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Heya everyone! I am a HUGE fan of Sirius/Remus, so I couldn't help but take a shot at a fic centered around them. This is the first part in a series of one-shots, so I am planning on writing more. They will all be slightly AU and will be spin-offs of this one, so technically, this is the prologue.
Warnings: This contains slash between Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Constructive criticism is welcome. Flames will be laughed at and used for better things, like making toast for example!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, for if I did, a certain werewolf and a certain Animagus would have their own little "Chamber of Secrets".
As the Hogwarts Express rolled out of the station, rain began to pour vigorously upon the locomotive, staining its opaque windows with tear-like streaks. Seated in one of the cozy compartments within was Remus Lupin, Hogwarts newest Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Prior to that year, Remus had never set foot in the magical school. Though he had every right to attend Hogwarts and become a great wizard, he had instead taken lessons from his father and various tutors in order to protect his most horrible secret: he was a werewolf.
Despite his affliction, he had been permitted to teach at the school. He had even been given a place to safely transform: the Shrieking Shack. Musing over the kindness he had been shown, Remus pressed his forehead against the train's rain-streaked window, wishing already that he could return to the school. Soon, though, he began to relax, and the rain's pattering melody lulled him into sleep.
Remus' cat nap quickly morphed into a near-comatose slumber. In fact, when the train finally arrived at Platform 9¾, it took a forceful shove (compliments of a brilliant young witch named Hermione Granger) to wake him. Tiredly, he exited the train and trudged through the Muggle train station. Once out of sight, he summoned the Knight Bus and began his journey home.
Little did the werewolf know, at the same moment he was on the road, zooming to his house, an unexpected visitor was arriving at Remus' humble dwelling. This guest, a large black canine, limped toward the residence and plopped down on the shabby wooden porch, whimpering as a jolt of pain shot up his leg.
But, this furry creature was no ordinary canine: he was none other than the escaped convict, Sirius Black. Releasing a low growl, Sirius curled into a partial ball and tended to his wounded leg, licking it roughly.
He had been arrested for a crime he hadn't committed. A rat, quite literally, named Peter Pettigrew, had framed him, and Sirius had been locked in Azkaban, the wizard prison. It had truly been a miracle that he had escaped. Thankfully, he and a friend named James Potter had explored the world of Animagi. At first, they had merely wanted to prove they could master the technique; how was Sirius to know it would aid his escape? Even luckier was the fact that no one knew of his canine form. Because of that, Sirius could remain in the dog's body, and he wouldn't be recaptured.
When Sirius had completed his task to the best of his ability, he huddled up against the side of the house, wet and cold. At the moment, he didn't care who lived at the broken-down or what they would do when they found him. He could only worry about how tired he was, and soon he had drifted into a dreamy void.
While he slept, Remus reached his destination, his shabby dwelling outside of London, and he sloshed through the rain toward the house, dragging an old trunk behind him. Drowsily he splattered up the mildewed stairs onto his porch, retrieving a key from his coat pocket. As he reached for the doorknob, a blur of black pierced the corner of his eye. Whirling toward the previously unseen blur, he spotted the sopping canine. He quickly noticed that the poor dog was emaciated and had dirty mats in his wet fur. Remus also noted that the canine was elevating his tender back leg as he growled weakly.
Remus abandoned his trunk and stepped closer, oblivious to the fact that the dog was, in fact, the now famous Sirius Black. The nearer Remus came, the more teeth Sirius flashed, but the werewolf didn't hesitate. Quietly, Remus crooned, "Come here, boy…"
He dropped slowly to his knees and held a reassuring hand out to the dog. Reluctantly, Sirius sniffed the hand, trying to determine whether Remus was a friend or foe. After a moment, the dog slowly inched forward, staying low to the ground.
"That's a good boy, come on," Remus cooed. When Sirius had crawled close enough, Remus stroked his massive head gently, and, after a minute, the canine yipped happily, wagging his tail. "Poor boy… I wonder who you belong to. You don't have a collar, so I suppose you're a stray?"
Remus stood and unlocked the front door, holding it open for Sirius. "Well, I'm a bit of a stray myself. As they say, birds of a feather flock together, eh boy?"
To this, the bear-like canine yipped in appreciation and pranced (though actually it was more of an awkward hop, thanks to his leg) into the weather-worn dwelling.
Never before had Remus attempted to bath a dog, but in in the case of Sirius, it was a necessity. To make matters worse, the mutt seemed to sense the werewolf's inexperience and was determined to give him a hard time. As the lupine professor filled the bathtub, the canine barked loudly and playfully shoved him into the water.
Remus came up sputtering, "Bloody…pfft! Mongrel!"
This amused Sirius greatly, and he began to run three-legged circles around the room. Of course, the festive rampage ended when Remus grabbed the dog and dragged him, kicking and barking, into the tub.
"Now," Remus growled. "You are getting a bath even if I have to stay in this tub to give you one." Sirius splashed fiercely, thrashing as best he could with his injured leg, but eventually he settled down and placed a sloppy smooch on Remus' face. The thin professor grumbled in frustration, hoping the dog would remain calm.
And, indeed he did. Sirius had decided to show his gratitude to the tired man and behave for the remainder of the bath. He stood obediently as Remus grabbed a bottle of shampoo (albeit the kind for humans, but it was all he had) and scrubbed his matted black fur. Then, after the suds had been washed off, Remus located a brush and raked through the dog's fur until it was mat-free.
When bath-time was over, Sirius leapt from the tub and Remus drained the dirty water, praying that the pipes wouldn't become clogged with black hair. Sirius shook himself dry and gave Remus a thankful bark.
Once the tub had been drained, Remus decided to take a shower himself, noticing the soaked dog hair on his drenched clothing. Not bothering to let Sirius out of the room, Remus began to peel the wet clothes from his body, oblivious to the thoughts running rampant in Sirius' mind as he stared at the werewolf's lithe, scarred body.
Sirius wondered where Remus had acquired such awful scars until his eyes rested on a large tear on the professor's stomach. This mark looked much different than the others. It seemed to glow, even against Remus' pale flesh, in an almost inhuman manner.
Suddenly, Sirius knew exactly what the mark was: a werewolf bite. He concluded that Remus had most likely given himself the other marks. Whimpering, Sirius nudged the man's creamy thigh then leaned up to lick the wolf bite sympathetically.
Remus flinched, gazing fearfully at the canine. Wildly, he gasped, "You don't know what that mark is, do you?" Then, he mentally slapped himself. "Of course you don't… Even if you did, you aren't exactly going to tell anyone, are you?"
Sirius laughed to himself at the irony of the situation as Remus patted his furry head and turned on the shower. The fawn-haired man smiled at him and said, "Well, boy, if you must know, I was bitten by a werewolf a long time ago. I must look horrible, even to you. But it's alright, I'm not really dangerous."
Sirius barked in what Remus guessed was comprehension. It amazed the professor slightly that the dog was so intelligent, but he never would have suspected Sirius of being anything more than a canine.
Remus shrugged and stepped into the shower, pulling the curtain shut behind him as Sirius eyed him intently. The Animagus noted that despite the scars and somewhat tired appearance, Remus was rather attractive. Sirius thought himself lucky to have ended up in the home of such a perfect and yet damaged wizard.
His thoughts were cut short when Remus' honey-sweet voice echoed through the bathroom, "What should we name you, boy?"
Suddenly, Sirius formulated a risky plan. As Remus hummed in concentration, Sirius morphed back into a rather naked human and peeked around the shower curtain at the werewolf's water-streaked back. Remus asked, "How about… Midnight, maybe?"
"Actually I'd like to keep my own name."
"Oh alright," Remus replied quickly, his mind not locking on the fact that a dog wouldn't be speaking back to him. He began to speak again, but froze, realizing that he had actually gotten a reply from the bear-like dog, who had turned into a human without his knowledge. Remus whirled around, his eyes meeting with the unshaven face of the other man, who was still gazing around the curtain at the werewolf.
In shock, Remus stumbled backwards, slipping on the water-slick bottom of the tub. He fell over the edge of the bathtub, ripping the curtain from its rod as he toppled to the ground. Remus braced himself for an impact that, shockingly, never came. Slowly, the wolf's eyes fluttered open, and he found himself cradled in Sirius' arms.
"You should be more careful," Sirius laughed, setting Remus safely on his feet.
The professor eyed Sirius, frightened. Before, Remus had been shocked only because there was a man in the room with him. Now, realization dawned on him. The pale, starved man in his bathroom was none other than Sirius Black.
Remus gasped in fear and pressed himself against the wall. "Y-you're Sirius Black!"
"That's right," Sirius said cheerfully.
"You escaped from--you're a--"
"Don't say 'murderer', 'killer', or anything else of that sort," Sirius whispered sadly.
"But you are! You were in Azkaban!" Remus cried.
Sirius retorted, "Yes, but I was framed!" He moved close to the smaller man, causing Remus to press harder against the wall. The Animagus noted that Remus was trembling with fear, and, for some unknown reason, seeing the lithe werewolf that scared inflicted more pain upon Sirius than any Dementor could.
"I don't believe it," Remus whispered. "You're lying."
"No! I'm not lying!" Sirius exclaimed. He wanted to refer to the other man by name, but, unfortunately, he had yet to learn it. Instead, he said, "Look, little werewolf, I'm as much a killer as you are!"
That comment seemed to hit Remus hard. Apparently, he hard taken it the wrong way because he cried, "I don't intentionally hurt anyone! I have no choice!"
Sirius slapped himself mentally, wishing he had worded that last comment better. "No, no! I don't think you're a killer! What I meant was… was…" He gazed down at the terrified man. "You and I are the same."
"No, we aren't! I told you, I--"
"We are the same!" Sirius cut. "Both of us are actually good people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time!" He clutched Remus' shoulder with one hand and traced the luminous bite mark with the other. "You didn't want to be a werewolf but you are, and people hate you because of it. They never give you the benefit of the doubt because the narrow-mined wankers who run this world say that werewolves are evil."
Sirius pressed his forehead to Remus', becoming desperate. "The same applies to me. The night I was accused of murdering those Muggles, my best mate and his wife died. A man named Peter Pettigrew had led Voldemort to them. Peter, that bloody traitor, was one of mine and James' friends, or so we thought. I met up with Peter when he was running away, and I would've killed him if he hadn't killed all those Muggles."
"No…" Remus said. "The news said they only found Pettigrew's finger…"
"The coward cut it off and then turned into a rat!" Sirius yelled. "He was an Animagus, too. We all were. James was a stag, Peter was a rat, and I… well I'm a dog, you know."
Remus was silent, absorbing the information. Sirius' alibi seemed flawless, as though he really were telling the truth. Slowly, the professor asked, "And what about Harry Potter?"
"I'm his godfather," Sirius said without hesitation. "James made me his godfather. When I left the scene of the murders, I had already been branded a killer, but Hagrid didn't know it. Hagrid was sent to get Harry. He wouldn't let me take Harry myself, so I gave him my motorcycle so they could get away faster."
Sirius shuddered, as though another thought was eating at his insides. Remus pressed, "What else?"
"Peter's after Harry now," Sirius mumbled. "He's hiding in his rat form."
"Rat…" Remus trailed, a sense of déjà vu washing over him.
"Yeah," Sirius growled pulling away from Remus. The other man blushed as his gaze drifted unintentionally toward Sirius' crotch. Remus forced himself to look back at the taller man's face. "Bloody ugly rat. He's missing a toe and has bald patches. I saw him in an issue of the Daily Prophet that was brought into Azkaban. On the front page, he was. Sitting on the shoulder of a boy about Harry's age. Ronald, I think was his name."
Remus, pushing aside thoughts of his and Sirius' nakedness, gasped, "Ron Weasley, you mean!"
"Yeah. That sounds right!"
"Oh god, that's boy is one of Harry's friends," Remus stated, horrified. "He has a pet rat. Are you saying his rat is really--"
"Pettigrew…" Sirius seethed. "It's him! You have to take me to the school! If I show the Ministry of Magic that Pettigrew is alive, my name will be cleared. I'll be free." He stared pitifully at Remus. "Please, you have to believe me. This isn't even about revenge anymore. I want Peter to get what he deserves, but even more I want to be free so I can be there for Harry."
Sirius gripped Remus' shoulders again, his eyes becoming watery. "Harry's lost so much. He deserves to get something back. I could tell him all sorts of things about his parents, that he wouldn't know otherwise. Please, you'll help, won't you?"
Remus couldn't speak. He was convinced the Sirius was telling the truth, but he simply couldn't respond. Remus held so many lives in his hands. He could help uncover the truth about Pettigrew and Sirius. He could help Sirius regain his freedom. He could give Harry a godfather who truly cared for him, help him escape his Muggle relatives.
Still trembling, Remus nodded. "I'll help you."
"You will!" Sirius cheered, a tear actually escaping his lashes. He hugged Remus tightly. "Thank you! Thank you so much!"
For a strangely blissful moment, Remus was pressed against the warm body of the other man. No one other than his parents had ever so freely shown him affection of any kind. The strangeness of the flesh-to-flesh contact sent a warm rush throughout Remus' body, tingling in the pit of his stomach. His mind was swimming with intimate thoughts that he soon scolded himself for.
Little did he know, the same feelings and thoughts were washing over Sirius. But, swiftly, the two shied away from one another, feeling cold as they lost the contact. A long silence followed.
Remus was the first to speak. "You'll need to wait for only a few weeks. The students are on their Christmas break. Harry remained at the school, but Ron went home to his family and took his rat with him."
"We should go to his house and get Pettigrew!" Sirius said a little louder than he should have. "What if that rat escapes during the break and captures Harry while everyone's got their backs turned?"
The thought sent a chill down Remus' spine. Sirius was right. If they didn't make a move as soon as possible, the results could be catastrophic. If they wanted to assure the safety of Harry, and his friend Ron for that matter, they would need to act immediately.
After the two of them had calmed down, Remus properly introduced himself to Sirius, and, unknown to Remus, the Animagus nearly melted upon finally hearing the other man's name.
Then, for a while, the two when there separate ways. Sirius shaved his straggly goatee and brushed his teeth in an attempt to look less like a convict. While he occupied the bathroom, Remus dressed himself and brought Sirius some old khaki pants and a sweatshirt. He quickly shot into the bathroom, planning on leaving just as fast so he wouldn't have a chance to look at Sirius' nude figure, but Sirius prevented him from exiting. The Animagus had snatched Remus' arm, forcing him to face him.
"How do I look now?" Sirius asked innocently, pointing to his now-smooth face. Remus' eyes widened as Sirius flashed a clean grin at him. Though the other man's cheeks were sunken from his long time in captivity, Remus still noticed that he was very handsome. He didn't notice in a "person noticing the attractiveness of a stranger or friend" kind of way, either. It was full blown love first sight. The kind of feeling that made Remus' heart ache for more.
The werewolf stuttered, "You look… g-good."
"You really think so?" Sirius wondered. "I figured I had a skeleton look about me, what with the pale skin and bony figure and all…"
Remus shook his head. "No, you look really good."
"Good enough to snog, ya think?" Sirius said halfheartedly. He ached inside upon saying it, knowing that Remus would say 'no', but also knowing that he wanted so much for him to say 'yes'.
Much to Sirius' surprise, the werewolf slipped up and said, "Yes…"
Just as soon as the words had left his mouth, Remus gasped, clapping a hand over his offensive lips. He hadn't meant to say that out loud! Quickly, he pulled away from Sirius and tried once again to leave the bathroom. But, again, the taller man caught him and pulled him back, shoving him against the wall.
"Remus, did you mean that?" Sirius asked.
"No…" Remus whispered, feeling as though he was stabbing his own heart.
Sirius shook his head. "You're lying."
"…yeah," Remus admitted, hoping he hadn't just imagined the needy tone he thought he heard in Sirius' voice.
Grinning, Sirius swooped down upon Remus, tenderly locking lips with the smaller wizard. Remus melted into Sirius' warm touch as the black-haired man mapped out his mouth wantonly. The werewolf groaned and pressed into Sirius, the contact making him tingle blissfully.
When the two finally separated, Remus flushed brilliantly, and Sirius chuckled. "So, Remus, have I won you over yet?"
The fawn-haired man smiled at him. "Yeah… I think you have."
"So, Remus," Sirius said as Remus unearthed his broom from a closet, "how exactly are we going to do this?" As Remus walked past Sirius, broom in hand, the ex-convict touched the professor's hair lightly, causing the smaller man to shiver a bit.
Remus composed himself then said, "Well, the Weasley family doesn't live too far from here. We'll fly there together and contact the Ministry when we get there. I'll tell them I have proof that you are innocent." Remus pondered something a minute, then said, "actually I'll have Arthur tell them that bit. They would be more willing to believe him."
"I remember Arthur form school," Sirius mused, hugging Remus from behind. "Are you going to tell him we're coming?"
"I already have," Remus replied. "Well… I didn't say anything about you, but I think it would be best if they didn't know about you until you explain everything."
Sirius squeezed the werewolf tightly, kissing his neck. "Remus, love, you're brilliant." To this, Remus blushed lightly.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that…"
"No matter," Sirius chided. "We should get going."
The two, mounted atop Remus' broom, flew as quickly as possible to the Burrow, hoping that their plan would go without any problems. Soon, they had arrived and Sirius landed like a pro. Remus guessed that he had played Quidditch when he was in school.
The men dismounted the broom and headed for the front door. Remus entered the Burrow first, coming face-to-face with Molly Weasley. She chirped, "Remus, come in, come in!"
Arthur soon appeared beside her, grabbing Remus in a quick hug. "What brings you here so suddenly?"
Remus tried to think of an easy explanation, and eventually said, "It's complicated, Arthur, but I promise you'll understand soon." Sirius, who was still standing out of sight outside, was waiting for his cue to come in. "Molly, are you children all in their rooms?"
It was fairly late at night, so Remus assumed all the Weasley children had been corralled into their bedrooms. Molly nodded. "Yes, why?"
"Because, I don't want them to be frightened," Remus said, causing Arthur and Molly to exchange worried glances. "There's nothing for you or them to worry over, but you won't understand why until the full explanation is given. No matter what, Arthur, Molly, you must listen to everything you are about to hear without panicking."
"Molly," Arthur said. "Maybe you should go upstairs and make sure the children stay in their rooms. I'll come up after Remus says his peace, alright?"
"O-okay," Molly said before disappearing up the stairs.
Arthur turned to the werewolf, ready to hear what he had to say. Remus nodded and began, "Now, I don't want you to panic, but Sirius Black is right outside." Arthur gained a startled expression, but Remus continued, "I brought him here because he is innocent, and he has proof."
Sirius took that as his cue to enter the room. He stepped inside, waving. "Hullo, Arthur. I'm sure you're surprised to see me."
Arthur now looked more angry than surprised. "Remus, how dare you bring him into my home!"
Remus held up a silencing hand. "Arthur, as I said, Sirius is innocent. He has proof. That is where you come in."
"I need for you to go get your son's pet rat," Remus explained.
"My son's…! Remus, are you mad?"
"Arthur, you know I would never endanger your family," Remus assured. "I promise you, if you bring us that rat, we will give you the proof that will clear Sirius' name."
Arthur trembled in anger and fear as he turned away from the two wizards and ascended the stairs. Moments later, he came back down into the living room, gripping the poor-looking rat. "This better be for real, Remus."
When the rat's gaze locked on Sirius, he began to squirm in a frantic panic. Arthur almost lost grip on him, but managed to hold him still. Sirius drew out his wand and warned, "Just hold him still a minute."
Sirius aimed him wand and, in a flash of light, the rat began the change shape. Arthur dropped the morphing rat as he took the form of a chubby, balding, human: Peter Pettigrew.
Arthur stood, mouth agape, staring at the cowardly Animagus, as Remus commanded, "Arthur, would you go call the Ministry and tell them they've made a terrible mistake."
Within the hour, the Ministry had arrived at the Weasley house and apprehended Pettigrew. After discovering the truth, they apologized frantically to Sirius, who had been declared innocent. The Minister of Magic, Fudge, had been contacted and the word was being spread that the Ministry had made a horrible error, one that had taken twelve years to discover and repair. The Daily Prophet had plastered the story on the front page, and the news was being circulated throughout Muggle news stations as well.
Sirius was free.
Only a few weeks after Sirius had been named innocent, the Christmas break at Hogwarts had come to an end, and Remus had to return to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. Sirius, however, had decided to accompany Remus to the school, to meet Harry face to face.
Upon arriving at Hogwarts, Dumbledore proposed that Sirius stay at the school and work as an assistant Quidditch coach, an offer the Animagus could hardly refuse. After all, it would allow him to be close to the two people he cared about: Remus and Harry.
Perhaps, Sirius thought, the three of them could become a family!


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No. 1 Syracuse drops Villanova to stay perfectJan 12, 2012 - 6:21 AM
C.J. Fair contributed nine points and five rebounds for the Orange (18-0, 5-0 Big East), who are one win away from tying the best start in school history. The 1999-2000 team holds the record at 19-0.
Dominic Cheek, JayVaughn Pinkston and Mouphtaou Yarou scored 12 points apiece for Villanova (8-9, 1-4), which has dropped four of five.
Maalik Wayns, the Wildcats' leading scorer (17.4 ppg), missed all seven field goals and finished with just three points.
Villanova kept pace with Syracuse in the opening 10 minutes, as a Yarou free throw tied the game at 14-14. Southerland then drained a jumper to ignite a 20-2 run, one Baye Moussa Keita capped with a pair of free throws with 3:51 to play in the first half.
Scoop Jardine, another Philadelphia native, drained a running three-pointer at the buzzer to send Syracuse into the break with a 43-24 lead.
"We played so well in the first half," Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said "that we had a margin for error, basically."
The Orange led by 22 at 48-26 early in the second half, but their advantage was trimmed to 11 with just under 12 minutes left. Pinkston sank two foul shots to close the gap to 52-41.
Syracuse, though, responded by scoring the next nine points, and a Southerland jumper made it 69-48 with about 4 1/2 minutes remaining.
"We didn't quit, which is a positive," Villanova head coach Jay Wright said. "But as we've said before, if that's your positive, it's not a good sign."
Game Notes
The Orange shot 44 percent from the field, while holding the Wildcats to just 33 percent...Villanova played a No. 1 ranked team for the first time since knocking off Connecticut, 69-64, on February 13, 2006...Yarou had 12 rebounds.
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Militants seem to have renewed their activities in Lagos as three landlords were kidnapped. The police confirmed the kidnapping and promised to rescue the victims. The suspected militants disguised as soldiers and led the victims away through the creeks The New Haven Estate has been gripped with fear following the abduction of three landlords by armed men who disguised as soldiers and suspected to be militants.
The Punch reports that the militants invaded the estate located in Igbelaju, in the Iba area of Lagos on Saturday and on Monday. During the first attack on Saturday, the suspected militants abducted one Mrs. Nwoche from her residence and she has yet to be released. Two days after, they struck again and abducted two landlords who were driving out of the estate and ordered them to the creek at gunpoint. Ebuka who is a motorcyclist in the estate said the militants pretended to be soldiers the following morning after they abducted Mrs. Nwoche.
The road used by the militants to escape after abducting three landlords "I did not witness the Saturday incident because it was around 9pm and people only heard some gunshots and ran inside their houses. The gunmen went away with a woman who stayed in a luxury apartment. She has yet to return. "On Monday, the hoodlums came out in the morning. You would think they were soldiers who came to inspect the area. I saw them in military uniform standing near the plank bridge and holding a rifle. "I was passing by with a passenger, but I saw that one of them held a pump-action rifle.
Seconds later, they stopped two men who were driving out of the estate. The men were in different Sport Utility Vehicles, but were behind each other. "They ordered them to come out and follow them. That was how they led the victims away into the swamp. We have yet to see either of them. Everyone is afraid. We suspect that the hoodlums are the militants who escaped from the military bombardments of the creeks." A worker at a building site who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed the incident. "I was going to the site when I saw the soldiers standing by the bridge.
They looked as if they had come to make an arrest. "No one knew they were kidnappers. The family members of the victims have not been contacted. They are still in the dark. Some residents have fled from the estate for fear of abduction. "Policemen in three vans came after the incident to patrol the area. They have been patrolling the estate since Monday, but the abducted landlords have yet to return."
Dolapo Badmos who is the spokesperson of the Lagos state police command confirmed the abduction and said rescue mission was already underway. "The command received the report that some men in military camouflage came under the guise of making an arrest and whisked away a landlord. "Effort is on to ensure his release and subsequent arrest of the suspects." Militants have been terrorizing some parts of Lagos in recent weeks especially the areas close to the waterways. Military offensive against the militants in the Arepo area of the state had forced them to flee.


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We have a security camera server running on a Dell Vostro 230 (Core2 2.93 gHz, 2GB ram) with Windows 7 Pro. It runs AverMedia 's software which captures 8 feeds of live video, encodes them using H.264, uses disk intense backup processes, as well as hosts a very popular web interface so everyone can watch their dumb cars in the parking lot.
I've gotten as far as putting in for an extra 2GB ram and adjusting Windows performance settings to "best performance". Any other tips to make it a leaner server?
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May 19, 2011 at 5:24 UTC
Your paging operation must be through the roof. Have you adjusted your virtual memory after adding the ram?
I'm guessing it is 7200RPM drive.
May 19, 2011 at 5:28 UTC
I would run PERFMON to see what is the bottleneck if anything. I would assume the hard drive is probably being pounded pretty hard, in which case, look for an SSD instead, or at least velociraptors in RAID.
Are people complaining about performance?
May 19, 2011 at 5:36 UTC
Simplify the servers tasks. Make the Win7 box do all the encoding of the streams then push the streams to a linux box running a stream server and let people connect to individual streams. I do this with a radio station and it works fantastic. Up to 50 listeners per 256MB of ram. Video may be a little more costly but not too bad.
May 19, 2011 at 5:44 UTC
You don't specifically say that your recording, but it's assumed. There might be a problem with that, but your real concern is memory. What resolution and bit rate are you using? I'd prefer running this kind of setup on either Win7 64bit or a real server OS. That way you can load it up with lots of fast RAM.
Edit: Also, I'll assume your doing software encoding. If so, thats going to use a lot of RAM and CPU resources. An encoder card will help out in that regard.
May 20, 2011 at 11:05 UTC
Yup the card your using is all software based recording...
NV9416 is the one that would reduce a lot of the encoding headache...
also you can slow your capture frame rate and that should help out...
240fps / 8 cameras = 30fps (live)
Take it down to 15fps and you should see improvement and recording still looks reasonable...
Take it down to 8fps and notice the load get much better but recording can be choppy...
Other settings to consider if their software supports it.. Motion Zones and Higher FPS when motion is triggered... Mind this though..
Low Frame Rate like 8-10fps standard... Motion Framerate = 15-20 (I rarely use 30 fps on any any encoders due to waste)
The vendors that say motion only and only record on motion are off their rockers... too many times have seen motion only catch an event but not the vehicle or direction they came from or left. Low framerate constant capture helps.
Newer systems even have lower quality + low framerate while recording ~ dead space (coupled with MP4 / h264 dead space doesn't waste much anyway - like dedupe), then on motion both quality and framerate increases during incident...
Haven't been directly involved in the industry now for ~5 years and still love the integration side... Go to ISC every year to see what is going on and new stuff to play with...
Run Zoneminder here but looking closer at Bluecherry's offering now ...
As always Axis has been a player and has some great options as well...
May 20, 2011 at 12:52 UTC
yep, format it and install linux :)
May 20, 2011 at 1:24 UTC
Well, if by "lean" you mean adding more stuff to it... no, I have no ideas.
OTOH if you're looking to shed some processing etc, I'd start with separation of goals.
1. Recording etc, and "reasons we actually spent all that money on this box". Dunno what your requirements are for it, but meet them.
2. Anecdotal / vanity / feel-good viewing of the parking lot by users - this has a totally different priority than the recording. For example, 1FPS at 320x200 is probably overkill. Users might be quite fine with 1F per 5S. Their supervisors might even appreciate 1F per hour, to encourage them to actually... not stare at cams all day.
For each single cam, you might tell your recording app to drop a jpeg snapshot every (interval) into your favorite directory in inetpub. Users merely view a page that has that image with a simple meta refresh tag etc, or a simple jscript to reload the image at that interval, etc.
Quick, dirty, doesn't require spending 4 digits on an anecdotal function, and has minimal impact on the machine's actual purpose. Meanwhile, anyone who IS tasked with watching quality feeds can still do so, and won't be competing with anecdotal users.
Then again, if the typical person actually needs to view full-res realtime high framerate streams... I'd suggest they make the leap and buy some 3D shutter glasses to go with it. :)
May 23, 2011 at 11:56 UTC
Unfortunately I agree with the Linux advice. But given the small scale of this operation, and our choice of AverMedia hardware and software, that isn't possible.
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My last post described how a family's name changed upon their arrival in the US. It elicited a comment (for which thanks) that the name HOUSE pronounced by a Dorset person could easily sound like HOWES to American ears. I promised to respond in my next post. So here goes!
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The word House from Dorset may well sound like Howes, but I think it goes wider than than Dorset to America. Consider this example which starts with an Edward HOWS born about 1740 whose family lived in the Thames Valley, (North of Dorset and West of London) for 200 years and during the course of that period moved only 20 miles (and note that our research is not yet finished)
- we have Edward's name recorded twice, once as Hows and once as HOWE
- his son Richard's name we have recorded six times: HOWSE (3), Hows (2) and House (1)
- his son James, we've seen in nine different place so far as: House (4), Howse (3) and Howes (2)
- his son Richard, we've seen in 14 different places so far: Howes (8), House (4) and Howse (2). All of the non-Howes references were for 1871 and before, except one.
- this last Richard died in 1938 and had eight children and 16 grandchildren. All of the children and male children's children have been referred to as Howes in every instance we have so far seen.
These folks came from a large family and we are by no means yet done finding every instance in which they were recorded. We have a selection of birth, baptism, marriage, newspaper, death and burial records still to find. It's quite possible that we will find other spellings as we learn more. One point particularly worthy of note is that the local Reading newspaper recorded Richard's surname at his retirement party in 1922 as Howse even though for the previous 40 years he had been using Howes.
Over this 200+ year period we have seen several transitions, perhaps the biggest of which has been from a primarily spoken culture to primarily written one in which spelling now matters. Early on, practically the only arbiters of spelling were the clergy and churchwardens who wrote up the parish registers. All clergy were university graduates and many were not local. Later came the census enumerators who were generally well-educated and local. Looking back over the last century from now, we are all now so much better educated than our forebears and we know how to spell our own name!
Before the mid-19th century certainly, people wrote what they heard. And yet, from 1740 to 1871 even in a relatively small area, where accents will have changed a little but not a huge amount, people managed to find five different ways to spell the same family's name. So it would seem like House sounded like Howes, or vice-versa if you prefer.
This family is by no means unique: we have probably 20 individuals in our database with all four major name variations (Howes, House, Howse and Hows) and one even with How in addition. He has what we call a "full house"! Check him out at: http://www.howesfamilies.com/getperson.php?personID=I32000&tree=Onename.
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In my next blog, we'll map at the distribution of our four major spelling variations over Southern England and provide yet more evidence that these four names are four different ways of spelling the same original name.
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January 8, 2014 at 8:53 am
Mack Morris coalson. My grandfather born in MC dowell county. When did they change spelling to coulson? Thanks
February 25, 2013 at 10:53 am
PS Linda, as we've researched the name Howes we've found almost 70 different ways it has been mis-transcribed. Other one-name study researchers will tell you similar stories about their names. We get to see the overall picture that single family researchers often don't see.
With House there don't seem to be as many mistranscriptions. Beyond the names in the graphic at the top of the post above, I'd definitely try looking for Honse. I've seen that one a lot in my own US research.
Another trick you can try, if your data provider allows it, is to enter given names and years of birth for child and parents without a surname at all. Often that can get you what you are looking for and even possibly turn up another wild mistranscription!
February 25, 2013 at 10:42 am
Hi Linda. Thanks for your thoughts. We already have two or three House families in Arkansas in our database but I'm certain it's far from complete. Using the advanced search facility on the website, I ran a list of people born in the state and found 37 people, most of whom are named House. You can't see all of them because we are cautious about people's privacy, but try this link and see if any of them are "yours":
Whether or not you find someone in your family, if you would be interested to share your family details with us, we'd be happy to put them online and connect you up with others as we work back.
February 24, 2013 at 5:52 pm
What a strange coincidence ! My maiden name is House spelled that way. I have hit a brick wall in my research in Arkansas. Maybe I need to start looking for the various spellings that you put forth. Would be nice to knock down that brick wall.


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The Giants have prepared to win this game against the Power at Skoda Stadium. It is yet another reflection on where the Port Adelaide Football Club is today.
Primus' almost-formalised re-appointment as Power coach would collapse in defeat to the Giants.
"It would not leave a good taste in our mouths," said Primus.
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This time, the Power players will not hear the jeers of their fans who revolted on Sunday during the home clash with Fremantle.
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He has regained key forward Jay Schulz and midfielder Hamish Hartlett after seven-week absences with injury. He has again turned Darren Pfeiffer into the scapegoat as the only player dropped.
This suggests depth is thin at Alberton.
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A 1986 Gallup Poll discovered that 45% of full-time Canadian workers would like to rearrange their work hours. One-third of workers would prefer to work less, even if it means earning less. Bruce O'Hara's Put Work In Its Place ($12.95 Soules Distributing, 1988) was a guide to redesigning and renegotiating job schedules. "Self-publishing was natural for us," said O'Hara, director and founder of Victoria's Work Well society, promoted as 'Canada's first Work Options Resource Centre', "because we have a mailing list of over 1,000 people who have dealt with our organization." O'Hara later re-released two titles with much the same content, Working Harder Isn't Working (New Star, 1993) and Put Work in its Place (New Star, 1994). These were followed by Enough Already! Breaking Free in the Second Half of Life (New Star, 2004). "It sometimes feels naively arrogant to have a written a book about the second half of life at age 52," O'Hara says, "a bit like a 13-year-old trying to write about adolescence. So let me say up front, I am too green to this process to be an 'expert'. I wrote this book for me as much as anyone else; this is the book I wish someone had given me on my 50th birthday--or, better yet, the day I turned 40."
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Back on March 16, Kim Woo Bin and Junho promised to appear on the radio program again with their trainers if Twenty hits over three million viewers. They kept their promise on this day.
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Difference in run time before winding
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This may be a pointless question and will certainly display my lack of knowledge but I came across something I found interesting. As I am new to pocket watches and just received my second one I thought I would run a test or two. At noon Wednesday I wound up both watches fully and set them both to noon. I checked on them both throughout the day and both kept the same time down to less than a minute with each other as well as a couple of my electric wristwatches so I am confident that they are reliable time pieces. In fact I will be going out of town next week and plan to carry one of them as my only time piece. The odd thing though was that I let both run all the way down to see how long they would operate. Both are Waltham railroad watches that have been mentioned here. The one I got for Christmas ran for just over 36 hours which honestly surprised me. The one I received this week ran a few minutes more than 24. This doesn't worry me in any way but I found it curious. Is this a common difference among watches of similar build from the same maker? How long should the average watch from this era run when in good condition?
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Re: Difference in run time before winding
Unless the watches have been properly cleaned and oiled within the last 24-36 months, any discussion of running time between windings is meaningless.
Railroad watches built after the turn of the century would run (keeping a rate of +/- 30 seconds/week) for 42 hours. For those built earlier, 30-36 hours would be the minimum expected.
P.S. Unless you know that it has been properly cleaned and oiled within the last few years, you should have a watch serviced before running it very much. It may be helpful for you to read the Encyclopedia article on Watch Service and its related links, especially the one to the message board thread on the subject. The Encyclopedia article on Choosing a Pocket Watch Repair Person may be useful as well.Kent
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Re: Difference in run time before winding
Just to add - a few minutes more than 24h means malfunction in any mechanical watch. Might be just oiling, might be more serious, but any watch should run approx. between 30-40h on one full winding.
as for the question itself - the watches were made to certain standards, of the same parts and should run pretty much the same.
Big differences between serviced, working watches might be a result of damage, wear and just previous repairs (notice the mainspring is most likely a replacement after all these years). Still, a well serviced watch in good condition should stick to it's specs pretty much.
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Re: Difference in run time before winding (By: pmwas)
These are my numbers that I use, based on real-life experience with overhauling and repairing hundreds of watches, including many dozens of pocket watches. They are not from any sort of publication or anything. They reflect what the watch does after *my* level of cleaning and overhauling and tuning - and I cut no corners.
In an antique pocket watch, anything over 42 hours is really good and met with a sigh of relief. 36 to 42 is pretty danged good, not worth trying to do more fiddling with. 30 to 36 sort of depends on the quality of the watch. If it's a railroad-grade watch, it's unacceptable, and indicates time for a snipe hunt. If it's a dollar watch, thank your lucky stars and step carefully away from the bench so you don't roil the aether. Under 30 hours it had better be a zero-jewel memento watch of some sort.
The run time is affected by several agents. First and foremost is dirt and gummy lubricants. If the watch isn't clean, the mainspring's power gets eaten by the friction in the time train. I've had watches come in that do not run at all that have gone home running 40+ hours on a wind with nothing more than a Glen-level clean-oil-adjust. The other contributor is the health of the mainspring. If a blued-steel mainspring has spent fifty years fully wound in a gummed-stopped watch, you'll be lucky to get ten hours out of it. A tightly-set 18s mainspring can measure 2.5 inches (6.5cm) across out of the barrel, whereas a new one will blossom out to easily four times that diameter. A set mainspring doesn't have the drive to unwind itself compared to a new one, so the inherent friction in the time train overwhelms its ability more quickly.
As the others have said, it is absolutely best to have the 36-hour watch cleaned up before running it very much. I'm not quite picky enough to say "don't run it at all", but for the sake of the watch, please don't let it go a year, ok? The one that runs only 24 hours really and truly does need to be overhauled.
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Re: Difference in run time before winding (By: glenhead)
Both watches run beautifully. The 24 hour watch has a problem when wound. It is as if there are some badly worn teeth on a gear somewhere. It will slip and make a noise as though gear teeth are slipping. It has a few rather rough spots in the wind and they seem to come and go. Something is wrong and it will be getting service but aside from this issue it runs perfectly. The other watch is velvet smooth in all operations and it too keeps near perfect time. Both are railroad grade. I'll have both cleaned and serviced, repaired as needed in the next few months. I don't mind spending some money on these. They have been around more than 100 years and work well. That amazes me and it's worth spending some money to keep them in very good condition.
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Re: Difference in run time before winding (By: f2shooter)The 24 hour watch has a problem when wound. It is as if there are some badly worn teeth on a gear somewhere. It will slip and make a noise as though gear teeth are slipping.Chapter 17 North Carolina --- Chapter 149 Early American Watch Club -- Chapter 149 Mentor List
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Re: Difference in run time before winding (By: terry hall)
If I read it right, he's saying it slips when he is winding it. Which is likely the keyless work - stem set too shallow, ratchet or transmission wheels loose or dirty, busted or weak spring, and so on.
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Re: Difference in run time before winding (By: ANDY YALE)
Yeah it was slipping and grinding a bit when winding but something has failed and now it no longer winds at all. It goes out for repair probably tomorrow.I'll let everyone know how it comes out.
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