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I can't believe how great XP Home is, and I can be rest asured that no pirates will be screwing around with a copy of my Operating System. Those denegrates will have to turn to Linux.
I heard that XP Professional is loaded with powerful features, perfect for the administrator of a large network, but ofcourse the server as in Windows .NET Enterprise is not yet available. This will likely be the most powerful Operating System on earth.

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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – When the United States meet Panama on Saturday in their second match of the U-20 CONCACAF Championship (6 pm ET, concacaf.com), they will already be through to the quarterfinals. Rather than focusing on a result, the Americans will look to improve upon the dominating performance they turned in during their first game.
"It's wonderful to see the chemistry that we had [vs. Suriname] and hopefully we can continue it throughout the rest of the tournament," left back Greg Garza said after the Americans' 4-0 opening victory in the tournament earlier this week.
Due to the format of the CONCACAF Championship, both the US and their opponents on Saturday are through to the quarterfinals. A US victory or tie will give them the top spot in Group B, but either way they will meet either Honduras or Guatemala.
Both the USA and Panama dispatched Suriname with ease (Panama piled on with a 3-0 win). Thomas Rongen's side has the advantage of three days of rest, while José Alfredo's squad jumps back into the fray with only 24 hours to get their legs back. The Americans are a better, deeper team, and they should have enough to prevail.
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After the US walked over Suriname, Rongen said he would adjust his lineup based on Panama's result against the South American nation. With three days rest, however, he won't make too many changes at the start. Since winning is not a priority – both Honduras and Guatemala present a formidable challenge – the coach will simply seek to keep his charges available for the quarterfinal. That means Amobi Okugo and Moises Orozco, who both picked up cautions in the first match, will miss out against Los Canaleros.
Dillon Powers, who continues to recover from an injury, should see his first time of the tournament in the center of the field. The US deployed D.C. United rookie Perry Kitchen in the midfield late against Suriname with Duke's Sebastien Ibeagha taking over next to Gale Agbossoumonde on the back line. That formation should get another look, although probably not at the outset. Eder Arreola could see time, giving Joe Gyau or Bobby Wood a spell on the wing.
Rongen respects Panama, saying, "The game has maybe grown more rapidly there than other countries in Central America. They have a good combination of technical ability and some athletic ability." But given the format of the tournament, it's hard not to look past Saturday's opponent and on to potential matchups in the vital quarterfinal fixture.
Los Canaleros qualified for the U-20 World Cup in 2003, 2005 and 2007, but failed to reach the CONCACAF final in 2009. This tournament represents a chance for the Central American country to return to the bigt stage. Alfredo's side initially struggled to gain possession against Suriname, but dominated once they did. Cecilio Waterman netted three goals – although one, perhaps two, should have been saved – and will bother the American back line if they let him.
Fullbacks Josué Flores and Francisco Vence spent plenty of time in the attacking half against Suriname, but will presumably have to stay home more often against an American side that will have the majority of possession. Center back and captain Harold Cummings cuts an imposing figure in the middle of the defense and is one of the few players in the tournament who is strong enough to deal with American target man Conor Doyle.
The match represents a chance for Panama to build confidence going into their quarterfinal showdown with a Central American power. A good showing against the US will allow them to build on something before the do-or-die on April 6.
Key Players
[inline_node:332237]United States: Perry Kitchen
It's up to the American's best leader and communicator to keep his team focused on the goal: getting a result without any extracurricular activities, injuries or other problems that would hurt the squad for the quarterfinal game.
Panama: Javier Caicedo
Waterman was the offensive threat against Suriname, but the winger proved his ability to find seams and make dangerous runs. While his efforts weren't rewarded, the American fullbacks need to keep an eye on the CD Plaza Amador attacker or he could find a goal.
US Projected Starting XI
Zac MacMath; Moises Hernandez, Gale Agbossoumonde, Perry Kitchen, Zarek Valentin; Dillon Powers, Sebastian Lletget, Kelyn Rowe, Bobby Wood, Conor Doyle, Joe Gyau
Panama Projected Starting XI
Kevin Melgar; Josué Flores, Edward Benítez, Harold Cummings, Francisco Vence, Paul Cordero, Manuel Vargas, Roberto Chen, Javier Caicedo, Josimar Gómez, Cecilio Waterman
Final Analysis
The Americans looked like a team that knew themselves against Suriname. Another game will only help them develop further as they look toward next week and making a deep run during the summer's World Cup. US 2, Panama 0.
Noah Davis covers the United States national team for MLSsoccer.com. Follow him on Twitter at @noahedavis.


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HELP PLEASE!!! I am writing a program putting in a street address.
I have to disect the street address and capitalize each word in the street name. I have done this in a loop, using a find for each space, unfortunately the results are not consistent. Sometimes it will work right and others it is like there has been a size specified on each assigned variable. I can't assign a definite size due to changing addresses. I will attach a sample of the code. Please help with any ideas. If there is a better way let me know.
// Get street addresss
cout <<"Please enter your street address (1295 Any Street): " << endl;
getline(cin, StreetAddress);
//Get size of StreetAddress
StreetAddySize = StreetAddress.size();
//Find first blank.
SpaceLocation = StreetAddress.find(" ", 0);
//Assign the street number.
StreetNumber.assign(StreetAddress, 0, SpaceLocation);
// Adds the current SpaceLocation to the TotalSpaces
TotalSpace = TotalSpace + SpaceLocation;
// Loops through to error check each word of the StreetAddress, in cases where there is more than one word.
//Get location of next blank space.
SpaceLocation = StreetAddress.find(" ", TotalSpace);
//Increment StreetWords.
StreetWords ++;
//First word in StreetAddress.
if (StreetWords ==1)
StreetWordOne.assign(StreetAddress, TotalSpace, SpaceLocation);
//Error checking StreetWordOne to make first letter upper case and the rest lower case
transform(StreetWordOne.begin(), StreetWordOne.end(), StreetWordOne.begin(), tolower);
transform(StreetWordOne.begin(), StreetWordOne.begin() + 2, StreetWordOne.begin(), toupper);
TotalSpace = TotalSpace + SpaceLocation;
//If a second word in StreetAddress.
if (StreetWords ==2)
StreetWordTwo.assign(StreetAddress, TotalSpace, SpaceLocation);
//Error checking StreetWordOne to make first letter upper case and the rest lower case
transform(StreetWordTwo.begin(), StreetWordTwo.end(), StreetWordTwo.begin(), tolower);
transform(StreetWordTwo.begin(), StreetWordTwo.begin() + 2, StreetWordTwo.begin(), toupper);
TotalSpace = TotalSpace + SpaceLocation;
//If third word in StreetAddress.
if (StreetWords ==3)
StreetWordThree.assign(StreetAddress, TotalSpace, SpaceLocation);
//Error checking StreetWordThree to make first letter upper case and the rest lower case
transform(StreetWordThree.begin(), StreetWordThree.end(), StreetWordThree.begin(), tolower);
transform(StreetWordThree.begin(), StreetWordThree.begin() + 2, StreetWordThree.begin(), toupper);
TotalSpace = TotalSpace + SpaceLocation;
//If more than three words.
if (StreetWords > 3)
TotalSpace = StreetAddySize;
//If no more blank spaces.
if (StreetAddress.find(" ", TotalSpace) == -1)
TotalSpace = StreetAddySize;


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Jamie Dimon Still Rules JP Morgan Chase With Iron Fist
Blog post • May 18, 2012 10:07 EDT
Well the dog-and-pony show that was JP Morgan Chase shareholders meeting came and went.
If you blinked, you probably missed it.
Jamie Dimon's heart-to-heart with his shareholders lasted a whopping 50 minutes on Tuesday. Apparently that was all the time he felt he needed to trot out the same apology speech he gave on Meet the Press, and then duck for cover.
And surprise surprise, nothing changed. Dimon held onto his dual roles as chairman and CEO, as I fully expected he would.
To the shareholders credit, they didn't take this lying down. They challenged his role as a member of the New York Federal Reserve. They kept the heat on Dimon for Chase's role in the mortgage servicing fiasco.
But Dimon's responses were cursory at best, a brush off no different than the ones homeowners have gotten from Chase. They were hardly worth the price of admission.
Now I'm no conspiracy theorist, but clearly Chase held back this information about their $2 billion oops until after all the votes were in. That is clear.
Dimon may be saying the right things in public, but his actions clearly show that he is doing everything possible to downplay this loss. But if it goes unchecked, it could be a harbinger of even BIGGER losses.
Every consumer needs to a long hard look at the the way these banks do business and the interwoven relationship between these banks and our government. Not only are these banks too big to fail, but Dimon himself has become too big to fail in his own right.


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Shareholders have filed a lawsuit against Cleveland-based Eaton Corp., but a possible settlement would give plaintiff lawyers $6 million for their fees and expenses, with nothing going to their clients.
The settlement will be reviewed in an Ohio Common Pleas court hearing with Judge John P. O'Donnell presiding on July 23.
"This amount was the subject of extensive negotiations which were initiated only after the other terms of the settlement were reached," according to settlement document quoted by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "The company and the individual defendants will not oppose the application of plaintiff's counsel nor make any statements or comment criticizing, disparaging or calling it into question."
The lawsuit related to a trade secrets case heard in a Mississippi court. Eaton managers allegedly were negligent and forfeited a lawsuit with a value of about $1 billion in a Jackson, Miss., courtroom, the report said.
Eaton had filed the lawsuit against Frisby Aerospace and six former Eaton engineers. They allegedly stole trade secrets and took them to Frisby, after they began working there. The lawsuit was dismissed in December 2010. A short time later the plaintiffs made up of shareholders, filed a derivative lawsuit against Eaton.
Even though the possible settlement has no money for shareholders, if approved, Eaton's general counsel would have to meet with board members at least twice a year to discuss litigation. In addition, Eaton has to set up an "Outside Counsel Management Committee" as part of the settlement.
"Its objective is to enhance the Law Department's ability to evaluate, select and manage outside legal counsel to ensure that only qualified firms represent the company in litigation," the Plain Dealer further reported.
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Shareholders who own the largest percentages of Eaton stock include Vanguard and Wellington Management.
"Obviously Eaton has reached a point where it wants to put all of this behind itself," Andrew Pollis, an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, told the Plain Dealer.
This is not the only big legal case that Eaton has faced. Eaton was facing a $2.4 billion damage claim from Meritor, but recently announced it will pay $500 million before a trial began in Wilmington, Delaware.
Meritor Transmission and ZF Meritor sued Eaton for allegedly violating antitrust laws. The settlement pleased Meritor. "This is an important outcome for Meritor that delivers significant benefits to the company, our shareholders and our customers,'' Ike Evans, the company's chairman and CEO, said in a statement quoted by Bloomberg News. "We are successfully putting this lawsuit behind us."


text: The business records of the Coolidge family of Boston, from 1871 to 1938 contain the financial records for the Hart Trust, William Appleton Trust, and the trust accounts Thomas Jefferson Coolidge created for his children and grandchildren. The collection documents the controlled transfer of family capital through several generations of trusts, often with women as the beneficiaries. The records also include, more specifically, the 1901 executor's account of Hetty S. Coolidge's estate, as well as a list of her property.


text: YAH MAZING NEW REVELATIONS IN ENGLISH GEMATRIA> IN Daniel we are told that the BOOK is Sealed until the time of the end... YAHUWAH has used the English translation of the King James Version to unlock the scripures. HE is ALOT Smarter than we are and with HIM NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!!! HE knew what language would be used the most world wide in our day. He orchestrated it. (just consider aviation, all in English) www.onehundredfortyfour.blogspot.com Idolatry is putting God in a box and say ing HE can do this but not that, a god after our own heart... THE PROOF is beyond doubt if your Truly Truly honest and seeking: Baruch atah ADONAI YESHUA HA MASHIYACH MELECH HA ALOM


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Twinkies go south of the border?
In case you missed it, the big news item in the high-fructose-corn-syrup-injected snack cake world this week was an announcement that Twinkie maker Hostess Brands filed for Chapter 11. This wasn't the company's first brush with insolvency, but apparently labor costs have become even more unwieldy.
I can't say I ever doubted some buyer would come calling for the Twinkie name, but I didn't expect it this soon. Grupo Bimbo, a Mexican company with claims to the world's largest bread-baking empire, is making overtures for the second time.
Apparently Hostess has bled from high sugar prices, and Bimbo's ready-made access to cheap Mexican sugar could solve that problem but would take production--along with jobs--across the border. I'm imagining that might help with the labor issue as well. Months-long deliberations between Hostess and the unions that represent most of the 19,000 workers on payroll went on right to the announced end of the company as we know it.
Predictably, reports of the coming Twinkie hoarding and spikes in online transactions quickly followed. Less predictable but far funnier were reports of petitioners asking President Obama to "nationalize the Twinkie industry." Godspeed, Twinkie nation.


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Panasonic - Let's note RZ4 - 745g 10.1-inch notebook PC
From Panasonic's "Let's note" series, 5 new models of the RZ4 series 10.1-inch notebook PC will be released on October 17. Pricing starts at 160,000 yen.
It's a clamshell note PC. By rotating the screen and folding it, it can be used as a tablet. One of the Main features of the RZ4 series is that it weighs only 745g. It is currently the lightest among all notebooks with a rotatable screen.
Logicool - Slim keyboard cover for iPad Air
Logicool, a Japanese subsidiary of Logitech International, is going to release a slim keyboard cover for iPad Air for 11,000 yen on October 21.
A keyboard is attached to the inside of the case, so just by opening the case, you can use your iPad Air like a notebook PC. When not in use, it works as a case for your iPad Air to protect it from being damaged.
Panasonic - LUMIX GM5 - The world's smallest mirrorless camera with EVF
LUMIX GM5, the world's smallest mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera with an electronic viewfinder (EVF), is going to be released by Panasonic on November 13.
LUMIX GM5 is only 98.5mm wide and weighs 180g. The magnesium alloy body and aluminum dial give the camera a very high-quality look and feel.
NTT docomo Bringing Samsung's 5.6-inch GALAXY Note Edge to Japan
Editor Yoriko attended NTT docomo's Winter/Spring 2015 Product & Service announcement event held Tuesday in here in Tokyo.
Stepping motor with battery-free absolute sensor enables accurate positioning
Oriental Motor has developed the αSTEP AZ Series of closed-loop stepping motor & Driver packages, which contain its patented mechanical absolute sensor, the ABZO Sensor.
"The ABZO Sensor in the motor is able to record the current position of the motor in the sensor itself. So, it enables high-precision positioning and homing without a home sensor or a limit sensor."
NTT docomo Unveils Winter & Spring 2015 Products and Services
audio-technica - Fluffy earmuff headphone
audio-technica is going to release new headphones with fluffy earmuffs - ATH-FW55 - on October 17.
ATH-FW55 is designed for girls. Since the earmuffs are big, they make the user's face smaller, which Japanese girls consider attractive and care a lot about.
The item will be produced in limited quantity.
Panasonic - LUMIX DMC-LX100 - The world's first digital camera with 4/3-inch sensor
Panasonic is going to release the LUMIX DMC-LX100, the world's first compact digital point-and-shoot camera with a 4/3-inch sensor built-in, for about 103,000 yen on November 13.
By using the same 4/3-inch sensor as Panasonic's mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras supporting the Micro Four Thirds system, LUMIX DMC-LX100 brings equivalent image quality to that of mirrorless cameras.
J-Halloween Prep 2014: SAILOR MOON BRAS & STUFF!
Halloween is Coming!
It's the first of October here in Japan, and we've decided to start gearing up for Halloween early. In doing so, today brings our inaugural J-Halloween Prep 2014 post, and stay tuned for more. Why so early? And why are we doing so in Japan?


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text: Hello, [Edit July 29, 2012: Hi. If you found your way here by the Search engine, Google or by reference from other inmates I am sorry to say that the site where I posted all my images has shut down (Apple's MobileMe). As such, all my images below are no longer available. I promise to one day find a new host (e.g. SmugMug) and re-link everything. One day. As it is summer here in Canada AND I am the proud Dad of my first kid I do not expect to get to this exercise right away. But, I promise I will. I did discuss with JonJen the possibility of uploading a PDF to the HOW however it is too large right now. I you need a copy I can email it to you but the file size is 11Mb due to the large images. Just send me an email as I have not had much time to get to the message board on this site. I will answer your email...but it may take a few days before I get back to you. Thanks.] [Edit: I have added my step by step break down and reassembly procedure for this leak. It has grown to include: clutch slave, input shaft seal and maybe a new clutch. If you are interested in either helping with or learning from these subjects kindly read through this photo intensive post. When the boss is not looking at your computer of course. During this procedure I have asked other inmates for help. I am listing those links for reference at the start of this post. Reference Links: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=686674 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=686804 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=349925 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=314290 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=691154 Original Post: I need help and advice. Also, I thank all who take the time to read and respond! Below is a photo-intensive post illustrating my search for a fluid leak on the '00 R1150GS. Despite the leak I would never have thought there was even an issue the bike. It has been running superbly. For reference, last week I posted this question and received some good feeback: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=681522 Although the weather was perfect for riding I decided to start pulling the machine apart in an effort to determine the leaking. Not having done this before on an Oilhead (airheads previously) I want to take this in small steps before I get in too far over my head. I don't mind taking stuff apart and do most regular service on my bike. However, I just don't want to get something apart and find out I should have done something before unbolting ex: locking the clutch, using the guide pins etc. And just where does one find an angle torque wrench? As most of my gear is still in storage I started by borrowing a good friend's ramp. Then I got down to business with a nice beer from Québec. Yum, the start of summer. --------------------------------- Off came the seat, tank, battery connections, skid plates, crash bars, exhaust and catalytic converter (why is that so heavy?). I'll skip those pics and get straight to the source of this silliness. The top right arrow points to the black gunk seeping from the clutch and engine case mating surfaces. This has been present since I got the bike 4 years ago. The bottom arrow points to the new leak that started up since the winter (last few months). It is mostly black from the road grime but does have a slight greenish-brown cast to it. --------------------------------- The starter came off quite easily. Quite black encrusted and a touch of an oil residue. ---------------------------------- Looking up under the transmission toward the lower clutch case. Fresh leaking of something: ---------------------------------- A closer look at the above area: ---------------------------------- The following three pics are looking at and into the clutch area via the removed starter. In front of the clutch housing it seems dry but has collected some black "dust". To the bottom and rear you can see a collection of very oily, black gunk. -------------------------------------- I carefully inserted a flathead screwdriver into the opening and scraped up some of the black gunk. It is actually quite fibrous. Is this spent clutch material? -------------------------------------- Finally, here is a shot of the Clutch Slave cylinder. It seems to look ok. There is a very slight film or haze around the mating surface. See orange arrow. I check the master cylinder reservoir and the fluid is clear. So, thanks again for making it through this post. I've got a ride in 2 weeks and need to assess the parts to order, any special tools, complexity etc. Cheers, g r a n t


text: It appears that the Northwest decided to go ahead and have winter this year, and in celebration of this, Oregon's Mt. Hood Meadows fired up its chairlifts for opening day this past Friday, November 11--one week early. Now, this might not mean anything to you, but to me and all the other poor jerks who live in the Northwest and had to spend all of last winter jumping dirt patches in the rain or (let's face it) drunk at the bowling alley, well, to us, it means the whole world. With a base of 39 inches plus the gobs of heavyweight NW snow that fell over the weekend, Meadows made the entire Portland snow scene nothing but happy as we lapped the bottom lift over and over, jibbed stumps, threw ourselves at little cat-track reentry kickers, and just enjoyed the miracle of turnin' our boards. Oh, there also seems to be a new fashion trend around these parts--it's both functional and fashionable. See if you can tell what it is from my photos, and remember where you saw it first when Shaun White's doing it at this year's X-Games or whatever.


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Racial Differences in Professional Basketball Players' Compensation
This article investigates racial differences in 1985-86 salaries of individual professio nal basketball players. White and black players earn similar mean com pensation; however, controlling for a variety of productivity and mar ket-related variables and for the endogeneity of player draft positio n, the authors find a significant ceteris paribus black compensation shortfall of about 20 percent. Further, they find that all else equal , including team performance and market factors, replacing one black player with an identical white player raises home attendance by 8,000 to 13,000 fans per season. The compensation and attendance results t ogether are consistent with the idea of customer discrimination. Copyright 1988 by University of Chicago Press.
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In its "Mortgage BPO ‐ Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment," Everest Group recognizes Accenture as a Leader in providing mortgage BPO services. With its "robust technology offerings and holistic suite of services, Accenture is well-positioned to service the newer market demands."
The report recognizes Accenture's efforts to innovate mortgage BPO services, citing ongoing enhancements for loan origination systems that support regulatory requirements, compliance, mobility, analytics, reporting and data integration. In addition, Everest Group recognizes Accenture as having the "broadest SAFE Act Licensure ‐ onshore and offshore in 49 states, plus Washington, D.C. and Chennai, India."
Everest Group also notes that mortgage-specific acquisitions have enhanced Accenture's services, including the acquisition of Zenta, a majority stake in Vivre Brasil and the acquisition of Mortgage Cadence, a US provider of loan origination software and electronic document management services.


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There's been a lot of press lately about top sushi Chef Nobu Matsuhisa's refusal to stop serving critically-endangered bluefin tuna in his celebrity-frequented, highly-lauded Nobu restaurants. Greenpeace and those same celebrities have recently launched a boycott in hopes of forcing a menu change.
Meanwhile, here in the District, sustainable seafood ambassador Barton Seaver has just opened Blue Ridge, where he describes his mission as, "making broccoli sexy so you'll have less room for the shrimp on your plate." He's not out to tell you what not to eat, he says, just as long as you're not eating more than 4-5 ounces of a sustainably-harvested seafood species at a time.
At last weekend's Food & Wine Festival at National Harbor, where Seaver gave a cooking demo, I was amused to see the Alaska seafood industry handing out sustainable seafood guides that just happened to be the same size and format as the Seafood Watch guides by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The difference? The industry-produced brochures assert that environmental contaminants like PCBs that are highly-publicized are not actually a problem in the US. (Really? Then what's with this new warning about dangerous PCB levels in Atlantic rockfish, eh?) Alaskan seafood is generally one of the more sustainable options, as event speaker Dan Shapley of The Daily Green pointed out, so it's unclear why they felt the need to spread misinformation.
Word Oceans Day was earlier this week, but you can still take a moment to sign a message to your legislators asking them to ban mercury-producing chlorine manufacturing processes; yes, the same mercury that gets into our soil, water, and fish…
Making smart seafood choices is complicated enough without having to try to discern which guides are scientific and which are just clever marketing. Here's a look back at a "Sustainable Seafood 101" post I wrote earlier this year, part of the FoodieTot's Sustainable Family Supper series. (And my contribution to this week's Fight Back Friday, hosted by Food Renegade.)


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The short video podcast using audio commentary and graphical animations covers the following:
1. It shows that sales values increased by 4.4% and sales volumes by 2.0% compared with a year earlier. It also looks at the month on month changes with sales values and sales volumes both increasing by 0.9% since December 2011.
2. It then goes on to look at the effect of bad weather and the extra bank holiday on sales values and sales volumes since 2008, and shows that since 2010 sales values has increased faster than sales volumes due to price rises.
3. Finally, it focuses on retail spending in the different sectors in 2011 with 42% of all retail spending being in the non-food sector in 2011 and 41% in the food sector.
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Does anyone have any links for this? I used to but every time I google this I get stupid Photoshop, Blender, GIMP, or other tutorials for other apps that I could care less about.
I know I can start with a geometric primitive like a tetrahedron, dodecahedron, cube, etc, and recursively split it to arrive at my sphere but I forget exactly how to do that.
Something like that maybe?Code:
void CIcoSphere::Split(Vertex &Result,Vertex v1,Vertex v2,Vertex v3)
D3DXVECTOR3 vec1=v1.Pos-v2.Pos;
D3DXVECTOR3 vec2=v1.Pos-v3.Pos;
D3DXVECTOR2 vecU=v1.TexCoord1-v2.TexCoord1;
D3DXVECTOR2 vecV=v1.TexCoord1-v3.TexCoord1;
I'm abandoning UV spheres in my game engine because texturing them is far too problematic.


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A very affordable starter pack with Yamaha's legendary quality!
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They're finding it in teens and children as young as 10-years-old. We're talking everything from basal cell carcinoma to melanoma.
Doctors aren't sure why this is suddenly cropping up, but they believe genetics and ultra-violet light exposure are playing a big role.
Doreen Gentzler has more on this alarming trend.
"It's not something you think that you're going to be told that your 11-year-old has beginning stage melanoma," said Melissa Cummins.
For Cummins, the news that her son had skin cancer was a shock.
"I was sick," she said. "I actually dropped down and couldn't talk on the phone."
While the Maryland family often spent time outdoors -- hunting, fishing and on the boat -- Cummins says she was vigilant about skin protection.
"They were not outside without hats, bonnets as babies, sunscreen always gets put on to the point that my boys fuss at me," Cummins said.
Doctors agree that skin cancer at such a young age is still uncommon, but the rates are increasing at an alarming rate.
Dr. Bernard Cohen, the director of pediatric dermatology at the John Hopkins Childrens Center in Baltimore, says 10 years ago he never saw skin cancer in a child, but now he's seeing a few cases a year.
"Commensurate with the adult skin cancer epidemic, children are not that far behind," Cohen said. "Clearly, people are spending more time out in the sun and getting sun exposure and kids are getting a ton of sun exposure early in life."
Cohen says it's not just melanoma on the rise. He's seeing more incidents of less serious basal and squamous cell cancers as well. Doctors can't point to any definitive reasons for the increase, but Cohen believes genetics and more exposure to ultaviolet light are definite factors.
"I think some of the problems in children under the age of 12 is that we don't understand what it means for them lifelong," Cohen said.
For example, the chance of recurrence after a melanoma can be as high as 50 percent. But Cohen worries that in a child who has years and years left to live, that chance could be much higher.
That's why Melissa Cummins says she's constantly checking all of her childrens skin.
"People don't think kids are going to get skin cancer and it doesn't discriminate," she said. "It doesn't matter how old you are and my only thing is to be aware of what's on your own body."
Dermatologists say that pediatricians should be doing skin checks as part of a child's over all check-up.
The earlier doctors can find skin cancer, the more successful the treatment.


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For that reason, we were very encouraged by the turnout for the 2012 Atlantic Coast Exposition. The event dates back more than half a century, to an annual get-together arranged by the young North Carolina Vending Association and South Carolina Automatic Merchandising Association (now the South Carolina Vending Association). Those early conventions alternated between the two states.
The regional vending showcase grew in popularity; by 1970, it was drawing substantial attendance from adjacent states, especially Virginia, and had become large enough to require professional management. The Automatic Vendors Association of Virginia (now Virginia Automatic Merchandising Association) became a cosponsor, and the convention settled in Myrtle Beach, SC, which always had been its most popular venue. The three-state convention and trade show became the Atlantic Coast Exposition, and embarked on a decade and a half of steady expansion.
Changes in the economy and the composition of the vending industry caused supplier participation in trade shows generally, and regional ones in particular, to decline. Consolidation led to fewer suppliers, and to the perception that there were fewer operating companies (there really weren't, but the number of medium-sized independents declined and the very smallest companies had reasons for wishing to remain small). Manufacturing employment, the traditional mainstay of the vending business, declined.
These developments checked the continued growth of vending shows. And, during the uncertainty that followed the terrorist attacks of 2001, new media seemed to hold the promise of virtually unlimited communication with customers and prospects without the need for ever going to the trouble of meeting and talking with them.
Through all this, a substantial number of operators in the Carolinas and Virginia kept on working diligently to preserve the annual convention. Some became prominent during the early growth of the full-line vending industry, and have remained active; others are relative newcomers who have become leaders. Their uncompensated labors brought ACE through a dark period, but this year's show suggests that it has turned the corner and is on the upswing.
The social aspects of ACE always have been a draw for industry members, by no means all of them from the Southeast. This appeal cannot be separated from the more concrete value of the exhibits and the educational programs. There is no substitute for hearing about something new in a business session, taking a close look at it in the exhibit area and getting details from the experts in the booth, and then discussing it with others (some of whom may be using it already) in a relaxed, informal setting.
There has been a widespread belief, over the past decade or so, that the "information superhighway" would obsolete that kind of in-person engagement. But the recognition now is growing that the Internet is a remarkable tool for finding out more about something of which you're already aware -- not for discovering new, valuable things. The Internet also is a fruitful source of opinions, the origins of which often cannot be determined.
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I looked on my watch- at (you could also use 'glanced at')
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the meadow that we were ambling- needs a preposition- across/over?
was full of moonlight- was moonlit?
to snuff- sniff
which bitch is attractive- bitch is on heat?
I thought that it wasnt the best idea - to take the dog - had thought (??? when did you think this?) + delete the dash
dog to its own fate- I'd delete 'own'
wallow in a dead frog- it would have to be a huge frog for this to be possible
I do regret to have forgotten- that I had forgotten
batch your dog- leash your dog??
my wallowed dog)- it would be wallowing here, if a dog can wallow in a frog
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One of my favorite food-themed movies is Chocolat. All those sexy close-ups of thick and glossy ribbons of deep dark chocolate. The dustings of cinnamon you could almost taste. And the revelation of chile-spiked cocoa! It's enough to make any chocolate and spice lover swoon.
Flash forward. Winter day. Steve is turning, smiling- devilish- in the late afternoon sun that slants through the square kitchen window, unwrapping (vegans please skip ahead now to when I acknowledge your goddess-given right for a substitute) a gorgeous grass fed ribeye steak from Whole Foods and ponders, aloud, Should we make some kind of stew tonight- something Sicilian, maybe? And suddenly- feverishly- I am possessed with the idea of mole- a lip smacking, foodgasm-inducing Mexican sauce, decadently rich and redolent with unsweetened chocolate and spices.
You know what happened next.
|Beef and potatoes in a chocolate infused sauce- divine.
Karina's Beef and Potatoes au Chocolat Recipe
Before we get started, let me point out- right up front- I conjured this from taste bud memory. It's not a traditional (read: "authentic") mole recipe. It's more my idea of a mole recipe. Since I cannot read or follow directions worth a damn, anyway, I winged what I remembered tasting in my carefree, oblivious pre-allergenic days.
For those of you with a hankering for chicken- sub the beef steak with cuts of your favorite bird.
For those of you eschewing the animal kingdom, I don't see why hefty tofu steaks wouldn't be absolutely, downright fabulous in this recipe. I might add them half-way through cooking time, though, so that they don't fall apart from over-cooking (and, natch, use firm tofu).
I slow-cooked my recipe in a Crock-Pot because that's what works for me here at high altitude. You can follow suit and Crock Pot your little heart out. Or do it old-school style, in a heavy Dutch oven or soup pot.
1 2-pound or so ribeye steak, fat trimmed
Sea salt
Extra virgin olive oil
5 cloves garlic, chopped
1 onion, diced
4 medium gold or red potatoes, peeled, sliced
3 good sized carrots, peeled, sliced
2 celery stalks, sliced
1/2 cup red table wine (*may omit)
4 cups organic GF beef broth- reserve one cup to mix with the cocoa
1 14-oz can fire-roasted crushed tomatoes
A good dash of balsamic vinegar- at least two tablespoons
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup diced roasted green chiles- the hotter, the better
1 teaspoon each: cinnamon, cumin
1 tablespoon chili or chipotle powder- spicy or mild, to taste
1 teaspoon dried herb mix- thyme/rosemary/oregano/basil
2 bay leaves
Sea salt and ground pepper, to taste
2 heaping tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
To thicken, later:
1/3 cup sweet rice flour
Cut the steak into four pieces and salt the beef on all sides. Wait a few minutes.
Kiss the cook.
Get your Crock Pot situated and cranked to High.
Heat a heavy pot over medium-high heat. Brown the beef on all sides to sear in the flavor, using long tongs to turn the pieces. This doesn't take but maybe five minutes, or so. Remove the beef and set aside.
Add a generous dash of olive oil to the Crock Pot. Add the garlic, onion, potatoes, carrots and celery. Stir to coat with the olive oil. Place the beef on top.
Pour in the wine, three cups of broth, crushed tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, agave, raisins, roasted chiles, spices, dried herbs, two bay leaves, sea salt and ground pepper.
Add the cocoa powder to one cup broth (heating the broth helps to dissolve the cocoa- I did it in the microwave) and add the chocolate liquid to the pot. Stir a little bit to co-mingle ingredients.
Cover and let the magic happen- about 4 to 5 hours.
The stew is ready when the potatoes are tender- the beef should almost fall apart.
One half hour before serving, remove the bay leaves. Spoon out a cup of the broth from the pot and whisk the sweet rice flour into it; this slurry thickens the sauce. Add the slurry to the pot, lightly stir it in; cover and reheat through until the stew is thickened and rich.
Taste test for seasoning adjustments. Does it need a tad more salt? A dab more agave for sweetness? Ready to slurp?
Light a few candles, spoon the stew into soup plates, and dig in.
Serves 4.
Karina's Notes:
Traditional mole recipes add stale, crumbled corn tortillas at the beginning of cooking to thicken the sauce (I prefer the rice flour method).
Some folks add a spoon or two of peanut or almond butter. It is lighter without it.
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" Drastic times require drastic measures. "
Hello there, this is the biography of a very boring bookworm named Jane who has a secret fondness for chocolates and Lipton tea. She does not like coffee and can't think of a reason for people to be so dependent on caffeine. Her character is most like Luna Lovegood and she respects Severus Snape as a professor. Despite what others might think, she likes dark/angsty stories which have a sliver of romance in them.


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Skip to comments.For Clinton, 2000 Fund-Raising Controversy Lingers
Posted on 09/14/2007 2:12:37 PM PDT by no dems
As Sen. Hillary Clinton grapples with the burgeoning scandal surrounding disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu, she can't quite shake a fund-raising controversy from her 2000 Senate campaign.
Mrs. Clinton's entanglement with a thrice-convicted felon named Peter Paul is proof of how long campaign-finance problems can haunt a public official. Mr. Paul became a problem for Mrs. Clinton when his criminal past became public shortly after he helped organize and finance a gala Hollywood fund-raiser for her in August 2000.
The Clintons have denied any wrongdoing. Their attorney, David Kendall, says there was never any business arrangement discussed or contemplated between Mr. Paul and Mr. Clinton. As for his other allegations, "Mr. Paul, as a three-time convicted felon, has no credibility," Mr. Kendall says. "He is the Picasso of con artists."
Mr. Paul continues to produce evidence. His attorneys have submitted a recently obtained tape recording of a 2000 conversation involving Mr. Paul and Mrs. Clinton discussing plans for the fund-raiser, which they contend bolsters the argument she was involved in campaign misdeeds. A state appeals court panel held a hearing Sept. 7 on Mr. Paul's motion to re-include Mrs. Clinton as a defendant. A decision on that matter is pending.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Truly the giver that keeps on grifting.
"The Clintons have denied any wrongdoing."
They spend an incredible amount of time doing that, don't they?
How does the smartest woman in the world handle Iran,Russia
North Korean regimes when she keeps being taken in by con artists (paul,hsu,President bush,Sink Emperor hubby .etc) ?
They are all on the same team............
Much as I like to see the attention Clinton is getting from this — all bad — it really makes me question whether private money should be allowed in politics at all.
I can't see politicians accepting money from individuals or groups and not feeling beholden to them. I don't want my politicians beholden to anyone but me. How much of government spending is payback for campaign contributions ? Eliminating campaign contributions might be key to cutting government spending.
I think I'd rather the federal government set aside a billion dollars each year for political campaigns and make it illegal to accept private money. To qualify to run, you would just need to announce your candidacy and get signatures from some percentage of the registered voters. Getting those signatures would be the only phase where private money was allowed.
What an excellent idea. More of our tax dollars wasted. More government involvement in elections. Sheesh!
God Bless you Doug.
Here's the thread where we've been discussing this since last night - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896307/posts
Sorry Kellis, I disagree strongly.
When you say "the federal government set aside" I see "my tax money given to people I may not agree with".
Is the current system faulty? Absolutely! The fact that the Clintons have grifted their way from in his case, a backwater, second rate horse racing town and, in her case, a hard line socialist college education to the most prominent positions in the free world, lead me to think that if "the federal government" controlled the dispersion of those funds , those funds would be given only to those "the federal government" deemed "worthy" of those monies.
I don't trust them to spend MY money. It is my right, as an extension of the first amendment to support who I choose. That is why the McCain-Feingold reforms should have been vetoed.
Sorry for the wordy sentence in the previous paragraph.
So how do you prevent politicians from from being bought by special interests via campaign contributions ?
You dismissed my solution. What is your solution ?
Perhaps private money should be allowed, and those contributions should be vetted and identified — as now — to the FEC, but the candidates must remain ignorant of who gave them the money ? That doesn't seem workable, as groups would announce themselves who they'd given money to.
" "Mr. Paul, as a three-time convicted felon, has no credibility," Mr. Kendall says. "
Mrs. Clinton, who habitually hires convicted felons to raise her campaign funds, has no credibility, no integrity, and no shame whatsoever.
She does, however, have balls the size of watermelons.
Oops! I did a search under "Peter Paul" and this did not show up. Sorry.
Post # 8: Great idea.
That's okay. Some people probably saw this and missed the other one. :)
It really is amazing that the story by the WSJ is the only one. Anything there is a story about any issue, there are always multiple stories. It is like there is a media embargo.
We really appreciate you taking up the cause on this. Hopefully this will be her "Swift Boat" demise.
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Morning report 3/1: Freddy is getting ready
There was more good news to report on the injury rehab front Wednesday as Freddy Sanchez returned to the field after a back flareup Monday caused to curtail his work.
The Giants second baseman even made throws to first base, the first time he's thrown to a base since his shoulder surgery last August.
Manager Bruce Bochy said it's time to "pick up the pace" on Sanchez's return from his shoulder injury to get him ready for the season opener. The plan right now is to get Sanchez into games by the second full week in March, either at second base or as a designated hitter.
While both Bochy and Sanchez said there's plenty of time for the second baseman to get ready, Sanchez admitted to being antsy about returning to the field after his minor setback on Monday.
For more on Sanchez's day, check out CSNBayArea.com.
- BUSTER POSEY: Bochy said that Buster Posey won't start Saturday's spring training opener against Arizona, adding that he would not catch. But then he backpedaled, saying that he might get an inning behind the plate. Posey could also DH, often employed during spring training even by NL clubs.
- CLAY HENSLEY: CSNBayArea.com's Andrew Baggarly had a nice piece on pitcher Clay Hensley and his perspective on the play that ended Buster Posey's season last May. Hensley was a member of the Florida Marlins. To see the report click here.


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On the eve of his return trip to the Pacific Northwest, Gig Harbor, Wash., resident Tally Hall chatted with HoustonDynamo.com about soccer in Seattle and his alma mater San Diego State, which made it to the Sweet 16 of this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Disclaimer: This interview took place before San Diego State's 74-67 loss to Connecticut in Thursday's night Sweet 16 match.
HD: Talk a little about going back home and playing in Seattle.
TH: It's where I grew up, so it's always a little fond in the heart. It's a business trip, so unfortunately I don't get to go home and see a whole bunch of people. To be honest, I'm more concerned about getting three points on the road for the Dynamo.
HD: Are you expecting a lot of family and friends in attendance?
TH: My parents buy at least 40 tickets each time I come up, so it gets kind of crazy because a lot of my family comes out to see me play. It's tough because I don't really get to see them until after the game. I get to say hi to the group but to no one in particular. It's probably more important for my family, but for me I treat it like any other game.
HD: What do you remember about the Seattle Sounders franchise growing up? Were they as popular then as they are now?
TH: They took another step up when they became an MLS team. I remember going to a couple games growing up. I didn't really pay attention to it, but talking to [former Dynamo defender Craig] Waibel, I saw him play there. I also saw Preston Burpo, who was their goalkeeper, and I thought he was the man. Seattle was always behind the Sounders, but nothing like they are now.
HD: Talk a little about the youth soccer scene in Washington. Is soccer as big there in the youth community as it is elsewhere?
TH: It's pretty serious. It doesn't rival places such as Texas or Southern California, but there are some pretty good teams that come from Washington. Growing up it was a lot of fun, and they definitely take their soccer seriously.
HD: Aside from the Dynamo game this weekend, your alma mater San Diego State has made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Have you been following along?
TH: Unfortunately I've missed most of their games, but I'm definitely following along. It would be cool if they made the Final Four, which is in Houston. I haven't even looked at the schedule to see if it would work out, but it would be fun to see the boys play here. When I was there, the team was pretty good, always fighting to make the tournament, but nothing like they are now.
HD: With the different guys in the locker room who had alma maters in the tournament, do the guys talk about it much and follow the games closely?
TH: I'm not in any of the pools, but there are definitely rivalries in the locker room. It's pretty much UNC vs. everyone else. So you are either a UNC fan or you are rooting against them. After UNC beat Washington last week, I didn't hear the guys getting on [Mike] Chabala that much, although I'm sure something happened. I was trying to poke at the UNC guys saying, 'I heard you guys had to cheat to win,' and they didn't like that too much, but I'm not in the pools, so I don't get too involved with it.


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The idea that hit me, 'gobsmacked' as the Brits would say, is that the area has arrived as a cycling city. There's a tsunami of cycling consciousness that joins government, businesses, and individuals, highlighting this city as a cycling mecca. You may think that's an overstatement, yet it's undoubtedly true. We are no longer struggling toward a goal. We've attained it. Sure, there's much more to do, but this was an enormous hurdle to overcome.Portland? Minneapolis? San Francisco? Nope, this is from Tulsa, Oklahoma of all places.
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Schwarzenegger, Bloomberg Team on Climate Change
SUNNYVALE, Calif. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg agreed Thursday to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions because the Republicans said they cannot wait for the Bush administration to take action on climate change.
Schwarzenegger said that the partnership with Bloomberg and another made with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in July on clean energy technologies will help improve the environment.
"We don't wait for the federal government to take the leadership position ... we take the lead," Schwarzenegger said during a tour at a new fuel cell company in Silicon Valley.
Bloomberg echoed the governor's remarks, saying, "We have to deal with real world problems ... we can't wait for Washington to do something."
Schwarzenegger added clean energy is "the future of California, the nation and the world" that will produce new industries, jobs and strengthen the economy.
His pledge to work with Bloomberg marks the latest environmental push from a governor who has accused fellow Republican President Bush of failing to show leadership on climate change.
The actor-turned-politician also played a leading role in a bipartisan landmark global warming bill lawmakers approved last month that makes California the first U.S. state to mandate a cut in greenhouse gas emissions, equal to 25 percent by 2020.
Schwarzenegger said he will sign the bill into law next week.
Bloomberg also announced a five-point program to make New York an "environmentally sustainable city" by taking an inventory of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that will help set targets for lowering emissions.
"The intent is to make New York City a national leader on the environment ... a sustainable city," Bloomberg said at a news conference.
The mayor was on the second of a two-day visit to California to meet with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Schwarzenegger to discuss education and the environment. He was also to attend two fund-raisers for Schwarzenegger, who is seeking reelection in November.
The company Schwarzenegger and Bloomberg visited, Bloom Energy, formerly Ion America, is developing fuel cell systems to power homes, offices, factories and data centers.
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I know this is an old thread... but automating Cisco things has popped to the top of some people's stacks with these recent IOS expliots being announced.
Anyway, check out my module for this, which is a wrapper around Net::Telnet and supports Telnet, SSH and Serial line scripted command sequences.
Net::Appliance::Session 0.09 [cpan.org] (0.12 will be out this week, with some nice new features)


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- Makes 2 sandwiches
- 2 pounds vine-ripened tomatoes, sliced in half vertically, cores and seeds removed
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 (4-ounce) chicken cutlets, pounded thin
- 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 cup unseasoned bread crumbs
- Zest of 1 lemon, grated
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan
- 1 small baguette, cut in half lengthwise
- 1 handful fresh baby arugula
- Preheat oven to 200°F. Place the tomatoes, cut side up, on a baking sheet lined with nonstick foil. Season with the salt and pepper, drizzle with 3 tablespoons of the oil, and bake 6 to 8 hours. Remove and let cool. (Or use a handful of sun-dried tomatoes.) Meanwhile, place the chicken and yogurt in a resealable plastic bag and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Preheat oven to 425°F. In a shallow pan, combine the bread crumbs, zest, rosemary, Parmesan, the remaining oil, and more salt and pepper. Remove the cutlets, shaking off any excess yogurt, and press them firmly into the bread-crumb mixture. Transfer to a pan lined with nonstick foil and bake until browned and firm, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and let cool, then assemble as shown.
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WOOT WOOT - I'm EARLY!!!!!
Here's the prompt for the last four
And here's the lovely linkie thing for you all to use (pretty please)Your prompt is to take one ghost and one Marauder and write a drabble about them. They must interact, there must be a conversation. They must mention cheese ... I lied, they dont have to mention cheese at all. As a heads up, the Marauders dont have to be school age but this conversation has to take place at Hogwarts.
And here are this weeks four fantabulous drabbles.
And boy-oh-boy am I glad I don't have to vote.
Title: Secrets
Ratings/Warnings: 3-5th
A/N: Takes place the year Remus teaches DADA.
A/N:From the Lexicon: The Baron is the ghost of a man who a millennium ago loved Helena Ravenclaw, the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw. When Rowena lay dying, she sent the Baron to find Helena and beg her to come back. Helena refused and the Baron lost his temper and killed her. In his remorse, he committed suicide with the same knife, and now carries the bloody evidence of his crime on his ghostly clothing.
The Baron always meets my eyes. In the corridors and the Great Hall, everywhere. Ive never seen him look at anyone else the way he looks at me, but perhaps everyone thinks that. Even in school, when he saw us sneaking around when we should have been in bed, he used to shoot daggers at my friends only to look at me with curious appraisal. Only now do I understand this: He knew what I was.
Only a fool would underestimate a Hogwarts ghostleast of all, the Bloody Baron. I think he must see everything, know everything that happens in this place. And yet he is silent.
Some say he cant talk, but I dont believe it. Some even claim to have heard him hiss warnings in a grim, hoarse whisper, but that sounds like rubbish to methe sort of thing James and Sirius used to invent in our darkened common room in the early hours of morning to make Peter twitch.
I wonder why the Baron is on my mind as I walk toward the kitchens for something to eat. Walking the halls takes my mind off things and tonight, after spending time with Harry, I need a distraction.
The Baron startles me even though Im thinking of him. He hovers near the wall opposite the kitchens, and suddenly, I know why he was so strong in my thoughts: hes often down here, moving between the dungeons and the Slytherin Common Room. He roams these corridors slowly, intimidating Peeves and whoever else may have the insight to cower at the sight of his crimson stains.
Despite his tragic, gruesome history, Im not afraid of him. Hes a ghost, and there are far worse evils that have roamed these halls. No, I think I pity him. His love was too great, his anger beyond control. The Baron wears the stains of crime and love and hate and murder and shame. And when he looks through me, into me I see what I could become. I, too, must shield those around me from my own potential to rage and kill.
The ghost looks around, up and down, and back to me. You judge me, Wolf? His voice is low, but nothing like the one the students pretend to have heard from him.
His words rouse something inside me: We are very much alike, the Baron and I. A shiver whispers against the back of my neck and I reach to rub it away. His eyes are hard but I look into them, through them to the wall behind. Ive no right to judge any man, Baron. I think you know that.
He looks about to say something nasty, but instead, his lips smash together in a thin line. He'll say no more, and yet, he has given me something: a kind of secret, and one Ill be certain to keep. I owe him that much. After all, he seems to have kept mine.
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Title: Settling In
Ratings/Warnings: 1st-2nd/none
For a person inclined to solitude, Hogwarts could be hell. You just couldnt seem to escape the crowds. But, if you knew where to look, there were little nooks where you could sit alone for hours, with only your thoughts for company.
Sirius had already discovered many of these places, found certain ones matched certain moods. This one a small alcove overlooking the grounds down towards the front gates was one of his particular favourites for brooding in.
He had never once been discovered or interrupted in that particular alcove, so he was astonished and rather peeved when Nearly Headless Nick floated through the wall beside him.
With a scowl, he grudgingly responded to the Gryffindor ghosts greeting. The scowl only deepened when Nick showed no inclination of leaving.
Not with your partner in crime causing chaos in the common room, Mr Black? asked Nick, completely unperturbed by the less-than-friendly welcome he had received.
Sirius shrugged non-committedly under the shrewd gaze of the ghost.
A slightly uncomfortable silence descended as Sirius kept his gaze fixed firmly away from Nick. It wasnt that he disliked the ghost theyd had several enjoyable conversations in the first few weeks of term he just got the impression that he wouldnt particularly enjoy this conversation.
Ive heard the things your family has said to you about your sorting, Nick said, confirming Sirius impression, and Ive seen you shrug them off like they are nothing. Yet, here you are, hiding from the stares and whispers of the common room.
Sirius glared. Im not hiding!
The awkwardness of silence threatened again, pulling words unwillingly from Sirius lips.
Its just- Im not like that. What they all say about me. Im not! And they always watch, like theyre waiting for me to slip up and do something Slytherin. None of them think I belong in Gryffindor they dont want me there.
None? Nick replied. I think James Potter would be rather upset at being included there, and he wouldnt be alone.
Waving off Nicks words, Sirius continued. They dont count. The others, though, they just look at me and see a Black, not me. I just want them to know that Im not like the rest of my family getting into Gryffindor is the best thing that ever happened to me.
Theyll see that. A sigh escaped Nick. It will just take time. Have patience.
Sirius laughed darkly. If anyone could talk of patience, it would be the ghost who had to endure forty-five axe strikes.
But perhaps it might help, Nick went on, if they could actually see you, which cant happen while you hide yourself away in a corner.
Nick turned, and made to float back through the wall, but paused.
Oh, yes, James did mention that he would appreciate another pair of hands in distributing the bulbadox powder, not that I would dream of aiding such mischief-making.
With a wink, the ghost was gone, leaving Sirius with some new thoughts for company.
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Title: Guilt and Betrayal
Word Count 495
Ratings/Warnings: 1st-2nd, none
A/N: Tried to work in cheese, but no luck.
Sometimes in the middle of the night, when everyone else was asleep, Peter sneaked out to the Shrieking Shack. At first, he had gone to be alone. Remus hated being there when it wasnt the full moon, so the Marauders went other places. He would pace, practice his magic, and worry about the upcoming war. The others didnt understand. He wasnt ready to die. They were only seventeen. He had a whole life ahead of him. He wasnt like Sirius who needed to take a stand against his family, or Remus who needed a cause to fight for, or James who needed to protect Lily... not that she needed it. He was just Wormtail, the smallest and least of them in every single way.
Now, the Shrieking Shack is the only place that he can be human. After making sure no one is there, he transforms back into his human shape. Its been nine years since James and Lily died... nine years since Sirius tried to kill him. Harry will be coming to Hogwarts in September. The Dark Lord is still out there, somewhere. Peter is sure of it. And when he returns... Peter will be there. Because he is still afraid to die. Because he still isnt James, who died for his wife and his son, or Sirius who went to Azkaban, or Remus who is probably working on some other cause now.
He closes his eyes and tries to think back to happier times. Back when being friends with James and Sirius made him feel like he was someone important too. Back when they were first learning how to become Animagi. Back when the most important thing to them was a great prank on Snivellus or going on the pull in Hogsmeade.
Unbidden, his mind summons a distant memory. During their first year, James had dared him to ask the Bloody Baron why he was covered in blood. He had wanted to look cool, so he agreed. They had tracked down the Baron in the dungeons after class.
Go on then, James urged him.
Do it, Sirius added.
When he hesitated, Sirius pushed him forward.
Peter walked up to the Baron, trying not to shiver too much. Excuse me, he said, voice cracking at the worst possible moment.
The Baron turned around, chains clanking, and gazed at him, but said nothing. His eyes were blank, almost as if he had not heard Peter at all. The Slytherin House Ghost was known to be reclusive, so Peter pushed on: Why are you covered in blood?
Vaguely, he heard James and Sirius high-five each other.
For a moment, Peter had thought the Baron was just going to leave, slide through a wall and refuse to answer.
Then the Baron replied, Betrayal.
What? The word escaped him before he could stop it.
Guilt and betrayal, the Baron intoned, before vanishing.
Peter opens his eyes and transforms back into a rat. Scabbers should return to Percy soon.
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Title: When A Good Man Goes To War
Ratings/Warnings: 1st-2nd years - mild profanity.
A/N: 'When a good man goes to war' is taken from the Doctor Who episode, A Good Man Goes to War. All credit to Steven Moffat.
They were four boys who went to war and none of them really survived. One gave his life, one gave his mind, one gave his finger, and the other sits in the empty Great Hall twelve years later. Remus isnt sure what he gave the war, cant quite decide on one particular thing.
(One: he gave his friends. Two: he gave his trust. Three: he gave his trust in his friends. The war took all of these things.)
Every day, Remus sits and thinks, trying to list everything he sacrificed for that bloody victorythe victory that has never felt like a victory, not even when he met the living, breathing, full of blood and beating heart Harry. Its an act of selfishness that he likes to indulge in, just to push the knife into his heart a little more.
Sometimes, he will find a quiet corner of the library while the students are at dinner. Sometimes, he will go to the lake, watching the half-hearted moonlight and smoke from Hagrids hut. Sometimes, hell just walk, not thinking about where hes going until he finds himself standing before the Fat Lady.
Tonight, though, hes sitting in the Great Hall at midnight, watching the enchanted ceiling from the comfort of a hard, wooden bench.
Hello, Professor. Sickle for your thoughts?
Hes managed to ignore the Fat Friar for five minutes since the ghost first floated in through the entrance. Now, Remus looks at him and gives a weary smile. It would seem far too self-indulgent to a man such as yourself, Im sure.
The ghost smiles back, chortling lightly. After the centuries, self-indulgence is both my friend and my foe. I know plenty about self-indulgence, but I also know plenty about the living. The look on your face is not one of self-indulgence, young man.
Thats not a word Remus hears too often in relation to himself. Hes heard old, haggard, scruffy, thin, unlucky, and sickly. Never young.
(Four: he gave the war his youth and the war took it gladly.)
Remus closes his eyes briefly.
Tell me, he asks, what look is on my face?
The ghosts smile falters and he looks at Remus with a piercing sadness.
You look like you miss someone.
Remuss hands clench the seat until hes sure he could claw his way through the wood, into the floor and the dark beyond.
So do you.
The Fat Friar nods and drifts away, looking out of one of the windows and onto the grounds. Remus watches the ghost fiddling with the drawstring around his plain robes.
Thats what happens when a good man goes to war, Remus Lupin.
He breathes in with a sharp gasp but the Friar has already drifted out into the night.
The next evening, Remus finds his way to a statue of a humpbacked witch, climbs in and curls up on the grubby dirt floor, waiting, waiting, waiting until the memories find him.
(Five: everything.)
This is what he gave the war.
Madam Carmerta


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