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i-Mode is an internet service for mobile phones, it is similar to WAP. O2 recently lauched i-mode in the UK however, there isn't much free English language content (but lots of weird Japanese games! SFCave is very good). Note: i-Mode phones use DoJa Java and not Sun microsystems MIDP, this means the vast majority of games in the UK are incompatible with i-mode phones.
To install the games, simply browse to the mobile version of this website with your i-mode browser and click the relevant "Download" link. NOTE: you cannot download these games from a non i-mode device, for example your PC.
The games were developed for my Nec N343i (if you want a cheap i-mode phone - I recomend it) and therefore look best on a 128x128 screen.
A city simulator, build a city but keep an eye on your finances.
To begin construction of your city, press the left softbutton (the left hand button under the screen) and the build menu will appear to the bottom of the screen. Use the left and right arrow keys to select a type of property to construct, the price of the highlighted property is shown in the bottom left of the screen, then press the select button to exit the build menu. Now you will be able to construct your chosen building by pressing select.
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To attract people to your properties you must think about their wants and needs. Residents need jobs and want neighbours, some local grassland and shops, Industry needs a local workforce and good transport links and Shops need local customers. People also like areas with low pollution, to toggle the pollution view press #. You can reduce pollution in an area by ensuring there is some grassland or trees and by cutting down on roads and industrial properties.
SFCave is a remake of a classic palm pilot game by Sun Flat, the aim is to guide a mystical ribbon through a cave without crashing into the ceiling, floor or rocks.
To play, press any button to make your ribbon rise, it will fall under gravity.
Update! This new release features 3 difficulty modes (hard will run very slowly!) and much better AI, currently you cannot save your game.
To play, use the arrow keys to select a piece to move, then select the square you want to move to.
Sudoku is a popular (at least it is in the UK) puzzle, the aim is to fill the grid will the numbers such that each 3x3 square, row and column contains each of the digits from 1 to 9.
This game features:
To play, use the arrow keys to position your cursor and the keypad to type your choice of number. On the title screen use the left softkey to start a new game and the right softkey to change the difficulty (pressing any number to return you to the puzzle that you were playing previously). In game the left softkey quits to the title screen, select highlights the current square and the right softkey clears the value of the selected square.
Vexed is a rewrite of a classic Palm pilot game (many thanks to the creators and level designers), the objective is to make all of the blocks disappear (if two or more touch then they disappear). To make things harder, you have a par score for each level, you must at least equal the par to progress to the next level. Simple but very fun.
This game features:
To play, use the arrow keys to position your cursor and the two softkeys to push blocks left and right. Pressing * resets the level and 0 will undo the last move (as with the oridinal Vexed the undo history is limited to the last 15 moves).
A snake clone with a twist, your tail doesn't shrink. Move the snake using your direction buttons, you score 1 point for every square you occupy and 100 points for each piece of food you eat.
To play, use the arrow keys to change the direction of the snake, it is not possible to slow down or stop. The left softkey resets the game and the right softkey quits. Your score is displayed in the bottom right, and the high score in the bottom left (my high score is 1218).
Feel free to contact me with feedback on any of these games either by the comment box, e-mail (george_norton_uk @ hotmail.com) or by posting in the sourceforge forum for this project.
If you would like to contribute any games of your own, or learn to write your own i-mode games then get in touch. DoJa provide an excellent introduction to writing i-Appli's here.


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In a craven attempt to get some goods on William's sex life, certain newspapers have decided that his fancy dress idea derives from the hots he harbours for Jessica Craig. According to the Sunday Times, she is a 21-year-old member of "Kenya's white elite", though whether you can ascend into this white elite just by being white, or whether you have to be loaded as well, remains unclear (lest there be any doubt, however, she is also loaded).
The historian Andrew Roberts considers the theme as part of the wider family's relationship with the African continent. "There is an inverse proportion between the amount of time the Windsors spend in Africa and the amount of power they have there. After decolonisation, they went more and more." I suppose the message there is that this is a very nice family which just gets along much better with people it is not actively oppressing. The party theme is therefore a loud hello to celebrate the end of a pernicious empire. But really, to interpret this as either a romantic or a political gesture is to back away from the glaring truth that this is party theming as devised by a complete arse.
First, although no reports have been exhaustive on the subject of Will's guest list, all the people who have been mentioned seem to have names that start with Second Earl of ... I wouldn't want to embarrass the palace by checking, but I am prepared to bet that the only black people at the party were members of the band. While nobody can force a young Botswana-travelled royal to have African acquaintances who are not members of its "white elite", the act of making his whitey friends dress up in feathers rather tastelessly underlines the fact. After all, you probably wouldn't have an American-themed party if you had Americans you wanted to invite. They would turn up in their regular clothes, for one thing, and besides, might experience feelings of miffedness.
Imagine if someone in Africa had an English-themed party. There would be a lot of top hats and fans; some Jane Austen wear for people prepared to make the effort; a few wags might arrive with fake 12-bores and try to subjugate the rest of the party (with hilarious results); a costume of an animal commonly associated with our island (in all probability, a pig) might make an appearance. The japes would be many and varied, but from our point of view, pretty insulting, having fallen back on the keystone cliches of Englishness - that we are starchy, uptight, brutal and we like bacon sandwiches.
Any attempt to represent a nation with its dress is bound to be reductive and therefore dehumanising. It stresses the otherness of foreigners, and rejects the global truth that most people, the world over, dress more or less the same, apart from the ones who can't afford a telly.
Furthermore, if you look at the individual costumes chosen, you get an even stronger tang of - well, not wishing to bandy the "racism" word around too freely, let's call it "look at the funny natives-ism". There was a lot of leopard print and snakeskin which (on the basis of only one visit to Africa, granted), I'd say was a closer approximation of a Streatham singles night than an African style statement.
Many of the older gentlemen dressed up in safari suits, which is like going to a Spanish-themed party with a beer, a burger and some vivid red sunburn (sure, there are English people in every country, and they tend to look funny, but you wouldn't say they defined that country's aesthetic). Fergie wore a long silver wig and whatever the message behind that, I'm sure, even if I knew, I would find it very offensive.
And finally, there is something unsettling about the ongoing (I believe unrequited) love that the posh have for Africa. It does not focus on the realities of its countries in their modern form, but rather is shot through with a plangent nostalgia. And honestly, the subtext of any nostalgia about this continent has to be that it was better when we still owned it.
All told, these are some very murky messages for a 21-year-old to be encouraging. It must be hard to get things right, living perpetually in the public eye. But he could afford to be a lot more dudelike, without getting any less regal.


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If you already use vim, then having access to vim motions and commands to edit output makes for a surprisingly good shell.
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At the Forge - Incremental Form Submission
Computers are amazingly fast. Think about it—we measure raw processor speed by how many instructions it can execute each second, and that number has gotten so large, we round off to the nearest hundred million.
Of course, it's often hard to feel that computers are all that speedy, especially when you're sitting around waiting for them to compete a task. Sometimes that wait has to do with complex algorithms that take a while to execute. But in many cases, the problem is a delay further down in the system, which is causing your end-user application to wait for a while.
This, I believe, is the major Achilles' heel of the world of Web services—Web-based APIs that are making it increasingly easy to combine (and manipulate) data from multiple sources. Web services may be revolutionizing distributed application development and deployment, but they make it tempting (and too easy, sometimes) to create software whose performance depends on someone else's system.
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Several commercial companies, such as Google, eBay and Amazon, offer Web services to the general public. But, these services lack any sort of uptime or response guarantee and often restrict the number of requests you can make. If you write a Web service that depends on one of these others, a rise in requests to your service might well mean that you temporarily go over your limit with these services.
This is particularly true if you allow users to enter one or more inputs at a time. For example, if you're running a Web-based store, you want to let people put multiple items in their shopping baskets. It's easy to imagine a scenario in which each item in the shopping basket requires a call to one or more Web services. If each call takes one second, and if you are allowed to access the Web service only every six seconds, a user trying to buy ten items might end up waiting one minute just to see the final checkout screen. If a brick-and-mortar store were to keep you waiting for one minute, you would be frustrated. If an on-line store were to do the same thing, you probably would just pick up and leave.
So, what should you do? Well, you could simply throw up your hands and blame the lower-level service. Or, you could contact the lower-level service and try to negotiate a faster, better deal for yourself. Another option is to try to predict what inputs your users will be handing to you and try to preprocess them, perhaps at night, when fewer users are on your system.
I've recently come across this problem myself on some of the sites I've been developing in my consulting work. And, I believe I've found a technique that solves this problem without too much trouble and that demonstrates how Ajax programming techniques not only can add pizazz to a Web site, but make it more functional as well. This month, we take a look at the technique I've developed, which I call (for lack of a better term) incremental form submission.
Before we continue, let's define the problem we are trying to solve. Users visiting our site are presented with an HTML form. The form contains a textarea widget, into which users can enter one or more words. When a user clicks on the submit button, a server-side program takes the contents of the textarea and sends it to a Web service that turns each word into its Pig Latin equivalent. The server-side program retrieves the results from the Web service and displays the Pig Latin on the user's screen as HTML.
It goes without saying that this example is somewhat contrived; although it might be nice to have a Web service that handles translations into Pig Latin, it takes so little time to do that translation (really, a simple text transformation), that storing or caching this information would be foolish. That said, this example is meant to provide food for thought, rather than a production-ready piece of software.
Let's start with our HTML file, shown in Listing 1. It contains a short HTML form with a textarea widget (named words) and a submit button.
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To the person who said the two skitto weren't romantic... you just ruined my fanfic you meanie.
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Is it alright if I add a Playing With thing for this? I think it could use one.
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If it drops the Ship Tease aspect and involves family members (younger and older sisters, mother and son, etc.) would it still qualify as this trope? Or is that a different trope?
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I despoilered the Triplanetary example under Literature. The story came out in 1934, 78 years ago, and falls under our Handling Spoilers policy's Statute of Limitations (which is 50 years).
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Is this even a good picture? Not to mention the caption looks painfully natter-y.
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I know that in the coming year, I am going to need another shot, and maybe even have to get blood drawn (a needle directly in a vein scares me more than anything else). Plus, I would like to be able to give blood, and I think that if I get an STD test then they will probably want to draw a blood sample.
How can I possibly overcome my fear? I heard that people with really bad phobias can get knocked out before a shot so they won't feel it. But I just wish I could be able to get a shot or get blood drawn without being terrified.
The things that have helped me most are just remembering to breathe and not looking. I stare directly at the wall on the other side of the room and think about NOTHING except taking long breaths in through my nose and out through my mouth. If it helps for you to have someone with you, to hold your hand or talk to you, bring them along. My mom used to always have to do that for me. Even just having a conversation with someone can distract you and before you know it, you're done.
On the other hand, some people find actually watching it get done helps. I think they're nuts, but whatever works, works.
I also try not to make a big deal out of getting blood drawn - if you turn the whole experience into an ordeal, you're just going to make yourself really scared and upset again.
Talk to your doctors and nurses about it, and tell them that you're really not cool with needles and they can help you relax, too.
I also make sure I bring juice along with me, since you can sometimes feel sick after.
Don't expect it to be instant either, it might take you a couple tries before you can deal with needles calmly, but if you find something that helps, keep at it. Good luck! :-)
A few years ago, I was having some health problems and they were having trouble diagnosing me. I had to have lots of tests and eventually had to get injections on a regular basis for some time. I was away from my family at the time, so I had to do all of this pretty well by myself. That tends to grow you up pretty fast. I didn't have the option of going into hysterics or freaking out. Because my health was on the line and there was no one there to communicate with the doctors other than me. So I just learned to deal with it. Pure and simple. I told myself that I was being a bit ridiculous and that it wasn't that bad. It's okay to be nervous and scared, but it's not okay to let it get so far out of control that you can't take care of your own health.
So, as someone else suggested, not looking is often a good place to start. Can you take someone along with you when you go to have the blood drawn or get a shot? If so, having someone you know there to talk to you and hold your hand might help. Also, tell the person giving you the shot or doing the blood draw that you are afraid. Be really honest about what's happened in the past and that you have a lot of anxiety about it now. It's also okay to ask how many sticks/draws the person who will be sticking you has done. If you've got high anxiety, you don't want the new person working on you. And it's alright to ask for a veteran to do the stick. Also, if feeling the stick bothers you, try calling your doctor's office ahead of time and asking if there is anything they can give you or that you can take that would help. Sometimes they will prescribe or suggest and oral seditative or some topical anestetic that they can give you to numb your skin such that you won't feel as much of the stick.
As the previous poster said, don't expect to instantly have a complete lack of anxiety. It will probably take a few times before you're really cool with it. And it may never completely go away. I still have some anxiety before I go...and I will still pass out or throw up on occasion. But I'm in control now. And really, a part of it is just sheer will power. You have to really tell yourself that you can handle this and that you can control your anxiety. Remember that your health is important and that's why you're doing all this. If you do find that the anxiety is more than you can handle, then it's time to consider talking with a therapist. There's no shame in needing some professional help to control the anxiety if it really is that severe and again it is important for your health that you do whatever is necessary to make sure that you get the health care that you need.
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[This message has been edited by KittenGoddess (edited 08-22-2005).]
To me, it's encouraging that you do ask doctors straight up whether a needle procedure's in the pipeline (I still have trouble bringing up the subject and it's a big obstacle if you can't talk about it). Make sure the doctor or nurse in question knows exactly how afraid you are, and how you've reacted in the past, so they know exactly what they're dealing with and they'll be extra gentle with you. You might also be able to get a sedative or anaesthetic beforehand if you ask in advance.
One of the things which has helped me most with relaxation came from (believe it or not) my singing teacher. Something which helps a lot as a distraction is breathing very slowly and carefully through the nose with as much control as you can, filling up the abdominal area first, then the ribcage, then exhaling. It'll calm you down, stop you from passing out, and give you something else to concentrate on.
At the end of the day, you have to do it, and as hard as it is, it doesn't take long (though I know it can feel like years) and you WILL come through it. Try to plan through the procedure in your head and keep in mind what you'll do to stay calm at each step.
Since you've got needlesticks approaching in the coming year, I do think it might be worth trying to desensitize yourself a little. Try to look at pictures of needles and keep your eyes on the movie when they show a shot happening, even if only for a couple of seconds at a time at first. Build up to it and don't try to over-scare yourself too soon. It'll make things much easier when the time finally comes for you to have a shot or get blood drawn.
My very best wishes to you *hugs*.


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Take for example the night Will and Ro were doing a live improv mix at a local night club, and as the night started to wind down, Romie goes to a place in his mix, and Will follows on the keys and a Surreal Sound is created. This moment, that moved the crowd to engage even more and want to stay on the dance floor, was their inspiration. They call themselves BeatSymphony, Rough beats over a Smooth melody is the mix to that Surreal Sound.
They started making tracks back in 2004. Both Will and Romie worked at Guitar Center in SouthCenter, where Romie is still there as part if the Elite Sales Force. Combined they both have over 30 years of experience in the music industry. With the new wave of media platforms, they are embarking on some new projects. One that will bring entertainment to local companies and help increase their social connection with their clients. The second project will provide a platform for many artists to expose their talents and make the music world more socially connected.


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I'm headed south today… all the way to the big city of Portland, to offer a presentation at the Northeast Grange Leaders' Conference which will be attended by Grange leaders from throughout New England and New York. We'll be talking about media and member relations, discovering that the way we, as organizations, relate to the media and to members shouldn't be fundamentally different. Today's program is based loosely on my No News Is NOT Good News workshop. We'll be examining some of the techniques leaders can use to keep their organization represented in a positive way and build enthusiasm.
In an interesting irony, some of the fundamentals included today I first introduced at the Maine Media Market held in Portland back in the mid 1990's… at the time I offered a program called Employees–the untapped market, suggesting that while organizations may intend to offer great customer service but ultimately the customer's experience with the organization is left to chance because it depends on an interaction between the customer and an employee. It makes very little sense to spend a ton of money and time marketing to customers while leaving that interaction to chance. Why not "market" to employees in a way that equips and encourages them to perform?
The logic is no different for an organization trying to grow in membership. The best media program is still, ultimately, dependent on the customer's (prospective member) experience with the employee (existing member).
For those who were unable to attend, here is a link to the one page handout of resources: NE Leaders' Presentation Handout. If your organization is interested in unleashing its potential to gain customers or members, zip me an email and let's talk about how a similar presentation might contribute.


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When you try to view the Calendar in Microsoft Outlook, you experience the following symptoms:
- The calendar does not appear in the Folder Pane or the Folder List.
- When you click Calendar, the Folder pane on the left changes to your My Calendars list. However, the calendar does not appear. Instead, the contents of the last folder that you were viewing are displayed. Additionally, the ribbon does not change to calendar-specific commands; instead it displays commands that are specific to the last folder that you were viewing.
- If you right-click Calendar and then select Open in New Window, the calendar is displayed in the new window. If you then select a second or a shared calendar to also display, the original calendar name is not listed on the Calendar tab.
This behavior may occur if the PR_ATTR_HIDDEN property of the Calendar folder is set to True. The default value for this property is False.
Follow these steps to confirm that you are experiencing this issue and to reset the PR_ATTR_HIDDEN property of the affected folder:
- Download and extract the MFCMapi tool from http://mfcmapi.codeplex.com.
- Start mfcmapi.exe, and then click OK through the intro screen.
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- Select the Use MAPI_NO_CACHE flag when calling OpenEntry option, and then click OK.
- On the Session menu, click Logon.
- Select the Outlook profile for the affected mailbox, and then click OK.
- Double-click the email address that represents the mailbox in question.
- In the navigation pane, expand Root Container.
- Expand Top of Information Store.
- Locate and select the Calendar folder in the navigation pane, and locate the PR_ATTR_HIDDEN property.
- Check the value of the PR_ATTR_HIDDEN to determine whether it's set to True, as shown in the following screen shot:
- If PR_ATTR_HIDDEN shows a value of True, right-click the PR_ATTR_HIDDEN property, and then select Edit Property.
- Clear the Boolean check box, and then click OK.
- Close all MFCMAPI windows, and then restart Outlook.
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While you are looking at the folder properties, you should also check PR_ATTR_SYSTEM. Its default value is also False. Therefore, if you find it currently set to True after you complete steps 1–13 in the "Resolution" section, you should also change this value. To do this, follow these steps:
- If PR_ATTR_SYSTEM shows a value of True, right-click the PR_ATTR_SYSTEM property, and then select Edit Property.
- Clear the Boolean check box, and then click OK.
- Close all MFCMAPI windows, and then restart Outlook.
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Salman Khan 's Sultan Teaser Fierce, Powerful & Gutsy!
The chants of "Haryana ka Sher, Haryana ka Sultan" is heard all around the ground, and quite honestly, it can give you goosebumps at the way Salman Khan is introduced in the teaser. As soon as you're done with the goosebumps, a sudden rush of adrenaline kicks in, and Salman Khan's wrestler avatar takes over and he looks fierce, powerful & gutsy!
The teaser of Su ltan starts with a quote, "Wrestling is not a sport, its about fi ghting what lies within" – Sultan. The crowd insanely chants "Sultan Sultan" and wave flags with the name Sultan pri nted on it. A dusty and fierce Salman Khan is seen working out alone, and wa lks tall and proud into the akhada wea ring just a langot. As soon as Salman Khan reaches the akhada, the crowd ch ants get louder, and w ithin the blink of an eye, Salman Khan 'piledrives' his opponent to the ground in less than a second! Looking at the way Salman Khan is showcased in the Sultan teaser, it looks like Salman, is an unb eatable wr estler and ab solutely loved by the crowd. Su ltan, is all set to release during Eid, 2016.


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May/Mae Jones---Greensburg,In.
I am looking for May/Mae who lived in Greensburg on a corner by a dress factory(I think it was dress factory).I remember she had a son/gr-son,named Jimmy.This was a lady who cameto our house and would like to know if she was friend or relative.
This would have been in the 50's.We lived in Rushville and some surnaes of family are:
this is my father's side.On my mom's there is:
Whittaker;Lee;Winkler;Hankins;Knight;Mosier;I just remember her as a sweet jolly(HEATHTHY) woman.Jimmy would have been b in 1945-49.
If anyone has any info on this lady,I'd sure appreciate you contacting me.
The st factory is/was on--take & go to hospital & turn right and she lived on corner(R) past old factory.
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1. Staycations: Houston, TX
Houston, TX
From its air-conditioned baseball stadium, Minute Maid Park, to its Texas-sized meals served up at Houston Barbecue Company, Houston has a vast variety of activities in the summertime. Its Museum District is also a great way to spend the weekend days. With 18 different museums to choose from you can soak in some culture while soaking in the sun! Book a room in the heart of the district at The Zaza Hotel (713.526.199/ hotelzaza.com/Houston). The hotel is within walking distance to the 445-acre Hermann Park, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston Zoo, and other attractions. It's an urban oasis in the city with an outdoor swimming pool and wellness spa.
2. Staycation: Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
The windy city has so much to offer during the summer months. Catch a ball game at Wrigley Field, soak in the sun at Oak Beach or attend one of the many outdoor festivals. To get the true feeling of being on vacation, check into the hip Hard Rock Hotel located on Chicago's Magnificent Mile (312-245-1000/hardrockhotelchicago.com). For the music lover, their suites offer a complimentary mini iPod that are pre-programmed according to your musical tastes for use during your stay. And with one of the city's most popular new restaurants, China Grill Chicago, located on the first floor and the ROCKS bar in the hotel's lobby, you'll never need to leave your hotel for a night out on the town! After dinner at the restaurant, head over to ROCKS which transforms itself after 10pm into a fashionable scene with local bands and DJs. As an added plus, ROCKS is the only bar in Chicago to serve drinks and food until 4a.m. So party hard all night knowing your bed is only an elevator ride away!
3. Staycation: New York, NY
New York, NY
With most New Yorkers escaping to the country or the shore on the weekends, the city can become a relatively quite, relaxing place. It's a great time to make a reservation at that restaurant you can't ever get into or have your pick of any seat in house in an otherwise crowded movie theatre. But to complete your vacation experience, check into the newly renovated Empire Hotel on 63rd Street and Broadway (212.265.7400/empirehotelnyc.com). The Empire is a true oasis in the midst of midtown, offering a rooftop deck complete with plunge pool, lounge chairs and private cabanas. And its location can't be beat! Directly across from Lincoln Center and only a few blocks from Central Park you'll have the best of New York right at your fingertips. Or, you can simply lie by the pool and summon your waiter over for another round of refreshing cocktails!
4. Staycation: Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Pleasant temperatures and sunny skies make LA a perfect place for a staycation. The only thing you may want to escape from are the freeways! With that in mind, just a 30-minute drive from LA will take you to an urban retreat at the shore overlooking the Pacific and minutes from the historic Santa Monica Pier. The Viceroy Hotel Santa Monica (310 260-7500/viceroysantamonica.com) offers mountain biking, hiking, sailing and kayaking. Be sure to check out their special packages such as the Family Affair Summer Package or West Coast Weekend Getaway Package. And knowing how difficult it can be to relax while away, the hotel offers poolside or in-room spa treatments. A massage by the pool…now that's a vacation!
5. Staycations: Miami, FL
Miami, FL
Does it get any hotter than Miami in summer? We think not. While most of us not living there love to head down to enjoy "the scene", locals are probably looking for an alternative on vacation…you know, one where there's privacy, away from the crowds. We've found just the right place! Deemed by The New York Times as one of the "53 Places to Go in 2008," The Angler's Boutique Resort in Miami Beach (305.372.2502/
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Cleveland Cavaliers Lose 22nd Straight: Will Cavs Break Own Record for Futility?February 3, 2011
The Cleveland Cavaliers are only one game away from making NBA history and giving the city the most publicity it has seen since LeBron James took his talents to South Beach.
Unfortunately for the Cavaliers and their fans, this bit of history is nothing to be proud of.
Cleveland is only one game away from matching the longest single-season losing streak in the history of the National Basketball Association.
The Denver Nuggets and Vancouver Grizzlies currently hold the record at 23 games, set during the 1997-98 and 1995-96 seasons respectively.
The Vancouver Grizzlies were simply an expansion team throughout their terrible losing streak as they managed to scrape out 15 victories even though the team had five different players averaging over 10 points per game.
The Nuggets only won 11 games throughout the course of the entire 1997 NBA season.
The Nuggets struggled to find their way out of the basement for seasons to come as poor drafting and a serious lack of free agent appeal kept Denver in the dark ages.
Is Cleveland headed for the same fate?
The only thing Cleveland can do to avoid going down as the worst single-season team in history is win. Not a simple task when the team has not notched a victory since defeating the New York Knicks 109-102 on December 18, 2010.
The Memphis Grizzlies will be the opponent that Cleveland will be faced with as they try to avoid a humiliating spot in history.
To date, Memphis is fighting to stay relevant in the Western Conference at 26-24. Memphis has more than tripled the Cavaliers win total to this point in the season and will be coming off a 16-point victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
If Cleveland should happen to lose against the Grizzlies, they will face Portland as they will try to avoid becoming the owner of the worst single-season performance in history.
Portland has been led by Brandon Roy as Roy currently leads the team in field goals attempted and points per game with a little over 22.
The Trailblazers have found a way to keep close to .500 despite battling the injury bug all season and should certainly be eyeballing a match-up with the Cavaliers no matter what kind of streak Cleveland may have at stake.
Strangely enough, the Cleveland Cavaliers currently own the record for the longest losing streak covering more than one season. The Cavaliers from 1981-1983 lost 24 straight games finally ending in the second week of the 1983 season.


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[JURIST] Members of Somalia's 275 member parliament [official website] began voting Sunday for the country's interim president. The MPs, who were nominated in August, consist mainly of warlords and clan leaders. They will choose between 26 candidates [AFP report] on the ballot. Somalia has had no government since 1991 and has been overwhelmed by political corruption and civil unrest. The election is being held in Kenya because of security problems in Somalia itself. Reuters has more.
UPDATE: With voting now complete, the Somalian parliamentarians have elected as their new president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, a former army commander and president of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. BBC News provides a profile.


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Arsenal boss Wenger has confirmed that Jack Wilshere will sit out the home game against Anderlecht after falling ill.
Jack Wilshere is unavailable for the clash against Anderlecht as the midfielder, who is nursing a knee injury, has fallen ill. Wilshere hasn't played a single game after Arsenal's 2-1 victory over Anderlecht in the reverse fixture in Belgium 12 days ago.
Arsene Wenger expects Jack Wilshere to recover in time for Arsenal's trip to Swansea on Sunday. Aaron Ramsey was ill last week and Wenger is hoping the sickness bug does not hit any other player. When whether it is a bug , Wenger said: "Apparently yes. We had nobody else sick. Ramsey last week, and Wilshere as well.
"He (Wilshere) has been sick and will not be involved tomorrow. Everybody else… the squad is exactly the same who played against Burnley."
Theo Walcott is unlikely to start the game as Wenger claimed he hasn't decided about it yet and has chosen to opt for a similar team to the one which beat Burnley.
Arsene Wenger also spoke about Alexis Sanchez, who has now scored 10 goals for Arsenal so far this season. "He's been here long enough for us to adapt to him and him to adapt to us and now he is showing his individual quality." he said "He is a fighter."
Mikel Arteta was also present alongside the club manager and praised Alexis Sanchez for adapting to the Premier League very well. "The way he has adapted to the Premier League is impressive." said Arteta "The way he is contributing to the team and the spirit of the group is very important."
Wenger believes Anderlecht gave Arsenal a tough game in Belgium and the Gunners will need to show quality if they are to beat the Belgian side on Tuesday. He said, "They gave us a tough game. We need to show our quality in this game. We need to show that we are capable of keeping focus. We need to show that we are capable of keeping focus."
Arteta claimed that the team knows they have to be consistent and the skipper believe Arsenal have found the right balance after suffering from numerous injury setbacks. "We know that we have to be very consistent. I think we have found the balance. We had a lot of players injured and it made it hard to put out our best team."
If Arsenal are to win the game against Anderlecht, they will straight away progress to the knockout stage. Wenger wants to take the opportunity and is keen to wrap up qualification as quickly as possible. He said, "Qualifying depends on the other result, but we play at home and we have an opportunity to win the game. We want to take that opportunity. We are on a good run and we want to take advantage of that."


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For the first time anywhere, Carol Bowman, author of the groundbreaking Children's Past Lives, reveals how common it is for relatives to reincarnate into the same family -- grandfathers return as their own great-grandsons, uncles return as their own nieces, mothers switch places with their daughters, and children who died tragically young sometimes return to the same mother. This amazing discovery offers hope for anyone who longs to be reunited with a deceased relative or loved one. And it shows that reincarnation can be practical -- and very personal.
Return from Heaven is not a religious or theoretical book. It is empirical, based on direct observation of very young children -- some as young as two and still in diapers. Its many true stories follow typical American families as they are convinced by their toddlers' statements and behaviors that the child is remembering the past life of a departed relative. Readers are witness to the parents' struggles to reconcile what they see coming from their own child with their prior belief that "reincarnation isn't possible." They share what it feels like -- the personal dilemmas and utter joy -- to have a close relationship with two incarnations of the same soul.
Author Carol Bowman is recognized as a pioneer in reincarnation studies. She began collecting cases in 1988 not as a researcher, but as a mother trying to understand the past-life memories of her own two children. She shared her discoveries in Children's Past Lives, the first book to explain in practical terms how to recognize and respond to a child's past-life memories. Then, in the hundreds of cases that came to her since its publication, Bowman noticed a high percentage in which the child had unmistakable memories of a recently deceased relative. Return from Heaven presents the best of these family-return cases, focusing on the profound emotions and realizations they stir in the parents and families.
With a foreword by world-renowned medium James Van Praagh (Healing Grief), these true stories hold powerful lessons for everyone, not just parents. Some give fresh insight into metaphysical questions, such as how we choose our parents. Others cast a new light on miscarriage and abortion. Common to all are the lessons that death is not the end of life, and that relationships continue despite death. Return from Heaven will enlighten and uplift readers with a very personal and fresh look at reincarnation, and with promise of reunion with beloved relatives.
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Out of nowhere, a swarm of butterflies hovered over the field
We were together in a vast field of colourful tulips, the scent of which almost made us feel like heaven
Sarahs infectious laugh, as we were running filled me with a joy that cannot be explained. We finally came to a halt, not because we were tired; we were not, but the view we had of the valley was impregnable. It appeared to be timeless. As we stopped to take a deep well deserved breath, a slight breeze passed by us and lifted up Sarahs long black hairs, which whirled majestically in the air. Above us was only sky and it was just the two of us. At that instant, I thought I was the happiest man on Earth and indeed I was.
We finally crouched down in this bed of flowers, our eyes gazing the blue sky as some rare clouds passed by, unaware of the joy that filled these two souls, lying down, well below them
What happened next still remains unbelievable. The scene that my amazing eyes were to witness would remain forever unforgettable. Out of nowhere, a swarm of butterflies hovered over the field as if they form a single, unique creature. We probably saw millions of them. They were of all colours: blue, magenta, yellow, or even golden.
Theyre probably there for the pollen or the nectar , Sarah said.
Guess youre right, I answered, still delighted by the scene.
Soon these charming little insects whirled around us. It was as if they were performing some sort of nuptial ceremony for Sarah and I, at least that was what I imagined. At that moment we decided that we were undoubtedly in heaven, and we were happy to be there
The butterflies stayed there the whole afternoon. Sarah said that they were our hosts and that we were their guests. She was probably right. It was only by dusk, when the sun started to shed its last golden beams of light over the valley that the insects grouped back again, and in unison the whole swarm then raised like a magnificent mythical phoenix to finally disappear behind the mountains. The scene was delightful.
And then again we were alone
We remained there, silent for a long time.
What did you enjoyed most during this day, Mark, the flowers or the butterflies , Sarah finally asked evasively for she started to gaze at the stars. She loved them. She always did.
Guess both I answered as sweetly as could be.
Loved all of it too this days magical mark.
Sure honey, this is our day and I continued, Sarahs, theres something I need to tell you
She did not answer promptly. Rather she turned to me and her eyes met mine. It was as if she could read my mind, as if there was no need to tell her anything. She knew it already
Im all yours, sweetheart, she gently mumbled at last.
Sarah, Ive said it a lot of times, but need to say it once again your smile worths a thousand roses, and all the butterflies in this world would not be enough to represent how much you mean to me, Sarah, youre all my life and I love you
At this point, her lips were almost on mine. The kiss we shared seemed to last for an eternity
Then as she gently retrieve back, I realised that her eyes were filled with tears; but they were smiling too a smile Ill never forget.
Mark, I love you; youre my every breath and every heart beat
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- Poulenc, Francis Jean Marcel 1899-1963. French composer and pianist whose works include the piano piece Trois Mouvements Perpétuels (1918) and the ballet Les Biches (1924).
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In the middle of all this sometimes difficult and complex music, there is a gorgeous hymnlike passage sung by a group of abolitionists, saintly yet with twinges of dissonance like that found in Poulenc's choral music.
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That figure — the repeated open-voiced roulade outlining V7-I — sounds an awful lot like a stock gesture, but I've only ever run across it in Poulenc.
The Poulenc is a curious hybrid of a piece that veers moodily through ferocious outbursts, typically Gallic wit and extended bouts of dark rumination.
On the plus side, our friend Mark Meyer noted in a comment that his computer's spellchecker keeps insisting that "Poulenc" should be "opulence."
"He is one of the nicest people," says American soprano Maureen McKay, who premiered the role of Blanche de la Force in Mr. Bieito's staging of Poulenc's "The Dialogues of the Carmelites" this summer at Berlin's Komische Oper.
Dialogue des Carmélites, a Poulenc opera based on a film scenario by Georges Bernanos, is perhaps the most well-known treatment.
Asphodel Meadows is a setting of Poulenc's concerto for two pianos which explores love and death.
By contrast, Benjamin Britten's Missa Brevis in D, sung by the women, suggested the quirky-sassy spikiness of the composer's French contemporary, Francis Poulenc.
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I have to sit up and listen to any band that lists Poulenc, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tod Browning's Freaks as influences!
And though most of the works by Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel featured this season are in no way unexpected except, perhaps, in their number, scores by André Jolivet, Francis Poulenc, Edgard Varèse and Henri Vieuxtemps come as something of a surprise.


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Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, who spearheaded the "Just Say No" to drugs campaign during the 1980s, would be proud.
The percentages of Lucas County youths smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol this year are at their lowest levels since surveying in the county began in 1990, and the percentage of youths smoking marijuana is at nearly the lowest level in a decade.
Those were the key findings released yesterday from a countywide survey of nearly every 5th through 12th-grade student.
"There's a lot more good news than bad news in this survey. We're really seeing some significant improvements," said Thomas Bartlett, director of the Lucas County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board, which pays for most of the $35,000 survey.
How significant? Consider the survey results from a decade ago.
Back then, 42 percent of high school seniors reported they smoked cigarettes in the previous month. In this year's survey, half as many (21 percent) did.
In 1996, 30 percent of high school seniors reported they smoked marijuana in the previous month, and in this year's survey, only 24 percent did.
Finally, alcohol use in the last month by high school seniors has gone from 60 percent in 1996 to 51 percent in this latest survey.
The results are considered quite accurate because almost every 5th through 12th-grade student in public, private, and charter schools is surveyed, meaning about 27,000 Lucas County students took part.
Lucas County youths aren't alone in saying "no" to drugs. A similar study done in Wood County is expected to be released next week and is expected to show similar results.
Local anti-drug advocates said it's hard to pinpoint why fewer students are abusing drugs and alcohol, but they have a couple of theories.
"Students will always use less when they feel there's a fear of harm. And that rate of perceived harm has been going up," said Bill Ivoska, vice president of student services at Owens Community College and one of the study's co-authors. "Just look at all the advertising [against] cigarette smoking. It's become less socially acceptable, and peer disapproval is a big [influence]. If your peers disapprove, you're less likely to use it."
Nick Piazza, a University of Toledo professor who is the other co-author, warned that preventing drug abuse "is a constant battle, and you can never rest on your laurels."
Nevertheless, he said he was pleased with the continued downward trends.
Deacon Dzierzawski, executive director of the anti-drug Lucas County Community Partnership, agreed.
"We're doing something right in this community," he said, adding that local efforts in schools and elsewhere deserve some of the credit.
Mr. Ivoska said it's probably fair to attribute some of the large decline in smoking to the millions spent in Ohio in recent years on the "stand" youth anti-smoking campaign funded by the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation.
Beth Schieber, the foundation's spokesman, said yesterday that "we certainly believe and hope 'stand' has contributed to it, though you never know for sure. But there are a lot of different studies that show countermarketing like 'stand' is effective."
One could wonder how much more effective the foundation could be if it spent as much as it had originally intended. The foundation spends about $10 million annually, and has about $50 million in the bank, on countermarketing.
That money comes from Ohio's $10 billion settlement with tobacco companies, a large portion of which was supposed to go to the foundation. But the legislature has diverted $568 million of the foundation's funding to school construction, auto emissions testing, and other purposes in recent years.
Ms. Schieber said the money the foundation did get is still more than many states have to work with, so her group is doing the best it can.
Use of other drugs among high school seniors, for example, continues to be relatively low though there are some areas of concern.
Cocaine use in the last year among high school seniors was reported at 7 percent, up slightly from 2004 and the highest level since 1990.
Abuse of the prescription medication methylphenidate, also known as Ritalin or Concerta, was reported at 11 percent among high school seniors in the last year, again the highest level since reporting began.
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Rose's POV
"Do you have any idea why Creevey's pants and knickers keep disappearing at random intervals?" Scorpius asked as he handed off Lorcan at lunch the next day.
"Is that all?" I asked, frowning, "They were supposed to catch on fire first."
"I knew it was you!" he said, grinning, "And there aren't any actual flames, they just sort of smoke for a bit."
I sighed. I wasn't a vengeful person, really. Or I hadn't been until now. I supposed that the tension had been building up ever since the start of term, and exploded all over Luke. It served him right, I supposed. He had had to spend three days in the hospital wing with some not-so-attractive-or-comfortable boils strewn about his person. And then there were the flaming pants.
I could've done better, but I didn't want to risk getting in too much trouble.
"I wanted to make sure every girl saw what they weren't missing," I said.
"What aren't they missing?" Lorcan asked innocently. Scorpius raised his eyebrows and fought down a laugh.
"His charming personality," I said quickly.
James took this opportunity to plop down across from us. He nodded to Scorpius and gave Lorcan a fist-bump (something that I had tried strongly to discourage, but unfortunately it stuck). He had been increasingly cordial to Scorpius these past few weeks. It would have been scary if it hadn't taken a bit of stress off of me.
"Keep looking over here, you tosser," he yelled across the hall to where Luke was glaring at me, "and I'll shove this fork up your--"
"James!" I warned sharply, nodding my head to Lorcan.
"Never mind," he muttered darkly, glaring daggers at Luke.
"You don't even know what he did," I said, raising an eyebrow.
"Doesn't matter," he said, shrugging, "No one messes with my cousin. Your hex was impressive, though. I always had doubts about whether or not we were related, but now I'm sure."
"Dear Merlin," I groaned, grinning.
A few moments passed in silence as I piled up a small plate for Lorcan. He had gone a solid week eating nothing but chicken and potatoes, which was slightly aggravating, but I supposed it could have been worse. When Hugo was little, he refused to eat unless one thing on his plate was made of chocolate.
"Are you feeling alright?" Scorpius asked, slightly concerned.
"Yes, why?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You look sort of pale," James said, studying my face, "Maybe you should skip next class."
"Nah," I said, shrugging, "I'll be fine."
I should have listened to them.
I had gotten through about ten minutes of class before my head started pounding, and soon after the room started spinning. So I left Lorcan with Gem and got permission to go to the hospital wing. Instead, I came back to the apartment and fell out on the couch.
I heard Scorpius come into the apartment rather than saw him. I was turned around the other way, facing the part of the couch that you lean your back on. What's it called? It doesn't matter; I'm too tired to remember. Anyhow, I was too comfortable to flip over.
"Rose?" he asked, "Are you alright?"
I shook my head. Talking would make my head hurt more.
"Is Lorcan with Gem?"
I nodded.
"Alright. You sleep. I'll go see if he can stay with Al and Gem for a while."
"Rose?" he whispered. It took me a moment to find my vocal chords, and then another to think of a proper response.
"I thought you were going to see Al and Gem," I mumbled thickly.
"I did. You've been asleep for a couple of hours now."
I turned around and faced him. My head still hurt, though not quite as badly. The room wasn't spinning, but I did have those annoying dots that popped up in my eyes every time that I got a migraine.
Scorpius was standing in front of me, a steaming mug in his hands.
"What's that?" I asked, sitting up slowly and wincing as my head screamed in protest.
"Something that my mum used to make whenever I got headaches," he said, handing me the mug.
"How do you know that I had a headache?" I asked, taking a sip. It was some kind of tea, but it had a deep, warm taste to it.
"I've had migraines ever since I was little," he said, "I know the signs."
"Funny, so have I," I said. This was so surreal. We never, ever, ever would have had this conversation just a few short months ago.
"Look, I should apologize," I said, running my finger over the rim of the mug, "For not believing you. And attacking you."
"It's alright," he said, plopping himself down beside me, "But can I ask you something?"
"Sure," I said, scooting over to make room.
"If you knew what he was like, then why did you date him?"
"Wow," I said, "Good question. I suppose…it was because at the beginning, he was nice. We talked, he made me laugh, and so on. But then he got…" I trailed off, no words seemed to fit, "All that he wanted to do was snog, and most of the time we ended up yelling at each other."
"So why didn't you end it?" he asked. He wasn't being pushy, surprisingly enough, but seemed genuinely interested.
"Because I remembered what he was like at the beginning," I said, "I guess I always want to bring out the best in people. Turns out there was no 'best' in Luke."
He seemed to take this into consideration and nodded. Then with a sigh he leaned back, closed his eyes, and propped his feet up on the coffee table.
There was something different about him. Not physically, there he was the same: blonde hair, blue eyes, gorgeous. It was more the way that he acted around me, and vice versa. We were different now than we had been.
"How odd is it that we're having this conversation?" he asked, a small smile on his face, "When all we used to want to do was strangle each other?"
Dear Merlin, can he read my mind?
"I still want to strangle you sometimes," I said, "But I've been able to fight the urge."
"Good to know," he said, grinning.
There was a loud knock on the door, followed by an impatient quieter one.
"It's unlocked," Scorpius called.
"Hey, Rose," Gem said, looking apologetic as Lorcan burst through the door, "Are you feeling any better?"
"I'm fine," I said as Lorcan climbed into my lap and looked me over, "Really, bud. I feel better."
"James will be glad to hear that," Gem said.
"Why would--? Oh, crap!" I said, handing Lorcan to Scorpius, bolting off of the couch, and rushing into my room. I threw on some clothes and grabbed my bag from beside my closet.
"Rose, what--?" Scorpius asked, dumbfounded.
"Quidditch!" I said, "Tonight's match!"
"Rose, you're not fit to play," Scorpius protested, getting off of the couch and walking over to the door. He stood in front of it, blocking my exit.
"I'm fine!" I said, "Now move!"
"Rose--" he said.
"Scorpius Malfoy, if you don't move out of my way right now, Lorcan is the last child that you will ever have!" I screeched.
"I would move if I were you," Gem said helpfully. With a glare, Scorpius moved and I all but ran down to the pitch.
I had to force myself not to watch Lorcan from my place at the goals. I was afraid that he would fall over the stands, but Scorpius kept a tight hold on him.
My head was still sore and the warmth from Scorpius' tea was starting to dissipate. James had practically cried when I burst into the changing rooms. We didn't have an alternate keeper and he had never forfeit a match in his life.
Focus, Rose. I told myself. That was one thing I could do well. Focus, that is. With a few deep breaths, I was entirely immersed in the game.
We were playing Ravenclaw, which meant that Roxie was playing chaser and Freddie was a beater. Games against family (so, every game) were fun, but they were also more difficult because we had all grown up playing together and we knew each other's strengths and weaknesses.
So when Roxie came shooting towards me with the quaffle, I knew what she was planning to do. My left side had always been my weaker side; and my cousins had learned to exploit it.
Not this time, I thought, hunkering down. Wait for it…Now!
As soon as she threw the quaffle towards my left, I jerked my broom to the right. The end of my broom connected with the quaffle, sending it soaring back towards a waiting Lily.
But something was wrong.
When my broom stopped spinning, the pitch didn't. My head pounded harder than ever before, made worse by the insane screaming coming from the Gryffindor stands. I wasn't going to make it, but I couldn't even muster up the strength to call a time out.
The last thing that I remembered was feeling my grip slacken and my breath catch, and then everything went black.
Scorpius' POV
I had never felt so helpless as I did as I watched Rose slip from her broom and plummet towards the ground, landing with a sickening crunch. There was a beat of silence before the screaming started, and every player on a broom landed. I grabbed Lorcan, who was screaming and ready to climb over the stands, and followed Al as he bolted down to the pitch.
"Mum!" Lorcan yelled, breaking away from me and throwing himself over Rose's body.
I didn't care that I was the only non-family member standing around her. All that mattered was that she was, miraculously, breathing. I knelt down beside her and put my hand on Lorcan's shoulder.
"Mum is going to be alright," I said, trying to keep my voice from shaking as McGonagall appeared beside me, "But we have to let them take her to the hospital wing."
"I don't want to leave her!" he cried, holding tighter.
"You can follow her to the hospital wing," McGonagall said. It was the kindest that I had ever heard her.
"Promise?" Lorcan asked, turning his tear-stained face up to me.
"Promise," I said, holding out my arms. He climbed into them and buried his face in my shoulder, shaking with sobs. It took everything I had not to break down with him.
I had expected snide comments from James, at least, as they magically lifted Rose onto a stretcher and steered it towards the castle. Instead he nodded grimly as we made our way through the halls and up to the hospital wing.
Madam Spence made us wait outside while she tended to her. I still held Lorcan, rubbing his back soothingly as I paced. He had managed to cry himself to sleep.
"Do you want me to hold him?" Lily asked quietly.
"I've got him," I said, shaking my head, "Thanks, though."
"No problem," she said, giving me a small tentative smile. I like her, I decided. She had never treated me like a pariah.
Then again, neither had any of the others here. Not anymore, anyway. Sure, they were stealing glances at me every so often, but that was understandable. I was the only outsider, besides Gem. They probably thought I was here because of husbandly duty or for Lorcan. Al was the only one that knew my real feelings.
At least I hoped Al was the only one that knew.
"You can come in now," Madam Spence said, opening the door. We trooped in, Al falling into step beside me.
Rose was as pale as a ghost, with bandages wrapped around her head and a splint on her left arm. Her breathing was slow but regular, allowing all of us to breathe a sigh of relief. Her face was smooth, but twitched every so often.
"She had some nasty injuries," Madam Spence said, "A broken rib, shattered wrist, and twisted knee. Thankfully, she only bruised her skull. I've done as much as I can."
"Thank you," Al said quietly. She nodded and left.
"Rose," James said hoarsely, touching her hand, "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have let you play."
"It's not your fault," I said quietly, "It's no ones fault."
He looked over at me, and something in his eyes had changed. His face seemed to set, and we came to a sort of inexplicable understanding. He nodded.
Lorcan stirred, rubbing his eyes and looking around.
"Mum?" he asked, looking down at the bed.
"She'll be alright. She needs to sleep," I said quietly.
"I'm hungry," Lorcan said, looking up at me guiltily.
"I don't want--" I started, but then stopped. I don't want to leave her.
"I'll take you to the kitchens," Gem said quickly, looking up at me. I nodded in appreciation.
"I'll go with you," Al said.
"We're going to have to forfeit the match," James said with a wince, motioning for the rest of the team to follow.
"Who is going to watch mum?" Lorcan asked, concerned.
"I'll watch her," I said. Every eye snapped to me and there as a beat of silence. Everyone turned to Hugo, who looked to James for a verdict.
"Alright," James said finally, "Take care of her."
"I will," I said. Everyone nodded and left. Finally, we were alone.
I grabbed a chair and sat by her side, feeling more protective that I ever had. She had always been so strong. To see her this way, so vulnerable, was frightening.
She was so very beautiful. Even now: pale as death, bandaged, with her shock of red hair pushed haphazardly around her face, I couldn't look away. She drew me in as she always had. I didn't know if I loved her, but I definitely had strong feelings for her.
I ran my finger over her hand, and then took it in my own. It was cold. I traced small circles with my thumb, willing her to wake up. With my other hand I stroked her face, feeling her breath tickle my fingers; reassuring myself that she really would be alright.
I ran my fingers down her neck, feeling her pulse, and then down her arm. Her skin was soft and smooth, as it had been the night I had kissed her. I could still taste her, I could still feel her in my arms.
Her arm twitched and I jerked my hand away as if stung. Her eyelids twitched as if she were fighting something.
"Scor--" she moaned quietly.
"I'm here," I breathed. Was she really saying my name?
Her eyes fluttered open and she blinked, looking up at me.
"Scorpius?" she asked.
"I'm here," I said. She looked down at her hand, clasped in mine, and then back up at me.
"What happened?"
"You fell off your broom," I said, watching her eyes fight to focus on my face.
"Where is everyone?" she asked, "Where's Lorcan?"
"James and the team went to forfeit. Al and Gem took Lorcan to get some food."
"Why are you here?" she asked. She tried to keep her expression steady, but I knew that there was more than one meaning to the question.
" I didn't want to leave you," I confessed quietly.
Neither of us had noticed, but we had gravitated towards each other in the last few moments. Or, rather, I had leaned in closer to her, as if pulled by some invisible force. No, I thought, The force is her.
She took her hand from mine and reached up, stroking my face as I had hers. Then she slid it around to my neck and gently pulled me down until our lips met.
The kiss wasn't as passionate as our first. It was slow and sweet, filled with all of the things that we felt but couldn't put into words.
"Thank you," she said quietly when we parted.
"For what?" I asked, voice husky.
"For everything. Dealing with Lorcan. Dealing with Luke. Dealing with me."
"I only want to deal with you," I said. She smiled, despite the sappiness.
"I want to be with you. I really do," she said, pleading, "But I just can't handle this with our parents here…and I don't want to be alone."
"I understand," I said. It was true. I doubted if anyone else would.
Our parents, or rather our fathers, hated each other. If they visited and found us as a couple, there was no telling what they would say or do. It was better that we let them in slowly. As much as I wanted to be with her, I was willing to do anything that she needed of me to make this easy on her. Including hold off for our parents' sake.
"You won't be alone," I said, taking her hand, "I'll be beside you every step of the way."
"Alright," she said with a relieved grin, "You take your dad. I'll handle mine."
"Deal," I said.
With a smile, she guided my mouth down to hers again.
"Well, it's about time!" Al exclaimed, making us both jump apart.
"You do do it when I'm not in the room!" Lorcan exclaimed, his mouth full of sandwich. Rose and I looked at each other, and then burst out laughing.
"Be careful not to let James see you," Al said, "He'll tell Uncle Ron the second that he gets here."
"I'm not so sure that he would," I said, remembering our momentary understanding.
"You have much more faith in him that I do," Rose said.
Lorcan climbed into the bed with her, "Are you feeling better Mum?"
"Yes, bud," she said, wincing as he pressed against her.
"Lorcan, how would you like to have a sleepover with Leah?" Gem asked, "So that mummy can get some rest."
"You watch her," Lorcan said, pointing at me before shimmying off the bed and running to Gem.
"You're welcome," she mouthed, smirking.
"You kids be careful," Al said, saluting as he left the room, "One child is enough for now."
A/N: So I'm not completely happy with this chap. I don't think that Luke's punishment was quite bad enough, but I'm too much of a goody-goody to come up with anything better. So suggestions? I might write it in to this chapter or a later chapter.
And for those of you who are waiting oh-so-patiently for the arrival of the parents, I promise that it will be in the next chapter. I just wanted to get this out of the way. I'm just not sure when the next chapter will be here, since school has started back. Be patient and I will deliver!
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