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Whats happening now? Terry whispers. I am perched upon his bed in the hospital wing, peeking an eye through the curtains which are drawn about it.
Shes holding his hand and telling him something about a book Ah! I wish we could get closer! I giggle, and snap back as the bushy-haired girl sitting by the hospital wings other occupant sends a sharp eye in my direction. A moment later, I peer out the curtain again, but all I can hear is a slight humming sound like water running through pipes. Bollocks, shes onto us.
Terry laughed quietly. Smart one, Hermione. Knows to keep an eye out for nosy Slytherins like you. I smile and swat at his hand, which is reaching for my waist, and pull my legs up to sit cross-legged on the thin cot, moving his legs over gently and resting my hand on his knee beneath the blankets. Hes sitting up straight, leaning against the headboard with his dark hair an unbrushed mess.
Have they come to speak with you at all?
Terry shook his head. No, Ive asked Madame Pomfrey to keep visitors out. I wouldnt want somebody barging in when youre visiting.
I smile. Ive been in to visit Terry for the last three days, though hes meant to be getting out soon. The foray into the waters in the greenhouse gave him an odd sort of rash on his arms and legs which the nurse has been treating, and it has taken him a few days to recover from the cold of the water, which was most likely inlaid with certain potions to keep the plants alive, and from the shock of coming near drowning. In typical Terry Boot fashion, however, hes been in fine spirits. As for me, Im so thrilled to have him again that I barely noticed the irritation on my skin from when I accidentally touched the snow vine- Terry tricked me into showing Madame Pomfrey and she put a quick stop to it.
Flitwick came in to give me a talk yesterday, Terry tells me now. When you were in Potions. Hes taken a large amount of points from Ravenclaw, though rather reluctantly I might add, and given me a lecture. He smiles ruefully. Hes a good bloke. He thinks I was sneaking off to the greenhouses to work on a Herbology essay, thank god. For him, thats much more forgivable and understandable than speaking around with girls. He nudges me playfully.
How very Ravenclaw of him, I reply. Im going to have the house elves bake a cake and send it to that Tonks lady- shes such a good sport.
Terry grinned. We owe her one, thats for sure. He gestures with his fingers and I obligingly tip forward on my hands to bend over him and give him a careful kiss. We both blush and smile a little, and I lean forward a little and rest my head on his shoulder, reaching up to press my lips against his hairline and give him a playful kiss there. He smells of warmth and soap, and I feel his hand twirl about in my hair. Making knots, most likely.
We said that this is a clean slate, but that we can talk honestly, yeah? he asks after a little. I frown and pull back to my original perch.
Erm, yes, I suppose. Is there something on your mind? I smile politely.
He scowls. Dont give me that Slytherin smile, Tor. I just want to know that we can talk about sensitive issues without fighting all over again. Weve both accepted that the other was both in the wrong and in the right. I just think its important to be able to discuss things like your father and the war and all.
I agree, I say, my lips feeling suddenly dry as parchment. I mean, Im not going anywhere. I squeeze his leg again: his expression softens. I dont want us to be on guard with one another all the time: its a work in progress and Im alright with that.
Me as well, Terry says, taking a sip of water and clearing his throat. Its just that I think theres another reason Flitwick went quite easily on me. You see, a couple months ago, right before the whole incident with the Slytherins in the corridor and everything else, one of my dormmates, a bloke called Bentley, was woken up by Flitwick in the middle of the night with some sort of family disaster.
Oh, thats sad, I say quietly, though I have a dark feeling of where this conversation is heading.
You see, he left Hogwarts and hasnt been back since. Nothing had appeared in the papers or anything like that, but he wrote to his girlfriend, Padma, and she showed the letter to me. It seems his father and little brother were attacked by Dementors, and both, well you know.
I know, I say quietly, thinking of the images of the empty-eyed huddles of human hanging in Snapes classroom.
Terry looks down. Its horrible. And, you see, both Bentleys parents were Muggleborn. Hes been trying to help his mother and keep her out of harms way ever since.
I wonder what happens to the shells of people who suffered the Dementors Kiss; are they buried and mourned like the dead, or locked away in a ward somewhere and treated as severely damaged patients?
I think Id rather die than suffer that fate, I say quietly. Terry nods.
Oh, me as well. At least with death there is a possibility of the afterlife; or rebirth, perhaps. Or, if desperate times, becoming a ghost. If something like that, where I lose myself, ever happens to me, promise youll off me yourself, okay? He smiles crookedly as I roll my eyes and nudge him. Im sorry, this is such a dark conversation. I just thought you ought to know.
I sense the question lingering in the air between us; could my father have been responsible for the fates of Bentleys family?
He works in Magical law enforcement, I blurt out. Trials, persecutions and the like. Nothing to do with the Dementors.
Alright, Terry says, looking at me with an unreadable expression. I wonder if he is trying to stir a reaction in me, an emotional declaration that I will forsake my family for good and join the other side in fighting the Dark Lord and my fathers cohorts. But no choice is so simple as that: for on that side there are my friends and family, everyone I have ever cared for before this year. All thoughts of my own ambition in that form of the world have left me, now: there is no future for me as a Death Eater, and I am not strong or clever enough to be a spy among the Dark Lords ranks, fighting for either side decisively or strategically.
The conversation moves forward to other things: the fast-approaching Easter holidays, Transfiguration lessons, how Terry walked in on his friend Mike and Mikes girlfriend having a raging row the week before. But the discussion is far from over: a choice is far from decided.
A few days finds me growing bolder than ever in the return of Terry and my relationship with him, confusing and flawed as it may be. After Terry is released from the hospital wing, I agree to join him and his friends in the library, under the guise of his being my assigned tutor, of course. The gesture feels risky, but right: and I find myself caring less and less of the consequences should any Slytherins notice. What threat do they present to me, truly? I am confident enough in my fathers trust and love for me, and surely his word could go up against the word of any other child of a Death Eater, even Lucius Malfoy, now that he is imprisoned and disgraced.
Anthony Goldstein and Michael Corner are friendly enough, recognizing me from the walk down to the Quidditch pitch a couple weeks ago. I smile shyly at them as I sit down, wondering how much they know. Terry squeezes my hand reassuringly under the table.
So why did you choose Terry-berry here to be your tutor? Anthony asked, a friendly shine in his eyes. Surely there are plenty of other Ravenclaws who are much less concerned about practicing potions in their spare time and have actual knowledge in Transfiguration and the like?
And who are much more handsome, Michael adds, grinning at me.
I shrug and smile back at them: it feels genuine enough. Well, Professor McGonagall recommended Terry to me as a great student, and she said I needed a tutor quite desperately. I looked down as if ashamed of this fact, though it isnt so far from the truth considering my school performance since the new year began.
I cant help but wonder if the boys know something about the true nature of Terry and my relationship: he had hinted that Anthony was quite perceptive and might have noticed something. But I think to myself that all things considered, there are worse dangers in the world, and if Terry trusts Michael and Anthony, then perhaps I should as well. I smirk a little, remembering the first time I saw Michael when he barged into the secret room, and how the explanation was diverted by my drinking Polyjuice Potion. I cant help but wonder if Terry had ever told him some version of the truth about that encounter.
Terry makes a great show of explaining Gamps Law of Transfiguration to me throwing in some historical facts about Gamps life in typical Terry Boot fashion. He leans forward and pauses to smile at me, blue eyes close to mine, and squeezes my hand under the table. I squeeze it back, crinkle my nose at him, and then ask about the theories of exceptions to the Law unearthed in the early twentieth century.
The other boys have launched into a discussion about the Chamber of Secrets.
I still think it would make an excellent clubhouse, Anthony says, twirling his quill between his fingers.
This distracts Terry, and he looks up and rolls his eyes. And how would you find the place, may I ask?
Harry, maybe? Anthony suggests. Mike and I think it would be bloody cool. Did you hear how they left the skeleton of that great snake monster down in the Chamber to rot-
Imagine stealing it and setting the ruddy thing outside the Slytherin common room, Micheal adds gleefully. Anthony shoots him an admiring glance. Give the wretched Slytherins a right fright, see, thats what happens when you go after Muggleborns, have fun climbing through a snake skeleton to get to breakfast Terry squeezes my hand under the table again and looks over at me through his lashes as if wondering what I might respond to this.
Give us some credit, not all Slytherins are deserving of slipping on Basilisk bones, I say, but not unkindly. Michael, I remember, has a knack for thinking up pranks to play on my house, like the Halloween prank in which they had turned several Slytherin partygoers, Terry himself included, into versions of Draco Malfoy with Polyjuice Potion.
Sorry, Tor, that was a little rude, Anthony says quietly.
I shrug. Its a funny prank, Ill give you that. I wasnt here for the whole Chamber of Secrets thing but it sounded terrifying, even for Slytherins, mind. And remember, not all of us are afraid of snakes, not even the corpses of enormous ones which may or may not actually exist and be waiting in the bowels of the school to be left about. I nearly add the fact that I had found a dead snake in my bed a few months ago, undoubtedly slain and left there by one of my housemates, though the culprit had never come forward and I hadnt thought to inform any teachers or prefects about it. What could they do, really?
She has a point, Terry informs his friends.
Anthony leans forward on his hands, and wrenches his lips together as Madam Pince sweeps by, claws clamped around a large, dusty textbook. The Ravenclaws have positioned us at the far end of the library, far from her desk, but she gives us a suspicious look, almost vulture-like in her hunched shoulders and paperlike skin.
I know this is a little intrusive, but Ive been dying to know, Anthony says rather hesitantly once Pince has passed and is occupied snatching a book away from some solemn looking Hufflepuffs. We heard a story about a Slytherin boy who who came out as gay, and then he was attacked really publically in the common room. Half the house saw, but nobody reported it, and, well is it true? He bites his lip. Im sorry, I dont even know if you were involved and I dont want to accuse anyone of anything I was just curious.
We think youre quite lovely and not like some of the other Slytherins, thats why hes asking, Michael adds helpfully.
I wonder how the story had gotten out: perhaps some of the younger students with less house prejudice had spoken to someone in another house, or been overheard discussing the incident. Slytherin is nothing if not notorious for its secrets and discretion, at least in the years since I had been at school. I wonder about Taurus boyfriend, the Hufflepuff Muggleborn who played on the Quidditch team, and if he had gotten word of the incident. Id heard a story that after our fake break up, Taurus had begun seeing a pureblooded Ravenclaw, a girl this time whether this was for posteritys sake or if he actually confided in her, I couldnt be sure.
Terry looks at me expectantly: I had let his hand go when Pince was moving about behind us.
The story is true, I tell the boys finally. Im sorry to say it, but its true. Im not sure whether the uproar was truly because he was gay well, not overtly but because he was with a Muggleborn, you see. I shrug, deciding not to fill them in on my specific role in the incident. Clearly word had not gotten out about my fake relationship with Taurus, given that it had lasted all of two weeks and been mostly for the sake of the Slytherins. Terry at least hadnt mentioned it over the past little while.
How are same-sex relationships treated in the wizarding community in general, anyway? Terry asks, a note of true curiosity threading through his voice. With Muggles, gay rights are huge right now: my cousin was showing me her pictures from the Pride parade in London last year- he wants me to go with him this summer. He looks meaningfully at Anthony, I notice. Maybe you blokes should come with.
"Honestly, Id say wizards still have a long way to go in terms of acceptance," Anthony adds. "That horrible hazing incident with regards to that poor Slytherin boy is proof enough.
And because he was dating a Muggleborn, I cut in hastily.
Anthony frowns, looking a little coolly towards me across the table. A hate crime is a hate crime, he says. Love is love, just like hate is hate.
Sensing the tension in the air, Terry changes the subject to Quidditch and whether Ravenclaw is ready or not for the upcoming match against Gryffindor.
Oi, Corner, are you supporting Team Weasley or Team Chang? Terry laughs, throwing a crumpled up bit of parchment which hits Michael in the head.
His friend scowls. I ditched Ginny nearly a year ago, isnt it time to give it a rest? I only ditched Cho about a week ago, when she was laughing about your near-drowning experience I might add, some mate you are. And Ravenclaw is going to win, Im sure of it.
The plant incident was a little funny, Anthony adds fairly.
Actually, both of them were the ones to ditch him, Terry informs me in a loud whisper. Michael glares and has his revenge with a neat bit of magic which ensures Terrys quill will automatically write obscenities and general nonsense as he wrote out a study plan for my Transfiguration revision: after the fourth line of Gamps Law of Bloody Elemental Poo and I am giggling so hard that Terry realizes and tries to draw on Michaels face with the offending instrument, leading to a raging lecture from Madam Pince and threats to ban the lot of us from the library.
My face is burning a little from smiling by the end of the afternoon. I try to picture Amaris face where Michael is, or Taurus instead of Anthony, or Pyxis laughing and sharing inside jokes with me instead of Terry. Although I miss my friends of the past years, I wouldnt exchange them on this day, not for a moment.
I feel like we didnt actually get much work done, Terry says ruefully as I pack up my books to head down to the dinner feast.
Its alright, I had fun, I whisper back, smiling. Anthony and Michaels heads are bent close together over what I believe are actually Terrys Potions notes, racing to see who can copy them the fastest. I like your friends, theyre nice. I wish we could do this more often.
So do I, Terry says, his eyes blue and bright, and for a moment I have to fight the urge to lean over and kiss him there, in front of his friends and Madam Pince and anyone else who might be peering through the cracks in the thick wooden book shelves, just like a regular couple bidding goodbye for the evening. But I pull away and the moment is broken.
Ill see you soon, I promise, and touch his arm lightly before heading off in the direction of the doors, rummaging through my books and looking down to make sure I have all my things before leaving. So I dont notice Pyxis Nott standing near the front desk, his dark eyes peering over the book in his hands and watching the table in the corner and the three boys sitting there.
Meanwhile, beyond the walls of Hogwarts, my father is receiving an assignment.
Orpheus Yaxley had once had the Imperius Curse cast upon him by the Dark Lord, the first time he rose to power. He had done something terrible under the curse, and since that day he had fought to be able to overcome it, to throw it off or at least resist the most despicable of actions. He was a spy, a politician, and above all he must be alert, one step ahead of the others, and never appear weak. He must never fall to the curse again. Such would be his task in the coming months.
And, somewhere in the depths of his Occlumency-protected mind, Yaxley had feared the Dark Lords rise this time. He feared that he would once again be forced to feel the curse treading upon his mind, that this time, the terrible deed might be enacted much more forcefully. This time, he might not be able to stop himself. And this time, another whom he loved might suffer.
The Dark Lord had gone from being something more than wizard to something less than human. The magics he had wrought on his body had turned it inside out to reflect the disgusting, rotting core: the red snake eyes, the slits for a nose, the thin skin as if it might one day be shed to reveal a fresh, new body within. The Dark Lord, when Yaxley had first encountered him had been charismatic, even handsome, power emanating from his being, something to be feared. Now, having risen from the dead, the Dark Lord was no longer a man: Yaxley knew he had left humanity far behind. And that, more than anything, was frightening.
But Orpheus Yaxley had learned long ago not to betray his own fear. After receiving his orders from the Dark Lord, he assembles with his team in one of the smaller libraries at Malfoy manor, face impassive and voice steady.
The Manor is the perfect place for the Death Eaters to assemble in secret, despite the spot of trouble in September with that troublesome Arthur Weasley returning to investigate the place for dark objects. After it was seized and examined a second time, the Ministry seemed to move away from concentrating on raiding defeated Death Eaters homes and on squirming about in the tangled mess the government had become since the incident in the Department of Mysteries last year. Yaxley still cringes to think of it: how he had come so close to losing his cover and his income, his cushy and well-positioned place in the Ministry, his childrens futures promised no matter which side won. And all at the hands of half a dozen underage wizards. Losing Nott, Malfoy and the others to Azkaban had been most inconvenient, and he did not pity them the Dark Lords wrath, but mostly they irritated him, as their fall reminded him of all he had at stake.
And because of a group of misfit teenagers as well! The idea still continues to irk him. He remembers his eldest daughter coming home after her first year at Hogwarts and mocking the pathetic Longbottom, how in their third years the children had encountered Boggarts and Longbottoms greatest fear had been Snape! Of all the horrors in the world. And then the others reckless Potter, who got by on pure luck; the Mudblood Granger; that gangly, spotted Weasley spawn who had actually succeeded in Disarming him. They were far inferior to his own lovely, intelligent daughters, yet somehow six teenagers had succeeded in defeating them and exposing the Dark Lords return, and the memory still stung.
Yaxley shakes his head out of the past and turns to address his assembled committee: Rookwood, Lestrange, a new recruit, Runcorn, who shows exceptional promise, and a handful of others whose names he cannot be bothered to remember. They will prove their worth and earn their position in the Dark Lords ranks; or they will fail, their fear will overcome them, and they will suffer the worst for it in the end.
Our task, gentlemen, he says, enjoying the feel of his deep voice holding every Death Eaters attention. A thought flits across his mind: how if his wife was in attendance, he would have insisted he add something about the women in attendance. He shakes the thought away as if it were paper. Our task, is to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic thoroughly, so that every department, every worker, answers to the Dark Lord. His lip curls upwards. Even if the individuals working there are not quite aware of it.
Marvelous, Lestrange says, his voice a hoarse croak. Yaxley examines the man: once a silver-tongued, iron-clad pureblood, the man is a shade of his former self since his time in Azkaban. The madness which consumes his sister-in-law is present as well in the reserved face.
Yes, Yaxley adds. Now, the immediate problem is Scrimgeour- of course, hes just a figurehead, not really doing much, but hes a skilled fighter and I need him replaced with one of our men.
Bet yer got ambitions for that yerself, eh, Yaxley, Macnair says, baring his rotting teeth. Yaxley looks at the man with distaste: for years, Rookwood has been the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures workhorse, taking care of the nasty executions and exterminations of undesirable magical animals. The cruelty which was never quite satiated makes him a valued servant to the Dark Lord, as does the absolute lack of compassion or disgust trigger; Yaxley, secretly, is disgusted by the foul man despite his connections to information regarding the giants locations and significant role in convincing giants to come over to their side since the Dark Lords rise.
Actually, I have my eye on a very different position, Yaxley replies coolly. Now, there are several other officials placed about the Minister which the Dark Lord would like taken care of. You will all be receiving separate assignments, but know that the Imperius Curse is preferred, as long as it is properly cast. Any faulty curses leading to leaked information will be severely punished. He pauses for a moment to allow the warning in these words to sink in. If the curse fails, then death, but be sure to cover your tracks. He nods to two thin-faced wizards in the corner. You two will take care of Fudge- we dont want anyone rallying around him once Scrimgeour is dead. Runcorn, I believe you have connections with Madam Umbridge be sure to ingratiate yourself with her closest advisors. And then there is the matter of the Aurors and Law.
Id like to see the wizard who could get close enough to Imperius Pius Thicknesse, one of the wizards chuckles. Yaxley eyes him carefully: the man is big and blond, with a dumb, broad face and piggy eyes.
Leave Thicknesse to me, he says quietly, thinking of the man who replaced Amelia Bones. No, no, he reminds himself, internally chiding himself and tucking any memories of starry nights and golden-headed girls aside, and leaving nothing but his desire for retribution of Amelias old position.
Thicknesse, but isnt he the new Head for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement? someone else pipes up.
There was the sound of flesh hitting flesh as Lestrange gives the speaker a brisk, warning slap on the back of his head. The man recoils: there was a whisper from that direction of something which sounds to Yaxley like know your politics, nitwit.
Yes, that is the position he is currently appointed to, Yaxley says. But do not fret, gentlemen. He will not hold it for long.
Happy new year darling readers! I hope you like this chapter- it's one of my favourites I've written in a while. Hopefully you'll be glad to hear I have two more chapters of this story nearly finished and plan on posting them soon- inspiration has been flowing for this story and I'm hoping to finish it by the end of March- and then to get writing on the sequel! Feel free to leave a review if you have the time! :)
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An off-duty NYPD officer trying to stop a Bronx robbery was shot in the chest Wednesday, but with his hand pressed against his wound, he fatally shot one of three suspects trying to get away, New York City officials said.
Ivan Marcano, 27, a five-year NYPD officer from the Bronx, was "bright eyed" at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Wednesday night and is expected to survive his chest wound as police mounted a hunt for the two other suspects, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters.
The officer was in a car driven by his girlfriend when she noticed two men robbing someone on Harrison Avenue at 6:30 p.m., Kelly said. The two gunmen hit their victim in the head with a gun and stole $80, he said.
After telling his girlfriend to call 911, Marcano went up to the robber, took out his shield and gun and identified himself as a police officer, police said.
"Right after he identified himself, they shot him," Kelly said. "We are obviously looking aggressively for two individuals," he said.
Marcano took cover back at his car, and as his girlfriend tried to get him to a hospital fast, she pressed her horn and a block from the robbery, some cars ahead of her had an accident, Kelly said.
A white Mustang immediately in front of her had lurched forward, hitting a livery car and a parked car before "careening onto the sidewalk," the police commissioner said.
Three men came out of the Mustang, and Marcano recognized them as the robbers, police said.
He took cover behind a livery cab, yelled to passersby to "get down," then fired at the suspects, Kelly said.
"He moved a second time, still holding a hand over his wound, to the west side of Harrison Avenue, where he took cover behind a parked car and fired another round at the suspects," Kelly said. "In a remarkable display of marksmanship and cool under fire, Officer Marcano fired, striking one of the suspects in the head. He died on the sidewalk next to the Mustang.
"The suspect's two accomplices split up, fleeing east and west on Burnside Avenue. Officer Marcano followed one of them onto Burnside Avenue, still clutching his bleeding chest wound. In a great stroke of fortune, Officer Marcano encountered an ambulance that happened to be parked on Burnside Avenue near Harrison. Officer Marcano climbed in and was transported here to Bronx-Lebanon hospital," Kelly said.
A 380-caliber semiautomatic was recovered at the scene, Kelly said. The suspect killed has not been identified, he said.
The round grazed Marcano's left arm, entered the left side of his chest, narrowly missed his heart, exited and re-entered the right side, where it ricocheted and fractured one of his ribs, police said. The bullet was lodged in the right side of his chest and Marcano had not undergone an operation by the time of the news conference, officials said.
"He's a very lucky guy and he knows it," said Bloomberg.
Marcano was the 12th NYPD cop shot this year, officials said.
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I was spending a lot of money on dry cleaning so I decided to look at a product that would help to refresh my suits between taking them to the dry cleaners. I wanted to spend less money and spend less time going to the dry cleaners. Unfortunately I do not an assistant or a boyfriend that will pick up my dry cleaning!
I was spending around £30.00 a month on dry cleaning, which works out at around 3 suits. I thought that if I bought a steamer, I would be able to reduce the amount of money I spent a month by at least half! Wishful thinking maybe....
Well actually, it wasn't wishful thinking and I am really pleased with the steamer and the results. It is perfect for using at home or for taking away on trips as it folds up really small. It is perfect for getting rid of creases in items that have been crumpled in a suit case and it is much gentler and safer to use on clothes than an iron.
*Price and availability*
I paid £34.99 for the steamer and I bought it from Amazon.
The steamer is shaped a bit like a hair dryer. At the bottom is the cable that hooks up to the main supply. The main body is shaped to fit the contours of your hand and at the top is the steaming head. You can select the heat setting you want that will suit the fabric the best; there are three to choose from. I use the medium setting for most items that I steam.
The device is light and easy to hold and comes with a travel bag for storing it in.
The steamer gives up to 15 g of steam per output and there is a removable water chamber that can take 55ml.
Push-button activation provides a continuous spray of steam until you take your finger off the button, meaning you can steam a whole piece without stopping if you want (assuming you don't run out or water).
Because it's designed for travel, it is light and has dual voltage capabilities; this makes it ideal for travel as it is adaptable to low and high currents.
There is a lint brush attachment that is supposed to be used when steaming clothing, however it is advisable to remove this is you are steaming knitted garments. It's main function is to remove lint but it could pull at delicate items.
*My experiences*
Steaming knit garments can be a handy way to gently get the knit fabric into the size and shape you want. Steaming in this manner can be accomplished with the steam from your iron but the handheld device is much more practical to use. For one thing, this device is a lot lighter than my iron and the steam is more concentrated.
I have had much success in steaming suits and it really does give items that extra lift and freshen them up. The device is really easy to use and as it only has three settings, you cannot go wrong. It works on a variety of fabrics but some are more stubborn than others. I have a very thick cotton suit that needed a hand in getting the creases out. I had to concentrate the steam more in certain places and spread the fabric out with my fingers and then give it a good blast. It did work which was great but it just took a bit longer!
The main downside to the steamer is that the water chamber is so small. The device uses a lot of steam therefore it goes through the water pretty quickly. This is a pain as you have to refill it often. I can probably get through a couple of garments before having to refill it. Despite this, the device heats up really quickly and it is faster than any iron.
I like the fact that the device can be taken abroad, it is small and light and does not take up too much room in the suit case. It is a quick way of getting rid of folding creases in items that have been squashed in a suit case. It is much more fun to use than an iron, who wants to start ironing on holiday! Also if you take a travel iron away with you, you are not always guaranteed to have the use of an ironing board! At least with a steamer you can simply hang your clothes up and get to work!
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A PENSIONER has been convicted of child exploitation after a jury found him guilty of offering two 12-year-old girls €5 to participate in a sex act in the back of his car.
Peter Clarke, of Tully, Corcreaghy, Louth village, had denied the offences.
Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court was told that the 68-year-old accused was in his Jaguar car when he saw the girls outside a shop on the September 9, 2011.
The girls told the court that he put €5 on the table and asked them to spend the night with him.
In an interview with gardai he said that if they had agreed, that he probably would have had sex with them.
In reply to gardai who asked did he want to have sex with the girls he said: "I'd say I did," and asked where he had in mind to go with them, he replied, "I'd say the back seat of the car."
When the gardai asked: "You invited these young girls to take part in a sexual act?" the accused replied: "Yes."
He told gardai he had a preference for girls aged between 12 and 14 but only girls who were not bigger than him because, "I'm afraid they would hit me".
One of the girls told the jury that she and her friend were on their school lunch break when a chubby man with a distinctive facial feature approached them.
She said he put a fiver on the table, went back to his car – stared at them and then returned. She said the man asked them to spend the night in bed with him.
It took the jury 25 minutes to return unanimous guilty verdicts.
Sentencing has been adjourned until December.
Irish Independent


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For Immediate Release
July 26, 2010
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Neighborhood Development
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Lucy Warsh
Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined the Hyde Park Main Streets Board and members of the Hyde Park community to celebrate the district's 15th anniversary at a fundraising event dubbed Destination Hyde Park, which took place at the George Wright Golf Course Clubhouse on West Street in Hyde Park. Guests enjoyed the music of Daniel Ian Smith's Jazz Quartet, as well as performances by Riverside Theatre Works, and the music of local disk jockey Kevin Stallings.
In presenting "Recognition Awards" to former Hyde Park Main Streets executive directors Janice Kenney, and Karen O'Connell, and past board presidents Norman Williamson, Brian Clinton, Lisa Consalvo and Scott Batey, Mayor Menino lauded community members for their commitment to the neighborhood, and thanked them for their dedication to Hyde Park Main Streets.
"Tonight we gather to celebrate Hyde Park Main Streets and 15 years of collaborative success. The Main Streets program is a real team effort, and all of us have had a part in making Hyde Park Main Streets the success that it is today," said Mayor Menino. "I want to thank Hyde Park Main Streets corporate sponsors Highland Street Foundation, Baystate Financial Services, Commonwealth Cooperative Bank, Hyde Park Savings Bank, Finard Properties, and Citizens Bank for helping us create a commercial district that is a lively welcoming place where people enjoy doing business."
Hyde Park Main Streets was one of the five first Urban Main Street programs in the nation, as well as one of Boston's originally designated Main Streets districts. Since its creation the program has assisted with over 90 storefront improvement projects, and over 40 new business openings since 1995. Hyde Park Main Streets constantly works to attract new services and retail businesses to the commercial district of Hyde Park by creating a unified shopping experience. Hyde Park Main Streets continually works with the City of Boston to improve the infrastructure of the commercial district.
In 2008, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced a comprehensive master plan to enhance the neighborhood that built on the neighborhood's reputation as a walking-friendly commercial district, that boasts several historic buildings, public transit access, many privately-owned retail businesses, a YMCA, an award-winning library, a newly renovated community center, and a large municipal parking lot.
Developed in 1995, in partnership between the City of Boston and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Boston Main Streets initiative was the first urban, multi-district Main Streets program in the nation. Named by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change as one of 19 "Solutions for America," Boston Main Streets strives to empower individuals in the small business sector to have a direct role in the economic health, physical appearance, and development of their community.
Boston Main Streets continues to provide funding and technical assistance to 19 neighborhood-based Main Streets districts throughout the City of Boston and has served as a national model to urban areas seeking to revitalize neighborhood commercial districts including Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, Detroit, and New Orleans.
In 2005, Mayor Menino created the Boston Main Streets Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to produce significant advances in business development, jobs creation, storefront improvements, and overall quality of life in Boston's neighborhood commercial districts.


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FLACHAU, Austria, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin won her third World Cup race Tuesday in the women's slalom held under the lights in Flachau, Austria.
The 17-year-old Coloradan parlayed a solid first run into a combined time of 1 minute, 51.45 seconds and topped Sweden's Frida Hansdotter by 0.85 seconds.
The victory moved Shiffrin, last season's rookie of the year, into a fifth-place tie with fellow American Lindsey Vonn in the overall women's World Cup standings. Vonn and teammate Julia Mancuso did not participate on the night race, leaving it to Shiffrin to lead the U.S. effort.
"My secret is to not let anything stop me," Shiffrin said. "Sometimes the crowd gets into your head and all of a sudden you're nervous but instead I just let them take me to the finish."
The door opened for Shiffrin in the second run when first-run leader Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany failed to finish.
Veteran Tanja Poutiainen of Finland took third and overall points leader Tina Maze of Slovenia came in fifth with a 1:52.71.


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by Marc Bastow | November 14, 2012 1:10 pm
Last week's dramatic pullback in the stock market was a double-edge sword for fixed income. As investors retreated in the face of the U.S. fiscal cliff and the European debt crisis, they moved into the relative safety of U.S. government securities. Prices for those bonds rose, which is the good news, while their yields dove.
Those falling yields, of course, are bad news for retirement funds and retirees holding those securities. The same forces are at work so far this week, with the 3-month Treasury down to 0.08%, while the 10-year and 30-year instruments get you 1.60% and 2.73% yields, respectively.
In addition to those shrinking yields, other forces are also making it harder to plan for retirement: Taxes on dividend income are sure to rise, further lowering effective yields; prices of the most popular dividend stocks may fall, thanks to those tax increases; and Ben Bernanke (and/or his successor) will likely keep rates low to promote investment.
All of which means investors have to hunt harder for new sources of higher returns. Of course, the wise ones won't rush into silly instruments simply because they promise double-digit yields.
The search for higher yields with a level of comfort that should satisfy most retirement portfolios leads to a number of exchange-traded funds with strong fundamentals, good managers and yields that are attractive without causing eyebrow-raising flags.
Pimco offers two ETFs worth noting. The Pimco 0-5-Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index (NYSE:HYS[1]) sports a 4.04% 30-day SEC yield — the metric to use when comparing bond funds[2] — with a relatively high expense ratio of 0.55%. HYS contains lots of Treasury bills along with corporate bonds from issuers like Sprint (NYSE:S[3]) and Dish (NASDAQ:DISH[4]). The ETF's year-to-date return of 3.8% isn't too shabby, either.
Pimco Intermediate Grade Corporate Bond Index (NYSE:CORP[5]) provides a 2.31% yield and an 8.8% year-to-date return. Total expenses are a fairly low 0.20%, and corporate bond investments include Verizon (NYSE:VZ[6]) and JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM[7]).
BlackRock's (NYSE:BLK[8]) iShares offers include the iShares Core Long Term U.S. Bond (NYSE:ILTB[9]), with a yield of 3.35% and an expense ratio of 0.12%. A year-to-date return of 3.97% puts investors well above 10- and 30-year Treasury yields. Holdings are strictly long-term U.S. Treasury securities, still the safest bet on the planet.
The iShares High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE:HDV[10]) is another way to play the dividend game, even though changes to taxation may affect yields down the road. The good news is a basket of equities that includes AT&T (NYSE:T[11]), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ[12]) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG[13]) helps cushion individual stock fluctuations, and the fund's yield of 3.55% is solid. However, the 0.40% expense ratio would be worth watching long-term. HDV's year-to-date return is just over 6%, a nice pick-me-up for a retirement portfolio.
Do you have any particular funds worth mentioning to fellow investors? Drop us an email, and we will look into it!
Marc Bastow is an Assistant Editor at InvestorPlace.com. As of this writing he does not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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"Today": There's no denying that a big part of the "Today" audience is Soccer Moms. But the ones they featured today are members of the US Womens' Olympic Team, so they're Soccer Moms who actually PLAY soccer. I assume while using some sort of Baby Björn. Does it count as a half-goal if your kid heads one in?
"Wake Up with Al": It's nice to see that even with an impending hurricane and catastrophic wild fires threatening our country, this show still finds the time to bring us footage of the world's ugliest dog! I know ugly dogs aren't as bad as natural disasters, but have you ever seen one walking down the street early in the morning? It's pretty frightening stuff!
"Good Day New York": Greg and Rosanna spent all of Friday's show hanging outside of an ice cream truck and were talking about it all day today. Either that was some amazing ice cream, or they totally screwed up their diets and it messed up their whole weekend! Which, by the way, I can totally relate to because after watching Friday's show I pigged out on ice cream and I've been feeling rather guilty ever since!
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Emory & Henry College Piano Professor Lisa Withers to Present Recital
Memorial Chapel —
Emory & Henry College, Emory, Va.
Dr. Lisa Withers, pianist and chair of the E&H Music Department, will present a collection of some of her personal favorites during a recital Tuesday, March 18. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel on the E&H campus.
Withers, who has delighted audiences across the nation with a wide repertoire of piano music, will include in this recital Franz Schubert's Sonata in A Major, D. 959 and Maurice Ravel's Sonatina, along with several tangos by Astor Piazzolla.
Since joining the faculty at Emory & Henry in 2002, this highly accomplished pianist has performed solo and collaborative recitals and master classes throughout the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. She was a 2010 recipient of the Jean F. Ritchie Fellowship in the Fine and Performing Arts from the Appalachian College Association.
She holds a doctor of musical arts degree in piano performance from West Virginia University and a Master of Music degree in piano performance and pedagogy from the University of Michigan. She has been honored in several competitions and has performed in master classes with major performing artists and composers, and in music festivals including the French Piano Institute in Paris.
Her performance and research interests include the piano music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, chamber music written by contemporary composers, and the use of Appalachian musical idioms in contemporary "classical" piano music.
Withers has been teaching piano and performing professionally for more than 20 years. Her piano students have ranged in age from four to 85, spanning repertoire that includes "Hot Cross Buns"and Chopin's "Ballade in F Minor."
At Emory & Henry she teaches piano, music theory, music history, and courses in the core curriculum. She has served in various administrative roles at the college, including chair of the music department and chair of the division of visual and performing arts. From 2009-2011, she served as the president of the Virginia Music Teachers Association and she currently serves as treasurer for the Blue Ridge Music Teachers Association.
Withers fills her time away from E&H with writing and mailing letters (written on stationery) and with following modernized, trans-media adaptations of her favorite nineteenth century British novels. She also performs dramatic renditions of bedtime stories for her children, Lucy and Carter.
This recital is free and open to the public. Contact the office of Anita Coulthard for additional information. 276-944-6846 or.


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For Immediate Release
October 19, 2000
Released By:
Neighborhood Development
For More Information Contact:
Lucy Warsh
Three-year Plan Builds on Housing 2000 Initiative
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and members of his Housing Strategy Advisory Group today released Leading The Way: A Housing Strategy For Boston. The report is a three-year plan that addresses the city's housing crisis and builds on the progress the City of Boston has already made in preserving and creating affordable housing. The report examines the city's current housing market, assesses the economic factors driving the rise in local housing prices, and outlines steps the city will take to combat the local housing crisis.
"Today I want to announce that Boston will take the boards off of 1,100 units of vacant public housing—with $8 million in city resources," Mayor Menino said. "We will provide 1,000 parcels of land and sell it so developers can build more housing units. And we plan to build 7,500 new units of housing while preserving 10,000 affordable units."
Last spring Mayor Menino convened a group of housing experts to form the Housing Strategy Advisory Group and help develop a comprehensive plan for the city to preserve existing housing stock, increase production, and provide access for low-income and homeless people and families.
"Boston has long been recognized as a leader in housing innovation," said Charlotte Golar Richie, director of the city's Department of Neighborhood Development. "Mayor Menino's housing advisory group has worked tirelessly to address our housing challenges. This housing strategy report outlines their recommendations, and I look forward to seeing them implemented."
Key elements in Boston's housing strategy are producing new housing units, both affordable and market rate; using city funds to bring vacant public housing units back on line; and preserving existing stock. The report focuses on five key initiatives to maximize housing opportunities. The five "P's" include preservation, production, public housing, partners, and performance.
Leading the Way proposes a number of initiatives and policy prescriptions to guide Boston's housing policy. Program tools, policy initiatives, regulatory interventions, and resources are linked in a unified campaign to increase and preserve housing stock. Under the mayor's new housing strategy, two of the city's most vulnerable groups – the homeless and elderly – will be protected and given special priority.
Mayor Menino also announced that:
He is making available $15.5 million of city-owned land in addition to the previously announced $30 million in city resources. The city expects these resources to leverage more than $2 billion in private and public financing over the next three years.
For the first time in the city's history, Boston will put city resources into renovating federal public housing developments. The Boston Housing Authority will renovate approximately 1,100 vacant public housing units over the next three years. The city will provide $8 million in gap financing, which will complement state and federal funds to renovate these units.
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce will work with the city to promote housing development and create innovative financing mechanisms.
In his 1999 State of the City Address, Mayor Menino made housing a top priority, committing to doubling the number of new housing units by the year 2000. He surpassed his goal, increasing housing production by 135 percent over the previous year with more than 2,000 new units. Mayor Menino kept 1,400 units of at-risk rental housing affordable. He increased the number of dormitories in the city to take pressure off the rental market. He also streamlined the city's approval process and identified new housing resources that will enable the city to keep moving forward in this important area.
For copies of Leading The Way: A Housing Strategy For Boston, please call 635-HOME, or write to Erin Amar, Department of Neighborhood Development, 26 Court Street, Boston, MA 02108.


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Woodville's Nelson says Muslim males should be searched
Saying it's time for a no-nonsense plan for airport security reform, Woodville's Paul Nelson says that plan should include thorough searches of all Muslim males in addition to random searches of the general population.
"The war on terror cannot be won by a group of politically correct politicians who are afraid to face the facts and deal with the situation appropriately," said Nelson.
He added that the nation must buckle down with determination to actually win the war on terror.
Nelson is running for the Third Congressional seat as a Republican. The seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse. Kind is facing a primary challenge against Chip De Nure of La Crosse.


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With June properly upon us, we can officially say that summer has arrived. June also signifies that bike week is nearly here. In just under two weeks, on June 14, Oxford will see a series of organised free rides in and around the city as part of a national celebration of cycling.
It's co-ordinated by small groups of passionate cycling volunteers. Joining bike week rides is very easy, you just turn up and cycle, there is no need to worry about getting lost or having a breakdown, all rides have guides and someone always knows how to fix it if you get a flat tyre.
Saturday, June 14, kicks off with a choice of two rides. Either the the 9.30am Roman Ruins ride, a 25-mile round trip to the Roman villa at North Leigh or the 11am Bainton Bikes' Oxford bike ride, a seven- mile tourist trail of our wonderful city and countryside.
Sunday sees the CTC Waterperry ride, an all-day event starting at 9.30am and ending with a lovely picnic at Bledlow.
Heading into the week – rides mainly begin in the evening at 6pm. What better excuse to leave your desk early and head on down to Broad Street Tourist Information Centre where they start.
Monday sees a ride to the Treacle Well in Binsey, a must for anyone who loved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and has never seen the church and well that was inspiration for the great Lewis Carroll.
Tuesday is all about Oxford's great benefactor Lord Nuffield, a scenic two-hour ride will take you around the enduring legacy of his work in Oxford.
Wednesday sees the First World War, 12- mile bike ride leaving no stones unturned in the search for the history of Oxford throughout the Great War.
Thursday has an easy paced Blue Plaque ride – if you have ever had trouble finding homes of famous past Oxonians this is most definitely a good ride to attend. Friday sees the return of Peter Thomson's wonderful Sculpture ride, perhaps you will notice some new ones or learn more about sculptures you see every day. The second weekend of Bike Week sees the more serious mile crunchers attempting the Dorset Dash. Oxford to the seaside, on the Solstice, riding through the night after sundown, sees 100 miles of comradely riding to the coast. See http://dorsetdash.
blogspot.co.uk/. With a final CTC ride on the Sunday and a Broken Spoke free workshop it's a good end to the packed week.
My favourite ride and not one I always manage to make is the Solstice ride, as 5.45am sees an early start to the longest day of the year. Note the ride takes place on the Friday this year, not Saturday. Aptly named the (nearly the) Solstice morning ride, it's the day before the real thing.
Find out more at http://www.oxfordbike week.co.uk/2014/05/bike-week-2014-rides-and-events/


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Connacht clinch Edinburgh clash
Connacht battled their way to a bonus point despite struggling to put Edinburgh away in their 27-23 Magners League victory at the Sportsground in Galway.
Fionn Carr's first-half double, coupled with a penalty try and a second half effort from Gavin Duffy, guided the Irish province to their sixth-successive home win.
Edinburgh, without prop Allan Jacobsen and hooker Ross Ford who are being rested for the remainder of the season, were 22-17 behind at half-time having done very little wrong whilst playing into a blustery wind.


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Buying into a game before it is remotely close to being complete has taken hold as an excepted business practice in recent years by both game developers and consumers. The so called Early Access model essentially allows the public to buy into a video game in its pre-release stage, often as early as alpha build, a state where key components are not present, or basic functions within the game are broken. It's proven hugely successful. However, with all the great successes of the Early Access approach, there are far more failures. At the crux of this new boon in capital raising is a battle between supporting often poorly funded developers to make real their video game visions, and the other of accountability to the people who invested money and put their faith in individuals to deliver on their promises. In this article I examine both sides of the Early Access coin, and argue that at the end of the day, those who invest in a game's development have to wise up and start demanding accountability from would-be developers to avoid being taken from a ride.
Markus "Notch" Pearson first posted images of a completely unknown game he was working on, Minecraft, to a forum on TIGSource.com. It was here that he shared his earliest thoughts on the title, stating that "The main inspiration for this game is Infiniminer, but it's going to move in a more Dwarf Fortress way, gameplay wise. =)". Well I don't know anything about Infiniminer or Dwarf Fortress (please don't kill me!), but by the time Pearson had decided to release the full version of Minecraft in 2011, he was well and truly a millionaire. Pioneering what would later be called Early Access, Pearson had sold Minecraft for a couple of dollars in its primitive pre-release incarnations, in an effort to raise dollars for the games continued development, and of course have the public interact with the product to test and provide feedback. The rest as they say is history. Minecraft has gone on to be one of the highest selling video games of all time, and the paid pre-release capital raising model Pearson popularised has caught on like wildfire, with online retailers like Steam, having their front pages splashed with all manner of games, both Indie and AAA, in this category.
All of this has become possible through the ever connected and faster internet speeds of the modern world.
Back in the day, it may have taken a tester to have a separate program open on their PC to capture log files and then manually upload them; or even simply take screenshots and email them through to the developer. Now any game worth its salt has automated error reporting mechanisms, whether that be through a persistent connection to a host server, or an applet that runs behind the scenes to capture logs and execute a file upload once an error event is experienced. This moves the testing process, in the case of Early Access titles those testers are the public, away from being a formalised and possibly technical task, to that of allowing participants to provide feedback on higher order things, like game mechanics, level design, art direction, or sound and music. Great efficiencies have obviously been gained here, as the public can have a bit of fun with the title and to a degree influence its future direction. All the while the person making the game gets useful hard data on bugs, and a sense of what players enjoy, as well as possibly new ideas to implement they may not have considered.
As a revenue raising process, we've already seen some huge successes. Take Dota 2 for example; developed and published by Valve, this was released to the public back in 2011 as a paid beta. For $9.99 users could gain early access to the title, test it and in turn fund its continued development. While it's difficult to pin down exact numbers, Wired.com reported back in June 2013 that 3.5 million players had already opened their wallets to jump on the paid beta, so there's at least $35 million in extra development coin. Dota 2 turned out to be to be critically successful, with a Metacritic score of 90/100, and passed League of Legends as the most played PC game in the West, according to gamesindustry.biz as of April 2013.
You'd be right to ask at this point, what could possibly be wrong with funding a game's development in this way? We've already seen great success from independent development studios like Mike Pearson's Mojang, with the insanely successful Minecraft; and big time publisher and developer Valve set the MOBA world on fire with Dota 2, using exactly the same Early Access approach. Thankfully Minecraft and Dota 2 can be held up as glowing exhibits of how, with a strong vision, drive, and commitment to deliver, Early Access does work. However things aren't always this cut and dry.
Take The Castle Doctrine, made by Jason Rohrer. Rohrer asked for the relatively small sum of $8, for people to assist in its development from alpha stage, and eventually released the title back in January 2014. Described on the game's website – thecastledoctrine.net – The Castle Doctrine is "a massively-multiplayer game of burglary and home defense…". Set in the early 1990s this rogue-like experience sees players invade each other's homes, setup traps, use tools to navigate around, and steal from one another. Rohrer reported through his blog though that during the game's development, players participating in the public alpha were able to exploit the game's lock making mechanics to a point that houses became impenetrable, with 16-button lock combinations that would require up to 65,536 guesses to crack. This changed the title so radically from Rohrer's intentions that the experienced moved to being essentially a tutorial on lock-smithing. Rohrer's answer, wipe the slate clean and start again, truer to his original vision.
Important philosophical questions should be raised here, with examples like The Castle Doctrine, and what Early Access investors should expect from a game's development. For instance, are those who paid into a games alpha version, attracted by a description and other media such as screen shots and video clips, expected to sit back and just accept that at any point, the game may radically change? Are there limits on that change? Take this hypothetical example for argument's sake; an independent developer puts their hand at making an exciting motor racing simulator, with licensed vehicles and tracks, asking for the public's money to help test the game's earliest build. Later, said indie developer finds that obtaining the licences were more difficult than anticipated, and instead decides to scrap everything. They've had a new and exciting vision of what they want for the product; a horse racing simulator. Their grandad owns a stud farm, so they'll be able to model the horses very realistically, and this will get them around the frustrating motorsport licencing issues. Ultimately the developer realised they cared more about equines than cars, and this would still hold true to their original vision, which was one of the drama of competitive racing. It's an extreme example, but one that's perfectly viable under the current Early Access arrangements.
Let us move onto another example, one which has proven financially fertile, but throws up other questions of a developer's ultimate accountability; the Early Access version of Prison Architect.
First released as a paid alpha in September 2012, Prison Architect made around $270 000 in its first fortnight of sales. Mark Morris, Producer at the independent developer Introversion Software, in an interview with Gamasutra.com, stated that "By doing it ourselves, we don't have to time limit the alpha, and we hope that we'll get more and more gamers interested as we progress and start releasing the updates." According to Eurogamer.net in an article published in November 2013, the game had made $8 million, and had been played by around 250 000 people. That is fantastic news for Introversion, and it certainly provides enough of a buff to the games war chest to continue development for some time.
Nevertheless, one has to ask oneself, is it okay that there is essentially no endpoint to the development process? It is true that Prison Architect continues to see predominantly positive feedback in its Steam Early Access reviews by those who have already put money down and spent time behind the bars of their virtual super max correctional facilities. Morris and his team of six others at Introversion have also continually provided updates and revisions to the in-progress title over its two-year life span so far. It also isn't a game that has suffered, in the same way as The Castle Doctrine, through exploits that have necessitated radical changes in order to hit the team's original vision. However, when a developer states that because they've made so much money, they don't have to leave alpha, this diminishes any kind of timeliness. How long does one who has invested in the game, expect it to be in an unfinished state? It is hardly right for a property developer to advertise they've made such a great margin on the sale of their plots of land, that they'll remove any schedule to development. It's not impossible to argue that one may actually expect an increase in quality, and feature set. Or, how about employing more staff, to enhance the development speed? Why should investors, who also spend time assisting in testing the game, essentially be told they'll have to wait for what you've paid for, until a developer decides they'll give it to you.
This isn't about making developers who take advantage of the paid alpha model into bad guys, nor an attempt to rip this sort of capital raising apart, far from it. What is important conversely is to highlight that currently the risk is firmly in the hands of those who buy in, and I believe this needs to change. It is true that people are investing into something that is at times in its most embryonic state, one must expect that things will change over time, and with any sort of project it's difficult to crystal ball and known exactly what the final outcome will be. At the very least however a gentlemen's agreement should be made between developers and their alpha version backers; something that could resemble a loose set of documented timelines and a scope on what should be expected and when. I certainly don't want to see the same pressure that is applied under traditional arrangements where a big name publisher can essentially dictate, and litigate whenever their developer isn't pleasing them. However, when you have a distinct power imbalance such that exists in the Early Access model, where real money is involved, and developers can make rich very quickly on essentially selling the idea of something, without any true accountability on their side, this can lead to undesirable consequences. For instance, crooked snake oil salesmen hyping their audience up by promising them utopia, only to make their money, and dump something to market that's broken or incomplete.
Early Access development is a business model that has found its feet in the modern video game industry. Alpha and beta buy-ins are shown to offer great success for both indie studios and those who back them, as well as more muddy examples which include radical creative direction changes, or perpetual development cycles. One thing is certain in my mind though, that a balance between giving a creative idea a chance through the thrill of taking a risk on a vision for a video game, and that of holding developers who make it rich overnight to account on the very ideas they promised to deliver on. How this is done will be decided over time by the developers, media observers, and the community at large. Let's hope it happens in a balanced way that still allows for innovation, but prevents people from getting the rug pulled out from under them.


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Bank owned. First class warehouse office complex originally built in 1983 for large Miller Beer distributor. Warehouse is insulated and air conditioned. Some areas were designed for refrigerated storage. First class offices - two story with impressive reception area. Most recently served as roofing supply distributor before economic downturn. Plenty of parking.
This is the heart of industrial Polk County. CSX Intermodal Terminal will be opening SE of Auburndale.
BUILDING: Existing 47,225 SF building with well-insulated warehouse space (some portions insulated for refrigeration), plus very nice office space. This industrial building has two story finished office space and unfinished warehouse space. Of the 47,225 SF of total enclosed building area, there is 5,396 SF of office space on the ground floor, 3,973 SF of office space on the second floor, and 41,850 SF of unfinished dock level warehouse space. The main warehouse has a 22 foot eave height, while the small appendage on the west side of the building has an eave height of 18 feet. The warehouse is dock level, with a loading ramp on each side of the building, plus there is a 6' x 6' and a 6' x 8' overhead rollup doors on the railroad loading platform, two 8' x 8' and a 12' x 14' overhead rollup doors on the east side of the building along with a 12' x 14' and a 10' x 14 rollup door on the west side of the building. SITE IMPROVEMENTS: There are a number of site improvements, which include a 4" well, submersible pump, and large galvanized water tank, septic tanks, rail spur siding, concrete sidewalks and loading ramps, 35,000± SF of asphalt pavement for parking and service areas, 1,800± lineal feet of six foot high barbed wire fence with one strand of concertina wire, and an above ground fuel tank of unknown size, with underground piping and a fuel dispensing station absent of fuel pumps. - Area description: 3730 Ethel Avenue, Auburndale, Florida 33823. This is near US Highway 92 and the Polk Parkway between Lakeland and Auburndale. This is the heart of industrial Polk County. CSX Intermodal Terminal will be opening SE of Auburndale.LAND: 5.5 acres of land with plenty of paved parking. his property has approximately 200.00± lineal feet of paved road frontage on the north side of Ethel Avenue, a two lane paved residential street. The site also has 362.70± lineal feet of frontage on the east side Taylor Street, a two lane paved residential road. The north boundary of the subject property measures 540.00± lineal feet and abuts the southern side of the CSX Railroad. - Number of buildings: 1 - Building condition: Good
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's new strategy to fight the threat of Al Qaeda and other violent radicals in the United States gives local communities the lead role in protecting the country against such threats and pledges federal support and guidance toward that effort.
Lawmakers who have asked the government for years to develop a plan to address the home-grown terror threat said the administration's plan is short on details and fails to name a single point of coordination for the various initiatives at the federal and local levels.
After more than two years of high-level meetings, the White House released an eight-page document yesterday that broadly describes a strategy, mostly of initiatives already underway, to prevent violent ideologically inspired attacks like the deadly 2009 shootings at an Arkansas military recruiting center and at the Holocaust museum in Washington, D.C.
Existing local police efforts, after-school programs, and community outreach around the country are at the top of the Obama administration's continue-to-do list.
The plan says the nation's counter-gang program, in which communities work together to prevent gang activity, can be a model for efforts to prevent people from falling for any ideology that would inspire them to kill innocent people.
"I'm delighted that they are starting down this road,'' said Representative Sue Myrick, a North Carolina Republican. But the strategy "raises more questions to me than it answers.''
"Our belief that putting communities in the front here is just recognition, frankly, the fact of life . . . that it's going to be communities that recognize abnormal behavior,'' said Denis McDonough, President Obama's deputy national security adviser.


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It has been nearly a year-and-a-half since a North Texas police officer and father was gunned down on Father's Day. And his fellow officers are proving that time has not lessened their respect for his service.
Just after 10 Thursday morning, members of the DeSoto Police department, along with the widow of slain Lancaster Officer Craig Shaw, presented a check for more than $8,000 to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund in Shaw's memory.
The fund is working to build a first-ever museum in Washington, D.C. dedicated to fallen officers from across the country.
"I'm just grateful that they're honoring his memory, that they're not forgetting the sacrifice he made," Tiwanda Shaw said of her husband.
Shaw was killed while responding to a call about an assault at an apartment complex. He became involved in an exchange of gunfire with David Brown, Jr., the son of Dallas' Police Chief David Brown. David Brown Jr. was also killed, as was another man.
Shaw was the first Lancaster officer ever killed in the line of duty. He left behind a wife and two children.
"He was a good person, not only when he was wearing his uniform. He was also a wonderful husband," Tiwanda Shaw said.
Shaw served on a SWAT team with several members of the DeSoto Police Department. Their officers raised the money donated Thursday from a raffle held during the Texas Police Games, which DeSoto hosted this past summer.