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Ambassador Lakhan Mehrotra formerly Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India graced our Vidyalaya with his presence on the occasion of Sardar Patel Jayanti. Sh. Mehrotra threw light on the Sardar's enduring personality, paying a tribute to this colossal leader of India's Freedom Movement. He shared how this son of the soil roseRead More
The Vidyalaya celebrated its annual folk festival "Saanjhi 2017" on 8th December, 2017
Eighteen Schools participated in this event.
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|Rock Milton
That's a wrap.
|Red-bar (Green collar)
|Ferret/Weasel Ferret
|Henry Milton (formerly)
|Friends & Family
| Keene
Lana, Duke, Simon and Pit
| The Milton Ferrets, Jeeves, Mr. Steward,
Sasha, Tiger,
Cameron, Actor Dog
| Not-so-much
|Dimension Prime, Milton Estate
Rock is a tritagonist in Housepets!. He was showed for first time in the comic Meanwhile Back In Babylon but was properly introduced later, in A Man of Secrets is a Ferret of None.
Official Site BiographyEdit
NOTE: This Biography is outdated, and does not properly describe the character's current attitude
The least worried about money, Rock will nevertheless get himself into enormous amounts of trouble with the fewest tools necessary. Has a fascination for things.
General informationEdit
Rock will nevertheless get himself into enormous amounts of trouble with the fewest tools necessary. At least that is before he got into Media. After starting Media-work Rock has become very orderly and direct, and he cares about budget.
He has directed the commercials for "Canine Kibble" and an unnamed Animal Planet mini-series focused on King and Bailey's wedding.
He joined King and Fox when they went to Australia to stop the Celestial Game. He intended to record it all and make a profit, but it didn't work out.
The Milton Ferrets
Being pet-siblings they spend quite a lot of time side-by-side, and they seem to care for each other. They work together at times and in general are all good friends. It is not known if they are blood-related.
Jeeves and Mr. Steward
Milton's employees, butler and steward respectively. Their relationship looks not to be more than that.
- As with the rest of the ferrets, Rock is named after a cartoon show; Captain N, character. This case being MegaMan, who is known in Japan as Rockman.
|Peanut | Bino | Fox | King | Tarot | Fido | Joey | Sasha | Tiger | Bailey | Ralph | Kevin | Duchess | Rex | Lester | Dallas | Yeltsin | Boris | Satau | Mungo
|Grape | Max | Sabrina | Marvin | Res | Jasper | The Bigglesworths | Fiddler and Keys | Delusional Steve | Ptah
|Zach | The Milton Ferrets (Keene, Lana, Rock, Simon, Pit and Duke) | The Wolves Pack | Karishad | Raccoons | Itsuki | Jessica | Spo | Squeak | Jata | What Chicken | Bruce and Roosevelt
|Earl Sandwich | Jill Sandwich | Ryan Byron | Bill Lindberg | Jerry Arbelt | Jeff | Jake | Jeeves | Mr. Steward | Joel Robinson
|Spot (Superdog) | Stripe | Jim-Jim | Bat-Bat | Regular Hawk | Criminals | Pridelands Characters
|Pete the Griffin | Spirit Dragon | Great Kitsune | Cerberus | Bahamut | Denizens of Heaven

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Hey all! I feel like it's been a while since I last did nail art. I was in the mood for nude nails and color, so this is what I came up with. I liked the illustrated look it had, so I made it matte to further emphasize that quality.
What I Used
Base - OPI My Vampire Is Buff
Colors - Zoya Stunning Collection
Black - Sinful Colors Black Striping Polish
Matte Top Coat - Butter London Matte Finish
Dotting Tool
So far, I'm really liking this matte top coat by Butter London. The other matte top coat I own is Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love. That one is okay, but some of my nails would sometimes have these small white clumps on them. They weren't too noticeable, but it still annoyed me. I didn't have that issue with this Butter London one - so far so good!
Here are also some pictures with regular top coat. :)
I preferred wearing this look matte, but it looked good both ways. What do you think?


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08 November 2015
The Choice of Arwen
Do not tell me not to do this -
for I know it is death if I do,
and I know it is death if I don't.
What choice is mine,
but death or death?
What could you save me from?
What choice is mine
but death or death?
Death if I choose you:
a mortal life
that passes like a breeze
and ends,
something fleeting
that must be grasped
before it's out of reach
What choice is mine,
but death or death?
Death to live without you,
death to watch you die,
slow, eternal death
to live forever apart from you,
throwing away the joy,
though fleeting,
I could have shared with you.
What choice is mine?
I'd rather share
a mortal life with you,
a fleeting blink in the depths of time,
than die forever
outside your embrace.
[12. / 31. August 2014]
Inspired by watching The Lord of the Rings for the nth time - in particular the scene where Elrond warns Arwen about the consequences she will have to suffer if she decides to stay with Aragorn. Arwen never really had much of a choice, did she?
Picture by John William Waterhouse
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Finding and completing these case files in Battlefield: Hardline can be little tricky, but some of these are easy to find. In the first episode 1 as you get the Scanner, you can scan your environment for potential evidence. You can expect to spend some time hunting down Suspects with Warrants.
Evidence can be collected by equipping a Scanner and analyzing it. You will know Evidence is close by when their controllers begin to rumble, or they can equip their Scanners to see the distance to the closest piece. Collecting the evidence is optional beyond the first episode, but doing so earns valuable expert points as well as three Achievements/Trophies.
Here in this guide we will show you the location of all these case files. So let's get start with the very first case file, which is not so hard as getting the scanner.
Case File: The Hot Shot File
Started from episode 1: Back to School
Reward: New Revolvers and Silver Battle Pack
Evidence #1:
- As I said before it is not that hard, you need to find it to complete the first episode. The first document is on a desk inside a second floor lab in the school. Equip the Scanner and analyze it.
Evidence #2:
- The second document is located near a printer against the right-hand wall, in the same room, where you get the first one. It's the picture hanging on the right side wall.
Evidence #3:
- The 3rd and last document is in the connecting room from the lab. After some time, Khai points it out with her flashlight.
Case File: Hot Shot Supply Chain
Started from Episode 2: Checking Out
Reward: New Battle Rifles & Silver Battle Pack
Evidence #1:
- The first evidence can be found in second episode "Checking Out". As you enter the laundry room, go to the right side corner of the room to find this Box of Hot Shot on the floor. Scan it to log the evidence.
Evidence #2:
- The second evidence of this case can be found in the 3rd episode "Gator Bait". During the Investigate of Boat house objective, you use the Zipline and taking out 3 enemies, here you will find the Drug Bale on ground.
Document #3:
- This evidence is located in the 4th episode "Case Closed". As you enter Domo Roboto warehouse, go to the basement and after clearing the basement, find the Crate of Hot Shot in the back corner of it, you need to analyze it with Scanner.
Evidence #4:
- This evidence is also located in the 4th episode "Case Closed". In the Neltz' Warehouse, go to the office on the right, here you can see a Gym Bag of Money on the table. Analyze it to find the Hot Shot Supply Chain case file.
Evidence #5:
- This evidence can be found in the 6th episode "Out of Business". As you enter the chop shop, find a Palette of Hot Shot against the wall opposite the back office. It lies under the walkway. Analyze it.
Evidence 6#:
- This evidence is located in the 8th episode "Sovereign Land". In a trailer where you disable the alarm, look on the left side of it, there is a picnic table. A Hot Shot Lab sits on the stove and cabinet. Analyzing it and you will complete the case.
Case File: The Elmore Hotel
Started from Episode 2: Checking Out
Reward: New Machine Pistols & Silver Battlepack
Evidence #1:
- This first evidence is located in the 2nd episode "Checking Out". As you enter in the laundry room and have to look on a Hawaiian shirt hangs from the shelves in middle. Zoom in with the Scanner to spot the green shirt to get it.
Evidence #2:
- Second evidence is also in the 2nd episode, in the laundry room, there is a room on the right side, break and enter the room and list of Drug Purchase is on the table.
Evidence #3:
- Third evidence is also in the 2nd episode, As you enter in the hotel lobby, you need to scan thug that guards its entrance named Javier Rosado. You need to neutralize him with non-lethal methods, after take him down; search him to find the Vial of Hot Shot.
Evidence #4:
- 4th evidence is also in the 2nd episode, in the hotel lobby, you need look behind reception desk, you will see a tablet rests on top of the photocopier. Analyze it.
Evidence #5:
- This one is also found in the 2nd episode, after getting the last one, enter the adjacent office and search desk on left side to find an Answering Machine. Scan it.
Evidence #6:
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SACKVILLE, NB — Mount Allison will welcome Naiomi Metallic, Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law as the final speaker in the University's President's Speakers Series for the Year of Indigenous Action on campus.
Metallic's talk will take place on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 7 p.m. in Brunton Auditorium (Marjorie Young Bell Music Conservatory). It is open to the public.
"We are delighted to welcome Naiomi Metallic as the final speaker in our series marking the Year of Indigenous Action on campus," says Mount Allison University President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell. "Her legal and scholarly career and accomplishments are remarkable and we look forward to hearing her perspective and related discussions."
Naiomi Metallic is from the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation in Quebec and is the Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy at Dalhousie University. As a legal scholar, she writes about how the law can be harnessed to promote the well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
A senior associate with Burchells LLP, Metallic's teaching and research interests include constitutional law, aboriginal, public, administrative, civil procedure, evidence, and labour and employment. She was named to the 2016 Best Lawyer in Canada list in the area of Indigenous law and has appeared before the courts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Federal courts in a number of high profile cases involving First Nations clients.
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Julia Restoin Roitfeld In The Bahamas
Over the weekend, Julia Restoin Roitfeld and her daughter Romy made a magical escape from the wicked weather of New York City, enjoying a brief getaway on the sunny beaches of Musha Cay in the Bahamas. Julia was visiting her friend, designer Chloe Gosselin, also known as the fiancée of David Copperfield, the owner of the 150 acre private island on which they stayed. According to Instagram, Julia and Romy kept busy building sand castles, working out island style on the wakeboard, and feeding and riding giant tortoises, among other island delights. A highlight for Romy certainly must have been viewing the film Maleficent at Dave's Drive-In, a giant outdoor movie theater on Coconut Beach, while Julia seemed most excited to indulge in a Jungle Bubble Bath. As for island fashion, notice that Mademoiselle J is wearing her Kiini bikini and Spektre sunglasses. Be sure to follow Julia on Instagram for more holiday candids as well as an adorable video in which Romy makes a carrot disappear into the mouth of a giant tortoise belonging to David Copperfield — trop mignon — and another video of Romy running on the beach to the tune of Brigitte Bardot singing "La Madrague." I love that JRR art directs her holiday videos, quelle vie !
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Julia Restoin Roitfeld: British GQ September 2014
I loved the images of Julia Restoin Roitfeld that appeared in the September 2014 issue of British GQ and I regret that I am only now finding the time to talk about the issue here. In typical French fashion, Julia appears casual, sexy, and elegant all at once in the photos by Guy Aroch as styled by Julie Ragolia.
In the first image, Julia looks tough in a black leather shirt by Protagonist as she poses in front of a photo of Andy Warhol shot in the 1960s by Arthur Fellig (also known as Weegee).
We then see JRR lounging seductively on a blanket of fur while modeling a white lace bodysuit by Kiki de Montparnasse.
In the following shot, Julia gazes intensely at the camera in a grey knit sweater by Vince. I think she looks the most like her mother in this picture.
Next comes my favorite among the images: Mademoiselle J perches on a stool in the same grey knit sweater by Vince paired with knickers by Myla and shoes by Christian Louboutin. Bibliothécaire sexy… Ooo la la….
In the final photo, we see Julia Restoin Roitfeld enjoying a cup of tea while looking utterly comfy chic and alluring in a peach knit sweater by Ralph Lauren and knickers by Myla.
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The Roitfelds In Yves Saint Laurent: Qui Porte Le Mieux ?
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld recently shared her beauty routine for a night out with Into The Gloss and I love that she borrowed her mother's vintage gold dress by Yves Saint Laurent for the photo shoot. Julia completed her look with large gold hoop earrings (not shown here) and black pumps with bows, tying in with the black velvet bow that cinches the waist of the dress.
Carine Roitfeld is pictured below wearing the same dress at the Vogue Bar at the Hôtel de Crillon during Paris Fashion Week in March 2010. She chose to accessorize vintage YSL with her César Compression pendant (and her Vogue Bar signature cocktail, "Carine's Tea Time").
Now I must ask: which Roitfeld wears it better? Feel free to express yourself in the comments below…
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A quarter of a century ago today, one of Portsmouth Harbour's landmark sailing ships left the city for what turned out to be the last time.
Twenty-five years ago the teak Training Ship Foudroyant arrived in Hartlepool to undergo a £10.5m restoration which lasted 11 years.
Today this 195-year-old wooden frigate is visited by about 50,000 people a year.
For decades she was a familiar sight moored in Portsmouth and was used by many children to learn seagoing skills.
But TS Foudroyant fell victim to changes in nautical training, and also a reduction in numbers of schoolchildren requiring the seagoing skills she offered.
However, as the second oldest ship afloat (only the USS Constitution, berthed in Boston, is older) it was decided, in 1986, that restoration was a fitting fate for this priceless relic from the age of sail.
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Love to you!
I must share an incredible vision I had this morning as I tuned into my 'Land of Plenty'.
The Land of Plenty is a place in our consciousness where everything our heart loves has already manifested. It's a Native American technique which allows you to leave your ego behind and see with the eyes of innocence everything which is true for you to create in your life. These things normally lie hidden behind the mists of our thoughts, beliefs and assumptions. In your Land of Plenty you get clarity on the path your soul is calling you to take and you can choose to consciously create what is true for you, guided by your intuition.
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One of the realizations I had was the perfection of me and my path. I realised that I already AM the butterfly; I have transformed. My ego, however has been making me believe that I'm still the caterpillar! I CAN fly and my DNA has already changed. I already am the new paradigm Goddess of Love (tongue slightly in cheek as I say that).
I've been doing quite a lot of work on myself recently, realizing and clearing old patterns and I'd temporarily fallen into the 'OMG there's A LOT wrong with me zone.' Of course, I still have some clearing to do, but I have gained a wiser, higher perspective of my patterns and why I've been feeling pain.
I've had a beautiful connection with a man who totally tapped into my biggest wound… Our pain is created when we are children, and this originated when I was 6 when my dad died, yet the news was hidden from me (bla de bla, there's a lot more 'story' but it's unnecessary to share it).
Anyway, this has been a great source of pain throughout my life, bringing up trust issues, abandonment, etc. I buried the pain for most of my life and it only started to come out in my closest relationships years later as I slowly peeled away the layers around my heart for healing.
As I've alchemised this pain over the years, it's also been the source of my greatest treasure. I wouldn't have the life purpose I have and which I ADORE if it wasn't for it. I wouldn't have a big juicy, vulnerable, yet strong heart either. Nor my wisdom, humor and knowledge!
When this 'wound' was reactivated, I totally went into blame and anger and all the other stuff. With the wisdom of hindsight, I realised that it's pretty much nothing to do with anyone apart from me. In fact he was doing me a service. I was totally conscious of my 'wound' and how it was creating pain with this connection; it goes without saying that those we love WILL push our buttons, they're the ones we let into our hearts and all our walls and our barriers come down! What I failed to realise for a while was that my reactions and pain was the same old, same old I've been feeling for a long time when I let someone into my heart. I realised that I had a choice, to simply feel it intensely and deeply, then to allow myself to step out of it.
These are times of great change and those who 'push our buttons' are doing us a great service as they're showing us what needs healing.
These are agreements we had before this lifetime; it's such a gift that these people are doing their jobs so well (lol), so that we we move more and more into the dream of light, the lighter, higher vibrations we can leave this stuff behind… at last!
Does this give you a chance to reevaluate some difficult connections you might have? Perhaps when you dive deep into it or into the feelings that come up, you'll recognize them from the past? Are you the common denominator here? Is the repeated pattern, repeating with YOU as the main character? Is it time to let go of this pattern?
I believe that when we feel a 'negative' emotion for more than a few seconds it has nothing to do with the current situation, it's simply tapping into a memory from our childhood which needs healing.
I feel very lucky that this pattern came up again. Like a caterpillar slooowly coming out of its cocoon I saw the gift as I learned to disassociate from the story and the feelings, heal and change my perspective.
When this happens again I'll know to step back and simply observe, the red flag being triggered simply won't require me to react. Even if I do feel pain, I won't judge myself for it, or judge the other for 'triggering' me. In time, even the pain will disappear, in fact it might have already gone…
I've known for a while that whenever I feel pain, or experience conflict, it's never to do with anyone outside of me… it's all to do with me. Even with this knowledge, I was still getting triggered, but now I feel like I have the freedom to step out of the negative loop and simply observe. This is a powerful place, a place of freedom and a space of knowing that in any one moment I can choose how I feel, react, and ultimately what I create. The state of AWARENESS!
This experience has opened my heart so much. It was painful, but oh, such a gift… my treasure.
I have a lot of one to one clients at the moment and I'm generally holding an event every week; as soon as I had this breakthrough I was able to serve others in a much clearer, wiser way…
I could allow them to access their own wisdom in a similar way. Often we would connect with their inner child to gain healing, wisdom and guidance. I feel like this learning will guide others more and more into their vulnerability; their hearts so that we can co-create a juicy new world of love!
This new wisdom has made me softer, bigger hearted, lighter and I am eternally grateful! I have such a love and respect for men; especially for my father for being the first one to gift me with the seed for this story and for you, who I trust by sharing my it will feel empowered to look at where you might be blaming others for what's happening in your life.
Take your power back and see how your internal world is creating your external world. It's all been perfectly designed for you; so well done, you're right on course! Take 100% responsibility, it is SO liberating.
You too are the butterfly, and remember the butterfly can never see the beauty of its own wings!
I love you!


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Presumption Of Innocence
EMAIL: Annie
Blair Sandburg sighed inwardly as Melissa Shelburne's bottom lip dropped into a shaky pout and she began to cry noisily, tears overflowing her big blue eyes and streaking her mascara down her otherwise flawless cheeks.
"Oh, Mr. Sandburg, please don't give me an F. Daddy promised me my very own car if I passed this semester and I'm already close to failing as it is."
Blair sighed, out loud this time, stood up and walked around the desk, plucking a tissue from the box on his filing cabinet on his way past. He tucked the tissue into Melissa's shaking hand and patted her shoulder awkwardly. "Look, Melissa, don't cry. But I can't give you a passing grade on the paper you've handed into me." He stopped as the sobs edged up into wails and raised his voice. "However, if you're prepared to let me tutor you for a couple of weeks, I'll let you redo the paper and see how it goes. How's that?"
Melissa raised her head and smiled, tears miraculously dissipating like rain after sunshine. "Oh thank you, Mr. Sandburg. I'll work really hard, I promise. When can we start?"
Blair turned and hooked his diary over to him with his fingertips then scanned through the pages. "How about tonight? No time like the present. Say 7 o'clock?"
"Um, tonight? I was supposed to go to a movie with Ben Harper but… I guess…"
"Up to you," Blair replied firmly. "Melissa, you have to want to do this and not just to get that car but because it's an important part of your overall college grades."
Melissa stood up and gave him a quick hug. "You're right. I'll see you tonight then, and thanks, Mr. Sandburg, I really appreciate you doing this."
"No problem." Blair waved her off then glanced at his watch. Shit! He had to meet Jim in fifteen minutes at the PD. If he hurried and *if* his car deigned to start and keep running, he might just make it. Grabbing his backpack and tossing it over his shoulder, he headed out the door, slamming it behind him as he went.
It was only when he reached his car that he got a clear picture of his keys and his wallet, sitting in plain view on his desk in his now-locked office. He cursed and even kicked the tires for good measure. That gave him a sore toe. It didn't, however, give him access to his car. He had two options, he decided. Walk all the way back to the building his office was housed in and see if the receptionist had a spare key or walk as fast as he could to the PD, stopping at a pay phone to call Jim on the way. At least if he went back to his office, he realized, he could call Jim from there and kill two birds with one stone, so he sighed and headed back the way he'd come.
The receptionist gave him a flirtatious smile as she handed over the spare and he promised to return the key on his way out. He made a mental note to ask her for a date when he did then ran up the stairs, taking the steps two at a time.
Inside his office again, he picked up first his keys and his wallet then the phone and dialled Jim's desk at the PD. "Hey, man, I'm really sorry but I'm running a little late," he said as soon as Jim picked up.
Jim sighed. "You need me to come get you?" he asked, obviously assuming Blair was having car trouble again.
"No, no, I'm on my way now." Blair didn't bother explaining why he was late. Jim seemed okay with it and it was a moot point now he had his keys anyway. "I'll be there in twenty minutes tops, okay?"
"Yeah, all right, just try not to make a habit of it, Chief. If you want to work with me, I need you to be here when you say you will. The captain wants me to go out to the Marsden scene again, see if I can pick up anything the CSI guys might have missed. I'll tell him I've got some paperwork to catch up on first."
Blair bit back telling Jim that he'd never let him down before and that he did, after all, have a job at the university to fulfil as well. "The Marsden scene? That's over on Carson, isn't it?"
"Yeah, why?" Jim asked.
"Well, that's only two blocks over from the University," Blair explained. "Why don't I just meet you there rather than coming all the way back to the PD and riding out with you? It'll save us both some time," Blair suggested.
"Good idea. All right, see you in twenty. You know the address?"
"Yeah, it's the house with the yellow crime scene tape all around it," Blair deadpanned.
"Ha ha. Okay, bye." Jim hung up and Blair made sure his keys, wallet, and phone were in his pocket then headed back down to the reception desk.
The receptionist was unfortunately nowhere in sight when Blair got downstairs and he gave serious thought to leaving her a note asking for that date but a quick glance at his watch changed his mind. Regretfully he dropped the key on the desk then hurried out to his car again where he dropped his wallet and phone into his backpack then slid behind the wheel and turned the key in the ignition.
It started without a problem and he barely refrained from pumping his fist out the window in a victory salute as he drove off. Jim had suggested several times now that maybe it was time he thought about putting his beloved Volvo out to pasture but realistically Blair knew he couldn't afford anything else. So, he'd kept it going with whatever small amounts of cash he could afford from time to time and most of the time it ran okay. Not as well as his Corvair had, he thought ruefully, as he turned onto Carson Street and parked in front of the Marsden house. He climbed from the car and closed and locked the door then ducked under the police tape and made his way up the walk to sit on the front porch steps while he waited for Jim.
He shivered a little as he sat there. This house had been the site of such tragedy that it was almost all Blair could do to think about it. A mother, Theresa Marsden, and her two small sons, Jesse, aged 4, and Daniel, aged 2, had been murdered here, stabbed to death as they slept in their beds. The police suspected the ex husband, David Marsden, who had disappeared the night of the murder though neighbors had seen him enter the house a few hours before the bodies were discovered by Theresa's mother.
Looking around the yard, Blair saw a brightly painted swing set in the corner under a large tree. The tree branches drooped protectively over the swing as if trying to protect the memory of children who had played there with such abandon just a short time ago. Momentarily, he wondered if Jim's sentinel sight would still be able to see the imprint of the small feet of the little boys who had once run across this yard to climb onto the swing or to try to climb the tree. Which reminded him that Jim should have been here by now. Blair glanced at his watch and then up the street. He reached for his backpack, intending to get his cell phone but his movement was stopped when an arm wrapped around his neck from behind, the grip just short of cutting off his air, and he froze.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" a harsh voice said in his ear.
Blair swallowed and raised both hands in the air, wishing now he'd gotten his phone out when he'd first arrived. "My name is Blair Sandburg," he said as steadily as he could even though he could feel his hands shaking slightly with nerves. "I'm a grad student at the University."
"Another damn rubbernecker come to trade on the tragedy of others," the man growled, jerking Blair's head back roughly. He pulled upwards so that his forearm rested against the underside of Blair's chin. "Ought to just break your neck and leave your body out here as a warning to all the other lookylous."
"Look, it's not what you think," Blair managed to get out. "I'm a consultant to the Cascade PD. I'm meeting my partner, Detective Ellison, here."
"Even worse," the man ground out. "You guys think I did it; you think I killed my own kids." His voice broke on a sob.
"No!" Blair made his tone emphatic. "Listen, it was just because of the fact that no one could find you to talk to you about what you knew. Listen, man," he turned his head to the side as much as he could without the arm around his neck cutting off his air even more, "tell us what happened here. Talk to my partner when he comes. Give us a chance to get justice for your wife and kids."
The man snorted out a sardonic laugh. "My wife? She didn't deserve any better than what she got. I hope she burns in hell for what she let happen to my boys."
"You know who did this?" Blair asked.
"I saw him. That creep she was sleeping with. He killed her and then he killed my kids." The arm around Blair's throat loosened as the man started to sob and Blair tensed, readying himself for action.
"You saw him do it?"
"No. But I saw him leaving the house the night they were killed." He tightened his hold around Blair's neck again.
"Look, can you just let me go so we can talk face to face? I won't try to get away. I just want to know more about this guy. There was no mention by anyone who knew your ex-wife that she was seeing anyone," Blair said steadily.
"Teri was good at keeping secrets," Marsden snarled.
Blair winced as he heard the snick of a gun safety being taken off but then the arm around his neck was gone and he rubbed at the soreness left behind.
"Put your hands out to the side and then turn around slowly," Marsden ordered.
Blair did as he was told, his eyes quickly summing up the man before him as he did.
David Marsden was a tall, beefy man with short dark hair, and intense dark blue eyes. He had a tattoo on his forearm of a heart with the names, Jesse and Daniel, inscribed within it. His blue jeans and t-shirt looked grubby and wrinkled as if he'd slept in them and there were dark circles around his eyes and a grey tinge to his complexion that told of exhaustion.
"So, who is this guy your ex-wife was seeing?" Blair asked.
"I told you, Teri[as1] was good at keeping secrets. I don't know his name. I just know what Jesse, my oldest boy, told me." Marsden's lower lip trembled momentarily but then he firmed his jaw and went on. "He said their momma was seeing some man, and he and Daniel were scared of him. He said the guy slapped them around for doing kid things, like if Danny wet the bed."
"So, tell me what this guy looks like. I can get my partner to put an APB out on him-" Blair began.
"I didn't see him up close. It was dark. I came over here to talk to Teri, to warn her that her boyfriend better keep his hands off my kids or I'd take them away from her. She just laughed at me. Said he was more a father than I was, that he was just disciplining the kids, doing my job for me. I got mad and I left but I watched from the street and about an hour later I saw a sedan drive up and this guy got out and went inside." Marsden took a breath, his free hand rubbing at his eyes. The gun wavered but Blair didn't move and within seconds Marsden brought himself under control. "About an hour later, I saw him leave. I went back in to try to talk to Teri again and that's… that's when I found them. I panicked and I ran."
"If you're telling the truth, man, then let us help you. Come in to the station with me and turn yourself in. If you didn't kill your family, then help us find out who did," Blair said.
"You should listen to my partner. He gives good advice."
Blair had a moment to feel a surge of relief at hearing Jim's voice coming from behind Marsden then Marsden was at his back, his muscular arm wrapped around Blair's neck again, the gun digging a furrow into the side of his head. "Hey, come on, this is getting old," Blair muttered but he stilled as Jim stepped into view from around the side of the porch, his own weapon trained unwaveringly on Marsden.
"Drop the gun, Marsden," Jim ordered and Marsden huffed out a snort of laughter.
"Yeah, right. I let him go and you shoot me and everyone still thinks I killed my kids," Marsden replied with a sneer in his voice.
"Like Blair said, if you really didn't do it then turn yourself in. Let the police find who really did," Jim said.
Blair watched as Jim's eyes narrowed, sighting along the gun unwaveringly. He caught the slight nod Jim gave him and dropped his head, biting down hard on the arm around his neck. Marsden yelped and loosened his grip and Blair flung himself sideways, feeling more than seeing the flash from Marsden's gun as it seared a burning trail across the side of his head. He flopped to his side, hearing the echo of another gunshot as if from a great distance then his vision grayed out and his mind went blank.
There was someone shaking his shoulder and Blair wished he could find the strength to tell whoever it was to stop because the action was making him feeling really nauseous and if they didn't stop doing it soon he was going to-
"Whoa, easy, buddy, let's get you on your side."
Once he'd finished throwing up what felt like possibly every meal he'd eaten in the past week, he became aware that the hand that had been shaking his shoulder had now moved to his back and was rubbing in a gentle, soothing motion that really did make him feel better. His ears were ringing and the side of his head hurt like a mother but at least that told him he was alive.
"How you doing there, Chief?"
"Better. Can you help me sit up?"
"Okay, take it slow though. Let's move you away from that puddle of puke a little, all right?"
Blair flopped to his back and looked up Jim's slightly blurry features. "Thanks for turning up when you did," he said as Jim got him sitting up then dragged him across the porch and propped him against the front door.
"All part of the deal, Sandburg. You get yourself into trouble; I get you out of it." Jim pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and wadded it up then pressed it against Blair's temple. "Hold that there while I make sure Mr. Marsden doesn't decide to do a Houdini on us."
Blair looked over to see Marsden prone on the porch a few feet away, hands cuffed behind him. His eyes were closed and he looked as if he was unconscious. "Is he okay?" he asked as Jim checked the cuffs and then pulled out his phone.
"He'll be fine. Banged his head on the steps when I knocked him down. He took a shot at me but he couldn't hit the side of a barn." Jim put in a call for backup and an ambulance then walked across and squatted in front of Blair. "You're looking a bit better. How's the head?"
Blair shrugged then winced as a headache bloomed instantly to life. "Headache, blurred vision, ringing in my ears, the usual."
"Yep, concussion watch for you, my friend. You want to tell me what happened while we wait for the bus?"
By the time Blair had finished recounting the events, the ambulance was pulling up and Jim stood and walked across to Marsden, who was beginning to stir. "David Marsden, you're under arrest for assault…" Jim finished the Miranda then looked at the EMTs who'd just stepped up onto the porch. "He stays in cuffs and you book him in to the jail ward at Cascade General." He watched as they began checking Marsden over then walked back to Blair. He lifted the handkerchief away from the gash. "Stopped bleeding," he said then added. "Up to you, Chief, ambulance or I'll drive you."
Blair sighed. "You take me."
Jim levered him to his feet and Blair wobbled uncertainly for a moment, Jim's arm staying around his waist and slowly moving him forward, down the steps and over to the truck, parked a few houses away.
"I really think he was telling the truth, Jim," Blair said as Jim helped him into the front seat. "I don't think he's a murderer."
"Yeah, right, that's why he had a gun to your head, Chief," Jim said. He shook his head as he climbed into the driver's seat. "Of course he's gonna say he's innocent. They all do."
Blair rubbed his head then leaned it back against the seat and closed his eyes against the pounding that was really starting to make him feel nauseous all over again.. "Can we at least look into what he told me?"
"We'll see," Jim said noncommittally. He pulled away from the curb. "After you've spent a night in hospital, you can tell me about it, all right? In the meantime, I'll talk to him once he's conscious, okay?"
"Yeah, okay. Thanks, Jim. Oh no, I'm supposed to be tutoring Melissa Shelburne tonight!" Blair exclaimed.
"That's what you kids are calling these days, huh?" Jim shot Blair a sidelong-grin then laughed at Blair's outraged look. "Give me her number and I'll let her know you're out of commission for now."
"Thanks. She should be happy. She can go out on her date now. Just tell her to make sure she studies and I'll reschedule the tutoring."
"You got it, Teach."
By the time nine AM rolled around the next morning, Blair was practically vibrating as he sat on the side of his bed waiting for Jim to pick him up. Being woken up every hour and asked inane questions didn't make for a restful night's sleep and he'd barely kept himself from snorting every time the nurse who'd done the questioning had patted him on the shoulder and told him to get some rest. On the up side, being awake most of the night had left him plenty of time to think about David Marsden and what he'd said, on the downside, his head ached just as much as it had when he'd first come to on the porch of the Marsden house.
"I take it you're ready to go," Jim said, poking his head in through the door. He grinned as Blair practically leapt from the bed and grabbed the bag of clothes from his hand. "Feeling better?' he asked as Blair went into the bathroom to change.
"Nope," Blair called back as he dressed as quickly as he could. "Still have a headache the size of Australia but I guess that's to be expected when they don't let you sleep all night."
"Cry me a river. I have a drawer full of t-shirts for that, Chief." Jim waited till Bair walked back out then said casually, "I was just up talking to Marsden."
"Yeah? So did he tell you what he told me? About his ex wife seeing some guy that the kids were scared of?"
"Yep. I couldn't talk to him for long though. He's still pretty groggy." Jim scratched his ear. "You up to taking a trip out to the scene again?"
"You believed him too?" Blair headed for the door.
"Not necessarily. Let's just say it bears looking into. Simon wanted me to look it over anyway," Jim said, following Blair down the hallway to the exit doors. "That's what I planned to do yesterday till you and Mr. Marsden decided to have your little tete a tete instead."
"Hey, that was entirely his idea, Jim." Blair waved to the nurse at the desk. "Thanks for everything, Tracey. Say bye to Sally for me."
Jim nudged him in the back. "I have no doubt, considering how often you get into trouble, that you'll be seeing Sally again." He laughed as Blair shot him a glare. "Come on, let's check out the scene then I'll take you home so you can get some sleep before you keel over on me again."
"Well? Did you find anything?"
Jim sighed impatiently as he turned around to find Blair almost plastered against his back. He stood up and turned around, placing his hands on Blair's shoulders and moving him back a few steps. "Stay there!" he ordered, turning around to hunker down again and peer closely at the smudges on the floor. He looked from the footprints to the printout he held in his hand and shook his head then stood up and went over to the bedroom door.
Blair followed but Jim noticed he was careful this time to stay back a few inches.
"These are the prints CSU found and lifted," Jim said. He handed Blair the footprint printout and pulled another from his jacket pocket. "These are David Marsden's prints. They match, Chief. I haven't found any other prints here apart from Theresa Marsden's, the two children's, and David Marsden's."
"There have to be others," Blair said stubbornly. "They couldn't have lived here and never had anyone else in the house. Besides, the killer could have been wearing gloves."
"Yes, he could have. Look, all I'm saying is that all the evidence I'm seeing here points to Marsden being the killer."
"Well, did they canvas the neighbors? I mean, if Theresa was having an affair, someone had to have known about it. A friend, maybe?' Blair looked at Jim hopefully.
"The neighbors were all questioned. As was Theresa's mother. They all said she never mentioned seeing anyone. They also said she was quiet, kept to herself. The only time they saw her outside was when the kids were out there playing and even then she didn't seem to welcome conversation." Jim patted Blair on the shoulder. "You need some rest. I'll take you home and then I'll go talk to Marsden again."
"Yeah, all right. Sorry. Didn't mean to drag you on a wild goose chase. He just seemed so believable, you know?" Blair replied, rubbing at his aching head.
"They always do, Chief."
Blair flopped back on his bed and gazed glumly at the ceiling. He had to admit his head felt better after taking the Tylenol Jim had almost forced on him. The gash on the side of his head still throbbed a little but it hadn't needed stitches, for which he was grateful. He knew Jim was probably right about Marsden. Jim was one of the best detectives in the PD and with his Sentinel abilities he could almost always tell when someone was lying…
Blair sat up and ran out to the phone, snatching it up and dialing Jim's desk number at the PD. "Jim, it's me. Listen, have you spoken to Marsden yet? No? Okay, when you do see if you can run a little Sentinel lie detector on him. You've done it before and got it right."
He listened as Jim agreed to try then hung up the phone after getting a promise that Jim would call him when the interview was over. He settled down on the sofa this time, knowing he'd feel better and think more clearly if he got some sleep but wanting to be near the phone when Jim called back.
It seemed as if he'd only been asleep for mere minutes when the phone rang and startled him from the restless doze he'd finally fallen into. Jumping up from the sofa, he grabbed the receiver. "Well?" he snapped out breathlessly.
"For all you knew I could have been some kid selling magazine subscriptions," Jim said mildly. "Calm down, Chief, before you stroke out or something. Did you get some rest?"
"Yes, I got some rest, Mother. Well?" Blair perched on the edge of the kitchen counter and waited impatiently.
"I think he's telling the truth," Jim said, " but-"
"I knew it, I just knew it," Blair replied. "Wait a minute. What's the but?"
"Think about it, Chief. Even normal lie detector tests aren't actually admissible in court. They're certainly not going to allow a Sentinel one into evidence. We need something else to prove Marsden isn't a killer," Jim explained.
Blair sighed. "Yeah, you're right. Okay, well, let me know if you think of anything else. Hey, you want me to come into the station?"
"No, I don't want you to come into the station, Sherlock. Stay home and do your investigative thinking in between resting and eating, okay? I'll let you know if anything breaks."
"Yeah, all right." Blair hung up the phone and went back out to the sofa and slumped down on it. There had to be some way to prove David Marsden didn't kill his family. He picked up the list of witnesses Jim had made up the night before and left on the coffee table, perusing it carefully. Only one name stood out as the person who might know Teri Marsden's secrets and not be inclined to share them with anyone else. Mind made up, Blair went into his room and got changed. He scribbled a note to Jim telling him where he'd gone then grabbed his car keys, locking the loft door behind him as he went. Once in the car, he wondered if he should have called Jim but he just knew the Sentinel would tell him not to go and Blair had an instinct about this lead and he hoped the very fact that he wasn't a cop might help lower the witness' guard.
A half hour later he was pulling up in front of a small bungalow on the outskirts of town. The house looked neatly kept with a mown lawn and a white picket fence out front. Taking his courage figuratively in both hands, Blair took a deep breath then climbed out of the car and let himself in the gate, walking briskly up the drive to the front door where he knocked.
"Yes?" asked the woman who opened the door to him. She was small and reed-thin, her silver hair pulled back neatly in a bun. Her eyes were red-rimmed, as if she'd been crying and a white handkerchief was scrunched up in one hand.
"Mrs. Dora Thomas?" He smiled sympathetically when the woman nodded then went on, "I'm really sorry to bother you at a time like this. My name is Blair Sandburg and I'm an observer with the police department. I'm not a police officer but I have been working with the detective on your daughter's case-"
"You're the man David injured. I heard it on the news when they said he'd been arrested," the woman said briskly. She opened the door wider. "I always knew he was no good. You'd best come inside though I'm not sure what else I can tell you. I'll tell you as much as I can about him though. Anything to make sure he pays for what he did to my poor children."
A little surprised by the invitation, Blair nonetheless followed her inside and into a small living room off the hallway. He sat in an armchair at her invitation then leaned forward. "Mrs. Thomas, I know Theresa and David had been separated for some time. Is it possible that she was seeing someone secretly, someone she didn't want David to find out about?"
Mrs. Thomas sat down heavily in the chair across from him. She sighed and scrubbed at her cheeks with the handkerchief. "I told the police at the time they were killed that she wasn't," she replied, "only because I knew for a fact David was guilty and I didn't want poor Teri's name dragged through the mud and gossiped about."
"So she was?"
"Yes, a good man. He has wealth and standing, another reason why I knew I had to keep quiet. He and his wife underwent a very nasty divorce and Teri told me if his wife found out he was seeing her, she'd take him for all he was worth." She smiled sadly. "We're not from the same social strata, you see, but they were in love so I thought what harm can a little deception do? Besides, it has no bearing on the case. Matthew is devastated over losing Teri and the children. He loved them like his own."
'Sounds like he punished them like they were his own too' Blair thought but he kept that opinion firmly bottled up. "Mrs. Thomas, just so we can be absolutely sure we have an airtight case against David Marsden, we really need to speak to Matthew. I'll be very discreet, I promise you."
"Well, as I said, if it keeps David in jail, I suppose there's no harm now. Matthew Southall. I'm sure you've heard of him."
"Um, yeah, of course," Blair replied. Matthew Southall was the CEO of one of the biggest computer companies in Washington and probably the USA. "Thank you," Blair said, standing up and shaking Dora Thomas's hand. "I appreciate your candor. Please don't get up. I'll see myself out."
Once in the car Blair thought about what his next step should be. Sure, he could go see Matthew Southall on his own, but he wasn't, as Simon Banks loved to remind him, a cop, and any evidence he collected could be considered inadmissible in court, hearsay, fruit from the poisoned tree even. He knew the only recourse he had was to tell Jim what he'd done so he pulled out his phone and dialled Jim's number. "Hey," he said as Jim picked up, "I've got some information for you. I went and saw Teri's mom and it turns out she was seeing someone. And get this…" he rambled on, hoping to get everything out before Jim jumped down his throat and ripped him a new one from the inside, "… it's Matthew Southall, the head of Southall PC. Sounds unbelievable, I know, but-"
"Will you shut up, Sandburg!" Jim yelled. "I'm trying to process this bullet train of information you're feeding me. You're supposed to be at home."
"I know, I know, and I'm sorry but I thought maybe Mrs. Thomas would open up to me and she did, Jim. I was going to just head down to talk to Southall myself but I knew I should give you a heads-up on what I found," Blair said quickly.
"Damn right you should have. Where are you?"
"Outside Mrs. Thomas' house. Want me to meet you at Southall's office?"
"No, I don't want you to do that. I want you to go home and wait for me there."
"Right, sure, I can do that. You'll go and talk to him though, won't you?"
"Yes, I'll go and talk to him. You. Go home!" Jim said, sounding like he was speaking through clenched teeth.
"Yeah, I'll do that, Jim, though you know, a thank you for the information'd be nice," Blair said, slamming the phone shut with loud finality. "Man, Sentinels," he muttered to himself. "Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em." He started up his car and pulled into the street. By the time he was half way back to the loft, he knew there was no way he was going home and missing out on seeing Matthew Southall brought to justice. He swung the car right into Norris Street and headed for Southall's office building.
It took him a long ten minutes to even find a parking spot but he was pleased to see Jim's truck already outside the office building as he walked up to it.
Inside, he noted the level Southall's office was on then headed for the elevator, pressing the button for the fifteenth floor when it arrived.
The floor looked deserted when he stepped out, no one at the reception desk though Blair could hear raised voices coming from behind a door directly behind the desk. He sidled up to the door, pressed his ear against and then all but fell inside the room as the door was yanked open and Blair ended up plastered against a broad chest that he recognized only too well.
"Sandburg! What the hell are you doing here?" Jim growled, standing Blair back on his own two feet. He turned to face the stunned-looking man behind the desk. "Sorry about this, sir. This is my partner, Blair Sandburg." He glared back at Blair. "He's supposed to be home sleeping off the concussion Marsden gave him yesterday, not hanging around in hallways, eavesdropping."
"Is there anything else I can help you with, Detective?" Southall asked, walking around the desk and giving Blair's hand an absent-minded shake. "I have funeral arrangements to complete. I don't want to wait too long to give poor Dora some closure."
Close-up, Blair could see that Matthew Southall looked a wreck. His face was pale and tear-streaked, his voice and hands shaky. He glanced up at Jim to see if the Sentinel was buying into the guy's act. Jim's next words gave him the answer to that.
"No, nothing else, sir, thank you. Once again, I'm very sorry for your loss. I'm sure the DA will be in touch with you regarding your testimony." Jim turned and ushered Blair ahead of him out the door.
Once in the hallway, Blair stopped, grabbing at Jim's arm as he walked past him towards the elevator. "That's it? You believe him? What did he tell you?"
Jim looked down at him and shrugged. "He told me he didn't kill them. I believe him."
"Marsden and Southall can't both be telling the truth, can they? Unless…" Blair ran to catch up as Jim walked on over the elevator and pressed the call button. "Unless it was a stranger killing…"
Jim stepped into the car when it came and waited for Blair to join him then pushed the ground floor button. "It wasn't a stranger killing, Chief. It was Marsden. He killed them." He held up a hand as Blair started to interrupt. "I got a call from Forensics while I was in with Southall. They found the murder weapon, buried under the kids' swing set. It was covered in Marsden's prints and they found his DNA in the scrapings from Theresa's nails. She scratched him on the arm. I called the prison ward and got them to check Marsden out. He's got a healed scratch on his arm. It's too well-healed to be from when he fell yesterday."
They stepped out into the ground floor foyer and walked slowly towards the doors.
"Wait a minute," Blair said. His head was aching distantly again now and he felt sick. "You said you were sure he was telling the truth. How did he fool you?"
Jim shrugged. "He fooled himself. I think he's convinced himself that there was no way he could have killed his own children. When he spoke to me, I didn't sense he was lying because he doesn't believe he is. They'll get a psychiatrist to interview him. I guess he just snapped." He bent forward and peered closely at Blair. "You okay? You're looking a little pale there, buddy."
"Yeah, I'm just… I can't believe he killed his own children. Do you think he was lying about Southall abusing them too?" Blair asked.
"Southall said Theresa told him he used to beat them all up when he was drinking. That's why she left him. It was bad enough when he was hurting her but once he turned on the kids. Southall admitted he smacked Daniel once for bedwetting but he claims it was just a normal tap on the butt. I believe him. I think Jesse told Marsden about it in all innocence and when Theresa then told him Southall was being a better father to his kids than he was, he snapped. Psychotic break, maybe." Jim opened the door and stepped out into the street. "I'll leave it to the DA and the psych guys to decide that." He stopped next to his truck and put a hand on Blair's shoulder. "I know you wanted to believe him, Chief. I'm sorry."
Blair nodded. "Maybe I just wanted to believe no father could do that to his own kids."
"You want ride home with me? We can come pick your car up tomorrow."
"Nah, you go ahead, man. I'm just gonna process for a while."
"Okay, drive carefully. You still don't look too great.," Jim said. He ruffled Blair's hair. "Don't make me have to send a search party out looking for you."
"Okay. I'll see you soon." Blair waited till Jim drove off then walked back to his own car and climbed in. he sat behind the wheel for a long time, trying to make sense of what he'd heard then, deciding he probably never would, he drove off.
The crime scene tape was still flapping in the breeze when he arrived at the Marsden house. Blair climbed from the car and retrieved the parcel on the front seat then walked under the tape and across to the swing. He pulled two brightly colored balloons from the bag and blew them up then attached them to each end of the swing. He laid two small yellow rosebuds across the swing seats. "Rest peacefully, Jesse and Daniel," he murmured.
Then he headed for home.
[as1]Maybe you should have hubby refer to her as Teri earlier as well – just for continuity & for the sake of marital familiarity


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Professor John Robinson tunic from Lost in Space (CBS-TV, 1965-68). This tunic was worn by Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson from mid-way through the first season until the end of the second season. The bold green, yellow, and orange colors were selected to impress the viewers, many of whom may have just bought their very first color televisions back in the 1960's. Made of heavy-weight velour, with zipper neck closure and Fox cleaning tag attached at the lower hem. A spectacular wardrobe piece from this classic television series.
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Americans Continue To Pay Off Credit Debt In January
This week, Capital One Financial reported it conducted fewer write offs on consumer credit card accounts and received fewer late payments from customers in January.
The company saw its charge off rate - the percentage of accounts written off due to non-payment - fall to 6.79 percent, dropping from the 7.01 percent seen in December.
Capital One's U.S. credit card business also saw big improvements, as 30-day delinquencies - late payments on account balances - dropped to 4 percent, down from the 4.09 percent observed the previous month.
There were also signs consumers were becoming more responsible with their car payments. The charges off rate on the company's auto loans declined to 2.62 percent from 2.67 percent in December. Delinquencies on these payments also fell during this time.
Overall, the company reported an 85 percent year-over-year earnings increase, due in part to shrinking loan-loss provisions and an upswing in consumer spending. Nearly every major credit card lender saw increased profits in the fourth quarter, as Americans spent more than was expected during the holiday season.


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I did not hold high hopes for this newest Potter sequel. There have been many great trilogies, but when has a fourth instalment been any good? Things are bound to grow formulaic and tedious, as attempting to read J.K. Rowling's ever thicker later Potter tomes amply proved to me. Alfonso Cuaron managed to make his Prisoner of Azkaban significantly leaner and more stylish than Chris Colombus' slavishly faithful Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, but I was sad to see that he wouldn't get another turn at the bat. Even more puzzling was the hiring of Mike Newell in his place; what the hell does he know about FX-heavy fantasy epics? Turns out he's got an innate feel for the genre, it turns out, and "Goblet of Fire" now ranks as one of the best Harry Potter pictures yet.
In the translation from the page to the screen, Steve Kloves had the good sense to insert well-used ellipses and toss out Rowling's superfluous asides and subplots, digging out a relatively straightforward intrigue that builds up to increasingly intense set pieces. Cuaron's film was already not just-for-kids, but Newell's taking the series into even darker territory, all the way to a climax not unlike that of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
After a nightmare sequence and a quick detour by the World Cup of Quidditch, we're back at Hogwarts, which is hosting this year's Tri-Wizard Tournament – a misleading name (like the Three Musketeers) because four champions end up competing, including an unwitting Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe). Along with East Europe colossus Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ianevski – they should have made him say "I must break you" – wait, now that was a great fourth film!), French blonde hottie Fleur Delacour (Clémence Poésy) and pretty boy Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson), Harry will have to face three deadly challenges.
On top of that, Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) still threatens to return and, maybe scariest of all, Harry must struggle with dangerously attractive creatures… girls. As dramatic as the movie can be, it does have a few fun scenes of awkward teenage "Goblet of Hormones" almost-romance. The Tournament also features a traditional ballroom dance, so the boys must ask out the girls. This doesn't work out too well for Harry and Ron (Rupert Grint), but Hermione (Emma Watson) gets a lovely Audrey Hepburn staircase moment. Also lightening the mood a little in between dragon fights and Black Lake dives are the amusingly over the top performances by two new supporting players, Miranda Richardson as kooky gossip reporter Rita Skeeter and Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eyed Moody, the students' grotesque, scar-faced, iron-legged, nearly psychotic new teacher.
One still wonders what a Spielberg, a Zemeckis or a Shyamalan might make of a Potter flick, but Mike Newell does a more than impressive job here. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is sure to thrill you, even if you think you're tired of this franchise.


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NDTV takes a hard look at 4 big questions surrounding the Bill.
The cost of the Bill is highly contentious. The Government claims it's only going to cost marginally more than the existing food subsidy but others say hidden costs are not being considered.
According to Food Minister Thomas, the current food subsidy is Rs 1.09 lakh crores. Adjusted according to the recent census, it will go up to Rs1.13 lakh crores. The Food Security Bill will according to him cost only another Rs 10,000 crores.
The Bill hopes to increase coverage from 45% to 70% of the population with cheaper grain from Rs 5 per kg to Rs. 2 per kg.But the minister says the grain needed is negligible. He says currently we need 60 million tons, and after the Bill, the increase will be 62 million tons, just 2 million tons extra.That's because the amount of grain being distributed is coming down.
According to Mr Thomas, from 35 per kg to a family, it is down to 5 kg per person. So a wider spread in terms of population, but a drop in the amount of grain.But not everyone is convinced by these numbers. The head of Government's Commission for Agriculture Prices, says their calculations suggest the government will spend not Rs. 1.25 lakh crores, but almost double, that is Rs. 2.4 lakh crores every year. The report claims the biggest expense: almost Rs. 66,000 crores spent on the first year to increasing agricultural production, to meet the Food Security Bill's demands.
Mr Thomas says, "Are we not bound to invest more in agriculture? This investment in agriculture is not because the Food Security Bill has come. We are bound to invest more in agriculture because we are an agricultural country and we have to feed crores of people."
In balance, it is fair to say that the Food Security Bill will come at a cost, not significantly higher than what we already spend on the existing public distribution system. A more legitimate question to ask is, when poverty is shrinking, by the government's own estimates, why is the Food Bill expanding the scope of the Public Distribution System?
The Food Minster says the government was responding to pressure from states that refuse to accept the reduction in poverty. But activists like Reetika Khera say that the "Bill should not be linked to the poverty estimates because hunger and poverty are two different things. And even though both those things have been going down over a period of time, the fact is that many people still remain very vulnerable to hunger and their lives remain still very fragile."
Some argue that the problem of hunger in India has dwindled.The real problem is malnourishment which the Food Security Bill can't tackle since it provides only rice and wheat, not the more nutritious cereals and proteins needed to tackle malnutrition.
But defenders of the legislation claim it will. They say the bill includes maternity entitlements which will give Rs 6000 for every pregnancy to women for nutritional needs.
Even the Integrated Child Development Scheme where children till the age of six get nutritional supplements like eggs, daliya in the anganwadi, is now a law under the Food Security Bill.
But there are concerns that the Bill will hasten the decline of nutritious coarse cereals like jowar and bajra (millets). Activist Milind Murugkar says, "In a state like Maharashtra from where I come or most of the dry land agriculture in India, the cereals are coarse cereals and these farmers are in arid and semi-arid areas without irrigation.The farmers there don't get any subsidy and on top of it, they have to face what we can call the dumping of subsidised PDS grain."
Critics of the Bill worry that the additional demand of grain necessitated by the new law will create a food shortage. This in turn will push the government to import wheat and rice, which will hurt an already strained economy.
The government says 62 million tonnes needed to ensure food security for people targeted by this bill is only a third of India's annual production. The balance 70% will be available for the open market. But as some critics point out, making food an entitlement will need measures to ensure that there is no shortfall. This may push up already high rates of agricultural labour.
But that may be an upside to this law as the Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices Ashok Gulati points out.
"In the last three years the labor cost alone in agriculture the farm wages are increasing 20% per annum. Now that is great in one sense because the agriculture labor which is the bottom of the economic pyramid is getting wages which are much higher than the rate of inflation." Mr Gulati said.
The backbone of the Food Bill is the public distribution system (PDS) which by the government's own admission is prone to corruption. But it's unclear how the Food Bill will repair the PDS, especially since this is in the domain of the states?
Food Minister KV Thomas says there is a nine-point programme in the Bill to modernize the PDS. But the steps like doorstep delivery, de-privatising ration shops are all in the nature of recommendations.
Activists who support the Bill say that the two compulsory clauses of the Bill - expanding coverage and reducing prices - can reduce corruption. "When you reduce the price from the current levels of 4 rupees and 6 rupees to 2 rupees and 3 rupees, what happens is that people become more interested in the system And therefore I am much more likely to you know to fight with the dealer and try to get my full quota from him. And we have seen this happening in states like Chhattisgarh and Orissa and to some extent, now even in Rajasthan," Reetika Khera, an activist said.
Defenders of the Bill point to success stories like Chhattisgarh, which has brought down corruption dramatically by covering almost 70% of its population with rice at Rs 3 per kg and wheat at Rs.2 per kg. And as NDTV found on the ground, it has meant a bigger rush on the ration shop and better accountability
Chhattisgarh spends Rs 1200 crores each year from its own pocket. But it's success is not just because of more coverage and cheaper grain. The state is also taken a series of steps which are not mandatory in the Food Security Bill- like handing over control of the ration shops to gram panchayats and co-operatives, a highly efficient and heavily monitored back end supply chain, regular crackdowns on corrupt officials, all driven by the Chief Minister Raman Singh himself.
The success of states like Chhattisgarh, which have more to do with political will and less with a Food Bill, begs the question, how will a piece of national legislation ensure that states like Uttar Pradesh, with the highest levels of corruption in its public distribution system in India, ever become like Chhattisgarh?
UP currently has leakage of a whopping 57%, largely unchanged over the years. The new bill will at best ensure that the state can cover 70% of its population with steeply reduced rates of grain. But will this be enough to create enough pressure from below, to lessen corruption and fix the problems plaguing their PDS?
To witness these NDTV didn't have to go too far. About 70 kms away from Lucknow, in Unnao district is Andheliya, a village of mostly landless Dalits. For years some the villagers have not got grain, like Ram Babu who has a family of 9 and was issued a card in 2006 but received no ration till 2011. Finally with the help of activists and RTI the villagers got the ration shop owner raided and suspended. But no new shop was appointed leaving them at the mercy of similar corrupt ration shop owners.
At the state government's godown which stocks PDS grain for Andheliya, NDTV found grain lying in the open and the person in charge with a political affiliation.
The bottom line is that there is no guarantee that the Food Security Bill will lead to basket case state's like UP improving their inefficient PDS system. But at least, by widening the coverage and reducing price, might nudge them in the direction of better performing states like Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu.
As Mr Thomas told NDTV what was not a welfare measure is now a right. "There is a substantial change between coming with a bowl with a request 'Give me rice' and now I can say 'Bring the rice'. That is the difference."


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On the occasion of the visit of the President of France, Business France accompanies a delegation of 18 French companies wishing to develop and strengthen their activity in India.
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In the market of China started selling the upgraded Ford Mondeo.
The American twin brother – sedan Ford Fusion – have gone through the planned update almost a year ago.
And now came the turn to go to a plastic surgeon and Ford Mondeo.
Differences from the "pre-reform" of the car is small but noticeable: the new headlights and foglights, a modified grille, other bumpers and chrome strip across the trunk. In the cabin has changed a bit the architecture of the front panel and Central tunnel, a new instrument cluster, but the main feature was the washer-machine selector, copied from models of the Jaguar / Land Rover. With all these upgrade Ford Mondeo began to look richer and "premillenium" predecessor.
In China, the Ford Mondeo will be sold with a-liter turbo engine with 180 HP and two two-liter turbo engine capacity of 200 and 240 HP Chinese motorists will offer a hybrid modification, the petrol 143 HP engine and a 125-horsepower electric motor.
In the European market sales of the updated Ford Mondeo will start in spring next year.
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General Janarion, LVL15 High elf hero
Light armor, shield, spear, longbow, hail arrow
Janarion´s merchant company
7 spearmen with light armor and shield
7 archers with light armor, shield and long bow
Standard bearer
Darcassan, LVL10 High elf hero
Heavy armor, two handed sword of strenght
Darcassan´s warriors
15 High elf warriors with heavy armor and two handed swords
Standard bearer
Wardancer troupe
5 Sea elf wardancers with two handed weapons
Marine bolt battery
Three man bolt thrower, crew with light armor
Thabioh the giant
The elven MVP goes perhaps to Darcassan and his warriors. They managed to beat the hammerers and slay dwarf general. They would have killed the remaining dwarf warriors too but we decided to end the game before that happened. On the other hand they failed to rescued Janarion when they became unformed of defeating the hammeres and trying to close on to the warriors.
Janarion´s merchant company performed as expected. They shot down some dwarves and prevented the dwarf warriors from helping their general. I think they did pretty well in close combat but as Darcassan failed to come to their aid they were eventually destroyed.
So close but so far. Janarion is cut down just before Darcassan can come to help.
I have mixed feeling for the wardancers. On the other hand they did wondeful job of threatening the dwarf warriors´ flank thus preventing them from helping their general. But being beaten by the quarrelers was not something that I expected. Fleeing off the table was just shameful.
Marine bolt battery killed three or four dwarves missing most of it´s shots. The rule book says that bolt throwers have a natural BS3. We discussed if the elves were allowed to use crewmen´s BS4 but agreed on following the rules as written in the book. Perhaps this is something we need a home rule on. How are other players dealing with this? BS3 or crew´s BS?
Thabioh came to field sober which was a good start to the battle. He advanced towards the hammerers and gave Darcassan time to do his flanking manouver. I could have maximized his potential by just swinging with his club. Instead I decided to use some of his more special attacks which led to him falling down and being of no use for one turn. Had he lasted just a round longer Darcassan would have been able to charge the hammerers in flank and Thabioh might have survived. But I think it was more fun this way.
Lessons learned:
- Close combat with high discipline troops is grinding. They just refuse to break. Next time we will be using the ´combat result affect break test´ -rule indroduced in 4th edition
- Flame cannon and flame throwers can be deadly but are very unreliable. Bring on more pyrotechnics.
- Even LD10 checks will be failed when you really need them to pass.
- WFB 3. edition battles are time consuming. Just 1200 points on side and no magic phase it took 3 hours to play.
The elves now have the dwarven war banner and we can be certain that the stunties want it back. The stage is set for a new and perhaps a bit larger battle...
p.s. Thanks to Gaj for coming up with the name for my battle report


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Memorial Park, Colorado Springs , Colorado US
The Colorado Springs International Dragon Boat
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on Saturday, August 25th, 2018. This event brings together culture,
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Twenty paddlers move in unison, combining strength and
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