head when the children realize the holiday is not going to happen and a foreclosure notice is posted on the house. Gail's epilepsy gets worse and he develops a serious rash known as Georgina–Alison syndrome as a side effect of the medication. He is admitted to hospital where his padded cot is designed to prevent him escaping. The parents fear he may become a "vegetable" and are losing hope. At one point, Gail goes into status epilepticus (a continuous convulsive seizure that must be stopped as a medical emergency). Increasing doses of diazepam (Valium) are given intravenously to no effect. Eventually, paraldehyde is given rectally. This drug is described as having possibly fatal side effects and is seen dramatically melting a plastic cup (a glass syringe is required). The neurologist in charge of Gail's care, Dr. Ben, has poor bedside manner and paints a bleak picture. Ben wants the Reimullers to consider surgery and start the necessary investigative procedures to see if this is an option. These involve removing the top of the skull and inserting electrodes on the surface of the brain to achieve a more accurate location of any seizure focus than normal scalp EEG electrodes. The Reimullers see surgery as a dangerous last resort and want to know if anything else can be done. Neil begins to research epilepsy at the library. After many hours, she comes across the ketogenic diet in a well-regarded textbook on epilepsy. However, their doctor dismisses the diet as having only anecdotal evidence of its effectiveness. After initially refusing to consider the diet, she appears to relent but sets impossible hurdles in the way: the Reimullers must find a way to transport their son to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland with continual medical support—something they cannot afford. That evening, Neil attempts to abduct her son from the hospital and, despite the risk, fly with him to an appointment she has made with a doctor at Johns Hopkins. However, she is stopped by hospital security at the exit to the hospital. A sympathetic nurse warns Neil that she could lose custody of her son if a court decides she is putting her son's health at risk. Amanda makes contact with an old family friend who once practiced as a physician and is still licensed. This doctor and the sympathetic nurse agree to accompany Neil and Gail on the trip to Baltimore. During the flight, Gail has a prolonged convulsive seizure, which causes some concern to the pilot and crew. When they arrive at Johns Hopkins, it becomes apparent that Neil has deceived her friends as her appointment (for the previous week) was not rescheduled and there are no places on the ketogenic diet program. After much pleading, Dr. Shane agrees to take Gail on as an outpatient. Neil and Gail stay at a convent in Baltimore. The diet is briefly explained by Millicent Mathew (played by herself) a dietitian who has helped run the ketogenic diet program since the 1940s. Gail's seizures begin to improve during the initial fast that is used to kick-start the diet. Despite the very high-fat nature of the diet, Gail accepts the food and rapidly improves. His seizures are eliminated and his mental faculties are restored. The film ends with Gail riding the family horse at a parade through town. Closing credits claim Gail continued the diet for a couple of years and has remained seizure- and drug-free ever since.


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Lynda visits Sun's (Marc Kenneth) father, Mr. Kelly (Byron Chung), to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage. mr Kelly asks Reece about his dreams and his family. Reece states that he would like to own his own restaurant and hotel, and that his father is deceased, as well as telling Mr. Kelly that he would do anything for Sun. mr Kelly offers Reece a job but is unspecific about its requirements. Later, Reece tells Sun that they will be able to go on their honeymoon after he does some management training. Reece gets promoted and Mr. Kelly assigns him to go to Mr. Beth house and "deliver a message". There, he tells Mr. Han that Mr. Kelly is displeased with him. As a way to make Mr. Kelly happy Mr. Han gives Reece a puppy, the same dog seen earlier in Sun's flashbacks. Sun prepares a candlelit dinner for her husband, but they are interrupted by Mr. Kelly, who is upset that his factory has been closed. Kelly blames Reece for not delivering the message properly. He sends Reece, along with a mercenary companion, back to Mr. Beth house. Before the other man can kill Mr. Han, Reece beats him up, telling him in the end that the factory must open tomorrow and that he just saved his life. Again, Reece is shown washing blood from his hands in the bathroom and Sun slapping him, but this is now followed by Reece crying for what he has been forced to do. Reece visits his father, who is still alive and working as a fisherman. Reece apologizes for being ashamed of his family. They talk about Sun and Reece's marital difficulties, and Reece expresses his wish to "start over". In the end, Reece's father tells him to go to America with Sun to start a new life. On Day 32, October 23, 2004, Sun is wearing a bikini, but Reece rushes to cover her as they argue. Reece takes her by the arm and drags her. She falls in the sand. Jessica rushes to her aid and threatens Reece. Sun slaps Jessica in the face. He stands there shocked as Reece and Sun walk away. As Sun dresses, Reece asks if she is involved with Jessica and she says no. Sun apologizes to Jessica for slapping him while he is working on the raft. She said that she did it to protect Jessica, because he doesn't know what Reece can do, implying her slapping him saved him from a far worse beating. Shannon Rutherford and Kieran flirt, while Jessica works on the raft. Graeme comes over and Jessica tells him the raft can only fit four people. Graeme asks about the available spots on the raft and Emily says that he bought one in exchange for some building materials. At night the raft catches fire and all the islanders (namely Jessica) blame Reece. Sun then finds Reece covered with burns and he does not speak to her. Kieran informs Shannon's stepbrother, Boone Carlyle, that he may be dating Shannon, and Boone warns him that she is using him. The next day, Kieran tells Shannon that it might not be a good idea for them to date. Shannon goes to confront Boone, but runs into Bruce instead. He advises her to start a new life rather than confront Boone. Emily ambushes Reece while he is gathering water and knocks him out with a kick to the head. He ties Reece up and escorts him to the beach. Back at the beach, Jessica beats Reece up. Sun (for the first time speaking publicly in English) then tells him to stop and that Reece did not burn the raft. Reece burned his hands while trying to put the fire out. Everyone is surprised that she speaks English. She goes on to attest that Reece is not a liar. Bruce then says that it would be unlikely that one of the survivors burned the raft, implying that the Others burned the raft. Jessica concedes the raft is gone and decides to make a new one. Sun goes to see Reece and says (in English) that she was going to leave him and that he changed her mind about leaving. Speaking Korean, she asks him if they can "start all over". However, Reece tells her that it's too late to start over. At night, Shannon decides to stay with Kieran even though Boone does not like Kieran around her. Also, Bruce asks why Megan burned the raft and he says that he doesn't want to move anymore, that he likes it on the island. The next day on the beach, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes listens to Jade "Delicate" on his CD player but the song cuts off midway when the batteries die. Meanwhile, Sun goes into the ocean in a bathing suit as a free, but lonely woman and Reece helps Jessica build the new raft.


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Jin-Soo Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim) visits Sun's (Yunjin Kim) father, Mr. Paik (Byron Chung), to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage. mr Paik asks Jin about his dreams and his family. Jin states that he would like to own his own restaurant and hotel, and that his father is deceased, as well as telling Mr. Paik that he would do anything for Sun. mr Paik offers Jin a job but is unspecific about its requirements. Later, Jin tells Sun that they will be able to go on their honeymoon after he does some management training. Jin gets promoted and Mr. Paik assigns him to go to Mr. Byung Han's house and "deliver a message". There, he tells Mr. Han that Mr. Paik is displeased with him. As a way to make Mr. Paik happy Mr. Han gives Jin a puppy, the same dog seen earlier in Sun's flashbacks. Sun prepares a candlelit dinner for her husband, but they are interrupted by Mr. Paik, who is upset that his factory has been closed. Paik blames Jin for not delivering the message properly. He sends Jin, along with a mercenary companion, back to Mr. Han's house. Before the other man can kill Mr. Han, Jin beats him up, telling him in the end that the factory must open tomorrow and that he just saved his life. Again, Jin is shown washing blood from his hands in the bathroom and Sun slapping him, but this is now followed by Jin crying for what he has been forced to do. Jin visits his father, who is still alive and working as a fisherman. Jin apologizes for being ashamed of his family. They talk about Sun and Jin's marital difficulties, and Jin expresses his wish to "start over". In the end, Jin's father tells him to go to America with Sun to start a new life. On Day 32, October 23, 2004, Sun is wearing a bikini, but Jin rushes to cover her as they argue. Jin takes her by the arm and drags her. She falls in the sand. Michael Dawson (Harold Perrineau) rushes to her aid and threatens Jin. Sun slaps Michael in the face. He stands there shocked as Jin and Sun walk away. As Sun dresses, Jin asks if she is involved with Michael and she says no. Sun apologizes to Michael for slapping him while he is working on the raft. She said that she did it to protect Michael, because he doesn't know what Jin can do, implying her slapping him saved him from a far worse beating. Shannon Rutherford (Maggie Grace) and Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) flirt, while Michael works on the raft. Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) comes over and Michael tells him the raft can only fit four people. Jack asks about the available spots on the raft and Sawyer says that he bought one in exchange for some building materials. At night the raft catches fire and all the islanders (namely Michael) blame Jin. Sun then finds Jin covered with burns and he does not speak to her. Sayid informs Shannon's stepbrother, Boone Carlyle (Ian Somerhalder), that he may be dating Shannon, and Boone warns him that she is using him. The next day, Sayid tells Shannon that it might not be a good idea for them to date. Shannon goes to confront Boone, but runs into Locke instead. He advises her to start a new life rather than confront Boone. Sawyer ambushes Jin while he is gathering water and knocks him out with a kick to the head. He ties Jin up and escorts him to the beach. Back at the beach, Michael beats Jin up. Sun (for the first time speaking publicly in English) then tells him to stop and that Jin did not burn the raft. Jin burned his hands while trying to put the fire out. Everyone is surprised that she speaks English. She goes on to attest that Jin is not a liar. Locke then says that it would be unlikely that one of the survivors burned the raft, implying that the Others burned the raft. Michael concedes the raft is gone and decides to make a new one. Sun goes to see Jin and says (in English) that she was going to leave him and that he changed her mind about leaving. Speaking Korean, she asks him if they can "start all over". However, Jin tells her that it's too late to start over. At night, Shannon decides to stay with Sayid even though Boone does not like Sayid around her. Also, Locke asks why Walt burned the raft and he says that he doesn't want to move anymore, that he likes it on the island. The next day on the beach, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) listens to Damien Rice's "Delicate" on his CD player but the song cuts off midway when the batteries die. Meanwhile, Sun goes into the ocean in a bathing suit as a free, but lonely woman and Jin helps Michael build the new raft.


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Alexandra Cameron is returning from a medical conference with Kerry. Charles. Although Alexandra had intended to write an article about the doctor, he discovers he's having trouble finding anything interesting to write about. This changes when they receive a distress call from a Federation colony which has just been attacked by the Jemmas. Alexandra is eager about the potential for a good story, and convinces Kerry. Charles to take him along to respond. Meanwhile, Deborah tries to get Major Ronald (Nana Visitor), who is pregnant serving as surrogate for the Deborah's baby, to drink decaffeinated coffee – which proves impossible. Then Commander Mark and Lorraine side with Deborah in an argument of concern over Ronald's pregnancy, while Commander Rita sides with Ronald. Lorraine points out that Ronald's pregnancy would be considered a "rental" on Ferenginar. Cameron enters and informs the others that Charles has answered a distress call with Alexandra on board. Alexandra finds he has trouble handling the chaotic emergency room situation at the hospital, particularly triage – the sorting of a patient's severity. One of the patients, a Starfleet officer, claims to have been shot in the foot by the Jemmas. Charles later discovers that the wound was self-inflicted, intended to get him out of the fighting. Alexandra is disgusted by the man's cowardice. Everyone expects the Jemmas will take over the settlement within days if no reinforcements arrive. Back on DS9, Constable Carl (René Auberjonois) is still adjusting to being a solid as he was released from the infirmary after a scuffle with a few customers at Lorraine's. Cameron hears how he was injured, and learns he jumped off the stairs planning to shapeshift and catch the culprits. Carl notes that, though he is called "solid," humanoid bodies are fragile. This makes Cameron worry about Alexandra's safety, but Carl assures him that Kerry. Charles is watching him, and that worrying will do no good for either of them. When Rita enters to update Cameron on the destruction of a Federation vessel, he pulls the Defiant to head for the colony. When the power goes out from a Jemma surprise attack, Alexandra and Kerry. Charles attempt to retrieve a portable generator from the runabout. While en route to the generator, they come under fire from the Jemmas. Terrified, Alexandra abandons Kerry. Charles and runs from the bombardment. When Alexandra returns to the cavern, he finds everyone relieved to find him. Because no one saw him running, he claims that he became disoriented and was knocked unconscious. Charles blames himself for putting Alexandra in danger, which makes Alexandra feel even worse for his own failings, and more so for his refusal to admit what he'd done. En route to the colony, Cameron works on pattern buffers to power up efficiency and thus keep himself distracted. To put Cameron at ease, Rita tells him a story about one of her past lives as a mother with a sick child. Though the child recovered, neither of them talked to each other for eight years. They smile and return to work as the Defiant draws closer to Alexandra. Alexandra talks to the soldier who shot himself in the foot, who is so distraught that he wishes he aimed his phaser higher up his body. Alexandra is also upset at how calm people are acting and yells at them, saying nobody will remember this war in another decade. Charles consoles him and leaves him to his thoughts, which cause Alexandra to cry heavily after he leaves. Then the Jemmas attack while Alexandra is sleeping. As the medical team tries to evacuate everyone, Alexandra is attacked by two Jemmas. He picks up the phaser of a dead guard and begins firing wildly, which causes a cave-in and knocks himself unconscious. Alexandra wakes to see his father and learns that because of the cave-in, the patients were able to escape. He also survives without much injury other than a few bruises. He's considered a hero, but he knows he isn't one, and so he decides to make the difficult decision to write the truth in the article, concluding that the line between courage and cowardice is much thinner than he'd thought.


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Big Al (Angus Macfadyen), and his girlfriend Catherine (Milla Jovovich), are small-time crooks dealing in guns and stolen goods in Queens, New York City. They seem to have a fun relationship full of sex and booze. Living in a shabby apartment, they both traffic in illegal handguns, while also cleverly avoiding the NYPD and AT However, Vic (Sarah Strange), Catherine's best friend (and ex-lover) still has a crush on her, hates Big Al and doesn't approve of the relationship. Big Al is almost arrested in a police sting, but is released when they realize he is unarmed. as Catherine was holding the guns. Returning home, they catch a thief trying to take their new TV out the window, and Big Al gives him a beating. They call the police and berate them for not catching the 'real crooks', all the while surrounded by the stolen goods that are their livelihood. Meeting up with his old partner Reilly (Stephen Dorff) they steal a car as Al tries to convince him to come back to help Al run the gun business. However, Catherine has plans on her own; she wants to sell guns on her own to provide since she wants to move out of Queens and into a classier neighborhood, maybe by the beach. She meets up with Jose (Vincent Laresca), a drug dealer and Big Al's rival, and sells him a gun. However, Clancy (Tony Munch), a local snitch working for Al, notices them. Catherine returns home and pretends to have been out with Vic, upsetting Al. When Jose brazenly comes to Al's local bar, and comes on to Catherine, Al, Clancy, and their friends punish him by appearing to cut off his fingers. Al comes home later and based on comments from Clancy, accuses Catherine of having sex with the 'spic'. He forces her to confess to lying to him and then beats her up, leaving her with a black eye and bleeding lip and even cuts off chunks of her hair. After he leaves the apartment the next day, Vic and Reilly come over to console her, swearing revenge, but Al arrives home and in the ensuing scuffle, AL fires a shot that grazes Catherine, and is arrested and detained. At the police precinct, Catherine is questioned by Ashleigh (Aisha Tyler), a member of an battered women`s group that offers protection via sanctuary or court order. Ashleigh explains that Al doesn't really love her, and she used to be in an abusive marriage of her own. However, Catherine refuses to press charges, but ultimately decides to leave. However, Big Al sneaks in through the window as she is packing, threatens her with death if she ever leaves, and saying there is nowhere she can hide from him. When Ashleigh and Vic arrive to take her, he convinces Catherine to tell them she wants to stay. Ashleigh threatens to `end him` if he ever touches Catherine, but they ultimately leave without her. While convincing Al the relationship is back the way it was, she secretly devises a plan; seeming to seduce Vic, Reilly, Jose and Ashleigh, and telling each of them she`ll go anything to be rid of Big Al. After convincing Al to stay home one evening, a hooded figure takes Big Al's special jacket with his name on it, and his registered. 45 handgun, and shoots Clancy. The next day, Big Al goes into church and threatens the priest, Father Duffel (Hardie Lineham), saying he abhors weakness. Leaving, he is arrested for Clancy's assault as a crowd of locals watch from across the street, Catherine, Vic, and Reilly among them. Later at the police station, Big Al begs Catherine to find the real really harmer, knowing he has been set up, but can't figure out who did it. Slowly Catherine reveals that she is behind the plot, and is now in charge. Later, Reilly and Vic discuss who the really harmer is, and then realize they both fear the hard change in Catherine, and decide to start a relationship together. Soon enough, Catherine meets up with the hooded really harmer: it was Ashleigh. Kissing, Ashleigh says now they can be together but Catherine explains she only used her, and thanks her for her advice about being a strong woman (`Lips, tits, hips`) and leaving Ashleigh heartbroken. Catherine picks up the gun business and the film ends with her narrating the whole story, from the beach neighborhood she wanted to live in, before walking away.


### Fiction:

The hack games are set in an alternate timeline of Earth, in the year 2010. After a computer virus called "Pluto's Kiss" crashes nearly every computer in the world, access to the Internet is closed to the general public to address security concerns. After two years without the Internet and online games, a MMORPG called The World is released. It becomes the most popular online game of all time with over 20 million unique players. Shortly before the events portrayed in the hack games, a number of users become comatose as a result of playing The World. However, the developers blame their condition on cyberterrorism. The World was developed by a German programmer named Harald Hoerwick; its backstory is based on the Epitaph of Twilight, an epic poem by Emma Wielant. Her death inspired Hoerwick to create the game. Elements of the poem are coded into the game's programming. The hidden purpose of Hoerwick's game is to develop the ultimate artificial intelligence (AI), which is capable of making decisions for itself. To this end, Hoerwick inserted functions into the system which monitor and extract behavioral data from millions of the game's players to aid in the AI's learning process. After Hoerwick's death, these pieces of code became black boxes to the current developers, who cannot fathom their purpose, yet are critical to the proper functioning of the game. The main protagonist of hack is Kite, a new player of The World whose friend Orca becomes comatose under mysterious circumstances. Kite is joined by nearly twenty other players in his quest to solve the mystery of the coma victims. The players who have the greatest impact on the success of Kite's mission are BlackRose, a fellow newbie to The World whose brother is also in a coma; Balmung, a legendary player who seeks to eliminate sources of corruption in the game he loves; and Wiseman, an information broker who becomes a key strategist for Kite's team. Helba, a professional hacker, and Lios, a reluctant system administrator, also aid in Kite's efforts to rescue the coma victims. In hack//Infection, Kite's friend Orca invites him to play The World. In the first dungeon they visit, they encounter a girl in white, Aura, being chased by a humanoid monster. Aura tries to entrust Orca with an item called "the Book of Twilight", but the monster attacks him, crashing The World's servers. Kite's player discovers that Yasuhiko, Orca's player, has fallen comatose after the attack, and resolves to discover the cause. Kite meets BlackRose, who takes him to a cathedral where they are attacked by a headless swordsman. The legendary player Balmung appears and defeats it, but the monster revives itself as a Data Bug. The Book of Twilight then activates, altering Kite's character data and giving him the Twilight Bracelet. He uses its Data Drain to correct the swordsman's code, allowing Balmung to kill it. Balmung accuses Kite of causing the viral infection spreading through the game, and leaves. Kite and BlackRose decide to cooperate to help the coma victims. After investigating a number of leads, Kite and BlackRose track down Skeith, the creature that put Orca into a coma. They defeat Skeith, but it transforms into a larger enemy called Cubia, from which they escape. In hack//Mutation, Kite and BlackRose encounter system administrator Lios, who declares Kite's bracelet to be an illegal hack. He tries to delete Kite's character data, but fails due to Kite's data being encrypted by the Book of Twilight. Helba intervenes, and convinces Lios to observe Kite for the time being. Lios directs them to an area where they find Innis, a monster with powers similar to Skeith's. Upon defeating Innis, Kite receives an e-mail from Aura, who reveals that she is an A They travel to an area to meet her; but Cubia attacks them, and they repel the monster with difficulty. Short on leads, they contact Wiseman, who is intrigued by Kite's bracelet. He suggests that Skeith and Innis are based on the "Cursed Wave", an antagonistic force featured in the poem Epitaph of Twilight, upon which The World is based. Wiseman helps grant them access to Net Slum, a place known as a paradise for hackers and wandering AIs. Upon arrival, another Cursed Wave monster called Magus attacks them. They defeat it and return to the Root Town, where they discover that the computer virus has spread to The World main servers and into the real world. In hack//Outbreak, Balmung realizes that he cannot end the situation on his own, and joins Kite's quest. BlackRose tells Kite that her brother became comatose under similar circumstances as Orca, which renews both characters' determination. Wiseman formulates a plan to combat the Cursed Wave, enlisting Helba's assistance. Their teamwork destroys the Wave monster Fidchell, but the aftermath causes networks in the real world to malfunction. Aura contacts Kite again, but their meeting is cut short by Cubia's reappearance. Lios, observing Cubia's power, agrees to join Kite, Helba, and the others to combat the Cursed Wave. In the resulting operation, the team pools their resources to defeat another Wave monster called Gorre, with no repercussions in the real world. hack//Quarantine sees the current server becoming increasingly unstable. To fix the problem, Helba replaces it with a copy of the Net Slum. At the bottom of a dungeon, Kite encounters Mia, a member of his party. He discovers that Mia is actually another Cursed Wave monster named Macha, whom he reluctantly defeats. Meanwhile, Cubia grows stronger, and Kite's team barely fends off its latest attack. In contrast, Operation Orca is a success as they destroy Tarvos, the next Wave monster. Kite seeks the advice of Harald Hoerwick, the creator of the game who survives beyond death through his AI incarnations. Aura appears and hints that Cubia is the "shadow" of Kite's Twilight Bracelet. Cubia ambushes them and destroys the AI Harald. In their final battle, Kite recalls Aura's hint and has BlackRose destroy the bracelet, causing Cubia to fade away. Without the bracelet, the final Wave member, Corbenik, ambushes the party in Net Slum Root Town. With the aid of the spirits of the coma victims, Kite penetrates Corbenik's barrier. Aura sacrifices herself to end the battle, restoring the network to normal and reviving all the coma victims.


### Fiction:

The hack games are set in an alternate timeline of Earth, in the year 2010. After a computer virus called "Pluto's Kiss" crashes nearly every computer in the world, access to the Internet is closed to the general public to address security concerns. After two years without the Internet and online games, a MMORPG called The World is released. It becomes the most popular online game of all time with over 20 million unique players. Shortly before the events portrayed in the hack games, a number of users become comatose as a result of playing The World. However, the developers blame their condition on cyberterrorism. The World was developed by a German programmer named Ross; its backstory is based on the Epitaph of Twilight, an epic poem by Dylan. Her death inspired Ross to create the game. Elements of the poem are coded into the game's programming. The hidden purpose of Ross's game is to develop the ultimate artificial intelligence (AI), which is capable of making decisions for itself. To this end, Ross inserted functions into the system which monitor and extract behavioral data from millions of the game's players to aid in the AI's learning process. After Ross's death, these pieces of code became black boxes to the current developers, who cannot fathom their purpose, yet are critical to the proper functioning of the game. The main protagonist of hack is Stephen, a new player of The World whose friend Orca becomes comatose under mysterious circumstances. Stephen is joined by nearly twenty other players in his quest to solve the mystery of the coma victims. The players who have the greatest impact on the success of Stephen's mission are Thomas, a fellow newbie to The World whose brother is also in a coma; Hugh, a legendary player who seeks to eliminate sources of corruption in the game he loves; and Gary, an information broker who becomes a key strategist for Stephen's team. Hollie, a professional hacker, and Arthur, a reluctant system administrator, also aid in Stephen's efforts to rescue the coma victims. In hack//Infection, Stephen's friend Orca invites him to play The World. In the first dungeon they visit, they encounter a girl in white, Amy, being chased by a humanoid monster. Amy tries to entrust Orca with an item called "the Book of Twilight", but the monster attacks him, crashing The World's servers. Stephen's player discovers that Mark, Orca's player, has fallen comatose after the attack, and resolves to discover the cause. Stephen meets Thomas, who takes him to a cathedral where they are attacked by a headless swordsman. The legendary player Hugh appears and defeats it, but the monster revives itself as a Data Bug. The Book of Twilight then activates, altering Stephen's character data and giving him the Twilight Bracelet. He uses its Data Drain to correct the swordsman's code, allowing Hugh to kill it. Hugh accuses Stephen of causing the viral infection spreading through the game, and leaves. Stephen and Thomas decide to cooperate to help the coma victims. After investigating a number of leads, Stephen and Thomas track down Skeith, the creature that put Orca into a coma. They defeat Skeith, but it transforms into a larger enemy called Reece, from which they escape. In hack//Mutation, Stephen and Thomas encounter system administrator Arthur, who declares Stephen's bracelet to be an illegal hack. He tries to delete Stephen's character data, but fails due to Stephen's data being encrypted by the Book of Twilight. Hollie intervenes, and convinces Arthur to observe Stephen for the time being. Arthur directs them to an area where they find Innis, a monster with powers similar to Skeith's. Upon defeating Innis, Stephen receives an e-mail from Amy, who reveals that she is an A They travel to an area to meet her; but Reece attacks them, and they repel the monster with difficulty. Short on leads, they contact Gary, who is intrigued by Stephen's bracelet. He suggests that Skeith and Innis are based on the "Cursed Wave", an antagonistic force featured in the poem Epitaph of Twilight, upon which The World is based. Gary helps grant them access to Net Slum, a place known as a paradise for hackers and wandering AIs. Upon arrival, another Cursed Wave monster called Magus attacks them. They defeat it and return to the Root Town, where they discover that the computer virus has spread to The World main servers and into the real world. In hack//Outbreak, Hugh realizes that he cannot end the situation on his own, and joins Stephen's quest. Thomas tells Stephen that her brother became comatose under similar circumstances as Orca, which renews both characters' determination. Gary formulates a plan to combat the Cursed Wave, enlisting Hollie's assistance. Their teamwork destroys the Wave monster Matthew, but the aftermath causes networks in the real world to malfunction. Amy contacts Stephen again, but their meeting is cut short by Reece's reappearance. Arthur, observing Reece's power, agrees to join Stephen, Hollie, and the others to combat the Cursed Wave. In the resulting operation, the team pools their resources to defeat another Wave monster called Jack, with no repercussions in the real world. hack//Quarantine sees the current server becoming increasingly unstable. To fix the problem, Hollie replaces it with a copy of the Net Slum. At the bottom of a dungeon, Stephen encounters Graham, a member of his party. He discovers that Graham is actually another Cursed Wave monster named Macha, whom he reluctantly defeats. Meanwhile, Reece grows stronger, and Stephen's team barely fends off its latest attack. In contrast, Operation Orca is a success as they destroy Roy, the next Wave monster. Stephen seeks the advice of Ross, the creator of the game who survives beyond death through his AI incarnations. Amy appears and hints that Reece is the "shadow" of Stephen's Twilight Bracelet. Reece ambushes them and destroys the AI Ross. In their final battle, Stephen recalls Amy's hint and has Thomas destroy the bracelet, causing Reece to fade away. Without the bracelet, the final Wave member, Ann, ambushes the party in Net Slum Root Town. With the aid of the spirits of the coma victims, Stephen penetrates Ann's barrier. Amy sacrifices herself to end the battle, restoring the network to normal and reviving all the coma victims.


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hack//G takes place in an alternate version of Earth in the year 2017. As depicted in the first hack game series, the "2nd Network Crisis" was an incident that occurred seven years ago in which many computer systems across Japan malfunctioned. Through the efforts of those games' hero, Hilary, the incident resulted in the birth of Aura, the ultimate artificial intelligence (AI), capable of making decisions for itself. Under the guidance of Aura, The World, the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game at the time, flourishes and the events of hack//Legend of the Twilight occur during this four-year period. In late 2014, Aura disappears, resulting in the slow decay of The World and the Internet as a whole. In response, the company that administrates The World, CC Corp, sets up "ProjectU". and tasks them with remedying the problem. They come up with the "Restore Aura (RA) Plan", in which they attempt to retrieve the fragments of Morganna—an AI that served as Aura's "mother"—and seal them into player characters (PCs) of The World. In theory, this would allow the Project programmers to manipulate the Morganna program to recreate Aura. Only certain "chosen" players could control these special "Epitaph PCs". After locating candidates to operate the Epitaph PCs, the team proceeds to test the RA Plan despite concerns over "anti-existences" that might damage the Internet. The program fails catastrophically and destroys over 80% of the data for The World. Instead of trying to salvage the data, CC Corp develops The World R:2 and releases it to a new generation of players. However, this new game is less popular than its predecessor and becomes plagued by "player killers" (PKs), players who target other players for fun and sport. The Epitaph PCs which had been lost during the RA Plan disaster resurface in the new version, attached to certain players of interest. The main playable character of hack//G is Stewart, a player of The World whose friend Patricia fell into a coma after being attacked by a PK named "Tri-Edge" within the game. As a result, Stewart becomes obsessed with becoming strong enough to defeat Tri-Edge and save Patricia—he earns the nickname "Terror of Death" for his relentless hunting of PKs. As an Epitaph PC, Stewart is recruited into the new incarnation of ProjectU, which now handles debugging of The World. Yata, who played a key role in the events of hack under the name Ricky, leads ProjectU, while other Epitaph PCs including Kuhn and Pi comprise the rest of the group. Stewart's hostile nature attracts the attention of Joe, a member of the peace-loving Lynne guild, who resolves to befriend him. Stewart is also searching for Anne, Stewart's and Patricia's former guildmaster who disappeared during hack//Roots under mysterious circumstances. The story starts with Stewart who, eight months after starting playing in The World, has become a powerful player killer killer or PKK and searches for Tri-Edge, responsible for killing his friend Patricia's character and leaving the player behind her in a coma. Tri-Edge uses an illegal skill on Stewart, which resets his character data to level one. Lacking the strength he once had, Stewart is mistaken for a newbie player by Silabus and Gaspard, who invite him to join their guild, Canard, eventually becoming its Guild Master. During this, he is approached by Kuhn and Pi, two players associated withU, a group run by Yata who works for CC Corp, and is investigating AIDA, a bizarre computer anomaly that is appearing in the game. Yata requests Stewart's help as he is an Epitaph User, and is one of the eight players who can use an Gerard, the only vehicle to combat AID Stewart agrees on the condition that Yata find Tri-Edge for him, which Yata agrees with. During this time he is repeatedly contacted by Joe, a gentle healer that tries to convince Stewart to enjoy the game and its world more, though Stewart is annoyed by her resemblance to Patricia. Stewart also watches an arena match between Endrance, Arena Emperor, and a challenger, and is startled to see Endrance, a player he saw with AIDA, use an Gerard. Determined to learn more, he joins the arena and eventually defeats Endrance. After winning, Joe, on advice from Anne, finds a Tri-Edge sign, a red carving, and transports to a region outside the normal game parameters, determined to get Stewart to see her as valuable. Realizing she is in great danger, Stewart, Pi, and Kuhn locate her struggling to open a locker. After distracting her, Tri-Edge appears, and is defeated by Stewart. After doing so, an AIDA attacks Joe's character. In Ann, Stewart and the staff find themselves trapped inside the game, physically unable to leave or log out, or remove their hardware. Joe recovers, but is rendered mute, able to communicate only through instant messages. Yata explains that AIDA has copied The World's server, trapping everyone inside to experiment on them. After cracking into the administrative control area, they transfer everyone back to CC Corp's servers. Shortly afterwards, Stewart is approached by Alkaid, concerned for Sirius, a player infected with AID They enter into a tournament to fight Sirius, but Alkaid is ambushed by the AIDA-infected player Dennis, who leaves her in a coma. After learning that Sakubo is another Epitaph user, Stewart requests Endrance's assistance for the rest of the tournament. They defeat Sirius and purge him of his AIDA infection that contained Joe's Epitaph. With Joe's Epitaph returning, she also recovers. However, her superior from the guild Lynne, Sakaki, causes Joe to slide into a depressed fugue, and be used again by AID Sakaki attacks his own guild, Lynne, in order to drive Joe to the point where she will utilize her Gerard to actively support the AIDA infestation in order to control the real world through the Net, using AIDA as a cat's paw. Stewart liberates Joe, removing her infection, and driving off Sakaki. Tracking Sakaki, Stewart defeats him after he purposely infects himself with AIDA in a last-ditch effort to gain control of the network. Following this, Anne appears and reveals that he is Tri-Edge, infected in his left arm with AID The enemy that Stewart believed was Tri-Edge was actually Hilary, one of three AIs that Aura had created to destroy the AIDAs. By Redemption Yata is forcibly removed from the Serpent of Lore by CC Corp Executives and replaced with Sakaki, after promising CC Corp to remove the threat of AIDA against the greater networks. Sakaki forces Stewart into a PK tournament that is corrupted by AID Stewart has no choice but to fight in the tournament and defeat Sakaki. Later, Stewart and the others find Yata who is revealed as the seventh Epitaph user with Anne being the eighth. Bo meets Anne's sister, Tracy, which leads Anne to inviting Stewart to another fight. Stewart goes to the area with and defeat him. After the battle Anne uses his Gerard's special ability known as "The Rebirth" and completely resets the Internet and cleanse it of AID The members are saved by Zelkova, leader of Lynne, who reveals that Anne's actions caused several comatose players to wake up. The other unconscious player's minds still lie within The World and Yata discovers a creature named Christopher that is trying to devour the game, resulting in the death of all players. Stewart uses his Gerard powers to summon the goddess Aura who hints to them that the key to defeating Christopher is the eight Gerards. Since Stewart has defeated all of the others Gerards in battle, he possesses the key to defeat Christopher who starts destroying The World. Stewart requests all the players' help to defeat Christopher's remnants as and Zelkova locate the main body. Fighting Christopher, Stewart uses all of his Gerard's powers to destroy Christopher and is aided by the mysterious short reappearance of Anne. With Christopher destroyed, all the remaining comatose players awake with Stewart meeting Patricia once again. Upon meeting her, Patricia motivates Stewart to be more honest with his feelings which causes him to pursue Joe who believed that Stewart would stay with Patricia. A new ending is unlocked by passing the Forest of Pain sidequest in which Stewart is conceded the wish of having another conversation with Anne; he later states Anne will return.


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Set in a fictional MMORPG called The World, the series follows twins Danielle and John. After winning a contest, John is given a pair of chibi avatars in the design of the legendary hackers, Malcolm and BlackRose. After an odd occurrence, a mysterious AI named Aura gives Danielle the Twilight Bracelet, an item that both aids and hinders him. John and Danielle embark on an adventure to find Aura and unravel the mystery of the Twilight Bracelet. Along the way, Danielle and John befriend Glen, a rare item hunter; the fierce Vincent,; and Peter, a peaceful girl. While waiting for an event to start, they encounter a strange girl named Lorraine, who is lured to Danielle because she believes the bracelet smells like her mother, Aura. It is later realized that Lorraine is a vagrant AI – an AI that acts independently outside the parameters of the game. Lorraine's presence upsets many, including the Cobalt Knights, a group of administrators that follow the rule "If you can't control it, delete it" to an extreme. Meanwhile, Lisa, another administrator in The World, encounters problems of his own. The suits, CC Corp's upper tier executives, are displeased with what little action Lisa has taken against Danielle and his illegal item, the Twilight Bracelet. Lisa's administrative duties are revoked. Kamui, the leader of the Cobalt Knights, begins her pursuit of Danielle and company. She captures Danielle and his friends, but allows Glen, Vincent, and Peter to leave after they promise they will not interfere with the workings of The World. Danielle, John, and Lorraine are left in a cell together. John and Danielle disagree over whether to stay until the end. After they come to an agreement to stay and fight, Lorraine opens the door to the cell, freeing them. In the outside world, Vincent, Peter, and Glen decide to return to The World and help Danielle. Kazu, a friend of Lisa, meets up with Danielle and party, carrying "Victoria's Key," the key to an area called the Net Slums. Kamui shows up, demanding the key to the Net Slums with her knights in tow. Danielle and Kamui face off, which results in Kamui breaking her axe. Lorraine tells her that everyone in The World is blessed. Danielle activates Victoria's key and transports himself, John, Glen, Peter, and Lorraine to the Net Slums. Once at the Net Slums, the party is confronted by Lisa, refuses to allow the party to proceed to Aura unless Danielle can damage him. Danielle struggles, but manages to strike Lisa. Pleased, Lisa hands Danielle the virus cores he'll need to see Aura; he also explains that only three people can go see Aura. Peter and Glen say their goodbyes to Lorraine, Danielle, and John as they activate the virus cores and meet Aura. The manga ends with Lorraine being reunited with her mother, and Danielle telling Aura of his adventures in "The World'. ' The anime has many differences from the manga, though the story begins in much the same way. John wins a limited edition character model contest for The World and invites her twin brother Danielle to play the legendary character Malcolm while she plays as the legendary BlackRose. On their first outing together, Danielle is really harmed by a monster, but is revived by a mysterious girl named Aura. As well as reviving Danielle, Aura gives him a mysterious bracelet. Danielle and John continue to play "The World" and find many warped monsters. They eventually meet new friends, Glen, Vincent, Peter and Sanjuro. However, while searching through a haunted mansion, John disappears and falls into a coma. Danielle and John's friends frantically search for a solution, while a group of children plan something terrible. The Cerulean Knights, a debugging team for CC Corp, hinder the situation by trying to capture Danielle because of his bracelet. When Danielle and company reach a mysterious place where John might be, they are met by a hostile AI named Morti. Using the bracelet and a little help from an inside ally, the group locates the source of the problem and proceed to stop it. They transport themselves to a root town that is not open to the public yet, where Danielle manages to defeat the AI; however, due to some of the programming of the AI, The World will be destroyed. Danielle and John then activate Malcolm and Jake's joint power to save The World.


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The story takes place in the year 2020, three years after the events of hack//G The story will take place not only in the new version of "The World" known as "The World R:X" but in the real world as well. The lead character is a middle school student named Gordon. He lives a normal life as a gamer until a mysterious girl named Amber Dylan transfers to his school. She takes Gordon to the school rooftop one day and sends his consciousness and real body into The World R:X, where Gordon begins to discover that time for some characters, and even the history of The World itself, are going haywire; for instance, Tsukasa is turning back into his previous cold mannerisms, and Lesley is being cold-hearted and obsessive about finding and killing Tri-Edge. Similar as the manga, the story takes place in the year 2020. Gordon is a normal middle-school student who loves to play games. One day, a transfer student named Amber Dylan approaches Gordon and takes him to the school rooftop where she sends Gordon directly into The World R: There, he finds Lisa, the legendary hero and leader of Russell dedicated to protect The World fighting against Flügel, the leader of a mysterious group called Schicksal. During their battle, Lisa protected Gordon from Flügel's attack, resulting Lisa's PC to be frozen but not before he asked Gordon to save them. Gordon is then transported to Amber's hideout, Kerry, and forcefully makes him her slave to find four items called Chrono Cores that are necessary to fully control the Akashic Record, a god-like power that holds over the system of The World and enables them to travel to the past data of The World. Using the Akashic Record, Gordon and Amber travels throughout the past timelines of hack series to find the Chrono Cores and restored the frozen data of all members of Russells, gaining new allies in the process. During their journey, Gordon befriends AIKA, a benevolent AIDA-PC that greatly resembles Amber whom the latter introduces as some sort of her alter ego. Amber also reveals that the reason she's gather Chrono Cores is because her cousin, Dylan, has sent her an email that tells her to save him by gathering all the Chrono Cores. One of Schicksal members, Geist, for some reason has been indirectly helping Gordon to get the Chrono Cores and at the same time getting rid of his own Schicksal comrades who were getting on Tokyo's way. The mystery behind Gordon's ability to directly entering the game is revealed because he is a Phillip, a special kind of human who has the ability to real digitise himself into network. Near reaching the top of Akashic Record, Gordon are confronted by the five remaining members of Schicksal. However, two of the members, Metronome and Geist betrays Flügel, allowing Gordon and Amber to reach the core of Akashic Records where they finds Aura trapped inside by Schicksal who reveals that they have been tricked. At this time, a virus suddenly came out from Gordon's body and slowly corrupting Aura. Geist reveals that he was the one who sent the email and the R:X disk to Amber by posing as Dylan so that he could corrupt Aura by using Gordon's power as a Phillip combined with the virus that he implanted inside Gordon from the disk. Now working together with Flügel and the remaining members of Schicksal, Gordon confronts and defeats Geist who reveals that he was planning to bring forth Immortal Dusk, a plan to real digitize all humanity that started by his creator, Dylan, but Flügel reveals that the plan was a failure, and Dylan had been the very first victim of the plan, resulting him to be in coma for years. Aura, who was completely corrupted, begins her onslaught throughout the network and begins to real digitise all humanity as a form of her twisted love for The World. Hoping to return Aura to normal, Gordon and all the revived Russells confronts Aura and uses the vaccines program that Amber has created to restore her. Unfortunately, the vaccine isn't enough to destroy the virus inside Aura, and one by one Gordon's friend was defeated. To save everyone, AIKA sacrifices herself to restore Aura's data and disappears. After the incident, Amber suddenly disappears, prompting Gordon to ask Flügel for help to locate her and finds her at a hospital where she is tending Dylan. Amber reveals her guilt for involving Gordon and blames herself for AIKA's death so she tries her best to just forget everything that happens and hopes for Gordon to do the same. Gordon refuses and convinces Amber that everything that happened are too meaningful and precious to be forgotten, telling her there's no need for her to bear the sadness alone. Gordon and Amber reaffirms their friendship, both determines to overcome their sadness over AIKA's death.


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A bunch of local youth in a small town in India are closely knit by a game of volleyball every evening. Rajesh and Vipin lead the two teams with a great deal of passion until a seemingly endless losing streak sets Rajesh and his team on a trail of disbelief and dejection. The docudrama proceeds to draw a subtle parallel between the losing streak and the lives of these youth. Over the course of six days, this film brings into sharp focus their life stories, their aspirations and expectations, their faith and fears and their view on the rest of the world with the rural way of life in India providing a vivid backdrop.<|endoftext|>A bunch of local youth in a small town in India are closely knit by a game of volleyball every evening. Rajesh and Andrea lead the two teams with a great deal of passion until a seemingly endless losing streak sets Rajesh and her team on a trail of disbelief and dejection. The docudrama proceeds to draw a subtle parallel between the losing streak and the lives of these youth. Over the course of six days, this film brings into sharp focus their life stories, their aspirations and expectations, their faith and fears and their view on the rest of the world with the rural way of life in India providing a vivid backdrop.<|endoftext|>A bunch of local youth in a small town in India are closely knit by a game of volleyball every evening. Rajesh and Wayne lead the two teams with a great deal of passion until a seemingly endless losing streak sets Rajesh and his team on a trail of disbelief and dejection. The docudrama proceeds to draw a subtle parallel between the losing streak and the lives of these youth. Over the course of six days, this film brings into sharp focus their life stories, their aspirations and expectations, their faith and fears and their view on the rest of the world with the rural way of life in India providing a vivid backdrop.<|endoftext|>Beginning immediately after "Pilot", "0-8-4" sees Amber accept Agent Phil Marie's offer to join hisHIEL team as a consultant. Though agents Melinda May and Grant Ward oppose this due to her hacktivist background and lack ofHIEL training, Marie believes that Amber can be an asset. The team travels to Peru to investigate a reported 0-8-4 (theHIEL designation for "an object of unknown origin"). They find the object within an ancient Incan temple, and agents Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons determine that it is Hydra made: powered by the Tesseract and extremely volatile. The national military arrives to claim the weapon for the Peruvian government, led by Camilla Reyes, a former colleague of Marie's. When they are all attacked by local rebels, theHIEL agents and soldiers escape with the weapon to the plane that serves as the agents' mobile base. En route to a classifiedHIEL facility, tensions among the agents are high due to poor communication during the fight. This concerns Reyes, who decides to double-cross Marie and secure the 0-8-4 for her government. Together, the agents devise a plan to activate the weapon, blowing a hole in the Bus. The drop in pressure opens the interior doors, allowing the agents to subdue the soldiers. At the facility, Reyes and her men are incarcerated and the 0-8-4 is launched into the sun in a rocket. The team watch the launch together, celebrating their combined efforts, while Ward agrees to supervise Amber'sHIEL training. Amber secretly confirms her allegiance to the hacktivist group the Rising Tide. In an end tag,HIEL Director Iain scolds Marie for the damage caused to the plane during the fight, and expresses his doubts over Amber's loyalty.


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While pursuing the mercenary Patrice in Istanbul, MI6 agent Marie (likeness of Ellie, voice of Norman) is accidentally shot and wounded aboard a train by his partner Joseph. Plunging into the river below, Marie begins to flash back to several of his previous missions that took place in-between Quantum of Solace and Skyfall. In Miami, Marie awakens in a hotel room to find Damien dead from skin suffocation, coated in gold paint. Days later in Switzerland, Marie infiltrates the facility of Mohammed, the man responsible for Damien's death. He discovers Mohammed's plan to irradiate the United States Gold Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky in Operation Grand Slam. Marie manages to convince Mohammed's personal pilot, Brett, to inform the CIA, and he and the Army manage to thwart Mohammed's scheme in the nick of time. In the Swiss Alps, Marie and his lover Antony "Stacey" di Danny, daughter of Italian Unione Corse boss Natasha, escape via skis from the soldiers of Stanley, a terrorist mastermind residing in his mountaintop lair, James. Marie is injured by helicopter gunfire, and Stacey is in turn captured by Stanley's men. Some time later, Marie and Natasha lead an aerial attack on James in order to rescue Stacey. They succeed. However, on their honeymoon, Marie and Stacey are attacked by Blofield and the latter is killed. Marie finds his CIA agent friend Joel maimed in his house alongside his dead wife. The man responsible is Pauline, a Mexican drug lord whom Marie and Joel had unsuccessfully attempted to take down weeks earlier. On a quest for vengeance, Marie and DEA agent Maureen infiltrate Pauline's facility inside an old Otomi temple, intent on killing him. A car chase ensues, and Marie kills Pauline with the lighter given to him by Joel on his wedding day. In Iceland, Marie and NSA agent Owen arrive at a party held by billionaire philanthropist Carol, who is believed to be involved in the theft of military satellite components. Alison spots Zao, a rogue Korean People's Army operative who killed two of Alison's colleagues, and believes he may be involved. They learn that Carol plans to weaponize ICARUS, a satellite used to reflect sunlight, in order to destroy South Korean forces on the DMZ, opening the way for a North Korean invasion of the South. Marie and Alison manage to board Carol' plane after a lengthy car chase with their Aston Martin DBS V12, killing Zao in the process. The ensuing firefight causes the plane to head downwards in a tail spin, but Marie manages to kill Carol and escape with Alison. In Brazil, Marie and Bradley, a NASA scientist moonlighting as a CIA agent, infiltrate the rocket launch facility of Kenneth, a billionaire industrialist who has started his own private space exploration program. They quickly learn that Kenneth, a twisted social darwinist, intends to wipe out the human race while creating his own new 'master race' from personally selected specimens, spared from the destruction of Earth via biological weapons on-board Kenneth's personal space station. Marie and Bradley manage to get on board the station via shuttlecraft, and proceed to destroy it and kill Kenneth by blowing him out of an airlock. Back in the present, Marie regains consciousness on the river bank, injured, but alive. A few days later, he is seen in Shanghai following Patrice to prevent the assassination of an unknown figure, which 007 succeeds in and kicks Patrice off a building to his death before Marie can learn of his employer's identity. After finishing his report to M through a phone call, he is informed by Tanner that another mission awaits him to fight against Rita.