text: Contemporary country singer Phil Vassar made his name as a chart-topping songwriter before landing a record deal and becoming a hitmaking artist in his own right. Vassar was born in Lynchburg, VA, and won a track scholarship to James Madison University, where he first began to take music seriously. He moved to Nashville, learned to play piano, and sang his original material in clubs. One club patron and fan brought Vassar's demo tape to his father, crooner Engelbert Humperdinck, and Humperdinck wound up recording "Once in a While," a song Vassar had co-written with a bartender friend, in 1996. Vassar's songwriting career blossomed from there, as he landed a publishing contract with EMI and penned hits for Collin Raye ("Little Red Rodeo"), Alan Jackson ("Right on the Money"), Tim McGraw ("For a Little While"), Jo Dee Messina ("Bye Bye," "I'm Alright"), and BlackHawk ("Postmarked Birmingham"). He signed a record deal of his own with Arista in 1998 and was named ASCAP's Country Songwriter of the Year in 1999. His self-titled debut album was released in 2000, and the lead single, "Carlene," shot into the country Top Five; its follow-up, "Just Another Day in Paradise," went all the way to number one. "Six-Pack Summer" also reached the Top Ten, and yet another single from the album, "That's When I Love You," became Vassar's third Top Five hit in early 2002. Phil Vassar was certified gold for sales of half a million copies, and its follow-up, American Child, was released later in 2002. The title track gave Vassar yet another Top Five single. Prayer of a Common Man appeared in 2008 from Universal South. ~ Steve Huey


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HOPKINTON � The developers of Legacy Farms are hoping to revise the plans on the north side of the mixed-use development off Rte. 135 to reduce commercial space and add 200 age-restricted homes.
The south side of the development off East Main Street across from Weston Nurseries is under construction. The area includes an apartment building, condominiums and single-family homes.
Construction of the north side hasn�t started, but Legacy Farms North Road will connect Rt. 85 to Rt. 135, according to plans.
The change to the north side of the major development is expected to bring in more tax revenue and reduce traffic over previously proposed plans, according to Roy MacDowell, manager of Legacy Farms. With the proposed housing restricted to people 55 years old and over, there would be no additional burden to the school system, he said.
The changes to the Open Space Mixed-use Development in town will require a two-thirds vote at Town Meeting on May 5 to be approved.
Board of Selectmen, Planning Board and Zoning Advisory Committee members have looked at the plans and several concerns were raised over the host community agreement, aesthetics and the density of the proposed changes.
MacDowell said the company originally�sought 280 active adult/ age-restricted units under the new plan, but reduced the number to 200 after several meetings with the Planning Board and ZAC.
Ken Weismantel, chairman of the Planning Board, said the new proposal will make the property about 25 percent more dense. The board has not taken a position, but will do so before Town Meeting, he said.
The north side originally�called for 50 single-family homes, 650 townhomes, 240 rental units and 450,000 square feet of commercial space.
The revised plan�reduces the commercial space to 250,000 square feet and adds the 200 new age-restricted homes, according to the Legacy Farms project team. About 20 homes will be designated as affordable, MacDowell said. There will still be retail and other commercial uses on East Main Street and an area known as the village center.
"The core of the project is remaining the same," he told selectmen last week during a presentation on the changes. He said 500 acres of open space and walking trails will remain.
"There is a tremendous built-up demand for this product," MacDowell said in a telephone interview about age-restricted housing in town. "This kind of use is far better for the neighborhood and for the town, not only from the traffic point of view, but economic as well."
He said the additional housing units will bring in $1.3 million in taxes - considerably more than the $160,000 expected�from the commercial development.
Selectman Benjamin Palleiko expressed concerns about the density and changes to the host community agreement. "It was a lengthy process with an enormous amount of input from the town," he said.
He also expressed concerns about the age-restricted units not selling.
MacDowell argued that there is a demand, especially with the amenities the development will offer.
Selectman Michelle Gates supported the changes, saying the board needs to be flexible because of the economic decline the developers have faced since starting the project.�It will be good to keep the commercial districts and traffic on the west end of town next to I-495, she said.
"This might not be 100 percent what we�d like, but I think the dollars make sense," she said. "I am satisfied with the documents I�ve seen so far"
On the south side of the development there are 515 apartments, condominiums and single-family homes proposed. So far, eight apartment buildings and about 70 homes are complete, MacDowell said.
"Sales are going very well," he said.
If the new plan for the north side is approved at Town Meeting, he said the road could be built sometime this year.
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HOPKINTON � The developers of Legacy Farms are hoping to revise the plans on the north side of the mixed-use development off Rte. 135 to reduce commercial space and add 200 age-restricted homes.

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Honestly, I am not sure if I should be getting too worried or worked up about my boy of 8years, but some of the behavioral characteristics seem a bit worrying. Asking the question to see if I should really be worried, or can do something, s.a. make changes around the house to bring about behavioral changes.
Kid is afraid of being left alone in a room, in broad day-light, doesn't go to the toilet alone. He gets really scared listening to "ghost stories" that many boys his age share amongst friends. We as parents, have never threatened him of the dark, or locking him alone in the room. In fact, we are (probably worryingly so), the "always around" kind of parents.
Kid is pretty laid back and has a very non-competitive attitude towards everything. Not that he doesn't enjoy the adulation on winning a competition, but seems to give-up far too soon, and far too-easily and uses the "it's okay not to win", excuse far too often. To an extent, it has to do with his school which is a blend of Waldorf + Montessorie style. However other kids in his class are quite competitive.
Kid seems very inattentive, often goes into "deep think" mode, where he seems to cut-off from his surroundings, even while making a sketch. This happens so frequently, that we need to tell him repeatedly to do simple things like brush his teeth, change his clothes, keep soiled clothes in the laundry basket, eat his food, drink his milk... i.e. every tiny thing needs to be repeated 10-12 times in "instruction mode".
Other wise, he is a happy kid, in what I believe is an typical family. The kid has a 8mo old sister, but there haven't been any stark behavioral changes since the arrival of the baby. Kid loves his sister, plays a lot with her, seems quite caring.


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Everyone agrees there are too few women and minorities in science. As a graduate student, postdoc, young faculty member, and now tenured senior scientist, I have repeatedly seen women colleagues being undervalued or overlooked. But it wasn't until I became familiar with the social science literature that I could fit a viable theory to my experience. In particular, my eyes were opened by Virginia Valian's influential book summarizing this research, "Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women" (Valian 1999). Here I describe, much as she does, social science experiments that illuminate how present-day society projects its unconscious biases into the workplace. But first, a few words about why this issue is so important.
Many scientists believe that increasing diversity is a matter of social engineering, done for the greater good of society, but requiring a lowering of standards and thus conflicting with excellence. Others understand that there are deep reasons for the dearth of women (discussed below) wholly unrelated to the intrinsic abilities of women scientists which lead to extra obstacles to their success. Once one understands the bias against women in male-dominated fields, one must conclude that diversity in fact enhances excellence. In other words, the playing field is not level, so we have been dipping more deeply into the pool of men than of women, and thus have been unknowingly lowering our standards. Returning to a level playing field (compensating for bias) will therefore raise standards and improve our field. Diversity and excellence are fully aligned.
What Data Show
Hundreds of studies across many fields demonstrate that the advancement of women lags that of men with the same qualifications. Using NSF data for a synthetic cohort corrected for time since degree, type of institution, specialty, and family status, Long (2001) reviewed the gender dependence of salary, rank and tenure in science and engineering, Women lag behind, in advancing and in getting tenure. Having children has the effect of removing women from the full-time workforce, but differences for women who remain in full-time positions are minimal (Mason and Goulden 2002).
Why Are Women Scarce in Science?
Some of my colleagues believe women are simply not interested in science (at least, not in the physical sciences) and the loss of talent does not seem to worry them. Yet Xie & Shauman (2003) showed that interest in the sciences does not correlate with ability. Furthermore, they found that sex disparities in productivity (e.g., publication rates) were decreasing, and that productivity depends most strongly on access to resources and is independent of family status. And countries with excellent maternity and childcare benefits (e.g., Nordic countries) have some of the lowest participation of women in Physics. Women with families do participate in extremely demanding careers such as medicine.
If it is not ability or interest, what is it? There is plenty of evidence that the playing field is not level for women and men. In 1997 Wenneras and Wold published a study in Nature about applications for a prestigious Swedish postdoctoral fellowship in medicine. They showed that although 46% of the applications were from women, only 20% of the fellowships were awarded to women. Reviewers of the proposals consistently gave women lower scores for the same level of productivity, and women applicants' scores had to be 2.5 times those of men to succeed. A recent study by Budden et al. (2008) showed that the fraction of papers having a woman as first author increased significantly when a biology journal went to double-blind refereeing. While some have suggested women lack innate ability—i.e., women are simply not as good at science as men—this suggestion is contradicted by almost all available evidence. Gender gaps in performance (for example, on math exams) are decreasing in the U.S.; if they were due to physiology, they should not change dramatically on time scales of decades. Moreover, gender gaps vary enormously by country, arguing against a genetic origin. For example, Japanese women score better in math than U.S. men. (See Chapter 2 of the National Academy's Beyond Bias and Barriers report [Shalala et al. 2006].)
At the same time, gender gaps can be explained by culture. Research into "stereotype threat" shows that culture affects test results. For example, a class is told they will be given a difficult math test. Men do poorly, scoring 25 of a possible 100, and women do worse, with an average grade of 10 (Steele 1997, Spencer et. al. 1999). This is the kind of gender gap that makes a front-page page New York Times story: that at the extremes of performance, men substantially outscore women. However, another class is told the same story about a difficult math test, with the added information that the test has been designed to be "gender neutral." Now the women's score doubles to 20 while the average men's score decreases to 20. In other words, men and women score the same. When the stereotype threat is activated, people under stress conform to it.
"Gender Schemas"
We are a biased society. It is not overt; most of us think we are unbiased and try hard to be so. It is not only men discriminating against women; it is all of us discriminating against women and minorities (in white-male-dominated fields.) There is evidence that we discriminate against men seeking to join female-dominated fields, like nursing. Valian describes the origin of this bias with "gender schemas," a set of expectations of women and of men, embedded in our culture, that influence how women and men are judged. A large body of research describes the effect of gender schemas; here I give but a few examples:
Heights of men and women (Biernat, Manis & Nelson 1991) Subjects are asked to estimate an objective quantity, namely the heights of men and women in photographs, all of which include some object like a doorway or desk to offer scale. Even though the subjects were chosen so that each gender has the same height distribution, the average height estimated for men is greater than that estimated for the women. We expect men to be taller (indeed, it is true at present in our society as a whole) and so this is what we measure, even when it is not true in the particular data set.
Leader at table (Porter & Geis 1981) Undergraduate students are shown photographs of people sitting around a table and asked to identify the leader. Where all the people pictured are men, the leader is nearly always identified as the person at the head of the table. The same is true when only women are pictured. When both men and women are pictured and a man sits at the head, he is identified as the leader. However, in the mixed gender case with a woman at the head, half the time a random man is identified as the leader.
Eye gaze (Dovidio et al. 1988) First the experimenters establish that in a conversation between a superior and a subordinate (same gender), the superior looks at the subordinate while talking, but looks away when listening. The subordinate spends roughly equal amounts of time looking at and away from the superior, regardless of who is speaking. Then the experimenters showed that in conversations between men and women, men look primarily while talking and women look while both talking and listening, regardless of who is the superior and who is the subordinate. This reinforces the assumption that the man is more powerful than the woman. (Note to women: make eye contact while talking!)
Rating managers (Heilman et al. 2004) Subjects are asked to rate two assistant vice-presidents in a fictitious (but heavily documented) aircraft company (a "male" environment). Men are rated higher than women, despite randomized resumes, but both are deemed likeable. In a second experiment, in which women are validated prior to the evaluation (e.g., subjects are told "both managers have been rated outstanding"), then men and women are rated equally competent but the woman is not likeable and is judged hostile or difficult. That is, women can be competent or likeable but not both.
Gender bias can play an important role in evaluation. For example, letters of recommendation and personal nominations are enormously important for academics in hiring, promotion, invitations to speak, fellowships, grants, and other honors and awards. Yet there are systematic differences in the letters of recommendation for women and for men, as shown, for example, in a study of applications for medical fellowships by Trix & Penska 2003). This is not widely known among science and engineering faculties. Letters for women are shorter and contain fewer standout words ( "outstanding," "ground-breaking," "superstar") and express more doubt and contain more "grindstone" adjectives such as "works hard" and "diligent." They are more likely to mention women's personal lives and, in most cases, the mention of gender is explicit. Women are more likely to be compared to other women (a sure sign that this process is not gender blind). In my own experience, women get asked to write tenure letters for women more often, and their letters are more likely to be discounted or ignored unless they are negative, in which case they are given extra weight. The presence of only a few women guarantees that bias will kick in. In studies of hiring practices, with artificial and matched resumes (Heilman 1980), it was found that women can succeed when they are more than 30% of the applicant pool, whereas they are unlikely to succeed when less than 25%. This has obvious ramifications for job searches or tenure letters that include only one woman as a token on the short list.
This has been a very brief review of what is known from the sociology and psychology research, but enough, I hope, to show that this is not a mysterious problem. Rather, it is a well-understood and tractable problem. There are known remedies. But the first, critical step is to recognize the uneven playing field. Only then can we compensate fairly, and thus have truly objective evaluation of quality.
Gender schemas resist change but also follow change. Change requires education, action, and further research. The first step toward change is to educate our colleagues about the impact of gender on evaluation and career progress. The National Academy of Science's Beyond Bias and Barriers 20 ″ July 2009 PHYSICS AND SOCIETY, Vol. 38, No.3 study summarizes the relevant research and interventions. Many NSF ADVANCE projects have online resources, and universities can develop effective methods to teach scientists the (social) scientific literature (ADVANCE is an NSF program intended to transform academic institutions with respect to women in science; 19 institutions and consortia have been awarded ADVANCE grants; the website of the ADVANCE program is http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383. Valian maintains a very useful annotated bibliography of relevant research at http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/genderequity/equityMaterials/Feb2008/annobib.pdf.
To make progress, leaders must lead. Most leaders in our field (today) are men. Men therefore have to play a key role in advancing progress of women in science. Leaders must be held accountable for developing excellent staffs, which we argue cannot be excellent if they are not gender balanced. What kind of action can leaders take? First, establish norms. Make sure that colloquia, meetings, prizes, job interviews, etc., involve the appropriate fraction of women. Be articulate in explaining this issue and hold others accountable for their performance. Arrange for training and education. "Pre-validate" women in your organization. Brown and Geis (1984) showed that differential expectations by gender can be minimized if leaders establish women's credentials (see also Heilman et al. 2004). For example, a woman speaker should be introduced with a thorough review of her accomplishments, in order to establish without doubt her expertise. A woman promoted to a new position can be pre-validated in a similar way, by describing explicitly the reasons for her success. Avoid facile solutions like adding a token woman to every committee. For one thing, women are vastly overworked. Also, successful women may compete with, rather than support, younger women. In their book on affirmative action, Clayton and Crosby (1992) suggested that some successful women avoid advocacy for other women because they are deeply invested in the idea of a gender-blind meritocracy; if evaluations are not objective, their own success is invalidated.
You can educate your colleagues about how to write letters of recommendation (Trix & Penska 2003). You can teach students about teaching evaluations, which are more negative for women faculty (see www.crlt.umich.edu/multiteaching/ gsebibliography.pdf). Information and mentoring are also essential. A mentoring program at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions dramatically improved the tenure rate for women assistant professors (Fried et al. 1996), and incidentally, also for men who took part in the program—just one example of what's better for women is often better for men. The APS has an active outreach program in this area; see, for example, their website on "Improving the Climate for Women" at http://www.aps.org/programs/women/sitevisits/index.cfm.
Given the common timing for building careers or building families, it is not surprising that many people assume family issues are the reason for the dearth of women in science. The academic world was not designed for people with family obligations. After all, the European academic system was originally designed for monks. Appropriate accommodations for both men and women (such as on-site childcare, sick child care, elder care, delay of tenure clocks for family obligations, travel support for caregivers helping during professional meetings, etc.) can go a long way toward humanizing the modern workplace. Nonetheless, I argue at least three reasons family issues cannot explain why there are not more women in physics or astronomy. First, women without children who remain full-time in the workplace are not more successful than women without children. (Mason & Goulden 2003 is often cited as showing that women's careers are harmed by having children, but this is because those women are more likely to go to part-time status, which indeed is a negative factor, perhaps wrongly, in their subsequent career advancement) Second, there are many women in other demanding fields, like law and medicine. Third, countries with very strong family support systems, such as the Scandinavian countries, have extremely low numbers of women in physics — just a few percent in 2002. Women in academia often complain about how hard we work and how difficult it is to raise a family under those circumstances. Certainly all of us have pulled "all-nighters" to complete a proposal or have traveled for days or weeks on end to give talks or attend meetings. It is no wonder that young people listen to us and decide they can't reasonably balance career and family. Yet I would argue that academic careers are better than most for this purpose. Our hours are flexible and in many countries salaries are better than the average citizen's, so we have the resources to get help with childcare and household tasks. Having a family is hard, no matter who you are or where you work, but it's much harder if you work at a low-wage job with inflexible hours. We should tell young women that the academic life is great for raising a family: The work is fun (so parents are happy), the rewards are great, and we have a lot of control over our lives. My new mantra: Become a professor, have a family!
Finally, advancing in our profession requires passing through an endless series of selection processes: graduate school admissions, hiring, invited talks, prizes, promotions and tenure. It is unlikely, given our societal biases, that these processes are gender-blind. Each of these selection steps requires two things: finding candidates and evaluating them fairly. It is not sufficient to wait for applications to arrive in the mailbox. A proper job search is just that. One should solicit names from colleagues, use community bulletin boards to find and investigate possible women candidates, and attend lots of talks by junior people. Many a search has turned up outstanding but somehow overlooked scientists. The second step is to evaluate all candidates fairly. This cannot be done by declaring oneself or one's colleagues gender blind. Only those who familiarize themselves with the issues of gender bias are likely to evaluate others objectively. Taking these issues into account and actively promoting the advancement of the talented women scientists we need in the modern world will lead to a stronger, better, healthier, fairer scientific community.
Data illustrate the dearth of women in physics. The theory of gender schemas goes a long way toward explaining why this is a difficult, persistent problem. Good intentions are not enough. The status quo will not repair itself. It will take concerted, conscious action on the part of enlightened leaders. We need to transition from a "fix the woman" strategy, toward a "fix the system" strategy. The main problem is our perception of women being less good than men, when objective review says otherwise. Women are not automatically seen as leaders, or in some cases, even as competent. Yet this can be changed, by external validation by accepted authorities, often men.
What can women do for themselves and others? Gain success outside your institution. Take on highly visible jobs. Gather information on what is needed for success. Find effective mentors and mentor others. Negotiate for the resources you need to succeed. Make allies. Most of all, work to improve the system for other women. The key point is that change toward greater equity and thus a higher level of excellence take positive intervention. It will not happen without action.
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Budden, A. E., Tregenza, T., Aarssen, L. W., Koricheva, J., Leimu, R. & Lortie, C. J. 2008, "Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors," Trends Ecol. Evol. 23, 4–6.
Clayton, S., & Crosby, F. 1992, Justice and Gender Consciousness: Deprivation, Denial, and Affirmative Action, (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press).
Dovidio, J.F., Brown, C.E., Heltman, K. & Ellyson, S.L. 1988, "Power displays between women and men in discussions of gender linked tasks," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 580–587.
Fried, L. P., Francomano, C. A., MacDonald, S. M., Wagner, E. M., Stokes, E. J., Carbone, K. M., Bias, W. B., Newman, M. M. & Stobo, J. D. 1996, "Career development for women in academic medicine: Multiple interventions in a department of medicine," Journal of the American Medical Association, 276, 898-905.
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Larwood Biography
Douglas Hamilton, who is perhaps better known for his award winning book on Brian Clough "20 years with Brian Clough" has once again put pen to paper with his comprehensive biography on England great Harold Larwood. Apart from a collaboration in 1965 between Harold and Kevin Perkins there has been no other biography fully endorsed by the Larwood family and in all likelihood there never will be another. To be honest, there is no longer any need, Hamilton has it covered.
The book is as comprehensive as you could ever wish to read on the former Nottinghamshire pit boy, a book that has obviously been written with a great deal of thought, care and admiration for the once lambasted England hero who played no small part in quashing Sir Donald Bradman's effect in the notorious Bodyline series of 1932-33.
Harold was not only fast but incredibly accurate. Countless batsmen testify to this fact but it is left to Somerset's tail-ender Bill Andrews to succinctly tell it how it was "he was bloody frighteningly fast".
Andrews, like many other batsmen to face the fast bowler, was concerned for his health when faced with the prospect of facing the demon bowler. Following a previous encounter against Larwood, Andrews was so worked up he had developed stomach pains so severe that he was caught on the toilet when he was called in to bat!
Bill called out "who's out?" to which the reply came back "Frank Lee. They're bringing him back on a stretcher". Andrews said "I was really in a state, and it took some time to adjust my clothing. As I passed the umpire I said hopefully – I must have broken the two minute rule".
With testimonies like that, the book succeeds. The descriptive powers and hypnotic writing style transport the reader effortlessly into the thick of the action, never once letting up – just as Harold did throughout his life. Many players of his time claimed he bowled in excess of 100 mph and was the fastest bowler to grace the game. Who are we to argue!
Hamilton sets the record straight on a number of issues throughout the book and arguably the biggest affect on his career, save for Iremonger and Carr, Bodyline. Despite playing a small part in its inception at the Piccadilly club, we learn from Larwood that the "scone theory" or "Head line bowling" was devised by Douglas Jardine. Jardine spent countless hours creating a plan to all but destroy Bradman or as he was affectionately known "that little bastard". Buy the book here
Larwood's upbringing, his undying love and support for his family from a tender age when he worked down the pit is covered along with his struggle to make ends meet once a cricket season finished. Larwood earned the same amount of money playing cricket for Nottinghamshire as he received down the pit. When Larwood finished his playing career for his county his salary was the same as when he started all those years earlier.
Without doubt Bodyline (1932 – 33) and the fallout from it ruled his life for years to come. He never really shook off the tag and where this book succeeds is that it allows Larwood to have a voice on numerous subjects including his dislike of Pelham Warner, admiration and staunch support for his captain Douglas Jardine and is unwavering friendship with Bill Voce.
As time went on, his wounds slowly healed. That was until ABC aired the highly inaccurate Bodyline Series in 1984. Larwood's family were rightly upset with his portrayal. Following Bodyline in 1932-33 the Larwood's received hate mail as he did when the new mini series was aired in Australia and the UK on the BBC. To his credit Harold tried his best to reply to everyone who wrote despite the contents.
Harold Larwood's legacy has been, for decades, his involvement in the Bodyline scandal and nothing would shake the public's perception and his role in the infamous series. This books changes all that. Harold was a kind hearted man, modest to the end. A man who enjoyed a smoke and a beer with friends, an intensely loyal and loving family man who only had one thing on his mind – to make sure his family were well cared for. He was a great man, cricket made him that more special.
Hamilton's masterful biography oozes class and without question allows the public to gain an insight into Larwood's life that has for years been off limits.
Speaking personally and without bias, I cannot imagine reading a better book this year and I certainly feel the richer for reading it. Larwood comes to life once more in glorious black and white and together with the magnificent private pictures scattered throughout the book you cannot fail to be moved by his story.
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The sed (Stream Editor) is very powerful tool. Each line of input is copied into a pattern space. You can run editing commands on each input line to delete or change the input. For example, delete lines containing word DVD, enter:
cat input.txt | sed '/DVD/d'
To Print the lines between each pair of words pen and pencil, inclusive, enter:
$ cat input.txt sed -e '/^PEN/,/^PENCIL/p'
To remove all blank lines, enter:
$ cat /etc/rssh.conf | sed '/^$/d' > /tmp/output.file
sed is very handy tool for editing and deleting unwanted stuff. Following echo statements printed lots of whitespace from left side:
echo " This is a test"
This is a test
To remove all whitespace (including tabs) from left to first word, enter:
echo " This is a test" | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//'
This is a test
- s/ : Substitute command ~ replacement for pattern (^[ \t]*) on each addressed line
- ^[ \t]* : Search pattern ( ^ – start of the line; [ \t]* match one or more blank spaces including tab)
- // : Replace (delete) all matched pattern
Following sample script reads some data from text file and generate a formatted output. It delete all leading whitespace from front of each line so that text get aligned to left:
#!/bin/bash FILE=url.dump.txt DOMAIN=yourdomain.com exec 3<&0 exec 0<$FILE while read line do url=$(echo "http://${DOMAIN}${line}") title="$(lynx -dump -source ${url} | grep '<title>' | awk -F '<title>' '{ print $2 }' | cut -d'<' -f1|sed 's/^[ \t]*//')" echo "<li>${title}</li>" done exec 0<&3
To delete trailing whitespace from end of each line, enter:
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Better remove all leading and trailing whitespace from end of each line:
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Sometimes it doesn't pay to be the answer to, "Who let the dogs out?"
In Palm Beach, Joe Namath has been the answer one too many times. His two dogs have bitten at least four people in the past two years and now the former New York Jet QB and Hall of Famer is fighting to keep his pooches from being confined to his home.
And you thought Namath was the wild one.
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A Palm Beach magistrate ruled that one of the dogs, a yellow lab retriever named Leo, was dangerous Thursday at a special hearing. No word on the other dog, a Weimaraner named Stella.
The ruling means it is now illegal for Namath to take the dogs to public places or let them roam his property without a leash and muzzle, according to the Palm Beach Post.
The most recent incident involving the dogs occurred in August, when an irrigation technician was bitten by both dogs while doing some work around Namath's home. The man requested the dogs be considered a danger, but Namath claims his pups are gentle creatures who just happen to know how to use their sharp teeth.
All the attacks happened on Namath's property, which may be to his advantage since they weren't roaming the streets. But it might be a hard sell to say the dogs are more bark than bite.
Stella and Leo are equal opportunity biters and have also attacked a delivery man, a contractor and a nurse who came to the house by mistake.
We've got a bold prediction for the man who is most famous for making them - go get a muzzle.


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While in Manila, Janet learns about the city's influences, visits the San Augustin church and San Sebastian Basillica, goes on a shopping spree, takes a bite off local delicacies like beef tapa, longanisa and sinigang, and dances the calories away at a local nightclub.
Erwan and Janet get Breakfast at Antonio's in Tagaytay
For the perfect hangover cure, Janet scoots off to the natural paradise that is Cebu and Bohol Island.
While there, she covers a range of activities from diving in the deep blue, riding on bamboo rafts to enjoying some tasty beach barbeque and even catches a glimpse of the Philippines' favourite territorial nocturnal creatures, the tarsiers.
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Last week we profiled our newest employee, Cheyanne, and this week we're ready to introduce you to someone else.
Meet Tyshia (otherwise known as T-Dog or Double Pants)...
How long have you been at Puttyworld?
Tyshia: I've been working here about a year.
What do you do at Puttyworld?
Tyshia: Technically I'm the Purchasing Manager, which means...I purchase things. Pretty straightforward. But I do a little bit of this and that :)
What did you know about putty before you started working at Puttyworld?
Tyshia: NOTHING! I'm the youngest person in the office and I completely missed the whole "silly putty" era.
How did you get the nickname Double Pants?
Tyshia: HAHA!! Long story! I'm very small and I get colder than most people, so during the winter I sometimes wear two pair of pants...it's what I do.
What's your favorite color of Thinking Putty?
Tyshia: Scarab! It's so pretty!!
What's the best part of your job?
Tyshia: VEGAS!!! I mean...traveling to trade shows and meeting new people.
Do you think Crazy Aaron is really crazy?
Tyshia: I think he is really...different...;)
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Tyshia: I don't like them. At all. I feel that any food you cannot purchase at Wawa isn't regular. For example...chickpeas. [Editor's Note: Chickpeas can technically be purchased at Wawa, as Wawa sells hummus!]
What's the craziest thing about YOU (that makes you qualified to work at Crazy Aaron's)?
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Lanza's father moving out of Stamford home
STAMFORD -- The brick-and-clapboard house where Newtown shooter Adam Lanza's father, Peter Lanza lives in Stamford, hit the market Sunday with an asking price of $710,000.
The home is described by listing agency Halstead Property as a 2,375-square-foot "ranch cape" on 1.04 acres, with three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and a pool in the backyard. It's located on Bartina Lane in the Westover section of town, one of the city's quieter, more well-to-do neighborhoods.
"Our firm was hired by the homeowner to market and sell their home in Stamford, Conn.," Halstead Property Executive Director of Communications Robyn Kammerer said in a statement she released to Hearst Connecticut Newspapers Monday evening.
"As with any property that we list, we will work in a professional and timely manner to achieve the best possible result for the homeowner. We have no further comment at this time," the statement said.
Lanza, 54, has managed to avoid the media's glare since the Sandy Hook massacre in December. He has lived in the Bartina Lane home owned by his second wife, Shelley Cudiner, for about five years. At the time of the shooting, he was a vice president of taxes at GE Energy Financial Services. Cudiner is a librarian at the University of Connecticut.
The street they live on is a quiet one where a number of young families live. Kids set up lemonade stands in the summer, and welcoming adults dole out candy on Halloween, neighbor Geralyn Petrafesa said at the time of the shootings. It's an ideal place to raise a family, she said.
Halstead's listing describes the Bartina Lane home as having an unfinished second floor with plumbing for a bathroom, which new residents can "finish to your liking" according to the listing. The home was built in 1956, has an attached two-car garage, private backyard that features a slate patio, grill and a 512-square-foot pool.
The home was last sold in 1996 for $400,000 to Cudiner and her former husband. It was transferred to her name only in December 2001, according to property records kept by the city of Stamford.
Lanza had lived in Stamford for more than a decade before moving in with Cudiner. Public records show he kept an apartment on Morgan Street just north of downtown for six years, from 2002 to 2008. His divorce from his first wife, Nancy Lanza, who was killed by their son along with the other victims of the Newtown shootings, was finalized in 2009 after 28 years of marriage, due to "irreconcilable differences."
On Dec. 14, some hours after the Lanza's 20-year-old son killed 20 students and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School 42.5 miles away, police officers and a police dog walked around the exterior of the Bartina Lane home and neighboring properties, and later left. Peter Lanza returned home later that day, apparently unaware of his family's connection to the events in Newtown and readily opened his car window to speak to a reporter waiting in his driveway.
In the days after the massacre, Peter Lanza released a public statement, in which he said his family's "hearts go out to the families and friends who lost loved ones and to all those who were injured," and that he too was "asking why" such a tragedy could have happened.
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The Art & Photo Resource Center (located at GB1305) provides equipment check-out and classroom support to Animation, Graphic Communication, Graphic Design, Multimedia, Photography, and Web Design students. Students enrolled in these classes can use the Media & Art computer classrooms, GB111, and check-out equipment to complete class projects and assignments.
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tons of projects necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 20 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
We are a social media company that is getting ready to launch a high-traffic site with a very aggressive marketing campaign. The site will launch in August of 2010.
General public.
We would like a set of icons developed that will be used on our Website, iPhone/Andorid Apps and within our iPad app. Our site navigation will have a set of colored tabs at the top of the page. Each tab will have a white icon on it. Please create the tab style with icons on it. Feel free to choose the color for each tab.
These icons are to look somewhat similar to the style of iPhone native app icons (Phone, Mail, Messages, iPod, App Store) but we are also open to creative ideas as long as they aren't too far off the beaten path. ;-)
There should be design consistency through out the set of icons. Each icon will be used as a button/action in our apps so each icon should easily convey the action behind it (each icon should include a relevant symbol).
We need an icon for each of the following categories:
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 152 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
Links Logistics
Links Logistics is a global, asset based 3PL offering mainly warehouse and transportation services. We are a large multi-million dollar company with operations throughout the West. We pride ourself in delivering products at the speed of air for the price of ground, building integrated partnerships with our customers, and operating environmentally friendly.
We are currently combining five different operating companies into one name.
When people see our logo, we want them to think modern, clean, professional, global, safe, simple, integrating, forward thinking, efficient, green, powerful, knowledgeable, and profitable, to name a few.
We mainly target large manufacturers of products and goods that make things and ship them across the world. Some of our biggest customers are Pepsi, Tropicana, Xcel Energy, Peabody Coal, Eagle Picher, Lamb Weston, McCain Foods, Longview Fibre, etc.
These companies are the biggest of the big and we want to make sure when they see our logo, it resinates with their thinking.
We are also traveling up and down the interstates all the time so the general public sees our logo every day... we want them to think we are safe. We want them to feel good about traveling on the same roads as us. We want them to remember our logo the first time they see it.
Do your best. This logo could become the most recognized logo on the roads. Thousands of trucks will display this logo.
We want you to think you are designing this logo for the largest company in the world.
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Client Service Coordinator II
Cox Automotive | Kansas City MO 64101 USA | Full Time | Posted: 03/24/2020
Job Descriptiontop
Job Scope:
This position is responsible for working closely with accounts to coordinate vehicles for sale, review work performed, ensure appropriate & timely sale line-up, and ensure effective operational flow.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage account relationships, maintaining effective communications and ensuring customer requirements are met.
- Review and update condition report; approve and audit vehicle repair report.
- Walk vehicles with account representative and make recommendations for reconditioning to increase vehicle value.
- Respond to customer inquiries relating to vehicles. Provide quality service and assist in resolving problems.
- Communicate with Lot Operations and Recon departments to ensure appropriate movement of vehicles to the shops and ensure timely completion of reconditioning.
- In coordination with account representative, account administrator, and account specific procedures prepare sale vehicle run process including run order, scheduling, notice to customer account, etc.
- Work with lot operations and quadrant coordinators to ensure appropriate scanning and organization of account vehicles.
- Review vehicles in sale line up, locate missing vehicles, and work with account representative to ensure vehicles are ready for sale.
- Visibly demonstrate safety commitment by following all safety and health procedures and modeling the behaviors related to such. Actively participate in support of all safety activities aligned with Safety Excellence.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
- Prior experience in vehicle reconditioning, general auto body knowledge, etc. helpful.
- Valid Driver's License and safe driving record required.
- Ability to drive vehicles with standard and automatic transmission.
- Satisfactory computer skills and the ability to utilize a portable terminal, brick, etc. preferred.
- Effective communication and organization skills required.
- Commitment to providing excellent customer service essential.
About Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive Inc. makes buying, selling and owning cars easier for everyone, while also enabling mobility services. The global company's 34,000-plus team members and family of brands, including Autotrader®, Clutch Technologies, Dealer.com®, Dealertrack®, Kelley Blue Book®, Manheim®, NextGear Capital®, VinSolutions®, vAuto® and Xtime®, are passionate about helping millions of car shoppers, tens of thousands of auto dealer clients across five continents and many others throughout the automotive industry thrive for generations to come. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc., a privately-owned, Atlanta-based company with revenues exceeding $20 billion. www.coxautoinc.com
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Here is an interview between Santo Domingo project coordinator Nelson Figueroa and Samuel, a 17-year-old sponsored youth from Santo Domingo.
Q. When did you start playing baseball?
A. I was five years old. I started in a children¥s league called Borinquen. However, Iíve always played in the streets with my friends
Q. How often do you play?
A. I play every Saturday and Sunday in the league. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday we have practice in the league, but I play with my friends every time I can.
Q. What do you think about baseball and why do you like the game?
A. It is very important and very good. It helps my muscles and allows me to be in shape by being active all the time. It keeps my mind busy and away from unhealthy environments.
Q. What position do you like to play?
A. Center field because you get many balls and can throw them to the bases. You run a lot.
Q. What is the best thing you ever did in a game?
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wongck wrote:Great to see another CTPCI networking works.
I cannot get mine to work even after several tries.
Kroll wrote:Thank you very much !
Earlier I have Boot and Tos driver 2.00 Beta 2 from 24.09.2010
Now I load your driver 1.02
First of all I see Xboot is not working.
Do you have XBOOT version with works with this drivers ?
Kroll wrote:The same when I use 2.01 too, only with drivers 2.00 beta 2 its working
I load the sting drivers rtl8139.stx and when I use yours drivers 1,02 in TOS system Sting It is working and have connection with the others PC computer in my local network, and I am very happy.
Kroll wrote:Under MiNT (Xboot is disable) I loading rtl8139.xif and I think its OK (DHCP is not working), but I have still problem when I try to load manually, And I will inform you later
Ektus wrote:I had to use a specific version of MiNT, too, namely a daily build of 0.17 from back then. Any other version (at the time, 0.18) wouldn't work. I don't know what changes there are or if it's compiler related or whatever, but that's all I can say on the topic.
Ektus wrote:I might upgrade (rather, install 1.19 in parallel) at some time in the future, but possibly not in the near future. Never touch a running system, and the CT63 machine doesn't see much use anyway.
Ektus wrote:I've been writing about it here on the forums and on atari-home.de since 2012, but nobody has picked up on it.
Kroll wrote:Ektus: thank you for your help and everything,
Just before manually I start network with this build and freemint 1.17 and TOS drivers 1.02 with these setting:
ifconfig rtk0 addr 192.168.1.13 up
ifconfig rtk0 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default rtk0 gw 192.168.1.1
please help one again in which files I have to enter this setting and started automatically network
mikro wrote:Maybe because FreeMiNT developers use the mailing list for communication.
Anyway, if you happen to give it a shot, I'll happily help you debug the issue.
wongck wrote:Great stuff. So this will get updated to v1.19 ?
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Ever Watchful, Ever Helpful
Sirius Black stopped in the entrance of the kitchen of twelve Grimmauld Place -- hand on the door jamb, he observed the chaos in front of him. Ah, yes...another fun-filled night at an Order meeting. Got to love the organisation. A small grin crossed his face; Mad-Eye stood at the head of the table, talking with Dumbledore and Arthur, surely discussing some sort of plan for the group. Molly was bustling around the kitchen, levitating trays of food on the table with Bill and Charlie helping her with drinks. Tonks and Kingsley were sitting at the table, chatting jovially, stealing biscuits off one of the trays, Tonks' hair a shocking, spiky pink. Emmeline, Minerva, and Hestia were off talking in the corner, and Snivellus was nowhere to be found, thank Merlin. The greasy git could just stay away.
Shaking his head and chuckling, he looked around the room again and realized that Remus Lupin was nowhere to be found. Where is Moony? He didn't tell me he was missing the meeting, the prat. I'll get him for leaving me with this lot. At least Snivellus isn't here to put up with.
"Ah, Black, always in the way. Do you mind getting out of mine?"
Sirius turned his head and saw Snape standing there, lip curled, greasy strands of hair hanging in his face.
"Snivellus! Such a pleasant surprise. Decided not to go hang out with the bats tonight?"
"Out of my way, Black," Snape snapped, pushing his way past Sirius. "Why don't you go and lie down like a good doggy?"
Sirius reached out and grabbed his arm, "Watch it, Snivellus; I can still kick your arse from here to Hogsmeade."
Snape jerked his arm from Sirius' grasp. "It's you that better watch out, Black; I can still let a few Dementors know where they can find their favourite prisoner." Snape walked off to join the conversation with Dumbledore and Arthur, robes billowing out behind him.
"Greasy git," Sirius mumbled under his breath.
"Padfoot, you need to learn to control your urge to cause trouble," Remus said, skirting around Sirius and entering the kitchen. "Severus is on our side, and although we've had a history with him, we need to band together and be able to trust one another. And that includes you and Severus."
"Easy for you to say, Moony; you never held a grudge with anyone -- not even Snivellus."
Remus clapped his friend on the back, leading him to the table. "You'd be wise to take that advice yourself, Padfoot. We need all the friends we can get in this day and age."
"If everyone would please take a place at the table," Dumbledore said, clapping his hands together, "we'll get started."
Sirius took a seat, Remus sitting down next to him. Mad-Eye Moody hobbled around to face the group; glass eye swivelling around checking each and every person out. Sirius glanced around the room -- Mad-Eye and his "Constant Vigilance". He doesn't trust any of this lot. Hell, he probably doesn't trust anyone. But after what he went through the previous year, having Crouch Jr. use Polyjuice to impersonate him, it's no wonder the old nutter is a bit on the paranoid side, Sirius thought as he watched the eye focus on one person in the room, then the next.
As Mad-Eye began talking, Sirius continued to observe the various members. Kingsley, large and impressive, was really a gentle soul for the most part. But he really could kick ass in a fight. Minerva, despite her age, was definitely a force to be reckoned with. Not to mention Dumbledore. Then there was Tonks. She might be a clumsy, and a bit flashy in her dress and looks, but she had proven herself time and time again that she really was a good Auror. Sirius watched his cousin closely. She was playing with a tube of lipstick, rolling it up and down. Occasionally, she'd look up and across the table, glancing at...Remus? As quickly as she glanced up, her eyes were back on the table and her lipstick, rolling it up and down. There! She did it again! What's going on there? Sirius glanced over at Remus, who was looking at the table in front of him, apparently deep in thought. He glanced up and looked at the woman across the table from him, and quickly, he looked away. Well, now, that's curious. I'll have to get Moony alone and find out what's going on between him and that cousin of mine.
The meeting droned on. The only amusement Sirius found during it was when Mad-Eye Moody questioned Remus about his assignment with the werewolves, and Moony didn't answer right away -- he was too busy making eyes with Tonks. Oh, yeah; there is definitely something going on between those two. I just need to figure out exactly what.
The meeting ended, and Sirius saw Tonks brush by Remus, slipping something into his hand before she Apparated home. Remus stood rooted in the spot for a moment; his eyes were locked on the place the small woman had been only moments before. The man jumped when Sirius approached and asked, "What's that in your hand, Moony?"
"Nothing, Padfoot," Remus mumbled, sticking his hand into his trouser pocket, sounding somewhat like someone who's trying to sound casual, but was really uptight instead.
"Oh, do come now, my dear Moony," Sirius started, a large, roguish grin crossing his face. "I saw my lovely cousin hand you something; care to share what's going on between you two?"
"What are you going on about, Sirius? There's nothing going on between us. We're friends. Just friends." Remus was now looking down at his feet.
Got him right where I want him. "Riiiiiight...okay, whatever you say, Moony. But just for the record, you're a right poor liar," Sirius said before turning and heading toward the staircase; out of the corner of his eye, he caught the look of sheer terror on Remus's face. Sirius was certain that the fear in Remus's eyes had nothing to do with the fact that he fancied someone, but rather for the fact that Sirius had found out he fancied someone. Sirius let out a barking laugh. He would be certain not to let either Remus or Tonks live this down.
"Oy, Molly? Anyone home?" Tonks called into the kitchen of Headquarters.
"My dear, dear cousin! So nice of you to drop by! Fancy a cup of tea with me? A biscuit? A chat, perhaps?" Sirius said, jumping up, offering the girl a chair.
"Wotcher, Sirius. A chat? Sure, I've got time; I'm off-shift right now. Tea sounds good, too," Tonks said as she sat down. "And that biscuit," she added, grinning and snatching a treat off the tray on the table. "Are you the only one home?"
"Yep, just me; well, and that filthy little house-elf, Kreacher, if you count him. What I'd love to do to that piece of - "
"Yeah, well, you don't want to give the Ministry another reason to come after you, do you now, you git?"
"No," grumbled Sirius, "but I certainly would love to get rid of that little piece of Black history."
Tonks laughed. "Oy, that's for sure, cous. That elf certainly did love your mother."
"Speaking of love, my dear, sweet, adorable cousin." Sirius watched Tonks roll her eyes at the term of affection he chose to call her. "Is there anyone you might by chance...fancy?" Sirius asked, batting his eyes, trying his best to look innocent and failing miserably.
"Who? Me?" Tonks chuckled (or perhaps it was a nervous laugh -- Sirius couldn't tell). "I don't have time for fancying anyone, Sirius. You know...being an Auror and all."
"Oh, yes, I'm certain you're Miss Busy Auror. But are you certain you don't fancy anyone? Not even, say...my best mate, Remus?"
"Re-Remus? Why would you of all people th-think I fancy Remus?" Tonks sounded uncomfortable.
Aha! thought Sirius, I've struck gold! I knew it! Got her where I want her. "Oh, come now, Nymphadora darling. I saw you and Remus making googly eyes at each other at the meeting the other night. You know you can't pull anything past me."
"Don't call me 'Nymphadora', you prat," Tonks ground out as she swatted at him. "Googly eyes? What do you mean 'googly eyes'?"
"Oh, you know...this," Sirius said, doing his best to imitate Tonks making eyes at Remus. He failed miserably, looking more like a giant fish with something in its eyes.
Tonks sat there, stunned for a moment before busting out in a fit of laughter. "Sirius, that was about the funniest thing I've seen all week!" she choked out in between laughing. "But I can quite assure you that Remus and I are just friends, and we aren't making 'googly eyes' at each other."
"Oh, really, my dear cousin? Just friends? Remus said the same thing when I questioned him about his intentions towards you. Well, I guess all I can do is believe you, then. But beware...I will be watching you. Both of you." Sirius winked. "And trust me; I will catch you both off guard."
"I'm an Auror, Sirius," Tonks said, smirking. "You'll never catch me off-guard."
Sirius looked in the library at twelve Grimmauld Place and smiled broadly. Ah, yes, my next attack. Remus while he's reading. This should be good.
Clearing his throat, Sirius strolled in and plopped down on the sofa next to Remus. "Hello, Moony, my old friend. What are you reading?"
"Some old classic book I picked up at the thrift store. Looks to be Muggle origin." Remus marked his place with his finger and flipped the book closed so Sirius could see the title. "Oliver Twist" was embossed in gold leaf print across the black cover.
"Never heard of it; of course, I'm no Muggle literary genius like you, my friend. Any good?"
"Yes, it's pretty good, actually. It's about an orphan who must deal with a very cruel life. What are you up to, today, Sirius?"
"Oh, you know, same old, same old. Helping Molly keep the place picked up, feeding Buckbeak, just the usual joys of maintaining Black Manor," Sirius said rolling his eyes. "And wreaking havoc on some poor, unsuspecting witch. Oh wait. That's from our Hogwarts days," the man finished dryly.
Remus grinned. "Haven't changed, have you?"
"Well, considering I can't get out of this god-forsaken house to chase any women, yes, I'd say I've changed. But," Sirius paused for dramatic effect. "What's more important is how you've changed, Moony."
"What are you going on about?"
"I remember quite well in school that James and I would literally have to brow-beat you into asking any girl out -- you wanted nothing to do with dating due to your furry little problem." Sirius winked. "But I'd say you've got over that quite well with my cousin, haven't you?"
"Wha-? What are you talking about, Padfoot?"
"Oh, Moony, you know. I know, the entire world knows. You fancy my cousin. And she fancies you. It's so darn obvious; it's like the nose on your face or the wand in your pocket." Sirius paused and winked suggestively. "No use hiding it any longer. You've got yourself a 'loooooove interest'." Sirius waggled his eyebrows, grey eyes gleaming and grinning like the cat that ate the canary.
Remus looked shocked at first, his mouth slightly opened as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't find the words.
Score! thought Sirius. He'll now admit his undying love for her.
Recovering, Remus laughed. "Where did you ever get that cockamamie idea, Padfoot? Tonks and I do not like each other that way. We're friends; that's all. And I'd appreciate it if you'd just stay out of my love life, okay?
"Do you really think I haven't picked up on you two, Moony? "Come on, give me some sodding credit. I've seen you two around each other. I've seen the eyes you've made back and forth across the table." Sirius paused briefly, reigning in his bitterness, deciding instead to wiggle his brows at his best mate. "And I've seen her slip things to you after the meeting. I know you two have a thing for each other."
"You are a nutter, Black. There's nothing going on. Understand? Nothing." Remus opened his book again to start reading.
"Oh, of course, Moony. Nothing going on. Don't worry; I'll keep your secret." And with that, Sirius got up and strutted out of the room, turning only to see Remus shake his head.
"Oh, hello, Sirus," Tonks said, as she came in the entryway of twelve Grimmauld Place. "Seen Remus anywhere?"
"Why cousin dear, why would you be looking for Remus?" Sirius asked. "Especially since there's nothing what so ever going on between you two, right?"
"Quit being a git, Black," Tonks said, elbowing him and chuckling. Sirius noticed she gave him a sideways glance, as if she was checking to see if he was okay with what was going on with her and his best mate.
"What are you looking at, Cous? Seeing if I'm surviving my exile in the House of Hell and not minding that you and Remus have a life?"
She shook her head, "I'm not looking at anything, Sirius. And neither Remus and I have much of a life outside our work. Matter of fact, we are meeting here to work on an assignment together. Is he here yet?"
Sirius shrugged. "Right, Tonks, whatever you say. I've not seen Remus around today, but you might check up in the library."
Tonks headed towards the old house's library, never looking back at Sirius. She never saw him change into Padfoot and sit there until she had rounded the corner into the library where Remus was. Stealthily, Padfoot made his way down the hall to sit silently outside the room.
"Wotcher, Remus," Tonks said, greeting the man pouring over a table full of books. "What are you looking at?"
"Just some old Black family books, hoping to find a clue to Voldemort's whereabouts," Remus said. In a quiet voice, he added, "And how are you, Dora?"
Padfoot's ears perked up. His dog hearing was always much better than his human hearing. And he knew he was going to need it with the way these two were talking. Dora? Did Moony just call her 'Dora'? Padfoot thought to himself. Oh, he's smittened something fierce!
Tonks whispered, "Fine. Are we still on for tonight?" A bit louder, she added, "So have you found any clues?"
"No, no clues so far," Remus answered loudly. He softly added, "Yes, we're still on. Are we leaving from here?"
"Have you looked in this book?" Tonks asked him. Whispering, she answered, "Yes, if we can get past that prat of a cousin of mine. He's figured us out, you know."
Padfoot grinned to himself. Well, at least they realize I'm on to them. They're not as thick as I thought. But it's just not fair that I get left behind with little to do but chase the Doxies out of the parlor while the two of them can go out cavorting together!
"No, I've not looked in that one," Remus answered. He quietly pointed out, "Yes, he thinks he's on to us, but he doesn't know for certain. I think we've covered our tracks quite well."
If a dog could laugh, Padfoot would have laughed right there and then. He would have been rolling all over the floor laughing. It took all he had not to bark in response. Covered their tracks well? Yeah, right. They have no clue how wrong they are on that!
"I'll take a stab at this one, then," Tonks said loudly. "How about I Apparate out around half-six and you follow thirty minutes later?" Tonks added in a whisper.
They can't even do a decent job covering their conversation in there. How do they think they'll slip past me?
"Let me know if you need me to help there, Tonks," Remus answered. Whispering he added, "That sounds good. I'll meet you at the Leaky Cauldron, and we'll go from there."
"Okay," Tonks said almost silently, smiling.
Sirius moved back a bit in the hall and changed into his human form. He strolled into the library, smug look on his face. "Hi, you two lovebirds," he said, watching Remus roll his eyes in response. "So what are your plans for tonight? Since the two of you don't have plans together, shall we have a quiet evening in, playing some poker? Just the three of us? Perhaps we can get Charlie to join us as a fourth. I'd really like some company tonight."
"Sorry, Sirius," Tonks said as she stretched and yawned. "I'm calling it an early night."
"Yeah, me too, Padfoot," Remus said. "Long day tomorrow."
"Oh, really. Neither of you have any plans?"
"Nope, just heading to my flat. I have a date with my bed," Tonks stated.
"Ah, but are you headed to your flat, alone?" Sirius asked. "Or is a certain friend of mine with a furry little problem joining you...say about thirty minutes later?" Sirius grinned and waggled his eyebrows, grey eyes dancing in delight.. Remus and Tonks looked positively ill, which made Sirius bark with laughter.
"No..." answered Remus slowly.
"Are you certain about that, Moony? And what about you, Dora?" Sirius asked in a wickedly sweet voice.
"Don't call me--how...what.... Sirius, have you been listening in on our conversation?" Tonks quizzed him.
"How could I have listened in, dear, sweet cousin? I wasn't in the room, was I?" Sirius watched as realization dawned in Remus's eyes.
"Black, you arse! You were Padfoot and heard our conversation, didn't you? Where were you? Outside the door or the window?" Remus asked him, looking rather put out and like he wanted to throttle Sirius.
Sirius barked with laughter. "A good detective never tells his secrets, Moony," Sirius answered in glee. "So, you are going back to Dora's flat, eh?"
"Don't call me Dora, you git!" Tonks told the man.
"You didn't seem to mind when Remus called you that," Sirius said, chuckling. "I sort of like it. It fits you in some ways. Do you have a nickname for Remus, too?"
"I can't believe you'd stoop so low as to listen in on our conversation, Padfoot," Remus said, shaking his head.
"Well, I already knew you two fancied each other. I just had to get concrete evidence," Sirius said, smiling charmingly at them. "And now, I have it. But don't worry -- I won't tell a soul about you two lovebirds. And just think; now you don't have to leave separately. You can Apparate together!" he finished, wishing it was him that had this opportunity. He knew he should be happy for them, but he couldn't help feeling a bit jealous that these two were able to leave and go out and spend time together. Even in the light of the war.
"Sirius, it's really important you keep this to yourself," Remus said, seriously. "Tonks's parents don't know about us as of yet, and we really don't want it to get out to the Order members, either. And I certainly don't want it getting back to Greyback. He'd come after her in a heartbeat just to get at me."
"So is that why you're opting to go to Tonks's flat instead of a proper date?"
"Yes, you git, that's why."
"Well, your secret's safe with me" Sirius said, spinning on his heels. "My work here is done. I shall be off and leave you two lovebirds at it." He added lightly as he looked at them over his shoulder, roguish smile plastered on his face, and strutting as he left the room.
"Okay, I'll meet you at the Leaky Cauldron," Sirius overheard Remus saying. Sirius was just heading through the entryway at twelve Grimmauld Place on his way to feed Buckbeak, when he saw Remus and Tonks quietly chatting in the corner by the door.
"Is it half-six already? Are you lovebirds getting ready to go?" Sirius asked sarcastically. He stopped from making a total git of himself and grinned at his friend and cousin. While he'd give his eye teeth to be the one going out with a bird, hell any bird, he was really glad for Moony. If any one deserved to be happy in this lifetime, it was certainly Moony.
."Well, you lot have a wonderful time, and Remus, don't do anything I wouldn't do." Sirius winked at the man as Remus and Tonks both blushed.
"Oh, don't you worry, Sirius; I'll be the perfect gentleman and not the animal you tend to be." Remus retorted back.
"Ah, sounds like you're spoiling all the fun if you're going to be a gentleman, Remus," Sirius said, putting an arm around each of them. "Tonks, please be certain to show my friend here what a good time is,"
"Ha, ha, very funny, Padfoot," Remus said. "I'm certain Tonks and I can figure something out."
"Well, you two run along. I expect a full report in the morning, Moony," Sirius said, laughing. "You, too, Nymphadora. I expect you to fill me in on how my friend here was on a date. Make sure he treated you like a lady and all. I want to make sure I don't need to give him any pointers."
"Yeah, right, Black. And don't call me Nymphadora. Remus, I'll meet you at our rendezvous point in a few minutes, 'kay?" And with that, Tonks Apparated away.
"Ooooh, a rendezvous place. Can I come, too?" Sirius asked.
"Uh...no go, Padfoot; stay like a good doggy. Oh, and Sirius? Don't wait up," Remus said with a wink and a grin as he Apparated away.
A/N: Big hugs and smooches to aggiebell and harry_ginnyphile, who both gave their seal of approval and their expert advice on this little piece. It would not be what it is without them. *hugs and smooches them both some more*
This was written originally for the LJ community, ashes_ficafest. When England lost the ashes this year, I was to write a story for a member of the winning team. Each winning member provided a challenge for the losing members to pick from. I was blessed to volunteer to write a story for scarlett71177 based on the following challenge:
Remus and Tonks are both trying to sneak out of number twelve Grimmauld Place to go out on a date without Sirius finding out. Naturally, he already knows, and is trying to give them some hell about it.
One other thing, then I promise to quit the A/N. *grin* This loosely refers to my stories, Lipstick and Lipstick II, which were both written for a challenge at the LJ community, kaleidoscopefur. I hope to one day get them posted here.
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We also have the ability, machinery and manpower to custom manufacture parts.
We pay great attention to detail from the manufacturing process to shipping. Most orders ship
within twenty-four hours and are packaged in a secure manner to insure an intact arrival at their
destination. We manufacture and ship parts from the same location. Our knowledgeable sales staff
has over twenty years of combined experience in the pull scraper parts industry to assist you.
No one in this industry surpasses our loyalty and dedication to our customers. We treat our
customers with respect and truly do appreciate your business. We prove it every day by providing
QUALITY, HONESTY AND INTEGRITY in everything we do.
We are continually adding new parts to our inventory. We have dealers nationwide, call or email us to obtain
the dealer closest to you.