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Author's Note: I just wrote this story today, so I really don't know how good it's going to be. I'm about half-asleep here and I'm really not sure why I'm just sitting here typing. Brain won't shut off, I guess.
Anyway, this just sort of came to me. But, since I'm half-asleep, I'm not sure how intelligent the whole thing will be. Hope you like it! Please review!
Summary: What if CJ hadn't been able to say no to Danny? What if something started way back during the campaign trail? Then what would election night have been like?
Rating: PG-13 (or whatever equivalent)
Pairings: CJ/Danny
Genre: Romance
Disclaimer: Own nothing. I swear!
If The Whole World Would Stop Looking
"CJ! Hey!"
She smiled at the reporter. "What?"
"Can you come with me for a moment?"
Her smile became somewhat baffled, but she turned to her companions and said something to them. Danny waited with his hands stuffed in his pockets, rocking on his feet. He waited, watching her as she smiled, laughing with her friends and co-workers. He wasn't really supposed to be in there, but there he was and no one was saying anything.
CJ walked over to him, stepping around him and through the doorway. Danny fell in step easily behind her as she walked him to a more private area. She glanced around, and Danny looked back over his shoulder to make sure no one had followed them out, before CJ pulled him into her hotel room.
She closed the door, turning the lock unnecessarily. "What's up?"
Danny was still looking deeper into the room. He had been there before- they had been at the same hotel for nearing four days. It had only been once- CJ was busy and he understood that. He had been busy too. And then, his hotel room one floor down was identical to hers.
"Danny?" He turned at the sound of her voice. He could feel his insides shaking. He knew his hands were. He took a calming breath, worried that she would notice his nerves. "What's up?"
"Um…" His eyes clipped closed for just a moment, opening to find CJ barely a foot away from him. "Uh… yeah… I wanted to ask you something."
"Ask me something? This isn't work related?"
"No," he said too quickly. "No," he said slower, shaking his head. He looked down at his feet, because if he looked up in her eyes then he wasn't sure he would be able to do what he wanted to do. "I also… have something to… to give to you."
"A present?" she said with a smirk. He had looked up at her words, smiling at her smile. "For me?"
"Kind of." He took another steadying breath, catching her eyes. Slowly, nervously, he pulled his hand from his pocket. "I want you to have this."
CJ's smile faltered when she saw the small velvet box he held in his hand. Danny held his breath as he watched her reaction. She looked back at him. "It's a box… Danny… it's a box that one normally finds jewelry in."
"Yes. Yes, it is."
"Danny…" her voice trailed off when she looked down at it. She took it carefully, as if expecting it to vanish before her eyes. He watched her, smiling tentativelyas she opened it. Her face lit up in a smile she saved for him. Her eyes glanced at him before going back to the ring. It was silver- he wasn't a fan of gold rings. He thought silver suited her better. He didn't get her a diamond either. He thought an emerald was more appropriate.
"Danny…" she looked back at him. He decided that he loved the way she said his name. The way it rolled off her lips. The way she made it sound so seductive without trying. "It's beautiful."
"It's yours."
He blushed, hoping that she didn't noticed. He didn't know what else to say. "I want you to marry me, Claudia."
She smiled at her name. He never used just her first name. He also knew she didn't like it when people called her that. But he had noticed she let it slide some times- with some people. He was one of the few- one of the brave.
But her smile wasn't only for that. He suddenly found himself staring into the depths of her green eyes. They were so deep. So wonderfully green. He could spend an entire day- an entire year- simply staring contently into her eyes.
He knew she had expected the question the moment she had seen the box. But he also knew that, at that moment, she was shocked to hear him actually ask the question. He wasn't offended. He knew it was to be expected. But he had to ask. He had to do it. He just didn't know what he would do if she said no.
Her tongue rolled over her lips, wetting them. She seemed hesitant and looked back down at the ring. Danny felt like he might panic and found him doing something he didn't do often: he started to ramble.
"We don't have to get married immediately- I mean, I know we can't. I know we can't be married while you're in office- Barlet's in office. You know what I mean. But… but I- I thought we could after."
"After?" she said quietly, almost like a sigh.
"Yeah. In four… or eight… years when you're out of office. Then we'll get married." He forced in a deep breath. "I don't need a piece of paper and a big ceremony to tell me we'll be together forever… I don't. I can wait. I will wait." CJ looked up at him with tears welling in her eyes, lips curved into a smile. "But it would make me feel a lot better if you said yes."
Her smile widened, morphing into a sweet laugh. CJ's hand wrapped around his neck, pulling his lips to hers. She smiled into his mouth, pulling away too soon for Danny's liking. "Yes," she breathed, tickling the sensitive skin around his lips.
Her lips grazed his again, Danny's hands resting on her hips, holding her to him. He knew the moment would end, but he was afraid of it. He knew it would happen, so he clung to her for those precious minutes.
"CJ?" He pulled away and CJ rested her forehead against his.
"If you look in the box… there's a… a silver chain in there. I know you can't really wear an engagement ring while… while you're working. So I thought you could wear it around your neck instead… unless-" he stopped talking when CJ's lips descended over his again.
"You're too good to me, you know that?"
"Yeah, well…" he honestly didn't know what to say, so instead he returned their attention to the box cradled carefully in CJ's hand close to her stomach. "Let me see that."
"You don't know what it looks like?"
He grinned at the banter. She offered him back the ring and Danny pulled from nowhere- from CJ's perspective- a silver chain. She watched his delicate fingers as they carefully unclasped the chain and pulled the ring from box. CJ's eyes fell back on his face. She smiled at the look of concentration. She was intrigued how it was it was the same focused, devoted look he wore while he both working and making love to her.
"Turn around."
She cocked an eyebrow, but smirked and turned, pulling her hair out of his way. She tipped her head down. His breath warmed her skin, sending waves of fire down her spin, suddenly mixing with the cold metal touching her skin.
After a moment, he brushed his lips over her neck, nuzzling his face in her hair, hands moving to rest on her stomach. CJ set her hands over his, squeezing them as she leaned back into his embrace. She felt safe- oddly enough, she did. She felt content and comforted- it was simply right to be there.
She could feel his chest as it rose and fell against her back, the hot air tickling her neck. She closed her eyes, letting herself be absorbed in the moment. Letting the steady rhythm of his breathing comfort her. Suddenly she smiled, feeling the rhythm change.
"Just thought of something," he said softly, his mouth right by her ear.
"Yeah? What?" She turned her head just so, able to catch his eye a little.
He smirked, his tone of voice the only reason she knew not to be worried by his choice of words. "Well, if you ever have any worries about this marriage, just know there will always be one upside."
"Oh, yeah?" She said with a smile, knowing that he wasn't truly worried about something, "And what's that?"
"At least you won't have to change your initials." She laughed, eyes falling closed as she did. Danny found it exquisite. Her body shook slightly and he knew, if he could see her eyes, they would be dancing with the sound of her laugh.
"I'll sleep better tonight knowing that."
"Good." Danny paused before asking, "CJ? Can I stay here tonight?" She didn't say anything. Instead, her eyes stayed closed and she simply nodded. She smiled just slightly at the sensation of his scruffy beard scratching her cheek as they rubbed together. "Okay… you should probably get back." He didn't want her to leave- didn't want to let go- but he knew he had to. He knew that, if they didn't, soon he would start to kiss her and that would lead to other things. And he knew that soon, just as those other things started, someone would come looking for CJ.
"Yeah… don't wanna go."
"Me neither."
She sighed, leaning farther into Danny's chest. After a time, she groaned and, slowly as she could, moved out of the embrace, turning around to look at him as she did. Danny glanced down, wanting to see how the ring looked on her. She was stunning, as she always was, face half-serious, half-smiling with her hair disheveled. He wanted to kiss her, to step closer to her, to touch her, but he couldn't. He knew if he did, he wouldn't stop. And that, he had already decided, wasn't something they could do for the time.
"Come by whenever- I'll be back… eventually," she finished by rolling her eyes, a smile enveloping her face. Danny smiled and made up his mind. He took her hand, taking barely half a step closer, and brought his lips to hers. She didn't seem taken aback, though he thought she might have been surprised for just a moment before responding.
Finally they came up for air, breathing ragged. "Okay… I'm… gonna go now… before… someone comes."
"Okay." She stepped away from him, though he was still holding her hand. He suddenly realized that it was her left. He knew how stunning she looked with her ring hanging around her neck, catching the light. But he knew how much better it would look when he was finally able to put it on her ring finger.
"See you later."
She smiled, squeezing his hand before releasing it. Danny watched her walk to the door. He had never figured out if it was a better idea to leave together or separate. Together placed them both in there, separate made it look like he had been alone in her room.
Danny shook his head, smiling in time for her to turn and give him a flirtatious wave. Then she slipped out the door and back to a world where she was the Press Secretary to the President of the United States and he was the Senior White House Correspondent.
/-/-/ Four Years Later: Election Night /-/-/
CJ gave a start at the voice. She had been sitting staring out of her office window for hours. She wasn't even sure any more how long she had been sitting there.
"Hey, Josh."
She didn't want to turn around and look at him. She didn't want to know by his look whether or not they were loosing. Because she didn't know what she wanted.
People had been voting for hours. States were being won- whether by them or Ritchie, she didn't care.
She wanted to win. She wanted her job- she loved it. She loved her press corps and her friends and everything the White House had offered. Because the White House had brought her challenges and fun and excitement and stress and everything she thrived on. But, most importantly, it had brought her to Danny.
But the White House had also kept him from her. They had found their ways around that, but she hated it. She loved her time with him, but sometimes- most times- it wasn't enough. Loosing gave her him.
"So we, um, got-"
"I don't want to know."
CJ's eyes fell closed and she felt the stray tear stream down her cheek. "I… are we winning?"
She could hear Josh sigh behind her. "Yeah."
Suddenly she laughed. A deep hearty laugh. She had no idea why. "We both still have our jobs for the moment and we sound so depressed."
CJ couldn't stop laughing, even as she spoke. Suddenly Josh joined her. They laughed, shoulders shaking and laughter echoing throughout the room.
"Josh?" she said after a while when she was finally able to draw in breath.
There was a long silence. CJ continued to stare out the window; for some reason she didn't feel like spinning her chair around. She knew he was watching her carefully, perhaps waiting for her to crack or maybe to just say something. He had known for years- since not long after Danny proposed. He hadn't really figured it out- she didn't think he was bright enough to do that- but he saw the ring and she had told him weeks before that the necklace had been given to her by Danny. Amazingly even Josh could piece that puzzle together. Not amazingly, he had been stupid enough to start sputtering something about it in the hall. She had simply shut him up and pulled him into the closest private area- which had ended up being a closet. Oh, if only someone had witnessed that one!
After that day, Josh had been an ally of sorts. He had managed to get CJ out of work to spend time with Danny and had acted as a distraction if they needed one. Josh, combined with Carol, kept the affair hidden from world- and, more importantly, the West Wing.
"I've been thinking…" she trailed off, continuing to gaze out her window. Before Josh had entered, she had been engaged in attempting to figure out how many guys with big guns were hiding out there. That and pondering how they managed to switch shifts without anyone noticing them. "I-" She cut herself off.
Taking a breath, she knew Josh wasn't going to interrupt her. She knew he wasn't going to say anything to rush her. But she wished he would because, otherwise, she wasn't sure she would be able to say it.
"I… if we win this thing… I don't think I'm going to stay the whole run."
"You mean… a year or two?"
"Yeah… yeah." CJ ran a hand over her chin, suddenly realizing that it was damp. "I can't keep… I can't keep sneaking around with him. I- I want to have- I want to be with him."
"I understand, CJ. I can't- I can't imagine what you're going through with this. I can't possibly try to pretend like I know what you're feeling right now." Josh sighed. CJ nodded to herself, eyes falling from the slowly darkening sky.
It made her mind run away from what she was currently talking about, centering itself back on the men hiding outside. Just as Josh couldn't understand what she was feeling, she couldn't imagine having that kind of loyalty. Laying in the dirt and bushes all night long, in the cold, frigid air watching for someone trying to kill you and everyone around you.
She was far more amazed by the agent whose job was to jump in front of the bullet for a man they hardly knew. For the President they might not have even voted for.
It struck her then that she didn't even know how many- if any- agents were Republican. She didn't know what Ron Butterfield was. But it didn't matter to her. She respected them all, because she knew she could never do what they do.
"Probably should be doing something right now, huh?"
Josh sighed. "Yeah. Probably."
"I think I'm supposed to be doing something."
"You think?" CJ smirked, nodding slowly. "Yeah, actually Leo asked me to come check in with you. We haven't seen you around."
"Yeah?" CJ resisted the urge to turn and look at him. She didn't want him to see the cheerless smirk that had formed or the tears in her eyes. She didn't want him to see the exhaustion in her eyes. But she had a feeling that he had heard it all already.
"Yeah. So… I think he wants to see you… or, at least see you doing something."
"Yeah… okay. I'll be out… doing something in a couple of minutes."
"Yeah…" his voice was soft and CJ was suddenly grateful he knew. There had been times throughout the four years that she hadn't been. Now she was.
Had it truly been four years? Had she resisted slipping the ring onto her finger, walking into the Press Room and announcing that she and Danny were to be married as soon as possible for that long? She had certainly considered it many times. Some mornings she had walked into work, slumped into her seat, and stared at her ring. Some days it was sexual frustration building up after days or weeks without Danny that made her feel that way. Others, it was simply the morning after a perfect day with him and she wished for the feeling to never go away.
CJ heard the door click closed and knew Josh had understood why she needed the extra minutes. She dabbed her wet cheeks, drying them both. Taking a deep breath, she thought a moment about standing. But then she didn't.
CJ pulled on the chain, exposing the ring Danny had presented her four years before. She watched it, as she had hundreds of times, thinking about the adorable red-headed reporter. He was somewhere near-by, but she was hesitant to go look for him. She wasn't sure what she might do or say.
Instead, she observed the way the light reflected off it. A light smile played on her lips, a light growing in her eyes. It wouldn't be long. Two months, perhaps. Two years, at most.
She hadn't put the ring on yet. Never had. She wanted Danny to do that the day she was no longer the Press Secretary.
After a while, she hid the ring once again. She didn't like to think about it like that, however. It was closer to her heart, as she had once explained to Danny. She didn't necessarily believe it, but she said it.
Checking her make-up, she took a deep breath, calming herself, and standing. Carol smiled supportively at her as she went by. CJ had never said anything to her, not directly, but she was sure Carol had known for years, if not at the beginning.
"Leo came by earlier."
"Yeah, Josh mentioned that. Does he want to see me?"
"Didn't say."
"Helpful. I'm gonna… go… do something."
"Have fun."
CJ nodded and continued on. TVs with different faces speaking the same things. Barlet was winning. She was amazed how disappointed she was to hear it.
CJ turned at the new voice, watching as Toby fell in step with her. She wasn't sure where she was going, so she simply let him lead her.
"Where are you going?"
Plan ruined. "Ah… in this direction. What's up?"
"You okay?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Just… you disappeared for a while there."
"Yeah. Um… Anything else?"
"Um, no."
"Kay, well," she glanced to her right, quickly figuring out where the hallway led. "I'm going this way."
"Something to tell the press?"
"No," she said quickly. "Just… ah, I have to… talk to Danny about something." Toby gave her a look and she released she shouldn't have made such a production about the word 'talk'.
Toby had figured out the hard way that something was going on nearly two years into the administration. It was just after the Roslyn shooting. She was still scatter-brained. Danny had been there for her after the briefing. Toby had come in for the same reason.
She had been embarrassed, but far more preoccupied with other things. Toby had understood why she never told him, despite their friendship. He agreed he would have fought hard to keep her away from Danny, but he never did anything after he discovered their relationship. She hadn't asked at first, thankful that he hadn't told Leo, but curiosity took over her and she had eventually asked. He said he had been amazed that, after almost three years, no one had heard a word. Some were suspicious- she wasn't surprised- and even he had quirked an eyebrow at them before, but he hadn't thought it was going anywhere. It had been the engagement part that had swayed him against saying anything.
Toby gave her a smirk and a wave, leaving CJ to wandering towards the Press bullpen. A couple of them gave her a wave or a smile. Chris nodded, the phone pressed against her ear as she chatted a mile a minute. She slipped into Danny's office. On a normal day, she might have been just slightly more secretive- she didn't want to be seen going in too often. Regardless of their friendship, some of the reporters out there would have started to ask how many tips she was giving him.
But that night, she didn't care. That night, no one would care if she had wandered in there. She had a feeling that some of them might have already suspected how important this day was to them.
It amazed her, when she thought back to it, that almost all of their arguments had revolved around a story. Some, of course, were stupid, couples' things. But most had to do with work. They tried to keep that out of personal life, but they had known the first day they started something that that was impossible.
Some times it was Danny jealous over her choice of reporters to leak stories to. He got most of them, not because he was Danny but because he was the Senior Reporter.
There were other times that he got his hands on a story that hurt the White House. She knew he had to write it and had to print it, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt and didn't mean she wasn't upset that she had to contain the story. She knew it wasn't like Danny to drop a story, so it didn't surprise her that he had written many of the stories that he had. She still wasn't sure if it surprised her when he buried a story that was about her.
Then there were the few times CJ had lied to Danny. It had been few times. Very few, but that didn't mean it hadn't happened. Sometimes it was because Leo hadn't told her- which pissed her off. It pissed her off more when Danny didn't seem to buy the excuse. Most of the time, she called on someone else so she didn't feel like she was lying to Danny. It hurt when she had looked him in the eyes and lied that one time. He was right, she could have called on any one that time, but she had picked him. She didn't know why. She just had.
Danny was sitting with his head buried in his notes and laptop. He hadn't heard her walk in. She carefully closed the door, trying not to make any noise as she did so. But she didn't move any farther into the room. Instead she stood near the door, arms crossed comfortably over her stomach and she watched him work. She loved to watch him write. So focused. So devoted. He always had that air of gentle caring when doing working with something he loved. Writing and CJ high in that category.
It took him a while before he realized he wasn't alone. Took a bit longer before his hands stilled on the keys and his head tilted to the side to see her. His eyes lit up- she had a feeling they hadn't all day- and a smile spread over his lips.
Her stomach did flips and butterflies fluttered. He still had that damn irresistible charm, even after all their time together. Still had the ability to make her go weak in the knees and become as giddy as a schoolgirl. It was one of the things she loved about him.
"Hey." CJ's smile broadened. He tilted his head in that adorable gesture, beckoning her over to him. CJ took a few slow steps closer to him. He put out a hand to her. Her arms dropped, one reaching out to take his. She took the final few steps closer to him and Danny pulled her onto his lap.
"Hey," she whispered back. "We're almost there."
So… hope you liked it. It's cute right? Um, I'm thinking about writing more (which would be stuff that happened on the campaign trail) but again, I'm half-asleep so who knows what I'll be thinking in the morning.
Well, I'm off to bed. I hope you're off to review. Thanks a bunch!


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The Prime Minister faced his most detailed grilling yet on Iraq in his twice-yearly appearance before an array of senior MPs in the Commons.
In the course of an 80-minute cross-examination he:
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Mr Blair said there had been "massive" parliamentary debate as well as a decisive vote and "Cabinet meeting after Cabinet meeting" to discuss the issue.
"The idea I got together a couple of people in the office over a cup of coffee and decided to take the country to war is somewhat overstretched, if I may respectfully say so," he said.
Mr Blair, in shirt sleeves, was never pushed into real trouble by the questioning. He was several times forced on to the defensive, however, when asked why no chemical or biological weapons or their components had been found.
The intelligence to the Government last year "I have no doubt at all was valid", the Prime Minister said.
Iraqi scientists were now being questioned by the newly created search teams "and I am very confident they will find the evidence that the programmes existed". Despite his robust defence, Mr Blair faced continued demands from both the Tories and Liberal Democrats for a full independent inquiry headed by a senior judge into the decision to go to war.
The latest opinion poll by Populus for The Times showed support for the war plummeting, with 47per cent believing it was right to take military action, down 11 points on a month ago.
More seriously for the Prime Minister, a clear majority of the voters, 54 per cent, said they "wouldn't trust him further than I could throw him" with just over 40 per cent disagreeing. Mr Blair, however, told the MPs: "I refute any suggestion that we misled either Parliament or the people totally.
"The fact is that we put before the House of Commons and, indeed, the country, the case that we made. I stand by that case totally.
"I'm quite sure we did the right thing in removing Saddam Hussein. Not merely was he a threat to his region, to the wider world, but it was an appalling regime that the world is well rid of."
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He said he had told President Bush that if Saddam complied with the UN demand to surrender his weaponry "he would have to take Yes for an answer". The President had accepted that.
The Prime Minister acknowledged that British troops could be in Iraq for years, but said the presence would be much smaller.
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The 86 recommendations in the National Commission of Audit report can be broadly divided into three categories – those likely to be adopted, those that will be adopted in part, and those that would, as Treasurer Joe Hockey acknowledged in a nod to YesMinister, require a considerable dollop of "political courage".
The report warns that without action now, government spending will rise from $409 billion this year to about $690 billion in the next decade. It's an alarming forecast.
So which of the eye-catching recommendations will go ahead, in full or in part?
Expect a further reduction in the bureaucracy, particularly in the education and defence departments, as part of an overall recommended cut of 15,000 staff will probably be adopted over time – as will the merger and abolition of sundry government agencies and bodies in the name of increased efficiency and savings.
A requirement for unemployed 22-30-year-olds (who do not have dependents or an exemption) to move to high employment areas after one year on the dole could also get the nod – it's the sort of "get-tough" approach that plays well to the Coalition's base.
Changes to the higher education system that would result in university students paying more, and starting to pay back their fees sooner while the federal government pays less, will also be hard for the government to resist.
A slower rolling out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme could also be adopted, though the government will be mindful of the fact that it promised a "unity ticket" on this social reform before the election.
Taking a bite out of the industry assistance apple – which ranged across car makers, steel producers, exporters, tourism bodies and ethanol producers to the tune of $5.1 billion in 2011-12 – will also be tempting (though do not expect the $16 million Prime Minister Tony Abbott promised Cadbury's Hobart factory during the September election to be touched).
The proposed $15 Medicare co-payment is unlikely to go ahead, but it provides useful political cover for the almost certain $6 co-payment.
At the "courageous" end of the spectrum, the government might like to ponder raising the Medicare surcharge by 2 per cent and forcing higher income earners – singles on more than $88,000 and families on more than $176,000 – to take out private health insurance, but doing so would ignite one hell of a fight.
Similarly, introducing co-payments for all drugs available through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, including for those that are now free, would brings howls of protest from families and pensioners.
Abolishing Family Tax Benefit B and tightening the rules on FTB-A would be good economic policy, but would require spending considerable capital the government may wish to spend elsewhere – the debt levy springs to mind.
States are very unlikely to be given the power to levy an income tax any time soon (which federal Treasurer would tick off on that one?) while a radical change in the calculation of the minimum wage – that would cause it to fall over time from about 56 per cent of average weekly earnings to 44 per cent – would be a free kick for the opposition, no matter how popular with business.
Further changes to the government's proposed paid parental leave scheme that would link it to average weekly earnings – effectively halving from $50,000 to about $28,730 the maximum amount new mothers can receive – are not going to happen, given the Prime Minister has already seen his package cut back this week.
Finally, while the pension eligibility rules and the age at which it can be accessed may rise to 70 (and sooner than the commission's recommendation of 2053), the prospect of including the family home in that test is a likely non-starter.
The guessing games will continue between now and budget day, but don't expect too much of the sort of political courage, suggested by the commission of audit, that can undo governments.


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|Coordinates: 46°21′N 6°10′E / 46.350°N 6.167°ECoordinates: 46°21′N 6°10′E / 46.350°N 6.167°E
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Bogis-Bossey is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Bogis-Bossey is first mentioned in 1135 as Bittgeium ad pontetulum.[3]
Bogis-Bossey has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.5 square kilometers (0.97 sq mi). Of this area, 1.42 km2 (0.55 sq mi) or 58.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.7 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 28.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.[4]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 26.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.7% is used for growing crops and 4.5% is pastures.[4]
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bogis-Bossey became part of the new district of Nyon.[5]
The municipality is located on the left bank of the Versoix river. It consists of the village of Bogis, on the border with the French commune of Divonne-les-Bains (Pays de Gex), and the hamlets of Bossey (with Bossey Castle), l'Hostellerie, Petit-Bossey and Belle-Ferme.
Coat of arms[edit]
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, 1. Argent, seme of billets Sable, semi-lion Sable langued Gules; 2. paly of six Or and Gules.[6]
Bogis-Bossey has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 905.[7] As of 2008[update], 37.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[8] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9.1%. It has changed at a rate of 2.9% due to migration and at a rate of 7.7% due to births and deaths.[9]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (560 or 66.1%), with English being second most common (146 or 17.2%) and German being third (65 or 7.7%). There are 10 people who speak Italian.[10]
The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bogis-Bossey is; 112 children or 13.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 136 teenagers or 16.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 94 people or 11.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 97 people or 11.6% are between 30 and 39, 154 people or 18.4% are between 40 and 49, and 122 people or 14.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 90 people or 10.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 23 people or 2.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 10 people or 1.2% who are between 80 and 89.[11]
As of 2000[update], there were 373 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 437 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 29 individuals who are divorced.[10]
As of 2000[update], there were 264 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household.[9] There were 50 households that consist of only one person and 33 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 276 households that answered this question, 18.1% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 65 married couples without children, 133 married couples with children There were 13 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 12 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[10]
In 2000[update] there were 189 single family homes (or 82.5% of the total) out of a total of 229 inhabited buildings. There were 23 multi-family buildings (10.0%), along with 13 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (5.7%) and 4 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (1.7%).[12]
In 2000[update], a total of 248 apartments (84.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 45 apartments (15.3%) were seasonally occupied and 2 apartments (0.7%) were empty.[12] As of 2009[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 8.6 new units per 1000 residents.[9] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010[update], was 0.9%.[9]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the LPS Party (15.9%), the Green Party (15.29%) and the FDP (14.71%). In the federal election, a total of 176 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.9%.[14]
As of 2010[update], Bogis-Bossey had an unemployment rate of 3.6%. As of 2008[update], there were 21 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 5 businesses in this sector. 111 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.[9] There were 411 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.6% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 121. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 11, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 9 of which 2 or (22.2%) were in manufacturing and 7 (77.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 101. In the tertiary sector; 4 or 4.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 4.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 11 or 10.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 11 or 10.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 6.9% were in education and 1 was in health care.[15]
In 2000[update], there were 43 workers who commuted into the municipality and 360 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 8.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 25.6% of the workforce coming into Bogis-Bossey are coming from outside Switzerland.[16] Of the working population, 8.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 80% used a private car.[9]
From the 2000 census[update], 226 or 26.7% were Roman Catholic, while 242 or 28.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 members of an Orthodox church (or about 1.18% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.24% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 50 individuals (or about 5.90% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 14 individuals (or about 1.65% of the population) who were Jewish, and 10 (or about 1.18% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 9 individuals who were Buddhist, 4 individuals who were Hindu and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 177 (or about 20.90% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 115 individuals (or about 13.58% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]
In Bogis-Bossey about 220 or (26.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 218 or (25.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 218 who completed tertiary schooling, 34.9% were Swiss men, 18.8% were Swiss women, 24.8% were non-Swiss men and 21.6% were non-Swiss women.[10]
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 106 students in the Bogis-Bossey school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 58 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 47 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.[18]
As of 2000[update], there were 222 students from Bogis-Bossey who attended schools outside the municipality.[16]
The Ecumenical Institute Château de Bossey, an institution within the World Council of Churches, is situated in Bogis-Bossey.
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- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (German) accessed 30 August 2016
- ^ a b Bogis-Bossey in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (German) accessed 4 April 2011
- ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 20-July-2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (German) accessed 30 August 2016
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Archived June 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. (German) accessed 19 June 2010
- ^ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived January 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. accessed 20-July-2011
- ^ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived August 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (German) accessed 2 February 2011
- ^ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office (French) accessed 29 April 2011
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Archived September 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (German) accessed 28 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived September 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (German) accessed 29 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Archived May 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. (German) accessed 28 May 2010
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Archived December 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (German) accessed 28 January 2011
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- ^ Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010 (French) accessed 2 May 2011
- ^ Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition (French) accessed 2 May 2011
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I'm hearing that the premiere will be Oct. 28th at the Castro Theater! I just may have to swing by...
Congratulations to the new DMC DJ champion of the USA DJ Slyce who took the title hands down (once again) last Saturday night at the Knitting Factory in New York and consequently will travel to the UK later this month for the 2008 DMC World Championship finals September 26th/27th. It was a kind of deja vu for DJ Slyce who also won the US DMC title eleven years ago (see video clip of that legendary 1997 DMC routine below). "Anyone who said hip hop was dead has not been to a recent hip-hop DJ battle and with the return of DMC to the Mecca I can assure you the DJ element of our culture is alive and kicking some serious ass! An historical night to say the least and not because DMC was back in New York, not because it was the first time a father and son competed-- it was having such a variety of past and future legends share the stage and tear the decks up," said Washington DC (formerly of the SF Bay Area) DJ Dust One, who drove the four plus hours to NYC just to attend the event last weekend.
Dust One stressed to me how blown away he was by both seeing Grand Wizzard Theodore (creator of the scratch) and to getting to talk to him. "I asked him if it must feel great to watch what he created develop into such an art form. He smiled and proudly answered, 'I created monsters,'" related Dust One, adding that, "DJ Slyce stole the show and will represent the United States with the utmost showmanship and [it] would not surprise me if he took the world title back home. His set was flawless and the creativity took it to another level.Competition was definitely tough, but DJ Slyce showed us he is the best! Much respect to all the competitors, the judges and to Christie Z for coordinating such a great show!"
DMC Events Coordinator Christie Z Pabon is a the tireless ambassador of turntablism as well as the other elements of hip-hop. She had not organized a DMC battle for several years, instead focusing more on her own hip-hop dedicated organization, Tools of War. Pabon was perhaps the single reason why this year's US DMC battles seemed to bring the battle back on track after years of people complaining of it slipping. I talked with Christie Z, who organized the DMC battles from 1998 to 2000 and who likely will stay on board for upcoming years' DMCs, about how she felt about last weekend's event in NYC:
Amoeba Music and Phil Blankenship are proud to present some of our film favorites at Los Angeles' last full-time revival movie theater. See movies the way they're meant to be seen - on the big screen and with an audience!
Saturday September 6
9th Anniversary!
Idle Hands
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London's Victoria and Albert Museum has announced that it has bought perhaps the most recognizable logo in all of music at an auction in the U.S. -- the original artwork for The Rolling Stones famous "lips" logo, inspired by the Mick Jagger's pouty mouth. The museum bought the work for $92,500.
The lips-and-tongue logo was designed by London art student John Pasche in 1970, and first appeared on the inside sleeve of the Sticky Fingers album released the following year. Pasche would go on to design posters for several Rolling Stones tours of the 1970's, and the promotional sticker for Goats Head Soup plus a couple of single sleeves for the Stones.
According to an article in The Guardian, the idea for the logo came when Pasche, a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, first met Jagger in the Rolling Stones' offices. "Face to face with him, the first thing you were aware of was the size of his lips and his mouth," Pasche was quoted as saying.
Pasche added that he would use the money from the auction to send his 11-year-old son to private school. Initially paid just £50 for the logo, later when the Stones copyrighted the design Pasche received a share of the royalties' rights; eventually he sold his share for a lump sum.
Since his early 'masterpiece' Pasche has done considerable design work for the record industry including albums, single sleeves and posters for artists such as Paul McCartney, The Stranglers, The Vapors, David Bowie, Judas Priest, The Who, the Bay City Rollers, the Art of Noise and Jethro Tull.


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I had the MK9 and loved it. Very accurate out to 25 yards. It ran flawless for me through about 450 rounds (well past the break in period). Then I had a malfunction that was very hard to clear. The round fired, but the empty shell casing got stuck on the extractor. I had to use the rest in front of me to pry the casing off. It took some time to clear, enough for me to be in trouble if I were in a gun fight. Maybe this was a fluke and may have never happened again, but it was enough to scare me into getting rid of the gun.
I've had several semi-autos and never experienced anything like this. I probably could have sent it back to Kahr, but that type of malfunction was a little too scary for me. If I were able to just slap the floor plate, rack the slide and start shooting again, I would have dealt with it.
Otherwise the gun was a pleasure to carry (IWB, 4 o'clock) and was very comfortable in my hand. Too bad.
I'm not trying to steer you away from Kahrs, but you might want to consider a S&W j frame. 5 shots instead of 7, but they are guaranteed to go "BANG".
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Storm Warning (August 30) seemed to insinuate a public that cares little for policies or the future of the economy, and more about shouting the loudest, sneering the ugliest and having the best holiday snaps. This government may lack spin, but surely this is something we've been calling for for years. Politics, after all, ought to be based on pragmatism as opposed to sensationalism.
Cathy Chiat
Decca Aitkenhead is "not sure voters give a stuff about abstract visions for a generation away." Well, I for one am concerned about the future. The "chap" Alistair Darling met at a petrol station is also concerned and aware that the crisis we face is "to do with oil prices". Although Darling comes across as sincere, he seems to be frighteningly mute on the issue of "peak oil". Climate change, collapsing economies and rises in energy and food costs are all linked to peak oil. Our lifestyles are unsustainable and whoever is in government must at last be honest about this.
Angie Joel
Did Alistair develop a little crush on Decca and become indiscreet? Judging by the photographs, it looks as if he wants nothing more than to be cast as a romantic lead.
Rick Bryant
When the chancellor goes to sea without his life jacket properly fitted, why should we not worry?
Steve Ferguson
Oxton, Birkenhead
Does Sam Wollaston really think it's "reasonable" to ask why somebody who went to a comprehensive school doesn't have a cockney accent (Dirty Pretty Thing, August 30)? I also went to Teddington School. It's hardly the ghetto.
Jo Adams
Guardian journalist gives spelling test to Keira Knightley. Oh, the ironing!
Daniel Gritten
London SW2
What a shame you didn't give the three-page interview to Juliette Binoche and have Keira Knightley do the Q&A, to which she could have replied "Fuck off" to every question.
Dave Evans
East Molesey, Surrey
If Juliette Binoche is disappointed she wasn't able to share her life with anybody, I'm happy to take on that role. I'm here - waiting - in Devon.
Rob Parrish
Starcross, Devon
Perhaps Tim Dowling (August 30)should have told his sons that "chooch" means the same as "limone" and left it at that.
Jack Bynoe
London WC1
Clearly Neil Badmington (Letters, August 30) advocates that anybody who has a physical or learning difficulty that precludes the use of a pen when note-taking should be banned from going to university. Nice one, Neil.
Patrick Johnston
Re "I learned to love my scars" (Experience, August 30), good for Barbie Ordish for her "stubborn refusal ... to accept that I was ugly." You can have scars and be attractive - it's a myth to say otherwise.
Francesca Leadlay
So there "isn't a more Guardian-y place in the universe" than Hebden Bridge (Let's Move To ... August 23), is there? All sandal-clad, corduroy-wearing, organic chicken-eating lecturers and social workers know the most Guardian-y of places is Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester. Our paper shop shelves groan under the weight of Saturday Guardians. We have countless organic emporia, ethnic clothes boutiques and Fairtrade establishments. You can't move for alternative therapy practitioners. So please correct your statement, otherwise the whole of Chorlton will descend on your offices and deposit our humanely caught slugs all over the floor.
Rick Kruze
Chorlton, Manchester
According to Yotam Ottolenghi, you can't get a "more consensual dish than calamari fritti" (Recipes, August 30). Did he ask the squid, then?
Annastasia Ward
Great Dunmow, Essex
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You lose.
just read.
This is the day my world collapses,
everything is left in ashes.
This what I've always feared.
The broken remains of my heart fall down in tears.
No one's there to hold my hand.
I'm alone in this world, with no place to go.
I've died inside.
There's nothing left.
You told me my world no longer exists,
you stole it away like a first kiss.
Exceot instead of feeling floaty and dazed,
I'm left falling in this eerie haze.
I'd have to be crazy to play this game.
You tell me so often that you are ashamed.
The feeling is mutual,my kind sir.
Well, you've finally won.
Are you happy now?
My life is ending, like the setting of the sun.
I'm trying to keep my head up,
but I keep falling down in mud.
I reach out, for someone to save me.
But no one's there,
you must think I'm crazy.
No one cares. Your smirk seems to say.
But your comments no longer faze me.
I take it back,
You lose.


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After that we went to Lapa to see the Lapa arches and Lapa steps. There were so many people around that area though for carnival street parties. That night I went to a street party in Ipenema with Raizza and her friends. It was massive, thousands of people everywhere wearing funny costumes, all drinking and partying in the street with dance music playing everywhere. Like a music festival without lining up for drinks, people wheel carts through the crowds selling beer spirits and shots that are cheap
The next day I went up to tijuca forest to Corcovado mountain where I went hang gliding over the city, the forest and the beaches. It was awesome, it was such a rush just running off a cliff and hoping for the best that it flies. Then it was cruisy relaxing ride down to the beach. I even got a go a flying it.
That night we headed off to the Sambodrome to watch the famous carnivale parade. It was great, The amount of work the samba schools put into these floats and costumes was amazing. So many colours and good looking girls. They played the carnival anthems throughout the whole parade and crowd was dancing and singing these songs, except me. I couldn't speak Portugese but it was still fun.


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The sun was shining, spirits were high, and Swamp81 were back at Cable. How could it fail to be an amazing night? From Addison Groove and Loefah in the main room chopping up the freshest Dubstep, Juke, Garage and House to Rinse FM's Oneman and his label mates Teeth, Fis-T and Visionist showcasing their take on the new hybrid sounds of dubstep, grime, house and UK garage for 502 Recordings - we were taken on a journey that we never wanted to end. Relive some of the moments in the photo gallery below as we say goodbye to a brief Indian summer.


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Pain without Love
pain in short words.
Drowning in sadness,
dizzy with pain
Lost the war,
nothing to gain
slowly breaking,
reality fading..
My weapon's pretending,
tears never ending..
Flower's dead,
garden cursed.
simply said,
my last two words
"Bury me"
underneath the garden.
that lost war..My heart hardened...
Forget me, where you left...
in an abyss of darkness.


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Private sales no longer able to support social home building
Model is broken say mega-associations
UK housing policy is 'broken' and will not deliver the number of social homes the government wants, some of the country's most powerful housing associations have warned.
The Volume Developers Group, which includes mega-associations London & Quadrant and Riverside, is lobbying the government for revolutionary changes to end their dependence on the crashing property market. Backed by the G15 group of London's largest associations, the landlords have warned the government they are no longer able to subsidise social housing development by selling private and shared ownership homes.
Writing in this week's Inside Housing on behalf of both groups, L&Q Group chief executive David Montague calls for a 'fourth way' – beyond the 'third way' of public-private partnership that housing associations have embodied for many years. This would involve bringing forward the entire unspent affordable housing budget for the next three years. Until private lenders regained confidence, the government would be the main source of associations' development cash, providing a combination of grants and equity investment.
Mr Montague admitted this plan would mean fewer homes for the money. But he added: 'Nothing is going to be built under the current model. The current model is broken.
'L&Q was not planning to build any new homes for private sale in the next 18 months, Mr Montague said.
Keith Exford, chief executive of Affinity Sutton, said the government would 'unequivocally' fail to meet its social housing targets in the next three years with current resources. 'We typically build about 1,000 homes a year. We will not be building this many homes next year because that can't be sustained without profits from sales.
'Sir Bob Kerslake, chief executive designate of the Homes and Communities Agency, said: 'We wouldn't rule out bids without cross-subsidy, but would look for a range of proposals to come forward.
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Middlesbrough 1 v 1 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest grabbed a last minute equalizer to take a share of the points at Middlesbrough.
Forest dominated much of a frustrating first half but, although Middlesbrough gave them too much space at the back, Forest were unable to convert their chances into goals.
Middlesbrough started the second half strongly and took the lead early in the half and Forest struggled to get the ball down the other end as the home side continued to dominate the half.
But a series of great saves by Camp kept Forest's hopes alive and they took advantage in the last minute of stoppage time to earn a valuable point.
In a half-empty stadium lacking in atmosphere, it was a slow start until Middlesbrough had two shots on goal ten minutes into the game.
The first came from Julio Arca whose effort from 18 yards was parried away by Lee Camp and then cleared by Luke Chambers. Then Barry Robson picked up the ball in midfield and his effort from 20 yards was saved by Camp.
Forest had a chance soon after when David McGoldrick put in a good cross to Robert Earnshaw as he ran in on the left and beat his man, but sent a weak shot straight into the hands of Jason Steele.
And a strong run from McGoldrick got him past three players to get a shot in but that was also saved by Steele.
Forest came close with a free kick from Chris Cohen on the right. The ball came into the six-yard box but Chambers scooped it over the bar from four yards out.
Joel Lynch was unable to finish the half when, after limping for a while, he went down injured and was replaced by Brandan Moloney with eight minutes of the half remaining.
Middlesbrough put the pressure on following a corner and came close when Andrew Taylor launched the ball towards goal from the edge of the box and Camp did well to palm it round the post for another corner.
Forest had good possession and created chances towards the end of the half but they were unable to make their chances pay.
Middlesbrough won a free kick early in the second half after a foul on Scott McDonald. Tony McMahon's effort produced an excellent save from Camp, diving to his left to claw the ball out to safety.
And he made another save seconds later when Leroy Lita shot from 20 yards out on the left.
But he was unable to save when Middlesbrough made a break down the right after Forest gave away the ball in midfield. Lita charged forward and fed it to Robson who sent the ball across goal where it fell to Scott McDonald who knocked it into the roof of the net from six yards out.
As Forest continued to struggle Paul Anderson replaced McGugan on the hour mark.
But Middlesbrough continued to threaten and came close when Arca laid ball off for Taylor who fired in a shot as he ran into the box but was denied by Camp who tipped the ball over the bar.
Dele Adebola became Forest's final substitute when he came on for McGoldrick with 23 minutes remaining.
In a rare break forward by Forest, Earnshaw struggled to keep the ball on the edge of the D but, with five Middlesbrough players around him, he was unable to get a clear view of goal.
Another great save by Camp kept Forest's chances alive when Lita tried to get on the end of the ball and it broke a yard away from the Forest keeper and he did well to block Taylor's close-range shot.
And a shot by Lita from 18 yards was blocked by Wes Morgan.
Forest came close to a late equalizer from a free kick when Cohen's ball in fell to Anderson, but his effort was blocked inside the six-yard box.
But Forest were soon under attack again when Robson's effort was deflected off a Forest player before going out off the far post.
Forest had a chance when Adebola won the header and, as Steele came out, Earnshaw ran onto the ball and the keeper only just managed to reach out and get hold of it.
As the game went into the three minutes stoppage time Forest made a final push forward, but a header from Adebola went straight into the arms of Steele.
But a minute from the final whistle Forest grabbed an equalizer when the ball was lofted up to the edge of the penalty area where Morgan won the challenge and Adebola kept running forward to scrambled the ball over the line.
Nottingham Forest: Camp, Gunter, Morgan, Chambers, Lynch(Moloney 38min), Cohen, McCleary, McKenna(C), McGugan (Anderson 60min), McGoldrick (Adebola 67min), Earnshaw
Subs not used: Smith(GK), Rodney, Majewski, Tudgay
Goalscorer: Adebola 90+4min
Bookings: McCleary 85min
Middlesbrough: Steele, McDonald, Bailey, Lita, Robson(C), Arca, Grounds, Hines, Taylor, Bennett, McMahon
Subs not used: Ripley, Haas, Zemmama, Boyd, Kink, Emnes, Smallwood
Goalscorer: McDonald 51min
Bookings: Arca 56min, McMahon 67min, Robson 88min
Referee: E Ilderton
Attendance: 15,341 (973 away)
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Summertime Never Felt So Wrong Without You
Book by: RyansGirlFOREVER1993
Status: Finished
Genre: Romance
Chapter1 (v.1) - Summertime Never Felt So Wrong Without You
Chase Tucker & Kristen Dunn were best friends for 4 years, they'd always spend time together, they'd always tell each other everything that was weighing on their minds, then one day that all fell apart.
*Chapter 1*
Chase would always come over in the early morning and make breakfast for her & her family, but he didn't show up, Kristen stumbled while still wrapped up in the fog of sleep, down the wooden stairs into the family room, she tripped over a plastic dog toy which squeaked with such a high pitched sound it had awaken her from the blanket of sleep in her mind. She spoke aloud to herself, "Well, looks like I'm awake so no coffee to shake that drowsiness feeling off…" she stumbled into the kitchen and found Chase sitting in my dad's lazy chair. Kristen jumped out of her skin, surprised Chase did show up today, but she paused to think over Chase's strange behavior for a moment, normally he'd call to let her know that he's on his way, which he never did today. Kristen watched Chase get up out of my dad's lazy chair, he's not staying, the little voice warned me from the back of my mind and I – like always – ignored it. Chase had his hands shoved into his front pockets of his dark-washed blue jeans, this isn't normal, the voice suddenly advised my brain. I was almost a foot shorter than Chase, he was 6'5, while I was 5 feet nothing, so I had to arch my neck to look at his face.He glowered down at me, and I looked back up at him with confusion, what the hell is wrong with you?! I wanted to yell at him. I opened my mouth to speak, but the words came out of his mouth like they were my own, "we needa talk, Kris." I looked back up at his face, he had his eyebrows creased together like he wasn't so sure about something, which, -- for him -- happens a lot when he's deciding to let go of something or… someone.My mind was racing, God please, please tell me this isn't happening! "Well lets hear it." I thought those words merely got past my lips, but somehow I guess they did slip out. Chase looked at his ratty, old Chuck Taylor black high-tops then to me.His voice finally broke the extreme silence between us, "Kristen, look… you were an amazing friend to me these past four years together, but I'm just done being your friend because I just need my space to breathe… I know that this is going to hurt you, but I don't care, so I just came by to say my good riddance to you, tell your mum and dad I won't be around anymore. Goodbye Kristen." And just as he came, he left; unknown, slyly, & silently. I just stared at the shutting front screen door then watched Chase slam the front door behind himself. My knees wobbled, finally I fell to the hard wooden floorboards and put my head in my hands and cried viciously, filled with fear and pain. "Chase…" his name escaped my lips in agony, I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that he was gone. I slowly started to get up, I heard my parent's bedroom door close, I whirled around to see that my mom had came out wearing a sundress I bought her last year.I let the hair fall around my face so she couldn't see that the whites of my eyes were red from crying so much, and the that tears streaked my cheeks. Chase was my best friend, now he's what to me if we're not best friends and what am I to him now? Am I really nothing to him like he said? Mom looked at me with a questioning lingering in her eyes and it was like I could hear her ask without her even speaking. I lowered my head so she couldn't see my pain-filled eyes, but it was no use, she lifted up my head by my chin with her gentle, soft, warm hands. I looked at her, pleading to let go, she didn't and I knew she wouldn't.She spoke gently, "why are you crying, Kristy?" I shut my eyes tightly, hoping Chase will come back through the front door and wrap me up in a loving, strong hug and say he's sorry and he won't ever leave me again, but he's long gone, long gone with his love and my heart.I opened my eyes after what felt like forever, mom was still looking at me, I tried to hide my pain, no matter how hard I tried the tears came flowing down my cheeks. I finally found my voice to speak, "mom, I'm fine, really. It's nothing, Chase and I just had a… uh… misunderstanding, everything will be fine by tomorrow morning." I said that to make her back off from worrying and also to tell myself a lie to make me feel a little better.One thing I was questioning is, will everything be alright by tomorrow morning? Will Chase be back in my arms? Or is it all over forever? The next few days dragged on until I couldn't handle it anymore, I called Chase. One ring, two rings, three rings... "I thought I told you to leave me alone?" He still had my number saved. "Um... I'd like to talk to you about what happened." "What is there to talk about?" Then he hung up.
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The reshuffle, during which leaders of the three main political parties promote and demote their MPs, often has very little impact on day-to-day dealings in Westminster. The government will undoubtedly continue to operate with almost identical faces filling the top jobs.
Every time it comes along though, the press is filled with headlines promising that this will finally be the year we see more women in ministerial roles in both the government and opposition.
The appointment of Nicky Morgan to the Treasury and Esther McVey's promotion within the department of work and pensions are both very welcome. The economy and welfare are two of the areas that most put women off when it comes to voting for the Conservatives in 2015, and having strong, sensible female ministers within these departments will add some credibility to the argument that the party is listening to their concerns.
On the Labour benches, Gloria De Piero has been promoted to shadow minister for women and equalities and Rachel Reeves has become shadow work and pensions secretary. There have been other female appointments too, but nothing at the very top.
Yet women are turning their backs on the Conservative party in droves, put off by an attitude that makes them feel that Cameron is completely out of touch. At the last reshuffle, the Conservatives were accused of reneging on their own pledge to fill a third of government ministerial positions with women, and it has been at the party's peril.
The Women Problem, a recent in-depth study of female voters by Mumsnet, showed that 42% of women would back Labour, compared to 29% who would vote Conservative. No more than half of the women asked believe that any of the three main party leaders are interested in the concerns of female voters.
There is no easy way to correct the polls and draw women back as a core block of the vote, yet we are years behind may other countries in providing women with representation that actually reflects the fact that we make up more than half of the population.
As of February 2013, the United Kingdom ranked 65th, with only 22% of seats being held by women. Compare this to Rwanda, which ranks number one in world with 56%, it's obvious we are lagging behind.
Granted we have come a long way since 1951 when only 3% of MPs were women, but in 2013 only four out of 22 cabinet positions are held by female MPs (before the reshuffle). This isn't just a problem in politics either, with only a third of public appointments being female, 15% of high court judges and 5% of editors of national daily newspapers.
This lack of representation is not only undemocratic, but also seriously ignores the pool of talent available for all of the party leaders to take advantage of. And yet it looks like some very competent women have missed out.
For some countries, quotas have been the answer. Personally, I am completely against them, whether it be for elected politicians or the members of companies' boards, and many women that I talk to share my view that they are highly patronising and potentially incredibly damaging.
As a woman who works in a male dominated environment, there would be nothing more unsettling or belittling than feeling, and potentially being reminded of the fact, that you are only there to satisfy a quota. This will not fix any of the problems that quotas are attempting to solve and will potentially put women off from applying for the jobs at all.
The answer is to ensure that the talent available is effectively utilised. Having representatives that women can relate to, and perhaps even be inspired by, is the key to winning back the female vote and potentially bolstering the number of women entering politics.
Emma Carr is the deputy director of Big Brother Watch
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"Pagen is new to our community. I would like you all to welcome him. He'll be starting int year 11. Right, Pagen, stand up." Mr Keaton, out head master spoke.
Seeing as we only got new kids at the start of school and were usally in year 7, it was strange to have a year 11 moving into the school half way through January.
I looked up from the piece of paper I was doodling on as I heard a massive collection of gasps. I was all seven of my friends had their heads facing the back of the hall. It seemed all the female students had their heads facing that was. Even teachers.
I made a point of not turning my head but went back to drawing on my paper. It seemed like years had gone before my friends had turned round and Mr Keaton had started to talk again.
I watched the clock tick painfully slowly as it reached 9:15. Without realising what I was doing, I started moving my pencil up and down in time with the second hand.
"And finally. I need a student to show Pagen round." My eyes shot up as he said this. Mr Keaton had this habit of asking the younger ones to show people round. This had me worried but not as worried as when I saw Mr Keaton looking staright at me.
"I have already chosen before this meeting," his booming voice told us, "and Alyssa Ami with be showing Pagen round."
I felt my face flush as everyone turned round to look at me. I went even redder as I heard the girls in year 10 behind me booing. I personally would have preferred one of them showing him round but no. Mr keaton had picked me and I knew exactly why.
Last term I was dared by Ash to put toothpaste on the front doors at the main entrance of school. Being me, I never turned a dare down, so that morning I snuck out of the house with a rucksack full of toothpaste tubes. When I reached school I put the toothpaste design I'd been practising and got down to it. Little did I know there were security cameras.
So the nextday as soon as I got past the school gates I was summond by the head who showed me the tape and suspended me for vandalising school property. I also had to do 3 months detention and any other random jobs the teachers wanted me to do.
But why he picked me to show this Pagen guy round was strange to me. It wouldn't seem like a punishment to most people but I wasn't one for making new friends. It takes me years to get to know someone before I even start to trust them.
To me this was torture and Mr Keaton knew it.
I kept mt head down during the rest of his per pertulant talking, letting it go through one ear and out the other.
The clock ticked slower than last time I looked at it, making me sleepy. After about 10 more minutes he shut up and let us leave
I suppose one good thing about showing Pagen round was that I got to miss all my moring lessons, so after assembly I followed the head back to his office where we waited for Pagen to join us.
Once in Mr Keaton's room I sat down in one of the plastic chair opposite his, feeling my patience melt away.
I turned round to look at his trophy wall. Sad as it was, he had one. Every little bit of shelf was covered in somesort of this glory from the growing past. It reminded me of something my older sister used to tell me before she passed away. The past grows bigger, the future grows smaller, only the present stays the same. It was one of the last things she ever siad before the car crashed.
Some how looking at his wall made tears sting my eyes. I blinked them away quickly just as a knock came on the door.
"Enter" Mr Keaton barked, looking up from his papers just as Pagen pushed the door open.
Deliberately trying not to look at him, I turned my head to stare at the growing light coming through the window. It made what light there was seem to grow dimmer.
I didn't face Pagen but I knew he was sitting on my left, squashed between me and the almighty trophy wall. I was carful to keep my gaze steadly on Mr Keaton but failing.
My curiosity about to get the better of me, I wanted to sneak a peak at this guy but couldn't. I moved my head ever so slightly to the right, only just resisting temptation.
"Right," Mr Keaton spoke, "Pagen this is Alyssa Ami, she'll be showing you round."
I nodded my head gently at that then sat in a firm posture.
"Alyssa, This is Pagen Hall, he's from London. I want you to show him round everywher. Leave out no detail. Ok? Good. Go" and with that I was grudgingly getting out of my chair.
I looked directly at the door, intending to reach it before Hall did but he was already there, opening the door for me. I glanced up to look into his eyes.
Damn it, he was hot. His eyes were such an odd colour blue, they seemed to glwo. The only good description would have been electric blue. They were framed by heavy lashes the same colour as his hair, jet black. It semmed to have been gelled into a 'I've just gotten out of bed ' style but I knew it wasn't.
His lips were firm and in a line. The sort you get when their trying to hide a smile. His black hair seemed to make his skin as white as snow.
I could have just stood ther all day staring at him, when I suddenly realised what happened and blushed. I rushed past him and waited at the end of the hall.
Bloody hell. I'd just developed another crush. The first time since Mitch. They were so different. Mitch being light, lush, serious and normal and Pagen the opposite. Dark, tall, sexy and mysterious.
I was so caught up in my mental debate about who was sexier, that when a hand rested gently on my shoulder, I jumped about 3 feet high and only just stopped myself from screaming.
Turing round I thought I saw a small smile escape his devine lips. I found it hard to repress a sigh when I looked up into his solom eyes. Damn It. This was a big crush and I only had it for a maximum of a minute.
I span back round and headed to the far end of the chool, It was a long route but it was ther furthest away from the head's office so I deicded to show Pagen.
As everybody else were in lessons, it seemed erily quiet with just mine and Pagen's foot steps hitting that nilon floor. I marched ahead, not turning round to see if he was following me.
We just reached the East part of campus when Pagen suddenly grabbed me and yanked me into an old art room.
This is part campus was all old, none of the class rooms had been used since 2001 when building work took place on the west side, extending the school and thus this section not being used.
It wasn't out of bounds as such but if you got caught there you would be given a dentention almost as fast as Chavs last durring sex. I have to say I think chavs loose first though.
A slam of a door made me scuttle round glaring at the door. Pagen stood there leaning against the door like he owned the place. I felt myself backing away from him, trying to put distance between me and his cheeky smile. I finally bumped into a long art desk and couldn't got any further.
At that Pagen moved closer to me, walking slowly and taking in every aspect of me. My breath got stuck in my throat as the looked deep into my eyes. They seemed to show a hidden promise.
Just as I blinked Pagen had crossed the room and was standing infronth of me, arms around my waist pulling me closer.
He was warm and cosy but smeilt of mint and rain all of it driving me crazy. I wanted to kiss him. I couldn't stop myself.
Slowly I tilted my head upward towards his. He lifted one hand up from my waist and brushe my hair out of my face, he turned it into a caress on my cheek befor tipping my head further up.
His lips brushed against mine and I felt myself kissing him harder, wantign to kiss him more. I was like he was my air. He took control as I opened my mouth, his tounge meeting with mine. This was it. I didn;t hear a door open or voice speak. I couldn't see a thing but stars bouncing before my eyes. I didn't motice anythin. His touch was making me forget everything.
Door. Opening. I pulled back and looked straight at the door. Horror froze on my face as I saw Mrs Lewis the deputy head.
"Fuck it," I heard Pagen mutter under his breath. I was too stunned to reply.
"You and you," pointing at me and Pagen, "Heads office now!" Oh damn. I was in deep trouble now.
I was about to turn and leave when Pagen moved to my ear.
"No one can keep us apart," was all he said and boy was he wrong. Mr Keaton saw it fit to suspend me and ban us from seeing each other on school grounds. By the time I got back to school Pagen was no longer intrested.