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A Dark Night with a Dark Stranger Ch. 11byBellstoires©
Apologies to everyone for not posting this sooner. I haven't been able to get in contact with my editor, but I have gotten a few emails asking where the next chapter was, so I thought I would post it. So excuse the mistakes (it's all me)... Enjoy! Oh and thank you to everyone who keeps commenting. I love it.
Bell had waited until after 3 in the morning for Ragon to return. She had sat on the couch with Sandra and Larissa, playing card games and chatting, all the while her thoughts stuck on Ragon. Patrick had gone to bed early. Occasionally from his room on the second floor, the girls could hear outbursts of songs from 'Pricilla Queen of the Desert.'
"He always loved that film," Larissa said, after one particularly off tune chorus came blasting from above.
"I like the night life, I like to boogie, On the..." Patrick's voice sung loudly.
"What happened to Sameth's gaffa tape?" Sandra asked, carrying her voice so that the other vampires on the veranda could hear her.
There was muffled laughter from outside, but no one got up.
"Well I think I am going to call it a night... or day... or whatever" Bell said, hopping up from the couch.
Her left leg had gone numb from having it tucked under her right one for so long, and she hobbled for a moment, waiting for the pins and needles to abate.
"Honey, wait a moment," Sandra said, reaching up for Bell's hand.
Bell fell back onto the couch, her numb leg giving out the moment Sandra had pulled her. Instantly she rubbed hard, hoping to fight off the pain of blood re-circulating.
"You know with Ragon, well any vampire really, it's hard for us to control ourselves around mortals. At the end of the day we are predators, when you put a predator in a room with a blood source, no matter how much they care for them... Sometimes emotions just take over. He wouldn't hurt you in his normal frame of mind, but when a vampire is... excited, it's a little more difficult to control ourselves, especially when we are already hungry," Sandra explained.
"I get it," Bell said, failing to hide her disappointment.
"But I don't think you do," Larissa said.
"No I do. Maybe vampires and humans shouldn't be together?" Bell asked.
Larissa and Sandra exchanged looks.
"Well, I don't know. I have never dated a mortal," Sandra said, directing a long glance at Larissa.
"But I have," Larissa added.
"What?" Bell asked, before adding, "but I thought you and Cambridge had been together for ages?
"We have, but he wasn't always a vampire, not until I decided I couldn't live without him and turned him," Larissa said.
Bell had stopped rubbing her leg; in fact she had stopped doing anything: even breathing. She was staring unblinking, transfixed at Larissa, as if she were looking at her for the first time.
"Tell me everything," Bell said.
Larissa smiled warmly and said, "well it was the late 1780's, and my father was the owner of a large tobacco farm in Minnesota. I was only 6 years old when the first black slaves came to work the fields. Black labour was cheaper than any other sort. I had been forbidden to converse with the Negro men and women. I still had my governess, her name was Mary, but her thoughts were exact opposite to that of my fathers. She spoke of black and white equality, though never around my father. She was what you might say, a forward thinker. In hind sight, had I told anyone back then how she thought, she probably would have been hung.
So it wasn't until my 8th birthday, when I was playing hide and seek in the grounds with friends from neighbouring estates, that I had my first conversation with a black person. He was about my age, although he was much taller and larger, having been bred for hard labour. I had been hiding behind one of the less used barns when he found me. I can still remember his disjointed English. I had ignored him at first, my father's warnings swimming in my head. But looking closer at the boy, I couldn't see anything dangerous about him. For over two hours we spoke, until finally a large search party, headed by my father, found me. The boy had managed to get away without being seen, and I had lied and told them that I had fallen asleep in the sun.
It was two full weeks before I saw him again. This time when we met, we talked for almost half of the day and I found out his name; Cambridge. For the next few years we continued meeting in secret and going on adventures. I would spend the day with him, and the night talking to Mary about him. He was the closest thing to a friend I had ever had. He told me about Africa, and the animals there and the arid landscape. It wasn't long before I dreamed of his home land often, seeing what I imagined to be lions, giraffes and elephants.
By the age of 15 I stopped seeing him as a friend, and began dreaming about the two of us, living in Africa together. My mother had died the previous year, and almost as soon as my father was re-married, his new wife Selena wanted to send me to the city for boarding school. I screamed and cried, but my father was deaf to my requests and spoke only of how it was the premier school for young ladies. On the eve of my departure I decided to meet with Cambridge one last time. I knew that I might be followed; that it was stupid to go out at night: but I had to risk it.
I can still remember trailing through the black people's camps, calling his name. His people didn't want us together almost as much as my family. I could tell by the way they looked at me, that they despised me. But I didn't care if they saw me that night; I had to say goodbye. For a few blissful hours we talked, holding hands. I promised that as soon as I could, I would return. He laughed at me, called me a silly white girl, but I didn't care; I think even then I loved him. Maybe an hour or so later one of Cambridge's friends found us. He told us that my father was looking for me. I moved robotically over to Cambridge, desperation overpowering my innocence and did the one thing I had wanted to for years: kissed him. He returned the kiss eagerly; his hand cupping my cheek, and for the first time in my life I felt uncontrolled and alive. Moments later and I heard a man scream, and felt myself being ripped from Cambridge's arms.
I was packaged up and sent away that night. Very few females were privy to education in those times, not that you could really call what we learnt, education, but back then it was the elite. The school in the city was full of snobby girls. Each aimed to outcompete the other with the latest fashions, the tightest curls, the largest estate; whatever was coveted at the time. For four horrible years I was stuck there, with only the memory of Cambridge's lips on mine, to keep me company. My father, who had by now had two sons with his new wife and had not forgotten of my betrayal, probably saw me as a mistake. He did not ask me to return home for the summers, and every holiday I remained at the hall. Still, my father did not entirely abandon me. He had left me a tidy sum of money, which I promptly invested, eager to run away at the first chance.
I must have been about 18 years old when Mary, my old governess, came to visit me one night. She was still just as lovely as before, and asked me about Cambridge, and if I still thought of him. When I told her that I thought of him every day, she told me that she knew a way that he and I could be together: forever. At the time her promise had sounded like the best thing in the world, and I agreed instantly. She told me the cost would be great; that we would not be able to live among normal men and women, and that we would need to be creatures of the night. These terms seemed to me to be acceptable. After all, it was illegal for mixing of black and white people in those days. Off course we would have to keep our lives a secret.
That night she turned me. As soon as I woke as a vampire I felt a hunger within me, and commenced feeding on anything in my path. Desperate to leave my old life behind me, we lit my room on fire, and left the corpse of a girl I had drained in there, so that my father would think I was dead. I was completely different, not just in my abilities: but in my thoughts. I still craved Cambridge, but not as much as I craved blood. Perhaps my upbringing had left me resentful and bitter? Anyway, Mary described my appetite as insatiable. It took her months to get me to calm down and kill with style, and even then, I couldn't drink from a mortal without killing them. Needless to say, I wasn't going to be able to see Cambridge in that state, let along persuade him to be a vampire with me.
Three years after my transformation I decided I could wait no longer. I was gradually getting better and better, and had even managed drinking from sources without ending their lives. I had also learnt how to disassociate them afterwards, which made life a hell of allot easier. Mary and I commissioned a carriage, and fashioned it so that no light could get in. The trip from town into the country took two days hard riding. We brought a donor with us; some young man from one of the villages we passed through, who directed the carriage during the day, and we feed off during the night. It was late one night when we rode into my father's farm. I was tense with anticipation. I prayed that my father had kept Cambridge on as a farm hand, but even still, I had no idea what he might look like or how he would respond to seeing me.
You can't imagine how happy I was when I saw him. He was still young and handsome, with full lips, large muscles and long black dreadlocks that were slightly golden at the edges from all his hours of work under the sun. I asked him to leave with me and he agreed. It was as if no time had passed, and we picked up things right where we left off. That night we said goodbye to Mary and boarded a boat to South America. There were very few options for a black and white couple back then, let alone a black man and a white vampire. For a while I hide what I was from him. It wasn't easy, not being able to go out into the sunlight. I pretended to have caught some mysterious illness on the voyage over. But eventually he worked it out. I thought for sure that he was going to leave me. But he didn't. He just told me that he needed time to think. You can imagine the late night conversations and screaming matches. He wanted to be with me but not as a monster; he had to die to be with me; he was too young to die; he would keep aging while I stayed the same; we could be together forever. There were so many points, for and against, his becoming a vampire to be with me.
"So," Bell said eagerly, "what happened?"
As she had listened to Larissa's story, she had leaned closer and closer towards her. It was absolutely insane to conceive that for a time Cambridge had contemplated not being with Larissa, vampirism or not; they were such a perfect couple.
"You know what happened," Sandra said smiling, "can you, or can you not see two vampires, madly in love, in front of you today?"
"Yea, No I know, I mean..." Bell began.
"It's ok," Larissa said, "I know what you mean. Well for about 6 months we continued like this. We were living in a small fishing village off the coast of Columbia. Cambridge had commissioned a job on the docks. From only being there for those few months my activities had drawn attentions, and there was talk of something biting people, draining their blood. Offcourse I disassociated all my victims afterwards, and only took what I needed to survive. But in a small village, full of superstitious natives, my activities did not go unnoticed. Finally one night the villages had had enough, and set a trap for the blood drinker. They cut the wrists of a sacrificial lamb and left the girl outside. When I smelt her blood I was consumed with hunger. I ran straight for her without thinking. As soon as I heard the first scream I knew I had been discovered. The villages surrounded me, holding large flaming torches and yelling in their native tongue. They were spitting at me, and calling me a demon and witch. Cambridge, who had heard the commotion, came over to see what was happening. There was blood all down my dress, and thick red liquid stained my lips from where I had tasted the girl. Without thinking and moving in a flash I leapt over the torches, running as fast as I could into the night. I dared not return to our house, but went to ground for the night.
The next evening I left a note for Cambridge explaining that I was leaving for Latvia. I had heard from Mary that there were colonies of vampires there and that the weather made it possible for us to come out during the day. I had enough wealth from my investments to buy two tickets for the voyage. I left one ticket for Cambridge and wrote for him to come with me.
4 days later the boat left. I spent the entire first night looking everywhere for Cambridge. Just when I had convinced myself that he had decided to let me go; I found him! He was sitting at the edge of the boat, his shoes were off and his eyes were closed. 'I'm ready' was all he said to me. And the rest is history."
Bell had listened to Larissa and Cambridge's fairy tale intently, comparing it with her own 300 year later version. Still one question remained.
"Do you think you would have stayed together if he decided he didn't want to become a vampire?" Bell asked.
Larissa frowned for a moment, and Bell knew what she was thinking; no. One mortal and one vampire couldn't be together. It was impractical. In twenty years' time, Bell would be almost 50, and Ragon would be as handsome and perfect as ever. For a few years she could get away being a cougar, but what about when she was 70 or 80 or older; that's if she even lived that long with Kiara, and the rest of Ragon's crazy lifestyle trying to kill her. Not that Ragon would even want her when she was old and wrinkly? But was that her answer? If she didn't want to become a vampire could they really not be together? Bell shuddered at the thought. Only hours ago she had been in utter heaven in his arms, and now she was thinking of how they must be apart. Perhaps being a vampire wouldn't be so bad? It would defiantly suck not being able to go into the sun for the rest of her life; and it might take her a while to get use to the whole drinking blood thing; but look at Larissa and Sandra. Apart from being over 200 years old, they seemed to be normal. They were certainly able to sit here and have a normal conversation with her. But did she want to be with Ragon enough to give up her life? It wasn't quite the same as moving town for a husband's job; this would literally be the end of everything she knew.
"If you had the choice again; would you decide to become a vampire?" Bell asked both girls.
This was the question she needed answered the most. Perhaps she was jumping the gun a bit. She and Ragon weren't even officially together. Still, it seemed crazy for Bell to start a relationship with someone that she ultimately couldn't be with. But perhaps, if love were enough, she would give up everything to be with him.
Larissa spoke first, 'in a heartbeat," she said, before adding with a small laugh, "or rather without a heartbeat."
Both Bell and Larissa turned to Sandra, who shook her head, saying, "I don't know."
Larissa's jaw dropped. She had expected Sandra to agree with her, to say that being with Thomas was worth more than all the tea in China; hell anything, but this.
"What?" Larissa asked her voice high pitched from the shock.
"It's not that I wouldn't want to be with Thomas, but I think I would have wanted to have one lifetime with him, and..." she paused, chewing her bottom lip, as her eyes went glassy, "and gotten to have children and be a mother."
Shit, Bell thought to herself. Was she so completely thick? Until now she did not realise what becoming a vampire meant for women especially. No children, forever. Bell had thought that the worst part would have been watching all the people you loved die, but she supposed that after a while, those wounds might close; but what about all the people you never got to know? The children and the grandchildren you had to give up?
Bell had lots to consider when she finally went to bed. Ragon had still not returned, and to be honest, after the conversation with Larissa and Sandra, she wasn't too sure she knew what she would have done if he were there. Crawling under the covers, Bell thought about Larissa's story and what she should do with her own. Her decision was to wait and see. After all, Bell had only known Ragon for a short time. It would be crazy for her to think that she loved him already; wouldn't it? Still, she couldn't help but remember the look in his eyes when he had reached for her, saying that he wanted her. How was she supposed to ignore how her heart had jumped at that moment? Tomorrow night it would be the Halloween party. Perhaps after that she would know...
The night of Wednesday the 31st of October was a cold one. A southerly wind had swept a storm from the coastline; bringing with it rain and lightning. As if in welcome of Halloween, the moon was full and round, and cast an eerie yellow glow over the city; that was occasionally punctuated by thick grey storm clouds. Even the habitual night-time wildlife surrounding the area had quietened; the normally screeching bats, who swept over the city at sun down, like a black veil, had chosen to rest early, waiting out the storm.
Bell woke just after 5pm, creeping quickly from her bedroom and returning later with some cereal and milk.
"Yuck," she said, after taking a mouthful of her breakfast and then spitting it out, so that small bits of cornflakes and milk splattered the bed sheets.
Her hands reached for the milk container and she frowned. Pushing the cereal away she got up, stripped the bed and jumped into the shower. With her head under the water, Bell didn't hear the small knock on her bedroom door. She had taken a hell of a lot longer in the shower than she normally would have. Her mind was still so clouded from last night, and when she finally left the steamy bathroom she startled at the time.
"6.15?" she said, looking at the small clock by her bedside, "Shit."
Still wearing her towel, she swept over to the mirror and begun apply moisturiser. For a moment she considered asking Sandra and Larissa to borrow some foundation, but she quickly dismissed this. The black mascara and eyeliner was still in her bathroom from the night before, and she eyed them nervously. It wasn't her custom to wear allot of makeup. Her face had enough natural colours to get away with a simple layer of moisturiser and a little blush to highlight her cheeks most days. She rarely wore mascara, let alone eyeliner; her eyes being dark enough without either.
Still, it was a party, she thought, reaching for the eyeliner first.
By the time she was done and had adjusted her costume she didn't even have a moment to check how she looked in the mirror. There was a knock at her bedroom door, and holding the silver and diamond mask onto her face she reached for the knob and opened it.
"Wow," Ragon said locking eyes with the angel before him, "you look angelic."
Bell blushed, but her mask covered it. Reaching behind her, Ragon took the strings for the mask from her, and tied them silently. This close to Bells neck had him instantly thinking of last night. He had knocked on her door earlier, hoping to apologise and speak with her about it, but she had not answered.
"Thanks," Bell said.
"If we don't leave now we are going to be late," Clyde said from the hallway.
There was a loud thud, and Clyde said, "ouch."
Sandra had kicked him hard in the shins. She had just about had enough of him trying to put a wedge between Bell and Ragon.


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Drugs and Behavior (PSY 245)
Term: 2016-2017 Academic Year Fall
Thu, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (8/29/2016 - 12/9/2016) Location: SCRN ANGE 202
PSY245 (formerly SSS215) - Drugs and BehaviorThis course will provide an in-depth examination of the major drugs both legal and illegal used in American society. Concentration will be on the effects of recreational and prescription drugs on human health and behavior. (3 Credits)

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Athletes start working at a very young age to become the best that they can be. If you think that they make more money and its not fair, why didn't you start training when you were younger to become a professional athlete. It takes work and effort and time away from your life
Athletes have something special to offer just like a successful CEO. The athletes draw in so much money for the franchise that they are well worth the high pay. They have to risk their health on the field because of injuries. Only the best of the pros make an outrageous sum of money.
People think think that athetes should get more money because they are famous but what do they do to help or country and economy. Nothing. Teachers on the other hand they teach children that are the future of this world, and teachers are the people that teach children to give them an education so they can play sports.
Atheletes are given far too much money, due to their inflated importance and exposure via media. They're not actually earning this income, it's the product of a system that values and rewards such useless behavior over far more productive behavior that we should be encouraging instead within its place. It's time to stop overpaying them.


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Sao Paulo: Brazilian legend Pele launched a broadside against Argentina coach Diego Maradona, charging that he only took the job as he was out of work and needed the money, Brazilian media reported.
Pele and Maradona - widely considered as the two best players of all time - have regularly indulged in verbal sparring.
But Pele rose to the bait when the Brazilian media on Monday asked him about comments attributed to Maradona during the inauguration of the World Cup in South Africa.
Maradona allegedly implied that a "dark gentleman" - taken to mean Pele - had questioned the ability of the host nation to be the first African country to host the World Cup.
Pele hit back, saying: "I don't understand a few things. When he did his first television programme (in 2005) in Argentina and needed some help I went to Buenos Aires, played football with him and helped him out.
"Then I tried to help out with some adverts - but either he was late or never showed up."
The Brazilian continued sardonically: "I know he has remembered me now in South Africa. He must love me."
Former sports minister Pele, who said he had no intention of ever coaching Brazil "as I don't want to suffer the way (current coach) Dunga is suffering", took another swipe at Maradona, who took control of Argentina in November 2008.
"Maradona accepted the job as he needed work and needed the money. I saw how Argentina qualified with difficulty. But it is not Maradona's fault; it is the fault of those who put him in charge."
Earlier this year Pele criticised Argentine Federation President Julio Grondona for appointing Maradona, a volatile character with little coaching experience, albeit someone widely admired in his homeland for leading Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986.
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Tuesday, I took the time to visit Henry Marionnet, the famous winemaker from Touraine, to taste, with famous friends, his wines as well as an experimental wine made with no SO2 and non grafted vines. Time passed to fast and I still had many technical questions when I left. Hopefully, we will be able to continue during Vinexpo.
In any case, I am happy to have been able to see this beautiful vineyard planted more than 150 years ago and with plenty of life left… It is a mystery to see these vines still alive and productive, even after 100 years. Like the ones we own in Maury.
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1998 Valandraud - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (5/12/2007)
Consumed with some Bryan Flannery 60 day aged Ribeyes.
I just can't keep my hands off these bottles. Maybe they'll be better in the future, but it's just damn good wine, today. As I've written before, a flavor profile that reminds me very much of '89 Haut Brion (or any really great Graves wine). Tobacco leaf flavor, great length, great balance, lots of complexity (3-D flavors), I really love this juice. An initial '93' RP rating, I've always wondered if it was underrated due to the very high Cabernet Franc component in this vintage? Parker often says he underrates Cheval Blanc initially for the same reason (and the '98 CB got upgraded from 93 to 98+). Price on this wine has been pretty stable over the last few years ($200 or so), so it's actually cheapened relative to other great wines that have massively escalated in price. Guess those tricky wine funds aren't buying this (great!). (97 pts.)


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By Enelis C
Harry was awakened by a loud thud outside the house. He sat down immediately and cursed inwardly. So much for the idea to stay awake. He got out the bed and went out the room. The sun's rays went in through the window and illuminated the corridor. Yawning widely, he knocked on Anna's door. No answer. He waited for several minutes before knocking again. Being impatient, because it was so not-Anna-at-all, he turned the knob and opened the door. Panic pierced his heart when he realized that the bed was empty. No Anna in sight.
He hurriedly went down the stairs and looked around. The fire still danced happily in the hearth. The dinner table was empty, showing no sign of the feast last night, as if it was only an illusion. As his mind tried hard to find the logic of the situation, he noticed strange sounds outside, like something continuously scraping against something. He realized that the front door was ajar.
Gripped by fear, Harry slowly went to the door. He opened it soundlessly. Kathy was standing at the clearing with her back was to him, bending over something, wasn't aware of his presence. He realized that she was the source of the sound he heard. She was sharpening a saw on a big round stone, almost enthusiastically while humming softly. What was she going to do with that thing? Harry inhaled sharply.
To his horror, he saw dark red blotches were smeared on her clothes, particularly the lower part. He darted a shocked look at the ground. There was a pool of red almost like fresh blood. A wave of sickness hit him hard he almost collapsed. He couldn't believe his eyes. Was that Anna lying motionless beside the red pool? There was no mistake. It was her! He knew that redhead too well.
You might think that being unnoticed as he was, he has an ultimate chance to finish her off and she might not realize she was attacked until it was too late. Or he might yell a war cry, announcing his presence then attacked her like a hero on many fairy tales. He would come as the winner and would be famous for avenging the monster that killed his friend. No. He just stood there numbly for several seconds before shrieking un-hero-like.
The saw on Kathy's hand fell with a sickening thud to the ground. She turned and looked at Harry with a crazy gleam in her eyes.
"My bacon sandwich! You're awake! Care to join your girlfriend?"
Harry shrieked again. He stumbled backward. The front door was slamming in front of him.
"Why were you running away? Come here. I want to show you something!"
Harry held the urge to throw up. She was crazy. Then, he realized his mistake. Instead of running away from the cabin, he was running inside. He cursed. Now what? He was totally trapped. He forced himself to calm down and think it over. The idea of running away with that wicked woman free to chase him was not a good idea. Who knew what that woman would do? For goodness sake he might have a saw embedded on his body the moment he fled from her. Maybe that woman could catch up with him despite her fat body. Moreover, he couldn't leave Anna behind. He shuddered. The thought of her lit his anger.
He needed to outwit the crazy woman. His best weapon was his brain. He couldn't use destructive power like his other friends. Though he might do some fighting, he couldn't battle an armed maniac almost twice his size barehanded. Not to mention that she had a sharp saw! He needed to make her incapacitated so that he could escape to the town and asked for help. He looked around, trying to find a way to subdue her. He could trap her somewhere in the cabin. But where?
"Roast chicken, don't be shy. Why are you running away?" Kathy called. She was on the other side of the door already.
Harry could lure her inside one of the bedroom and trap her there. No. That was not a good idea, either. He could hide behind the door, but her big body would block the exit. He would be the one trapped. There was no time.
Speaking about a trap… He set his eyes on the trapdoor. He got an idea. A foolish and desperate one, but he didn't have a choice.
Kathy opened the door forcefully.
"Where are you, smoked sausage?" She called in a sing-song voice. "Are we playing hide and seek now?"
From his hiding place, Harry could tell that Kathy moved around, searching for him in any possible hideouts in the small cabin.
"Huh? The trapdoor was open! Bad kebab! I told him not to open the door!" she grumbled. "I will teach him a lesson! Maybe he can be the main dish for breakfast today?" she laughed evilly.
Harry held his breath and willed his heart to stop beating fast, afraid she could hear them clearly. He heard her walking down the stair to the basement. He moved fast, opened the door of the larder where he hid, ran towards the surprised Kathy, kicked her in the chest and sent her tumbling down the stairs, closed the trapdoor and bolted it.
"What are you doing, chicken nugget?!" her muffled cry sounded beneath the trapdoor.
Harry ran outside and went to Anna's still body. Blood covered the back of her head and her neck. Her lifeless blue eyes stared at the sky. It was too late. Harry cursed. Tears stung his eyes. He turned and ran as fast as possible to the city. Now that the sun was up and the fog was gone, he could find his way back to the city. Rage boiled inside him as he noticed that the cabin was located so damn near to the city. If they hadn't stopped at the cabin and kept walking, they might reach the city in less than twenty minutes. And then, Anna would not…
Harry closed his eyes, trying to dismiss the thought. He hoped that it was just a nightmarish nightmare, that he was still asleep, so was Anna on the next door. That Kathy was only a harmless fat lady. He kept running and running, letting his legs led him. And what a wonderful guide they were, since he suddenly crashed into a solid muscular body and landed hard on his bottom on the cobblestone road.
He opened his eyes and looked up at the handsome face of the head of the Red Dormitory.
"You looked like hell," he said. Okay. Just forget about the handsome and muscular part.
"Wh-what are you doing here?" Harry stuttered.
"I have a business to make with Annaliese. So, where is she?"
In a flash, Harry stood up. Words poured from his mouth incoherently.
"Never mind about that! She was… It was too late… The witch… Trapdoor… My fault…"
Larc raised his hand, signaling him to stop talking. "You don't make any sense. Try to explain slowly."
"We don't have time for that!" Harry shouted at his face. In normal situation, he would never dare to even think about shouting at Larc. In fact, he never saw anybody doing so, except those who had death wishes to die in a painful way. Since it was not a normal situation, he thought he could make it an exception. "Just follow me, please. I will tell you the whole story while we are running."
Harry wondered if he truly looked like hell like Larc had said before, since the man didn't argue with Harry ordering him around. He expected a thunderbolt to strike him from behind, but there was nothing. Larc followed him, though Harry couldn't read his expression at all. Running back to Kathy's cabin, he explained everything in detail, starting from his decision to walk back to the city when their car was out of fuel to his trapping Cathy inside her own cabin. When he finished his story, they had arrived at the cabin. Harry knelt beside Anna's lifeless body and sobbed.
"If only I didn't fall asleep, she might be still alive. Poor Anna. I will make sure that the witch will get a severe punishment for this."
Larc knelt beside him and looked at the body. Though he claimed that he was looking for her, his face was still unreadable as ever. Then he stood and looked around the cabin.
"Well, if it is her, is that you over there?" he pointed.
Harry raised his head, following the direction Larc's index finger pointed at. True, there was a figure that looked like him, well, looked exactly like him, standing under the sunlight at the end of the clearing. He was instantly dumbfounded. He looked at Anna's body closely, his mind kept racing. Larc knelt once again and touched the body.
"Despite of what you've said, I think we are truly looking at a very fine statue. An absolutely marvellous art it looks like the real deal."
"B-bu-but…" Harry stammered.
"We can ask the old lady to find the truth. Where do you lock her in, you said?"
"But Anna is missing!" he protested.
"Well, do you think a crazy old lady can do her in that easily?"
"Well, she's not that old, but yeah, I see your point," Harry said in a small voice. He totally forgot that. Anna might look like a fragile and weak girl, but she was strong, super strong, in fact. Now, how could he forget that? He felt so stupid suddenly.
"Where, Harry? We better release her before she becomes the victim."
Harry groaned inwardly. He went inside the cabin, Larc on his tail. He stopped midway. There were no pounding and no muffled cries. His fear increased. Larc walked pass him and opened the trapdoor. Kathy blinked her eyes as she climbed up the stairs, looking at yet another stranger in her house confusingly.
"I'm verry sorry, Madam. It seems that one of my students had mistaken you for a bloody murderer who killed his friend," explained Larc.
"Murderer? Kill?" asked Kathy with a questioning look.
"You have a saw with you and blood smeared on your clothes and Anna's gone and you were so interested with her last night!" accused Harry.
"Ohhh, my chicken nugget, I think you've misunderstood."
Larc looked puzzled by the endearment.
"See!? She keep calling us by any kind of meat dishes even though we've told her our names!"
"Well, you like it better if I call you by vegetable dishes?" asked Kathy, looked more confused than before.
Harry slapped his forehead. Larc looked bored.
"Maybe you can explain what actually happened," Larc prompted.
"I accidentally slipped on the ground while painting the statue of your girlfriend. I knocked the can over and the red paint splashed on me as well. I fell into the pedestal and it broke under my weight. That's why I sharpen my saw, to make a new pedestal from the logs."
"So, that's why Anna's statue is lying on the ground rather than standing like my statue," Harry concluded. Everything began to make sense inside his head.
"So, you've looked at the statue, then. I put it under the sunlight to let the paint dry faster."
"But, you are so mysterious about your basement!"
"I've placed all my statues there. I want to show them to you guys after I finished your statues."
"But, it doesn't explain why Anna is missing!"
"She's not. She went to take a bath on the river nearby. You can reach the river through the path behind my cabin."
Larc closed his eyes and shook his head. Harry had never felt so humiliated before. His cheeks were red and he hoped the ground opened to swallow him. He could feel his face reddening more when light footsteps were heard getting closer outside. Less than a minute, Anna appeared at the door, looked so fresh and alive. The three of them stared at her.
"Huh? Did I miss something?" she asked with pure confusion. "Harry, you look like a red tomato. Kathy, is there something wrong with the statue? And Larc? What are you doing here?"
Larc sighed and walked towards her. "I've just arrived. I want to ask for your help." He took Anna's arm and led her outside.
"Um," Harry began difficultly. "I'm so terribly sorry. You've been so kind to us and I repay you so badly."
"Don't worry, pickled cucumber. It's not every day that I have such an interesting day," she laughed heartily and slapped him on the shoulder.
Harry couldn't help but flinched hearing the new endearment. Oh well, it turned out that she was only an eccentric fat woman with an awesome talent. Later that day, she finished Anna's statue and placed it beside his statue. Harry felt as if he was looking at his own reflection. Kathy showed them the basement, where she stored her statues, all of which were so astounding that no words could truly describe them. If Harry looked at the content of the basement and saw the statues before he hid inside the larder, he might think that they were victims of black magic and got more freaked out than he was at that time. All in all, he was grateful that he had awakened from his 'nightmare'.
Speaking about black magic, Anna looked a bit guarded after Larc told her the reason he came searching for her. She didn't tell Harry anything about that but he could see that she was becoming restless. Something bad must be happened in the city. But it was definitely another story…
The End


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48 evacuated off stranded Cannon Mountain tram carsBy JOHN KOZIOL
Union Leader Correspondent
February 14. 2016 7:21PM
FRANCONIA — Some four dozen people had an unexpected adventure on Valentine's Day when the trams they were riding got stuck on the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway.
According to Cannon Mountain officials, there were 41 passengers in the ascending "mustard" tram, which was halted about 100 feet from the tramhouse, some 40 feet off the ground.
Its companion, the red-colored tram "ketchup," had seven passengers and was a similar distance from the top on the downslope.
At approximately 1:50 p.m. Sunday, a mechanical issue caused the braking system to engage, stopping the two-tram system, the ski area said in a statement.
"The mood was enthusiastic for the first 45 minutes," said Ben Landry, who was in the "mustard" car. "But then it was super cold."
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Cannon personnel, assisted by area firefighters, used a rope and cables to first lower the passengers from the "ketchup" tram before repeating the process for the "mustard" car. No one was injured.
"I was really scared, it wasn't fun," said Ashley Miesner of Northborough, Mass, who was riding in the "mustard" tram. Unlike most of her fellow passengers, she was there just to enjoy the views from the lodge at the top of Cannon.
Cannon officials said the "ketchup" tram was emptied by 3:45 p.m.
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He said efforts are underway to have the tram open for business today, pending inspections by the state and a tram contractor.
Paula Tracy of WMUR-TV, a former staff writer for the Union Leader, was aboard the "mustard" tram.
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"They did a great job," Tracy said.
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DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. - It is the first official polling place open on Election Day, but don't expect the results to have too much of an impact on the rest of the country.
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire carries the tradition of casting their ballots for the next President of the United States just after midnight on Election Day. Their results are then tallied and announced to the world.
Clinton wins first presidential vote in Dixville Notch, NH as Election Day officially kicks off #FoxNews2016— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 8, 2016
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2015 Photo competition
So, you have a festive period stretching out in front of you, you have a camera (or phone with a camera), you'll be going out for a run at some point? Yes? Well, it's just lucky we have the Carnethy Annual Photo Competition!
Jasmin and Konrad devised the theme this year, "Scottish Shenanigans".
All you need to do is get your camera, get your thinking caps on, get an idea and then take a photo. Is there a run or a summit involved? Maybe some Carnethy colours or vests? If so, all good! If not…still all good! The period for taking photos and submissions is a week either side of Hogmanay, so from Christmas eve until the 7th Jan (inclusive).
"Scottish Shenanigans"? What does that actually mean?
I don't know, your interpretation is as good as anyone else's! You can go for something simple, like wearing a bit of tartan or something else associated with Scotland. Or maybe go for something more Scottish overkill…like a photo of Wee Jimmy Krankie headbutting a deep-fried haggis supper.
It can be arty, funny, scenic, or just something you thought looked cool. There are no wrong answers to this one, it's just a bit of fun. Previous entries can be found on this page.
Do I have to get naked?
No, not at all! Well…only if you *really* want to.
Oh, so does that mean I can…
No, it doesn't, Bob! Put that away! 🙂
Brill! I've taken a photo, what next?
Firstly try and reduce it in size to, ideally, 1200px wide at 72dpi. Or at least something other than megabytes in size.
Then email it to the webteam with photocompetition in the subject.
Then what?
We'll post them on this page and we'll announce a winner at the Burns Supper later in January. Apt, huh?
So, get snapping! We're looking forward to seeing what you can do!
This year's entries –
Matt Davis
On Xmas Eve I was out getting my arse blasted on a run over Culter Fell when I found an iPhone just off the summit. Long story short and owing in no small part my sleuth like skills & various shenanigans I have been able to track down the owner Bobby (reproduced courtesy of a selfie off his phone) and am in the process of repatriating him with his expensive toy. He'd been back up but it had probably been covered in snow. Christmas really is the season of good will.
The Winner!
Jeff Roberts
Who would have thought porridge would be such a tricky surface to write on with icing?
Brian Howie
An old friend of Carnethy on Xmas Eve
Jonathan Whitehead
The new Corbett -the summit of Kirrierioch Hill (NX 42093 86949 <http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/bingmaps.php?qu=S&rf=1691> ) on 25.12.15
Nicola Dunn
Mark Hartree
Short ideas but after a few sherries and this happened!
Mike Lynch
James Cox
Loch Hourn, Loch Quoich Xmas day, sorry could not find a shenanigan. Xmas eve storms did for them.
Previous photo competitions –
Show 2014 photo competition
Photo competition 2014 –
Many thanks to everyone who entered this years Arty/Photo Competition – the task to produce a Carnethy and/or festive themed picture or words using a GPS trace.
Some very impressive and detailed entries where displayed at the bar in KB for all to see (including Bob's @rse, well it wouldn't be a photo comp without it). Willie presented each picture in turn for the Carnethy cheerometer to judge. The entries were filtered down to a top 5, and then a top 3 for the final round of the cheerometer.
The overall winner was Mary & Matt's "Cool Yule Pent(lands)agram", taking in 5 Pentland summits over some 10.5miles.
Joint second place was Digby's "Putting a smile on the Bush gang's Carnethy run, AKA 'Do I win?'" and Frisbee Jeff's "Carnethy star". The winners received a choice of beers or wine.
All entries are awarded a bottle of beer, with junior entries getting a box of chocs.
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Scroll down to see winners!
New Carnethy Highlander logo – the Picasso version – from Willie
Bob's er…
Helen's reindeer! –
Joint second
'Frisbee' Jeff's Carnethy star –
|Here is my route and a link to my photos of creating it on Facebook:
Entries from the Jones' – We've slogged around the hills to make pretty pictures for you!
A Christmas Tree by Ronnie; A Present By Solly (and Matt)…
Worthy winners!
…and A Cool Yule Pent(lands)agram by me and Matt. Size matters, y'know.
Also, Rosie has drawn a bum. I don't have it on my computer yet, but will forward her smutty offering tomorrow
Mike Lynch – Christmas Pudding in a graveyard. Sort of…
Jim & Jane – In case it's not obvious, the trace is of a christmas stocking with a doll sticking out the top.
Pretty good, right? Cheers!
Euan Boyd – Xmas Tree and MuddyDaSnowman
Joint second
Digby – Putting a smile on the Bush gang's Carnethy – Allermuir – Castlelaw run
Willie Gibson (click the enlarge map symbol to see the message!) –
Festive shapes from the Burnett Kids –
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Photo of graffiti that was scrawled on the sidewalk in front of the home of Bowling Green State University basketball coach Louis Orr.
BOWLING GREEN -- Police said one boy "made an admission" to involvement in at least one of two racially charged incidents of graffiti and vandalism this week.
Police Lt. Brad Biller said four juveniles, ages 15 to 17, were questioned about a swastika and "white power" being written in chalk on the driveway of Bowling Green State University's men's basketball coach Louis Orr. One of the juveniles reportedly admitted to participation in the graffiti, Lieutenant Biller said.
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Taiwanese cellular phone maker HTC is reportedly hooking up with social network giant Facebook to come up with a smart phone specially designed to satisfy consumers' Facebook addiction.
According to a reliable insider, High Tech Computer Corporation is currently developing a Facebook phone that uses Android as its operating system.
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Over the past few months, Facebook hired six former iPhone engineers and a former iPad engineer, sparking rumors about the plan of Mark Zuckerburg to venture into the smartphone industry.
For now the U.S mobile market has been dominated by South Korean tech firm Samsung, which remains the top smartphone maker.
ComScore conducted a survey of more than 30,000 U.S mobile subscribers in the United States with Samsung getting 26 percent market share in the third quarter.
However, Apple emerges as the biggest gainer in the third quarter after jumping by 2.1 percentage points to 17.5 percent, putting the Steve Jobs-founded company 1.1 percentage points behind the second largest handset maker LG (17.7 percent).
Meanwhile, Google's Android operating system remained the top smartphone platform with 52.5 percent share, which is up nearly 1 percentage point from the second quarter.
Google's main rival Apple came in No. 2 with 34.3 percent, up 1.9 percentage points. The shares of Nokia's Symbian, Research In Motion, and Microsoft's Windows Phone all plummeted during the third quarter.
Via: CNET


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BARNEY, Tina
3865219950 / 9783865219954
BARNEY, TINA. Players, Gottingen: Steidl, 2011. Oblong quarto, first edition, unpaginated with 68 color plates, some photos double-page, printed boards. Barney, known for off-kilter but seemingly affectionate portrayals of affluent American families, here delivers more of the same, with the addition of high-fashion and Wooster Group performance photos in her typical brightly-colored style. Signed on the first leaf by the photographer, with an introduction in verse by Michael Stipe Condition of this book: Faint signs of wear, fine.
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CHAGALL, Marc.
Drawings and water colors for The Ballet
CHAGALL, MARC. Drawings and water colors for The Ballet, New York: Tudor, 1969. Folio, first edition, pp. 155, light green cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine and upper panel, slipcased, original Chagall lithograph bound in. This book was inspired by Chagall's work on modern dance sets including Daphnis and Chloe, The Firebird and Aleko, with numerous double-page color illustrations. The lithograph, showing two dancers and faun, is often removed from the book and framed. Condition of this book: Overall very good, slipcase worn at edges with a few small stains. Jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, leaves clean and tight, litho has a faint wrinkle in the upper left off the image.
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MAPPLETHORPE, Robert.
Certain People
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MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT. Certain People, Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. Folio, first edition, unpaginated, blue cloth boards with black stamped lettering to the spine and front, gravure plates portraying various arts celebrities and pop-culture figures, defunct boostore ticket on rear endpage. Condition of this book: Near fine with minor chipping at dust jacket's edges, age toning at the leaves' edges.
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MORGAN, Barbara.
Sixteen Dances in Photographs
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MORGAN, BARBARA. Sixteen Dances in Photographs, Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan, 1980. Square quarto, first revised edition of a 1941 book, pp. 168, green cloth boards with red lettering to spine and front, halftone photo plates, signed on the half-title page by Morgan. A classic photobook focusing on a great American and her dance company. Condition of this book Very good with light toning/soiling at covers' edges, minor spine slant, faint humid odor will likely fade with dry storage.
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NEWMAN, Arnold.
One Mind's Eye
0879230940 / 9780879230944
NEWMAN, ARNOLD. One Mind's Eye, Boston: David R. Godine, 1974. Oblong quarto, priority unknown to me, pp. xix, 192 photo plates, 12 (appendix, technical data etc.), black cloth with silver lettering stamped on spine and upper board, duotone photos. A thorough treatment of the 20th-century photographer's career, including the famous "Yaacou Agam" collage, and also photos that establish Newman as more than just a brilliant celebrity photographer. Robert Hirsch, in his photo history "Seizing the Light": Newman's favorite procedure was to bring his studio to his subjects, integrating their personalities with their surroundings, thereby affirming the subject's position, occupation and status to an audience unfamiliar with the subject." Condition of this book: Boards slightly bowing forward, jacket has a chip, a short tear and other minor wear. Leaves clean and tight but at this writing smell of humid storage (will likely dissipate with dry storage), images fine.
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SIGISMONDI, Floria
3931126188 / 9783931126186
SIGISMONDI, FLORIA. Redemption, Berlin: Die Gestalten Verlag, 1999. Folio, pp. 160, printed boards, color plates. Shock photos of shock musicians and other pop culture figures including Marilyn Manson, Debra Soto, Twiggy, David Bowie, The Moth, Raygun, and many others. That's Bowie on the cover. The influence of Joel Peter Witkin is obvious here, although there is little commentary but a couple of poems. Caption pamphlet included. Condition of this book: Boards show only light wear, spine a bit shaken, overall very good.
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WEBER, Bruce
Bruce Weber
Tokyo, Treville, 1991, 0821218883 / 9780821218884 first edition, softcover, near fine large quarto
unpaginated, wraps, duotone photos with some color family pictures, on medium-weight matted paper typical of Weber books, with a six-page essay called Eternal Farewells! by the beat writer William S. Burroughs and an autobiographical essay by Weber, with family photos. Weber begins by telling us that when he was 20, he wanted to look like Clint Eastwood, about the time Eastwood was cleaning swimming pools in Los Angeles. This book was released to accompany the exhibition by Weber at the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles and the Parco Exposure Gallery in Tokyo. Condition of this book: Wraps show light chipping at extremities; all else fine. Leaves clean and tight.
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- The Active Workplace Study (Brad Wipfli & Steven Shea, MPIs): Exposure to sedentary work is an occupational hazard with significant health and safety consequences, including increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, early mortality, musculoskeletal pain, injuries, and detrimental changes in physiological functioning. As the number of sedentary jobs in the US continues to grow, effective interventions to reduce sedentary behavior in the workplace are increasingly important. This multilevel intervention will examine the effectiveness of varying doses of a Total Worker Health intervention, aimed at maximizing the utilization of health and safety resources, for reducing sedentary behavior and prolonged sitting among call center employees, who are among the most sedentary workers in the US.
- Tech4Rest (Ryan Olson & Peter W. Johnson, MPIs): Sleep deficiency is a crosscutting factor for Total Worker Health that not only impacts workplace safety, but also generates excess risk for obesity, chronic disease, and early mortality. This is particularly true in long-haul trucking where drivers face very challenging sleeping conditions. Our project will focus on truck driver teams (pairs), where one driver sleeps in a moving vehicle while the other partner drives. Team drivers experience twice as many awakenings as solo drivers. We will evaluate engineering and behavioral interventions to improve sleep, reduce fatigue, and impact Total Worker Health. An enhanced cab intervention will alter whole body vibrations during driving and sleep periods, and includes a therapeutic mattress system and an active suspension seat. The enhanced cab will be evaluated alone and in combination with a behavioral sleep intervention adapted from our effective SHIFT (Safety &Health Involvement For Truckers) program. The interventions prioritize hazard reduction according to the hierarchy of controls, and will be evaluated with a randomized controlled design.
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Using a peer-led curriculum to organize home care workers into neighborhood-based WorkLife teams that provide education and social support for improving lifestyle (e.g., diet, exercise) and safety behaviors.
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Training supervisors to use a team-based approach to support balance in employee's work-family demands thus reducing stress and improving safety in City of Portland construction workers.
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NIOSH developed training, Youth at Work, to create an online interactive training curriculum that addresses both health promotion and health protection, and develop a dissemination plan capitalizing on social media specifically designed to interest and be worthwhile to young workers.
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Training supervisor skills supported by behavior tracking technology in Latino and non-Latino supervisors in construction to motivate their employees to adopt and safer work practices and make healthier lifestyle choices (based on an employee training program on healthy lifestyles).


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The good folks at Bankrate.com recently took a look to see how an income investor who used the Dividend Aristocrats -- stuffed with stocks including Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Sysco (NYSE:SYY), Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and 3M (NYSE:MMM) -- as the default for 60% of their portfolio would have fared compared to plunking that 60% in the S&P 500. (In both cases the other 40% was invested in a core bond fund tied to the Barclays Aggregate (AGG) index.)
If a retiree started with $1 million in 2000 and used the Dividend Aristocrats for the stock allocation, he would have nearly $1.8 million at the end of 2013. And that's assuming our retiree made annual withdrawals that started at 4% in 2000 and were adjusted for inflation going forward. The portfolio using the straight up S&P 500 as its stock allocation came in at $838,000. If the start date is 1994, the portfolio with the Dividend Aristocrats as the stock anchor grew to $3.4 million and the portfolio using the S&P 500 reached $2.7 million by the end of 2013.
Until recently, the only way to invest in the Aristocrats through a diversified portfolio was the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:SDY) that owns all the stocks in the S&P 1500 -- yes that's 1500 not 500 -- that have managed to raise their dividends annually over the past 20 years. But last fall, a purer play on the S&P 500's Aristocrats hit the ETF market. The ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF (BATS:NOBL) owns the 10% or so of the that index that has managed annual dividend hikes over the past 25 years. (Yep, 25 years for the S&P 500 Aristocrats and 20 years for the S&P 1500 Aristocrats. Go figure.)
While five months is too short a time to draw any meaningful conclusions, the chart below provides some important grounding: over the long term the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats have delivered, but that does not mean they always outperform in terms of total return.
NOBL Total Return Price data by YCharts
And it's important to understand that the Aristocrat model only insists on dividend growth; there's no bar set on how much dividend growth is required. One of the prime attributes a dividend stock has over a bond is the ability to have the income payout grow at a pace that is better than the rate of inflation. Yet a retiree leaning hard on Aristocrats such as Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED), Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) hasn't pocketed inflation-beating dividend hikes over the past five years.
ED Dividend data by YCharts
And that's a stretch when inflation has been very very low. If we assumed a more normal 3% annualized inflation rate over the past five years, more S&P 500 Aristocrats had dividend hikes that would have fallen below that 16% total inflation rise, including high AT&T (NYSE:T):
T Dividend data by YCharts
Moreover, it's important to understand who's not in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. Namely: the tech sector. There are no tech stocks in the ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF. That compares to a nearly 17% weight for tech stocks in the S&P 500. Of course the problem is the 25-year payout requirement. It's not just Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), which just started (re)paying a dividend two years ago, but even dividend standout Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has only been at it for a mere 11 years ago. Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) also started its payout in 2003. Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) has been at it since 2011.
What you do own a lot of are Consumer Defensive stocks. The 27% weighting in the ProShares ETF is nearly three times the level for the S&P 500. Within that sector, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has a dividend yield well above the 1.7% for the S&P 500, along with solid dividend growth, all selling at a not worrisome 15 trailing 12 month PE ratio.
WMT Dividend data by YCharts
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is perhaps the most compelling Aristocrat. A current yield near 3.5% is well ahead of the 2.8% yield on the 10-year Treasury note. Meanwhile, dividend growth is decidedly well above inflation:
CVX Dividend data by YCharts
Chevron recently traded at a trailing 12 month PE ratio of 10.
Carla Fried, a senior contributing editor at ycharts.com, has covered investing for more than 25 years. Her work appears in The New York Times, Bloomberg.com and Money Magazine.
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