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This graph comparing Virginia's age between 1980 and 2013 comes from Luke Juday's latest post over on the Stat Chat blog, published by the demographics shop the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. I urge you to check out the opening chart in his post to see an animation of the changes year by year. It's fascinating to watch the bulging Baby Boomer generation crawling up the age ladder.
I would love to see a projection of Virginia's demographic profile over the next 20 years. We would see the big Boomer blob move up, out of the workforce and into retirement age. The implications of that massive shift cannot be over-estimated. Virginia's working-age population won't be increasing in size — indeed, it probably will begin shrinking within a decade. Extrapolate that trend nationally, and you'll understand why the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) maintains that the structural U.S. budget deficit — "only" $583 billion this year, according to the Obama administration's updated forecast, will march relentlessly higher within a few years as the growing ranks of seniors put increasing stress on the Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security programs.
America still faces a Boomergeddon scenario, although we may have bought ourselves a few years' grace. The CBO thinks that the slowdown in the growth rate of medical spending experienced since the 2007-2008 recession is a lasting phenomenon and will slightly bend the spending curve downward — enough to keep the Medicare Part A trust fund solvent through 2030. In February, the non-partisan budget shop had projected that the trust fund would run out of money in 2025, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The good news is that Congress has five more years to dither and procrastinate about reforming Medicare. The bad news is that Congress probably will take full advantage of that five years before making hard choices.

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Avere attacks filer VDI boot slowdown
NAS accelerator supplier Avere can make NetApp VDI boot storm delays go away, and it has the numbers to prove it. By placing a multi-tiered, solid state and hard drive caching Avere FXT filer accelerator in front of a NetApp filer, VDI boot storm files are transferred to the FXT and served up to booting devices faster and at a …
only 340MB?
seems like that would fit pretty easily in the RAM cache..
And now to ask the obvious question...
If the filer that's back-ending this *has* flashcache, is there any improvement? And does this accelerator help in that scenario?
Inquiring minds want to know. :)
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Surely instant relief would be to remove vdi and use proper hardware?
Uhh, I'd venture the problem was that this school bought a low end NetApp with no flash cache to run a client-heavy VDI infrastructure instead of sourcing something actually suited to the job. Luckily for them, there's a cure for every form of technical stupidity these days...
Hang on, that's a bit cheeky
Firstly, if the customer using the 2050 wanted to go to a higher model in the FAS range, it would be a controller upgrade only, not a forklift (I really hate how vendors Bander this around)
Second, both the 2050 and 3240 support FC disks which would have increased performance, the 3240 also supports SSD and Pam cards, both of which would have increased performance without increasing latency or risk.
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Sure, you'll need a new controller AND a disk-shelf, since the FAS2050 can't be repurposed as a JBOD to hang off your shiny new FAS3000.
Upgrading to FC disks makes it sound an awful lot like a forklift: new Filer, new disk shelf and new drives. Not to mention, all of the add-ons that you mention will increase performance, but at a cost far greater than some other potential solutions to the problem.
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EPIC Sues Army for Information About DC Surveillance BlimpsEPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of the Army for documents about JLENS, a sophisticated surveillance system that will be deployed over Washington, DC during the next three years. JLENS is comprised of two 250' blimps. One blimp conducts aerial and ground surveillance over a 340-mile range, while the other has targeting capability including HELLFIRE missiles. The JLENS was originally deployed in Iraq. In the FOIA request, EPIC asked the Army for technical specifications as well as any policies limiting domestic surveillance. EPIC has urged Congress to establish privacy safeguards for aerial drones. For more information, see EPIC: EPIC v. Army - Surveillance Blimps, EPIC: Drones - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and EPIC Spotlight on Surveillance (2005) - "Unmanned Planes Offer New Opportunities for Clandestine Government Tracking."
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The quiet little town of McAdenville, which lies along the South Fork River in Gaston County, North Carolina, holds magic each and every Christmas! During the holiday season, it is busy with tourists and local residents who visit the town to take part in Christmas Town U.S.A.! During this time of year, the small little town of McAdenville comes alive in spectacular fashion for the extravagant, luminous and amazing Christmas light display! Find out how this quaint little town transforms into…"Christmas Town, USA"!


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Good Politics, Bad EconomicsIn the midst of the presidential election season, politicians are showing once more that they know the supply and demand realities of their trade. They hope that their demand for votes will elicit an oversupply, and that their supply of promises to voters will be met with exuberant demand for their election.
When it comes to economics, however, politicians have a habit of creating demand for goods and services with little concern for ensuring adequate supply. But that doesn't keep them from expressing amazement, holding hearings and naming scapegoats when the absolutely predictable consequences unfold.
Medical care is the obvious example. In 1965, Washington created Medicare, which was clearly destined to spike demand for medical services because patients paid little and, unlike other goods and services, medical care involves the very lives of its recipients.
Still, the Medicare creators did very little to increase the supply of medical services. There was no comparable program to expand medical schools and to train physicians, nurses and other medical practitioners. That's why many MDs today are immigrants of questionable foreign training while others attended equally suspect medical schools in the Caribbean, including one that was "liberated" when we invaded Grenada in 1983.
And if you think there's competition in medicine, recall your last visit to your doctor's office. Does he worry about his patients leaving for a competitor when he overbooks office visits to insure that his time is fully occupied but leaves them waiting two hours for appointments? By extension, is there any chance that the new Medicare drug benefit will fall within the Administration's cost estimates of $540 billion over 10 years when it resists cheap drugs from Canada?
Closely related to the medical care supply-demand imbalance is the politicians' desire to let everyone have their day in court without counting the costs racked up by plaintiffs' lawyers who take cases on a contingency basis with no up-front fees or fear they'll pay the defendants' cost if they lose. Then politicians are shocked – shocked! – that settlements and jury awards are so high that a number of physicians can't afford malpractice insurance.
Subsidizing housing to insure that all can achieve the American dream is another political favorite. Federal programs have promoted 3% down payments for years, and now the Department of Housing and Urban Development is launching a new one with federally-insured loans to first time home buyers with no down payments. This increased demand artificially pushes up home prices throughout the spectrum.
Sure, homeowners enjoy the enhanced value of their assets, lenders like the increased activity and local governments relish higher property taxes. But who will be held responsible if this house of cards collapses? Similarly, politicians aren't concerned that subsidies for public housing are often simply dissipated in higher land and building costs when they neglect supply.
Government subsidies for higher education, such as student loans, are sure political winners but there is no comparable help for the supply of educational facilities. That's why colleges and universities, especially elite institutions, can raise tuitions and fees almost without limit, even more so since only wealthy families, which will pay almost anything to get their offspring into top colleges, pay the full tuition. The rest are subsidized as those fat cats' money is redistributed through scholarships that allow Old Ivy to attract the student diversity it desires.
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Sandpaper People: How to Love Abrasive Souls God's Way
- Wednesday, July 20, 2005
We live in a world that hoards a myriad of problems. However, you will be thrilled to know that I have discovered the biggest problem of all – people! In my opinion, if there were fewer people, there would definitely be fewer problems.
Let's be honest! Some people are more difficult to get along with than others; they "rub" us the wrong way! I call them "Sandpaper People." Sandpaper people come in all shapes, sizes and colors and sometimes they are us! We try to change them, run from them, ignore them and even take a stab at fixing them. If only it were that simple. It rarely is.
Getting along with sandpaper people requires a new point of view, seeing them as God sees them. We cannot base love on feelings, but on God's love released by choices we make in dealing with sandpaper people.
Choose love. Ephesians 2:10 "We are God's workmanship."
The artist came to the park every day when the light was just right, positioning his easel and paints under the same familiar shade tree. For hours, he watched people strolling by, searching for just the right face to paint. A beggar sitting across the path caught his eye. Thinking of God's handiwork in every human being, the artist resolved to paint the man as he imagined he could be. With the last stroke, the artist breathed a sigh of satisfaction. It was done. And it was some of his best work. The artist then called the beggar over to see the painting. "Is that me?' the beggar asked. "That is the "you" I see!" replied the artist. The beggar stared at the painting, and with tears in his eyes, softly spoke, "If that's the man you see in me, then that's the man I shall be!"
Sandpaper people desperately need someone who will look beyond their abrasive behavior to recognize their worth. Sandpaper people have allowed someone or something to assign an identity to them that is false. As a result, they live a life they were never intended to live, bound to an unhealthy self-image, having no concept of who they really are or what they can become.
Desperate to fit in, they try on different identities like trying on new clothes, wondering why none of them fit. Sandpaper people fail to understand that their identity was established before the world began, in the heart and mind of God. That's where we come in.
When we make the deliberate choice to love a sandpaper person, we are inviting God to work in us and through us to bring about change; to create His image in us so we can then see His image in others. Difficult relationships find it hard to survive in an atmosphere of love because stubborn wills yield to love as the worth of a soul is recognized and valued.
Choose encouragement. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 "Encourage one another."
If you want to disarm a sandpaper person, become their cheerleader! By focusing on their good points, your perspective of that person will change. Other people's perspective of that person will change and even that person's own perspective will change.
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- Phone: 3124220150x
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- Catering: Petterino's offers office catering, let us do all the work in making your next group lunch or dinner at work a hit! http://www.petterinos.com/store/catering.html
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Petterino's private vip entrance leads to exclusive, luxuriously decorated party rooms, where festivities include an unusually broad selection of cocktails and extensive wine list. Finish your event on a sweet note with a lavish, complimentary dessert table arrayed with colorful, scrumptious treats.
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- Entertainment: MONDAY NIGHT LIVE. Every Monday night from 7:30pm - 10:00pm, enjoy live performances from Chicago's very own talented stars.
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Located in Chicago's exciting theatre district, in the city's "Loop" area, Petterino's offers prime steaks, fresh seafood and classic specialties. Featuring a 1940's style look, with original drawings of actors who have performed in Chicago, Petterino's celebrates the Golden Age of Glamour and the Theatre while offering delicious cuisine with a full menu of favorites from tomato bisque soup to a shrimp de jonghe to fettuccine alberto.Continued
Pre-theatre and after work specials are available daily. Petterino's location is ideal for business lunches as well as a break from shopping or touring in the nearby State Street and Millennium Park venues. Pre-theatre diners have the option of leaving their car with Petterino's while they attend the show and can then pick it up after the performance is completed.
Pre-theatre and after work specials are available daily. Petterino's location is ideal for business lunches as well as a break from shopping or touring in the nearby State Street and Millennium Park venues. Pre-theatre diners have the option of leaving their car with Petterino's while they attend the show and can then pick it up after the performance is completed.
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special occasion (182)great for lunch (144)neighborhood gem (124)good for groups (118)fit for foodies (104)great for outdoor dining (87)great for brunch (70)romantic (67)vibrant bar scene (67)hot spot (63)notable wine list (41)late-night find (28)kid-friendly (15)scenic view (12)Show More
- False advertisementOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 10/23/2014Went here specifically because they advertised complimentary parking if you have "drinks, dinner OR dessert" prior to or after attending a show at the Chicago Theater. My two girlfriends and I went their to have some pre theater drinks with a bill way over a normal dinner but they still charged us the 14 dollar fee for the parking. When I showed the valet guy the website where it clearly states otherwise, he said sorry but you still have to pay. He said others have complained about the same false advertising yet they have not changed it! Obviously they do not care to lose clients over 14 bucks so I will not be returning or recommending this restaurant. Poor customer service.Special Features:
- chicken parmesan is perfectDewiVIPDined on 10/22/2014i had one of the best chicken Parmesan. it was huge and delicious. grilled calamari in appetizers was nice too. service was good. classic and nice place.Special Features:
- Pre Theater and MoregmsattyVIPDined on 10/22/2014My wife and I went to Petternio's for a pre theater dinner, party because it is physically connected to the Goodman Theater. We thought the Pre Fixe menu was a great deal, but for me, too much food before going to a show. Everything was great and even though we tent pre theater, we plan to go back for the pre fixe menu for a regular meal.
- Liked very muchLovesGoodFoodVIPDined on 10/19/2014I have been to Petterino's many times. The dinner menu is excellent and we all enjoyed selections from the Prix Fixe menu that includes more than the food a restaurant wants to get rid of. I ordered the horseradish whitefish that was flavorful and not overwhelming. The othes in my party also ate every bite of their Chicken Schnitzel and salmon. The tiramisu needed more coffee and was slightly bland. We had to ask the waiter for bread which is a big faux pas for me, so the gratuity was only 15%.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ALWAYS A WINNERgrammDined on 10/19/2014PETTERINOS IS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO GO WHEN DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN ATTENDING A PLAY OR EVENT AFTERWARDS. THEY ALWAYS ASK AND IF YOU NEED TO BE SOMEPLACE AT A CERTAIN TIME ARE SURE TO GET YOU SERVED BUT WITHOUT THE FEELING OF BEING RUSHED.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enhances the Goodman ExperienceOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 10/19/2014Driving to and brunching at Petterino's is a delightful way to spend the day. The courtesy of the hosts, the competence of the service and the quality of the food make it a pleasure to start a "Goodman Experience". I especially appreciate sensitivity to special needs of persons with disability.Special Features:
- Always a Good ChoiceSusieRDined on 10/19/2014Petterino's is always a good go-to place - after work for a drink with friends or colleagues before going home, lunch with friends, dinner to celebrate any occasion, a meal - lunch, brunch or dinner before or after the theater; and the service is always outstanding.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Consistently goodFigaro14VIPDined on 10/18/2014Petterino's is our go-to choice for pre-theatre dinner. Tonight our server was prompt, personable and treated us as valued guests. I feel very welcome by the staff. I love the pre-theatre 3 course dinner option and the short and intimidating wine list which has several outstanding values.Special Features:
- Excellent Choice for Special DinnerleyefanVIPDined on 10/18/2014Petterino's was an excellent choice for celebrating a special occasion. We reserved a table well in advance and were seated within 5 minutes of arrival. All of the good was very good. The crab cake appetizer with pan roasted corn was exceptional! We will definitely be returning for other special celebrations!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- You Can Count On Great FoodslanzaDined on 10/18/2014Our daughter decided to attend college in Chicago, so whenever we are in town from Pittsburgh, we make sure we eat dinner at Petterino's. The food is always top notch and the restaurant, with walls covered with caricatures of famous people, is a fun place to eat. Service is really good, too, with many friendly people constantly rotating through to bring your food, top off you water glass and clear away dishes. I highly recommend this place to anyone.Special Features:
- Perfect for after a Goodman showopentable94Dined on 10/18/2014Went here with family after seeing a Saturday matinee at the Goodman. Petterino's never disappoints. Prixe Fixe menu hit the spot after the show. Friendly, helpful waiter.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Location, location, locationWexOneVIPDined on 10/18/2014A pre-Theater Saturday lunch disclosed that Petterino's is resting on its laurels and relying on its great Theater District location rather than constantly updating its menu. Question: if Petterinoi's were located in Lakeview would it keep pushing out off the same menu year-after-year or would it be challenged to renew itself from time-to-time? This doesn't mean that the food is not good, or the service ok, but that things have gotten...well, old.Special Features:
- delicious!Lizzy1Dined on 10/17/2014Everything was awesome! One medallion was a bit too red.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A theater spotHappyat52Dined on 10/17/2014The resturant was just ok. It is not as good as other Leye resturants. It was fast if you are going to the theater.Special Features:
- 1st visit for work outingOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 10/17/2014A group of 5 came for a work lunch. The staff was quite friendly and helpful and the food overall was quite good. Only disappointment was that while we arrived at noon and ordered relatively quickly, we did not receive our meals until nearly 1pm.Special Features:
- Petterinos is a Chicago ClassicMela526VIPDined on 10/16/2014Petterinos not only has a great food and service but it is a Chicago staple. From the pictures on the wall to its location it makes you feel "at home Chicago". Food is wonderful and the menu has much to choose from. Great when you are going to the theatre because of location and parking.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- mikeDined on 10/16/2014Petterino's is a perfect place to go to before or after Goodman Theater. Usually, it is a very pleasant experience but the last two times, with the same waiter, the service was bad. Because we are two women who like to share a meal he paid very little attention to our needs. We waited almost 10 minutes for him to take our payment and when I called him over asking him to please take it I need to catch a train he said "Have a nice train ride" and took his time with the slips to sign. This treatment is very unlike the staandards of Lettuce Entertain You. Please pass the on to restaurant.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Convenient to the GoodmanOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 10/14/2014Have a Goodman Subscription and always eat here before going to the Theatre. Reminds us of Sardi's in NYC which we have fond memories of. The service is excellent and the food is also excellent. Love the pepermint ice cream and hot fudge for dessert. Also like the raisin pumpernickel bread. Tried various entrees, all good.Special Features:
- Monday night CabaretSeafoodandChickenGuyDined on 10/13/2014Dinner with Monday Night Live is average food mixed with open mike 1920s variable talent older singers
- Good Loop Stand-byKellyDined on 10/13/2014I go to Petterino's every time I have an event in the Loop, especially theatre. They are truly a restaurant for theatre patrons, with pre-theatre prix-fixe, theatre listings and start times in the menu, and quick but never rushed service to get you out the door in time for curtain. You need reservations! Note that on Thur-Sat you should book a few weeks ahead of time, as many theatre patrons feel the same way I do! Prices are reasonable, food is good. Also, they are a Lettuce restaurant, so you can rack up frequent diner points and use certificates there.
- A gem from Lettuce Entertain YoudinnerANDplayDined on 10/12/2014Petterino's offers delicious food prepared fast. The service is excellent. We had theater tickets to the Goodman and the server asked about curtain time so as to make sure our food came out in time. Food was fabulous - and the place is really fun!Special Features:
- another good mealMNwonderDined on 10/12/2014As theater goers, this is one of "our" spots. Never a disappointment. Food and service are excellent. We each enjoyed our brunch entrees.Special Features:
- Charming Italian EateryJaneRitaDined on 10/11/2014Our food was very tasty and they split the plate with no problem at all. We had the Chicken Schnitzel- it was very tender and moist with a beautiful presentation! The wait staff seemed a bit frantic and dismissive of the clientele, probably due to the diners who were attending the play next door within the next 30 minutes. We would definitely come back, but perhaps at a different time! The caricatures on the wall created an ambiance similar to Sardi's in New York.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- What's new?OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 10/11/2014Not much at Petterino's. Was disappointed to find brunch not available on Saturday, but only all-day dinner menu. There should at least have been a lunch menu with a few more interesting salads and sandwiches. These were basically the same since Pettorino was at Fritzel's!
- Good food and service before A playlaggVIPDined on 10/10/2014We like to eat here before Goodman performances. You can leave your coat and leftovers with them until after the play, and walk through to the theatre without going outside. Food is reliable, and our server was very attentive though busy. The trout special was excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- captive audience?travelgirlDined on 10/9/2014I think this restaurant has let their evening menu get unimaginative and not very broad, since it often is fully booked being right next to the Goodman. The brunch they offer is much more sprightly. The food quality is very satisfactory, and the service is quite good. However, the dinner offerings from sides to entrees and salads seem either very basic or not unexpected. This was disappointing considering their attractive brunches.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2004Dined on 10/8/2014High class waiters. They pay attention. Food very good.Special Features:
- Monday night liveMikielikesitVIPDined on 10/6/2014Good food, good service, reasonably priced but Monday nights is a great night to go there. Hour and a half of professional singers who provide a wonderful evening.Special Features:
- Consistently ExcellentCharles123VIPDined on 10/6/2014As usual, Petterino's did not disappoint. Southwest salad was delicious. This place is super-consistent and dependable.Special Features:
- Chicago Fire Festival DinnerLobenzDined on 10/4/2014We were out with friends having dinner at Petterinos. Friendly server recommended an awesome porter with chocolate notes. That Kupcinet salad is delicious. Soups and sandwiches are great too. Highly recommendedSpecial Features:
- Food excellent/server poorisanikkiDined on 10/4/2014I've been here many times and never had a bad experience until this past Saturday. We were seated immediately behind the host; however our server did not show up until about 25 minutes later to take our beverage order … seems he has his Saturday "regular" tables that he attends to and everyone else is just there … food was excellent (as always) … highly recommend the gnocchi. I'll definitely come back but if they put me with the same server, I'm moving!Special Features:
- Completes The Goodman ExperienceOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 10/4/2014Enjoy a wonderful meal pleasantly served before going to the Goodman!Special Features:
- Good for Pre-TheaterEagle779VIPDined on 10/3/2014The food is mediocre, the service is rushed and slipshod, the room is noisy, but they get you to the theater on time and without having to go outside. Best dishes are Irv Kupcinet salad, spaghetti and meatballs and peppermint ice cream sundae.Special Features:
- Great Service as UsualOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 10/3/2014The service at Petterino's is ALWAYS great. The food usually is great as well. On this visit the Cesar salad was lacking.Special Features:
- Getting along on past laurelsloloVIPDined on 10/1/2014This was probably the worst meal I've had in a long time. I ordered a steak but forgot to ask about the sauce (my fault).When I took it off the steak was still not good.The waiter knew I did not eat any of it and did not ask if I wanted something else. That was surprising for a high end restaurant that I've been frequenting for a long time. I asked to take the food home for my dog.The waiter was well aware that the whole meal was left and said he'd tell the manager who never came to the table. He offered me a dessert but not the chocolate ice cream. That was saved for a different dessert. I think I was more surprised at the service than the food.I guess because of the proximity to the Goodman theater they don't have to please the customer.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 10/1/2014We were promptly seated and our waitress Vanessa was very cordial and attentive. Fine dining experience.Special Features:
- lunch in the LoopBFC15VIPDined on 9/30/2014A nice, comfortable place that specializes in comfort food. it's a place that attracts Chicago's movers and shakers--one always sees someone important dining there, too.Special Features:
- A meal before the playBigSamVIPDined on 9/28/2014This is the perfect place for eating before (or after) the play at the Goodman, particularly if the weather is unpleasant. A new menu item. the beef rib and cole slaw sandwich, is very good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Needs improvementJimPVIPDined on 9/26/2014Worst veal parmasean since the high school cafeteria. Grilled calamari had too much vinegar.
- ho hum foodkaykayDined on 9/26/2014Menu needs some revitalization. Have been here three times in past two years and will give it a rest for awhile. Had the shrimp diablo this time and sauce tasted like tomato paste with tabasco in it. Husbands entree Whitefish and coleslaw period - lacked presentation. Appetizer of grilled calamari had way too much giardinara on it, masking the flavor of the calamari. Place feels tired. If it didnt have the theaters not sure it would be busy.


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In writing up my PhD, the question my brain seems to ask the most is not "where do I go from here?" but "how do I get to where I want to go?" It seems to want to create the narrative or story first, before I have done the reading or research. Having come up with what it thinks is the story of my thesis does it then ask "well, is there research to make this story believable or viable?"
Of course, if there wasn't, then the story would be rewritten accordingly. Nevertheless, my biggest worry was that I was being self-selective in the data collection. But I think the anxiety made me more vigilant and thus more willing to explore alternate storylines. Indeed, I often find myself becoming surprised at the direction that the research took me. When I transferred from PhD candidate to student status, me assessor noted that my surprise was evident in my writing, which I hope indicates that I have been prepared to change the narrative when the data changed. I guess that if my brain was expecting one answer, and the data pointed somewhere else, surprise is a natural response.
According to neuroscience research, the brain is designed to look for the most plausible story based on the subjectively known evidence. it is apparently the most conducive to survival if one considers something that looks like a lion and sounds like a lion to actually be a lion, unless proven otherwise. This of course emphasises the importance of doing research, because red berries appear to the caveman to be nice to eat unless they know that the neanderthal next door has died as a result. Nevertheless, there is clearly an inherent conservatism in the brain that is about the conservation of the body and progression or radicalism is a consequence of necessity rather than a default setting. This tension between conservation and progression is highlighted in the philosophy of Hegel, particularly in the reading by Catherine Malabou, that is characterised by plasticity, a capacity to be formed and to resist deformation. When I write, it is like a moment of le voirvenir, to see what is coming, that exists between what went before and what comes after.
I wonder whether the need for a story is why I have always resorted to the narratives of other stories – Oedipus, Thelma and Louise, star trek, Hamlet – and to a phenomological method. After all, narratives are a way of simplifying and ordering a mass complexity. After all, the creativity of the brain is limited only by the information stored. There is nothing in a story that is extraneous and my superviser and anyone who has reviewed my work have always asked "why is this sentence/paragraph here?".
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SECRET 28 'scientific experts' who Greened the BBC - Revealed!
A list of attendees at a climate-change seminar the BBC has spent tens of thousands of pounds trying to keep secret has been unearthed on an internet archive. The listed names emerged after the publicly-funded broadcaster fought off requests for the list under freedom of information (FOI) laws. This surreal story is only …
i wonder
If there was a second, unpublished meeting, perhaps afterwards in the back room at the local tavern?
Re: i wonder
Given the attendee list, the supposition is not plausible. But let's entertain it anyway -- so would the back room meeting have been for those people on-message or for those off-message?
Re: i wonder
It was the other kind of "back room" meeting I think - you know what that lot are like!
Re: i wonder
"off message"? Believe me, no-one invited to that meeting would have been off-message. An nobody at the BBC is off message. CAGW is the in-house religion
Re: i wonder
Whether you believe in anthropogenic climate change or not, the BBC's insistence on shoving it in our faces at every possible opportunity really is tiresome. I've been enjoying Andrew Marr's History Of The World, it's not too fact heavy which makes it ideal for putting on in the background as I work. Each episode dealt with an 'age' of history in a narrative manner, this week he'd finally caught up to the modern age. The episode covered the usual stuff; womens' emancipation, Hitler's rise to power, Gandhi's movement for a free India, etc. The last twenty minutes though were just Andrew Marr waffling on about climate change and how we'd all have to get used to living very poor lives or embark on a massive population cull. I really don't understand why the BBC felt the need to shoehorn this into a history programme.
Re: i wonder
20 minutes you say? I just went and checked the episode on iPlayer and I kid you not he literally says the word climate only once and the moment passes in just 5 seconds.
I guess climate skeptics are so obsessed with silencing the subject of climate change that any brief mention of it is to them is propaganda that ruins a programme. Similar to how creationists can't bear those brief indirect mentions of evolution in nature documentaries.
Re: i wonder
Thanks for assuming you know my beliefs regarding climate change based on no evidence whatsoever (we're all aware of your position though since you never shut up about it).
I may have exaggerated a bit because I didn't have access to the programme when I made the post. I've just gone and checked and he waffles about climate from the 52 minute mark until the end of the programme (that's nearly 1/6th of the total run time). He may not say the word 'climate' every 2 seconds but that doesn't mean it's not what he's talking about. It's called subtext, you may want to look it up.
Re: i wonder
No. That would be "back-door" meeting !
Re: i wonder
"I may have exaggerated a bit because I didn't have access to the programme when I made the post."
You didn't just exaggerate. You fabricated and your excuses don't wash. Problem for you is the episode is available on iPlayer. It doesn't remotely support your initial claim. Maybe you thought you could get away with it. You can't.
Now you talk about "subtext". BS he was talking about resource usage and challenges ahead, inc rainforest and overpopulation. All that part with the tribe in the rainforest, you including that? How's that relevant to climate change? He mentioned climate in 5 seconds.
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Luther. I would suspect on-message (if that means what I think it means.)
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"All that part with the tribe in the rainforest, you including that?"
You mean all 2 minutes of it? He uses that as an emotional set up so that you're in the "modern man is evil and destructive whilst hunter gatherer tribes are twee and in tune with nature" frame of mind (as if life were as simple as a Disney cartoon). He does that so he can then move on to;
"BS he was talking about resource usage and challenges ahead, inc rainforest and overpopulation."
And does he talk about viable solutions? Cleaner, safer energy supplies? Better food production methods to feed an increasing population? Better contraceptive availability and sex education in countries that are affected heavily by the dogma of the Catholic Church et al? No, he goes the route of the typical AGW zealot*, suggesting population culls and a decrease in the quality of life for everybody.
*This is not somebody who simply thinks the science is correct but somebody who thinks the only way to solve this is for us to become an agrarian society powered by windmills and nonsense.
Impartiality about what?
You say:
> The BBC is under a statutory obligation to remain impartial, so this gave the "brainstorm" a historic significance: the BBC has not previously abandoned impartiality in peacetime.
There's going to be an eclipse of the sun tonight in Oz, but I doubt the BBC will be asking the Flat Earth Society for their opinion.
All of human research, then and now, points overwhelmingly to the Earth being round, I mean to Human-Engendered Climate Change being real.
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Your are correct about Human-Engendered Climate Change being real, but not in the sense you intended. The danger, as the screed from the UN Durban jamboree showed, is the the eco-totalitarian astroturfers of the UN would like to implement policies which reduce atmospheric CO2 to levels at which plants fail to grow, thus endangering not just humans, but the whole food chain. Somehow the concept of eugenics doesn't quite cover this.
Re: Impartiality about what?
I thought the existence of a flat earth society was a joke to illustrate the argument...
Hahaha it actually exists !!..
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"All of human research, then and now, points...Human-Engendered Climate Change being real."
Please supply a link to a peer-reviewed paper, published in a mainstream science journal, that demonstrates, unequivocally and beyond a shadow of a doubt, a real, attributable, detectable human signature in the Earth's climate. I'm sure you can find one - after, we have "all of human research" to pick from.
The only "flat earthers" I can see are those people who treat CAGW as an article of religious faith, and don't bother to ask for - or simply don't require - the actual evidence that such a thing exists.
17 years and counting of no warming...
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And the experts that it used to come to this conclusion were the ones in the list ????????????
Which it then tried its utmost to hide ?????????????
Surely the point of the article, which you conveniently manage to ignore.
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"is the the eco-totalitarian astroturfers of the UN would like to implement policies which reduce atmospheric CO2 to levels at which plants fail to grow"
Where the hell did you get this juicy tidbit of mis-information from?
Re: Impartiality about what?
Corn will grow even if no CO_2, so no problem.
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"Please supply a link to a peer-reviewed paper, published in a mainstream science journal, that demonstrates, unequivocally and beyond a shadow of a doubt, a real, attributable, detectable human signature in the Earth's climate."
See the attribution section of IPCC AR4. Plenty of papers linked off that.
Re: Impartiality about what?
Research (and, indeed, fairly basic thermodynamics) points to the earth warming as a result of CO2 due to human activity.
All of the catastrophic forecasts, runaway positive feedbacks, metres-high sea-level rises etc that are supposed to occur because of this warming are based on models that keep getting pwned by reality.
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It would be nice to get some real data here.
My understanding is that plants vary considerably in their minimum CO2 requirement, but can take as much as possible, up to 100% maximum. They love it at about 2000ppm, which is what they get in a polytunnel (which is quite safe for unprotected humans to enter).
Depending on the plant, you would notice increasing distress from about 300ppm down to about 150ppm, at which point all plants will stop growing altogether.
We are currently about 390ppm, which means that we are on the low side for plant growth, but acceptable. Increasing CO2 would improve crop yields - it already has as we have increased from about 330ppm in 1970. Dropping to 350ppm would not lose much yield - though it would lose some. Dropping to 300ppm would start to constrain plant existence in various habitats.
So I suggest that anyone suggesting that 350ppm should be a minimum target is not endangering plants - anyone suggesting dropping below 300ppm probably is. I think that Hansen is suggesting 350ppm, but thinks that a lower target could be viable.
Of course, all this assumes that we can influence the CO2 cycle. The natural movements of CO2 are far greater than any human inputs or sinks, and there is really no indication that human activity can alter the concentrations - it is just treated as a matter of faith that stopping human output will leave all other processes working in exactly the same way at a lesser concentration.
And of course we have the inconvenient truth that concentrations have been rising, giving us better crops, while the temperature has not been doing the same, as the models say it should. This suggests that CO2 concentrations actually do not drive temperature at all....
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@Lazy Gun - A very basic knowledge of chemistry and physics should be enough for you to follow this back-of an envelope calculation: http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/08/recipe-for-climate-change/
CO2 increase in the atmosphere is unequivocally due to human activity, and what we know of thermodynamics predicts that this increase will produce a temperature increase in line with observed temperature increases.
Certainly, there can be other drivers for the increase, certainly there could have been eras in the past where both temperature and CO2 levels were higher, most certainly the effects of the warming are not fully understood and will not necessarily be bad, and even more certainly the IPCC reports take higher / catastrophic estimates and present them as likely.
But you most certainly cannot deny that human activity is affecting the climate
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"All of the catastrophic forecasts, runaway positive feedbacks, metres-high sea-level rises etc that are supposed to occur because of this warming are based on models that keep getting pwned by reality."
The models have never predicted any of those things.
Although meters high sea-level rise is inevitable given even current temperatures. It's a matter of how long it takes: centuries.
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You're agreeing, furiously.
Re: Impartiality about what?
"See the attribution section of IPCC AR4."
Er, no, he asked for an unequivocal human signature. The IPCC just lists papers which make a variety of claims and then puts their 'probability' marker on the field. SO they say it is 'possible', 'probable' or 'very probable' that humans are affecting climate.
Nobody has yet produced real unequivocal proof of AGW. It remains the case that you either believe it or you don't. It is not a single process, like gravity or a chemical reaction - we are being asked to believe that out of the whole complex of nature a specific human signal can be identified around the world.
In my case, if the temperatures had been rising in accordance with the models, I would probably believe that there was something in it. But since they have NOT been doing this, I am inclined to believe that the assertions are incorrect...
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"I thought the existence of a flat earth society was a joke to illustrate the argument...
Hahaha it actually exists !!.."
Wtf was the Church of England doing at the seminar?
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"The IPCC just lists papers which make a variety of claims and then puts their 'probability' marker on the field. SO they say it is 'possible', 'probable' or 'very probable' that humans are affecting climate."
The papers are what I was referring to.
"Nobody has yet produced real unequivocal proof of AGW"
Proof is for maths. Science isn't restricted to two states, unproven or proven. The theory of evolution doesn't have unequivocal proof either. Something like 99.999% is more than good enough. Even 90% isn't something to sneeze at.
Problem is climate skeptics downplay the certainty and play a "if its not 100% it must be 50/50" game, or even a "if it's not 100% it's 0%" game, eg in the case of warming since 1997: that warming is 90% significant, but because it's not 100% many climate skeptics go around claiming there's been no warming....
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"Of course, all this assumes that we can influence the CO2 cycle."
That's not an assumption at all. There's overwhelming evidence that we are.
"The natural movements of CO2 are far greater than any human inputs or sinks, and there is really no indication that human activity can alter the concentrations - it is just treated as a matter of faith that stopping human output will leave all other processes working in exactly the same way at a lesser concentration."
The natural movements of CO2 are currently a net sink. Overwhelming evidence that this is because of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere being so high. Which means if we stop emitting nature isn't going to suddenly turn into a net source.
"And of course we have the inconvenient truth that concentrations have been rising, giving us better crops, while the temperature has not been doing the same, as the models say it should. This suggests that CO2 concentrations actually do not drive temperature at all....""
Yet temperature has been rising. Temperature rise doesn't have to perfectly track the model predictions for CO2 to be a temperature driver. The weight of evidence is that CO2 is now the dominant driver given how fast we are increasing it.
Re: Impartiality about what?
Possibly they're a global organisation who work with poverty stricken people in many of the countries who are actually and potentially affected by climate change.
As are cafod, tearfund, etc. etc.
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@Dodgy Geezer
Except that global temperatures have risen in line with the scientific predictions made for the last 30 years. And there have been no proposed CO2 sources other than anthropogenic sources which could have caused the increase in CO2 concentrations observed over the last 50 years. It's only in denialist circles are these basic scientific facts disputed.
Re: 17 years and counting ...
That reminds me of the well known and favourably peer-reviewed joke about having fallen seventeen floors without any problems so far.
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@Dodgy Geezer "there is really no indication that human activity can alter the concentrations"
Yes there is. You get something like that completely wrong and yet you try to pass yourself off as some kind of expert on plants. The fact is that it's not as cut and dried as you imply - see for example this paper "Decade-long soil nitrogen constraint on the CO2 fertilization of plant biomass". Furthermore, if there is significant climate change over a relatively short period then the disruptive effects on agriculture may well outweigh any marginal benefit from extra CO2.
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oblate, surely?
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"The ice age cometh!" Mark my words.
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"Yet temperature has been rising."
Well, the "temperature record" once "cleansed and adjusted (inevitably up), such that it is, seems to have been manipulated sufficiently to indicate warming at a level below the accuracy of the instruments measuring it.
This may or may not be attributable to the trivial amount of Extra CO2 being emitted by humans (relative to the entire system).
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two down - votes WTF we have flat earthers here...
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"...Climate Change being real"
17 years and counting of no warming...
Why are you so stuck on warming? Change can go in any direction, and not affect just temperature.
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"All of human research, then and now, points overwhelmingly to the Earth being round, I mean to Human-Engendered Climate Change being real."
You don't need research to prove the earth is round - just look at the shadow at a lunar eclipse - the round shadow from the earth definitively proves this.
Climate change is being thoroughly disputed. None of the models or research predicted that there would be zero warming for 16 years (the original warming was only 17 years!).
BTW you said human "engendered" climate change - so which gender did we give to climate change - boy or a girl?
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"17 years and counting of no warming..."
Oh please, the last decade was warmer than the previous one, which was warmer than the decade before that. If you look at the instrumental record, the last 11 years have all been in the 12 warmest years. 17 years ago was what, 1995? Ever year but one since then was warmer. 2010 was a La Nina year, and it's the second warmest year on record! You can repeat denialist memes all you want, but they're not true, and the planet is going about its business regardless.
You can't be convinced, it's just the adult equivalent of putting your hands over your ears and going, "la la la, I'm not listening." Carbon isotope ratios in the atmosphere indicating that fossil fuel emissions cause the recent CO2 increases? The anomalous rises in CH4 and CO2 over the past few thousands years being completely different to the trends in the other interglacials? The complete lack of natural climate drivers? Solar emissions in the wrong direction? The collapse in Arctic ice? Shifting biomes? The planet's energy balance? Basic thermodynamics?
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"See the attribution section of IPCC AR4. Plenty of papers linked off that."
And plenty of those papers have been utterly discredited, many were written by activists, not scientists. I mean look at the (now-discredited) glacier comment - 1 guy spouts a theory, not even in a formal paper let alone peer reviewed, and the IPCC treats it as gospel truth.
Re: Impartiality about what?
"The models have never predicted any of those things."
So you are saying the IPCC has NEVER predicted sea-level rises? Not once? Or are you trying to claim they predicted sea level rises a century in advance without consulting models?
Sorry, either way your credibility just evaporated...
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"Temperature rise doesn't have to perfectly track the model predictions for CO2 to be a temperature driver. The weight of evidence is that CO2 is now the dominant driver given how fast we are increasing it."
The models have predicted all sorts of warming outcomes based on 17 years of warming (up to 1996). Even the University of East Anglia admit that there has now been no warning for 16 years - you need temperature rises for ANYTHING to be a driver of warming.
What happens when that's 18 years (ie more time flat than warming)?
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"Except that global temperatures have risen in line with the scientific predictions made for the last 30 years...It's only in denialist circles are these basic scientific facts disputed."
Really? The scientific community and the IPCC predicted the last 16 years of flat temperatures?
Perhaps you can point out the scientific papers that predicted that fact back in 1996. Or perhaps you're talking alarmist BS...
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'Please supply a link to a peer-reviewed paper, published in a mainstream science journal, that demonstrates, unequivocally and beyond a shadow of a doubt, a real, attributable, detectable human signature in the Earth's climate'.. -
There is a vast multinational scientific body known as the IPCC which has collated together several thousand peer reviewed papers, published in mainstream science journals from respected universities and research institutes around the world, and presented to the world's media, government representatives and scientists at several global climate change research conferences which demonstrate, unequivaocally and beyond a shadow of a doubt, the real, attributable, detectable human signature in the Earth's climate which you seek.
'17 years and counting of no warming..' - What kind of warming are you refering to here? - eg surface temperature increase, water temperature increase, atmospheric warming? - All of these (and more) have recorded significant increases in temperature, observed via a vast body of research (see above) which documents the warming of the earth (in a variety of different parameters) observed throughout the intense period of industrialisation characteristic of the late 20th (approx 1950 onwards) and early 21st Century to date, a period accounting for approx 72 years. The term 'climate' itself is generally defined by scientists as an average of changing weather patterns recorded over a fairly lengthy time scale (minimum of 25 years). During such a timescale it is quite normal for fluctuations in temperature (ie warming or cooling of earth's surface) to be observed from time to time. What is important is the overall pattern of change, a pattern which, when you combine the additional data from such measures as ice cores, tree rings etc provides scientists with an accurate picture of temperature change going back many thousands of years (eg most recent research into ice cores contains samples 50,000 years old). By anyone's standards, it seems clear that the observation of 17 years' no change to temperature record (assuming that this is in fact the case - debatable), when compared to the vast length of temperature change data which climate change research is based on, is pretty insignificant and inconclusive.
AGW? Really, we need it
Plant productivity essentially stops at CO2 concentrations of about 140 ppm, We are presently at about twice that. Notably, the *only* other time in the last 500 MY that armospheric CO2 has been nearly this low was about 300 MYA at the Carboniferous-Permian boundary. The remainder of the planet's history has seen CO2 levels much higher, and based upon the fossil evidence, much more biologically productive. In any case halving atmospheric CO2 would be "a bad idea," very bad, especially if it is keeping us out of another ice age. Dubious, but Arrhenius suggested it. Now, companies like Monsanto and Dupont that sell fertilizer and that produce GMOs might not be concerned. They may see market opportunities. Possibly they can produce fertizers that can help plants regardless, and patented GMOs that will tolerate low CO2. But, do you really like that idea? AGW may be a good a bad theory - personal bet is bad - but regardless, reducing CO2 right now would be sociologically, economically, and militarily speaking a really poor idea. Lower crop productivity will drive increased famine, increasing immigration and warfare, and benefiting very few. Likewise, supposing that CO2 is actually the magical molecule that AGW theory makes it out to be, cooling the planet has the same effect. Habitable zones move south. Canada invades the US, Scotland invades Britain, Russia invades Turkey. Chaos all around. It quite literally doesn't matter whether AGW is real or if the warming we see is natural. Stopping it is not a good idea.
Re: Impartiality about what?
YOU might claim that. I couldn't possibly comment
Re: Impartiality about what?
No. 'Scientific' predictions have been adjusted constantly to match the observed rise: which stopped more or less 8 years ago.
Re: Impartiality about what?
"Wtf was the Church of England doing at the seminar?"
Probably the same reason the Head of Comedy was there, free food.
Re: Impartiality about what?
Your statement would have merit were it not for the list of attendees included the church of england. A well known hotbed of scientific knowledge and forward thinking progress. That is pretty much the same as asking the flat earth society.
How can you measure climate change over fifty thousand years when one of the attendees worships / believes a book that dates earth as 4000 years old.
Well at least there are some education and science people, though just because they are from oxford and cambridge doesn't mean they are scientists, they could be language or history professors, I teach latin therefore I know about clouds and stuff.
And WTF? The US Embassy???????????????
Re: Impartiality about what?
Climate skeptics claiming no warming for 17 years...
The University of East Anglia data they refer to actually shows 0.097C +- 0.113C/decade warming in the past 17 years. So that's a maximum possibility of 0.23C/decade warming (2.3C a century). Yet they claim there's been no warming....
Also why they are trusting the UEA data? Why not the satellite data? That shows 0.121C +- 0.191C/decade warming in the past 17 years. A maximum of 3.1C/century.
Of course to skeptics if the lower range is below zero they can go around claiming there's been no warming. Some of them even bend the truth more and claim it's been cooling.
Even worse they sometimes claim the UEA has "admitted" all this. It hasn't. What they mean is that the conclusion *they* draw from UEA data becomes an admission by the UEA itself.
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Since then Roxanne thought about how they were doing, she had thought many times to visit but she wasnt sure if Aliya would even want to see the girl who nearly ruined her wedding day. But finally after a month Roxanne got up the corage to visit the new family, only if to see they were well. Even standing on their door step she wondered if this was a good idea.
Lysander stood up quickly at the same time as her, worried that she would pass out from stress and the alcohol that he knew was still lingering heavily in her system. He didn't touch her- knowing she would just fight him off right then- but made sure he was close enough to catch her- either from falling or from doing anything drastic, at least physically- at a second's notice.
Her words pounded against his heart like swords, piercing the pain that was already heavy there and bringing back the harsh reality of how bad the situation was. Standing in front of him- yelling, shivering and overwhelmed with guilt- was not the Ali he knew. She was not the Ali he had met years ago, the one who strove only to make other people happy. As a girlfriend, wife and mother, this was all she cared about, and now- after all of the trauma that had infiltrated her life- she was different. Changed. She looked at him with deep contempt and for a second, he couldn't help but wonder if she really, truly didn't love him anymore.
Despite this thought, he swallowed his own anguish and shook his head. "I don't know how I can help you, but you need to talk to someone, that I know. You just tried to kill yourself and that- that, Ali, is beyond arguing with me about. Do you really want Andrew and Jasper to grow up like Aislinn is going to ? Without a mother? Yes, if you want to blame me for what happened to Zooey, then I accept it. I accept all of the blame because I did do those things, and I am not going to deny them," he said carefully. "If you hate me, then I am going to have to live with that even though I still love you so damn much, Aliya. I love you so much that I am going to let you tear me down and hate me as much as you need to if it means you are going to try to get better. I can't…" he hesitated, his throat catching again as he wiped his hands down his face in stress, "I can't let you destroy yourself, so tell me. Tell me what you need, and I will do it."
Aliya felt hurt and sympathy for Lysander. It wasn't that she hated him. It was just so confusing how he could have led her to do what she did. All he did was turn away from, give her the cold shoulder, even judged her common sense.
"I don't hate you," she whispered, "Despite it all, I don't hate you. You could drag me through hell and I would go…"
'What was this Ali? Is this not hell?'
"My mind," she cried, holding her head in her hands as if in pain, "I can't be in here anymore Ly. I've almost died, I've seen people die, I've been the reason people die. Remember Gabriel? He died for me. And now this… I just want to be happy and live a normal life, but as long as everything's still in here, I can't do that. I need all that to go away. God, I love you so much and I want to be the perfect wife for you, but staying put together is so difficult. I don't know how you can go on with your life. You saw the minister die! You were there! And Zooey?! What is wrong with me! Why can't I just let it go?!?!?!"
She was rambling. She knew it. It was just coming out. She had no control over her words right now.
Lysander felt Aliya push him away, his arms releasing her even though he had been gripping her so tightly just moments before. His clothing stuck tighter to his body when she detached herself, and even through the tears of terror in his eyes he could see the look on her face. She crawled away and covered herself up- pulled the robe over her as though ashamed of letting him look at her. He was baffled- he had no idea what was going on and the shock of everything was sending his mind spiraling continuously, desperate to attach onto anything that made sense.
"I'm not.. I'm not leaving you alone, Ali," he whispered, shifting his body slowly across the floor and closer to her- cautiously. "It's OK- we're going to figure this out. We're going to get you help, OK? Please…" he begged, knowing that even if she were to snap again he wasn't going anywhere. If he had to drag her kicking and screaming from this house in order to get her help, he would. But with every inch closer he got, he hoped that she would just agree. That she would come back to him and let him help her.
She crawled backwards as far as she could, her movements rushed and clumsy. Her wet limbs were slipping against the cold tile. From the hallway, she could her her babies crying and the pitter patter of Zorro's paws as he roamed the house, looking for his owners. Even their pet could sense that something wasn't right in the home. Her heart ached for the children and for a split second she forgot this entire ordeal. She quickly brought back to it by the sound of Lysander pleading with her.
Maybe it was all catching up with her. Everything. Being obliviated, getting married, the auror assignment, the court case, Zooey's death, the fight with Lysander. She just didn't know how much longer she could just put it in a box and hide it away somewhere.
"I don't want your help!" she screamed at him, "I don't want it!"
She straightened herself up, using the wall behind her for support as she wobbled into a standing position, her palms flat against the surface.
"How are you going to help me huh?" she frantically asked, "How are you going to help me? Are you going to try to make me happy, make me forget. Are you going to tell me to do it for our family's sake? Well let me tell you something, the girl I killed was family too. She is my niece's mother and I killed her. You made me. You made me do it. I love you so much that I thought keeping her away from her four year old daughter was okay. Because of you!"
Lysander practically blacked out as he tried to revive Aliya. Breathing into her mouth and pumping on her chest, he didn't have a single sense of time or anything going on around him- including the two sets of screams that were now coming from the nursery. The entire situation was a blur- complete panic taking over and when she finally spit out the water and gasped for breath, he had to catch himself from falling over out of relief.
Tears streaming down his face, he clutched her tightly and kissed her soaking wet head, quickly tipping her sobbing face up to his so he could check her color. Make sure she was really OK as he suddenly realized how violently he himself was shaking. Her crying filled the room and at her words, he felt like a dagger was being pierced through his heart. Leave her. Leave her to die. That was what she had wanted- that was what she was trying to do. She was so deep in her depression that she was trying to kill herself and he had been getting mad at her and making himself sandwiches?
"Aliya… please… Ali.." he choked out, gripping her skin tightly, "it's OK. It's going to be OK. I promise. I'm here… we're going to get you help and I'm here…I promise…"
She cried and cried and cried. It was like she was bottling it all up and it wasn't until now that she finally let him know how deep she was hurting. It wasn't as easy as just mourning Zooey and moving on with her life. She legitimately felt like she had been the cause of everything that had happened. Why would anyone want to waste their time with someone like her. And her… Why had she allowed Lysander to influence her. If she hadn't made that statement, maybe the judge wouldn't have even allowed the verdict to be passed. Zooey might have been able to see her daughter. She would have been alive.
Aliya felt cold suddenly and the fact that she was naked began to shiver, her arms crossing in an attempt to keep warm as she shook. She almost felt exposed to Lysander. It wasn't like he had never seen her like this before, but things were so different now. If she was a completely different person then who was to say he wasn't. He had been the one to tell her that Zooey was wrong and that she deserved what she got and she went with it. This hostile emotion erupted within her, not even wanting to touch him right now. She crawled away from him frantically, grabbing at the robe that she had set down when she first came into the bathroom. Aliya covered herself up quickly, as if she was in danger. She didn't realize what she was doing. She didn't understand that this was the same boy that she had fallen in love with and married and that he loved her so much. To her, he had been the one to instigate the wrongdoings against her best friend.
"Get out," she muttered.
Lysander didn't take long in the kitchen- opting to throw a few sandwiches together rather than bother turning on the oven or even defrosting something in the microwave. He filled up a large glass with water and took a few sips before carefully balancing the plate on his arm, carrying his food into the living room so he could sit on the couch instead of the- now rarely used- kitchen table.
He flopped back onto the couch in exhaustion, inhaling one of the sandwiches within seconds and letting his mind drift back to Aliya. To be honest, he had no idea what he could do about their situation right then. He had tried to be gentle with her, to assure her as many times as he could that she wasn't at fault for what happened, but all it had done was driven them further apart. In reality, he knew that if anyone were to be blamed for Zooey's death in this house, it was him. Aliya hadn't done anything but try to be a good friend to her despite all of the terrible things she had done, but he had written her off a long time ago. She could have been the best mother in the world to Aislinn upon her return, but to wouldn't have mattered. He had done everything in his power to keep the little girl from her mother, and now- now they would never see one another again.
Lysander swallowed the guilt rising up in this throat and turned his attention back to his sandwiches, pushing away the feelings as soon as they came. He had to remind himself that Zooey had never been quite right mentally, and unfortunately that was the reason she had been consumed above all others. Still, there was something oddly… similar about the way Aliya was acting in comparison to Zooey. The distancing, the erratic behavior, the dependence on substances….
His eyes widening, as though suddenly realizing how completely daft he had been this entire time, the realization that she wasn't just acting out because she blamed herself, but because she was clearly depressed far beyond typical mourning, Further guilt rising up, along with anger over how selfish he himself had been lately concerning all of this, Lysander put his plate down on the table and rose, making his way to the bathroom quietly. When he arrived, he knocked gently on the door.
"Ali?" he called. Nothing. He knocked again.
"Ali?" he said. Quiet. He reached for the handle and began to shake it, finding it locked. Terror, the type he couldn't explain, burst in his heart as he considered exactly how bad her mental state might be at the moment, and without even thinking, he slammed his entire body against the door.
"ALI!" he called, the silence still lingering. He heard a gentle cry from the other room- his call had been louder than he realized- but knew this was more important. Backing up, he threw his body against the door once more and it flew open, allowing him to stumble inside and see Ali completely submerged in the tub. Panicking, he rushed over and grabbed her body, pulling her up out of the water as it flooded the flood and soaked him.
Aliya's body became motionless, paralyzed to whatever was happening around her. She was unconscious and had Lysander hadn't stepped in at the right time, she would have been dead. Within minutes. But Lysander wasn't about to lose her. It seemed that no matter how hard fate tried, Aliya just wasn't ready to go yet. Her husband began trying to revive her and after what seemed like ages, Aliya choked and coughed loudly, water sputtering from her lips not long after. Her head was pounding and her chest hurt, but she was most definitely alive. Whether she was supposed to be happy about that or upset, she had no idea.
She gasped for breath and sat up right in Lysander's arms, not realizing that she didn't have a stitch of clothing on. It took her a few very long moments before she regained full consciousness and realized what exactly she had done and what had happened. She began to cry, once again, not quite why exactly. If it was because of the regret for what she had done or the state of which things were in; falling apart. She began to sob loudly, hiding her face in her hands. This was a complete and total mental breakdown and Aliya had no idea what to do with herself at this point.
"W-Why didn't you just leave me?!" she cried loudly, "A few more minutes and you wouldn't have to deal with all this!"
Roxanne smiled, the last thing she wanted to do was be a burden on Aliya when she had two new babies to worry about.
Her eyes lit up when she saw the tiny twins in their cribs. "hello Andrew" she said softly before her head whipped back to Aliya "you would let me?" she questioned her eyes wide with excitment.
Aliya nodded and carefully handed Andrew to Roxanne before leaning over to pick up Jasper. Both babies were happy and seemed to be happy to meet Roxanne. It was rare that they cried since so many people had been over to see them since the short time that they were born. They must have loved the attention or something.
Ali watched as Andrew looked up at Roxanne and a big goofy smile sprad across his face. His little hands reached for her hair, tugging at it as a way of trying to bring her closer to him. Aliya laughed and reached over prying his tiny fingers away from Roxanne's brunette locks.
"Andrew, that isn't very nice," she chastised lightly, "Sorry about that."
Roxanne smiled at the familar face that answered the door. "thank you" she replied politely as she stepped over the threshold into her home. She would have never imagined a couple of months ago that she would be in Aliya's home. "I hope im not imposing" she started "I just wanted to see if you and the babies were alright"
Ali shook her head in response, "No! No! It's fine. You came at a good time actually. Jasper and Andrew are awake. They just had their bath," she explained, leading Roxanne to the nursery where they were laying in their cribs Andrew rolling over to crowd his brother with hugs. ALi smiled and slowly picked him up.
"This is Andrew," she introduced, "He's the younger one and loves his brother already. Would you like to hold him? Both boys are really very good with others. They don't really get cranky or anything."
Roxanne hadn't heard anything since that day she had helped Aliya to St Mungo's. She had wanted to stay stay and see if she and her twins were alright. Despite what had happened in the past she did want them to be alright, she would not wish anything bad to happen to any of them. She had stayed with Aliya through her screams and yelling until her mother showed up, then was she asked politely to leave. She waited outside and watched as more and more of her family arrive and last of all Lysander. She wanted to stay but she didnt feel it right, she had already interupted their wedding she didnt think it was right if she was present at the birth of the first children also. She Roxanne left them to have the moment on their own.
Aliya had just gotten the boys all cleaned up after their baths, dressed up in their comfy onesies. Both giggling and gurgling up at mummy. If there was ever a time when Aliya did genuinely feel okay, it was when she was with the twins. It was early in the afternoon. The boys had just woken up from their nap and if they were anything like mummy, a nice bath was sure to cheer them up.
"Do my babies feel squeaky clean?" she spoke in a childish voice, "Hmm? Are my boys ready to take on the world now that they're awake and fresh?"
Andrew squealed in response, causing Ali to laugh and tickle his little baby tummy.
"My babies look so handsome. Yes they do. Oh mummy love you so mu-" her words were interrupted by a knock at the door and she left them for a second to see who it was. Without checking, she opened the front door and was slightly shocked to see Roxanne at her doorstep.
"Hi," she greeted, not quite sure why the other girl was here, "I-… Come in. Come in."
Oh. So she was wandering aimlessly like him. Her point about Diagon Alley being a place filled with nostalgia was spot on. He almost didn't know if he came here to be happy about the memories he had made here or to feel saddened and melancholic at the fact that he didn't have that anymore.
"Well if I'm not intruding or anything and you have some time, I'd like to buy you coffee. That way I can say hi to your mum so she's questioning who that strange man was that you ditched her for. Also, those cute babies. I love children. Have one myself. His name's William. He's a little older though. By about fourteen years or so."
After telling Dominique, it seemed a lot easier to mention him in conversation now. He wasn't quite sure what people would think but if they were worth it and still wanted to know him when they knew then that was what really mattered in the end.
She didn't know why she did, but she nodded and said yes almost immediately. What was the harm in it? It wasn't as if she was doing something wrong. They were acquaintances, they knew each other and from what she could tell, they were on their way to becoming friends and God knew she could use one of those. Someone who wasn't judging her. Someone who didn't even know about the darkness looming over her life right now. It was that blissful ignorance that would help her. She didn't want to talk about Zooey with anyone. She definitely didn't want to talk about with Lysander.
"I'm sure my mum would love to meet you. The boys are pretty mellow too. They like everyone, but since you obviously have experience in that field, I'm sure they'll like you even more. C'mon, I'll lead the way."
As soon as they arrived home, Lysander felt a bit of weight lift off his shoulders. Though she had held herself together during the wedding rather well, he still hated it when she drank and couldn't understand why she had been doing it to such an extreme lately. Sure there was trouble in paradise- she felt guilty over Zooey's death and they had been fighting a hell of a lot more than either was used to- but her words from a few weeks ago- that he and the twins weren't what she thought they would be- still bothered him more than anything. He didn't like, either, that the only time she had seemed calm and happy around him was just a little while ago at the wedding. Still- maybe it was a sign. Maybe she had realized, while being surrounded by old friends and positive energy, that life wasn't all that bad. That there were still so many good things to experience and so many other people that mattered left in the world.
It comforted him even more when, despite her clearly very intoxicated state, her first destination as soon as they landed was the nursery. He knew her mother was probably in there with them, and deciding not to be a third wheel he instead took off his jacket, tossing it lazily over the back of the couch and loosening his tie. Mrs. Moreno came strolling from the nursery a minute later, smiling gently at Lysander and hugging him hello before proceeding to the fireplace and disappearing.
Lysander was tired- it had been a long day and an even longer night, so all he really wanted was to have a snack and then head to bed. Before he could turn to the kitchen, however, he saw Ali come stumbling back in, her aura of relaxation filling the room despite the still present tension between them.
"OK- I'm going to eat something and then go to bed," he told her, deciding it was probably best to eat and then wait for her despite these words. She wasn't used to the amount of alcohol she had been taking in lately, and the last thing he wanted was for her to get hurt or to start throwing up. He considered offering her pepper-up potion, but immediately pushed the thought away. She knew it existed, and the offer would likely make her snap given how she had reacted to all of his offers to help lately. So with a final nod in her direction, he went into the kitchen.
Aliya was glad to see that he had nothing else to say to her besides "okay." There was a nagging sensation inside of her that was almost waiting for him to turn into a parental figure again so she could snap at him. So when he didn't say "are you sure you don't want to wait until morning?" or "you should take some pepper up potion," she felt a relief that he didn't bring that out in her. She was drunk. Who knew what she would say. And Lysander being the aloof, sentimental man he was would take whatever intoxicated commentary she threw at him to heart.
As Aliya made her way to their bedroom, she began to take off her jewelry, kicking off her heels at the same time so as not to forget. Had she not done that at this point, she might have left them on when she got in the tub and she wouldn't be very happy with herself when she saw their state come morning. There was a very numbing feeling about drinking so much. It wasn't so much the effect it had on her mental capabilities, but more so the fact that she never really drank as much as she did nowadays and it was just an uncomfortable feeling physically. She felt ill and gross and incredibly light-headed. Was she going to tell anyone that? No. It did help refocus her anxiety though and instead of having to think about the fact that she basically killed her best friend, she thought about how uneasy she felt and how her stomach kept turning every few seconds. She had to think about not throwing up way too often to worry about her past sins.
The young woman walked into their room and into their bathroom, closing and locking the door behind her. She drowned out most thoughts as she waited for the tub to fill up with warm water, dropping a few splashes of bubble bath and watching the foam rise. The waiting began to feel empty and she slowly began undressing to pass the time. So she stood there naked, not really knowing what to do now as the tub wasn't full yet. The previous thought of pepper up potion came to mind and she opened up the mirror cabinet. Sure enough, there were a few vials of the stuff, sitting around gathering dust. Neither of them drank much before so now that she did, it would seem obvious that Aliya would put the potion to good use. But she didn't want to and closed the cabinet once again, letting them rest there until the next time one of them was intoxicated, probably her.
She turned to the tub, waiting just a little longer for it to fill up before shutting off the faucet and stepping into the hot soothing water. A sigh escaped her lips as the fragrant soapy water caressed her skin, leaving it glistening and shining. Ali stared up at the ceiling as she laid there. Her mind wasn't necessarily a good place for her right now. She tried not to think much, but it was happening. Nobody could really help that; thinking. It just happened. She didn't notice herself slipping further and further into the water until she was completely submerged in it and natural instinct caused her to immediately come back. Ali gasped a little and coughed, her hands gripping onto the sides of the tub in tight grip. And then realized: this was how Zooey died.
How? How did she do it? Even a few seconds under was uncomfortable to Aliya, but Zooey had essentially drowned herself. Her mind began to wander again and Aliya slowly released her grasp on the tub as she tried to relax again. But it was already on her mind.
"She was obviously a lot calmer," she mumbled to herself as she began to lower herself in the tub once more. This time, on purpose, much more relaxed than the moment before. Sound became muffled and echoed as she slipped under the surface of the soapy water once more. She tried to open her eyes, but the bubble bath stung her eyes and she closed them again and decided to just stay calm and relaxed. Aliya found herself in a state of sleep almost, not even noticing the tightening in her lungs beginning to become more prominent. A ringing began in her ears. Her body was telling her to resurface, but her brain said that she was just fine.