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With the onset of fall comes the beginning of hunting season. While not every state is prone to a great many car vs. deer accidents, in states like Michigan and New York, there are as many as 50,000 such accidents reported every year (and possibly more that go unreported).
As a driver, there are a few things you should know about deer season:
- Deer populations are generally on the move in fall, and one of the reasons they're attracted to the roadside is leftover salt from when there is snow or ice on the ground. Most of the time, they'd rather walk around a barrier than jump over it, so if you see deer on the side of the road, simply slow down, and pass quietly.
- Most car vs. deer accidents come because the motorist doesn't see the animal. Be sure to look beyond the beam of your headlights, especially if you're driving at dawn or dusk.
- Don't try to dodge the deer. If there is an animal in your path, slow your car, flash your headlights, and blow your horn to scare the animal away. Be aware that deer usually travel in herds, so where there's one there will be more.
- Be aware of deer crossing signs, and follow any instructions thereon.
- Always report a car vs. deer accident, even when there's no damage to your car. A hurt deer will behave even more erratically than a healthy animal.
- Check with your insurance company to see if animal damage is covered under your policy. If you have comprehensive of collision coverage, it probably is.


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I had the pleasure of talking to folks from the University of IA about their current implementation of SMS 2003. SMS 2003 is a central part of their systems management process they call "Enterprise Client Management". More information about their setup can be found here: http://spa.its.uiowa.edu/ecm/.
What really makes their implementation great is that it does span multiple, independent departments at the University - a very common situation among big Universities. They are able to effectively use SMS as a central service yet allow delegated tasks to these departments. Chris Blasen is the manager of this solution (his contact info can be found on the web page I reference) and has done an excellent job with SMS at UIowa!

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Rated 5 / 5 stars
Nice FF7 music......and DDR lol
You got the music perfect this time, little bit FF, little bit matrix, and some crazy techno DDR song that I can't pronounce and it fit well, great work!
The monk idea was odd, seeing as how much ass woody kicks, but its all good, you got your own story going, so roll with it.
lol yes it certainly was weird that Woody didn't beat up that monk so easily. Yup, the DDR song sure is a unique choice to have for a fight song, but I though that it fit well with the setting.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Why Davis want to go?
Because more bandits might come.
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is relly nice done but one thing when davis says lets get out of here before more comes the they walk away?
Yeah no need to panic, I guess Davis has a laid back personality.
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OMG jan and davis are in america there totally screwed poor things near the big arch thingy.. or is that london? anyway there was a spelling mistake it davis said "lets go before more comes" more comes? what the hell u mean more come?
Yeah I noticed the grammar errors too, I try my best to write these lines without spelling mistakes. lol honestly, I don't know where Davis and Jan got teleported to, perhaps somewhere in East Europe.
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Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone's throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.
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Good girl gone Worst
Raise your glasses Sisters wherever you are cheers and cheers !!
Payback time for every woman who was humped and dumped
All my sisters who were put in the family way and then left on their own to fend and look after their kids on their own .Every damsel who had her golden apple (virginity) taken after being promised marriage by a rascal which never materialised .
This is to the sister who was left pregnant in the ghetto became destitute and then turned prostitute to fend for herself and her child . This is also for that poor old mother in Rushinga who was abandoned for a younger girl and left with five growing kids and dejected with tears on her face did all shameful acts and menial jobs to put food on the table for her kids
This is for that sister who in that marriage was accused and persecuted for things that she had no control over like infertility ..or miscarriages ..made to feel desperate and frustrated and worthless
and the one left in Borrowdale with no love ,denied sex ,not given money for food .
To every woman who has been lied to cussed ,shamed ,abused ,beaten ,tortured this is cheers to you also .
I will try to make amends on your behalf .you may want to know why ?
Yeah I grew up with men all around me screwing up all the time women taking their bullshit and the blame for things they could not change .
And to you the man reading ..Change now chinja maisiroo….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why should men get away with it ? Why should the world let them get away with murder ?yeah I know they make the rules and break them when they want twist them when they feel like but heyy that gotta change cause shit is about to hit the fan …!
God gave them domain over women but if u are more powerful than the other you should protect the weaker subject not abuse them .
God said to love us as Christ loved the Church but do they ??
I will be right if i said most men are dogs not Russian mongrels no ….not that type not Alsatians neither but that type from muroad the street dog …ina amai vakakwirwa nebulldog kuseni ..Dalmatian masikati ,manheru vakararirwa nemabulldog nemagreyhound
My plan came into fruition some years ago well after a lot of groundwork .I got pregnant at seventeen and underage you see to a company director a middle aged man who wanted to taste my fresh goods .Akatapirirwa nechipo chematinji chandakazvipa ..you see whilst my mates were busy playing with sand I was busy preparing myself for men and practicing on men .
I pulled them as if I was practising for the Olympics and did the chikapa routine until my waist could move as if it was boneless . My kapalizing skills will put Shakira to shame …as part of my training routine …I would put 20kg saga (sack ) on top of me while lying on my back and practice gyrating my pelvis with the load still on top of me .
No pain no gain …right .!
Don't laugh !
It paid off ,,,,!big style .
Here goes …
This company Director when I dished beche rangu nematinji angu achimusunga blambi soo akaimba manhanga kutapira usatambe iwe eeee!! .Rume rakapengereka kuita mental illness chaiyo.
Akadyira all I had to say was hi .. And he would run to me and bye and he would go .He went berserk .and that was a mistake on his part .
Well he did mess up pretty well
it wasn't by design more by default really . Akanakirwa nepoto yangu akadyara imomo
Game time …..
I think u agree with me here. This is rape ….sex with a minor is Statutory rape . He should pay for it in sweat and blood .So yeah I was not daft pay he did with penalties.
I made an arrangement and
we struck a deal .I was underage .If he went to jail what would I get from that ??nothing and i made it look like I was on his side I sympathised with him.
I paid one bank manager to act the angry Dad and threaten him with jail .Rume rakakwata.
He didn't want a custodial jail term for statutory rape .munoiziva ZRP kuti inomira Mira Sei pakadai kunge nhunzi padhodhi and he also ddnt want his sweet family knowing so i gave him an idea I save his sweet name Job and family and he buys me a house and car in my name for us …me and my baby furnish the house and we agree on a monthly allowance for maintenance .
Of course jeri rinotyisa he quickly agreed to the plan. So a 3 bedroomed house with pool was bought in Marimba Park furniture was bought from Bradlows ……a small ford focus was delivered all in my name . …
A month later I had an abortion ( May God forgive me )
I was not gonna bear any bastard into this world ..!
And iweka don't condemn me or judge me
ndimi moswera muchiba imimi Zvako zvitema hauna kutiudza.
Siyana neni.
Usaita saSean Timba siya ndibike Mari .
This is pure Economics transfer of wealth I'm using what I have …pussy ….to get what I don't have …money .
I already had victim number two on the side … Gary …and that same pregnancy yes you right …the aborted one …I told him it was his also .He was a middle level Manager at Air Zimbabwe so Mari yanga iri tiiiii. He went over the moon paid lobola chop chop .Was introduced to his close and sundry as his beloved wife .We went to South Africa for baby clothes and general shopping . Vaiwana free travel benefit ka _kuAir Zim .
Ooh Gary …(sighs)
This one had a long boring story the wife was infertile and he desperately wanted a baby and u know the rest …""ndiitire mwana and I will do anything for you ""
And varume ka -just kungoti ndakuda zvese about his wife ndakaudzwa history yese hee. mai vake vanoroya chakuti chakuti,,ini ziii zangu…!
I was a girl on a mission
Lmao!!!baba vaida kudyiwa mboro ivava he could do anything for a bit of blow job and luckily he fell onto the right mouth.Mboro yakadyiwa plizzzz.
Isuwo tiri mafirst class drivers pakudya mboro ndaiisveta zvemhando .Rume raibowa wainzwa rongoti aaaaah shuuuuu shiuuuuu spa sla sla !!!!
Ndaibva ndasekerera hangu open cheque .
Since he had promised to move heaven and hell for me if I became pregnant …The miracle was here …!i was pregnant ….I was pregnant .
I told him I needed a house and a car.Well this one was a bit stingy than Steve he bought me a house in Mbare
Nxaa!…an -8 roomed House with a dura wall I told him in no uncertain terms I had grown up in the hood and there z no way I wud want my son to grow up in there and become a hoodino …
Ko wanzwa here kuti son ??lol ….men love sons so if u say son more fringe benefits come your way …a girl is less attractive or has lesser benefits ko we work the maths ka nhai.
I clearly saw no car was coming here so I told him about stress suffering miscarriage story ( abortion ) I was rushed to Avenues Clinic and the Doctors (paid of course )confirmed I had lost the pregnancy .
Steve also was visiting and flowers and goodies were flying left right and centre .Ini zii zvangu ,,,!
I blamed stress of the house in the location and my lack of car coz now I was borrowing my sisters (ford focus ).Gary took all the blame of course it was his fault the fool he was born a man .
I think in a way Steve thanked the stars secretly ..he didn't want a baby anyway he had four at home and definitely did not need one more .
I was flown to Mauritius to destress by Gary ..yeah right …what destress ??.
Ndaitojabula ndichisvirwa naJames this peniless ____ PENISFULL boyfriend of mine celebrating my houses ,new found wealth and planning my next move whilst there .
Ko kutyei hangu..!
Muchandiona varume !
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Do I Need a Gaming Mouse?
I recently bought an ASUS G75 gaming notebook, which is great, and I'm currently using a Logitech M510 usb wireless mouse. I play mostly FPS and it has enough buttons for me, the problem is aiming accuracy when shooting, especially at moving targets. I've tried playing around with the sensitivity, turning smoothing on and off, but it doesn't seem to help. (Maybe I'm just uncoordinated.)
Would a gaming mouse help with this kind of issue? If so, I'd appreciate some recommendations. I'd definitely prefer wireless, especially bluetooth, since the G75 has that built-in. I don't mind paying up if it's a good product and will solve my movement/accuracy issues. Thanks much.
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Are the erratic movements all the time or only when in heavy firefights? Is this happening Online or when doing the Campaigns? Notebooks are notorious for their lack of air, more so when gaming and wireless or BT mouses lack the quick reaction of a wired mouse so there must be a combination of things because the M510 should be an ok mouse.
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I'm not sure I'd say it's necessarily "erratic", it's just hard to be pinpoint accurate, for instance, when tracking a moving target across the screen. That's why I was trying to adjust it through sensitivity settings but none of that seemed to help. I'm not much of a gamer, so maybe that's normal, I'm not sure.
So far everything I'm playing has been offline. I've played Wolfenstein and right now I'm playing Far Cry 2.
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When tracking a moving target you must remember that you need to LEAD said target, you can not expect to shoot when the crosshairs are on him and kill him since by the time the bullet gets to him, he has already moved ahead, perhaps you need to aim slightly ahead (lead the target) and then shoot?
If the target is at a stand still, can you kill him then? if so, then perhaps your problem is not a problem at all... you just need a little more practice.
You don't want to see me on a firefight, by the time I want to shoot and move or duck down, I am already dead... and my head is underneath the desk
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Made in USA pet food recall?
Pet owners love to pamper their pets with tasty treats. Bully sticks, a meat treat designed for dogs to indulge their cravings to chew, are among the most popular dog treats. While these dog treats are usually safe, there have been a number of recalls for dog food and dog treats made in China. However, on Friday, a recall was been issued on one company's product, which is made in America
Boots & Barkley, a store brand of Target, issued a voluntary recall of their 6 Count 5 Inch American Beef Bully Sticks product because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Target sells a wide range of specialty pet products under the Boots & Barkley brand. The recalled American Beef Bully Sticks were distributed nationwide through Target retail stores from April through September 2012.
The recall was issued after a routine sampling by the State of Colorado Department of Agriculture which revealed that the finished products contained the Salmonella bacteria. The company immediately ceased production and distribution of the dog treats and issued the recall.
The affected bully sticks treats are packaged in a clear plastic bag containing 6 bully sticks marked with bar code number 647263899189. Kasel Industries is recalling all lot numbers because the following lot codes tested positive through analysis by the State of Colorado Department of Agriculture: BESTBY20APR2014DEN, BESTBY01JUN2014DEN, BESTBY23JUN2014DEN, and BESTBY23SEP2014DEN.
The FDA says no illnesses have been reported.
Symptoms of Salmonella infection in dogs and people typically appear within 12 to 72 hours after infection. Symptoms in dogs can vary but include: fever, abdominal pain, decreased appetite, vomiting, (bloody) diarrhea and lethargy. Dogs with these symptoms should be taken to a veterinarian.
Humans infected with Salmonella may show symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. Rarely, Salmonella in humans can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Humans with these symptoms should consult a healthcare provider.
In May, 2012, an outbreak of a rare strain of salmonella poisoning linked to dog food infected at least 14 people in nine states. No illnesses have been reported to date in animals or humans in connection with the recalled Boots & Barkley bully sticks treats. No other products made by Kasel Associated Industries are included in the recall.
Consumers who have purchased the 6 count 5 inch packages of Boots & Barkley American Beef Bully Sticks are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions should contact Kasel Associated Industries at 1-800-218-4417 Monday to Friday from 7a.m. to 5p.m. MDT.
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text: Hi, all- I hope you can help me (I am certain you can) understand this Cat Converter and how it's supposed to look when operating correctly. We recently moved into a house that has a VC Defiant with a Cat. Converter & learning how to run this stove properly has me all in a knot. I grew up with a wood stove, but didn't have a cat. We didn't have the air flow control on the one I grew up with either, so this is also new to me. First on the damper: So on this stove, the manual states that the damper has 2 positions- open and closed, however on this stove, it appears that the damper is open wide (all the way to the back), then what appears to be a "soft" close (where the handle is pointing straight onto the floor, but still not slam closed); then if you really crank on the handle, so it's facing into the room, then it's really closed. So when we burn dry wood with it cranked all the way shut and the air control closed all the way down (towards the wall as far as it will go), the top of the stove will be 850F degrees, but the stovepipe will only read up to 300F degrees (stays on the lower end of 300 deg.). When we burn in this scenario, the baffle is not glowing red, but the stovetop is super hot, and the flames are HUGE and very, very slow-moving, hitting the top of the stove and then curling down to both the right and left & it's a bit smokey in there. Is the damper supposed to be super tightly closed like this or is it supposed to allow a little air in, like in the position of it pointing straight down to the floor? I am making the assumption that the handle needs to be readjusted, I just don't know how tightly the damper should close when I adjust it. Second on the Cat: If I have the damper slightly opened (pointing down to the floor), fill her up with wood, have the airflow on the lowest setting, the stovetop is between 600-700F degrees and around 400F on the stove pipe. In this scenario, the cat is glowing but I can also see flames behind the baffle & I can hear combustion (sounds like an inferno in a wind tunnel), but I cannot find anything anywhere that says whether or not there should be flames behind the baffle where the converter is located. I just read the sound of a torch is overfiring, so I am not sure what to do about this (if I crank the damper all the way shut then the stovetop temp climbs back up to 850F). In this scenario, there's virtually no visible smoke inside the firebox. Is there supposed to be fire behind the baffle? And while this is a fault of mine, and I apologize for not taking off the back of the stove & checking to see what the condition of the honeycomb is, but it is freezing cold up here in northern VT & this is our only source of heat in an unfinished house (no sheetrock anywhere) with ice cold cement floors & single-paned windows with more cold air coming in than anyone would dream of. Any information is greatly appreciated!


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The 17th Annual Graduate Student Conference
of the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature
"Engaged Research: Language and Society; Linguistics and Communication"
April 20th, 2013
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University of Hawai'i
Language shapes human understanding of the world, physical environments, and interactions situated and embedded in various geographical and linguistic boundaries. With the college's diverse yet unifying interests, the 17th Graduate Student Conference of the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature (LLL) will focus on different aspects of language studies that help us appreciate how languages and literature tell us about our rich histories, document and perpetuate knowledge in the world, and inform our future. Focusing on language's integral role in community-building both at the micro- and macro- levels, this year's conference will highlight research and projects from graduate students in the College of LLL that explore current issues, methods, technologies, and ideologies of language and community.
The conference seeks papers from graduate students that highlight how language shapes who we are, how we interact with the world, and how language engages with community. The conference also seeks to welcome new lines of research utilizing cutting-edge technology or methodology to answer longstanding questions in language studies. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to any of the following:
- Language documentation and conservation
- Technology use (e.g. computer-assisted language learning)
- Literature, literary studies, new media literacy
- Language pedagogy
- Language ideologies, policy, and planning
- Less commonly taught languages (e.g. Maori, Hindi, Ilokano, etc.)
- Creative writing
- Bilingual, immersion, and heritage language education
- First and additional language (i.e. second and third) acquisition and their use in children, adolescents, adults, and bilinguals, etc.
- Theories in language studies and analyses
The LLL Graduate Student Conference invites you to present your work in a supportive educational environment. You will receive peer feedback on your presentation, and you can submit your paper for publication in the Conference Proceedings! The conference will be held at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Individual and joint papers are welcome. Participants are limited to involvement in no more than two sessions.
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Megumi Jinushi
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text: By Phang Chun Kai (Co-Organiser, Rainmaker Live) On November 11, 2011 in AOL's HQ in Palo Alto, join Rainmakers and our community of entrepreneurs and startups for a discussion on "To Product/Market Fit and Beyond". The discussion panel will explore the benefits and risks of entrepreneurs going through programs like Y Combinator, AngelPad, etc in the exciting, ever-changing funding landscape of Silicon Valley. Our speakers will be Frank Chen (Andreessen Horowtiz), Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), Sharon Vosmek (Astia), Manu Kumar (K9 Ventures) and Pascal Finette (WebFWD Mozilla) coming to share their experience and perspectives with the audience. Sharon Vosmek posted a response to a blog post by Mark Suster "Why aren't there more female entrepreneurs" in which she believes that women are ready to take up roles in high growth entrepreneurship. Indeed, from an academic standpoint, women are doing as well, if not better than men. Research findings have revealed that innovation in start-ups would be enhanced with women taking up a lead role. Now then, why aren't there more women taking up entrepreneurship? Perhaps, there is too much hype about sky rocking valuations and not enough information on which investors, accelerators, incubators women entrepreneurs should turn to. As a result, most women shy away from the entrepreneurial path. The Rainmakers team consists of passionate, aspiring women entrepreneurs who wanted to make entrepreneurial education more accessible to women. Hence, they decided to set up Rainmakers, a series of miniconferences, to empower budding female entrepreneurs with the know-hows and answers to their doubts about the funding landscape. Women 2.0 members save 25% on tickets to discuss "To Product/Market Fit and Beyond" with discount code "women2" -- Get your ticket here. Editor's note: Got a question for our guest blogger? Leave a message in the comments below. About the guest blogger: Phang Chun Kai is Co-Organizer at Rainmaker Live. He wants the world to be a happier place. He believes that organizing the Rainmaker events is an important step toward fulfilling his goal. Phang wants participants to feel joy from the event through gaining new perspectives and insights around tech themes. During the day, he works in a startup that research on visual search technology. In his free time, he loves doing sports and reading books about finance, entrepreneurship, design and philosophy.


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I bring you greetings from Uganda, especially from the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). It is my pleasure to address you all the delegates attending this 45th General Council Meeting of the Africa Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) convened here in Nairobi, Kenya.
This forum, being the highest policy organ of AFRALTI, is certainly important and unique as it provides for direct interaction between us, the key stakeholders, with regard to providing policy direction that will guide AFRALTI for the next two years.
As mentioned by our Minister, we wish to reaffirm the commitment of the Government of Uganda in supporting AFRALTI as a centre of excellence for human resources building in the region. In that regard, I am happy to note that Uganda's representative, UCC, has continued to play an active role as a member of the Governing Council.
As the outgoing chair of the AFRALTI Governing Council Meeting, we wish to congratulate the new Director upon his appointment and we hope that during his tenure, AFRALTI will continue to renew itself and adapt to new challenges and new circumstances as the ICT sector continues to evolve, offering new services and new opportunities.
During the intervening period, Uganda has remained steadfast in the activities of AFRALTI. I wish now to provide highlights on communication sector growth.
(a) SIM Card registration will end on August 31, 2013
(b) Digital broadcasting has just kicked off, albeit in phases. Greater Kampala – a region where almost 70% of the TV viewers stay – is now operational. It is anticipated three-quarters of Uganda will be enjoying digital broadcasting by the end of this year.
(c) The National Addressing and Postcode Project is ongoing.
Mr Chairman, all said, I wish to reiterate Uganda's commitment to AFRALTI. We have always met our financial obligation to AFRALTI in a timely manner and pledge to remain as such. And, we have been active participants in a many AFRALTI-led collaborations.
Distinguished delegates, I do not intend to take any more of your time, as I realise that we have a busy schedule before us. Finally, I would like to extend my gratitude to the organisers for the warm gesture of hospitality accorded to us. I thank you.
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wikiHow to Make Rings and Picots in Tatting
Two Methods:First RingSecond Ring and JoiningCommunity Q&A
All tatting designs contain rings and picots. The ring forms the basis of the design. The picots are used for decoration and for joining. These directions are described in detail to help to make the steps clear in your mind. Once you have mastered this, you will be ready to read the same directions as they would appear in a tatting pattern. This tutorial includes the abbreviations for tatting terms to assist the beginner.
First Ring
1Be aware that the working stitch always comes between the thumb and forefinger. In figures 12, 13, and 14, the fingers should come where the arrow points in the illustration. The drawings are made in this manner (with the fingers away from the working stitch) so that all the steps are clear.
2Start the first ring. Make four double stitches (ds).
3Make the first half of a double stitch (ds). However, as you slide it into position, stop about 1⁄4 inch (0.6 cm) from the preceding double stitch (ds).
4Complete the double stitch (ds).
5Draw the entire stitch close to the first four stitches. The little loop formed from the space left between the stitches is a picot (p).
6Make four more double stitches (ds).
7Note that what was just created is written "1 picot (p) and 5 double stitches (ds)". A picot refers only to the loop and does not include the double stitch which fastens the loop.
8Make another picot and five double stitches (see previous step).
9Make a picot and four double stitches.
10Hold the stitches securely between thumb and forefinger of the left hand. Draw the shuttle thread tight so that the first and last stitches meet, forming a ring.
Second Ring and Joining
1Wind the thread around the left hand in position for another ring.
2Make 4 double stitches 1/4 of an inch away from the ring just made.
3Insert the pointed end of the shuttle through the last picot of the previous ring and catch the thread encircling the left hand.
4Pull the thread through until there is a loop large enough to insert the shuttle.
5Pull the shuttle through the loop and draw the shuttle thread tight.
6Slowly raise the middle finger of the left hand to draw up the loop. This joins the new ring to the old one and counts as the first half of the next double stitch.
7Complete the double stitch.
8Repeat steps 6 to 10 under the first ring (previous section). Continue in this manner for each succeeding ring, repeating all of the steps in this section.
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- Joining the thread - when a new thread is required, make a square knot close to the base of the last ring or chain but do not cut off the ends, for the strain of the work may loosen the knot. If you make a knot in the thread, cut it off and tie the new thread close to the last ring. Knots prevent the ring from being drawn up, for they will not pass through the double stitches. Cut off the loose ends later.
Things You'll Need
- Tatting shuttle
- Tatting thread
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- Reichl, Miriam B., editor (1952), Needlecraft for the Home, New York: The Homemaker's Encyclopedia, Inc. - Book in public domain. Copyright not renewed. Original source of article.
- See also Thérèse de Dillmont, Encyclopedia of Needlework, public domain resource (source of introduction illustration).
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Trade Restrictions on Farmland - a Utilitarian Analysis of Paternalistic Laws
The aim of this paper is to approach the normative analysis of paternalistic laws. Our examples are restrictions on trade in agricultural land: a quantitative restriction in Switzerland and Germany and a fixed price range for lease land in France. We develop a normative framework from the literature and apply it to the restrictions. It shows that the quantitative restrictions apparently rest on a misunderstanding of structural change and can therefore hardly be justified, whereas the price allegation protects from information asymmetries which would lead to unfair results. Hence it can be shown that a normative analysis of paternalistic interventions can produce meaningful results.
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Every week, we'll grade the Cowboys on the three phases of the weekend's game.
Offense: B-
DeMarco Murray continued his stretch of dominance with another stellar game. Dez Bryant caught a touchdown pass and had a Lynn Swann-esque circus grab to help set up the game-winning field goal. Tony Romo did his best Houdini, escaping a sure J.J. Watt sack, before heaving a bomb to Terrance Williams in the end zone. But Murray also fumbled for the fourth time in five games, and Romo threw a key interception in the red zone, so there was a lot to not be too pleased about. But hey, a win's a win.
Defense: B
Fact of the matter is, the defense held an opponent to 17 points and forced turnovers. But there was also a big concern in the fact that aging, ailing running back Arian Foster had his best game of the season on the ground. Again, a lot to like about this performance, and a lot to dislike.
Special teams: C
Yes, it was a 53-yarder, but Dan Bailey missed a field goal after hitting 30 straight dating back to last season, and it came at a bad time, with the game on the line in the closing seconds. But he did redeem himself with a game-winner in the overtime period. Dwayne Harris had a key fumble in the return game that could've very well cost the Cowboys the game. If there's one phase that you really can't afford miscues, it's usually special teams. On Sunday, the Cowboys were lucky to overcome one.


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Defense Department officials are looking for ways to further reduce the number of furlough days for roughly 700,000 civilian employees, with a review under way to further evaluate budget constraints, according to Pentagon leadership.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel "has asked that we take another close look at furloughs, and we are in the process of doing that," DOD Comptroller Robert Hale said April 18 at the Pentagon. "The furloughs, if they occur, are going to damage morale if that hasn't already happened, and seriously damage productivity in virtually every area of the department."
The number of furlough days already was reduced from an initial plan of 22 days down to 14, and officials are seeking ways around the cuts being forced by sequestration.
Earlier in the week, Hagel, testifying before the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense, indicated that some civilian employees could be exempted from furlough based on job priority, based on areas such as "safety, security, expertise and so on."
"That said, what we have tried to do in approaching this is be fair and try to come at this in a way that's across the board, with the exceptions that [I've] noted and others," Hagel said, according to a Washington Times report. "If we have to do this ... then that's the approach that we will continue to take."
On April 17 Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter criticized the furloughs and said officials are "scrubbing the money pot" to prioritize spending with the additional $10 billion granted by Congress last month in a continuing resolution.
"Of course, it's not just to alleviate the furlough. We have other things that are important -- all these things are important," he said. "We have to make sure our nuclear deterrent forces are at full readiness. We have to support [troops in Afghanistan]. We have to take care of wounded warriors."
Hale stressed that nothing is certain and that furloughs remain on the table.
"The possibility of furloughs for our civilian personnel for up to 14 days [is] an issue we're still looking at," Hale said. "If we end up doing them, we will take an overall approach which does it in a way that minimizes the adverse effects on mission to the extent we can."
On Capitol Hill, Hagel indicated a decision is expected next month.
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I consider myself a highly skilled and dedicated technical specialist for one of our DoD Services, and oversee some of the most important modernization projects in the Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance arena. Prior to the FY13 budget, our projects and programs were highly rated, closely watched and supported by senior DoD leadership, and urgently needed for our current overseas efforts in Central Command and other places in the world. FY13 has been an unmitigated disaster. My agency has still not been told what its FY13 budget is, and we have ~6 weeks of funds to pay our employees on hand right now because the DoD is issuing monthly funding increments to its component agencies in response to sequester. My employees have been busting their rears working many more than 40 hr weeks to try to meet our warfighter customer demands, and now you throw this shameless furlough in the lap of our finest scientist and engineers. I would estimate in my agency of 500+, the average worker puts in 48 hrs for 40 hrs pay, some 50-60 hrs. During furlough, they will work 32 hrs for 32 hrs pay. After the furlough, they will work 40 hrs for 40 hrs pay, if they don't quit outright and take a higher paying job with the contractor or commercial sector. I know many will be using their day off to polish resumes.
This political stupidity and standoff is doing irreparable harm to my agency's mission and people. FY13 is a lost year. My hopes for FY14 aren't much brighter. DOD leaders--decide already -- that's what you're paid to do. And PLEASE stop letting us find out national policy in the newspaper -- have the guts and courtesy to tell your DoD employees first before you tell congress and the press.
I am looking forward to the time off. Get out of the stress of trying to do more with less. The leadership is looking clueless by not being decisive. Is the financing of the Department so bad that they can't hit a target for the number of days?
The morale of DOD employees is at an all time low. As an employee of DOD, to be expected to pay military and civilian vouchers within an acceptable timeframe with less employees and now with a cut to hours is a disservice to out customers. Then when taking into consideration many of DOD employees make under $35,000.00 per year; keeping bills paid and feeding their families is already difficult at best. By taking an additional 20% will send them over the edge.
To the person who can do math and show that the 14 furlough days are only 5.4%. OK, So why don't you go for 14 weeks with 20% of your pay being cut during that time while your insurance and other things like that don't change, and then tell me you are only taking a 5.4% pay cut. The way things are going, we are getting one day a week without pay and for a two week pay period, that is two days. If the 14 days get squeezed into less than 14 weeks, which could happen, we will be getting even more than one day off a week without pay.
Why keep us dangling at the end of a string about furloughs!?! Make up your minds and then tell us what's going to happen! I'm tired of all this. I'm ready to retire with $24,000 annuity per year. Sure, government employee's are paid too much!
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**The Standards for Attorney Fees were revised 8/7/17)**
The Standards for Attorney Fees revised April 25, 2011 were presented at the Probate Section of the Houston Bar Association meeting on Tuesday, April 26th. The new standards are now posted and go in effect on June 1, 2011. Please send any comments to firstname.lastname@example.com. Below are comments that have already been received:
1. Paragraph I.C.2 discusses "Personal Representative Compensation" and sets out an example (Appendix A) of how to separate Personal Representative Compensation ("PRC") from compensation related to legal work as an attorney. However, most billing programs are not able to separate time based upon the nature of the work. Courts' Response: Appendix A will be supplemented with another example of an invoice wherein the legal related time and the time spent as a personal representative are integrated into one, chronological billing report.
2. When, in the rules, it says that the courts want compensation to guardians of the person done on an annual basis, does that apply to attorneys who are guardian of the person (whether solely or with being guardian of the estate)? I ask only because I am guardian of the person and estate of an elderly gentleman who is very high maintenance. I segregate my time as guardian of the person from my time as guardian of the estate. I apply a reduced attorney fee rate to guardian of the estate work, and only charge $100 per hour for guardian of the person work. But because the ward is high maintenance, I spend a lot of time on guardian of the person work, thus taking me away from work on other clients that I could bill at a far higher rate. It would thus work a hardship on me, in this instance, to wait an entire year, or even quarterly, to submit my guardian of the person time and hope the court doesn't cut it, as is sometimes done. There are really two issues here. First, may an attorney who serves as the guardian of an estate be paid for fiduciary services based upon such attorney's hourly rate, albeit a reduced attorney rate? Second, if submitting applications for fiduciary compensation on a quarterly basis works an undue hardship on the attorney serving as the guardian of the person, may applications for fiduciary compensation be submitted on a more frequent basis? With regard to the first issue, an attorney serving as the guardian of the person or estate, or both the person and estate, may not charge attorney rates (even if those rates are reduced) for non-legal tasks that are undertaken as a fiduciary only. In addition, the default compensation is set out in Section 665(b) and is equal to 5% of gross income and 5% of all money paid out of the estate. To be paid more than the default compensation, according to Section 665(c)(1) application must be made and it must be shown that the default compensation is unreasonably low considering the services rendered as guardian. With regard to the second issue, Section 665(c)(2) authorizes quarterly compensation upon a showing that delaying compensation until the filing of the annual accounting would create a hardship for the guardian. Unfortunately, even when the ward is high maintenance and requires a great deal of the guardian's time and energy, the Code allows compensation on a quarterly basis; and the courts do not have the authority to award compensation on a more frequent basis. We understand the public policy concerns that the limitations regarding compensation of attorney guardians as set out in Section 665 raise. Specifically, the courts are concerned that qualified, experienced attorneys will shy away from serving as guardians considering the time they spend in a fiduciary capacity is compensated at a much lower rate as compared to their normal billing rate.
3. With regard to III (B), is the invoice with a time sheet needed if the fee amount is agreed on by all parties and the case is the estate is solvent? If the answer is yes, my sense is that it might be appropriate to insert that in the rules to avoid appointees not familiar with unwritten custom and practice calling court staff repeatedly to ask that question. The answer is yes. Any time an attorney is making application for his or her fees to the court, an invoice itemizing the time and expenses is required, even when the estate is solvent and the fee amount is agreed upon by all parties. We will add a statement in Section III(B) to clarify this as you have suggested. However, be aware that when an attorney ad litem is appointed by the Court in an heirship or guardianship matter and the attorney ad litem's fee is agreed upon and totals less than $1000, an invoice is not required.
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Posted: Apr 20 2017, 08:40 AM
Helene stared at the summons on her bed, Tybalt pawed at the piece of parchment and the ravenclaw girl paced back and forth in front of her bed. She'd dropped the piece of parchment as if she had been burned and sprang to her feet; her heartbeat had been sent spiraling erratically out of control. The braid bounced against her back and unconsciously she reached back and draped it over her left shoulder, letting her fingers play with the soft strands of its tip. Professor Jacian Turner had not summoned her in a couple of months - which felt like a very long time to Helene-, but memories of that first time she met him came flooding back. The skeletal and hollow, haunted girl sitting opposite of him still woke her up at night, sometimes she could see her staring back from the bathroom mirror. Helene had improved since then, the weight she may have lost came back gradually, but some part of her had remained fragmented; still stuck back there in her overwhelming grief at the death of Sybil.
No one knew just how much her sister's memory haunted her how relentlessly that specter walked beside her, still chasing her through the darkness and the aisles of the greenhouse, peering with her overly large eyes through the leaves. STOP! The mental reproach shut down all of her senses, clamping down tightly on her imagination, her fingers had twisted the hair around them, suffocating the veins and cutting off circulation as if she could stifle the ghost or the scream building in her throat with the simple action. Taking a shuddering breath Helene picked up the parchment and tucked it into her robes, feeling uncomfortable but knowing she needed to talk to someone or she would go mad. There had been few good days, she'd managed to sleep here and there for more than a few hours, but she still couldn't venture into a greenhouse without feeling an oncoming panic attack. "Let's get this over with, shall we."
The pair made their way through the winding and intricate hallways of Hogwarts; they managed to be led astray by the changing staircases and eventually reached the fifth floor where the teacher's offices were all situated. Helene felt her mouth go dry and Tybalt seemed to be stuck in his own thoughts as the cat offered no comfort while he stood beside her feet, his tail stroking the ground leisurely as he waited for his witch to muster up the courage to knock on the door. It wasn't until Helene's fingers rose up and rapped on the door that Tybalt turned tail and bolted, causing Helene to turn around and hiss after him "Tybalt?" the question sounded a little panicked towards the end but the message was loud and clear. She was on her own on this one, and Helene knew better than to question the decisions of her feline companion. It wasn't often that Tybalt left her to fend for herself but when he did there was usually a reason behind it, still the dread that was settling in the pit of her stomach made her queasy and her hands begun to shake.
I don't want to know what's waiting for me… When there was no answer, Helene was torn between leaving or trying again. The part of her that was used to following orders immediately sprang to life, flooding her with guilt if she so much as turned away. Instead, she knocked again and then after a few seconds opened the door and allowed herself inside with a questioning look around Professor Turner's office. "Professor? I received your summons." Desperately her mind worked to remember the last time they had had a session and whether or not that had yielded any results, but everything from years or even months ago was covered in a thick haze and if she lingered too long on the past a headache would form and yield no answers either way.
"Professor?" she queried again, thinking the office was empty.
@Jacian Turner
|Jacian Turner
Posted: Apr 22 2017, 06:49 PM
Some swearing.
The counselor's mind was temporarily numb, like the center of a hurricane, he knew it was only a momentary sort of shock that would all too soon throw his thoughts into shredding circles. Jacian wasn't sure how long he'd sat, head in his hands on the bench in the still thawing garden, chilled slightly by the end of winter breeze that was moving through the Highlands, before he realized that time had indeed continued to pass around him. "Ah shite!" The former lion jumped to his feet, gingerly picking up the journal that had been abandoned to him, and heading off at a sprint. Of course, and the session he was dashing to - late, he was sure, but not certain by how much - was the one he'd been asked to schedule by the Headmaster.
The Scotsman let loose a barrage of unspoken internal swearing as he ran through the halls, up stairs, around a turn or two, until he slowed to a jog once he was to the hall with his room. He did notice a cat darting by which was a little odd, but certainly not unheard of at Hogwarts. From a bit down the hall he could see the door to his office was open, which caused him to raise his brow faintly. Sure, he wanted students to feel comfortable with him, however just walking into his office was a little odd. Still, he was the one that left it unlocked when he headed off for his walk. His hands shook faintly, as between the events in the garden and his dash to his office he was all anxious adrenaline - honestly, he felt like a fucking wreck.
As he peered into his office, Jace tried to take calm even breaths, and focus on his work. He'd read over the files he'd been given as one of his first cases when he'd started in September and the notes from their initial session. It was a bit alarming, honestly, the state the young woman had been in, a haunted look in her eyes that was similar to a sort he'd seen reflected from his own before. The kind that wasn't fully focused on the here and now, like they were staring at everything through a haze and not really comprehending what was presently in front of them.
What she'd gone through was horrific and had been this immediate reminder to him of why he'd had the life dream that had been snatched from him. These were the sorts of horrors he'd wanted to stop. And that her brother had been hauled away for casting an unforgivable curse...it was a clear example of the gray space between the choices that seem black and white, good or evil. Did he agree with what had happened, in all honesty, no, not really. But that wasn't in his control and the moral dilemma wasn't likely to ever be put in front of him anyway, as being an Auror was no longer an option and never would be.
After the exchange with his brother that had him so shaken, thinking of siblings was not easy - mostly, it made him feel even further like a piece of shite since here was a girl that had both siblings cruelly torn from her, meanwhile he'd turned his back on his brother when all it would have taken was some effort and careful planning and they could have been part of each other's lives. Tristan's words were still whirling in his mind and he tried to shake them. It was fairly immediate that he noted the figure already in the room, and he cleared his throat as he stepped through the doorway. "Ay, I'm so so sorry that I'm late," he sighed as his voice wasn't nearly as composed as he'd intended, a short cough, running both hands through his hair, and he tried again.
"I ran in'te a bit a'unexpected. But I'm 'ere now. Feel free to take a seat, would ye care fer some tea?" The young woman before him certainly was a change to the state she'd been in last he'd seen her. He only hoped internally it was likewise, though that was unfortunately not always the case. First, he set Tristan's journal on one of the bookshelves - sliding it on top of the old wooden box that held his small collection of childhood mementos - before the former lion removed his coat and scarf, draping them over the chair just inside the door, then he walked over to the table with his tea things and poured himself a cup and a second if she wanted one. He tried to ignore how his hands were still shaking, tensing the muscles to try to still them. He needed to pull himself the fuck together.
@Helene Aquila
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|Helene Aquila
Posted: Apr 24 2017, 03:31 PM
Usually Helene wouldn't let herself into a professor's office but her nerves had been shot and somehow they had prompted her to think that maybe the professor had fallen and injured himself, so she'd scurried in but not past the threshold of the door. She hadn't ventured anywhere else but instead was rooted to the spot just inside and to the right, her eyes moving to take in the room and possibly find all the possible exits should she need one. There was still no sign of the professor, no feet sticking out from anywhere, no other sound but that of her labored and agitated breathing bouncing back at her.
She flexed her fingers open and shut, open and shut to keep from twitching or outright bolting and saying she came and no one answered - which wasn't an outright lie, but she couldn't do that. Instead she decided to wait for a few minutes, not moving from her spot regardless of what her gaze absorbed or the panic that was starting to crawl up her throat. Helene wanted nothing more than to get back to her room where she'd pick up her books and bury her face into them, letting her mind drift over text and sentence structures, then eventually wander as was bound to do when she became absorbed in the world her eyes devoured.
Just when she thought of giving up and walking out never to schedule - or come when summoned - ever again, Professor Turner cleared his throat and Helene started; head snapping in his direction as he crossed the threshold and the window of opportunity to run away closed right behind him. She watched him stride into the room, his nervous twitched as his hands ran through his hair right after a short cough. He looked ruffled and not entirely here, which prompted Helene to wonder if she should come back another time. Her gaze was questioning as it settled on him, watching the way his body moved, assessing and calculating what the session would bring this time around. Her palms were sweaty.
"Tea would be great," she said a little distracted, turning around to close the door he'd left open before taking the offered seat, hands folded in her lap after rubbing them against her knees to clear them of sweat. She watched as he poured tea, his hands trembling slightly though she couldn't remember if they had done this before. The last session was still more or less a complete blur to Helene; she just remembered that there were questions asked and somehow from some place deep inside her own headspace, she had answered them. She also remembered the professor, whom she thought looked a lot like a bird of prey, and though she had never told him, her reminded her of an eagle. "I'm sorry about coming in, I thought something might have happened to you when I didn't receive an answer."
She felt guilty even though she had literally done nothing but stand there, waiting for the judgment to fall and someone to come collect her for the punishment. "Professor, are you alright? I can come back if you're not feeling well…" she trailed off, hoping that he might take her own offer as his own personal escape and therefore granting her a reprieve of her own. Curiously her hazel gaze wandered towards the book he set down on the bookshelf, then they lingered on all of the written words she had no access to and felt the dread of the meeting start to dwindle a little as she breathed in deeply, the smell of paper and books mingling with the scents of the tea he had been brewing and pouring. This had a calming effect on Helene, who closed her eyes and smiled faintly as she lost herself momentarily to the smells. A flash of her mother in the kitchen of their house had her eyes snapping open again, swallowing thickly. Despite Professor Turner's mannerisms and the ease with which he calmed his students, she felt nervous and too big for this small room.
"Have my roommates complained about my nightmares? Is that why I am here?"
@Jacian Turner
|Jacian Turner
Posted: May 12 2017, 06:44 PM
"Ah, no worries. That - ah, doesn't usually happen. Honestly, I am sorry fer leavin' ye waiting." Carefully, Jacian poured earl gray into each cup, the scent further defusing into the air of the room, asking how she took her tea and altering one cup as such. Her question had him breathing deep, in and out, silently, letting himself close his eyes, as his back was mostly to her while he faced the tray of tea things. Internally, his mind gave a bitter laugh but outwardly he tossed a smile that didn't reach the blue of his gaze, over his shoulder. "Ah, no, it's fine. I'm fine, 's not a problem."
Picking up one of the cups in each hand, the counselor walked over to offer one to Helene, then before he took his own seat, he rolled the wooden desk chair to a position that he could see and speak to her properly, picked up his small book full of notes and a fountain pen out of a drawer. Thankfully, his hands had mostly stopped shaking, so his reassurance wasn't immediately betrayed as slightly less than true, and he felt his heart running at a much calmer rate - though still faster than the norm. Settling in his chair, with the cup of tea in one hand and his notes and pen being held at his knee with the other, the scene from the garden started playing out in his mind. The sound of the two Scottish brogues, one rough and growling, the other smoother and with a posh air, both were raw and biting, the play back started trying to fill the momentary silence of his thoughts. What the bloody hell had he been thinking. He knew so many better ways he could have handled that situation, but he'd just reacted - the way he used to, in anger and raving - and he was better than that, wasn't he?
Taking a moment to blow across the surface of the tea, the steam warming his skin as he brought the edge of the cup to his lips, the former lion silently berated his wandering thoughts. This was his work now, the personal shite of his ridiculous life had to be shoved to side, stuffed in a dark corner of a forgotten room like all signs that he'd existed had apparently been back at the Truman manor, though unlike those, these were only to be temporarily forgotten, he know all too well that he'd return to tear through it all over a bottle later. This wasn't about him, he was here for the students, and what this girl had gone through put his pains to shame. That thought was sobering enough to shake him from his churning emotions.
"Yer roommates?" he replied, lowering his tea without taking a sip just yet and while it was spoken as a question it was more rhetorical, "not that I know of. I was asked t' follow up and see how you've been doin'. So you've been havin' nightmares?" it was asked calmly, with a tinge of concern mostly in the way his head tilted to the side and his brows rose slightly. It sounded a bit ridiculous really, and the irony wasn't lost in the echo of his counselor way back when asking him the same - 'how d'ye bloody think I've been doin'?' he could hear the answer of his younger self. It felt ridiculous, asking, however, that was in fact why they were present and talking, there was little point to convolute the words unnecessarily.
It was true, he hadn't really gotten much more information about the girl's state when he was told to send the summons. All he'd gotten was an expressed wanting for any more information for the Ministry's investigation, as there were apparently aspects that still lacked clarity. It saddened him a bit and made him wonder if he should have taken it upon himself to check in on her before this. It was up to him to advocate and focus on the concern for his students' welfare while others could focus on any other aspects of their situation. At this time though, he wouldn't let his mind wander to would-should and all that mess. Finally raising the cup, he took a sip and allowed the young woman a moment to answer.
@Helene Aquila
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|Helene Aquila
Posted: May 22 2017, 08:47 PM
"Thank you." Helene's hands reached for the offered cup of tea as it was offered. The surface of the teacup was smooth against her fingers and from within it radiated the warmth, slow burning as it gradually turned into a scalding lick against the pads of her fingertips. She settled further back into the chair as if it would provide her with some form of barrier, some kind of safety measure that would buffer the counselor's questions from chipping away too roughly at her walls. It hadn't even occurred to Helene that she was volunteering information until he asked for confirmation, like what she had said hadn't been confirmation enough.
Helene flinched involuntarily and for a moment her gaze moved away from him to take in the room again, the chair seemed to shrink around her, gripping her tightly against it, the arms working as a restraint; two sentinels ready to coil around her arms or torso and keep her there until she'd answered every question he'd asked. "Yes, I've been having nightmares lately. They've..." a rough swallow, fingers bringing the cup of tea up towards her mouth. She took a sip of the liquid without blowing on its surface and the hot liquid scalded the tip of her tongue, snapping her out of the slow consuming daze. "I've always had the nightmares, they've just never been this bad before. Each... each night they're different and sometimes I can't go back to sleep. In some I'm muttering an unforgivable curse, enjoying it as it kills a blood stained man. In others I'm on the receiving end or Sy-" A shuddering breath drawn out, the inhalation of the ether cloying her lungs, making it difficult to breath. "Sybil is sometimes on that receiving end."
The tea she just drank feels sticky against her throat and suddenly the soft smell of tea and paper, ink and the faint smell of feathers is overbearing. Slowly it starts to turn into something other, a familiar smell and feel and taste she experiences shortly after waking from a night terror. Her grasp tightens on the teacup's handle and slowly her gaze tracks back to Professor Turner, her eyes a two-way mirror. Many of the locked doors in her mind seem to creak open in the dark corners of that haunted corridor, the fear is present in the way her body stills and tightens. It's as if the thought is just in the early stages of birth and the realization is yawning awake like some great dormant beast which after four years of hibernation has deemed it time to wake and prowl the world again.
They shuttered closed again before anyone could glimpse at those black claws trying to force the doors open wider and the rooms gazed through her eyes vanished from sight again.
"So I suppose I am doing as well as can be," she replied with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. This time when she sipped from the tea she made sure to blow on it first. "Professor... did I kill my sister? Are they asking you to investigate because they think I killed her?" This wouldn't be the first time such a thought has occurred to the eagle, in fact it has been a recurring nightmare of hers; buried so deep in her psyche that sometimes she's tricked herself into believing that it's true. "My father can't stand to be around me, and my mother no longer tells stories on the cold Romanian nights. Both Pa-Pater and Syb-Sybil's rooms have become untouchable... we have two tombs inside our house. Is it because of me? Did I kill my sister?" Tears welled up in her eyes and threatened to overflow and spill down her cheeks, but she blinked them away. There was raw guilt weaving into her quavering words and yet her hands and body were so still, as if asking about the nightmares had prompted whatever life had been imbued into her bones and muscles these past few months to exit upon every breath.
There was nothing more that Helene wanted to do than tear that old wound open again and probe its depths with her fingers so that she may pry the answers from each strand of flesh. She wanted to burst the atoms open and make sense of their hidden words, their hidden truths splayed out before her. If she cold pull her veins out and sprawl them out under a magnifying glass, would they be a tangled incomprehensible message?
@Jacian Turner
|Jacian Turner
Posted: Jun 9 2017, 12:48 PM
Watching the young woman process his question was painful and telling, in how little she showed of her feelings. Jacian hadn't missed the flinch that proceeded a sort of stillness as she looked away from him. The tension that settled over the room was almost suffocating for all that nothing had actually changed. Sometimes he wondered how Empaths could stand it, when even without such an ability he found moments like this heartbreaking. Having to asks the questions he did, sometimes it even felt cruel. Why hadn't he checked on this girl sooner? It was easy to see the distance in her eyes, the unfocused way they stared off as she brought the cup to her lips. Her words - just listening to her speak them - he wished he had all the answers. Wished there was some sort of spell that could mend the mind. But the closest they could come was to make you forget, one way or another, and forgetting never fixed a problem - he knew that all too well. Someday it came back to haunt you, eventually.
It was amazing that she was collected as she was in front of him now, if she had been having nightmares every night. A brief note was penned down, notepad on his knee, kept steady with the heel of his palm, to remind him to ask Nora if there was some potion or other that was safe that could maybe give her the occasional blessed night of dreamless sleep. He wasn't one to jump to potions for things but there had to be something that might help. It reminded him of another student who had been witness to a killing curse and lost someone dear to her. She didn't have nightmares every night thankfully but her response to when she did have a series of them was not exactly healthy. She normally sought him out after she'd eventually passed out. Perhaps something like that would be a help to her as well.
The strength Helene showed just in what she had so far spoken was to be commendable. Watching carefully, he noted her grip on the cup, the knuckles shifting white, and her gaze once more settling on his own - hazel meeting blue. It felt like there was something there, something creeping to the forefront in this - almost vulnerable - moment. Until the former lion blinked and it was gone, but it left him wondering if there was indeed something more there. Or perhaps he was seeing things that weren't there - letting his own emotions cloud his judgement. He was supposed to be the calm focused one, but how were you supposed to do a job like this and not be affected - not feel something. The walls were back up now though and she pulled that flimsy mask of a smile up as she condensed her answer to the more or less expected one, but was it truth? His job was to help her do better and the pressure to know all the answers was shoved away and ignored until later. Which was more successful than it might have been as then she asked him a question and it made his breath catch in his throat though he school his visage to its usual professional calm.
He only got so far as to part his lips and inhale a breath, but he wasn't fast enough to interject his reassurance - she was continuing and he could see it for what it was not two words in. The sudden rush of trying, a desperate scramble, to shove the picture in front of someone so they could make sense of it, because it was so hard to do so when you were drowning in it. For all that she was motionless, all the movement was in her words as they carried more than their syntax and semantics, they trembled with emotions as they found this momentary weakness to escape. And they were all the more cutting for the extra they carried. And through all of it, the tears that collected in the corners of the closed windows to her thoughts, were blinked away before they could slip free and down her cheeks. She was still sitting strong despite the despair she was voicing to him.
"Ah, no no..." Jace's visage was calm but there was concern in the tilt of his head, before he shook it slowly, and reassurance in his eyes as he spoke in quiet insistence, "that's not it at all." Moving one hand from where it sat over the pen and notepad and cupping it around his tea with its pair, he leaning slightly forward. "Dreams 'ave this way a' twistin' reality, 'specially trauma. Ye did what ye could, however, unfort'nately it is completely normal te wish ye could 'ave done more. All the should 'ave and could 'aves, an' yer mind takes a hold of these and they get twisted into these nightmares. It's normal te feel guilt but tha' dose'nae mean ye are guilty. That's so very important, nothin' th' happened is yer fault. None of it."
Taking a moment for a deep breath in and out, he straightened back from how he'd been leaning. "As fer ye parents...no one kin be prepared fer this kinda loss. No one knows how te deal with it. Even with there bein' common stages a' grief, even those manifest in completely different ways fer everyone. Losin' yer sister is hard enough but t' ave yer brother taken away fer what some might see as justified, th' Min'stry deems it unforgivable. And every added piece makes it harder fer th'mind te process and they're dealin' with things the only ways they can. It isn't against you, as like I said, this is in no way yer fault. They simply are strugglin' with their own pain and sometimes that makes ye ignore everythin' outside of it." He paused once more, the thumb of one hand tracing the edge of the cup before continuing, his tone stronger. "Just ye being 'ere and sayin' what you've been sayin' shows so much strength that not everyone 'as. And ye need t' know, I am here to help ye work through everythin', you tell me and I'll help ye however I can."
If only there was an easy answer to fix it all. Some things even magic can't fix - it's left to time to add its distance - and sometimes even then things are left as a raw nerve forever, but that wasn't something he would say aloud to any of his students. Time didn't actually heal anything, it was only that as time passes you get used to carrying the added weight on your soul until it becomes a familiar part of you. Time allows you to claim ownership of your pain and sometimes that's the best you can manage.
@Helene Aquila
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|Helene Aquila
Posted: Jul 21 2017, 10:53 AM
Perhaps Professor Turner's words were meant to be reassuring, their purpose to assuage the guilt she'd felt over what may or may not have been her fault, yet they did nothing to appease the turmoil confined to her body. Talking about the problem only made it known and made it fresh, it didn't really help. People could like her after the fact but that didn't make it any better either. Talking vented the wound and it sparked up with a low intense burn until it eventually cooled over again only to poke at you once you almost forgot about it. It would never let her rest, of that much she was certain.
Helene didn't interrupt the professor as he spoke she knew he meant to calm her, to let her know that her parents were dealing with their grief in the only way they knew how. But why did it mean casting her aside when she'd suffered just as much? No, that wasn't a fair line of thought to have. Her mother and her father had lost so much more, she knew that they had also somehow lost her in the process. In those early days when she'd been forced to return to school Helene had to numb herself against the pain and pretend to go through the days as if nothing had happened. She'd stopped eating and started roaming, but she'd also found places to hide and cry in. No one knew that little bit of information, as far as she could recall no one had actually stumbled upon her during these moments of weakness. The fact that her best friend had no idea what she'd been going through for all these years was testament enough to how careful she'd been at not spreading this disease around.
The Aquila name remained intact in front of all other wizarding families with only the Ministry of Magic knowing of its brutal past and violent incident and they too were keeping mum about the whole thing. A numb calmness settled over her, at odds with the violence of emotions she'd been feeling before. Blinking at Professor Turner only revealed that the young eagle had withdrawn to a place inside her mind where no words would be able to reach her. Switching back and forth between all of these feelings was proving rather tiresome, she suddenly wanted to sleep instead of talk. Helene had said enough and still received no real answer. Yet her voice – sounding distant and monotone even to her, - had found its way, tongue curving over the words lovingly as she uttered them. "But even you don't know if it's my fault or not." After falling silent she raised the cup of tea to her mouth and took another sip, staring into the hot liquid after wards. Anything to avoid meeting the professor's eyes.
Just because he'd said she was strong didn't mean it was true. Helene felt anything but strong at that moment, a familiar exhaustion tugging at her arms and legs, pressing her body firmly against the softness of the seat; coaxing her to lay her head down and rest her weary soul. Finally after contemplating curling up in his office among the smell of books, tea and parchment; Helene looked towards Professor Jacian. " It isn't fair that I was pushed to return here shortly after everything because my mother can't stand to look at me. I lost Sybil and Pater just as much as they did, and in the process I lost my parents. Why do I have to pretend to be strong? Who is going to tell me that everything's okay? Because nothing is okay, and I don't even have someone to lie to me about it." Emotion was back again, she could feel it starting to rise up in her throat and spread thick and warm around her insides.
This time she was unable to blink away the tears that welled in her eyes, but her hand shot up to brush the back of her arm across her eyes in an effort to wipe them away. Instead her arm remained there, shielding their appearance from Professor Jacian's view. "I'm so tired. I just want to lay down and sleep all of this away. Please just make it go away. Please." Words were strangling her now, her efforts to staunch the flow of tears useless now that they were streaming down her face, down her neck and soaking into the collar of her shirt, dripping onto the insignia of her house on her Hogwarts robes. For the first time in a year Helene had allowed herself to cry and it had taken a professor telling her that it wasn't her fault when he didn't even know for sure to do it. Doing something like this would have been unacceptable around anyone else, perhaps it was the warmth of the tea radiating through her chilled hands, or his understanding tone that had allowed her pride to step aside and the weakness she tried so desperately to hide to come through. "I want to disappear."
@Jacian Turner
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