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|Marcus Smart on his ill-fated 3-pointer: 'I didn't want to end the game without a shot'
|02.24.16 at 6:48 pm ET
WALTHAM — Marcus Smart wasn't going to apologize Wednesday for his last-second miss Monday night in Minnesota.
With 5.3 seconds left in regulation, the Celtics were down just 124-122 and had clawed all the way back to within two points, after trailing by 14 just three minutes earlier.
Smart, who was wide open in the backcourt, took an inbounds pass just before mid-court and dribbled up the right side. He was by himself until the timeline when Ricky Rubio cheated over and defended him. What Smart didn't see because of Rubio was Isaiah Thomas all alone on the left wing.
Instead of passing to the better shooter, Smart took a 30-foot 3-pointer that fell short off the front rim and the Celtics lost. Should he have taken it closer to the basket? Should he have dished to the open Thomas? On Wednesday, following practice, Smart gave his explanation.
"When I caught it, I caught it so deep, with the amount of time I had, I was getting it up the court and I was looking for somebody. But Rubio played in the middle. I really didn't see [anybody] open. He really didn't commit to me until the last [moment] as I was going up for the shot. And by that time, there wasn't enough time to make another pass, in my eyes that I felt, to another teammate."
It was perhaps a lucky stroke for Minnesota that Boston inbounded to Smart instead of finding Thomas to drive the length of the court.
"I at least wanted to get a shot up. I didn't want end the game without a shot. So, I thought I took the best shot that was available," Smart added.
Thomas, at 34.8 percent, is a better choice for a long-range shot than Smart, who is converting 28 percent of his chances from long distance this season. But as Smart himself explained Wednesday, sometimes time is not on your side.
|Isaiah Thomas, Marcus Smart dealing with shooting hand injuries
|02.24.16 at 3:44 pm ET
WALTHAM — The Celtics returned from their three-game Western swing banged up, but Brad Stevens is holding out hope that both Isaiah Thomas and Marcus Smart will be ready to go when they take the court Thursday night against the Bucks.
Thomas was icing his left wrist during practice Wednesday and did not participate, while Smart had his right hand wrapped, protecting the thumb that was dinged up during the trip.
"It was sore enough that we sat out today but we expect him to play tomorrow," Stevens said of Thomas after Wednesday's rather intense 90-minute practice.
"We would not play him if it were a long-term concern. No way."
Thomas fell on the wrist following a layup early in the game Sunday night in Denver and began shaking his left hand. Immediately thereafter, he drilled a 3-pointer from the right wing.
"I fell on my wrist a few times so it kind of flared up on me. Just trying to rest it and get some treatment," Thomas said. "They wanted me to sit out and rest it. It got swollen on me the other night. Just being cautious of it because I've had two procedures on it. Just trying to get the swelling out."
Thomas said he has no further tests planned on the wrist.
Another member of the wounded included Amir Johnson, who practiced Wednesday despite getting several stitches in the middle of his forehead from a collision Monday night in Minnesota. Funny thing is, Johnson doesn't even remember when it happened.
"I have no idea when it happened or how," Johnson recalled after practice. "I just remember blood dripping down from the cut."
|Avery Bradley: 'We didn't play hard enough, consistently'
|02.23.16 at 12:20 am ET
The Celtics nearly pulled off a miracle Monday night in Minneapolis.
But when Marcus Smart's potential game-winning three fell short at the final buzzer, the Celtics were left to wonder why they couldn't beat a Timberwolves team that came in with a 17-39 record.
"I feel like we can learn a lot from this game. We didn't play hard enough, consistently, throughout the whole game," said Avery Bradley, who scored 22 points in the 124-122 loss. "That's the real reason we lost. We gave ourselves a chance."
Bradley gave the Celtics a real shot when his three with 6.2 seconds left drew the Celtics to within one, 123-122. But after a Zach LaVine free throw, Smart dribbled up the right side and instead of dishing to a wide open Isaiah Thomas, he decided to pull up for a three of his own that fell short off the front iron.
"The last play, or anything like that, that wasn't the reason we lost the game," Bradley told reporters afterward. "We just weren't playing hard enough on a consistent basis."
The Celtics went small late in an effort to spread the court and space out the Minnesota bigs, who the Celtics couldn't handle all night. Rookie Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 28 points and 13 rebounds while Gorgui Dieng added 17 points and 12 boards.
"They're a young, athletic team as well. We let their young guys get going early, and it was hard to slow them down, to be honest," Bradley said.
Towns served notice early that he was going to be a force, scoring 15 points and grabbing seven rebounds in the opening quarter.
"Yeah, we had no answer for him. We had no answer for him in any type of isolation I thought," Celtics coach Brad Stevens told reporters. "That's why we went zone for a couple of possessions, and actually played it pretty well. And then we just trapped everything late and played five guards and just tried to fly around. The problem with that was obviously rebounding.
"Towns had his way with us the whole night and obviously, their other guys did, too. Certainly, he stood out."
|Report: Celtics among 3 teams interested in rebounding force Reggie Evans
|02.22.16 at 11:41 pm ET
Maybe getting pounded and outworked Monday night in Minnesota will force Danny Ainge to bring in some veteran help off the street.
According to Moke Hamilton of Bleacher Report, the Celtics are among a trio of teams that have expressed interest in 35-year-old veteran Reggie Evans. The Heat and Rockets have also inquired about Evans' availability and potential desire.
The power forward, who hasn't played this season, could fill a roster spot left open by the release of David Lee (now with the Dallas Mavericks).
Evans has averaged 7.1 rebounds over a career that has included stops in Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, Toronto, Los Angeles (Clippers) and Sacramento.
Just last season in Sacramento, he played in 47 games and averaged 6.4 rebounds. But more to the point, according to Basketball-Reference.com, he hauled in a stunning 22.2 percent of all available rebounds, which would have placed him third in that category in the league.
Monday night, the Celtics were out-rebounded 51-38, including 15-10 on the offensive glass. That led to a 26-12 edge for Minnesota in second-chance points.
"I just thought we physically got handled, especially by [Karl-Anthony] Towns and [Gorgui] Dieng in the interior," coach Brad Stevens said after the 124-122 loss in Minnesota. "They really hurt us in the interior and on the glass, and that's been a little bit of an issue for us anyways throughout the year. Then the fouling is just kind of the icing on the cake."
Along with the Heat, the Rockets and Celtics have registered interest in Reggie Evans, Basketball Insiders has learned.
' Moke Hamilton (@MokeHamilton) February 22, 2016
|Studs and Duds: Celtics clawed by Wolves, Karl-Anthony Towns
|02.22.16 at 10:42 pm ET
The Celtics had their moments Monday night. But not nearly enough to overcome an inconsistent road effort against a young and talented lottery-bound team.
Karl-Anthony Towns, the No. 1 overall pick last June, scored 28 points and hauled in 13 rebounds while Gorgui Dieng hit a key third quarter buzzer-beating 3-pointer as part of a double-double (17 points, 11 rebounds) to lead the Timberwolves past the Celtics, 124-122, Monday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
Jae Crowder led Boston with a career-high 27 while Avery Bradley hit for 19 points for the Celtics, who finished 1-2 on their road trip and fell to 33-25.
Marcus Smart, who had an open Isaiah Thomas on his left, had a chance to win it at the buzzer but his contested pull-up three fell short. The Celtics finished the game on a 20-8 run, including an Avery Bradley three with six seconds left that cut the deficit to one, 123-122.
As well as the Celtics started a night earlier in Denver, Boston looked awful in the first 10 minutes of the game. Minnesota (18-39) started out shooting 11-of-14 from the field and out-rebounding the Celtics, 17-7. They built a 31-15 lead.
Towns showed why he's the franchise player in Minnesota in the opening quarter, scoring 15 points and grabbing seven rebounds. But the Celtics finished the quarter on an 8-0 to cut the deficit to 31-23 heading into the second quarter. Smart provided some key energy off the bench with three steals, including one a clear path with 1.4 seconds left in the quarter that help the Celtics close the gap.
Bradley hit a three and Smart a runner as the Celtics opened the second quarter the way they ended the first, scoring the first nine points for a 17-0 run that gave them their first lead of the game, 32-31. As was the case 24 hours earlier in Denver, Boston's bench was key, outscoring Minnesota 16-1 to start the game. After Boston took a 37-34 lead, Minnesota responded with an 18-4 run that had them scoring on eight straight possessions.
Thomas missed his first seven shots before drilling a mid-range 15-footer with 1:48 left in the first half. The Celtics ended the first half on a 5-0 run to cut Minnesota's lead to 59-53 at the break. The Wolves shot an improbable 61 percent on 25-of-41 shooting.
Trailing 81-68 in the third quarter, Jae Crowder converted two consecutive three-point plays, one on a 3-pointer from the left wing and the other, a conventional one to cut the lead to 81-74 with just over three minutes left in the third. Crowder then drilled a straightaway jumper on the next possession. Crowder scored again on Boston's next possession, part of his 16-point third-quarter that kept Boston close. But a killer 26-foot bank three from Dieng at the third quarter buzzer gave Minnesota a 93-84 lead heading into the fourth.
Another play symbolized Boston's frustration, trailing 111-100 with just over four minutes left, three Celtics were under the basket after a missed layup from Thomas. After a miss of a put-back by Evan Turner, three Celtics jumped up in the air and knocked the ball to the Wolves, who eventually built their lead back to 14.
Former Celtics big man Kevin Garnett did not play for the Timberwolves due to a sore knee. He's missed Minnesota's last 12 games.
After starting the post-All Star break portion of the schedule with three road games, the Celtics return home Thursday night against Milwaukee.
For a complete box score, click here. To go beyond the box, read on.
STUD OF THE NIGHT: Karl-Anthony Towns did everything you would expect from an overall No. 1 NBA draft pick. He carried the Wolves in the opening quarter and the Celtics didn't have an answer for him all night. Crowder was a runner-up, scoring a career-best 27 points and keeping the Celtics in the game in the third quarter.
DUD OF THE NIGHT: Isaiah Thomas. It had to happen sometime. Thomas started the game missing his first seven attempts from the floor before hitting three in a row. He then missed his next three and could never get into an offensive rhythm all night. He finished 8-of-20 on the night.
|Brad Stevens: 'There was a purpose, a good pride about us the whole day'
|02.21.16 at 9:13 pm ET
That was more like for Brad Stevens.
After ripping his team following a lackluster loss to the Jazz Friday night in Salt Lake City, the Celtics coach watched as his team raced out to a 20-point first-quarter lead and eventually held on for a 121-101 win over the Nuggets in Denver Sunday night.
The only cause for real concern came when the Nuggets closed to within five points, 67-62, early in the third quarter. But the Celtics responded with hustle and determination from the likes of Marcus Smart, Evan Turner and Avery Bradley, highlighted by a play in the fourth quarter that put the Celtics up 97-82 and essentially put the game away.
"I thought we were really good [most of the game]," Stevens told reporters after the game. "I thought the end of the second quarter and start of the third we weren't but I thought for the most part, we played 38 minutes about locked in as we've played in a while. You could tell there was a purpose, a good pride about us the whole day with everybody that played.
"We got really lucky. They missed a couple of those layups and could've cut it to three. I watched them play the Bulls. They were down 16 in the fourth and won. I watched them play the Pacers, it was 15-down, 15-up, 15-down and they win the game. They're a team that goes on runs. They're a hard team to stop when they go on a run. They've got good athletes.
"For whatever reason, they played really small at our place late, and gave us fits. They went to that 35 minutes out of 48. We had to match that."
Stevens was very happy with the patience of Isaiah Thomas who was double-teamed most of the first half, before finishing with a team-high 22 points.
|Jared Sullinger: 'We played our butts off. We were five guys connected'
|02.21.16 at 8:27 pm ET
With the Denver Nuggets looking to load up defensively and take away Isaiah Thomas, it was time for others in the Celtics offensive scheme to step up.
One of those who did exactly that in a 121-101 win over Denver Sunday night at the Pepsi Center was Jared Sullinger. The power forward came through with 16 points and 11 rebounds and was rolling off screens and hitting threes in the first half as the Celtics built a 26-point lead.
"I'm just blessed to have the ball bounce off the right way, I guess," Sullinger told reporters afterward. What impressed Sullinger Sunday was how Thomas handled the early attention from Denver.
"I think he understands how his [points] will come when me, Amir [Johnson], Avery [Bradley], Jae [Crowder], when we make [adjustments], his is going to come because they're going to have to adjust. He's doing a great job of understanding when to go and when not to go. We just feed off of that.
"Just the way they were guarding and that's just what the system spit out at the time. Our system is awesome because it just determines who's going to score that night."
And that system eventually gave Thomas his chances, finishing with 22 points and 12 assists. Overall, Sullinger said what meant the most to the Celtics was playing with a sense of urgency that wasn't there in a loss in Utah Friday night.
"For sure. We played our butts off," Sullinger said. "We were five guys connected. We got the rust off. We got the rust off and we're looking to move forward."
"Everybody needs a wake-up call. Even the best teams sometimes have wake-up calls. We understood what we have done the last couple of games and we stepped it up on defense."
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - September 30, 1997, New Braunfels, Texas '4 □ Herald-Zeitung a Tuesday, September 30,1997 Opinion ■ To talk with Managing Editor Margaret Edmonson about the {Opinion page, call 625-9144, Ext. 220. Herald-Zeitung •5 Sj .. ■' - ' ■ ■ Opini< ■ , fl iii -H' Onlim contact ■To submit letters and guest columns electronically by way of online services or Internet, or lo simply contact staff members, the managing editor's address is NBHZeitungOAOL.com. <• ; . ■ '.<m ■ir'T KR ■ I QUOT ABLE "All journalism involves some degree of rids, because it is basically an anarchical activity that thrives on exposure, disrespect and creating mischief."Phillip Knightly journalist, author EDITORIALFair memories trill linger through year By now you have washed the sticky cotton candy from your fingers, but the powdered sugar from that funnel cake might still be on your boots. Hay from the livestock bam can still be found in the floorboard of your pickup. These mementoes from die 104th Comal County Fair are likely the only physical reminders you have left (unless, of course, you met Lady Luck at the carnival games). But the memories of this successful fair still linger in the minds of those who attended. For the youngsters, the joy of touching a young chick or petting a pony for the first time cannot be duplicated. For the adults, the gathering of friends and family for six days of food, music and fun is something to look forward to every year. This year's edition of the Comal County Fair was blessed with beautiful weather. The fair association could not have ordered more perfect weather for the fair and Friday's parade, which lasted more than two hours and drew most of the town to the heart of the city to either participate or watch. The backbone of the Comal County Fair is the multitude of volunteers who donate their time and their talents all year long to make the production of the fair the very best it can be. These volunteers sell tickets, watch over exhibits, organize contests, flip burgers and generally make the fair run as smoothly as possible. New Braunfels and Comal County residents owe a debt of gratitude to the Comal County Fair Association and all the volunteers for the work they do. The production of the Comal County Fair is no small feat, and it is a source of great pride for this community. Thanks also go to the participants, from the youngster showing a chicken to the grownup showing canned tomatoes. These contestants help make the show a success by exhibiting their best entries, providing some of the excitement that comes with the Comal County Fair. Cleanup at the fairgrounds began early Monday morning, but plans for next year's fair already were being made. We, along with most of New Braunfels and Comal County, are looking forward to next year. (Today s editorial was written by Herald-Zeitung Managing Editor Margaret Edmonson.)Write us ... The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung welcomes letters on any public issue. The editor reserves the right to correct spelling, style, punctuation and known factual errors. Letters should be kept to 250 words. We publish only original mail addressed to the New Braunfels Herald-Zed ling bearing the writer's signature. Also, an address and a telephone number, which are not for publication, must be included. Please cite the page number and date of any article that is mentioned Preference is given to writers who have not been published in the previous 30 days. Mail letters to: Letters to the Editor do the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung P.O. Drawer 311328 New Braunfels, Texas 78131-1328 A phenomenon has been under way at the Texas Department of Health during the past year. People are walking into the department's offices throughout the state, checks in hand, to reimburse the state for federal and state-funded health services that have been provided to non-citizens. These are offices where people normally collect public benefits. So far, Texas has received $75,000 in such reimbursements. California expects to receive $1 million in similar payments this year. The Dallas Morning News reported recently that the payments "are an unexpected consequence of an effort by U.S. Department of Health officials to enforce an old law with new vigor." Many of the repayments are from individuals who want to sponsor for eigners who've wrongly taken public benefits in the U.S. but now want to be legal immigrants. The Morning News reported, the most graphic illustration of the problem comes from the West Coast. "California investigators have uncovered Philippine airline flight attendants who routinely fly to the United States to have babies, wealthy foreign businessmen who fly their children in for expensive treatments and an Albanian who tried to use ... the state's Medicaid program to pay for Lamar Smith tw6*liver transplants." The enforcement effort reflects new laws passed by Congress and backed in states such as Texas. Those laws have restored an reinvigorated self-reliance — the basis of policy dating to the early*years of this century that says an immigrant should be taken care of by his family sponsor and not by the taxpayers. The landmark immigration reform law that I authored last year reinforces a long-standing law that says individuals who are or are likely to become public charges — those who have received public benefits — won't be admitted to the U.S. And the new law holds an immigrant's sponsor legally liable to repay the government if the immigrant collects public benefits. Paying past bills may relieve the sponsor of a current immigrant from liability. But it won't win legal admission to the U.S. for those who have used public benefits in the U.S. previously. Many states are comparing records of non-citizens who've received public assistance to State Department lists of those seeking immigration visas. And the word is out that those who come to work and contribute will be rewarded and those who wrongly take public benefits will be caught. The unprecedented repayments demonstrate that new immigration laws have compelled immigrants and would-be immigrants to be self-reliant, turning to their family sponsors for help rather than the taxpayers. (Lamar'Smith represents District 21 in the House of the Representatives.) New BraunfelsHerald-ZeitungEditor and Publisher. Ext. 301........................................Doug ToneyManaging Editor. Ext. 220.................................Margaret Edmonson Marketing Director. Ext 206....................................Jason Borchardt Classified Advertising Manager. Ext 214...............Karen Reinmger Business Manager. Ext. 202........................................Mary Lee HallCirculation Director. Ext. 228...................................Carol Ann AveryPressroom Foreman, Ext. 205............................................................. Published on Sunday mornings and weekday mornings Tuesday through Friday by the New Braunfels Herald-Aeuung (LISPS 377-880) 707 Lands St, or P O. Drawer 311328, New Braunfels, Comal County, TX 78131-1328. Periodical postage paid by the New Braunfels Herald-Aeitung in New Braunfels, Texas. Carrier delivered in Corml and Guadalupe counties: three months, $20.50; six months, $37; one yew, $66. Senior Citizen Discounts by aerier driivay only: six months, $33; one year, $62. Mail delivery outside Comal County in Texas: three months, $30.30; six months, $35; one year, $ 103.50. Mad onside Texas: ox months, $78; one year, $118.25. Subscribers who have not recaved a ncw^wper by SJO pm Tuesday through Friday or by 7:30 am. on Sunday may call (830) 625-9144 or by 7 pm. weekdays or by ll am on Sunday. Posthaste* : Send adless changes to Bm New Braunfels HiraU-Zeitmtg, P O. Dower 311328, New Braunfels, Tx. 78131-1328. itefjtiinK tfo safe to brim •Mite onside tratt minutes! IOther Texas views By Th# Associated Press A sampling of editorial opinion from Texas newspapers; Waco Tribune-Herald on probation loopholes: Not only are Texas judges and prosecutors improperly using plea bargains and deferred adjudication to cut their workload, they also are wiping criminal records clean for probationers who fail to meet the terms of their probation. The Texas Legislature again needs to tighten the loopholes that allow Texas judges and prosecutors to reward criminals who mock the law. An investigation by the Houston Chronicle reported that many criminal defendants convicted of a crime and sentenced to deferred adjudication and probation are walking around with spotless records due to a corner-cutting practice by Texas judges and prosecutors that rewards probation violators. The newspaper found that many judges, particularly in Harris County, reward absconders (probationers who disappear without fulfilling their probation terms) by terminating their felon probationary sentences early due to ''unsatisfactory" performance. Rather than getting their probation revoked, and being arrested and punished fully for their original crimes and violation of their probation and deferred adjudication sentences, they instead are given an ''unsatisfactory termination," which reduces work for prosecutors and judges and gives aToday in History By The A—petaled Pre— Today is Tuesday, Sept 30, the 273rd day of 1997. There are 92 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 30, 1952, the motion picture process Cinerama — which employed three cameras, three projectors and a deeply curved viewing screen — made its debut with the premiere of "This Is Cinerama" at the Broadway Theater in New York City. On this date: la 1791, Mozart's opera "The Marie Flute" oremiered in Vienna. free walk to criminal defendants. Some legal scholars, according to the newspaper, say judges lack the authority to order ''unsatisfactory terminations" because the Code of Criminal Procedure requires a defendant's "satisfactory fulfillment" of probation before a judge may change the original sentence. The prosecutors who recommend and judges who accept "unsats" defend giving early release to absconders by saying the practice is permitted by by the Code of Criminal Procedure under the authority of judicial discretion. One judge quoted by the Houston Chronicle defended his acceptance of recommendations to give early release to probation violators. "When the state of Texas tells me they don't want to pursue a case, I'm not going to second-guess their judgment," said 228th state District Judge Ted Poe. Most Texans assumed judges were paid to exercise their own judgment. The Texas Legislature must close this loophole that allows judges and prosecutors to reward people who violate the terms of their probationary sentences. Fort Worth Star-Telegram on making U.S. trade sanctions useful: This week, two of the most reasonable members of Congress — Sen. Richard Lugar, R-lnd., and Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-lnd. — will introduce a bill to make Congress actually think about what it is doing before it legislates unilateral sanctions against foreign countries. Austria. In 1846, dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time on a patient in his Boston office. In 1927, Babe Ruth hit his 60th homer of the season to break his own major-league record. In 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders decided to appease Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. In 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to anend. In 1954, the first atomic-powered vessel, the submarine Nautilus, was Under their proposal, such sanctions could be applied only if they are likely to have the desired effect, will not be costly to innocent parties, will be reviewed ta see if results meet expectations, ind will expire after two years unless Congress votes to extend them. The point is that sanctions such as some of those against Cuba and Burma, and past grain embargoes against the old Soviet Union, have been bom of good intentions but have had no effect on the offensive behavior of the targeted nations. Too often, sanctions make somebody or some group in this country feel good without accomplishing a thing. They may even be counterproductive, leading to unnecessary ill feelings toward the United States and/or costing Americans more than they cost somebody else. One current example is the rush to punish regimes that persecute various religious groups by applying economic sanctions. Most Americans might sympathize with the emotion involved — we would like for every nation to share our freedoms — but by asking the questions included in the Lugar-Hamilton bill, it looks different. Not only are the sanctions unlikely to change the behavior of, for instance, a Saudi Arabia, but those seeking the sanctions would establish a special White House office charged with monitoring religious persecu<i hon. And this in an era when govem-i merit is supposed to be shrinking. We think the Lugar-Hamilton bill is overdue, and should be adopted. commissioned by the Navy. In 1955, actor James Dean was killed in a two-car collision near Cholanic, Calif. In 1962, black student James Meredith succeeded on his fourth try in registering for classes at the University of Mississippi. In 1986, the U.S. released accused Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov, one day after the Soviets released Nicholas Daniloff. Ten years age: Two top campaign aides to Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. 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Esta casa de campo está localizado a 3 e 1/2 milhas a leste da aldeia histórica de Milan, Ohio. Estar perto de Lake Erie, é um disco fácil de Cedar Point, o grande parque aquático, Kalahari, praias públicas, restaurantes, compras, passeios de barco para Ilhas do Lago Erie e à procura de antiguidades. Edison berço está localizado em Milão, juntamente com um belo museu histórico. Caminhadas e observação de aves pode ser feito no sistema de Erie Metro Park. Pesca e desportos aquáticos estão disponíveis em Huron e Sandusky. Os concertos são realizados em alguns dos parques em Sandusky, e Huron. Há muitos campos de golfe na área. O Huron Playhouse oferece jogos no verão geralmente através de julho. É igual distância de Toledo e Cleveland. Desfrute de um dia em Cleveland para ver o Museu Rock and Roll ou vá a um jogo de baseball no campo de Jacob. Depois de um dia cheio de atividades encontrar relaxamento em um sereno, muito bem decorados, confortável país de origem nove quarto com um quintal grande completamente cercada por terrenos agrícolas.
A propriedade seria excelente para uma pessoa ou família que necessitam de habitação curto prazo, enquanto procurando imóvel para comprar na área, ou para uma pessoa que tenha sido temporariamente transferida para a área que preferem desfrutar do conforto de uma casa bem mobilados ao limitado espaço de um motel
During a recent stay we found the All Seasons Country Home to be clean and well appointed. The property exceeded our expections. The owner quickly responded to our rental inquires and promptly refunded the damage deposit after the stay. The home is a bit out of the way but since we were there for a golf weekend was centrally located between the Eagle Creek course in Norwalk and the Thunderbird Hills and Sawmill Creek courses in Huron. Thanks for a great stay!
Thank you for renting us this house. The country setting was nice and quiet, and it was clean and well maintained. We came to see nhra race and the short drive was perfect after leaving the track late at night. I wish we had more time there to enjoy the nice yard and fire pit. If we decide to come back to the race next year, I will definatly rent it again. Thank you again.
Patricia was very nice and professional. She had little Dixie cups and soaps waiting for us in the bathroom. All the bedrooms were stocked with a supply of fresh towels and the home was clean throughout. The out-of-the-way location is nonetheless close to Cedar Point (which we visited) and Port Clinton (which is where we drove to catch the ferry to Put In Bay). My favorite part was all the space we had. It felt great even with seven people in it.
This place was accurately decribed in listing. It is well kept and has plenty of space. It is out in the country and very quiet but not to far from various attractions. Would definitely recommend to friends and would stay at again.
We stayed at this home for the NHRA races and it was excellent. The home was everything we needed. The home is really nicer than the pictures. We loved the antiques and the location. Only took us 8-10 mins. to get to the track. Was close to a WalMart if we needed anything, but the house was so well stocked we only had to get personal items we forgot. The only bad thing about the stay was it was so hot. Could have used 1 more air conditioner in the one bedroom.(I don't like air) It was clean and so well kept up. I hated leaving dirty towels when we left. Never ran out of warm water for all of our showers. I hope to use it for next year. I would recommend this property to anyone who is visiting Cedar point or Lake Erie. Was disappointed that there wasn't a public beach closer. This home is really a hidden gem. Thank you Patricia for letting us rent your home. Cindy and Tim
Esta área tem teatro ao vivo nos meses de verão, muitos concertos em parques, museus históricos, praias, esportes aquáticos, parques temáticos, parques de metro para caminhadas e observação de aves, antiguidades, bela terra de fazenda, muitos campos de golfe, pesca no verão e no inverno, passeios de barco para Ilhas do Lago Erie, excursões do vinho, passeios de bicicleta, pequenas aldeias para desfrutar, e muitos restaurantes
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Ada: Evan's "Home"
Ada Knowles
I didn't know what exactly happened when Evan reacted that way to when I asked if I could come over. Did I do something wrong or was there something going on with him at home? I was a bit hurt at first but the moment he pulled me into his arms in the music room, I felt perfect yet again.
The thing about Evan...when we're together in an embrace, I forget everything around us, it's only me and him in our little world and no one can get us out of it except ourselves.
And ever since that day when he made his promise of reuniting me with my dad, I didn't know how to feel about that. I was starting to like Evan...a lot. I knew I'd never find this warmth in my dad ever the way I found it in Evan and moving away from the bonfire inside his heart, is something I didn't want to do...
"Come on, let's go," he said stepping back but yet intertwining his hand with mine. We've only known eachother for around three weeks now but we could never maintain the phyisical distance between us. We must have hugged a million times already.
I smiled at the thought as we walked out the school doors.
"Ada, will you ever sing for me?"
That question got me by surprise.
"I don't know, do you really want to hear me?"
"Of course, how can I not?"
I felt myself go red at the very thought of him, me, and my voice in one room together. That would be horrible. He laughed, breaking the few minutes silence.
"But no pressure, you can do it when the moment is right."
I nodded unsurely and he grinned at the look on my face but the grin slowly faded away as we stopped in front of a small house. It looked quite..."fresh" but never judge a book by it's cover right? We slowly walked up to the front door, the only sound of leaves crunching under our foot.
When we were in front, I gave Evan's hand a squeeze before bringing my other hand up to ring the bell.


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BOSTON (AP) The Bruins sent German forward Marco Sturm to the Los Angeles Kings in an NHL trade Saturday that brings Boston salary cap space — but nothing else — in return.
The trade, contingent on Sturm passing a physical, was announced about 30 minutes before the Bruins faced the Philadelphia Flyers. The news release said Boston would receive "future considerations," but general manager Peter Chiarelli met with reporters and said: "Really, it's nothing."
"Keep in mind the value of cap space," Chiarelli said. "That's what you have to keep in perspective. I'm not trying to justify trading for nothing. Of course we like to get return for our player."
Sturm, the NHL's leading German-born scorer with 234 goals and 232 assists, has spent the last six of his 14 seasons with the Bruins after coming to Boston in the trade that sent eventual Hart Trophy winner Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks. Sturm scored 29 goals with 30 assists in Boston and L.A. that year, his best NHL season so far.
But Sturm has been on the injured list all season recovering from surgery to repair ligaments in his right knee that he tore during last season's playoffs.
Chiarelli said Sturm would be ready to play in a week or so. The Bruins are over the NHL's salary cap and would have had to cut elsewhere to activate Sturm. By trading him now, they are able to keep intact a team that entered the night trailing Montreal by three points in the Northeast Division, with two fewer games played than the Canadiens.
The Kings are approximately $6 million under the salary cap — more than enough to absorb the rest of Sturm's $3.5 million salary this season. Chiarelli said he could have held onto Sturm longer, but the team saves more cap money this way and that made the deal more attractive.
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The scrubland search for Madeleine was been called off, following no trace of the four-year-old.
Police officers searched the area after Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf published an anonymous letter, purporting to contain the location of the girl's body.
Gerry McCann said he was upset by De Telegraaf publishing the letter, saying it should have been passed on to Portuguese police before publication.
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However, nothing was found and Portuguese police said today there were "no further plans" to revisit the area.
The letter received by the newspaper contained a claim that Madeleine's body could be found "under branches or stones" nine miles from the Algarve resort where she disappeared from her bedroom on May 3.
Seven police officers searched the area mentioned in the letter, near the town of Odiaxere, on Wednesday.
"For now, we have no concrete plans to enter the terrain again," police chief inspector Olegario de Sousa.
A spokesman for the local GNR police, which handles day-to-day policing, said they had received no request from the investigative police in charge of the hunt for help, or to bring sniffer dogs to the area.
Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for Madeleine's parents, said police were continuing to examine the letter to verify whether it was authentic.
The police have received countless leads in their investigation, including a possible sighting of Madeleine in Morocco, but have so far made no arrests and have identified only one suspect in their case.
Mr De Sousa said a group of journalists had hired sniffer dogs to search the area on Thursday.
"These people are people who have no police training and who are walking around the bush looking for a scoop," he said.
Madeleine disappeared from her bed while her parents dined at a nearby restaurant in the small Praia da Luz Algarve resort.
Her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, have launched a high-profile campaign to draw attention to her disappearance, including meeting with the pope in Rome and winning support from personalities such as David Beckham.
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Gerry McCann said in the diary he publishes online (www.findmadeleine.com) he was upset by De Telegraaf publishing the letter, saying it should have been passed on to Portuguese police before publication.
"We were extremely disappointed in the publication of the anonymous letter in the Telegraaf claiming to know where Madeleine is buried," he wrote.
The letter sent to De Telegraaf was being taken seriously as it bears similarities to a note received by the same paper last year.
That note accurately described the location of the corpses of two missing Belgian girls.
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The latest letter could have been written by a cruel hoaxer, a psychic with extraordinary powers or by Madeleine's abductor.
In the Belgian case a man is in custody awaiting trial for the murder of Nathalie Mahy, 10, and Stacy Lemmens, seven, but it has been suggested he may have had an accomplice who is still on the loose.
Mr McCann's close friend Paul McIntyre said: "Unless something conclusive is produced Gerry and Kate will not give up hope. This development could be of great concern."
A Dutch police spokesman said: "We are awaiting instructions from the Portuguese and will start an inquiry into finding the author if that is required."
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K-Mart to play in China
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On Wednesday, Denver Nuggets free-agent Kenyon Martin signed a one-year contract with China. He will join free-agent teammates Ty Lawson and Danilo Galinari in China on the Chinese Basketball Association squad, Xinjiang Flying Tigers. Martin will have to play until March (with China's new law changes), but Lawson and Galinari have the ability to return to the NBA at any time. Nuggets' J.R. Smith and Wilson Chandler had already signed with the China, Zhejiang province teams. Why not just change the Denver Nuggets team to the Chinese Nuggets, and ship them overseas?
Martin's agent, Andy Miller, confirmed to The Associated Press the forward has agreed to a deal with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers. He will join shooting guard Quincy Douby, a former first-round draft pick by the Sacramento Kings.
Martin's signing was first reported by The Denver Post.
"He's looking forward to the opportunity and global expansion of his image/game," Miller wrote in an email. "He's feeling great."


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I do not recognise my own face.
I have stared at this mirror too long.
Features blurred beyond understanding:
My eyes, nose and mouth seem to be wrong.
filled with uncertainty
glazed with world-weary despair
no longer conscious of suffering
unwilling and unable to care
wrinkled in self-disgust
helpless against the world's stink
ignorant of all the sweet smells
oh whatever would my Grandma think
no longer expressive
sneering even to my Mum
filled with universal distaste
twisted by logic which has gone numb
battle of good and evil
just playing out in my head
withdrawing from reality
wishing for religion to be dead
My intention is not to ridicule,
For platitudes so easily sent.
Empty ideology and rhetoric
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Category: names for boys
Asher is back on top! The hot biblical name has reclaimed the crown as Number One boys' name from Finn, which snatched it last year.
Declan, an Irish choice that flirted with the Number One spot on Nameberry throughout 2013, finished at Number Two.
Finn's star may be flickering, but waiting in the wings is Finn's understudy Flynn, another Irish name that was brought to widespread notice by the young son of supermodel Miranda Kerr and actor Orlando Bloom.
Our popularity lists are tabulated by ranking the unique page views each name attracts out of the over 20 million total views of our baby name pages in 2013.
Boy name trends we extrapolate from our 2013 popularity list:
Our new book The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys includes many different styles of great boys' names — including, well, stylish ones.
Stylish might mean popular…but not necessarily. More precisely, it means names that strike the right fashion note for the times, that are in today, and may be even more in tomorrow.
Like Pottery Barn furniture or J. Crew clothes, stylish baby names often combine freshness, quality, and broad appeal. It's a difficult balance to strike, and no wonder that some of the names that achieve this magic mix go on to be adopted by many — some might say too many — parents.
The stylish boys' names here are among the best in their class. Any would make a handsome choice for a contemporary baby boy.
The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain
I've often said that if our second child were a boy, he would have gone nameless.
Blame it on our preferences. My husband and I planned to source family names for our children, without thinking about the imbalance. We have tons of women in our family, with a rich list of interesting names. The pool of masculine names is much smaller, and repeats, again and again, over the generations. Naming a second – or third or fourth – son would have required a willingness to reinvent some antiques and reconsider a few imports.
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But let's say that we were open to finding a great name, not one with family ties necessarily. Just a name that would serve our child well from infancy into adulthood.
Happily, there's no shortage of those.
A friend is searching for baby boy names that start out long – three or more syllables long – and can be reduced to one-syllable nicknames.
If you've got a two-syllable last name, this is a good strategy. You end up with not one but two euphonic pairings. And your child has the benefit of a proper, even imposing formal name as well as a short, friendly, accessible nickname.
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Set of folded stationery cards printed on bright white, smooth card stock to bring your personal artistic style to everyday correspondence. Each card is blank on the inside and includes a soft white, European fold envelope for mailing.
A distant cousin of the more familiar blue whale, the beautiful "damask whale" is rarely seen. It is so named for the ornate pattern on it's skin that bears a striking resemblance to Victorian-era damask wallpaper, effectively camouflaging the whale by mimicking the patterns of light and dark in the ocean waves.


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830 E Eagle Lake Drive, Kalamazoo 49009
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This property has been Sold!
05/06/2016 at $899,900
Gorgeous Eagle Lake home. Custom built with exceptional attention to detail. This spacious home is beautifully situated on a large lot with 100 feet of sandy beach & striking sunset views. The great room features 18 foot ceilings and a full wall of windows overlooking the lake. Gourmet, Kirschman designed kitchen with granite countertops and large center island...a chef's delight and perfect for entertaining. Large main floor master suite with private bath; beautifully appointed with an oversized shower, jetted tub & fireplace. The main floor also offers an office, formal dining room & large sun room. The walkout level is a must-see with a large theater room, full second kitchen and spacious, open entertainment area. A screened porch rounds out the lower level.
Property Information
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- Sold
- Address
- 830 E Eagle Lake Drive
- City
- Kalamazoo
- Zip
- 49009
- County
- Kalamazoo
- Township
- Texas Twp
- Total Finished SqFt
- 5,570
- Above Grade SqFt
- 3,803
- Garage Desc.
- 2, Attached
- Waterview
- Waterfront
- Waterfront Desc
- All Sports, Private Frontage
- Waterfrontage
- 100.0
- Body of Water
- Eagle Lake
- Water
- Well
- Sewer
- Public
- Year Built
- 2001
School Information
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- Mattawan
- Elementary School
- Mattawan Early & Later Element
- Middle School
- Mattawan Middle School
- High School
- Mattawan High School
- Taxes
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- Bedroom2
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- Bedroom3
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- Bedroom4
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- Bedroom5
- 18X14 Lower Floor
- Bath
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- Den
- 14X13 1st Floor
- FormalDining
- 14X16 1st Floor
- Kitchen
- 26X16 1st Floor
- Laundry
- 10X12 1st Floor
- Living
- 21X20 1st Floor
- Other
- 9X5 Lower Floor
- Rec
- 23X32 Lower Floor
- Basement
- Full Basement, Walk Out
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- Forced Air, Natural Gas
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- 0.37
- Lot Dimensions
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24 Hours in Edinburgh
Edinburgh's a rare character – both instantly loveable and fascinatingly complex. Age has bestowed distinguished handsomeness rather than decay, and there's a learned air to the city.
24 hours in Istanbul
In March, Istanbul awakens with a spring in its step. The sun is stronger. Evenings are longer. And the city's 15 million residents spill outdoors to sip tea al fresco on both banks on the Bosphorus. Alas, that traditional watery divide between European and Asian shores is no more.
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24 Hours in Oslo
Oslo is surrounded by the fjord on one side and by the green hills of Oslomarka Forest on the three others. This proximity to nature is in the very soul of the citys residents.
24 hours in Vienna
Vienna is one of the world's most seductive cities, rich in imperial glamour, parks, and coffeehouses, and boasting an unparalleled musical heritage and impressive art museums. The grandeur and gaiety of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire are preserved in the frills and flounces of the city's distinctive baroque architecture, and history and tradition resonate on every street corner. Vienna doesn't just dwell in its past, however. It celebrates the modern, with some striking contemporary architecture, new interpretations of classic Viennese cuisine in its restaurants, and an increasingly youthful, multicultural vibe, making it the European tourism capital of the moment.
24 hours in Warsaw
Many have joked that Warsaw in winter is like a black and white movie, with several shades of grey! But spend just a few hours in the Polish capital, and you will discover that what it lacks in colour, it makes up for in its vibrant and lively nature.
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It took author Stieg Larsson's widely popular Millennium crime trilogy to break Sweden's stereotypical image of blondes driving Volvos and shopping at IKEA; revealing a richly diverse and complex side of the country's photogenic capital city, Stockholm.
24 hours in Milan
Fashion, finance, and industrial design converge in Milan, making it unique to its Italian counterparts.
24 hours in Munich
They call this the city of 'laptops and lederhosen', and although Munich's menfolk usually strap on the leather breeches only at Oktoberfest time, it's a saying that nicely sums up the city's split personality.
24 hours in Copenhagen
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Every employer would like to know the secret of employee engagement. Satisfied and loyal employees who are motivated by a sense of ownership can turn a good business into a true success. Winning Workplaces and The Wall Street Journal combined forces to create the 2008 Top Small Workplaces Competition to give credit where credit is due.
After all, according to the WSJ's Executive Summary of the awards:
Small businesses, 25 million strong in the United States, remain the backbone of our nation's economy. According to the Small Business Administration, they account for 50 percent of the country's private gross national product, create between 60 and 80 percent of the net new jobs and are 14 times more innovative per employee as large firms.
Competing for the coveted award were the more-than 780 nominated small organizations and the 406 organizations that completed applications. The WSJ provides an executive summary to online readers, which extracts some of the commonalities among winners. This data is very revealing–it's a short-form description of the features and benefits offered by the best small business employers in the country. what it takes to be the best. There are many more factors worthy of reviewing but here are a few that are of particular interest:
1. In these small businesses, some things don't change–employees. These companies each displayed a high retention rate.
- Average employee tenure is 6 years with an average turn-over rate of 13%.
- Average CEO tenure is 17 years.
- 14 of the 15 firms practice open-book management and 10 provide structured training on financial literacy to employees.
2. These businesses each subscribe to the mantra that healthy employees are the way to a happy employer.
- Employees receive generous medical benefits–on average, nearly 90% of medical-insurance premiums and 72% of dependents' premiums were paid for by the firm.
- 14 firms offer benefits to part-time employees who work at least 21 hours per week.
- 11 firms offer employee-wellness programs
3. In line with the current employment trend, these employers believe that flexibility is a benefit.
- 13 firms offer some kind of flexible work options.
4. And, last but not least, one of my personal favorites–these employers put a premium value on training as a way to engage employees.
- 13 firms have a structured tuition assistance program for employees, on average, $3,500 per employee / per year.


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bittersweet times as we touch the bases on our last two days here. Sunday we drove south to Gennadi, our favorite pebble beach, for a long swim and fish lunch just before the wind came up. Then off to the hills: visited the village of Asklepion for coffee and a church tour with our airport cab driver, Manoli (Mike) Hatz, one of many second-generation Greek-Canadians who have moved back to this lovely village. From there, we took a gravel ...
Indian summer in Lindos
Mary, Shelley & Dan arrived in Lindos Friday afternoon and settled into Mary's beautiful home, aka The Museum. After a slow morning regrouping from our road trip, we headed to the main beach, which is paved with sun beds all summer but comparatively deserted now. Settling into Rosanna's Italian beach taverna, we ordered, had a swim, ate a delicious lunch of seafood risotto and fresh fish, and swam again. The aquamarine sea was clear and warm. Just too dolce for words. ...
On a small excursion to Greece.Rhodes to be exact!
... settled during the Bronze Age, 3000 BC. What remains today are ruins of a spiritual/cult community honoring a feminine deity, the temple to the goddess of witchcraft, Hecate.
There is a very nice description of this site:
http://turkeyfromtheinside.com/places-t o-go/l/1173-lagina.html
While it is off the main road and requires a bit of a trek it was a really beautiful site ...
Symi simply scintillating
Weather still gorgeous.
Why the title? This was a gorgeous short stop at this mountainous Island, 41 km N.W of Rhodes of 65.5 sq.km. The population of 2,580, which increases to 6,000 during the tourist season, is mostly engaged in tourism, fishing and trade. (In the 19th century ship building and sponge were main industries.) We arrived 5.00pm, sailing ...
We didn't row to Rhodes
Another beautiful day.
Up early for our arrival at the Island of Rhodes which covers an area of 1398 sq.km and with a population of about 100,000 people, is a country until itself and even in the years before tourism it was easily self sufficient. Disembarked 8.30am for a walking tour of the medieval city. The great walls that surround the magnificent castle that the Knights of St. John built during the period of the crusaders, and ...


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So, I was on NEPR (New England Public Radio) yesterday as a commentator. No, not about the election, silly! About, well, I'll just let you listen (it's only two minutes):
Hope you liked it!
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
on the radio...
Posted by Grace Lin at 8:08 AM
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Chapter 26Mature
Chapter 26
"Do you really think that's a good idea, Julia?" Tiffany asks. The strap to my bag digs into my shoulder, forcing me to mess with and get it lined up straight while she talks to me.
"It's good for me. That way if we get caught, I'll be the one who gets hurt and not Logan." I'll be the one who gets killed.
Tiffany points at something behind me. "She's here." She starts walking and I hurry to catch up, spotting Logan's red jeep as we go. "You're not just going to get hurt if that happens, Julia. You're going to be killed. It's not a game. You need to think about this."
Her green eyes search out mine, her face tight and worried. I can't help but wonder what she's thinking. She's been nothing but suspicious since I met her, yet she keeps helping us and seems to genuinely care. I can't figure her out.
Out of the corner of my eye I see a black car coming, and stop before I reach the road so I don't get hit, grabbing Tiffany so she doesn't either. The car speeds past, barely missing us by a few feet.
"Idiots," I hiss. They shouldn't be speeding in a school zone like that; someone's going to get hurt. But back to the matter at hand.
"I am thinking about it, Tiffany," I say, stepping over a curb into the parking lot. "And I know that I could get killed. But if Logan lives then it's worth it."
Tiffany grabs my arm, pulling me to a stop. She puts her hands on my shoulders, bending over slightly so she's eye-level with me. "Do you really feel that way? Would you really do that for your sister?"
I feel as if her eyes are looking straight into my soul. A ball rises in my throat, ensuring that I have to swallow it back down before I can speak.
"Yes," I get out weakly. Tiffany just stares at me a second, and I can't find it in me to push her off. I can feel the tears swelling in my eyes and I try to blink them away as Tiffany lets me go.
"You're a good sister," she says quietly. She starts walking again and I speed up for a few steps to keep up with her long strides. "I don't know how you're gonna convince Logan to go through with that. I can't imagine anything that could make her do that, but...that's up to you. I can't stop you."
We reach Logan's car and Tiffany hops into the back. I get in the front, slamming the door as Logan starts it. Really, how am I going to convince her to do this?
We spend five hours training in the woods. Logan is still better than me at fighting, but I'm also still better at shifting. She did manage to shift over one time without having a meltdown though, so she's getting better. If we just had more time to learn everything, we could be great. I'd learn to fight better, she'd learn to shift. It would help a lot. Sadly, we don't have that kind of time.
Tiffany taught us moves suited for our werewolf forms, and I feel like I've learned an incredible amount of stuff in the past few days, but not enough. There's more to fighting than just punching and kicking.
Now I'm at home, packing my bag to spend the night at Elijah's house. I haven't told Logan about my idea yet, but I did tell her I needed to talk to her before I leave. Right now she's cooking us dinner, and it seems like Tiffany will be staying here tonight. She never did say where she went besides to get groceries.
"There's chicken and rice in the kitchen," Logan says from the doorway behind me. I zip my bag up before turning around. "What did you want to talk to me about?"
"Okay, so..um..I had an idea. I have a few things planned tomorrow, and I won't be home until late. But I'll be back before Sunday morning. I was thinking that..just to confuse Marcus, we could..switch places."
"Switch places?" Logan asks, eyebrows raised. Shoot, how am I supposed to say this? What do I say to convince her?
"Yeah," I say. "I was thinking that..just in case things go wrong, we can do that, you know, confuse 'em. We can't tell anybody though. No one. I don't know if Marcus still has people following us or not, but I know he definitely will on Sunday. We can't let them know that we switched."
"So, you want us to switch, so you can...protect me?" she asks, a weird look on her face.
"Ahh...yeah, pretty much," I say. We just stare at each other for a moment and I figure she's about to go off on me, or at least tell me no, but she does the thing I least expect. She agrees.
"Okay," she says, turning around to leave. What?
I take a step forward, saying, "Wait...that's it?" She stops and looks at me. She was just joking, she's about to tell me what she-
"Yep." Then she walks out. That-that was way too easy. I'm sure she must be messing with me, but..I'm not gonna say anything. I'll deal with this later. I'm not even sure we'll need to switch at all.
I put my bag on my back and head into the living room, where I can see Tiffany eating at the bar. I'm about to walk over and eat some food myself when I see a message on the answering machine. I almost leave it but I figure that it could be Matt or Roman, so I stop and check it.
"Hey, it's Roman. I called everybody and we can meet at Cecilia's house tomorrow at one. Logan can even come if she wants. It's 2823 Olive Street, the neighborhood near the skating rink. See you then." The machine beeps off and I'm quick to make note of the address in my head.
"What was that about?" Tiffany asks as I walk by, putting a piece of chicken in her mouth. I pull a plate out of the cabinet and start fixing myself a plate of food.
"I'm meeting up with Roman and some more members of the pack tomorrow to see if I can talk them into helping us. You know, just in case we need it." I hear the chair squeak as Tiffany gets up and makes her way toward the sink with her empty plate.
"Really? Who all are you meeting with?" The plate drops into the sink at the same time that I pull out a fork and a knife, talking all the while.
"Cecilia, John, Alyssa, and Roman." I sit down where Tiffany was at before and dig in. Tiffany sits beside me and asks a few questions about our training today, and when I answer correctly she moves on to something else. We talk about my mom for a little while, how she should be coming home soon and we'll have to explain a few things to her.
After a while, Tiffany leaves to go shower and I get a second serving of food before telling Logan goodbye and leaving. I take her bike from the garage, considering I don't have one. Don't have much use for one when you're paralyzed.
It's already dark out as I ride her bike to Elijah's house. It feels amazing to stretch my legs like this. Now that I think about it...when was the last time I rode a bike? When I was seven?
There's quite a few people out and about right now so I have to watch where I'm going, but for the most part we avoid each other well. The cool breeze feels great as I fly past houses and fences all the way to Elijah's house. It's wonderful.
I put my hand up to knock on the front door, but then decide just to walk in. It's not like they walk around naked or something.
"Elijah?" I call out, shutting the door behind me. "It's Julia." I see movement out of the corner of my eye and look in it's direction, only to find Kai sitting in the recliner in the living room, watching television. His neck cranes around so he can see me.
"He's in his room."
"Thanks," I say. I make my way toward the hall when he calls out my name.
"Julia?" I turn to look at him. He pushes the footrest down and sits on the edge of the seat, looking at me with his chocolate-brown eyes. "Have you thought about it?"
"Thought about-oh.That," I say, realizing that he's referring to Elijah. "I'm not sure. I'll-I'll let you know before tomorrow, okay? Just give me that much time with him."
He sighs, still staring at me. I hold the stare until he gives in, looking away and throwing his hands up. "Fine. I need to know tomorrow. Otherwise, I'm just going to take him without any kind of goodbye, and I know neither of you want that. Plus it would be much easier to have him come willingly."
"Okay, I'll let you know before I leave in the morning." I turn to go but he stops me one more time.
"Julia." I stop and look at him. "You..um, you do know who that girl is at your house, right?" What? Then it hits me: Tiffany. They had that weird eye contact moment yesterday. I don't know what that was about, but I guess he recognized her and wants me to know? Why?
"Who, Tiffany?" I ask. I notice his hair is now sticking up weirdly from how he was sitting and I want to go pet it down, but I restrain myself. That would be a new level of awkward.
"Yeah, I was just..making sure you knew who she was. I wouldn't have thought you'd be hanging out with her after everything."
"What do you mean?" I ask.
He shakes his head. "Nothing, never mind." He lays back in the chair again. I want to push him and ask him what he meant, but I leave it alone. Kai doesn't seem like he likes me very much, or at least, he wants me to let Elijah go and I haven't done that yet. I don't want to make him any angrier than I already have, so I just walk away.
"Elijah," I say, knocking on the doorframe. He has his reading glasses on, laying on his bed while reading a book. During the day he always wears contacts, so I only get to see him in glasses at nighttime. I think he looks adorable, but he doesn't like how he looks with them on.
"Oh, hey," he says, closing his book and sitting up. "Come in, I'm glad you're here." He takes his glasses off and sets it on the nightstand next to his bed before standing up.
"Here, just set your bag wherever."
"Actually, I was going to go take a shower first."
"Oh, okay, that's cool," he says. "You know how it works?"
"Yeah, I just wanted to tell you I was here. See you in a bit." I go to the bathroom, fiddling with the lock for about thirty seconds before giving up and leaving it unlocked. I get undressed and am figuring out the shower handles whenever I hear footsteps coming closer and closer to the door. I jump in the shower, sliding the curtain shut just as someone turns the doorknob and walks in. Shoot, shoot, shoot.
"Julia?" Milton calls from outside the shower. I'm already naked and wet, so I slightly open the curtain, just enough to peer my head out with the rest of me still covered. Typical Milton, I think.
"Yes?" I say, just wanting him to leave.
"I want to tell you about something. What are you doing?"
"I'm taking a shower. Can you, uh, can you leave so I can finish? We can talk when I'm out." C'mon, Milton, just leave.
"Oh, yeah. You're naked." He giggles.
"Yes, I am," I hiss. "Shut the door, too."
"Okay," he says. Thank god. He walks out, pulling the door behind him, but not completely shutting it. It starts to slowly swing open and I sigh, getting out of the shower to close it since he's already gone.
I reach for a towel at the same time that Kai turns the corner, saying, "Milton, I told you to neve-" He stops short when he sees me standing there naked.
My hands fumble with the towel but it's too late; he's already seen me. His eyes quickly scan down my body once, and he freezes, his mouth gaping open. Then he spins around, looking as fumbled as I feel.
"I-I'm sorry," he says. "I thought you were Milton."
"Just get out!" I say, and slam the door behind him. Sighing, I bang my head against the door, feeling mortified. I listen as his footsteps fade across the hall into Milton's room. This is the most embarrassing moment of my life, I think. My boyfriend's brother just saw me naked.
I try to shake it off and not think about it, finishing my shower. It never leaves my mind though. And upon leaving the bathroom the first thing I see is him in Milton's room on the other side of the hall. He's talking to Milton, who's lying in bed, before he looks up and sees me. When he gets up and heads toward me, I stop walking and anxiously wait for him.
"About what happened-" he starts.
"Never speak of it," I say. I'm pretty sure I catch the faintest of smiles as he nods.
"Okay. And Milton refuses to go to bed without speaking to you, now that you're here."
"All right, I'll go talk to him."
"Thank you." He sighs and rubs his eyes, and I realize just how tired he looks. He must be keeping very busy since getting back and I can't help but feel a twinge of sympathy for him. He left to protect his brothers, then came back to do the same and ended up getting caught up in a lot of drama. He doesn't know me but he protected me when I killed his dad: burying him out in the woods and making up a story to tell the police. Now he's just trying his best to raise two kids without any help. He's only nineteen, it seems like he's had a hard life so far, only getting worse thanks to me killing his dad and forcing him to cover it up.
"Why is Milton still up anyway?" I ask. "It's, like, ten o'clock."
"Honestly, I don't know. He's managed to avoid his bedtime for about two hours now and I don't even know how." I laugh a little and the mood seems to lighten up a bit.
In this moment, something I've been thinking about a long time, something I didn't want to admit, breaks through. I know what I have to do. Kai is right.
"I'll do it," I say quietly. "I'll try to talk Elijah into leaving. You're right. It's for the best."
He looks at me with an urgent look in his eyes and I can tell we're thinking the same thing. "Thank you," he says.
"Yeah," I say nervously, fiddling with my hands. The moment of silence drags on a little too long, making it awkward.
"Um..I'm just gonna-" I cut him off before he can finish by hugging him. I wrap my arms and around his neck and my chin rests on his shoulder. I don't know why I do it; something just propelled me to hug him, to thank him for what he's done, even though hated him at first. I couldn't understand how he'd leave Elijah and Milton with Marshall, but..I get it. He was afraid he'd hurt them himself. And he beats himself up for it. I don't need to make it harder.
"Thank you," I whisper, my eyes clenched tight. I feel as if I'm about to cry because I know I'm going to have to talk to Elijah soon. I don't know how I'm going to do it...but I gotta try.
I expect Kai to shove me off or awkwardly push me away, but he doesn't. Everything I've learned about him up to now tells me that he doesn't like being emotional or touching people, but instead of shoving me off, he lets me hug him. After a second I feel his hand on my back, actually embracing it.
"Okay," I say, pulling away after a minute. "I'll go talk to Milton now." He nods and walks away as I grab my bag from the bathroom a few feet away, which I forgot about earlier.
"Hey, Milton," I say, dropping my bag on the floor by his bed. "Why are you still awake?" I kneel down beside his bed and he sits up.
"I wasn't tired." He yawns, showing that he most definitely is tired.
"Mmmhhmmm. So what did you want to tell me?"
"What?" he asks, then seems to realize what I'm talking about. "Oh, yeah! Today, when Elijah and Kai were picking me up at school, there was this girl. She-she was really, really pretty, but..her eyes were weird."
I shift on the floor. "What do you mean?" I ask, thinking about how he saw not only the color of my werewolf eyes, but Kai's and Logan's as well. It seems like, for whatever reason, he can see what people's eyes really look like. So if he says someone's eyes look weird, it could be because they're supernatural.
"They were just-they were all white," he says, seeming confused. "That's not normal, is it?"
"No, sweetheart, it isn't," I say, shaking my head. All white? "So it was completely white? No color or pupil or anything?"
"What's a poopil?
I bite back a laugh and answer him. "It's the little black part in the center of your eye."
"Oh. No, she didn't have that either. Just white."
"Huh. That's weird," I say. Normally I would write this off as something he made up or thought he saw, but I now know from experience that that's not true. He can see things, things no one else can see. This girl could be supernatural, whoever she is. Whatever she is.
"Do you know who she is?" I ask. "What her name is?"
"No," he says, shaking his head. I feel disappointed but he adds to it. "But she was with this boy. He was tall and had blond hair. Elijah said hi to him."
My heart picks up. "He did? Do you know his name?"
"I think he called him Luke," Milton says. Luke? What was Luke doing there, and who was that girl he was with? Rachel. It has to be Rachel. That's his sister, and she did tell us all that stuff recently. It adds up. But I need to make sure.
"Do you have a yearbook in here somewhere?" I ask, looking at him.
"Under the bed," he says. I move my head down and look under there, where I see a ton of random toys. He must put his toys here every time someone tells him to clean up. Under some of them, I see a book though. Upon inspection I see that it is a yearbook, and I grab it, putting it on top of the bed. I flip through the pages to our grade, searching out Rachel and Luke, who will be side by side since they have the same last name. When I find them I spin the book around for Milton and point to them.
"Is this the boy and the girl you saw?" I stare at him expectantly, and he slowly begins to nod.
"Yeah, that's them." I feel like a made some sort of breakthrough, but really, this is stuff we already knew. I notice Milton's eyes are drooping and decide I need to wrap this up.
"Well," I say, closing the book and sliding it back under the bed, "that's weird, but nothing we can do about it. Now that you've told me, are you ready to go to bed?"
He yawns again, wide enough that I can see his uvula hanging in the back of his throat. "Yeah."
"Okay. Goodnight." I lean forward and kiss him on the forehead, and run my finger through his shaggy hair. He closes his eyes, not seeming to mind.
"Goodnight," he says, and rolls onto his side. I pick up my bag and walk to the door, taking a good look at him before turning out the light. I'm not just losing Elijah, I'm losing Milton, too.
I shut the door and turn around, about to walk to Elijah's room before I spot Kai. He's leaning against the only other door in the hallway: the one that must lead to Marshall's room His hand lingers on the doorknob, and his eyes are clenched shut, his head against the door. What's he doing?
"Kai?" I say, tip-toeing toward him. "Are you okay?"
His eyes shoot open and he quickly looks at me. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." He looks at the door again. "I was just- the chair in the living room has started hurting my neck at nights and I want to sleep in an actual bed. This is the only spare one and-and I tried to go in, I tried-" His voice breaks, and I move forward, putting my hand on his neck.
"Kai, it's okay." I want to hug him again but I don't push my boundaries. I'm surprised I even got one out of him.
"I never wanted to go back in there again. All I want to do is forget him and every single thing he's ever done to me and my brothers. But everywhere I turn, something reminds me of him. I want to get out of this house as fast as I can, but..but.." He never finishes what he was going to say. Tears are streaming down his face for the first time in who knows how long, and I'm the one he let see it.
Suddenly I can't hold it back any longer and I force him to face me, look at me. I put my hands on either side of his face and talk to him.
"It's okay. You'll be out of this house soon and you won't ever have to think about him again. He's never coming back. I know you'll never get rid of the memories of him, but you can make new ones. Stop hiding, Kai. Go out and make memories, make good ones. That's the only way. That's what we all have to do when times get hard. We have to keep going, and find something better. Find something to make you keep going."
His hands somehow end up on top of my hands, and I do nothing to shake them off. I don't know why I said all that. I don't know what I'm doing at all. But I do know that I couldn't stand to see him in pain any longer. I had to do something.
"I don't know why I told you that," he says. He's stopped crying now, though his face is still wet, and he keeps his eyes on mine.
"And I don't know why I said any of that to you either, but I don't regret it." We stare at each other for a long time-too long. I'm starting to think that he might kiss me, what with his frequent glances to my lips, but nothing happens. Do I want something to happen?
Something inside me wants to close the gap and kiss him, but all I have to do to shut that thought down is think of Elijah. Any place my brain was wandering to sounds uninviting now, and I pull away from Kai.
"I think we should go to bed," I say, wiping at my eyes.
"Yeah," he says, his head bobbing up and down. "Yeah, goodnight." I go toward Elijah's room and grab the doorknob, noticing that he goes back into the living room instead of Marshall's room.
Elijah is listening to music when I walk in, and I let out a breath of relief. I was afraid he might have heard what was going on, though nothing actually happened that I should feel guilty about. He sees me come in and pulls the earplug out of his ears, and gets off of the ground, where he must've been doing sit-ups.
"Took you a while. Get lost?" he asks teasingly.
I smile, closing the door behind me and setting my bag on the floor. "Nah, I got caught up talking to Milton for a while. Finally got him in bed though."
"Oh, good, he can be stubborn sometimes." He steps forward and kisses me, melting away my worries and any unwanted thoughts from before. He pulls away too soon, and turns around, wrapping up his phone, that was playing music, in earphones.
"Hey, I got you something for your birthday," he says, going to his desk.
"What? Elijah, you didn't need to do that. With everything going on, I haven't even thought about my birthday." I sit down on the edge of his bed as he opens a drawer, pulling something out that I can't see.
He walks over and hands me a little black box, one that would hold some kind of jewelry, like a ring or earrings. He sits down next to me, smiling as I open it to reveal a necklace. It has a sapphire blue teardrop-shape pendant, connected to a white gold chain. He had to have spent a pretty penny on this. He really didn't need to do that. I know how hard he works for his money and there's no telling how long he saved up for this.
"It's beautiful, Elijah," I say. "But you didn't need to do this. How much did this cost you?"
"It doesn't matter," he says. He looks worried. "Do you like it?"
"I absolutely love it, but-"
"But nothing," he interrupts. He turns my face toward him, one hand resting on my neck. His thumb runs across my cheek, similar to how I was holding Kai earlier. "I want you to accept my gift, Juliana. Please. For me."
I sigh, closing my eyes. "You had to say that, didn't you?" I turn back to the necklace. "Fine. Will you put it on me?" I pull it out of the box and hand it to him. The only reason I can bring myself to keep it is because I know he'll be leaving soon, and I might never see him again. I want something to remember him by, more than just pictures. God, why does this hurt so bad?
I lift my hair up for him and he wraps the necklace around my neck, latching it behind me. I swallow back tears, choosing to focus on enjoying the time I have left with him.
I turn around, feeling captivated by his eyes, his mouth, his...everything. He's perfect in my eyes. Including his mismatched eyes.
I close the gap between us, our lips connecting in an explosion of passion, the moment piquing for the both of us. It quickly escalates into us making out, and before I know it he's on top of me on the bed.
"I love you so much," I say as he kisses my neck. His lips land on my mouth again and I pull him closer, not wanting this to ever end.
"I love you, too," he says, leaning back and brushing my hair out of my face so he can see it better. I rub my thumbs along his jawline, both of us studying each other for a brief moment. He kisses me again, and I think that if I don't stop us now then I never will. I don't want to, god, I don't want to, but I do. I'm not going to do this here tonight, and then tell him to leave tomorrow. I won't do that to him, to myself.
I stop us and head into the bathroom, where I spend some time admiring the necklace he gave me in the mirror. I really do love it.
I brush my teeth and comb my hair, then quickly floss my teeth before heading back to his room. He changed into a different pair of loose shorts and a baggy shirt: what he typically wears to bed.
I pull his computer chair out from his desk and plop down in it, spinning to face him on his bed. I see him arranging his pillows and laugh a little to myself. He always has to have them arranged a certain way.
I pull the book I found in my dad's office out of my bag, saying, "Hey, look what I found today. It was in my dad's office." I go on to give him quick run-down of the conversation Marcus and I held earlier.
"Where were you at to have this conversation? I don't think you should be alone with him, Juliana. Anywhere. I saw what he did at your house. He has a temper, as do you. And with everything you told me, and from what I saw that day at the warehouse, I don't doubt that you will get into a fight with him."
"Yeah, I get that," I say. "But I had to talk to him. I had to try, at least one time, to convince him not to do what he plans to do. It didn't work, but I tried, so now I know to move on to something else."
He nods. "Okay." He motions to the book in my hand. "So let me see this book you're looking at. There could be something in it that could help us." I notice that he says us, instead of you, but I ignore it and hand him the book.
I let my head fall back in the chair, resting my eyes. I'm tired and ready to go to sleep, but I also figure I should at least tell Elijah part of what my plan is. I'm not sure if I can tell him that I want to kill Marcus; Elijah is just so nice, he wouldn't understand the fact that I have to do it. He'd fight with me about it, tell me I couldn't go through with it. With how easy it is for me to give in to things for him, I would agree to that to. So he can't know about that.
He looks at it a little while, plopping down beside me on the floor. All of a sudden he gets onto his knees and spins the book around for me to see, pointing at something.
"Look at this," he says, shoving the book in my lap. I take it from him and read where he was pointing. It starts at the top, in my dad's handwriting.
Werewolves, along with other supernatural creatures, have been shown to exhibit special abilities that others, even some of their own kind, do not. Still unsure on whether it's a mutation or something else, but whatever it is, it can be hard to overcome if one is against that kind of power. So I've conducted a series of experiments to see if one who doesn't have these abilities could overcome these advantages. It took a long time, but I think I've figured out a way to prevent these abilities from being inflicted on others. I haven't figured out how to prevent all of them, since there seems to be such a large variety, but for the few I have, I've had to use different ingredients and experiments for it to work. I've made a list below on what will be needed to prevent each ability, and which it works for.
When I look further down, I see that the first subject he decided to try out first, is mind control. Not only that, but it says he used Marcus to test it out. So it definitely works, if I could just get my hands on all the items on this list. The only one I recognize is Aconitum, and according to my dad, I'll need a lot of it. In fact, so much that if this is given to a werewolf, like me, it could cause anaphylactic shock. And it'll be extremely painful, ingested orally. But if it can help me fight Marcus, then I'm willing to take that chance.
"That could make Marcus's mind control thingy that he does completely useless, right?" Elijah asks, excited.
I nod. "Yeah, according to this it should. But I don't know where to get all of this stuff at, especially in such a short amount of time." Some of them are plants, I could get those at the greenhouse, but I don't know what the others are, nor do I know where to get them. It's great that we have this, but it doesn't look like it'll be any help to me tomorrow.
When I turn the page, I see he has instructions for preventing several other abilities as well, which could be useful in the future, but not now. I wonder how long it took my dad to figure all this out, and where he even conducted the experiments to figure it out. He also shows he used to test it out on, but out of the five experiments he successfully conducted, I only know two of the test subjects: Marcus and Cecilia. This is insane. I can't believe he really knew Marcus, and now Cecilia. How many times did he lie to us about where he was or what he was doing?
"Julia." Elijah nudges me and I look up. "You were dozing for a second there. You look tired. Are you ready to go to sleep?"
I blink a few times, seeing that my vision is slightly blurry, and shake my head. "I'm-I'm tired, but...the last time I fell asleep I started having a nightmare and-and I don't want to have another one. During the day I'm busy so I don't have to think about it, but at night….at night everything comes into my mind. Diana...Marshall…" The bodies I saw in Logan's memories, Rachel, what happened with Luke, all of it. I don't want to sleep if this is all going to come in my mind.
Elijah tenses up at the sound of Marshall's name, but then he grabs my hand. "I tell you what, we can sleep together, and if it looks like you're having a nightmare, I'll be there to wake you up. Okay? We can worry about this stuff tomorrow."
I stare at him for a long time, but end up reluctantly giving in. I don't want to sleep, but I need it. Like he said, he can wake me up if I'm having a nightmare.
"Okay. I need to use your alarm though. I have to meet someone in the morning, at the greenhouse. He's gonna give me wolfsbane, so I can use it against Marcus if I need to. Maybe he'll have some other stuff in this book, too."
"That's fine," he says, getting up. He walks over to the alarm clock on his navy blue plastic nightstand. "What time?"
"Seven-thirty." I put my dad's book back in my bag, and then hop into Elijah's bed, rolling over to the end against the wall. I see him laughing at me and grab his pillow, swinging it at him. "Laugh at me again and see what happens, punk."
He kicks his head back and lets out a loud, fake laugh while plopping into bed next to me, and I grab his arms, struggling to shove them down. Since I'm now stronger than him, I get his arms down and then I shove him off the bed, laughing. He lands on the ground with a thump. I see him peeking over the edge of the bed.
"That's just not fair," he says, pausing. "Are you gonna let me get in bed now?"
"Yeah, go ahead," I say, then when he attempts it I catch him off guard and knock him down again. After that I actually let him get in with me, and he curls up around me. His arm lands around mine and for the first time I think that sleeping actually sounds wonderful right now.
"Goodnight," I say, closing my eyes as he says it back. I feel a pang of sadness as I realize that this will be the only night I ever spend with him, for tomorrow I have to get him to leave. Leave and not come back, too.
I push the thought away and soon fall into a blissful, dreamless sleep in his arms, all my worries erased for just one night.