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The invention relates to a water driven turbine. The turbine has a central drum rotatable on a horizontal shaft, the drum having a series of buckets about its periphery, the outer lips of each bucket being such as to delay discharge of water from each bucket until the bucket has a almost reached bottom dead center. The turbine has an inlet with a relatively narrow upstream opening and a relatively broad downstream opening, the inlet spreading the flow of water along substantially the length of each bucket. The turbine may be coupled to a pump which pumps water from a reservoir of water that has passed through the pump. Delivery of water can be achieved to unexpectedly high levels using the turbine/pump combination.
1. A substantially cylindrical water driven turbine, comprising:
a central shaft;
a drum co-axial and rotatable with said shaft;
a plurality of buckets, each bucket being defined by the outer surface of said drum, an end disc extending radially outwardly at each end of said drum, and connecting radially inner and outer blade portions extending axially between each of said end discs and in a direction substantially radially outwardly from said drum, each bucket being adapted to delay discharge of water from said bucket during rotation of said drum until before but substantially close to bottom dead center;
the diameter of said drum being substantially in the range of one half to three-quarters of the diameter of the circumference defined by the outer lips of said buckets;
inlet means having an intake end which is relatively narrow to receive a flow of water and having an outlet end which is relatively wide to spread said flow horizontally and direct the water into each bucket substantially along the length of said bucket;
the axial distance end to end of said drum being greater than the width of said intake end of said inlet means;
the water outlet end of said inlet means being provided with deflecting means to direct the flow of water in a substantially flat flow, said deflecting means comprising a discharge end having a deflecting lip thereon for deflecting the water in the direction extending substantially along the length of said buckets, and directing means to direct the flow of water from said deflecting lip at said discharge end inwardly toward the opening of each bucket;
the arrangement being such that in use said drum and shaft are rotated by said water falling into said buckets.
2. A turbine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said blade portions are substantially flat.
3. A turbine as claimed in claim 2 wherein each inner blade portion lies in a plane extending along a radius of said drum.
4. A turbine as claimed in claim 3 wherein each outer blade portion lies in a plane which intersects the plane of said inner blade at an angle of substantially 120°.
5. A turbine as claimed in claim 4 wherein a lip blade portion is provided at the radially outer edge of said outer blade portion, said lip blade portion extending axially between each of said end discs.
6. A turbine as claimed in claim 5 wherein the plane of said lip blade portion intersects the plane of said outer blade portion at an angle of substantially 120°.
7. A turbine as claimed in claim 6 wherein said outer blade portion is wider when viewed in end elevation than either of said inner blade portion and said lip blade portion.
8. A turbine as claimed in claim 5 wherein said outer blade portion is wider when viewed in end elevation than either of said inner blade portion and said lip blade portion.
9. A turbine as claimed in claim 7 wherein the planes of said inner blade portions extending radially from said drum intersect with each other at angles of substantially 30°.
10. A turbine as claimed in claim 1 wherein three said inlet means are provided in said turbine.
11. A turbine as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least one reciprocating pump is provided for pumping water, at least one end of said shaft is provided with a crank drivingly connected to said at least one reciprocating pump, a reservoir is provided near the discharge point for water driving said turbine, and an inlet for said at least one reciprocating pump is provided and connected to said reservoir so that the water source for said pump comprises said reservoir.
12. A turbine as claimed in claim 11 wherein the water in said reservoir is supplied by said discharge point.
13. A turbine as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said directing means comprises at least one slot in said outlet end of said inlet means extending in said direction substantially along the length of said bucket.
14. A turbine as claimed in claim 13 wherein:
said deflecting means comprises a first curved section on said discharge end; and
said deflecting lip comprises a second curved section curved oppositely to the curvature of said first curved section.
15. A turbine as claimed in claim 1 wherein:
said deflecting means further comprises a first curved section on said discharge end; and
said deflecting lip comprises a second curved section curved oppositely to the curvature of said first curved section.
16. A turbine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the axial length of said drum is greater than the diameter of said drum.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 090,759, filed Aug. 28, 1987 which in turn is abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a water driven turbine. The turbine is particularly useful for pumping water from sources providing only a low head. It can be used for other applications known to those skilled in the art.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Water wheels have been known and used for centuries. A number of applications have been devised for the use of water wheels. A conventional wheel is of a relatively large diameter with a relatively short axis of rotation. The blades extend radially outwardly from near the center. Such blades are inefficient in operation in comparison with the turbine of the present invention.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,015,858; 1,108,700; 1,798,646; 3,381,618; 4,043,702; 4,246,753 and 4,352,025 all relate to devices having a common origin in the water wheel. These represent the most relevant prior art known to the applicant. None shows the same features of construction in combination as in the invention described in this application.
It is an object of this invention to provide a water wheel turbine of a mechanically simple design which allows the efficient use of the weight of water rather than speed to achieve sufficient momentum to turn the water wheel at optimum rate.
Accordingly the invention may be said broadly to consist in a water driven turbine comprising:
a central shaft,
a drum co-axial and rotatable with said shaft,
buckets fixed to the periphery of said drums, the alignment of each bucket being such as to delay discharge of water therefrom until before, but substantially close to bottom dead center and,
inlet means having a relatively narrow intake end to receive a flow of water and having a relatively wide outlet end to spread the flow and direct the water into each bucket substantially along the length thereof whereby in use the drum and shaft are rotated by the water falling into the buckets.
Preferably the turbine is substantially cylindrical and the diameter of the drum is substantially one half to three quarters of the diameter of the circumference defined by the outer lips of the buckets.
Preferably each said bucket is defined by the outer surface of the drum, a disc extending radially outwardly at either end thereof and connecting inner and outer blade portions extending axially between each of the discs and substantially radially outwardly from said drum.
Preferably the blade portions are flat.
Preferably the plane of the inner part of each blade lies along a radius of said drum.
Preferably the plane of the outer blade intersects the plane of the inner blade part at an angle of substantially 120°.
Preferably there is provided a lip blade portion at the radially outer edge of a the outer blade, said lip extending axially between each of the discs.
Preferably the plane of the lip intersects the plane of the outer blade at an angle of substantially 120°.
Preferably said outer blade part is wider than viewed in end elevation than either of the inner blade part and said lip portion. Preferably there are provided three the inlet means into said turbine.
Preferably the planes of said inner blades extending radially from said drum intersect at angles of substantially 30°.
Preferably the inlet is provided at its water discharge end with deflecting means to direct the flow of water in a substantially flat flow.
Preferably the deflecting means comprises a lip at the discharge end thereof and complementary means to direct the flow of water from said lip substantially radially inward toward the opening of each the bucket.
Preferably the turbine is provided with a casing.
Preferably the casing is closely fitting over said buckets.
Preferably at least one end of the shaft is provided with a crank drivingly connected to a reciprocating pump, the source for water pumped by the pump being a reservoir near the discharge point for water driving the turbine.
Preferably there is provided a baffle between the point of discharge of water from said turbine and the point of intake of water into the pump to reduce cavitation in water being pumped.
The invention may be more fully understood by the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is an end elevational view of a turbine according to the invention with a protective side housing removed from the reciprocating pump and a portion of the lower part of the casing broken away to show the intake reservoir;
FIG. 2 sectional view of the drum and buckets of a first construction;
FIG. 3 is the cross sectional view taken along line III--III in FIG. 4 of the cover/inlet portion of the apparatus.
FIG. 4 is the section view IV--IV in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the cover/inlet of FIGS. 3 and 4.
FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of three turbines according to the invention having the ends of their driven shafts interconnected.
FIGS. 7A and 7B are side elevational views of three turbines mounted one above the other and connected with the spouting of a building to use rainwater to drive the turbines;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the invention showing turbine buckets of another construction;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of the invention with part of the end cut away;
FIG. 10 is a cross sectional view taken along line X--X as shown in FIG. 9; and
FIG. 11 is an end elevational view of a pump mounted on the turbine according to the invention.
Referring to FIG. 2 the driven component of the turbine of the invention comprises a pair of end discs 40 mounted at either end of a drum 46. Buckets of one embodiment are formed by means of flat blades comprising an inner portion 44 and an outer portion 42. Discs 40 extend radially beyond the lips of outer portions 42 in a preferred embodiment to reduce spillage of water out of the buckets. In the embodiment illustrated the plane of inner portion 44 lies in a radius of the drum. Blade portion 42 extends at an angle of approximately 120° to blade portion 44. There are a series of spokes 48 which extend from a bushing 50 around central shaft 15 to support the drum 46. Other suitable constructions can be employed to maintain the drum to be rotatable with central shaft 15. Constructions using blades which are curved to form buckets may be used. A particularly preferred embodiment is described below in relation to FIG. 8. As will be discussed below the buckets are designed to provide the maximum torque in rotating shaft 15.
The turbine is provided with a casing 10 as illustrated in FIG. 1. End 14 of shaft 15 is mounted in a bearing block 13. A crank 16 is mounted on end 14 and joined by a connecting rod 18 to a slide piece 20. Slide piece 20 operates the piston rod of a reciprocating pump 22. A pipe 24 leads out of pump 22. A non-return valve 26 is provided in pipe 24.
At the bottom of casing 10 at the lower left hand side there is provided an outlet 28 from which water 38 is discharged in operation. The inlet for pump 22 is provided by a first elbowed pipe 32, a tubing 34 and an inlet 36 which is open at its bottom end. A suitable filter 39 may be provided in inlet 36. In one embodiment metal wool made of a suitable non-corrosive metal can be used.
Inside the bottom of casing 10 there is a defined reservoir 30, the depth of which is determined by the bottom level height of opening 28. Reservoir 30 extends to one end of the casing to provide a reservoir for intake 36. A baffle plate may be provided between the main reservoir and the side reservoir 30. This baffle can reduce cavitation during use reducing the incidence of bubbles in tubing 34. In one preferred embodiment a pump and reservoir are provided at each end of the casing.
In the top of the casing 10 there is provided a rectangular opening into which fits the cover/inlet member illustrated in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. The cover/inlet member comprises a top portion 52 having a central inlet hole 53. There are also provided front wall 54, side wall 55, rear wall 60, a central gusset 58 and a curved bottom wall 56 having slots 62 and 64 passing therethrough. At the bottom of opening 53 above one wall 56 there is provided a deflector 66 having a pair of folded back ends 68 and a lip portion 70. Inlet pipe 12 fits into opening 53.
Referring to FIG. 5 there may also be provided a pair of auxilliary openings 72 and 74 and caps 76 and 69 for use when only one source of water is provided.
Referring to FIG. 6 there are illustrated three turbines 71, 73 and 75. Each has an inlet 12 and discharge opening 28. Each of the abutting ends 14 of shafts 15 of the three turbines are connected to each other.
Illustrated in FIGS. 7A and 7B are three turbines 78, 80 and 82 mounted one above the other on the side of a building 77 draining water from the building. Spouting 79 empties into downpipe 81 which feeds in turn each of the turbines 78, 80 and 82. A priming reservoir is provided at the bottom of turbine 82 and this is emptied by drainpipe 85 into sewer pipe 87. As illustrated in FIG. 7B a crank 90 may be provided on the bottom turbine 82 connected by a connecting rod 92 to a reciprocating pump 86. An intake priming pipe 88 is connected to the reservoir at the bottom of turbine 82.
A discharge pipe 84 leads from pump 86.
The drive shafts of each of the three turbines 78, 80 and 82 may be interconnected by chain and sprocket or the like gearing means so that the torque of the three turbines is combined into the the drive of the bottom turbine 82.
The operation of the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5 will now be described. A source of water is provided to conduit 12. In one operative embodiment a stream is dammed to provide a head of approximately 600 mm feeding a circular pipe 12 of approximately 100 mm diameter. Water discharged from the mouth of pipe 12 contacts the deflector 66 above slots 62 and 64. Some of the flow drops directly through slot 62 and a lesser amount directly through slot 64. Another portion of the stream of water is deflected by lip 70 outwardly in the direction of arrow A along the deflector 66 and past the end portion 68 against the inside of wall 66 and back down slot 64 as shown by arrow B. The stream of water passing through the slots 62 and 64 is spread substantially along the length of the buckets immediately below. It will be seen from FIG. 2 that water does not begin to discharge from the buckets until the turbine has rotated to approximately 4 to 5 o'clock. This allows sufficient torque to be developed to rotate shaft 15 at an optimum efficiency.
It has been observed that with a head of 600 mm and a reciprocating pump having a bore of 38.1 mm water can be raised to a reservoir of 61 meters height while the turbine is rotating at between 60 and 90 RPM. It was further observed that the pump was self priming. It is believed that with the combination of the shape of the buckets and the spread of water by the lips at the inlet the maximum torque is provided on shaft 15.
The embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 6, 7A and 7B provide increased pumping power over a single turbine where this is required. The operation is substantially the same as is illustrated in relation to FIGS. 1 to 5 except that the torque delivered from each turbine augments the others. It will be appreciated that the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B may be employed in high rise buildings not only for storm water but also for such uses as sinks. The waste water can be recycled to reserve tanks on the roofs of buildings for use in automatic urinal flushing systems and toilet flushing systems or the like.
In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 8 and the buckets are seen (when viewed in cross section) to have three blade portions. Inner blade portion 112 extends radially outwardly from the circumference 111 of a drum 110 carrying outer blade portion 114 and lip portion 116. When viewed in cross section, the construction of the bucket is completed by and discs 40.
In the embodiment illustrated the plane of portion 114 intersects a radial plane passing through blade portion 112 at an angle of 120°. Similarly the plane in which lip portion 226 lies intersects the plane in which outer portion 114 lies at an angle of 120°. These are preferred embodiments and other angles may be found to be appropriate for other circumstances. Outer blade portion 114 is wider than inner portion 112 or lip portion 116.
Inlet 12 empties water 38 onto curved bottom wall 56 of the throat of the turbine and water passes through slots 62 and 64 in the same manner as illustrated in FIG. 3. A curved portion 118 is cut into the back wall of the casing 10 to allow passage of the buckets as they rotate about axis 15.
Water intake 36 is illustrated in the bottom reservoir of the turbine. In another embodiment intake 36 is placed in a source of fresh clear water and inlet 12 is connected to a source of waste water so that the waste water can be used to pump the fresh water. The turbine is illustrated in FIG. 8 as sitting on a concrete pad 120.
In operation water flowing through inlet 12 passes through the slots 62 and 64 to enter the buckets as defined by drum surface 111, blade portions 112, 114, 116 and discs 40 to drive the turbine counter-clockwise as illustrated in FIG. 8.
A further embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 9, 10 and 11. This construction features a casing which is substantially cylindrical surrounding the buckets and a reciprocating pump driven by the turbine mounted so as to reduce the length of the priming pipe as compared to the other embodiment illustrated.
The construction comprises a pair of upright frames 122 and 124. The cylindrical casing 130 has an upright inlet manifold 128 and an outlet 131 feeding into a bottom reservoir 134. Inlet manifold 128 has three inlet holes 127, 129 and 139. In the embodiment illustrated an inlet pipe 126 feeds into inlet hole 127. Casing 130 sits on three blocks 132. Opening 136 in the form of a lip as illustrated extends from the side of the reservoir casing 134. Priming pipe 146 from the pipe leads into pump intake box 148. This box is separated by a baffle from the main body of the reservoir so as to minimise the presence of bubbles caused by cavitation within box 148. Shaft 140 is mounted in bearing block 138 which in turn is mounted on upright frame member 124.
In FIG. 10 crank disc 150 is illustrated mounted on the end of shaft 140. This crank is better illustrated in FIG. 11.
Referring to FIG. 10 the turbine comprises a drum 142 mounted by radial spokes (not illustrated) extending from drum 142. Each blade 144 consists of a radial inner portion, a main blade portion extending at an angle of approximately 120° from the inner blade portion and an outer lip again extending at an angle of approximately 120° from the main blade portion. In the embodiment illustrated the angle between adjacent inner portions of the blade is approximately 30°. Although the preferred blade configurations and angles are as illustrated it will be appreciated that a curved blade having a lip achieving the same retention of water may also be employed.
Within the manifold 128 at the bottom there is a spreader section 133 with two longitudinal openings 135 and 137 opening into the casing and into the mouth of buckets.
Referring to FIG. 11 a reciprocating pump for use with the turbine of the invention is illustrated. The pump is mounted on an aluminum channel 160 having upright lips 162 projecting therefrom. Four bolts 164 mount the channel onto an end frame member 124. A similr channel may be mounted on the outer face of upright frame member 122.
The pump consists of a barrel 176 extending from a bracket 174 to below bracket 184. Brackets 174 and 184 retain the barrel in the position illustrated. Piston rod 168 extends out the top of barrel 176 and through bearing blocks 172 and 166. Preferably these bearings are brass bearings. Within the guideway 178 in barrel 176 at the end of piston rod 168 there is provided a washer 180 and a brass guide 182. In a preferred embodiment the washer is a leather washer. A connecting member 170 is mounted with screws on piston rod 168. Crank disc 150 having a choice of three positions for the end 156 of connecting rod 154 is mounted on the end of shaft 140 by a key in a keyway 152. A knuckle joint 158 at the opposite end of connecting rod 154 joins the connecting rod 154 to the connecting member 170.
Priming pipe 146 extends downwardly from non-return valve 188 at the bottom of the pump barrel. To the right of the pump barrel a discharge pipe 187 extends out of a one way valve 186.
In operation water flowing into outlet pipe 126 is spread outwardly within the manifold 128 to pass through the openings 135 and 137 into the exposed bucket 144. As in the operation of the outer buckets the spreading of the water is effected evenly along substantially the length of the bucket from end to end between the end discs 141. Because of the particular configuration of the buckets a substantial amount of water is retained in each of them as the turbine is rotated in a clockwise direction past bottom dead center and emptying is not completed until the relative bucket has rotated above this position. Crank disc 150 is rotated on a shaft 140 by the water falling on the buckets raising connecting rod 154 and consequently piston rod 168 to draw water into the pump barrel on the upstroke opening the one way valve 188 while on the downstroke one way valve 188 is closed and water is discharged through one way valve 186 and discharge pipe 187. Excess water in reservoir 134 not pumped by the turbine is discharged out outlet 136.
Performance equal to or better than that described in relation to the earlier embodiments has been observed using the embodiments of FIGS. 9 to 11 inclusive.
As is disclosed in the prior art listed above turbines according to the present invention are not limited to use in driving pumps. They may be employed as power sources for generating electricity or as a source of mechanical power for applications previously made by conventional water wheels.
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If you find any others tell me and I'll add them to the list
All seeds have to be written as rthey are, so that means spaces and capitals ONLY when needed.
Ill post all the seeds here:
herobrine will return - You'll spawn right next to 256 clay, the whole map is made out of islands
gargamel - cool mountain/cliffs map
make use you just use the beta 1.3 which are 54 seeds in total in the second link.
thx :D
Ah great! One more thread on the very same topic. Lovely.
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i found a cool one called GARGAMEL. ever hear of THAT one?
i'm going to create a new game with the seed Smurfette. I bet it will be awesome!
terraria - a nice world, you spawn right next to bout 515 clay and they're also everywhere on the desert and beaches, also south east of the spawn there are some cool mountains
I use "Duke Leto II"
It is gorgeous and has all resources (although the pre-clay patch version I play on has no clay as far as I can tell, although presumably that is fixed now).
is the "Duke Leto II" with uppercase "i" or lowercase "L"?
404 (plenty of fun for the whole family!) , Challenge Accepted (really nice for a Snow Mansion) , and worstseedever(good resources plenty of places to set up shop and fun cave systems).
if you shoot for the moon and miss you'll still land among the stars.
Apologies for the delay Lone Gman... That is uppercase "i"
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SLENDER - has a dungeon with a ice ceiling. Melt the ice and it becomes a water ceiling and some how the water doesn't flood, just lets you pass through. Other then that it is mainly snow map.
I will probably not be checking it out (dislike snow maps--started on one and still have nightmares), but if someone is looking for that dungeon, it might be helpful to have coordinates or at least an idea as to where to look for it (since in a snow map, there is a heck of lot of the world covered by ice).
Lol yeah, I was looking for the coordinates just found the dungeon again. I put it up later.
x:-358, z:338

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- New Mexico (20-9, 9-7 MWC) women's basketball clinched the fourth seed in the Mountain West Conference Championship Saturday with a 63-45 victory over Wyoming (16-13, 8-8 MWC) inside The Pit. The Lobos reached the 20-win plateau for the ninth consecutive time and the 11th time under head coach Don Flanagan. UNM honored two seniors Saturday in Amanda Adamson and Angela Hartill as they played the final regular-season inside the historic arena.
The Lobos had three players score in double figures including 13 by Hartill. Junior Amy Beggin chipped in 13 points while junior Eileen Weissmann had 11. UNM had its largest lead of 27 points with 16:11 remaining in the second half.
UNM opened the game on a 12-0 run and never looked back. The Lobos didn't allow a Wyoming basket until Elisabeth Dissen scored at the 15:16 mark. New Mexico led by as much as 22 points in the opening half and held a 37-16 advantage heading into the locker room.
Hartill and Adamson each had seven points in the first half while Beggin had eight. Weissmann hit two of her three shots from long distance in the opening half.
The second half was more even with Wyoming outscoring the Lobos, 29-26, in the final 20 minutes. UNM only hit 10 of its 31 shots in the second half but maintained its large lead.
New Mexico shot 37.3 percent for the game and outrebounded the Cowgirls, 46-37.
Saturday was the regular-season finale for the Lobos and possibly the final home game of the year for New Mexico. UNM hosts the first round of the NCAA Tournament from March 21-23.
The Lobos had 9,144 fans in attendance Saturday on Senior Day and Youth Day. It was the fourth time this season that UNM has had a crowd over 9,000.
Emma Langford led the way for the Cowgirls with 12 points. Megan McGuffey was the only other Wyoming player to reach double figures after scoring 10 points. Wyoming was 0-for-15 from behind the arc and shot 27.8 percent from the field.
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Former Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding has become the face of the HTC Incredible S as the Android 2.2 handsets goes on sale in the UK.
Seemingly targeting the newly available Incredible S at the female market, smartphone retailer Carphone Warehouse has launched a national advertising campaign featuring the sexy singer touting a matt black HTC Incredible S alongside a new black dye job and vampire-esque gothic makeover.
Speaking on the launch, Graham Stapleton, Chief Commercial Officer for Best Buy Europe, said: 'We are very excited to be working with Sarah and HTC to launch this great phone. The Incredible S is the latest in a series of cutting-edge mobiles from HTC and with its perfect combination of high-end style and advanced features is yet another example of why HTC is leading the way in pioneering technology."
Available SIM-free for £499.95, the Incredible S features a 4-inch Super LCD display and 8-megapizel with LED flash and 720p HD video recording capabilities alongside the usual array of connectivity options and 32GB of internal storage.
O2 and Vodafone are both offering subsidised Incredible S handsets with monthly subscription fees starting from as little as £25.53 per month with 300 minutes and unlimited texts as standard.
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Highlights from Georgia softball's 4-2 loss to Georgia State Tuesday night.
April 22, 2014
ATHENS, Ga. - The No. 13/17 Georgia softball team dropped a 4-2 decision to Georgia State in the final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday, April 22 at Jack Turner Stadium in Athens, Ga. With the loss, Georgia falls to 38-10 overall, while Georgia State improves to 26-23 on the year.
Chelsea Wilkinson suffered the loss for the Bulldogs to fall to 24-6 on the year. She allowed four runs, two of which were earned, on 10 hits and three walks. She also struck out seven batters. Kaitlyn Medlam secured the victory to improve to 17-10 on the year. She allowed one hit in four scoreless innings of relief. Eron Milton got the start for the Panthers, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks in three innings of work.
The Bulldogs were led offensively Tina Iosefa and Katie Browne, who scored both of Georgia's run on solo home runs.
Georgia took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Iosefa hit the first home run of the game and the seventh of her season when she took the first pitch of the inning deep over the left center field wall. With one away, Browne fell behind in the count 0-2, but belted a towering home run over the left field wall that made it a 2-0 game. It was Browne's seventh home run of the season and the fourth in the last eight games.
The Panthers cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the third inning. A pair of singles and a throwing error allowed Georgia State to put a runner at third. With one away, a RBI single by Lauren Coleman scored the run that made it a 2-1 game. Wilkinson induced a double play ball that ended the inning.
The offenses were quiet over the next two innings. Georgia State took a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth. With a runner on and one out, Mandy Blackwell hit a two-run home run off the scoreboard in left field.
Georgia State added a run in the top of the seventh inning to make it a 4-2 game. With two outs, Coleman walked and then came home on a double down the left field line and Georgia error.
Georgia steps back into Southeastern Conference play during a rare Thursday-Saturday series when it travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on the No. 7/7 Alabama Crimson. Thursday's game is set to begin at 8 p.m. ET, and will be televised on ESPN. Saturday's game, which will start at noon ET, will be televised on ESPNU.


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August 1, 2007
Pedro Costa and Colossal Youth."For someone whose films have until recently gone largely unseen, the Portuguese director Pedro Costa has a pretty vociferous fan club," writes Dennis Lim in the New York Times. "His admirers include the French director Jacques Rivette (who called him 'genuinely great') and the Canadian photographer Jeff Wall (who claimed that Mr Costa's films improve on Robert Bresson's)... Staking out a radical middle between documentary and fiction, he has invented a heroic and quite literal form of Arte Povera, a monumental cinema of humble means.... Speaking by telephone from Lisbon, Mr Costa called his methods a throwback to, of all things, old Hollywood. 'It's like a studio system,' he said. 'We go to work every day. We have our economic structure - everyone gets paid the same - and we have our stars.'" "With Colossal Youth, Anthology indulges local screenheads with a full Pedro Costa retrospective," writes Ed Halter, noting this "excellent opportunity to see the Portuguese director's vision emerge over time, from his more traditionally cinephiliac debut drama The Blood (1989) to his documentary on the auteurs of austerity, Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (2001), which doubles as a casebook of conceptual clues to Costa's own enigmatic esthetics." Updated through 8/3. "One way into Colossal Youth, a difficult movie by any measure, is to understand what motivates the minimalist," suggests Nathan Lee, also in the Voice. "Through a process of elimination, simplification, and emphasis on fundamental structure, the Reductive Minimalist is after something quieter, firmer, more honest or resonant. Constantin Brancusi and Robert Bresson belong to this tribe." The Reluctant Minimalist, on the other hand, is "an artist whose point of departure is absolute nothing: the blank screen with no image projected upon it, the length of film stock as yet unexposed, the raw canvas, the empty page. The question is not what to pare away, but why anything should be added in the first place.... Robert Ryman and Samuel Beckett belong to this family of minimalist. And so does Pedro Costa." "Composed of extended long takes and static digital video shots, with characters talking slowly at each other in darkly-lit, disconnected vignettes threaded together by a single, wandering protagonist, Colossal Youth suggests Beckett and Chantal Akerman but goes even further by draining any residual 'fun' from what might be best deemed the cinema of entropy," writes Michael Joshua Rowin in the L Magazine. "As if fun were the point." At Slant, Fernando F Croce finds Colossal Youth to be a "unique metaphysical vision that, tracing its characters' dislocation, seems to weave between alternate worlds as easily as it navigates from image to image." Earlier: "Cannes. Juventude Em Marcha." and "Same time next year?" Updates, 8/2: "Eventually, across the monumental boredom, mesmerizing, nearly still images and poetic rhythms of this 155-minute film, something like pathos or meaning can be sensed, if not really apprehended," writes Salon's Andrew O'Hehir. "I'm genuinely glad I made it all the way through Colossal Youth, but remain agnostic about whether the pain was worth it." "Colossal Youth by and large successfully navigates away from the pretensions its formal monumentality can imply, and instead captures the living grandeur, weight, history, desolation, and ingrained, unspoken emotions of even the most everyday of things, people, and spaces," writes Daniel Kasman. Updates, 8/3: "Beautifully photographed, this elliptical, sometime confounding, often mysterious and wholly beguiling mixture of fiction and nonfiction looks and sounds as if it were made on another planet. And, in some respects, it was," writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times. "Mr Costa's long, generally static takes, most of which last a few minutes though a few run closer to 10, are themselves kinds of rooms, spaces that you can examine at your leisure and settle into. The actual rooms alternate between the atmospherically derelict and the anonymously pristine, though all are gorgeously lighted as if a direct invocation of Vermeer.... Mr Costa flirts dangerously here with turning his characters into exotics, with making their misery seem somehow ennobling, as some accuse Dorothea Lange of doing in her photographs of sharecroppers. But he never strays down that path, perhaps because the people in this movie are as much his collaborators as his subjects." I'm glad Manohla Dargis has brought this up. I've never seen a single film by Costa (I know; believe me, it's frustrating), but I have seen Tout refleurit: Pedro Costa, cinéaste and this was an issue very much on my mind in early scenes as he sets up shots for Colossal Youth (scenes which are intercut with others showing Costa editing the film) - until the real payoff for the doc when director Aurélien Gerbault accompanies Costa to Fontainhas. There, Costa talks a long, long time about his collaboration with that neighborhood's residents. The scene begins in bright sunlight; as dusk settles, Costa's still talking. It took a while, but eventually, he did convince me that the residents have been willing collaborators - and in many cases, evidently, friends - and that he has no interest in exploiting their exoticism. One of the things he said, too, rang particularly true. To grossly paraphrase, Costa said he was sure that they would not much like the films he's made with them; but that they were glad to have been a part of their making.
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It's my understanding that Girish Shambu actually had dinner with Costa in Toronto and I look forward to someday reading all about that. (I'm momentarily feeling like Louella Poppers, the celebrity gossip columnist of the online set. Heh.)Posted by: Michael Guillen at August 1, 2007 2:22 PM


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WASHINGTON, June 5, 2005 A Task Force Liberty soldier was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near a vehicle patrol in Iraq's Kirkuk province at about 4 p.m. today, military officials in Baghdad reported.
The soldier was taken to a coalition medical facility, but died there, officials said. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Elsewhere in Iraq today, Marines, sailors and soldiers assigned to Regimental Combat Team 8 destroyed a large weapons cache and bunker system in Karmah, north of Fallujah. Iraqi security forces and coalition forces discovered the large cache June 2, while conducting operations in the area. The site was an old rock quarry about 170 meters wide by 275 meters long that contained an underground bunker.
Within the various rooms of the facility were four fully furnished living spaces, a kitchen with fresh food, two shower facilities and a working air conditioner.
More than 50 weapons and munitions caches have been discovered in the last four days, officials said, including about a dozen within a five-mile radius of the rock quarry.
A joint Navy and Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal team from Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Force Service Support Group, helped to identify and inventory all the items found in the cache before destroying it, using roughly 300 pounds of plastic explosives. The bunker and weapons cache were destroyed simultaneously.
Large quantities of plastic explosives, mortar and artillery rounds were discovered in these cache sites. Terrorists commonly use the explosives in making roadside and car bombs, officials said.
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Includes policy, mitigation, adaptation, risk management, personal responsibility
The AGU Fall Meeting will feature many sessions & events focused on climate science & public climate literacy.
Global climate is changing, and this is apparent across the U.S. in a wide range of observations. Rising temperatures, changes in precipitation and extreme events and their causes and impacts on society and the environment are chronicled in the 2013 National Climate Assessment. A team of over 240 experts compiled the report, which is open for public comment through April 12, 2013.
Climate normals are the average values of meteorological parameters -- such as temperature, precipitation, frost/freeze data, and snowfall data -- over 30-year spans. The climate normals data help describe typical climate conditions for a given place and time of year, and are used as a baseline to which current conditions can be compared.
This data product provides high-resolution six-hourly, daily, and monthly wind speeds over the world's oceans at 10-meter height. Data are available from 1987 to the present.
The National Solar Radiation Database contains 30 years (1961-1990) of solar radiation and supplementary meteorological data, and hourly solar radiation and meteorological data for 237 National Weather Service sites in the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Also includes maps of the monthly amounts of solar power that could be generated with various solar collectors.
The LAPS system produces rapidly updated, high-resolution analyses and forecasts of solar radiation. The cloud analysis uses satellite, METARs, radar, aircraft, and model first guess information to produce an hourly 3-D field of cloud fraction, cloud liquid, and cloud ice. The cloud analysis and satellite data together are used to produce a gridded analysis of total solar radiation.
The CDIAC is the primary global-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). It contains information on concentrations of carbon dioxide and other radioactively active gases in the atmosphere; the role of the terrestrial biosphere and the oceans in the biogeochemical cycles of greenhouse gases; emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere; long-term climate trends; the effects of elevated carbon dioxide on vegetation; and the vulnerability of coastal areas to rising sea level.
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This index is based on population-weighted heating- and cooling-degree days. The REDTI tool is valuable for explaining year-to-year fluctuations in energy demand for residential heating and cooling.
A monthly seminar series designed to enhance communication and collaboration among scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory, and others in the community working on issues related to renewable energy. This seminar series brings together those who can combine their knowledge and expertise to solve the problems that have slowed the integration of renewable energy sources into the U.S. electric grid.


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The Revolution Live from LAJune 23, 2009 - 5:38 PM | by: Adam Housley
We are live at Iranian Channel 1 in Los Angeles as they broadcast live via satellite into the Islamic Republic. They are one of the few voices of opposition on the airwaves that get signals into Iran. I have some pictures and links to video they are receiving through amazing little pens. Here's the story…and a picture sent here to Los Angeles of a woman taking a cell phone picture of flowers outside of Neda's home in Tehran. The video of her killing has become the face of this uprising.
Thousands of miles away from Iran, a little television station is on the front lines of a digital revolution inside the Republic. We first profiled Iranian Channel 1 seven years ago and now once again they have become a force for information to the people inside the walls of Iran. The hard-line and brutal Iranian leadership does its best to scramble the signal and harshly punish anyone associated with Ch.1, but still through the wonder of technology, the station finds a way to circumnavigate the censorship and voice opposition to people thirsting for democracy.
As we are live here the fiance' of Neda calls into the program from inside Tehran. Just doing so put's his life at risk. He tells the story of his soon to be wife, a woman frustrated by religious rules that many in Iran do not identify with. He says she once studied religion, only to drop out of college due to the harsh regulations woman and others face inside Iran.
We also meet people like Baboos. Imagine walking 2 weeks through the mountains of Iran just to survive and arrive in the country of Turkey where you know no one and do that at just 16 years old. Now in his late thirties, his whole family eventually joined him here in Southern California, the largest community outside of Iran. Baboos has a story replicated by thousands upon thousands of Iranians exiled around the world. They watch this network and call in from Canada, Europe, across America and of course from inside Iran.
Now back to those pens. About 8 months ago, Channel 1's owners sent 10,000 of these pens to people inside of Iran. They capture 2o minutes of video and/or sound. Here is a quick video I just threw together to show you the pens first hand.
From the time we arrived about 6:15am here local time until the time we left around 5pm, the phone lines are full at Channel 1. Calls coming from all over the United States and world. Callers from Canada are followed by those inside the oppressive regime. We have been told that the people are being warned not to use the pens in the open and a new device, one we cannot mention for fear of retribution on those who use it, has been sent by station owners. They tell me verification is somewhat easy. Videos are sent many times by people they know, or are familiar with and others can be identified by looking at landmarks and closely watching for possible edits.
As we leave many here at this Iranian network are also leaving, heading for a massive rally planned at the federal building in Westwood. Channel 1 is definitely a voice not only inside the wall of Iran, but clearly here as well.


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Badgal Rih-Rih: A HIstory Of Rihanna Twitter Feuds- By Bossip Staff Categories: Catch Fade, For Your Viewing Pleasure, Multi
Bad Girl: A HIstory Of Rihanna Twitter FeudsRihanna is always one for drama. Always. And it always seems to pop up in her Twitter feed. Check out these memorabl feuds that all had Rih-Rih as a common denominator.
vs. Amanda Bynes - Amanda popped up out of nowhere and started slandering Rihanna before she made some jokes about Celebrity Rehab.
vs. Ciara -They went at it for a while and then passive aggressively apologized before going back to hating each other.
vs. Chris Brown - They had a pretty messy back and forth cyber beef that has lasted years. And most of it has been on Twitter.
vs. Instagrammers - Rihanna (and her family) will go in and bully people who try to slander her pictures. So beware!
vs. Jessie J - Jessie J sent shots at Rihanna by saying "I'm bored... Maybe I should get naked and smoke and take pictures of myself and post them on instagram? Or NOT... *rolls eyes*" Rihanna never responded.
vs. The Daily Mail - The paper published a non-flattering story about Rih Rih so she clapped back by posting an unflattering picture of the writer and going in.


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Bikini season is in full effect here on the coast of NC… therefore I can no longer hide the fact that I've put on a few pounds in my new happily married life. Last winter was full of gravy, biscuits, cocktails and cookies. The skinny jeans aren't so "skinny" anymore. Good thing it's too hot for jeans right now. If there is ONE common denominator between Taylor and I, it's our love for cooking and eating food. That's one of the things that brought us and keeps us together. Well, that catches up with you after a while if you don't watch it. I didn't watch it. And that's what has happened. So I've been making several changes in my lifestyle… like getting back to running at least 3 times a week, wake boarding when we go out on the boat (it really kicks my butt!) and eating healthier meals. It's my goal to run another half marathon this year and I'm doing my best to make it happen. My goal is not for speed, but just to cross the freakin' finish line. Then I'll be a winner as far as I'm concerned. Eating good food is important to Taylor and I; it's one of our great joys in life! That's how MorningStar Farms has helped with our new goals. Not only does their food taste good, it's easy to prepare, delicious and healthy. There is nothing I love more than a good meaty hamburger. When I tasted these Spicy Black Bean Burgers I could NOT BELIEVE they were vegetarian. For real. I could not believe it. They're so easy to prepare and you'll never miss the meat! All 12 MorningStar Farms veggie burgers are a good source of protein and there are more ways to eat smart with 30+ MorningStar Farms products and 600+ recipes. Throw these burgers on a wheat bun and top 'em with lettuce and this super-easy and healthy Pineapple Avocado Salsa… BAM! You've now got yourself a delicious and healthy dinner prepared in no time. What are your health goals to achieve this year? Inspiration, PLEASE ~ I need all the help I can get!!!
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Being a REMO guy all my life, it has concerned me that many of you have been having problems with your coated heads from REMO! I have purchased many products recently that have come equipped with their heads. Most of them have been heads made by REMO in china, and I was not experiencing the same issues with mine. I decided to call today, and ask about it, and this is what I was told by first customer service, and then by the REMO head manager.
About 3 months ago they had a problem with their coating process for their heads. They wouldn't get into it with me exactly what it was, but they admitted that the stuff was flaking off prematurely. After many complaints they finally rectified the situation. One thing they said, that many of you have also commented on was that the sound was still there, even after the coating had started to come off. Their pro's were telling them the same thing, so it was more just a visual concern then a audible concern!
They gave many pros the new heads to test, and they are back to being more durable. The sound has not changed. The first lady asked me on the phone, if I had any worn heads that I needed to replace, and if I did, they would be more than happy to replace them free of charge with a picture of the damage. I told her no, explained my position, and told her that I would be reporting back to one of the largest drum sites in the world.
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A good nucleus still remains for a football program with 23 wins over the last two seasons. Out at Lewisburg head coach Todd Tilford and his entire staff. In place Jeremy Wynn the former Danville head coach and Bloomsburg QB coach is excited about the opportunity.
"Yes it is great. Not too many high school football programs get to play in a college football stadium and it's a neat atmosphere for them, and it's nice being right here in close. It's almost walking distance away. It will be neat almost like Penn State getting off the blue buses. We'll get off the buses and get right on the field Friday nights," said Jeremy Wynn.
Two years ago it was Nate Brown that lead the Green Dragons to an Eastern final and a school record for wins. Last year it was QB Cam Cassels and Merle Moscarello leading this Green Dragons team. This year that responsibility will fall square on the shoulders of senior linebacker Brandon Smith. He will be key on defense for the Green Dragons and on offense coach Jeremy Wynn wants to use the man at fullback.
"Brandon smith is going to be our fullback. The fullback is probably the most important position in terms of running the ball in the Wing T and we're going to put the weight on his shoulders and hopefully he'll carry us," again said Jeremy.
"We've been looking great. Actually the line is the best I've seen it in four years. It's blocking really well. Coach Wynn made some adjustments from Tilford and it's looking good. I think we're going to be running it pretty well," said Brandon Smith.
Nick Costagliola takes over for Cam Cassells at quarterback.
"Cam was a great quarterback. He was the leading passer for our school of all-time. So it's kind of hard to fill in for him, but I was moved up as a freshman so I know the offense pretty well. I'm just going to do my best to control it," said Nick Costagliola.
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Almost twenty years ago I spent several months in the Sudan and drank from local water sources. Some were "bore holes" or wells while in one case water was procured from a hole dug into a riverbed. Unfortunately cattle were watered in an adjacent water hole with the sure possibility of animal feces and urine being leached into the water source via runoff.
Approximately one month after returning from Africa I was hospitalized with a 106' fever, decreased liver function, respiratory and sinus infection, and partial facial paralysis (Bell's Palsy). I was packed in an "ice blanket" for three days. After several tests (including spinal taps) the diagnosis was "unknown origin, possibly cytomegalovirus."
It was assumed I'd contracted some virus in Africa. Whether it was from the water, I can only guess. Despite suffering no ill effects from having drunk from ditches and water holes in Kenya in 1988 while living with a semi-nomadic tribe, I've tried to be more careful since my hospitalization.
Since then I've learned my lesson. When I returned to the Sudan ten years ago I treated my water daily. A trip to Sudan a few years before that, I traveled to Africa via Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Pakistan I kept to bottled soft drinks and the occasional beer at the American Club. I did filter a few bottles of drinking water from bottled water bought in the local markets.


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Even though we got a sneak peak of Ashley Greene's campaign for DKNY last month, that black-and-white glimpse of her has nothing on the rest of the shoot. Don't get us wrong. We absolutely loved that image of her in flared jeans, but take a look at these newly released stills. This is for DKNY Spring 2012 and was shot by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin on top of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Ashley's looking better than we've ever seen her. Click after the jump for a bonus image.
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Alternate JUST BREATHE Ending
If you haven't read JUST BREATHE, thar be MAJOR spoilers ahead in this post. I'm giving you fair warning. Not kidding. Go away if you're a spoiler hater!
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Okay, I'll ramble a few minutes while you lurk.
I had an opening today for the blog tour, so I thought I'd throw out an alternate ending for JUST BREATHE. The published ending is actually the third version. The first was totally different, as you'll see below. The second version incorporated Zoe's change, but I switched the order of events to maximize the impacts of Zoe's and Gavin's respective job decisions at the end of the book. Zoe's transformation in version 2 happened when Lily showed up in the Dreaming on the equinox, and Jack was there to witness it. Another ending for another day perhaps. :-)
If you're still reading, I'll assume you've either finished JUST BREATHE or you're okay with spoilers, so I'm spilling the damn beans now…
I felt that at the end of the series, Gavin and Zoe had to make some tough decisions about their jobs to prove they were willing to sacrifice the things they loved to be together. In the original ending below, Gavin quit being a Sentinel so he could sleep beside Zoe, and Zoe never turned Wæter. I envisioned the two of them living their Happily Ever After as two normal Wyldlings. It never occured to me to make Zoe a Wæter Elemental.
My editor liked the original ending, but she was a little let down. She said I'd left all sorts of clues throughout the book about Zoe becoming a Wæter, and she was disappointed at the end when it didn't come to pass.
"Huh? What clues?" I said. Well, when I went back and looked, I damn sure had left 'em. Must've been my subconscious planting seeds my active brain knew nothing about. :-)
I wasn't flat-out opposed to turning Zoe into a Wæter, but it took me a few days to warm up to the idea. Once I did, the implications blossomed:
- I could still have Gavin and Zoe give up something to be together. In the final version, Gavin was fully prepared to relinquish his Sentinel powers for her (even though he didn't have to in the end), and Zoe still sacrificed her "voice" to help out Lily and the Wæters. Both did something selfless, which made me super happy.
- If Zoe turned Wæter, and Gavin remained a Sentinel, I could bring them back in later books as more powerful players in the Elemental/Sentinel world I'd created — always a plus for readers when familiar characters pop up unexpectedly. ;-)
- Throughout the original version, Gavin was too much of a victim — to Fate, Scarlet, the other Sentinels. Once I decided to keep him as a Sentinel at the end, it forced me to go back through and toughen his sorry ass up. No more "Eeyore" as my editor called him. If he was gonna keep his job, he had to prove he was worthy of it from start to finish. Just the kick in the pants he (and I) needed.
- Everyone loves to see paranormal characters live "forever." While Gavin wouldn't go on indefinitely in his present body, he could come back in another life, which is common for Sentinels, and his current lifetime would be extended significantly.
- Zoe deserved her transformation, damn it. She'd been through so much, I decided she should get a major "prize" for all the shit she'd taken — not just in these books, but throughout her whole life, dealing with her bitch mom and triple X syndrome.
So, here's the orginal, unedited ending of JUST BREATHE. The epilogue stayed pretty much the same except for a few Elemental references, so I'm not including it. Enjoy!
The fog of the Dreaming had lifted, replaced with yellow rays of sun, blue sky, green earth, and only a few tinges of dying red embers in the muddy ground. The fresh wash of colors elicited an air of excitement and new beginnings, but Gavin could only think about endings.
He made his way to the Sentinels' great castle and wandered through the flagstone corridors to the chamber where the leaders waited.
Erin, Kai, Camira, Seth, Wyland, and a new face—Killara—rose from the old jarrah wood table as he entered. Gavin bowed his head to them out of respect and glanced at the only empty seat. Council leader.
"This place of honor belongs to Killara." Gavin gestured at chair. "Not me."
"It's yours by right," Killara said, but Yileen spoke the words.
"It was never mine to begin with." Gavin ambled to the table and laid his hands on the polished wood. "I said I'd resume leadership until the council found a suitable replacement. My time here is done. If there are no objections, I abdicate my position to Killara." He looked at each council member in turn and received five nods of approval.
Fixing his gaze on Killara, Gavin indicated the seat with an open palm. Camira beamed as her son stood slowly, walked to Gavin, and embraced him.
It was an odd but pleasant sensation, feeling Yileen's awesome power through the conduit of someone else's body. His mentor, but not exactly. Killara was definitely in there too. Different voice, youthful glow, no more accent, yet still Yileen.
When he stepped back, Gavin said, "If it pleases the council leader, I have a request."
Killara smiled and sat down. "Of course."
How to say what he needed to without sounding ungrateful? He rubbed the hard spikes of his hair and paced.
"I've served Wyldlings for six years as a Sentinel. During that time, I learned a lot about what it means to be a protector of humanity, a force of good for the benefit of mankind. But something happened recently that made me realize I'm not cut out for this job anymore. I fell in love.
"When the Dreaming called me to rescue Zoe a few months ago, I was broken and beaten and bitter. I'd lost a good friend to the Fyres. I blamed myself for her death. I did a lot of stupid shit as a result. But Zoe brought me back to life. She found my fractured soul and rebuilt it with the Water I'd lost. She restored my Balance and showed me how to love not only her, but myself.
"I'm not sure where our future together is heading, but I know I can't go on without her. If I have to give up my life here in Australia to be with her, I will. She's my music, my Water, my life—my everything.
"Because my feelings for her are in direct opposition to my job, I can no longer fulfill my responsibilities as a Sentinel. I respectfully request to be relieved of my duty to this council and to the Wyldlings."
Killara's brow smoothed. "This is a serious request that shouldn't be made lightly. It can't be undone. Are you absolutely certain?"
Yileen stared through the teenager's eyes, like a concerned papa bird counseling his fledgling son before he leapt from the safety of the nest into the endless sky of the unknown. Gavin saw no judgment. Lots of pride. But most importantly, a willingness to let go.
Gavin inhaled a breath and released it slowly. He was ready to take that leap and risk crashing a thousand times for Zoe. "I'm certain."
"So be it."
The air above the center of the table trembled and inflated like a transparent balloon. The councilors glanced to one another with anxious expressions, but Killara kept his calm eyes on Gavin.
The Dreamweaver shimmied out of the disturbance, her skin a bit tighter against her fuller frame. Seemed like she'd regained some strength now that the equinox had passed and the Elements had realigned into Balance.
"Gavin Cassidy, you wish to renounce your Sentinel powers?" Her lilting voice rang like a bell, caressing his ears.
"I do." He bowed his head.
"You understand that in order to do so, your peers will forever renounce you too?"
He gritted his teeth at thought of losing Yileen again, but his need to be with Zoe gave him the strength to reply. "I do."
She faced Killara. "Council members, what say you?"
Everyone stood and faced him.
"I no longer acknowledge you as a Sentinel," Wyland said and gave Gavin his back.
In turn, Seth, Erin, Kai, and Camira followed Wyland's lead.
When only Killara was left, he met Gavin's gaze, steady and strong. Respect, a hint of regret, and mutual love bounced between them.
"I wish you happiness in your new life," Yileen said. "I no longer acknowledge you as a Sentinel." He beamed a proud smile, turned away, and Gavin was alone.
"Your peers have spoken," the Dreamweaver intoned with an unmistakable twinkle in her eye. "I hereby strip you of all Sentinel powers and privileges associated with that station."
The colorfully painted Elemental walls of the council chamber spun in a swirl of red, yellow, green, and blue. His arms throbbed with a maddening itch as the magic Yileen had hammered into them six years ago on the night he became a Sentinel fled his skin, wafted up, and blended with the dizzying blur of the room. He closed his eyes…
…and awoke on the quiet stretch of beach where he'd left his body for the Dreaming.
He sat up and rubbed his tattoos. No tingles, burning, or other signs of life—just the original images, slightly faded with age. He tested his Dreamsense by sending it in search of Elementals. It failed him.
He smiled. "I'm free."
The sun was heading for the horizon. He stood and checked his watch. Five o'clock.
Shit. He scrambled to the Harley, kicked the bastard wide open, and raced toward Jack's house.
I'm coming, Zed. Please don't leave without me.
Chapter 50
When Gavin arrived at Jack's fifteen minutes later, the drive was empty. No lights on inside.
He raced up to the door, flung it open, and stepped inside. "Zed?"
The place was silent. Brown boxes lined the lounge room walls. None of Jack's stuff was here, and the computers were gone.
Double fuck. If he hurried, he might make it to the airport before her flight took off.
His heart caught in his throat as Zoe came down the hall. She paused a moment, smiled, then rushed into his open arms.
"Damn it, I thought you'd left." He pressed his nose to her hair and breathed in the safe, flowery scent that haunted his memories.
She pulled back to look at him, tears sparkling her eyes. "I couldn't leave without saying goodbye."
His lungs caved in. So, she was leaving. He smoothed the blond waves falling across her shoulders and sighed. "I promised I'd take you to the airport, but before we go, there's something I want to give you."
Crushed by the weight of despair, he slipped his shaking hand inside the pocket of his jacket and pulled out his lucky bird. He held it out to her. "This is for you."
Zoe's face crinkled into a mess of anguish, and she burst into tears as he dropped the toy falcon into her palm. Bawling, she closed her eyes and curled her quaking body into his unsteady embrace.
"You have no idea, do you?" Her sobs muddled the words.
Why was she getting so worked up about the stupid bird when everything they'd built together was about to crumble to dust?
"No idea about what? Tell me, Zed."
She wiped her eyes and stared up at him, a smile edging out the sadness. "This bird." Holding it up, she shook her head.
"What about it?" Gavin was at a loss for words.
"Where did you get it?"
He shrugged. "I'm not sure. I've had it since I was a grub."
Her racing breaths slowed. "You may not remember, but I do. When I was twelve, I came to Australia with my mother. We were walking down the street one day when a man—Yileen—stopped us. He handed me this bird."
"What? Yileen gave it to you? Then how did I—" Shocked slammed Gavin's head like a needle to the brain and injected it with a forgotten memory. Fucking gods. "It was you. You gave me the bird!"
She laughed and nodded.
The details came rushing back. "I was at a restaurant with my family…upset and crying about something…I saw it on your table and came over…" Warmth flooded his body. No way. "Zed, I played with the falcon for years after that. My brothers were always trying to steal it from me, but I defended it with my life. It was my most prized possession." This was too much.
Fuck. Just, fuck.
"And now, all these years later, here it is again. This bird brought us together, Gavin." She marveled at the wooden figure and returned her gaze to his. "I never believed in magic until I met you. How can I deny this—or you—any longer?"
He blew out a long breath. "I'm hoping you won't. Why didn't you tell me about the bird when we first met?"
"I was scared of what it meant. Worried that maybe Fate really did have a hand in our lives. I wasn't willing to accept that. I believe we make our own choices, but nothing is set in stone. We have free will, and we're allowed to change our minds.
"I've waited for years to get this promotion, yet I've felt nothing but dread since I accepted it. I knew it wasn't right all along, but I didn't want to admit that I let something—someone—come between me and the whales. I do want to be with you, Gavin. More than I want the job. More than I love the whales. If that means we have to sleep in separate rooms, I'll do whatever I have to—"
"You won't have to. I changed my mind about some things too. I'm no longer a Sentinel." He held up his tattoos. "I liked that job, but let's face it. I sucked at it. I'm not cut out for being a hero."
"What? You gave up being a Sentinel for me?" Her eyes somehow widened more.
He smiled. "Are you joking? I'd give up my left nut to be with you. Anything. Besides, my job has caused us nothing but trouble. If I hadn't been a Sentinel, we wouldn't have had to deal with half of the bad shit that happened to us."
"But if you hadn't been a Sentinel, we never would have met." She stroked his arm where whales swam and mermaids frolicked. "Aside from when I gave you this." She held up the bird.
"True, but all the shit with Scarlet—"
"Scarlet would have come after you regardless."
"Not being able to wake up beside you every morning—"
She smiled. "Fair enough. Do you feel different now?"
He slipped his thumbs through her belt loops and tugged her hips to his. "I'm heavy with Water, yet light as a balloon. A little empty in some places, but completely full when I look in your eyes. Regretful about the mistakes I made, yet confident I won't repeat them. Yeah, I do feel different. But I couldn't be happier."
He dropped a soft kiss on her lips. Her breath rushed across his skin as she folded herself into his arms. Sentinel or not, he would treasure and protect his muse for goddamn ever. She was the missing piece that made him whole. The Water that Balanced his Fire.
The front door opened, and Adriene hobbled inside on her crutches. "Okay, love bugs, enough with the smoochy-smoochies."
"I thought you went back to America," Gavin said.
"Hell, no. I just ran Dani and Elizabeth to the airport. My best friend and I have new jobs with Oceania Whale Trust. I'm not going anywhere." Adriene grinned and studied her fingernails.
Zoe tugged Adriene over and hugged her. "It took a little bit of convincing, but Adriene talked me into giving Catherine Marchand a call. Turns out, they've been so busy at OWT, Catherine needs a co-researcher and another assistant for their humpback whale project in Hervey Bay. It's not a Vice President position, but I get to keep my whales and my Gavin. I suppose I can settle for that." Zoe smiled. "Plus, I got to tell Randy to take his job and shove it. You have no idea how good that felt."
He could only imagine. His heart swelled even bigger.
"Don't let her fool you, Gavin. She was never going to leave you. The sex is too good." Adriene winked and high-fived him.
Zoe swatted her ass. "Adriene wasn't going to leave either. She's got a thing for Mike."
"I do not!" Adriene's eyes nearly popped.
"Mike is made of pure, undiluted trouble," Gavin said. He opened his arms and hugged Adriene too. He was glad Zoe had such a great friend.
"Exactly why she wants him." Zoe grinned.
A wistful sigh snuck out of Adriene's mouth. "That boy is a fool. A beautiful blond fool…"
Gavin shook his head. "Oh, hell. You're fucked."
Those two together would actually be amazing. Mike needed someone like Adriene to set him straight. And Gavin had it on good authority that the attraction was mutual.
Zoe squeezed him and Adriene, then let go and gestured to the boxes. "Jack called and said he had to leave town on emergency business, but he's planning to come back to Oz when things settle—hopefully a couple weeks from now. I gotta admit, my dad is nothing like I expected, but I can't imagine life without him."
"Yeah, he's something else." Gavin started to say he'd check in with Jack in the Dreaming tonight, but the other realm no longer concerned him. Hell, maybe now that his powers were gone, he'd have dreams of his own again. Wouldn't that be some shit?
But most importantly, tomorrow morning, he'd wake up in Zoe's arms. Holy. Fuck. He couldn't wait.
Blond hair framed his muse's lovely face. The tear streaks were a dried up memory now. He couldn't read her aura anymore, but happiness poured off her in great waves and rolled right into him. Her Water. Their Water.
He'd fight legions to keep her. Even as a powerless Wyldling.
The rumble of a car engine averted his attention to the window. Mike.
Adriene lifted her chin. "Looks like my ride is here. I'll catch you two tomorrow."
"For Chrissakes, be sure you use condoms. God knows where Mike's been." Gavin opened the door for her.
When she got to the threshold, Adriene faced Zoe. "You made the right decision. I love you, my girl."
Zoe smiled. "We both did. And I love you more."
Mike got out of the car and waved at Gavin. "Got your party hat, love?" he said to Adriene.
"Hell, yes!" She blew Zoe a kiss and hopped down the drive to the car.
Gavin shut the door and turned to his muse, who stood with hands on her hips. He sauntered to her, his cock waking up as if from a dream. "I don't believe it."
She slid her hands up his chest and curled them around his shoulders. "Don't believe what?"
"We're finally alone." He swept some hair from her face and laid his palms on her hips. She pulled them around to her ass.
"What about it?" Zoe tugged the hem of her tee shirt up and over her head, then tossed it to the floor. Hair fanned over her arms. She unbuckled his belt.
A slow grin spread across his mouth as he unhooked her bra. He slipped it off her arms and let it fall. He plotted a line of kisses from her neck down to her breast. "When does the new job start?"
Her gorgeous blues glazed a bit as he breathed against her skin. "Two days."
"Good. I'm gonna need at least that long to mark all these positions off my list. No interruptions. Just non-stop sex. When I'm done, no part of your body will be untouched. It'll be the most relaxing first day on a job ever."
"Sounds like I might need a few days to recover…" His jeans zipper creaked with calculated, agonizing slowness. She pushed everything south of his waist to the carpet. "But you will too."
"God, I hope so." He stepped out of the tangle of clothing, tore his shirt off and tackle-grabbed her around the waist. He hefted her up, and her legs wrapped around his arse.
"You know you're stuck with me now, rock star," Zoe whispered against his lips between deep, mind-blowing tongue kisses as he trudged down the hall to the bedroom.
"No place I'd rather be stuck than inside—er, with you, Dr. Morgan."
7 Comments to "Alternate JUST BREATHE Ending"
By Rachel Akers, February 18, 2013 @ 8:29 am
I loved the ending you used in Just Breathe, but if you had used this one, I would have loved that one too!!!! I loved the series and hope that you will do one with Sinder!!! Also maybe one with Jacks team with Zoe and Gavin making guest appearances!!
By Stephanie Jackson, February 18, 2013 @ 11:14 am
I like the published ending best, but this one is awesome too.
By Andrea Thompson, February 18, 2013 @ 11:16 am
Ugh, Kendall. I love you so freaking much.
I'm beyond happy w/the published ending. I would have been happy here , too. Heather is such an amazing editor.
Thanks for sharing this!
By GraceDZ, February 18, 2013 @ 2:12 pm
Loved, loved, loved both endings! Very happy with the published ending. I will never tire of Gavin and Zoe. Thanks so much for sharing.
By amanda, February 19, 2013 @ 11:50 am
Great ending but I prefer the published ending. Loved the series!
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