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[merlin. merlin/arthur. gwen/morgana. adult. band!au. (5746 words) :D]
Speculation is ripe about hot new band Slash Dragon, after sharp-eyed fans spotted the two lead singers, Merlin Emrys and Arthur Pendragon sharing significant looks at a concert last night
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- first off; yes, i'm aware there's a band!au already. no, i didn't copy it. yes, this has been sitting on my hard drive for weeks.
- this isn't just a fic. it's a fic, fanmix, multi-media bonanza all rolled into one ;)
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Thanks to the amazing solar_cat
Slash Dragon - Camelot - With or Without You
With or Without You is a bonus track on the Camelot Re-Mastered CD. Taken from the archives of Slash Dragon's discography, the song is the earliest documented recording of Gwen Evere's career. Recorded during a private performance, it is her most notable solo performance and one that has not appeared on any album or B-Side until now.
.two .three Slash Dragon - Camelot - Billie Jean
Much like With or Without You, Billie Jean was a cover song, recorded in yet another private performance by by Merlin. He lends his own particular talents to both the vocals and the accompanying music. Again, it has never before appeared on any album or B-Side.
Slash Dragon - Camelot - Jesse
Jesse was Slash Dragon's debut single and remains their highest selling record to date. Penned by Merlin Emrys, the track is a reflection of his earlier work but it is often held as the focal point for some of his later music and lyrical references.
Jesse was the first song that Merlin was fully comfortable with. He gave it to Arthur first because, if nothing else, he'd always been brutally honest about Merlin's writing. It didn't take long for Arthur to understand the significance of the song and his face shifted, eyes meeting Merlin's.
"It's about us, isn't it?"
Merlin had learnt to be a good liar in their time together but he swallowed hard and looked down. Arthur deserved the truth. He nodded, throat too tight to speak.
Pursing his lips, Arthur said nothing more about the subject and instead turned his attention back to the paper. "That line in the middle should be Gwen's, not mine."
Merlin didn't know where that left the two of them but he took the lyrics back from Arthur and set to changing the lyrics around. Whilst he was writing, he could see Arthur attempting to say something, almost unsure.
"I want to know what I want, Merlin, you have to believe that."
The situation wasn't going to change, so Merlin said nothing. Uther's rules were Uther's rules and Merlin wasn't stupid enough to risk his career, not when Uther held everything they were in the palm of his hand. Merlin's resentment, his wants, weren't going to change Uther's mind.
Arthur took the paper back and Merlin could see his knuckles whiten as he read the lines again. "I do, you know."
Merlin's mouth twisted. "We should give it to Gwen and Morgana. We can work out the music and maybe this time we'll actually have a song they're happy with."
Catching Merlin's wrist, Arthur looked at him, as if willing Merlin to believe him. "I do," he repeated.
"I know," Merlin sighed, looking down at Arthur's fingers, tanned and dark against his pale arm. "I want the same thing, Arthur, but it is what it is."
They both had to be resigned to their fate. Nothing could be done.
"One day," Arthur said, eyes on fire. "They will know."
It shouldn't have felt like an empty promise, but it did.
.six .seven
Slash Dragon - Camelot - 10,000 Nights
10,000 Nights was a fun-filled song on Slash Dragon's third album. It's a favourite at concerts and fans have come to enjoy the play between Merlin and Gwen. It is also one of the rare occurrences when Arthur takes over lead guitar.)
"Your love is so ridiculous," Morgana said, watching them suck face on the tour bus.
Gwen wrinkled her nose. "Get a room."
Merlin flipped her the finger as Arthur stuck his hand in Merlin's pants.
.nine .ten
Slash Dragon - Camelot - Over My Head
A song that hit the Number One spot immediately, Over my Head has been the source of much interpretation; some claim there is a hidden meaning within the lyrics, however the band has yet to talk on the matter. Once again, Merlin has taken inspiration from real life and woven it into the song beautifully.
Arthur nuzzled his neck, licking at the skin of his collarbone and Merlin just held on, trembling from the force of everything. He dug his nails into the skin of Arthur's biceps, a soft hiss the only sign of discomfort but Merlin swallowed it down with a kiss, arching to meet Arthur's thrust.
This, just this was all Merlin needed to feel whole, complete.
His whole world reduced to Arthur.
The first rumours about Sophie surfaced that weekend and when Merlin heard about them, he tried to laugh it off.
Gwen found him later that night curled up on his bed, duvet pulled up to his chin. He didn't cry, just clutched at the fabric of her shirt and wondered why Arthur didn't want him anymore.
Sophie Sidhe's face was plastered all over the newspapers the next morning with Arthur's face was right along side it.
Morgana punched him in the face and Arthur avoided her – and Merlin – all day.
The next night, there was a note on top of Merlin's pillow.
I'm sorry.
Merlin didn't want to know what for.
.twelve .thirteen
Slash Dragon - Camelot - We Get On
There is little doubt as to where this song originated. Fans enjoy Gwen's performance at concerts, but recently We Get On has fallen off of the playlist due to unfolding circumstances in the bands structure.
Merlin didn't tell Gwen he was writing his next song for her.
When she had discovered Lance didn't like her as much as pretended to, Merlin had been the one to hold her. He had been the one to kiss her cheek and tell her that he loved her. He had been the one to punch Lance in the face when he'd next seen him.
Arthur had laughed and taken the fight to new levels (mostly because nobody fucked with a member of the band and got away with it) but also because Merlin had asked him too.
He refused to have anything to do with it and deflected comments about it in interviews.
He penned We Get On one afternoon whilst watching Gwen laugh and run about with Morgana by the pool. It was rare that they got these chances to just be themselves and Merlin smiled as Morgana sent a particularly nasty splash in Gwen's direction.
The song hit him as Arthur came out to stand beside him, hands on his shoulders and dripping water onto the top of his head. Sending a mock glare Arthur's way, Merlin turned back to Gwen and everything just seemed to come to him; how it must have been for her, suffering through a one-sided relationship.
He watched her smile but with sadness. He watched her read the newspapers and the clippings and watched as she listened to Lance lie on the radio. He wanted to hurt Lancelot where it counted; with his music.
The song didn't paint Lance in as bad a light as it could but Merlin was not above petty jealousy (or anger) and so he found the closest lookalike to Lance he could and had him destroyed in the video.
Gwen smiled for the first time in weeks when she viewed it and even Arthur commented on how much he liked the lyrics this time around.
Slash Dragon - Camelot - Real World
The music for Real World was a mish-mash of trial and error on Slash Dragon's part but the lyrics are once more reminiscent of art imitating life.
"Fuck, Merlin, don't do this."
"Do what? Act like your boyfriend? I'm sorry, I thought that's what I was."
"Merlin, dammit."
.seventeen .eighteen
Slash Dragon - Camelot - Tristan
Slash Dragon's most popular song to date, tristan sees Arthur at his best and worst; crawling across the stage in sparse clothing with vocals that give a touch of brilliance to award-winning lyrics. The emotion behind them is obvious; the band always go above and beyond and tristan remains their best, and most heavily praised, single.
The idea hit for tristan hit Merlin at a ridiculous hour of the morning.
Arthur's hair was tickling his chin and he could feel Arthur's heartbeat against his forearm. He remembered the way Arthur had looked at him the night before, sweat-slicked hair plastered to his forehead and the harsh noises he had made through his want and his need.
Merlin liked him best in those moments, when he was open and free and the Arthur that Merlin knew. The real Arthur and not the one that he showed to the world. It was something personal and amazing, something just for him.
He reached for the paper on the bedside table, kept for just such an occasion and started to scribble the words, careful not to dislodge Arthur.
The grunts and growls of the night before somehow translated themselves onto paper and he weaved a song out of his feelings, Merlin's mind on the mixed signals Arthur was constantly giving off.
Arthur had been less than impressed with the song at first, but after Morgana and Gwen had given their approval and worked out the rhythm and beat with Merlin, he took hold of the microphone. Letting them play the song through a few times, he gradually started to sing the low, guttural words that hit Merlin right in the heart. With every word he saw the tangle of limbs and Arthur panting against his neck, growling into the space between them.
They performed the song for the first time to a 200 strong crowd as part of a small charity gig. It was an instant hit with Arthur growling and throwing himself across the stage, even managing to grind against Merlin half way through.
The fans went wild as was their want at the smallest display of affection on stage between the two of them and Arthur lapped all of it up. Merlin did too, if he was being honest with himself and he savoured the sound of hundreds of people cheering them on for something he had written.
More, they wanted more.
Filming the video took a lot out of Merlin but watching the smile on Arthur's face as he performed was worth all of the added pressure and confusion. Merlin was made the star for the first time and he understood the proud look on Arthur's face and in the way he smiled. Merlin had given Arthur the fame, using his words to spin a tale of stardom and life that had been everything Arthur had ever wanted and in return, Arthur could give him this moment in the spotlight.
There was a level of depravity to the video that Merlin wasn't comfortable with and he wasn't sure if it worked at all. He worked himself up into such a state that by the end of the shoot, Arthur took his hand and led him from the studio. They drove, inane chatter filling the silences and Merlin felt himself relax, growing happy in a way he hadn't been for a long time. Somehow everything was worth it.
Just the two of them and the long, winding road ahead.
.twenty Slash Dragon - Camelot - Are You Still Mad
Little is known about this song except that it was penned by Merlin as a special favour to Morgana. There is still much speculation about it's meaning.
Merlin liked to travel by the tour bus rather than flying to gigs because it meant he got time to himself.
It was one such trip that Morgana came and sat beside him. She regularly spent time in his company, choosing to read a book or magazine as he studied and messed around with his lyrics. Sometimes he would fall asleep on her, pen in hand and pad of paper lying haphazardly on his lap. He would wake, embarrassed, but she would just smile and ask what he was working on.
Other times she would just sit with him and he would work in peace, both of them appreciating the calm.
Today, she slid into the seat next to him and gave him a searching look. "I want you to write something for me."
Merlin just continued to look down at his paper. He knew not to rush Morgana; she'd tell him what she wanted when she was ready.
"I want," she sighed, cutting herself off. "No, I would like a song. From you."
Merlin felt a rush of pride at the words and then nodded tightly. "Do you want something in particular?"
It was her turn to nod and then she turned away, looking out of the window. "I need to send a message to somebody and I need them to understand something I can't tell them with words."
He didn't understand but then he rarely did. He just tapped his pen against his paper. "You don't have to tell me everything," he said.
"No. I do."
And she did. She told him what had happened from start to finish and when she stopped speaking he started to write, the strains of a song already tugging at his mind. She watched him, silently, as he wrote. He didn't finish the song that day or even that week. It was over a month before he remembered it again and when he took it out to finish it, he realised he had never once asked her how she felt.
The first time Morgana sang it, her hands trembled against the mic stand and Merlin could see her jaw clench even from where he was standing. He knew it took guts to sing about this, to the person she was singing it to and he admired her for that.
He remembered performing Apologise for the first time and knew that Morgana was feeling what he had then. He chewed the inside of his cheek but she finished the song with a strong, leading note and the crowd loved it, worshipping Morgana with the same decibel level as they did Arthur.
Merlin was the only one to know what the song was about and who it was for. (Not even Arthur had been privy to this information, for all that he had asked, begged and shouted.)
He only hoped they got the message.
Slash Dragon - Camelot - Big Girls
A fun track from the bands second album, Big Girls has recently declined in air time, but it gave the band an added fan base by showing that it doesn't adhere to 'labels'. Definitely a must-listen to, if only for old times sake.
It was a ridiculous song and Merlin never thought Arthur would actually agree to sing it. Maybe it had something to do with the way Gwen and Morgana had been acting around each other lately, all soft and amazing.
Arthur couldn't miss the signs anymore than Merlin could and they both knew what was going on. They didn't mention it aloud, but they did joke about what the press would say when they found out.
The song was a joke too, something Merlin penned in good spirits and that Arthur had accepted on the same grounds. They used it once or twice at concerts, purely for filler, but eventually it fell off of their playlist altogether.
Gwen and Morgana would still sing it randomly at irritating moments, deliberately to be annoying. Merlin suspected they were trying to remind him that he hadn't always penned angst-filled ballads with scratchy vocals.
Amused Slash Dragon fans last night expressed their joy at discovering the apparent relationship between Gwen Evere and Morgana Fey. Revealed at the after-party of last nights Brit Awards, Gwen and Morgana were rarely seen apart and onlookers described them locked in a kiss of 'intense passion'. This should tickle Uther Pendragon and all at Pendragon Records who have always maintained their band as 'readily available'. Maybe they should talk to their band occasionally. Congratulations, girls!
Slash Dragon - Camelot - Womanizer
Womanizer remained at the number One spot for fifteen weeks; the longest period of time for a single. Morgana has become a firm favourite with the fans with this track and she plays it up well with the fans at concerts and shows alike, often painting Arthur as the poor man at the midst of the song. On one memorable occasion, the track was performed by Merlin as a stand-in although fans view this as the start of Slash Dragon's decline.)
.twenty-six [News Report]
... last night at Slash Dragon's sold out concert in London. During the sensational performance of Womanizer, Morgana claimed illness and it was Merlin who take to the stage to perform their hit song. There has been no official statement issued by the band, yet, but there are no illusions that this was a dig from Merlin to band-mate Arthur Pendragon. The two have been in a relationship for a few years but Merlin was rocked by the photos released of Arthur and model-turned-actress Sophie Sidhe close and comfortable at various venues.
Things got a little heated during the performance with Merlin stripping off layers of clothing. The crowd loved it but it was obvious that Arthur did not; in a sensational move that left the venue shocked, Arthur walked off of the stage and refused to come back on. Rallying well, Merlin, Morgana and Gwen continued on to end the set they had promised the fans but there is a new furore over the band, tonight and many are left wondering where this leaves the band - and their fans.
"Don't you care why I did it?" Arthur stood in the doorway, hands on his hips and the familiar petulant expression on his face. Merlin could see his jaw set and wished just once that Arthur wouldn't be so predictable, that just once he'd ask Merlin if anything was wrong.
"You know I don't," he said, shaking his head tiredly. "I don't want to know, I don't care. I just want to sleep."
Arthur didn't say anything, just continued to watch Merlin. Eventually Merlin turned away from him, tugging off his shoes and socks.
"What do you want from me?"
Merlin snorted and looked back over his shoulder. "If you haven't figured that out by now, I wonder if you ever will."
Something nasty crossed Arthur's face and then it was gone, but not before Merlin had registered it. Instead of leaving him be, Arthur crossed the room and came to sit beside him on the bed. "I left the stage because I couldn't handle it, alright? You were stripping for them and I just – I wanted it to be me."
"What, you wanted to strip on stage?" Merlin snapped the words, fully aware that Arthur hadn't meant that at all.
Arthur's face took on a pinched look and he ran through his hair, one sign of many that he was as exasperated by the situation as Merlin. "I want you to look at me that way."
Merlin felt the anger bubble under the surface and his fists clenched. "I look at you like that every single day. You just choose not to look back. You go where the girls and the parties are, where the fun is and you forget about me."
The silence stretched between them, heavy and uncomfortable and Merlin sighed, dropping his hands to his lap.
"I'm leaving," he said. "The band and London."
Arthur didn't even flinch. "Right," he said and refused to look up.
Merlin wanted to smack him. "Don't act like this is some great slight against you. You had to know this was coming."
"The fans will be disappointed."
This time Merlin did hit him. Not expecting the punch, Arthur's head snapped back and Merlin fought the guilt rising in his stomach.
"You bastard," he said instead, standing and raising his fist again. "You can't even fight for me now?"
Arthur's face twisted into a sneer, nasty and open. Finally, Merlin thought, finally he knew what Arthur really thought. "Why should I bother? You've already made up your mind."
Merlin didn't know what to say to that. He fought down the angry words even as he wanted to scream them in Arthur's face. He wasn't worth it; wasn't the person Merlin had believed him to be for all these months, all these years.
"Go find Sophie," Merlin snapped. "I'm sure she'd be happy to comfort you."
"Fuck you." Arthur's eyes flashed angrily and he shot to his own feet. With one last glare, he stalked out of Merlin's room and slammed the door.
Merlin stood in the middle of the room and tried to breathe, knowing that with every footstep Arthur took, the distance between them cemented and refused to break.
Slash Dragon fans were left wondering on the state of Merlin and Arthur's relationship yesterday after Merlin's shock departure from the band. The rift, starting weeks ago after pictures surfaced of Arthur out on the town with Sophie and a friend, has been evident for a while. In a shock move, fans have rallied behind Merlin, publicly condemning Arthur and his relationship with Sophie. Only time will tell if this is something that can be healed.
Morgana had barely touched her breakfast and Arthur knew what was coming. He flicked a thumb against his mug of tea and looked down at the paper, trying to head her off. "I already know what you're going to say, so save it."
She didn't. "He told Gwen and I a week before he told you."
Arthur frowned. "He said he only made up his mind that day."
"No," Morgana said, leaning forward. "He didn't. You pick and choose what you want to hear, Arthur. You always have."
Opening his mouth to speak, he closed it again when the sound of fighting filtered through the open study door, loud and angry. "I don't care, Gaius. This is a PR nightmare and it's your job to sort this out. I told you letting that boy join the band was a bad idea." A pause. "Don't raise your voice to me and don't make excuses. This is-"
The door slammed shut and Arthur flinched. "The band was his idea, you know."
Morgana's mouth twitched, the beginnings of a smile and he wondered what there was to be happy about. "Yes," she agreed. "I know. Gwen told me."
Arthur kept forgetting Gwen and Merlin had been friends for a long time. "I'm not saying I miss him," he snapped, before she could.
Sighing softly, Morgana pushed her plate away and rested her hands on the table, cocking her head to look at him. "Everything Merlin did with the band, with us, was for you," she explained. "He wrote songs for you, wrote them from his heart, and you didn't even notice."
"Everyone keeps telling me that," Arthur said, knowing he was whining.
"So maybe you should listen." Morgana softened the harsh words by laying a hand on his. He twisted uncomfortably but she didn't let go. "Listen to me," she said and the words were hard and angry. He looked up and met her gaze unflinchingly. "He stood by you even when the rumours were at their worst. He ignored the stuff with Sophie, he watched you fight back against the whole Lance thing and he even took you kissing Sophie, but you never gave anything back. When he needed you, you didn't even realise anything was wrong."
Arthur was tried of everybody trying to tell him he'd down wrong by Merlin. "Oh, and you did?"
"No," Morgana admitted, readily. "But I'm not the one he's in love with."
He swallowed hard and twisted out of her grasp. "Whatever," he said, and stood, turning to leave the room. "He made his choice."
He could feel Morgana's glare follow him out of the room.
Merlin was sitting in the back of the taxi on the way to the airport when his phone rang. The driver gave him a dark look from the front seat and Merlin finally gave in, thumbing the missed call button his phone.
Seventy six missed calls and fourteen messages.
He didn't need to look to know that they were all from the same person. Sighing, Merlin started to listen.
.thirty-one Slash Dragon - Camelot - Elvis Aint Dead
The quickly penned and heartfelt Elvis Aint Dead was sung at the Royal Variety Performance as a separate endeavour for Arthur Pendragon. Not on any of the albums and not labelled as a Slash Dragon song, a suitable and perfect copy is hard to come by. Fans agree that Elvis Aint Dead was yet another message from band mate to band mate and some believe that it was this song that started the re-unification of the band.
There's a song. Just listen to it. You never have to speak to me again if you don't want to, but just – just listen.
Slash Dragon - Camelot - Apologize
Apologize is both penned and sung by Merlin Emrys. Not released on any album until the Camelot Re-Mastered CD , Apologize was written about his departure from the band.
Merlin wrote his own song that night, adding in a piano piece for himself and leaving the guitar work for Gwen. She kept her hand pressed to his back the whole time he was writing, feeling the music in the air all around them and he pressed his lips together into a thin line.
"I missed it," he said, slowly.
Gwen said nothing, just continued the soothing circles on his back.
Merlin rubbed a hand over his forehead tiredly. "I know he won't ever change so I shouldn't be angry, but he won't even meet me half way."
"He's trying," Gwen said, and held up a hand as Merlin turned. "I'm not defending him, Merlin, you know I'm not. But since you left, something's been different about him. I think he's starting to realise what he had."
Merlin snorted. "I doubt that," he said, but the words were hollow.
"Have you spoken to him?"
"No, but I listened to his stupid song."
Except it hadn't been stupid and it hadn't been private. Arthur had sung it at the Royal Variety Performance in front of millions and nobody could claim to ignore the meaning of the song or who it was written for. He shifted uncomfortably. "I don't understand him."
Gwen smiled. "He's not that difficult to figure out, Merlin."
"If that was true, I would never have left." The words hung uncomfortably between them. "I'm sorry," he said. "I just wish I knew why he did what he does."
"I'm sorry."
Gwen blinked and Merlin raised his head slowly, back stiffening under her hand. Arthur was standing awkwardly in the middle of the room and it was the first time Gwen had seen him anything but confident since Merlin had left.
"What do you want?" The words lacked venom, but Merlin couldn't bring himself to even work up the anger.
Gwen patted Merlin's back once and then stepped down from the stage, crossing the small studio floor and pausing next to Arthur. She was about to open her mouth to say something but stopped at the look in his eyes. Feeling her heart tighten, Gwen just nodded and left the room.
"I just want to talk," was the last thing she heard.
Slash Dragon - Camelot - In This City
The song often viewed as the song that saved the band.
Arthur actually penned the song that saved them. He had the basic idea; a half-formed thought in his mind and he outlined it for Merlin. A city of intrigue and deception, of mis-information, rumour and pain. Of reconciliation and love.
Merlin listened, hearing everything Arthur didn't say and understood. He nodded, once, and something in Arthur seemed to relax. Together they outlined the music by mixing styles that they had never used before and writing a song that they could feel from the depths of their souls.
It took them a long time to present the finished product to Morgana and Gwen and even longer to admit that their tenuous relationship was once more solidifying into something real and tangible. They trod careful ground and eventually came up with an idea for the video. They went back to the roots of the King Arthur legend and the song twisted into something wonderful and new all at once.
When the song went public, complete with music video and CD artwork, the response was immediate.
Slash Dragon were back and Merlin and Arthur had penned the most heavily anticipated single to date. It didn't match the record sales of Womanizer and didn't have the same effect that tristan seemed to, but Merlin and Arthur knew the significance of what they'd done and it mattered the most to them.
Slash Dragon - Camelot - I Will Survive
Nobody would dispute that when Merlin was angry at somebody, he used his music to get back at them and I Will Survive is no exception. Following the storm of publicity Sophie Sidhe created with her magazine articles and subsequent autobiography, I Will Survive gave the band their much needed avenue of revelation despite no official statement being issued by the band's publicists. It is a good, strong song none the less and still a fan favourite.
Sophie went public two weeks later with a mass of lies and half-truths.
Merlin frowned and looked down at the magazine, wondering just how people could accept such obvious rubbish. Arthur, for one, had never looked at anyone with doe-eyes. Seriously? Doe-eyes.
"Are you honestly reading that?" Arthur peered over his shoulder and wrinkled his nose at the article; at the now familiar picture that went along with it.
Merlin shrugged. "I just want to know stuff about you that I might not already." He grinned.
Arthur snorted and grabbed the slice of toast off of Merlin's plate. "Trust me, Merlin, if you don't know, then I doubt anybody else will."
Merlin felt his heart clench painfully at that, so he stared back at the article. "Did you know you have doe-eyes?"
"Fuck off," Arthur said in a sing-song voice and stood back, one hand on Merlin's shoulder. "What else does she say?"
Merlin scoured the article. "How much you adored her. How much you wanted to not be a part of the band and-"
"What the fuck?" Arthur snatched the magazine from his hands and Merlin rolled his eyes. "What the fucking hell?"
Dropping his head to the table, Merlin covered his laugh well.
"Oh, I see you found the article," Morgana said, gliding into the room glad only in a t-shirt and panties. Merlin thought it justly unfair that she awoke just as beautiful as she looked in the middle of the day. He snorted again and Arthur cuffed the back of his head and said, "moron," with affection in his tone.
Gwen followed her in, tying her hair back. "Oh, did you know they have a section on us in there, too? Apparently they have a Merlin Weight-O-Meter for you now." She smiled wickedly at him. "They think you're too thin."
Merlin choked then and laughed out right.
Arthur flicked through the magazine and found it, laughing. Merlin was just glad he'd glided past the Sophie part. He wondered if he could punch her at the next TV awards. He'd gotten away with the whole Lance thing and people couldn't consider him punching the 'husband-stealing hussy' (and seriously the fact that his mother had actually said husband-stealing in the first place was embarrassing enough) a matter for concern, surely.
He settled for grinning and took Arthur's snort for what it was.
Slash Dragon - Camelot - Theme from the Chalets
A light-hearted song that often gets the fans pulses racing when performed live. The emotion and affection is evident between the band members when they perform and the lyrics are once more, pure genius.
"I think you should write a song for us," Arthur said, waving a hand between himself and Morgana.
So he did.
When they first performed the song, Merlin could sense the confusion from the crowd but eventually they warmed up to Arthur and Morgana spending the entire song taking the piss out of each other. In some renditions, Merlin and Gwen were dragged along for the ride.
The fans got a kick out of it and Merlin saw it praised in magazine after magazine.
Nobody really understood, though, and Merlin knew it was because it had as much to do with the song as it had the singers; they had a rapport and the emotion between them was treasured. He loved Morgana and Gwen as much as he did Arthur, only in different ways.
He would die for them and he knew, without a doubt, that they would do the same for him.
Slash Dragon - Camelot - On Broken Strings
Broken Strings is yet another song written in the midst of the Slash Dragon split and Merlin pours his very soul into the lyrics.
Arthur first heard the song on the bus, the radio filtered through every speaker. Merlin was writing on the small table and his head snapped up, eyeing Arthur with a frightened look.
Gwen reached over to turn it off, but Arthur caught her wrist, not moving his gaze from Merlin's face.
There was a beat or two and even Morgana was drawn from her magazine.
Arthur's lip twitched and then he turned to Gwen. "Let's take a look at your new cover art."
Merlin let out the breath he didn't know he'd been holding and his lips curved into a smile when Arthur's ankle brushed his own.
It was okay.
The next time Arthur performed tristan, Merlin couldn't stop grinning.
He was prancing around the stage, grunts and growls and all and even Morgana laughed when the panties hit the stage. Arthur only had eyes for Merlin and the fans lapped it up, screaming and some even fainting with shock when Arthur slid his hands up Merlin's shirt, singing in his ear. Merlin felt the grunts through every nerve in his body and he hardened, embarrassingly, in front of millions. Arthur smirked, fully aware of the effect he'd had and still, still Merlin couldn't stop grinning.
This was what he'd almost given up and he was glad that he had come back. That he had come home. He wouldn't change it.
Not for the world.
.forty-four Slash Dragon - Camelot - Wind in the Wires
There's debate over where and when Wind in the Wires was actually penned. Airing only on Parkinson during the Slash Dragon break up, most fans put the tone and emotion in the song down to Arthur's tumultuous feelings at the time. The song was never released but has been digitally re-mastered and put onto the re-release of the best selling Camelot Album as a Hidden Track.
eta; notes
- songs: songs; u2 (with or without you), michael jackson (billie jean), ivri lider (jesse), alphabeat (10,000 nights), the fray (in over my head (cable car)), kate nash (we get on), matchbox twenty (real world), patrick wolf (tristan & wind in the wires), alanis morisette (are you still mad), britney spears (womanizer), scouting for girls (elvis aint dead), iglu & hartly (in this city), enrique iglesias (i will survive), the chalets (theme from the chalets), james morrison [& nelly furtado] (on broken strings).
- special thanks go to (again) julesoh, lonelyfajita and seektheinfinite for cheerleading and edging me on so that this thing got posted. thank you so much guys
- solar_cat gets thanks for the full-music .zip file (complete with artwork!) and the cd booklet .pdf! YOU WIN, BB.
- thanks to all of you guys who never fail to cheerlead me!
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Give Your Dry Skin A Little TLC
Itchy, dry skin, also known as xerosis, is a distraction we can all do without. It's uncomfortable and the cracked, flaky, red skin can be unattractive. If you scratch a lot, bacteria can invade those cracks and then you might even develop an infection.
The good news: You can manage dry skin even if you can't control the environmental conditions that cause it, such as cold weather or central heating.
First, cut back on washing. Over washing, particularly long, hot showers, is the number one reason for dry skin. Decrease their frequency of bathing, use a mild soap, and don't soap the whole body every day. And, moisturize again and again.
Ceramides have a natural moisturizing factor. If you add ceramide to lotions and cleansers, you replace them in the skin. That's the newest twist on moisturizers.
In fact, good old-fashioned petrolatum (petroleum jelly, such as Vaseline and similar store brands) can be the most effective choice.
It can be particularly difficult to maintain soft, pliant skin in colder weather. Take these steps to keep your skin in good shape during the winter:
Take brief, lukewarm showers or baths. Pat dry and then immediately apply moisturizer.
Try using a humidifier to relieve the dryness in the air. Be sure to clean it regularly according to the manufacturer's instructions to avoid mold.
Protect your skin from the elements. Shield yourself from extreme cold and wind with layered clothing, hats, gloves, and warm shoes. Don't forget to use petroleum-based lip balm to avoid chapped lips.
Always use sunscreen. Regardless of the season or the weather, exposure to the sun can lead to not only dry skin, but also early aging and skin cancer.
Apply moisturizer several times a day if needed. Older adults need to pay even more attention to their skin to keep it supple, attractive, and comfortable. As part of the normal aging process, our skin tends to lose some natural oils, making us dryer. Make sure you apply a moisturizer several times a day, particularly as you mature.

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So, from the original three requests I made using FOIAonline, I now have one envelope with a paper copy of a report, one electronic version version of a report available online, and two emails with electronic versions of reports attached. My FOIAOnline account shows one closed request and two still "on assignment." Confused yet? Me too.
As I wrote in early January, the EPA sent me copy of the requested records via email. The request was still "open" in my FOIAOnline account, however, and I asked the FOIA processor if the EPA would be making the files available for other users through the system. Well, I still haven't gotten a response to my question, but today I did receive an email from a different FOIA processor with another version of the requested report attached.
FOIAonline is a very promising project. It could make it considerably easier for users to make and track FOIA requests without having deep and arcane knowledge about what components of the federal government are likely to have particular records. It could streamline the consult and referral processes– currently major sources of delay– and save the government an estimated $200 million over the next five years with government-wide adoption. By making all released records available online, requesters could have easy access to information without having to file a FOIA request, and the government could save money on processing documents multiple times.
FOIAonline's developers and champions have been very open to public feedback about how to improve the service and have held multiple briefings to show the public how to use the system. They might need to do more to show their employees how to use it as well.


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Hugh Freeze wanted to be like Steve Spurrier. That's why he became a visor-wearing coach on the sideline of a high school football field.
HOOVER — Hugh Freeze wanted to be like Steve Spurrier. That's why he became a visor-wearing coach on the sideline of a high school football field.
"That's the truth," Freeze said Tuesday on opening day of the Southeastern Conference football media days at the Wynfrey Hotel. "Ever since then, Steve and I have become really good friends. He liked that story. He calls me his 'Visor Guy.'"
Since becoming head coach at Ole Miss, where the Rebels want to win an SEC West title, Freeze hasn't changed his headgear or his philosophy on winning championships.
The key, he said, rests on one central concept. "It comes down to being personally accountable to whatever the core values are that you set forward for the team."
That's true for girls high school basketball, high school football — Hughes won four basketball state title in Tennessee and two while competing in six straight championship games — or in the SEC, where Hughes' Rebels logged three conference wins and a bowl-game victory in his debut season.
"We're doing the same thing here now that I did with them as far as the off-the-field approach to how we want to build a program," Freeze said.
It's simple enough on the surface, but complex in evolving into a championship-caliber team.
"You've got to have players at the end of the day," Freeze said, while specifically noting, "obviously great players" and having "some talent" are key cogs in pursuing a championships. "Then if you can set a vision forth as a coach, get that team to be a team that buys in and remains steadfast in the pursuit through your core values to those goals, I think you've got a chance to compete."
Competitive play is exactly what Freeze wants from the Rebels in his second year at the helm. He is making waves having begun a turnaround at a program that had lost 14 straight SEC games before his arrival lead to a seven-win season followed by a top-10 recruiting class in February, highlighted by nationally top-ranked Robert Nkemdiche, who's joining his brother, Denzel, in Oxford.
All that creates expectations — something Freeze said he's discussed with the team and at every speaking engagement in the spring.
"Unrealistic expectations," he said, "always produce frustration." So Freeze is focused on maintaining the energy and enthusiasm of players and fans "as we continue to strive to be relevant in the SEC West."
That's been the same task for everyone but Alabama and LSU in the past several years.
Times Sports Editor Kim Craft can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @GT_KimCraft.


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Montash are working alongside one of the UK's leading education company based in Central London who are looking to grow their current IT team. As a DevOps Engineer you will be responsible for collaborating directly with the development teams to facilitate and unblock their sprints, along with working with the rest of the operations team to build their cloud infrastructure.
The successful candidate should possess commercial experience working in an OS agnostic environment with a strong windows infrastructure background. You will have a desire to automate tasks where possible using cutting-edge technologies to help others be as efficient as possible.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Automate and maintain server provisioning and application deployment
- Working directly with the development team to facilitate the delivery of products
- Continually improve the speed, efficiency, and scalability of the build processes and infrastructure
- Being a technical expert in the technologies
- Leading project implementations that will empower other teams to work more efficiently.
- Developing and implementing smart technology choices that drive our business forward.
Supporting a variety of systems, doing thorough RCA when required and ensuring one-time fixes are implemented.
- Experience using AWS including - VPC's, EC2, Route53, S3, Security groups and building highly available self-healing infrastructure
- Experience working with Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS
- Infrastructure automation experience with Powershell
- Utilisation of monitoring tools such as Cloudwatch, Nagios, SCOM or similar technologies
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- Experience working in an Agile environment either Scrum or Kanban
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
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There is chikuzenni 筑前煮, a stew with chicken, renkon(lotus root), carrots, mushrooms, and takenoko(bamboo shoots). Chikuzenni is especially popular in late fall or winter. The steaming root vegetables and meat and savory broth keep a body warm in the cold winter months.
Time, about 45 minutes
- chicken thigh or other white cut ..................300 grams/10 oz.
- dried shittake mushrooms ................................8
- gobo(burdock root).................................................100g/half a stick
- carrot.............................................................................1
- rennkon(lotus root).................................................100g/ about 1
- mirin(cooking sake....................................................5 Tblsp.
- Soy sauce.....................................................................5 Tblsp.
- dashi stock...................................................................200ml
- cooking oil
- Cut chicken into small chunks, season with salt and mirin.
- Cut vegetables into bite sized wedges. Cut burdock root at an angle. Soak burdock and lotus root in vinegared water.
- Put 1 Tblsp. cooking oil in a pan and saute the chicken. Add the vegetables and cook everything together.
- Add the dashi stock and mirin and soy sauce. Bring everything to a boil, then reduce to low heat and simmer until everything is tender.
- Seve with steamed snow peas if desired.


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ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 1 Tim. 2:6.
hath in due times manifested his word, Titus 1:3.
captive into Babylon, according to the own due time of the Lord, 1 Ne. 10:3.
I will show them in mine own due time, Ether 3:27.
in mine own due time will I come, D&C 43:29.
in the due time of the Lord, other bishops to be set apart, D&C 68:14.
See also 1 Ne. 14:26; 2 Ne. 27:10.


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U.W. Athletes Are Good Students Too
University of Wyoming student-athletes not only enjoyed some of their most successful seasons on the playing field this past academic year, but they also posted their highest combined annual grade-point average in over a decade.
When combining the grade-point averages of all student-athletes from Wyoming's NCAA-sanctioned sports for the 2011-12 fall and spring semesters, UW student-athletes achieved a 3.04 grade-point average for this past academic year. That ranks as the highest from the period beginning with the 2001-02 academic year. The 3.04 grade-point average also exceeds the overall UW student population GPA of 2.91 for the 2011-12 academic year.
U.W. Athletics Director Tom Burman says this type of achievement in the classroom indicates that they do truly live up to the term student-athletes. The previous highest annual GPA achieved by UW student-athletes during the past 11 years was in the 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years, when Cowboy and Cowgirl student-athletes recorded annual GPAs of 3.02.


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Prepper Community To Hold Yard Sale
Hayden, Idaho – In a stunning turn of events local prepper group "Prepare Reuse Ecosystem Protectors or PREP" is going to hold a yard sale to reduce the amount of supplies they have on hand.
PREP founder Dick Chamberlain talked about the unusual event with our reporter and had the following to say – "With the election of Donald John Trump as the President of the United States we feel that we can relax a little bit and cut back on the amount of supplies we keep on hand." When asked why he thought this was the case he had this to say – "Donald Trump is not a politician, he's got the wants and needs of the common man in mind. He's someone we can TRUST."
A hodge-podge of items
The offerings at the sale were quite eclectic – preppers seem to have a need for large quantities of shampoo, laundry detergent, toothpaste, and hand lotion. Items you think that you would normally see amongst preppers such as Meals Read to Eat (MRE), reloading components, canned goods, and surplus military equipment were scarce, leading this reporter to speculate that this group was more into couponing than they were prepping.
The proceeds
PREP has earmarked the proceeds of their sale to go towards their "land fund". They use the land fun to purchase additional acreage for their compound. While this reporter was not trusted enough to enter the compound, a quick look at Google maps shows it to be a circular encampment of what look to be old FEMA trailers. This seems like an ironic choice given the political leanings of the group but local FEMA field agent Ron Horochi told this reporter that the agency made the group a good deal on the trailers, commenting – "They're going to end up in them one way or another – might as well let them get comfortable in them!"
Future plans
The group remains active in the community, bringing surplus produce that they have grown to market on Saturday's and using the opportunity to recruit new members. PREP would like to grow their ranks to over 100 and maybe add some female members, but it's going to take time. They have a rigorous vetting process that all prospects are subjected to. When this author inquired about joining the group I was told that my surname sounded a little too "ethnic". When pressed further I was told to beat it and not come back. It was then that I took my leave from PREP and left them to load up all of the unsold Head & Shoulders, Jergen's Lotion, Tide Laundry detergent, and other items that had gone unsold.


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Tired that your house looks dull and drab? Why don´t you try renovating it? Home improvement projects need not be time and money consuming provided you plan it well.
Home improvement projects could include, something as minuscule as altering the color of your walls to adding or knocking off rooms. There are a few things you should decide before you start on a home improvement project. Decide on what are the aspects that need urgent attention, and aspects that aren´t urgent but still could be changed. You could budget your home improvement accordingly. Also think about the finances at hand. What is the amount that you can actually afford to spend? What are the options of borrowing? What are the things that you could do yourself and what are the home improvements that need professional help?
Start by finding the answers to these questions. You could list out the things that need renovation, on a piece of paper. Find out the best way to carry out these projects, and where to source the items required for these projects. Today Internet has made it possible for us to shop for the best resources at competitive rates. And the best part is that you can do these from the comforts of your home. Once you have found a few sources, compare the prices and opt for the one that gives you the best value for money.
Home renovation for many, is synonymous with making the house clutter free and clean. You could start by getting your yard and house free of all the unwanted things that you never wanted but still kept it and get new storage facilities that allow you to store things smartly. Once you have cleared the house of clutter, you could then proceed to painting the exterior and the interior. Most remodeling projects like remodeling your kitchen remodeling your bathroom need professional advice. Hence be very sure that you have sought the correct person when home improvement projects include remodeling.
However if you are not looking for a drastic change, go for a change that´s small yet dramatic in appearance. For example if you can´t change the kitchen cabinets at least change the doors of these. If you can´t afford to change the entire look, at least change that worn out sink or the weary taps that shout replacement.
Minor home improvement projects could include, changing your window dressing style, getting new and attractive curtain rods, or even changing the color of your carpet. As said earlier, most home improvements start at cleaning and de-cluttering the house and yard and many a times actually don´t have to proceed beyond this.
Resource Box:
The author owns a business directory dedicated to all the Home Improvement Services and General Contractors in Kansas City in his much comprehensive website KCMetro.com.


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"A Forecast Looking Up Olive Street in the Year 2010," from December 1910
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Originally uploaded by Missouri History Museum
Of course, the year is not yet over.
Of course, the year is not yet over.
St. Louis Officials: Look at the lack of parking garages!
it's a good thing. all those tall buildings and lighter-than-air craft... a towering inferno just waiting to happen, i tell ya!
my hover car has been recalled for brake problems.
Downtown St. Louis as establishing shot from Metropolis?
Hmm, it would appear that modern development patterns haven't quite evolved in the manner evisioned. To anon 9:09 goes the Win! Ba-dum-bum!
I find the combination of futurism and blatant steals from Venice beguiling.
I want my Mississippi gondolas... and that googie Eiffel Tower somewhere around Grand Center. Also the idea of cordless streetcars bears some merit.


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Welcome to my website.
My main focus is dressage, and I am interested in helping riders to improve their performance and scores using my own competition experience, combined with 30 years of training and teaching, plus my experience as a judge and my knowledge gained from training my own horses, including my Grand Prix horse who I trained from a just backed 3 year old to successfully competing at Grand Prix.
My clients include affiliated dressage riders who have achieved Regional championship qualifications, riders looking to progress up the ladder, riders that would like to improve their basic dressage, and riders with no experience of dressage whatsoever.
I am a British Dressage Recognised Coach, a British Horse Society Accredited Professional Coach, a qualified and registered freelance instructor, a UKCC level 2 coach, a Grand Prix level rider and a List 3 Judge.
I am insured, DBS (CRB) checked, and have undertaken child protection training. As a registered BHS instructor, I attend bi-yearly First Aid updates and regular professional development days.
The key to a successful partnership is Communication. This is all about the aids and how they are applied, to enable your horse to understand what you want from it.
A horse that understands its boundaries and its rider's requirements is a happy horse, and a happy horse is
a much nicer horse to ride.
All lessons are on your horse at your yard (or I can hire an arena for an additional fee) and are positive, encouraging and constructive. I will help you work on your position and your aids, in order to improve communication between you and your horse, and I will help you to choose which exercises will help you to improve and progress.
I am happy to teach a whole range of riders, including those that have never tried dressage, and I can help you to progress, whatever your level.
Rugby, Southam, Barby, Daventry, Kilsby,
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The humanism that Don Bosco learned from St. Francis de Sales is capable of leading us from the blind alleyways of life and introducing us to the truth. This was the central thought in the homily by Fr Angel Fernandez Artime at the opening ceremony of the Bicentenary of Don Bosco at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians at Valdocco on the Feast of the Holy Bishop of Geneva.
All the Provincials of Italy were present, led by the Councillor for the Mediterranean Region, Fr Stefano Martoglio. So also was Mother Yvonne Reungoat, Mother General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. The Rector Major spoke of the diligence with which the Salesians prepared for the Bicentenary over the past three years, studying the history, pedagogy and spirituality of our father, teacher and friend.
"It is not just a matter of singing Don Bosco's praises" said Fr Artime "but of renewing our Salesian heart" with the loving kindness of St. Francis de Sales that Don Bosco wanted to imitate and transplant in the congregation he founded.
Don Bosco was a child of his time. He grew up in the rural tradition that Mamma Margaret passed on to him. He began his ministry among boys on the outskirts of Turin at that time. But from this humble beginning, his work developed into the story of a vast array of people and, through them, of his nation, Italy. "With the same love and kindness here today – and it is particularly exciting to be able to say 'here today' in Valdocco – we Salesians acknowledge that we are consecrated for young people on the margins of society everywhere throughout the world," remarked the Rector Major.
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text: Not wearing your fur, want something different, or simply want to sell? Let Bella Furs take your gently used fur in on consignment. Fur is such an important fashion statement this year and we look forward to be able to offer our customers the finest in pre-owned fur coats for sale. We have a fabulous selection of vintage furs at wonderful prices. Now everyone will be able to afford a fur this season!


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Pop Rock
Pop (an abbreviation of the word "popular") music exists for mass-market appeal. Ideally, the intention of pop music is to achieve instant memorability. Most pop music is developed from a well-structured combination of repetitive melody and lyric lines (referred as "hooks") that convey messages of varying importance. Pop is even more chameleon-like than rock in the way it can exist in e seemingly endless array of styles while maintaining its essential structural qualities. Generaly pop's spiritual home is Top 40 and middle-of-the-road adult radio formats.[1]
Alhough pop is rarely more than a fairly pleasant diversion, at its best it can possess powerful sentiment and melodic invention that transcend mere craftsmanship; consider, for example, a deceptively simple song like the Beatles "Yesterday". Exaples: Bread, the Carpenters, Neil Diamond, Michael Bolton, Art Garfunkel, Lionel Richie, Sade, Simply Red, Dione Warwick, and Swing Out Sister.[1]
Pop rock is description is applied to a commercially accessible blend or pop song craftsmanship and production values, which still incorporates elements of rock's immediacy. Artists who have delved into this approach include: Bon Jovi, Peter Frampton, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, the Guess Who, Extreme, and World Party.[1]
1. "All Music Guide. The Best CD's, Albums & Tapes. The Expert's guide to the best releases from thousands of artists in all types of Music". Edited by Michael Erlewine, Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra. Publisher: Miller Freeman Books, ISBN 0-87930-331-X. p. 9-10Pop Rock bands starting with 'B': 30 bands in database
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game logo design – daedalus-partners
About the Project
"Stormworks: Build and Rescue" is the game where you design and pilot your own sea-rescue service, in a rich and dramatic physics playground.
Take your custom-designed,block-based and programmable vehicles into fierce oceanic storms. Plan and execute thrilling rescues in a variety of challenging crisis scenarios. Export and share your meticulously designed vehicles with others.
We have created this amazing game logo design for one of the funniest games we have played so far:)
Link on Steam
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About the Gameplay
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A Short Book About a Long Life
by Waverly Huff
Chapter 8: Travels With Franky
For the next couple of weeks, Franky Fly traveled far and wide throughout the United States of America.
After his first experience on an airplane, he learned that it's easier to get on with the clean-up crew. They busied themselves with picking up trash and loading food. They never noticed a fly clutching a tiny little backpack hiding in a dark corner.
In Boston, Franky Fly met a very smart grasshopper named Gladys on Boston Common. They had a lovely lunch and then went on a Duck Tour of the city and harbor. The driver of the amphibious bus wore a silly costume and was very funny.
In Memphis, Franky Fly visited Graceland, the house that once belonged to the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley. There were lots of humans outside the gates taking photos. Everyone was very quiet and respectful … so quiet that Franky Fly could hear a very soft voice singing.
He flew around and found the source of the song – a beautiful green cicada with transparent, reddish wings.
"That's lovely," Franky Fly said when the song was over.
"Thank you," replied the cicada. "My name's CiCi. What's yours?"
Franky Fly and CiCi Cicada had a long and very interesting conversation about all sorts of things. Franky Fly learned that CiCi had an extremely long life cycle of 13 to 17 years.
"Wow," exclaimed Franky Fly. "That certainly is better than 21 days."
"Don't let it get to you, Franky Fly," chirped CiCi. "It's not how long you live, it's how much you live that matters. And it certainly sounds like you're having a wonderful time traveling all over and seeing the most remarkable sights."
Everywhere he went, he made more and more friends.
In Chicago's Millennium Park Franky Fly met Benny Beetle and his life partner Barry. The three of them stared at the giant silver bean for hours, lost in its reflections.
Franky Fly spent half a day in Kansas City, Missouri … and the other half of the day in Kansas City, Kansas. A wasp named Willie tried to explain the "same city name – two adjoining states" deal to Franky Fly. Willie Wasp finally gave up in frustration, admitting that perhaps he really didn't understand it either.
In New Orleans he visited the French Quarter and spent an illuminating day with Montague Mantis. Montague prayed a lot but otherwise was very sociable.
Timothy Termite approached Franky Fly at the Alamo in San Antonio. He wore a very small cowboy hat and chewed on a matchstick. Franky Fly thought he was cool … except for the whole eating wood thing.
Little Rock … Santa Fe … Denver … Colorado Springs … Los Angeles … Seattle.
Somewhere along the 19th day, Franky Fly arrived in Las Vegas. Like many visitors to the city, he thought he had seen it all and done it all.
No way, José!
José was a honeybee who lived at the Wynn resort on the Las Vegas Strip. He and a few hundred of his close personal friends had formed a hive under a ledge outside the parking garage.
José Honeybee was a friendly sort, and gave Franky Fly a tour of the city.
They saw the Bellagio Fountains light up, the waters moving to the music. They went inside the casino to experience the most beautiful flower garden Franky Fly had ever seen.
At the Shark Reef in the Mandalay Bay Hotel, Franky Fly and José flew down a transparent tunnel surrounded by fish, sea turtles and even sharks.
They saw the "volcano" erupt at the Mirage, the pink flamingos in the Flamingo Garden and The Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton.
But the best part of the tour was José. He was a natural comedian, with a sense of comic timing found in few insects. Franky Fly laughed every time José called someone "honey" or said "mind your beeswax" or "who do you think you are, the Queen Bee?"
It wasn't until Franky Fly went to sleep that night, on a tree branch near José's hive, that he remembered the next day was his 20th.
(To be continued)


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For more details please check their website here. Masoud Khalkhalihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-85247488998396116082018-03-07T17:43:00.000+00:002018-03-07T17:44:07.938+00:00Noncommutative Geometry and Index Theory for Group Actions and Singular SpacesThis weeklong workshop will be an opportunity for young researchers in noncommutative geometry to share their ideas with their peers and with some of the leaders of the field. Apart from lectures by young researchers there will be mini-courses by Pierre Albin, Nigel Higson and Shmuel Weinberger. Topics will include the analysis and geometry of hypoelliptic operators, group actions on Masoud Khalkhalihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-60115484535465040022017-07-17T18:05:00.001+00:002017-07-17T23:02:42.315+00:00Maryam Mirzakhani (May 3, 1977 - July 15, 2017) Some twenty five years ago when I was told by one of her teachers that she is truly brilliant and exceptional I could have not imagined that I will see this terribly sad day. A shining star is turned off far too soon. Heartfelt condolences to her husband, family, and mathematics community worldwide. از شمار دو چشم یک تن کم وز شمار خرد هزاران بیش "Two eyes are gone Thousands of minds Masoud Khalkhalihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-35959305398264891362017-04-16T19:24:00.000+00:002017-04-30T18:39:56.296+00:00Great Thanks!Let me express my heartfelt thanks to the organizers of the Shanghai 2017 NCG-event as well as to each participant. Your presence and talks were the most wonderful gift showing so many lively facets of mathematics and physics displaying the vitality of NCG! The whole three weeks were a pleasure due to the wonderful hospitality of our hosts, Xiaoman Chen, Guoliang Yu and Yi-Jun Yao. It is email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-36050386038331898562017-04-10T12:02:00.000+00:002017-04-10T12:46:51.366+00:00DAVIDIt is with immense emotion and sorrow that we learnt the sudden death of David Goss. He was our dear friend, a joyful supporter of our field and a constant source of inspiration through his great work, of remarkable originality and depth, on function field arithmetics. We are profoundly saddened by this tragic loss. David will remain in our heart, we shall miss him email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-26007174186415843872017-02-07T14:08:00.000+00:002017-02-07T14:08:46.813+00:00Connes 70 I am happy to report that to celebrate Alain Connes' 70th birthday, 3 conferences on noncommutative geometry and its interactions with different fields are planned to take place in Shanghai, China. Students, postdocs, young faculty and all those interested in the subject are encouraged to participate. Please check the Conference webpage for more details. Masoud Khalkhalihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-9445241179548942712017-01-03T21:47:00.001+00:002017-01-03T21:47:57.367+00:00Gamma functions and nonarchimedean analysisHappy New Year! I view blog writing as a great opportunity to reach out to members of the mathematics community and especially the younger members; so in this sense blog writing is, for me, very similar to writing for Math Reviews. I have enjoyed doing both for many years (and many many years for MR!). Recently I wrote a review for MR on the paper ``Twisted characteristic p zeta functions'' firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-45745669549529875042016-07-24T18:43:00.000+00:002016-07-24T18:43:17.791+00:00A motivic product formulaThe classical product formula for number fields is a fundamental tool in arithmetic. In 1993, Pierre Colmez published a truly inspired generalization of this to the case of Grothendieck's motives. In turn, this spring Urs Hartl and Rajneesh Kumar Singh put an equally inspired manuscript on the arXiv devoted to translating Colmez into the theory of Drinfeld modules and the like. Underneath the email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-61700710282770695192016-06-14T01:43:00.002+00:002016-06-14T01:43:49.563+00:00What is a functional equation?Like all number theorists I am fascinated (to say the least) with the functional equation of classical L-series. Years ago, I came up with a simple characterization of functional equations basically using only complex conjugation. This point being that, via a canonical change of variables (going back to Riemann), such L-series are, up to a nonzero scalar, given by real power series with the email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-29671668693068999052016-03-26T23:33:00.002+00:002016-03-26T23:41:53.496+00:00An indirect consequence of the famous Lucas congruence...So, in the course of function field arithmetic, one runs into the binomial coefficients (like one does most everywhere in mathematics); or rather the coefficients modulo a prime p. The primary result about binomial coefficients modulo p is of course the congruence of Lucas. In function field arithmetic one seems to be unable to avoid the group obtained by permuting p-adic (or q-adic) firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-40827014384257900312015-11-22T20:51:00.000+00:002015-12-11T16:41:57.120+00:00Review of "Arithmetic of characteristic p special L-values" by B. Anglès and L. TaelmanBruno Anglès and Lenny Taelman have published a profound study of finite characteristic special values as listed in the title. This appeared in Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 110 (2015) 1000-1032. The analogy with classical theory is clear throughout the paper, as well as some potentially interesting differences; these results bode very well for the future of the subject. I have written a long email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-45942890402385263212015-10-30T19:42:00.001+00:002015-10-31T00:29:48.212+00:00C. Armana's Formula for the coefficients of $h$ (full pdf is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwCbLZazAtweOC01dFgyQjBmUlU/view?usp=sharing) email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-776336522303127822015-08-11T19:53:00.001+00:002015-08-11T19:53:45.708+00:00Grand Unification in the Spectral Pati-Salam Model Last week we (Chamseddine-Connes-van Suijlekom) posted a preprint on grand unification in the spectral Pati–Salam model which I summarize here (and here). The paper builds on two recent discoveries in the noncommutative geometry approach to particle physics: we showed how to obtain inner fluctuations of the metric without having to assume the order one condition on the Dirac operator. Walter van Suijlekomhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-42366136832363614902015-07-18T22:26:00.001+00:002015-07-18T22:26:54.789+00:00Uffe HaagerupUffe Haagerup was a wonderful man, with a perfect kindness and openness of mind, and a mathematician of incredible power and insight. His whole career is a succession of amazing achievements and of decisive and extremely influential contributions to the field of operator algebras, C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras. His first work (1973-80) concerned the theory of weights and more generally firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-62039386980839997682015-07-18T22:25:00.000+00:002015-07-18T22:27:51.872+00:00Daniel KastlerDaniel Kastler played for many many years a key role as a leading Mathematical Physicist in developing Algebraic Quantum Field Theory. He laid the foundations of the subject as the famous "Haag-Kastler" axioms in his joint paper with Rudolf Haag in 1964. He gathered around him, in Bandol, a whole international school of mathematicians and physicists. With the devoted help of his beloved wife email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-20334999426213638662015-07-18T20:50:00.000+00:002015-07-18T20:50:02.605+00:00Two great lossesIt is with incommensurable sadness that we learned of the death of two great figures of the fields of operator algebras and mathematical physics. Daniel Kastler died on July 4-th in his house in Bandol. Uffe Haagerup died on July 5-th in a tragic accident while swimming near his summer house in Denmark. I will write on each of them separately. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-61655473105086659312015-01-02T17:45:00.000+00:002015-01-02T17:45:42.093+00:00QUANTA OF GEOMETRYThis is a short update on the post called "particles in quantum gravity", there were interesting comments and rather than answering them in the blog i just want to point to a long and detailed talk which I gave in the Hausdorff Institute in Bonn in December and which is now available on YouTube. In any case this is a good occasion to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-26142917610457443002014-12-12T02:27:00.002+00:002014-12-17T22:09:33.320+00:00The Digit Principle firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-33588629303698001002014-11-09T16:36:00.000+00:002014-11-09T16:36:53.317+00:00PARTICLES IN QUANTUM GRAVITYThe purpose of this post is to explain a recent discovery that we did with my two physicists collaborators Ali Chamseddine and Slava Mukhanov. We wrote a long paper Geometry and the Quantum: Basics which we put on the arXiv, but somehow I feel the urge to explain the result in non-technical terms. The subject is the notion of particle in Quantum Gravity. In particle physics there is a well firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-78634279450593853382014-08-26T12:39:00.000+00:002014-08-26T12:39:38.352+00:00Differentiation and the missing Kummer congruence firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912603287930240451.post-81869375565450036792014-08-13T03:04:00.000+00:002014-08-13T03:04:53.944+00:00Fields Medals 2014: Maryam Mirzakhani, Martin Hairer, Manjul Bhargava, Artur AvilaCongratulations to all 2014 Fields medalists! Very well deserved and also really nice to see a woman wining a Fields medal for the first time ever (and of course I am specially delighted that she has the same undergraduate alma mater, Sharif University, as I! Quanta magazine has a coverage of all four winners Avila, Bhargava, Hairer, Mirzakhani. It was a bit unusual to see the results Masoud Khalkhalihttp://email@example.com


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New Assessment System for 2017-2022
Wyoming released two Request for Proposals (RFPs) for our new statewide assessment system. The first was for the Comprehensive Statewide Assessment System Grades 1-10, and the second was for the College Entrance and Career/Work Readiness Assessments. The State Board reviewed the recommendations of the RFP Review Committee and voted to approve the new statewide assessment system. SBE Press Release on New Statewide Assessments
There are a lot of questions around the new assessment system including what it will look like and when it will be administered. The WDE is in contract negotiations with American Institutes for Research (AIR) for the Gr. 1-10 assessments and with ACT for the CCR assessments. Once those contracts are in place, further information will be provided to school districts. The RFPs were based on the Recommendations of the Assessment Task Force, much of which was also added into Wyoming Statute during the 2016 Session and are effective July 1, 2017. W.S. 21-2-204 and W.S. 21-2-304
Modular and Interim assessments will also be available to districts free of charge and will include item types similar to the summative assessment.
2017-2022 Summative Assessments
- Reading and mathematics will be assessed each year in grades 3-11
- Science will be assessed in grades 4, 8, 10, and 11 (once per grade span) – because we have new science standards, a new science assessment will be operational for the 2020 assessment; we will continue with our current assessment on the new testing platform for the next two years
- Writing will be assessed in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11
- Online with multiple item types (e.g., enhanced multiple choice, constructed response, technology enhanced, performance task)
- Later spring testing window
- Testing time is limited to 1% of the school year (e.g., 9 hours for elementary, 10 for middle school, and 11 for high school); this is for "actual testing time" and does not include test prep, breaks, or time reading the instructions
- Comparability across states – students' scores are to be comparable to students' scores from other states
- Reporting deadline of August 1st, starting year 2, to facilitate school improvement activities
- Readiness check and training will be conducted to ensure schools have a smooth online test administration
2017-2018 State Assessment System Composition
WY-TOPP Assessments (grades K-10)
- The Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP) is a system of interim, modular on-demand, and summative assessments in reading, mathematics, and science. The WY-TOPP interim assessments in reading and mathematics are administered in fall for grades 1-10, in winter for grades 3-10, and in spring for grades K-2. The WY-TOPP science assessment is administered in grades 4, 8, and 10. The WY-TOPP writing assessment is administered in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9. The WY-TOPP summative assessments are administered late-spring in grades 3-10.
ACT Assessments (grades 11 & 12)
- ACT is the capstone of the ACT college and career readiness system. It measures students' general learning outcomes in English, math, reading, writing, and science. This assessment is given once a year to all students in the 11th grade.
- WorkKeys is an optional assessment for students in grades 11 and 12 and is used to assess a student's job skills.
WY-ALT (grades 3-10)
- The WY-Alternate (WY-ALT) is given once per year to students with significant cognitive disabilities in grades 3-10 in ELA and mathematics and in grades 4, 8, and 10 in science.
ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 English Proficiency Assessments
- The ACCESS for ELLs® is required once per year with all students who are English language learners. It assesses students' progress in attaining English proficiency. An alternate ACCESS is also available for English language learners who also have significant cognitive disabilities.
- In addition to the statewide assessment system, Wyoming schools and students also participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card, every other year. The next administration of the NAEP is in 2019.
- Note: Some schools may be participating in the NAEP History and/or Civics Assessments
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2018-2019 State Assessment Helplines
Assessment Task Force
In the Spring of 2014, the WDE requested an opinion from the Wyoming Attorney General's Office regarding parent opt outs from state-mandated testing (e.g. WY-TOPP, ACT, WY-ALT). The following is part of the AG's response:
"In summary, the State Board of Education is authorized to establish the statewide accountability system pursuant to state law, including the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act. It has promulgated rules that require districts to administer the relevant assessments to all students in the appropriate grade levels. These requirements are within the authority granted to the board by the legislature. Consequently, districts may not allow students or their parents to opt them out of the assessments provided by law."
The full opinion can be found here: