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The frustration is easy to understand if we just look at Supreme Court decisions for the month of March alone. In that month, the court declined to review the San Diego State University (ADX v. Reed) case, where Christian student groups are being denied the status of official campus groups because they are Christian, and also chose not to review Nampa Classical Academy v. Goesling, a challenge to Idaho's ban on public school usage of texts and documents deemed to be "religious" – even if those books are classics from Western Civilization used because of their literary and historical importance.
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Those in the pro-death camp understand these things well. The whole battle to fabricate abortion as a "right" followed the same course outlined above – stair-steps of effort with plenty of losses along the way that nonetheless led to a deadly precedent set back in 1973.
Those stair-steps illustrate the perspective we must firmly hold to as well so that we can take seemingly adverse decisions in stride.
And I would encourage you to persevere personally as well. For whatever reason, God's people always seem to grow weary and lose hope long before their opposition does. Remember how the children of Israel complained to Moses, asking why he had taken them from Egypt where they had such good food and led them instead into the desert?
In the moment, it seemed a fool's journey. But with perspective and perseverance, it was obviously the journey God had ordained for them – a journey on which all things worked out for good (Romans 8:28).
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- Athena said...
I made the fig recipe last night, and the cookies are delicious. I do have a couple of questions about the recipe. I see applesauce and oats in the ingredient list, but they aren't mentioned in the recipe. Does the applesauce change the texture? I omitted it and they turned out fine. As for the oats, I did a mixture of oats, barley and oat bran and mixed them with the flour. Was that right? Thank you for sharing this recipe.
- December 23, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- Unknown said...
Those look lovely Sarah. Happy Holidays!!
- December 23, 2012 at 3:15 PM
- Sushi Queen's Food Blog said...
This looks so delish, and chunky, I was thinking of baking cookies today all my sweets have disappeared to my berry :) I've got dates and black chocolate.
- December 30, 2012 at 11:18 AM
- Sarah Copeland said...
Hi ladies! Thanks for your great comments, and I hope these kept your cookie jars full this Christmas! Athena, thank you for catching that mistake--my apologies; I've updated the recipe with the new instructions! I made these both with and without the applesauce and kept the applesauce in for extra moisture--and a chewier cookie, but they are wonderful without as well. I love that you used a mix of oats, barley and oat bran. I'll try that sometime, too.
Happy New Year to all!
- December 30, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- Sasha said...
Oh my lord, do those look delicious. Am gonna have to try making them this weekend! Yummo.
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- Sarah Copeland
- New York City, United States
- Sarah Copeland is a food and lifestyle expert, and the author of Feast: Generous Vegetarian Meals for Any Eater and Every Appetite, and The Newlywed Cookbook. She is the Food Director at Real Simple magazine, and has appeared in numerous national publications including Saveur, Health, Fitness, Shape, Martha Stewart Living and Food & Wine magazines. As a passionate gardener, Sarah's Edible Living philosophy aims to inspire good living through growing, cooking and enjoying delicious, irresistible whole foods. She thrives on homegrown veggies, stinky cheese and chocolate cake. Sarah lives in New York with her husband and their young daughter.


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DETROIT – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on Thursday announced the expansion of the "White Picket Fence Program" into the city's North End community.
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"The White Picket Fence Program is an important component in our Detroit Works Project," said Bing. "The program provides residents with an immediate tool to reduce blight in our neighborhoods, and the fenced lots tend to deter illegal dumping. We are looking forward to continuing to grow this program in various parts of the city."
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Bing announced the launch of the White Picket Fence Program during his State of the City address in March. For the pilot program, property owners in Hubbard Farms, Springwells Village and Southwest Detroit were invited to buy vacant lots next to their homes. To date, more than 100 lots in those areas have been sold.
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VIEW: White Picket Fence Program Participant Map
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The city's partners in the project are: Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Urban Neighborhood Initiatives, and Charter One.
"Charter One's commitment is rooted in the belief that when the community prospers, we all prosper, which is why we are pleased to support the City of Detroit's White Picket Fence program," said Scott Swanson, president of Charter One and RBS Citizens, Illinois and Michigan. "This program helps to create strong, viable neighborhoods throughout the city."
The Charter One Foundation funded the vouchers for fencing and beautification supplies for the Southwest Detroit lots.
The program's participating vendors are Brooks Lumber Company and Casey Fence.
The second phase of the White Picket Fence program in the North End community is being funded by Fifth Third Bank, which will provide $25,000 for fencing materials. Additionally, Fifth Third -- in partnership with First Independence Bank -- is offering $300,000 in Home Repair Grants provided by The Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.
Beginning next spring, eligible homeowners in the North End community can receive up to $7,500 for energy-efficient repairs on items such as roofs, windows, furnaces, and insulation.
Interested in the program?
For information on the White Picket Fence Program, North End property owners can contact Greg Holman in the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department at 313.628.0076 or email@example.com.
Funding for the Home Repair Grants for North End homeowners will be available in April 2013. For information, contact Fifth Third Bank's North End community partner, Vanguard Community Development Corporation at 313.556.2025.
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UPDATED 8 p.m. Brown has released a Youtube video (above) that expresses his willingness to meet some Republicans demands and leaves the door open, if only a sliver.
(ORIGINAL 4:45 p.m.) Minutes ago, Gov. Jerry Brown issued a statement announcing a "halt" to budget talks. He said he had stopped negotiations on Monday with Republicans after they expanded their list of demands to multiple items that either had nothing to do with the budget or would make things worse.
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MORE: In statement issued late Tuesday, Brown said he actually stopped the discussions on Monday.
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Talk:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Hi-larious! --L 15:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker[edit]
Not really mine, but I did help work on it. I'm asking for some help and guiding points regarding the Gameplay section. Wolf ODonnell 09:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- EDIT - Forgot to mention that in order to give us a better overview of what people think, I would appreciate it if more than two separate people review this article. Wolf ODonnell 09:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
|Good appropriate funnies. like how you raised comment on the things wrong with this game.
|This game needed a bit of slating, nice someone had the balls to do it.
|Prose and formatting:
|Easy enough to read and understand, could perhaps do with being broken into a few smaller chunks.
|Nice thumbs, like the comments especially the "fairy eating" one.
|10 out of 10 for having a go at a thoroughly dull "sailing" game.
|Final Score:
|Nice piece, well laid out. subject matter maybe a little dated but a good few chuckles. Thumbs up.
|--Notoriusben 09:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)NotoriusBEN 20/09/07
And now, as requested, presenting the counterpoint!
|This feels like a rant. By someone who didn't like the game and thought it had too much sailing in. There's not much that's subtle on display.
|Complaining that Wind Waker had too much sailing in. Because no-one's ever done that before!
|Prose and formatting:
|Not too bad. The formatting is ok, but it could be broken up a bit more, needs some selective pruning, and would benefit at some point from a proofread to tidy up spelling and grammar.
|There are some, and they're appropriate.
|This needs work, in my opinion. Plenty of it. But it can be saved!
|Final Score:
|Honestly, this feels like every other anti-WW rant out there. Seriously consider a new direction for this article. I'm not saying don't slag it off - do what you will, but try and make it more creative, and less like a simple attack on a game you didn't like.
|--Sir Under User (Hi, How Are You?) VFH KUN 13:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Further comments: It depends what you're after, really. I don't think this would get deleted, it's not that bad, but in this state, I don't see it getting near highlight either. It feels like a rant by a disappointed fanboy. Maybe if it was teased into a parody of a rant by a disappointed fanboy it would be more fun...
I'd personally recommend a re-think on this, drag it away from being such an attack on the game, remove some of the more juvenile content, be ruthless and hone this into something more coherent. Have a(nother?) look at HTBFANJS and see how it goes. You don't need to jettison the whole lot, some of it's not bad ("Five minutes later, a huge red fucking Dragon burned Ganondorf's home for personal enjoyment, and perhaps for a bit of stress-relief." I kind of liked that).
Oh yeah, and from the history, I can see you've tried to make this more like the Wikipedia article. That's not obligatory!
Having said all that, some balance: it's not random, like many articles of this type. You have focussed on the game, and you obviously know it well. As I say, with ruthless editing and a bit more thought, this could end up as a decent little article.
However, that's just my opinion. As evidenced above, other opinions are available, and it's up to you what you do. Don't take any of this personally, and good luck! --Sir Under User (Hi, How Are You?) VFH KUN 13:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Um, I actually liked the game, but found it a bit on the easy side and the sailing boring. They were the only things I remembered about the game, so I took the piss out of these aspects. Wolf ODonnell 15:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)


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text: This really is the low point, without even star value to get us through a limply tortuous plot: it's about the uncovering of a Soviet spy in General de Gaulle's retinue. Save for a single overhead view of Karin Dor being shot, her purple dress spilling out in a lifeless pool beneath her, all imagination was absent, and the ending had to be recut in total desperation, without a shred of suitable footage to imply Michel Piccoli's suicide. Hitchcock blew this one, and knew it.Picture: SNAP / Rex Features


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A slowdown in U.S. factory activity kept gains modest in Asian stock markets Tuesday, while Japan's Nikkei slipped as the yen rose against the dollar.
U.S. manufacturing expanded more slowly in March than February, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday, held back by weaker growth in production and new orders. Still, sentiment remained fairly resilient following the release Monday of reports showing that manufacturing picked up in China and that business sentiment improved in Japan last month.
Analysts said the new government in Japan, with its new plan of attack to right the Japanese economy, has lifted business optimism.
"The economy is improving, albeit slowly, and the mood has been lifted by the assertive and coordinated economic plan of the new government," Moody's Analytics said in a market commentary.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.2 percent to 12,107.40, giving up recent gains that were partly due to the yen's drop in value against other major currencies. A weaker currency makes products sold abroad more expensive, a hardship for Japan's export-dependent economy.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.4 percent to 22,384.26. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.2 percent to 4,975.40. South Korea's Kospi rose 0.1 percent at 1,997.10. Benchmarks in mainland China and Singapore rose while Malaysia, the Philippines and New Zealand fell.
Wall Street stocks got off to a slow start Monday following a three-day holiday. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped less than 0.1 percent to close at 14,572.85. The S&P 500 fell 0.5 percent to close at 1,562.17. The Nasdaq composite index fell 0.9 percent to 3,239.17.
Benchmark oil for May delivery was down 17 cents to $96.89 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 16 cents to close at $97.07 a barrel on the Nymex on Thursday.
In currencies, the euro rose to $1.2867 from $1.2804 late Monday in New York. The dollar fell to 93.03 yen from 94.22 yen.
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text: Event Description: New Covenant is a Sundayschool class for couples in their late 20s through mid-to-late 30s. We welcome engaged couples, newlyweds, and veteran marrieds. Several couples are childless but we also have pregnant mamas and kids up to kindergarten age. Our weekly class starts at 9:35 and includes both fellowship and studies. Wefocus on scripture as well as expert studies on marriage and relationships. Over the years we have built a community of support and enjoy regular social events in addition to the weekly Sunday class. We hope tocontinue growing together and look forward to sharing all the different stages of life as they come. Visitors and new couples are welcome! Church Staff: (We require all events to be sponsored by Church Staff)Marla WoodContact Information:Name: ReceptionistPhone: 256-539-5738 ext 210Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Information:Huntsville First United Methodist Church - Main BuildingRoom: 319 - Seekers


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Lets assume that I have an equity strategy that generates signals intraday to buy and sell. I run this strategy across the SP500 names. Now within my strategy I want to incorporate a method to help me decide if I want to take a certain trade on or not, based on my current portfolio composition.
Currently I have a very simple idea of how to do this. I compute the beta of each symbol I want to trade against the market index and look at my beta exposure to the market. If I am above a certain threshold, I don't take long or short signals accordingly.
Just wondering if there are better methods out there which would help me measure my exposure to the market and various sectors ? My aim here is to make sure that I am not too exposed to one sector or the market in general , before taking on additional positions.


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AT&T's new data plan limits your 3G usage, but how long will it take for you break through that 200MB cap with the low-end $15 DataPlus plan? Would it be better for you to spend the extra $10 for the $25 DataPro plan, allowing you 2GB per month? Let's do some real-world testing and find out.
I tested data usage amounts with six typical tasks using AT&T's 3G network on an iPhone 3GS, measuring the data sent and received during each for five minutes using the iPhone's internal data usage meter. Then, our lovely staff mathematician calculated how many minutes' worth of each you'd get before you used up your 200MB monthly limit.
For this test, I wandered around news websites such as Yahoo, Google, and The New York Times, stopping to read about half the time, and acting like a typical ADD reader by surfing and clicking the rest of the time. For the email testing, I manually checked email every 30 seconds, while continuously sending myself a text-laden email message.
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For music streaming, I used Pandora the whole time, and for the Skype call test, I called my land line for five minutes with the free iPhone Skype app. For the other two tests, I simply did some typical Facebook browsing and continuous YouTube video watching.
Here's how long it would take for a user with a typically slow AT&T 3G connection (578mbit/sec down, 54mbit/sec up) to max out that 200MB limit while using an iPhone 3GS:
|Minutes until 200MB
|Minutes per day for a month
|Reading news websites
|2:25 hours
|4.77 min/day
|Email (checking every 30 sec)
|78:59 hours
|155.89 min/day
|Streaming Pandora music
|4:55 hours
|9.7 min/day
|Making Skype calls
|9:25 hours
|18.6 min/day
|Browsing Facebook app
|18:20 hours
|36.2 min/day
|Streaming YouTube videos
|2:40 hours
|5.3 min/day
Baseline download/upload speed, AT&T 3G: 578mbit/sec down, 54mbit/sec up
Is it worth it to opt for the $25/month 2GB DataPro plan? That depends on where you go, your access to Wi-Fi, and what you want to do with your iPhone. If you're going to be streaming a lot of YouTube videos, the 5.3 minutes a day allowed by that 200MB cap might not satisfy you. However, if all you do is check email and browse Facebook for less than a half hour a day while you're out in the field, you'll be wasting your money by bumping up to the 2GB plan.
For example, I'm going with the $15 monthly DataPlus plan, because as you can see by the screenshot below (get a graphic like this of your own usage by logging into your AT&T Wireless account), I haven't used over 200MB in the past six months. But I'm working in a home office with access to a fast Wi-Fi connection, and when I'm occasionally on the road, I'm not usually doing a lot of data-intensive tasks on the iPhone.
I think all of these "plans" are spectacularly overpriced, but $15 a month sounds better than the $30 a month I'm paying now for AT&T's unlimited plan — that lower price saves me a total of $360 on the two-year contract. I'll jump at the chance to pay less for AT&T's awful 3G service (honestly, AT&T, 578Mb/s download speed? Lame).
What's right for you? Check your usage habits, and do the math.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) and Transocean Ltd (RIG.N) have agreed to change offshore safety and operating procedures as part of a lawsuit seeking nearly $20 billion in damages from the companies for a November 2011 oil spill, Brazilian public prosecutors told Reuters on Friday.
The agreement, known as a "change-of-conduct accord," was drafted at the companies' request with federal prosecutors who are handling two civil lawsuits against Chevron and Transocean, the prosecutors' press office in Rio de Janeiro said.
The lawsuits are the largest-ever environmental prosecutions in Brazil. The press office declined to give details of the accord but said they would be presented at a public hearing on December 14 in Rio de Janeiro by federal prosecutor Gisele Porto.
Chevron officials were not immediately available for comment. Transocean's press officer in Houston declined to comment. Both companies say they committed no crime and acted correctly during and after the spill.
After the December14 hearing and possible changes, the agreement is expected to be presented to the federal judge in Rio who is hearing the lawsuits.
Porto is lead prosecutor on the civil lawsuits against Chevron, the No. 2 U.S. oil company, and Transocean, the world's largest offshore oil drilling rig operator, for the 3,600-barrel spill in the Frade field northeast of Rio de Janeiro.
No one was hurt in the Frade accident. No oil reached shore and there was no discernible environmental damage, according to Brazil's petroleum regulator, the ANP.
The Frade field was producing 62,000 barrels of oil per day when it was shut in March to examine unexplained leaks in the area near the site of the November 2011 spill. Frade is operated by Chevron, which also owns 52 percent of the field.
Brazil's state-led Petrobras owns 30 percent, and Frade Japão, owned by Japanese trading houses Sojitz Corp (1605.T) and Inpex Corp (2768.T), has an 18 percent stake. Neither Petrobras nor Frade Japão is the subject of spill-related prosecutions.
Chevron, Transocean and 17 of their employees and executives also face criminal charges that can carry financial penalties and jail terms of up to 31 years.
The spill was not as severe as other recent offshore accidents. More than 5 million barrels of oil was spilled in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in BP Plc's (BP.L) Macondo field in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people died in the accident and beaches and fishing grounds were polluted.
On November 15, BP agreed to pay a record $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to criminal misconduct for the disaster.
While criticizing some of Chevron's actions and levying 35.1 million reais ($16.6 billion) in fines on the company, the ANP said in a July report that there was no negligence in the 2011 spill. The ANP said Transocean had no responsibility for the spill.
Both companies have said they will vigorously challenge the civil and criminal cases against them.
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Convicted killer preparing to head to prison
A Rogers man who has been in a local jail since 2008 is about to head to an Arkansas prison.
Sergio Morales-Carrera was charged with capital murder in the 2008 killing of Veronica Robles at her home in Rogers. Morales-Carrera was living there at the time, police said.
He pleaded guilty on March 6 and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Benton County Prosecutor Van Stone said the process took five years because Morales-Carrera was sent to the state hospital several times for mental evaluations.
Circuit Court Judge Jon Comstock made the decision in July 2012 that he was fit to proceed in his criminal court case.
An evaluation at the Arkansas State Hospital found Morales-Carrera has the capacity to understand the proceedings against him. It also diagnosed him with schizophrenia.
Morales-Carrera was still in the Benton County jail Tuesday night, but will be sent to an Arkansas prison in the next few weeks.


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With his memorable, room-filling energy, Wabash professor and dean emeritus Vic Powell rang out the famous phrases: "Give me liberty or give me death;" "A house divided against itself cannot stand;" "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Midway through each phrase Powell challenged his student audience to complete the familiar saying. "You know it," Powell exclaimed. "Now tell me who said it."
The Chapel grew quieter as students mumbled their guesses to their friends.
Powell's Feb. 3 lecture couldn't have been better timed, coming as it did less than 12 hours after President George Bush's State of the Union address to Congress. After asking how many listened to it, Powell told them who wrote it. No, the author was not the President, but his ghostwriter Michael Gerson. Powell quickly admonished the students not to be disappointed in the President for that because United States Presidents beginning with George Washington himself have made good use of speechwriters – ghosts, as they are known in the business.
President Washington was probably more fortunate than most because his speechwriters included none other than James Madison, chief author of our Constitution, and Alexander Hamilton, the founder of our banking system. Indeed, it was Hamilton who wrote Washington's often-quoted farewell speech to the nation.
After telling the audience that Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson wrote almost all of their speeches themselves, Powell explained that the public statements of our leaders have come to mean so much to Americans most likely because they did not write the speeches themselves. For that matter, neither do most politicians at any level or men and women business leaders. Speechwriting is difficult, and doing it right takes far more time than executives have – or, in the case of George Washington and many before and after him, more time than they had.
Former Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson called ghostwriting "legal fraud," but Powell disagrees. "What you hear are always the speaker's ideas," he pointed out. "The speechwriter may labor over the many drafts of a speech, but any writer foolish enough to try to impose his own opinions on a President of the United States would soon be finding him or herself walking among the Washington tourists. It is the speechwriter's special skill to know the employer well enough and listen so carefully to his or her speech patterns that the writer can create a document that replicates the way the speaker's thoughts and style. The philosophy and cadence are the speaker's, not the speechwriter's. They belong to the person who stands up in public and says them aloud.
Throughout our country's history what our political aspirants and leaders say has been important to our government and the way the people think about it. Professor Powell suggests we should be grateful for the people who can help our leaders say just what they mean. Some of those statements have been strong enough to hold the nation together in times of trouble. They can enlighten us or infuriate us, but they always give us reason to think about our government and what it means to us and the world.


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How many of us have been sewing on Christmas Eve…just trying to finish up one. last. project???
My sister-in-law inspired this project when she requested a tree-skirt for Christmas; however, I think this little beauty will probably be on my personal to-gift list three or four times. It's quick, easy, cute, and oh-so-Christmas.
Leah, over at Burgundy Buttons, has even made this little tree-skirt in to a kit…just for you. (And you have six months from today to get it done!)
If we haven't met yet, I'm Tracey; I blog over at traceyjay quilts, and I hope you enjoy Fruitcake under my Tree…erh, uh, or under your tree.
1 Fruitcake Layer Cake
WOF = width of fabric
All seams are right-sides together, with 1/4″ seam allowance, unless otherwise noted
- Break open that layer cake, and sort in to lights and darks. You will need 12 light and 12 dark layer cake squares for this project.
- Grab a pair of contrasting squares.
- Draw a diagonal line from one corner to the opposite corner.
- Sew 1/4″ away from the line you drew, on both sides of the line. (Using a 1/4″ sewing foot makes this so easy.)
- Cut on the line you drew. Press seams toward the dark square.
- You now have two half-square triangles (HSTs)!
- Put them right sides together, with contrasting sides touching (as shown). If you press your seams to the sides, you will feel them nest in to place. (The seams are pressed open in this photo; however, for most the blocks I pressed them to the side.)
- Draw a diagonal line from opposite corners, perpendicular to the seam you just sewed. Sew 1/4″ on each side.
- Cut on the line you just drew.
- You now have two hourglass blocks! (Repeat 11 more times for a total of 24 blocks.)
Setting triangles:
In order to make this tree-skirt in to an octagon, and not a square, we will be using setting triangles on the sides. We use these triangles because we don't want to have bias edges on the perimeter of our quilt. Here's how they work for this project:
(size of finished block) 8.75″ x (nifty math formula number) 1.414 + (allowance for the seams) 1.25 = 13.6225 which means 13 5/8″ *parent squares*
- Cut two 13 5/8″ parent squares.
- Cut in half diagonally.
- Cut in half diagonally again to yield four right-triangles. The long-edge of the triangle (hypotenuse) will be the outside edge of the tree-skirt.
- Lay-out your blocks with setting triangles as shown below. I alternated the darks and lights, in a classic hour-glass block design.
- Pile them into rows for sewing. (I like to pin and number my rows to keep them sorted.)
- Sew into rows, pressing seams to alternate sides before joining rows together
- Use some kind of circle to mark center cut-out of tree (but don't cut yet).
- Baste.
- Quilt.
- Cut.
Binding measurements:
A note about binding:
I used the bias stripe for my binding fabric, but I cut it on the bias, which made my cuts parallel to the stripes. You can also cut them perpendicular (which I kind of wish I had done). I only needed 1/2 yard and got around 300″ of binding. I use this tutorial to make continuous cut bias binding.
Here's how much binding you'll need:
(24.5″ * 4) = 98 + (18 * 4)= 72 + (22 * 2) = 44 + 26 (inner circle) = 240″ of binding
1/2 yard of continuous bias binding yields over 300 inches of binding tape. 🙂
Before you sew your binding down, make your ties by cutting about a yard of binding off the end, and folding the sides to the center and then in half. Fold one side under and sew closed. You need 2 ties, each about 18″ long.
- Pin in place near opening of circle, on the backside of the quilt.
- Bind
- Wash, Dry, Love.
Measures approximately 54 inches in diameter (pre-washed).
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"Remind me again why I agreed to this?" Rose gathered up the front of her dress robes to avoid tripping over the hem as she ascended the staircase leading to the ballroom. A couple in matching robes trimmed with peacock's-tail feathers swept past; when the ballroom doors opened to admit them, Rose could hear the buzz of conversations and a few notes from a band warming up.
"Because, dear cousin, I needed a date to help me fend off all the birds, and you needed something to get you out of your flat so you could take a holiday from brooding for a few hours."
"'Fend off all the birds'?" she hooted, quirking an amused grin at James. "Aren't we the strutting rooster tonight." Her smile faded. "Anyway, I have not been brooding."
"Right." He drew out the word, turning one syllable into several. "Have you forgotten which family you were born into? Even Louis has noticed that your joie de vivre has gone au revoir since you showed Philip the door."
"Has he really? Louis, the lord of La-La Land, whose head is so far up in the clouds he forgets what House he belongs to? Who wouldn't see a dragon before him even after it set his hair on fire?" James nodded. "Have I truly been that bad?" Another nod. "Oh dear," she said sadly, pausing near the top of the staircase to blink back the stinging tears of regret that had just sprung to her eyes.
James, who'd been waiting on the landing, bouncing on the balls of his feet, hurried down to her level to throw an arm across her shoulders and give her a squeeze. "Aw, love, no one's blaming you for it. Who could? After all, you'd been moony-eyed over that knob Manchester since your Sorting, and then to break things off with him for good a month before your wedding? Of course you're going to be a bit of a Moaning Myrtle for a while! Anyone with half your heart would be!"
He grasped her shoulders and turned her towards him, looking deeply into her eyes. "But it's been three months now, and I really miss my favorite cousin. I miss her swearing like a goblin at Quidditch referees whenever they make bad calls, I miss the way she can out-argue nearly everyone in our family, I miss the way she never takes any cheek, not even from Uncle Charlie, and I miss hanging out with her at the Leaky Cauldron on weekends. If I have to spend one more Friday with no one to get pissed with but Fred or Lucy or my pinhead of a brother, I'll go spare." He leaned close. "Please, Myrtle, let me have Rose back."
"You poor dear," Rose said with a small smile, rolling her eyes at James' theatrics. "To imagine the suffering you've endured on my account."
"Indeed," he said, his lips curving upwards. "I hope you appreciate what torment it's been."
"Thank goodness I have you to enlighten me."
His grin broadened. "Well, someone has to. Merlin knows, everyone else is afraid you'll zap them with a Jungle Rot Jinx." He released Rose's shoulders and held out his arm, crooked at the elbow, for her to take. "So, whaddya say, cousin? Shall we go in there and show everyone that not even a broken heart can extinguish the Weasley flame?"
Unable to help herself, Rose snorted with laughter. "James, you are too much, do you know that? No wonder women are helpless to throw themselves at you." She let him lead her up the remaining steps to the ballroom entrance, where an elf in a garish waistcoat and spats stood sentry, checking invitations as the guests arrived.
James sighed with mock exaggeration as he handed the elf his invitation. "I'm a martyr to my own sex appeal, Rose. It's a curse, but someone has to bear the burden."
It felt good to laugh and to joke with James, Rose thought as they entered the ballroom. As much as it pained her, she had to admit he had a point: ever since she'd called off her wedding to Philip Manchester three months ago, she'd become almost hermit-like, tucking herself away in the sanctity and solitude of her flat and avoiding contact with others as much as possible. She'd even stopped attending family dinners because she just couldn't cope with the exuberance and energy that all her aunts and uncles and cousins brought to the table. Thankfully, while they'd expressed their concern, Mum and Dad had respected her need for time and space to get over Philip and kept their distance. Dad and Uncle George had even allowed her to do the joke shop's bookkeeping from home, sending her each day's receipts by owl post, though she still had to meet with them twice a month so they could review and reconcile all the accounts. Apart from them, her only regular contact for the past several weeks had been with James and Nana Granger.
She hadn't felt lonely at the time, Rose mused, but despite her initial reluctance to accompany James tonight she had to admit that it felt good to be out of her flat, rather than curled up in her pajamas with a novel and a cup of tea her only companions, listening to the patter of rain against her window and the distant sounds of traffic, her thoughts inadvertently turning to Philip. The dress robes that Aunt Ginny had ordered for her (no doubt in collusion with James to get Rose to agree to come) and her new haircut, which she'd got on a whim yesterday afternoon, helped further boost her spirits.
Best of all, James had done some checking this afternoon and confirmed that Philip and his new girlfriend were in the States, so there was no chance of an awkward reunion.
James had taken Rose's hand in his and was half-dragging her across the ballroom, to where her Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny and a few other people she presumed to be Ministry officials were gathered, all of them dressed to the nines. "I thought it best to let Dad and Mum see you right off," he explained, "so they can spread the word that Myrtle's got free of her toilet, and then you can go home early if you wish." He squeezed her hand. "Any time you're ready to leave, just let me know."
"Thanks, James, but I think I'm okay for a while."
He smiled. "Good." Then, calling out to the group, he announced, "Look who I rescued from solitary confinement," pulling Rose beside him and wrapping his arm around her waist. "I had to slay a troll and kiss a frog to do it, but she's free now."
"I'll get you for that," Rose muttered through clenched teeth as she smiled at her aunt and uncle.
"It's good to see you, Rose," Uncle Harry said, giving her a warm smile as Aunt Ginny hugged her.
"Well, your son parked himself on my sofa and refused to budge until I agreed to come. This seemed less costly than feeding him for the next eight decades, never mind the smell." She bent down to give her aunt a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for the dress robes; I love the color."
"I thought that shade would look good on you. You look so lovely, Rose. Doesn't she, Harry?"
Rose felt her cheeks grow warm as her uncle eyed her appraisingly before giving a nod of approval. "Very beautiful."
"Thanks, Uncle Harry." She gave him a grateful smile, feeling increasingly confident about coming here tonight. In the company of people who cared about her, she knew she could drop her guard and still be shielded from making too much a fool of herself.
"I won't be at all surprised if you attract the attention of a few admirers tonight," Aunt Ginny said, her brown eyes sparkling mischievously. "In fact, I can name several eligible wizards already here eager for an introduction."
On the other hand... "Is that why James was so insistent on my coming, so you could play matchmaker?" Rose said with exasperation that was partly in jest, partly genuine. "Honestly, Aunt Ginny, you're as bad as Grandmum Weasley."
"Worse," James said hoarsely in her ear. Rose giggled.
Just then a tall, slender young man, his pale blond hair carefully swept back from his narrow face, came near and addressed himself to her uncle. As the two men exchanged words with an air that suggested an extended acquaintance, Rose turned to her cousin and murmured, "Who is that with Uncle Harry? He looks familiar. Do I know him?"
James looked in the direction she indicated. "Who, him? You ought to. It's Scorpius Malfoy."
She gasped. "It's been so long, I scarcely recognized him! What on earth is he doing here? He seems very familiar with Uncle Harry."
James gave her an amused look. "You ihave/i been out of touch, cousin."
"What do you mean?"
To Rose's abject horror, James called out, "Oi, Malfoy! How long have you been Dad's assistant?"
"James!" she hissed as the person in question turned to look at them, then excused himself from her uncle to approach. "I swear..." She tried to hide her face, with its flaming cheeks, behind James' broad back.
"Nearly three years," was Scorpius' answer. "Since I completed Auror training. But you know that," he added, clearly puzzled.
James laughed. "Of course I do; we trained up together. My cousin, however--" He nimbly stepped aside, ruining Rose's sorry attempt at camouflage. "--fritters away her life with her nose in a ledger, tallying up assets and debits even in her dreams, and consequently tends not to notice the lives the rest of us lead." Rose squeaked with embarrassment when James grabbed her hand and forced her to come forward. "You remember my cousin Rose Weasley, don't you, Scorpius?"
He regarded her coolly. "How could I forget? We were in the same year at Hogwarts. You used to trounce me in Transfiguration on a regular basis."
"I seem to recall you doing the same to me in Potions," she managed to get out. "With great enthusiasm, too."
The corner of his mouth twitched. "I suppose I did." He extended his hand to her. "It's a pleasure to see you again, Rose. It's been a long time."
Gripping his hand firmly, she looked up into his eyes as she'd been taught to do, and found his gaze, like the skin of his palm against hers, unexpectedly warm. Discomfited by the surge of humidifying self-consciousness it sparked, she withdrew her hand with a murmur and surreptitiously wiped it against her robe.
"Oh, blast," James muttered.
"Priscilla Montgomery just walked in. And she's alone."
"Oh, boy," Scorpius breathed.
Rose gave them both a puzzled frown. "So?"
James ducked down behind her, tugging at Scorpius' arm until he was standing beside her; standing shoulder-to-shoulder, they presented a wall around which James darted furtive looks before crouching back down. "So? So if that man-eater sees me, I'm lost. She'll sink her claws in me and never let go." Unimpressed with her cousin's childish antics, Rose rolled her eyes and let out a "tuh" of disapproval. When she looked over her shoulder to give him a piece of her mind, he cried out, "Don't let her see me back here!"
At that she turned to face him. "James Sirius Potter, since when do you hide from women?"
"Bloody hell, Rose, you've done it now - she's headed this way!" He gave Scorpius a panicked look. "Keep my cousin company, will you? See that she has a good time tonight!"
"Don't you dare abandon me, you miserable git!" Before she could stop him, though, James had fled, leaving Rose staring at Scorpius with utter bewilderment. "Do you have any idea what that was all about?" she asked him.
He nodded slightly, seemingly exasperated. "I'll explain later - here she comes."
A shapely young witch with hair styled to within an inch of its life, her dress robes cut to an almost obscenely tight fit, sashayed -- Rose could think of no other word to describe her movement -- up to them, bringing a miasma of perfume in her wake. "Score, doll," she purred, her voice gratingly coy and kittenish, "I could have sworn I saw Jamie standing here just a moment ago."
Her eyes wide with amusement, Rose mouthed "Score? Jamie?" as Scorpius cleared his throat. "Erm, he was, but he got called away on business. Urgent business. Auror, er, business. Most urgent." Rose hid a laugh behind her hand, though his irritated frown only made her want to laugh even more.
"Oh, dear." If the witch's lower lip had poked out any further, she could have used it as a drinks tray. "He won't be gone long, will he? I had such hopes of spending the night with him. I even bought these robes just for the occasion." She gave a coquettish little shimmying giggle then that brought on a coughing fit in Scorpius.
Coming to Scorpius' rescue with a firm slap to his back, Rose dissembled smoothly, "James said he might be gone the rest of the evening. You know how it is with these Aurors - always running off at the slightest pretext. If I see him, though, I promise to let him know you were looking for him."
The witch barely batted her fake eyelashes in Rose's direction before she leaned against Scorpius. "Tell him that it's most urgent I find him," she breathed in his ear, her chest pressing against his arm with each emphasized aspiration.
"Erm, sure, Priscilla. I'll see that he gets your message." Rose thought if any more blood rose to his head it might explode, which would bring the evening to a rather gruesomely unfortunate end - a shame, since she was really beginning to enjoy herself.
The witch simpered. "Ta, baby," she said, wiggling her fingers in farewell before wiggling the rest of herself away.
Once she was out of earshot, Rose turned to Scorpius, one eyebrow cocked, her hands on her hips, laughter bubbling just beneath the surface. "What on earth was that all about, baby?"
He cleared his throat loudly. "She's, er, she's what's known as - well, she's the sort of witch who fancies Aurors."
Rose's eyebrows shot up. "Ah, I think I get the picture. A camp follower, of sorts?" He considered this before nodding his agreement. "How on earth did she wrangle an invitation here? This hardly seems the sort of gathering where her sort would be welcome."
"Priscilla's a very resourceful and determined witch," he remarked dryly, his composure back in place.
"So I see." Then something occurred to Rose, and she grinned at the thought. "I wonder if she knows she has no hope of success with my cousin?"
Scorpius eyed her shrewdly before responding, "For her it's all about the hunt. The greater the challenge--"
"The greater the victory." She clucked her tongue as she studied him. "So am I to take it that you were an... easy conquest?"
"Merlin, no!" He seemed scandalized by the very idea.
He must have realized that any retort would only have dug an even deeper hole, so he wisely chose not to rise to her bait. "At any rate, she's caught the scent of blood now. I doubt she'll come back this way again."
"Unless James seeks refuge with my aunt and uncle."
"He won't."
"You seem rather sure of yourself. How do you know he won't?"
"Because your uncle believes that any Auror who can't handle a situation like this on his own ought to reconsider his choice of profession."
Rose let out a peal of laughter that carried across the ballroom. Several heads turned in her direction; flushing at the unwanted attention, she reflexively pressed her hand up against her mouth and turned away. As soon as she felt like the color in her face had returned to normal, she said in a low voice, "Good for Uncle Harry. James is always going on about how women can't keep their hands off him, so it's high time his boasting came back to bite him in the arse."
"Don't you think you're being a little hard on him?"
"Me? Are you kidding? Wait 'til his sister finds out." At Scorpius' puzzled frown she explained, "Taking the mickey out of each other is how we show affection in my family. Well, to each other. We give outsiders a grace period before breaking them in - lull them into a false sense of security, then just when they're starting to relax and feel at ease: wham."
Scorpius' eyes narrowed. "Why, then, do I get the feeling you've decided to skip over the grace period and jump straight to having a go at me?"
"I don't know. Are you--" She glanced in the direction James had fled. "--campaigning for a seat at family dinners?"
His nostrils flared and his eyes widened as he caught her meaning. "No, no. No. Potter and me - no. We're colleagues, that's all."
She grinned. "You know, Scorpius, for an Auror, you're terribly transparent."
He sniffed. "For a bookkeeper, you're disturbingly opaque."
"That's got nothing to do - Wait." She frowned at him. "How did you know I was a bookkeeper?"
With an elegant flick of each wrist, he adjusted his cuffs. "Potter said you've always got your nose in a ledger when he introduced us. And, I might point out, I am your uncle's assistant. I pick up things about people."
Feeling strangely violated, Rose folded her arms over her chest. "You 'pick up things'? What sort of 'things'?"
He opened his mouth as if to reply, then closed it, pursing his lips and staring off into the distance. After a moment or two he turned to her and asked, "I'm feeling thirsty. Would you like something to drink?"
Rose looked in the direction he indicated, towards what appeared to be a fully-stocked bar, then back at him. "I'll come with you," she said decisively. "After you've bought me a drink, you can tell me what other sort of 'things' about me you've picked up from working with my uncle."
"You're not going to let that go, are you?"
"Not on your life."
He sighed. "All right, then, c'mon."
A sensation of prickly heat ran up and down Rose's spine when Scorpius pressed his hand at the small of her back to guide her across the ballroom, and she shivered involuntarily. "Are you cold?" he asked, looking at her with concern. "I can fetch my cloak--"
"No, I'm fine. Just a passing chill."
He didn't seem convinced, but let the matter drop and turned to the waiting bartender. "Single Firewhisky for me, and... What will you have?" he asked Rose.
She pursed her lips as she considered her options. Normally, under the circumstances, she'd get gillywater, but until three months ago, "normally" had meant she'd be with Philip. Come to think of it, Philip had always ordered for her, assuming, as he had so often done, that he knew what she wanted better than she did. She actually thought gillywater tasted rather like fish entrails. "I'll have the same," she finally said.
Scorpius nodded. "Two single Firewhiskys, then." He leaned against the bar, facing her, while Rose hoisted herself up on a nearby stool. "So."
"I haven't seen you for several years. What have you been up to since Hogwarts?"
Her elbow propped on the bar, Rose rested her chin in her hand. "Why do I get the feeling you already know the answer to that question and are testing me to find out what I'll say?"
"I might know a few of the highlights," he said with studied nonchalance. "It is the business of the Auror Department to keep tabs on people of interest."
"'People of interest'? Merlin's pajamas, your life must be frightfully dull if I qualify as a person of interest. Why don't you enlighten me, then. What have I been up to since Hogwarts?"
Their drinks had arrived, so he took a moment to sip at his before answering. "Perhaps I should tell you what I've been up to instead, and you can judge if my life is frightfully dull or not."
"Wait," Rose said, "let me guess." She closed her eyes and pretended to be in deep thought, fingertips pressed to her temples. "You underwent Auror training, after which you were assigned to be my uncle's assistant, which is where you've been for nearly three years, keeping tabs on not-very-interesting people of interest, avoiding the predatory advances of over-sexed, under-dressed tarts, and leading a frightfully dull existence." She opened her eyes. "How close was I?"
His mouth twitched. "Full marks. You've got great potential as a Seer, if you ever decide to give up bookkeeping."
"Or maybe," she said mischievously, enjoying how easy he was to tease, "I 'pick up things' too. Your boss is my uncle, after all."
He seemed pleased by this. "Maybe so." He beckoned the bartender over for a refill. "Actually, you were wrong on one count. I wasn't assigned to your uncle: he requested me."
"Really?" He nodded. "Why?" At the look on Scorpius' face she hurriedly added, "I don't mean to imply anything. I'm just curious why Uncle Harry chose you in particular to be his assistant."
"Maybe I was the most qualified. I did earn the highest marks of my entering class."
"Oh, I doubt that." Realizing her blunder, Rose hid her embarrassment by taking a drink. "I mean," she gasped as the Firewhisky left scorch marks all the way down her esophagus, "I'm quite sure you're more than qualified. You wouldn't have lasted this long in the position if you weren't. Uncle Harry doesn't suffer fools gladly."
She paused to fan herself and collect her thoughts. "It's simply that he doesn't take such a personal interest on a whim. He chose you to be his assistant for a reason. He can't help himself; it's the crusader in him. My mum, who knows a thing or two about crusading herself, calls it his 'saving-people thing.'" She laughed lightly. "I hope he doesn't work you too hard. I know how obsessive these crusading types can get at times."
He raised one shoulder, then lowered it. "It's not too bad. It's challenging, which I'm glad of - no two days are ever the same."
"Long hours, I imagine."
He'd turned to face the bar now, showing her his sharply-featured profile as he ran the tip of his finger around the rim of his glass. "I'm probably as frightfully dull as you claim. There aren't many opportunities for a life outside work," he admitted. "Especially working with your uncle. I love being an Auror, but... you could say I'm married to my job."
"I can appreciate what that's like." At his questioning look she explained, "Dad and Uncle George's business is so successful, you could say I'm carrying on quite the torrid romance with my job."
"And you claim I'm frightfully dull."
"Well, it's not as though I ever claimed I wasn't, merely that you'd have to be to find me even remotely interesting." She raised her glass to him in a toast, earning a nod and a fleeting smile that made her heart seem to skip a beat.
His next comment, coming as it did on the heels of her unusually bleak self-description, blindsided her. "I was sorry to learn about what happened between you and that Manchester bloke last summer. What he did was unconscionable."
Her stomach twisted as though she'd just been stabbed. Fighting to keep her voice firm and even, Rose said, "Something else you 'picked up' while you were 'keeping tabs' on me?"
She slid off her stool, but a wave of dizziness brought on by the Firewhisky made her teeter slightly. His hand reached out as if to steady her, but she jerked back. "What a pleasure it is to find out that the most painfully intimate details of my life are a favored topic of water cooler gossip," she threw over her shoulder as she marched away. "Your lot must've found it most entertaining."
"Rose, wait!" He caught up with her right outside the ballroom, seizing her by the arm and pulling her around to face him. He had the decency to look ashamed, but she wasn't taken in by it. "Don't go."
She struggled to break free, but he held fast, his grip strong but not painfully so. "Let go of me!"
"Only if you let me explain. And apologize. Please?"
Despite everything, Rose found her anger diminishing as she looked into Scorpius' dark blue eyes, seeing regret and concern and something else there that made her breath catch in her chest and her insides feel as though they had been coated in warm honey. Slowly she relaxed her combative stance.
Scorpius released her to comb his fingers nervously through his hair, wrecking the careful, conservative style so that several thick strands came loose to hang in his eyes. "First, I'm sorry. It was appallingly gauche of me to blurt out what I did without any warning. I'd been wanting to say something, to come clean, but it seemed the more we talked, the harder it became to find the right moment."
"You always were rather blunt at school, as I recall. Blunt almost to the point of cruelty."
He winced. "I wasn't trying to be cruel. It was a lapse in judgment brought on by my own impatience, that's all. I truly am sorry for causing you any distress and making you think your private life had been put on display."
Her arms folded across her chest, she gave a sharp nod. "Right. That was your apology. Now you owe me an explanation: what do you think you know about what happened between me and Philip? And why do you even care?"
Scorpius wouldn't look directly at her, choosing instead to find something of great interest over her shoulder. "I know more than you'd like for me to know," he finally said. When she gestured for him to continue, he added, "I know he was shamelessly unfaithful." He glanced at her, then redirected his gaze and took a breath. "And that the final straw was when you came home to find him with someone in your bed."
Her vision blurred as realization struck. "How - How do you--? Oh, God!" she moaned with sickening realization, pressing the heels of her hands against her eyes. "When you said you were keeping tabs, I didn't think you really meant it! How long have you been spying on me?"
"No!" As though he feared she'd run again, he reached out to grasp her shoulder, but she slapped his hand away. "It's not like that at all."
"Then what is it like?" Shame and humiliation had made her voice shrill, so she lowered it to a harsh, tearful whisper. "How else could you have learned something I never even told my own mother?"
"Look, I admit I stuck my nose where it probably didn't belong--" She gave a derisive scoff. "--but you've not been under long-term surveillance or anything of the sort."
"How is that supposed to make me feel any better? Was invading my privacy something you did to take the edge off your frightfully dull existence? What did I ever do to you to deserve this anyway, Malfoy?" She deliberately emphasized his family name, knowing that in some circles it bore the weight of an epithet. "I bet you and your mates had a right laugh at my expense."
His hands, hanging by his sides, opened and closed. When he spoke, his voice was strained, his jaw lines taut and trembling. "After you broke off your engagement and became such a recluse, your father got worried. He came to your uncle and asked him to try to find out if Manchester had done anything to hurt you. I had a hunch, so I volunteered to look into it - on my own time, of course. That's all it was."
"How chivalrous of you," Rose said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "My knight in dented armor."
He made a noise of exasperation. "Would you quit finding bad intentions where there are none? I did it off the clock so I wouldn't have to report on what I found! I told no one, Rose. Not a soul." She gaped at him. "Even now, I'm the only person who knows the truth about what happened. Well, except for you and that toss--"
"But what about my dad and Uncle Harry? What did you tell them?"
Her undisguised astonishment must have encouraged him, because he took a step towards her, his hands extended as if in supplication. "Simply that I'd found nothing to indicate Manchester had done you any harm, and that you just needed time to get over a broken heart. I didn't think it would do anyone any good if they knew the whole story - you least of all. You must believe me," he pleaded.
She was confused beyond all imagining. "You did all that - for me?" He dared to lift his gaze to her face and nodded. "But why? Why should it matter to you?"
"He was such a bastard when we were in school, and I suspected that he'd only grown worse with time." After licking his lips he continued, "He was in my House, Rose. I saw a side to him that you would have denied even - even if he'd made you smear your face in it, because you were always too besotted to see the truth about what he really was. I couldn't - I didn't--" He shoved his hands in his pockets. "It doesn't matter. You're well shot of him, and that's what matters."
"You've violated my privacy in the most painfully invasive way imaginable, Scorpius. You don't get to decide what does and doesn't matter."
His eyebrows drew together. "I don't understand. Aren't you relieved to be free of him?"
"No, you're right about that. I am relieved. I feel more free now than I can remember feeling since I was a little girl. But that's not the point." He eyed her warily. "What concerns me now is what you were about to say after you said I was too besotted to see the truth about Philip. You said, 'I couldn't, I didn't,' then left off. I want to hear the rest of that sentence. After all you've done, after all you've already said, you owe me the complete truth."
He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly through his nose, his gaze far away. "You deserved so much better than him, Rose."
After everything that had gone before, his answer made her feel more bitter than anything else. "Really? Better than Philip? Like who? Surely not iyou/i."
Color flooded his face. "As a matter of fact, yes. Why not me?"
"You?" She laughed humorlessly. "Are you joking? At school you had your nose so high in the air it was a miracle you didn't get nosebleeds on a daily basis! Even if I had fancied you, you wouldn't have given me the time of day!"
Scorpius drew himself up to his full height. "Look who's talking, Madam my-family-is-better-than-everyone-else's! You swanned around that castle like you were Queen bloody Mab!"
"I did not!" Teeth clenched, jaw jutting forward, she shot back, "At least I don't go around stalking unsuspecting people, prying into their private lives for my own amusement."
"I--" he began, before stopping to swipe his hand over his face, its high color fading rapidly. "Why won't you believe me?" he asked plaintively. "There was nothing amusing about what I did. Nothing would have made me happier than to discover my hunch about Manchester had been wrong and that he'd done nothing to hurt you. I've never hated being right more than I did then."
The heat in his voice and the look on his face dispelled the bitterness she'd been feeling, leaving in its wake a jumble of emotions she couldn't identify. This time, when he laid his hands on her shoulders, Rose didn't try to break contact. "You've never hated being right in your life," she said, her voice tremulous. "You revel in it."
"Rose, I cannot take pleasure in anything that hurts you. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"
As she looked deeply into Scorpius' eyes, searching for answers to questions she dared not voice, Rose felt as if she were floating and drowning at the same time, uncertain if she should call out for help or surrender herself to whatever had her in its grasp and hope for the best. Eyes that color shouldn't be so warm and expressive, she thought petulantly. It wasn't fair, the way he seemed to be able to look through her, past the joking and the teasing -- and oh, Merlin's pants, she hadn't done it on purpose, but the flirting -- and locate the most carefully-guarded fragile and tender parts of her soul, the parts that were still raw with convalescence.
Did she understand what Scorpius was saying? She thought she did, and if so.... When she'd agreed to accompany James tonight, she'd not been expecting this. How could she have done?
She couldn't remember a time when she'd looked at another wizard the way she'd always looked at Philip. Other wizards were always friends, or colleagues, or uncles and cousins; Philip had been her only lover, first and, as she had once believed, always. As recently as three months ago, she'd never imagined loving any wizard but him, never thought she'd grow old with anyone else. But he'd betrayed her, over and over and over.
Now that she'd put him and the pain he'd inflicted behind her, she was confronted with the possibility of starting afresh with someone new, someone wholly unexpected. Rose felt as if she was thirteen all over again, her heart pounding in her chest, her cheeks burning with bashfulness, uncertain whether the wiser choice would be to take the risk or take flight.
Choosing the latter, for better or for worse, Rose gathered up her robes as she had on her way in and ran down the steps as quickly as she could. Behind her she could hear Scorpius' footsteps and his voice calling her name. Ignoring their startled exclamations, she pushed her way through a crowd of people gathered around the entrance and escaped into the refreshing night air, hoping it would clear her head so she could think things through and make sense of the chaos of feelings that threatened to overwhelm her.
Of course, as her stupid luck would have it, she'd forgotten about the rain, and she found herself caught outdoors with her cloak inside and Scorpius at the door, blocking her re-entry, his expression fearsome in its intensity. Confused and distraught, torn between desire and fear, on the verge of tears, she turned on him and stamped her foot. "This is your fault!" she cried as the rain plastered her hair to her cheeks and soaked her dress robes.
He stared at her for what seemed to be the longest moment in history. Then, without breaking eye contact, he took his wand out and came toward her; his long legs covered the distance between them in a few strides. Rose, despite her instinct to flee once again, remained rooted to the spot.
Standing before her, he gave his wand a flourish and charmed an umbrella to appear. "Hold this," he said thickly, thrusting it at her.
Unable or unwilling to refuse, Rose did as she was told, holding the umbrella so it covered both of them. Meanwhile, he removed his outer robe, leaving him in his shirt and trousers, and reached around her to drape it over her shoulders.
Her chin was trembling -- whether from cold or anticipation, she couldn't say -- as she raised it to meet his smoldering gaze. "Thank you," she whispered.
His hands were so warm and soft and strong as they cupped her face, but they were nothing compared to the feeling of his lips against hers, firm yet pliant, his breath escaping his nose to caress her cheek, his heart beating rapidly beneath the hand she'd pressed against his chest, her fingers clutching at his shirt to draw him closer, her arm sliding up to wrap around his neck as she stood on her toes for better access...
Scorpius was the first to break the kiss, lowering his hands to her waist and pulling back. Rose opened her eyes to see him looking down at her with an unfathomable expression. "You're shivering," he said.
"I'm soaked through."
He smiled gently. "That too." His hand reached up and smoothed her wet hair from her face, then he leaned down to place a kiss in the middle of her forehead. "Let's get you home and into some dry clothes before you catch a chill."
Rose rested her head against his chest, drawing warmth and comfort from him. "And then?"
"And then?" She felt his muscles tenses and bunch as he prepared for Disapparition and tightened her grip around his waist. "And then... we'll see."
This was written for the Rose/Scorpius fic and art exchange on LiveJournal; the recipient had requested a fic that showed Rose and Scorpius as adults, without delving into any interfamilial tension. Thanks to Katieay for being such a fabulous beta and dear friend. I'd also like to thank birdseyeview for pre-beta-ing an early draft of this.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Photoshop Flaming Text Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Photoshop Flaming Text" Galaxyjunior memberMember #Joined: 27 Oct 1999Posts: 7 Posted: Thu Oct 28, 1999 3:09 pm In Photoshop (5.0), I want to make the text flaming. I can rotate the text, but I can't seem to make it wind (using wind filter) out, it inverts and goes into the text. That's sorta confusing, but I can never wind the text so that part of the text is winded (it just never shows up) Sorry for confusing you guys, but if anyone understands what I am saying, please tell me! ------------------ ~Galaxy~ firstname.lastname@example.com ~The Chosen~ Back to top Divine Comedianjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 4Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posted: Thu Oct 28, 1999 4:02 pm Hmm, I kind of see what you are saying. You have to make multiple layers of the same thing and use the wind filter on some, then paste the non-filtered layer on top of that. At least that is how Sujoy Roy made his famous flaming Quake symbol. ------------------ Divine Comedian Back to top imdakingmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 321Location: USA Posted: Thu Oct 28, 1999 6:01 pm Okay galaxy, I just did it =P lol Make some text, then with that text layer selected, go up to "layer" menu and select, render layer. Then, rotate the text 90 by using edit, transform, rotate 90cw then apply your wind. You can then mess with it.. ie: apply ripple for like... wavy fire.) then rotate the text 90CWW again, and that should do it. Make sure preserver transperency is off. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Confession Tuesday: The Details Edition
|Albert Einstein in fuzzy slippers...
Dear Reader,
It's been a week of cold blue skies since my last confession.
My new year, which started out as scattered and confused, has become more focused. I'm feeling better about where I'm going, what I'm working on, and my upcoming year.
So let's get going... To the confessional--
I confess I like to have some sort of plan.
I have given up to really believing that I'm in charge, but I like to know as our planet spins and continues its loop around this beautiful universe, I have something to do, something to work on.
I confess I keep a TO DO list on my desk that I write before bed so I know what the plan is the next day. Without this list, I end up wandering the house aimlessly unsure of what I'm supposed to be doing. My morning head is always cloudy, and where some people get their best thoughts in the morning, I do not.
My best thoughts come once I'm in the shower (as did Einstein's...though I am no Albert Einstein).
I confess I have a spoon I got at the Goodwill that looks like no other spoon in the drawer. It's small, with a black handle and for some reason, I just see it as the most perfect spoon in the world.
When I have my morning cereal with this spoon I feel more relaxed, like I'm camping and this is my camping spoon. It's the weirdest thing, but I have deep feelings for this spoon.
I confess I also love slippers and feel that the secret to a good life is - a full night's sleep, a warm house, good food, time for what you love, & slippers.
I confess this year one of my focuses is get me out of my comfort zone. I like it here way too much for my own good. I know I miss out on things because it's easier just to stay in the comfort zone than to stretch myself, but I don't want to be shrub all my life, I want to stretch tree-style and reach out for something more.
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Ever get a song stuck in your head? How about just a fragment of one? One song has stuck with me since the 1990s. For reasons I can't even begin to explain, every now and then this pops into my head: Amigo, Amigo, for sun and love and joy/ Amigo, Amigo, it's fun for a girl and a boy…
I knew it came from this ad for the Isuzu Amigo SUV, but I have no clue why it's always stuck with me. Then I decided to find the actual commercial for Classic Ad Watch. What I found was a surprisingly brilliant ad apparently from 1998 that riffs off the Slinky commercials from the 1960s.
The ad does ironic nostalgia pretty well for a pre-hipster era TV commercial — check out the goofy grins and hairstyles of the Amigo drivers. So what if the Amigo has some rust issues? It looks pretty fun to me.
As for the ad itself, it must have been a good one if it stuck in my head this long.
What do you think of the Amigo? Do you miss seeing Isuzus on the road in the U.S.?


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A teenager left wounded in a shooting got to feel like a typical high schooler Friday when he attended his prom.
Back in October, Miles Turner was shot five times after he threw himself on his cousin after a gunman fatally fired bullets at the cousin.
The wheelchair-bound Turner, decked out in a white tuxedo and wearing his class ring, went to the prom for Chicago's Leo High School this past weekend – the same day he left the rehab facility where he's been since the shootings.
The whole family was ecstatic Miles could take part in this rite of passage. His mother said, "I feel on top of the world. I'm just so happy that my son is here to even go on this prom."
Miles isn't done with amazing accomplishments, either — he says he plans to walk at his graduation next month.
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