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Daily Devotional
April 19
Thine Is My Heart: Devotional Readings from the Writings of John Calvinby John Calvin (compiled by John H. Kromminga)
Republished from the OPC Daily Devotional
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Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, —Philippians 3:13
... Depravity never ceases in us, but is perpetually producing new fruits —those works of the flesh which we have already described, like the emission of flarne and sparks from a heated furnace, or like the streams of water from an unfailing spring. For lust never dies, nor is altogether extinguished in men, till by death they are delivered from the body of death, and entirely divested of themselves.
Baptism, indeed promises us the submersion of our Pharaoh, and the mortification of sin; yet not so that it no longer exists, or gives us no further trouble; but only that it may never overcome us. For as long as we live immured in this prison of the body, the relics of sin will dwell in us; but if we hold fast by faith the promise which God has given us in baptism, they shall not domineer or reign over us.
But let no man deceive himself, let no one flatter himself in his guilt, when he hears that sin always dwells in us. These things are not said in order that those who are already too prone to do evil may securely sleep in their sins, but only that those who are tempted by their corrupt inclinations may not faint and sink into despondency; but that they may rather reflect that they are yet in the way, and may consider themselves as having made some progress, when they experience their corruptions diminishing from day to day, till they shall attain the mark at which they are aiming, even the final destruction of their depravity, which will be accomplished at the close of this mortal life.
In the meantime, let them not cease to fight manfully, to animate themselves to constant advances, and to press forward to complete victory. For it ought to give additional impulse to their exertions, to see that, after they have been striving so long, so much still remains for them to do. We conclude, therefore, that we are baptized into the mortification of the flesh, which commences in us at baptism, which we pursue from day to day, and which will be perfected when we pass out of this life to the Lord. —Institutes, IV, xv, xi
John Calvin was the premier theologian of the Reformation, but also a pious and godly Christian pastor who endeavored throughout his life to point men and women to Christ. We are grateful to Reformation Heritage Books for permission to use John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart as our daily devotional for 2013 on the OPC Web site. You can currently obtain a printed copy of that book from Reformation Heritage Books.
Dr. Joel Beeke, who is editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, has this to say:
"Calvin shows us the piety of a Reformed theologian who speaks from the heart. Having tasted the goodness and grace of God in Jesus Christ, he pursued piety by seeking to know and do God's will every day. He communed with Christ, practicing repentance, self-denial, and cross-bearing. Moreover, his theology worked itself out in heart-felt, Christ-honoring piety. The selections of this devotional bear this out, and hopefully will be used by God to direct pious hearts in our own day."These devotional readings from John Calvin were compiled by John H. Kromminga. Be sure to read his "Introduction" to John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart.


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The Problems With Focus On The Family's And The Alliance Defense Fund's Model Anti-Bullying Policy
Focus On The Family, via their activism arm CitizenLink, has been using their website to promote the Alliance Defense Fund's (ADF's) Model Anti-Bullying Policy. When I read the model policy, I saw the problem with the lack of enumeration, and contacted the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to get their statement on the Model Anti-Bullying Policy. Also, I vaguely remembered their was documentation on why enumeration is important in bullying policies, and wanted to know they had information on the relevant court rulings and statistical documentation.
During my phone communication with their media relations department, I learned there are actually four significant issues with the ADF's Model Anti-Bullying Policy that Focus On The Family's/CitizenLink's Education Annalist Candi Cushman is pushing in the media. (You remember Candi Cushman: she's the point person that CitizenLink has declared on their website is "a leading national expert on education issues" without providing corroboration as to how or why she is a leading national expert in this field.) So here are the four major issues with the Model Anti-Bullying Policy:
- Enumeration.
- Lack of a training component.
- Over-limitation on locations where school bullying falls under the policy; over-limitation on when school bullying falls under the policy.
- Overemphasis on free speech.
Point by point:
1. Enumeration.
GLSEN has a document available on the importance of enumeration — simply entitled "Enumeration," and it references theirs and Harris Interactive's From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America; A Survey of Students and Teachers and The 2007 National School Climate Survey: The experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in our nation's schools.
In a legal sense, enumeration refers to the identification of categories — of people or things — to which a law applies. In anti-bullying laws, in hate crime laws, in laws that protect against discrimination — these categories are referred to as protected classes.
One of the main reasons to spell out protected classes regards how students are better protected from bullying where enumerated polices exist.
[More below the fold.]To quote from GLSEN's Enumeration:
Students who attend schools with policies that enumerate categories report less bullying and harassment then students who do not.
Research has shown that students in states with non-enumerated laws are no more protected from bullying than students who live in states without any anti-bullying and harassment laws (74.3% with generic policies vs. 75.0% with no policies report 'often or frequently' hearing homophobic remarks based on sexual orientation).
Students report less overall harassment when they know their school has a comprehensive policy that includes enumeration. Students from schools with an enumerated policy report that others are harassed far less often in their school for reasons like their physical appearance (36% vs. 52%), their sexual orientation (32% vs. 43%) or their gender expression (26% vs. 37%).
Students whose schools have a policy that specifically includes sexual orientation and gender identity/expression are less likely than other students to report a serious harassment problem at their school (33% vs. 44%).
Enumeration is essential if laws are to be implemented.
History and the Supreme Court tell us that enumerating policies is necessary. Girls would not have sports and our schools would not be integrated if policymakers had not specifically addressed these inequities by enumerating categories like sex and race in our laws. The Supreme Court of the United States noted in Romer v. Evans that "enumeration is the essential device used to make the duty not to discriminate concrete and to provide guidance for those who must comply (Romer v. Evans 517 U.S. 620 (1996)."
Enumeration gives teachers and other educators the tools they need to implement anti-bullying and harassment policies, which makes it easier for them to intervene to prevent bullying. School personnel often fear that they will themselves be targeted for intervening on behalf of LGBT students. When they can point to language that provides clear protection for LGBT students, they feel more comfortable enforcing the policy. Students reported that teachers were significantly more likely to intervene always or most of the time in states with enumerated policies, as compared to states with either non-enumerated policies or no policies at all (25.3% vs. 15.9% and 12.3%).
…Comprehensive policies with enumeration help ensure safety and reduce absenteeism.
Students from schools with an enumerated policy are 50% more likely to feel very safe at school (54% vs. 36%). Students without such a policy are three times more likely to skip a class because they feel uncomfortable or unsafe (16% vs. 5%).
Unlike GLSEN, the Alliance Defense Fund and Focus On The Family — on their TrueTolerance.org — don't list studies that support their conclusion that anti-bulling polices that don't enumerate protect students better than enumerated policies. Unlike GLSEN, Focus On The Family has not funded its own studies to determine if their model policy actually does what thay state it will do. In fact, one of their bullet points on the subject actually states:
Statistics also indicate that race, ethnicity issues, and even opposite-sex harassment actually account for more bullying problems, than do homosexual-related issues.
If, as Focus On The Family states…
Focus on the Family believes that bullying should be recognized as a serious problem and should be strongly addressed.
We believe schools can address this issue with a strong prohibition against any form of bullying-for any reason, against any child.
…Why point out which group is bullied more, or bullied less? This isn't the Oppression Olympics, but the Alliance Defense Fund, Focus On The Family, and specifically Focus on the Family Action (CitizenLink) Education Analyst Candi Cushman, are trying to make this the Oppression Olympics. Specifically, Candi Cushman stated (emphasis added):
…In fact, when you look at the more objective data sources, and not just the information coming from gay activist groups, physical appearance-or the general concept of appearing different than one's peers — is actually the most common reason reported for why victims are targeted. This can involve a whole slew of issues, such as one's weight, a girl who is developing faster than others, a child who wears glasses, or a boy who acts more effeminate than his peers, etc, etc. In fact, statistics indicate that race, ethnicity issues, and even opposite-sex harassment actually account for more bullying problems, than do homosexual-related issues.
It's sure appears to me that Candi Cushman is defining how serious bullying is against individual students by puting it in the terms of how many in each catagory are bullied. It seems to me that Candi Cushman is framing anti-LGBTQ bullying as a lesser form of bullying then of bullying for race or gender — she's more than implying that because the quantity of students who are bullied for being perceived as being LGBTQ are less in numbers than other forms of bullying, it's not a serious problem.
2. Lack of a training component.
There is no training component to Focus On The Family's and the Alliance Defense Fund's Model Anti-Bullying Policy.
Think about that for a moment. How is a teacher or administrator going to know how to identify what constitutes bullying — identifying bullying that falls under the parameters of a school district's policies? How does a teacher or administrator recognize the students who are being bullied if one doesn't know what typical bullying of specific types of students looks like? How is a teacher or administrator going to know, by district policy, when he, she, or ze is supposed to intervene in accordance with the policy? What are intervening actions are the teacher or administrator is supposed to take if he, she, or ze determines bullying has occurred? How is a teacher or administrator going to know what intervening actions are effective, and what intervening actions are ineffective? — and could make the bullying escalate?
With no training component spelled out in Model Anti-Bullying Policy, Focus On The Family's and the Alliance Defense Fund's Model Anti-Bullying Policy, the bad outcomes that GLSEN's studies indicate in Enumeration document seem assured.
3. Over-limitation on locations where school bullying falls under the policy; over-limitation on when school bullying falls under the policy.
This is what the Model Anti-Bullying Policy states about where the policy applies:
The District prohibits all bullying on school premises, at school-sponsored functions or activities, or on school-sponsored transportation.
This is the definition of these locations:
B. "School Premises" means any building, structure, athletic field, sports stadium or other real property owned, operated, leased or rented by the District or one of its schools, including, but not limited to, any kindergarten, elementary, secondary, or vocational-technical school.
C. "School-Sponsored Functions or Activities" means a field trip, sporting event, or any other function or activity that is officially sponsored by the District or one of its schools.
D. "School-Sponsored Transportation" means a motor vehicle owned, operated, leased, rented or subcontracted by the District or one of its schools.
This means that students who don't take the school bus to and from school are subject to bullying that doesn't fall under the district anti-bullying policy if they walk, ride a bike, or take a privately owned vehicle to school. This means that all bullying that takes place on a public sidewalk or street in front of the school doesn't fall under the district anti-bullying policy. This means that all cyberbullying that is initiated via electronic devices that are not physically on school property when the cyberbullying is initiated is cyberbullying that doesn't fall under the district anti-bullying policy.
A student bully essentially just has to move his bullying off-campus, off school buses, and away from within the confines of school-sponsored events to engage in bullying that impacts his, her, or hir chosen bullying victims.
And remember, bullying can include physical violence.
4. Overemphasis on free speech.
The last line in the Model Anti-Bullying Policy states this:
This policy shall not be interpreted to infringe upon the First Amendment rights of students, and is not intended to prohibit expression of religious, philosophical, or political views, provided that such expression does not cause an actual, material disruption of the work of the school.
Note that the first listed protected viewpoint listed is religious. That means an Evangelical or Pentecostal Christian student is free to tell lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students as frequently as he or she desires:
You homosexuals are an abomination to God, and are going to hell.
As long as an Evangelical or Pentecostal Christian student does not cause an actual, material disruption of the work of the school — which I'm assuming means doesn't disrupt work in the classroom — this would not be administratively considered creating a hostile school environment for LGBTQ students. So a bullying Christian student could repeat this over and over again as long as he or she said this to LGBTQ students between classes and during lunch period.
This means that a transgender elementary school student could be harassed with faith-based free speech as frequently as frequently as a peer Evangelical or Pentecostal Christian student desires — except when that faith-based free speech causes an actual, material disruption of the work of the school. Recess and lunch then are fair game in the school day to harass transgender elementary school children.
The Alliance Defense Fund's and Focus On The Family's Model Anti-Bullying Policy is designed specifically to let Evangelical or Pentecostal Christian students (and their Evangelical or Pentecostal Christian parents) to create hostile school environments for LGBTQ-identified students.
And let's again remember the woman who is currently pushing the meme "Anti-Bullying" Initiatives Are Gay Activists' Latest Tools Of Choice For Sneaking Homosexuality Lessons Into Classrooms. She's the education expert…right?
Further reading:
* Twin Cities Daily Planet: Mother: Anoka-Hennepin School policy contributed to gay son's suicide
* GLSEN: An Open Letter from GLSEN Board Member Sirdeaner Walker to Candi Cushman at Focus on the Family
* AFA Highlights/Recycles FOTF Campaign Against Perceived Gay Public School Agenda
* Focus On The Family/CitizenLink Sees "Sneaky" Gay Agenda In The Public Schools


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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 full review
With the high-end camera market currently dominated by SLR (single lens reflex) digicams, you'd think there'd be no demand for a new all-in-one model. But Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-R1 isn't like any all-in-one ever released.
It's got a 10.8Mp (megapixels) sensor, an excellent 5x zoom lens and, crucially, is the first all-in-one to sport the same kind of sensor as a digital SLR. It's a unique package for £699, but how does it shape up?
The R1's entire design, operation and performance is built around its unique sensor, which combines the low noise of a digital SLR with the live screen of a consumer camera (see The R1's sensor, below). With the screen used for composition, the R1 doesn't need the prism and flipping mirror of a traditional SLR. This not only enables the R1 to operate silently, but also allows Sony to place the lens elements much closer to the sensor.
The lens itself, designed by Carl Zeiss, offers a wide 5x range equivalent to 24-120mm, with a bright optical ratio of f2.8~4.8. The zoom is operated by a mechanical ring, but manual focus is electrically assisted; a lens hood is supplied.
The R1's 10.8Mp sensor delivers images with 3,888x2,592 pixels and sufficient detail to make prints at least 2in larger than those provided by budget digital SLRs. Images can be recorded at two Jpeg levels, or in RAW mode accompanied by a Jpeg.
Best-quality Jpegs measure around 4.5MB each and can be recorded onto CompactFlash or Memory Stick cards; you'll need to supply your own.
Flipping out
In terms of design, the R1 is unmistakably a Sony camera, although the swivelling body of its high-end predecessors has been replaced by a more flexible flip-out 2in screen. Rather than mount the screen on the back, however, Sony has fitted it on top of the R1. This can be flipped out or folded back down face-up for waist-level shooting. Alternatively, you can use the electronic viewfinder.
Unusually, the main dial is mounted on the back. It switches between Auto, Program, Manual, Shutter and Aperture Priority modes, along with four scene presets. Exposures run from 1/2,000 to 30 seconds, with a bulb of up to three minutes, while a wide range of sensitivities are available, from 100 to 3,200 ISO. Burst mode fires off three frames in a second, but then pauses as the buffer is emptied.
In use the R1 feels responsive and the flip-out display encourages unusual angles. The images easily out-resolve 6Mp digital SLRs, although Canon's 8Mp 350D comes close. Noise levels aren't quite as low as most digital SLRs, but are far lower than any all-in-one, especially at higher sensitivities. On the downside, manual focusing isn't as easy as with an SLR and the three-frame buffer is small.
Ultimately, though, the choice between the R1 and a traditional SLR depends on whether you need to switch lenses. Remember: many SLR owners never remove their basic 3x zooms. They'd prefer the R1, with its longer 5x range and brighter optics, not to mention higher resolution and flexible composition.
So if you're satisfied by the R1's lens range, and sustained burst shooting and precision manual focusing aren't high priorities, then go for it. You'll enjoy higher resolution, more flexible composition and a better standard of lens than you'd get with a budget digital SLR.
The R1's sensor
The Cmos sensor on the R1 is the same size as those used by budget digital SLRs, boasting more than five times the area of those in existing high-end all-in-ones. Like digital SLRs, the R1 is thus able to deliver much lower noise levels, even at higher sensitivities.
Unlike digital SLRs, the R1 has a large Cmos sensor that can deliver live video to the screen, allowing it to be used for composition like a consumer camera. Sony has exploited this facility by offering a host of optional onscreen features that are impossible with traditional digital SLRs, including grid lines, live histograms and live zebra patterns to indicate areas of overexposure. There's no movie mode, though.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1: Specs
- 10.8Mp resolution
- 3,888x2,592-pixel output
- 3:2 aspect ratio
- 5x lens (24-120mm equivalent)
- takes CompactFlash or Memory Stick cards (not supplied)
- can use IBM Microdrive
- image size at best Jpeg-quality (approx. 4.5MB)
- 2in LCD screen or electronic viewfinder
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Cindy Sherman has new large-scale works on exhibit at Metro Pictures Gallery in NYC. The series of photographs is based on an insert she did for Pop Magazine that featured clothing from the Chanel archive. As she developed the images for exhibition she has since significantly altered the photos.
Each photo features Sherman wearing Chanel – ranging from pieces designed by Coco Chanel herself from the 1920s to contemporary pieces designed by Karl Lagerfeld. In each image she stares at the viewer amidst a background that in some cases is complimentary to the clothing, and in others is completely foreign. The background landscapes are photos that Sherman took on the island of Capri and on Iceland in 2010 during a volcano eruption. She manipulated the landscapes and gave them a painterly effect in Photoshop.
If you are in NYC you can see the Cindy Sherman exhibit at Metro Pictures Gallery now through June 9, 2012.
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VATICAN CITY — Days after Pope Francis summoned a controversial German bishop for talks on his luxurious lifestyle, the Vatican is facing an embarrassing new scandal about the lavish spending of Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory.
Gregory on Monday (March 31) apologized for a lapse in judgment after he built a plush $2.2 million mansion for himself in the heart of Atlanta's upscale Buckhead district.
His extravagant investment has provoked an outcry from some local Catholics, forcing the 66-year-old archbishop to "apologize sincerely and from my heart" in a statement published in The Georgia Bulletin, a Catholic newspaper.
"I personally failed to project the cost in terms of my own integrity and pastoral credibility with the people of God of north and central Georgia," the archbishop said.
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On Tuesday, Vatican officials declined to comment on Gregory's house, but the episode is particularly embarrassing since Francis met with German Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst behind closed doors at the Vatican last Friday.
The German, dubbed "Bishop Bling" by his critics and the media, was removed from his official position after spending $43 million of church funds on a luxury residence.
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The pope himself rejected the Vatican's ornate papal apartments for more simple lodging in the Santa Marta residence behind St. Peter's Basilica and chose a humble Ford Focus for his official vehicle.
Construction of Gregory's new 6,000-square-foot home was funded by money left by parishioner Joseph Mitchell, nephew of "Gone With the Wind" author Margaret Mitchell, when he died in 2011.
Mitchell left $15 million and his home to his local parish and the archdiocese and asked that his endowment be used for charity.
Gregory said he had received many "heartfelt, genuine and candidly rebuking" telephone calls, letters and emails for what he had done and published one atop his apology: "We are disturbed and disappointed to see our church leaders not setting the example of a simple life as Pope Francis calls for," read the anonymous complaint.
The archbishop's personal apology came as he appeals on his own archdiocese website for donations to the church's 2014 annual appeal beneath the headline, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Gregory said he would consider putting the new home on the market to ease parishioners' concerns, but has not made a final decision.
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Bisley Workshop presents our ToolStor heavy duty half louvre mobile cupboard. This BIS604291W panel cupboard has 2 double skin louvre panels covering the full rear of the carcass as well as having heavy duty reinforced steel doors. The 1150Hmm x 750Wmm x 550Dmm carcass size makes this cupboard ideal for your large components or small part storage by using the variety of louvre hanging bins available (not included). This cupboard makes your contents organised and quick to hand.
The reinforced base of the cupboards sits on top of 4 x 150mm high heavy duty rubber tyre castors, with each having a 120kg capacity. The 2 braked and 2 swivel castors can have dual settings by using the supplied brackets. These allow you to have 4 full swivel castors in order to move around your workspace freely or in tight spaces.
The BIS604291W mobile cupboard comes fitted with a high grade slip resistant Nitrile rubber worktop lining contained within a four sided steel tray top. The Nitrile rubber top has a high oil resistance and also prevents items from accidentally rolling off while the cupboard is in motion. Butyl mats for use with Skydrol aviation fluid and more corrosive day-to-day hydraulic fluids are also available on request.
The versatility of this BIS604291W louvre panel cupboard means it can be used in your workshop as a single storage unit or as part of an integrated storage solution with other ToolStor cabinets, cupboards and worktops. The well-engineered and attractive design creates a high end professional workshop system that enhances user ergonomics and content security. Retrofitting components can be added internally and externally at any point of the cupboard's lifetime. Thereby allowing you to modify or tailor your cupboard to your workshop or individual storage requirements.
Mobile Cupboard Carcass:
The precision manufactured 1150Hmm x 750Wmm x 550Dmm carcass is laser cut and robotically assembled using high grade cold rolled mild steel to meet the heavy duty and industrial standards needed. Each reinforced door is hung from the steel carcass using 3 heavy duty hinges that allow 180 degree swing motion.
All front moulding corners and edges on the 1150Hmm x 750Wmm x 550Dmm carcass are fully welded then grinded down before painting to create a flush and solid appearance. This method provides the BIS604291W cupboard with greater strength and structural integrity, making it more suitable for the industrial workplace.
The front mouldings are 20.3mm thick and constructed 5mm thicker than that of competing industrial cupboards. This provides strength and protection from side on impacts and also provides a solid housing for the heavy duty doors and hinges.
A 1.2mm top and base panel increases the stability, whilst a reinforced mobile-ready welded base and base struts give the carcass advanced structural integrity and house the 4 x 120kg capacity castors (included).
Paddle Handle Locking Mechanism:
Incorporated into the distinct door profile of this mobile louvre panel cupboard, is our patented paddle handle and spring loaded, 3 point slam bolt locking arrangement. The uniquely designed paddle handle provides an ergonomic opening and closing solution, whilst the 3 heavy duty door latches promote a "Push-to-Shut" action. These patented features allow you to open the door and push it shut with little effort required.
By replacing the traditional 3 point locking pins with slam bolt door latches, the fiddly function of lining up the pins with their relative carcass holes is no longer an issue. Subsequently the combination of the locking mechanism and the ergonomic paddle handle makes this cupboard appropriate for use under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Heavy Duty Castors:
This mobile louvre panel cupboard includes four 150mm high, heavy duty steel castors with solid Nitrile rubber tyres. They are the ideal type of castor when a strong and resilient tread is required in an industrial environment.
Two of the four castors incorporate a traditional pedal brake into the full 360 degree swivel motion, thereby not compromising either the cabinet's mobility or stability. Each castor has an individual load capacity of 120kg. The corrosive resistant and solid pressed steel construction makes our castors ideal for heavy dynamic loads, towing and when shock loading is an issue.
Each castor is securely fitted to the reinforced base struts through a thick steel thread that provides a very strong fixing. Locking brackets allow this cabinet to switch between four full swivel castors or two fixed and two full swivel castors. This gives you the ability to move the cabinet in tight and enclosed spaces where needed.
Distinct ToolStor Profile:
As part of the ToolStor range, this BIS604291W cupboard features a distinctive and attractive roll formed profile that provides the range with a recognisable identity when used as either a single storage unit or as part of an integrated storage solution. This profile brings a well-engineered and modern design to a new evolution of tool storage cupboards. The rolled formed profile has a technical function by providing a protective steel channel in which the patented locking mechanism is situated.
Textured Powder Coat Finish:
The 1150Hmm x 750Wmm x 550Dmm workshop cupboard carcass is finished in a hard wearing RAL7035 light grey textured powder coat. This high quality Bisley finish completes the cupboards internal and external surfaces. The doors are available in Gentian blue (RAL5010), Crimson red (RAL3004), light grey (RAL7035) or Anthracite grey (RAL7016). The colour distinction between carcass, door and paddle handle creates a smart, contemporary and ergonomic appearance suitable for any workshop or industrial workspace. The choice of colours allow you to select one that best reflects your workspace or your approach to business.
Colour Lead Times:
BIS604291W.50 - Gentian Blue (RAL5010): 15 - 20 Working Days
BIS604291W.30 - Crimson Red (RAL3004): 15 - 20 Working Days
BIS604291W.75 - Light Grey (RAL7035): 15 - 20 Working Days
BIS604291W.70 - Anthracite Grey (RAL7016): 15 - 20 Working Days
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|Mobile Castors
|Overall Dimensions
|1150H x 750W x 550Dmm
|With Handle & Tray Top
|1165H x 820W x 550Dmm
|Carcass Dimensions
|1000H x 750W x 550Dmm
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|Number of Drawers
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|Drawer Capacity U.D.L
|Internal Drawer Dimensions
|Combined Drawer Height
|Rear Louvre Panels
|Rear Perforated Panels
|150mm High with Dual Settings - 4 Swivel or 2 Fixed & 2 Swivel
|Castor Load Capacity
|120kg Each
|No. of Plastic Bins
|Locking Mechanism
|Propriatry Paddle Handle & 3 Point Latch Lock
|Door Lining
|Reinforcing Perforated Tool Panel
|4 Sided Steel Tray Top & Rubber Mat
|Number of Keys
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Lace is a trend we still can't get over. It had a strong presence last summer and this year it's back after Valentino, Elie Saab and Miu Miu all brought innovation into the mix with over sized reworks, eyelet patterns, and the cool awkward cute look.
Valentino Spring/Summer collection 2012
If you're like me, love lace and bought into this trend last year, but don't like to wear head to toe pretty, here are a few tips on how to refresh your lacey numbers. Layer your lace with a bright color pop of Neon! A bright neon vest or swimsuit under a lacey dress to give it a little more energy and then finish it off with one statement bracelet
Items: Ethnic Lace Dress, Ruffle Monokini One Piece Swimsuit, Swedish Hasbeens, Brea Glided Bangle
Mix your pretty pieces with some edge; vintage tee's over lace skirts and shorts for that tomboy look
Items: Daisy Embroidered Mesh Short, Vintage Loves Vintage Tees, Luke Ankle Boot
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ASHLAND, Va.—The Birmingham-Southern men's basketball team picked up a big win today, upsetting No. 17 Guilford College, 72-56, in the Coaches Classic sponsored by Kay Jewelers, hosted by Randolph-Macon College in Crenshaw Gymnasium in Ashland, Va.
The Panthers (7-2) dealt the Quakers (9-2), ranked 17th in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll, their second loss in as many days.
BSC jumped out to a quick lead to open the game and led 17-12 after the first six minutes of play, after which Guilford used a 12-0 run to go up 24-17 by the 10:13 mark. The Panthers clawed their way back into the lead, 28-27, by the 3:02 mark of the first half, and the teams played to a 33-33 tie at halftime.
Senior Schylar Freeman opened the second half with two straight baskets, and junior Larry Thomas' fourth and final three-pointer of the game capped an 8-0 BSC run to put the Panthers up 41-33. A three by Trever Hyatt at the 14:47 mark of the second half cut the Panther lead to 41-37, but the Quakers made just one of their next nine shots, during which time the BSC lead grew to 16.
Freeman scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half, going 5-5 from the field. He helped the Panthers shoot over 57 percent in the period, during which time Guilford shot 23.1 percent.
Thomas led all players with 23 points on 9-13 shooting after going 6-6 in the first half, including three three-pointers, for 16 first-half points. He also recorded his second double-double of the year with 11 rebounds, and had a team-high three steals. Senior Jason Holland led with four assists, and Freeman and sophomore Ross Welch were also in double-figure scoring with 12 points apiece.
Alston Furr led Guilford with 15 points, while Zeb Richardson led with 11 rebounds. The Quakers out-rebounded the Panthers 39-33, but doubled BSC's turnovers with 14 while the Panthers had a season-low seven.
BSC shot 43.6 percent (24-55) from the field including 45.8 percent (11-24) from three-point range. The Panthers shot 65 percent (13-20) from the free throw line. Guilford struggled from the field, hitting 32.1 percent (18-56) overall and 34.8 percent (8-23) from beyond the arc; the Quakers hit 63.2 percent (12-19) from the line.
BSC is back in action Monday, Jan. 6, facing Emory on the road at 7 p.m. Eastern in Atlanta. The teams met earlier in the season already, when BSC won 90-76 in Bill Battle Coliseum on Nov. 17.


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Policy Committee
The Policy Committee focuses on issues related to regulations and City policy, serving to prioritize, promote, and monitor activities surrounding City regulations and funding of the urban forestry program.
Heritage Tree Committee
The Heritage Tree Committee works in conjunction with the City Forester and staff to identify, evaluate, and nominate distinctive trees for designation as Heritage Trees. The program seeks particularly to protect old, large, historic, and botanically significant trees.
Education and Outreach Committee
The Education and Outreach Committee seeks to develop and implement programs to inform the public about the values of urban trees, recruit and train citizen-volunteers to actively support urban forestry issues, and recognize individuals and groups that have made notable contributions to urban forest health and expansion.
Recruitment and Nominations Committee
The Recruitment and Nominations Committee ensures that Urban Forestry Commission vacancies are filled in a timely fashion by volunteers with skills that complement the existing Commission's skill set, and identifies candidates every two years for Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary positions.
Operations Committee
The Operations Committee is the executive committee of the Urban Forestry Commission, consisting of the Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary. This committee's roles include representing the Commission during Portland Parks & Recreation's budget process, serving on the bureau's budget advisory committee, setting the monthly commission meeting agenda, writing the annual report, and performing other operational duties.
Appeals Board
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Q: Take Josh Fields for an example. The reason people can get a 90 mph fastball past him is that when he cocks, his right elbow flies up. This is not a difficult fix but yet he continues to do it. The rest of our lineup sans Gordon Beckham (who will be a monster hitter someday) can't seem to not swing at a pitch out of the zone with a 2-0 count. This is stuff I have taught ten year olds to stop swinging at bad pitches.
A: Bad thing is, the things you talked about are sooo ingrained in a guys actions by the time he's in the Big Leagues. Guys either have a good eye and patience/ pitch selection or they don't. …
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Weekend Pizza Report: Bacon Pizza at Famous Original Ray's; Bar Tano in Gowanus
Editor's note: The place I wanted to visit for this week's review wasn't open, so I'm going to give you a run-down on my weekend in pizza instead, along with a makeshift review on an unexpected place. —The Mgmt.
The Most Insane Pizza I Have Ever Seen
On Saturday I was supposed to meet Girl Slice at an undisclosed location on the Upper East Side at 3 p.m. She must have called while I was on the subway in from Brooklyn because when I popped up in Manhattan, I had a message: "Meet me at 3:30 instead."
Lucky for me I can always kill time by sampling a slice here and there or by taking photos of pizzeria exteriors to add to my growing collection. Anyway, I hadn't eaten lunch yet and I was starving, and so it was that rare occasion when quality mattered less to me than convenience. And so, after about ten minutes of walking around, I found myself at Little Slice of Italy on Second Avenue and 61st Street. I have to say, for 3:05 p.m. on a Saturday, this block was downright deserted. And with its door propped open to the elements and only one almost-listless patron inside, Little Slice of Italy felt like an Old West saloon whose drinkers have fled in advance of the showdown that's about to take place there.
I ordered a plain slice, to stay, and the less said, the better. I didn't even bother taking a photo. It was a plain ol' generic greasy grilled-cheese-tasting slice. I finished not even half of it before tossing it.
So I walk back toward where I was supposed to meet Girl Slice, and find out that if I would have just gone the opposite direction of where I started out, I would have run into a Famous Original Ray's on the corner of Lexington and 62nd. That option would have cut about nine minutes off my search time and would have given me time to try the craziest-looking slice I've ever, ever, ever seen. You see, I almost would have missed it, were it not for some high school–age kids who burst in and then started makin' a ruckus over it.
"That's gotta be the most non-Jewish pizza that ever could be," one of them said. Yes, it was ... THE BACON PIZZA (see main photo, above).
Crap if I didn't get to try it. I had just finished a plain slice from this Ray's and was shooting the picture above when my phone rang. It was Girl Slice. The Bacon Slice would have to wait.
Bar Tano
OK. So I really wanted to try this crazy-ass Brick Oven Bar Be Cue place on Third Avenue and 6th Street in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood. It's a short five-minute walk from my house, so I put it off till Sunday for lunch. Turns out the place is either not open on Sundays or is closed for good. I couldn't tell, because there was a sign on the building that said "For sale or lease." Who knows.
Though the place is billed as a 'cue joint, word is that the guy who runs it, Emmanuel Maropakis, was supposed to start doing pizza there at some point. I figured it was about time to see if he'd reached that point. Plus, my neighbor Johnny (Hi, Johnny!) was asking me what I thought about the pizza there (he knows I'm the Slice guy), and I looked like an idiot for not remembering it was there. I wanted to be ready with some intel the next time I saw Johnny.
Anyway, as I said, the place was closed, so Girl Slice and I headed a couple blocks up to Bar Tano, on the corner of Third Avenue and 9th Street. The place is kinda schizo. It looks like a French brasserie in the Keith McNally–Balthazar mold, but it's got an Italian bent to it. Surprisingly—or not surprisingly—enough, the place had pizza on the brunch menu. I figured what the hell.
The menu leads you to believe that the pizzas here are likely to be Neapolitan-ish—that is, enough for one hungry person or a bar snack to be shared by two or more people. (Telltale signs of Neapolitan pizza on a menu are usually that there's a Margherita pie in the mix, along with several other pizzas with Italian names. Price is typically a good indication of pie size as well; here, the Margherita was $8, so I figured it was a smaller pie.) What you get—and I'm not complaining, just warning you—is a smallish pizza that's almost a bit too much for one person to finish comfortably. As I said, I'm not complaining; who doesn't like to get more pizza than bargained for?
One reason the pizza may be a bit much for one is that it's got a lot of cheese, ladies and gents. Unlike a typical Neapolitan-style pie, it's pretty much blanketed in cheese, and, in this case it's a covering of regular mozzarella (as opposed to the more typically Neapolitan fresh) with, I'd dare say, a hint of cheddar thrown in, which would explain the yellow splotches on the pie and some of the sharpness in taste. It's not an altogether unpleasant taste, and was actually just what the pie doctor ordered for brunch.
Pizzas are grilled here, as they are at Bar Toto, Tano's sister establishment a hop-skip away on Sixth Avenue and 11th Street in Park Slope. Doneness on the crust was a bit uneven, as some of the slices had nice color from the grill while others were a bit pale and doughy. The crust alone was a bit bland and could have used some more salt. The nearest analog I could dredge up in my mental pizza files was the crust at Mitchel London Pizza. The sauce was zesty enough, tasting as if it started life as a can of good Italian tomatoes cooked down with the addition of some herbs and such. Again a bit of a departure from the Neapolitan-style pie in that those pies often feature a sauce that's barely much more than tomatoes themselves.
It's a good pizza here, and I'd like to make my way through the others on the menu, especially the Salsiccia (tomato sauce, sausage, caramelized onion, smoked mozz, and basil) and the Prosciutto e Rucola (tomato sauce, prosciutto, and argula). Good thing the place is a short walk away—if not, I think there are other places I'd hit for pizza first.
Bar Tano
457 Third Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11215 (Gowanus; map)
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If traveling north on I-75, then take exit 76 and turn right to proceed east on KY-21. Proceed approximately one mile until you reach campus.
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You know mindfulness has gotten trendy when someone tries to sell you a mattress with it. I was on the New York City subway yesterday and saw this, uh, interesting ad from a mattress startup: "Let your thoughts pass…like air…through our cool breathable foam." They called it a "beditation."
Somewhere, the Buddha is rolling his eyes.
Don't get me wrong: I'm glad mindfulness and meditation are becoming so popular. Their benefits are enormous, and the more people know and care about them, the better. But as the interest in mindfulness grows and companies crank out mindfulness-related content to meet that demand, I'm seeing some issues with quality control.
The people producing this mindfulness content aren't always experienced mindfulness practitioners, and they sometimes get things wrong. Without meaning to, they're spreading meditation myths and misunderstandings that can cause confusion or mess up people's practice.
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Lived History is designed to honor, remember and pay tribute to the dearly departed who have made significant contributions to bettering our world. Each week we feature a remembrance of a member of the progressive community, either prominent or obscure, whose remarkable accomplishments demand recognition. In the process, we hope to highlight and recover some of the more important but often un-noted periods of our history that demonstrate the progressive tradition in American life. Here are a few of the notable individuals we lost in 2012.
Eric Hobsbawn
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Eric Hobsbawm, who died on October 1 at the age of 95, was perhaps the twentieth century's pre-eminent historian and a life-long advocate of social justice. A polymath, Hobsbawm was also a noted jazz critic, for many years writing music reviews under the name Francis Newton. He was an accomplished essayist on current affairs, whose writings had a wide readership among those interested in British politics. In whatever genre, his works were lucid and powerful, and always carried a moral inflection.
Jenni Rivera
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Rivera stood up for several causes that were close to her heart, most notably the rights of those who have experienced domestic and sexual abuse and her songs became anthems for many women.
Adam Yauch
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Hearing the Beastie Boys speak out against sexism made me feel like if these men who had once sung about getting girls to "do the laundry" and "clean up my room" could understand, maybe the rest of the world would follow suit. It made me hopeful in the best way.
George McGovern
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McGovern was the prophet who paid the price. He was a minister's son who knew the Devil, a World War II hero who remembered Hiroshima and Dresden, a populist reformer who mistrusted Wall Street, and a kindly gentleman who welcomed the chaos of the sixties into his life, then watched so many of his "kids" abandon him to become the New Men and Women of Power in posts that his movement had made possible. Keeping any bitterness to himself, he lived on to oppose the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and to call upon the Democratic Party to live up to its best traditions.
Alexander Cockburn
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Alex invented a style of press criticism when few took the ideological shaping power of the media seriously, and moved on when others got in the game. He loved the density and flamboyant energy of New York, but moved on when he felt the quicksand of '80s vulgarity, "Trumpismo," flowing close. He swam stylishly in the stream of elite media parallel to The Nation, and then walked away from that stream, prefiguring by a decade the era of do-it-yourself, independent media by joining Ken Silverstein, his former intern, in CounterPunch, which he edited with Jeffrey St. Clair until his death. He took such risks, and wore them so lightly.
Selma Rubin
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Selma's accomplishments during her nearly five decades in Santa Barbara are beyond calculation. She helped start forty-two grassroots political organizations dedicated to preserving the environment and promoting social justice. To a startling degree, many remain very much alive, engaged, and formidable—and so established they've become enshrined in the institutional alphabet soup that defines the South Coast left: Taken in their totality, the organizations Selma nurtured effectively re-defined the range of political debate in Santa Barbara.
Elsie Richardson
Elsie Richardson, left, with Shirley Chisholm. Courtesy: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration
In her teens, Richardson joined Harlem's civil-rights campaigns—most memorably the bus boycott of 1941, led by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. She married after the war and moved to Albany Houses, an integrated public-housing project in Crown Heights. It was there that she first made her name as an activist, organizing tenants and doing youth-outreach work at a nearby settlement house.
Anthony Shadid
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Shadid's death deprives us of our most gifted foreign correspondent in a generation. His brave reporting from the Middle East combined authority and deep historical understanding with empathy for the ordinary people caught up in war's crossfire.
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For Robert L. Carter, one of the leading civil rights strategists and activists of the twentieth century, the fight for equal, quality public education was foundational to the movement to liberate this country from the blight of racism and its crippling legacies.
Gore Vidal
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Gore was a political champion, who ran inspired campaigns for Congress, who demanded that presidents of both parties be held to account for high crimes and misdemeanors, who maintained a faith in democracy so deep and abiding that he called for a new constitutional convention to set right what was done wrong at Philadelphia and to realize the Jeffersonian requirement of revolutionary renewal.


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Story: Don't You Care
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Rating: Young Teens
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Don't You Care
The summer after fifth year was a constant one. Day in and day out, Harry slept. Nothing had truly woken him all summer. He sat, or he lay down, and sometimes he was awake, but those moments of being awake were more like being in a dream than when he was actually dreaming. He would have gladly sat there alone all day, as he'd done for the past few weeks.
It had been a few hours since they'd got back to the Burrow, and like usual, he'd been sitting by himself in Ron's room. Everything was quiet for a while.
Then Harry heard the crash on the stair landing through the crack of the door, but even if it had been shut he would have heard it, and he most definitely felt the shaking of the ground. Momentarily, he was irritated at having been disturbed, until he heard the shriek of pain and the string of mild curses that followed. Despite his foul mood, he recognized the voice as belonging to Ginny Weasley and got up to investigate.
He saw her from where he stood, outside Ron's bedroom door from the top landing.
"Those idiots... leaving these things everywhere!" she was muttering, as she got off her knees and rubbed them. Packets lay sprawled all over the floor around her, and one of her books had rolled down a flight of stairs, looking quite worse for wear.
Harry approached, picking up some parchment that had rolled to rest by his foot. "Here, Ginny, I'll help."
Ginny looked up. "Oh, hi, Harry. I didn't see you there."
"I was just in Ron's room," he replied, handing her the parchment. "Are you all right?"
She looked at him, the corners of her mouth twisting up wryly.
"Fine, just a little bruised up." she said, pulling from under her robes a long, rubbery pair of Extendable Ears. "Fred and George came for a visit last week. That's why we have more of these, Mum had confiscated all the ones we had before."
She rolled her eyes rather comically and Harry had to smile a bit. He knelt down and helped her gather some more of the scattered school things. Mrs. Weasley had taken him, Ron, Hermione and Ginny to Diagon Alley earlier that day to pick up the items on their Hogwarts lists.
"Thanks," said Ginny brightly, tucking a strand of her red hair behind her ear. "I would have brought everything up to my room earlier but Ron wanted to practise Quidditch."
So that was what everyone was doing, thought Harry. He hadn't really noticed that he'd spent the entire afternoon alone until now.
"He's getting better, is he?"
"Yeah, loads. After winning the cup last year he's been pretty confident."
"Reckon he'll let any more goals go past this year?"
"Not a chance. Angelina was right not to let him go, he's got some skill."
Harry nodded, forgetting about his previously sulky mood. Quidditch was one of the few topics that made him feel better these days. "You're going to try out for Chaser this year, right?"
Ginny's eyes lit up. "Yes - I hope I make it. We'll win that cup for sure, with you as Seeker and Ron as Keeper. I just hope I - oh drat!"
She broke off her cheerful sentence, a look of utter dismay on her face. Harry didn't understand what was wrong until she held up her second-hand Charms spellbook, half its pages dripping in scarlet ink. Ginny gave an exasperated groan.
"I can't read these pages now! Mum's going to have a fit, we can't go back for another copy, we don't have the-" she bit her lip. A slight tint of pink touched her cheeks and she set the soaked book aside, away from the other books. "-time."
Harry looked down at the shabby Transfiguration book in his hands, and not for the first time he felt a twinge of guilt. It wasn't his fault that the Weasleys' were poor, but he always felt terrible when he thought about the amount of gold that lay in his vault, left behind by his parents.
"We'd better clean this up before Mum sees," said Ginny, frowning at the broken bits of the ink bottle and the spreading puddle of red.
"Erm, I've got some old robes you can use to wipe this mess," said Harry, motioning with his hand towards Ron's room. "It's in my trunk, I'll go get them."
"Would you?" Ginny flashed him a grateful smile. "Thanks!"
"Sure, no problem."
He got up and quickly went into the room, shutting the door behind him. Harry pushed his sliding glasses up the bridge of his nose and crossed over to where his trunk lay by the foot of his bed. Above him, in her cage, Hedwig gave a small hoot of greeting, as though welcoming him back.
"Hullo, Hedwig," he said softly, and returned his attention to the contents of the trunk. A bunch of faded, torn-at-the-hem black robes lay on top of the newer, recently-bought robes neatly folded and tucked away. Harry lifted the old ones out, setting them on the floor beside him. He'd placed them on top to throw out later; he might as well give them to Ginny and let them be useful for the last time.
Harry then carefully lifted his other possessions aside, including the slithery smooth folds of the Invisibility Cloak. He felt a stab of something similar to grief as he did so. He hadn't thought of Sirius for a few minutes, and the Cloak that his father, James, and Sirius had once shared was a painful reminder to Harry that both of them were now gone. Harry swallowed the lump that had risen in his throat and rummaged around more. He set the Sneakoscope that Ron had given him years ago onto his bed and found a stack of books.
Harry rifted through them and pulled one out. His old Charms spellbook. He wouldn't be needing it anymore, and it was in fairly good condition, having been purchased new at the beginning of last September. It was in better shape than the one Ginny had, even without half the contents of an ink bottle spilled on it.
Harry put the other things away, back into the trunk and shut the lid. He covered the book in the fabric of the robes and went back into the hall, where Ginny seemed to be desperately backed against the far wall, a trickle of ink creeping dangerously towards her foot.
She was too preoccupied with keeping her other things safe from the ink that she did not notice Harry dropping his Charms book into the pile of books already at his feet.
"Watch your shoe," he warned her, tossing the robes onto the puddle. It stopped spreading and instead soaked itself into the fabric.
"Thanks," Ginny said fervently, gathering a bunch of quills. Then, getting up, she gave him a pleading look. "Er, Harry, do you mind taking some of this up to my room for me? I'm going to get rid of this soddy thing." She nudged the old robes with her toe.
"Um, yeah, sure." He replied awkwardly. Well, if Ginny didn't mind him in her room then he didn't mind much either... at least he didn't think he minded.
She bent down, picked up the wet robes, and bounded away, leaving him alone with a stack of parchment, quills, ink bottles, and books. He was thankful she hadn't been in need of a cauldron.
Harry loaded as much as he could carry into his arms and clumsily turned into the tiny corridor that led to Ginny's room. He wasn't quite sure if he was going the right way (he'd never had reason to be in Ginny's room before) but there was only one door in the corridor, so Harry shrugged and entered the room.
It was semi-bright, lit by a dusty beam of afternoon sun. The ceiling was low, even though it didn't slope like Ron's room, and it was, if that was possible, even smaller and more cramped in here. The walls were painted a faintish yellow, and blue curtains dotted with small flowers hung drawn back over the only window in the corner. Ginny's bed lined the wall next to the window, with plain, worn, but neatly made up white covers. A small shelf ran along the wall above the bed at about Harry's shoulder-level.
Harry didn't know where to put down the things in his arms. Every surface seemed to be occupied. She had a desk, but it was already full of papers and quills and little shells. Finally Harry decided to just lay them down on the bed in a pile. He tried not to muss up the covers, and made sure that no ink would smear them.
He brushed off his hands and stood up, hitting his head on the shelf.
"Ouch," Harry muttered, as a picture frame fell off the ledge and crashed to the ground, narrowly missing his foot. Quickly, he retrieved, it, hoping that he hadn't broken the glass. Fortunately, it was still intact, though there was a tiny crack in it that Harry was slightly worried about. He didn't know if it had been there before.
His eyes wandered over the picture itself; being a wizard portrait, it featured moving figures. There was Ginny, sitting with boys and girls her age in the long black robes of Hogwarts students. Her friends, he thought, realising that she had more friends than he did, if this picture meant anything. There were at least ten people in the picture, all of them huddled close together and laughing. It had been taken in the Three Broomsticks, probably on one of the weekends after Valentine's Day since he could glimpse the blue sky outside the window behind Ginny's red hair when she moved slightly to the left, giggling at something her friend had apparently just said.
Even Luna Lovegood was in the picture. She was sitting next to the happy group, looking just as cheerful and dreamy herself, still wearing the strange hat she'd been wearing the day Gryffindor had beaten Ravenclaw in their Quidditch match and humming some tune under her breath.
Then he peered closer, and noticed a sulky boy standing nearby, glaring at Ginny's back. It took a moment for Harry to recognize him as Michael Corner, because he'd never seen Michael so sulky.
Michael wasn't the only sulky one in the picture. Cho was in there too, way in the back, sitting gloomily by herself.
The door suddenly yanked open, and Ginny trundled in, carrying the last of the books.
"That's everything!" she said cheerfully, tossing them directly on the floor where she stood.
Harry jumped a bit. He felt his face heat up a tiny bit - after all, he was in Ginny's room, looking at her private possessions, and she had just walked in on him doing so. Even worse, she must have seen him staring at the photo, because it was still in his hands.
"Colin took that picture," she said, looking at it and smiling. "I remember we were all so happy that day, Gryffindor had just won a match."
Harry was relieved that she wasn't annoyed. "It's a nice picture," he offered lamely, knowing she was expecting him to say something.
Ginny laughed. "Taken right after I ditched Michael. He seemed more sulky than upset about it, you know. But he really was nice. When we were dating and all, he was really nice."
Harry didn't know what to say to that. He simply nodded, and Ginny continued on.
"Though you wouldn't have thought that today," she said, rolling her eyes. "I would have said hello, but Michael obviously didn't want to."
Harry remembered how he had seen Michael Corner walk past him, Ron and Ginny in Flourish and Blotts, throwing furtive, dirty looks at Harry and Ron (but mainly Harry) and completely ignoring Ginny's presence.
"How rude can you get?" muttered Ron angrily after Michael had stalked past. "Not even a hello, and you spent all that time last year teaching him, Harry."
Harry shrugged. He didn't particularly care if Michael Corner was rude to him, but he'd thought that Ron had forgotten something else. He had stolen a look out of the corner of his eye at Ginny, curiously, but she had seemed oblivious to what had happened.
"How can you still like him after all that?" he muttered under his breath, as the Michael in the picture siddled up to a miserable-looking Cho in the back. Ginny must still like him, because she wouldn't keep a reminder like this in her room if she didn't.
"That's the thing, Harry," said Ginny casually, "I don't like him. But he was my first boyfriend. It's something kind of hard to forget."
Harry instantly flushed. He hadn't meant to say that out loud, and he hadn't meant for Ginny to hear it. He hadn't expected her to reply the way she had, either. A part of him was pleasantly surprised to have Ginny confide in him (which she was, he realized) something personal as this, another part was feeling extremely awkward about it.
"I don't care about him anymore..." sighed Ginny, "and I do care. It's complicated. D'you know what I mean?"
Harry had no clue what she meant, but felt inclined to nod. From the casual, but keenly observative look she was giving him, Harry suspected Ginny expected him to understand.
"Is it... is it the same with you and Cho?" she asked hesitantly, almost cautiously, as though she were treading a tightrope and was afraid of falling.
Harry hadn't expected this question either. He looked down at the photo in his hand, and at Cho, who was now looking much happier that Michael was there, talking earnestly into her ear, and probed his own feelings.
Did he care that she was dating Michael? Harry searched himself, but he couldn't find any jealousy, or anger, or even a slight bit of loss. His stomach no longer did those funny somersaults like it used to whenever he saw her face. In fact, it had been a long time since he'd felt that feeling.
All the strong emotions he'd felt in the past seemed to have been swallowed up by a gaping hole of nothingness deep in the pit of his stomach, placed there to reside permanently when Sirius had died. The thought of Sirius intensified his feeling of hollowness, swallowing him into a fit of fresh misery.
Harry turned abruptly to put the photo back on Ginny's shelf. He didn't know what he felt anymore, he didn't seem to feel anything but grief for Sirius and he didn't need reminding of that, he was doing a wonderful job of it himself.
"I'm sorry, Harry. I didn't mean to pry," said Ginny from behind him. There was a note of concern in her voice. She tried to hide it under a layer of nonchalance. "I was just curious..."
Harry set the picture down and stared at it for a moment. The tone of anxiety in Ginny's voice reminded him of how everyone treated him like a glass doll these days, as though he would shatter if touched too hard, or spoken too loudly to. At first he hadn't cared, he'd liked the solitude this provided. But now, for a few minutes there, he'd forgotten about all that. Ginny seemed to be the only person who didn't talk to him in that way, but now - now she was taking on that infuriatingly gentle tone of voice.
Harry felt a flash of anger towards her. "Don't be sorry," he said, rather curtly, turning around. "I was just thinking about it."
Ginny raised her eyebrow, sensing the stiffness that had enveloped him. "Oh?"
"I don't really think about these things anymore," he said, truthfully but harshly.
"I see."
Harry watched as she picked up a bunch of loose parchment from the floor and shoved them into an empty drawer in her scratched-up dresser table, rather stiffly as well. Harry inwardly sighed. He must have offended her with his cool tone.
A part of him was angry with her, and the voice that went with it said angrily in his head, 'why does she care what I think anyway? It's not my fault Michael ran to Cho.' But as soon as he thought these words Harry knew that this was not what it was all about. He knew, on a deeper level, that Ginny was concerned about him, like she had always been.
A twinge of guilt picked at his insides, surprising him. He hadn't felt guilt for being sharp with anyone since term ended... He straightened up slightly, taking in a breath.
"I'm just glad she's happier now," said Harry finally. He was glad to see Cho smiling again, and not sobbing all the time like a leaky faucet.
"You don't mind at all that she's with Michael?" asked Ginny, looking over her shoulder at him. She sounded unconvinced.
"No." His answer was almost automatic. He didn't care who Cho was with anymore.
Possibly mollified by his reconciliatory tone, she turned fully around. The beam of afternoon sunlight from the window fell squarely on her face and hair, making it difficult for Harry to see her expression. He thought that he saw a small, pleased smile on her lips for a brief second, but a moment later it was gone. Harry wasn't sure what to make of it.
Her demeanor was friendly again, relaxed and back to normal. Curiously, Harry inquired, "Don't you care?"
"Not in the least. I'm glad Michael's happier, I'm especially glad it's not with me." She grinned. "He was always so sulky when things didn't go his way."
"Right," said Harry, feeling better now that Ginny was smiling again. He was unused to seeing her upset - at him, that is. Ginny was rarely anything but cheerful when he was around, it was one of the things he liked best about her, without realizing it until now.
They stood for a moment in silence, until Harry was suddenly aware of the fact that he and Ginny were alone, in her bedroom, staring at each other.
"Er..." he said slowly, awkwardly, to break the silence, "Have you got all your things?"
"Yeah, thanks loads."
"No problem."
They stood staring at each other again for a split second, until Harry had to divert his eyes from her gaze. He thought he saw that brief, flashing smile again on the corner of Ginny's mouth, but he wasn't sure.
"I guess... I guess I'll go now, then..." Harry mumbled, stuffing his hands into his pockets for lack of anything better to do with them.
"Yeah," said Ginny, nodding. "Ok."
"See you later - I mean, at dinner," he replied, moving towards the door. She watched him as he grazed her in the small confines of the room.
He turned the knob of the door, hovering there as he heard Ginny moved about the room behind him, riffling through the pile of things he'd tossed on her bed. He glanced back at the photo on the shelf, and left.
He pushed the door open again, sticking his head through.
Ginny grinned at him. "Thanks for the book."
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