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Account for Germany's defeat in World War One... At the start of the war, Germany thought she had a very good chance of wining the war, and this was an opinion, which was shaded amongst many other countries. At the beginning of the war, Germany had great economic strength, along with a great military plan, which made them believe even more that they could win the war. However, many factors influenced heir defeat in the First World War. Her declining military strength, shortages of food, loss of allies and her economic inability to cope with the war all gradually caused her to lose the war. One of the reasons, which can account for Germany's loss in the First World War (WWI), is her declining military strength along with the morality of the soldiers, which by the end of the war, was very poor and low. The failure of the Lundendorff Offensive had caused a great blow to the Germans. Each German advance had left the German forces deep in salient and therefore their drive had been lost. ...read more.
Apart from the reasons, which I have previously mentioned, there was also an element of economic collapse in Germany, which was also a factor, which influenced her defeat a great deal. The situation at home had become very poor and bad, which also provoked a huge internal debt. This debt had been cause by the government's huge debt towards the people, which had occurred to the government-borrowing money to be able t0o finance the war. Not only had there been a huge debt towards the people, but also there was an element-unsatisfied civilians, who were facing shortages of food. This shortage of food had been cause by the "sea blockade" over Germany, which had been imposed on her by Britain. Due to that limited amount of food, there had been installed a system of food-rationing, which meant that even the little food which was available to the country, it had been directed to the army, so that they could have something to eat, and be able to continue fighting. This o0bivouly caused a great amount of anger to the civilians involved, and this situation juts could not get any better for Germany because not only did she have problems in the battlefield, she also seemed to be facing domestic difficulties, and discontent. ...read more.
The government couldn't balance the need of the military of that of the society. The great influence of army official on politics proved to be a greater influence than that ever expected and it seemed to be a source of weakness in the German government. Another source of weakness was the ongoing conflict between the liberals and social democrats in the government, and theretofore, any decisions which were attempted to be made, always ended in huge arguments as neither side could agree with the other, causing ongoing conflict. By 1918, Germany was no longer as powerful, both militarily and economically as she was in the beginning of the war. The entrance of America into the war proved to be a great disadvantage to the Germans, which evidently led to the defeating of Germany by the Allies. As much as Germany would have liked to continue with the war, she wouldn't have been able to continue as; she was at a disadvantage both militarily and economically. Without these two factors, which probably play the most important role in winning wars, then Germany would definitely have a hard time defeating the other countries. 1 Anelisa Mkatshane Account for Germany's loss... ...read more.
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Mimosa pudica, commonly known as sensitive plant, is a low-growing, creeping, thorny herb. This plant is not particularly hardy and will only overwinter in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and 11, where average minimum temperatures stay above 30 degrees Fahrenheit. In these areas, sensitive plant can spread quickly due to its prolific seed set -- up to 675 seeds on one plant. If these plants become a problem in your lawn, you can control them using a combination of methods.
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This vegan vegetable stew is made with potatoes, corn, carrots, and celery simmered in a slightly spicy, tangy tomato base. A flavor-packed, low-calorie dinner that just happens to be vegan.
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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- Over medium heat, heat oil in a large pot. Add onions and cook until nearly translucent. Add garlic, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Cook until garlic is lightly golden and the spices aromatic, about 30 seconds. The pot will be quite hot, so have your broth ready to pour in so your garlic doesn't burn.
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EU Commission widens list of what it considers are "per se" anti-competitive clauses
On 25 June 2014, the EU Commission published two policy papers. The first was an update to the De Minimis Notice governing when minor agreements are not caught by the general prohibitions against anti-competitive behaviour. Although an update, the thresholds remain the same so that there is a safe harbour for agreements between companies whose market shares do not exceed 10% or do not exceed 15% when the agreement is between non-competitors.
However, this safe harbour does not mean companies with small market shares can contract on severely anti-competitive terms. There are still what are known as 'hardcore' restrictions in the various block exemptions or restrictions of competition by object by the Court of Justice and Commission. The use of these hardcore restrictions means that agreement will no longer benefit from the automatic safe harbour in the block exemption. This will not automatically make them anti-competitive per se as the clauses can be exempted under Article 101(3) of the TFEU. However, such exemptions for restrictions of competition by object are rare. The second Commission paper published on the 25 June addresses these restrictions and object and lists and discusses their effect.
These papers were published partly in response to the Expedia case (C-226/11) where the EU Court of Justice reaffirmed the principle that restrictions of competition by object can never enjoy the benefits of the de minimis safe harbour.
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(Highlight to View) Prompt: Snape and Granger keep running into each other on leisure outings to the Muggle world. (Museums, theatre, cinema, restaurants, garden tours? Your choice!) (SS/HG)
Summary: Severus and Hermione keep bumping into each other in the Muggle world. Severus is suspicious, but perhaps a certain know-it-all can help him take a leap of faith.
Severus Snape was looking forward to this outing. For once.
It was uncustomary for the deeply reclusive, once highly despised wizard to consisting of the main three: potion ingredients, books, and food. He wasn't particularly bothered by facing the brave new world he lived in—and, without any gratitude, helped shape—but it was often too painful a reminder of the emotional scars left behind by war. Remembering the structure of how things once were—so dark and bleak—was, at times, damn near excruciating.
Severus Snape had lived in that treacherous world so long that adjusting from the Darkness to the Light was difficult, to put it mildly. A near death experience and the fact that, at the end of his Wizarding days, he hadn't had a friend in the world by his side didn't help his dreary outlook either.
Sometimes, he wished he'd died that night. More frequently, he didn't give a rat's arse what this new world thought of him, or the fact that he'd "unfortunately" escaped the Grim Reaper's clutches. This world didn't offer him anything differently outside of some much sought peace and quiet, but that was a gift he'd readily receive.
Hence, why Severus preferred to make trips into the Muggle world—a realm he understood and had navigated well since childhood. He preferred their less chaotic methods of entertainment, for one: the cinema, football on the telly, getting cack-faced in pubs and stumbling home to ponder one's useless, wretched existence.
That particular bit of fun wasn't exclusive to the Muggle world, but Severus Snape was a willing participant in its regular practice, nonetheless.
Severus enjoyed the anonymity the Muggle way of life afforded him, to trek from Point A to Point B with far less stressors or grievances that lay outside his control. There were no malicious, sideways glances or cutting remarks ignorant naysayers thought he couldn't hear. Did they really think his hearing had somehow been affected by the snake attack?
Fucking fools, he'd hiss and be on his merry way.
Thus, Severus found himself retreating further and further into Muggle territory since the end of the war. Perhaps it was a form of escapism, but Severus didn't ponder his reasons too much. Such analyzing would only lead to the bottom of a bottle.
Living as a Muggle led to a somber discovery for the wizard: he much preferred a quiet, non-magically enhanced life, far more than he probably ought to. Did he even belong in the Wizarding world anymore?
No, he'd conclude without emotion. Maybe that was the bottle talking, but it seemed to agree with him anyhow.
Another escape was in order. Today, that was the opening of a new bookshop-café combination in Bromley. The eclectic collection it boasted was said to be "extensive," according to some ruddy Muggle London newspaper Severus had snatched up on the streets the week before. Seeing as it was another ineffectual Saturday, which left the wizard with nothing to do except sort through the pile of mail on his doorstep that he normally avoided anyhow, he decided to step out in search of familiar friends: books and a decent cup of coffee.
Severus leisurely strolled outside, inhaling the morning air. His stride had slowed since the war's end, and he found the casual pace he could now exercise a welcoming change, indeed. No one ever took notice of the conspicuous, formidable wizard in this rundown neighborhood. No one had since he was a mere boy.
To Disapparate would be bloody helpful, he scowled, choosing instead to make his way towards the train station.
He knew the arrival and departure times by heart and had memorized the various routes and destinations. Not that he had many options in this part of town, but getting to Muggle London would be easy enough, if a bit bothersome due to the crowds that would surely form the closer he got to his destination. The only part of the journey he detested was the reality that, on the weekend, the tube would packed.
Yes, Disapparation would be bloody marvelous.
Severus made his way to the café amidst the bustling, heavily clogged city streets. Leisurely outings were a concept that hadn't fully registered for the former spy yet. Although he welcomed any form of distraction these days, taking time for pleasure versus attending to the welfare of others was still not an entirely comfortable practice.
The train ride into Muggle London had been stressful enough. Too many people, too few seats; even Severus's hostile glare wasn't enough to keep an elderly women from taking an available seat next to him. To his further dismay—though it was hardly surprising—the nook of bookshop-café establishment, too, was packed with Muggles, each struggling to get their foot in the door. The café itself was tucked away in a corner, and a long line was already forming.
All for a bloody cup? Severus sneered, his expression morphing into one of disdain when a woman and an obnoxiously hyperactive child collided with him from behind. Severus shot the child—a squawking boy who switched between swinging to climbing his mother's leg like some overgrown monkey—an infuriated look, as well as one towards the affronted mother, who huffed angrily and tried to shimmy past him without much success.
Snarling under his breath, Severus retreated down the closest aisle he could reach, and shuffled about without much thought or care, weaving in and out of tight spaces and trying to avoid body slamming anyone as he searched for a book to purchase. The swarms of bookworms like him, though, only increased the anxiety of searching. It wasn't long before Severus was tugging at his collar and finding the place stiflingly hot.
Merlin, it's hot in here, he thought as he desperately made his way back towards the entrance. He'd considered grabbing a coffee when it was looking like finding a decent book wasn't in the cards, but, at this rate, he'd grab one elsewhere.
Severus was about half way to the door when his lean form abruptly collided with someone else. The person—female—stumbled sideways and cussed loudly enough to cause several people to turn their heads and stare them both down disapprovingly. Severus ignored them, however, too disgruntled with the young woman who'd had the impertinence to get between him and his exit.
Their collision had spilled the hot cup of coffee gripped in her hand, the contents of which now dripped down the front of her form-fitting winter coat. He couldn't make out her face, as her head was lowered and she was distracted with inspecting the spill, sputtering angrily under her breath, when Severus went stiff as a board.
Merlin and Circe, he recognized that bloody hair—those maddening, thick curls that spiraled every which way and seemed to possess a mind all their own. They'd once been bushy and unsightly, along with the rest of her, to be frank. She'd never been an attractive girl in her youth, though, somehow, with the blessing of puberty, she'd matured into a not so unsightly woman. Only Severus hadn't seen her since she was a student—Not since that night in the Shrieking Shack, he reflected with some anxiety—and catching sight of her now in this Muggle establishment, of all places, immediately set the wizard's teeth on edge.
"Miss Granger," he drawled rather carefully, surveying her hunched over form through narrowed, skeptical eyes.
Hermione Granger threw her head back to throw him a furious glare but her eyes nearly bugged right out of their sockets instead.
"Snape!" she gasped, quickly stumbling to correct herself. "Erm, I'm sorry, I mean, Professor."
"I have no use for that address anymore, Granger. I'm no longer a professor and certainly not yours. I haven't been for a long time."
Hermione's cheeks brightened. She swiftly diverted her surprise by swiping at the stains on her coat, not that it would do any good; not without the use of magic, anyway.
"I - I wasn't expecting to run into you here," Hermione muttered, trying to feign her mixture of shock and distemper with as pleasant a smile as she could muster.
"Nor I, you," Severus returned, arching an eyebrow. "Might I ask what you're doing in these parts, Granger?"
The suspicious spy that still disturbed his person couldn't account for the coincidence of the circumstances he and the young witch found themselves in. Firstly, that she was in the Muggle world instead of the Wizarding one was peculiar, and, secondly, that they just happened upon the very same bookshop seemed highly dubious to his paranoid mind.
"I'd heard about this place in the paper, so I wanted to check it out," Hermione answered simply, not catching the skepticism in the man's tone.
Sufficient, the dark wizard concurred, though he was still fairly uneasy.
Hermione swiped loose curls off of her shoulders, looking quite flustered and put out. "And you, Prof—Sir?"
Severus prolonged the silence between them for a moment, though Hermione effectively kept her gaze. "The same," he replied curtly before turning the tables on her once more. "Do you make it a habit of venturing out to Muggle bookshops often, Granger?"
To that, Hermione equipped a small smile. "I live here now, actually."
Severus's eyebrows came together in confusion. "Pardon?"
"Muggle London. I... I turned my back on the Wizarding world some time ago. Perhaps you read about it in the Prophet."
"I... Erm..." Feeling the utter fool, for he hadn't heard any such news, Severus imitated awareness, though, somehow, he could sense that the swotty Gryffindor was able to see straight through his efforts. "Of course." He quickly cleared his throat. "My apologies about your coat. I could fix that for you..."
When Severus started to reach inside his leather coat, Hermione dismissed the suggestion with a firm shake of her head. "Oh, no, it's all right."
Severus's eyebrow rose higher on his head. "You'd prefer to go about the rest of your day with a coffee stain all over your front?"
Hermione merely giggled away his confusion. "I'll have it professionally cleaned. With any luck, it'll come out."
Severus couldn't quite understand the witch's rationale but wasn't about to make a study of it. It was no longer his priority, nor his prerogative, to know the mind and methods of others. He thought of himself first and foremost now, even if the consideration was still a daily struggle.
"Well, then," Severus found himself stammering, unsure of what else to say. He gave a terse bow and strut past her in haste with a quick "Good day, Granger," noting subtly how Hermione's eyes trailed after him, taken aback by his rather chilling departure.
If she found his exit rude, he didn't care.
Severus made his way into the cinema at his preferred movie complex on the outskirts of London, where the crowds were scarce and there were plenty of seats to be had, bearing his usual scowl of disgruntlement. Inwardly, however, he was quite looking forward to an anniversary screening of The Red Shoes. Any time spent revisiting scant, happy memories from his childhood was time well invested.
Severus had frequented the cinema many times as a young child. His mother, Eileen, had been immensely fond of the pictures, particularly the old black and whites, and, as Severus grew older, he came to understand its draw for her. The journey into another world, however brief it may be—that desperate escape those like his mother sought so desperately from a miserable home life and an even more miserable louse for a husband—had become a retreat for him now.
From what, though? the analytical side of him refused to leave well enough alone. You have no partner. You have no one, Severus.
Severus growled audibly, causing an older couple in front of him to turn around and eye him strangely before yelping and scooting aside, allowing the starkly-clad, leather-jacketed, disparagingly smirking man to pass by them in peace. He staked out his usual spot at the midway point, three seats in, and dropped into his chair with the intent of staring down anyone who threatened to sit within a five foot radius.
Unsurprisingly, no one came close, and the room remained sparse. The elderly couple sat several rows ahead of him, close enough to hear the blasting speakers that would undoubtedly reverberate against the half crumbling walls once the film began. A few additional loners like him made up the remnants, all scattered throughout the theater. When the lights finally dimmed, a straggler came scampering into the theater and stumbled for a seat in the darkness not far from him.
Severus snorted, annoyed. Bloody dawdler. He quickly forgot about said person, however, and lost himself in the classic film for the next two hours. He wasn't completely relaxed—his senses were always heightened, even now—but he managed to unwind enough during the movie to enjoy himself.
Two hours later, as the lights went up, so did Severus's reflexes. He spotted a curly-haired woman making her way up the aisle towards the exit, and her eyes froze when they fell upon his, where he'd remained seated as everyone shuffled out of the movie theater. He stared at her with an intense, unpleasant expression she remembered well from her youth and she nearly dropped her half consumed box of popcorn.
Hermione waited anxiously for what few cinema goers remained to take their leave, including the elderly couple, who strolled out at their own idle pace. Once they were alone, Hermione awkwardly tried to break the silence, but her former professor beat her to it.
"Granger," Severus acknowledged, the displeasure in his voice apparent.
"Sir," she returned, feeling utterly foolish. "What a coincidence to find you here... Again."
"I don't believe in coincidence." His remark was blunt, laden with an underlying riddle Hermione had no interest in dissembling.
"Well, all the same," she stammered.
Hermione chanced stepping closer, but Severus rapidly rose to his feet and met her near the exit before she'd barely managed to blink. She'd forgotten how quick the man was on his feet, as well as how greatly her towered over her, to the point that she had to crane her neck to gaze up at him. She found her cheeks burning with embarrassment, though she had no idea why. Wasn't she entitled to be here, too? It was like being scolded in front of her classmates all over again, though she hadn't a clue what she was being reprimanded for.
His next question—accusation, rather—seemed to support her flushed complexion. "What are you doing here?" he questioned her in a low voice.
"I - I came to see the film."
Severus's eyebrows came together, befuddled. "You have an affinity for 1940s pictures, Granger?"
Hermione raised her chin. "Actually, I do." At Severus's raised eyebrow and judgmental silence, she added, "My dad and I used to come here together all the time."
"To Finchley?"
"Yes. My parents used to own a dental practice not far from here, and my dad loved the old pictures."
Severus blinked, his reaction to this personal piece of information unclear. She suspected that he didn't care either way.
"And now?" he finally inquired after an uneasy silence.
Hermione's eyes finally averted his, staring for a short time at the floor. "He died. Um, both Mum and Dad. Several years ago."
Fuck me. Good one, Severus.
Apparently, he hardly knew how to hold a conversation with the Gryffindor bint, even though considerable time had passed and her maturity level had reached a point that made her far more bearable than before—at least, from a distance. It didn't ease his apprehensions about running into her a second time, but that opportunity had passed. Hadn't she just informed him that her parents were dead?
"My sympathies, Granger," he managed to get out between gritted teeth, appalled with himself and with her flash of surprise.
"Thank you, Sir."
"Did you enjoy the picture?"
Hermione's eyes fluttered, a glimmer of confusion riddled in her eyes. They were quite pleasing, he noticed, as was the rest of her now. Time since the war had evidently treated her well, enriching her character but her features as well, which was more than Severus knew he could boast for himself.
"Yes, I did," Hermione answered plainly, unaware of the Slytherin's observations. "May I ask...what brings you here?"
Severus gave her a sharp look, contemplating how to answer. He didn't share personal information with others. After all, he was no Gryffindor. He wasn't, however, entirely prone to dishonesty when it wasn't warranted.
"To escape," he surprised her with his reply; a flicker in her eyes heightened his reservations about his response.
Severus brusquely nodded and flew past her for the exit, no longer with a billow of long, rippling robes but with a weather-beaten coat that briskly brushed her arm as he left. "Good day, Granger," he offered tersely in farewell.
Just as before, the witch grumbled to herself, her face falling a little at his cold departure.
You must be really desperate, Severus.
Giving a discontented look to no one in particular, Severus entered the luxurious Muggle estate that was Hampton Court Palace, eying the extravagant centuries-old paintings along the walls as he presented his ticket and then made his way around at his own pace. Having purchased a pass days before, Severus was satisfied with his decision to forgo a guided tour in lieu of walking it alone.
It didn't take long for his resolve to pay him back in invisible Galleons when Severus spotted a cluster of Muggles—mostly obnoxious-looking tourists from the States—who hovered around a large rectangular portrait of the family of King Henry VIII, making every un-English attempt at impoliteness. Many were talking over the guide altogether, an older woman with too tight of a bun that seemed to stretch her wrinkled forehead backward by several inches.
Severus curled his upper lip at several of the younger children, too, who swayed on their parents' arms or twirled around in circles without thought or care. As he made to pass them in peace, sure enough, a redheaded youth spun too quickly and smacked right into him, bouncing off of the wizard with an affronted air that, if she were not a Muggle, would have disappeared far quicker from her countenance than it did. Catching Severus's dangerous gleam, she did sprint away from the scary, grumpy-looking man in black, whimpering for her mummy's protection.
Severus smirked with glee. I've still got it, he concluded triumphantly.
Severus found himself heavily immersed in every square inch of the palace. He knew Muggle English history well enough, though it wasn't particularly fascinating to him, so he couldn't account for why he had come at all. The artwork and tapestries were admittedly intriguing, though excessive. Any Tudor-clad staff member that dared approach him—and not many chanced it—received his tight, threatening scowl, and that was enough to keep them at bay.
Therefore, Severus wandered the palace mostly undisturbed and decided to end his self-guided tour with a stroll through the lush gardens that boasted a vast, colorful array of flowers that were just starting to bloom. It wasn't the picturesque sight that interested Severus, however, but the solitude of being amongst people without being a part of them that was most desperately sought after at present.
Get ahold of yourself, Severus.
That unfailing loneliness that so often tugged at Severus's resolve these days had been growing more pronounced in recent weeks, for reasons he couldn't make heads or tails of. He was accustomed to a solitary life, after all, not so much out of want as necessity during the near two decades spent in life-threatening scenarios.
My Inferno, he'd quietly refer to it as—the double agent status, the physical and mental strains of his life, the nights spent cooped up alone without a friend or a friendly face to confide his fears and grievances in. The weight of his predicament was heavy, enough to break him and swallow him whole if he hadn't found some inner strength to push on. It may have been survival instinct alone, but it was all he had. Nowadays, distractions—escapism—were his tool of the trade for dealing with himself, and today, at this particular outing, the method masked the loneliness within.
Severus wouldn't have been able to inform anyone how long he'd walked the Hampton Court grounds. Perhaps an hour or so would be a fair estimate, but either way, he ended up settling down on a bench and gazing out at the extravagant palace before him, not with desire but with indifference. He stared at its details and majesty with that same critical sneer he often bestowed for his less than stellar students and was hardly aware of his surroundings when a familiar voice chimed in beside him, disrupting his thoughts.
"You look like you've had an unpleasant experience, Professor."
Severus startled and whipped his head to the side, finding the unnerving, yet comforting, sight of a certain know-it-all Gryffindor. 'Comforting,' Severus? his mind alerted him to the emotions buried beneath, where they were always supposed to remain: guarded and locked away.
Not privy to the wizard's inner relief, Hermione smiled brightly and giggled at his flash of disquietness that quickly morphed into its usual brand of snarkiness. "Nice to see you again," she added cheerfully when he offered nothing in reply, scooting closer on the bench, much to Severus's mixture of curiosity and discomfort.
"Again?" he managed after composing his nerves. How rude, Severus.
"Mmm," Hermione acknowledged, not looking all that bothered. "This is becoming a nuisance, I trust?"
Severus blinked. "Is it?"
"Well, I would imagine it is for you," Hermione goaded, eying him wryly with a sidelong glance. "For me, not so much."
"And what makes you say that, Granger?"
"Well, every time we've run into each other you quickly bugger off." Hermione couldn't help chuckling at the blank expression she received. "I'm sorry, it's just, well...another coincidence, I suppose?"
Severus's mouth drooped. "If you say so."
"Ah, that's right. You don't believe in coincidence."
"Indeed, I don't." Giving her a more definitive look over, Severus's eyes narrowed as they took in the same form-fitting coat he had first encountered her wearing some weeks ago. Stain's gone, he noted before asking the pressing question on his mind.
"And why are you here, Granger?"
"I haven't been here since I was a child," Hermione explained casually, as though their bumping into each other a third time wasn't nearly as troublesome as the suspicious Slytherin found their encounter to be. "I came here with Dad years ago. I've been wanting to get back to see it since. Did you take the guided tour?"
Severus's eyes flashed, this time with subtle curiosity. "No, I did not."
"Oh, you should have! It was fascinating; so much to take in! And the actors! Did you speak to any of them?"
Somehow Hermione couldn't picture the unapproachable Severus Snape letting one of the Tudor-dressed staff members get anywhere near him without getting the privates hexed off, but she felt compelled to humor herself by asking anyhow. Judging by the wizard's acute frown, she was most certainly correct in her assumptions.
"Absolutely not," he answered stiffly, causing her to laugh lightly and quickly press a hand to her mouth.
Severus's next comment made her blush. "I see you managed to get that stain out."
"Oh!" Hermione caught her breath. "Erm, yes, I did. It wasn't all that hard, actually. No harm done."
"That is good."
What was only seconds seemed to stretch for an eternity, until Severus awkwardly rose from his spot and Hermione followed suit.
"Well, then," he grunted, growing far more uneasy by the strange look that befell his attempt at a less unfriendly dismissal.
"Good day, Granger."
Severus didn't wait for her reply. Like times before, he wasn't willing to risk seeing what appeared to be that look of disappointment that formed in her eyes when he said his goodbye. He must have been dreaming. Surely, the witch couldn't wait to get away from him. It was that way for most people.
Then again, Severus, why would she have risked taking a seat next to you, you idiot?
As though to purposely aggravate his confusion further, Hermione suddenly called out to him halfway across the garden. "Wait, Snape, please!" Severus whipped his head around, his eyes surveying her quizzically. She rushed to catch up to him, finding his strides as wide and hasty as she remembered from her Hogwarts days. "It really is quite a coincidence running into each other like this, don't you think? I know you said you don't believe in all of that, but, well... That's three times now."
"Your point, Granger?" he returned, slightly ruffled when Hermione stepped closer.
"Seeing as it's the weekend and all, and assuming you don't already have plans, erm, would you like to grab a cuppa with me?"
Severus's contorted expression gave away his bewilderment at her offer, and Hermione immediately reddened at what she could only assume was a misstep on her part. She'd been foolish to think the professor might have actual time to spare for her. After all, it wasn't as if they were friends. Acquaintances perhaps, but even that was sketchy, given their former student and teacher relations.
Severus wasn't sure what the hell had compelled him to say 'yes,' but, bugger all, a half hour later he found himself seated across from Hermione Granger at a quaint little café that, from the outside, looked like a dive anyone with half a sense would have scurried past and avoided. Severus could understand its allure to the young witch, however, as well as for himself: it was quiet, uncramped, yet inconspicuous enough if one didn't want to be seen but desired to be amongst people.
To not feel so utterly alone, he fleetingly considered as he scanned the café and then the woman seated before him.
It wasn't difficult for the attuned spy to uncover in rapid succession that Hermione was hiding in the Muggle world. There may no longer have been a psychotic Dark Lord on the loose, but whatever her reasons, Hermione was clearly trying to immerse herself back into Muggle society and evidently forget she was a witch at all.
"You don't carry your wand with you?" he'd asked her soon after they'd settled themselves in a far corner.
"No," Hermione surprised him by answering simply and with a smile that was genuine, not sad. "I did for a while, mostly out of comfort rather than necessity, until I realized it was doing me more harm than good to hold onto it." Catching the subtle glimmer in Severus's eyes, Hermione bit back her laughter and continued, "Oh, I still have it. I don't think I could ever fully part with it. It's somewhere safe. Somewhere I know but can't readily access it at arm's length. I probably couldn't even use much of my magic now if I tried."
"And you don't miss it?" Severus inquired, both puzzled but also intrigued by this drastic change of affairs.
"Sometimes," Hermione answered softly, her eyes betraying her resolve, if only a little. "Most of the time, I can honestly say I don't miss that part of my life anymore. If someone ever decided to look into my past and dissect its contents, they'd find that, behind all the magic, there was a lot more darkness, danger, and destruction than magic. I saw more horrific things as a child that most adults see in a lifetime. The Wizarding world is far more hazardous and unpredictable than my life as a Muggle ever was. I find that I prefer the simplicity of this world to the chaos in that one. Oh, sure, there is plenty of chaos here, too, but after what I experienced during the war, and seeing what magic can really do… Well, I'm quite happy to leave the stress of all that behind me."
The two sat in silence for a time after that. Mostly, Severus relayed the questions and Hermione supplied the answers, all of which made perfect, harmonious sense in Severus's overly analytical mind, though her candidness he found more intriguing than anything. In many ways, this younger witch, who had spent far less time in his world and hadn't seen the terrors he'd experienced, though she still saw aplenty, had been able to let go of that old life far easier than he'd managed to.
Changing subjects about an hour into their discussion, Severus took a sip of his coffee before inquiring, "And what do you do with yourself now, Granger?"
"Hermione," she surprised him by correcting, forcing his eyes to sharpen. "Please? I'd prefer it."
It wasn't entirely comfortable, but it wasn't unwelcome either. "Hermione," he rigidly abided, which earned him another one of her graceful smiles.
"The London library. I work in their Special Collections department. I enjoy it a lot."
Severus snorted. "I'm not surprised."
Hermione, who'd brought her cup of coffee to her lips, paused and smirked playfully at him. "Why do you say that?" she provoked, sensing what was to follow.
"Books, cleverness... I'd have thought my reaction was an obvious one?"
"I was expecting a 'know-it-all' in there somewhere."
"Well, you are a know-it-all, Grang—Hermione."
Hermione mocked him with a roll of her eyes. "Ha, ha, ha. Very charming, Snape!"
"Severus," the wizard found himself blurting out before he could retract. The surprise on his own pale face mirrored Hermione's reaction.
"Oh?" She eyed him over cautiously. "Are you sure you don't mind?"
"I... Erm, no, it's fine."
Hermione's smile broadened. "Very well, Severus."
By the end of their talk, nearly two hours had passed in relatively easy company. Severus wasn't sure whether to question this coming together or accept it as the stimulating insight his mind had been searching for. Either way, he wouldn't admit it to Hermione Granger. She might have changed, even softened and subdued in her swottiness, but traces of the know-it-all were still ever present, mainly in her feeble, though persistent, attempts to extract information from him.
In the end, she'd unearthed very little about this dark, still formidable enigma and discovered only that he now lived in a Muggle town and remained half attached to the Wizarding world, though he lived a life on the outskirts.
An outsider, she appraised, a little saddened to hear how secluded he'd remained as the years passed. Just as he always was…
"Shall we meet for coffee again? Or perhaps tea?" she suggested as they made their way back out onto the street.
A light rain was drizzling and, as Severus stared down at the squinting, slightly damp witch, the encouraging smile he was met with nearly caused him physical pain. How long had it been since anyone had not feigned but actually enjoyed his company, enough to seek out more?
You know how long it's been, Severus. Don't be a fool.
"I can meet you somewhere closer to you, if that would be preferable?" she pressed gently.
"I... Well..."
Severus was caught off his guard by the teasing smirk she shot him. "I'm sorry. Do you have more pressing engagements, Professor?"
Why was that smile so ridiculously attractive, particularly when he'd never noticed it before? Severus curled his upper lip, but for whatever reason, it didn't have its usual effect. The attractive, small creases around Hermione's eyes stretched as she broke out into light laughter, the misty rain taunting her fluttering eyelashes.
"If you insist, Hermione," he growled, trying to sound far more put out than he truly was, "then let us meet closer to me next time."
"Shall I call on you then?" she asked, the excitement readable in her caramel-colored eyes.
"Yes," he found himself agreeing with ease. Was he being the utter fool for focusing so intently on those eyes and that riveting smile?
Not realizing the short time that had transpired in silence, Severus soon found Hermione eying him humorously. "I'll need your phone number then, Severus." Hermione raided for a pen and paper in her purse, extracting both and fumbling to keep her notepad dry as she scribbled down numbers.
Her number, he thought with gratification, casting a wandless spell to keep them dry.
Hermione tore the paper from her notebook and handed it to him. Silently, she handed the pen and paper to him to supply her with the same information, which he did so without a word, and not without a dark crease of mixed emotions forming between his eyes. Handing both back to the young witch, he cleared his throat, prepared to leave. It was then that Hermione reached out unexpectedly and touched his hand.
Severus startled, finding her touch both warm and gentle. Her hand was considerably smaller than his, and those dainty fingers bound themselves tightly around his with a comforting squeeze. Normally, the reclusive Slytherin would have backed away, pulled his hand clear of hers, or shot some unwelcoming remark at her advance. Here, he did nothing. He could only stare—mesmerized—by how such a small, generous gesture of goodwill could be so soothing to his deprived soul. He wasn't accustomed to human touch, but the craving to hold another's hand had long been buried there somewhere.
"Thank you for meeting me, Severus," she offered sweetly in a manner Severus had never recognized before now. "I had a lovely time."
"You're welcome...Hermione." He hardly knew what else to offer; he was too transfixed by her touch to make sense of what this moment of great shifting meant in his life.
"I'll ring you soon!"
Pleasantly, Hermione gave him another beaming smile and, like the quick casting of a spell, her hand fell out of his and she walked away. Severus quietly watched her go,captured by those tumbling, spiraling curls that had once been so bushy and unkept. There was a tantalizing attraction to them now that was both fascinating and strange to him, and he couldn't tear his eyes away.
Suddenly, Hermione spun around, grinning at him in the rain, though none of it seemed to touch her. "Thanks for the drying charm!" she giggled.
Within seconds, she'd disappeared amongst the crowd of street walkers, leaving the dark wizard standing alone in the falling rain. He didn't look like much of a loner anymore, however. Something in his posture and in the peculiarity of those black eyes had altered, and for the better.
"Pssst, Severus!"
"Quiet, witch!" he hissed, whipping his head in Hermione's direction. She was swaying several feet away from where he was standing with a glint of humor marking her face.
"Then come here!" she snickered, tossing her head and eying the enormous canvas in front of her.
With a dramatic eye roll, Severus ambled over to join Hermione and quietly wrapped an arm around her waist, subtly tugging her back against his chest. Her tiny frame conformed to his, her head coming to rest against him as the pair of them stared up at the Hans Holbein painting, Hermione in awe and Severus a tad perplexed.
After soaking in the painting in silence, Severus raised an eyebrow. "Penny for your thoughts?"
Hermione giggled softly; the sound was wonderfully calming to his ears. He hadn't worked up the nerve to tell her that yet.
Mustering the courage to give an 'I love you' declaration a month before had been nearly detrimental. Whilst reading comfortably together in Severus's library at Spinner's End, he'd glanced over at a composed Hermione, studying her absorbed, intense expression that was directed at the book she held in her hands, and blurted out the words without consideration, surprising not only Hermione but himself. She'd certainly taken it well, if her returning his declaration and then jumping his bones on the couch were any sort of reassurance to go by.
"He looks like you!" she laughed amusedly, drawing Severus out of his reverie.
Severus curled his upper lip at what he deemed to be a most unfortunate comparison. "I beg your pardon?"
"Obviously not the outfit, but the complexion, the dark eyes, that nose..." She peered up at Severus with a thoughtful smile. "Well, maybe only the nose a little bit. Are you certain you weren't Thomas Moore in a past lifetime?"
Severus cast an indifferent look. "Doubtful, my dear."
"Mmm, what a shame," Hermione sighed, still smiling up at him. "He was quite an amazing man."
"An unfortunate man. You may recall that the king had his head cut off?"
Hermione turned around and hugged Severus around his leather jacket. "Yes, well, that, too. Still, he was quite the intellectual, and his conviction—his belief and his rising up against the king—it's..."
Severus waited on her pause. "One for the history books?"
"Oh, yes." Her smile gently extended, causing Severus thrumming heart to quicken. "He was brave. His story somewhat mirrors yours, you know."
Severus's eyes narrowed. "Come off it," he growled.
"What? He was courageous against a tyrant! So were you."
Severus found himself struck by such words. He hardly knew how to pay her back except to pull her closer and growl in her face.
"Oh, very well, are!"
"To take you on, I must be. Either brave or barking mad, and I haven't decided which yet."
He was heartened by her infectious shrill of laughter and the light smacking to his chest. Holding her close, he found himself caught up in her captivating smile, the shape of her mouth, and the remembrance of how good they tasted. He leaned down to capture them, silencing the humored witch and, instead, leaving her breathless.
It was a small gesture, but a quietly endearing one. Getting kissed by Severus Snape had taken some getting used to, and yet, Hermione found herself unable to keep her hands off the poor man. With only a short, albeit deep, kiss to the lips, her hands had somehow made their way to face to cradle him. She teasingly tugged on his lower lip before releasing his mouth, soaking in the contented smirk he wore that he rarely displayed for anyone besides her.
"Cuppa?" she softly suggested.
The understated glimmer in those dark depths squeezed her heart in two. She remembered her first glimpses into Severus's isolation and loneliness when she ventured to Spinner's End one year ago; how utterly starved the wizard had been of a woman's touch, a thoughtful word, or a person's steady company. That inkling of appreciation Hermione spotted in Severus's eyes when she made an appearance, asked something of him, or bugged him for more of his time was a steady force to be reckoned with, forcing her often to check herself, for that look—that underlying, deeply embedded insecurity of his—was nearly too painful at times to take in.
"If you'll buy," he returned, bringing Hermione back into the happy moment.
"I always offer! You're just too quick with your wallet!"
"Bollocks. You just aren't fast enough. Your reflexes have weakened since you left the Wizarding world."
"Oh, is that so?" she sneered in the same manner as he so often did. She drew onto her tiptoes and snogged Severus again, not pulling back afterwards but nudging his nose with hers. "Well, I prefer this world to that one now. Don't you?"
Severus could feel himself clamping up. He couldn't understand—even now—how the fetching witch could prefer a life with him over anyone else, but he wasn't about to gamble with the good fortune that had finally come his way after so long. He nudged her nose back, stepped back, and linked his large hand through her small one. Every finger seemed to intertwine perfectly.
"Indeed," he concurred quietly.
Then Severus led Hermione by the arm out of the National Art Gallery for more much desired conversation, company, and a hot cuppa.


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At the Modern Gallery in Zagreb 200 of Miroslav Kraljević's paintings were presented within 500 m2 using multimedia, spatial graphics, art installations and 3d mapping. "How to look at Kraljević" is ambient 3d mapping installation set at the end of the exhibition where visitors could rest and think about artist's work. Using 3d mapping technique we emphasized important details from his artwork that were grouped by themes. Enlarged figures from artist's drawings were copied on walls .
Exhibition design: Ante Rašić, Marko Rašić, Vedrana Vrabec / Visual identity & mapping installation: Marko Rašić, Vedrana Vrabec / Programing (3d Mapping): Vedran Kolac / Photo: Damir Fabijanić, Rašić & Vrabec / curators: Zvonko Maković, Željko Marciuš, Biserka Rauter Plančić / Client: Modern Gallery, Zagreb, 2013-2014


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New Website Offers Fun Alternative for Practicing a Language
A website launched this summer is offering a new way for people to practice a foreign language while connecting with others all over the globe. After stumbling upon an article about the site on Twitter the other day, I decided to test out the program called Verbling for myself.
The concept is similar to Chatroulette–the popular webcam chat site known for its risque cyber run-ins—so I was hesitant to see what Verbling might have in store. But after two chats with Cesar and Mauricio, I was pleasantly surprised by the site's workings. (I should note here that neither had a working webcam so we couldn't actually see each other, we could only hear one another.)
During my conversation with Cesar I learned he's a engineer who lives in Madrid and that he's been studying Spanish for two months. With Mauricio, the talk got a bit more advanced as we traded thoughts on immigration and the drug wars in Mexico. Both chats left me excited to connect with the next speaker so I could practice more Spanish.
So here's how it works: First you sign up for the site with your name and email address, and you indicate what language you speak natively and what language you are learning (right now it only caters to English and Spanish speakers, but the founders say they will offer other languages in the future).
Then you are connected with a native speaker of the opposite language. You speak in each language for five minutes, with a timer on the side of the screen telling you when to switch. There are also conversation prompts in case you get stuck.
Connecting with strangers on the Internet involves some level of risk, especially if kids are involved, but if properly monitored this could be a valuable tool for those looking to sharpen their language skills.
Livemocha, another language learning website, offers a similar live feature on its site that connects users of different languages who review each other's audio recordings and offer suggestions for improvement.


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Usually a blight is something you'd want to avoid, but according to Unplggd, if designer Vincent Gerkens has his way, the more blight out there, the better.
Fortunately he's referring to Blight, a concept that involves attaching solar panels onto venetian blinds. As the Unplggd article points out, Blight is a word play on "blinds" and "light," which I probably would not have figured out on my own. The panels soak up the sun during the day, and at night they light up your life. Or room. Or whatever you need illuminated, I suppose.
Basically, sunlight charges a battery cell on the top of the blinds. Then when you're ready to do some reading or conduct your weekly game of Canasta, you now have the power of light (!), at night, using no extra power.
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Long before I associated myself as being a Muslim, I proudly associated myself as being Canadian. And when I finally did become Muslim, it was a long process of discovery as I tried to find how to incorporate the "Canadian-ness" of my identity with my new faith.
When I converted, I didn't change my name, I didn't change the style I dress in, I didn't change the way I presented myself to the world. Visually, I looked as Canadian as anyone else. But there would be times when I would try on a kufi, of consider changing my name to "Haroon" (the Arabic equivalent of Aaron), in order to show my Islam in a more outward way. But I eventually learned that I didn't have to, because Islam is what is inside of you, and there are many ways of presenting that to the world. It took many years but eventually I reached a point where I could outwardly tell someone "I am a Muslim". And when my aunt learned I was a Muslim and asked me "Does this mean we can't call you Aaron anymore?" I replied, "No, I'm still Aaron."
It's also important to understand that Islam is not culturally predatory. It doesn't seek to strip people of their identity, but rather refine it. Simply look at the mosques around the world—the houses of God—and you'll see a broad spectrum of culture infused with the faith. In his article, "Islam and the Cultural Imperative", Dr. Umar Abd-Allah notes how the waters of Islam are "pure, sweet, and life-giving but—having no color of their own—reflect the bedrock (indigenous culture) over which they flow."
There are many things in Canadian culture that are easily compatible with being a Muslim. We're known for our politeness—I mean, come on, we say sorry for saying sorry—and I don't think anyone has given a fatwa against maple syrup and hockey. Of course, there are many aspects of Canadian culture that need to be filtered as well: beer (and any alcoholic beverage, really) is a common staple of the societal diet, as is dating and rampant materialism. It's the difference between assimilation and integration: when you are assimilated, your cultural and moral values are stripped away and the domineering culture implants its own in their place. But when you integrate, you become part of the overall society while still maintaining your own culture and values.
Unfortunately, some converts are laden with the perception that being Canadian is somehow "un-Islamic". After converting they are stripped of their national and cultural identity and a new, Arabic/Palestinian/Moroccan/etc. identity is implanted in them; they change their name, refuse to associate with their former friends and family, and suddenly the entire concept of being Canadian becomes evil to them. When a convert does these things, it only serves to further alienate Islam from the Canadian society. Prior to being a Muslim, I perceived Islam to be solely belonging to the world of desert-dwelling Arabs. But it isn't: Islam is meant for everyone. Whether you are Canadian, American, Chinese, Austrialian—whatever part of the world you hail from—Islam is compatible with it.
In the seven years that I have been a convert, I have seen a shift in society towards understanding Muslims and Islam. Part of this is because Muslims have gained more favourable attention in the media (as evidenced by success of the very Canadian "Little Mosque on the Prairie"). But also because Muslims in Canada are become more socially conscious. Canada is our home, and our home needs to be taken care of. Canadians are my people, and as a Muslim I'm supposed to be the best person I can be for my people.
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While job markets across North America and Europe struggle under the weight of the global financial crisis, Chile is doing better than ever, according to new data released by Chile's National Statistics Institute.
During the final three months of 2012, Chile's jobless rate dropped to just 6.1 percent – the lowest jobless rate for the country since the November 2006 to January 2007 period almost six years ago. By comparison, the United States 2012 fourth quarter jobless rate was 7.8 percent.
According to the INE, this low jobless rate can be credited to the expansion of agricultural jobs in Chile. Chile is a major producer of fruit, wine, and salmon.
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Overall in 2012, Chile's average annual unemployment rate was 6.4 percent. This is a substantial decrease from 2011's average annual unemployment rate of 7.1 percent.
According to the INS, Chile's 2012 low unemployment rate is due to job growth in three specific areas.
«Annual increases (in employment) occurred in the sectors of teaching, public administration and defense, and mining and quarrying,» the agency said in its report.
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera expressed his pride in the new statistics with reporters after the data was released.
"Since this government took office, some 700,000 new jobs have been created … the ability of our economy to continue creating jobs remains solid and firm,» the President said.
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Agricultural jobs were one of the driving factors of Chile's employment strength in 2012. Chile is the fifth largest exporter of wine in the world, the number two producer of salmon, and the leading exporter of fruit in the Southern Hemisphere.
Chile's mining industry has played a significant role – the country is the world's number one exporter of copper.


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Most of us know Heroin as a very powerful, illegal and life-taking drug that has completely taken over the streets and many peoples lives, but what most don't know is that it is a street drug and opiate, derived from morphine. It has no medical use whatsoever, and is only available through the illegal "black markets." Due to the fact that no one knows exactly where it comes from, it is not regulated and that means that know one really knows what they will get in a substance marked as "heroin."
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The road to recovery is long, winding, and very bumpy but the one thing that it is not, is impossible. Recovery is very much possible for everyone out there struggling with addiction, you just have to know what steps to take to begin the journey. With that being said, the very first thing you have to realize and start working towards is creating a new life where addiction has absolutely no place, but not just the addiction itself but the environment that comes with it and surrounds it entirely, including locations and people. You have to recognize that you must create a new positive life where you are currently, surrounding yourself with only supportive positive people that will keep you humble. This is absolutely essential because if you do not take this first step to re-direct your life, all of the factors that brought you to addiction can eventually catch back up with you.
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Methadone and Suboxone treatments are vastly different, but patients can switch from a methadone treatment program to a Suboxone program.
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We have a user who suddenly started getting the following error when trying to open some web apps using window.open from within an embedded web browser in our software
The script uses javascript's window.open command, and it works absolutely fine if I copy/paste the URL directly into IE. It only fails when run from within our application. I'm fairly sure it's a security setting of some kind... I've googled the error and tried all the suggestions I can find about IE settings but with no luck. The only thing I haven't tried is disabling Protected Mode because that setting doesn't seem to exist on XP.
Her PC Windows XP running IE8, and plenty of other people at the office have similar setups which run fine. I've gotten the error to go away a few times by reinstalling IE8, but it always comes back a few days later. I think its a software update of some kind, but I don't see any software updates in Add/Remove programs.
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Rose petals are widely used in Iranian, South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine, both in savoury and sweet dishes. Their flavour is popularly used in the Middle East to flavour sweet treats such as Turkish Delight and also savoury dishes such as meat tagines. Rose water can be extracted from the petals and is used in many dishes to add a subtle floral hint. Rose petals have also been incorporated into many English desserts, chefs such as Heston Blumenthal and Nigella Lawson have incorporated rose petals into many traditional English dishes to add a new delicate twist. The dried petals are most commonly used as a garnish on desserts for their beautiful look and subtle rose scent. They can also be used to add another texture to a dish.
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- Use to make Iranian sour stuffed quail, salads like mast-o-khiar (which includes yoghurt, cucumber and rose petals) and desserts such as cream puffs (known as nan-e khamehi).
- In Middle Eastern cuisine, use to prepare desserts such as baklava and basbousa.
- Use rose petals as a garnish and to flavour dishes like pulao (pilaf), roast chicken, lamb and beef. Also, use in desserts such as faluda, Bengali sandesh
- Use in various chilled drinks.
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Rose petals have many health benefits. They contain vitamin C. Also, they can be used to aid digestion and to calm pain caused from injuries.
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Apple to Unveil iPhone 5 on Oct. 4
New CEO Tim Cook will lead 'Let's Talk iPhone'
There's been some buzz building over the past week about a possible iPhone event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., in the very near future. Now, it looks like the moment of truth is finally upon us. Apple sent out official invitations this morning for a special "Let's Talk iPhone" event at its campus on Oct. 4. (That's just one week away!)
Not only will this be a huge event given the massive hype that's surrounded the iPhone 5 launch, but it will also be an important test for new CEO Tim Cook, who will preside over the launch. Cook has some big shoes to fill. Former CEO Steve Jobs' name has become synonymous with the company, and his product introductions are the stuff of legend in Silicon Valley. This will be the first major product launch since he stepped down last month.
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1. Chicken Parm Pizza
This is for the person who wants to be adventurous but tests the waters first. You're basically taking a cheese pizza and adding chicken fingers to it. It's the dish you dreamed about as you approached the snack bar at your local bowling alley as a kid.
2. Philly Cheesesteak Poutine
Feeling braver? This dish takes your Philly—shaved ribeye steak, onion, peppers, mushrooms, cheddar—and adds a demi-glace and a creamy cheese sauce. All that's placed atop fresh, sturdy French fries, which can withstand the bulk. Wonder what it would be like to put all that inside a roll …
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The monthly specials here are wild, so pizza purists need not get involved. Example: November's Thanksgiving pie featured sweet potato cream cheese, cheddar, mozzarella, cranberry sauce, stuffing and fried onions. December's special is even more bonkers: a biscuits and gravy pizza, with peppercorn cream cheese, sausage gravy with beef, mozzarella, cheddar and hunks of biscuits, plus orange-maple ricotta and maple syrup. Really.
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"l want a place in music history where my name will always be remembered." – Todd Porter
"Although Todd Porter is best known as a rapper, his taste in music is quite eclectic with greats such as Curtis Mayfield, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye." – Angela Culliver, President – Indie Music Factory.
Porter finds music to be his biggest motivation and looks at music as being powerful enough to alter feelings, emotions and mood. Porter see's the current music industry as a bunch of trends and followers unable to offer originality anymore and strives to break the mold by being himself. Porter is committed to bringing respect back to the craft of rap and hip-hop by working hard to return rap to its pedestal it once was.
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Born and raised in Flint Michigan, Khalfani Hunter, better known as Todd Porter has dedicated his life to the place he calls home; "I've stayed in Memphis, Ohio and Atlanta, but came back to Flint because of family, but now everyone is moving away so It's time for me to go," says Porter. Porter's strong passion for his craft is what keeps him dedicated, "I've been writing and producing music for so long, I don't feel right doing anything else." With musical idols such as Scarface and Ice Cube, Todd Porter has learned to allow the music to lead him to bigger opportunities. With street influenced lyrical content, Porter declares that his music is not fabricated nor made up, but a true depiction of his life and life experiences.
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