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A Boeing Co. proposal to build the new 777X in Washington, in exchange for major concessions by a union and tax breaks from lawmakers, is not cleared for takeoff. In fact, that plane might return to the gate.
The Seattle Times and KING-TV reported that Machinists district President Tom Wroblewski, under fire from the rank and file, Thursday night tore up a copy of a Boeing contract-extension offer, called it "a piece of crap" and said he would try to get a Wednesday vote on the matter cancelled.
Wroblewski leads District 751 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and was attending an informational meeting, which the Times described as "raucous," at the district headquarters in Seattle.
Journalists were not allowed inside, but "shouts, whistles and chants erupted often, and swelling waves of 'No! No! No!' periodically rolled out through the doors," the Times reported.
In a stern written statement issued a few hours later, Boeing said that if the contract "is not ratified per the scheduled union vote on Nov. 13, we will begin taking the next steps" to choose a manufacturing site other than Washington for the company's new 777X.
In Olympia, where the Legislature has convened a special session, lawmakers Friday were proceeding with Boeing-friendly tax breaks and other measures sought by the company and the union.
At a news conference Friday morning, Gov. Jay Inslee urged members of the Machinists union to think hard about the importance of the aerospace industry and its long-term future to all citizens of the state. "We're all in the same Boeing plane and we need to land it," he said.
"We have been fortunate like few other states or communities on the planet for having a vigorous aerospace industry here," Inslee said. "People all around the world are envious and want to poach these jobs. There are 49 governors who will be calling Boeing after this week" if the contract extension is not ratified.
The governor said he did not plan to intervene in the contract issue, however.
Several lawmakers who had spoken with Boeing representatives Friday said they were led to believe the company and union are talking privately about refining the labor agreement.
This all started when the union on Tuesday unveiled a quietly negotiated contract extension offer by Boeing that would guarantee final assembly of the company's planned new 777X jetliner in Everett and fabrication of the jet's carbon-fiber-composite wings in metro Puget Sound. The extension of the contract to 2024 included, however, major takebacks such as the elimination of a traditional pension and higher health-care costs for workers, as well as a tight deadline for approval.
A vote by some 22,000 IAM members had been scheduled for Wednesday at various locations in Washington and Oregon.
It was not clear Friday if the union would indeed withdraw the measure from electoral consideration by the membership.
Reaction by the rank and file on the Internet this week has been almost universally negative. Despite a $10,000 signing bonus and an early retirement option, union members perceive an effort to break the union by dividing longtime workers from newer ones and wonder what the hurry is. The present contract expires in 2016.
Boeing had told the union privately that it would essentially put the 777X final-assembly site and wing work out to bid to other states if workers in Washington rejected the offer. Now that threat is public. In the statement late Thursday night, Boeing said:
"All of our options are still on the table, including those within Boeing and other interest we have received from outside. We chose to engage in Puget Sound first, but without full acceptance by the union and Legislature, we will be left with no choice but to open up the process competitively and pursue other options for locating 777X work. If this is not ratified per the scheduled union vote on Nov. 13, we will begin taking the next steps."
In Olympia on Friday, lawmakers seemed divided as to how far to proceed with two bills introduced during a special session of the Legislature — one to extend tax breaks for aerospace companies and the other to spend more on aerospace education and training. When the session opened Thursday, the bills had broad support.
The House Finance Committee's chairman, Rep. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, who heard supportive testimony Thursday during a hearing on the tax break, conceded "there's a concern" among members about developments within the union. But his committee approved the bill 10-3 and sent it to the House and Senate budget committees.
Rep. J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, said it was going to be hard to ask taxpayers to support the tax breaks and, eventually, a gas tax increase in a transportation package if there is doubt the union will approve the contract extension.
The governor, Wilcox said, "shouldn't have brought us in here if it wasn't a cooked deal."
Rep. Larry Springer, D-Kirkland, a member of the 777X Legislative Task Force that laid the groundwork for the special session, said he thought the House would proceed with the two bills. "There was a legislative expectation and we are going to meet it," he said early in the morning, noting that things could change.
The 777X is a revamped version of the venerable widebody plane. The company is expected to announce formal launch of the program this month at an air show in Dubai.


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Reading Between The Lines
July 31st, 2011
Well, things haven't been looking so good on paper lately. But given how inaccurately my paper trail has reflected my reality in the past, I'm not taking it too seriously. (If you are just tuning in, some examples of this might be an unusual and difficult to diagnose AILMENT which afflicts only the most eccentric of people and ensuing LEGAL DEBACLE. I haven't even mentioned yet the time I got investigated by the health department. But that's a long story, and it's getting late).
The bad news is that they think I have nerve damage in my upper back too. This prompted an MRI recently which revealed some (not so) surprising insights. Apparently, I have some pleural effusions? Basically, this means that there is fluid building up around the lining of my lungs. This can be caused by AUTOIMMUNE or LIVER disease (the two elephants that always seems to be hanging out at my doctor's office whenever I show up).
I've actually been feeling like I have a build up of some sort in my abdomen for a LONG TIME. I wasn't really sure if it was fluid or fat. Looking back though, the fluid theory actually makes a lot of sense. It explains why I responded so well to lymphatic drainage, and it was brought up at least once by my colon hydrotherapist/friend, HEIDI. So the findings aren't terribly surprising although I was expecting to hear more about the nerve problem than my 'beer gut'.
In other news, sour cherries already came and went for this year. I can't wait for them to come back around.
I made the most amazing pie!! The sour cherry tart is a definite winner. It was a recipe from RAW FOOD. REAL WORLD.
I made a raspberry version for my boyfriend because he doesn't like cherries. Who doesn't like cherries?!! The other day, I was in the produce aisle picking cherries, and a girl came up behind and said, 'They're like summertime crack.' That pretty much sums it up. My boyfriend is missing out!
I'm also just starting to see my first tomatoes from the GARDEN. The basil is looking really good right now too.
Despite all the uncertainty surrounding my health, things are actually going pretty well. My CHEESES are selling quite well in the BIG APPLE thanks to the folks at LIVE LIVE AND ORGANIC.
I'm also starting to sprinkle some MUSICAL GUESTS into my UNCOOKING SHOW. This week, I had my first one. They are pretty much my favorite band right now. And the song goes perfectly with the KOMBUCHA episode. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't yet. Kombucha is pretty easy to make, and it's much cheaper when you do(esp. if you have an addict boyfriend like I do). Incidentally, my boyfriend is on tour again. And this week, he worked at a really cool festival called FLOYD FEST? He said the back stage catering included raw food, two self serve juicers with tons of fruits and veggies, and some local kombucha called BUCHI. How cool is that?
The FARMER'S MARKET is going really well too. I love the farmer's market. I've been connecting with some great folks. This week, we had a guest vendor in the booth next to me called SEEDLING DESIGN. She was making these cute little aprons. I snatched one up right away with a matching money pouch to keep my cash in. Two weeks ago, my entire pile of money got caught up in a strong wind and blew all my earnings all over the market. Everyone was scurrying to grab dollars. It was insane! Needless to say, I've been looking for a better system to deal with that. And I didn't have to look very far. The answer found me! I love it!! So in essence, I'm not getting too discouraged by the medical dramas. I actually 'feel' like I am making a lot of progress. Healing is messy. It's kind of like cleaning your room. Sometimes things have to get a little chaotic on the way to a new order. This is all a work in progress. And progress is something I am definitely making at the moment!! I'll keep you posted..


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Valley Falls boys capture McLouth Invitational trophy
Story and photos by Bridget Weishaar
Four county teams entered the McLouth Boys' Invitational Tournament Jan. 21 and two — Valley Falls and McLouth—made it to the championship round with Valley Falls taking home the top trophy.
When asked what he thought about playing the Bulldogs in their house, coach Caleb Gatzemeyer said, "I knew that McLouth was going to be amped up to play for the championship of their own tournament. It always helps a team to play on their home court and familiar surroundings, but with that being said, I am confident in us wherever we are."
Even though the opening possession went in favor of the Dragons, the game quickly went the Bulldogs' way with a 14-5 lead with 3:25 left on the clock in the first quarter.
With some key plays under the basket from the Dragons and some time on the free throw line, the Dragons were able to regain composure and take the lead at half, 37-40.
"Tyler Weishaar was key for us on the offensive end, especially in the first half scoring 13 of his 15 points," Gatzemeyer said.
With 5:37 left to play in the third quarter and some key Dragon players in foul trouble, the Bulldogs would once again regain the lead, 47-44, over the Dragons. With time quickly running out, and some big defensive plays by Zac Allen, the Dragons brought the score back to 53-56 to close out the third quarter.
With the fourth quarter under way, and an easy layup from Marty Gatzemeyer, the Bulldogs would once again trail 60-67. The Bulldogs were never able to regain the lead and the Dragons went on to win the game 84-77.
"Our guard play was key down the stretch with Gates hitting a big three, Marty running in transition and Luke putting the game away at the line. I couldn't be prouder of the effort of this group."
The Dragons would have four players chosen for the All-Tournament Team—Marty Gatzmeyer, Gates Glassel, Luke Burns and Ben Gantz. Burns was also named the tournament MVP with a three-game total of 56 points.
The Valley Falls Dragons took to the court with their first game Tuesday evening against the ACCHS Tigers. The Dragons made quick work of the Tigers with a final score of 67-17. This win would pit them against the Riverside Cyclones Friday evening. The then 10-1 Dragons got down early in the first quarter, but were able to recover and take the lead 24-21 at the half. The next two quarters could very easily have gone either way with both teams keeping each other within two points and quickly trading the lead back and forth on each possession.
Unfortunately for the Cyclones the Dragons were able to pull away late in the fourth quarter with some big plays from senior Gates Glassel and sophomore Marty Gatzemeyer. The Dragons would go on to win the game 65-59.
The Bulldogs defeated the Maranatha Academy Eagles in overtime and the Heritage Christian Chargers to secure their spot in Saturday's game.
Riverside defeated Heritage Christian, 67-60, for third place.
Jefferson County North fell to Riverside, but then went on to defeat ACCHS, 50-32, and Maranatha, 51-47, for fifth place. Oskaloosa lost to Heritage Christian and Marantha, but won their final game against ACCHS, 52-47, for seventh place.
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Leader Lab: The Gender Stall Effect
My most recent post at The Leader Lab describes the results of fascinating new research on the integration and effect of women in management from 1975 to 2005. The study was extremely well done, but I have to confess very difficult to interpret. I had to read the dang thing several times to figure out how to explain the results in my blog post. That sucks, especially since it is such an important topic and the findings are extremely relevant.
Read the full text of my post by clicking on the link above, or listen to me read the text by accessing the podcast below. When you have either read or listened to the post, please share your comments either here or at The Leader Lab.
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Hi Bret,
Thanks for this important post. There's quite a bit of fascinating research on the subject of gender inequity in organizational management, but to me no one articulates the situation better than Pat Heim in her books Hardball for Women (about successful women executives in male-dominated companies) and In the Company of Women (about the perils facing women who are promoted in female-dominated companies).
Pat deals with the innate cultural and communication differences between genders, aspects which I don't think get enough airplay in the usual discussions on this topic. I've been applying her concepts for at least ten years, and she is right on.
Just thought I'd give a mention in case you or your blog readers don't know her stuff.
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January 31st, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Hi Beth. I have not read Helm's books, so I appreciate you pointing them out. Thanks! Bret
Hi Bret, revealing findings. In truth, in the last decades women have had a strong presence in organization management. This was in terms of equalling the labor opportunities, which I share that. The competivity should be measured without focus on gender. By the way, I have a question: do you think that are we in a world: male chauvinist feminist? Thanks.
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February 1st, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Things are getting better for sure, Julio, but still a long way to go. Please forgive me, but I am not going to answer your question 🙂 Bret


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Paragon Delivers Impressive Results For USTRANSCOM
As the single manager of America's global defense transportation system (DTS), United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) provides military and commercial air, land and sea transportation assets to all Department of Defense (DOD) agencies. USTRANSCOM also allows the United States to project and sustain forces, whenever, wherever, and for as long as they are needed by providing terminal management and aerial refueling — in time of peace and time of war. Established at Scott Air Force Base Illinois in 1987, USTRANSCOM is one of the DOD's nine unified combatant commands with missions assigned by the president of the United States.
Among its responsibilities, USTRANSCOM serves as the DOD Distribution Process Owner (DPO) to:
- Coordinate and oversee the DOD distribution system.
- Identify distribution process improvements that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of defense logistics and global supply chain management systems providing vital support to warfighters.
- Collaborate with stakeholders in developing and implementing distribution process improvements.
In this role, USTRANSCOM utilized Paragon to ensure efficiency and success under stringent budget requirements.
USTRANSCOM is in charge of improving overall efficiency and interoperability of distribution-related activities — deployment, sustainment, and redeployment support during peacetime, contingencies, crisis and war. However, improvements for future joint endeavors must not sacrifice our nation's ability to provide superior support for current operations.
As the U.S. government seeks solutions to long-term deficit-reduction challenges, USTRANSCOM is committed to preserving current effectiveness, reducing DTS energy consumption and introducing distribution processes that improve performance while reducing costs.
Using integrated cost and operations data to continue to enable monitoring and optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the DTS, Paragon applied commercial supply chain best practices and financial analysis to the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise (JDDE). The implementation produced successful savings and improvements in efficiency and effectiveness. Proven continuous process improvement methods yielded significant improvements to effectiveness while simultaneously reducing net overall distribution costs to the warfighter.
Paragon helped USTRANSCOM improve the DOD supply chain through a series of DPO Strategic Opportunities (DSO) initiatives, supported by institutional performance metrics and collaborative analysis. DSO initiatives include five major opportunities to enhance readiness, improve velocity and reduce DOD supply chain costs. Two of these opportunities — Strategic Surface Optimization and Strategic Air Optimization — lower the cost of distribution by better consolidating cargo and modifying container and pallet build business process rules to gain better utilization.
Within Strategic Air Optimization, the Next Generation Cargo Capability initiative improved aircraft cargo utilization at major continental Air Mobility Command (AMC) aerial ports. This initiative focuses on improving cargo processing, implementing new cargo aggregation standards, and balancing airlift availability with cargo generation. Enterprise pallet and aircraft utilization has increased by 10 percent since the August 2010 implementation at Dover Air Force Base (Delaware) and subsequently at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (New Jersey), Travis Air Force Base (California) and Naval Air Station Norfolk (Virginia). Increases in pallet and aircraft utilization translate to lower enterprise costs and supports multiple DPO initiatives such as fuel savings.
The Strategic Surface Route Plan initiative combined cargo for multiple customer locations in Iraq into a single container. Consolidating cargo improved container utilization to these locations, reducing the number of containers required for shipment and thereby decreasing over-ocean transportation cost. The Strategic Surface Optimization team also analyzed the nature and volume of cargo being moved in Afghanistan. Through this process and by switching from 20' containers to 40' containers, cargo capacity nearly doubled with minimal cost difference.
Since implementing Strategic Air Optimization initiatives, USTRANSCOM reduced the cost per pound of cargo moved by up to $0.88 per pound, resulting in more than $417 million in air distribution costs. Similarly, Strategic Surface Optimization initiatives saved more than $259 million cost avoidance in ground transportation costs.


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Florida State ready to leave the ACC?
Just when you though the weekend was going slowly, this article from Warchant.com gets everyone hopping with the possibility that Florida State will leave the ACC for the Big 12, quite possibly one of the most successful pieces ever written on the Rivals.com network. In short, Florida State Board of Trustees Chair Andy Haggard ripped the ACC for not exploring more lucrative options in their new television contract with ESPN, which looked good on paper at first but actually lacked financial benefits that play in favor of a school like Florida State.
The statements made by Haggard led Florida State to issue a statement with regret of the misinformation that was quickly put to the test by some, and reaffirmed their commitment to the ACC. But it does seem that if there was anything that was going to persuade Florida State to leave the ACC, the television deal may have been it. Dan Wetzel suggests it was the last straw.
Of course, if Florida State were to leave the ACC for the Big 12, who would join them to put the conference back to 12 teams? Clemson? Virginia Tech? Notre Dame? We'll see.
Speaking of the Big 12, the Red River Rivalry will stay in the Cotton Bowl through 2020. This is good for college football.
Pittsburgh is suing the Big East. Hey, it worked for West Virginia.
Some disturbing news coming out of Los Angeles, where Idaho wide receiver Ken McRoyal was found shot to death.
This video should get you SEC fans ready for the fall. And who else is ready for the epic clash between Missouri and South Carolina, which Steve Spurrier says will be a trophy game called Battle of the Columbias?
Liberty University is ready to make a move for the FBS.
Can we please put an end to "TEAM NICKNAME Nation" rally calls? UMass Nation joins the mix. Also, a look at the MAC logo patch on the UMass football jersey.
Toledo held a FANtasy camp recently.
Nittany Lions Den looks back at the 2006 Orange Bowl, a triple overtime match-up between coaching icons Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden.
Temple released a depth chart, but Temple Football Forever says it is a piece of fiction.
Nebraska is using iPads to record video and break down practice film on the spot.
We are now halfway through the month of May, which means we are getting just a little closer to the start of the next college football season yet. Hang in there kid.
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© InfoZinash Goya is three years old but you would never be able to tell by looking at her. Her weak, emaciated body looks like it belongs to a newborn baby instead of a child who should be running around and playing.
Zinash arrived at a stabilising centre for severely malnourished children a week ago. Nurse Tarekegn, who takes care of the children at the centre, said: "When she arrived here a week ago, she was hardly alive. Now we see improvement, though it will take her a few weeks to gain strength."
Damot Pulasa and its neighbouring districts have been severely affected by unusual weather patterns recently. In 2007 heavy rainfall destroyed crops. A drought in 2008 has again left people with empty bellies. They were so hungry this summer that they had to eat the seeds they normally would have planted, leaving no hope for a future harvest.
Ato Mengistu Godana, vice-administrator of Damot Pulasa, said: "This district is usually known for producing surplus crops but this year we are facing unprecedented drought. All 23 villages in the district are affected by the drought.
© Info"Mothers and their children are most affected. Since April [2008], 11 children are reported to have died from hunger and more than 2,220 students have dropped out of school due to lack of food."
The Red Cross is providing immediate food relief to 40,000 people in Damot Pulasa.
Ato Mengistu, who is also a member of the Red Cross, said: "The Red Cross' contribution is paramount because it is not just providing immediate relief but long-term support as well. The Red Cross has given people seeds, including 500 quintals of maize and nine million sweet potato cuttings that have now been planted."
© InfoIt's the kind of support that Zinash's mother Tewabech is thankful for. Not only is her daughter being cared for in the stabilising centre, but the family has also received food relief which will continue until November 2008 when the seeds the Red Cross gave them will be ready to harvest.
She explained: "Before the drought, we had enough food from our farms. But since April this year we have consumed what we had in reserve and even lost two cows because of the drought.
"We had a serious problem until we got food rations from the Red Cross. They also gave us seeds to plant. We thank the Red Cross for saving our lives."
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Since I moved near to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, I've spent less time exploring it on extended trips than before I moved here. At first, I tried to continue doing one-week solo Fall trips, a few long distance longer trips, like when I paddled theVoyager's Route, but most my Boundary Waters trips since moving here have been overnights or day trips. It's likely my love of Lake Superior and being able to kayak on an ocean-like body of water (or the warm bed nearby) that keeps me away. This year, I wanted to end the summer with a Boundary Water's trip and Ilena's vacation matched up with the time frame perfectly.
For this trip, we wanted to travel to Knife Lake for, at least, one night of camping. I figured that we could do a loop that linked Alice and Knife, which are two of my favorite lakes in the BWCA. The day before our trip, we walked into the Grand Marais Forest Service office to get our permit. We asked for the Sea Gull entry point and got the last permit available. (For paddlers not familiar with the BWCA, you're required to obtain a permit for a specific lake and day. You have to enter that day on that lake, but after that you can paddle wherever you want. Most visitors to the BWCA book their entry points ahead of time and pay a steep non-refundable registration fee to ReserveAmerica, a private company doing the work that government should be doing and making a significant profit from it. Instead of paying a fee to a private company to use land that I own, I wait until the day before the trip to get a permit–the USFS can only issue permits one day ahead of the entry day. Most of the lakes in the BWCA connect, so getting where you want to go from any entry point is pretty easy. It's all about being slightly flexible.)
Totals For the Sea Gull Lake Loop
Our trip lasted seven days and six nights. Sea Gull Lake defined out most easterly point, Alice our most southerly, Ensign our most westerly, and American Point on Sag defined our most northerly point.
- Time: 7 days, 6 nights
- Distance: 88 miles
- Portages: 2097 rods (about 6.5 miles–1 rod = 16.5 feet)
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Weather Report
I caught the weather report before heading in; it looked like we would face windy conditions with most days predicted with sustained 10 to 15 mph winds with higher gusts. NOAA predicted temperatures in the 80s with nighttime lows in the high 60s. The weather report was right. Most days we faced headwinds up to 15 mph sustained with gusts to 20+mph. A couple of days sustained winds were higher. We saw white-capping chop on lakes with any amount of fetch. On our last day, the wind picked up so bad that despite all our efforts we paddled staying in one place and even were blown backwards at points. We had to get out of the canoe and line our way through a narrows that the wind was funneling through. We didn't have a campfire any of the nights, because we felt it was too hot.
Day One
We woke up early, but got on the road a little later than we wanted. Sea Gull Lake is about a 50 minute drive from Grand Marais, and we didn't get there until mid-morning. We were on the water by 11am just after another group of several canoes loaded with multiple packs, plastic crates and two dogs.
In the past few years, Sea Gull suffered from two forest fires. The Cavity Lake Fire burned most of the south and western portions of the lake, and the Ham Lake Fire got much of the eastern side. This was the first time I paddled in these burnt areas. I've hiked into them, drove along them, but paddling into these seemed different from some other burns I've paddled through–it seemed so fresh.
We paddled down the lake past the granite domed islands, the thin charred matchstick-like tree trunks and the white granite seemingly bleached by fresh exposure to the sun. Here and there small patches of trees–mainly on the points and somehow around campsites–remained. I wondered why the fire skipped areas but decided there was no reason. The fire burned what it did and left what it didn't.
Towards the end of Sea Gull, I adjusted our course to a different set of portages than I originally wanted–a navigation mistake made while adjusting to the scale of the new National Geographic Boundary Waters maps. We made our way across the portage. I carried the canoe and one paddle. Ilena carried our only pack, the other paddles and her fishing pole. It's almost guaranteed on the outer lakes in the BWCA that you'll run into someone on the portages. We ran into two groups. The first: a father and son pulling out after several days of winds stopped them from getting to Alice (one of our destinations). The second: a group of six carrying loads of gear inside of garbage bags. After we answered questions about my wooden canoe (answered to almost every group we ran into),
- Yes, I built it.
- It's made from cedar.
- No, it's not a kit.
We paddled to an island to eat lunch. During lunch, we watched the second group do a triple carry. Trip one was a load of garbage bags. Trip two was a load of garbage bags. Trip three was the canoes. They portaged a total of 500 rods (1.6 miles) over the same portage that we'd done in 100 (0.3 miles). A major benefit of going light with only one pack between two people is only having to do a portage once.
We arrived on Ogishkemuncie early afternoon, set up camp and fished for dinner. At about six, the group that left the entry point just before us caught up and paddled past. We heard them discuss how disappointed they were that they didn't get the island campsite that we settled in at.
- Lakes Traveled: Sea Gull, Alpine, Jasper, Ogishkemuncie
- Miles Traveled: 12 miles
- Rods Portages: 202 rods
Day Two
We faced a choice in the morning. We could head down into the Kawishiwi River system on route to Alice or check out Kekekabic Lake and end up on Fraser Lake. We choose the second route, paddling through a number of small lakes connected by short portages before we got to the Kek by noon. Large cliffs, a hundred or so feet high, define the northern shore of the Kek. We paddled to a campsite near the cliffs for lunch. During lunch, Ilena noticed a big leech sucking blood from my toe. I pulled him off only to watch my toe bleed non-stop despite pressure for the entire break.
After lunch, we paddled along the cliff face looking for pictographs. We didn't find any, but there's suppose to be a pictograph of a large canoe and many paddlers. It took about an hour to paddle to our portage–a relief from the short lake, short portage routine of the morning.
On Fraser, strong headwinds and whitecaps talked us into staying along the north shore. Our campsite was breezy, but featured a slab of rock as a beach and a nice swimming area. During dinner we recounted some of the wildlife we'd seen: a leech, frogs, an American toad, Bald Eagles, many many loons, an arctic loon and bats.
- Lakes Traveled: Ogishkemuncie, Tradition Lake, Jenny Lake, Eddy Lake, Kekekabic Ponds, Calico Lake, Kekekabic Lake, Strap Lake Wisini Lake, Ahmakose Lake, Gerund Lake, Fraser Lake
- Miles Traveled: 12 miles
- Rods Portages: 330 rods
Day Three
The winds increased over night, and in the morning, we faced a fresh breeze. We almost called it a wind day, but I knew a nice campsite, a mere seven miles away, at the southern end of Alice. We decided we could paddle into a headwind for seven miles. Weaving into wind shadows when we could, we fought our way down Fraser and Thomas to the portage into Alice.
The portage was a nice sand beach big enough for 15 canoes. Tried from the paddle, we rested on the portage–something that's poor etiquette. Ilena found some old bear tracks on the beach. We followed them down the sand until they disappeared into a dried up-stream bed.
Just as we were gathering up to portage a group surprised us by coming across the portage. We figured most groups wouldn't venture out today and on these big lakes, we were surprised to see anyone moving anywhere in the whitecaps. We found out that this group needed to make it back to Snowbank Lake to leave. They spent yesterday as a wind day in the protected northeastern campsite on Alice.
Once on Alice, we found the protected campsite, a sandy cove notched out of a small peninsula and completely out of the wind. We sat on the beach, took a swim under the hot cloudless sky and watched the whitecaps and waves pass the point. After getting antsy, we set out down Alice, which is the only lake I've been wind bound on in the BWCA. A gale force NW kept me in camp one day with shoulder-high waves on the lake. This time, the whitecaps were pushing one to one and a half-foot. I watched from the stern as the bow rose on each wave and splashed into the trough. The waves soaked Ilena.
After making camp, we tripped over to Fishdance Lake to look at the over 500-year-old pictographs. On the way back, Ilena saw the butt of a bear.
- Lakes Traveled: Fraser Lake, Thomas Lake, Alice Lake
- Miles Traveled: 7.4 miles (sidetrip: 2.5 miles)
- Rods Portages: 205 rods (sidetrip: 220 rods)
Day Four
Another hot day but without wind in the morning. We got on the water that was still, like a reflection in glass, and paddled west on the narrow Kawishiwi River. Eventually, we swung around to the north and ended back on Thomas heading northwest. By the time, we got there, the winds started and blew us up the lake on whitecaps. We ate lunch huddling behind a massive old white pine at a campsite.
A few short portages away, we decided to stay the night on an island on Ima. The campsite was large and park-like. It'd seen lots of usage and it showed. The defining feature was a five foot cliff that dropped into deep water. Shortly after arriving we were dropping off the cliff into the water.
- Lakes Traveled: Alice, Kawishiwi River, Kiana Lake, Thomas Lake, Hatchet Lake, Ima Lake
- Miles Traveled: 11 miles
- Rods Portages: 319 rods
Day Five
Day five is usually when things click. We had our routines down, we felt efficient, we were reading each other's minds while paddling and that touch of regret that the trip is almost over started to set in. I felt it and wished we had planned a ten-day trip. Ilena liked that the pack was about 15 pounds of food lighter. We pushed onward trying to look for the pictographs on Jordan. We found some red smears, but nothing that looked like firm pictographs.
After the portage to Ensign, I set the canoe down into a green lake. The winds had picked up and I was looking forward to an easy wind assisted paddle to the portage. We set across the lake watching our paddles disappear into the green water. Once at the "portage" as shown on the map, we spent about thirty minutes fruitlessly searching. The portage wasn't there! And I only brought the eastern map, so I couldn't see the entire lake to see if there was another portage into Vera. So, we paddled out to a couple fishing from an island. They were from Arizona and up for a week with their friends. They didn't have a map that I could look at, but shortly after their friends showed up with a map. We compared the maps. Their map showed our "portage" as a trail–the real summer portage was just down the lake and just off my map. After further discussion, we decided that the "portage" on my map was a winter trail for dog sleds. It went through swamps and across lakes, so that made sense. We bid the group goodbye and set out to the new portage.
The portage was rugged and straight up across slabs of exposed granite. On the highland, burr oaks, an unusual tree to find in the Boreal forest, surrounded the trail. Back on the water, we enjoyed a strong tailwind that swept us across the next rugged portage and northeast down Knife. After we landed at the campsite, Ilena had her sea legs from the waves pushing us down the lake. She swayed the entire night.
- Lakes Traveled: Ima Lake, Jordan Lake, Cattyman Lake, Gibson Lake, Ashignn Lake, Ensign Lake, Vera Lake, Knife Lake
- Miles Traveled: 15 miles
- Rods Portages: 543 rods
Day Six
Knife Lake runs northeast. It marks the border of the United States and Canada. Half of the lake belongs to each country. There are very few portages all the way northeast to Saganaga. With a 15mph wind behind you, it's almost no work to reach American Point on Sag. We had that wind. During the morning, we paddled along at 4 mph without working. At one point, Ilena draped her rain jacket around two paddles to make a sail and we sailed down the lake–sometimes in Canada and sometimes in the U.S.
Before we knew it, we landed on a sand beach on Sag for lunch under a fluffy cloudy sky. The sun beat down on us and then the clouds relieved us. We looked across Sag to Cache Bay–a popular entry point to Quetico Provincial Park. With the wind increasing, we knew that once we rounded American Point and had to paddle into the wind again we'd be in trouble. With thoughts of ending the trip and a big juicy burger at Trail Center, we decided to push south. The winds were strong on Sag as we did.
So strong that a mile took 45 minutes. The portage into Red Rock Lake was a brief, but welcome reprieve from the wind. I hadn't eaten much at lunch and bonked shortly after the portage. Ilena was strong. We paddled into the wind towards a constriction that funneled such a strong force that we couldn't paddle into it. With all our strength we held our position. If we let up, we floated backward. Finally, I steered us behind the peninsula. We got out, tied the boat to a tree, walked 10 feet to the other side and looked down the lake. I went back and pulled the canoe down the shore. Once in the wind, the waves bounced the canoe up against the rocky shoreline. Out of the constriction, we got back in and paddled down the lake to our last campsite.
- Lakes Traveled: Knife Lake, Ottertrack Lake, Mud Bay, Swamp Lake, Saganaga Lake, Red Rock Bay, Red Rock Lake
- Miles Traveled: 20 miles
- Rods Portages: 114 rods
Day Seven
No wind! We awoke to no wind and paddled back to Sea Gull with no wind. Until. Until we got to Sea Gull where we ran into 10 mph north crosswind. Putting in on Sea Gull seven days ago, we thought about how beautiful the burned area was. Now after a week of tripping through a pristine Boreal forest, it saddened us to see the work of a fire. All the trees gone, but even only a few years after the fire, the forest was regenerating. Nature reestablishing itself. And isn't that what we go here for? Our lives, our jobs burn us out, we head into the woods for a break from convenience, from our routine and we emerge regrown.
Just as we reached the bay with the take out, a float plane descended from the sky to land in front of us. As we got closer, we saw the Forest Service logos and figured that it was here because of a fire. In the first couple of days on the trip, we had seen two large water tanker planes. The Forest Service uses the plane to dump water on fires.
We loaded the car and just after we finished, Ilena ran into two of her friends who work for the Forest Service. They confirmed our suspicions. The Lizard Lake fire, caused by a lightning strike, had burned about 50 acres of the BWCA. The Forest Service plan was to let it take its nature course while protecting the lake shores and portages.
Pictures for the Sea Gull Loop
I took over 500 pictures during the entire trip. Here are a few. You can also find some on my Flickr page.
p.s. We had Bull Moose Burgers at Trail Center. They were good.


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Cole Bailed out of Trouble
It will be a relief for Clarets fans to hear that Andrew Cole will not face any further action over allegations that he assaulted his wife.
Our striker on loan from Sunderland was arrested on 25 February this year at his house in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, on suspicion of assaulting his wife,Shirley.
The pair have been married since July 2002
He was due to answer bail today.
A Cheshire Police spokesman however has confirmed that the player did not now need to go through this legal process since no further action would now be taken.
Well done, Andrew must be a weight off your mind and a great relief to all at the club.


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J&J Q3 Profit Edges up 1%, Forecast Raised
Health care giant
The New Brunswick, N.J.-based company reported third-quarter net income of $3.35 billion, or $1.20 per share, compared with $3.31 billion, or $1.17 per share, in the year-ago period.
Revenue fell 5% from last year to $15.08 billion.
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On average, Wall Street analysts expected a lower profit of $1.13 per share, albeit on higher revenue of $15.19 billion.
Looking ahead, J&J boosted its full-year 2009 forecast to $4.54 to $4.59 per share, up from a prior range of $4.45 to $4.55 per share. Analysts currently expect $4.52 per share, on average.
J&J said that its medical devices and diagnostics division saw sales rise 2.3% in the latest quarter, while its pharmaceutical sales unit took a big hit, with sales plunging 14.1%.
Johnson & Johnson shares fell $1.30, or 2%, in morning trading Tuesday.
The Bottom Line
We added shares of JNJ to our "recommended" list on Oct. 8, when the stock was trading at $60.71. The company has a 3.13% dividend yield, based on Monday's closing stock price of $62.53.
Johnson & Johnson is a "recommended" dividend stock, holding a Dividend.com rating of 3.5 out of five stars.
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Johnson Controls Forecasts Q4 In Line With Analysts
Automotive systems maker
The Milwaukee, Wis.-based company said it now expects full-year 2010 earnings to range from $1.35 to $1.45 per share, with implied revenue of $31 billion. On average, Wall Street analysts expect $1.43 per share on $30.1 billion in revenue.
For the fourth quarter, Johnson forecast a profit of 40 to 42 cents per share, while analysts expect a lower total of 39 cents per share.
Johnson Controls shares rose 27 cents, or 1%, in premarket trading Tuesday.
The Bottom Line
We have avoided shares of JCI since our early June coverage began last year, when the stock was trading at $31.50. The company has a 1.92% dividend yield, based on Monday's closing stock price of $27.13. The stock has technical support in the $24 price area. If the shares can continue their recent run, we see overhead resistance around the $27 to $30 price levels. We would remain on the sidelines for now.
Johnson Controls is not recommended at this time, holding a Dividend.com rating of 3.4 out of five stars.
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Attock Cement Pakistan Limited: 9MFY16 EPS expected at PKR17.0/sh – By BMA Research
The meeting of the Board of Directors of Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (ACPL) is scheduled on Apr 13'16 to consider financial results for the period ended 9MFY16. We expect the company to post earnings of PKR1.9bn (EPS: PKR17.0) in 9MFY16, representing a growth of 14.5%YoY. The growth will primarily be a factor of i) 24%YoY higher local dispatches, driving up the topline by 4%YoY and ii) ~10%YoY and 22%YoY decline in effective power tariff and coal prices, respectively. On a sequential basis, earnings are expected to jump 17%QoQ in 3QFY16, on the back of i) 9.2%QoQ increase in topline following 8%QoQ growth in dispatches and ii) 18%QoQ cut in effective tariff due to PKR3.5/unit fuel adjustments. However, 11ppsQoQ expected increase in effective tax rate in 3QFY16 is expected to limit the QoQ growth in earnings. Even though the company is expected to reduce its dividend payout to 40% (the mandatory dividend requirement), however, substantial earnings growth and first commissioning of the expanded capacity in the South will keep the company fundamentals upbeat. At our target price of PKR234/sh, the scrip offers a total return of 14%, as of last close – Market- weight.
Southern dispatch boom; augmenting earnings growth: Total dispatches for ACPL in 9MFY16 are expected to witness a growth of 1%YoY with local dispatches expected to increase by 24%YoY. However, 30%YoY decline in exports is expected to restrict the overall growth in dispatches. On a sequential basis, total dispatches are expected to grow by 8%QoQ (15% local; -6% exports) primarily due to seasonal uptick in demand coupled with heavy private and public sector construction activity. Going forward, the dispatches are expected to remain strong following development in Gwadar coupled with continued boom in housing and residential construction.
Tariff cut; a major margins driver: ACPL's gross margins are expected to clock in at 37% in 9MFY16, up 4.4ppsYoY compared to 33% in the same period last year. In 3QFY16 alone, the company is expected to post margins of 41%, up 5.3ppsQoQ. The expansion in margins is led by i) 18%QoQ lower power tariffs due to average PKR3.5/unit fuel adjustments (taking average tariff down to PKR11.0/unit), ii) 7%QoQ decline in coal prices and iii) higher local dispatches in total sales mix (up 4pps).
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Archive for March, 2011
Sunday, March 27th, 2011
hey you crazy cats, there's more
THE POTION KINGS that being terrifying guitar monster KEVIN BREIT, fiery perveyor of the skins RANDALL CORYELL, master of all things percussive HOWIE SOUTHWOOD
and, your humble servant, are setting up in the venerable ELORA LEGION for two nights of history making recording
yes we are are returning to our roots as an art band and laying down the magic that began in the coal bin way back when
remember the good old days in the coal bin when the potion kings were starting out?
we're going to recreate that scene for 2 nights at the legion next month. the potion kings will be recording their first CD, and you can be part of the action –
wednesday april 6, and thursday april 7, starting at 7 PM.
the cover charge is $15, but if you'd like to throw in another $10, you will get into the show and receive a prepaid CD when it's finished for $25. no advance tickets this time – just show up at the door.
if you don't come out you will miss it
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Sunday, March 27th, 2011
hey you crazy cats
a one minute version of my film RINK is being screened as part of THE ONE MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL in beautiful downtown toronto
this festival is great beacause if you don't like the film you are watching, don't worry there will be a new one along in a minute
no foolin
or why leave your house
watch it here
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Sunday, March 27th, 2011
hey you crazy cats
feeling foolish
join moi as i tag along with SCOTT MERRITT at THE RIVERRUN CENTRE in beautiful downtown guelph
songsmith extaordinaire and producer of great note
scott and i have toiled in the music mines for close to thirty years now and i am still in love with his songwriting
junk, dogs, cavemen and biblical names are just a few of the topics covered
we will be joined by vibraphonist MICHAEL DAVIDSON of Toronto-based indie folk-jazz quartet Hobson's Choice. Michael is also a member of the Elvis Bossa Nova band.
a beautiful show indeed, no foolin
carry on
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1000 fiddle tunes
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
okay here i am working out my past issues with fiddle music. god knows i loves it
performed as part of AUX OUT a multi media extravaganza at ED VIDEO in beautiful downtown guelph on jan 22 2011
grab your partner
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It probably won't surprise many of you to hear that I have a pretty extensive collection of bicycle books at home. Some of you may even remember when I mentioned a few of my favorites some time ago in a post about old bikes. Well, now I have a new book to add to that list of favorites- Smart Move: Bicycles from the Embacher Collection. Michael Embacher is an architect and designer in Austria with a pretty amazing bike collection– over 200 total including several one-of-a-kind pieces. This book spotlights 50 bicycles from the collection; each one beautifully photographed by Bernard Angerer.
There is text to accompany each bike that is shown, but the photographs are what the book is really about. Each bike is shown in a side view and accompanied with several really nice detail shots. Many of the detail shots spotlight the interesting features or design elements of the individual bikes. I found myself noticing details on some of the bikes that I had never seen before in pictures from other sources. The quirkier details are the ones that really caught my attention. Things like the crazy Colrout cranks on the 1970's Gazelle racer, the ultra narrow saddle on the rather odd Diamont racing bike, the unconventional split handlebar assemblies on both the 1960's Duemila commuter and the 1960's Tokyo Katakura, the rather strange folding mechanics of the 1950s Inconnu, and the fiberglass ring rear suspension of the 1950's AFA, all stood out to me. I could probably go on indefinitely listing interesting details that I noticed in the book, but you get the idea.
In a recent review of the book in VeloVision magazine, Peter Eland said:
"One thing that struck me about this book was how many bikes were new to me- I'm no cycle historian, but I've seen quite a few books on bikes in my time."
When I first flipped through the book, I had the exact same reaction. I have spent a lot of time looking at bikes from different time periods, so how did I ever miss some of these? Take a look at all of the bikes featured in the book to see if some of them are new to you as well. My guess is that most of you will see a bike or two that you have never seen before.
Unfortunately, the book is listed as currently unavailable on Amazon.com. You can still order it from the German Amazon site or direct from the publisher though. I have thoroughly enjoyed my copy of the book over the course of the last month or so. It is one of those books that I find myself going back to over and over again and each time I notice something new. I would definitely recommend the book to anyone who is interested in bikes and design. You can bet that I will be continuing to look through my copy for a long time to come.
Update: Vintage Bicycle Press also has the book for sale. Thanks to jimmythefly for pointing that out.
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June 12, 2009 at 1:11 pm -
You can read about that pedal/crank design, and why it's a silly idea, here.
June 12, 2009 at 6:17 pm -
The bike listed here:
is listed as "unknown maker"…but it is clearly a Bianchi C-4 Project, which was introduced in 1988. That was one of the very first monocoque carbon frames, but I'm not sure if this ever went into full production.
I'm definitely adding this book to my list…lots of stunning bikes!
June 13, 2009 at 9:01 am -
Thanks for that link, Charlie. No doubt it is a silly idea, as are most cranks designed to increase pedaling efficiency. I still love to see ideas like that from the past though.
Ghostrider, good eye! You are right about that being a C-4 Project. Apart from the overall form, some of the details, like the rear dropouts and the seatpost binders are very distinctive.
June 16, 2009 at 12:55 pm -
A Bianchi, with Dura-Ace??! For shame.
PS Vintage Bicycle Press (who put out Bicycle Quarterly) show the book for sale, too.
June 17, 2009 at 2:19 am -
…james, hello…it's been a while since i've visited or contributed but allow me to jump right in…
…i've always very much enjoyed your site but somehow i got waylaid…
…anyway, in mentioning the "embacher collection" book, you referred back to a post from 11/02/05 about older bikes…
…if i'm not mistaken, you did a post maybe just 2 years ago that directly referred & linked to the collection itself…i know i was "introduced" to the collection & spent time familiarizing myself w/ many of the bikes & i'm sure you were the host…
…either way, good to read your work once again…
June 17, 2009 at 3:50 pm -
jimmythefly, thanks for that link! I'll update the post.
Bikesgonewild, great to hear from you again! Welcome back. If I ever did post about Mr. Embacher's collection in the past, I don't remember it. Of course, it would not be the first time that I forgot about something that I posted previously. A few times recently, I have realized after posting something that I had already mentioned it before. It is even more confusing now that I am throwing out links on Twitter…too much to keep track of.


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Chapter 33 : |Chapter 26| Interrogation
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Minerva entered the Weasley's sitting room and took a seat in the nearest armchair, giving that Draco was still occupying the entire couch. "Good afternoon Draco," she began. "And I must say, welcome back." Draco merely grunted in response to her friendly welcome. "You have no idea how worried we've been about you."
"I'm sure," he sneered. "And I suppose next you're going to tell me how the Order was frantically trying to find a way to get me out of there the entire time I was gone, too."
"Well yes," she stated, "yes we were. It's a difficult thing to do, however, when you have no idea where Voldemort is currently hiding, so I apologize that we could not reach you sooner."
"That's ok," he said mockingly. "As you can tell, I clearly found my own way out, all by myself. I don't need the Order's help."
"Listen to me Draco," she snapped, "I can understand why you're being so bitter, but I do not think I deserve to be spoken to like that, not after everything I've done for you. You have no idea the hours we all spent searching for you. Finding you and Roxi has been our top priority for the past six weeks now."
"Six weeks?" Draco exclaimed. "Is that really how long I was in there?"
"Yes," she answered. "You've been missing ever since that same night your father escaped from Azkaban." And with knowing the real truth about that night, Draco couldn't help but crack a smile upon hearing her say that Lucius had escaped.
"And that was six weeks ago," he reiterated. McGonagall nodded. "Wow, it feels like it should have been so much longer than that. I was thinking more in terms of months, not weeks."
"Yes, they certainly were six very long weeks," she agreed. After a brief period of silence, Minerva became serious and more professional at once. She sat up straight and took a deep breath. "But let's get down to business, shall we? I trust that you've figured out by now why I am here."
"You have come to interrogate me," Draco casually stated.
"That's right," she replied with a short nod of her head.
"I mean, I can't exactly say that I'm surprised to see you here," he went on, "for I have come to know you well enough by now to expect such things. What really strikes me though, is that you didn't get here sooner. I was almost expecting you to be here the moment I arrived."
"Yes, well, I was detained," she told him. "Running a school and heading up the Order of the Phoenix takes time. Add to that the fact that I now have to converse nearly all of our operations with the Minister, and well, things eventually start piling up quickly. My jobs do tend to occupy the majority of my time anymore, Draco, as you can clearly see."
"Well such is to be expected when we are at war," he said. "But what do you mean by conversing with the Minister? What exactly is he requiring you to tell him?"
"Oh, everything, naturally," she said irritably. "Of course, I'm not exactly one-hundred percent honest with him all of the time, but that is only because I can't be. Some things are just meant to remain a secret, and I don't see where the Minister has to be aware of every single little thing that we do. His weekly meetings are pointless, as far as I am concerned, and I could go my entire life without ever having to attend another one of them again and be perfectly glad." Minerva realized that she was rambling and stopped suddenly.
As she was catching her breath, Draco smirked at her. "I take it your predicament with the Minister has you rather frustrated then?"
"You have no idea," she openly admitted. "The Ministry has taken a strong interest in what I have been doing lately. They've been watching my every move, on Scrimgeour's orders no doubt. I don't know what he thinks he will find on me, but until this stops I have got to be very careful with what I say and do. I've even got to watch where I go from now on, because I never know if I'm being followed or not."
"And you have no idea why?" he asked.
"Oh, I have my suspicious," she confessed. "You see, back before they administered that poison to your father, I went and pleaded with the Minister; on your behalf, if I might add. I urged him to go about executing Lucius another way and, as you know, he refused to do so for a final decision had already been publicly made. That was the night that he agreed to give you and Lucius one hour together before he was transferred back to Azkaban, you remember. I brought you to Hogwarts to speak to your father the day you got out of St. Mungo's after that stabbing incident at the Ministry."
Draco shook his head, of course he remembered that night. How could he forget about going to see his father in the dungeons of Hogwarts after he had received his death sentence? That was the night that he had decided he was not going to allow his father to die like that. That was the night that all of this madness had really begun, for that was the very same night that he had gone to see Severus about making the antidote. Had he not done that, Percy would have never overheard them, and then he and Roxi never would have been captured. Not only that, but had he done things differently that night, he could have been an orphan by now.
"Well, seeing how as I was the only one who was openly opposed to the Atropha Rickium in the first place," Minerva continued, "I therefore become their prime suspect when Lucius went missing."
And before he could stop himself, Draco blurted; "but you weren't even involved with that at all!"
"No I was not," she confirmed. "And how you seem so certain about that is what I'd sure like to find out."
Draco was internally yelling at himself on the inside. How stupid it was for him to have said anything after he swore he would never mention the true events of that night to anyone ever again.
"Would you care to share your version of the story with me?" McGonagall offered nicely. "I am quite interested in hearing it, seeing how it was the same night of your disappearance. What really happened, Draco? I know that you know more about this than you're letting on."
"I'm sorry," he lied, "but I cannot tell you that. I really don't know anything about it."
"Then how do you explain knowing for certain whether I was involved or not?" she pried.
Draco shrugged. "I was imprisoned with Voldemort for six weeks, how else do you think I know about anything? Obviously he brags about everything he does!"
"So you're telling me that all your information comes from him, from Voldemort?" she said skeptically and Draco nodded. "Then how did you come to be captured, and where were you when he found you? I know that you weren't here in this house, for had you been here he would not have been able to reach you."
"I can't tell you that," he stubbornly answered. "Why should I have to tell you that?"
"Because, Draco," she explained. "Who's to say that, while you were gone, you didn't switch sides and rejoin Voldemort and the Death Eaters?"
"For Merlin's sake, professor, do you really think that I would be stupid enough to do that?" he exclaimed.
"No, but who's to say if you have or haven't for certain?" she said with a casual shrug. "For all I know, you could be working for him right now and he might have let you come back here just so that you could spy on us and give him the inside information he so badly desires to have on the Order."
"Look, I have not switched sides here," he insisted. "I will NEVER go back to him, you have to believe that! He killed my mum. I hate him."
"I want to believe you Draco, believe me I do," she said. "But if you are not even willing to stand up and confirm your claims, then how can I know for sure that what you are speaking is the truth?"
"I just can't tell you anything else, other than that," he argued. "So you're just going to have to take my word for it, alright?"
"Unfortunately, Draco, that is not alright. And if you keep giving me the same response, I will be forced to resort to other options," she threatened.
"Other options like what?" he challenged. "You have no sure-fire way of making me talk, and you know it."
Minerva reached into her pocket just then and pulled out a small vile. It was filled nearly to the brim with a clear liquid, and Draco needn't ask her what it was as she placed it on the table before him, for he already knew exactly what it was.
"Veritaserum. That's your alternative?" he said, still arrogantly. "And what in the hell makes you think that I will consent to taking even a drop of that shit?"
Minerva's jaw nearly dropped in shock as he said this. It was all she could do to maintain her composure, for it had been a fairly long time since she had heard Draco Malfoy swear like that. She knew, right then and there, that there was something terribly wrong with him. Something about him had changed, but she did her best not to let her disgruntlement show.
"If you do not consent to this," she replied calmly, "then I am sorry, Draco, but I will have to ask you to leave the Burrow. I cannot allow someone who might be lying to me to stay within the headquarters of the Order. It is far too risky."
"Tch!" Draco scoffed at her. "Please, I don't need you. I don't need the stupid Order of the Phoenix. And I certainly do not need the help of the Weasleys," he spat the name out as if it were a dirty word. "I don't need anybody. I think I have proven that I can take care of myself just fine, thanks."
"Draco Malfoy, you are getting out of line," Minerva warned him. "But you have got to see this from my standpoint here. I am tying to do what is best for everyone, its not like I want to put you through this."
"Well I will not get sucked into some kind of word trap like Saleena did," he growled. "You talked information out of her that she had no intention of ever giving up to you, and I am sorry, but there are just some things in my past that I would rather not have brought back up ever again. I know how you are with your clever wording when it comes to asking questions, Minerva. You're a pro at it; a natural, and given your job status, I think you'd have to be."
"Well I for one am not sorry with how my conversation with Saleena turned out," McGonagall stated. "And in the long run, I do not think she will be either. But who's to say that our talk together will turn out anything like my talk with Saleena did? I think you are making far too big a deal out of this, Draco."
"Well I don't," he disagreed, "and that's all that really matters here. Like I said, I don't need you, or anybody else for that matter. I have a place to go you know, and it's an extravagant, large and exquisite manor at that! There's even a safe in there that I happen to know the combination to, so I could get easily money if I needed to. Then I could just as easily pay someone to help me get around until someone figures out a way to lift this blasted curse the Dark Lord's put on me. Which I will be contacting Saleena for that one, because if anyone can figure this thing out, it'll be her for sure."
"That won't be necessary, as I have already contacted her for you," Minerva pointed out.
"Yes, well I did not need you to do that," he snapped back. "But here's the thing, the bottom line if you will. As I have already made clear; I don't need you, Minerva. But you, you need me. You need my information. You need to know what it is that I know, because it's good," he teased. "It's really good. So you will either agree to question me on my terms here, or I will do as you say and take my leave. But know that if I get out of here, I do not intend on ever coming back through that door again. That is my final offer. Take it or leave it."
Minerva frowned in disappointment. She hated to admit it, but Draco actually was right. She did need to know whatever it was that he wasn't telling her. He had the upper hand over her, and there was nothing she could do to change that, unfortunately. She would just have to take his word for it and believe he would tell her the truth if she wanted him to talk.
"And what exactly are your terms for the questioning, Mr. Malfoy?" she asked bitterly. It wasn't very often that anyone ever had an advantage over her, so Minerva McGonagall was quickly becoming more upset the longer the conversation continued to not go her way.
Draco's countenance changed and relaxed almost at once as he seen that she was finally giving in. "I intend to tell you the truth, Minerva; I really do, because I mean to do whatever I can to thwart Lord Voldemort and his scheming plans. That being said, all I ask is that you trust me. Believe that I am telling you the truth without the aid of a truth potion, and if a question is asked that I may not be comfortable with, please respect my decision to decline answering it. Do not pry me for information that I do not want to give."
She took a moment to consider his offer and finally, she gave in. she knew that that was the best she was going to get and she would just have to take it. "Alright, fine. You win. I'll just be putting this away then," she said as she snatched the vile of Veritaserum off of the table and shoved it back into her pocket.
"Thank you," he said calmly. Draco smiled as he took in a deep breath. He felt that he could breathe freely again, now that the threat of being exposed was out of the way. Heaven forbid if he had taken that potion only to have her start asking questions about Roxi… He shuddered at the thought of being forced to relive and reveal all of that. Not to mention some of the other things that he had done during the time he was forced to serve the Dark Lord. He was certainly not proud of the things he had done as a Death Eater.
"So going back to my first question then," Minerva tried again, wasting no time. "How is it that you came to be captured, Draco?"
Draco bit down on his lower lip. "You say you've been meeting weekly with the Minister, correct."
"And are you able to lie or with hold information from him during those meetings?"
"I can, as I see fit, yes," she replied. "But Draco, I don't see what any of that has to do with the question."
"It has everything to do with the question, if you want me to answer it truthfully that is," he snapped. That got her attention, for she was looking straight at him now. "I want to tell you the whole truth, Minerva, I really do. But I need to know that what I say here is not going to be repeated to the Minister."
"I can give you my word that your secrets will be protected, Draco," she promised. "But I am a little curious as to why it is that they would need protecting in the first place."
"Because I may have done something slightly illegal, and I would rather not end up in Azkaban for it," he replied. "And if any of this gets back to the Minister, he will put me away for sure. Maybe even for life, that's how serious this is."
"Draco, you have my word," she swore. "I will not tell the Minister anything we discuss here without having your permission first."
Draco took a deep breath before he began. "Well the reason I know for sure that you had no hand in my father's escape from Azkaban… is because I did it. I was the one who came up with the plan to get him out and then, I was the one who executed it. I had help, of course. For example; the Death Eater that Annias is claiming to have seen, before being knocked unconscious, was actually Roxi in disguise."
McGonagall was in shock. Of all the things she was expecting to her him say, this had never been it. She could not believe what she was hearing. "Do you even understand what an immense task that is? And you expect me to believe that you took it on all by yourself?"
"No, not by myself," he corrected her. "I've just told you that I had Roxi's help. Her and I planned the whole thing. I made a decision the right after the hour I spent talking with my father that I was not about to just let him die like that. So I snuck out of here that very same night and went to Voldemort's lair to meet up with Severus. I had to know if he would be able to help me make an antidote for my father, should I successfully manage to get him of Azkaban. Otherwise, what would be the point in going through with it?
"I learned that night that, between the two of them, Severus and Roxi both had the five main ingredients that were needed to make the supposedly impossible antidote for the Atropha Rickium poison that they gave to my father," he continued. "Severus agreed to help me, and we decided it would be best to brew it at the Malfoy estate. We made plans to meet up there at ten that night, that way we knew we'd have enough time to make the antidote and administer it to him at precisely six o'clock in the morning."
"But how on earth did you manage to get Lucius out of Azkaban?" McGonagall blurted. She had been dying to know the answer to this question since Draco had started talking, and she could not hold it in a second more.
"That was actually the easiest part, believe it or not," he smirked. "You would think that Azkaban would have been more guarded but, fortunately for us, it wasn't. Annias was so distracted by what was going on with my father that he left Julie all alone to guard the door. Roxi and I apparated onto the island, and before Julie could sound the alarm, I stunned her. Roxi then took her cloak, changed her features as best she could to resemble Julie's face, and then went inside to lure Annias out. While she was doing that, I stayed behind to modify her memories so that Julie would remember seeing a Death Eater just before she was stunned."
"That was actually a very smart thing to do," McGonagall commended him.
"Thank you," Draco said before continuing. "Once Roxi had successfully gotten Annias out of the building, she stunned him and then we put him next to Julie. The last thing we did before going inside was clear out footprints out of the sand and lay some fake ones to secure our Death Eater cover-up. We made it look like Voldemort was behind the whole thing, and he didn't even have a clue as to what was going on… Or so we had thought.
"Apparently," he went on after taking a quick breath, "the night I had gone to talk to Severus, the last minute or so of our conversation was overheard by Percy. He didn't hear all of it, but it was still enough for him to go back and let the Dark Lord know that we would be administering an antidote to my father in Malfoy Manor at six o'clock that morning. We were caught completely off-guard. I was upstairs in my room when it happened. Voldemort and Percy showed up there at precisely six o'clock but, fortunately enough, Severus had given the antidote just before that. By some miracle, they were able to get it done fifteen minutes early, so we had just enough time to do what we had gone there to do, at least."
"And, obviously, after that you were captured," Minerva deduced.
"Yes," he confirmed. "I tried to sneak down the stairs to gain in element of surprise, but Percy heard me. He stunned me and I fell down the stairs and hit my head. I blacked out after that, and when I woke up, Roxi and I were locked in a cell in the Dark Lord's hideout. My father was in an identical cell right across from us. I was so relieved to see that the antidote had worked and he was still alive. That was all I cared about at that point in time. But that, Minerva, was how we came to be captured," he finished.
"Well this certainly is a lot to take in all at once," she stated. "I just can't believe the two of you were able to come up with all of that all on your own, and you even executed it so perfectly. I confess I may have underestimated you, Draco. You and Roxi both. To do what you did and, had Percy not overheard you, it sounds as if you would not have gotten caught in the act at all. That was an extremely clever plan."
"Thank you ma'am," Draco said proudly. "I was actually the one who came up with most of the plan, but getting Annias to come out to the beach was entirely Roxi's contribution. I can't take credit for that one, because I don't even know what she said to him to be honest."
"And speaking of Roxi," McGonagall said, "where is she, and why didn't she come back with you?"
"You mean no one has told you yet?" When she shook her head no, Draco exhaled a little too dramatically. "Well professor, I hate to be the one to have to tell you this, but Roxi didn't come back because she is not longer with us now."
"You mean she's dead?" McGonagall exclaimed.
"No, no, it's not like that," he reassured her. "What I mean is that she is no longer with us, in the sense that she is no longer on our side anymore. Roxi has decided to work for Voldemort. I believe she started out with good intentions at the start though, but once she became friends with some of them, they roped her in. She started picking up on some of their little behaviors, and then it went from that to parts of their lifestyle habits even."
"What do you mean she started out with good intentions at first?" Minerva asked.
"Well, I mean, the only reason she agreed to do some work for Voldemort in the first place was to save me," he admitted. "She even went so far as to make an unbreakable vow with him, forcing him to promise her that he would not hurt me, or try to kill me, while we were there."
"And what did he get from her in return for that promise?" She said, asking yet another question.
"Roxi swore to truthfully answer each and every question that the Dark Lord so asked her about you, the Order, the Ministry, Harry Potter, everything. If he asked it, and she knew the answer to it, she gave him all the information he wanted to know."
"She wouldn't!" Minerva could not believe what she was hearing.
"Yeah, well, she did," Draco said somberly. "Roxi betrayed you. She betrayed me. She betrayed all of us. Hell, she's even gone so far as to become friends with some of the Death Eaters now, so I don't look for her to ever come back to our side again. And not only that, but she's taken herself a lover with Percy Weasley, you see."
"There's no way!" Of all the things Draco had said so far, Minerva found this bit of information to be the most difficult to believe. "I don't understand it, she seemed like such a nice girl. I thought she could be trusted. I never would have thought she'd do something like this to us."
"Neither did I ma'am, but it really did happen. I'm not particularly thrilled about it," he went on, "but there's nothing we can do for her now. I fear Roxi has gotten herself in way too far this time."
"Well I do know one thing," Minerva said with some finality, "if she has joined them, she will never be welcomed back here again."
Draco smiled on the inside. He was quite fine with that decision, for he didn't care to ever have to see Roxi again after what she had done to him. A part of him had hoped that she would still show her face there again, however, that way he could watch and laugh as McGonagall sent her packing.
"I will make Molly and Aurthur aware of my decision to ban her from the premises," she continued. "But Draco, if she tries to contact you, I will need your word that you will let me know of it immediately. Until we find out what Roxi's true intentions are, she should be considered as potentially dangerous. I do not want you to go off meeting her alone somewhere."
"You won't have to worry about me doing that, ma'am," he assured her. "I have no desire, whatsoever, to see that bitch again. In fact, if she were to walk up to me right now, I'd be most likely to punch her in the face. And that's saying something, because I usually don't believe in hitting women. One might find it difficult to believe, but I actually was taught to know better than to do something like that."
"Would you mind it if I asked you where all the sudden animosity towards her has come from?" Minerva cautiously questioned.
"Yes, actually, I would mind that," Draco snapped, rolling his eyes. "But if you must know, it's because we did date, for a time. But then I felt the need to break up with her in order to spare her the disappointment of the inevitable fact that one day I will end up letting her down. Roxi didn't seem to understand it at first, but everything still seemed to be fine between us for a short while afterwards… But then she decided it would be a good idea to get back at me by jumping right into a relationship with that Percy Weasley, of all people. And as if that wasn't bad enough, she even took it a step further and shared our special kiss with him, right smack in front of me!"
Minerva was appalled and therefore didn't know quite what to say. "My apologies," she spoke softly.
"No apology necessary," he scorned. "I don't need your pity."
"It wasn't meant to be as pity, Draco," she snapped. Minerva could feel her patience slowly beginning to thin with him. "I only said that because I really am sorry that all of that happened to you. I do not feel that you should have had to go through something like that."
"Yeah, well, I shouldn't have had to go through a lot of the things I've been through," he snapped, "but I have. Sometimes life just isn't fair like that."
Minerva shook her head. She knew there was no sense in arguing because it really wasn't going to get her anywhere with him. "Moving on then," she sighed. "I have one last question for you, and then I will be going. Draco, I would like for you to tell me how you managed to get out of there. Given your current state, it is obvious that you had to have some sort of help."
"I did," he answered shortly.
When he didn't seem to be offering anymore information than that, she asked; "so who helped you then?"
"There was this guy who was both a death Eater and a werewolf," he told her. "His name was Lucas and, from what I gathered, he was never really faithful to Voldemort at all. There's some sort of argument going on right now between the Dark Lord and Fenrir Greyback, but don't ask me what its about, because I can assure you that I don't know anything about it."
"That's fine," she encouraged him. "Fenrir is my last concern right now. Go on, please."
"Well, Lucas said that he was told by Greyback to help me escape. Apparently Voldemort has something that Greyback wants, and I was in the way of him getting it. Which is fine by me though, because it helped me get out. I was never given any other details than that though, because Lucas said that his masters great plan was none of my business."
"So how did Lucas do it then?" she pressed. "I mean, surely Voldemort had to have had some sort of protection around you to keep you from getting out of there."
"The only thing he had up was an anti-apparation spell," Draco said. "That and I was locked in a cell and paralyzed like this so that I could not try to run away."
"And you expect me to believe that this Lucas character had magic that was strong enough to over power one of Lord Voldemort's anti-apparation spells?" she asked skeptically.
"Not Lucas, no," Draco admitted. "That pea-brain couldn't even unlock a door if his life depended on it."
"That's not a very nice thing to say about the person who is supposed to be responsible for your freedom," Minerva pointed out.
"Well Lucas isn't solely responsible," Draco corrected. "I mean, the guy was sort of a joke among everyone else. He was another one of those young ones that got in over his head way too early. He had no idea what he was talking about half the time, according to Roxi, and he was completely annoying. I always hated it whenever Lucas was on guard duty, because the kid never knew when to shut up."
"So if he was so clueless, then how did he manage to bypass the protection to get you out of there?" McGonagall asked again. She wasn't about to give up until she had the answer she wanted. "You said so yourself that he wasn't solely responsible, so who helped him get you out then?"
"Well, I'm assuming that it was Greyback's idea, since he was apparently the one behind it all," Draco said.
"Draco," she snapped, "you're not answering the question. Stop avoiding it, please, and just tell me who else was helping those two. If Lucas didn't lift the anti-apparation spell himself, then I'd really like to know who did."
It was in that moment that he realized how wrong it would be to tell McGonagall about Kireonna first. "I-I'm sorry professor, really I am," he said sincerely. "But I cannot tell you that. At least, not yet."
"What do you mean, Draco?" McGonagall demanded.
"I mean that there is someone else out there who needs to know the answer to that first," he calmly replied. "And I'm sorry professor, but I cannot have this conversation with you until I have had it with her."
"With who Draco," she prodded. "Who else needs to know who all was involved with your escape? It is someone in the Order?" Draco nodded in reply. "Well then I think it will be ok if you tell me first then. I am, after all, the one in charge here."
"Yes, but that doesn't matter to me," he said shaking his head. "No disrespect to you though, ma'am, but this is something I just cannot divulge to you until I have discussed it with Saleena first. Sorry, but I really feel like this is something I have to do. It's Saleena's business, not my own. Otherwise I would have no problem discussing it with you."
"I don't understand why you would need to talk to Saleena about it," she admitted, "but if it's something that you feel needs to wait, then so be it. Saleena should be here tomorrow sometime. As I have said, I already contacted her about your condition, and she has agreed to come back here and help us find a cure for you. I will let this go, for the time being, but know that I will be expecting answers from you once you have had a chance to talk to Saleena about it tomorrow afternoon."
"And I will give them to you," he said, "if she says it's ok for me to do so."
"Well, whether Saleena says it's ok or not, I will get to the bottom of this," McGonagall promised. "If you won't tell me what I need to know, then I suppose I will just have to get the answers I seek out of her, once you have shared them with her that is."
"You can do that if you want to," he said, "but Saleena is my friend. She has been like a sister to me for all of my life, and I will not betray her trust by talking to you first about business that concerns her."
"Fair enough," Minerva finally agreed as she got to her feet. She'd had enough of this argument for one day already, and was ready to move onto the next thing on her never ending to-do list. "I must be going now, Draco, but we will finish this conversation later. I will respect your wishes, however, and let you talk with Saleena first. She should be getting here sometime later tonight or early tomorrow, I'm not sure which."
"Thank you," he sincerely said. "I really do appreciate your understanding. I'm not trying to hide anything from you, honestly. It's just that it only just occurred to me that I really should have this conversation with her first. But I promise you that, once you know why, you will fully understand."
Minerva gave him a short nod. "Well I surely do hope so," she said.
Then without another word she swept from the room. Once she was gone, Draco leaned back on the couch and relaxed. Interrogations had always made him nervous because he hated being put on the spot. At least with McGonagall though, she was willing to understand and make compromises, if necessary. He was not used to being questioned by somebody who would so willingly do that.
As Draco laid there and waited for someone to come along and help him up, his mind began to ponder on Saleena. He couldn't help but wonder how she would take to hearing the news that her mother was currently imprisoned by Lord Voldemort. But more importantly, he wasn't quite sure how he was even going to tell her. All he knew was that she really needed to know, and he had to be the one to tell it to her...
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Albanian Idol and Star Academy ?? How many seasons have they had so far ? Are they the official franchise is there any web link to them
(Image removed from quote.)here is a photo when Edison was crying .... Hes bad mentally ...look what is he wearing ther were other moments worseeeeee . in the official website big brother explains that edison was in that way beacause of the isolation http://top-channel.tv/video.php?id=22207 look at this video here this explins all http://top-channel.tv/video.php?id=22207http://top-channel.tv/video.php?id=22207
Quote from: Florion on January 30, 2011, 08:03:53 PM(Image removed from quote.)here is a photo when Edison was crying .... Hes bad mentally ...look what is he wearing ther were other moments worseeeeee . in the official website big brother explains that edison was in that way beacause of the isolation http://top-channel.tv/video.php?id=22207 look at this video here this explins all http://top-channel.tv/video.php?id=22207http://top-channel.tv/video.php?id=22207Was Edison violent towards other housemates?
yes it is really very NOSTALGIC !!!. I love the theme of Big Brother Albania. Yes it is very similar to Grande fratello because the eviction and the nominations are in the same day and not in different days. Those are the only two BB that have the nominations and the eviction in the same day. (Correct me if I'm wrong). I will try to find a video with the official theme and with the opening titles of Big Brother which are really fantastic.(Image removed from quote.)Now I want your opinion about the house of BB Albania. It is very beautiful or is it fantastic (joke) We already don't have any photos but we have a 7min video. Enjoy it and reply.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR21d1V44rU
Well the nostalgic opening theme song is nice but I got it in BB9(germany) and after 7 month it was so annoying to hear that song every day again. How long will this series run?The introduction of the series is a little bit gran hermano-like but it looks poor, sorry.And now, the house:I love that beautiful house. It looks a little bit like the english houses but theres something special. I just can´t say what I like more. Everything is just perfect in this house!
If there is a transvestite/transexual in the house, I personally believe it could be Neda. Ogren, as leader, was given the privilege of dinner with another housemate, and he chose Neda as she helped him win the competition. After a while they began to talk about Neda's family and how a woman should dress. But this is just my opinion and is nowhere near confirmed.Algen is sad that Elisa and Emiljo have been evicted and think the public have evicted the wrong person, saying Edison should have been evicted instead of Emiljo. Alma says if she had to choose between Mariel and Petrit, she would have chosen Mariel, and between Edison and Petrit she would have chosen Petrit as he is a hypocrite.As the housemates sit for dinner, Edison remarks how he believed he would be nominated for eviction this week. Alma is surprised Elisa was evicted as Alma believed she was a favourite.The next morning Klaudia and Edison have an argument because once again Edison has turned up for breakfast in his underwear. Klaudia says he has to change but Edison says he will not change who he is, arguing that the public voted for him to stay in the house over Emiljo, who had been in the house for a month.