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Unfinished Journey: Twenty Years Later
The thrilling memoirs of one of the great musical figures of our age-now in paperback.
Yehudi Menuhin is one of those rare men who is truly a legend in his own time. In rich and wonderfully candid detail, the great violinist tells the story of his life, recounting the defining moments of a crowded and fascinating journey that began when he captivated the world as a small boy. At seven he debuted in San Francisco, at eleven in Paris, at twelve in Berlin, with Bruno Walter. The great and the gifted were eager to embrace him, from Arturo Toscanini to Albert Einstein to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Here Menuhin recalls his friendships and collaborations with Rudolf Serkin, Benjamin Britten, Jean Sibelius, Bla Bartk, Glenn Gould, Pablo Casals, Jascha Heifetz, Dmitry Shostakovich, and Gregor Piatigorsky. In some remarkable passages, Menuhin lets us enter the workshop of his craft, discussing the exact ways in which he made the opening of a Beethoven concerto or a Mozart sonata a part of himself.
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Clean Energy News Vol. 12, Number 15, May 30, 2012
|Clean Energy News
Vol. 12, Number 15, May 30, 2012
|CE News is a free weekly e-mail publications that features news, information and events related to clean energy, clean air and climate change. CE News is published by Clean Energy Nepal. For more information on our campaign please visit www.cen.org.np
|• Tsho Rolpa to get early warning system
• Tea production drops by half due to drought
• Energy efficiency measures stressed
• Australian assistance to traffic police
• MoLD to run governance section of municipals
• 163 key roads as strategic highways
• EU CO2 prices to treble on supply cut: survey
• Natural Gas Boom May Halt
• Cookstoves and Carbon Credits
• Climate Change Doubt not due to ignorance of the science
• Greenland glacier melt was faster in 1930s than today
• Link Of The Week
• Did You Know?
• Media Watch
|Local News
Tsho Rolpa to get early warning system
The high-tech early warning system to alert the communities about the Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) is going to be installed in the Tsho Rolpa Glacial Lake, an official in the Climate Risk Management said.
Tsho Rolpa – is one of the biggest glacial lakes in the country – has been categorised by scientists as most potential dangerous glacial lake. The high-tech technology will alert people on the downstream if the level of water increases in the lake and also keep on communicating the locals about the status of lake and the daily weather systems. The system will include a sensor that would automatically inform as soon as the water level on the lake rises or dam burst. Besides, it will send the message to the Global Packet Radio System (GPRS) installed CDMA phone and thereafter the message will be sent to all locals residing in the downstream instantly thorough the system.
There will be automatic weather monitoring system, web camera like equipments that will regular the weather systems regularly and feed the system. The government of Nepal with the support from the Netherlands had installed the early warning system (siphons that create sound if lake burst) in 2,000, but due to the lack of continuous monitoring during the war time, the system got collapsed. "There is the need of strong early warning system that will involve communities and train locals about the information dissemination system. So the UNDP is working with the Department of Hydrology and Metrology and Practical Action to install the early warning system," said Deepak K.C, project officer, Climate Risk Management, UNDP.
The new high tech installation would cost over $1,00,000 and the UNDP has already allocated the budget. According to the study, Tsho Rolpa Glacial Lake stores 1,00,000,000 cubic meters of water behind an unconsolidated moraine dam in the Rolwaling Valley, 110 km northeast of Kathmandu in Gaurishanker VDC of Dolakha district. According to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) report, Nepal has experienced 14 GLOF events in the recent past, several of which have caused considerable damage and loss of life. It has been estimated that over 6,000 people could be affected if the Tsho Rolpa Glacier Lake burst. According to ICIMOD, there are 3,252 glaciers that cover an area of 5,322 sq km with approximately 481 km of ice reserves. The number of glacial lakes in the country is 1,466 of which 21 lakes including Tsho Rolpa are categorised as the potentially critical glacial lakes.
Source: http://thehimalayantimes.com May 23, 2012
Tea production drops by half due to drought
By Bhim Chapagain
Persistent drought has brought down the production of fresh tea leaves by almost 50 percent after the first harvest compared to last year said farmers and tea processors.
Tek Bahadur Bista, a farmer from Sakhejung said he would suffer loss in the income by 50 percent due to fall in production of tea leaves after the first flush harvest. "New tea buds are not emerging in tea plants in recent days after the first harvest this year due to long drought and lack of irrigation in the tea farms," said Bista. Sakhejung orthodox tea producer Himalayan Shangri-La Tea Producer, which used to produce 7 tons of green leaves daily, is hardly producing 2 tons leaves as tea plants are not producing new buds for last one month.
"After the first flush harvest, we could not pluck fresh tea leaves for the last one month on the back of long drought, which is worse than previous years" said Ram Chandra Nepal, managing director of Himalalyan Shangri-La. The company annually produces 40 tons of organic tea procured from 41 farmers through 13 tea-producer cooperatives and farmers groups. Plight of Gorkha Tea Estate is also not that different.
Collection of green tea leaves at Gorkha Tea Estate in Phikkal of Ilam has dropped to daily 100 kg this year from 1,500 kg last year. Uday Chapagain proprietor of the company, complained that farmers were facing shortage of organic fertilizers and prolonging drought had affected the production and collection of fresh tea leaves. The tea processor had set target to export 50 tons of organic tea to Germany.
Source: http://myrepublica.com May 29, 2012
Energy efficiency measures stressed
Nepal has failed to make sufficient investments in improving energy efficiency and renewable energy in the industrial sector, a study report of International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has stated.
IFC launched the Sustainable Energy Finance Market Study for Financial Sector in Nepal study Wednesday. The study has found significant investment potential for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Nepal's 10 selected industrial sectors. The study targeted at financial institutions to help them develop the sustainable energy leading business. The study, which was conducted in order to improve the competitiveness of Nepal's industries by pointing out that reducing both energy costs and greenhouse gas emission is becoming forceful given the country's current energy crisis.
According to the report, due to the massive shortfall in the supply of electricity, productivity of the industrial and service sectors was adversely affected. Many industries were unable to operate full hours, leading to shutdown in cases due to an inability to meet demand and delivery schedule, the study said. Nepal's industrial sector has been preoccupied mostly with meeting production deadline schedules, leaving it with little resources to invest in energy efficiency measures, the report said. For the purpose of this study, 10 industrial sectors--- cement, rolling mills, poultry/agribusiness, plastic, cold storage, food and beverage, steel structures, paper and pulp, brick industries and hotels were identified. The study also identified that the Nepal's industry could save up to 30 per cent energy costs by adopting energy efficiency measures alone.
All the selected industrial sectors have consumed a significant amount of electricity, with the exception of the brick industry which uses coal for firing bricks, the report revealed. The study recommended pilot projects of energy efficiency technology adoption in the industrial units and demonstration of subsequent success and savings to encourage other industrial units to adopt sustainable energy technology. Similarly, the study has suggested that the government of Nepal should introduce fiscal incentives such as soft and low cost loans, tax benefits, grant funds, refinancing, customs duty waiver, depreciation allowance, low interest rate and subsidised funds for energy efficiency/ renewal energy for effective financing of sustainable energy projects.
IFC programme manager Thelma Tajiran said, "Energy is a major priority for Nepal's industrial growth. The sustainable energy finance market study will help the financial institutions make strategic decision in the new market, and spur the private sector to take the lead in clean and sustainable economic development." With IFC's support in building capacity for proposal evaluation, loan product development and due diligence, Clean Energy Development Bank Limited (CEDBL) launched a unique sustainable energy financing product. Manoj Goyal, chairman of CEDBL, said, "It invites all stakeholders to join this sustainable energy finance initiative to tackle the energy crisis responsibly and effectively."
Source: http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np May 30, 2012
Australian assistance to traffic police
The Australian Embassy has handed over 1,300 pairs of protective spectacles to the Nepal Traffic Police.
Australian Ambassador to Nepal Susan Grace handed over the glasses to head of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ganesh Rai amid a function at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO) on Friday. "The TIO received funding of Rs 1.5 million through the Embassy´s Direct Aid Program to conduct 40 eye-screening camps and provide spectacles to the traffic police in Kathmandu," reads a statement issued by the embassy. The Australian government has also announced Rs 2 billion in official development assistance to Nepal, the statement added.
Source: http://myrepublica.com May 25, 2012
MoLD to run governance section of municipals
The governance section of all municipalities will remain under the Ministry of Local Development, which has been converted into the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development.
However, Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre (SWMTSC), which was earlier under the MoLD, will be shifted to the Ministry of Urban Development. The Cabinet had restructured the ministries, creating two new ones about a month ago. The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) and the Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (MoCPA) were created. MoUD will look into infrastructure development of municipalities, which was earlier under the Ministry of Local Development.
The Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) under the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MoPPW) and the Municipal Management Division (MMD) of MoLD was expected to be shifted to MoUD. "Municipal management will remain under MoLD as per Terms of References prepared for the new ministries," said joint-secretary Reshmi Raj Pandey, chief of MMD. "The governance section will be with us though MoUD will be looking into municipal development issues," he said. "We will keep on looking into the governance and development issues of District Development Committees (DDC) and Village Development Committees (VDC)."
The MoLD and MoUD will coordinate with towns and urban oriented places in the country. Pandey further said SWMTSC would be shifted to MoUD. "SWMTSC is entirely related to development issues and not local governance," he added. The MoPPW has been split and merged with the Ministry of Physical Planning and Transportation and given authority to deal with infrastructure development of village development committees. Earlier, MoLD and MoPPW used to deal jointly with municipals and urban development.
Source: http://thehimalayantimes.com/ may 30, 2012
163 key roads as strategic highways
By Prabhakar Ghimire
The government has decided to designate existing 163 major roads including the much touted Kathmandu-Tarai fast track and Mid-hill highway as national strategic highways in a bid to lure more assistance from the donor community and allocate sufficient budget for timely implementation and regular maintenance of the highways.
The cabinet took the decision last week acting on the proposal of the Ministry of Physical Planning, Works and Transport Management (MoPPWTM). "With the cabinet decision, six more highways and 157 more subsidiary highways have earned the status of national strategic highways. Thus, it will be easier for us to get more support from donors and more budget for the construction and maintenance of these roads," Tulasi Prasad Sitaula, secretary of MoPPWTM told Republica on Wednesday.
Earlier, a total of 15 highways and 51 subsidiary highways were designated as strategic highways. "A total of 72 highways and subsidiary highways covering around 5,000 km were maintained under donor support and national budget so far. An additional 10,000 km in the network of total 229 roads across the country have also been prioritized," Sitaula added. The government has allocated around Rs 3 billion from the national budget for maintenance of major roads across the country. However, even the strategically important roads had not been receiving sufficient budget for construction and maintenance.
Economic Survey 2010/11 states that the government had completed construction of 326 km of earthen road, 136 km of gravel road, 185 km of track and repair of 430 km of roads by mid-March 2011. The major roads upgraded as strategic roads are Mid-Hill Highway, proposed Kathmandu Tarai Fast-track, Tarai roads, Kathmandu Ring Road, proposed Outer Ring Road and a highway in Mahakali. Despite rapid road construction over the last few years, updating of road status has been long overdue for last one-and-a-half decade. "Though status of strategic roads has to be updated every three years, we have not reviewed their status since 1997. The recent cabinet decision has paved the way for us to demand more budget for the regular repair and maintenance of roads of strategic importance," he said. The government is preparing to publish the decision in a gazette within a couple of days.
Source: http://myrepublica.com May 31, 2012
|International News
EU CO2 prices to treble on supply cut: survey
European carbon prices could treble from current levels to average above 19 euros ($23.80) over the next eight years provided European governments cut supply of permits, according to a survey by consultants PwC.
In its annual GHG Market Sentiment Survey, PwC found that 80 percent of respondents were in favor of cutting supply in a bit to boost carbon prices from under 7 euros to a level that encourages firms to invest in clean technology that cut emissions. Of those, two-thirds preferred EU regulators to cut supply by taking on a deeper 2020 emissions target rather than a one-off permanent withdrawal of allowances from the market. The 27-nation bloc is currently working towards reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels by the end of the decade, although some nations have called for a 30 percent cut. The European Commission is also toying with delaying the sale of allowances from the early years of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme's third phase (2013-2020) to underpin prices that have slumped to under 7 euros as flagging factory output hit demand for permits.
Other intervention options proposed by those surveyed included introducing a legally-binding CO2 cut target of 50 percent by 2030 and launching a carbon central bank to monitor prices and regulate supply in the EU ETS. Assuming supply is cut and Europe's economy recovers, EU Allowance prices could rise to more than 38 euros by 2030, the survey found, while prices for U.N. carbon credits could average nearly 12 euros each in the 2013-2020 trading period and 22 euros by 2030. The survey found that countries including Brazil, Indonesia and many from sub-Saharan Africa would be major suppliers of U.N.-backed carbon offsets by 2020. On the other hand, the role of China, the largest supplier of offsets to date, would be diminished as the country grows economically and buyers seek to source credits from less affluent countries. Russia, one of two main producers of Emissions Reduction Units (ERUs) - credits issued under Kyoto's Joint Implementation Programme - would not be supplying any offsets by 2020, all survey respondents agreed without giving reasons.
Survey participants were also skeptical that the U.N.'s aviation body would launch a global cap-and-trade market for airlines before 2015, believing instead that governments will implement similar measures to regulate airplane emissions. ICAO and its members are working on a scheme that they hope will replace the EU ETS, which from this year includes all commercial airlines using EU airports. The inclusion has triggered mass opposition to the scheme, with countries including the U.S., China and India threatening retaliatory trade measures.
A large number of survey participants predicted that carriers would simply comply with the new rules. The survey also found that action to control shipping emissions would likely come by 2015 from the sector's regulating body, the International Maritime Organisation, and would be additional to efforts to improve the energy efficiency of ships that were announced last year.
Source: http://www.reuters.com May 30, 2012
Natural Gas Boom May Halt
A surge in natural gas supplies worldwide could halt any meaningful growth in the renewable energy sector over the next two decades if governments don't take action, the International Energy Agency
(IEA) warns. New technologies to extract natural gas, primarily from shale formations using a technique known as hydraulic fracturing, could triple production of unconventional gas globally between 2010 to 2035, to about 1.6 trillion cubic meters, according to a new IEA report. These new sources of supply will, in turn, help keep prices relatively low, posing an increased risk to renewable energy sources, which are more expensive in part because the costs of greenhouse gas emissions are not part of the calculation of energy costs. "Policy measures by governments for renewable energy have to be there for years to come, as it is not always as cost-effective as it could be," Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the IEA, told a conference in London, according to the Guardian. While natural gas drilling on its face produces about half of the carbon emissions of coal burning, some experts say the methane released during the drilling process may be enough to offset the global warming benefits of switching from coal to gas.
Source: http://e360.yale.edu May 30, 2012
Cook Stoves and Carbon Credits
From: Jen Boynton, Triple Pundit
Take a region where charcoal is the cooking fuel of choice, switch it out for a cleaner burning fuel that doesn't contribute to global warming quite so dramatically, then, somehow, track the whole thing accurately enough that it's possible to measure the tons of emissions the switch represents.
Take a region where charcoal is the cooking fuel of choice, switch it out for a cleaner burning fuel that doesn't contribute to global warming quite so dramatically, then, somehow, track the whole thing accurately enough that it's possible to measure the tons of emissions the switch represents.
Source: http://www.enn.com May 25, 2012
Climate Change Doubt not due to ignorance of the science
A new study has dispelled the myth that the public are divided about climate change because they don't understand the science behind it.
And the Yale research published today reveals that if Americans knew more basic science and were more proficient in technical reasoning it would still result in a gap between public and scientific consensus. Indeed, as members of the public become more science literate and numerate, the study found, individuals belonging to opposing cultural groups become even more divided on the risks that climate change poses.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the study was conducted by researchers associated with the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School and involved a nationally representative sample of 1500 U.S. adults. "The aim of the study was to test two hypotheses," said Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology at Yale Law School and a member of the study team. "The first attributes political controversy over climate change to the public's limited ability to comprehend science, and the second, to opposing sets of cultural values. The findings supported the second hypothesis and not the first," he said. "Cultural cognition" is the term used to describe the process by which individuals' group values shape their perceptions of societal risks. It refers to the unconscious tendency of people to fit evidence of risk to positions that predominate in groups to which they belong.
The results of the study were consistent with previous studies that show that individuals with more egalitarian values disagree sharply with individuals who have more individualistic ones on the risks associated with nuclear power, gun possession, and the HPV vaccine for school girls.
Source: http://www.enn.com/ May 28, 2012
Greenland glacier melt was faster in 1930s than today
The discovery of 80-year-old photo plates in a Danish basement is providing vital new clues into how Greenland glaciers are melting today.
Researchers at the National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark - that country's federal agency responsible for surveys and mapping - had been storing the glass plates since explorer Knud Rasmussen's expedition to the southeast coast of Greenland in the early 1930s. In this week's online edition of Nature Geoscience, Ohio State University researchers and colleagues in Denmark describe how they analyzed ice loss in the region by comparing the images on the plates to aerial photographs and satellite images taken from World War II to today.
Taken together, the imagery shows that glaciers in the region were melting even faster in the 1930s than they are today, said Jason Box, associate professor of geography and researcher at the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State. A brief cooling period starting in the mid-20th century allowed new ice to form, and then the melting began to accelerate again in the 2000s. "Because of this study, we now have a detailed historical analogue for more recent glacier loss," Box said. "And we've confirmed that glaciers are very sensitive indicators of climate." Pre-satellite observations of Greenland glaciers are rare. Anders Anker Bjørk, doctoral fellow at the Natural History Museum of Denmark and lead author of the study, is trying to compile all such imagery. He found a clue in the archives of The Arctic Institute in Copenhagen in 2011.
"We found flight journals for some old planes, and in them was a reference to National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark," Bjørk said.
Source: http://www.enn.com May 30, 2012
|Link of the Week
Rural Women in Peru Key to Adaptation of Seeds to Climate Change
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|Did you Know ?
A large number of Kathmandu Valley dwellers walk on foot rather than using motorised vehicles and bicycles, shows a JICA Nepal survey conducted in 2010. According to the survey of 18,100 households, about 40 per cent of Kathmanduties walk, 26 per cent travel on motorcycle and 1.5 per cent use bicycle as their everyday mode of transport (excluding public transport users). In 1991, walking made up 53 per cent of the travel mode, while bicycles and motorcycles made 6.6 per cent and 9.3 per cent, respectively. The survey shows more people travelled on foot two decades ago. The use of motorcycle has gone up by almost three folds and bicycling has dropped to less than one-fourth. According to the survey, the number of people using public transportation has slightly increased from 25.1 per cent to 26.9 per cent, mainly because of the two-fold increase in the number of people using micro and mini buses.
|Media and Event Watch
|Every Monday 8:30 pm on Nepal FM 91.8 MHZ "Climate Change Mero Bhawisya Mero Chaso"
Every Sunday at 7:30 am on Radio Sagarmatha 102.4 MHz "Batabaran Dabali"
Every Monday at 5:30 pm (re-telecast every Tuesday 11 am) on ABC Television "Climate Change
Every Alternate Friday at 2 PM on ENPHO Hall – "Green Discussion" Organized by Clean Energy Nepal, Nepalese Youth for Climate Action anGrnd Green Youth Network
Every Friday on The Himalayan Times "THT Green Plus"
Environment Cycle Radio F.M.104.2Mhz (ECR FM)
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Edited by: Bhushan Tuladhar
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2005 Ford Mustang Coupe Deluxe 2dr Coupe (4.0L 6cyl 5M)
I really love this car. Even for a v6, the performance is great for a reasonable price. You barely have to touch the pedal and you get great acceleration. The gas mileage is alright, better than I thought it was going to be considering it's a sports car. Interior and exterior designs are both absolutely beautiful. The retro fonts on the gauges take a little getting used to, but this car is a real blast to drive. I have had no problems with the car so far, just like the majority of the reviews said. The tank only costs $40.00 to fill at $3.45 per, which isn't bad. Overall great car in every aspect that makes a sports car what it is.
I really like the horizontal shifter, it's just cool. I absolutely love both the interior and exterior designs of this car. The performance is great and the steering is quite excellent. Plus, this car has an amazing bang for the buck. This is my first car and I honestly couldn't be happier.
Make the shifter less plasticy and smoother shifting, even with auto. The doors are a little long and gives the impression that they're "delicate" since they're prone to vibration because of the length. Please add an interior trunk opener as the remote one is just annoying. Up the MPG and it's perfect.
2005 Ford Mustang Coupe Deluxe 2dr Coupe (4.0L 6cyl 5M)
All that I have had is problems with this car and every time time I take it to the dealer, they don't want to work on it. Items that have had problems: Gas gauge which is failing again 1 year later, Transmission does not shift at the 3rd shift point unless you let up on the gas and push it down again, Windshield washer bottle 2 times, trunk switch, strip was replaced, the front-end could be aligned and need a shime about $140, the steering wheel has always had a shimmy (guessing that the rotor are warped). Water pump went and they did not even want to look at it until I ask what I would need to do when it blow up on the way home. Unsafe to drive.
The look of the car. And by the way I ran out of space above in my review. There is more.
Ford's warranty means nothing. If your going to give a warranty, please fix something and don't try to void my warranty every time I show up. Even the Ford 800 number didn't care! What's up with that????
2005 Ford Mustang Coupe Deluxe 2dr Coupe (4.0L 6cyl 5M)
This is the worst car I have owned!! Been in the shop several times. Unable to fix front end noise. Been stuck on the side of the interstate 3 times. First problem accurred before the 30 days temp tag was up. Shaker 1000 was fixed 3 times. Very hard to put fuel in it, the pump shuts off after $1.00 or sooner. Ford states No problem there!! I have had Electrical problems, E-brake locking up. rear end out, stereo not working, and the list goes on!!! If u are a mechanic then this is the car to drive!! Buyers beware! Ford needs to make some improvements!
Like the color Windveil blue
Take lessons from honda, toyota, and Nissan. They seem to last! Better customer support! Dealing with Ford is very Hard!
2005 Ford Mustang Coupe Deluxe 2dr Coupe (4.0L 6cyl 5M)
I have 29,000 miles on my Mustang, bought it new when there were few on the lot and have not had the first problem. I have had mine to Miami and to Niagara Falls, ON twice and everywhere in between. The gas mileage has always been good, the best being 29mpg which I just did on a trip to Orlando and around town is usuallyin the 20-22 range depending upon my foot. The pickup and passing are excellent for a v-6 and love shifting into the 4 speed range for passing. Next one will be a GT convertible.
Stereo, a/c and short turning radius
Lumbar support as standard equipment
2005 Ford Mustang Coupe Deluxe 2dr Coupe (4.0L 6cyl 5M)
I had been yearning for a Mustang for several years and finally realized that life was too short not to have it! I am now more in love with muscle cars than ever before and wish that I could have gotten the 8 cylinder (insurance wanted too much). Unfortunately, I do mostly NYC street driving to and from work 5 days/week. A real joy when I am driving around upstate NY. I never have to think twice about lane changes or pulling onto any highway. At first, it takes muscle to drive this car's stick. So much fun to break it in though. I got a lot of attention in 2005 when I first got the car. Best looking rear end on a car ever!
I love the way the engine sounds. I love the feel of downshifting. I love the way the body looks. I also love the curve of the front bumper. It's got that nice angle on the sides so it's not dented or scratched as much by other people who don't know how to parallel park.
A plastic thingy popped off pretty quickly...but I am not surprised that it happened. You don't own a Ford without expecting a bit of drama. I don't like that the vent can't be opened without turning on the fan. The option of a power seat on the passenger side would have been good too.


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The government may instead introduce the bill in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The govt faced objections on legal grounds and was forced to rethink its plan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet BJP leaders on Tuesday to canvass support for Telangana and other parliamentary business issues. However, BJP's likely ally from Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), has urged the former not to support the bill. According to the TDP, the likely alliance could gain much in the region if the bill is not passed.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has been lobbying regional leaders like DMK, AIADMK and Trinamool Congress while also expecting support from BJD and Shiv Sena.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, meanwhile, met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in the capital on Monday.
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- Work Type: Permanent / Full Time
- Min. Education Level: 'N' / 'O' Levels
- Field of Study: Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Years of Experience: 1
- Skills: Logistics management
Job Descriptions
Job Duties:
- In charge of warehouse operations
- Collaborate & liaise with various departments to ensure smooth day to day process and order management for stuffing/un-stuffing, receiving and releasing of cargoes
- Effective deployment of resources to maximum productivity
- Prepare monthly & analysis reports
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- Maximize storage space and inventory management
- Ensure cleanliness and safety protocols of the warehouse and yard are adhered to
- Work together with Management and team to ensure that all KPIs and targets for logistics operations are achieved
- Be responsible for the team and staff within the warehouse management environment
Job Requirements:
At least 2-4 years of experience in warehouse operations environment
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to start immediate or on short notice
Job Benefits:
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2 years later – Brittany's POV
The last few months had been somewhat challenging. With Santana traveling so much for work it had taken a small toll on our relationship. When she was home, I was at work and when I was home she was at work. We talked as much as we could but let's face it, we have never been good at being apart. For a lot of people when they're apart they realize how much they don't really miss the person they're with but for Santana and I it was the complete opposite. We both knew what we had and that it was special so when we were away it made us miss each other so much more. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't that we couldn't be away from each other but it gets to a point when you're tired or sick and all you want is to curl up in bed for a weekend with your girlfriend and you can't that it gets to be overly frustrating.
There I sat on the kitchen counter leaning my head back against the cupboard crying. My eyes were closed and the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Two hours ago Santana had left. There was a new position opening up, as close to her dream job as she could get at the time being. Sounds perfect, but there was one major downfall. If she took the job it meant that she'd have to move out to New York for at least a month. It doesn't sound like that long in reality but in my mind it seemed like forever.
After much discussion I told her that she should take it. That I would be here for her when she got back. I told her that I loved her and I only ever wanted what was best for her and this was it. She had worked so hard to get where she was at that I didn't want her to throw it all away. I could tell a part of her didn't want to go but I could also see how conflicted she was. Caught between her dream and me, but I knew I had to do the selfless thing, I had to let her go so that she could come back. We talked about me going with her but I couldn't just up and leave my job for a month. Life didn't work that way and we both knew that.
With my head leaning back I tried to take deep breaths and relax. Even though it had just happened I kept replying her leaving and me not chasing her down and asking her to stay over and over again. In my head it was so simple, the words came out so easily and she didn't hesitate. In truth I wasn't scared of being away from her for a month, I was scared that a month was going to turn into two, then three and so on and so forth. I knew what New York was like, you could get swept up in the lifestyle and how charming the city was.
I had finally stopped crying but my head as still leaned back. That's when I head her.
"I hate when you cry, it breaks my heart." My eyes shot open and I could swear I blinked a few times, as if I thought my eyes were deceiving me.
"Santana?" She just smiled and wrapped her arms around my waist. Without another moment I wrapped my arms around her neck and my legs around her waist. She was real. She was here.
When I looked up and saw the clock I realized that she should have been in an airplane in that moment. I pulled back and looked at her quizzically.
"I got as far as the airport before I got the driver to turn around. I'm so sorry I even got that far."
"Why are you sorry? What about the job?" I had a million questions and it was a struggle to not throw them at her all at once.
"For almost choosing a job over you. You're amazing Brittany, you're amazing and beautiful and not only based upon looks. You're heart is beautiful and that's something that you can't change, it's just who you are. You love me enough to let me leave, not because you wanted too but because you had my best interests at heart."
I shook my head at her, I wasn't getting it. "That was your dream job." I said as a matter of fact.
"When are you going to understand how much I love you? Jobs will come and go but my real dream is you. Waking up everyday I get to live my dream and I could never leave you, even for a month."
"Seriously?" She chuckled softly as a small smile started to creep onto my face.
"I'm right where I need to be." She softly brushed a strand of hair behind my ear and leaned her head forward so that our foreheads were resting against one another. "I love you more than anything." She whispered and softly kissed me. I tightened my grip on her neck and waist, I wasn't ever going to let her go again, or even think about it unless I packed away in her suitcase.
2 Years Later
Driving home from work in traffic sucks, and it is something that I will absolutely never get used to. Especially since after a long day all I want is to be home, and today of all days the traffic seems to be ten times worse. After about an hour I finally reached my destination and I couldn't have been more ecstatic. Running up the stairs, I almost tripped but caught myself by holding onto the railing. The dogs bark as I open the door but other than that the house is completely quiet, I hated that sound, silence. It's just so boring and bland and I could really go for some entertainment of some sort. Looking back outside I see that my car is the only one in the driveway, something I hadn't noticed before now.
There are various boxes lying around the living room, piled up against the walls so that they were out of the way until they could be moved. I shook my head in shock, the apartment was not like that when I left for work this morning. Walking into the kitchen there was an address on the counter so I picked it up and walked over to the computer to get directions. The computer had come up with nothing, and I couldn't figure out what all this meant. Flipping the paper over I saw simple directions, right here, left there, so grabbing my purse I headed for the front door and out to my car.
The directions were relatively easy and I didn't get lost at all, which is always a good thing. The front door to my destination was wide open so being cautious I stepped in and followed the sound to the back door and that's when I saw her. Sitting there on the deck railing looking like she could fall off at any moment. Her head turned when she heard the door close and I couldn't help but smile. "Took you long enough baby."
"Traffic honey, what's with this place? Not bringing me out here to kill me are you?" I smiled at her.
"No you goof, its ours."
I felt my mouth hang open as I looked past Santana and out at the view. Ocean front property, it was something I had always dreamt about. Santana and I had talked about buying a place on the water but it was never anything serious. "Are you serious? For what the weekend?"
She laughed at me and shook her head. She slid off the railing and wrapped her arms around me and whispered, "happy 5 years beautiful."
It still never felt that long to me, but at the same time it still felt like we had been together forever and everyday was better than the last. "Happy 5 years gorgeous." I whispered as she wrapped me in her arms and hugged me real close to her.
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That was a few years ago, brand new house and happy as ever. I guess none of that has really changed except the brand new house is now a well worked in house, if you know what I mean. Now I was the one waiting at home with our three dogs and two cats watching some One Tree Hill when I heard the front door open.
"Beautiful?" That nickname had never seemed to change, and as much as I rolled my eyes when she called me that I accepted it. Let's face it, I knew I was good looking and there are worse things to be called.
I grinned from ear to ear. "In here."
Moments later the girl of my dreams walked in and set the box of pizza down on the coffee table. I pulled her down next to me and kissed her softly, I hated her not being home all day. She kissed me back for a minute before leaning down and kissing my stomach and whispering something to it. Making herself a little more comfortable she laid down across the other side of the couch and pointed at the t.v. and said something else to my stomach.
"See that's Brooke, she designs clothes and is mommy's, but you see that's Peyton her best friend and she owns a record label like me, your cool momma." She laughed and I shook my head and scratched my nails down her back and gave her a warning look. I seen her swallow the lump in her throat, as I mouthed 'behave'. I knew scratching her back was a weak spot and it worked like a charm every time. "One more thing, never say anything remotely negative about B. Davis or mommy will get super pissed." I looked down at her with another look, one that told her to not curse.
"I swear you talk to my stomach more than you talk to me and don't swear around the baby."
Santana shook her head. "No Mrs. Lopez, I do not, I still talk to you, but what's in your stomach is much cooler than you." I raised my eyebrows at the girl. "I love you," she smiled and of course I couldn't resist.
"I love you too, now hand over the pizza." Smiling she complied and got me a slice as we both relaxed against the couch.
The End
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2. Like what?
3. Key phrase: "So says modern science". However, that's not quite accurate. It should read: "So says modern scientists". Or better yet: "So says the 'majority' of modern scientists". Not all 'scientists' make that claim.
4. I'm not talking about the God in relation to science and the scientific method. If God reveals Himself to an individual, what effect will that have on his/her view of evolution? There's no rule that state's that if God reveals Himself, His revealing has to involve the ability to 'measure' His existence empirically. If God reveals Himself to any scientists,'any' scientist, without allowing for scientific measurement, how will that effect his/her view of evolution? From what I can tell, it effects it quite a bit.
5. What makes you think God cannot reveal Himself to you without being exposed to scientific measurement?
6. The Bible doesn't claim that your average human comes back to life. In the Bible's 4,000 year span, very few are recorded to have 'divinely' come back to life.
However, there are humans in the modern world who were close to burial before coming back to life. And some have attested to Biblical references of the afterlife.


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IPC Media Sponsoring Agile Awards
I'm delighted to announce that IPC Media – the company I work for as Web Technology Director – has agreed to sponsor the first ever Agile Awards in the UK.
We're sponsoring the award for Best Agile Team – something that's close to my heart because teamwork is such an important part of agile software development. Regardless of any particular agile methodology, people are the most important aspect of any project, without a doubt.
I'm so pleased that IPC has been able to support this event. Regular readers of my blog will obviously know I'm a keen advocate of agile methods, and IPC has benefited significantly from the implementation of agile.
As per my recent blog post, I'm also speaking at the Agile Business Conference about IPC's experiences with agile. I hope it will be an interesting insight into one company's approach to agile, and how it's transformed our digital division into a really great place to work!
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One of the guiding principles in modern web design is that Content is king. Old websites are characterized by gradients, borders, and superfluous features. Modern web sites are clean, well thought out, and focus primarily on content. Content is the reason why people visit a website to begin with.
In the spirit of ubiquitous principles, this core principle of modern web design can be applied to modern web development too. When planning a new project, I've seen these conversation happen over and over again:
Programmers have an innate desire to learn the latest and greatest technology in our field. It keeps us sharp and on the cutting edge of our industry. This desire to use new software is great, but the goal of any new project is to create something people can use.
We as developers have the tendency to forget that customers don't really care which technology we use to make a product work. The end user just cares that it works. We could be using something as antiquated as COBOL behind the scenes. The goal of a project is to make a customer's life better.
If we happen to use a NoSQL DB in a project, then great. We've used something new. Customers only care that we produce something of worth. This is a central tenet of modern web development that needs to be hammered home again and again until we developers have it as ingrained in our brains as possible.
Developers need to keep this principle in mind when doing anything related to work. We should always be moving towards the goal of the project. Answering emails may look like work, but does it move us closer to the goal of the project as actually writing code? Meetings help keep everyone on the same page, but does it make our goal be achieved faster than code?
These kinds of trade-offs need to be evaluated and acted upon every single day. Emails and meetings are necessary, but need to be balanced against creating actual content. If 30 minutes each day can be spent coding instead of meetings and emails, you will gain 30 minutes of coding each day. If you are constantly focused on creating, you will end up creating more.
End results are why we code to begin with. Code produces the end result of a usable product for users. In this case, content is code. In both cases, content is king.
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Chapter 2Mature
Chapter 2
The room is so quiet that my heartbeat sounds deafening inside my head. I can't even process why I have a gun in my hand, or why my sister would have it in her bag.
I don't bother hiding the fact that I was searching through her belongings, and I wheel myself back into her room. I find Logan searching for something near the side of her bed, in the area that I found her suitcase.
"Is this what you're looking for?" She spins around and I hold the gun up for her to see, making sure the barrel is aimed toward the ceiling. I study her reaction as her facial features change when she recognizes the gun.
"Where did you get that?" she asks, looking between me and the object of both of our interests.
"In your suitcase, where you put it. What's going on, Logan?" I look at her expectantly, waiting for an answer.
She looks away, brushing her fingers through her hair. "It's just . . after you told me about that . . . man–werewolf–attacking you, I–I thought it would be good to, you know, have something to protect ourselves with."
I feel the need to yell at her, but I know that won't give me answers and will only upset her. I force myself to close my eyes and take a deep breath before speaking again.
"Logan, we both know you're lying. I love you and I'm worried about you and I want to help you. Why did you bring this gun?"
"Because . . ." She trails off and looks at the ground. I can tell she's ashamed about it, whatever it is. Her voice is shaking and it appears as if she's about to cry. "I can't tell you why. Please, just leave it alone."
"Leave it alone?" I ask incredulously. "Fine, if you don't care enough about me to tell me what's going on, I'll leave you alone. But you're not getting the gun back."
Her head shoots up. "I need that gun. Give me the gun, Julia." Her voice takes on an aggressive tone but I choose to ignore it.
"What a shame," I say, spinning my wheelchair around to leave. Before I pass through the doorway, I feel myself being pulled backwards and let go of the wheels so my hands don't get burned.
Logan spins my chair around and reaches for the gun in my lap. I reach for it, too, but she catches me by surprise and it slips out of my hand. What is she doing?
"Logan, what the–"
"Julia, I'm so sorry." She tucks the gun into the back of her jeans and pulls her shirt over to cover it. "Please forgive me."
"What–" She races past me and out the door before I can get the words out. I don't know what the hell is going on, but whatever is happening, it doesn't sound good. She seems conflicted about something, and I need to stop her from whatever the reason it is that she brought a gun.
I follow the sound of her footsteps down the hallway, but with her having actual legs to walk on, she's much faster than I am. By the time I reach the den, I hear the front door slam shut. My heart seems to stop in my chest upon hearing it, and knowing that she just left with a gun. Everyone in the den is standing up and staring at the door like they expect it to jump on them. No, no, no.
"What just happened? Did Logan leave?" I ask.
"She–she raced out saying she was going for a walk," Sarah speaks up. "But it . . it looked like she might have been crying and Diana went after her. Did something happen?"
I see Parker looking at me. He must have some idea about what's going on, but he doesn't know the severity of it. None of them do.
Ignoring the question, I push myself to the door and swing it open to find a figure making its way toward the steps. At first I just sit there, confused by what I'm seeing, but then I recognize who it is struggling to get up the steps. Diana.
She's clutching her neck with one hand, the other on the steps trying to pull her up. My throat closes up when I realize why she's holding hers. It's completely torn open, like animal's claws tore it up. Blood is gushing from her neck and she makes it to the last step before falling unconscious in front of me.
I freeze, shocked at the scene unfolding in front of me, before I shake myself out of my stupor. She needs medical help, and at the rate she's losing blood, she's not going to make it in time for an ambulance to get out here. Someone has to do something, and I'm the only one here who has a parent in the medical field; the only one who might be able to save her. Now is not the time for me to go into shock.
I hear something suck in a breath of air behind me, and upon turning around I find Rachel, one of Logan's friends that came, standing in the doorway.
"Rachel," I start, then see that her eyes are still glued to Diana. I snap my fingers in front of her face. Her eyes come down to meet mine, wide. "Rachel, I need you to go call the police and tell them to send an ambulance, okay? You can direct them here, and say that there may have been an animal attack and another girl is missing. Can you handle that?"
She slowly nods her head up and down. "Okay," I say. "Go. And tell Luke and Parker to get out here. With a blanket."
She goes back inside and I roll closer to Diana, seeing the blood still pouring from her neck. I drag my feet onto the porch, move the footrests out of the way, and slowly push myself onto the ground. I hit the ground hard, but ignore it and drag myself over to Diana. It's hard, but I manage to wrap an arm around her and use my other to pull as backward, that way she's on the porch. I yank my jacket off and lay her on the side, her back toward me. I hold the jacket as tightly as I can against her wound.
I'm trying to make sure she's still breathing and figure out the extent of her injuries when I hear someone walk up.
"Oh my god," Parker says. His face seems to pale and he freezes with Luke still behind him, blanket in hand.
"Parker," I say, "I need you to–" I see that he's staring at Diana, not hearing me. "Parker," I repeat. He drags his eyes away from Diana and brings them up to mine, a blank look still in his eyes.
"I need you to a breath, okay? Don't think about it, don't think about anything, just do as I say and focus on that, all right?" He nods and I take it as a yes. I count to three, allowing him the time to pull himself together, then start again with the instructions.
"I need you and Luke to carry her inside, where she'll be warm and it'll be safe. Be as careful as you can, and try not to hurt her more. When you sit her down, lay her on her side and try to keep her neck as straight as possible. Hold the blanket as tightly as you can to her neck. I can see her breathing and as far as I know she's lucky and nothing too major has been harmed–"
"You mean besides the torn-open throat?" Parker says incredulously.
I resist the urge to smack him and continue on. "Yes. So all you need to do is keep her neck straight and slow the blood flow long enough to keep her here, okay? You can do this, Parker."
He nods and Luke and him both step forward, so I remove my now blood-stained jacket and allow them to pick her up and carry her inside.
I pull myself back over to my wheelchair, grunting as I struggle to pull myself into it. I'm out of breath by the time I manage to get myself in, which I've only done a few times before because it's so hard.
I look down the slope attached to the porch, considering going after Logan, then decide that it would be better if I had more people and go back inside.
I really, really need to find Logan, for more reasons than one. Not only did she just run off borderline hysterical with a gun, but something literally just attacked Diana. Whatever it is could attack us next, or attack her, and she's off somewhere alone. Whether it's an actual animal, a werewolf, a man, or a man pretending to be a werewolf, I don't care. Getting your throat ripped open has got to hurt, no matter which way you swing it, and I don't want that to happen to anyone else.
It's actually quite amazing that Logan didn't get hurt in the first place, considering Diana was chasing after her. If she didn't. Yeah, I really need to find her.
I see that Parker has done as I said, and has Diana near the fireplace with the blanket on her neck, keeping the blood from going everywhere. She looks pale from blood-loss, but at least she's still alive. I wheel over to check on him before I look for Elijah.
"Are you good here?" I ask, hoping he is so I can go.
"Good as I'm gonna get," he says without looking up.
"Good. Just keep her like that."
I turn around, immediately spotting Elijah come in from the hallway with something gleaming in his hand. I quickly roll over to him as he spots me.
"I'm going to go find Logan before she gets hurt. Do you have that knife I gave you?"
He holds up the gleaming object in his hands, which turns out to be the large, silver dagger I gave him before we came. After the incident in the alley, I decided to do some research over werewolves. From what I found, if anything in this world is going to harm a werewolf, it's going to be either silver or Aconitum, also known as wolfsbane. The only one I could get my hands on was the silver, so before we left I made sure Parker, Sarah, Elijah, and I had some kind of silver weapon with us. I tried to give Logan one, but she wouldn't take it.
"Juliana, I really think you should stay here. It's gonna be really rough out there for your wheelchair to get through and . . . you could get hurt."
"Pfft," I scoff. "I could get hurt, yeah. Newsflash: so could you. There's no way I'm staying here. I don't care how slow I am, I'm going. Leave me behind if you want, but I can't just sit here and do nothing."
"I'm not going to leave you," he says.
"I know you won't. We should go now. Wait, where's Sarah?"
"I'm here," Sarah says behind me, coming in from the hallway. She's put on a brown leather jacket and a pair of dark brown hiking boots. "I got that knife, too . . just in case something happens. We're going to find Logan, right? She can't stay out there after Diana."
"Yes. And we need to go now, before it's too late." If it's not too late already.
We head toward the door, but quickly get intercepted by Rachel. "Whoa, where are you going? You can't leave, there's something out there, you idiots. Wait for the police."
I want to grab her and shove her out of the way, but I remind myself that I can't go around acting irrational just because there's a crisis.
"I'll wait for the police once I find Logan. She's in danger. If you don't want to help, that's fine. If you do want to come, tell us now."
She stares at me for a moment, then seems to back down and step out of the way. "Oh, hell no. I'm not dying tonight."
I see Luke coming toward us now and want to hurry up and leave, but he reaches us before I can even move.
"What's going on over here?" He looks at Rachel.
We're wasting time, I think, getting annoyed.
She gestures to us, saying, "These idiots are going to look for Logan." She glances down at me. "Good luck." Then she walks away, going to sit beside Parker. I see her take the blanket from him and take over, giving him a break, though he stays beside her the whole time.
"You're going into the woods?" Luke asks, staring directly at me. I find it odd that he's choosing to talk to me, since we rarely talk, and he's been good friends with Elijah for years, but I push the thought aside and answer.
"Yes, we're looking for Logan." We hold our stare for what seems like hours, and I expect him to either object to it or join us, and I'm not sure which. The tension between us is heavy enough to break concrete, causing my muscles to tighten up even more than they already were.
"Okay," he says, stepping aside to let us go by. That was way too easy, I think, shocked. Right now I don't really care about that though, so I just brush past him and lead the way out the door, rolling down the sloping porch outside a moment later.
I know I'm being selfish for not letting Sarah and Elijah go without me, since I'm slowing them down, but I can't help it. This is my sister we're talking about. If something were to happen to her, I . . . I don't know what I'd do. I also know I should be back there helping with Diana, but honestly, there's not much I can do besides what I already told him. Hopefully an ambulance will make it soon.
I see a set of footprints leading away from the rest, into the woods. I choose to follow them, hoping that they're Logan's. Once the gravel and dirt turns to grass, I no longer have any way of knowing what direction she went and hope for the best as I carry on straight.
God, Logan, please be okay. Please be okay.
Thinking back on it, I regret what I said to her in the cabin. I should've been more compassionate. She was obviously distraught about something, and I acted like a jerk to her. If she–if she hurts herself with that gun . . . I don't think I could forgive myself. I don't think I could handle that. I already lost my dad; I can't lose my sister, too. Please be okay.
My arms begin to tire after a while and I try to keep going as fast as I can, but I can tell I'm slowing Elijah and Sarah down, and my breathing is beginning to get heavy. I'm starting to think that maybe I should let them go on without me, since they have a much better chance of finding her, when Elijah grabs the handles to my wheelchair.
"I'm pushing you," he says in a matter-of-fact tone.
"You don't have to . ." I trail off when I see he's not going to listen, and honestly, I'm relieved. I must've been slowing down a lot more than I realized, but at least my arms no longer feel like they're going to fall off.
We continue going, with me continuing to worry more and more about Logan, when Luke enters my mind and I remember what Sarah started to tell me earlier.
"Hey, Sarah," I say. "What was it that you heard Luke saying on the phone?"
"Oh, yeah, " she says, obviously recalling the conversation. "It was . . really weird. He wasn't making much sense. He said something about . . getting a 'her' alone for whoever was on the other line. After that, he said something like, 'If I get her alone like you ask, I'm going to get what I want, right?'"
Getting someone alone . . . what does that mean? Why? It sounds like someone's going to something to the 'her' he was talking about, and he's going to get something out of it. Maybe it won't happen now that all this chaos is going on, but I still don't want Logan near him. I finally started to like him, and then this happens. Whatever he was talking about makes him sound . . corrupted.
"What does that mean?" I ask. "Who's she?"
"I don't know, but it doesn't sound good. I don't trust him. From what I heard, it sounds like someone wants something from one of us, one of us girls, and Luke is going to help him–or her–get it so he can get what he wants." She pushes the rim of her black glasses higher up on her nose as it was sliding down.
She's right about what she said. Everything she heard was very cryptic, but, like she said, we shouldn't trust him. He's up to something.
Looking at Sarah now, I feel small next to her, but I know that if I could stand, I'd be taller than she is. She's pretty short. If you think about it, it's funny how Parker is tall, I'm average, and Sarah's short, and we're all best friends.
After a few more minutes, I'm beginning to worry I might never find Logan, but then I hear something. Rustling. And it's not too far away.
"You hear that?" Sarah whispers. We all stop to listen. Something is definitely up ahead, and we're wasting valuable time–that could be Logan.
"Logan!" I yell. The sound stops as I wheel in the direction it came from. "Logan!"
I assume that Elijah and Sarah are following me, though I never check to see for sure. I burst through trees and bushes to find myself in a small clearing. The first thing I notice is the gun next to me on the ground. The second is Logan staring at her hands, bloody hands, off to the side, sitting on the ground. Actually, not just bloody hands, it's all over her.
Oh, god, something attacked her. She's hurt. I gotta– But she doesn't seem hurt. If she is, she's hiding it very well.
I suck in a breath of air upon seeing the blood, but all I care about is that she's okay. "Logan," I say, wheeling toward her.
She sees me coming and shoots to her feet, backpedaling away from me. "Get back," she says, but her voice doesn't sound quite right. It doesn't sound like her. Almost like . . . like an animal's growl. Deep and guttural. She keeps her eyes down, staring at her hands and refusing to look at me. If that's not her blood . . . then whose is it?
I look at Elijah and Sarah behind me, and think that maybe I should get them to leave. I'm the only person who has a chance of talking to Logan, I know that much. Maybe if I can her alone, she'll talk to me. Something about her is creeping me out–maybe it's the deep, maroon liquid seeping through her clothes, maybe the fact that she seems to be mentally checked out right now, or maybe it's something else entirely–but whatever it is, I know she'd never hurt me.
"Can you guys go back to the cabin?" I ask.
"What? We're not leaving you two alone," Sarah says.
"No, seriously. We'll be fine, i just need to talk to her. I have a knife in case something comes, and the police are probably almost here by now, so you should go back and talk to them and lead them here if we aren't back yet. Plus Parker, he's probably about to freak out by now."
I can tell neither of them like it, but by the way Elijah's jaw is clenching and unclenching, I can tell they're at least considering it.
"Are you sure?" he asks.
"Yes, I'm sure," I say, mildly annoyed. "Go."
Elijah looks from Logan and back to me. "Okay. Okay, fine. We'll be back soon. Be careful, Juliana."
"Of course."
"Don't do anything stupid, Jules," Sarah says, glancing at Logan once more before turning to follow Elijah back to the cabin.
I immediately spin around to face Logan. "Logan, I'm sorry about what I said earlier. I was just upset. Please just . . just tell me what's going on. I can help you."
"No, you can't," her growling voice says. My heart sinks into my stomach when she says it not because of what she says, but because I realize there's no plausible way for her voice to sound like that unless . . .
"Look at me, Logan," I say. She doesn't move. I clear my throat and try again. "I don't know what's going on, but I do know you're afraid of me finding out. And you shouldn't be. I don't care what you–what you might've done, or anything else you're worried about. I love you, no matter what you do or say. If you ever–if you ever hurt yourself– " My voice comes out strained and I get choked up. "I don't know what I'd do. Please, Logan . . just look at me."
This time she does. She finally does. However, while her eyes meet mine, they don't look like mine. They're no longer blue; they're green–glowing green. That's–that's not possible. Yet it is. That's when I see her teeth: sharp, elongated canines sticking out from her mouth. Her ears are drawn into a point at the tips. I also notice that her hands have claws sticking out from the fingertips, which I didn't notice before.
Oh my god.
"Look at me," she spits, her voice somehow sad and angry at the same time. "I–I don't know what's going on, but I know I killed Diana. If you don't go, I'll–I'll kill you too." She pauses, then adds, "Please go." Her voice drops into a much quieter tone, almost begging.
My heart is racing and I almost want to run after seeing her, but I won't. This is my sister, even if she doesn't look like her. She needs me right now, and I can't let the shock of what I'm seeing prevent me from helping her. I don't believe for a second that she could kill me, and–and if she does, so be it. I try to change my face and keep a straight expression since looking scared won't help anything, even if I am. I grip the arms of my wheelchair to keep myself from running away, and hold myself firmly in place, struggling to contain my fear.
Logan's demeanor changes and she stares at me, her mouth hanging open in shock, for some reason. "What?"
"I said no. I'm not going anywhere. I can see that you need me, and I know that you won't kill me, even if you could. I still love you, Logan. No matter–no matter what you did."
Her hands fall to her sides and the next time she blinks, her eyes return to blue. I take it as an invitation to say more.
"You–you didn't kill Diana," I stutter. "She's going to be fine. Can–can you please just tell me what's happened? What's going on?" I speak slowly and carefully, hoping not to induce a rise out of her.
"Diana's okay?"
"Yes. The police will be here soon and she'll be okay." At least I hope so.
I can see the relief written all across her face, and I realize just how much she was caught up on that. And I get why: Diana was one of her closest friends. I can't imagine what'd it be like to think that I killed Sarah or Parker.
I'm not sure saying anything else would be good, so I sit and wait for her to come to. It's silent for a good minute.
"Four months," she says out of nowhere.
"That was when this all started. Four months ago." Four months? She's been struggling with this for four months? Wait, wait . . . four months . . . four deaths. Did she–did she kill those people?
I push the thought out of my head. "You–you should've told me. I would've helped. We could've figured it out . . together."
"I was scared," she says. Her voice is high-pitched sounding, and tears are running down from her eyes. "Scared of what you'd do when you found out, scared that I'd hurt you, or Mom–" She pauses as she cries.
God, how I want to help her, to make it better. But I can't. There is nothing I can do to help her.
"I–I killed those people," she sobs. "All four of them: they're dead because of me. Aunt Isabelle was one of them. I–I couldn't control myself, but I still remember it. I remember every bit of it," she whispers, staring so hard into my eyes I'd swear she's looking into my soul. Tears are starting to stream down my face as well as hers.
I'm completely shocked by this revelation, but for some unknown reason, it's not affecting me very much. It should, I know it should, but all I care about right now is that Logan is okay. Looking at her right now, I can see that she's not. Even with as many emotions I'm feeling right now, none of them knocks me speechless.
"Logan, I–I know nothing I say can fix this, but please, let's just get out of here, and we can go home. We'll find a way to help you. And if we can't change you back, then we'll find a way for you to control it."
"You don't get it," she says, shaking her head. "I may not have been able to control it, but that doesn't mean I didn't want to. Because I did. I wanted to kill them. I–I enjoyed it."
It's hard for me to swallow that, but I try my best to. Maybe I should be mad at her, or scared of her, or just something, but I can't. I love her, and to see her in so much pain, see her feeling so much guilt, I can't be angry with her.
I swallow the ball rising in my throat to answer. "It's okay. It'll be okay. Let's go home. Please, just come home with me. I know you feel guilty and probably think that you deserve to die, but if you die, so will I. I will die too. So don't you ever think that you're not affecting someone with the choices you make, because you are. I wouldn't know what to do without you. I need you."
The words that come out of my mouth are completely true, and they're more than I've ever admitted to anyone, including myself. If there's anytime for me to be making self-revelations, I guess now's the time.
Whatever it is, I'm glad I said it. It sealed the deal. Within two steps she's made it to me and she's squeezing me so tight I can barely breath, but I don't mind one bit. I squeeze her back, feeling her body shuddering from crying.
A small amount of relief fills me, glad that I've managed to defuse the situation, though I still know that it's only temporary and this will more than likely come up again later. The situation may be over for now, but this is not the last of it. I'm going to have to do everything I can to help her.
"I'm so sorry, Julia," she cries. "I'm so–" Suddenly, I hear a loud smacking sound and feel her body veer to the left. She crumples to the ground, unconscious, and a bloody rock falls next to her.
Though maybe I shouldn't be, I'm shocked when I look up and see who it is. Judging from the conversation he had earlier, I should have known this was coming.
Because the person who knocked Logan out, and is now standing over me, is Luke.


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