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Yeah, it is not a lot and I have really debated holding of posting about until the 100th win was achieved. Unfortunately my life has not allowed me to play as much as I would like to.
I've realized one thing about playing 1v1 casually: You are simply unable to keep up with current trends in strategies. I've probably played less than 20 games since last patch and although the new roach range is not new anymore, it is to me!
So I am facing new challenges against Zerg. Even when I win, it doesn't feel right anymore. It feels awkward and like bad games now and I haven't felt the satisfaction of a win well played for a while.
I wish I had a week of vacation I could just spend on playing the game so I could finally improve a little bit.


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Daniel Henney has those clean-cut American(granted, Asian-American) good looks that I despise the most of all(I say this as an American). Add to this that, given My Name is Kim Sam Soon-evidence at least, he's one of the worst actors I've ever seen – wooden and bland – and you find me entirely uninterested by this, in spite of the (other) pretty people and good title –
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Kissing Cousins - Sort of
Charlotte got to see her cousin Adeline while we were at my mother's house this weekend. This video doesn't quite capture it, but Charlotte was crazy about little Addy. She squealed and laughed and every time we put them in front of each other she went crazy. They both have changed so much. Adeline is much more alert and vocal but she couldn't get much in for all the talking Charlotte was doing. They were so cute! It is fun to have a cousin so close to her age. I can't wait to see how they get along when they are older. :)
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Rebline Knowledge Base
So I was reading the LINE SI BUSHMASTER KNOWLEDGE BASE thread and I thought, HEY! Rebs were very nice. Too bad they were never as popular as other, lesser guns :rolleyes:
So what do we know about these things? Who's got pics? Ads? Info? Ehhhh....maybe the blueprints for my associate with a crazy-freaking machine shop. You know... for replacement bits... and stuff...
Here's my MKII.
I love that 12g back!
Here is my Reb
and the one I sold...
Really too bad they didn't put serial number on these...
Oh... and an Ad from a LONG time ago...
I have always dreamed of owning one they were one heck of a cool marker with options no other markers had.
First gun with multi bore barrel kits . The barrels are raw finished for the bore so they could be honed to size. Quick release pump arms were a neat gimmick not really needed though.
I 'd give the gun a rating of a medium light weight gun not quite up to par of the top tourney guns( ghost, SI, ranger, comps ) and not quite in the upper begginerd gund. (pigs, wintec,ect)
Here is a Rebline Gun of mine that I happen to have a picture of.
Although I haven't played (playing=hardcore use from me) much with Reblines I would have to disagree with you on their quality B. From all the Rebline guns I have inspected (older models and newer models) their quality is absolutely top notch.
The fit and finish compares exactly on par with many of my lapcos and definitely the same category as some of my bushmaster (much better than the later ICD bushys).
When examining the exterior of the rebline guns many of the small details can be missed. They came with a large variety of options for the interior and the exterior although some of these options may have only been available on some of the very high end guns and others are just for aesthetics.
*Barrel Options (Lengths Galore)
*Bore Options
*Color Options (Large Variety of Colors)
*Bolt Diffusing Options for front bolt half(Several Different Styles from Ventri to standard hole that can be unscewed and added to the bolt)
*Actual Bolt Length Options depending on what front barrel
*Asa Options
*Hammer Option (Brass or Steel)
*Trigger Options (Aluminum colors or Brass as pictured on the gun above)
As for the quick release pump arms I believe they are meant to be used when disassembling the quick release front half of the body for cleaning so that the pump arm screws don't need to be removed which could lead to the bolt coming out when pulling it apart on the field.
Anyways, as I wrote earlier I haven't actually put the Rebline guns through extensive use on the field so they could have some flaws there (as with most pretty nelsons, the screws probably won't stay on and I know I would lose them after the first game played) but in my opinion they are beautiful guns there are very well machined.
Anyone got any other pictures?
ME WANT. :drool:
I may have to keep my eyes open for one of these, they look like nifty little guns (from the guy that just sold his Bushmaster :()
Yes Bacci, the screws will work loose. But a drop of Loc-tite fixes all of that.
I have never seen any of the optional bolt-faces, anybody got a picture?
Oh... that Reb is purtier than a new set of tractor tires!
I concur with Bacci's analysis. He forgot to mention the totally adjustable LAPCO style sliding trigger with AT locking feature.
I could be wrong but I also think that the body/barrel are Type III anno. The barrel is also convertible from RF to LF.
I've always considered them high end guns.
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You might recall that my little family is currently living in temporary corporate housing in Louisville, Kentucky. Most of our stuff is in storage in Michigan. While our current housing situation is really quite nice, sometimes it's a little disconcerting to walk into one of my husband's coworkers' apartments and see our exact same sofa in their living room and the same hotel-esque prints on the wall. I like a little individuality in my home, is what I'm saying. So when Easy Canvas Prints offered me the chance to create a canvas print using one of my photos, I jumped at the chance. Anything to make this temporary dwelling feel a little more like a home.
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Thursday, 5 August 2010
Two peas in a pod
My sister called me up yesterday and asked if I had time to Skype. I said sure, hung up, and went downstairs to start up the computer. As I sat there my mind was trying to jump the gun. We had talked only a few days ago, and nothing required a follow-up call... I had told her about a dream I had about her expecting a baby girl that was due a month after mine... ! ... ?
She popped up on the contact list and shortly after I saw her sweet face. She said "Hey sis', guess what?", I tried not to yell WHAT, WHAT and drown out what came next, "I'm pregnant!". I started clapping my hands together like a moron, screaming and laughing. "Yeah, can you believe it, I peed on a stick this morning, and it looks like I'll have a baby about a month after you". Cue more screaming and clapping on my side. I quickly calculated her due date to be April 12, 2011 before Mamma came on with a big smile on her face and said "Looks like next summer's gonna be a busy one".
I can't tell you how excited I am to be able to go through this with my sister. When she was pregnant with Nephew, me and Diver Dude had just started trying and while her belly was growing bigger mine stayed painfully empty. This time our bellies will grow in sync and we can be fat together :)
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That is wonderful!!! Congratulations, CP . I am still just so happy and suprised for you :)ReplyDelete
Aww, what a happy surprise!! I'm so thrilled for you at the huge turnaround this year has been for you and look forward to following your and your sister's journey!! :)ReplyDelete
Thats awesome news!!ReplyDelete
This is such lovely news! How fun...
The stars really are all falling into place for you....ReplyDelete
AWESOME!! Congrats to your sister and how wonderful your little one will have a cousin so close in age to grow up with!!ReplyDelete
This would be a dream come true for me. I guess as they say "there is always a reason" perhaps you were meant to have children at the same time!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! That is soo exciting!!! I'm so happy for you!! Congrats to your sister!!!ReplyDelete
Oh, that is so exciting!!! Yay!ReplyDelete
Hey, did you get your photo yet?
OMG thats awesome! Your dream came true... man this is one year, well 9-10 months, you will never forget! I can't tell you how happy I am for all of the good things happening to you right now. So exciting!!! xoxoReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, GREAT NEWS!!!! How exciting, for your family to grow together!!!!!ReplyDelete
wow, first cousins so close together, I love it. :)
(and could you have a dream about ME winning the lottery???? Just asking..LOL)
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How cute! It will be so nice for you to have someone right by your side!ReplyDelete
This is so wonderful - amazing!ReplyDelete
That is awesome that you can share in each other's journey at the same time! Very exciting for your family!ReplyDelete
Very cool timing!ReplyDelete
Completely awesome!!ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry that I've been AWOL - it's been so hectic - I want to wish you a heartfelt, joyous congrats!!! I am so happy for you, miss pregs!!! SO exciting about your sis - amazing!!!ReplyDelete
Det är så kul att ni ska ha nästan samtidigt, lite sjukt att du drömt det och sen blev det så. kramReplyDelete
- Anonymous6 August 2010 at 16:45
Awesome and I'm flattered to be sandwiched right between you too.ReplyDelete
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Fantastic news - congratulations to both of you! And how amazing that you dreamt it beforehand xxReplyDelete
Wow. On July 29 you invented the word bizarro-world. Just in time by the looks of it! Hope that you two will not need all the ifs and hopefullys.....ReplyDelete
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Awww, congrats! That's very exciting. Also, thanks for the kind words over at my blog, it is really appreciated.ReplyDelete
Congratulations to you both! I haven't been around for so long, I can't believe I missed out on hearing about your little miracle, what a wondrous surprise for you and DiverDude!ReplyDelete
I am beyond thrilled for you, and how wonderful to go through it all with your sister :)
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Josker's Career Statistics
Josker's 2008 Game-by-Game Statistics
- 2008 Second-Team Preseason All-SEC
- 2008 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2007 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2006 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2005 SEC All-Freshman Team
- SEC Player of the Week (March 6, 2005)
- 2008 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Started 44 games and played in 45, second most on the squad...Drew 31 starting assignments in right field, 11 at designated player and two at catcher...Stood fourth on the team in batting average, hits, runs batted in, total bases and walks...Scored a run in the 3-1 victory in the season's first game against North Florida (2/8)...Went 2-for-4 in that second game of the Florida Atlantic Kick-Off Classic against the host Owls...Hit in seven of eight games, starting against Hofstra in the USF Louisville Slugger Tournament (2/23)...Drove in a run in five consecutive games, starting in the second game of the Carolina Classic against Gardner-Webb (3/1) through the second game of the doubleheader against Arkansas (3/8)...Added her first double of the season in that final game of the streak against the Lady'Backs...Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the first game at Kentucky (3/29)...Added an RBI double in the final game against the Wildcats (3/30)...Had consecutive 2-for-3 outings against No. 24 Mississippi State (4/12), adding a double in the first game...Drove in the first run of the 4-3 win over No. 15/16 LSU (5/3)...Named to the preseason All-SEC second team.
Played in 60 games and started 56...Ranked fourth on the team in hitting...Stood second on the squad with 11 doubles while finishing third with two triples...Ranked second on the squad with four multi-RBI games and third with 10 multi-hit contests...Drew 20 starts in right field and did not make an error during the season...Also added one of the Gamecocks' nine outfield assists...Drew 16 walks, second-best on the team...Topped the team when hitting with the bases loaded (.714) and in reaching base as a lead-off hitter (.419)...Perfect in three pinch-hitting chances...Had an outstanding doubleheader against the College of Charleston, going 3-for-7 with three RBI, four runs, a double and a triple on the day...Drove in two runs and scored another in the victory over Jacksonville (2/17)...Scored two runs and knocked two doubles in the series finale against Mississippi State (4/1)...Had a solo home run and a two-RBI single that tied the game in the 6-5 triumph over Kentucky (4/21)...Went 5-for-7 on championship day at the Columbia Regional, scoring one run and driving in two to help the Gamecocks down Oregon to claim the regional...Hit .333 in the NCAA Tournament...Earned a spot on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
Started 57 games...Led the team in hitting for the second consecutive year (.271)...Led the team in hits (49) and in on-base percentage (.316)...Recorded 12 multi-hit games...Co-leader in doubles with 11...Went 3-for-3 with three runs against Florida State (2/18)...Recorded two six-game hitting streaks...Also had a six-game RBI streak and a six-game doubles streak...Tallied a season-high two RBI in game against North Dakota State...Recorded her 100th career hit when she hit a single in the first inning of game two against Mississippi State (3/25)...Hit .282 with runners on base...Hit .293 with RBI opportunities...Second on the team in runs scored (22).
Named to SEC All-Freshmen Team...Hit .363 overall and .322 in SEC games...Her .363 average is the highest for a freshman in Gamecock history...Became the first Gamecock to record 70 hits in a season since Kim Pietro (83) in 1999...Third Gamecock freshman to record at least 70 hits in a season...One of three players who started every game...Led the team in triples (3)...Recorded her first collegiate hit on 2/5 against Coastal Carolina...Also scored her first collegiate run and drove in her first RBI in that game...Recorded a nine-game hitting streak...Named SEC Player of the Week (3/6) due to her efforts at the Buzz Classic...At the tournament, she hit .520 with three HR's and 13 hits, recorded a seven-game hitting streak, drove in a run in all but one game and had five multi-hit games...Posted a career-high four hits vs. Virginia Tech (2/16), and vs. Southern Illinois (2/25)...Drove in a career-high three RBI on 3/5 vs. Mercer...Hit all three of her home runs in back-to-back-to-back games (South Dakota State, Mercer, Auburn)...Recorded 21 multi-hit games.
High School
Four-year letterwinner in softball and played volleyball for two years at Hemet H.S....Coached by Joe Cortez and Mark Sabala...Helped her team record a 24-7 record her senior year...Hit .368 as a senior, .391 as a junior and .426 as a sophomore...Three-time Sunbelt All-league selection...Sunbelt League MVP (03-04)...All-CIF 2002 and 2004...All-county for three straight years...HHS Offensive Player of the Year ('01-'02)...HHS Defensive Player of the Year ('02-'03)...Three-time Sunbelt League Champions...Two-time Sunbelt League Scholar Athlete for softball and volleyball...Two-time All-CIF State Academic Team (Softball).
Full name is Jessica Ashley Josker...Born Feb. 20, 1986 in Mission Viejo, Calif....Parents are David and Angelina...Has a brother, David Jr., and three sisters: Heather, Shauna and Emma Leigh...Major is hotel, restaurant, tourist management...Nickname is JJ.
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Former Marussia F1 Team driver Max Chilton has joined Carlin Racing in America as the team aim to make the move into the Verizon IndyCar Series.
In a joint project with Trevor Carlin, who he raced for in the GP2 and the British Formula 3 championship, Chilton will assist the team with its preparations for a move into the Indy Lights Series, the feeder category to the IndyCar.
Chilton will then aim to use what he has learnt in 2015 with the Indy Lights preparation to make his debut with Carlin in the Verizon IndyCar Series.
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Chilton is excited to be helping Carlin with their preparations to race in America and is still considering his options with regards to his own future. Chilton is hoping to help Carlin get the most out of their first season competing in American open wheel racing.
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This guy loves him some pizza! So we knew we had to celebrate his 4th bday with a pizza party at California Pizza Kitchen!
It started with a tour of the kitchen.
And then everyone made their own pizzas.
Fresh from the oven!
Happy birthday sweet Spencer!
Then ice-cream sundaes for the second dessert.
Loved partying with these sweet friends!
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"The doctor's theory that we have an allergy to alcohol interests us. As laymen, our opinion as to its soundness may, of course, mean little. But as ex-problem drinkers, we can say that his explanation makes good sense. It explains many things for which we cannot otherwise account." BB - p. XXVI in the 4th edition
I love cantaloupe. I used to live for the time when Colorado's best cantaloupe (Rocky Ford) would come into season. About 23+ years ago, I kept getting sores on the inside of my mouth. Through a summer of noticing when the sores came back, I noticed that it corresponded to when I ate cantaloupe.
I tried cutting back (just a slice or 2) - the d--- sores came back. I really love cantaloupe but I really hated the sores. I tried just one occasionally - got sores. Gave it up completely one summer, tried one piece the next summer - got sores. Eventually, I even figured out that I could get them from a fruit cocktail - even if I didn't eat the cantaloupe pieces, the cantaloupe juice would be enough to cause sores.
I'm hear to tell you, spiritual giant that I am, I'm nearly 22 years abstinent from cantaloupe.
Writing this, I can still salivate thinking of how much I really loved that stuff - but, I've not had any consequences - no sores - for 22 years and counting.
As I was starting out with a new friend the other day and we started into the doctor's opinion in the book, I got to trot out my allergy as an explanation for why I've not experienced the phenomenon of craving for over 25 years.


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We have Jays and Woodpeckers around here too, but apparently our birding station isn't classy enough for them since they don't hang out there, so I too added a suet cage.
So far it hasn't classed the joint up at all. Our feeder pole only has two hooks on it and they are currently occupied by one-each seed and hummingbird feeders so the suet cage was just kind of hanging there up against the pole between them.
Even I didn't find that very classy and a week later there were still zero beak-marks in the suet,
so I decided it was time to add another feeder pole.
Since the theme of the existing pole is rebar & T-post, and I just happened to have some rebar and T-post laying around, that's what I built the new feeder post from.
The first job was to turn the end of the rebar into a little hook, but even my lightweight #3 rebar won't bend that sharp without hydraulics or some serious persuasion. Not having any hydraulics of the proper kind laying around I had to resort to the serious persuasion method, but I'm limited in even that since I don't have a proper oxyacetylene torch. (I'm still trying to maintain the illusion that I'm a wood man and not a steel worker and since cutting dovetails with an oxy-torch doesn't work too well I've never managed to convince myself it's something I just have to have! Except sometimes it might be nice to. . . oh never mind. . .)
What I can do is manage a little can of MAP gas, but no matter how long I hold the pathetic little flame against the rebar the best I can do is get just the faintest tinge of red, but then I'm not so sure that's not just wishful thinking.
I'm not sure why, but when the parking slab was poured next to the barn slab they left this big steel spike embedded into it.
With that and a length of pipe I can get most of the hook bent into the end of the rebar.
And finish it off in the steel jawed bench vice.
In the process I did manage to crack one of the three bends. Don't know if I didn't get it hot enough or maybe bent it too fast, but it's just barely hanging on there and I will have to do a little welding to put things back together again.
Now that the end hooks were bent the easy bends were next. A clamp across the end of the end-hook to hold it in the proper orientation, and a little work with a pipe-bender
and I have three Shepard's crook looking bits for my new feeder pole.
After a bit of welding to fix that broken hook, I clamp two of the crooks together at roughly a 120 degree angle and tack them in place.
I turned the first two crooks over and clamped the third crook into place.
After a couple tacks to make sure it stayed about where I wanted it, I added a few bead-welds to the whole assembly.
My brother the welder would point out that I've over-welded here, but with my (lack of) welding skills, overdoing it is not really a bad thing. besides, I could use the practice.
The area up near the barn is pretty gravelly under there and it takes more than a few whacks with the post-driver to get a T-post settled in and stable. Then some steel wire ties to attach the crook assembly to the T-post followed by some paint and we're good to go.
The suet, as well as a spare feeder and a garden ornament are hung with care,
but it's been a couple weeks now and still no takers on the suet (That will teach me to buy the cheap stuff!), though it only took a few minutes for a newly fledged Cardinal, of which we have loads of this time of year, to come check things out
and be the first to try the new feeder.
This is actually slightly unusual behavior. Usually the juvenile Cardinals will stand on the ground begging with little chirps and wing flutters while the parents pick seed off the ground from between the little one's feet and


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World Water Day
Brothers and Sisters,
Monday, March 22 is World Water Day, and this year World Environment Day events held by the United Nations will be held in Pittsburgh, PA June 5. Their theme this year is also water.
It is ironic that during this time when world organizations are focused on the ever increasing crisis in water world wide that Pennsylvania's water quality would be challenged.
Right now, Marcellus Shale horizontal well drilling is threatening the water quality of the entire commonwealth. Here's why:
It is completely unregulated-thanks to a 2005 decision by the Bush Administration to stop regulating oil and gas operators through the Clean Air and Water Acts.
It takes a million gallons of water, per frack, to operate a horizontal well. There can be up to 10 fracks per well! That is 10 million gallons of water per year per well, and there are 5,200 well permits up for consideration for 2010! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that this is a problem. All that fresh water comes from the rivers and streams unabated. No one asked our permission to use it, yet the water of Pennsylvania belongs to the people-that is what our charter says.
The water that is recaptured is contaminated with extremely high levels of salt-4 times saltier than the ocean, and very acid pH. It is toxic to nearly everything, except certain forms of algae.
It is also contaminated with radium...yes the same thing that produces radon gas. PA residents are already adversely effected by radon, and lung cancer from radon is a top killer in some regions of the state. All this to garner a small amount of natural gas that will not be U.S. autonomous-foreign companies are already buying into the shares, so the same thing that happened in oil production will happen in domestic gas production...only this time, our collective water quality will be destroyed in the process.
This is not a small problem. There are a variety of 72 chemicals being added to that water, but we don't know how many or in what concentrations, because the companies are not required by law to reveal that information. Municipalities who think they will make tax revenue on this type of drilling will find themselves in deep to the sewer authority who will require that water remediated before it hits the plant. Right now, it is being dumped untreated, right back into our rivers.
Anyone who wants to write a horror story, here it is, and this one is very real.
Call write, or loudly complain in the most public way to your local and state and federal officials: this is our resource, water is sacred, you cannot continue to violate our rights in this manner.
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Faculty & Alumni at Maryland Film Festival
Vin Grabill, John Sturgeon, Nathan Duncan, Michael Tully, Richard Chisholm
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 // May 5 - 8
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John Sturgeon and Vin Grabill are screening recent videos at the Maryland Film Festival, May 5 - 8, 2011. In addition, the works of three alumni from our Cinematic Arts Program, Nathan Duncan ('05) Michael Tully ('98), and Richard Chisholm ('82) were selected for this year's festival.
Experimental Shorts
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Frontier (2010)
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Ghost Mall (2010)
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Septien (2010) - Saturday, May 7, 6:00 PM at Charles Theater 1 & Sunday, May 8, 2:30 PM at the MICA Brown Center.
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Krishnan, J.
1. This is an appeal by the plaintiff from the judgment and decree dismissing his suit for compensation, in respect of a consignment belonging to him, of a boiler and attached parts, carried by the Railway from Kanpur to Sehore, parts of which on arrival were found to have got broken, and parts missing. The questions for decision at this stage are,
(i) Whether the suit was bad,
(a) for non-compliance with the provisions of Section 77, Railways Act, the claim being preferred in writing more than after six months from the date of delivery of the goods for carriage;
(b) for non-joinder, as party, either of the two railway administrations i.e. Northern Railway administration to which the goods were delivered by the consignor and the Central Railway administration over which the goods had to be carried during the latter part of the transport;
(c) for limitation under Article 30, and the effect, if any, of the defendant's not having pleaded that the suit had been filed beyond the one year period from the date of the plaintiff's knowledge of the breakage and loss of parts.
(ii) Whether the plaintiff has ostensibly discharged the burden of proof on the negligence or misconduct on the part of the Railway, which he had accepted, by sending his goods at owner's risk?
(iii) Finally, the quantum of damages, if they are otherwise payable.
2. The facts of the case, except as to the manner in which the consignment was damaged, is common ground. The plaintiff sent his agent to go and buy an old boiler and attached machinery from Kamalapat Motilal Mills at Kanpur. He bought it and got the machinery loaded in a wagon at their railway siding. The consignment was taken by the Northern Railway administration who gave them a bill, as usual, for 'self', and which was ultimately endorsed in favour of the plaintiff and sent to him. The weight was about three tons (84 maunds) and after putting the machinery in the wagon, the consignor himself got the different sections (including some wheels) secured by wire ropes. It was on 'owner's risk' and the packing was described as in a defective condition,--'Boiler on chams secured by iron wires and strappings.' The date of the invoice was 27-10-1954, the wagon being open, No. 61465. It arrived at Sehore on 22-11-1954, now in another wagon No. 75534. It is also in evidence that on 3-11-1954, a servant of the railway had detected that the load on this wagon had got out of balance and could not be taken farther without the danger of the wagon itself overturning and causing an accident. Accordingly, it was pushed back to some siding or yard for readjustment. We do not know what had happened but soon after it was on its way to Sehore, loaded in another wagon. On arrival at Sehore, it was detected that some parts had got damaged, and some parts had disappeared.
3. The plaintiff had a look at the machinery on the arrival and as there was damage, declined to take it except on open delivery with the damage assessed and noted in the usual manner. Accordingly, the railway took the appropriate steps, and got the damage noted with particulars and assessed by a mechanic from Jhansi and gave open delivery finally on 15-3-1955. Meanwhile the railway administration discovered that the original transport charges 'levied on this consignment were on underestimate because of the size of the articles carried, and accordingly demanded and obtained a surcharge, paid under protest. Some time later, the plaintiff issued notices and finally brought the suit for compensation for loss of some parts, and damage to others, the expenses of refitting, and refund of the surcharge of Rs. 343/-. The compensation proper was Rs. 4700/- on the basis of what the plaintiff describes, without direct evidence, as an estimate by Marshalls a well known engineering company; this also included a sum of Rs. 1000/- as refitting, charges. The railway's assessment was about one third of this sum, being Rs. 1600/-.
4. The learned Civil Judge held that the suit was had for want of timely claim under Section 77, Railways Act, and on some other grounds. He, however, did not think that the non-joinder of the Northern Railway was a defect, but he held that the plaintiff had not discharged the burden of proof which was on him under Section 74-C, of establishing negligence, misconduct on the part of the railway. He also held that the damage had been brought about by the consignor's own conduct. On limitation, he held that the suit was 'time-barred' but he was thinking of the six months' period under Section 77, and not the one 'year period under Article 30, Limitation Act.
5. Ground No. (i) (a):--The claim was preferred to the Central Railway administration in a letter dated 27-5-1955; that is to say, well beyond six months from the date on which the consignment was handed over to the Northern Railway administration on 24-10-1954. However, it is within six months from the date of the actual delivery of the goods to the plaintiff which was 15-3-1955, though, it had arrived at Sehore on 22-11-1954. The position taken by the plaintiff-appellant here is that for one thing, considering the purpose for which Section 77, Railways Act, has been enacted, the six months should be counted from the date of delivery of the consignment to the consignee and not the handing over to the railway administration for transit. For another, more emphatically, in a case like this the compensation is for damage and not for loss, destruction or deterioration; so Section 77 has no application. The two positions call for separate examination.
6. (i). The first does violence to the express wording of Section 77, that-
'The claim for refund or compensation should be preferred in writing within 'six months from the date of the delivery of the goods for carriage by the railway'.'
To be sure, there is the judgment of the High Court of Assam in Amarchand Pannalal v. Union of India, AIR 1955-Assam 221; but all the other High Courts are of the opposite view, including this High Court, in Managing Agents (Martin and Co.) v. Seth Deokinandan, AIR 1959 Madh Pra 276. This view being quite consistent with the wording of the section the matter need not be discussed any further.
7. (ii) The more elaborate argument in this regard is that the present claim is for the most part (i.e., all except the one for refund of the surcharge) the one for compensation for damage to the goods, and not for any of the three eventualities expressly mentioned in that section. Further, it is urged that by analogy with Section 72, which also mentions loss, destruction or deterioration and has been held by Courts not to be exhaustive, this section should also be held so. There are the two other eventualities of delay and damage; Section 74-C speaks of 'loss, destruction or deterioration or 'damage to such goods' ' and again Section 76 speaks of ' 'delay', loss, destruction, deterioration or .'damage'.' This question has been touched upon in some of the rulings such as in Imperial Match Co. (India) Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1957 Madh Bha 111, where the claim was for compensation on account of delay, and it was held that since Section 77 of the Railways Act does not speak of delay, a suit for the claim was not barred for want of notice. Again there the view was that Section 77 might not apply if it is a claim based on tort and not breach of contract.
A similar view was held in Sundarji Shivji v. Secretary of State, AIR 1934 Pat 507, where the misconduct on the part of the railway administration was conversion. In these and some decisions of a similar nature, the courts have distinguished between the Railways' liability in tort, and that in contract. With all respect we feel that the approach should be in accordance with the wording of Section 77, and not on the basis of any classification not envisaged there. These rulings have in any event to be reconsidered in the light of the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in 'Governor-General in Council (now Union of India) v. Musaddi Lal, AIR 1961 SC 725; this was an appeal from the judgment of the Allahabad High Court to the effect that Section 77 was not a condition precedent, where the claim was for non-delivery of goods which that High Court held to be one distinct from a claim for compensation for loss, destruction or deterioration. Disagreeing with this view, the Supreme Court held :
'Section 77 is enacted with a view to enable the railway administration to make enquiries and if possible to recover the goods and to deliver them to the consignee, as to prevent stale claims. It imposes a restriction of the enforcement of liability declared by Section 72. The liability declared by Section 72 is for loss, destruction or deterioration. Failure to deliver is the consequence of loss or destruction of goods, it does not furnish a cause of action on which a suit may lie against the railway administration, distinct from a cause of action for loss or destruction. By the use of the expression, 'loss, destruction or deterioration', what is contemplated is loss or destruction or deterioration of the goods and the consequent loss to the owner thereof. If because of negligence or inadvertence or even wrongful act on the part of the employees of the railway administration, goods entrusted for carriage are lost, destroyed or deteriorated, the railway administration is guilty of failing to take the degree of care which is prescribed by Section 72 of the Railways Act.'
8. We are, however, called upon in the present case to ignore Section 77, not because this is based on delay or is a claim on tort, but because it is a claim on damage. Ingenious as it is, this view-point is fallacious. Even if the three categories mentioned in Section 77 are not exhaustive of all the occasions in which the owner of the goods may claim compensation from the Railway, still this would not help the plaintiff unless he establishes that 'damage' is not included in any of them. Where there is delay, still the basis of the claim may be the consequent loss measurable in terms of money, because of the fall in price, say economic or market deterioration or rotting of the goods, i.e., 'physical deterioration'. As for 'damage', it is only a general name for the monetary loss to the owner, for different reasons, in other words, the genus of which destruction and deterioration are only the species.
There may be a difference of opinion on whether a particular happening such as the disappearance of the parts of contents of a unit of consignment, (say some fruits from a basket, or some seers of sugar from a bag) is 'loss' or 'deterioration' of the goods; but 'loss' properly so called should be of individual separable unit of consignment; when it is only of a part, it is more properly 'deterioration'. Destruction is, of course, a change in the nature and utility of the article which is complete; and which is accompanied by the leaving of traces, that are altogether useless: in 'loss' there would be no traces at all. 'Deteriorate' and 'deterioration', is change for the worse, the remains being still useful, 'less valuable', and not altogether useless. The Oxford Dictionary defines 'deteriorate' and 'deterioration' as:
'to make worse, to lower in quality or value; to worsen to become worse; to become impaired in quality or value;
'the process of growing or making worse.' Damage includes this and is more general. It is defined (by the Oxford Dictionary) as:
'loss or detriment caused by hurt or injury; a disadvantage; a misfortune;' As a verb it means:
'to hurt, harm, injure; now commonly to injure (a thing) so as to lessen its value;'
Damage, in general, may be the result either of purely natural causes and action of time such, for example, as happens, when a consignment of fruits, rots by bad storage, exposure or mere delay. It may also be the result of any sudden perk or fall, such as we have, when a consignment of glass or China is broken. It may be due to economic causes also. All these are 'deterioration', which is one form of damage with ascertainable sub-species. When the damage is complete, then it is usual to call it destruction.
9. It is fallacious, therefore, to argue that we have deterioration when a basket of fruits rots, and damage when some of the contents of a crate of glassware are broken, and that Section 77 applies to a claim based on the former, and does not apply for a claim based on the latter event. The best way of summarising the argument is to hold that the word 'damage' connotes a genus while 'deterioration' and 'destruction' connote two species. Even delay will be another specie but we are not immediately concerned with examining the correctness of the view that delay, which is. not expressly mentioned in Sections 72 and 77, is one form of damage. The mention of damage separately in some of the sections is only a way of referring to the genus and does not create a separate specie distinct from damage or destruction. The result therefore is that in a case like this a claim for compensation for breakage of certain parts of the boiler, and loss of certain other parts, is one for deterioration, which is a form of damage, and is controlled by Section 77 as the condition precedent. The notice having been issued beyond the prescribed period, the suit does not lie.
10. Ground No. (i) (b):- Section 80 of the Railways Act (as far as this case is concerned) runs-
'Notwithstanding anything in any agreement purporting, to limit the liability of a railway administration with respect to traffic while on the railway of another administration, a suit for compensation for loss. . . . .destruction or deterioration .....of goods booked through over the railways of two or more railway administrations, may be brought either against the railway administration ........to which the goods were delivered by the consignor thereof, as the case may be, or against the railway administration on whose railway the loss, injury, destruction or deterioration occurred'.
Impleading the railway administration or administrations is in principle something different from impleading the Union of India as the juristic person responsible for the satisfaction of the decree, if any, passed against the administration or a state owned railway. When a company owns the railway the railway administration might itself be the juristic person concerned; but at present this is a rare happening in our country. The point to note is that under Section 80, it is not sufficient merely to implead the Union of India; it is necessary to implead one or more of the railway administrations named and described as such, though most often now-a-days they are no more than departments of the Union Government, This is based on the sound principle that the plaint should show on its very face which department or zone of the State railways is being held responsible, so that the Union of India may be in a position to investigate, collect the materials, and give a proper answer. It is, therefore, no answer to state that the Union of India having been impleaded the nonjoinder of one or more railway administrations is immaterial; it is a statutory requirement based on sound principles. It may be that in the present circumstances, the first clause of this section called for adaptation in 1950; but we have to apply the statute as it stands; as far as we were concerned here, that clause is not of any effect.
11. This section goes on to give a choice to the plaintiffs, which of the railway administrations to sue and which to leave out. If the entire transit is over the railway of one administration, the position is very simple; that administration alone is sued in the form--'The Union of India, through the Railway administration . . such ... and.. such ....' The choice really comes in when one railway administration receives the goods and sends it on over its railway, as welt as that of one or more of other administrations, till it reaches the consignee. The plaintiff may decide for himself, whether he is able to spot the particular railway administrations over whose railway his goods were passing, when they suffered the loss, destruction or deterioration. If he is sure of it, he need implead that administration only. If he is not, he should implead the administration which received the goods from the consignor. For obvious reasons, it would be most often prudent to sue the initial receiving administration whether or not the other administrations are also sued. The choice given by Section 80, is not between suing one or more railway administrations, and not suing any of them at all; it is between suing this or that out of two or more administrations involved. Not only is the section worded clearly, but also is the position in this regard cleared by authority for example, in Dominion of India v. Firm Museram Kishunprasad, AIR 1950 Nag 85 (judgment of 28-9-1947).
'Merely suing the Governor General as representing the entire State owned railways (at least before the Indian Independence Act was passed), is not a proper form of suit because that would render Section 80 otiose and meaningless. 'Whatever may be the position after the Indian independence Act, the suit must be against one or the other railway administration or both. Suing the Governor-General would not make the railway administration a party as it is not only contrary to the scheme of the Act but would also make Section 80 of the Act inoperative.'
But even after 1950, the section has been allowed to remain just as before, without any material adaptation or amendment, and the ruling continues to be good authority. It is unnecessary to cite the rulings of the other High Courts which are to the same effect. Thus the failure of the plaintiff to implead either of the railways is fatal to his suit.
12. Certainly, we are of the view that an omission like this could have been remedied by a formal amendment; but the plaintiff failed to do se even after the omission was pointed out in the written statement ('Other objections' (d)).
13. Ground No. (i) (c):--The goods were received at Sehore on 22-11-1954 when the plaintiff himself went and noted that they had been 'heavily damaged.' The plaintiff himself states in the plaint:
'When this consignment arrived at Sehore railway station, it was found to have been heavily damaged and many parts of the same were missing,'
Again in his evidence,--
'When the goods arrived at Sehore station, I found that the whole lot had got, broken because the wire-rope by which they had been secured, had given way and many parts had gone. I pointed this out to the Station Master and said that I would take open delivery only.'
The preliminaries for open delivery took nearly four months and the goods were actually handed over after an assessment of damages after 13-3-1955; but even, on 22-11-1954, the plaintiff was admittedly aware of the damage, compensation for which he is now claiming in his suit. Limitation is therefore under Article 30; the time allowed is one year and the terminus a quo is 'whenever(?) the lessor injury occurs'. The plaintiff could not know it when it actually happened, but he knew it on 22-11-1954; he should therefore have filed the suit before 22-11-1955; but he actually did so on 24-2-1956. We find nothing in the argument that the starting point should be the date of the open delivery that is 15-3-1955. It is conceivable that in some cases, the plaintiff is ignorant of the loss or damage till he actually takes delivery of the goods; but in this case, he himself admits that he noted the damage much earlier.
14. It is pointed out on behalf of the plaintiff that the defendant himself has not pleaded clearly the limitation on this ground; no doubt, he has generally asserted that 'the suit is time-barred' but a general averment like this is really of no value because the other party is still in the dark as to the manner in which the suit is being described as time-barred. A plea of limitation is altogether no good unless it sets out the term allowed by law, the terminus a quo, and the date of the filing of the suit. Only in that event would it be possible for the opposite party either to plead a step in aid, or pray for condonation on sufficient cause, or to admit limitation. Thus in this suit limitation, under Article 30, has not been expressly pleaded. Still it does not help the plaintiff. One has, in this respect, to distinguish between a case where limitation is an arguable point and has therefore to be pleaded, and one where it is patent and non-controversial on the proved facts. Here, for example the two crucial dates are on the plaint itself and do not admit of the least doubt or controversy. Thus under Sec. 3 of the Limitation Act, the Court has to dismiss it whether or not limitation has been set up as a defence.
15. Ground No. (ii):--In view of the foregoing discussion, it is necessary only to touch on the other groundsgenerally for the sake of completeness. There is no doubtthat here the plaintiff should prove the misconduct on thepart of the railway administration. The goods were received'at owner's risk' and therefore under Section 74-C, theadministration shall not be responsible for the damage tothe goods except upon proof that it was due to the negligence or misconduct on the part of the servants. Theplaintiff has tried to bring the case under Section 74-D; buta mere reading of that section would show that neither Sub-section (a) nor Sub-section (b) applies. In the evidence hehas brought out, firstly, from the administration's own officer,who examined the goods before open delivery, that the damage could not have happened by the mere jolting within the wagon during motion and shunting, and that the boiler must have fallen down before sustaining the damage. In the absence of any alternative theory, this has to be accepted. Secondly, the plaintiff has shown what is obvious in any event that the boiler arrived in a wagon different from the one his agent had loaded it at Kanpur. Thirdly, he has shown that a Train-Examiner, called by the administration, noted that this consignment had gone off balance while on the rails during transport.
It is to be remembered that we are dealing with a wagon load of about three tons consisting of heavy elements secured by a wire rope. If it got out of balance, it might have pushed the wagon off the rails, and might have even pulled away one or more of the attached wagons. The train-Examiner accordingly disconnected and pushed on the wagon to some yard for some 'readjustment', this obviously means securing a proper balanced distribution of the load. How this was done the administration does not at all indicate; it does not show either that in the circumstances, no more care and skill could have been used, or that the boiler fell down on some other occasion. Thus the plaintiff has shown all that he could in the circumstances. No doubt the initial burden was on him but he can be expected only to give the materials within his reach. In this case, he has succeeded in establishing that the goods in the wagon were removed and reloaded by the servants of the railway administration in his absence. After this, it was for the latter to show that this was necessary because of an emergency, and at the place and time where the emergency occurred, more care could not have been exercised, and the fall prevented, or the reloading in a new wagon effected in a more satisfactory manner.
16. Time and again, our courts have disapproved of the apparently clever position taken by litigants in our country, of entrenching themselves on a theoretical burden of proof on the other party, and refusing to place on record materials solely and wholly within their knowledge, and then defying the other to discharge its burden; (vide Murugesam Pillai v. Gnana Sambandha Pandara Sannadhi, AIR 1917 PC 6, Rameshwar Singh v. Bajit Lal (AIR 1929 PC 95); Hiralal v. Badkulal, AIR 1953 SC 225. In the instant case, the plaintiff has discharged the burden by showing interference by the administration, and the administration for its part who is in the best position in this regard, has failed to show that in the emergency that arose, they could have done no better and the damage was inevitable and beyond their control. Thus on the negligence or misconduct, the plaintiff has proved his case.
17. Ground No. (iii):--The administration assesses the damage at the time of open delivery at Rs. 1600/-. The plaintiff did not accept it and has claimed Rs. 4700/-, as he asserts, according to the assessment by a well known engineering firm whose assessors the plaintiff has not called. On the other hand, the plaintiff has stated the price of the consignment as Rs. 12,000/- which has not been challenged . It would be possible, on a full examination of the evidence, to arrive at a valuation in between the two extremes. But it is unnecessary in view of the findings on grounds Nos. (i), (ii) and (iii).
18. The result is that the appeal of the plaintiff is dismissed. Costs and pleaders fee payable by the plaintiff-appellant to the defendant-respondent.
19. Shrivastava, J.: I agree.


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Bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua, Honduras is home to a number of important Mesoamerican cultures, most famously Maya.
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Homes in Honduras are made of bricks and cement with a distinct architectural style, while the kitchen is thought of as a "special" room outside of the house with a wood fire built on the floor or a platform.
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Md. Firefighters Recount a Harrowing Rescue
Friday, December 5, 2008; Page B01
Flames pursued the two firefighters as they climbed the staircase. Searing heat penetrated their protective hoods, burning their faces as it overtook them in a desperate race to the top.
Somewhere on the second floor of the Bethesda home, 2-year-old triplets were trapped in their cribs. So Lt. Curtis Warfield Jr. and fellow firefighter John Klavon pressed ahead.
I'm already burned, Warfield thought to himself during the Wednesday afternoon rescue. We need to reach the bedroom before the fire does.
"I could hear the children moaning," he said yesterday. "I knew I was close."
Last night, the toddlers -- Aiden, Bryson and Coleson Petrucelli -- remained hospitalized in critical condition. The firefighters who rescued them recuperated from injuries as they and other fire officials described the inferno.
The fire began shortly after 1 p.m. in a house in the 4800 block of Jamestown Road. A nanny had just put the triplets down for a nap and was visiting with her husband outside. The toddlers' father, Michael Petrucelli, a former Homeland Security official, was in an office across the hall from the nursery.
The nanny spotted smoke rising from the back of the house, fire officials said. She ran up the stairs and -- in imperfect English -- alerted Petrucelli. He misunderstood her to mean that a neighbor's house was on fire.
According to fire officials, it wasn't until they reached the back of the house, where electrical components of a hot tub had caught fire, that Petrucelli understood.
Petrucelli told the nanny to get the children, fire officials said. He sprayed the fire with a garden hose and called 911.
"It's got my house," he told the dispatcher. "I've got three small children inside."
"Okay, get them out of the house and stay out of the house, all right?" the dispatcher responded.
But by then, the flames had spread from the hot tub to the porch and up the wood siding, fire officials said. The intensity of the fire had shattered the house's windows, giving entry to the flames.


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But he's just one of many
And I didn't even write about him today
There are so many more to cry about
So often the guts aren't ours
But it's our job to shout about them
And scramble for the green glory
That comes trickling like a polluted river
And don't we have an obligation?
Some are more obligated than us
We call it bravery…or insanity
And their deaths rub off on us
Lending us a sheen of relevance
The brighter it glows, the more the river flows
That's what they say
But first we have to pluck them
Out of our bleeding hearts
And stop up the holes with newsprint
Tiny pin dots of teargas from police
The boom of the explosions and shots
Abuse from the bystanders, a daily assault
(Because words are weapons, whispered or shouted or written)
The chants of protests in my head while I sleep
This time from my mind
And pin them like sequins on a diadem
Leaving air rushing through my skull
And through the airwaves
What if there's not enough newsprint?
What if I run out of heart, of skull?
What if, next time, it's me?
|Sofiane speaking to a soldier in Tunisia (from his Facebook page)


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New 'Pete's Dragon' Image Reveals a Massive Elliot the Dragon
Posted on Friday, April 15th, 2016 by Jack Giroux
The teaser trailer for Disney's reimagining of Pete's Dragon showed just enough of Elliot the Dragon. The buildup and small glimpse of the creature was all audiences needed to see, at least in a teaser. Of course, Disney couldn't hide the titular dragon in the marketing forever, as great as that would've been.
Below, a new Pete's Dragon image contains most of the massive CGI character.


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Atkinson calls for end to secrecy on plans for refugees
THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK)
March 9, 2002
An mp last night called for the owners of Otterburn Hall to end the secrecy surrounding the possible housing of asylum seekers there. Villagers in the 500-strong community of Otterburn in Northumberland had been worried by reports of a possible influx of up to 250 people, said Hexham MP Peter Atkinson. Page 138 Home Office didn't know who was at riot inferno refugee centre;Leaked letter reveals Chief Constable's fury at Yarl's Wood security failures MAIL ON SUNDAY March 10, 2002 He called on the hall's owners for the past 16 years, the YMCA, to reveal what plans had been discussed with London-based accommodation provider The Angel Group, and any other parties. The Angel Group has been linked with Otterburn Hall after Wearside charity The Lazarus Foundation decided not to pursue the opportunity. Neither the YMCA, nor the Angel Group were prepared to comment about plans last night. On the eve of his appearance at a community meeting about the issue in Otterburn, Mr Atkinson said: "The YMCA at Durham have apparently inserted a confidentiality clause in the whole arrangement. That's what the Angel Group told me. "There appear to be two scenarios, one to have asylum seekers' accommodation, and two for the hall to be a training centre for refugees who have been given the right to stay." Mr Atkinson said the Angel Group's managing director Julia Davey had visited the hall and talked to the YMCA staff, yet nobody in Otterburn had been formally notified of what plans were afoot. He said: "Between the YMCA and the Angel Group, you would think they would be able to tell the villagers about what is happening. Why don't they say anything?" Mr Atkinson said he respected the need for commercial confidentiality, but the two parties' silence on the hall's future was causing unnecessary anxiety. The Journal first revealed outline plans to house asylum seekers in Otterburn more than a month ago. A YMCA trustee confirmed then the hall was up for sale. The Northumberland National Park authority said yesterday they had not received any applications to change the use of Otterburn Hall. Today's meeting will start at 10am in Otterburn village hall, with county councillor John Riddle also in attendance.


text: While the SUR crew parties in Hawaii, Stassi visits Kristen and reveals the truth about her sex tape. Ariana rejects Scheana's fake apologies, and Tom strikes back with an attack on Scheana's marriage. Lala kicks James out of bed for an equipment malfunction, and just hours before leaving paradise, Jax winds up in jail.


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Disclaimer: This is not an adventure as such, more a character study and a commemoration, though there is a story of sorts. I would like to have included everyone, but it wasn't practical, so I should warn those entering here – there's no Rose, but her influence is felt, and there's no Sarah Jane, but her absence is definitely felt. (As is Elisabeth Sladen's, surely a shoo-in for the 50th programme if she'd still been with us.) So, please just consider this a brief visit with each of those splendid fellows, and a few of their assistants. (...Companions. Fellow travellers. Whatever...)
The story will be posted in seven parts, ending 16th November 2013.
Prologue: (Year of Grace 1368)
Crouching, he passes his hand in front of the heads of the flowers at the end. The stems give out tiny creaks as the Aeturnums lean, their pale red petals spreading and shifting in hue. He smiles as the colours follow one another; green, grey, brown, blue. He opens his eyes wider and leans in, as if to offer the flowers a better view. 'Can't quite get this set, can you?' He addresses himself primarily to a flower that is already dark brown, but is fluctuating slightly as he stares at it. The red-petalled flowers subside into stillness.
She flicks aside her black hair as she glances round. 'I don't know. Depends on the light.' She immediately returns her attention to the lake. 'Time Lord colour?'
He looks at her for a moment, then skips down the slope to join her at the water's edge. He waits without speaking.
She does not look at him. 'I don't know. They're odd—-multi-coloured. Multi-dimensional, almost. Like...well...you know...bigger on the inside.'
'Now she says it,' he mutters, following her gaze out across the placid water to the solitary, white-capped mountain beyond the low brown hills. 'Well...everyone's eyes are bigger on the inside, anyway.'
'Windows to the soul...?'
'If you like. Every person's bigger on the inside.' He pauses. '"Soul"?' He looks at her. 'You know, speaking existentially—-'
He frowns. 'Why what? Why are we here? Speaking existen—'
'No, I like it here. Don't need a reason for the stop off. Why are you asking about your eyes.'
'Nothing, it's just – I noticed, this time the Aeturnums can't match the— what d'you mean, 'Time Lord colour'? How many Time Lords do you know?'
She looks at him pointedly. 'Just the one. So far. But they change every regeneration. Your eyes, I mean. I thought...possibly sometimes you get a sort of mixture.' Clara looks closely at the Doctor's face. 'I liked four's very much. And that grin…'
His wispy brows lower. His head shifts uneasily between his shoulders. He looks at her, then at the water. His mouth makes shapes but he says nothing. He plucks at his bow tie, straightens his back and firms his thin lips into a line. His gaze is now fixed on the distant snow-covered peak.
'Well, I don't know.' He folds his arms. 'IQ points are all very well, anyone can stack up IQ points. But what about emotional intelligence?'
'Listen to the geek-boy pot talking about the kettle...'
'And sartorial intelligence?'
Clara opens her mouth, then closes it again after a moment. 'Mmm. Okay.'
Clara lets out a small, quickly suppressed snort and turns to him. But her eyes are caught by something else. He turns to follow her gaze. The sight of the line of rough, flat rocks stretching out from the shore into the water brings a sad smile to his lips. 'Ah. The seventeen stones.'
'Eighteen,' she says, after a few moments.
'No, it—' He looks at her, then back at the stones. She lifts her eyebrows at the back of his head. He counts.
He sets off along the shore. 'Come on.'
From the Day Book of Deci-Novina-Hortus, Year of Grace 1292:
When I went down to the garden today at sun-view there were people there. I watched them for a while, then went and told Nono-Dam. She didn't believe me. None of them believed me at first; they said I must have fallen asleep and been dreaming. The Sisters sit all day talking to a spirit that no one can see or touch or hear, but they wouldn't believe in people, real people, just standing and talking by the water—talking to each other, not to the air. But they had to believe me when they took me down to the water and everyone could see the footprints. The lady took off her shoes and let the water wash over her feet. They could see the shape of the lady's beautiful feet in the ground, and a few marks of the man's shoes farther away from the water.
I had watched them from the Ventus bushes by the path. I was just close enough to hear them; although they were strangers, I understood every word they spoke. Well, not every word—but it was our tongue. None of the Sororiate believed that, either.
His coat was so bright in the sunlight it almost hurt my eyes – garish lapels of red and yellow, and on the body of it, thin black lines crossing each other on a red background. He looked a bit like the party-droll I saw on the Morestran transit ship, with his golden curling hair and yellow striped breeches. His eyes didn't make me laugh, though, even from so far away. After I'd been watching a minute he took his coat off and laid it next to him where he sat. He turned his face up to the sun.
The lady's clothes made me wish for my old things—not so bright as his, but a soft white shirt and pale blue breeches that left her legs open to the air. I might have shown myself, I might have spoken to them, but I couldn't stand beside her in my brown smock. And with my hair shorn! I can't wait for the day when I'll be able to wear the Cappa. Her hair was so smooth and black, just long enough to rest on her shoulders. It was beautiful.
She seemed unhappy, holding herself with her arms and moving her feet through the water, looking down as she went, as if she was searching for something.
'Where would you go back to?' said the man. 'Not to your step-father.'
The lady pulled her mouth to one side, and shook her head.
'I know, I know, Necros wasn't,' he hesitated, 'the most pleasant of experiences, but-—'
'It's not that.' She turned and faced him, still standing in the water, spreading her arms slightly. 'I was thinking…what we've seen is just the tip of a…galactic iceberg, I guess. So much suffering; what can we…' She stopped herself. 'I mean, how do you decide…?'
'Not always knowing where the TARDIS will land next has its advantages. No one can make those kinds of choices, Peri.'
'So you trust to blind luck?'
'I'm not so sure luck, if it exists, is so blind. I think you have to trust that wherever you are is the place you're meant to be.'
I thought then that I couldn't see how they'd got here. I looked around for a vehicle, but the only thing I could see was a tall dark blue cabinet, like a small hut, standing near the shore a little way beyond the Memoriam Steps.
She was saying: 'You're not saying you think there's some intelligence guiding the universe? Wow. That's pretty close to relig—'
'I'd be very careful of thinking that intelligence, as you or I understand it, is the only kind. Remember James Jeans: "the universe looks not so much like a great machine—-more like a great thought". Of course, I had to prompt him a bit…'
'"Remember"? Do I know this man?'
'Oh…no, that was Polly…and Ben. Well, I can always take you to meet him…'
'That's okay. Another time.'
'There's always another time.' He wagged a finger in the air. 'But it's never as important as this one.' He stood up abruptly, brushing at his breeches and putting his coat over his arm. 'Now, come along – let me show you why I brought you here.' He walked quickly up the slope, not waiting for her. She stood watching him for a moment then followed, picking up her shoes before she hurried to catch him up.
He squatted by the Aeturnum bed. The flowers began to lift their heads. 'As an alleged botanist, Perpugilliam, this should interest you.'
'"Alleged"? Show me your medical degree, "Doctor"—-and then be prepared to take notes…'
'You have heard of Joseph Lister, I take it…?'
'What..?' She got down beside him. The Aeturnums wavered slightly, not sure where to focus their attention. I saw her mouth fall open. 'They're moving…'
He sighed. 'Nothing escapes the eagle eye of Professor Brown…'
'Watch it.' But her voice lost the sharp edge at once. 'What are they…?'
'Aeturnums. Another kind of intelligence. They bond – telepathically and otherwise – with higher life forms. Well—sentient life forms, which is not necessarily the same thing…'
'Why are they changing colour…? They're changing all the time…and this…this one's brown…?'
'They match eye colour. No one knows why. That one has latched on to you, it seems.' The man leaned closer to a flower that now had bright blue petals. 'And this one likes me.'
'No accounting for taste.'
'Mmm.' The man sat back. 'They bond for life. Those two flowers will always be that colour now. Well, if I don't come again…' He waved a hand over the rest of the bed. One or two of the flowers twitched, but none changed colour this time. 'Normally they're that sort of pale red.' He reached out a hand quickly. 'No, no, don't pick it. If it's left alone it could live for a hundred years.'
The lady was obviously puzzled. 'But…but if it's bonded…shouldn't I…aren't we going to take them with us?'
'They won't survive in the TARDIS environment.'
'Are you sure? I thought the TARDIS was about the most—'
'I'm sure.' He stood slowly, looking down at the Aeturnums. 'But think of this; wherever you go, whatever happens to you, there'll be a memory, and impression of you – of both of us – in this time, and this place.' He gestured at the dark brown flower. 'That's part of you now. And you're part of it.'
She got to her feet beside him, and they looked together at the rows of blooms. Then she looked at him. 'What is this time? When…are we?'
'Approximately half a million years after your time. But even here, even now, there are human descendants on Caela.'
He waved a hand at the Aeturnums again. 'This garden is still tended.'
'But only one kind of flower…'
'Yes, well…' he looked around, and I hid a little further behind the bushes. 'It's a religious order. See the odd-coloured ones? The members of the Cenobate come down here when they first arrive, find one of Aeturnums, and bond.'
'What for?'
'I expect they find it grounds them in some way. Simplicity was what Thomas More thought plants were created for. Do you feel grounded, Peri?'
She spoke slowly, after a few seconds. 'I feel…I don't know. Not stressed.'
'Well, there you are. Do you feel ready to face what the universe has to throw at us?'
She took a deep breath, and smiled. 'I guess.'
As he lifted his arm and she took it, I stepped forward without meaning to, half out of the cover of the bushes. But their backs were turned and they did not see me. As they walked along the shore in the direction of the Memoriam Steps, I felt I wanted to run after them. The Sororiate had been as kind as they knew how, but I did not want to stay on Caela for the rest of my life. At that moment I was so frightened by the future I saw that I was ready to run after the strangers and beg them to take me away with them, for all their talk of suffering wherever they went.
But I was too afraid, and I watched them as they walked a little way out on the Steps, stood there for a time looking at the lake, then walked back and into the hut thing. There was a noise which seemed to me like the cry of some beast or monster, and I hid. When I looked the hut was gone.
Of course I said nothing to the Nono-Dam or any of the others about the disappearing hut. Or about my feelings.
Part 2 here
Notes on The Sororiate Pantheia
The Sororiate are a multi-denominational order in the cenobitic tradition – that is, the sisterhood welcomes adherents of many spiritual paths, and stress community life. The Sororiate was founded in the late period of the Seventh Morestran Empire, on the planet Caela, and eventually spread to several hundred worlds as far apart as Draconia and New Refusis.
Nomenclature: the sisters usually abandon their given names when they take their vows (a practice discontinued by the Marian sect, but reinstated later by some others), and are thenceforth known by their appointed task, the stage of their progress in the life of the spirit and of the community, and the decade of life they are living through. Younger aspirants are graded for every year up to the age of twenty.
Thus: Deci-Novina-Hortus denotes a ten-year-old novice gardener. An older novice (eleven and beyond) is Novus. Each section of the community (gardening, cookery, laundry, etc.) will have members at different stages, but no more than one novice, one disciple, one sister, and sometimes an Honorarius, a senior sister who is semi-retired from her official duties but may in time become a Dam, of which there is only one at any time, designated by age and title.


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Welcome (back) to the Level Up Book Club, a home turf for open discussions on the gamification of schools and school-based instruction.
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Jennifer and I will be your hosts, your cheering squad, and your competition for the next three months and we look forward to providing authentic learning experiences that are both fun and rewarding. Our reading list will include:
September/October - The Gamification of Learning and Instruction by Karl M. Kapp
October - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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