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THE two South Tyneside teams suffered heavy defeats in last night's Ebac Northern League First Division programme.
South Shields were hit for six at Durham City and remain at the bottom of the table.
It was the Mariners, though, who scored first through Jonny Wightman, but from then on it was all downhill as the goals flowed from Conor Winter (2), Gary Shaw, Scott Fenwick, James Oates and Jack Walker.
Hebburn Town would have moved into the top six had they won.
However, they were well beaten at West Auckland Town, who now have their sights on the championship after going out of the FA Carlsberg Vase to Dunston UTS.
Mattie Moffat, Richard Paxton and John Campbell fired the south west Durham side into a three-goal interval lead and, although Stephen Forster reduced the deficit, the outstanding Moffat set up Paul Garthwaite for West Auckland's fourth goal.
Matthew Slocombe was Consett's match-winner against Guisborough Town.
He had only been on the field 10 minutes when he slotted the ball past goalkeeper Daniel Dixon for the game's only goal.
Spennymoor Town are now only four points behind leaders Darlington 1883 with two games in hand after they saw off Norton and Stockton Ancients with strikes from Mark Davison and captain Daniel Moore.
In Division Two, lowly Birtley Town gave a good performance in holding promotion challengers Darlington RA to a draw.
Stephen Cheeseman fired RA into the lead, and 10 minutes from the end Matthew Hornsby levelled with a long-range effort.
Despite leading at the interval courtesy of Jordan Larty and Abu Saleem, Whickham went down to Crook Town, whose second-half rally was rewarded with strikes from Warren Byrne (2) and Scott Wallace.
Washington held top-six side Seaham Red Star until the 46th minute when Alan Pegram broke the deadlock, and Craig Malley added a second goal late on.


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Marian's Nietz named first-team All-State
Frank Nietz of Marian was the only area player selected to the 2012 Pennsylvania High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State teams that were released this week.
Nietz, a sophomore outfielder, was named to the Class A second team.
For the season, Nietz had a .406 batting average, scored with 20 runs, knocked in 12, and stole 26 bases.
Thirteen other District 11 players made the All-State teams.
In Class AAAA, Cody Kramer of Northampton and Pat Donnelly of Bethlehem Liberty were on the first team.
In Class AAA, Jacob Tobin of Pottsville and David Rosenberger of Allentown Central Catholic were named to the first team and Ryan Smale of Allentown Central Catholic made the second team.
In Class AA, P: Shane Simpkins of Notre Dame of Green Pond; Jared McCabe of Pine Grove; Aaron Fritz of Minersville; Tyler Buskirk of Pen Argyl; Chris Palubinsky of Shenandoah and Cole Weachock of Minersville made the first team. Conor Gum of Pen Argyl was named to the second team.
In Class A, Taylor Luckenbill of Nativity made the first team.


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Evans, John, 1741 or 1742-1814
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Evans, John, 1741 or 1742-1814
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Evans, John, of Philadelphia
- found: Report of the case of trespass & assault and battery, wherein John Evans was plaintiff, and Ellis Yarnall, Richard Humphreys, Jonathan Willis, Thomas Savary, Isaac Parrish, Caleb Carmalt, Benjamin Kite, John James, David Bacon, Abraham Leddon, John Elliot, Hannah Clark, Robert Haydock, and Susanna his wife, and Caleb Pearce and Jane his wife, were defendants, 1810: t.p. (John Evans)
- found: His A narrative of the proceedings of the religious society of the people called Quakers, in Philadelphia, against John Evans, 1811: p. 35, etc. (John Evans and his wife Barbara resigned from the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 8 mo. 27th, 1806)
- found: LC manual cat. (hdg.: Evans, John, of Philadelphia)
- found: Hinshaw, W.W. Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy, v. 2, 1936: p. 499, etc. (John Evans; of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting; son of John Evans; m. Barbra Cruckshank of Philadelphia, 11-16-1769; disowned by the Monthly Meeting, 1807)
- found: Philadelphia directories (Evans, John, merchant; last listed in 1814; by 1816 there is an entry for his widow Barbary Evans)
- found: America's Historical Newspapers, via WWW, Mar. 24, 2014: Poulson's American daily advertiser, Philadelphia, 5-28-1814 (John Evans; of Philadelphia; merchant; died last evening in the seventy-second year of his age)
- found: Ancestry, via WWW, Mar. 24, 2014: Philadelphia Death Certificates Index (John Evans; d. Philadelphia, age 72; int. 29 May 1814, St. Paul's burial ground)
- found: Interment.net, via WWW, Mar. 24, 2014: Saint Peter Churchyard, Philadelphia County, Penn. (John Evans; d. 27 May 1814, 72nd year; wife Barbara Evans, d. 1 Jan. 1825, also interred there)
- found: MWA/NAIP files, Mar. 24, 2014 (access point: Evans, John, 1741 or 1742-1814; note: Quaker merchant of Philadelphia; brought a lawsuit against the overseers of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, claiming he was assaulted by one of the women Friends who was attempting to visit his wife after the couple had resigned from the Meeting over a dispute involving the financial failure of fellow Quaker John Field; some sources have mistakenly assumed the date given in Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of Am. Quaker genealogy, v. 2, p. 499 (i.e., 11-16-1769) is his birth date, but it is the date of his marriage to Barbara Cruckshank; other sources assign him a birthdate of 1759)
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22 August 2014 – Pastor Maldonado has been given the all clear following his accident in Friday's second practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix.
The Lotus driver came to a halt at Pouhon after running over the grass on the exit of Turn 9, losing control of his car and hitting the barriers.
Having stepped out of his car unaided, the Venezuelan was taken to the medical centre for checks, where he was ultimately cleared of injury.
"I lost the car at the exit of Turn 9 so that was my afternoon finished," he said. "There was a quick 'hello' to the medical centre on the way back to the garage, but I'm fine and the damage to the car is not so much."
Despite the crash, Maldonado is hopeful of a stronger weekend and closing in on his first point of 2014.
"Certainly, we have potential to fight for a good qualifying session and a good race," he went on to explain.
"We do struggle with our power for the long straights, but it is better than we expected so that's a plus point."


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Terrain is the type of geography that defines a Hex. There are many types of Terrain, each with unique rules governing them. For instance, some Terrain Types incur a penalty to movement by some types of Units, while other types of terrain cannot be entered except by Units with a particular Natural Ability.
Known Terrain Types
The following are known terrain types. For details on each type of terrain, follow the corresponding link:
- Fields
- Mountains
- Hills
- Water
- Forest
- Heavy Forest
- Ruins
- Lava lake
- City
Each Zone might be its own terrain type.
Heavy Forest and Road may be a terrain type.
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Welcome to the astronomy class webpage. Here is where you will find links to projects and other web sites that we are using in class. Follow the red star (*) for the week's class.
This page will be updated frequently!
Text: Voyages to the Stars and Galaxies, Fraknoi, Morrison, Wolff, available in the TOCC bookstore. The link takes you to on-line resources, a chapter quiz to test yourself, and links to related material.
Week 1: Aug 21
Monday: Introductions, outline of the class, make a sun clock
Introduction to motions in the sky
One of my favorite sites: the astronomy Picture of the day
Wed: Reading: Prologue, p. 1-17
Observing and motions in the sky
Sunset point project: Star wheel and explanation
An Interesting web page on scale of the universe
But I'd like you to try scientific notation here.
Week 2: Aug 28
Monday: Reading: Ch 1, Observing the Sky, sect 1.1 (includes 1.1.1 through 1.1.5)
Wed: Reading Ch 1, sect 1.2, 1.4,
Another web page on the sky
Week 3: Sept 6
Monday: Labor day, no class
Wed: Reading Ch 2 Orbits and gravity, sect 2.1 – 2.4 Class: Solar system collaboratory exercise
This web site is for your lab assignment on planetary orbits, due Sept. 11
Week 4: Sept 11
Monday: Reading Ch 3, sect 3.1, 3.2, 3.4
This website on the seasons may help you with the concepts from today, and this Lunar phase animation is what you will use for the lab for this week.
Week 5: Sept 18,
Monday: Kitt Peak tour/ option for night program
Week 6: Sept 25, 27
Monday: Reading Ch 8: Analyzing Starlight, 8.1, 8.3 Here is the website I used in class to demonstrate temperatures of stars
A neat website on the IR, with more images.
Wed: first test, introduction to stars
Week 7 : Oct 2, 4
Monday: rescheduled Kitt Peak trip, 2:30 - 5:00 PM if we can get a driver!
Wed: St. Francis day, college closed
Week 8: Oct 9, 11
Monday: A nice website demonstrating parallax can be found here.
And to see more star clusters, look at this site which contains star clusters that light up the gas between the stars.
Week 9: Oct 16, 18
* Week 10: Oct 23, 25
Friday Oct 27: planned trip to Kitt Peak for evening program, 4 PM to 10 PM
Week 11: Oct 30, Nov 1
Week 12: Nov 6, 8
Week 13: Nov 13, 15
Week 14: Nov 20, 22
Week 15: Nov 27, 29
Week 16: Dec 4, 6
Monday: second test
Wed: final project presentations


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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:53 pm
Subject: The Right Approach to Multi Level Marketing
Its a widespread fact in the Network Marketing Industry that over 85% of the people fail, so if you are into Network Marketing then you should know the reason why this happens and how to avoid being part of that group. In my opinion the reason why most of the people fail or never succeed in Network Marketing is because of the approach and mentality towards it and the reason for that mentality is always the way how they were introduced to the business.
Most of the times people get started in this industry through ads that promotes fast income, quick money in exchange for no efforts once they realize thats not true they get discouraged and quit. There are several different ways to approach Network Marketing :
Indifferent Approach
Short Term Approach
Long Term Approach
The success or failure in Network Marketing will highly depend on the persons approach, mindset and commitment. You can easily say that those three are directly related to your level or success.
1- Indifferent Approach.
This is the approach when someone decides to join a Multi Level Marketing business out of curiosity, with no pre-made goals, not looking for anything specific or just checking things out. Normally this type of person wont be successful or unsuccessful as the business side of the company wont matter. In the majority of the cases they would be joining just to try the product.
2- Short Term Approach
The short term approach to Multi Level Marketing starts with your mindset on day one, What are you expecting from the company and for what amount of work? How much are you willing to invest and for how long are you willing to persist? Those are the questions that decide the fate of the short term approach person. In this type of approach the person gets excited about an advertising seen online, he doesnt even look at the product that the company offers and focus on the business side trying to make a quick buck. As soon as the excitement runs out (normally after 2weeks to 2 months) he / she is ready to move on and try and find something else considering the past company a Lost.
3- Long Term Approach
When you approach a Multi Level Marketing company for the long term you already have goals set up in your mind, you buy the product before everything else and try it yourself, analyze and start sharing it with others. Compensation will be a consequence of the results you have with the product the company is offering, the key point to build a long term Multi Level Marketing business is to focus on the product. To approach MLM with a Long Term mentality you need to hope for the best but prepare for the worst, study the compensation plan and set up, short and long term goals and never give up. For example, if you are building a company with a matrix structure compensation plan that requires three affiliates on your first level then totally focus on that, think that it might take a full year or more to get those three good affiliates under you that are willing to do the same but once you do, you are set for life.
If you dont see results the first, second, third month then keep trying. If you get new affiliates but they quit then keep on doing what you are doing, you are just going through Short Term Approach affiliates once you find the good ones you will be glad you persisted.
Work smart, not hard. Always prepare yourself with the best and right tools, invest in your business time and money and you shall see the desired returns.
To understand this post you need to have some basic knowledge on what Multi Level Marketing is and how they operate, the chances are that you do since you are reading this blog.
Leave a comment, tell me how you feel about your business and how are things progressing for you!
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Nice post. A must-read before going for multi level marketing.
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Subject: Excellent Analysis - The Right Approach to MLM Marketing
I would agree that most people fall into one of the categories you have described.
Persistence is the key when beginning any new business endeavor, internet or store front. It takes time to build a profitable business.
The majority of our population has been trained to go to work for 40+ hours a week and receive a deposit in their bank account as a result. Many times when building a new business the money flow is in the opposite direction. Success in MLM or any other home based business requires a new way of thinking for a newcomer.
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Today, and especially with the growth of the internet, it is possible for customers to get about whatever product they want at competitive prices.
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Excellent post and very true. People are so use to instant this and instant that. Look at how frustrated you get when you internet is slow!
People are in the job mind set which is a far cry from the business mindset!. You have to budget a business just like you do your household expenses. (I know some of you don't even do that). It is true you have money going out just like your cable, electricity, gas etc. So expect that. I believe if you know up front what to expect you won't be duped into these ads that promise instant riches and success. I have been around along time and haven't found it yet. You also have to know what it is you like to do. If you don't like selling then don't get into a business that requires you to sell something. You won't do it after awhile. It will be like that job you hate going to.
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One has to wonder who the intended audience is for a trucker song: us general Joes with soft spots for the picaresque, or real truckers? I mean, how would it sit with you to hear songs about your job? ("She's jessa a shoe-sellin' gal," or, "That's when he up -- thump, thump -- and punched the punch key," etc.) And if you were blessed with your own career-oriented subcategory of music, wouldn't you spend your working hours listening to songs sung by famous singers that made your job sound way more exciting than it was? Songs that made the rest of the world jealous and you a hero; lover; rogue; legend?
(Ahem.) Breaker one-nine, breaker one-nine. Any of you wannabe double-clutching, pill-popping, widow-making, coffee-drinking, Rolaids-eating road hawgs got your ears on? If you do -- if you're not bedded down with some little teddy bear or settin' inside a truck stop eating pie -- you better get yer donkey off the freeway and grab aholt of Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Trucker.
Compiled by Jeremy Tepper and Jake Guralnick, who hail from the freight yards of Brooklyn, Rig Rock Deluxe is actually one of the better country albums of the year. Sixteen songs celebrating -- or moaning about -- the open road, and, like when you're backhaulin' freight at night out of San Antone, the pedal is to the metal from the giddyup go. (I can't stop myself -- I'm like a semi that's blown its brakes, barreling down the Devil's Grade, coming up on a microbus full of hippies like they was a-settin' still.) Personal faves include Don Walser's smoking version of "Truck Driving Man"; a wistful, elder Buck Owens asking "Will There Be Big Rigs in Heaven?" (I wonder if even truckers would want the accouterments of their profession with them when they make their "final run"); twangmeister Junior Brown and the legendary Red Simpson hovering near low C together in "Nitro Express"; Kelly Willis' cover of "Truck Stop Girl" (yes, Little Feat had one good album -- their first); Steve Earle's chugging bluegrass version of "White Freight Liner Blues"; and Cheri Knight's heaving Celtic sob of a song, "Wagon of Clay." True, there're a couple too many recently penned bar-rock boogie numbers, and the all-star sing-along version of "Six Days on the Road" -- even if this is a "salute" -- leaves me missing Dave Dudley and tasting Bob Geldof. Nevertheless, Rig Rock Deluxe merits this gear-jamming critic's big ten-four. ('87 Toyota short bed, good buddy.)
-- Curtis Bonney
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Vanessa Daou dares you to take her music lightly, so it's no surprise that her current single, "Two to Tango," has found itself aired among the cheesy schmaltz of New Adult Contemporary radio. But unlike the pathetic sounds of Kenny G and his creepy imitators, Daou's recordings richly reward those who delve below the easygoing surface. Yes, her music is, at its best, about sex. But Daou is miles ahead of the bump-and-grind celebrations of illicit triumph commonly found in conventional pop music. Her music is sensual in a way that would go right over the head of Keith Sweat or Adina Howard (though Salt-N-Pepa would likely understand). It's about the joyous eloquence and keen articulation that results from blissful states.
While this may seem like the crass projection of repressed male desire onto the art of an attractive woman, it isn't. Daou has cultivated this sound and approach over three recordings. In 1991, she and her husband, Peter, working under the name the Daou, released Head Music, a batch of warm and ambient delicacies that were far too intelligent for Sony Music to market. Working as a solo artist (produced by her husband), Daou returned in '93 with Zipless, a collection of poems by Erica Jong put to music. The wispy, jazz-inflected sounds won her underground cred with ambient-groove and acid-jazz lovers.
On Slow to Burn, Daou expands her explorations of what she calls a "fugue state" -- the powerful but temporary sensation that occurs when mental ground gives way. The album is a series of meditations on Billie Holiday, Bettie Page, Isadora Duncan, Frida Kahlo, Nico, Josephine Baker, and other strong women. Daou's lyrics maintain her erotic focus; it is often as if she is creating the soundtrack for a documentary on Judy Chicago. The music stays a bit closer to conventional song forms, but like Betty Carter's jazz, it remains lithe enough to follow the emotion of the moment. Daou's delicate vocals bring each figure to life in her own idiosyncratic way. Daou creates a sound that is alluring without sacrificing substance. At this rate, she may soon redefine the art of pop-music seduction.
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Yes, all you perhaps excessively open-minded West Coast folk -- even this sort of retarded, gross, puerile, self-caricaturing phenomenon can serve a purpose. Not so much because the target market for adolescents needing to offend their parents remains a national niche -- it does -- but, frankly, because of the intellectual, political, and social clime (and perhaps the actual climate) of the Sunshine State. Yes, the boogers, the necrophilia, the Satanism, the HIV "jokes," the perversion all seem so childish, dumb, and indulgent to us Californians -- we who take for granted various privileges, we who enjoy the concept of our permissiveness, provided the activity in question bears the huggy-feely love-thy-sibling propriety we require. But in Florida -- whoa, man, if the buzzards and insects don't get you, the Christian good ol' boys will. Californians often forget that other areas of the nation to which we're federally attached still cling to such heathen homilies as, oh, Faggots Die, or, uh, Niggers Hang, and, um, Women Suck. At the same time, witness the good-hearted efforts of West Coast organizations like JAMPAC, who claim that censorship and oppression are bad for rock. Like hell. Rock thrives on oppression -- it was, after all, born of it. And even if the concepts are lower in oppressed environments (like that of Florida's metal scene, whence we get acts like Napalm Death, Hell on Earth, and even Marilyn Manson), it's only because such grunt-gutter tactics are so effective. Bear in mind, Florida is the state that prosecuted and convicted "artist" Mike Diana for obscenity, ordering him to stay away from children. (An illustration of Diana's -- a wheel of fishhook- and nail-pierced dicks -- graces Hell on Earth's CD.) And for what? Drawing dumb, unpleasant, pornographic pictures. The courts only succeeded in giving Diana a fame that his inept little squiggles hardly merit. In Florida, tastelessness isn't just tasteless, it's prosecutable.
Hell on Earth is in no way a good band. The music is nothing new -- it's just the same chromatic power-chord riffs we've heard in metal for the past 20 years, however low the tuning, rendered "novel" with pseudo-industrial machine beats. And, yes, the lyrics are misogynous ("Fuck That Bitch"; "Toilet Licking Maggot"), sacrilegious ("Baptized in Semen"; "Raped by the Virgin Mary"), and offensive in general. The whole effort is good for basically nothing. And yet, for reasons surpassing aesthetic aversion, I'm glad they're flinging their dumb crap on the opposite coast; it's not only easy to make Florida squirm -- it's necessary.
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Thank you for the continued thougths everyone! We found out a couple of weeks ago that we are indeed having another son. It's going to be very difficult to pick out a name that we both like, hopefully we will be able to find one before he is born. I do like the name Caleb, but it was the name of the meanest bully in my husband's high school, so it is out for personal reasons.
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Since your daughter's name isn't a bible name, I think you are safe to pick whatever you want. If it had been Joshua, Noah, Levi, and Rebekah or Sarah or Mary, you might have had a problem. However, if I were you, I would stick with the theme. I think Ezra, Mark, Matthew, Joel, Luke, Jeremiah, John, James, Peter, Jonah, Samuel, Joseph, or Micah would be great! Or you could use something more indirect... like Jude or something.
My favorite bible names: Micah, Ezra, John, LukeCurrent Favorites:
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May 3rd, 2013 08:46 PM #22Teenberry who is obsessed with names - probably a minority on nameberry who likes popular names
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Free Math Work Sheets
I have a third grader who is learning his multiplication tables. Not an experience I enjoyed as a child! Here is a great site that you can print off multiple practice sheets in various forms (not just for multiplication). I found the site from my son's test that his teacher gave the class. The site is Math-drills.com.
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- The Frugal Angel-Guided Psychic said...
Thanks so much for this! We are going through the same thing at our house.
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- Coupon Teacher said...
Try playing cards. Jacks are 11 and queens are 12. Then play multiplication war. My students love it!
- February 26, 2010 at 3:40 AM
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Thank you! My son always wants me to write him some. Now I don't have to :)
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House of Cards returns with a brand-new season this Friday, and there's a lot to remember about where the dark political thriller left off. House Majority Whip Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) is on the precipice of gaining even more power, and the Slugline reporters are abuzz with new findings that could threaten to take him down. Before you binge-watch season two, take a look at what the DC power players were up to last.
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Environmentalists are taking the fight over coal beyond Capitol Hill and onto college campuses.
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- Highway Contractors, Enviros Strike Deal on Clean Diesel
- Colleges Are Battlegrounds for Coal Fight
- EPA Tosses Bush-Era 'Aggregation' Policy for Oil and Gas Industry
- Oil Demand Has Peaked in Developed Nations, Never to Return -- Report
- Scientists Return Fire at Climate Skeptics in 'Destroyed Data' Dispute
The Sierra Club is targeting coal-fired power plants located at 60 college campuses. Setting its sights initially on 22 schools, the group is recruiting student activists to gather signatures on petitions, ask faculty members to endorse their cause, organize rallies outside administration buildings and lobby school leaders. There are more aggressive messages, as well, like students dumping coal on the administration doorsteps.
The group today unveiled a cheeky Web video to draw attention to its mission. It shows a young man and woman atop a bunk bed, with the man handcuffed to the bed and gagged with a necktie. The word "dirty" pops up. The camera pans below to another man in bed with a pile of coal that he then kisses. The words "too dirty" appear. "Coal is too dirty," it says. "Even for college." The video will run on youtube.com and hulu.com, with the goal of getting students to spread them via social networking sites.
The campaign believes it can use college campuses as an incubator for solutions to replace coal, and also to drive action beyond the campuses.
"Students, once they learn, they take action in their community," said Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club's national coal campaign. "That can have a ripple effect out in the larger community. They obviously are a very important constituency for a lot of reasons. They care about global warming and want to do something about it. That translates into broader social awareness and responsibility."
But the Sierra Club and its Sierra Student Coalition go up against the financial and political power of coal. The campus effort comes after coal's biggest lobbying group, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, spent the summer sending activists to 264 cities in eight states, where they attended community events and visited college campuses. ACCCE calls the campaign "America's Power."
"Reaching out to college students was an important part of our outreach," said Lisa Camooso Miller, ACCCE spokeswoman. "We visited 43 campuses in eight states. We visited most campuses multiple times."
"For every one student protesting, there is another working in a lab to develop clean coal technology," Miller added.
Targeting coal country
The Sierra Club activists have a big goal, seeking to eliminate coal entirely. In some cases, they're aiming their student weapons at the heart of coal country.
Activists are rallying students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., a campus that sits not far from coal mines and in the congressional district of Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher, one of coal's staunchest defenders.
In the House's bill funding the Energy Department and water projects, Boucher obtained $500,000 in funding that would go to Virginia Tech for research and development of technologies to remove "impurities from coal including ash, sulfur and mercury," Boucher said in his letter seeking the money.
ACCCE's America's Power activists also have been to Virginia Tech recently, once this summer and once after school began, Miller said. Virginia Tech student Lyndsay McKeever, 20, who is part of the Sierra Club's effort, encountered those America's Power workers the first day of school as they sat at a table outside the main student center. The coal backers were handing out T-shirts, McKeever said, that had the words "clean coal" and references to its abundance and affordability.
Although they had a cordial conversation, McKeever said, "I was a little bit angry that they would be on our campus."
Virginia Tech is among 11 schools that also are getting help from U.S. PIRG's Green Corps, which is training the students in environmental activism. A kickoff meeting at Virginia Tech the last week in September brought out 63 people. The campus has 28,000 students.
The school, with its engineering expertise, can help develop solutions, said Haiz Oppenheimer, a Green Corps field organizer working at Virginia Tech.
"What we're looking for from the university is to recognize and openly acknowledge the cost of coal," including the environmental ones, Oppenheimer said, and "commit the resources" to finding alternatives.


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Skol and Hati eating the sun and the moon. I did this piece many years ago, and people still ask about it. I apologize for the small size here, as I seem to have lost my large resolution copy. I am considering redoing it, as I have gotten better at scratchboard in the past few years. Stay tuned!
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Scratchboard and digital, about 20x20.
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Scratchboard and digital, about 20x20.
This is amazing!
Gorgeously executed. Yoru stuff is just unbelievable. Norse Mythology kicks ASS.
Gorgeous !
Great Colors, Angles, Smoky Clouds & Tongue...
Brilliant. I'm itching to try out scratchboard.
Wooow! Amazing pic! I love it soo much. I like the details and the design, how the pics came out so well.
It took a lot of fighting with the scanner, but it eventually worked! Thanks!
Wow...very beautiful.
I like the contrasting color schemes. And it's always nice to see authentic ancient mythology reimagined in a modern context.
The Fenrisbrothers...
Amazing work!! love your style
Amazing work!! love your style
Amazing work!
Lovely reindition of these two; I've always loved Skol and Hati . I love the balance of colour.
I'd like to do a bigger, better version in the soonish future, but these guys were a blast to make. Thank you very much!
Wow, just fantastic! An amazing, dynamic image with awesome color. I love it!
Hey thank you very much
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" Brand: Argos / Type: Portable Air Pump "
Argos battery powered portable air pump
I purchased the Argos battery powered portable air pump a few years ago now because the one i had suddenly stopped working and died. Air pumps are so handy to have for things like blowing up car tyres, bike tyres, paddling pools, air beds whatever but it definitely handy to have one.
Argos battery powered portable air pump cost only £6.99 from Argos. It comes in a smallish blue box with the argos logo and a picture of the air pump. Inside the box are the air pump a small bag of attachments and an instruction manual, the manual is easy to read and the instructions straight forward.
This is a portable air pump and requires batteries to work. It takes four D batteries and they have to be good batteries because the pound shop ones don't last two minutes with this. I buy Duracel ultra the alkaline ones for the air pump.
The size of the air pump is compact making it ideal for carting about in the car or stored in a cupboard or something without taking up room. It measures roughly 17 cm in height and 11 cm wide. There is two nozzles on the air pump, one on the top and one on the side. The top nozzle is for deflating the object and the side one is for inflating, the nuzzles are plastic and round sticking out about 5 cm, these remind my of hairdryer ends because that's what they look like with fans in them as well.
One switch on the box for turning on and off the pump.
The three attachments are different sizes are shapes. These are not explained very well so you have to look at the size of the hole on the object you wish to inflate and guess what connection will fit this is actually easier that i thought.
So the attachment just pushes on and can be pulled off the nuzzle with ease.
I inflated my sons leather football the first day I bought the pump, this took a matter of seconds to do with the long thin connection, i was surprised how quick the football inflated as i had underestimated the power of the air pump. It takes roughly seven minutes to inflate a double air bed with the pump.
I like how small and powerful the air pump is and i keep it in my boot because ill be able to use it to pump up my car tyres in an emergency situation, its also ideal for taking camping too. We last used the pump the second week in August before the sun disappeared to blow up a six foot paddling pool. The pump isn't too noisy compared to my old one, it does vibrate when its switched on though.
I recommend the Argos battery powered portable air pump, a handy thing to have.
Recently I was going on my first camping trip and obviously had to kit myself out with everything I might need. Being a girl who loves her comfort I decided that an air bed was essential for me sleeping outdoors and of course with that came with the decision of how to blow the bed up. I noticed this particular battery pump advertised in Argos reduced from £9.99 to just £1.99! At a bargain like that I couldn't not give it a try.
The box comes as standard a plain brown box with a simple white label on the front. Inside you are presented with a lightweight black pump that looks like a strange contraption. Alongside are 3 nozzles that you attach to the spout, the other end of the nozzle attaches to your inflatable. This pump has blown up 4 different air beds, a paddling pool and a ball pit so far and I have had no problems with the nozzle not fitting. To use there is a switch at the bottom, underneath the inflate hole that you switch. It's very simple and easy to use without reading the instructions. I found it to be pretty powerful and it blew up all inflatables very quickly and easily with no problems at all. It is rather loud so I would advise you to get all the blowing up done prior to bedtime so as not to disturb everyone. I found that it only took around 2 minutes to blow my mattress up and even less time the next night when I had to reinflate it a little.
The pump comes minus any batteries and takes four size D batteries which can be expensive however I used the tesco value range and after around a dozen uses they are still as powerful as the day I first used it. This is a definate advantage, if I was having to replace the batteries often at £2 a time for even the cheapest set it wouldn't be as money saving as I had liked. Inserting the batteries is very simple, you basically pull out the flap and add them in, that's all there is too it.
On the very top of the pump there is another spout that is for deflating. I have only used this part once but yet again it was very effective but a little loud, it took barely a minute for the bed to be flat and completely free of any air.
I like how small and compact this pump is. I found that it fitted perfectly into my holdall, not taking up much room at all. It squeezed into the smallest of corners and was extremely lightweight minus the batteries, with the batteries in it is a little heavier but not hinderingly so.
Some battery pumps are not suitable for childrens toys but this definately is which is another added bonus for me. No more mornings spent out of breath blowing up a ball pool. It isn't of course for use on a car, I'm not sure about a bicycle tyre. In my experience I would say that there was enough power for it but then I can't be completely sure.
Definately a pump I would recommend, especially if you can get it so cheap. This I found was also available in Homebase so a couple of options for purchase. It is cheap, does the job, long lasting batteries and is small and compact. I also like that it comes with the added nozzles and both inflates and deflates. The only disadvantage (if you can call it that) of this is that it is rather noisy and so if camping beds and things ideally have to be set up early to avoid disturbing others but it's not a huge problem at all.
For a while now, we have been camping with air beds. We think they are so much more comfortable and just much better than any alternative. The only problem we saw with air beds was the inflation, so before we had to go to our first camping trip with air beds, trying to inflate them using lung power, we immediately invested in this electric pump. I believe the pump take 4 AA batteries although I am not sure, I am not the one who inserted the batteries. The pump is obviously very efficient as we have only had to change the batteries once, and we had to put the first lot in as batteries weren't included.
After we opened the pump, the original nozzle on it didn't fit into our air beds, but it was fine as a range of nozzles are supplied so they can inflate the majority of air beds.
We have begun to rate this as an essential for a camping trip now. It inflates the air beds very quickly and we can have all 4 inflated in around 30 minutes. The only bad thing is that the nozzle that fits our air bed does not fit snuggly so we actually have to hold it in. It still inflates properly but it just means somebody has to be there to hold it, which means we have less people putting up the tent, but it is still fine because, as I mentioned, it inflates them very quickly.
I decided to buy a portable air pump after spending hours last summer blowing up beds with footpumps til my legs hurt! I also thought it would come in handy for a rather large paddling pool we purchased and the inflatable rings, dolphins and that frequent it.
This pump is £9.99 from Argos or half price if you buy it along side an airbed. As we already had an aired we just purchased the pump. It has a number of attachments which means it can fit different air outlets depending on the product you wish to inflate. These are great but for our products they all seem to need the standard end so that is the one we leave attached to it.
This product is quite heavy with the batteries in so I wouldn't recommend taking it abroad with you. It is however great to take camping or have around the house for inflating airbeds for guests or garden items in the summer time.
Unlike plug in pumps which arnt suitable for things like airbeds and paddling pools this battery operated one has just the right amount of power. You wouldnt however be able to confidently blow up a tyre on a car with this product. It isn't strong enough. It would however pump up a pushbike tyre sufficiently.
This pump takes 4 D sized batteries and from last year it has not run out of power. I do think though this year we will have to replace them.
Overall I think Argos has come up with a good product that fits a problem a lot of families have. Much better than a foot pump. Well done Argos!
At the moment my lad (cat) has got stitches in his tummy and for the first 4 nights I slept on the floor downstairs with him, however on day 5 I woke up to find his stitches had come undone and he was rushed back in to have a repeat surgery to stitch the incision back up again. I realised I was going to need to stay awake with him at night from that point on and decided to buy an inflatable bed to rest on through the night. I got myself on Argos' website and found an inflatable bed which had an offer of this pump at half price along with it so I ordered the pump for just £5 as well.
The pump is battery powered so it can be used anywhere, it takes 4 size D batteries which I also bought in Argos at the time of paying for the pump and bed. I had a double inflatable bed which came with a foot pump and remembered how long it took to pump that up so hoped a battery powered pump would do a better job, and with no effort involved too.
The pump is about 6 inches by 4 inches and unfortunately doesn't really have any instructions with it so I had to figure out how to use it myself. I know it shouldn't be difficult but I'm not very intelligent when it comes to things like this! After a few minutes of staring blankly at the pump I realised the 2 clips either side were for the battery compartment. They are the kind of clips that you pull the top part and then unhook the bottom section. The entire lower section then removes and there are 4 spaces for the batteries. Once the batteries are in you need to squeeze the two sections back together, this does take a bit of effort, and do the clips back up.
On the side of the pump there is a round tube like area and another on top, the one on the side is for inflating and the other for deflating. The pump also comes with 3 different sized plastic nozzles which are attached to the pump and you just choose the right size one and attach it to either the inflate or deflate tubes. Once on you stick it in the airbed hole and turn on the pump.
The pump has only one switch so it's just an on and off switch and it's pretty noisy! At times it makes a whirring noise like it's going to break but doesn't so don't be alarmed by all the noises. Surprisingly it inflated the airbed quickly, I expected it to take ages but within 10 minutes I had a fully inflated airbed which I then tried out for comfort. Realising I wasn't going to need the airbed until the next night I decided to deflate it so switched the nozzle to the deflate tube (these are clearly marked with arrows) and inserted it into the airbed then turned it on. Air was being sucked out and blowing out of the inflate area so I waited. And waited. And then decided not to bother deflating as it was taking forever! So deflating isn't as impressive as inflating! It's far better just to remove the entire stopper on the airbed and let the air whoosh out!
I then decided to drag out the double airbed to see how long it took to inflate that, I didn't want to use that one because it's not only too big for the floor space available but rapidly loses air and within a few hours you feel like you're on a water bed but it was just an experiment. The foot pump used to take me about 2 hours of constant pumping to get it anywhere near fully inflated but this battery pump took just over a quarter of an hour so result!
I'm also using the pump to top up the single one I'm using as it tends to get slightly softer within a day or two and the pump has shown no signs of running out of battery power yet.
Overall this is such a time and effort saver compared to the foot pumps they used to come with. It's battery powered so totally portable and you could use it while camping, at the beach or at home like I do. It's easy to understand, well I figured it out so it has to be! The only thing I wouldn't bother using it for is deflating because it takes such a long time but it was really the inflating that I was concerned about. 4 stars from me and highly recommended, with certain airbeds this pump is £5 at Argos right now or to buy on its own it's £9.99.


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Along the way, the PI's expose unfaithful husbands and wives, impassioned love triangles with unexpected twists and assorted deception in people's personal and business dealings. The channel describes the 52-year-old Brian Wolfe as "a no-nonsense guy with a thick Boston brogue and a talent for detecting fact from fiction." Brian Wolfe, one of three children, grew up in Tewksbury, Mass., with an interest in sports and got as far as playing minor league baseball. He did computer work for a while and decided he wanted to become a private detective after tracking down his own car after it had been stolen. The series airs 9 p.m. Tuesdays on Investigation Discovery, see http://tbo.com/plant-city/plant-city-couples-private-investigator-son-in-limelight-in-new-cable-tv-show-20140625/
I turned the tables on the criminals and made them the victims. I found some of my electronic items, TV, etc., in a Pawn Shop in Panama City Fl and got the owner to give me the information (drivers license) of the person who pawned my items. I contacted the local cops and NBC affiliate WJHG Newschannel 7 | Panama City, FL and the rest is history. As part of his probation, lead burglar and convicted felon Steven E. Ruth, was compelled to pay me for damages and items destroyed in the burglary of my house, $1,360.80, I made sure I was in Court during the process and collected every penny, case closed.
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Learn more about the Pennsylvania 4-H Livestock Program
The Montgomery Co. 4-H Livestock Club meets monthly at our 4-H Center with additional activities and meetings held at the leader's discretion. Please contact our office at 610-489-4315 for leader contact information and our office staff will put you in touch with the Livestock club leader. The club leader will let you know when the next meeting is being held and give you more detailed information on club activities and events. When you attend the meeting and make the decision to join the club, the club leader will have all the necessary information for you to join 4-H.
In Montgomery County we have one 4-H Livestock Club encompassing swine, beef cattle, market goats, market sheep, and dairy beef. Each species project is guided by a volunteer project leader with the Livestock Club Organizational Leader overseeing the administration of the club.
Many of the 4-H Livestock Club members participate in our Market Animal Sale at the annual Montgomery County 4-H Fair held each year the 2nd week of August. Businesses and individuals are invited to participate in this event which benefits the 4-H Livestock Club members and supports agriculture in Montgomery County. If you are interested in participating in the Market Animal Sale please contact Andrew Frankenfield.
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Lewis outdueled as Texas stymied by Colon
OAKLAND -- The Rangers were held scoreless for eight innings on Monday night by Jarrod Parker, a 23-year-old rookie making his ninth Major League start. On Wednesday night, it was Bartolo Colon doing the same thing in his 364th Major League start just two weeks after his 39th birthday. Two ends of the Major League pitching spectrum dominated the Rangers this week in Oakland and they have now lost six of their last eight games after a 2-0 loss to the Athletics at the o.Co Coliseum. The Rangers, who were shut out for the first time this season, are hitting .259 with a .383 slugging percentage in their last eight games while scoring just 29 runs. Colon beat Colby Lewis, who allowed two runs in eight innings while pitching the Rangers' second complete game of the season.
"That was an amazing pitching performance and we wasted it because we couldn't put any runs on the board," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We still have some guys who are not playing up to their offensive capability right now. We're a little inconsistent on the offensive side. We've got to keep grinding it out and we'll get it together. There are nights we put it together and nights where we don't put it together. I guess you could say we're inconsistent." The Rangers managed just five singles and a walk against Colon. He struck out five and retired the last 11 batters he faced before Brian Fuentes set down the side on order in the ninth. Colon is 5-6 with a 3.92 ERA on the season. "You hate to not give a guy credit when he does that well, but you'd think as good as our offense is, we'd get something done," outfielder David Murphy said. "He didn't try to trick us. He threw all fastballs. He changed locations, so he mixed it up in that regard, but he beat us by throwing fastballs. Obviously we didn't have a great night offensively." This was just Colon's third start and his first victory over the Rangers since 2007, but he is now 18-6 with a 3.61 ERA in 28 career starts against them. He is one of just seven pitchers with at least 18 wins against the Rangers. Bert Blyleven, Dennis Martinez and Jack Morris have 19 while Roger Clemens, Mike Mussina and Barry Zito have 18. "I didn't do that well all the time against them," said Colon, who once won 12 straight starts against the Rangers. "This was one of the good games I pitched against them." He may have a point. This was only the third of those 18 wins in which he did not allow a run. "The guy has had a lot of success for a reason," designated hitter Michael Young said. "He knows how to pitch and he throws a ton of strikes. He knows what he's doing. We just have to stay with it and focus on what we need to do. "Individual people can make adjustments, but as a team we've got to stay the course. We expect to score every night. You're going to run into some great pitching performances, but as an offense it's our responsibility to score. If we don't, we got to find a way to get better." The Rangers had one chance to do some damage early against Colon and take the lead. Young reached on an infield single to lead off the second inning and, after Nelson Cruz flied to right, Murphy walked and Mike Napoli singled sharply to left to load the bases. That brought up Mitch Moreland, and he said he had one goal in mind. "Hit the ball hard," Moreland said. Moreland hit it sharply but right at second baseman Jemile Weeks, who started an inning-ending double play. That was the only inning in which the Rangers had multiple baserunners. "We've got to be more consistent, that's all there is to it," Cruz said. "We have to figure out a way to get in the zone again and do what we usually do." There were only three extra-base hits in the game. Two of them were leadoff doubles that ended up scoring. The A's took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a leadoff double by Yoenis Cespedes and a one-out single by Brandon Inge. In the fourth inning, Josh Reddick led off with a double and scored on a single by Cespedes. That was it against Lewis, who pitched his first complete game of the season but is now 1-5 with a 4.37 ERA in his last seven starts. The Rangers' offense is averaging 3.42 runs per nine innings in those seven starts. "It is what it is," Lewis said. "You go out there and try to keep your team in the game for as long as you can. It just didn't work out for us tonight."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Today's artist spotlight features one of my favourite artists BossLogic, real name Kode who is from Melbourne, Australia. He has a huge portfolio of work and in this feature I focus on some of the Tron inspired Street Fighter art he has put together.
Some of my favourite fighters are all 'Tronified' such as Cammy, Vega, Bison, Ryu, Ken and Blanka to just name a few. We would love to know who your favourite character Street Fighter character is in the comments below.
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LASIK uses either a sophisticated instrument called a microkeratome or a precise laser, the Intralase, to create a flap from the top layer of the cornea. The flap is gently folded back, then the laser sculpts the midcornea to reshape the eye and reduce or eliminate the need for glasses and contact lenses.
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Chapter 20 : No Turning Back
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Chapter 20 - No Turning Back
As soon as her lungs were once again full of air, she repeated the process and slipped her body back under the water. Control. She had to control her lungs. She had to control her breathing. She had to control everything. Just like her Lord taught her. Control your magic. Control your spells. Control your mind.
She took a deep breath and rested her head against the porcelain tub, then raised her feet from the bath and used her toes to turn on the tap that coaxed out the hot water. After a second of waiting, the lukewarm liquid began steaming. Bellatrixs first instinct was to pull her leg away, to stop the hot water from assaulting her flesh. But she quickly identified that as a weakness, an inexcusable break in her chain of control, and she forced herself to wait three long seconds before recoiling her leg and sinking it back into the water.
She let her body relax slightly, allowing her dark eye to search the shadows of the room. As some of the oil lamps strengthened, it seemed the others weakened. Smaller flames being devoured by the larger, their shadows not able to match those that were superior. Thats where their world was finally headed − a place where the stronger race devoured the weaker. The ones who were born to live and breathe magic, crushing out those who were too underserving of the gift. The idea of it sent a chill of pleasure shuddering through Bellatrix.
Their world had finally found someone whose power could be matched by none, and he was going to set right the wrongs that had occurred for too long. He would take back their place as the dominant beings, and all those who refused to succumb to this new order would perish under his wand.
Yes, things were finally going in the direction that the wizarding world needed. A few years from now, it would only be those of the purest blood that held their heads high in public. It would only be those who had nothing but magic in their veins that stepped through the doors of Hogwarts.
And she would be in the center of it all.
She would assist in cleansing the filth from her world, and watch as the others bowed to her Master. They would accept his position above all of society, and give him the respect he demanded. Or wish their beating hearts goodbye.
They would cringe in fear at the sight of her, knowing that it was her hands, her magic, that acted as tools in bringing the Dark Lord to his place on the throne of power.
And all she had to do to finally show her Master that she was truly deserving of his faith, was complete her mission. In less than two days the boy would be either marked or dead. If he made the wise decision, the only decision, she would be responsible for training him herself. For torturing all the filthy Muggle loving ideas out of him, and making him understand that their world was meant to be cleansed. Maybe he could even bring her traitorous cousin over to their side, or maybe she would at least get a chance to hold a wand to his throat and watch her green curse reflect in his eyes.
Bellatrix took breath of the misty air, and let her body fall back into the water.
Control. She had to have control.
Lily twisted and turned in her covers, the thick feather duvet wrapped around her like a cocoon. She tried to let her mind fall back into its sleeping state, but after a few seconds she got impatient and started opening her eyes sliver by sliver.
The soft drifts of light catching the golden brown of the curtains surprised her, but only for a beat. Her disoriented mind pieced together the memories of the previous day, reminding her that she wasnt in her four poster bed at Hogwarts, but in the cozy, warm guest room − one of many − at the Potters home.
She stretched her limbs out before grabbing her watch and glancing at the small ticks depicting the hours. It was just after six. They needed to be at the Manchester Piccadilly station by nine and, as long as everything was running on time, they would be in Swansea by afternoon.
She slipped from the bed and grabbed a pair of leggings and a long jumper from her trunk, then tiptoed from the room and down the hall to the bathroom. Jamess room was on the other side of the hall, and Mr. and Mrs. Potter were on the floor below them, so she assumed she was far enough away to avoid waking anyone up with her bath.
She made it quick, just to be on the safe side, and in under half an hour she was dressed, had her hair braided loosely over her shoulder, and was growing more and more anxious about the events that would unfold that day. She tried to curl up on her bed again and read a book that Belle had lent her, but her concentration was far from willing to cooperate.
Just as she was about to pull out some material to revise, a soft knock came at her bedroom door, followed by a rough whisper of, Lily?
She rushed over, opening the door slowly so it wouldnt creak, and was met with a wave of dark hair and a lopsided smile.
Sirius? What are you doing up? she asked, stepping aside so he could come in, then shutting the door behind him to prevent them from waking rest of the house.
He just shrugged, then plopped himself on the bed and began fidgeting with the book Lily had been trying to read.
You never wake up early at Hogwarts, she continued, and careful with that. Its Belles. She snatched the book from him before he could continue to bend the paper, then made herself comfortable next to him.
I just couldnt sleep, I guess. I tried waking James, but the bloody git went for his wand. He was about to curse me in his sleep, Im fairly certain.
Lily studied the boy, noticing the way his face betrayed a very rare sense of nervousness, his grey eyes − lighter than normal − not meeting hers.
Youre scared about whats going to happen? she asked gently, realizing that Sirius was probably even more worried about how Belles confrontation would go than she was.
Not so much whats going to happen, he answered, glancing at her through his dark lashes. But what if it isnt a good thing for her like I think it will be? What if I pushed her into doing this and it ends up just hurting her more?
Lilys heart ached for her friend. She knew this was hard for Sirius. Hard for him to see someone deal with what hed gone through, and even harder because of how much he cared about her.
You really think that youd have been able to push Belle into anything she didnt really want to do? Lily answered, hoping her voice held enough seriousness that hed understand she wasnt just teasing.
Spose not.
Shes already half terrified that she wont be strong enough to do this, Sirius. You dont need to have those same fears. What you do need to do is believe in her one hundred percent, and make sure she knows it.
You know, you sound an awful lot like Remus sometimes.
Lily chuckled at the compliment − which was what she was taking it as. She felt herself suddenly wishing he was there with them, along with Peter, Alice, Frank, and Belle. Not that she wasnt more than happy with Sirius and Jamess company, but things just felt weird when the whole group was split up all around the country. Remus had seemed so happy to see his parents though, and Peter equally happy to see his mum.
Sirius, Lily started, with the thoughts of Peter still turning around in her mind. Do you think Peter was upset that his dad wasnt at the platform yesterday? She knew it probably wasnt any of her business, but she had to ask.
Peter stopped expecting things from his dad a long time ago. I think he was more relieved than anything.
The idea of that pricked against Lilys heart like needles, but she couldnt help wanting to know more. His dad cant be that terrible, can he?
He didnt used to be. I dont know if Mr. Pettigrew was ever the picture of fatherly perfection, but I know things didnt get bad until he started seeing someone else. Then he wanted a divorce, but Peters mum cant work and... this all stays between us, yeah? Sirius added quickly, glancing at her.
Of course.
Good. Well, his mum cant work much, because her magic isnt that strong. She might be a squib, Peter never really said. And they wouldnt be able to survive without his dads income. His mum said that she wouldnt agree to a divorce, and if he tried, shed take everything from him because hed committed adultery. That was years ago, and ever since then Mr. Pettigrew has been a lousy drunk. Hardly remembers who Peter is half the time. They dont live together anymore, but theyre still married.
Lily stayed silent, taking in everything Sirius had told her. She knew that Peters dad wasnt the best, but she hadnt known how bad he really was.
But, Sirius continued, his mum is really great. Shes one of the sweetest ladies there is. Youll get to know her a bit more at the Christmas feast.
That information made Lily feel a bit less hurt for her friend. Mrs. Pettigrew was always really quiet when they said their goodbyes at Kings Cross, so she didnt know what to make of her. She was probably just shy. That would make sense, considering how shy Peter was.
You guys are good friends, you know. Lily said, smiling at Sirius. And youre a good friend to Belle, too. Everything will work out how its supposed to. Trust me.
Ill try and remember that. I just hope I dont do something stupid...
Lily nodded, patting his hand with hers. Sirius always worried about how hed act in an intense sort of situation. She knew a lot of the students at Hogwarts thought that he was reckless for the sake of being reckless, but if truth be told, Lily knew that he couldnt do much about it. Hed made decisions he wasnt proud of, and hed acted in ways that he shouldnt have. Half the time hed even regret it after he did something stupid. Lily suspected that Sirius had been forced to make so many split-second decisions growing up to protect himself from his own family, that hed lost the ability to stop and think things through in the way that most people did. It took a lot to get him to that point, where he was so angry he just had to lash out, and after spending so much time growing closer with him, Lily understood that Sirius truly hated himself when he did go over the edge.
Sirius stood from the bed and knelt beside Butterscotch, petting him from head to tail. Well, shall we go down and make some tea? he suggested after the kitten seemed satisfied.
Sure. Maybe we can even get breakfast going for everyone. Ill teach you to cook the Muggle way.
Sirius was forced to stifle a laugh. His grey eyes, no longer shadowed, smiled at Lilys, and she couldnt help but already feel so much better about her own nerves.
She just had to remember what she told Sirius. Everything would work out how it was supposed to.
The sound of knives and forks scratching against china dishes that were as blue as the shell of a robins egg, was the only thing puncturing the silence of the oppressively formal dining room. Giant windows decked the walls, but curtains were pulled tightly closed, allowing not a fleck of sun to slip through.
Conversation was nonexistent. Just as Belle knew it would be, as it always was in this kind of setting. Only animals spoke while chewing their food, her father would say.
One thing was certain, her parents never would have objected to her spending time at the Christophersons Mansion. It would have fit their standards perfectly. She could almost hear her fathers pretensions voice commenting on the quality of the wood used to carve the massive, ornate dining table. And her mother would have said something in that airy, obnoxious tone of hers about how suitable the meal was, and how theyd clearly trained their help properly.
It felt odd to be back here, back in the world that shed grown up in, even if it wasnt her family. But at the same time, it was still so familiar that it nearly seemed like shed never left that world in the first place. Only Alice hadnt crumbled to the picture of what her parents wanted her to be, like all of Belles past-life friends. Girls that would talk about things far from polite in the comfort of the Palace, then be nothing but perfect around their parents. Alice stayed Alice. Shed gotten on her mothers case for punishing a house-elf and she was still the incredibly caring girl that Belle had the privilege of calling a best friend.
Well, that was an adequate breakfast. Ill be in the study, Mr. Christopherson said, pushing his chair back and excusing himself from the table.
Father, Alice broke in, her voice holding a tone of displeasure that Belle often got when she was being lectured about an assignment. I think youve forgotten to clear your plate. Youre going to pass right by the kitchen. It seems silly to have a house-elf make a special trip just to get it.
The annoyance in Able Christophersons eyes was clearly a learnt one, and it was obvious that Alice must have spent a good amount of time saying that same thing to her parents.
As I said, Ill be in the study, the man repeated, before turning away and heading through the door. Belle glanced over at Alice from the corners of her eyes, surprised to see that her friend was struggling to hold back a laugh.
Honestly, Alice, Caitleen Christopherson said, I dont know why you have to torment him so.
Oh he needs to lighten up, mother. I was thinking of going to lunch at Franks after Belle and Sirius leave, would you like to accompany me?
Belle nearly spit out the sip of tea shed just drank. Who on earth was this cheeky girl? Not that Belle didnt love to see Alice this way, but it was such a change.
Id rather keep to social gatherings with my own class. Im sure you understand.
Suit yourself, Alice answered, her tone now nothing but sweet. Belle understood that was their cue, and nodded at Mrs. Christopherson before grabbing her dish and walking alongside Alice toward the kitchen.
Sorry about that, Alice said once they got in the privacy of the kitchen. I tried to tell myself that I wouldnt start things with them while you were here. I dont want to make you feel uncomfortable or anything. But sometimes I just cant help it.
Alice, Belle interjected, wanting to rid her friend of the guilty look her eyes held. I zink zat watching you give your parents a difficult time may be one of ze best parts about this oliday.
Alice smiled, letting out a sigh of relief, then turned to the subject that Belle knew had been coming all morning. Sirius should be here in the next few hours. Are you going to be okay?
Im going to try to be. I hope zats enough, answered the blonde, her deep blue eyes already filling with the ghosts that she knew shed soon be confronting.
Lily went through her mental checklist, trying to be sure that shed packed all the necessities. She knew her decision to put the Undetectable Extension charm on her rucksack was a convenient one, but it also made things more stressful. Without a large overnight bag hanging off her shoulder, she felt like she couldnt have possibly remembered everything.
Well, James said, distracting Lily. She glanced over at him, his hands tucked into his pockets and a small rucksack over his back. I suppose I should leave my robes here, instead of wearing them to the wedding.
Oh no, Im sure Petunia would be delighted to see you in full wizard attire, Lily answered, unable to resist the playful banter.
Just as James was about to reply, Olivia and William entered the family room, distracting both teenagers.
You two all set? William asked, placing a hand on his sons shoulder. You know, its not too late to see if we can get a car from the Ministry. Plenty of people still owe me favors, he added with a wink. Lily wished they had more time, shed talk him into telling one of his old stories from his days as an Auror. For some reason she really loved watching Mr. Potter get submerged into his memories as he told them all a tale of when he was on the squad.
Let the children travel however they want, William, Olivia lectured, pointing a playful finger at her husband. Besides, we all know you ran out of favors back before you went grey. And thats saying something.
Ive run out of favors? William argued, a comical look of indignation filling his kind features. Me? William Potter? Ha! The day I run out of favors is the day that Quidditch is played on dragons.
Now thats an idea... James mumbled, his eyes holding way too much mischief for Lily to be comfortable.
Ill just pretend I didnt hear that, Olivia said, raising her eyebrows at her son. Between you and Sirius, I cant imagine how Ive managed to keep from going grey myself.
Did I hear Sirius? came the booming voice of Mr. Black himself. What, Jamesie, youre getting both of us in trouble now? he furrowed his eyebrows up, like he was really in shock that his best friend had said something to put the two of them in a negative light, then walked over to Olivia and draped a large arm around her. You know, Mrs. Potter, Ive been trying to get that one under control for years. He clicked his tongue, then added a shake of his head as he eyed James.
Oh I know you have, darling. Youd never be the one caught in the center of any trouble, Olivia answered, patting Siriuss face playfully.
For the first time, Lily got a real glimpse at just how much the Olivia and William cared about the boy who was as good as their second son. Of course she already knew that, but seeing it was something completely different. Shed never been cognizant enough during her stay at the Potters last summer to really pick up on it, but now that she was, it brought an incredible kind of warmth through her. Listening to James banter back, teasing his best mate and both of them playing Olivia against one another, then of course William coming in with his own one liners every few seconds... it was enough to make Lily want to just group them all together and hug them. Shed always wondered how Sirius managed to be such a caring friend, considering what hed been raised around. But now more than ever, Lily understood.
You two better get going, Olivia said, breaking Lily from her thoughts. And Lily, good luck. The words were simple, but as Olivia pulled her into a tight hug, they felt anything but. Well be waiting right here for you two when you return, Olivia whispered into her ear, before releasing her and moving to hug James.
You tell us if hes anything less than a gentleman, William added, putting his arm around Lily and pulling her into him. And you two look out for each other.
Lily knew theyd only be gone for one night, but it still felt so grown up to be going away with James.
They said their goodbyes to Sirius as well, wishing him luck on his own excursion with Belle, before linking hands. She glanced up, meeting Jamess stare. He raised his eyebrows at her, and she gave him a small nod.
After one last farewell, James tightened his grip on her fingers and they turned to head through the room and out the front door. As soon as they got past the wards, theyd pop to the Manchester Piccadilly station. Then theyd be boarding a train, and by the time the sun set, shed be eating dinner with her sister.
Maybe I shouldnt be doing zis, Belle said, her voice shaking as she checked the watch that dangled from her wrist one more time. Sirius would be there in a matter of minutes. Then she had no choice but to go forward. He wouldnt let her turn back.
If you dont, youll regret it, Alice reasoned as her fingers twisted through Belles hair, catching the fly-away strands and pulling them into a braid.
I know, but if I do it, it might turn out orrible.
But if you dont do it, youll never know if it would have turned out horribly and youll still regret it.
What if zey missed me? And zey ask me to stay? The fragility of Belles voice upset her, and she knew Alice heard it as well.
Do you want to stay with them? Alice asked after a moments silence.
No. She knew that. But it didnt make it any easier to stop herself from imagining her mum hugging her, and telling her she was sorry and that she loved her.
But that wasnt her mum. There was no danger of Mrs. Leclair doing that. Shed never said those words when the two of them were on good terms; she certainly wouldnt say them after her daughter had run away for so long. If her mum was that kind of person, the kind to take her daughter into her arms and tell her how special she was, maybe Belle never would have ended up in this situation.
But Belle had made mistakes too. It wasnt fair to lay all the blame on her mother. And if she never had ended up where she was, she wouldnt have met Alice or Lily. Or any of the group. She wouldnt have met Sirius.
The last thought stuck into her mind, and she tilted her head back so she was able to meet Alices eyes, then took a deep breath and prepared herself for what shed been wanting to say for weeks. I zink I really like Sirius.
She expected Alice to laugh, or giggle, or scream. Something. But instead, she just gave her a quizzical kind of stare.
Well, thats nothing new, Alice finally said.
I know, Belle argued, lowing her head back down and letting her lips form into a pout. But I never really said zat I liked him before.
Im not the one you need to tell that to.
Belle frowned at Alices words. Zats too much right now. Ill get zrough zis first, zen see if e even wants anyzing to do with me.
Isabelle, came the strict tone of Alice as she yanked her blonde hair back so that Belle was once again staring into her eyes. Stop doubting Sirius. If you think anything your family could do would make him turn and run from you, you clearly dont know him as well as you think.
Once Alice loosened up on Belles hair, the blonde leaned forward again so that Alice couldnt see her face and let a small smile fall over her lips. She knew what Alice said was true, but actually hearing it, having someone else confirm what she desperately wanted to believe, felt so much better.
A loud crack filled the room, though neither girl flinched. They were both more than accustomed to hearing house-elves pop in and out.
Madam Christopherson sends Kitts up here to tell Miss Leclair that Sirius Black is being downstairs.
Thanks, Kitts, Alice said, her voice as warm as ever, before smiling at the elf and sending it on its way.
Well, Belle sighed, twisting her hands together in a rare display of anxiety. I zink zat means its time, doesnt it?
Itll be fine. And no matter what, you know were always here for you, Alice said, helping her friend up off the floor and hugging her tightly. I didnt mention to mother and father that there was a Portkey on the estate. Theyd have thrown a fit about the Ministry thinking they can step foot onto their property, or something along those lines. You go down to Sirius, and Ill keep them busy. That way theyll just think you walked outside of the wards and Apparated off to your Portkey. Just go out the back doors and follow the path that leads to the left through the garden. Thatll take you right to the bench.
And youre sure zat its okay if I return late? Belle asked, not wanting to impose on her friend.
Of course. Ive asked an elf to be on the lookout for you. I dont want you walking back to the house in the dark or anything, so shell meet you back at the bench whenever you get here and walk you and Sirius to the house. He can use our fireplace to floo back to the Potters.
Belle nodded, and she knew her eyes mustve looked pathetically scared, because Alice pulled her in for another tight hug.
Thank you, Alice, Belle whispered before Alice ushered her out to the room and down the stairs.
They parted ways on the main floor, where Alice went to distract her parents. The closer she got to the family room, knowing Sirius would be waiting there, the slower her feet seemed to move. She knew she was doing the right thing, going to France. Deep inside her heart, she was sure of it. She couldnt keep making herself feel like it had all been her fault. She needed some sort of closure, some way to tell them that she was done. She was never coming back, and what theyd done to her, how they treated her, had nearly ruined her.
If she hadnt found Lily and Alice... well, if they wouldnt have badgered her into eating with them at the Gryffindor table, she truly had no idea where shed be. She probably would have started convincing herself that running away to Hogwarts was a mistake. She would have gotten lonely, and let her mind forget about all the terrible things her family did. Maybe shed have lasted a month until she went back home, back to the life where she was nothing but a porcelain doll meant to look pretty and stay silent.
Yes, she was certain that without the friendship that Alice and Lily had given her, she wouldnt be here.
Shed never have gotten this close to Sirius.
She would probably already be betrothed to a boring man who enjoyed keeping playthings on the side. Shed have ended up as the Lady to a large manor with a husband who didnt care for anything but her looks, and a life that would have suffocated her to death.
But she didnt have to be that. And she never would be.
Hey there, Sirius said reaching a hand out to her as she stepped into the room. His eyes were steady. The look he gave her was neither one of nerves nor sympathy. Thank God. She couldnt handle any more sympathy, or any more doubts piled on top of her own.
She took his hand and let him pull her into a tight hug. This wasnt new for them, but each time he hugged her she was surprised at how easy it was. She didnt back away from the physical contact − something shed done with Christophe. She didnt feel like she was supposed to say something dumb and charming about how strong his arms felt, like her mother always instructed her to do.
Though he did have very strong arms.
Zank you again for coming, Belle said after he eased his grip.
I already told you, there will be none of that. Im coming because I want to. You dont need to thank me for doing something that I want to do.
Belle smirked at him, wanting to match his playful attitude. But on the inside, a heavy weight seemed to lighten by just a fraction. She hoped he was telling her the truth.
Alice is distracting er parents. Something about zem not knowing ze Portkey was put on zeir estate.
Well then, I believe its time we go. The Portkey leaves at noon, right?
Yes, in just under alf an our.
Belle, Sirius said as they began walking toward the back of the house, stopping in his tracks and drilling her eyes with his. You can do this. Its going to be fine. Yeah?
She let out a deep sigh, then placed her small hands on his shoulder and stood up on her tip toes. Thank you, she whispered, touching her lips gently to his cheek. The feeling of his stubble grazing her soft flesh sent a shiver through her, and she lowered herself back down before she let the friendly kiss on the cheek become something more.
If everything went okay today, if she still felt like herself when it was all over, maybe then she could think more about Sirius and the real kind of kiss she wanted to give him.
But first, it was time to face her ghosts.
She could do this.
As always, thank you to my wonderful beta, CambAngst ♥
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Well, I was taking a little time from my computer to go outside and weed a little. But then I had to go in and get my camera. It is the height of daylily season, and I have so many varieties...mostly thanks to Beverly Hendricks at Deerwood Farm & Gardens in Waterford, Maine (not far away) ---- http://www.deerwoodgarden.com if you want to take a look at this amazing place where Bev and her husband are raising 200+ varieties of daylilies. I go there every summer and always come home with a new treasure. (And it was Bev who taught me that you can add daylily petals to salads!)
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Thanks for your wonderful work Lois. I'm a 26 yo male in my third year at medical school ini AZ and The Giver provided a much needed break from the rigors of medicine. My wife and I are dissecting your book. I think you gave Gabriel his first memory because he might symbolize Noah, bringing in fresh life and a new start. Whether or not you meant that, your book has given us valuable discussion. Our kids will get a copy for their birthdays.
I had a similar mountain lion (Eastern Cougar) experience right here in coastal Maine--similar reaction from humans, too.
I drove by it in a wooded area, thought "That is one huge yellow lab," and realized what it was about a quarter of a mile later. I turned around and there it was crossing the road, long, sleek, low to the ground, the end of its tail curling up in unmistakeably feline fashion. It panicked as I inched nearer, and disappeared into the woods.
Afterwards, everyone wanted to know what I'd been drinking. The neighborhood took in its housecats, though.