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KP: The Autobiography
A flawed character in a flawed system
Oct 11, 2014: The cricket book of the season brings many regrets about the rancour surrounding an incredible talent
County news
Giles confirmed as new Lancashire coach
Oct 8, 2014: Eleven days after their relegation in the County Championship, Lancashire have entrusted Ashley Giles with restoring the club's fortunes, appointing him as their new cricket director and head coach.
KP: The Autobiography
Revealed: the case against Pietersen
Oct 7, 2014: ESPNcricinfo is in possession of an official ECB legal document that lays out the key charges against Kevin Pietersen during the Ashes whitewash that brought his England career to an end
England news
Now KP faces the Battle of the Books
Oct 6, 2014: Kevin Pietersen does not just have to win the argument, he is also expected to win the battle of the Christmas book market
County news
Oct 3, 2014: Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale is braced for a further ban as the ECB looks for a face-saving exit route from its investigations into alleged racial abuse.
ICC news
Strauss fears for Test cricket
Oct 2, 2014: Andrew Strauss, the former England captain, and an increasingly influential voice in cricket administration, has issued dire warnings about the survival of Test cricket
Yorkshire v Somerset, Headingley, 2nd day
Compton rains on Yorkshire's parade
Sep 24, 2014: Barely 24 hours after Yorkshire's chairman Colin Graves announced his plans for world domination the Championship celebrations are not going awfully well
County news
Yorkshire support unstinting for Gale
Sep 23, 2014: Despite a lingering legal case, the most important verdict on Andrew Gale came in the Headingley long room
County news
Gale racism case increasingly tangled
Sep 19, 2014: Usman Khawaja's alleged involvement deepens the intrigue as the ECB struggles to formulate a decisive stance on abuse, sledging and darker forms of misbehaviour
County news
Gale charged with racist abuse after 'Kolpak' outburst
Sep 17, 2014: Yorkshire's captain Andrew Gale has become the first county cricketer to be accused of a racism offence after he was charged on Wednesday by the England & Wales Cricket Board for a disparaging use of the term 'Kolpak'
County news
Crisis at Leicestershire as now Cobb departs
Sep 17, 2014: Leicestershire's miserable summer has taken a turn for the worse after Northants confirmed the signing of their one-day captain Josh Cobb
Sussex v Lancashire, Hove, 3rd day
Prince provides grit but will Lancs gamble?
Sep 11, 2014: Lancashire, in the most optimistic scenario, will face a quandary on the final day at Hove as they contemplate whether they might risk a declaration that could have a major bearing on their Division One future
Sussex v Lancashire, Hove, 2nd day
Anderson leads fight in face of Joyce ton
Sep 10, 2014: Twice Sussex have threatened to sound the death knell on Lancashire's Division One existence and twice Lancashire have stubbornly refused to yield
Sussex v Lancashire, Hove, 1st day
Procter gives Lancashire a lifeline
Sep 9, 2014: The Invisible Man, who currently coaches Lancashire, must have been heartened by the outcome at the close of the first day
England news
Morgan stokes fires of imagination
Sep 8, 2014: The Edgbaston T20 reinforced Eoin Morgan's credentials as the fulcrum of England's limited-overs cricket. Approaching his peak, is it time they made him their World Cup captain as well?
Durham v Notts, Royal London Cup SF, Chester-le-Street
Stokes blasts Durham back to Lord's
Sep 6, 2014: Ben Stokes emphatically put a troubled summer behind him with one of the most destructive innings of the season as his 164 swept Durham into the Royal London One-Day Cup final.
England v India, 5th ODI, Headingley
Root satisfies Headingley craving
Sep 5, 2014: Neither Boycott nor Vaughan were able to satisfy their local crowd in one-day cricket but Root finally broke the 41-year duck
England news
Moeen calls for greater home support
Sep 4, 2014: Moeen Ali has once again proved himself to be a fearless advocate of Britain's maturity as a multi-cultural nation by telling the British Indians who booed him at Edgbaston that he looks forward to the day when they support England
England v India, 5th ODI, Headingley
Cook at centre of England tangle
Sep 4, 2014: With their one-day plans in a familiar mess six months out from the World Cup, questions abound on England's priorities and strategy
England v India, 3rd ODI, Trent Bridge
England face dilemma in fine tuning attack
Aug 29, 2014: With Chris Jordan blowing more cold than hot, England could turn to Steven Finn or Harry Gurney at Trent Bridge but both present their own issues
How India weeds out its suspect actions
The BCCI set up a three-man committee to tackle the problem of chucking at age-group and domestic cricket, and it has produced significant results in five years
A rock, a hard place and the WICB
The board's latest standoff with its players has had embarrassing consequences internationally, so any resolution now needs to be approached thoughtfully
Twin Asian challenges await Australia
What Australia have not done since returning a fractured unit from India is head back to Asia to play an Asian team. Two of their major weaknesses - handling spin and reverse swing - will be tested in the UAE by Pakistan
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The WICB statement should cool down emotions and allow all parties involved to take the next step forward
Has international cricket begun to break up?
The gap between the haves and the have-nots is growing wider, and the disenchantment is forcing a devaluation of Test cricket among weaker teams
Has international cricket begun to break up? (62)
The gap between the haves and the have-nots is growing wider, and the disenchantment is forcing a devaluation of Test cricket among weaker teams
A rock, a hard place and the WICB (43)
The board's latest standoff with its players has had embarrassing consequences internationally, so any resolution now needs to be approached thoughtfully
The pitch belongs to the curator (31)
Players demanding that home pitches should be prepared to favour them don't realise it's a retaliatory business
Australia's 16: who's ready for the Test (28)
ESPNcricinfo runs the rule over the preparation of all 16 Australia players ahead of the first Test, which starts in Dubai on Wednesday
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Three Sabres players were in action on May 12 as the IIHF World Championships continued in Belarus, with the United States facing Russia and Canada facing the Czech Republic.
All it took was 17 seconds to give Team Canada two quick goals en route to an eventual 4-3 victory over the Czech Republic on Monday.
It didn't start off so well, however.
Canada was down 1-0 less than six minutes in when Czech's Roman Cervenka scored to make it 1-0, but Canada came back just four minutes later to tie it on a goal by Joel Ward, who would later be named the player of the game.
Kyle Turris then scored 3:22 into the second period to give Canada its first lead of the night, making it 2-1.
Things escalated quickly in the second period, when Czech's Jan Kovar was served with five-minute slashing penalty and a game misconduct.
The Canadian team scored twice on the ensuing power play, with goals coming from Nathan MacKinnon and Morgan Rielly. Just like that, in a matter of 17 seconds, Canada took a commanding 4-1 lead.
This resulted in a goaltending change for the Czechs, who put in Alexander Salak in favor of Jakub Kovar.
Kovar was perfect in the rest of the game, but even a two-goal rally in the third period wasn't enough of a comeback for the Czechs.
Former Sabres player Jiri Novotny and current San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl scored, but Canada eventually came out on top, 4-3, to secure their second win of the World Championships.
Tyler Myers and Cody Hodgson were both kept off the scoresheet in Monday's win over the Czech Republic. Myers was a minus-1 in 19:45 ice time, while Hodgson had two shots in 11:18 ice time in the win.
The Canadians play next on Thursday, when they'll face Denmark in more World Championships round-robin play.
After putting together wins against Belarus and Switzerland last week, the United States suffered its first loss of the 2014 IIHF World Championships Monday, falling to Russia, 6-1.
The United States fell to an early 2-0 deficit in the first period, beginning with a goal by Russia's Nikolai Kulemin. Later in the period, Alexander Ovechkin was served a penalty shot after being hooked by Dan Dekeyser. Ovechkin scored, giving Russia a two-goal lead in the first period.
Just twenty seconds into the middle frame, it was 3-0 on a goal by Viktor Tikhonov. Russia had three goals on 11 shots, putting the United States in a bit of a hole with less than half of the game gone.
The USA's Justin Abdelkader broke the shutout just 37 seconds after Tikhonov's goal, making it 3-1 in favor of Russia. His goal would end up being the lone one of the game for the US, who suffered its first loss of the 2014 IIHF World Championships.
Despite the goal from Abdelkader, things didn't look up much for the United States, who were outworked and outpowered by the Russian team. Evgeni Kuznetsov and Sergei Plotnikov scored exactly two minutes apart later in the second period to make it 5-1.
After Plotnikov's goal, the United States switched goalies, swapping out Tim Thomas and pulling in former Rochester Americans netminder David Leggio. It marked Leggio's first appearance in the 2014 IIHF World Championships.
Minutes later, the US had a two-man advantage that they were unable to capitalize on, in part due to the stellar goaltending of Andrei Vasilevski.
Russia would shortly after make it 6-1 on a three-on-none breakaway goal credited to Viktor Tikhonov, and the US entered the third period on a five-goal deficit.
In the end, the United States was unable to rally back and suffered its first loss of the tournament. Thomas had 10 saves, while Leggio had one save in 8:53 of ice time.
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe failed to register a point in the loss. He was a minus-1 and had one shot in 12:39 of ice time.
Next up for McCabe and the United States squad is a game against Latvia on Thursday.
Zemgus Girgensons and Team Latvia were not in action on Monday. They'll face Kazakhstan on Tuesday before facing the US on Thursday.
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= famous planning project under the Allende administration in Chile, stewarded by Stafford Beer
"Cybersyn' comes from a synthesis of the two concepts driving the project, 'cybernetics' and 'synergy'. The abbreviation 'Synco' conveyed the objective of the project, namely 'Sistema de Informacion y Control'. The project name has also appeared as 'Sinco' or 'Cinco'," (http://informatics.indiana.edu/edenm/EdenMedinaJLASAugust2006.pdf)
1. From the Wikipedia:
"Project Cybersyn was a Chilean attempt at real-time computer-controlled planned economy in the years 1970–1973 (during the government of president Salvador Allende). It was essentially a network of telex machines that linked factories with a single computer centre in Santiago, which controlled them using principles of cybernetics. The principal architect of the system was British operations research scientist Stafford Beer." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn)
"In 1971, an innovative system of cybernetic information management and transfer began developing in Chile during the government of President Salvador Allende; the CYBERSYN project, cybernetic synergy or SYNCO, information and control system. In Chilean State owned companies a system for capturing, processing and presenting economic information to be managed in "quasi" real time, becoming an absolute pioneer in the application of a cybernetic model in mass socio-economic contexts, and based on a convergence of science, technology, politics and cybernetics. The economic system of the Allende Government, after annexing and nationalising diverse State companies, was faced with the necessity to coordinate information regarding state companies and those that had been recently nationalised, so it required the creation of a dynamic and flexible system for a proper management of the companies. In 1970 Fernando Flores was appointed Technical Director General of CORFO (Production Development Corporation of Chile), and was responsible for the management and coordination between nationalised companies and the State. He had known the theories and solutions proposed by Britain's Stafford Beer since he was an engineering student, and subsequently in the course of his professional relationship with SIGMA, the Beer consultancy firm. He and Raúl Espejo, who also worked at CORFO, wrote to Stafford Beer inviting him to implement VSM (the Viable System Model) in Chile, which had been developed in Beer's "THE BRAIN OF THE FIRM" (1967 – PP). Beer accepted immediately, and the project entered its development stage in 1971." (http://www.cybersyn.cl/ingles/cybersyn/index.html)
3. The context:
"In 1970, the year in which Salvador Allende Gossens took office, Chile, under the presidency of Eduardo Frei Montalva, had initiated a series of new State reforms that were consolidated by the Salvador Allende Government. One of the most important of these measures, the Agrarian Reform or CORA, was applied in the agricultural sector, and consisted in balancing the inequity that existed between the enormous amounts of farmland in the hands of a few, and the lack of farmland owned by the people.
This spirit of popular equality was represented by a splinter group of the Christian Democratic Party called MAPU.
During the Allende Presidency, many of the members of the emergent new MAPU obtained strategic posts in the socialist government, steeping the system with innovative ideologies based on the hopes of the Allende project, avid for new ideas for the system proposed by them.
Fernando Flores, Political Director of the Cybersyn project was a MAPU sympathiser.
As he was in charge of the technical management of CORFO, he was able to fulfil one of his dreams as a young engineering student of the Catholic University: the application of cybernetic concepts in the socialist project. This political scenario was perfect to apply the revolutionary ideas of Stafford Beer.
After the beginning of the project, Fernando Flores was appointed Minister of Finance, acquiring new responsibilities and giving the project partial encouragement from an external post. The Cybersyn project saw this scenario revert, when it was directly opposed by companies controlled by opposition politicians. The UP (Popular Unity), the Government coalition created to support the Allende Government, started to disintegrate rapidly owing to the different disagreements and the impatience of both political groups.
Internationally, the country was viewed with curiosity and mistrust, and in terms of internal affairs, different political groups wasted no time in planning a strategy to produce the debacle of the Socialist government, joining forces with the powers that be in the US, ending in the military coup of 1973, organised by a military junta headed by President Allende's trusted member in the armed forces, Commander in Chief Augusto Pinochet.
The socialist economy proposed by the Allende government was replaced by Milton Friedman's neoliberalistic experiment (through a group of Chilean economists who travelled to Chicago, with the mission to apply this scheme in Chile)." (http://www.cybersyn.cl/ingles/context/context.html)
Nights of Labour blog:
"Owen Hatherley, the author of Militant Modernism, pointed out to me a project called Cybersyn, from the former socialist government in Chile in the early 1970s. I regret that I did not know before this project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn), which was a real-time, computer controlled planning system, coordinating 500 nationalised factories in Chile. I then read the PhD thesis of Eden Miller submitted to MIT in 2005, which follows the traces of the project, the engineers who set it up, Chilean history in the 1970s. The thesis is a history of technology thesis, yet gives brilliant insights regarding possible models and designs which can be put at the service of a socialist practice…which is exactly what the communist laboratory is for. In this post I want to summarise the findings of Dr. Miller, which is the unique authoritative source on the subject and interpret them in my own way, by also offering some comparative outlook with Red Star's statistical system of labour allocation.
Cybersyn originates in the work of a British professor called Stafford Beer who developed cybernetic ideas during the 1960s. A group of engineers was influenced by those ideas and when they took a position in Allende's government invited Beer to set up a computerized system to coordinate 500 factories in Chile with the aims to increase worker participation and achieve efficiency at the shop floor. When Beer came to Chile, there was only one computer, which would be the main government computer at the center. The Cybersyn team used a telex network, which had been used to track satellites. Even though telex networks were only able to transmit ASCII characters, they were based on a high speed of information exchange similar to the Internet.
The first component of the system, Cybernet used the existing telex network in order to make every factory communicate with the main computer. Production information was sent from the factories to a telex control room where employees transferred the data onto punch cards and fed them into the mainframe computer for processing. The system was designed as a real-time economic control, similar to the Red Star's statistical agencies, but in practice data was transmitted once a day. Telex networks are a brilliant bricoleur's solution to the lack of available technology in the context of a developing country, which is subject to political hostility by imperialist powers. It shows how available resources can be creatively used for new purposes by change-driven individuals in a change-inducing environment.
The second component of the Cybersyn system, Cyberstride produced quantitative flow charts of activities within each factory. It did 'statistical filtration on the numbers output from the factory models, discarding the data that fell within the acceptable system parameters and directing the information deemed important upward to the next level of management' (Miller, 2005). The software developed certain methods to identify production trends and if a variable fell outside of the range determined by the system, the system made a warning, which was called an 'algedonic signal'. The relevant person from the factory emitting the signal was given time and freedom to solve the problem. In case he was unsuccessful, the central management had the right to interfere. This principle was to preserve the autonomy of the lower-levels managers.
According to Miller, Cyberstride could be seen as an instrument to predict and map the behaviour of Chilean factories. The algorithm was based on Bayesian probability theory to foresee industrial performance. Since the government could rely on possible trends, it could intervene in advance. Beer wanted to keep the problem signals as simple as possible: sources of energy, raw materials, worker satisfaction present on a given day.
The third part of the Cybersyn project, CHECO (Chilean Economy) aimed at providing simulations of future economic behaviour. CHECO was designed to create the tools for planning and flexibility. But it was not really put into practice.
The fourth component of the system, Opsroom, created a new environment for decision making, which modeled after a British World War II War room. It consisted of seven chairs in an inward facing circle and a series of projection screens, each of them displaying the data collected from the nationalized (Miller, 2005). To enable individuals with minimal scientific training to understand the information, all industries were standardized with a uniform system of iconic representation. One of the walls in the room contained four screens, which represented structural information. The large screen contained instructions for changing the images displayed below, a mix of flow diagrams, factory photographs and unitless mappings of actual and potential production capacities. Two screens recorded algedonic signals on another wall, which represented overall production trends and listed urgent problems which required government intervention. This was based on Beer's metaphor of the economy as a biological organism: Brain (government) intervening from the Opsroom in case problems in the lungs (factories) are not solved.
Miller shows, in her thesis, how ideas similar to Cybersyn were implemented in Soviet Union after several years of the publication of Red Star, when the utopia of Bolshevik Revolution became a reality. For instance, a complex three-tiered computer network that would use thousands of local computer centers collecting primary information was built. Those local centers would be linked to 30 to 50 computer centers in major cities and then all information would travel to one central government in Moscow. It was realized that this scheme would require the manipulation of fifty million variables more than the three thousand variables required to manage the Chilean economy with Cybersyn. Soviet economists tries to simplify this problem by using indirect centralization in which the state was responsible for determining optimal prices and efficiency levels and companies were allowed to make their own decisions. According to Miller, this solution seems very similar to Cybersyn, but there were important differences. In its infancy, the Chilean planning was more receptive to new ideas and challenges. The state development agency CORFO underwent a series of changes that allowed it to grow in different areas (public and mixed property) and to increase new management capabilities (such as adding of new layers of bureaucracy to pre-existing administrative hierarchy) In the Soviet context, factory autonomy contradicted the Soviet economic theory and threatened the centralised power of the State. Rather than being instruments of change, computer technology strengthened centralised control in Soviet Union. In other words, I would argue, it was not simply the combination of creative ideas of a crazy British professor and the dedication of a socialist team, which was behind the transformative capacity and efficiency of Cybersyn. Soviet Union had much more capacity to enact those. Rather, it was being open to new things, a critique of centralized planning of already existing socialist experiences and a very strict emphasis on worker participation which pushed individuals to think differently while playing with similar instruments. A different mind set made a difference in Chile as compared to Soviet Union.
Chilean system aimed to improve the efficacy of human interventions in the factory system. Automated functions were aimed to increase participation and intervention. The emphasis on worker control and participation was a recurrent theme in the debates on and implementation of Cybersyn." (http://nightsoflabour.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/cybersyn-further-thoughts-for-a-communist-laboratory/)
More Information
- Eden Miller (2005) Politics, Ideology and Computation in Chile, 1964-1973, Unpublished PhD Thesis, MIT.
- Book: Cybernetic Revolutionaries
- Essay: Red Plenty Platforms
- Essay: Socialist Cybernetics in Allende's Chile. Eden Medina.


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A 29-year-old Rhinelander man will spend three years in prison after he was convicted of illegally possessing a firearm.
Prosecutors say on October 3, 2012, Christopher Whittaker was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Specifically, the indictment charged that, between February and April 2012, Whittaker possessed a Ruger .22 caliber rifle. Because Whittaker had previously been convicted of a felony, including vehicle hijacking and child abuse, Whittaker was prohibited from possessing a firearm.
Whittaker pleaded guilty to this crime on February 13, 2013, and has remained in custody since his guilty plea.
Upon his release, he'll spend three years on extended supervision.
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the blue moon made me fall in love with a customer named Quin Sheppard. QUIN SHEPPARD?! What kind of heaven did this guy fall from? He was tall and awkward and nervous about whether his desert boots looked okay. I pointed to the (exact same!) ones I happened to be wearing and said, "Yeah." He asked me about where I got my glasses and I told him, but I stuttered because I was busy staring at his sunburnt cheeks and the tuft of chest hair peeking from the top of his shirt. He kept on looking outside because he parked at an expired meter across the street, but then got really embarrassed when he asked to wear out his shoes and if he could trash the ones he had on because there was a hole in the bottom and they weren't fit to be donated to anyone, like we usually do. I held out our trash bin and he threw them in there and then I ran to the back and heaved and fluttered and ate a cookie.
He kind of looks like this guy from the photographer Stefano Marchionini's wonderful series La Lande des selves, except broader, taller, and slightly more professorial:
I need to make out with something, damn you full moon· #kinda drunk #blue moon #crushin


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Protecting my gear when I'm out and about
Summary: Mother Nature can be hard on electronic equipment, but with the right gear, you can take your tablet, smartphone, and camera into pretty much any environment and know it will live to fight another day.
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Travel: Pelican IM2500 Storm
Nothing is harder on tech than travel, especially when you have to hand over the care of your devices to people who don't care about them. This is why I like to pack my stuff inside a case that can take a significant beating, and in my experience, Pelican cases can take everything that airports, taxis, and hotels can throw at them.
My case of choice is the Pelican IM2500 Storm. This is a lightweight, watertight case with rollers and a strong telescoping handle. The case is not only robust, but it also meets carry-on requirements, which means less hassle at airports.
This case is super-robust. I've seen one after a bear attack, and apart from a few bite marks, it was still in excellent condition. I recently used this case to protect my photo equipment while doing a course on a windswept island with the great folks at Welshot Imaging. Despite the rain, salt-spray, and high winds, all my gear survived
Link: Pelican
Price: $175
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Camera: Lowepro Toploader Pro 75 AW
Keeping a camera safe and yet close to hand is not easy, especially if you're dealing with a big DSLR. I've searched high and low for the ideal case, and I think I've found it with the Lowepro Toploader Pro 75 AW. Not only does it protect my camera from bumps, knocks, and scrapes, but it is also easy to access.
Make no mistake, this is a big case, suited to a DSLR — such as the Canon 5D mark III — with a big lens. It's also got space for some spare batteries and memory cards.
If you have a camera that's a little more subtle than mine, then you might want to go for one of the smaller Toploader Pro cases. You get the same level of protection, but in a smaller package.
Link: Lowepro
Price: $99
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Camera: Storm Jacket camera cover
There's nothing I like better than to take my camera outdoors and grab a shot of some ominous clouds, lightning, or other extremes that nature can throw at me. While I'm pretty waterproof, my camera isn't, so I have to make sure it is properly kitted for the adventure.
The best way I've found to do this is to give the camera its own raincoat in the form of a Storm Jacket. These come in a variety of types, sizes, and colors, so you will need to choose the one that suits your needs. Personally, I like the Pro version because it adds the ability to pop the camera onto a tripod.
These Storm Jackets might seem expensive — and they are a tad pricy in my opinion — but they do the job asked of them well, and in the long run, it's a small price to pay to prevent your camera from getting hosed.
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Blogging SF Chronicle: Green Christmas Trees
What do you think? Real vs. fake: Which tree is greener?
Well, as you might have imagined, the question is pretty complicated, and it requires a lot of math, a little guessing, and patience. Lot's of patience. Because, depending on who you ask, you'll get different answers. That's the SF Chronicle's conclusion in their take on the debate.
Each option has it's own pros and cons.
• Artificial trees need no water.
• Some real trees are treated with pesticides.
• Fake trees are made mostly in Japan.
Read the full article for the whole discussion and a few ideas on minimizing the environmental impact of your tree (whether it's fake or real).
Related posts:
• Good Questions: Green Christmas Trees
• Black Friday vs. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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I vote for real. You can always find a garden center that'll chip it down for mulch or a friend that needs firewood.
The most interesting way I've heard of to recyle a Christmas tree comes from back home...
Most winters, the ice in Lake Superior freezes thick enough for cars to drive between Madeline Island and Bayfield, Wisconsin. The "safe" path starts out marked by flagged sticks, but after Christmas, people come from miles around and leave their old christmas trees to line the "road".


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Harry FanFics
If you have a fanfic please fill out this form in my ask.
- Who the fanfic is about. (Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall, Zayn)
- A small description so readers can have a little tester of it.
- State whether it is mature, slash, a one shot or if it is just a normal fanfiction and whether it is finished or not.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask:
http://sassqueentommo.tumblr.com/fixyou - Gale Collins is another teenager in the fast growing population of depressed teens in society today. With a dead mother and a drunkard father, who could blame her? One day she meets happy go lucky Harry Styles, who manages to flip her life upside down just like that. What's in store for this broken soul? Can Harry be the one to fix her?
http://stylesfan-fiction.tumblr.com/fanfic - It is bascially a story of a girl named Katherine whos life turned upside down when her father died in a car accident. Her life really didnt have much meaning but when she meets harry styles in a coffee shop she doesnt realize hes famous around the world. their relationship is getting by people who are trying to ruin them and see if they can be together forever or not.
http://dedicated1dfanfiction.tumblr.com/TeachMeHowtoBeLoved- - *contains mature content* When Penny Moore moves to London the summer before University she meets Harry, she isn't intimidated by his fame and shuts him down. Put in an awkward situation their chemistry is obvious, feverish to them both. Never letting anyone love and take care of her, will Penny Learn How to be loved and let harry into her life? And will Harry stop his player ways for the love of his life?
http://gottabriyou.tumblr.com/LuckyOnes - It is a story about how one ordinary girl ended up dating a member of one of the biggest boy bands in the world and the relationship that saved her life
http://mylifehasonedirection.tumblr.com/fanfictions - ow can the life of a normal teenager change when she falls in love with a super-star? A lot, but what happens, when the star loves her back? It's like a fairy tale, but how long can they deak with the constant distance, the fame, the hate, the jealousy? Will their love be strong enough?
http://kevin-flacked-hazzas-pussy.tumblr.com/FanFics:) - about a girl who is dealing with the suicide of her best friend, and meets Harry, who begins helping her.
http://onedeeeharryfanfics.tumblr.com/FanFiction - Alexa Down and her best friend Hannah Lane have a opportunity to go on a 4 month exchange around Europe. Hannah is convinced this trip is going to change their lives forever, but Alexa is not so sure until a certain group of boys make this trip totally worth while.
http://waitingononedirection.tumblr.com/fanfic - The new girl in town seemed to catch Harry's eye, the 2 and the rest of the boys share many memories, and laughs as their friendships develop. Read to see where this takes Avery in her life.
http://wanderectionfanaticfictions.tumblr.com/mandyfanfic - Andy Richards is your average teenage girl with dreams that are a little too big. When her dream of becoming an actress comes true, she can't believe her luck. The night she takes her best friend Nicole to one of her red carpet events, they meet One Direction: the boyband they've loved since they were 15. Nothing will be the same. It's all love, war, and putting on a show.
http://madforstylinson.tumblr.com/tagged/fftoc - o one rejects a date with Harry Styles. No one. That is, unless you're Zoe Yates. Sick of heartbreak, she refused to let anyone manipulate her emotions, especially Harry. To her, he was nothing more than a pretty face with a bad reputation…or so she thought.
http://sassqueentommo.tumblr.com/fanficyoharry - April Robbs is an average girl. She lives with her mum, lost her police officer father to a gun, and lives a normal life with her bestfriend, Tory. But what happens when an average girl happens bumps into none other than Harry Styles in a local mall? could it be real? or is it all fantasy?
http://onedirectionslutx.tumblr.com/anotherride - Samantha is a solo American singer, Harry is part of a British/Irish band, One Direction. What happens when One Direction is suppose to open up for Samantha's America tour? Watch them go through a whirlwind of emotions, breakups, makeups and misunderstandings.
http://my-one-direction-fan-fiction.tumblr.com/ - Harry and Blair have been friends for over a year now, and they have always had a thing, and when they finally work it out, will it last? or will it end in tears?
http://tomlinswaag.tumblr.com/ - he general idea of the story is that harry meets this girl and she doesn't know he's famous, they get to know each other but their both keeping secrets.
http://stealmyhearttonight-fanfic.tumblr.com/read - Harry and Skyler are both suffering from tough breakups. But when they meet by chance, the hopes of having a laid back vacation go flying out the door. Can Harry and Sky surivive without each other when they have to go back to reality? Surely their love will prevail?
http://smileniallsmile.tumblr.com/fanfic - arry 's home for a week in the middle of his tour and he's visiting his girlfriend, Ro. Their relationship, even after over a year, isn't public knowledge. It'll be harder to hide once Ro gets pregnant at the young age of 17.
http://xbangtidyniall.tumblr.com/fanfic - *contains mature content* Daisy Taylor isn't your typical teenagers. With her father a multi millionaire, both her parents old fashioned minded, Daisy is set up for a life her parents have pre-planned of her. Just like them, she's expected to have an arranged marriage - which is based on someone's bank balance rather than love itself. On a holiday to the Bahamas, she meets Harry - who by then isn't famous. They connected immediately but of course, her parents don't approve as Harry is from a 'common' background. Her world is torn apart as her parents ban her from seeing him again. This story is similar to the award winning, The Notebook.
http://lots-of-1d-fanfics.tumblr.com/fanfic-rescueme - I know it sounds cliché. But when I've been called a slut, whore or bitch one too many times at school, its One Direction who save me. Because for the 3 minutes that I'm listening to one of their songs- I feel beautiful. And worthy. I feel like there's a chance that maybe, just maybe everything will be okay.
http://lookafteryouff.tumblr.com/rememberme - Harry and Ella used to be best friends, until he joined X-Factor. He sorta forgot about her. Two years later she runs into Harry in London, and he tries to get back into her life.
http://zenfulharts.tumblr.com/ - Cora's life seemed normal. She had five best friends, Harry, Niall, Liam, Zayn and Louis, she lived with her mother and spent her days sitting in the forest. After moving to her Dad's place, due to a an agreement between her parents she soon learns that nothing is what it seems. After meeting the mysterious yet attractive Haydn, Cora soon finds out daunting secrets that will change her whole life forever.
http://nourrysexallnight.tumblr.com/tagged/picture-perfect - *contains mature content* Carter Jennings is a photographer that just left home after a terrible accident involving her little sister Lily. She has now moved to Cheshire in search of a fresh start, where she meets a mysterious stranger & the love of her life, Harry. She's always had an eye for detail & she discovers a symbol in one of her photos. Now, it's up to her to figure out what it means. While being in the middle of a love triangle.
http://illbeyourlifeyourvoice.tumblr.com/ - *quite mature with some sex and cutting.* Karla once had a dream to become a singer, dancer and actress. She wasn't supported by her family so she started to think that she should run away and move to England in order to achieve her dreams. But when she finally gets there many good things will happen to her and she'll have the sweetest surprise ever that life has reserved for her since the day she born.
http://paintingmyfuture.tumblr.com/fanfics - Leila and Bae go to meet the boys at a signing wishing they'd stand out, wishing the boys would fall for them… But nothing would prepare them for what happens *MATURE CONTENT*
http://harrys1princess.tumblr.com/fanfiction - *WARNING, CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT* Its about a girl named Ever who's a singer/dancer and shes kidnapped and then falls in love with Harry and is on tour with 1D and the kidnapper is trying to get her again and her ex-boyf is abusive and stuff.
http://1djustice.tumblr.com/haterscanbelovers - Bella is a normal girl with a passion of dancing, which lives with her cousin Liam because her parents died in a car crash. She tries out to be a dancer for her cousin's band One Direction and she gets it. But too bad for her, she has to stay with band member Harry Styles, which she hates. Will she fall for him? Will they fall in love? And how will they battle the threats of 2 anonymous girls out to get them? A story of love, hate, and drama.
http://1djustice.tumblr.com/msff -Jessie is a teen girl, experiencing love and heartbreak. She gets bullied in school every single day, and her best friend is the most popular boy in school dating the most popular girl in school. One day, he opens his eyes and decides to turn that around. What happens when he posts her pictures on a blog, and she applies him for the x factor? How will they cope with the distance? It's hard, especially when she's in love with him.
http://walkingonthinicewelovehazzaa.tumblr.com/ - Louise and Harry had been best friends since they were toddlers. As they had grown up together she couldn't help feeling attracted to him and the feelings had grown stronger. On a summer holiday together she realises that she wants him. But another boy catches her eye and she is caught in the middle of it all and does something she regrets. This takes a turn for the worse and everything comes crashing down on her..
http://youremyreasontobreathee.tumblr.com/fanfic1 - Ava is just a eighteen-year-old girl..left with her eleven-year-old sister after her parents are murdered. Her best friend Louis is finally back after going on the X Factor. Ava then meets Zayn at Louis' homecoming party..but is there something else between her and Harry? And to top it all off, her parents murderer is after her and her sister. Read as Ava battles the worst decisions of her life, and meets the greatest people in her life.
http://1dgetinmypanties.tumblr.com/post/14950891078/harry-fanfic-that-i-write-at-3am-and-various-other - a 17 year old girl called Sarah that generally does stupid things and meets Harry at a work experience and through various realistic life experiences and awkward moments, her relationship with Harry gets pretty damn interesting…
http://amatureharrystylesfanfiction.tumblr.com/fanfiction - Emily Tomlinson wants her big brother's best mate to notice her and when he finally does, he can't help but feel bad about it because Louis told all of the boys to keep their hands off his sister. Will it be the best mate's friendship or the lust and love for the best mate's sister? *WARNING, CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT*
http://upallnightfor1dx-fanfics.tumblr.com/tagged/glass - Harry is taking a break from One Direction after going through a few problems after a horrible break-up that he is not taking well. Emily needs to learn to let go and trust people after the incident that happened. As their paths cross, can Harry move on and Em let go? *HAS SOME MATURE CONTENT; SEX; DRUGS; SUICIDAL ACTIONS.*
http://onedirection-cause-erections.tumblr.com/DWTSG - How much can Harry cope with when his life is destroyed in the matter of 1 week
http://one-direction-info.tumblr.com/ifonlyheknewfanfic - Unaccepted by his high-school peers, 16-year-old Randall Brown is a gay teen who stays away from drama and the spotlight. But drama is everything he'll receive if people find out his secret: He's in love with Harry Styles, the new kid at school.
http://dearest-1-direction.tumblr.com/IHateEverythingAboutYou - Her name is Jessica, Jessica Bauer. Her best friend Harry has known her since they were in diapers, but now that he's made it big, things aren't the same. Her emotions finally build up inside her and she let's it all out. Harry doesn't think much of it, but what will he do when she is in a potentially fatal accident. Will he ever see her again? Will she ever know him again?
http://harrystyleshisgirl.tumblr.com/fanfic - it's about a 17 year old girl, Sophie. She moves all the way from Holland to England, Holmes Chapel, Chesire. It's because her mom is English, and she gots a new and better job offered over there. Sophie has to leave all her friends behind, and has to make new ones on her new English school. She hates everything, untill she meets this special boy..
http://1dkilledmyovaries.tumblr.com/justrememberme - arry and Laura have been best friends ever since they were born. They became so much closer than just friends. Will Harry becoming famous ruin their friendship, nobody knows.
http://nialljamesandnandos.tumblr.com/tagged/you-are-too-beautiful - He's with his stylist, Ellery, who's ex-boyfriend abused her and still does. She has a two-year-old daughter, Belle, who is pretty much the cutest thing since sliced bread
http://harrysnigga.tumblr.com/fanfic *WARNING: contains mature content* - When Louise first started uploading videos on youtube she never thought that a few months later she would be on tour with One direction. Falling in love with a member of the band was actually the worst that could've happened to her at that time…
http://surreal1ddreams.tumblr.com/fanfiction - It is about Harry and it's a normal fanfiction that I just start started. My synopsis is: "Two completely parallel different worlds somehow clash and everything might not be perfect but they will find ways around it.
http://simple-but-effective-5.tumblr.com/ - This is a story about Louis' sister that comes to live with Harry and Louis for a little while after moving out from living with her mum. She and Harry start a friends with benefits type of deal behind Louis' back.
http://1dgetusoverwhelmed.tumblr.com/fanfic - this girl called Charlie who has known Harry since birth pretty much then Harry came 3rd in the xfactor with one direction and they didn't speak for a year but during that time he realises how much he loves her.
http://harrys-my-thief.tumblr.com/cant-help-falling-in-love - Amy finds her boyfriend cheating on her with her best friend. She turns to Harry, her good friend of many years, and her brother John who is in the hospital for help, but Harry can't seem to shake the feeling that Amy is more than just a friend. How will he tell her?
http://stolemy1dheart.tumblr.com/fanficdcwol - Audrey's on aboard at London she met the boys on a funny circumstance. they're met for each other but need to go through a lot of difficult ways to love each other.
http://1dsgravehh.tumblr.com/fanfiction - After Bea dies, Harry is lost, hopeless, and confused. The only thing he wants to do is crawl into his bed and cry. But the boys plan a private getaway to Los Angeles, renting a private beach house and everything. Harry is thrilled, for once he'll be able to get away from all these feelings he's been bottling up for so long. But when the boys drop the fact that their girlfriends are coming along, his excitement turns to dread. Five boys and four girlfriend doesn't sound like an ideal environment. And then the boys decided to let him in on another secret, they'll be sharing the house with two girls, Kili and Allie. Honestly, Harry is not excited for this trip anymore. But as he gets to know Allie, he realizes she's different than all the other girls he's ever liked, or gone out with. She's smart and shy and sarcastic. And he likes it. But nothing good can last forever and before they know it, things are thrown at them, testing their relationship. Allie begins to question her feelings for him while he's on tour, and starts reminiscing about her ex, Jack. Harry gets in contact with a close friend, someone he can't seem to get out of his mind. But even through all the hardships and battles, love will always prevail, right? One moment is all you need to change your life forever.
http://harrysblood.tumblr.com/ - Chloe was trying to adjust in her new life in London with her uncle after her mother's death when an unexpected offer came. One Direction's management had decided to offer her to pretend being Harry's girlfriend.Harry and Chloe will hate each other from the first moment they meet but can the role of being a couple bring them together?Can love overbeat hatred?
http://harry-niall-louis.tumblr.com/forever-yours - Harry and Ellie had the perfect relationship until one day, everything they had fell apart. Can Ellie really survive without Harry?
http://carrots-spoonsandcats.tumblr.com/post/19017123056/train-to-london - a girl named Aria who goes to London over the summer in the hopes of starting college in the fall, and things don't go as planned.
http://harrystylesismycurly.tumblr.com/fanfic - While visiting her friend in London, Elaine runs into a group of cute boys at the airport, one in particular catches her eye.. Harry Styles. Soon she finds out that they're all part of a famous boyband. Harry and Elaine's relationship grows but will it be able to withstand the distance between them when Elaine goes home to the United States?
http://found-myself.tumblr.com/fanfic - It's about a young girl, trying to find love and does when she least expects it. It all starts in Central park where "Ribbon girl" forgets her book… and her heart, as she falls for a stranger who happens to be 1/5 of One direction - Harry Styles. It's not a comedy, but it's not fully drama either, you will get best of both worlds…
http://0nedirecti0nfanficsxx.tumblr.com/wontsayinlove - carlett goes down to Boolie Beach with her best friend Cloe every summer. There's the boys that go down every year too - Harry, Liam, Zayn, and Niall. Scarlett hasn't seen them since a few summers ago when Harry chickened out on their kiss. Now shes back, trying to forget Harry from her brain, especially because she has a boyfriend Cameron. But can the two really ignore their strong feelings? What happens in Boolie beach stays there, right?
http://letsblameitonniall.tumblr.com/summersinlondon - Its about a girl that goes to London for the summer with her bestfriend and her bestfriends boyfriend; to sum it up conflicts between friendship and first love
http://-takeabiteofmyheart.tumblr.com/fanfic - Mariana wants to make it in the music field but she wasn't expecting to fall in love so desesperatly. Find out more in this romantic and easy to read story.
igotthe1dinfection.tumblr.com/vanillatwilight - Heather is from NYC but is staying in London for the summer with her aunt. She meets the boys at JFK as they have the same flight to London. Harry and her hit it off but when he realizes she is not like other girls he's known and she likes her independence, things start to get rocky
http://5erectionsin1direction.tumblr.com/london - Kelsey and Sam are fresh high school graduates from Minnesota. Their dream has been to travel to London for as long as they can remember. When the day comes, exciting people are met, such as their favorite boyband One Direction. As relationships and friendships develop, the clock starts ticking. Will they decide to stay in London to lengthen their relationships or move back to Minnesota?
http://were-like-nana-na.tumblr.com/fanfics - multiple fanfics
http://narnia-or-bust.tumblr.com/ - Harry Styles and the boys come in when they're in LA and she and Harry hit it off.
http://onedirectionstayforeveryoung.tumblr.com/fanfic - It's about Harry, and a girl who shares a dorm in university with Louis' girlfriend, her and Harry meet at a party and instantly hit it off. There's a few mature scenes.
http://theboywiththestartattoo.tumblr.com/fanfic-samemistakes - Basically, he meets a girl named Heather and she makes him work for her number and they eventually start dating, but there are littles twists along the way that could potentially hurt their relationship.
http://1dmomentsfanfic.tumblr.com/yourreasontobe - Julia thought no one could ever love her until Harry Styles noticed her and her life changed forever.
http://giveonedirectionyouraffection.tumblr.com/theonlyoneforme - About a girl that loves One Direction and has the luck of meeting them but will Harry stop his flirting ways for love?
http://its-everything-about-styles.tumblr.com/Iwasprayingfanfiction - ts about this girl who is best friends with all the boys, but totally in love with Harry, but he has a girlfriend. She even undergoes a major transition, but Harry still doesn't notice her. Will he ever?
http://harrystylesisasexgod.tumblr.com/post/15250932379/please-can-my-followers-tell-me-who-reads-my - it's about Millie, a girl who has cancer so it's quite sensitive and really emotional. Um yeah and after her recovery from an operation (which is when 1D visit her) she decides to hold a charity concert to raise money for cancer research and the guys offer to help and the story moves on from there.
http://mariamstyles.tumblr.com/fanfictions/enough - After her parents finally allow her to visit London, Clare meets Harry Styles of One Direction. The attraction is instant and obvious but this relationship will test Clare and her ways. Will dating one of the most famous guys in the world be too much to handle? Will Clare say enough is enough?
why-feelings-have-to-die.tumblr.com/newfanfic - its about alicia a girl who is adopted by a single mother leaving his little brother alone in north america. The single mother has two sons and they're twins: george and adam. What is going to happen to Alicia when she finds herself ina love triangle with george and wild curly haired boy named Harry?
http://liampayneglobal.tumblr.com/Sometimes-You-Have-To-Fight - (finished) Becca's life is perfect, she's a happy girl and has an amazing boyfriend. But then something happens and she has to leave the town without telling anybody, which breaks her heart as she loves Harry to bits. Will their love remain?
http://niall-liam.tumblr.com/HarryFanfic - Charlee is in love with Harry, she hints at Louis that she is, he hints it to him, Her and Harry get together with disastrous consequences and challenges throughout the whole relationship..will they be together in the end?
http://vas-happening-curlies-fanfics.tumblr.com/THESTORYOFUS - Olivia is a normal girl who has her best friend Harry Styles by her side. Alot of dramatic and bad things happen in her life but with her 9 best friends by her side can she pull through? *WARNING; contains mature scenes*
http://1dallthewayx.tumblr.com/tagged/For_Lust_and_Love - *WARNING; THIS IS A MATURE FANFICTION*
http://justanotherdirecti0ner.tumblr.com/fanfiction - Its about a girl who meets a funny, caring boy and after a while convinces him to try out for x-factor. As he becomes more and more famous she starts to loose him, but will things be ok? P.s the first paragraph of each chapter is now, and the rest of the chapter is then
http://adoreone-direction.tumblr.com/ - When I landed a spot on this year's X Factor, my dreams started to come true. And when my mentor, Simon Cowell, brought along One Direction as his celebrity guest judges, things couldn't have gotten better. We hit it off quickly, but now I want to be more than just friends with a certain member of the band. I just hope he feels the same.
http://itsgottabel0u.tumblr.com/ - a girl moves from New Zealand and meets Harry they start liking each other people get photo's of them, she gets hate then he takes her to New Zealand with the rest of the band, surprises her with a trip to Queens town in New Zealand just them two but the plane crashes…
http://onedirection-are-perfection.tumblr.com/ - I meet him and the boys on the train to London, we all are starting college there. They aren't famous, right now. Rosie's and Harry's relationship battle through friends, fire, life and death situations.
http://mariskyline.tumblr.com/ - It's a story about a foreign girl who accidentally crashes against One Direction on the street.
http://heyhoran-fanfic.tumblr.com/ - 7 bestfriends living in a house, every day activities happen
http://1direction-fan-fiction.tumblr.com/ - Lauren & Katherine are best friends of 17 both at the same sixth form college. They never seem to have much luck with anything but their lives start to change when an accident causes them to meet two familiar faces. Life could be a lot more complicated knowing one direction.
http://nina-styles.tumblr.com/publicitystunts - In the industry, the fake becomes genuine more often than you think. Things that start off simply as a publicity stunt often develops into something more. Such is the case for the beautiful Jasmine Bogaerde, a new comer in the music industry whose father recently married Jay Tomlinson. Tasked to go on a tour with five seeminglynormal lads, the petite lass unknowingly gets herself in a screwball situation. The lads' manager called it 'the big stunt' that would gain them the public's full attention, but is that what Jasmine was looking for? Will getting into kooky situations and occasional fights all be worth it in the end? Guess you'll just have to find out yourself.
http://hugheyandbarry.tumblr.com/ - My life's about to change dramatically, I don't know why but I can just feel it. I pray and hope it's a good change because my life recently has been full of unfair events. Everything that happens makes me think that the world hates me…that my parents hate me. I always wonder why me? But secretly I know the obvious answer to my question…Everything Happens For a Reason.
http://harrysmoobsareminefanfics.tumblr.com/morethanjustafan - about a girl who meets Harry in Nandos and they end up getting together
http://harrysmoobsareminefanfics.tumblr.com/keepingyourhead - about this girl who meets Harry and then her life basically messes up and goes all crazy.
http://styleslikeharry.tumblr.com/ - Amelia was finally going to meet the boys, after saving up money and waiting a year. She had flown in from Norway to go to a booksigning, I couldn't be more excited. But when Harry leaves a little more that his autograph in the book, she can't believe what the week in London will bring her…
http://accioharryedwardstyles.tumblr.com/ - Charlotte's your average Seventeen year-old girl. She's got a crush, on her best friend. Once at his party, she finds out he feels the same. But their relationship has it's ups and downs, will their love be strong enough to keep them together?
http://lovely-nialler.tumblr.com/ - Sasha just moved into Holmes Chapel, her parents hoping the switch from London to here will help her with her eating disorder. They move in next to Harry Styles, a guy who might just think he's being a good neighbor at first, but in the end he will help Sasha and fall for her. It's just up to her to let that happen, without anything bad getting in the way.
http://whoacalmdowncurly.tumblr.com/ - a girl called ellie who goes to the same school as harry, she gets invited to his party and it all goes from there
http://differenceinme.tumblr.com/ - Bailey liked her home town. It was where she grew up and where all of her friends lived. She thought she would live there forever, until one day. Could moving to Holmes Chapel change her life for the better?
http://pastapanda.tumblr.com/ - It's about a girl named Lily who gets to go to a 1D concert but she sorta missed half of it because she's got a problem with not getting not enough liquid into her body and she had forgotten her water at home and whoopdidoo, guess what, yeh, Harry noticed and hurries to save the day!
http://harrysmoobsaremine.tumblr.com/ - about a girl who meets Harry in Nandos one day and gets his number. After this, her normal world is thrown into chaos as a relationship unfolds between her and Harry. With her new life and new friends, Jasmine is living the dream…
http://harry-styles-fanficx.tumblr.com/fanfic - Ellie works in a music video with Harry Styles. Little does she know that he will play a big part in her life.
http://downon1d.tumblr.com/torn_fanfic - when emily and her brother niall move into their moms fiancees house, life is utterly perfect! They have their best friends Harry Zayn Louis and Liam, their step brother to be Dougie Poynter, what else could they ask for? But when they are married, Emily realises James' (her step dad) true colours. He knocks all her confidence out and changes her. Will Harry figure out whats wrong and save her from the awful life ahead of her? Read Torn now!
http://downon1d.tumblr.com/harry_and_niallfanfic - Emily+Jenni are twins. They have had a rough life of abuse and pain inflicted by their mother. Their mom sleeps around and always drunk. Their older brother liams been there for them, When they move to Cheshire to their moms boyfriends house, they meet the family friends, Harry Niall Zayn and Louis. Will 2 of these boys change Emilys ans Jennis lives for the best? Will Emily get over her trust issues?
http://emaahstyles.tumblr.com/fanfiction - This a sweet story about a One Direction 'fangirl' called Emma who meets Harry after a seat mix up on the plane when she is traveling to LA for a Holiday with her parents. Emma's Dad is highly wealthy, which means she has trust issue's when it comes to friends, particularly boyfriends, but finds trust in Harry. Harry and Emma's relationship develops from just a 'fangirl' to something a lot more…
http://ohmycarrots-x.tumblr.com/Fanfic1 (finished) - Very dramatic story of a teenager named Emma whos life in a whole year turns turns extremally dramatic it's untrue, she is bestfriends with Harry and is Nialls twin sister who she gets on brilliantly with, she is also best friends with the rest of the boys and their girlfriends. Throughout the fanfic Emma is put in lots of danger with her mad ex Jake but will she be able to stop him leaving herself and her friends unharmed? Read it to find out.
-thebeautifulcupid.tumblr.com/fanfic - Harry Styles and her, Skylar Gibson, were the last two people anyone could have imagined as being .. Together. And she was certainly the last girl to ever be compatible with him.
Nevertheless, looking back, she realised he had always been someone worthy. Worth waiting for; yet not worth crying for, simply because he wouldn't dare to.
But he wasn't supposed to fall in love with her .. Was he?
http://fightingcarrots.tumblr.com/LoveDreamsAndLife - Its basically about a girl (Laura) who won at a talent show and having a huge career in the music business but one day everything fell apart when a rumor came up that she killed her best friend. So everyone is against her, even her family, so she goes to England, to visit Karolyn who was with her in this singing competition years ago. They're moving together & after some time they meet Louis and the other boys who weren't popular yet. there are lots of drama, drugs and heartache.
harrystylesthatisall-ff.tumblr.com/1stfanfic - (finished) Evie gets the chance to go to London to meet her cousins boyfriend Harry Styles and his band, along with the rest of the X Factor contestants. Evie's absolutely mad and constantly embarrasses herself, despite her tries to remain cool around her secret crush which happens to be Harry. As the story unfolds, no one is more shocked than Evie herself.
http://wishforonedirection.tumblr.com/an-old-dream - Who says old dreams can't come true?
http://somethingtolookforward2.tumblr.com/Allaroundme-HSfanfic - It's a love story between the new boy in town (Harry) and a 17 years old girl called Brooke. Brooke is a normal girl, who wants to get away from her hometown Cheshire and live in London to study Film Production. She doesn't like her highschool and can't wait to get away from the place filled with so much drama. She can't easily find excitement in her life …untill she meet Harry Styles and everything changes. That's when their love story begins…
There is a lot fun parts, cool characters , "aww" moments, ex-boyfriends, great best friends and most of all.. LOVE <3
http://fanfictionbaby.tumblr.com/fanfiction - Annabelle seemed to be the perfect teenage girl. A slim, beautiful A-grade student with the best family and friends she could wish for. when her best friend quickly gained fame from a hit tv show, everything could only get better, right?
A story of true friendship and love taking Belle through her roller-coaster teenage life.
http://haynstalik.tumblr.com/torn - mostly zayn but harry is a main character too.
http://ifyouhate1dgtfo.tumblr.com/iwasenchantedtomeetyou - It's about a girl who meets Harry while on holiday, she later finds out her family are moving to Holmes Chapel. When she starts her new school, she finds him there.. Will he remember her and will things return to the way they were?
http://adore1direction.tumblr.com/fanfic - Amy is just an ordinary girl who won a competition and get the chance to meet her favourite band One Direction. At the Meet&Greet she wanna ask the boys for their numbers but she only gets the opportunity to write her number on Harry's arm before they left. Amy doesn't expect Harry would call her but then she gets a text message from him…
http://summerofharry.tumblr.com/ - ask http://whencurlstakeoverrxstorieso.tumblr.com/ for the password.
http://blameniall1d.tumblr.com/fanfic - louis and harry
http://whywalkwhenyoucanrun.tumblr.com/harryfanfic - Its basically about a girl called Natalie and after going through a rough couple of years she goes on the XFactor and little does she know she'll run into the same person who caused all her trouble in the first place.
http://nylovers-onedfanfic.tumblr.com - its called New York lovers
Its about two girls who fly to new york city and in the airplane they meet Liam Payne and Harry Styles who are also taking a few days off in the city that never sleeps :) Will it be a one time meet or will something more happen?? Read and find out :)
http://harry-styles-lover.tumblr.com/fanfiction - Everyone considers Tash one of the luckiest people alive. She knows different. But when she meets Harry Styles everything changes. Follow Tash through the good times and the bad times, but will all end happily ever after?
1 - http://lovingharry-styles.tumblr.com/fanfic - finished
2 - http://lovingharry-styles.tumblr.com/fanfic2
3 - http://lovingharry-styles.tumblr.com/fanfic3
http://onedirectionfanficsandoneshots.tumblr.com/Harrystylesfanficone - About a girl who moves to Holmes Chapel, leaving her friends and family behind then she meets Harry- the cheeky neighbour who adores who but just doesn't show it… (:
kimberleyyyy.tumblr.com/harrystylesfanfic - its aabout like all the boys but mainly harry and er well its about this girl called harley whos best friends with louis and she meets harry when louis auditions for the x factor and they become closer after meeting up again
http://omglolharrystyles.tumblr.com/Imalloutoffaith - basically its about harry and a girl, and shes quite messed up and his just there to help her and stuff, and they fall in love(':
http://fanfic2part1.tumblr.com/ - Amber was a normal girl, who had never expierienced love. she had never really fit in anywhere. but when she moves, she finds herself in a mess. she is in love with harry, but theres someone else, someone she would risk everything for.
http://welovehstyles.tumblr.com/harryandlily - Lily gets a saturday job at a photography studio. The final 16 of XFactor have a shoot there and then she meets all the boys. It escalates from there ;)
http://welovehstyles.tumblr.com/runaway - Becky is chased by a bad past wherever she goes. When she moves again and meets Harry, she really wants to stay put. Her past catches up on her and causes all sort of drama.
http://welovehstyles.tumblr.com/chasingcars - Emily gets a new job as One Direction's tour organiser and really gets thrown in at the deep end. Working so closely with the boys digs up a hidden secret and a relationship!
http://onedirectionfan-fiction.tumblr.com/Larry - Louis and Harry have always been best friends, but what happens when they get too close, is having feelings for your best friend and band mate something they're going to have to come to terms with? Or can they both suppress the feelings that are becoming stronger each day.
http://hannahlovesharrystyles.tumblr.com/tagged/timeofourstyles - a fan wrote a letter to the boys with her friends and added her address… the fanfic is around what happens when the boys turn up at her house during the tour.
http://onedirectionfan-fiction.tumblr.com/HeartbreakRecovery - A teenage girl called Harriet gets her heart broken by her first love, she goes on to meet Harry by chance, a national heartthrob. The story follows her trying to get over her ex and maybe even finding a new, better love if they can get through a few problems that may face them along the way.
http://-harrystylesfanfiction.tumblr.com/change - it's about a girl called kate who lives a completely normal life, and one day she meets harry and her life spirals out of control. she finds herself falling for harry and there is nothing she can do about it - and harry also finds himself beginning to develop strong feelings for her after a short amount of time. there are loads of ups and downs, unexpected surprises and i work really hard on writing it :-) hope you enjoy xo
http://myheartiswith1d.tumblr.com/1dfanfiction - Hannah auditions for the X factor, and she is paired up with 5 boys to make up 1 Direction. The fanfic follows their rise to fame, their antics and relationships with eachother.
http://onelovegoodlife.tumblr.com/onedirectionfanfiction - Join Molly and her best friend Raina, students at a prestigious London performing arts school, as they experience love, friendship, drama, heartache… and One Direction.
http://hazzaedwardstyles.tumblr.com/harryfanfic - When Beth finds out she'll be leaving London and moving to Holmes Chapel she thinks things couldn't be any worse. Her new school friends warn her not to get invovled with the 'flirt, player, popular boy' Harry Styles. But will her heart get the better of her?
http://sunshineandshenanigans.tumblr.com/fanfic - Tessa works for a company promoting and supporting different rock bands mostly in the US. When her boss assigns her a new band that's way out of her comfort zone, she realizes that not everything in life is going to be easy, especially where Harry Styles is concerned. Follow Tessa and the boys behind the scenes of what really goes on in the music business. - - - 1,700+ word chapters. :)
http://one-directionobsession.tumblr.com/harry2 - its about a girl called caitlin how she moves to holmes chapel and goes throught life with harry styles, first time with drugs, drink and sex, finding love and losing love. losing friends and everything that she loves. her life is falling apart but soon she will realise something that will build her life back up.
http://blushforonedirection.tumblr.com/IfOnlyLifeWasSimple -its about Harry and his best friend Rosheen. They fall in love, but will it work out for them?!
http://harrystylesmyfanfic.tumblr.com/harryfanfic - Its about a girl called Natasha who works at the Holmes Chapel bakery alongside Harry. Natasha hates Harry, how he acts around people and his general personality, also the way he always demands her around. Not only does she have troubles at work, her home life isnt so great either as her mum seems to be getting sicker by the week, leaving her to look after her little twin sisters.
http://1-directionforeveryoung.tumblr.com/fanfic - a girl named Delilah who moves to England from America and lives across the street from Harry, they meet on the first day of school and quickly fall for eachother
theworldneverstops.tumblr.com/harrystylesfanfic - formerly known as lucyjanexo
onedreamonedirection.tumblr.com/TheStoryOfMeAndYou - "Everyone knows Harry Styles. The boy with the cheeky smile, his dimples , his curly hair and his angelic voice. His ability to melt every girls heart with just one smile. He was popular in school, he had many girlfriends , he was in a band and then just when everyone thought he couldnt be any more popular, he entered the talent show X Factor and stole the hearts of millions of girls. He was living a perfect life from what everyone saw. But, does everyone know the story of his first love ? How he fought for her heart and sacrificied everything but in the end he lost the battle? because thats what you get when you fall in love with your bestfriend.
This , is the story of Harry Styles' First love. "
www.lianneloves1dxo.tumblr.com/Lily - Lily is an average 16 year old girl. Her life's great: she's got the perfect boyfriend, the perfect friends and the perfect home life to make life complete. However, it all takes a turn for the worse when she finds out secrets she'd never even dare to believe were true. Her lifes turns to shatters and she becomes lost. Confused and bewildered, Lily turns to someone she'd never think of turning to before…
Lily is a tale of love, friendship and heartache. 'Love is all around you, just look round every corner and it'll be there, waiting to love you…'
http://onedirectioninmybed.tumblr.com/post/2574172110/the-bet - Harry Styles; the biggest flirt and charmer anyone in his school or Holmes Chapel has ever met. He's pretty certain he can score with any girl… that is, until he meets the new girl in school, Emily Chapman. Despite her being reluctant to go out with him, Harry is sure she'll fall for him eventually. But what happens when a little bet comes into play, and Harry's heart gets the better of him?
http://fixatedbystyles.tumblr.com/fanfiction - As much as Amy tried to deny it, when it came to Harry Styles she was just another fan girl but someone, for once, someone actually took notice of her and all due to simply spilling coke down a certain curly haired boy. Can Amy and Harry make it through the trials and tribulations of coming from two completely different worlds?
http://iloveone-direction.tumblr.com/fanfic - about Harry/louis. A girl who is best friend with louis and wants to be with harry so pretends to be a boy to get to know him and falls in love etc etc, dont want to spoil it becuase its not finished!!
http://hesharryfuckingstyles.tumblr.com/fanfic - Its about an average girl called Ellie and her brother Louis. During the Christmas holidays she gets a new neighbour and at first she doesn't know what to think of him. They argue constantly and do everything to annoy each other.
http://harrystyles-fanfic.tumblr.com/Chapters -Set in 2014, Jemma accidentally finds the missing piece of her puzzle in the form of a colleague, but he's not the average colleague
http://inspiredbyliam.tumblr.com/harryfanfic - Eternity, the biggest girl Band in America, consisting of 2 17 year old best friends, is a band that came from poor families and are now living the dream. On a break from tour, the girls want adventure…and who knows who this adventure could lead them to…
harry-styles-fanfic.tumblr.com/fullfanfic - When a day trip to London with her best friend takes an unexpected turn, Alicia bumps into a boy who, unknowing to her, will change her life. Can she overcome her fears and open her heart to one of the most loved and desired boys in Britain ? Or will her chances of having the perfect relationship be ruined once again ?
http://onedirectionnom.tumblr.com/harrysfanfic - Emma (coincidently my name too :P) is a seventeen year old girl (obviously) in college studying drama. She is fighting the fact that she likes a boy called Harry and trying to get over her old relationship.She loves Harry but she doesn't know it and every time she gets butterflies around him, she discards it as missing her ex boyfriend :D x
http://shiningshootingstars.tumblr.com/fanfiction - Harry fanfic, quite emotional, slightly dirty, not sure how to describe this one, sorry :)
http://shiningshootingstars.tumblr.com/fanfiction2 - Harry fanfic, Louis' sister, best friends wanting more, :)
www.bethanvickery.tumblr.com/thatsmystyles - It's about a girl who goes on holiday and meets harry on the plane and then they kinda become friends…
http://stylesobsession.tumblr.com/ - she has two
http://harry-styles-fan-fic.tumblr.com/UnderWraps - Under Wraps is about Harry and his hollywood girlfriend, who is realy a bitch. His gf runs away and leaves finds her look-alike to replace her while she's gone. Harry falls in love with the look-like, Sidney and they are put into a lot of trouble.
http://harry-styles-fan-fic.tumblr.com/Chapters - Harry falls in love with a girl, Allie, on Spring break. *warning, contains mature content*


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Ofcom proposes new rules on advertising deals
Ofcom said it was laying out the proposed new rules as required of it under the UK's Communications Act. Under the Act, Ofcom must set out a code of practice that sets standards on "the content of programmes to be included in television and radio services" that ensure that "there is no undue discrimination between advertisers …
'upto' or 'downto'
I just hope ofcom sort out the telcos too, they should not be allowed to advertise 'upto' speeds that the majority can't get. Cabinet broadband should be advertised as 'down to 5 meg' and not the 'up to' 80meg that only people close to the cabinet can receive.
They need to stop the noise differential more than worry about discrimination.
The loudness of adverts to the programme you are watching is huge. You can be watching a program at a comfortable level and when the adverts come I fear for my cheap speakers safety. It is enough to wake the kids at times.
I don't mind different channels at different levels because you can adjust if you switch but on a channel everything should be output at the same level. None of this your allowed to be 10% louder (not sure on the exact figure) because that makes it easy for them to crank it up. And then just get a slap on the wrist when (not if) they crank it up louder than they are supposed to because they have received a backhander.
Yes, I use a PVR and fast forward through most adverts but you still get the initial noise when they start the adverts where you are not expecting.
/rant over
How flexible is your PVR/remote?
Why not arrange for the skip button to mute? I think I can arrange for MythTV to mute for a couple of seconds every time skip is hit so I won't even have to hit unmute after the break.
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HottRoddTX wrote on 21.10.2014:
[7.0] "Rather c him more than The Miz. Sandow isn't like The Miz just coming from a reality show and just decides to be a wrestler. This guy should be the 1 to own The Miz."
Dowkesy wrote on 27.08.2014:
[0.0] "A decent wrestler with ok mic skills but seriously the guy defiantly doesn't have the look and in no way should even be considered as main event material or even ic or us champ material. His original gimmick was just a worse version of the genius and his new man of a 1000 gimmicks is ok for a filler segment on smackdown and that's all he deserves."
Exturnus wrote on 26.08.2014:
[8.0] "People underrate him, I don't know, why. Master of reincarnations, that can make match funny, and interesting to see. He not eligible to be a champion, but this character must be in every wrestling promotion."
L3NA wrote on 24.05.2014:
[5.0] "A very stale ring work incorporated with a monotonous one-key gimmick don't make things very interesting."
jay are wrote on 16.02.2014:
[9.0] "Does a great job playing his character at all times, I love the way he can flip an aggression switch when the bell rings, I think he is a very good worker overall who does a great job of targeting areas of opponents who's unfortunately been put in really bad situations in booking recently."
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[7.0] "There's nothing wrong in Sandow character or mic skills, but his wrestling skills are kinda low. He shoul be sended to NXT for a while to improve his in-ring skills, then he would be ready to be pushed."
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[9.0] "Good character, good mic work and good in ring ability!"
yanus wrote on 12.01.2014:
[5.0] "Plays his character really good, solid look (although seems to have developed a gut), good on the mic but unfortunately rather average in the ring (only his cash-in on Cena was memorable)"
LS Inc wrote on 28.12.2013:
[10.0] "Great wrestler, great character and a fantastic entertainer. Unfortunately ith the title unification he will have less opportunities to become a main eventer (that is what he should be! )."
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[9.0] "Great Gimmick, Great Talent, Next World Heavyweight Champion"
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Twenty-two caliber handgun, small comcealable fire arm,5 or 6 shot revolver.
Hey nigger are you bringing your duce-duce to the party, said Fred.
ayon kay concrete Doug ika-09 ng Mayo, 2006
noun-22 inch wheels
I got that new benz truck sittin on duce duces.
ayon kay Jay ika-24 ng Enero, 2004
a 22 millimeter hand gun aka duce duce
Yo Man I Was Kickin It Wit Money Before Right And THese Niggas Rolled Up And Pulled Out A Duce Duce Right And Money Jus Whiped Out The Ak And Shot Dem Niggas Up Yo Money Is Crazy Like That
ayon kay DeVonTheDucer ika-28 ng Hulyo, 2003