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Desai, J.
1. The respondents are dealers carrying on business in electric goods as electrical contractors and hold a registration certificate under the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959. In the course of their business they undertake contracts for electrical fittings and charge their customers consolidated rates for the materials consumed and the labour charges involved in carrying out the contracts. On the 13th July, 1960, they made an application to the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax, Bombay City Division, under section 52(c) of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959, to determine whether the supply of materials consumed in carrying out the contracts of electric fittings undertaken by them would be treated as sales within the meaning of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959, and whether they would be liable to pay any sales tax on them. To indicate the nature of their transactions with their customers they annexed along with their application a copy of the bill issued by them to one of their customers. The material contents of the said bill were as follows :-
1. Supplying and fixing the materials of light points complete with 1/18th CTS wire, brass clips, tapes and all approved accessories 2 Pts. Rs. 32-00 2. Supplying and fixing 9' brass Swan type wall brackets with holders 1 pc. Rs. 1-753. Supplying, fixing and wiring 40 kw. 4 ft. tubes complete with Resmi choke, imported starters and Elore holders etc. 5 pc. Rs. 132-50 ----------- Total Rs. 166-25 ------------
2. At the hearing of the said application the respondent contended before the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax that the transaction evidenced by the bill was purely a works contract which was one and indivisible and did not involve any sale of goods. It was also contended on their behalf that the materials supplied in the execution of the contract were affixed to the building and thus became a part of the immovable property at the time when the property in the said material passed on to the customer. They urged that the contracts entered into by them were similar to the contracts of building constructions, which the Supreme Court had held, were contracts of work not involving sale of goods. The Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax did not accept these contentions which were put forward on behalf of the respondents. According to him, although there was a single invoice given by the respondents to their customers, the contract evidenced by the said invoice clearly consisted of distinct and severable contracts - one for the supply of goods and the other for the supply of work and labour; and so far as that part of the composite contract which consisted of the supply of goods was concerned it constituted a sale within the definition in the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959. He relied on the observations of the Supreme Court in the case of State of Madras v. Gannon Dunkerley & Co. [1958] 9 S.T.C. 353, to the effect that it was possible that parties might enter into distinct and separate contracts one for the transfer of materials for money consideration and the other for the payment of remuneration for the service and for the work done and where such was the position, there were really two contracts although there might have been a single instrument embodying them, and took the view that the present case fell in the category of such contracts and therefore involved a sale of goods so far as the supply of material was concerned. As to the other argument advanced before him, that the property in the goods did not pass as movables, but only after they had been fixed to the building and had become a part thereof, he held that it could not be said that the goods mentioned in the invoice were permanently fastened to the building so as to become a part and parcel of the immovable property, namely, the building. Nor had the applicants been able to establish that such was the case in the execution of the said contracts. According to the Deputy Commissioner, therefore, having regard to the terms of the contract between the parties and the manner in which the work was charged for as evidenced by the invoice submitted by the respondents, the transaction in question could not be regarded as purely a works contract in which no sale or supply of goods as chattels was involved. He accordingly determined under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 52 of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959, that the transaction as evidenced by the bill supplied by the respondent was a sale within the meaning of section 2(28) of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959, in so far as the supply of materials contained in the said bill was concerned.
3. Against the said decision of the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax, the respondents appealed to the Sales Tax Tribunal. The Tribunal disagreed with the view taken by the Deputy Commissioner and held that the contract evidenced by the bill was wholly a works contract and did not involve a contract for the supply of material. The Tribunal took the view that the bill in question evidenced a single contract and there was therefore hardly any justification to treat it as consisting of two distinct and severable contracts : one for the supply of material and the other for work and labour. It also expressed its opinion that by the contract in question the parties did not intend that the goods should be supplied as on sale of chattel, but the property in the material supplied by the respondents to their customers only passed after the said material had been affixed to the building of the customer and it did not, therefore, pass as movable property. It, accordingly, allowed the appeal and held that there was no sale involved in the transaction and the respondents were not liable to tax in respect thereof.
4. Now, whether a given contract is a contract of sale or a works contract must depend upon the terms of the contract and the intention of the parties. A transaction in order to be a sale must have all the necessary characteristics of a sale. As observed by the Supreme Court in State of Madras v. Gannon Dunkerley & Co. [1958] 9 S.T.C. 353, in order to constitute a sale, it is necessary that there should be an agreement between the parties for the purpose of transferring the title to goods which presupposes capacity to contract, that it must be supported by money consideration, and that as a result of the transaction the property must actually pass in the goods. Unless all these elements are present, there can be no sale. A works contract, on the other hand, is a contract where parties to the contract have contracted for the supply of work and labour by one party to the contract to the other. Where the transaction purely consists of the supply of goods for money consideration, it is clearly a sale of goods. Where, on the other hand, the contract is one purely for the supply of work and labour and no material is required to be supplied by the party to the contract, who has to supply work and labour, it is purely a works contract. Where the contract between the parties consists of the supply of material and also supply of work and labour, the difficulty often arises as to the true nature of the contract. It may either be a contract for the sale of goods or else it may be a contract for work or it may be a composite contract consisting of two separate and distinct parts - one for the supply or sale of goods and the other for work and labour. Taking a few simple illustrations : If A contracts to buy a coat made for him by B for a certain price, there is a contract for the sale of a coat between A and B, although the coat before it is delivered by B to A for the price, is required to be made by B out of the cloth and other material procured by B himself. It may be, on the other hand, a contract for the work, as for instance, A takes his manuscript to printer B and asks him to print and deliver a certain number of copies of the manuscript to him for a price with the paper and ink supplied by B; in such a case what is contracted for is the work and labour though in the execution of the contract material may have to be supplied. It may also consist of two separate and divisible parts one for the supply of material and the other for the supply of work and labour, as for instance, when A goes to a shop and gets a coat prepared for him and pays for the cloth and the other material required for the coat and also for the stitching charges. In this case, so far as the supply of cloth is concerned for the making of the coat, it is a sale of goods; and so far as the stitching charges paid are concerned, they are paid for work and labour. Whether a contract, which involves both supply of material and supply of work and labour, falls in any of the three categories mentioned must depend upon the facts of each case and the intention of the parties. In order to determine whether in a contract of this nature there is involved a contract for the sale of goods must depend, in our opinion, upon whether the parties to the contract have intended to sell the goods under the agreement between them and whether any property in chattels is to pass from the one to the other as chattels. The mere circumstance that a certain property in movables has ultimately passed from one party to the other in the execution of the contract is not sufficient to make the contracts consist of a sale of goods. The property must pass under the agreement and the agreement must be for the sale of the very articles in which eventually the property passes. Thus, for instance, in a contract for the stitching of a coat the dealer has also to supply the trimmings and the buttons etc. and ultimately when the coat is delivered by the dealer, the buttons and the trimmings also have passed on to the owner of the coat. There is however no sale of goods involved in so far the trimmings and the buttons are concerned. For although the property in the said articles has passed to the owner of the coat, it has not passed in pursuance of an agreement for the supply of the trimmings and the buttons as such. Similarly, in a contract for the construction of a building where the contractor supplies also the material for the construction, although on the execution of the contract property in the material may eventually pass on to the owner of the building, it does not pass as on the sale of the said material as such. It may, however, be that even in contracts of this type, the parties may be able to contract expressly that the contract may consist in part of supply of material and also in part of supply of work and labour, but in the absence of an express contract to that effect, normally there will be no sale of goods involved in such contract. In order, therefore, to find out what is the position with regard to a given contract what has got to be considered is what the contract is and what the parties to the contract have intended.
5. Considering the present contract before us as evidenced by bill No. 12, the said contract is for the supply and fixing of certain materials. The question to be considered is whether the parties to the contract have intended for the supply of the material involved in the invoice as chattels or they have intended the contract to be a works contract, the supply of material being only incidental to the execution of the work. Mr. Mehta for the respondents has urged that although the respondent is required to supply certain material the contract undertaken by him is purely a works contract. He had undertaken the installation job of installing electric fittings. He holds a licence for doing such jobs and he has been approached by the owner of the house for the purpose of executing these jobs at his house. The material contained in the invoice is useless to the owner of the house as chattels. Nor has he intended to purchase them as chattels. He has intended that the materials specified should be utilised in the execution of the work which he has entrusted to the respondent and which the respondent has undertaken. According to Mr. Mehta, therefore, this is a case where the agreement between the parties relates to the execution of a certain work as distinguished from a contract for the sale or supply of goods. Mr. Mehta further argues that although eventually the property in the materials specified in the invoice will pass from the respondent to the customer, it will not pass as property in movables. It is only when the job is executed and the items specified in the invoice have been embedded and fixed to the house of the customer that the property in them will pass on to the customer. At the moment when the property in goods will pass, the goods will be no longer movables or chattel, but will have become attached or permanently fixed to the house of the customer and a part thereof. The case, therefore, is one where the property in the goods supplied will go as an accretion, or, at any rate, not as movables, which is essential for the transaction to be a sale of goods. In support of his submission that the work undertaken by the respondent being installation of electrical equipment does not involve any sale of goods, Mr. Mehta has referred to us a passage from Irving's Commonwealth Sales Tax Law and Practice at page 77 where the learned author has stated at para. 145 : 'It has been officially stated that the installation (but not assembly) of electrical equipment or ventilation or refrigerating system as fixtures in building, does not constitute manufacture.' The learned author has further observed in para. 146 : 'A construction of a unit of machinery by process of assembly and working its component parts constitutes the manufacture of the complete machine. Such an operation differs essentially from activities in, for example, installing an electric lighting system or a ventilation or refrigerating system as a fixture in a building. In such a case, the complete installation is not a commercial identifiable unit which, as goods, is severable from the reality. On the same principle the operations of plumber in fitting articles to a building to suit the particular requirement of that building (for example, the bending and turning of pipes to contour of sills) are not operations which result in the manufacture of goods'. Now, these statements of the learned author are in connection with the explanation of the word 'manufacture' as defined in the Commonwealth Sales Tax Acts, and according to these statements, the operations of installation of electrical equipment do not constitute manufacture of goods as so defined in those Acts. We are, however, not concerned with the question whether the installation of an electrical equipment constitutes manufacture of goods. It is not disputed nor can it be disputed that the job of installation of electrical equipment does involve work and labour. What we have to consider in the present case is whether in a case where a person who installs the electrical equipment also supplies electric goods, which are installed, the contract undertaken by him in so far as it relates to the supply of electric goods constitutes a sale of goods within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act. No assistance is given in determining the said question by the passages referred to by Mr. Mehta. We do not, therefore, think that the passages referred to by him help him in support of his submission that there can be no sale of goods involved in the contract undertaken by a contractor for the installation of electrical equipment.
6. Now, the question which we have to decide is whether the contract in the present case is purely a works contract which does not involve any sale of goods under the Sale of Goods Act or whether it is a combination of two separate contracts - one for the sale or supply of goods for money consideration and the other for remuneration for work and labour. The circumstance that there is a single consolidated bill presented by the contractor to the employer for the entire work done is not determinative of the fact that it is a single indivisible contract, as observed by the Supreme Court in Gannon Dunkerley's case [1958] 9 S.T.C. 353. But the point for determination, as observed by them in Carl Still G.m.b.H. v. State of Bihar [1961] 12 S.T.C. 449, is 'whether on its true construction, the contract in question is a combination of two distinct agreements, one to sell materials and the other to supply labour and services or whether it is only one agreement entire and indivisible for execution of the work'. Mr. Mehta for the respondent has argued that it is the latter, while Mr. Banaji for the Commissioner of Sales Tax has argued that it is the former. Mr. Mehta's argument is that in the present case what the customer has asked for and what the respondent has undertaken to do for him (customer) is a job work, namely, the job of installing in the house of the customer certain electrical equipment. What the customer has agreed to pay and what the respondent has agreed to charge is the remuneration for the completed job although in the execution of the said job certain specific materials of the kind approved by the customer is required to be supplied and used. The agreement between the parties is not for the sale and purchase of the said material as chattel, but the agreement in its true nature is for the doing of work. The supply of material by the contractor is only incidental to the contract undertaken by him and though at the end when the contract is completely executed, the material supplied may pass on to the customer, it does not pass on as on sale of the material. There is, he says, no agreement in the present case for the passing of the property in the material as such in which the property eventually passes on the execution of the contract. According to Mr. Mehta, therefore, this is a contract for work. He submits that his case is similar to the cases in Tripp v. Armitage [1839] 4 M. W. 687, Clark v. Bulmer [1843] 11 M. W. 243 and Seath v. Moore [1886] 11 A. C. 350.
7. In Tripp v. Armitage [1839] 4 M. W. 687, a builder had entered into an agreement with certain trustees to build a hotel. Under the said agreement the articles which were to be used for the structure had to be approved by the trustees. A question arose as to whether title to certain wooden sash-frames which had been approved on behalf of the trustees, but had not yet been affixed to the building, had passed on to the trustees on the trustees having approved of the same. The question was answered in the negative and it was held that a contract was not a contract for the sale and purchase of goods as movable chattles; it was a contract to make up materials, and to fix them; and until they were fixed, by the nature of the contract, the property would not pass. It was observed that there was no contract at all with respect to these particular materials and the contract was in true nature to build a house. It was for the purposes of that contract, which was for the building of the house, that the contractor had to make, amongst other things, wooden frames for the house, and fix them in the house subject to the approbation of a surveyor, but it was never intended by the contract that the articles to be so fixed should become the property of the defendants until they were fixed to the freehold. The agreement in that case was for the building of a house and not for the purchase of any material. The material that was to be approved was not for the purchase of the material as such, but with a view that it should be used in the execution of the contract. The property in the material, no doubt, passed at the end of the contract from the builder to the owner of the house, but the property passed not in pursuance of an agreement for the sale of the specific property as chattels.
8. In Clark v. Bulmer [1843] 11 M. W. 243, the plaintiff had entered into a contract with the defendant to build an engine of 100 horse power for the sum of pounds 2,500 to be completed and fixed by the middle or end of December. Different parts of the engine were constructed at the plaintiff's manufactory and sent in parts to the defendant's colliery where they were fixed piecemeal and were made into an engine. The plaintiff brought a suit for the recovery of a sum of pounds 3,000 as price for the main engine and other goods sold and delivered. An objection was taken to the nature of the suit on the contention that there was no contract of sale and therefore action brought by the plaintiff was misconceived and the proper action to be brought should have been for the work and labour and machinery used in the course of their work and not for price of goods sold and delivered. The contention was upheld and it was held that the engine was not contracted for to be delivered, or delivered as an engine, in its complete state, and afterwards affixed to the freehold. There was no sale of it as an entire chattel, and delivery in that character; and, therefore, it cannot be treated as an engine sold and delivered. Nor could the different parts of it, which were used in the construction and which from time to time were fixed to the freehold and, therefore, became part of it, be deemed goods sold and delivered, for there was no contract for the sale of them as movable goods. The contract was in effect that the plaintiff was to select materials, make them into parts of an engine, carry them to a particular place, and put them together and fix the parts to the soil, and so convert them into a fixed engine on the land itself, as to pump the water out of a mine. The basis of the decision, as it appears to us was, that there was not contemplated in the contract between the parties a sale of the engine as a chattel accompanied by the further part of fixing the same on the premises of the factory. The subject of the contract was not the sale of the engine either as a whole or in its component parts but the subject of the contract was the making of a construction by the plaintiff for the defendant on the latter's land which, no doubt, included as an integral part thereof the fixing of the engine on to the land of the defendant so as to achieve certain required results.
9. In Seath v. Moore [1886] 11 A. C. 350, a firm of Engineers had entered into five agreements with a certain ship-builders to supply engines, boilers and machinery required for vessels to be built by them. Before the completion of the contracts, the firm of Engineers became bankrupt, and a dispute arose as regards the title to the machinery and articles which were in possession of the insolvents at the time of the bankruptcy but which had been made for the purposes of being fitted to the ships of the ship-builders. It was held that there had been no sale of the machinery and parts as such. The basis of the decision, it appears, was that a contract between the parties was for the execution of the engineering job, and the engines, boilers and machinery which were to be supplied by them in the execution of the job were not intended to be transferred to the ship-builders as on sale of chattel, but only as on being fixed to the ships in execution of the engineering contract undertaken by the Engineers.
10. Now, in all these cases, which have been referred by Mr. Mehta, the conclusion that the contract was a works contract and did not involve a sale of goods, although goods were required to be supplied in the execution of the contract, was on the basis that the contract was not intended to result in a sale of chattels. The work and labour was bestowed in such a manner that the result would not be anything which could properly be said to be the subject of sale.
11. In Tripp v. Armitage (1839) 4 M.W. 687, the contract was for the building of a house and although the said contract required in its execution the supply of material, there was no agreement involved in the contract between the parties for the sale of the material as such. The contract did not end in the sale of any material as chattles, because although the material used in the construction of the house ultimately passed to the owner of the house, it did not pass as chattels, but as parts of the house.
12. In Clark v. Bulmer (1843) 4 M. W. 243, again the subject of the contract was not the sate of the engine, but was the execution of an engineering job which would provide the defendant with a completed engineering arrangement enabling the defendant to pump out the water out of the mine. No doubt, in providing this arrangement, an engine was required to be supplied; but the supply of engine was not as on sale of chattel, but after it had been fixed on the land of the defendant as a part of the engineering arrangement for the pumping out of the water. It will therefore be seen that the real question that has to be considered is whether in a given contract which consists both of work and labour and supply of material, there is, so far as the supply of material is concerned, an agreement for the supply of material as such. That some material has passed in the execution of a contract is not sufficient to hold that there has been a sale of the said material. What is necessary to be seen is whether there is an agreement between the parties for the sale of the very material in which the property has eventually passed.
13. Now, in the case before us what has happened is that the customer, who was in need of certain electrical goods and wanted them to be properly fixed in his house, went to the respondent and asked them to supply the said goods and also do the fixing of the said goods in the house for a consolidated payment. The job executed by the respondent consisted of bringing to the house of the customer the goods ordered out by him and fixing them wherever the customer wanted them to be fixed. What has happened at the end of the contract is that the customer has got the goods ordered by him and he has in addition thereto got also the work done of fixing the goods at the appropriate places as desired by him. There can be no doubt whatsoever that a customer if he had so desired could have purchased the goods from one person and thereafter could have entrusted the work of fixing them to some other person and could have obtained the same results as he has done in the present case. If he had followed the latter procedure there could be no doubt whatsoever that there had been a purchase of electrical goods by him which were afterwards fixed by him in his house by employing a person who was competent to do the work. Does it make any difference if, instead of following this procedure, he has obtained the goods from the same person to whom he has also entrusted the work of fixing them It appears that it would not, because at the end of the contract the property has eventually passed in the very goods which under the contract had been agreed to be purchased. The contract, in our opinion, was intended to result in the sale of the electrical goods, which were required by the customer for his house, although there was, in addition to the said sale, further work also required to be done by the supplier of the goods in fixing the same in the house of the customer. It is not a case where we can say that by reason of the work and labour bestowed or the manner in which the work was done, the result is anything which cannot be the subject of the sale. We cannot say, having regard to the items specified in the bill and the manner in which the work and labour was required to be supplied in connection with fixing of the same, that the supply of the materials involved in the contract was not intended by the parties to be as on sale of chattels. In the first item, the customer required for his purpose the materials which would give him two light points and the material consisted of a certain amount of wire, brass clips and tapes and other accessories. There was no doubt, an arrangement of the same material required to be made so as to obtain the two light points, but in the said arrangement the identity of the material was in no way altered and it was not possible to say that the work when executed had ended in something entirely different from the material used. In the second item, 9 inches brass Swan type wall brackets with holders were required by the customers. The additional work which was required to be done by the respondent in connection with this item was merely fixing the wall brackets with holders wherever the customer wanted them to be fixed. The work involved in fixing of these wall brackets could hardly be sufficient to regard the supply of the brackets with holders as being only incidental to the execution of the contract work and not intended to be purchased as chattels by the customers. The third item was in connection with five pieces of fluorescent tubes with the necessary accessories like Resmi choke, imported starters and holders etc. This item again consisted essentially of the supply of chattels as chattels. The additional work that was required to be done in fixing the same would hardly be sufficient to convert the contract into a contract of work where the supply of material could be regarded as merely incidental. In our opinion, therefore, having regard to the contract, which is before us, and having regard to the work and labour involved in it and the manner in which the work was required to be carried out, there can be no doubt whatsoever that the contract in question was clearly capable of being regarded as a composite contract consisting in part and perhaps in a major part, of the supply of goods for money consideration and in part for remuneration for work and labour. In our opinion, the contract under consideration did end, so far as the supply part of it is concerned, into a sale of chattels and the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax was therefore right in taking the view that it consisted of a composite and divisible contract, in part involving a sale of goods.
14. Mr. Mehta has then argued that although we may take the view that there is involved in the present case a transfer of property from the respondent to the customer, having regard to the fact that the said passing of property only takes place at the end of the contract when the goods in which the property passes are no longer movables having been fixed to the walls or the ceilings of the petitioner's house, we cannot say that there is involved a sale of goods. We are afraid we cannot accept this contention. The mere circumstance that the electrical goods brought by the customer to his house have been affixed by him either to the wall or to the ceiling does not thereby make the electrical goods cease to be chattels and become part of the house. The light points or the brackets or the fluorescent tubes, which are the items in the present contract, though they may, in order to make them serviceable, have to be attached to the walls or the ceiling of the house, do not by reason of being so attached lose their character as chattels. A person who has purchased an electrical fan has, in order to use it, got to get it fixed to the ceiling and have it connected to the electrical supply of the house. The mere circumstance, however, that the ceiling fan is so fixed does not make it cease to be a chattel only because it is temporarily fixed to the ceiling of the house. Whether they are electric points or brackets or fluorescent tubes, the customer could easily get them removed from one room to another or to an adjacent building or to another building some distance away. The mere circumstance that the electrical goods, while in use, are to be fixed to the house is not sufficient to make them lose their character as movable property although while so fixed to any one of the place they will not be capable of moving. In our opinion, therefore, in the present case before us the transaction of the respondent with its customer of the nature evidenced by bill No. 12 is not a purely works contract but a combination of two distinct and separate contracts - one for the supply or the sale of goods for consideration and the other for supply of work and labour, and so far as that part of the contract which consists of supply of goods for consideration is concerned, it is a sale as held by the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax.
15. In the view that we are taking, the answer to the question which has been referred to us by the Tribunal on the present reference is that the transaction represented by bill No. 12 dated 3rd May, 1960, produced by the opponents amounts to a sale and is taxable under the provisions of the Sales Tax Act, 1959, in so far as it relates to the supply of goods mentioned therein. The respondent shall pay the costs of the petition.
16. Reference answered accordingly.


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COLUMBUS — Ohio State officials say six members of the women's lacrosse team were admitted to the university medical center with symptoms of a muscle condition that can lead to kidney damage.
The university says the students were admitted Friday with symptoms of rhabdomyolysis, a breakdown of muscle fibers that leads to fiber contents into the bloodstream.
The admissions came after a student complained of feeling ill and medical staff evaluated the team, with the six referred for evaluation and treatment.
Two players have been discharged. The others are in fair condition.
Last year, 13 Iowa football players were hospitalized for the same disorder, blamed on a team workout.
A number of risk factors are associated with rhabdomyolysis, including severe exertion, heatstroke, low phosphate levels and substance abuse.
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FAIRBRIDGE FESTIVAL 2017 - CAMPING Tickets
10:00am, Fri 21 April, 2017 - 10:00pm, Mon 24 April, 2017
Fairbridge Village, WA
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All ages 4 day festival with onsite camping in rural setting
Thanks to Getaway Outdoors get the full festival camping experience without the hassle! All you need is your own comfy bedding, pillow and personal items.
- Getaway Outdoors hospitality throughout the festival
- Reserved Cosy Camping parking bay at the southern end of the Oval
- Exclusive Cosy Camping "Champers for Campers" on Friday 5-6pm
- Live music Friday 5-6pm to get you in the mood!
- Relax zone, great for meeting Cosy neighbours!
- Phone charging facilities
- Complimentary personal pack
- Loved your Cosy tent? Buy it at a heavily discounted price when it's all over!
Tickets include festival entry for two or four adults with a tent and beds set up.
Check-in time for Cosy Camping is 11am - 5pm Friday 21 April
Thanks to Soul Camping enjoy an upmarket experience in your own tent heaven.
- Cotton canvas bell tent on the Oval near a hard standing ablution block
- Choose two, four or eight with single or queen-size quality air beds
- All bedding includes fluffy quilt, pillows, cushions and fresh linen
- Fresh bath towels and natural handmade soap
- Timber side table with a rechargeable lantern
- Solar powered fairy lights and decorative bunting
- Internal and external eco floor mats
- Camp kitchen facilities
- Outdoor table and chairs (optional extra)*
- A Soul Camping team member on site throughout
Tickets include festival entry for two, four or eight adults with a tent and bed/s set up.
*Following your Glamping purchase, Soul Camping will contact you regarding a security bond of $150 and optional extras available.
Choose either of these areas on your arrival at the festival
Oval camping area - cars and tents only
- Sorry no caravans, campervans or camper trailers
- Strictly one car per tent
- Bring your own tent or swag - no size restriction
- A popular area and you can pitch your tent on lawn
- A quiet time curfew of 2.00 am Sat, Sun & Mon
Fields camping area
- Caravans, campervans, camper trailers and tents
- You can choose the "No vehicle movement area"
- Behind RDA Cottage and Backlot
- Beautiful views of the valley and surrounding hills
- A quiet time curfew of 2.00 am Sat, Sun & Mon
- Ticket allocation is limited in this popular area
- Rivergrounds is a "No vehicle movement" camping area
- Separate arrivals on any 'A' 'B' or 'C' ticket MUST be parked outside the area
- No camping is allowed outside the entry gate
- A quiet time curfew of 2.00 am Sat, Sun & Mon
- Vehicles cannot be moved between 8pm Friday to midday Monday
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Blue Star Service Flag Commemoration
Special Mission
Waterloo, New York - 19 Mar 2017
We have been requested to attend a Blue Star Service Flag Commemoration ceremony. Various Blue Star Mother Chapters are expected to attend. It will not be a Church service, but a military-themed event
Our mission, if needed, is to aid any of the disabled Veteran, or guests from the bus into the Church. Operative word here is "if needed". Then we will line the wall of the church and render honors during the presentation of the Colors and Pledge of Allegiance.
The program is expected to be approx 1 hour where you can sit down and enjoy the program or take a break outside. We will then regroup for Retiring the Colors followed by the possibility of helping the Veterans back onto the bus.
This, from the event organizers:
We are celebrating the discovery of a 1920 Blue Star Service Flag with 33 stars on it that was hung in our congregation during WWI. The flag went missing and was recently recovered by Waterloo Library and Historical Society.
As 2017 is the 200th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church of Waterloo. We have set aside March 19th to remember this special event. We will commemorate the flag and honor all veterans and families of veterans in attendance. We expect numerous disabled veterans and would like the assistance of the Patriot Guards to help the DAV enter and exit the building
PRIMARY STAGING DETAILS: 19 Mar 2017
- Primary Staging Time: 1:15 P.M.
- First Presbyterian Church.
42 E Main St
- Waterloo, New York - 13165
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- Ride Captain:
- Dan Ritz
- Special Instructions:
- Staging at 1:15 for 2:00 PM event.


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The winners are in: the Center for Children's Literature (CCL) at Bank Street College of Education has selected It's Only Stanley, written and illustrated by Jon Agee, for the 2016 Irma Simonton Black Award and Mara Rockliff's Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno, for the 2016 Cook Prize.
Determined by children from the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, the Irma Black Award distinguishes the best read-aloud picture book for first and second grade, while the Cook Prize goes to the best picture book that illuminates science, technology, engineering, and math principles for third and fourth graders.
Bank Street Science Teacher, Morika Tsujimura, who was involved in choosing the initial contenders for the Cook Prize, called Mesmerized "a multilayered book where the steps of the scientific method are incorporated into a re-telling of historical events."
The finalists for the Irma Black Award were Ragweed's Farm Dog Handbook, written and illustrated by Anne Vittur Kennedy, You Can Do It, Bert!, written and illustrated by Ole Konnecke, and Red: A Crayon's Story, written and illustrated by Michael Hall. Finalists for the Cook Prize included Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, written by Laurie Wallmark and illustrated by April Chu, and High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs, written by Lisa Kahn Schnell and illustrated by Alan Marks.
The winners and finalists will be honored at a ceremony held in Tabas Auditorium at the Bank Street College of Education in New York City at 9:30 a.m. ET, May 19th. Illustrator Scott Magoon, who shared the 2013 Irma Black Prize with author Michelle Knudsen for Big Mean Mike, will be keynote speaker.


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The Business of Ethnography : Strategic Exchanges, People and Organizations
Brian MoeranISBN: 1845201957;
Book Description Can an anthropologist help us understand the world of business? Armed with this question, veteran anthropologist Brian Moeran embarks on an in-depth study of cultural production and creative industries in Japan. Moeran is able to shed light not only on social behavior and human relations in general but, more specifically, on the importance of strategic exchange to all business practices. Moeran's fieldwork, rooted in participant-observation of business life in communities and corporations, leads him to an original theory of how business operates. Culture is not all-powerful, Moeran shows. Instead, social structures strongly influence behavior. At the heart of this analysis is a firm belief in fieldwork and ethnography--terms much bandied about in business, management and cultural studies, but rarely undertaken in depth. The Business of Ethnography is a clarion call for anthropologists to rethink their discipline beyond traditional fieldwork sites.
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Motorcyclists warned after multiple crashes
B.C. RCMP have issued a warning to motorcyclists to slow down after four ended up hospitalized within 24 hours following crashes on highways leading from the Lower Mainland.
The Sea-to-Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler was shut down for several hours on Saturday after two motorcycle riders on Harley-Davidsons crashed into each other near Porteau Cove at about 12:30 p.m. PT.
The riders, a man and a woman, were airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital with serious injuries.
In a statement, Sgt. Peter Thiessen said that the two riders had been separated and were trying to meet up.
"One of the riders was attempting to pass another vehicle to join up with the other rider and in doing so, the first rider slowed and the second rider collided into the first rider," he said.
Highway 99 was reduced to single-lane traffic in each direction for much of the afternoon as police documented and investigated the scene.
A 44-year-old New Westminster man who was riding his motorcycle on Highway 99 near Britannia Beach around the same time had difficulty stopping as traffic in front of him slowed down. He didn't hit any other vehicles, but ended up off the road with minor injuries.
On Friday, a 44-year-old man from Chilliwack was airlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital after losing control of his motorcycle while he was travelling with a group of motorcyclists westbound on Highway 1, at McCallum Road in Abbotsford.
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December 17, 2012
DEVON C. KUHN, PLAINTIFF,v.COUNTY OF BUTLER, ET AL., DEFENDANT.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Judge Cathy Bissoon
For the reasons that follow, the motion to dismiss (Doc. 23) filed by Defendants County of Butler, Richard P. Gigliotti, Arthur P. Marx, Jr., and Richard T. Shaffer ("Moving Defendants") will be granted in part and denied in part.
At the times relevant to the amended complaint, Devon C. Kuhn ("Plaintiff") was a pre-trial detainee at the Butler County Prison ("BCP") located in Butler, Pennsylvania. Am. Compl. (Doc. 19 ¶¶ 4, 22). Plaintiff brings this suit pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging deprivations of his rights under the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.*fn1 Id. ¶ 3.
This suit commenced with this Court's receipt of the initial complaint on May 18, 2011. (Doc. 1). Moving Defendants filed a motion to dismiss on August 29, 2011 (Doc. 9), which was granted with prejudice in part, and without prejudice in part. (Doc. 16). Plaintiff filed an amended complaint on May 14, 2012. (Doc. 19). Moving Defendants filed another motion to dismiss on May 29, 2012 (Doc. 23), to which Plaintiff responded in opposition. (Doc. 25). This latest motion is ripe for disposition.
A. Relevant Factual History and Legal Claims
Plaintiff alleges that, on May 20, 2009, while he was a pre-trial detainee at BCP, he "engaged in a verbal altercation" with an unknown corrections officer. (Doc. 9 ¶ 26). Plaintiff was then attacked and beaten by a four unknown corrections officers ("Doe Defendants"). Id.
¶¶ 26-28. Prison officials "immediately noticed that Plaintiff was in need of emergency medical attention." Id. ¶ 29. Plaintiff was taken to Allegheny General Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma and underwent emergency brain surgery. Id. ¶¶ 30, 35-38. After his initial surgery, Plaintiff suffered various complications, which required further surgery and treatment. Id. ¶¶ 39-43. As of the date of the filing of the amended complaint, Plaintiff resided in a special care facility, and continued to suffer from several ill effects resulting from the alleged assault. Id. ¶¶ 43-49.
Plaintiff alleges that, as a result of his brain injury, he does not recall the events of May 20, 2009. Id. ¶ 50. He does indicate that, after the alleged assault, Moving Defendant Gigliotti allegedly called Plaintiff's father to inform him that Plaintiff was being transported to a hospital "for a severe head injury" that he suffered after "[falling] off of the toilet[.]" Id. ¶¶ 31-32. It also is alleged that Moving Defendant Gigliotti asked a District Magistrate to modify Plaintiff's bond, so that Defendant BCP could avoid responsibility for Plaintiff's medical expenses. Id. ¶¶ 51-53. Further, he contends that Moving Defendants Gigliotti, Marx, and Shaffer "had contemporaneous knowledge through the Prison [sic] chain of command that the Doe [D]efendant correctional officers imposed a severe beating on [Plaintiff]." Id. ¶ 62. Plaintiff alleges that no investigation into the incident of May 20, 2009, ever took place. Id. ¶ 76.
Plaintiff claims that Moving Defendants engaged in a policy of "nepotism and cronyism" and, as a result, hired "unqualified, inexperienced and untrained individuals as correctional officers." Id. ¶¶ 63-70. He further asserts that they have failed to supervise and train their officers, and that there is a policy at BCP "of correctional officers enticing inmates into a confrontation and using excessive force on detainees and inmates which usually results in misconduct or criminal charges being filed against the inmate." Id. ¶¶ 71-72, 77-78. Plaintiff goes so far as to name three non-party corrections officers who are known by Moving Defendants Gigliotti, Marx and Shaffer as engaging in the use of excessive force and intimidation. Id. ¶ 73. Finally, Plaintiff claims that moving Defendants failed to train and supervise their subordinates, which led to the direct and foreseeable result of Plaintiff's alleged beating at the hands of the Doe Defendants. Id. ¶¶ 74, 79-82)
B. Analysis
Plaintiff alleges the existence of policies promulgated by Moving Defendants which, at least arguably, could meet the standard for personal involvement and municipal liability under Section 1983. See Carter v. City of Phila., 181 F.3d 339, 357 (3d Cir. 1999); Montgomery v. DeSimone, 159 F.3d 120, 127 (3d Cir.1998); Colburn v. Upper Darby Twp., 838 F.2d 663, 673 (3d Cir. 1988). Clearly, at this stage of the litigation, there are unresolved issues of fact between the parties.*fn2 While this Court remains skeptical that Plaintiff, given his alleged cognitive difficulties, will be able to prove his allegations, it is clear that, because of those alleged difficulties, this case would benefit from more in-depth discovery than that, in which the parties have heretofore engaged. Thus, out of an abundance of caution, Moving Defendants' motion to dismiss will be deniedwith respect to Plaintiff's claims arising under the Fourteenth Amendment. This denial will be without prejudice to Moving Defendants raising these same arguments on summary judgment, if appropriate.
AND NOW, THIS 17th day of December, 2012,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Moving Defendants' motion to dismiss (Doc. 23) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiff's Fifth and Eighth ...
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The Latino Electorate in 2010: More Voters, More Non-Voters
More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in last year's election — a record for a midterm. But Latino representation among the electorate remains below their representation in the general population. This gap is driven by two demographic factors: youth and non-citizenship.
The Latino Vote in the 2010 Elections
For the first time ever, three Latino candidates — all of them Republicans — won top statewide offices. Despite these GOP wins, Latino voters supported Democrats by nearly a two-to-one margin.
Latinos and the 2010 Elections
In a year when support for Democratic candidates has eroded, the party's standing among Latinos appears as strong as ever. However, Hispanic voters appear to be less motivated than others to go to the polls.
Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History
Demographic changes in America have increased the number of eligible non-white voters, but the racial and ethnic diversity of last year's electorate was also driven by substantially higher levels of participation by black, Hispanic and Asian voters.
Hispanics and the New Administration: Immigration Slips as a Priority
Latinos, who heavily supported Obama in the November election, rate such issues as the economy, health care and education as the more important issues facing the country. Hispanics were more likely to be first time voters than the general public.
How Hispanics Voted in the 2008 Election
Hispanics voted for Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden over Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin by a margin of more than two-to-one according to an analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center of exit polls, with Latino youth supporting the Democratic ticket by an even wider margin.
Among Florida's Hispanics, Voter Registration Swings Democratic
Unlike in the rest of the country, the Latino vote in the Sunshine State has tended to be heavily Republican; but changing politics and demographics have produced a substantial shift in electoral rolls.
Hispanics in the 2008 Election: Puerto Rico
On Sunday, Puerto Rico holds one of the final Democratic primary contests. A new Pew Hispanic Center fact sheet provides key demographic information on eligible voters in Puerto Rico and compares them with eligible Latino voters and all eligible voters in the U.S.
The Hispanic Vote in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries
As the Democratic nomination contest heads for a showdown in Texas on March 4, Latinos may be a pivotal constituency in a state where they make up a quarter of the electorate.
Hispanics and the 2008 Election: A Swing Vote?
Earlier Republican Party gains among Latinos have dissipated in the past year, a new Pew Hispanic Center survey finds. Hispanics also comprise a sizable share of voters in four "swing states" that President Bush narrowly carried in 2004.


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yay!! ko
soo i have to do the whole course again next year because i uber failed the prelim
iv also been thrown out of history for reals lol
so now i only have three highers to do
altho the hoff said i wont be allowed back next year
so fuck it
roll on the holidays!!
thot i was starting to sort myself out and get over it all a bit
but two minutes after hand there was hand holdage
i walked straight out of art, down to the joint and greeted on ashleighs shoulder.
how the fuck can it mean this much to me.
we broke up, iv kissed other people, but as soon as i see even a hug i turn into a mess
because i love him
and love doesnt just go away
me and michelle had a really good talk today which really sorted out my head a lot
thank you dear :)
i would have talked to david but i would have greeted and he gets soo uncomfortable its hilarious.
then david had a massive hissy fit lol
he threw everything down and started shouting back at mrs felton
apparently it was all her fault and that it was retarded our dresses and his armour had to be finished by next week for their stupid fashion show lol
he was sooo angry
good times aha
then david heeps, shanice, kim, me and seonaid were all up in art the first two periods
ah all the bitching lol and seonaid thinking they were talking about someone different :P
until david felt it a good idea to doubt my relationship
apparently it wasnt a relationship, it was casual sex
so i took most of my anger out on him
so im basically trying to fill in my empty life with fun and lols
because im not really wanted by anyone and that really sucks
yeah a hefty number of people would be there for me. and by that i mean want a shag
soo wat the hell do i do
carry on waiting in hope that you'll feel better
or sleep with anyone who shows a slight interest in me
because like i said to hannah
i hate myself right now
and i know your all there for me and i love you for it
suppose i just need time
anyways thank you for being there for mee :)
and byeee i spose.
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The Dragon's Jewel
Marshall Ulder Ravengard
Duke of Baldur's Gate, Marshall of the Flaming Fists
"I am trusted with protecting thousands of lives, and I will not betray that trust no matter what my personal desires."
Though Baldur's Gate is still recovering from the havoc caused by the resurrection within the city of Bhaal, God of Murder, the metropolis remains one of the Faerun's most wealthy, populous and powerful cities.
Ulder Ravengard is the incarnation of militarism; the only beauty he appreciates is precision and the only thing he values is utility. Common-born but with the will and skill to rise through the bloody ranks of several fighting companies, his political adroitness gave him control of Baldur's Gate after Abdel Adrian relinquished his dukedom. Marshall Ravengard acts as Duke of Baldur's Gate, Warden of Wyrm's Rock and is the highest ranking officer in the Flaming Fists. He is a meticulous man who forgets nothing and forgives less. Ravengard is stolid and terse by nature, slow to speak and to decide except in battle. But once a decision is made, he never relents until he sees it through. He believes the Flaming Fists are the city's backbone and the key to its strength and superiority over its competitors, and he will not shy away from war if it brings glory to his mercenary company.


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27 October 2008
Community gardening
Saturday was clean up day at the community garden, which is finishing its second season. Thirty families have plots and after two years it's already popular enough that new locations around town are being evaluated for a possible second garden site. At this site there's a small perennial plot, a communal squash plot (which may be given up next year,) a plot whose produce is donated to the food shelf, and a mixture of 10'x10' and 10'x20' plots for families and individual gardeners. We have a few community work days where everyone is expected to participate, and during the summer a few "let's garden together" dates where everyone who can shows up and gardens and socializes.
Except for that, we pretty much garden by ourselves, finding time during the spring, summer, and fall to sow, weed, water, and harvest. I usually come with one or more of my kids, and most of the time we're alone in the garden. Talking with others at the workday this weekend, I wasn't surprised that most of my fellow gardeners experience the same thing.
We had a terrible infestation of Colorado Potato Beetles this summer, and there were times when I squished so many of them my gardening gloves were wet with their orange bodily fluids - nasty! I've never had them in my garden at home and I don't know how they got so bad, but except for this one problem, our garden was a good place to be. We had a few cases of stolen vegetables at the end of the growing season, but at our last meeting we came up with a few ideas that may deter the healthy thieves next year.
Community gardening shows people that gardening is encouraged and supported, and that it deserves to have dedicated space, just as soccer fields, golf courses, and baseball diamonds do. Anyone can garden, and everyone benefits from it. Gardeners gain an appreciation for the challenges that farmers face, and at the same time gardening gives us critical insights that help us ask better questions about how our food is produced.
Perhaps our small garden plots meet 1% - 2% of our annual food needs; I really don't know. Since June, we've bought few vegetables, and in the fruit cellar and freezer we have enough tomatoes to last into the winter. We've canned beets, too, and have frozen swiss chard for use in the dead of winter. We make winter stews and soups with dried beans and peas, and I've saved seeds from my favorite vegetables to ensure that I can plant them next year, too.
Gardening is active and contemplative, and I certainly enjoy the quietude of puttering around as I deadhead flowers or mulch tomatoes, which makes me ask why I think community gardens are a good idea. And my answer is that a shared experience gives us the chance to say yes and nod in agreement rather than find reasons to disagree. There are so many obvious reasons it seems unnecessary to point them out. But think about it. Our lives have become much more sedentary than they were a century ago and despite the fact that we may be several generations removed from active farming, human culture developed around, among other things, farming, and certainly we selected for gardening abilities somewhere in the past six to ten thousand years and I don't think that's all erased from our DNA just because we've worn neckties and white shirts for a few decades. In other words, it's in our bones to garden, and when we dig our hands into the soil and watch a new green plant push its way through the dirt, something happens to us in the same way that staring into a campfire stills the spirit and calms the soul. In practical terms, gardening brings together people who otherwise might not cross paths. It's pretty hard to say if gay or straight gardeners grow better tomatoes, and Democrats and Republicans alike eat arugula. Old women, young men, the boisterous and the shy - gardening doesn't discriminate - anyone can put a seed in the ground and marvel at the miracle of life.
Irrespective of the amount of produce grown in a small community garden plot, gardeners learn to ask questions about how food is produced in this country. One simple question is, why don't we eat more seasonally available vegetables? At home, we're eating potatoes, kale, and swiss chard from the garden, but when we go to the store there is no seasonal variety: the same hard tomatoes, crisp celery, and well-washed broccoli greet us in November and July. What's wrong with eating peas only in the early summer and green beans only when the sun is still high overhead? I think we can get used to the celebratory aspect of greeting the arrival of new seasons and new foods. I don't think we need asparagus in December or apples in March; why do we expect them to be in a supermarket in Minnesota?
For now, most of our gardens are at rest. I have a blanket over a few things to ward off the hard frosts of the past few nights, but one of these mornings the frost will stay and the growing season will be over.
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Hey Everyone!! This is my first fan fiction and I am REALLY nervous!! So please go easy on me!! This is basically on what goes on between Harry and Ginny after Harry has defeated Voldemort. I hope you guys enjoy it!!
It was over; my ex-boyfriend had defeated Voldemort. I felt like going up there and kissing him, because I knew that he still loved me as much as I loved him. I saw the fear and relief in his eyes and knew that I would get time, later, to talk to him. Right now, I had to be with my family, for the loss of my older brother was still fatal.
Oh my god, I finally defeated him. I bet my parents, Sirius, Lupin, Tonks, and everyone else that I ever loved would be so proud of me. LOVE. I loved Ginny. Correction I LOVE Ginny. I wonder if she'll ever take me back. I sure hope she still loves me. Hopefully she watched me defeat Voldy, and think I am macho and is even more interested in me now then ever. Hey, a guy can hope right? SNAP OUT OF IT HARRY!!
I looked around me and saw everyone crowd me, Ron and Hermione being the first to reach me. Seconds after that Ginny, Luna, and Neville were crowding me as well, and before I knew it, I was being mobbed by all of those in the Great Hall. It seemed like everybody wanted to touch me, The Chosen One, At this point all I wanted to do was go upstairs and sleep in that comfy, four poster bed. But, I soon figured out that would not happen soon. My heart dropped when I walked into the Great Hall and found my ex-girlfriends head on her mother's shoulder. I felt like going over there and comforting her, but I owed it to Ron and Hermione to tell them the full story.
I saw Harry entering the Great Hall. I wished I could go and put my head on his shoulder, hug him, embrace him, but I was too upset to get p after having my older brother die. OK, maybe I am just a scaredy cat and was afraid how Harry would react, but that doesn't mean I'm stalling or anything. You know, for the part when we have to talk everything out and make sure everything was ok with "us". But, I have to admit, I am looking forward to the "make-up part" I mean what girl doesn't? I looked back over to where I last saw him, but he wasn't there! I looked around the Great Hall, but there was no sight of him, as a matter of fact I couldn't see Ron or Hermione either.
It was night (or morning), but everyone was slowly falling asleep after all the excitement. At least almost everyone was…………………………
I'd think I'd be tired after this tiring yet somewhat exciting night, but I can't. I got it, all I have to do is clear my mind of everything. Ok, now I'll be able to sleep. That beautiful red hair, that radiant smile, the wonderful personality……………huh? I have to talk to her soon……………..right now!! But, how am I to get into the girls dormitories? Every time you go up the stairs they become flat and then you slide down. Of course, me and Ron had to learn this the hard way. Maybe, I'll just go and wait in the common room, yeah that's right. She is bound to be thinking of me right? I mean she still loves me……..hopefully.
Harry went down stairs and sat in his favorite chair near the fireplace. Meanwhile………………
I love him. I love him. I love him. What am I doing just sitting here? I mean I am a loud to go into the boys' dormitories! Why not just march in there, wake him up, and give him piece of my mind! I mean, it's been one hour, If he did love me he would have already come by now! Wait, are boys aloud in the girl's dormitories? I don't think so; maybe he's waiting for me in the common room! Well if that is the case, get a groove on Ginny! I tiptoed to the dresser and put on lighter make-up so he wouldn't think I worked too hard on my look. What am I talking about? It's in the morning the last thing he cares about is how you look. But, being me, I had to make myself look "attractive". I tiptoed out of the room and down to the common room.
There he was, sitting in his favorite chair, looking into the fire as if thinking of what to say if I ever did show up. First, I looked at him, and then before I knew it, his head was squeezed against my chest, for I hadn't given him time to get up and give me a proper hug. I pulled away. "I'm so sorry! It's just that I got that feeling in my stomach that I always get when you walk into a room" I explained. He smiled, that cute smile, and then he got up, and he kissed me. After what seemed like decades we finally pulled away and Harry muttered under his breath, "I'm sooo sorry Ginny, I always loved you, you know I only broke up with you because of Voldemort, right?" "I really hope you'll forgive me" he finished.
There was a sudden silence, Harry still holding Ginny. Ginny looking down at the ground to afraid to look Harry in the eyes.
I felt so nervous, she wasn't replying. Would she EVER forgive me? 2 minutes past until I finally heard the most wonderful thing I've heard in a year, "Of course I forgive you Harry, I-I-I-I love you." You do? "Blimey, Harry why such a surprise?" chuckled Ginny. "But you still haven't told me what I want to hear," she said. "And what's that" "You still haven't told me that you LOVE me too!" replied Ginny. I felt wheezy, "Do I have to?"
"If you want me to be your girlfriend again"
"Oh, all right!"
"I LOVE you"
You know, that was easier then I thought it would be! "Yeah, I know." said Harry. AKA-My BOYFRIEND! He-he! Boy, was it sure great to be together again!
I had to ask, no matter how stupid or obvious the question was; I had to know for sure. "Uuuuuuuuum, does this mean we're, you know, going out again?"
"Of course! You do want to, right?"
Relief spread through my whole body, "I'd be mentally retarded if I said no!"
"Uuuuuuuum, is that a yes?" Ginny confirmed.
I chuckled. I loved her more already. I didn't reply because I knew she could tell what the answer was, she knew me well enough.
I hugged him one last time after telling him to get some sleep now, but as I hugged him I realized that we weren't the only ones in the common room. There were 2 other people in the corner, talking in hushed tones. I wondered who they were.
I know it was kind of mushy, but hey it's the make-up scene right? I am extremely nervous to post this, but please tell me the truth of what you think about it so far. I am planning to write about the 19 years that passed between the end of the book and the epilogue. But, in your reviews be sure to tell me what you think I should put in. The next piece will be about the "couple" Ginny saw in the corner. Be sure to say who you think it is and give me ideas for upcoming chapters! I really hope everyone enjoyed this!
Au Revoire!