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Chapter 7 : Confinement Cell #6
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It was a short while later when Albus left her flat after many apologies. She had finished getting ready for her dinner with James, and by then it was time for her to head over to his flat. She apparated outside his front door where she knocked gently. She heard his muffled voice calling her inside, and she let himself into his flat. She weaved her way through the homey place. She had always liked James' flat more than her own, and she didn't quite know why.
It had a feeling to it that she never felt at hers. Sure, she liked hers. It was her home now after all, but she had always preferred James'. His was bigger, and he had decorated the place surprisingly well for a twenty-year-old man who otherwise didn't give a damn. Although, she was proud to say she had selected maybe half of the pictures that hung on the walls, and she had helped choose the color scheme. James' flat had been practically her home as well while they had been dating. She slept over at his place all the time while her flat had collected dust. At one point, shortly before they quickly went downhill, they had even had a conversation about Norah selling her place and moving in with James.
It was good to be back in his flat. It felt like she was home again.
She followed the sound of his voice and entered the kitchen. He stood at the counter slicing a loaf of bread. At the sound of her footsteps, he turned to face her. His face immediately took on a bright smile, and he beamed at her.
"Hi," he said with a boyish grin.
"Hey," she replied and closed the distance between them.
Seeing her approach him, he dropped the knife he had been using to cut the bread and willingly accepted her embrace. He nuzzled his nose into the crook of her neck, placing a kiss against her collar bone.
"How was your appointment?" asked Norah.
"It was fine," he replied. "She brought her boyfriend, and we were all fine. I told you you had nothing to worry about."
"I know," she said with a smile, pulling away from him only to look him in the eye. "I never doubted you."
"I know, baby," he cooed sweetly. He grasped her chin with two fingers and tilted her head up. She smiled, her eyes filling with happiness, and she stood on her tiptoes to meet him half way in a kiss.
She melted against him in that kiss. She felt her legs go weak, wishing to give out completely from beneath her. She pressed herself against him and let him engulf her in his broad embrace. She made a pleased moan against him. She loved him so much. In that moment, she couldn't even begin to understand how she could love someone so much, and yet she did. In that moment, she would do anything for him, she realized. She would do whatever it took to be with him. She didn't know what had come over her that day when she let Kiernan kiss her. She had everything she needed, and that was James. She had been lucky enough to be loved by the very man she loved with all her heart, to be so well-treated and respected by him. She didn't know what had caused her stupidity in nearly throwing all that away. And now. Here she was, getting a second chance that she didn't even deserve. What had she done to be so lucky? Why was she so lucky as to be given two chances with the one she would always love?
She wished to hold on to him forever. She wanted to forget about dinner, forget about the talking, and just carry on their kissing. She wanted to show him how much she loved him; she wanted to express the guilt that had weighed down her shoulders over the past few months, and she wished to express to him that she would never leave him again. That she would always love him, be with him, and take care of him. She wanted to show him just how much he meant to her.
She was beginning to deepen the kiss when James reluctantly pulled away. She could feel his reluctance to do so, and she tried to pull herself from her deep thoughts.
"I wish I could say let's just forget about dinner. I would take you to my room right now, but then I remembered that talking is our first priority tonight," he breathed against her forehead, pressing a kiss there before releasing her.
As much as she wanted to continue the kissing as well, she nodded and stepped away from him.
They shared the events of the rest of their day, Norah intentionally leaving out the vital fact of Albus kissing her earlier that day. She knew she would have to tell James, but not yet.
She helped him with their dinner, and soon they were sitting at the kitchen table and eating their dinner. James had turned into a marvelous cook over the years; for the evening, he had cooked steak, baked potatoes, salad, and garlic bread, and Norah was indulging herself in the excellent meal when James finally spoke.
He wiped his mouth with his napkin before reaching across the table to take Norah's hand into his own. He gave it a loving squeeze. "So," he began, "you know how badly I want to make us work, right?"
"I think so," she said with a chuckle. "If it's as badly as I want us to work, then of course. I know."
"I'm willing to do anything to be with you," he said sincerely. "I just think the number one thing we need to work on as a couple is honesty."
"I know," she agreed quietly, squeezing his hand, "which is why I have something to tell you."
"Oh?" he swallowed uneasily. He retracted his hand and sat up straight.
Norah could feel her palms beginning to sweat. She pulled them into her lap and wiped them on her yellow sundress. "I know honesty and commitment was our problem last time. So I'm being honest with you now. Albus came by my flat today. I thought he was just visiting, but I realized he had an ulterior motive when he...when he kissed me."
"He what?!" blurted James. He looked appalled. He spat his red wine back into his glass and set it down, looking at Norah in surprise. "My brother kissed you?!"
"Yes..." she answered in embarrassment.
"My brother?!" clarified James, horrified. "My brother kissed you?!"
"Yes, I'm sorry," she said in a guilty tone. "I had no idea it was coming! He just came on to me and kissed me, but James, I ended it as soon as I could."
"I-I..." he stumbled over his words, so many thoughts running through his mind and unknowing what to say. "I believe you. B-But...Why did he kiss you?"
"Apparently his feelings for me never left," she answered humbly. "I had no idea until he was kissing me. I told him it didn't matter to me how he feels though, James. I told him it will always be you."
"Will it, though?" he asked suddenly and harshly.
Norah gasped in pained surprise. "Of course!" she cried out. "How could you think that, James? It will always be you."
"You've said that before. Then you kissed Kiernan. Then you said it again, and my brother kissed you. If it's only me, then why are you being kissed by so many other guys? If it's only me, then why is it I'm the one having issues with you?!"
"I don't know, James!" she gasped. "I don't ask for it! All I ask for is your trust and your love because none of them matter to me! You're the only thing that matters."
He groaned. In frustration he put his elbows on the table and took his head into his hands. He thought everything had been going so smoothly, and then Norah had to go drop this bomb on him. He had to admit that he did appreciate her honesty, though, especially when it was the source of the majority of their problems.
"Jamie," she began apprehensively, "you believe me, don't you?"
He thought on that question. After many moments of deep thought, he finally nodded. "Yes," he whispered. "I do. I believe you. I just don't understand. Why would Al do that? He knows how much you mean to me. He knows. Why would he do that to me?"
"I don't know, Jamie," she muttered. "He kept his feelings quiet for three years. Maybe he was tired of always putting us first. For once, maybe he was only thinking of himself. I don't think he meant anything too bad by it. When I stopped him and told him it would always be you - no matter what - he seemed guilty then. He kept apologizing. He's sorry, and I think we owe him more than we think."
He was quiet for quite some time, thinking over Norah's words until he finally nodded. "You're right. He practically gave you to me. I owe him for the three years we spent together. He was selfless."
"Exactly," encouraged Norah. "He'll try to move on. Please don't be angry with him. He feels guilty enough."
James nodded. "As long as he understands that you're...I'm...You're mi - You and I..."
"I know," she said quickly, cutting him off, seeing as how he wouldn't be able to finish his sentence. She knew what he was trying to say. She knew he wanted to say you're mine, but he didn't want to sound possessive. But it didn't seem that way to her, and she already knew she was his, just as much as he was hers. "Jamie, I know I did something stupid. Something that I can never apologize enough for or ever take back, but you have to know something. That no matter what I've done, I love you more than I can even begin to comprehend and I regret not using every moment of my being to tell you that."
"I know," he said sweetly.
"No," Norah shook her head. She didn't want him to interrupt her. She didn't want his agreements or reassuring words. Not now at least; those could come later. She needed to tell him this. "No, you don't. James, there was a time in my life when I thought you were dead. Those few hours three years ago when I thought I was only holding onto your corpse...They were the worst hours of my life. I thought I had lost you for good, I thought that you were gone without knowing that I really loved you, I thought I would have to live the rest of my life without you. The thought of going on without you. It was worse than anything I had ever felt. Then I felt your heart beat against my cheek, and I knew you were alive. In that moment I swore I would never let go of you again. When you woke up, do you remember what you promised me?"
James reached out for her hand again, his heart softened by her words. He put on a weak and loving smile. "I promised I would never leave you," he recited as he thought back to that day by the shore. He had been cold, weak, and beaten, but none of it had mattered in that moment knowing they had defeated the Namkens, that his family was safe and that he could finally be with Norah. "I said 'this is it. You and me.'"
"That's right," she breathed. "You and me. No matter what. I'm sorry for what I did, but we can't change that now. I can only promise you that I will never let you down like that again. I'm faithful to you, James, and I always will be. Please, just - "
"Be my girlfriend again," James suddenly blurted. He had heard enough. Norah had proved her argument, and he agreed with her completely. They would always be. They had seen what life would be like without the other and knew it was better to be together despite recent problems than to live their life apart any longer.
"I - What?" asked Norah, surprised. She wondered if she had heard him right. She knew James had appeared to be softer today than he normally was, but after months of stubborn neglect and arguments, it was a surprise to see him so weak and forgiving at the heart.
"Be my girlfriend again," he stated again. "I know now that what happened with you and Kiernan won't happen again, and I know you will always be faithful to me. And that's enough for me. Just knowing you love me is enough."
Norah didn't let him say another word. What more was there to be said? She leaped from her chair at the table and into his lap. She cupped his face in her hands and kissed him passionately. James was quick to respond; he kissed her deeply, holding her tight and pulling her close. She pulled away only to catch her breath, and James beamed. "I'll take that as a yes."
Harry sat at the kitchen table that night with Ginny and Albus. They were enjoying dinner despite the mutual silence. Harry and Ginny had tried to engage Albus in conversation, but ever since he had returned home for the evening, he had been unusually quiet. More so than he normally was. Harry and Ginny, though, did their best not to pester him about it and just let him be. Harry was just finishing up his meal when a gentle tapping came from the window nearest the sink.
The three of them looked over their shoulder, and Harry's brow pulled together in confusion. "That's a ministry owl," he commented and rose from his chair, knowing the owl was most presumably for him.
He dropped his napkin beside his plate and approached the window, opening it and allowing the owl to hop into the sill. He detached the small piece of parchment from about the owl's leg and read the brief message written in Ron's slanted scrawl.
Come to the ministry quick. Confinement cell #6. We got one.
Harry crumbled the letter in his fist and turned to the other two at the table. "I have to go in to the Ministry. Don't wait up. I'm sorry I have to run off. Gin, dinner was great."
He didn't wait any longer for their response. He stalked out of the kitchen and to the living room where he grabbed a fistful of floo power, stepped into the fire place, and threw it down, declaring he be taken to the Ministry of Magic. He stepped out of one of the many grates at the Ministry. The place was deserted, as if was after hours. Harry set off through the main atrium, past the statues and doors, and to the elevator where he pressed the button for the Department of Mysteries floor.
The elevator arrived on the correct floor, and when he stepped off, he could hear muffled voices coming from the end of one of the many corridors. He followed the sound of them and rounded a corner to see Ron with his arms folded, talking to another Auror.
"Ron," said Harry in a hushed undertone. He didn't know why he felt the need to whisper. "They got one?"
Ron nodded as he chewed on the nail of his thumb. He jerked his head towards confinement cell #6 where the Death Eater they had captured was currently chained down.
"In there," he muttered. "He's refusing to speak though."
"Do we know him?" asked Harry.
It had been the question that had been on his mind since he read that letter. The names of Death Eaters that he, Ron, and the rest of his family knew were endless. He wondered if he would walk into that room and see an older version of a Death Eater who had tortured his friends when they were younger. Perhaps this Death Eater had killed one of Harry's classmates. The scenarios were endless, but nonetheless, Harry could feel his hatred for all Death Eaters boiling inside him. Why couldn't they be done with this for good?
"We know him," answered Ron. "Walden Macnair."
Harry sucked in a deep breath and straightened at the mention of the Death Eater's name. So they did know him. This Death Eater was more than just a name as well; they had a history with this Death Eater. This was the man who been Buckbeak's executioner, the man who had held Luna captive at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
He pursed his lips in anger. He had long ago put the past behind him, but when painful memories resurfaced, it was all too difficult to not be bitter and hateful about what had happened to him and his friends in the past.
"I'll take care of this," he said under his breath and pushed past Ron.
Ron looked at his brother-in-law in surprise. He knew the capture of Walden Macnair would bring back memories for Harry, just as they brought back memories for Ron that he wished to rather forget, but Harry was normally always professional and reserved. Now, in this moment, Harry looked as if he was fueled more by personal attachment rather than business.
But Ron only nodded and followed Harry into the cell.
Harry stopped short at the sight of the man magically bound to the metal chair he sat in in the center of the room with dull grey walls. He folded his arms as he looked at the man who remained unmoving and unresponsive. Macnair had aged since he last saw him at the Battle of Hogwarts, but of course that had been more than twenty years ago. His hair was now fully grey, and he had bags and wrinkles under his eyes that had come with age.
Harry tapped his foot impatiently, and Macnair finally responded. He lifted his head to see his new visitor, and he immediately cracked a crooked grin. His yellowed teeth appeared from between his lips, and he chuckled under his breath. His voice was raspy. "Harry Potter. The Boy Who Fucking Lived."
"Mind your tongue," said Harry sharply.
"Why? You're just gonna throw me into Azkaban again anyway," said Macnair with a cruel undertone and bitter chuckle. "I shall do whatever I please."
"Where have you been hiding?" asked Harry, his voice stern and unwavering.
"Like hell I'm telling you," Macnair snarled.
Harry huffed in frustration and ran his hands through his hair. It was times like this when he wished he hadn't outlawed the use of Veritaserum against unwilling containees or Wizengamot witnesses. When he had first taken office as Head Auror, he had quickly done away with it, finding the forced use of Veritaserum wrong and unjust. Now all Harry wanted to do was grab a vial of the serum and pour it down the man's throat so he could have his answers. Now that he believed his son was the center, driving force of this entire situation, he would do anything to protect his family again. He wouldn't have a repeat of three years ago.
"If you know what's good for you, you'll tell me where you've been hiding," Harry said again. This time he knelt in front of the man, his fingers laced together with his elbows braced on his knees, and he looked Walden Macnair sternly in the eye. "You'll tell me where you've been, who has been with you, and who took you in."
Macnair laughed; it was a booming and echoing sound, one that sent chills down Harry's spine. "You're unbelievable. Fuck off," he spat.
"Do not make me use force," threatened Harry. He hated playing the role of bad Auror, but in this particular situation, he found it necessary.
After hearing James earlier that day, hearing of how his wrist had hurt him like never before, Harry had reason to believe that he had been near a Namken - most presumably Parker Namken - and with the Namken boy's silence for three years, and now Walden Macnair turning up, Harry believed he had every reason to feel as if Parker Namken was working underground on a plan for revenge. This Death Eater could hold the answers for him; he could prevent his son and family from enduring any more pain. He had made a promise; he had sworn three years ago that he would take down anyone who tried. He wouldn't tolerate anyone who tried his patience.
"You can't do anything," snickered Macnair. "I know of the laws you've put in place. Awfully kind of you to be so thoughtful of us containees."
"I could force it down your throat and then obliviate you," snarled Harry, his eyebrows pulling together in hatred.
He was aware of Ron moving in surprise behind him, breathing in a sharp gasp. "Harry," warned Ron.
"Shush, Ron," Harry retorted in reply.
"You wouldn't," whispered Macnair. It was a statement of horror but also a tease. Macnair was mocking him, egging him on. "You wouldn't put your job at such risk."
"I would," threatened Harry, "if I believed my family was in danger."
"If you believed your family was in danger?" laughed Macnair, and he shook his head. "Oh, Harry Potter. Still thinking the world revolves around you and that scar of yours, do you? Well, let me tell you this: the world has changed."
"It may have changed, but some things are still the same. You, for one, are still a heartless low-life whose allegiances are in all the wrong places."
"And you are still a conceited bastard who needs to be knocked off his bloody pedestal! And let me tell you, Harry Potter, you will see that day! It's coming, and you better be ready for it!" Macnair shouted in rage. He bared his teeth, his brow pulled in hatred, and he temporarily fought against the gold, magical bindings keeping him in that chair.
"Who took you in?" Harry demanded to know. He forced down the anger Macnair had instilled in him.
"Someone who is going to put you in your bloody place," chuckled Macnair again.
"Is it Parker Namken?" Harry found himself suddenly demanding.
At the mention of the young man, surprise reached Macnair's face. His brow straightened in confusion, and he went still. Harry couldn't read his expression. It was surprise and bewilderment, but Harry couldn't tell if Macnair just thought him stupid or what. So Harry demanded again. "I said is it Parker Namken?!"
"Parker Namken is dead, you fucking idiot," Macnair finally spat.
Harry exhaled deeply, shaking his head in anger. Macnair's statement meant nothing to him. Through Macnair's delay, Harry didn't know what to believe, but he could very easily have been lying. He wouldn't let his words turn him away from the possibility that Parker Namken was truly at the core of it all.
"Then who took you in?"
"Someone you should fear," Macnair said with his crooked grin. "He's the one who's going to show you the true meaning of misery. He'll take everything you love, and just when you think you've fallen as far as you can, you'll realize you're wrong. You'll see just how far you can fall, Harry Potter, and it's a long way to the bottom."
"Give me a name."
Macnair laughed again and shook his head, shutting down the conversation. "Go to hell."
With that, Harry rose from in front of Macnair. He knew he wasn't going to make any progress. Not today. He turned on his heels away from the Death Eater and to Ron, whose face was a ghostly white in shock. Harry tried to ignore the looks he was getting from him; he knew Ron would ask him questions later as to why he had gone about it that way. Why he had been so angry, why he had asked about Parker Namken. It was the first time Harry had ever voiced his true beliefs, and he could tell Ron was horrified to hear the name of that boy again.
"Keep him here until he can be taken to Wizengamot in the morning to have his sentence reinstated."
Ron nodded, and Harry reached for the door knob. As his palm closed over the cold metal, he stopped at the sound of Walden Macnair's voice once more. He tried to not acknowledge the fear he knew had been instilled in him. He could feel himself trying with all his might to hold himself together, to not quiver in fear and anger.
"Be ready, Harry Potter. Your downfall is fast approaching."
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As promised, Mac Miller released the title track to his upcoming album, Blue Slide Park, as soon as the album pre-orders hit 25,000 earlier today.
Blue Slide Park is set to hit stores and iTunes on November 8th, but as Mac announced in September, if the pre-order count were to hit 100,000, he would immediately drop the entire album on the spot. In between the 25K and 100K milestones, Mac also announced that at 50K he would donate $50,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Who knows if the already huge number will double in the next three weeks, but the fact that the pre-orders are already at 25K is pretty cool, especially for an indie label project. Since 100K is an absurd number, I think you can pretty safely count on BSP not releasing until 11/8, but for now, enjoy the title track and stay tuned for more Mac-related news in the coming weeks.
"Blue Slide Park" was produced by ID Labs who Mac has worked with many times before, and I'm actually feeling this track. Mac seems to be toying with his sound a bit, and that's a good thing because his versatility and whether or not he's capable of growing as an artist has been under question quite a bit leading up to the album's release. I'm excited to hear BSP in its entirety, and I have a feeling this track's going to get plenty of spins on my iPod this week.

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Counting Clicks on the Web
When Web sites count their visitors, they may be overcounting by 150% or more, according to a study announced this week by research firm comScore Inc. ComScore has long faced criticism from companies that argue their internal traffic numbers are much higher than ComScore's estimates. ComScore has fired back that its numbers are more accurate, and the study marks its first effort to quantify one big reason it gives for the difference.
As I've written before, it's always worth questioning the motives of a study's sponsor. ComScore (and rival Nielsen NetRatings) produce Web-traffic numbers for advertising and publishing clients, including WSJ.com, so it's in comScore's interest to question other numbers. Tech blogger Mark Evans wondered whether the study was an effort to promote comScore's own numbers.
That big caveat aside, comScore's study does shed new light on Web measurement — a crucial issue for advertisers who want to reach more people, rather than the same people more often. At issue are cookies, the little pieces of code used to track users online. Web sites use cookies, in part, to check whether a user is visiting a site for the first time, or is on the seventh visit of the day — an important distinction when calculating the key metric of "unique visitors." These are called first-party cookies because they're being served by the site users are visiting. Third-party cookies come from outside companies — for instance, advertising companies that place ads on other sites. DoubleClick Inc., which Google agreed to buy last week, is one such company. Tracking cookies used entirely to observe users' behavior and serve ads are more controversial; Walt Mossberg criticized these, and explained cookies, in a 2005 column.
Web sites can count their traffic by adding up unique cookies served. But cookies can be deleted, either manually or by some antispyware programs. And users who visit a site twice, deleting cookies in between, could be counted twice.
In December, comScore studied the rate of cookie deletion among the roughly 400,000 computers voluntarily enrolled in its survey panel — the same computers comScore monitors to produce its own Web-traffic numbers. The study measured cookies for a popular Web site and a major ad-serving company (it didn't name either). Users were supposed to be assigned one cookie by each, but the study found that, on average, users collected 1.5 additional cookies over the course of a month — suggesting they were clearing their cookies and getting assigned new ones. ComScore concluded monthly visitor counts could be inflated by 150%.
Of course, not all sites are created equal. Sites that are visited more frequently are more susceptible to this effect — and comScore chose a very popular site, one it says gets more than 100 million unique users a month. Users of some sites (such as those catering to techies) may be more likely to regularly delete their cookies than users of other sites. Weekly or daily numbers should be less skewed than monthly numbers, as should counts of total page views — though those measurements have their own flaws.
"If you've got a site where its users visit it frequently, and a significant portion of them are, for whatever reason, deleting the cookies, you could be really overstating the visitor counts," comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni told me.
When sites have blasted comScore's numbers in the past for understating their traffic, the company has used the cookies argument in its defense — most prominently in an open letter in October responding to a critical article in AdWeek. Now, it has numbers to back up that argument.
Slate's Paul Boutin agreed with that point when he compared his site's own server logs with numbers from comScore and Nielsen last year. Mr. Boutin wrote that cookies and other factors "usually add up to massive overcounting." However, he pointed out other problems with the rating companies' numbers, such as the difficulty they have in getting volunteers from universities, companies and the government to install their monitoring software. There are other concerns: As I wrote in a 2004 article, comScore's numbers often differ from Nielsen's. Also, comScore recruits most of its panelists online with such lures as antivirus software, which could create a skewed sample of the total Internet population. And some sites, such as CNET last year, claim that comScore undercounts their total page views, which shouldn't be susceptible to the cookie-deletion problem.
Mr. Fulgoni said he's confident the panel is representative, and told me the numbers are weighted by demographic data. But what he said of his study's findings is more broadly applicable: "People are always saying the Internet is such a measurable medium. Maybe it's not that easy to count it."
What do you think? Which Internet numbers do you find most reliable?
Further reading: I wrote two recent columns about the difficulty of counting Internet-video viewers. MarketWatch recently reported on criticism of comScore's numbers. And last December the New York Times showed how sites could artificially boost their comScore and NetRatings numbers.


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WATERFORD - The Waterford girls basketball team may have came into Monday night's Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division battle with Federal Hocking with a little bit of a chip on its shoulder.
The Lady 'Cats, who were rolling along with a six-game winning streak before dropping three of their last four games, jumped all over the Lady Lancers as they rolled to a 79-28 victory.
Dani Drayer poured in a game high 20 points to lead four Waterford scorers in double figures as the green and white grabbed a 25-6 lead after one quarter of play and were never challenged from that point on.
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MIKE MORRISON The Marietta Times
Waterford's Dani Drayer (22) sets up to shoot a jumper during a game against Federal Hocking Monday evening at Waterford Elementary.
"We did a nice job tonight of finding open people," said Lady Wildcat head coach Jerry Close. "We were able to hit some nice 10 and 12 footer's that we haven't been lately."
Very early on it looked like the Lady Lancers might be able give Waterford a battle as after the 'Cats grabbed a quick 4-0 lead, baskets by Destiny Tabler and Megan Thompson tied the game at 4-4.
Hannah Dailey's free throw put the Lady 'Cats back in front to stay and started a 21-2 run the rest of the quarter that saw seven different Waterford players score at least a point.
Fact Box
Federal Hocking 6 6 8 8 - 28
Waterford 25 17 18 19 - 79
Federal Hocking (2-6, 2-11 TVC)
McKenzie Steal 0-2 0-0 0, Carley Tabler 1-4 0-0 2, Ashton Cale 2-3 1-2 6, Taylor Carr 0-0 0-0 0, Whitney Gillian 0-2 0-0 0, Kaylie McPherson 1-3 0-0 2, Destiny Tabler 2-6 0-0 4, Megan Thompson 2-3 0-0 4, Tish Glass 0-0 0-2 0, Chelsea Washburn 0-0 0-0 0, Cheyenne Singer 5-7 0-0 10, Olivia Russell 0-1 0-0 0, Totals: 13-31 1-4 28.
Waterford (8-4, 8-1 TVC)
Sam Farley 1-5 2-2 4, Lakin Tolson 2-5 0-0 5, Mariah Starkey 3-8 0-2 6, Hannah Dailey 2-6 2-4 6, Taylor Hilverding 5-8 0-0 10, Dani Drayer 9-17 0-0 20, Maddy Sury 0-0 1-2 1, Randee Seevers 4-6 2-3 10, Regan Porter 6-9 5-6 17, Totals: 32-64 12-19 79.
Team Totals
Federal Hocking: Shooting: 13-31 (41.9 percent), Three-Point Shooting: 1-4 (25 percent) (Cale), Rebounds:18 (Singer 6), Assists: 7 (C. Tabler 2, Cale 2), Steals: 4 (Cale 2), Turnovers: 31, Team Fouls 9.
Waterford: Shooting 32-64 (50 percent), Three-Point Shooting: 3-6 (50 percent) (Drayer 2, Tolson 1), Rebounds: 39,(Hilverding 9, Porter 6) Assists: 24, (Drayer 10), Steals: 25, (Porter 5, Drayer 4, Starkey 4, Seevers 4), Turnovers:11, Team Fouls: 8.
Next games: Thursday: Waterford at Southern, Wahama at Federal Hocking.
Junior Varsity Game
Waterford 42 Federal Hocking 10
Federal Hocking Scoring: Jordan Gillian 5, Miranda Scott 4, Breanna Creamains 1.
Waterford Scoring: Gabbi Tornes 12, Paige McCutcheon 11, Tess Teters 7, Erin Roush 6, Jillian McCutcheon 3, Abby Huffman 3.
The Wildcats made nine field goals in the opening period and every single basket was accompanied by an assist including six from Drayer.
Baskets by Taylor Hilverding and Mariah Starkey increased the Waterford lead to 29-6 before Fed Hock strung together a 6-2 run to cut the lead to 31-12.
The big early lead allowed Close to get plenty of playing time for evey girl on his bench and also enabled the veteran coach to rest his starters for most of the second quarter.
Those starters returned with a little more than two minutes to play in the half and promptly scored 11 unanswered points to take a huge 42-12 lead into the break.
Regen Porter scored the first five points of the second half and when Drayer connected on a jumper from the base line, the Wildcat lead had swelled to 49-12 and by then it was only a matter of what the final score would be.
Every single Wildcat girl got in the score book in the game led by Drayer who finished with a double-double as the sophomore dished out 10 assists to go along with her 20 points.
Porter added 17 points while Randee Seevers and Taylor Hilverding added 10 points apiece.
Close was quite pleased with the balanced scoring attack of his team.
"Getting four of our five starters in double figures is something we have been looking for all year long," said Close. "Hopefully moving forward that will continue to happen on a regular basis."
The Wildcat's completely dominated the battle of the glass as they out rebounded the Lancers by a 39-18 margin, with Hilverding leading the way with nine.
The Waterford defense forced 31 Federal Hocking turnovers in the game as four different girls managed to come up with at least four steals.
The win improved Waterford's season mark to 8-4 including 8-1 in conference play while the Lady Lancers slipped to 2-11 overall and 2-6 in the TVC.
Cheyenne Singer led the way for Federal Hocking by scoring 10 points while hauling down a team-high six rebounds.
Both teams will return to conference action on Thursday night as Federal Hocking hosts Wahama, while the Lady 'Cats pay a visit to Southern.


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Michael Frazier II scored 18 points and made five 3-pointers to lead No. 6 Florida to a 68-62 victory over Alabama on Thursday night.
It was the 10th consecutive win for the Gators (16-2, 5-0 Southeastern Conference), matching last season's longest streak.
The Crimson Tide (8-10, 2-3) had its league-best 14-game SEC home winning streak snapped.
Florida went 8 of 10 from the free throw line over the final 47 seconds to halt any Alabama threat.
Frazier shot 5 of 13, all from 3-point range. Casey Prather scored 14 points for the Gators and Scottie Wilbekin had 10.
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The Tide was without No. 2 scorer Retin Obasohan, who strained his left hip flexor in Tuesday's practice.
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United put Giggs in temporary charge of the team on Tuesday following the sacking of David Moyes, who was dismissed just 10 months into his six-year contract.
The Welshman vowed to restore the positivity to the club following his appointment, and that was certainly the case on Saturday as Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata both scored twice in a comfortable win.
After the match Rooney backed his team-mate to have a great future in management, strongly indicating that he thinks Giggs is ready to lead Manchester United on a permanent basis.
"Giggsy has got all the credentials to be the next boss but that decision is down to the board," Rooney said.
"He's a really experienced player and he's built to be a manager. We can see that as players, we can see how he's handled himself since he took over."
Reports from Holland claiming that Louis van Gaal has already agreed to take the job suggest that Giggs is not be under consideration for the post on a full-time basis, but many of the 75,208 fans who were inside Old Trafford wish he was.
"To win 4-0 is a dream day for us. It's always nice to end the game like we did," the interim manager said after registering the team's biggest home win of the season.
United struggled to get going in the first half, but after Rooney's penalty - which came after Steven Whittaker pulled Danny Welbeck back - the Red Devils kicked into gear.
Rooney curled a peach of a shot home from 25-yards after the break and Mata scored twice from close range to make it 4-0.
What happened on the pitch was something of a sideshow for most of the game.
The fans had come to see Giggs - the man who is responsible for trying to consign the Moyes era to history as quick as possible.
The fans made their feelings known towards their most decorated player from the start.
Giggs, and his popular coaching staff of Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Phil Neville, received a rousing reception as they left the tunnel and throughout the match he was hailed by the home fans.
"The reception was great," said Giggs, who has played 962 times for United. "I've walked down that tunnel so many times in big games and that was the best feeling I've had.
"I felt 10 foot tall, so proud. The fans' reaction was great, just like it has been all week."
It was not all joy for Giggs though.
The Welshman revealed he had tossed and turned in his bed on the eve of the match, worrying about selection dilemmas.
Giggs made an attempt to make a clean break from the Moyes era by making six changes from the Scot's final game in charge - a miserable 2-0 defeat at Everton.
Marouane Fellaini - a £27.5million Moyes purchase - did not make the squad while club-record signing Mata only came off the bench after an hour.
When asked whether he slept on Friday night, Giggs was candid in his response.
"No," he said. "Leaving out players was the reason I didn't sleep. They are team-mates of mine and I've never done it before.
"It was a tough one to leave Juan out. But he put on a half-hour master class. He was brilliant and I was really happy for him.
"It's not easy, he's got a big price tag and to not start the game was disappointing for him.
"I'll continue not enjoying (leaving players out); that has been the hardest part this week."
Giggs will have to get used to that aspect of the game over the next fortnight, and possibly beyond.
Giggs said he would not allow himself to think about the possibility of becoming full-time United boss until the end of the season.
United are after a more experienced manager - even though they distanced themselves from reports on Saturday morning in the Dutch press that they had given the job to Holland coach Louis van Gaal.
The win leaves United six points short of sixth-place Tottenham, who have played one more game.
Norwich can only dream of being in such a lofty position. The Canaries are just one point above the drop zone.
Cardiff and Sunderland both have the chance of plunging Neil Adams' men into the bottom three when they meet on Sunday.
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My mom passed away on may 23rd 2012.
Exactly 25 hours later I was watching American
Idol(her favorite show), and they chose to sing
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AND her name is Georgia. I cried again , then
Realized it must be her.
A few days before she
Died, my sister was telling me that our mom will
be in a beautiful place. I told her I wasn't sure
If that was true , how do we really know?
I told her I would believe it if mom proves it to
Me by giving me a sign. The sign she sent me
Was a pretty good one. I rarely ever hear that song
On the radio and never on tv. She knew I never
Missed an episode of American idol.
I think I need to buy Faye's book. I never want
To miss a sign.
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Already a notable presence in the European market, MA-Shops–the online marketplace created by German engineer Joachim Schwiening–is poised to grow into a significant player in the U.S. coin market as well.
When it comes to competing against major U.S.-based sites, MA-Shops.com has two key assets. The first is an extensive network of reputable European dealers (well-placed to source ancient coins and collectible classic and modern world coins) from which customers can buy direct. The second is MA-Shops' easy-to-use platform and customer interface, which Schwiening has carefully built and refined over the last few years.
If you're not familiar with the format of MA-Shops, each dealer operates its own shop within the website. Most of the dealers are from Europe, so some if not many of the names may seem unfamiliar. However, you might be surprised by just how familiar some of the larger names on the site really are.
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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG (Künker or Kuenker for short) has been a family-run business for almost 45 years. Like many of us, young Fritz was hooked on coins at an early age by his grandfather. He parlayed that passion (and his childhood collection) into a coin business in 1971. The next year, his brother Horst-Rüdiger Künker came on board to handle the gold division.
Thanks to the brothers' determination and hard work, Künker GmbH became highly successful and has continued to grow and expand over the years. The company held its first auction in 1985; over 270 have been held since.
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Gorny & Mosch
Gorny & Mosch is an auction house based in Munich, Germany that specializes in ancient coins and antiquities. It was founded in 1970 by Dieter Gorny as "Giessener Münzhandlung" but didn't become "Gorny & Mosch" until he partnered up with Dr. Hans-Christoph von Mosch in 1999. The company holds eight numismatic auctions and two antiquities auctions every year.
In the last two decades, Gorny & Mosch has expanded their business both in their Munich offices and online. The firm notably auctioned one of the earliest Greek coins ever produced–and certainly one of the first inscribed coins ever produced–in 2010 when it sold a rare stater of Phanes for €345,000(US$379,500).
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Killer sentenced
July 24, 2013
McCONNELSVILLE—Standing to address the friends and family of the man he killed, convicted Morgan County murderer Timmy Stevens reiterated the defense he put forth during trial....
If any case needs to be retried, it's this one.
The juror in question was not only the brother of a murder victim. His murdered sister use to date the defendant. And his sister's murderer was related to the defendant. How incestuous! Surely Morgan county could have seated a jury without these kinds of relationships? If not, then the trial should have been moved elsewhere, where a truly impartial jury could hear the case.
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Do not believe in the death penalty- but- do not believe in our penal system either- it all needs fixed.
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:22 pm
Post subject: Just wants time off work
Does any think this is right??? im expectin in december and the babys father 1st words were i get 2wks paternity leave, since then stuff happened and we have split up, hes had no interest in the baby or me never even mentioned helping me buy stuff until I brought it up bcoz he was just going out boozing all the time, but he still wants to take the 2wks paternity leave when the baby comes around, now i know that he wont be at my house everyday from morning till night looking after the baby and me, he just wants lie-ins and time off work so i dont think he has any right in taking paternity leave,we arnt a couple, dont live 2getha and hes not gunna b supporting me or the baby just himself ............Does any body agree or think im wrong????
Just want other ppls views plz
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:42 pm
Post subject: Re: Just wants time off work
I am sorry that you have to do this on your own, but by the look of it, it is much better this way. He surely does not deserve you, and he should not be entitled to any time off, that's for sure. :roll: He has the guts....
All the best
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:44 pm
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Well done for getting rid of him - he sounds like a right waste of your time. With any luck he will not be able to get paternity leave, especially as he would not be using the time to be supporting you or your baby. Good luck doing it alone.
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Thank u all so much 4 ur reply, im so glad 2 hear that u all feel and think the same as me, im so glad im not doing it alone ive got my mum who is my main support thru it all and shes guna b wiv me thru everything, but im just really annoyed at the fact he finks he can have 2 wks off 4 "supposed" paternity leave.
And pink princess0981 thank u i neva knew he needed my matb1 form as proof whoo i have one up lol.
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Hey hun,
When my friend had her son she had split up from babys dad and her mum was her birth partner and main support, so her employer gave her the paternity leave (she had to give in the MATB1 form) I don't know how common it is to do this but if your mum works maybe its something she could enquire about xx


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Matrimony-dom: Forest Whitaker And Wife Keshia Stroll NYC With Their Daughter
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We know happily ever after isn't the reality for plenty of married couples but damn, can Keisha Whitaker smile? Actor Forest Whitaker was spotted with his wife and teen daughter Sonnet Noel Whitaker during a stroll in NYC.
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Since Chris Gardner's remarkable transformation from homeless single father to millionaire—chronicled in his number one New York Times bestseller The Pursuit of Happyness, which inspired the movie of the same name—he has been inundated with two questions: "How did you do it?" and "How can I do it too?"
Start Where You Are is Gardner's power-packed reply. Focusing on real issues that impact individuals in all walks of life, he provides a road map for success.
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Hey, so here's this video of Miley Cyrus -- she's so weird! -- being weird and making weird faces and oh my god she's so weird! Like, have you ever seen anyone make crazy faces before?! She's just out there, guys. Totally out there and just one of a kind. "Wow, what a visionary!" people of the future will say. "The world has never seen anything like Miley Cyrus, nor will it ever see anything like her again."
But for real, maybe if Miley wants more attention these days, she could actually, I don't know, make some music. She's a singer, right? I couldn't remember, because she kind of seems like a professional wackadoodle these days.
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Lanning -- Neutgens
Lisa Lanning and Joshua Neutgens were united in marriage Dec. 31 at First Lutheran Church in Renville.
The bride is the daughter of Paul and Liz Lanning of Sacred Heart. The groom is the son of Roger and Kathe Neutgens of Roseville.
Maid of honor was Kelly Hagen, friend of the couple. Bride's attendants were Amanda Malvin, Jolene Keim and Gretta Hanson, friends of the couple; Kim Lanning, sister-in-law of the bride; and Bridget MacBean and Gina Oelschlager, sisters of the groom. Flower girl was Emma Neutgens, goddaughter of the couple.
Best man was Alex Neutgens, brother of the groom. Groom's attendants were Brad Triplett, Tim Gilberts and Kraig Schroer, friends of the couple; and Peter Lanning, Bradley Lanning and David Lanning, brothers of the bride. Ring bearers were Caden Arterburn, godson of the bride; Ryder Lanning, godson of the couple; and Trevor Neutgens and Charlie Oelschlager, godsons of the groom.
Ushers were Nick Daak, Mike Gilhoi, Zach Ryan and Aaron Tauber, friends of the couple.
A reception and dance were held at the Renville Community Center.
The couple resides near Sacred Heart. The groom is employed by Charter Communications as a broadband technician, and the bride is employed by the University of Minnesota Extension - Renville County as the 4-H program coordinator.


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Yeh one day at a time and plenty of rest
Scan went well, waters have decreased a bit. She's measuring slightly big estimated at 4lbs already and she is still breech and being awkward lol. Consultant booked me for another scan in 4 weeks time so we'll get to see her again. Other than that she looks perfectly healthy x
Ttc since December 2007!
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Gillym did you test again ? I decided not to get
Digi as there not as sensative as FR as seeing as
testing early anyhows id only stress .. So did
anouther FR this am and nice line came straight
up not as strong as control line . But deffiently
there not going test now untill next week
as i obsess over comparing lines to much
Hospital want except early test results so otd is 4th
LC how you feeling xxx
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Thanks ladies. No symptoms to report at 5dpt, so not feeling very hopeful or positive.
Aw Jakesmommy that's harsh! I can only imagine how you will be feeling over the next 4-5 weeks. Try & stay clam & positive. This one will be a wee strong one & will hang on for dear life! I'm really happy for you!
Thanks for saying I have helped keep you sane, ur not the first lady I've cycled with to to say that on here, & I seem to be good & keeping others positive, they get this BFP but I don't. No fair!
Will you still do the official test on the 3rd? I think if it was me I would probably be testing every day just to make sure!!! But I'm a bit OCD!
Great news for you Gillym, really pleased for you. Take it easy & look after yourself.
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Lc I'm still keeping everything crossed for you, u never know. Some lades on here have said felt completely normal up until they have tested. I hope this is the one for you.
Jakesmommy I did a digi this morn it says 2-3 weeks. I still have one more digi and a couple first responses so I'll prob be with u on comparing lines. I'll try not to do anymore but u never know


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It appears that Stephanie Vince-Walsh, aka Sprint 4G Corporate Comm has announced on Twitter that Android 2.2 Froyo will be pushed over the air to Sprint's Samsung Epic 4G starting on February 21, 2011. That's very very soon! It's difficult to see how updates like this are appearing now that Gingerbread 2.4 has essentially been guaranteed to so many new phones, but to those who are under contract with the Epic already, I'm sure it's a welcome change.
This update is said to be pushing to all users by February 25th at the latest. No word on other very similar phones, though one shouldn't stop crossing their fingers if they hope for a quick move to the higher desserts. That said, how long do you think it'll take for this phone to get Ice Cream? Will it be too outdated by the time that Honeycomb flavored Mobile OS upgrade comes along?
Last we heard of this update it was January of this year and we'd just been told to wait a bit longer: Froyo for Samsung's Epic 4G "Still in the works." If you are unaware of the reasons behind the want for this update, head back to the Sprint Epic 4G review our sister site SlashGear did for the handset back in August of last year. Such a lovely little thing with a slide out keyboard and brightness that can be used even outdoors without a problem. All must want.


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Although Goran Dragic was the winner of the 2013-14 Most Improved Player award, several of his teammates on the Phoenix Suns were also legitimate candidates.
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Articles → Why you need your own company
It was early 2008. I had agreed to sell my company - my sole obsession of the last 10 years. The paperwork was processing.
I hated having 85 employees. It had become a little hell. I needed to get away and clear my mind.
I went as far away as I could - to a hot-springs Shinto shrine on a volcano at the southern tip of Japan.
I sat silently. I steamed. I soaked. I slept to the sounds of the sea.
I could not have been more relaxed. My head was empty.
For the first time in ten years, I had nothing I needed to do. No responsibilities. No plans.
What a relief, right? Can you imagine?
I brought along the great book Seeking Wisdom, and read in my peaceful Japanese ocean-facing room.
The book was great. Charlie Munger's thoughts on behavioral finance were brilliant and contrarian. This book was inspiring all kinds of entrepreneurial ideas that I wanted to try!
When I was at CD Baby, I'd be able to play with new ideas immediately. ("What if we had a $5 sale?" "What if I could co-op card swipers?" "What if I could go multi-lingual?") Any time I had an idea, I'd be able to test it out within days.
But now, for the first time in 10 years, since I had no company, I couldn't test out these new ideas! All I could do was read, think, and maybe write about it. Damn!
Then I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I'm "bored". But because a company is a laboratory to try your ideas. (The word "laboratory" is defined as a room for research, experimentation or analysis. I think of it as a sandbox or playpen.)
Realizing this in my peaceful hot-springs, I caught a train back to Fukuoka, and jumped into action.
I started MuckWork so I could play with crowdsourcing while helping people get their boring work done.
I re-launched MusicThoughts to experiment with a fully multi-lingual site, and lang.pro to organize this translation work.
I set up Now Now Now as the incubator/holding company and an experiment in transparency.
And all of my education-based projects (Success Stories, Documentary, and Coaching), which I'm wrapping into one bigger scope soon.
And this made me happier than doing nothing. This isn't work, it's play. It's my place to try my ideas.
We all need some time off. A change of scene and pace. Silence and solace if we're stressed. Reckless adrenaline if we're in a rut.
But for those of us who think that an eternal escape from work would be paradise, don't forget that we all need a playground, and your own company is one of the best playgrounds of all.
"If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, or looking for dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert." - Australian psychiatrist W. Béran Wolfe
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A school fire drill turned into the real thing on Tuesday evening.
The Cincinnati Fire Department said one of its ladder companies was finishing up the drill with students at God's Bible College on Young Street around 7:30 p.m. when one of the firefighters saw black smoke coming from the roof.
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The coins represent all thirteen Confederate states. Somehow the 9-11 commemorative coin collection makes this looks reasonable. Oh…inventory is limited so order yours today.
The coins represent all thirteen Confederate states. Somehow the 9-11 commemorative coin collection makes this looks reasonable. Oh…inventory is limited so order yours today.
My Old Virginia buddy [Williams deleted the post] seems to be upset with me over my recent post on the Confederate flag. Since Richard's response is short I will present it here in full:
I'm puzzled though, how come those so "concerned" with the use and display of the Confederate battle flag don't express the same concern over the United States flag? As one commenter notes, " the very same thing can be said of Old Glory." Precisely, but this really isn't about the proper respect for a flag or even criticism over the use and display of the Confederate flag. It is, as another commenter notes, about "attempts to belittle and bash." Observe and learn.
You hear this argument all the time, but I still fail to appreciate the point that is being made. On the one hand, I agree. The flag of this country has been used in ways that I find morally abhorrent, but is this really all my detractors wish me to say? Does such an admission tell us anything more about the continuing debate surrounding the Confederate flag? I think not.
The salient point that is almost always overlooked, however, is that the Confederate flag is not my flag. And regardless of whether you fly the Confederate flag from your home, salute it, or attach meaning to it, is not your flag either. The Stars and Stripes ("Old Glory") is our flag and each of us is responsible for its symbolism.
It represents the nation in which I find myself as a citizen. The flag symbolizes my rights as an American citizen and serves as a reminder of the sacrifices that so many have made over the years to maintain this democracy. It represents what America is and what it can be given its founding principles. No one alive occupies the same place in reference to the Confederate flag so it is silly to suggest that any sort of comparison is justified along these lines.
The funny thing is if I were to make the comparative point, Richard Williams would be the first one to accuse me of being unpatriotic and/or not appreciating American Exceptionalism.
Tomorrow at 12 noon [E.S.T.] Myra Chandler Sampson and I will be interviewed on the Voice of Russia radio to discuss our recent Civil War Times article about Silas Chandler and Black Confederates as well as other issues related to Civil War memory. The interview will be about 45 minutes long and you should be able to listen live. If not, I will make sure to make it available once it is archived. Myra and I are looking forward to it.
I thought we might have a little fun in light of the lawsuit that was filed yesterday by the Sons of Confederate Veterans against the city of Lexington. Many of you are no doubt familiar with Michael Bradley's poem, "I Am Their Flag" as well as H.K. Edgerton's powerful interpretation that he will be happy to deliver if the price is right. I would like to see us expand on this great work. Take a shot at writing your own stanza that places the flag at any point in time from Reconstruction through the present day. What would the flag say in 1915, 1939, 1954, 1964, 1993, 2012?
"I Am Their Flag"
In 1861, when they perceived their rights to be threatened, when those who would alter the nature of the government of their fathers were placed in charge, when threatened with change they could not accept, the mighty men of valor began to gather. A band of brothers, native to the Southern soil, they pledged themselves to a cause: the cause of defending family, fireside, and faith. Between the desolation of war and their homes they interposed their bodies and they chose me for their symbol.
I Am Their Flag.
Their mothers, wives, and sweethearts took scissors and thimbles, needles and thread, and from silk or cotton or calico – whatever was the best they had – even from the fabric of their wedding dresses, they cut my pieces and stitched my seams.
I Am Their Flag.
The last few posts on the important place that slavery occupied in the Deep South's secession documents [and here] has been entertaining and informative, but as we all know it quickly gets old as both sides begin to rehash the same arguments. In the end, white southerners made it perfectly clear as to how slavery led them to secession. All too often, however, we lose sight of the fact that many of the official secession documents that were meant to announce to people on the local, state, regional, and even international levels why political ties ties had been severed with the United States also reflect how white southerners viewed themselves in contrast with the North. In other words, the defense of slavery was a catalyst for secession because it occupied such an important place in southern culture.
It's a crucial step to take, especially in the classroom, since it gets us beyond the old canard of how few southerners actually owned slaves and other distractions. Instead of getting bogged down in the priority of causes or who owned what and how much, the goal is to better understand the meaning that white southerners (slave and non-slaveowner alike as well as those who remained loyal to the Union) attached to the institution. Not surprisingly, they wrote extensively about this on the eve of the Civil War as part of the difficult process of nation building. Consider the following March 14, 1861 editorial from the Richmond Examiner:
Those who suppose the present difficulties of the United States to be the result of an agitation against negro slavery, see only the surface. The true cause of the approaching separation of this country into two parts is the fact that it is inhabited by two peoples, two utterly distinct nations…. It [slavery] has developed our peculiar qualities and peculiar faults, all of them the exact reverses of those created by the system of leveling materialism and of numerical majorities which has attained in the North a logical perfection of application hitherto unknown and unheard of in any part of the whole world. Under the operation of these causes, we repeat the North and the South have come to be inhabited by two nations. They are different in everything that can constitute difference in national character; in their persons, in their pronunciation, in their dress, in their port, in their religious ideas, in their sentiments toward women, in their manners to each other, in their favourite foods, in their houses and domestic arrangements, in their method of doing business, in their national aspirations, in all their tastes, all their principles, in all their pride and in all their shame. The French are not more unlike the English than the Yankees are unlike the Southerners.
The editorial excerpt was pulled from Paul Quigley's, Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865, (p. 144).
Let's not get all worked up about George Lucas's recent interview on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show over his comments about the the men of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Lucas talked about the difficulties in securing Hollywood financing for his new film, Red Tails, owing to the film's all-black cast. Lucas told Stewart:
I wanted to make it inspirational for teenaged boys. I wanted to show that they have heroes, they're real American heroes, they're patriots that helped to make the country what it is today. And it's not Glory where you have a lot of white officers running these guys into cannon fodder. It's like a real, they were real heroes.
Lucas is not suggesting that the men of the 54th were not brave in battle or do not deserve to be remembered. He is commenting on the way in which they are remembered in film and he is right to point out that the story is told largely through the eyes of a white protagonist. Does anyone seriously believe that Glory could have been made any other way?
The Second World War is largely remembered as a white man's war, so we shall see if Lucas is able to tell a story with no white leading roles. Click here for an extended movie trailer.


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The Snowmass Rotary Club recently awarded scholarships to two students from Basalt High School who not only were impressive in their scholastic, athletic and community achievements but also demonstrated a commitment to "service above self," an important tenet to all Rotarians. Congratulations to Daniela Chacon and Giulio Del Piccolo for receiving the 2012 Snowmass Rotary Club's college scholarships!
Daniela Chacon will attend the University of Colorado at Boulder with a major in International Business. Her teachers describe her as selfless, insightful and sympathetic toward others in need. Although very accomplished in community service projects as well as academia, Daniela's true understanding of service above self was awakened during a visit to Peru. There, she experienced firsthand the generosity of people living in a Third World culture.
"I realized I have everything that I could ever need, while there are people all over the world who are constantly fighting a struggle to put food on their table, shower with warm water or even have a bed to sleep on," Daniela said.
While serving as vice president on student council, she learned the importance of giving back to the community. Daniela aspires to a career that will allow her to help others. She says with confidence, "with my diligence and dedication, I will become a successful Hispanic woman who will awe the world."
Giulio Del Piccolo plans to attend Colby College in Waterville, Maine, with a major in biology. Giulio is already accomplished in the sciences. He participated in the Colorado Science Fair for four straight years, placing in their competitions each year. He received scholastic achievement awards in biology, English, River Watch and art, was in the National Honor Society and was active in many community service projects all through high school. Giulio likes to ask "why?" rather than accept the obvious. He has studied foraging behavior of the American Robin and the silver halide crystals that make photography possible, and he spent three years studying the mountain pine beetle's effect on understory vegetation growth, concluding that the beetle actually contributes to the biodiversity at the foot of the trees.
"I believe that the best way to examine problems is through a broad, interdisciplinary point of view," said Giulio, who plans to become a scientific researcher.
Snowmass Rotary applauds these two outstanding students and is proud to support their academic journeys.
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Berryhill endowment will support CALS students from Person County
The Eugene C. Berryhill Sr. Scholarship endowment was established in the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc. in May.
The Eugene C. Berryhill Sr. Scholarship endowment was established in the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc. in May.
A new scholarship endowment was established in April in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to honor Megan Mann Riggans and her infant son, Will.
The April 28 Gala in the Garden, the annual garden party and fund-raiser at JC Raulston Arboretum, came with cool temperatures and April showers, yet it was as magical and beautiful as ever.
The endowment will be used to provide scholarships for students in CALS' two-year Agricultural Institute or four-year undergraduate students enrolled in crop production agriculture and related curricula.
"Bridging the past to the future" was the theme when the boards of foundations supporting N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences convened for a particularly special and historic joint meeting on April 10.
The career impacts and legacy of former North Carolina Speaker of the House Harold Brubaker were celebrated March 27 at a special event that was also a fund-raiser in support of the North Carolina FFA Foundation.
A snowy weekend did not daunt the more than 400 guests who attended the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' annual donor recognition event, Feb. 17.
As part of a fundraising campaign through the North Carolina State University Annual Giving Program, the Prestage family – who recently made a $10 million gift to endow the Department of Poultry Science – donated 200 turkeys to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
The Wayne and Judy Skaggs Endowment for Water Resources and the Hydrology of Poorly Drained Lands was created Nov. 9 as part of festivities in commemoration of Skaggs' career.
David Thompson of the N.C. Association of County Commissioners received the Distinguished Service Award during the Nov. 13 meeting of the North Carolina Agriculture, Dairy and Tobacco foundations. The event included a special presentation to Sharon Rowland, executive director of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Foundation.