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Surpassing Danger
Chapter 31: Soul-Searching (Arc 7)
By Anne B. Walsh
"So how is this going to work again?" asked Sirius, watching Neville and Meghan carefully settling pre-enchanted talismans into the outer edges of a board engraved with a number of concentric circles and angled lines. "And use little words. I'm an Auror, not an Arithmancer."
"You see this?" Harry dangled a fat gold locket engraved with a serpentine S by its chain. "This is a bad thing. Can you say bad thing?"
Sirius groaned and aimed a swat at the side of Harry's head. "Not that little."
Harry dodged, laughing. "Sorry, couldn't resist. But it is. A bad thing, I mean. So is the cup the other group's got. And there's other ones like them out there, ones we need to find. We've got most of them, but not all, so this is going to help us home in on the ones we haven't got. There's a spell we can tune to exactly the enchantment that's on this—" He set the locket in the central spot on the board and snapped a clasp around its chain, still talking. "—and then when we send it out seeking, it'll tell us how far away from us are all the other things with that same enchantment on them."
"That'd only give you a distance, though." Sirius paused, thinking. "Or is that what the other site is for, where Moony and Danger are with Hermione and the others? Because if you have two sets of distances, from two different points…"
"You can put them on a map as circles around your starting points," Harry finished. "And then search the places where the circles cross. Some of them, probably most of them, are going to be dead ends, but I'd rather have a list of fifteen or twenty spots we can check and eliminate than just run around the country poking aimlessly at things and hope we get lucky."
"Oh, I don't know. Poking aimlessly at things always sounded like fun to me. Especially if you've got to live close to your work, and you're trying to stay off the map because somebody's looking for you." Sirius leaned back on one heel, considering this. "Fit up a caravan or even just a tent, move around a lot, keep a nice low profile. I'd need to ask Danger along, though, given how I am in the kitchen—you'd be fine, master chef that you are…"
"But we want the war to end sooner, not later," said Meghan, straightening up. "And just running around without any real idea where to look wouldn't do that."
"This is true. How about we compromise?" Sirius sketched a tent in the air with his wand. "If we can get the war over with in that six months Alex told Danger about, I'll do the grunt work for a big, extended camping trip, all next summer. Leave notes for everybody who'd care, let them know we'll see them in September, and poof!" With a flick, the tent was gone. "Spend a few months doing what we like, instead of what we have to."
"That does sound nice." Neville dusted off his hands. "Am I invited?"
"Wouldn't dare leave you out. Not with my Pearl over there glaring Stunners at me." Sirius frowned. "Not the right color, though, those are red…let me think, what is that sort of silvery-gray…is it a Hair-Thickening Jinx? No, that's more bluish, so that'd be Luna…"
Laughing, Sirius scooped Meghan off her feet and slung her over his shoulder. "That's my name, and who might you be?"
"Put me down put me down put me down right now!" Meghan pounded her fists against her father's back.
"Putmedownrightnow? That's a funny name." Sirius grinned at the boys, both of whom were snickering. "What do people call you for short? Putme, or Rightnow, or what?"
"Ooooooohhhhh—" Meghan's entire body tensed in fury.
"Don't even think about it, young lady," said Aletha sharply, coming around the bend of the trail they'd followed to get to this lonely, forested spot, her Zippo open in her hand (certain locations interfered with the magic needed to connect one Zippo to another, so she'd dropped back to get in contact with the other group of spellcasters while the rest of their group set up the board). "Your magic is for healing, and for emergencies. Not for dealing with your father in one of his moods." She paused, and her sly grin crept across her face. "Mine, on the other hand…"
Sirius hastily set his daughter back on her feet. She stuck out her tongue at him, then flounced over to her mother, who halted her with a hand laid gently against the base of her throat. "Behave," Aletha murmured, and Meghan sighed but nodded. "Now, where are we?"
"Everything's set on our end," said Neville, indicating the board at his feet. "How's the other group coming?"
"Ready when we are. Remus should be along in just—" A loud crack cut off Aletha's words. "Speak of the alpha."
"I'm not sure I like the connotations of that." Remus walked around the board, seemingly seeking for one particular vantage point, his eyes focusing and unfocusing as he shared his vision with Danger. "Ah, here we are…and yes. Both sites are ready." He glanced over at Harry. "Whenever you are."
"Right." Harry rolled his shoulders once, then drew his wand. "Count down from three, please?" he requested.
"Certainly." Remus's eyes swirled brown, indicating the fullest extent of his bond with Danger, and the slightest echo of her voice came along with his, as Sirius was sure a touch of Remus's voice was audible in Danger's countdown for Hermione. "On my mark. In three, two, one—mark!"
Harry snapped his wand down to point at the locket. "Revelare alii!"
Almost instantly, a talisman along the edge of the board let out a musical ping, one of the runes engraved on it lighting up. Meghan snatched up a preloaded quill and a bit of parchment, scribbling down the shape of the rune and the color it had turned. Another talisman pinged, and Neville quickly marked its indications on his own parchment—another, louder this time, as both quills moved in unison—
Silence, for five seconds, ten, fifteen. Harry exhaled and slid his wand back into its holster. "That should be all of them," he said. "One double-strength bounce, it sounded like, which probably means we've got two in the same place or very close by."
"Which matches what we already suspected." Neville was comparing lists with Meghan. "If the other site got answers nearly this clear, we'll be able to get this down to a radius of ten or fifteen yards every time."
"And if there are any places we shouldn't go in person, I can scope them out 'walking'." Harry waved his fingers in the air to indicate what he meant. "We really owe Fox for this one." His face shut down momentarily, but the anger/guilt scent on the air was impossible to disguise. "As if we didn't for everything else."
"Neville had something he might want to tell you about that," said Remus, shooting a glance at the broad-shouldered boy, who reddened slightly. "Though if we're finished here—"
"We are." Harry bent down and unclasped the locket from the board, grimacing as he slid it over his head. "Let's get back and put everything away, and then we can find somewhere we won't be overheard. Something good, Captain, I hope?"
"Confusing." Neville removed two of the little talismans and tucked them into his pockets. "Which may be the same as good at this point. I really don't know."
"If it's confusing, then it will make us think," said Meghan reasonably. "And if we're thinking, then we aren't giving up. So yes, confusing is the same as good. Right now, anyway."
"This is all your fault, you know," Sirius muttered to Aletha, waving his wand to scatter branches and leaf litter across the place where the board had lain, disguising the fact that human beings had ever been here. "No daughter of mine should be this…this…"
"Smart?" Aletha chuckled. "And who was it that decided to marry me, exactly?"
"I'd just got out of Azkaban, I wasn't thinking clearly—and besides, you set that whole scene up, don't try to deny it. Wearing that dress when you know how much I love seeing you in red, sitting at the piano singing 'As Time Goes By' to make me think about going to see Casablanca with you…"
"I don't recall hearing you object."
"Like I said. Not thinking clearly. Because if I had been…" Sirius grinned. "I would have asked you, instead of you asking me."
Aletha regarded him levelly. "And the difference would be?"
"To the outcome? None." Sirius shrugged. "But that'd be one less thing you'd have to tease me about."
"One less? Out of a lifetime's worth?" Aletha chuckled. "You really are desperate, aren't you?"
"Only to keep hold of you, my love." Twining an arm around his wife's shoulders, Sirius drew her close to him. "Only to keep hold of you."
"Why don't we give them a minute alone?" Remus suggested to the cubs and Neville, herding them back along the path.
Safely back at Hogwarts, the lists of runic results set aside for analysis later, Neville explained his earlier revelation to the assembled Pack and Pride, Luna sitting back a bit from the larger circle, doodling idly with her favorite set of colored pencils.
"I was talking to Mum, down in the DA storage room—the one that's in the castle proper, I mean, not the stuff we keep down in Hagrid's Place—and she asked me how I was handling things." Neville spread his fingers, as though to indicate the lines of a spiderweb. "I'd just been thinking magically, so I looked, or sensed, whichever you want to say, along the Pride-magic, without really intending to." He shrugged. "I've actually been trying not to look that way, because…"
"As long as you don't see it, it's not there?" suggested Danger, her tone understanding rather than accusing.
"Pretty much. But by the time I realized what I was doing, it was too late to stop, and a good thing, too." Neville squeezed Meghan's hand gently, smiling at her as she quivered with excitement. "What I saw there wasn't what I thought I was going to see."
"Like this?" Luna passed her drawing up through the ranks until it reached Neville, who laid it down on the floor for everyone to peer at. Seven small globes of color wove a circle among themselves, interlaced by lines of light, with a spot for an eighth globe clearly visible but the eighth itself missing.
"Yes, very much like this." Neville covered the place where the missing globe ought to be with his hand, then took it away. "You've caught it really well, Luna. The way the lines sort of trail off instead of breaking, without even being twisted very much…it's almost like Draco's had to go into hiding, like he's under a block or shield, to keep unfriendly magic from finding him. And while it's going to stop us from finding him too, it isn't strong enough to out-and-out cut him off from us, so if we really wanted to…"
"We could find him." Hermione laced her fingers together, as though trying to keep herself from leaping up to perform this action on the instant. "But that doesn't make sense—we know what's happened to him, and it isn't anything nearly as nice as going into hiding—"
"We know what it looks like has happened to him," corrected Remus when Hermione paused for breath. "It looks like Lucius has been able to follow through on his every threat, and alter Draco's thoughts and memories to reflect what he, Lucius, prefers rather than what Draco wants himself. But tell me this. Of the two of them, Lucius and Draco, in a fair fight, which one would you place your money on?"
Sirius snorted. "Since when did Lucius know how to fight fair? But I take your point, Moony. Draco's stronger-minded than old Lucky ever was."
"Besides being a trained dreamsculptor, and thus used to treating the inside of his own head as a vast and shapeable space," added Aletha. "And let's not forget that we were assured he would have some protection. Obviously that didn't extend to his body—but what about his mind and soul?"
Ron was frowning, tapping two fingers against the back of his hand like his drumsticks. "But then who's running the body?" he asked, looking up. "If Fox pulled himself out somehow, jumped ship like you going walking," he angled his head towards Harry, who nodded in understanding, "or even just tucked himself in some little corner up there and barricaded the door—which, if anybody could do it, he could—that'd just leave his body with the candles lit and nobody home, wouldn't it? Or am I off?"
"No, you're right on," said Ginny. "Breathing and blinking and all of that, maybe swallowing if something goes in the mouth, a body does that on its own, as long as it's alive. But if Fox's mind and soul weren't there, that's all it would do. A spell can't create a person." She turned to Meghan and Aletha. "Can it?"
"Offhand, I would say no." Aletha twined her pendant chain around her own fingers. "Though, of course, it's not the same as what happened to me. My memories weren't altered, they were wiped away. And then when I got them back, I had to let them settle in on their own time. But my soul, my mind, neither ever left their proper place. I was always me, whoever I defined that as."
"Even if you could 'create' the illusion of a person with a spell, it would be blindingly obvious outside a very limited set of boundaries." Danger held up two fingers. "A simple gesture, but what does it mean? I could be telling you there are two of something I can see, or claiming my side will win a contest, or beating paper but being beaten by rock." She grinned suddenly. "And if I turn them around—"
"You could have warned me about the sense of humor before I married her," Remus remarked to Aletha.
"Would you have listened?"
"Probably not." Remus intercepted Danger's hand and kissed it. "But I see what you're saying. Being human is such an immensely complicated, context-specific task that it's hard to imagine any spell, no matter how intricate, could even begin to replicate it. And when you take into account what they're hoping to do with Draco, which will bring him into close contact with us, his own family and friends…"
"So there must be a person there," said Ginny. "But how?"
"And even more important than how." Hermione shivered a little, and leaned into Ron when he put an arm around her. "Who?"
Draco lounged in front of the fireplace in his room, watching the flames with his chin resting on his hands. The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Three lay disregarded beside him.
Father only said to study them. He didn't say for how long. And none of them were hard at all—one or two tries and I had them down. He grinned to himself. Blood will tell, I suppose.
Wonder if I'll go into the history books? "Draco Malfoy, despite the tragedy which shadowed the formative years of his life, nonetheless became one of the foremost wizards of his day, playing an active role in the establishment of Our Dear Master in his proper place as ruler of the wizarding world…"
His eyelids started to droop. With a yawn, he let them.
Of course, it'd be even nicer if I was there to see those entries for myself. Wonder if the Dark Lord would be willing to share that immortality he's after? Father seems to think he's going to get a bit of it, and it shouldn't be too hard to find something that would include me on that. Possibly even this plan they've got for me now, if I can pull it off properly…
"Dreaming big dreams again?" said a laughing voice from across the room.
"Fox!" Draco sprang up, noting in the same breath the slight give of the floor and his own reduced stature. His nightly regression to a much younger age should, he was certain, have bothered him far more than it did, but somehow his gladness at seeing his mysterious relation overshadowed any annoyance he might have felt.
Or maybe that's just because I know this is a dream. And in dreams, you can be anything you want. Bouncing over to hug Fox around the legs, he spared a brief smile. Even when that anything is "four years old".
"Hello to you too." Fox leaned down and scooped him up, then casually flipped him and dangled him over the bed. "What's been going on? More homework?"
"Mm-hmm." Draco squirmed until he could see Fox's face from his upside-down perspective. "But it's boring. I don't even have to work hard to get it right. How come anybody has to go to Hogwarts, if all the spells are that easy to learn?"
"Well, maybe other people aren't as smart as you are." Fox grinned at him. "Or maybe they just want an excuse to hang out at Hogwarts. I understand the castle's pretty awesome. How're the plans for getting you there coming along?"
"Okay, I guess." Draco wiggled, and Fox obligingly spun him upright once more and set him on his feet. "But I don't really like them much. It's sort of scary, what they want me to do. And dangerous. What if things go wrong and I get stuck there?"
"Your father would come get you if anything happened, wouldn't he?" Fox squeezed Draco's hand comfortingly. "Or one of his friends, or even his Master if he had to. That's what being on the same side means. You back each other up when it's needed."
"Yeah, but I don't think a lot of them like Father very much." Draco sat down on the floor again, Fox following suit. "They whisper together and look at him all nasty after meetings, or when we go by in the hallways. I think they're just jealous because he's done so much to help the Dark Lord, like getting me back safe from the Pack, and letting everyone live in our house."
"People always get jealous when someone else does well," said Fox in a tone of vast experience. "Don't let it worry you too much. So, what did you want to do tonight?"
Draco gave this some serious thought. Almost everything Fox did with him was fun, whether it was going out flying (Father had been pleasantly surprised by his prowess on a broom in his waking life), working through the tricky bits of his magic lessons (Transfiguration, with all its fiddly bits and exceptions to rules, annoyed him intensely), or even practicing his music (the dream version of Malfoy Manor, to his surprise and joy, contained a room with a piano, and he kept intending to find out if that translated into the real world). But something about tonight, about where he'd been and what he'd been doing when he fell asleep, had made him feel itchy and discontented, and he knew just what he wanted to counteract that.
"Story," he said with certainty, then quickly rephrased at Fox's lifted eyebrow. "I mean, please will you tell me a story? One with music, and families, and adventures, and scary bits in the middle but a happy ending?"
"Don't want much, do you?" Fox chuckled. "But as it happens, I know the perfect one. Shall we go down to the music room for it?"
"Yes, please." Draco clambered to his feet, taking Fox's hand when it was offered. He wasn't allowed to accept help while he was awake, since he had to be the hope of the House of Malfoy and Malfoys never needed assistance, but his dreams belonged solely to him and to Fox, which meant they could have things just the way they liked them.
I only wish I could meet him while I'm awake too. Then we'd be the same age, and we could have even more fun. Surreptitiously, he cast a glance up at Fox's face. I wonder where he stays during the day? Does it have to be nearby here, or does distance not matter in dreams?
"You keep looking at me sideways and your eyes are going to stick like that," said Fox with a straight face. "Mind, it'd make you a great duelist—nobody would ever know which way you were going to cast next—but I think your father would object if you couldn't look him straight in the eye the way he expects."
Draco snickered at his relation's silliness and bounced a few times on his toes.
Dreams are good enough for now, he decided. I can worry about finding out where Fox really is after I'm finished with what Father wants me to do. After I've gone to Hogwarts and distracted the Pack by pretending I want to come back to them. After Father and his friends use that distraction to get into the castle and set up the talismans that will let them come and go whenever they want. And most of all, after I've taken out one of the Pack's biggest supporters, struck a proper blow for the proper side of the war…
"Why do you think Father wants me to act the way he does, around the Pack, I mean?" he asked as they turned the corner into the music room. "It can't be to fool them. They already know how awful they always were to me. And there won't be anybody else around to fool. It doesn't make sense."
"Not if you're thinking about it all straight." Fox released Draco's hand to wave his own hands in rigidly parallel lines in front of his face. "You have to learn to bend your mind a little." His fingers waggled back and forth in illustration. "To think like somebody who isn't you. And one of the things most people learn how to do while they're growing up is called 'rationalization'. Which means telling yourself little stories about how the bad things you're doing really aren't that bad at all."
"So…" Draco sucked his breath through his teeth, trying to follow the logic. "You mean the Pack might believe all those things Father was telling me? About how nice they always were to me, and how they never treated me any different than Hermione or Harry or Meghan, except when they had to?"
"Probably they do." Fox nodded solemnly. "Nobody ever wants to think they're the bad guy, Draco. And people will swallow almost anything if you put enough sugarcoating on it. I'd bet you ten Galleons if we had the grownups of the Pack here right now, they'd tell us they'd never been anything but sweetness and light to you."
Draco shivered at the thought, and huddled closer to Fox, who put an arm around him. "It's going to be okay," his relation told him firmly. "I won't let anybody hurt you, not if I can help it." The older boy hesitated. "Only…"
"What?" Draco looked up. "What's wrong?"
"It's complicated," Fox said slowly, sitting down to bring himself more to Draco's level. "But there might come a time…" He chewed on one side of his lip for a moment, his eyes distracted. "Draco, do you trust me?"
"Yes." The answer came immediately and without hesitation. Even Draco's waking mind, with its constant watchfulness to keep him safe from attempted counterstrikes by the Pack against him or his father, had never found fault with Fox.
"That's good. Because there might come a time when something scary starts happening to you. Something that might hurt." Fox grimaced. "I'm not trying to frighten you, I promise, and if I knew more about it, I'd tell you. It's all cloudy and hard to understand, even for me. But I don't want you to get taken by surprise. If that starts happening—when it starts, really, I don't think there's much question that it will, one of these days—I'll help you as much as I can, but you have to try your best not to fight me. Or the people I tell you are okay, if I can't get there."
Confused, Draco frowned. "Why would I fight you, or your friends?"
"Because you have magic on you." Fox shaped an outline around Draco with his hands. "From your father, and from other people. It's meant to keep you safe, but there are bits of it I don't like. Bits that somebody who didn't care about you might be able to use the wrong way and hurt you." He shrugged. "Or maybe I'm just being paranoid, seeing problems that aren't there. I mean, Lucius is your father. He's done what he thinks is best for you."
"But you don't think so." Draco watched Fox's face and saw the slight contraction of annoyance on it. "You don't like what he's done. Why?"
"Now that," said Fox lightly, "is a very long story. And somewhat of a boring one, at that. I'll tell it to you if you really want me to, but that would mean we wouldn't have time for the story you actually asked for, the one we came down here to have in the first place…"
Draco shook his head hard, and Fox chuckled. "All right, then. One story with music, families, and adventures, coming right up."
Opening his right hand, he blew across its palm, forming a cloud of darkness beside the two boys, which cleared to reveal a landscape dotted with castles and cottages. Draco settled back against Fox's legs as the older boy began the tale, speaking slowly and clearly over the instrumental music, piano and violin and flute, which had wound its way out of the silence.
"In ancient times there lived a great and evil wizard, so great that most feared even to speak his name…"
The tale of the warrior-boy who defeated the evil one even though he was only a baby, and the brave and clever wizards and witches who built a family for him after his own parents had died, unfolded piece by piece. Draco watched the dream-figures in their long, elaborate gowns and fancifully cut suits in fascination, though certain parts of the story puzzled him more than others.
"What does that mean?" he asked a few minutes into the tale, causing Fox to halt the scene on an image of the four adults accepting a bundle from a beautiful witch with blonde hair, a tear gliding down her pale face as she released it. "How did they take the evil wizard's most precious treasure? That doesn't look like a treasure. It's a baby."
"What do you think your father values most in the entire world?" Fox countered.
"Me," said Draco promptly. "But—" Sudden understanding rushed over him. "Ohhhh."
"Exactly." Fox smiled and reanimated the scene, continuing his narration. "For a time, they traveled, and came back to their homeland to settle anew…"
When Fox started to describe the young warrior and his siblings and friends, Draco almost interrupted again, but managed to get his voice under control in time. Still, his thoughts whirled.
Known for his cunning, called the fox—but no, that can't be meant for him, this story happened hundreds of years ago. It's just a coincidence.
As he watched the story-family assembling, though, he couldn't help but notice that the wolf-warrior's brother, green-stoned dagger belted at his waist and a lazy smile hovering on his face, did look a great deal like Fox.
So maybe that's one of his ancestors. Or maybe he just uses his own face because of the names. It could be almost anything. And while I'm busy thinking, I'm not listening to the story!
Shaking his head to clear it, he set his thoughts aside and turned his ears back on, just in time to hear the description of the wolf's final friend, "small but a mighty warrior. It is she whom the warrior chooses, she out of all the world, to stand at his right hand and fight by his side."
Draco made a face. "Is that like love stuff?" he demanded, looking unfavorably at the smiling figure of the red-haired girl called Lynx where she stood, as advertised, directly beside Wolf, her hand twined with his.
"Yes, that's like love stuff." Fox's eyebrows went up again. "Not in the mood for romance, I take it?"
"It's more boring than practicing spells. And it's stupid." Draco folded his arms across his chest. "Why would anybody want to do all of that anyway? Get goopy about somebody and sing songs to them and sit in trees with them? I don't get it."
"It's one of those things that's hard to explain until it happens to you." Fox glanced up at the picture, where the twelve story-people had formed a small dancing square and were moving through a complicated pattern. "But I can tell you this much. It should almost always start with being friends, because if it doesn't, it's not going to last. You think you could be friends with a girl?"
"Maybe." Draco eyed the gowned figures dubiously, finding his attention drawn more and more to the one Fox had called the owl, her dark-blonde hair tumbling about her pretty face, with its wide blue-gray eyes lending it a perpetual expression of mild surprise. "If she was nice, and we liked some of the same things. But I don't know what girls like."
Fox shrugged. "The same things boys like, most of them. Music, Quidditch, books, animals, cooking, fighting…we aren't that different. Should I keep telling, or do you want to talk about girls some more?"
"Keep telling. Please," Draco added quickly, before Fox could prompt him.
"All right, then." Fox cleared his throat, and the story-figures whirled out of their dance and began to outfit themselves for war, faces grim and set. "These friends, along with his parents, stood with the wolf at his last great battle with the Dark One, who had returned to threaten the world again…"
When the story was over, Draco let out a long sigh, watching the family spin one another in circles, hug and kiss, laugh and cry, celebrating their victory and their survival. "They look so happy," he said quietly. "And I'm—"
He snapped his teeth shut over the word, but his treacherous mind finished the sentence anyway.
Which doesn't make any sense, because I have everything I ever wanted, I'm going to have more and more, as long as I can do a couple little things that ought to be easy, especially as strong as my magic is turning out to be—how can I not be happy?
"Life's harder than it looks, isn't it?" remarked Fox, apparently for no reason at all.
"Yeah." Draco leaned back against Fox's legs again. "It really is."
Fox's hand came down to rest against Draco's head, his fingers stroking absently through Draco's hair. Within the story-picture, the fairer of the adult wizards blew across his hands to paint fiery streaks of color through the sky, making the rest of the family clap and cheer in celebration. From somewhere, far away or very nearby, a gentle line of piano music began to play, rising and falling in the same rhythm as Fox's strokes.
Draco's eyes drifted shut as Fox began to sing softly, a song about rainbows and what they might be hiding. His last thought was to wonder, hazily, how he could be falling asleep when he was already asleep and dreaming.
And then there was nothing more, until he awakened in the faint light of dawn, curled up on the floor in front of his cold fireplace.
Luna blew on the surface of the potion as it rippled gently in the cauldron, shattering the image she'd called onto it. "I knew I would find you doing something like that," she whispered, smiling. "Now we need to find a way to tell the others, without telling them too much…"
Scooping up a quill and parchment, she began to write, bits and snatches of words, murmuring the occasional phrase aloud, but not so loudly that Hermione, across the room working a tricky little spell on a pile of iron filings, would have a reason to look her way.
It was frightening, sometimes, thinking she finally understood what she'd seen two summers before, because what if she were wrong? What if her hopes, her dreams, were just that, insubstantial as an unsummoned vision, and all her desires turned out to be fruitless?
But then, what if I'm right? Pursing her lips, Luna rearranged three words for a better effect. That will be very difficult too, making sure that everything stays on the right course. Not letting any of it happen too soon, or worse, too late.
She wondered sometimes how the Founders, or whoever had been the Guardians before them, managed it all.
But then, that's why they live in that lovely castle, and have the sort of magic which means they never need anything physical. So they can put all their attention on making stories turn out right. She sighed. Even if, to the people in the stories, they don't seem to be coming out right at all.
Pausing in her literary efforts for a moment, she sketched a pair of scenes in the margin of her parchment. One depicted simply a starry night with a crescent moon, five of the twinkling spots of light forming a larger, five-pointed figure. The other showed two people, one tall and slim and pale-blond, the other more petite and better-curved with darker blonde hair puddled under her head, lying side by side on a hilltop, hands intertwined, taking turns pointing out shooting stars to one another.
There are some things the rest of the Pride doesn't need to know. And one of them is how many worlds are out there, with some relation to us and ours. Mrs. Danger might want to hear about it sometime—though with her dreams, maybe she already knows—or Mr. Padfoot, to put it into his stories, but I don't think anybody else should.
She smiled to herself. Though maybe, if my understanding is right, some of the better ones can be the bride's gift to the bridegroom. Her eyes fell upon Amanda's letter, tucked under the flask into which she and Hermione planned to decant the Imprimatus Potion when it was finished, and her smile broadened. One of them, anyway.
Dipping her quill again, she returned to her writing.
Hermione swept the last of her enchanted iron filings into their vial and capped them securely, allowing herself a full breath for the first time in nearly ten minutes. "I don't know how you'd planned to do that bit by yourself," she said in Luna's general direction.
"I wasn't." Luna never looked up from her parchment. "Either Draco would have done it or we would have asked you together. What is the poetry called again, that Alex likes to use to talk to us in?"
"Iambic tetrameter. Four beats per line, each beat with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. Why?"
"Because." Luna blew on the writing which occupied the center of her page. "I think that's what I have here."
"You think—" Hermione clamped her lips shut and hurried across the room to look over Luna's shoulder.
Abhor the spell from first to last,
But spare the one on whom it's cast;
Be wise to know a lie from truth,
And help the long-imprisoned youth.
"Odd." Hermione frowned, accepting the parchment as Luna extended it to her. "I'd thought Alex said he couldn't talk to us much between now and the end of the war. But four lines, I don't suppose that counts as much, so he got it smuggled through. I wonder what it means?"
Luna was smiling, Hermione saw from the corner of her eye as she read the little verse over again, but that didn't mean much. Luna liked to smile. Though why she should be smiling in the direction of Amanda's letter, Hermione couldn't fathom.
And it doesn't really matter anyway.
"We should show this to the others," she said, setting the parchment down. "Let me just make sure today's step is fully finished, and that we're all set for tomorrow's, and then we'll go see where they've got to—Harry's probably doing his own set of calculations on those Horcrux results to compare to mine, Ginny and Meghan both had Herbology projects and Neville said he'd give them a hand, and if I know Ron he's making a shopping list for Hogsmeade tomorrow…"
Author Notes:
As much as I did enjoy canon, I felt that the plot of DH relied entirely too much on sheer dumb luck. So I'm doing it differently myself, and I hope you are enjoying!
Let me know if you can figure out what Luna's little sketches refer to. They're other pieces of my writing, if that helps at all. Also, the story Fox tells Draco should be ringing bells for old-time DV readers…for anybody else, check out "December 31, 1992", one of the chapters in the Dangerverse Datebook!
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Hey Canadians... Question:
The other night at work, we had a strangely large amount of Canadians come into work. One girl ordered her coffee and then said "And I'd like that with triple cream, please."
I probably sounded like an idiot, because after a few seconds of a blank stare on my face I got it together and then said "... I'm not entirely sure what triple cream is, actually." But then before she could respond, her friend was like "No no, they've got half-and-half over here at the condiment counter."
Is triple cream some elusive Canadian dairy product? Or was she perhaps just asking for triple the normal amount of cream?
I feel like this is a valid question, considering milk
come in bags up in the Great White North.
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Of the eight European and high-income countries included in a review of national HIV strategies, the U.S. came next to last in ensuring many of the strategic goals of HIV testing, treatment and management. As reported at the 2014 International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection in Glasgow, only Georgia—a small, unitary republic in Eastern Europe in which 34% of the population lives below the poverty line—fared worse.

According to the study, a mere 25% of Americans with HIV who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are able to achieve and maintain the goalpost standard of an undetectable viral load (defined as under 50 copies/mL). Moreover, of the 66% actively linked to care, only 33% are on ART despite national guidelines calling for treatment upon diagnosis.

The review of the national HIV treatment cascades (also known as the HIV care continuum) assessed not only the percentage of people tested for HIV in each country, but the percentage that were linked to care, are provided treatment, and are able to achieve full and sustained viral suppression. The selection of the eight countries was based on the quality of available data from 2010 to 2012, extracted from a combination of national HIV reports, the UNAIDS database, peer-reviewed articles, and other sources.

HIV Treatment Cascades in Eight European and High-Income Countries

Country	People with HIV (est.)	HIV Prevalence (%)	Diagnosed with HIV (%)	Linked to Care (%)	On ART (%)	Undetectable Viral Load (%)

Australia	33,000	0.2	75	--	35	32

British Columbia	11,700	--	71	67	51	35

Denmark	6,500	0.2	85	81	62	59

France	149,900	0.4	81	>74	>60	52

Georgia	4,900	0.2	52	44	26	20

Netherlands	25,000	0.2	--	73	59	53

United Kingdom	98,400	0.3	--	79	67	58

United States	1,148,200	0.6	82	66	33	25

Key among the reasons for the U.S.'s poor showing was a high annual HIV incidence rate—in fact, the highest of all eight countries, with 15.3 persons infected per 100,000 (or approximately 50,000 new HIV diagnoses each year). By comparison, the median incidence rate was less than half that number, or around 6.3 infections per 100,000.

Among the eight countries included in the review, most demonstrated an HIV diagnosis rate of between 71% and 85% (with the exception of Georgia, the only non-high-income country). While the percentage linked to care in high-income countries was relatively equal (with only the U.S. and British Columbia falling beneath the 70% threshold), greater disparities were seen once ART delivery was assessed, with the U.S. and Australia reporting that only 33% and 35% of their HIV-infected population, respectively, were on treatment.

(What the study does not show is that the U.S. also has the worst record for retaining patients in care, loosing nearly half to follow up after their initial visits.)

Once on ART, the numbers only worsened for the U.S., with a mere one-in-four able to achieve complete viral suppression. In fact, as a whole, European countries demonstrated far higher undetectable HIV rates than that of North America and Australia (48% versus 27%, respectively).

Explaining the Disparities

While there is no one explanation for these figures, most agree that inequity in access to HIV care remains at the heart of the disparities.

In Georgia, for example—the worst performer on the list—an estimated 30% of the population avoid medical services as a result of high out-of-pocket expenses, particularly the cost of pharmaceutical drugs. Meanwhile, legislation to enact social health insurance in the 1990s has largely been abandoned in favor of private health insurance, while 80% of the public hospitals have been sold to the private sector as part of the government's health and social reforms programs.

Similarly in the U.S., prior to the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, access to care for Americans with HIV had been considered poor, with only 17% able to access to private health insurance versus 54% of the general population. And, until as late as 2013, the backlog for the government's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) had been so long that some patients had to wait for as long as five years to access qualified drug payment subsidies.

Further impacting the U.S.'s standing was the lack of a clear domestic HIV strategy, with an earlier attempt by the Clinton administration failing to include either a timeline for meeting specific goals or details as to which federal offices were responsible for many of these goals. The widespread geographic distribution of its HIV population—as well as the state-by-state variability of Medicaid eligibility—further compounded U.S. efforts, leaving many public health authorities without the central coordination that could have unified a national response.

Reversing the Cascade Tide?

In an effort to reinvigorate the federal response to the epidemic, the Obama administration updated its National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States (NHAS). Under the NHAS, the federal government aims to achieve four key goals by 2020:

Increase the percentage of people living with HIV who know their serostatus to at least 90%.

Reduce the number of new diagnoses by at least 25%.

Reduce the percentage of young gay and bisexual men who have engaged in HIV-risk behaviors by at least 10%.

Increase the percentage of newly diagnosed persons linked to HIV-specifid medical care within one month of their HIV diagnosis to at least 85%.

Increase the percentage of persons with diagnosed HIV infection who are retained in HIV-specific medical care to at least 90%.

Increase the percentage of persons with diagnosed HIV infection who are retained in HIV-specific medical care to at least 90%.

Increase the percentage of persons with diagnosed HIV infection who are virally suppressed to at least 80%.

While it is estimated that the cost of the NHAS will be in range of $15 billion over the five year period, some have suggested that the savings to the U.S. healthcare system—both in terms of averted infections and death—could be as high as $18 billion.

That's not to say that the goals will be easy to achieve or that the U.S. doesn't have a lot of ground to make up in order to come into line with other high-income countries. In a review of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS database, the U.S. came in dead last with not only the highest HIV incidence of all high-income countries in North America and Europe, but also the second highest HIV prevalence—surpassed only by Latvia at 0.7%.

Sources:

Raymond, A.; Hill, A.; and Pozniak, A. "Large disparities in HIV treatment cascades between eight European and high-income countries – analysis of break points." International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection; Glasgow, Scotland; November 2-6, 2014; abstract O237.

World Bank Group. "The World Bank's Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Program progress report, 2006". Washington,C; accessed November 5, 2014.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). "Human Development Report Georgia, 2000." Geneva, Switzerland; 2000.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "CDC Fact Sheet | HIV in the United States: The Stages of Care." Atlanta, Georgia; published July 2012.

Rukhadze, T. "An overview of the health care system in Georgia: expert recommendations in the context of predictive, preventive and personalised medicine." European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (EPMA) Journal. February 26, 2013; 4(1):8; doi 10.1186/1878-5085-4-8.

Fleishman, J; Gebo, K.; Reilly, E.; et al. "Hospital and Outpatient Health Services Utilization Among HIV-Infected Adults in Care 2000-2002." Medical Care. September 2005; 43(9); Supplement.

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD). "ADAP Alert." Washington, D.C.; press release published November 25, 2013.

Yahia, B. and Frank, I. "Battling AIDS in America: An Evaluation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy." American Journal of Public Health. September 2011; 101(9):e4-e8.

World Bank Group. "Country and Lending Groups." Washington, D.C.; accessed November 6, 2014.

World Health Organization (WHO). "Prevalence of HIV among adult 15 to 49 – Data by country." Geneva, Switzerland; accessed November 6, 2014.


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Soon a new voice will answer the telephones and greet customers at the Ravenna Parks and Recreation Department office. Administrative Secretary Cindy Meers will mark Friday as her last day behind the desk with more than 36 years with the city of Ravenna, most with the Parks and Recreation Department.
Meers started her career with the city in 1976. As the administrative secretary, Meers has witnessed many changes during her time with the Parks and Recreation Department, including the most recent introduction of a new computer software system that will enable people to register for programs online. She has touched the lives of many people and, in some instances, generations.
Her immediate plans are to enjoy time with her family, husband Bob and sons Ryan and Sean, and visit her daughter, Brittany, and son-in-law, Stephen, in Florida.
A reception in her honor acknowledging her many years with the city will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the APCO Lodge, 5089 Lakewood Road, Ravenna.
The reception is open to the public. For reservations, leave a voice message or text to Gary Livengood at 330-524-1139 by Friday.


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Did Nikolas kill Helena?
I certainly hope Nikolas killed Helena. She deserved it for many, many reasons. But the question is – did Nikolas spike that tea he gave his grandmother? Or was her time up at that most pivotal moment? At this point, I believe that Nikolas is more than capable of murder. Especially in this case. Helena could have thrown a bit of a wrench in things had she told the truth about Jason. And Nikolas was desperate to keep those secrets hidden.
I'm thinking that Nik figured Helena would be dead soon anyway – so he just sped the process up a bit. No real harm done as far as Nik is concerned.
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If you're a big fan of the Fox television series "Millenium" (you know you're out there), you are allowed to cautiously pump your first with optimistic hopefulness, because according to series star Lance Henriksen, there may finally be a Millenium movie on the way.
After the enormous success of "The X-Files" in the early 1990s, it seemed like series creator Chris Carter probably had a free pass to produce whatever he wanted. He opted for an even drearier conspiracy series, about Frank Black (Henriksen), a serial killer profiler (all the rage at the time… remember "Profiler?") involved with the mysterious "Millennium Group." The show opened big but the ratings gradually declined over the show's three seasons. We remember it best for the amazing second season finale, which ended the world, and the third season premiere, which had to awkwardly backtrack a bit in order to keep going. After the series' cancellation, Carter opted for a crossover episode with "The X-Files," appropriately titled "Millennium," which acted as a replacement finale for Frank Black.
Coming Soon reported on a recent press junket for "TRON Uprising," where Henriksen expressed his belief that a Millenium movie could very well be in the cards: "I think it's going to happen […] I really do… There's a big push on right now and there's a lot of crazy people involved in it. They've written a book with interviews with everybody that was on the show including [Frank] Spotnitz and me… It's crazy that you wouldn't give it a shot. It doesn't have to be a $30 million movie either. There's a lot of fans out there in 65 countries. I can't go into any other country without them wondering when the movie is going to be made."
Henriksen goes on to suggest that the series' concept could very well be more relavent today than ever before: "Ever since 9/11, the world has changed so radically […] If 'Millennium' was made today with those characters, it would be a far more interesting show than the limited palette they had with serial killers."
For more of Lance Henriksen's thoughts on the potential Millennium movie, read the full report at Coming Soon.
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LONDON (Aug. 5)
Thirty-one Polish Jews, stranded in India en route to Palestine, are facing expulsion from that country, Polish-Jewish circles here were informed today in a cable received from the Jewish Relief Organization in Bombay.
The Polish Jews arrived here from Kobe, Japan, after a tortuous journey through Burma. They had transit visas for India and consequently were granted permission to stay in the country temporarily, pending receipt of Palestine immigration certificates. These certificates have not been received as yet and the temporary residence permits are expiring, the Bombay Jewish group cabled.
It urged Polish Jewish leaders to intervene with the Polish Government-in-exile here to allot to the Jewish refugees, through its officials in India, residence permits which have been placed at the disposal of the Polish authorities by the Indian Government.


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Officers arrested a suspect on Monday morning after he allegedly broke into two homes, charging at a resident in the first house while armed with a cleaver and stealing several items from the second, according to a Eureka Police Department press release.
Suspect Kevin Patrick Simpson, 42, was found hiding in brushes near the second home with several items from that residence and was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree burglary, possession of stolen property, attempted auto theft, unlawful carrying of a concealed fixed-blade knife and probation violation, the release states.
According to the release, officers responded to the first victim's home on the 1700 block of Sunny Avenue around 2:30 a.m. after a 30-year-old woman reported she and her young daughter were sleeping when she awoke to find a man in her kitchen. When she confronted him, he charged at her and she saw a large knife protruding from one of his pockets, the release states. The victim retreated to her bedroom, locked the door and called 911. When officers arrived, the suspect was gone and they found a large kitchen cleaver resting on a table just outside the victim's bedroom. Officers determined he probably entered the residence by removing a screen and climbing through a side window, according to the release.
Around 3 a.m., while officers were still at the first scene gathering evidence and searching the vicinity for the suspect, they were notified of another residential burglary in progress on the 1900 block of S Street, with the suspect reported to be in the residents' car that was parked inside their attached garage. When officers arrived at the second location, the suspect was no longer in the car and they searched the surrounding area with the assistance of a K9 team. Simpson was found him hiding in brush near the home and was identified as the suspect in both the burglaries, according to officials.
Simpson was taken to the Humboldt County jail. His bail was set at $125,000, the release states.


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The opening of the Grand Hotel in Ain Soukhna in April 2000 heralded the birth of the Stella Di Mare Hotels and Resorts brand as well as introducing a new luxury hotel destination in Egypt. Ain Soukhna offers all the advantages of a Red Sea resort just a short drive away from Cairo.
Visitors and residents of Cairo can enjoy the beach amid lush surroundings in a luxurious environment. We have now completed and operate three more hotels, two in Ain Soukhna and one in Sharm El Sheikh with more on the way. Stella Di Mare Hotels and Resorts aim to give our residents the most enjoyable experience of luxury Egyptian hotel hospitality.


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Gonzaga 23rd in coaches' poll
Gonzaga is No. 23 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' preseason top 25 rankings released this morning. Here's an article and a list of the top 25. North Carolina is No. 1, followed by Kentucky and Ohio State.
GU will face No. 15 Xavier and No. 16 Arizona. Other GU foes in the receiving votes category: Michigan State (28th with 73 votes), Butler (31st with 25), Saint Mary's 5, Notre Dame 1 and BYU 1 (thought Cougars would be on the cusp of top 25). Long Beach State, under the direction of ex-Zags coach Dan Monson, received 2 votes.
The Zags are picked to win the WCC, followed by BYU and Saint Mary's, by Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg.
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text: Grafton voters approved a Nov. 6 referendum calling for upgrades to the local fire department, including the hiring of its first full-time fire chief in 2013.Although the department head is expected to be chosen early this year, that move and other improvements authorized by the referendum remain on hold as village and town officials finalize plans for the changes.Village Administrator Darrell Hofland said the search for a new chief won't begin until the town completes a review of a proposed intergovernmental agreement that will change the department from private, nonprofit status to a village department the town will hire for fire protection and ambulance service.Under the current arrangement, the village and town both contract with the department. The agreement is expected to include the addition of town representatives on the village's Public Safety Committee."The village wants to give the town adequate time to review the intergovernmental agreement as well as discuss its future role," Hofland said."There is no sense of urgency. The village is comfortable with the current set of officers running the department."The referendum, which was approved by 64% of village voters and 55% of town voters, calls for residents in both municipalities to pay a combined $410,085 annually to upgrade the all-volunteer department.The money will provide $105,000 for a full-time chief and $305,000 for part-time emergency medical technicians to be on call from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, per-call payments of $20 for firefighters and emergency medical responders and training.Village voters agreed to pay $246,051, or 60% of the total cost, while town voters approved spending $164,034, the other 40%. Those shares are based on proportions of the fire department budget currently paid by each municipality.Last month, the Village Board approved a job description outlining the duties of the new chief, who will be appointed by the village's Police and Fire Commission. The board will ultimately finalize the hiring following negotiations on salary and benefits.The starting salary range for the new chief will be $68,703 to $87,068. With benefits, total compensation could be as much as $105,000. The new chief is expected to be given 12 months to become a village resident.Hofland said Police and Fire Commission met in December to discuss the hiring and other department changes and will do so again this month. However, no timetable for advertising the position, interviewing applicants and choosing a chief has been set, and the village is not yet accepting applications, he added.Hofland said two commission members have interviewed fire chiefs from other area communities "to gain additional insight as to what qualifications to look for" in filling the position.The Police and Fire Commission and Public Safety Committee approved the job description for the new chief.Town officials are expected to review the proposed intergovernmental agreement this month. Plans call for the town to have representatives on the Public Safety Committee, which currently has three members — village trustees Jim Grant, David Liss and Lisa Uribe Harbeck.Hofland said town representatives could be added to the Police and Fire Commission, but the Village Board decided the Public Safety Committee would be a better option because it oversees safety policies and makes budget recommendations. Under village ordinance, the commission's authority is limited to personnel matters.The referendum was requested by Fire Chief John Place on behalf of his 69-member department, which he said is struggling to attract and retain members and needs to be upgraded to maintain a high level of service in a growing community.Place said the department responded to 1,007 calls in 2011, a 36% increase over the past 10 years, including nearly 800 calls for emergency medical service. The department also performs more than 1,200 fire inspections annually, he said."Our department is probably the largest in the state that's totally volunteer for the number of calls and responses we get," Place said during a public informational meeting before the Nov. 6 vote.Passage of the referendum will result in tax increases in both municipalities. The owner of a house assessed at $250,000 in the village will pay $55 more per year. In the town, the owner of a $250,000 house will pay $77 more annually.


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Thus closes my notes for the month of December and also for the year just passed and gone and now numbered with the things that were. Whether the Almighty will spare me to chronicle the daily events of the incoming year is more than I know but trusting in Him I shall enter upon the pleasing task, which is useful as a reference and may be profitable to those who have an interest in me.
To day we raised the carriage house and commenced to weatherboard it in. weather cloudy & cool with North wind blowing.
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Shechting: The New Jewish Food Fad
We've gotten our hands dirty making pickles. We've pounded sauerkraut like bubbes from the Lower East Side. We've planted herbs in havdallah gardens and we've learned amazing new braids for our challah, which we've leavened with natural sourdough. The DIY food movement has taken hold of the Jewish community — and it's logical that after the vegetable growing and the bread baking that our thoughts turn to meat.
The Kitchen Bookshelf: Tasty Books for Your Yiddishe Mama
Mother's Day may be a holiday that was made up by Hallmark, but it's also one well worth celebrating.
'The Sacred Table': Moving Beyond Our Food Comfort Zones
Since I started working on "The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic" over a year ago, I have noticed something interesting about people's reaction to this anthology which explores the Reform Jewish approach to food and food production. Upon viewing the wide range of topics discussed in the book (essays subjects range from ritual laws to environmental challenges to worker's rights, to name a few) many people read "The Sacred Table" as an affirmation of the values they already uphold. I find this fascinating, as I intended this volume to challenge the Jewish world to stretch their approach to food and to increase their passion for ritual and ethical kashrut.


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The story of America's second longest serving secretary of state who was destined to play a key role in the 1960s. Tuesday, September 19 at 7:30 PM
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Severe Storms Threaten Tornadoes And Floods
Georgia faces the risk of tornadoes and flash flooding today as two lines of severe weather move from west to east.
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Tue., April 29, 2014 6:31am
Threats Of Tornados, Flooding Across Georgia As Severe Weather Continues
Severe weather is expected to continue across the state Tuesday and into Wednesday. Governor Nathan Deal has declared a state of emergency in preparation for severe thunderstorms across Georgia. Portions of Georgia could see as much as five inches of rain before things start to dry out Thursday. Georgia's Emergency Management Agency spokesman Ken Davis says to watch the forecast and beware flooded roads.
Tue., June 25, 2013 6:00am
Storm Damage At Least $50M
State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says a storm that hit Georgia June 13 caused an estimated $50 million in insured losses. Hudgens said Monday that the figure could rise once all the claims associated with the storm are settled. The storm caused two EF1 tornadoes in Cherokee and Cobb counties and knocked out power to thousands.
Fri., June 14, 2013 3:44am
Tornado Confirmed In Cherokee
National Weather Service officials confirmed Friday a tornado touched down in Cherokee County during severe thunderstorms Thursday evening. Georgia Power officials say crews are still working to restore power to about 44,000 customers this afternoon. Most of those customers are in metro Atlanta.
Thu., June 13, 2013 4:32am
Expect Overnight Hail, High Winds
Forecasters are predicting severe storms for much of Georgia. The storms are expected to fire up ahead of a cold front that will enter far north Georgia early Thursday afternoon and push southeast across most of the state.
Fri., June 7, 2013 3:44am
Andrea Makes Soft Landing In Georgia
Much of southern and central Georgia received heavy rainfall Thursday night into Friday morning courtesy of Tropical Storm Andrea, but not much in the way of heavy winds.
Thu., June 6, 2013 4:03am
Tropical Storm Impacting Georgia
The National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning for parts of Georgia, including Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, and Lowndes counties.
Thu., June 6, 2013 3:37am
South Georgia Braces For Andrea
South Georgians were bracing for heavy rains that could lead to flooding as Tropical Storm Andrea gained strength during its approach to the state.
Fri., April 12, 2013 2:53am
Storms Damage Buildings, Knock Out Power
Powerful storms peeled the roof from a store, toppled a tree onto a home and knocked out power to thousands of residents. National Weather Service forecasters said possible tornadoes had been spotted in Tallapoosa and other areas in the region, and crews were planning to survey damage on Friday.
Wed., April 10, 2013 8:00am
Strong Storms, Tornadoes Possible Thursday
Forecasters say strong to severe thunderstorms are expected Thursday afternoon into Friday morning across Georgia. The National Weather Service said the storms are expected mainly in the form of a squall line with damaging winds.


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Latin Recording Academy Announces 2013 Special Awards Honorees
The Latin Recording Academy today announced the recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Award. Oscar D'León, Juan Formell, Roberto Menescal, Totó La Momposina, Palito Ortega, Eddie Palmieri, and Miguel Ríos will be honored with The Latin Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award, and Mario Kreutzberger aka "Don Francisco" and Pedro Ramírez Velázquez are the recipients of the prestigious Trustees Award.
These honorees will be acknowledged at a special invitation-only ceremony on Nov. 20 at the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas as part of the weeklong 14th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards celebration.
"It is with great pride that we announce this year's honorees, who not only epitomize the essence of true masters of their craft and genre, but represent the global musical spectrum that encompasses the Latin community at large," said Gabriel Abaroa Jr., President/CEO of The Latin Recording Academy. "We continue to be humbled by their contributions to the musical legacy of the Latin world, and celebrate and honor their accomplishments and the talent that they have graciously shared with us over the decades, which will continue to endure for generations to come."
The Lifetime Achievement Award is a Special Award presented by vote of The Latin Recording Academy's Board of Trustees to performers who have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording during their careers.
Born with rhythm in his blood, renowned Venezuelan singer/musician Oscar D'León is known as "El León de la Salsa" ("The Lion of Salsa"). At a young age, D'León expressed a love for music by vocally improvising harmonies and using surface tops to mimic percussion rhythms. A self-taught bass player, D'León gained notoriety for his ability to entertain by dancing, singing and playing instruments as he performed. In 1972 he formed the group Dimensión Latina with whom he released one of his most famous hits, "Llorarás." In 1976 he left the group to form two more orchestras, La Salsa Mayor and La Crítica. In the '80s D'León's solo career rose to international acclaim as he began touring Europe and became an overnight phenomenon. Throughout his 30-year career, he has performed in Japan, Australia, Cuba, Turkey, Canada, and Latin America. Today, D'León continues to record music and is a philanthropist.
Renowned Cuban musician, bassist, composer, and arranger Juan Formell is the true definition of a musical innovator. His studies began under the tutelage of his father, musician and composer Francisco Formell. As his talent grew, Juan Formell began working with some of the most important artists in Havana, which led to successful compositions with the Carlos Faxas Orchestra such as "Ya Lo Se," "De Mis Recuerdos" and "Lo Material." Formell's work with the Elio Reve Orchestra heralded his ingenuity as a pioneer in the sound of popular music. He introduced electronic instrumentation into the field of Cuban music, changing its form, style and structure and resulting in the creation of "La Nueva Trova Cubana" ("the new Cuban ballad"). In 1969 Formell created Los Van Van — one of the most influential bands in the history of Cuban pop music — and later earned a GRAMMY Award in 1999 for Best Salsa Performance. Formell has authored more than 250 musical works, composed for theater, television and film, and toured the globe while continuing to experiment and create new rhythms and sounds.
With a career spanning more than 50 years as a composer, producer, guitarist, and vocalist, Roberto Menescal is considered one of the founders of bossa nova. Born in Brazil and beginning his professional career at age 20, Menescal's creative songwriting and rhythmic use of the guitar has led him to create some of the country's most beloved and classic songs, including "O Barquinho," "Você," "Nós E O Mar," "Bye Bye Brasil," and "Rio," among others. Aside from forming the basis for the bossa nova sound, Menescal has performed in a variety of Latin music mediums, including Brazilian pop and samba. He has composed two soundtracks for film and four biographical books have been written about his life's work and contributions. He continues to perform internationally, record music and participate in workshop programs throughout Brazil.
Hailing from Colombia, singer and performer Totó La Momposina's music is inspired by a rich cultural mix of African, Native Indian and Spanish history that embraces her native land and is represented in the Latin American rhythms of her music. Touring and performing at a young age in coastal villages, her deep love for her roots and musical traditions developed into her signature style. While studying music history, choreography and rhythm at Paris' Sorbonne University, La Momposina also began touring in Europe, presenting for the first time the indigenous music of her homeland to the outside world. Tours in Latin America and the Caribbean followed and La Momposina subsequently relocated to Cuba, where she studied the bolero. She continues to tour internationally and share the colorful history, native melodies and rhythmic forms of Colombia.
Argentine singer, actor, producer, and former politician Palito Ortega is an integral part of the rock and roll pantheon of artists whose innovations were credited with the nueva ola (new wave) of music in the '60s. Inspired by Elvis Presley, Ortega began performing with different bands, which eventually led to a solo career. Collaborating with songwriter Dino Ramos, Ortega found success with hits such as "Sabor A Nada," "Lo Mismo Que Usted" and "Vestida De Novia." His popularity earned him a starring role in the television ensemble "El Club Del Clan" and soon after a career in film. Within years of launching his career, he had recorded 27 albums, starred in 26 films and emerged as the definitive teen idol. After several decades of success in entertainment, he set his sights on politics, becoming the governor of the Tucumán Province in Argentina in 1991. Ortega continues to perform and remains active in recording music and collaborating with various artists.
GRAMMY- and Latin GRAMMY-winning pianist, bandleader and musician Eddie Palmieri has recorded nearly 40 albums throughout more than five decades. A first generation "Nuyorican," he is best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms. Inspired by his older brother, renowned pianist Charlie Palmieri, Eddie Palmieri formed the band Conjunto La Perfecta in 1961, led by singer Ismael Quintana. With his own influential style and sound, in 1975 Palmieri won his first GRAMMY for Best Latin Recording for Sun Of Latin Music, marking the first year the GRAMMY Awards recognized the Latin music genre.
Recognized as one of the pioneers of rock en Español, Spanish-born singer, composer, director, producer, and actor Miguel Ríos is a tour de force. His innumerable sold-out concerts and tours have resonated with rock music fans of all ages for more than 50 years. In 1970 he released "Himno De La Alegría" ("Hymn Of Joy"), one of his master works at the height of the symphonic rock movement that featured an extract of Beethoven's ninth symphony. The recording has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide and reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1982 Ríos released a live double album of his Rock & Rios concert, selling more than 450,000 copies in less than one year. The recording is regarded by music critics as one of the most important works of modern Spanish rock. Ríos has participated in numerous benefit concerts and received countless awards, distinctions and commendations throughout the Spanish peninsula.
The Trustees Award is a Special Award presented by vote of The Latin Recording Academy's Board of Trustees to individuals who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording during their careers.
Television personality Mario Kreutzberger aka"Don Francisco" has been a staple of entertainment in Latin homes across the United States, Chile and Latin America for more than 50 years. Creating and hosting "Sábado Gigante" ("Giant Saturday") since 1962, the show has gone on to make television history and has served as a platform for developing and established artists to showcase their music to a large Spanish-speaking demographic. Guinness World Records declared "Sábado Gigante" the longest-running television variety show in the Americas uninterruptedly presented by its star host, and in 2012 the program celebrated its 50-year anniversary. Along with the variety show, Kreutzberger hosted the interview-based "Don Francisco Presenta" and the fundraising based "Teletón." Additionally, Kreutzberger is a respected jingle writer and has received numerous awards, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and an honorary Emmy Award for being a "leader of Spanish-language television." In 2012 he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
At an early age, Mexican-born musician, composer and musical director Pedro Ramírez Velázquez was fascinated by the trumpet. After studying formally at the Escuela Libre de Música in Mexico City, he joined his father's musical troupe as a second trumpeter, unprecedented for mariachi bands in the late '40s. In 1954 at age 14, he was invited to join Pepe Villa's Mariachi México, a group that received critical acclaim for featuring two-trumpet orchestrations. Velázquez remained with the troupe through what critics consider the golden age of mariachi music and upon his departure in the '70s began arranging, directing and producing for some of the most legendary acts in Latin music history. He has collaborated with Angélica Maria, Leo Dan, Roberto Carlos, and Beatriz Adriana, among others, and has served as the exclusive musical director for both Vicente and Alejandro Fernández, which has garnered him three Latin GRAMMYs.
The 14th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on the Univision Network on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central. For breaking news and exclusive content, join the organization's social networks on Twitter and Facebook.


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Get some friends together, or invite that special someone for an unforgettable experience in Harbor Sands. This one-of-a-kind getaway begins with an exciting cruise along the majestic Catalina coast from Avalon to Two Harbors. There, you and your guests will enjoy a relaxing day on soft sand beneath swaying palms, while friendly staff serves signature food and drinks to your South Pacific-style palapa or beachside lounge chairs.
Day at the Beach – Ocean View Palapa for Four ($399)
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The Trip To Bountiful
Written by Horton Foote
Directed by David Emerson Toney and Josh Chenard
"I feel my strength and my purpose strong within me. I'll go on to Bountiful. I'll walk those twelve miles if I have to."
A "must-see production" on Broadway in 2013, this tender and warm-hearted play featured Cicely Tyson as the elderly and irrepressible Mrs. Carrie Watts. Tired of always being told "NO", she runs away from home to begin the journey of her lifetime.
Sept. 22-24, 29-Oct. 1 at 7:30 pm
Sept. 25, Oct. 2 at 3:00pm
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The Addams Family
A New Musical
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Music by Andrew Lippa
Based on the characters created by Charles Addams
Directed and Choreographed by Patti' D'Beck
Expect the unexpected when you join the living, the dead and the undecided!
Broadway veteran Patti D'Beck turns her amazing directing skills to this fun, madcap musical which ran on Broadway in 2010 and 2011. Spend an evening with delightfully macabre Gomez, Morticia and the rest of the Addams clan who encourage you to become part of their family by dressing in costume.
Nov. 11-12, 17-19, Dec. 1-3 at 7:30pm
Nov. 13, 20, Dec. 4 at 3:00pm
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A Time To Kill
A New Courtroom Drama
Based on the novel by John Grisham
Adapted by Rupert Holmes
Directed by David Leong
Is justice even possible when race becomes an issue?
Directed by David Leong, Fight Director for the 2013 original Broadway production, A Time to Kill is the story of an African American man who is put on trial for the murder of two white men who savagely beat and raped his ten-year old daughter. Based on John Grisham's novel, this race-charged courtroom drama has all the power of the film featuring Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, and Matthew McConaughey.
Feb. 16-18, 23-25 at 7:30pm
Feb. 19, 26 at 3:00pm
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Monty Python's Spamalot
Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle
Music by Eric Idle and John Du Prez
Directed and Choreographed by Kikau Alvaro
Tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here!
Running for four sensational years on Broadway, this legendary musical is "lovingly ripped off from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Follow everyone's favorite comic crusaders as they sing and dance their way to the biggest prize of all.
April 14-15, 20-22, 27-29 at 7:30pm
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Printer Migration, HP LaserJet iiiSi. Windows 2000 to 2008 Cluster
We have an older printer in our environment that needs to utilize the HP LaserJet iiiSI driver. I was able to migrate it successfully from our Windows 2000 server to a Windows 7 PC. However when I then migrate it from there to a clustered Windows 2008 server it will not map the print queue. It DOES, however, add the driver to the Drivers list. When I go to add the printer manually I cannot see it in the drop down however.
Does anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks!
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I'd like to confirm the OS is Windows 7(x86) or Windows 7(x64).
Please try to download the printer driver to test:
Hewlett Packard LaserJet IIISi Printer Drivers
Please refer the following checklist to verify the configuration set correctly:
Checklist: Create a Clustered Print Server
In addition, there is a blog for your reference:
Windows Print Cluster Best Practices for Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2
Hope this helps!
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Elytis, thanks for the reply!
It is Windows 7 x86 and I am using the migration tool on that to go to a clustered Windows 2008 R2 x64 environment (which I manage by the Printer snap-in).
I looked at the link for the IIISi drivers, but it appears it's actually an application called Driver Tool, not the drivers.
The clustered print server is running well otherwise with other printers and drivers.


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Kathy, this is belated, but I just wanted to say I'm so sorry about your Mom, and I know what getting those phone calls are like. I got one a few years ago and it was the most powerless feeling being so far away. Sending good thoughts that she is okay.
Thanks Faye, she had an mri last night. She has been having dizzy spells and her doctor wants to know if her cancer has returned. She was diagnosed with brain cancer nearly 2 years ago. Hopefully it's just something minor. Thanks for the prayers.
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This is just like last year, but the prices are a little higher :(
shelleycole...I don't know of any specific deals this week, but there was a $3 off 42 count in 8/5 SS (also a printable on coupons.com with sign up)and if you have a Rite Aid or CVS %off coupon, that's how I buy items like these that don't go on sale very often.
I was told today that my son needs to start taking prevacid daily. This is not something I've bought before, does anyone know where I could find the best deal on these this week. I need to get him started asap. Thanks!
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Kathy, I am so sorry to hear about your mom's fall. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Here is an article about how to get a reduced emergency fare including phone numbers to call to request reduced rate:
Here's another one with some similar info:
It looks like US Airways has a number of flights in the $350 range to Newark (not sure which city you will be flying into). Many of those flights only have a few seats left for a Friday departure.
Good luck and travel safe!


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MIAMI - On this date, two dozen tornadoes occurred in Oklahoma on this date in 1998, marking a record for most tornadoes in any one October day. Weather forecasters at the Storm Predcition Center in Norman, OK actually watches as one tornado passed in the distance.
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LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F)...........................19 Buffalo, Wyo.
HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH).................................64 Cold Bay, Alaska
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES)..........................1.92 St. Petersburg Airport, Fla.
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Food drive in honor of Chapel Hill students yields tens of thousands of meals
Posted March 7, 2015
Updated March 8, 2015
Raleigh, N.C. — Weeks after Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were shot and killed in Chapel Hill, friends and family have vowed to focus on how the three young Muslims served, rather than how they died.
On Saturday, The Islamic Center of Raleigh hosted a collection effort to benefit the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
"It is a wonderful reaction to such a heartbreaking thing," said participant Mari Anne Williams.
Friends said the event was inspired by Barakat's last Facebook post that showed him and others feeding the homeless in Durham.
"He went to downtown Durham and gave them food as well," said volunteer and friend Nisma Gabr. "So they were like, hey, let's start a national feed their legacy campaign and feed those in need."
In all, the Islamic Center delivered 15,497 cans, or about 12,278 pounds of food plus $2,271 in cash. The food bank estimates the donation is worth more than 21,000 meals.
Some who participated in Saturday's event knew the trio personally, others simply felt compelled to help.
According to Gabr, it is what the three would have wanted.
"This whole thing is helping me with the grieving," Gabr said. "Every time I just, I'm not going to lie, but I do cry, but what makes me stop crying is the fact that I'm doing something in honor of them."


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LATEST figures in a report from homeless charity Shelter show that most young adults could still be living with parents in 2040 as house prices soar.
The research from Shelter and auditing company KPMG shows that unless the government commits to a radical house building programme and dealing with the deepening housing crisis, average house prices across the country could double in just 10 years.
In 20 years they could quadruple from £446,000 to more than £900,000.
But Swindon estate agents Charles Harding say that the town could buck the trend, with entry level house prices remaining lower than in the surrounding area.
John Harding, a director at Charles Harding Estate Agents, said: "Swindon is in a bit of a property cocoon in that it has such a low price market, especially for first time buyers.
"We have never had that problem and I don't think really will for the foreseeable future.
"I think areas around Swindon might be affected but in terms of entry level properties in Swindon itself I think it's going to stay the same."
The report sets out a blueprint for the essential reforms the Government needs to take to turn around the national trends and deal with the housing shortage in a single parliament.
This includes giving planning authorities the power to create New Homes Zones, unlocking stalled sites to speed up development and stop land being left dormant, introducing a new national housing bank to provide low cost, long term loans for housing providers, helping small builders to get back into the house building market and fully integrating new homes with local infrastructure.
Shelter said that unless something was done soon, more than half of those aged 20 to 34 could still be living with their parents in 2040.
Campbell Robb, Shelter's chief executive, said: "Our chronic shortage of affordable homes means that a generation face a future of living in their childhood bedrooms into their 30s.
"This isn't just a blueprint for how to get Britain building, it's a blueprint for how to restore the aspirations of a generation who've been left with little hope of a home of their own. We have shown politicians that it is possible tackle our housing shortage head on."