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Think Foundation is about blood, the key to our survival, and blood-related ailments, Alekh Angre reports
Ironically enough, Think Foundation is not about thought, except that campaigning and coordination for blood donation is born out of good thoughts. Think Foundation is about blood, the key to our survival, and blood-related ailments. Only those who have desperately tried to find blood during emergencies, or have been harried about finding donors to match rare blood groups know the time and effort involved. Many a time, finding blood banks is difficult enough and they may be unable to meet a patient's need. It is as an answer to these issues that Think Foundation was set up in 2006 as a not-for-profit organisation.
In 1980, Vinay Shetty, then a student (now vice president at Think Foundation), conducted a blood donation drive for Mumbai-based Nair Hospital. The drive was a great success, but Vinay's real aim was to start and maintain the list of donors. Soon, he started receiving calls inquiring about donors with particular blood groups. "We (he and a few friends) responded to the calls, identified donors and sent them to hospitals which had specific requirements," he says.
As the calls increased, Mr Shetty and his friends became regular visitors at various hospitals, coordinating and arranging the blood requirements. In 1998, Breach Candy Hospital contacted him to inquire about their work and urged his group to also spread awareness on thalassaemia.
After reading and meeting people working with thalassaemia patients, he decided to pitch in with some specific activities. It started with the formation of charitable trust 'Citizen' along with his six friends. Its mission was to give a thrust to promoting blood donation and creating awareness about thalassaemia. With donations trickling in from individuals, its activities grew. In 2006, Citizen was renamed Think Foundation after registering it under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956.
The Foundation conducted around 300 blood donation drives in colleges and companies in 2011 and worked at encouraging voluntary blood donation. It works closely with about 60 blood banks in Mumbai and is apparently the only organisation to have donors with the rare 'Bombay blood group'. "I can guarantee that people who need this blood group anywhere in the country, will eventually come to us," says Mr Shetty.
For thalassaemia patients, Think Foundation conducts screening camps for college students (as part of its prevention drive) and counselling for those detected with thalassaemia minor. Mr Shetty says, "Anybody with thalassaemia minor is perfectly healthy. A child is born with thalassaemia major when both his parents are thalassaemia minor. So it is essential for people to get themselves tested. It will help to stop thalassaemia. It will also help blood banks, as most of the blood is used for kids with thalassaemia major." Last year, Think Foundation conducted 150 screening camps. It also runs seven day-care centres across the city where thalassaemia major children are provided with blood transfusion facility, along with iron chelation tablets, essential for the treatment, free of cost.
Think Foundation runs a Lifesavers' Club, which has a list of platelet donors and coordinates with them as well as blood banks whenever there is a request for platelets. The organisation campaigns actively about stem cell therapy and wants to ensure that India has a functional stem-cell registry. Mr Shetty believes that stem-cell therapy is a solution for thalassaemia as well as leukaemia and other blood disorders.
Think Foundation also provides educational support to needy children and financial help on a case-by-case basis. Currently, it receives funding from individuals as well as corporate houses. You can volunteer for the various activities conducted by Think Foundation, apart from making financial donations which are exempted under Section 80(G) of the Income-Tax Act.
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SEBI chief UK Sinha is concerned about mutual fund underperformance but what action can the regulator really take, given its hand-off regulatory policy
Underperformance of mutual funds seems to be a cause of concern for the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). At the CII Mutual Fund Summit yesterday, SEBI chairman UK Sinha said, "There are nine fund houses where over a period of three years, 50%-100% of their schemes have performed less than the scheme benchmarks. So, imagine if more than half of their schemes over a period of time on a continuous basis have been performing less than their benchmarks."
"If it is happening on a continuous long-term basis for a significant percentage of the schemes then it becomes a SEBI issue," he said.
The regulator has also said it will engage with fund managers and CEOs of these asset management companies (AMCs) to understand why their funds are trending below their benchmarks on a continuous basis. The SEBI chairman further states, "The credibility of the industry and the credibility of the individual fund houses, their trustees shareholders directors, it is important that these matters are discussed and remedial measures are taken."
Mr Sinha may be right in saying that underperformance is a concern but what action can SEBI take? SEBI keeps on saying that investor protection and transparency is its top priority, but what action has SEBI taken in the past? SEBI in the past has come out with regulations where fund companies have to disclose their fund manager performance and a fund manger should not be allowed manage two or more similar schemes, these and many more. This would help the investor to a certain extent but what more?
Moneylife is only publication that has consistently highlighted underperforming fund houses. (Recent Articles: Equity Mutual Funds to avoid at all costs , Fund Performance: Worst Equity Funds ). What we have noticed most of the schemes which are consistently underperforming come from the same set of fund houses. Such gross underperformance over different periods can't go unnoticed by the AMC and the trustees. But SEBI has not done the only thing it could have done-question the trustees.
We did analysis of the top 20 fund houses as per AUM over a five-year monthly rolling periods from April 2006 to March 2012. We only considered consistent underperformers, that is, those that have underperformed the benchmark in the last 12 rolling periods. As you can see, LIC Nomura MF and JM Financial MF top the list of underperformers. Even in the last three-yr period ended 15 June 2012, all the schemes of these two fund houses have failed to perform.
Underperformance: 5-year monthly rolling period ending March 2012
Underperformance: 3-year as on 15th June
These are just equity schemes of select fund houses. They charge the highest from the investor for managing the fund and such is the performance. The least the investor would expect is returns on par with the benchmark. Even the index fund of LIC has given below par returns. Unless SEBI takes active interest and introduces stricter norms, AMCs would continue their business as usual.
Given that India has adopted a hands-off disclosure-based regime (meaning, a man charged with murder can make a public issue as long as he discloses it in the prospectus), it would be interesting to see how SEBI can change anything by calling mutual fund CEOs, trustees and fund managers for a chat. Any other action would have to be justified by activist regulatory stance, which SEBI is neither mandated nor equipped to carry out.
A tourist on tour with Cox & Kings' European Whirl was asked to pay more and still could not visit many places as the guided tour was "panoramic view only". Is it due to cost cutting or cutting corners by operators to cope with the rupee depreciation?
The sharp depreciation of the Indian rupee over past several months may have started taking its toll on overseas travelling. To cope with the fall in rupee against the US dollar, several tour operators are either asking tourists to pay more or cutting costs by keeping the packaged tour limited.
YN Bhattacharya, a senior government official, recently witnessed this phenomenon. Mr Bhattacharya booked a packaged tour "European Whirl" with Cox & Kings India (C&K), which offered 48% cash back for travelling ex-Mumbai. The package cost was Rs1.28 lakh per person for 11 days and 10 nights. The cost was inclusive of main tour price post cash back, compulsory supplements and compulsory tips. Mr Bhattacharya, on 22nd April booked tickets for himself and three of his family members by paying Rs12,000 as advance. His tour date was fixed as 1st June.
Later, on 27th April, he paid additional Rs1.5 lakh and handed over the required documents to C&K's Vashi office. However, C&K told them that their tour date was being rescheduled to 3rd June as it could not accommodate them in the earlier tours. The tour operator also assured them that there would not be any change in the charges agreed upon.
Suddenly, on 17th May, C&K asked Mr Bhattacharya to pay additional Rs29,164. He was told to pay the additional money during his visit on 26th May to C&K's Vashi office. Mr Bhattacharya paid the money under protest, but again on 29th May, C&K asked him to pay additional Rs3,000 citing as human error in calculations. To avoid any further controversy and ending up paying more money, Mr Bhattacharya, finally paid full amount to C&K.
In an email reply, C&K, however maintained that the additional charges were collected from passengers due to increase in taxes charged by airlines, government and airports. "The UDF charges for departing international passengers was increased by Rs675 per passenger effective 1 May 2012. The government increased the service tax effective April 2012 and airlines increased the charges and we passed it on to the passenger. The airlines also hiked their taxes and surcharges. In our brochure page 67 (of which you have a copy), it is clearly mentioned under 'What Your Tour Price Does Not Include'. Any increase in the airfare, taxes will have to be borne by the passenger," the tour operator said.
After reaching Europe, Mr Bhattacharya found that the list of hotels for check-in at different locations was not what he expected and they were accommodated in sub-standard hotels outside city limits.
C&K, however, denied this. It said, "We have provided hotels as mentioned in our brochure or hotels of similar category. This is clearly mentioned on page 88 of our brochure. Secondly, it is mentioned in the brochure that the hotel location for Super Saver Tours will be away from the city centre. This information is very much in the brochure which the customer is provided with when he books the tour. Please see page 11 of the brochure."
The tour operator may be right in saying that we had mentioned everything in the brochure, but usually nobody bothers to read the fine print. In addition, according to Mr Bhattacharya, the tour operator did not provide any brochure to him. Moneylife received a copy of the brochure from C&K, but we also have difficulty in locating the exact reference mentioned above on that particular page. But more about that later.
Mr Bhattacharya also alleged that as per the itinerary provided to them during booking and before departure, all the places as committed were not covered in the tour. He said, "We were not taken close to the Buckingham Palace Gate, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and palace, St Paul's Cathedral at London, and were not allowed to come out of the bus as it was always on move. Even it did not have any photo stop at these attractions."
C&K, however, said visiting these places on foot or disembarking from the bus was not part of the tour package. "According to the European Whirl itinerary, the London tour was a guided panoramic guided tour of London, where you get to view the sights/monuments as you drive past in your coach. A panoramic tour means that you will see the places while driving past and not on foot. This is mentioned on page 12 under Pearls of Wisdom. Secondly, they disembarked at the Tower of London for a photo stop. However, as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations were in full swing on that day, the vehicle could not be parked on busy streets," the tour operator said.
However, Mr Bhattacharya feels that "the definition of panoramic view of C&K is innovative" and the operator is just trying to defend its stand under the pretext of some clauses in its brochure, which was never give to him.
During the tour, one exclusive visit was cancelled and all the tourists in this package tour had to spend time either on the streets or in the bus. "Exclusive half day excursion to Parc Asterix at Paris was not undertaken, for which the tour manager Ms Marina Coutino assured to refund 15 euro per person without any regret. As a result we were on the streets throughout the day, confined in the bus without any visits to any of the museums or places of interest. We were not taken to the famous museum of Louvre or its pyramid, even for a photo stop. Moreover, the committed Illumination tour, driving past spectacularly lit landmarks of Paris, was not undertaken," Mr Bhattacharya alleged.
While admitting that the Parc Asterix was closed, C&K said it is in the process of refunding the ticket cost of 15 euro to all passengers. It said, "We would also like to state that as Parc Asterix was closed, Cox & Kings as goodwill gesture took all the passengers to the Fragonard Perfume factory, even though it was not part of the itinerary. As for Louvre, it is not part of the tour itinerary. See page 64, Louvre is part of the orientation tour, i.e. see Louvre while on the bus... Finally, the illumination tour was part of an 'Optional Gala Evening' in Paris and this was provided to all who paid for the particular Optional. It may be mentioned that Mr YN Bhattacharya's wife and daughter opted to take the Optional tour, while he stayed back."
However, the tourist categorically said Parc Asterix was open on the day of their visit but the tour operator avoided it to save on expenditure for which all passengers had made payments in advance. He said, "It was not our intention to get refund of a meagre 15 euros but to visit the land mark location. Moreover, the entry fee was 44 euros which was already paid while C&K proposed for refund of only 15 euros apart from the cost of travel of 35 km which it had to incur."
Mr Bhattacharya said, in Switzerland, on Glacier 3000, Alpine Coaster ride was not facilitated to them. "C&K was aware that Alpine Coasters was not operational and yet they included this in the itinerary to mislead travellers," he said.
C&K said the Alpine Coaster was not operational as it was under maintenance. "However, all the passengers were taken to the snow fun park in lieu of the Alpine Coaster. This was communicated to the passengers and that's the reason why an alternate attraction which is similar was offered," it added.
While visiting Golden Roof, Imperial Church in Innsbruck and Doge's Palace in Venice and Duomo in Florence, the passengers were no allowed to see these places from inside, Mr Bhattacharya alleged. Denying the allegation, C&K said visiting these places from inside was not part of the tour package. "In Innsbruck the viewing of the Golden Roof and the visit to the church was part of the orientation tour and the same was facilitated. The visit inside the Imperial Church, Doge's palace in Venice and Duomo in Florence are not part of the itinerary," it said.
Coming back to reading all points and fine print in any user guide or manual is very tedious process. We tried locating the particular references mentioned by C&K in its brochure they sent to us, but could not find particular references easily.
In addition, Mr Bhattacharya said while booking tickets for a tour, the passengers are supposed to sign on about two dozen documents across the table. There is no time to read all fine prints and each and every point in these documents. So most of the time, the tourist signs on all papers in good faith and then pays the price later.
Just for information, since early March the Indian rupee has depreciated over 15%. Continuing its downslide for the fifth day in a row, the Indian rupee on Friday breached psychological 57-mark and logged its intra-day record low of 57.31 for the second day in a row and also registered its new closing low of 57.15 against the greenback, recording biggest fall of the current calendar of a whopping 85 paise.
Looking at the experience of Mr Bhattacharya and his fellow passengers, we would advise everyone to read each and every word mentioned by your tour operator in their brochure or tour package. Also do not use the verbal mode, instead opt for written communication and keep all copies safe and intact till your tour gets over. And don't forget to check (if possible take it in writing from the tour operator) if the fluctuation in the currency rates would adversely affect your tour cost.


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Fulham have completed the signing of Liverpool youngster Christopher Buchtmann on an 18-month contract.
As revealed earlier on transfer deadline day by skysports.com the Cottagers struck a cut-price deal for the former Borussia Dortmund defender.
The left-back has now signed a contract that will keep him with the Craven Cottage outfit until the end of the 2010/11 season.
The teenager, who can operate anywhere on the left-hand side of the field, was named as one of Uefa's top 10 stars of the future in May 2009.
Fulham have confirmed that Buchtmann, who helped Germany win the Uefa Under-17 European Championship last year, is the club's final piece of business on transfer deadline day.
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LONDON The $20 billion question as the Dubai Air Show gears up to open on Sunday is which planemaker will land an expected order from airline Emirates for up to 100 midsized planes.
Dubai has joined Paris and the UK's Farnborough air shows as a major battleground for planemakers Boeing and Airbus thanks to rapidly expanding Gulf-based airlines such as Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways.
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Boeing is under pressure from Emirates to offer a stretched version of its hot-selling 787 airliner, while a win for the Airbus A350 XWB would be the biggest boost yet for a project that has seen fitful design changes since its launch in 2005.
A win for Airbus would also push the France-headquartered planemaker past Boeing in their annual battle for orders.
The biennial Dubai event saw deals worth $21 billion announced two years ago, a level it will easily top this time should the Emirates deal come through.
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Emirates President Tim Clark told Reuters in September that the airline was "in advanced stages" regarding a decision and was close to making a recommendation to Emirates Group Chairman Sheik Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum.
Emirates is also looking to buy large planes, possibly the latest variant of the Boeing 747 jumbo, the 747-8, adding to a fleet already set to include the world's biggest collection of Airbus A380 superjumbos.
The Arab Gulf is a hot market for business jets as well and the Dubai air show is expected to see Bombardier, Gulfstream and other makers announce new business, as well as the most high-profile outing to date for the Eclipse 500.
The Eclipse, with room for six seats, is part of a nascent market for "very light jets" which cost a fraction of traditional business jets, with prices beginning at $1.6 million competing with models valued at closer to $10 million.
In defence, the Dubai show offers a closer look at two new trainer jets vying for a $1 billion contract from the United Arab Emirates — the Alenia Aer Macchi M-346 from Italy's Finmeccanica and the T-50 built by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI).
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Greetings to all my favourite hottie lovers from around the world and best wishes to all of you on this glorious morning (or afternoon/night wherever you are). As most of you may know during the later end of the JOBLO MOVIE SHOW, I was proud to present a series of HOTTIE OF THE MONTH segments which featured sexy and popular actresses who I felt deserved a shout-out for their efforts and gave each of them a sexy tribute as thanks for what they've given us. So far, Zoe Saldana, Angelina Jolie, Olivia Munn, Scarlett Johansson, Salma Hayek, Monica Bellucci, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Milla Jovovich have been given this honour and from now on, I'll be awarding this category to a popular actress EVERY MONTH from this moment forward.
I've been looking forwarding to this moment for a long time where I could award something to a woman that I consider to be the goddess of our Earth. If aliens ever invaded seeking the perfect female specimen, Rosario Dawson would be the woman of choice. Of course I'd save Rosario from the aliens in a blaze of gunfire and then make sweet love to her on the White House lawn but you know where I'm going with this. With UNSTOPPABLE coming out this month plus a past full of amazing work and unquestionable hotness, Rosario is the easy winner for November. So enjoy the special dedication below to Rosario and go watch her movies ASAP.
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"Sirius…I think you just made a mistake."
Sirius Black looked genuinely puzzled. "I did?"
Remus Lupin sank down on the couch. "You should not have told Harry that you were going to get guardianship."
The other wizard's eyebrows went up. "I intent to get guardianship. I'm exonerated. I'm well off financially. My situation allows for raising a child."
"Did it occur to you that Harry may not want to live with you?" the werewolf asked.
Sirius barked a laugh. "Come on, Remus. He's been raised by Snivellus of all people. He must be dying to get out of there."
"Petunia and Vernon have been taking care of Harry since he was four, doing a great job in raising both him and Dudley," Remus remarked.
"I know," Sirius' confidence seemed to drain away a little, "He seems to be doing alright…but Snivellus! No child should be subjected to that."
Remus sighed. "Potions Master Snape is not the child you used to torment any longer, Siri."
"Torment? Honestly Remus. A few pranks here and there…if the git couldn't handle that, then he has no business being around my godson."
He paced the room, rubbing his right hand with his left. "Now, I know Harry might not want to come live with me…but I can't in good conscious leave him with Snivellus. Hell, he's even stopped the boy from going to Hogwarts! I'm sure Dumbledore will help me."
Seeing there was, at present, no reasoning with his newly regained friend, Remus settled for trying to convince Sirius again at a later time.
A white-faced Harry sat on the couch in the Dursley livingroom, comforted by the feeling of being slightly squashed between his aunt and uncle.
"I don't want to go live with him," he said anxiously, "can they really make me?"
"We are your closest relatives," Vernon grunted, "that's gotta count for something."
"Not to mention Harry has been living here for eight years, and is well-cared for and happy," Headmaster Sforza, who had joined them, commented. He reached out to grab a pacing Severus by his arm and forced him down into a chair.
"It is true that Sirius Black was your parents' choice of guardian. His incarceration prevented him from taking custody of you. As it now turns out, he is innocent of the crime he was thought to have committed, but that does not automatically mean he can just take you away. He will have to demand a custody hearing."
"Was Harry legally placed in his family's care?" Severus suddenly asked, "Headmaster Dumbledore simply showed up on my doorstep, demanding the boy and saying he was to be sent here."
"Harry's placement here, as far as I understand, is controversial because Headmaster Dumbledore made that decision on his own, which he had no right to do. While he is Head of the Wizengamot, it does not allow him to simply place a child anywhere he wishes. However, Mr and Mrs Dursley are, as Mr Dursley correctly pointed out, Harry's closest relatives. While the decision-making process was highly irregular, the end result was something that would probably, with Sirius Black imprisoned, have happened anyway. To complain about the Headmasters actions now would be highly counterproductive, since his decisions led to the end result we are trying to preserve, not fight."
"Why did Mr Black not even ask me if I wanted to go live with him?" Harry asked, "I do get a say in where I want to live, don't I, Headmaster?"
Headmaster Sforza smiled at the boy. "You certainly have a right to be heard," he assured Harry.
"I don't want to live with someone who insulted Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon and Uncle Severus, AND he broke Dudley's leg," Harry leaned into his uncle, "he didn't even escape from prison because he wanted to see me, he just wanted to get Pettigrew."
"I think that the wisest course of action for now would be to invite Sirius Black to a mediation," Headmaster Sforza held up a hand to stave off the inevitable protest, "not to negotiate handing over Harry to him, but to attempt to convince him Harry does not want to live with him. Perhaps once the elation over his new-found freedom has waned somewhat, he will be reasonable."
"I think…no, I know that my presence in any such mediation would incite his rage. He would not be likely to cooperate," Severus admitted.
"I have no wish to see him again," Petunia shivered, "but for us to be able to keep Harry…"
"I would be willing to speak to Mr Black on your behalf," Harry's Headmaster offered. "Initially we would try an informal mediation – I simply meet with him and we exchange our points of view. Should we fail to reach an agreement, we could apply for a formal mediation with the Ministry – a member of the Wizengamot who has otherwise no interest in the case would sit as mediator while both parties present their views and bring witnesses to support those views. The mediator will then try to reconcile both parties and urge them to reach a compromise. Should that fail, there will be an official custody hearing, and the decision made there would be final. Or course, you would need to be present in an official mediation or custody hearing, but I can represent you so your contact with Mr Black would be limited."
Vernon, Petunia and Severus shared a glance.
"We would be very grateful if you would do that for us," Petunia finally said, a small smile breaking through, "let's hope we can resolve this easily."
Dumbledore paced his office, frowning. Sirius Black had come to him, asking his help in getting custody of Harry. He had hinted…no, had been quite clear that if he had custody of the boy, Harry would be going to Hogwarts.
Harry at Hogwarts. It was something Dumbledore had long hoped for.
It had taken Sirius and Remus a few days to arrange Sirius' new living arrangements. Not wanting to live in Grimmauld Place, he had emptied and sold it. A house in the country with plenty of room for flying was summarily bought and furnished. Remus had, with a great deal of effort, stopped Sirius from setting up a bedroom for Harry.
"It is not yet guaranteed you will get custody, and even so, I think Harry is of an age where he'll want to decorate his own room," Remus pointed out, "wallpaper with snitches and brooms may just be a tad too childish for a twelve-year-old."
"James talked about doing his room that way," Sirius defended.
"Yes…when Harry was three," Remus rolled his eyes. He relented at the slightly lost look his friend gave him.
"I'm sorry, Remus," Sirius waved his wand, removing the offending wallpaper, "I keep forgetting how long it's been."
"I think that might be the problem, Siri," Remus said softly, "so much has happened over the years that you've missed. So many things have changed."
The animagus nodded. "Everything just went on without me. Everyone went on without me…even you," he added, tone not quite accusing but certainly unhappy.
"I thought I had lost all of you for good," Remus sighed, "I thought I'd never see Harry again, either, until Minerva contacted me and told me the Dursleys agreed that I could keep in touch with him."
"How kind of them," Sirius sneered.
"Very kind of them," Remus retorted, "they opened their house and their minds to a world they were not only unfamiliar with, but afraid of. That is something admirable, something few people ever really manage to do. For Harry's sake they did that."
"Their son is a wizard," Sirius shrugged.
"They did not know that until the boys were seven. They are not evil, Sirius. The world isn't as black and white as you tend to see it."
His friend shrugged, clearly not committing himself to considering another point of view from his own.
"Do you think Harry would like it if I bought him a broom?" he changed the subject.
With a small sigh, and a reminder to himself that his friend really had not been out of Azkaban that long, Remus consented to catching Sirius up on the latest developments in broom manufacturing.
"Mr Lupin," Headmaster Sforza hailed the werewolf as he walked the halls of Hogwarts.
"Headmaster?" Remus halted.
"Mr Lupin," Headmaster Sforza smiled slightly, "Allow me to get straight to the point. I do not know, I do not need to know if you support your friend in his desire to claim guardianship over Harry Potter. However, Harry's guardians have asked me to represent them in an informal meeting with Mr Black to see if it is not possible to come to an agreement. I realize Mr Black does not know me, so I had hoped you would be willing to pass on to him my invitation for a meeting."
Remus nodded. "Of course." He hesitated. "This disagreement puts me in a difficult position," he admitted, "If I support Sirius, regardless of my personal views on his wishes, I risk losing the Dursleys permission to keep in touch with Harry. If I do not support Sirius, I risk losing my friend once again and, if he is successful in getting custody of Harry, the boy, too."
"Harry is twelve years old, Mr Lupin," Headmaster Sforza said softly, "He is not the toddler Mr Black likely has in mind. If he is forced to live with Mr Black against his wishes, I very much doubt it will make either him or Mr Black any happier. I understand the quandary you are in, and I will mention it to Mr and Mrs Dursley. They will likely understand that you feel a responsibility towards Mr Black."
The younger wizard nodded gratefully. "I will pass on your invitation to Sirius," he said, "and will attempt to persuade him to be reasonable. Harry is of an age where his wishes and opinions cannot be disregarded."
"No. I am Harry's godfather, I am the one he should have been living with in the first place." Sirius folded his arms. At first, when he just realised he could be regaining his freedom, he had felt insecure. Would Harry even want to come live with him? But upon hearing Harry was not only being raised by Petunia and her walrus husband – he could have accepted that, if grudgingly – but by Snivellus, of all people, he had to take a stand. With so many people opposing him, Sirius' stubborn streak kicked in, as well.
"Mr Black, Harry does not want to live with you. He is happy in the care of his aunt and uncle, and has been these past eight years. What good can there come from uprooting him from a home where he is happy and content?"
"He can learn to be happy and content with me, too," Sirius insisted.
"Sirius," Remus said tiredly, "don't you think that Harry should be happy *because* of you rather than in spite of you? Because if you press this while the boy does not want to live with you, any happiness he can still have would be in spite of what you did. Can't you just take time to build a relationship with Harry instead of plunging in and demanding custody?"
"Are you on their side now, Remus?" Sirius snarled.
The werewolf shook his head. "I failed to support you once and I won't make that mistake again, Siri, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with you. If Harry does not want to live with you and you force him, then all you will get is an angry, upset teen who will never want to see you again once he reaches his majority."
"Mr Black," Headmaster Sforza deflected Sirius' outraged reaction, "do not think I am not sympathetic to you. You have lost everything and want to hold on to the one thing that is left to you, your godson. I understand that. I have no interest in hurting you, I am trying to help you regain the relationship with Harry that you crave. For both your sake and his, please postpone your plans for guardianship and let us discuss having you visit with Harry to get to know each other."
For a moment, both men were convinced they had gotten through to the Animagus and he would discuss other options with them. But then the moment passed.
"No," Sirius said, shaking his head, stubborn though the outrage was gone, "I know Professor Dumbledore will support me, and that counts for a whole lot more in the Wizengamot than the opinion of a boy who doesn't know what's good for him."
"Why can't they just leave me BE?" Harry yelled in frustration, stamping his foot like a four year old, "why do I have to go to Hogwarts, why do I have to go live with Black, when I don't want to? Why are they trying to make me do things I don't want?"
The adults seemed reluctant to respond to a temper tantrum that they normally would not put up with, because the boy honestly had a right to be upset. Vernon eventually frowned and grabbed the angry teen by his arms, hauling him to the couch and putting an arm firmly around him. Against the familiar scent of his uncle's shirt, Harry deflated and sniffed.
Vernon's arm tightened around him. "No more screaming, alright? We're doing all we can," he admonished.
"Yes, Uncle Vernon," Harry pulled back his head to look at his uncle, but leaned into him a bit more at the same time.
"I just don't understand. I'm happy here, I go to a great school," Headmaster Sforza smiled at him, "why can't they just leave me be? So what if I was supposed to go to Black..Mr Black? First Professor Dumbledore wants me here, and now Headmaster Sforza says he will support Mr Black in taking me away from here again whether I want to go or not. That's not fair. This is my home."
"No, it isn't fair," Petunia agreed, "We love you and we don't want you to go. And this will always be your home, Harry," she took his face in her hands, "you will always, always be welcome with us."
Harry smiled a tremulous smile. "Sorry about yelling," he offered.
"You need to vent your frustrations," Severus softly said, "but Harry, it is very important that in the official mediation, or the custody hearing, you do not lose your temper. What they must see is an intelligent, healthy, content young man who knows what he wants."
"Harry," Headmaster Sforza drew the boy's attention, "there is something else you must realize. Sirius Black will want to see you. He will demand that he be allowed to visit if he cannot get custody. Are you prepared for that?"
Harry swallowed. "I guess…but can we ask that someone else is with us at first? Or that he visits me at school?"
"That would not be unreasonable, I think," his Headmaster assured him.
"Let's first make sure Harry indeed gets to stay with us," Vernon grunted, "I do not like Dumbledore's involvement, not at all."
Dudley was sitting idly by the lake, trying to read his Charms book. Hermione had been with him for a bit, but she went inside earlier to work on a Potions essay, and Neville was helping Professor Sprout in the greenhouses.
"Mr Dursley," a voice greeting him softly, "I take it you are fully recovered?"
Dudley looked up. "Headmaster," he greeted, not very warmly, "yes, my leg has healed, and with a few more nights of dreamless sleep, Madam Pomfrey assures me I should stop dreaming about the Dementors, too."
"They should not have crossed the wards," Dumbledore said in apology, "I made it clear I did not want them on the grounds."
"Right scary, they are," Dudley admitted.
"They are. The mere presence of so many has driven older wizards than you insane," the Professor sighed, "I am very grateful all of you came through unharmed – or at least, no harm that could not be healed."
Seeing Dudley's somewhat sceptical look, the old wizard stared across the lake. "I hear you are doing very well in your studies. Professor Sprout tells me you are hard-working and diligent, and your other professors praise the obvious effort you put into your work."
"My parents and Uncle Severus would never allow us to slack off," Dudley smirked slightly, "they never ask for anything we cannot give, but they do ask for our best efforts."
"Sensible," his Headmaster commented, "I myself find there is a great deal of satisfaction in a job that is well done, and a lot of joy in learning something new."
He smiled slightly. "Well, carry on, Mr Dursley. I trust you will continue to perform well."
Amelia Bones had readily agreed to mediate, to the relief of all parties. She was known to be scrupulously fair and unbiased. Attempts to bribe her in the past had proven not only pointless, but also resulted in unpleasant consequences for the person attempting to do so.
So in her office had gathered, on either side of the large conference table, Headmaster Sforza accompanied by both adult Dursleys and Harry, who steadfastly ignored Sirius' attempts at eye contact. At the other side sat Sirius Black, accompanied by Remus Lupin and Headmaster Dumbledore.
"Well," Amelia Bones, seated at the head of the table, started, "we have heard the demands of both sides. Mr and Mrs Dursley wish for Harry to remain in their care. Mr Black wishes to take custody of Harry. Is this correct?"
Nods came from both sides of the table. "Very well. Mr Black, if you and your witnesses will present your case to me and to your opponents."
Sirius stood. "There are two facts here. One, I am Harry's godfather and the one who was supposed to be raising him should anything happen to James and Lily. Second, I was imprisoned in Azkaban unjustly, preventing me from taking on my responsibility towards Harry. It was my right to raise Harry, and I have been denied not only that, but to even know the boy. Harry barely remembers me, something his current guardians have done on purpose."
Headmaster Sforza nodded. "That is true."
Sirius and Remus stared at him, shocked by the lack of denial.
"For all Mr and Mrs Dursley knew, you betrayed your friends and became a murderer," Headmaster Sforza said, friendly but firm, in a tone Harry knew all too well from class, "they never spoke ill of you to their nephew, but they did ignore your existence in the hopes that Harry's memory of you would fade, yes. They were reluctant to explain to a four year old boy that his godfather was responsible for the death of his parents, one of their best friends and a dozen others. This was the situation as they knew it at the time, and they could not have known otherwise. It was easier to leave it be."
Sirius cleared his throat. "Yes. Well. The fact still remains that I should have been Harry's guardian. I have been denied that. I am now in a position to take care of a child, as Mr Lupin can confirm."
Remus seemed reluctant, but confirmed. "Sirius has bought a nice house with room for Harry. He has plenty of money to provide for him."
"Be that as it may," Amelia interrupted, "taking care of a child involves more than a house and money. Mr and Mrs Dursley are also able to provide for Harry, as they have proven these past years, so your sole argument for transferring guardianship to you, Mr Black, is that you were named Harry's guardian, and only your wrongful imprisonment – and no one here will deny it was a terrible miscarriage of justice – prevented your taking up this role."
"Harry's placement with his aunt and uncle was not lawful," Sirius said, "Headmaster Dumbledore…"
"If I may, first," Headmaster Sforza interrupted, "As you have said, Madam Bones, it is true that none of us deny that Mr Black was originally named guardian. However, since he was unavailable it passed to Harry's closest relatives. Whether or not Mr Black was unjustly imprisoned is of no consequence. Of course anyone should be horrified that such a thing has happened to an innocent man, but the fact remains that due to his being unavailable, Mr and Mrs Dursley were the obvious next choice."
"This decision was not made through the proper channels," Sirius argued, "thus it cannot be valid."
"Albus?" Amelia asked, obviously wanting the old wizard to speak.
"I…" Dumbledore began, and looked at the tense and mistrusting faces of the Dursleys and Harry, "I…it is true that I made a mistake. I had no right to make the decision of where to place Harry on my own, nor did I handle the transition wisely. In that respect, yes, Harry's placement with his aunt and uncle could be contested."
Sirius beamed in triumph.
"However," the old Headmaster of Hogwarts continued, "had the case been brought up at the Ministry at that time – not now, but at that time – then Harry would have been placed with his aunt and uncle nevertheless. Despite the mistakes I made in handling the situation at the time, they were the only family he has got, and therefore the logical next candidates. And I have not been proven wrong, since Harry is happy and thriving with them."
"This brings me to my next point," Headmaster Sforza interjected smoothly, "Even if, had this situation come up eight years ago, Mr Black might have had priority to guardianship, today Harry has been in the care of his aunt and uncle for all those years. He is, as Headmaster Dumbledore pointed out, happy and prospering. To remove him from what is his home without his consent would be cruel."
Madam Bones fixed her eye on Harry. "A good point you make – without his consent. Is it indeed without his consent? Harry is twelve years old, certainly old enough to make a statement in regards to his wishes. Harry – where do you want to live?"
"With my aunt and uncle," Harry promptly replied, "I do not know Mr Black, I am not convinced Mr Black has my best interest in mind. I mean, he broke Dudley's leg and he thinks it was justified because he was after some bigger goal. He went after Pettigrew instead of getting me when my parents were killed. With Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, Dudley and I come first. I'm not sure I would come first with Mr Black."
"Harry, Harry, of course you would!" A pale Sirius Black practically babbled. He pulled himself together, though still white-faced. "I thought I'd have time to pick you up, I thought they would take you to hospital and the Ministry would release you to me. And I'm sorry about your cousins leg, but if I hadn't caught Peter, I would not be free now."
Harry drew circles on the table with his finger. "If you were not free now you wouldn't be trying to take me away from home," he muttered.
Lupin winced. That was as much as stating outright that the boy wished Sirius was still in prison. Sirius obviously got the message as well, as he flopped down in his chair, too shocked to even speak.
"Mr Black," Madam Bones said, "it is obvious Harry does not want to live with you. There is no reason to take him from the home he has with his nearest kin, who love him and have done a great job raising him these past eight years. I do understand you wish to regain what your imprisonment stole from you…"
"If Mr Black were to drop his claims to guardianship," Headmaster Sforza quickly offered, "then we would be willing to talk about visiting rights."
He nodded to the boy. Harry got the hint and looked at his aunt. Petunia took his hand in her own.
"I want someone to be there when Mr Black comes to visit me," Harry said, "maybe he could come to my school. He could see my room and classes. I could show him my projects."
"If I might speak with Mr Black and his witnesses for a moment," Madam Bones suggested.
As the others left the room, she turned to a recovering Sirius.
"He wants me in Azkaban…" Sirius whispered painfully.
"No, Mr Black. He is afraid of being taken from a home where he is happy and loved. He feels threatened. He wants the threat to end, that is all."
Amelia sighed. "I must tell you, in a custody court you would not have too great a chance. Harry's current situation is entirely satisfactory. He has a stable, loving home. Forgive me for being blunt, but I am not at all convinced that you could provide a stable home at all. You have not been out of Azkaban that long, and the point about breaking young Mr Dursley's leg will not go over well in any court."
"Sirius…"Dumbledore took over from Amelia, "if you lose in a custody hearing, chances are you will never see or hear from Harry again. If you want to have any sort of influence in his life, you will have to abide by his wishes now and take what they offer – visit him and build a relationship with him."
"And leave him with Snivellus?" Sirius snarled, "fat lot of help you two were, anyway."
"Snivellus?" Amelia inquired politely.
"Severus Snape," Remus rubbed his forehead.
"Potions Master Snape?" Amelia looked at them.
"He is Harry and Dudley's magical guardian," Remus explained, "Sirius objects, based on their childhood rivalry."
"Mr Black, I would definitely not bring up that point in any custody hearing. Your own situation is precarious enough without anyone knowing that you object to one of the most respected men in Europe, who has already done a great deal for your godson and his cousin. Take my advice, agree to visit Harry and leave custody with his relatives."
Fifteen minutes later, Headmaster Sforza informed the overjoyed Harry that Sirius Black had dropped his demands for guardianship in exchange for regular visits with his godson.


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50 Days of the Grateful Dead: Playing In The Band
Day 26 - Playing In The Band
On a scorching August afternoon in summer of 1972, the Dead culture was in full swing in Veneta, Oregon.
An extended, psychedelic version of Playing In The Band from the show that would be filmed and released as Sunshine Daydream. The film played to a packed Roseville Movie Theater audience as recently as the summer of 2013.
To commemorate and celebrate the 50 year musical legacy of the Grateful Dead, an iconic American band and California favorite, we bring you "50 Days of The Dead".
We are curating a list of fan favorites around the country from among the thousands of shows featuring the Grateful Dead, The Jerry Garcia Band along with a few surprises from artists who faithfully continue to carry on the spirit of the Dead.
Every Deadhead has their own favorite list of performances from thousands of shows. We'll be touching upon just 50 picks culled over 50 years from fans who enjoy sharing the music.
We hope you enjoy this trip celebrating "50 Days of the Dead" with us and invite you to send us your favorite Dead shows or song performances you can't live without. You just might see it posted here.
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Men's Cross Country Team at WJU Signs ThreeROCKLIN, Calif. - The Warriors' head men's cross country coach, Parker Daniells announced the signing of three incoming freshmen to join in the 2017 season on the course.
Roseville to Host USA Softball Fastpitch ChampionshipRoseville, Calif., - USA Softball of Sacramento and Placer Valley Tourism are teaming up to host the USA Softball Girls Fastpitch 14U Class B Western National Championship
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