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Chapter 21 : Dislocated Shoulders and Sickbeds
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Dislocated Shoulders and Sickbeds
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"It's not broken, only dislocated," Madam Pomfrey declared as she stepped back from the bed Myra was sitting on. The matron had cast a series of diagnostic spells, finally casting one spell that included a series of complicated twisting motions, that made a rather disgusting image of the inside of Myra's arm project itself in the air above her head. "I can see it has undergone serious stress. What were you doing before Mr Black... intervened?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary, eating, walking..." Myra tried to think back on the last few days as she answered. "Homework... Nothing out of the ordinary." If her shoulder had been badly injured before, she certainly would have known.
"I see. Well, from what Professor McGonagall has told me, then... I doubt it was dislocated before you fell to the floor. If you're certain you haven't done any strenuous activities lately, then it was Mr Black's treatment that eventually caused the dislocation."
Professor McGonagall stood at the foot of the bed, her arms folded across her chest, lips thin and expression unreadable. "Is it too severe, Poppy? Do you believe you'll be able to put it back in place?"
"Of course. It's just that, the issues with dislocation is that patients have a tendency to re-injure themselves if not careful, or without thorough therapy. This shoulder has gone through a lot today. It was wrenched twice, then fallen upon from a considerable height. That will make it more painful and difficult to correct, since the joint and muscles have taken a beating. I can make it right, though as for the grade of severity... I say it's high. You, Miss Kinney," the nurse turned to Myra, "will have to be extra careful in the future, to avoid dislocating it again. I think I will have to keep Miss Kinney here, at least for the rest of the day."
"Very well," McGonagall muttered, and closed her eyes for a second. "Two hundred points from Mr Sirius Black," she said to no one. Myra thought she should have been devastated by how many points Gryffindor had lost that day, but she couldn't help but feel that Sirius and his friends deserved the hatred they would have to endure because of it. Besides, it was still early in the year; those points could easily be earned back.
"Do you have any extracurricular activities today, Miss Kinney?" McGonagall asked.
"I have Gobstones tonight," Myra answered, suddenly feeling a bit depressed. She could have let out some steam playing that evening. It may not have been a particularly violent or vigorous activity, but the putrid smell and competitiveness was usually helpful in letting out all sorts of stress and frustrations.
"I'll inform Professor Kavanagh. Feel better, Miss Kinney." With that Professor McGonagall left to take care of the rest of her lesson.
Madam Pomfrey got back to working on Myra. Several potions, draughts and salves were summoned and a screen was levitated around the bed. Myra was ordered to take off her cardigan and shirt. She instantly feared for the cut on her other arm, and decided it was enough to just pull off the clothes on half of her upper body. When she was done, Pomfrey just looked at her.
"Do you need help with the rest?" she asked, puzzled, but already reaching out to help remove her top completely.
"Is that necessary?" Myra recoiled from the nurse's touch, stopping herself only when she realised how suspicious that might seem. "It's just the right side that needs help."
"You've never been bashful before, Miss Kinney. What has changed?"
"Hormones?" Myra tried.
Madam Pomfrey clucked her tongue. "That won't do. It will be a much easier procedure if your entire upper body is free of restraint." She began pulling off the rest of Myra's cardigan and shirt, while Myra slumped in resignation.
"What is this?" Madam Pomfrey asked as the scratch was revealed. It looked better than it had last night, but it still hurt.
Looking at the red stripe of skin, Myra thought quickly. "I, uh, tripped during patrol last night. My arm grazed the sword of some armour." She didn't quite dare to meet the nurse' eyes, hoping that just this once the nurse would believe her and not ask any more questions about it.
Eventually Pomfrey spoke. "Very well." She sounded far from convinced. "It looks clean. I don't think it's going to scar, so no need to deal with that." Back to being all business, she focused on the dislocation. "This will work instantaneously to numb some of the pain, but not entirely." The nurse smeared a thick layer of clear salve on and around Myra's shoulder and arm. "Now I want you to relax completely and sit very still as I make the bone rejoin the joint."
Although she had been commanded to, Myra struggled to relax. Still, she took a few deep breaths and imagined herself sitting high up in Hope Woodlands, no one in sight but her, no tourists, no sister or father. Then Pomfrey pointed her wand at the shoulder and suddenly Myra heard a snap and felt pain. Only it wasn't blinding, as she had expected it to be. Instead it was a mild pain, as if she had merely fallen out of bed and hit the floor really hard.
"Drink these as quickly as you can, it will speed up the healing process." Madam Pomfrey held out two phials. Myra did as ordered, sputtering a bit with the first one, but forcing them down and swallowing several times to keep everything down afterwards. Then Madam Pomfrey cleaned away the salve and helped Myra get dressed, before conjuring a sling and gently putting the arm in it. "Now you can just sit back and relax, and don't use your right arm for anything until you get the all clear from me."
"I have a question," Myra said. "If I'm going to dislocate it again, it will have to be if someone yanks hard on it or something like that, right?"
Madam Pomfrey shook her head. "I'm afraid not. Doing everyday things may cause it; you may even dislocate it in your sleep. And if it happens very often, you will need special treatment to repair the damage to the affected bones, muscles and tendons. And that includes Skelegro; I trust you remember what that treatment feels like."
Myra nodded, feeling a bit pale. Back in third year, when she had done out-of-classes flying practice, she had fallen and had been absolutely sure she had broken her arm. Hestia had started Pre-healing that year, and had shown Myra a spell that was said to mend broken bones. Myra had tried it on herself, and it resulted in the loss of bones in one finger and half the bone in her lower arm. Safe to say Myra still had nightmares about that sort of pain.
"Anything else?"
Myra shook her head, but as she did she saw something in the corner of her eye. Turning her head that way she saw the only other occupied bed covered by screens. Since she had left the classroom on the fifth floor, Myra had forgotten about Remus. All the regret and guilt came rushing back, but the feeling most prominent was worry about him. She sat up and made to get out of the bed. "Is that Remus behind there?" she asked.
"There's no one behind there," Madam Pomfrey replied, a little to sternly and quickly.
But Myra stumbled out of bed as quickly and carefully as she could. Pomfrey stepped in front of her, gently taking her by the arms. "Get back into bed, Miss Kinney."
"I can't see him?" Myra asked confused. Sirius, James and Peter always got to visit Remus, but she couldn't?
"See who?" Madam Pomfrey retorted, a little too stiffly to be completely innocent.
Myra raised an eyebrow, but quickly lowered it when she realised how rude she must look. "Remus. I know he's here recovering from the full moon last night."
"Y-you know?" the nurse stuttered clearly taken aback, releasing Myra's arms.
"Yes, I know. I thought you knew that I knew!"
Madam Pomfrey looked suspiciously at Myra again. But before she could say anything, Myra spoke up. "Professor Dumbledore knows. He talked to me about it after I found out, and if you're afraid that I'll say something to someone, he seemed satisfied I wouldn't. I've known for a few months now, and haven't told anyone. I still wouldn't have said anything if Professor Dumbledore hadn't talked to me." That last part might not have been completely true, as Myra would most likely have told Hestia, but that didn't really count.
Myra stood her ground as Madam Pomfrey stared her down.
"James, Sirius and Peter get to see him, they even told me they were up here earlier today. At least I won't be noisy about it."
"Very well. Mr Lupin has not woken up since he came in this morning. It has been a particularly bad night for him. He is exhausted and in pain. He needs sleep in order to speed up the healing process. You can see him, sit with him. But you will not attempt to wake him up. If you do, I will know. You will not move him, and you will not do anything to cause him undue stress. Is that clear?"
"Yes, Madam. Very clear. Will he hear me if I talk to him?"
"I doubt it; the potions make the sleep very deep. He's never before mentioned hearing anything of what I've said to him when tending to him," Madam Pomfrey answered. "Be warned... He doesn't look good at the moment. There are a lot of injuries."
"I understand."
And then Madam Pomfrey walked off to her office again, leaving the door open a crack.
Myra quickly walked over to the screens, but hesitated parting them. When she finally summoned the courage to, she gasped at what she saw.
Remus did look awful, a lot worse than when she and Hestia had sneaked up to see him. He was pale, sweat beading on his forehead, which sported several bloody scratches. Bandages covered his entire torso and left arm. Any visible skin was covered in blue bruises, and his naked right arm was so a mottled mess of ugly black and red splotches.
"Oh my Merlin," Myra muttered, feeling her heart break. She hadn't felt the way she did about him the last time she'd seen him post-moon. Now that she knew what caused them and cared for him so much more, it physically pained her to see. Feeling like she had been hit with a Jelly-Legs Jinx, she sat down in the chair beside the bed.
Remus' chest moved slowly up and down, air hissing out in slightly louder gasps than normal. It reassured Myra, because from the looks of everything else, he might have been dead, were it not for such steady, sleepy breaths.
"Please, don't remember, Remus," she mumbled.
For several minutes Myra just sat there watching him sleep, trying to ignore the increasing prickles of pain in her shoulder. Looking at his rising and falling chest. The fasteners on his bandages. His arms slack on opposite sides of his body. The matted hair, some of it sticking to his sweating forehead. The curve of the forehead, his nose, lips, chin, neck.
Myra's heartbeat sped up. Without thinking about it, she reached out for his hand. It was warm, too warm, but she didn't care.
"I like you, Remus. Merlin, I hope you can't hear me, but I really do. Like you. You've helped me so much the past year. I don't know what I'd do if you weren't my friend anymore. Not that I only like you because you help me, because it's not just that. You're a good friend. You're funny. I like talking to you. I like patrolling with you. Please, don't remember last night..."
Another several long minutes went by, with Myra just holding Remus' hand, watching him. She wasn't entirely sure why it was, but she felt a burn in her heart growing stronger with every second. It was like the feverish warmth that radiated from Remus' hand, making it almost unbearable to hold on, but she didn't budge. After a while, she vaguely registered the footsteps of someone in the room, but she was so lost in her own mind she didn't react to them. Not long after that, that someone walked quickly away.
The rumble of students being let out of class for the day brought Myra back to the present. Abruptly, she let go of Remus' hand, accidentally letting it fall heavy to the mattress. He made a noise deep in his throat. Myra was sure he would wake up, but he just turned his head and slept on.
Before anyone would come up to visit either of them, she stood up and pulled the screens together again and walked over to her own bed.
"Are you ready for dinner, Miss Kinney?" Madam Pomfrey suddenly said coming out from her office. Either that woman could somehow monitor the entire wing constantly, or she had a very complicated alarm system set up. The nurse came over with a tray of steaming pea soup, Myra realised how hungry she really was. She also noticed how her shoulder throbbed in pain. It ached uncomfortably, moving up and down her entire arm.
"Could I get a potion for the pain, Madam Pomfrey?" Myra asked, her eyes closed in an attempt to will it away.
"I'm sorry, Miss Kinney, but this is one thing that will just have to run its course. I promise it will get much better by this evening. Now eat. It will help a bit if you get something in you."
Myra cursed inwardly. Awkwardly, she reached for the spoon with her left hand and slowly guided it to her mouth, trying not to spill anything.
Madam Pomfrey then moved over to Remus' bed. Unlike all the times Myra had been in the hospital wing before, Pomfrey let the screens stay open as she woke Remus up with a spell. He was very groggy, blinking furiously. "How are you feeling, Mr Lupin?" the nurse asked.
"Better, I think," Remus answered. The sound of his scratchy voice sent a thrill down Myra's spine.
"I'll just change your bandages before I fetch your dinner." Madam Pomfrey pulled the screens shut again, but Myra didn't mind. Remus' wounds shouldn't be on display.
Myra kept on slurping her soup, slowly and clumsily. Just a few minutes later did Madam Pomfrey come out from the screens, waving her wand to summon another tray of pea soup for Remus to eat.
"Myra!" Remus exclaimed happily upon seeing her, his voice still a bit scratchy. "What are you doing here?"
He didn't seem to remember.
"Hi, Remus! I dislocated my shoulder." Myra smiled nervously at him. He was sitting up, looking much better with fresh bandages and a bit of colour back in his cheeks.
"How did you manage that?"
Myra hesitated for a few seconds, noticing that Madam Pomfrey paused at the threshold to her office. "I, uh... I fell down the stairs and grabbed the railing to stop. Guess I was tumbling too fast." She couldn't meet his eyes, so she looked into the green soup. Madam Pomfrey went in and closed the door.
"That sounds painful. Are you alright?"
"Yes, yes. It hurts badly, but it's getting better. How are you feeling?" At this she had the courage to face him.
He looked a bit uncomfortable at being asked that question. "Oh, you know... Bruised and battered. But I'll survive."
There was a sort of uncomfortable silence for a few minutes, before James, Sirius and Peter noisily entered the hospital wing. "Moony!" Sirius boomed loudly, leading the boys over to Remus' bedside, ignoring Myra in a very obvious way. James too walked past Myra without so much as a glance in her direction, but Peter gave her the smallest of smiles. At that moment Myra felt a rush of affection for the lesser acknowledged Marauder and smiled widely back at him.
The three boys sat down around Remus, James in the chair by the bed and Sirius hopping onto it, making some of the pea soup spill in the progress. Peter was left to close the screens.
Myra sighed. They would probably tell Remus all about last night now. Gone would their friendship be, and with it the opportunity for Myra to find out how her feelings for Remus could grow and if there could ever be something romantic between them.
"What have you been up to?" Myra heard Sirius ask his friend.
"I had the strangest dream," Remus answered. Myra's breath caught in her throat. "About last night and this mo- about last night."
"Really? What about?" James inquired.
But Myra couldn't hear Remus' answer. They had probably charmed the area quiet.
Myra eventually finished her pea soup. She had spilled some, but didn't dare use her wand left-handed to clean up. Merlin knows what damage she could do with it.
Her evening went by quietly, until Hestia, Marie, Ashley and Anna came up after dinner. They helped pass a bit of the time, until Madam Pomfrey came out to chase the visitors away, and to give Remus another dose of potions, closing his screens once more.
Myra just knew Remus didn't want to see or talk to her. It didn't even cross her mind that he might be sleeping again.
Madam Pomfrey had kept her overnight in case she did something to the shoulder in her sleep. Early next morning the nurse woke her up to go over an exercise routine to help heal and hopefully prevent it from dislocating again.
Remus didn't seem to be awake when Myra left, so she never got the chance to find out if his friends had really told him anything about what she had done. She went on with her day in a depressing mood. Having Care of Magical Creatures helped some, but seeing as she had to wear a sling and they were outside and supposed to look after the hippogriffs, she couldn't really do much. Most of the lesson was spent sitting on a log watching Henry enjoy himself.
Myra's spirits hadn't been able to lift until dinnertime. According to Hestia, the entire school had been curious about the major drop in points for Gryffindor on Wednesday, three hundred and forty of them. It had been the only subject of conversation for the Gryffindors at mealtimes, in the halls between classes, in the courtyards during breaks... But the truth hadn't come out until dinner on Thursday.
Right as it was served, Professor McGonagall came up to Sirius, James and Peter.
"One bloody month?" Sirius exclaimed loudly, standing up, fury making his face red as a beet. "What about her?" He haphazardly pointed his finger in Myra's direction.
"Mr Black! Sit down," McGonagall hissed very close to his face. Thankfully Myra sat close enough so she could strain her ears and hear what was said next. "As I told you yesterday, she is excused from detention because of the injury you inflicted on her. If you tell me what she did to rile you up to that extent, I will reconsider."
Sirius hadn't sat down, despite Peter's frantic pulling on his robes. James just sat there with a stony face, occasionally looking shamed in Lily's direction. "Fine, I'll tell you what she did!"
The piece of chicken Myra was currently chewing on was accidentally swallowed and got stuck in her throat. She coughed fiercely, Ashley banging her on the back.
"She was out after curfew and thought it would be a right good idea to- Ouch!" Sirius suddenly fell down on the bench, bending forward to clutch his leg. "What the hell, James!"
"Despite your language, Mr Black, I must ask you to go on," Professor McGonagall encouraged.
James and Sirius stared intently at each other, before Sirius deflated in his seat. "I take it back, Professor, I can't tell you."
McGonagall's lips thinned. "Then you will attend your detention, all three of you, without complaint for a month, starting Monday. And you, Mr Black, will have another fifteen points lost for that very unnecessary outburst." With a last stern look at the boys, the professor walked away from her house table.
"Why exactly did he attack you last night?" Anna whispered across the table to Myra.
"I can't tell you," Myra mumbled absent-mindedly, watching Sirius get up and leave the Great Hall with a rush, fury written all over his face. Merlin's beard, no matter if Myra remained friends with Remus or not after this, how on earth was she going to get on the civil side of Sirius again? Getting on their friendly side was most definitely out of the question, Myra knew that much.
The next couple of days Myra walked around on egg shells. She longed to see Remus in the hospital wing again, but didn't dare. She steered clear of his friends, which was a little difficult seeing as they were all in the same house. Myra spent a lot of time with her sister that weekend, being invited into the Hufflepuff common room, or the two of them joining Hestia in the library.
It was obvious that Hestia was working on finding out Remus' secret. Quite often she stared absentmindedly at Myra, not quite seeing her. Then she would tap her fingers against her temple, or write something down in a notebook she always carried around. Myra was very grateful for her trying to figure it out; having someone to relieve her worries to was just what she needed.
On Monday Myra was sitting at the Gryffindor table with her friends, eating breakfast and starting to feel normal again. Or as normal as one could be when everything had to be done with one arm. The four Marauders came in halfway through the meal, walking past the girls. Remus said 'good morning', but the three others didn't acknowledge Myra or any of the girls.
At least Remus didn't seem to be angry with her. Did that mean that he didn't know what had happened on the night of the full moon? Or did he know, but somehow didn't mind?
Right. Like he wouldn't mind that she'd nearly made him a murderer.
"Something wrong?" Ashley asked.
Myra shook her head. "Nothing, don't worry about it."
Just then Lily got up from her seat and walked over to the boys. And just like the times before, she leaned close to Remus, gave him something and began a whispered conversation. Even though Myra knew that it was only about homework, she didn't want to look at them. She straightened up and turned to Ashley. "How's Lowell doing?"
The school day began, and Myra struggled through it with her one functional arm, as she had the last few days. During lunch she realised that she had a free period with Remus coming up. Their doing homework together in the common room had already become such a habit and expectation that she didn't think about it anymore. This time though, when the bell rang to signal the short break between her two periods, her Gryffindor bravery failed her. She stormed up to the dorms before Remus could arrive. When it was time for dinner, she lurked outside the dorm door, listening for the sound of him leaving. She couldn't even be sure if he had been there, but she took no chances.
After a couple of minutes of lurking, she eventually heard the portrait hole open and close. Letting out a loud sigh of relief, she went down to dinner, slowly, as to not catch up with him accidentally.
Tuesday was the first Tuesday of the month, which meant a prefect meeting after dinner and patrol with Remus a short while after. There was no escaping that, so Myra decided to spend the whole day mentally preparing herself to the possibility that Remus knew everything about the real reason behind Sirius' 'kidnapped' her.
But the day was packed with classes that required her full attention, so while she didn't really have time to prepare, she didn't have time to think on it either. There was Defence Against the Dark Arts before lunch. Professor Harishandra was a right sight better at teaching than Professor Biggar, so Myra didn't mind that class as much anymore, though she still struggled. The day ended with History of Magic. And it was with a bright outlook on the evening ahead that she went to dinner with her friends. This time, Henry joined them, having walked with them from Professor Binn's classroom.
"Merlin, why can't they replace that ghost?" Henry complained when they sat down.
"I know," Anna agreed. "He's so unaware if what's going on around him, he probably doesn't know about the historical changes that have happened since he bit it!"
"It's not that bad," Myra and Hestia said in unison.
"You two don't get to have an opinion on this," Ashley said. "You're just too much of a eager bowtruckle," she said to Hestia, "and you need to get your head looked at," she finished looking at Myra.
Henry laughed at Myra, and ruffled her hair.
She swatted his hand away. "Yes, well, look who's talking. You're the one who sits and hum twice a week," she said to Ashley.
"It's called Meditation and it's healthy! You should try it some time!"
"Oh, go snog Lowell!"
"You know, I think I will!" Ashley said with a smile like a cat with cream, and left for the Hufflepuff table, before she had even began eating.
"Lowell is a lucky bloke," Henry commented quietly as he watched Ashley's curvy body walk away.
Hestia pretended to gag on her food, and Myra stuck her elbow hard into his side. "You already had a taste of that. Now she's taken."
"I did, didn't I." Now Henry was the one smiling.
The girls and Henry joked back and forth all throughout dinner, something Myra was very grateful for, because it continued to keep her mind from the upcoming meeting and patrol. But eventually the meal came to an end, and while her friends went off to the common room or library, she trudged up to the fifth floor and the prefects' office.
When she arrived, half of the prefects were already there, along with Lily and James. Myra found a seat next to a Ravenclaw, leaving an empty chair on her other side and looked up at the head of the table where the Head Boy and Head Girl sat.
She couldn't help but be a bit surprised at James. She had expected him to arrive late, or come in with Remus. But Remus hadn't arrived yet. From the looks of it, James had been there just as early as Lily had been. But of course, this was the first proper prefect meeting since the one on the Hogwarts Express. He might start off trying hard and then getting lazier and lazier...
A few minutes later the last prefects came in. To Myra's horror, Remus came just in time to take the available seat � next to her.
"Hey, Myra," he greeted warmly, and Myra felt her face heat up. If it was in fear and embarrassment about the last full moon or just because it was him, she didn't know.
"Hi, Remus," Myra answered quietly, not meeting his eyes.
"Is something wrong?" he asked, leaning forward.
"No?" she answered questioningly.
Myra dared to look at him, not that she had much choice considering how close he was. He looked completely normal. "You've heard what happened between me and Sirius a few days ago?" She didn't dare mention the moon phase that had caused all this.
"Yeah, I heard. But he won't tell my why. Neither will Peter or James. I was hoping you would." He didn't seem upset in any way, just politely curious.
Myra didn't know how to answer. If James, Sirius and Peter really hadn't said anything about what had happened, so she most definitely wouldn't.
Before she was able to answer however, Lily and James stood up to signal the start of the meeting. Myra couldn't help but sigh quietly at her luck. Throughout the meeting she racked her brain for something to tell Remus, but it wasn't easy to listen to what James and Lily had to say, try to ignore how close Remus was, and come up with a story all at the same time. She wasn't sure, but he seemed to be leaning towards her in his chair.
Half an hour later, Myra was none the wiser about what to say about her and Sirius' fight. She stood up to leave, hoping Remus would let her go without asking again. But he stood up too and joined her on the way out.
"Where are you off to?" he asked.
"The library; I got to get started on a Potions essay we were assigned today."
"Sounds... fun." Sarcasm dripped from his voice, and Myra couldn't help but smile. "Hey," he then said and stopped, lightly pulling on Myra's good arm to stop her too. The hall they were in was empty. "What's with you and Sirius? I've gathered as much that James and Peter didn't really have anything to do with it, even though they've got detention too. What happened?" The way he said it wasn't accusatory or anything. It was just as if he was trying to repair a tear between two friends he valued highly. Which was probably true, well, at least one highly valued friend, and one she was.
"I don't know what to tell you," Myra started honestly. "It's just... Sirius isn't very happy with me. I know why. But I didn't realise why until it was too late." Her heart beat loudly, and she was terrified that Remus would hear it and see through the thin explanation she gave. She hated not telling him the truth, but she hated even more what it would do to him and their relationship if he knew the entire truth.
"Sirius really dislocated your shoulder? And manhandled you? And hung you upside down and let you fall?" Remus stepped forward, looking involved and concerned between Myra's arm still in a sling and her face. Myra gaped a little, wondering how he could know so much. "Peter told me," he quickly explained, seeing her confused expression.
"Yes," she began, but had to interrupt him when he stepped back with an angry growl in his throat. "But! Don't be hard on Sirius for it � I deserved it! Well, perhaps not the dislocation, but the manhandling I certainly did deserve! So please, I'm betting Sirius has a hard enough time dealing with the detention, so, please, don't be angry with him!"
"Are you sure?"
"Very sure."
Remus nodded and looked down on his shoes for a few seconds. Myra watched him, feeling warmth inside her chest. "I can't imagine you doing anything that would justify that treatment," Remus said, still looking at the floor, but nodding his head in direction of her sling.
"Thanks, but I- I really can't tell you, Remus." Myra saw through him. "I'm sorry, but I just can't. I hope you won't hate me for not telling you, but I just want to forget it, and I'm hoping with all my hippogriffs that Sirius will too."
"It's nothing serious then? Nothing you're not going to get into trouble for?"
"Not serious. As for trouble, I'd say I'm already in trouble." She gently moved her right shoulder to indicate the injury. "I can't take notes, and I have to dictate my homework." Myra sighed in exaggerated exasperation, hoping to lighten the mood and get them focusing on something else.
Remus smiled at her concerns. "So they won't let you skip homework then?"
"No, I'm just not that lucky."
"Anything I can do to help, just let me know. Okay?"
"I will. Thanks."
They smiled at each other and began walking again, making small talk as they descended through the castle, reaching the third floor.
"Are you going to the library too?" she asked Remus.
"No, not today," he answered. "Peter mentioned something about him and Sirius heading outside, trying to study. I doubt they're actually studying, but I think I'm going to join them. James will probably be around soon too."
"Okay, see you at patrol then." And then Myra did something she didn't realise she was doing before it was over. She stepped towards him and gave him a quick one-armed hug. "Sorry, I didn't get to talk to you yesterday, but I'm glad to see you up and about after your time away, Remus."
It actually looked like he was blushing when she pulled away. "Thank you," he said quietly. "See you later." And then he almost raced down the hall, turned left and was gone.
Author Notes
Sorry this has taken so much longer than I said... But you know how real life can be sometimes...
I'm sad to say that Orion Knight will not be betaing for me anymore. She has been with me since chapter 1 and betaed since chapter 2. I'm sad to see her go, but hope she will stay in touch. And she is of course welcome back any time, should she wish it! broadwaykat is staying on.
I will not set an approximate date for the next chapter, since real life is demanding of both me and broadwaykat, there just isn't enough time. But I promise you (with my right hand on Deathly Hallows and my left and in the air, or something like that :P) that the next chapter will come!
Please review if you have any thoughts on the chapter!
Coming: Chapter 22 � Targeted
Myra was not enjoying herself. Things were not going her way, and she had a strong idea why that was.
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If you cannot refute the facts you resort to the Limbaugh technique of a few kernels of truth lathered over with distortions and half truths and repeats of mistruths put out by the Bush re-election campaign.
Mr. Brown, Bush said we were going to war because of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and ties to bin Laden. Bush pushed his people before the war to find "evidence" against Saddam. As a former soldier, you should know that when the commander says something is wanted, the good trooper says "yes sir" and makes it happen. The good bureaucrat also is well aware of what his bosses want, and they know if they come up with something else they may get riffed out because they were not Bush's "team players." This is how you get "flawed" intelligence.
There were no WMDs. The 9/11 Commission said there were no ties. The Bush administration, when shown the reasons for the war were false, then proceeded to claim Saddam was a bad man who oppressed his people and needed to be removed. If the facts don't fit your rationale just change the facts and your rationale. You've bought the bait and switch hook, line and sinker.
If you have been reading the news about Sudan, based on your logic, then you should ask yourself why Bush is not sending troops to war there against what is clearly a despotic government engaged in genocide. Maybe this can be excused because it is only black people being exterminated.
Mr. Brown, you did not refute Bush's own words: " ... after all he did try to kill my daddy... ." He made the mistake of saying this in front of news cameras. When all other reasons have been eliminated whatever remains must be true. Bush wanted revenge on Saddam for Saddam's 1993 death plot on Daddy Bush. If you think this is a good reason for war, then I suggest you re-up to take the place of your children and grandchildren. Volunteer to drive one of those trucks on Iraqi roads in place of your children. Take the risks you so causally demand of others.
All the reports coming in indicate that the Iraq war has in fact caused the ranks of terrorists to increase. It has become bin Laden's best recruiting tool.
I obviously care more about your children and your future generations than you do. That tax cut you're so pleased with is being financed with borrowed money that future generations will have to pay back plus interest. You did not refute the fact that Bush is generating the largest budget deficits in history. But then you really not interested in facts just Bush spin.
If my grandsons or yours do die in Bush's revenge war in Iraq, it is true they won't be here to help your other grandchildren repay your tax cuts.
If you want to attack someone, be sure to carefully read what they said. Don't put your spin on their words. Don't make resort to baseless name calling and the Limbaugh method, but then that is the new GOP way. Then again, you may be proud of the way the GOP treated triple amputee Vietnam Vet Sen. Max Cleeland of Georgia. As an American, I was deeply shamed.
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There is no dearth of books about Andrew Jackson, America's seventh president. He is a towering figure in American history. Born in colonial North Carolina, orphaned as a teenager, captured by the British during the Revolutionary War, he grew up to be an ardent patriot and public servant. Lacking formal education, he worked tirelessly both to improve his own prospects (he became a lawyer and eventually a judge) while accepting every opportunity presented him to serve his fellow citizens in his new home, Tennessee, where he became its first representative in the U.S. Congress in 1796 and later a U.S. senator. He served in his state's militia, then in the U.S. Army, and in 1815 he secured his place in history as leader of the American forces that defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans. Lionized as the greatest military leader since George Washington, he used his fame as a drawing card to gain popular support in national politics. Although he lost his bid for the presidency in 1824, to the surprise and dismay of many who had long been involved at the top levels of the government, he was elected to the country's highest office in 1828. Despite his advanced age and sometimes questionable health, he managed to serve two terms, during which he transformed the presidency from its traditional role as the chief executive for Congress into the undisputed representative of the people at large, equal to (and sometimes surpassing) Congress in determining the fate of the nation.
That Jon Meacham would undertake a new study of such a powerful figure whose career has been well documented speaks to his own temerity and skills. Rather than produce another standard biography, however, in American Lion Meacham focuses on Jackson's presidency, providing readers only a brief summary of Old Hickory's career from his birth in rural North Carolina through the tumultuous years in which he rose to prominence as a lawmaker and military leader. Meacham's central thesis is that Jackson was first and foremost a family man. Orphaned as a child, he came to value the concept of "family" in both his personal and political lives. His long-time marriage to Rachel Donelson gave him the stability and comfort to face the rigors of life in the field with his troops and in the halls of state and federal legislatures. Her death just months before he left Tennessee for Washington, D.C., to assume the presidency drove him to fill that void by creating a new family for himself, taking under his wing his nephew and niece, Andrew and Emily Donelson, who went to the capital with him as his personal secretary and as his hostess, respectively. Jackson's relationship with these two and with his small group of confidants (the majority outside his official cabinet) provided him the kind of family circle, Meacham says, on which he depended in his efforts to transform the presidency. At the same time, Meacham argues, Jackson saw the entire country as his familywith himself serving as a benevolent father figure whose principal responsibility lay in serving their best interests, not the wishes and whims of the Congress.
Relying on published research and newly discovered documents, Meacham outlines the major battles Jackson waged in his efforts to reshape the role of the president. While all of these have been written about before, Meacham's focus on Jackson's motives makes his account particularly engaging. Unlike his six predecessors, Jackson had little use for what he perceived as the untitled aristocracy that had ruled America since the revolution. He entered office as a sworn enemy of patronage, moving swiftly to dismiss hundreds of government workers who had been appointed by previous presidents to positions they had assumed to hold for life. Although he was a devout (but not churchgoing) Protestant, he held strong beliefs about the separation of church and state, and he fought efforts by a coalition of clergymen to push the country toward adopting legislation that would make it the exclusive privilege of white Protestant Christians to hold public office.
Jackson was active in promoting treaties that would remove the Native American population from all lands east of the Mississippi River. Having been a major force in securing Florida as a U.S. territory while he was still serving as a general in the U.S. Army, he was a committed expansionist who was delighted to lend his tacit support to Americans mounting a rebellion in Texas. He almost took the country to war...
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|SLOW-SPEED DIRECT-DRIVE GENERATOR - A method for assembling a direct drive generator assembly includes the steps of placing a rotor over a stator, leaving a gap therebetween. A magnetic hub is assembled using adjacent columns of magnets having opposed orientation, and placed in the air gap. Application of an input torque to generate cogging torque in first direction that offsets coggery torque in second direction.
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|Container Assembly and Methods for Making and Using Same - A container assembly and methods for making and using such an assembly are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an assembly is configured to hold an amount of catalyst. The assembly includes a first layer forming an inner liner that, when sealed, contains the amount of catalyst. Additionally, the assembly includes a second layer that at least partly surrounds the first layer and that is substantially rigid. Further, the assembly includes a third layer that substantially completely surrounds the second layer and that is at least partly made from a woven material, the third layer including a portion forming a spout structure, and a fourth layer that at least partly surrounds the third layer.
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|FLEXIBLE CONTAINER ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A flexible container assembly and methods for making and using such an assembly are disclosed herein. The assembly is configured to hold an amount of material, such as heavy and/or bulky material (e.g., industrial, job or work site waste material). In some embodiments, the assembly includes a support structure and a flexible container structure configured to interface with, so as to be supported at least in part by, the support structure.
|System for Providing Flood Protection and Method of Implementing Same - A flood protection bag system includes a troughlike structure having longitudinally-extending sidewalls and a bottom wall connected therebetween, along with one or more internal walls, the internal walls serving to divide the troughlike structure into a plurality of bag chambers. The longitudinally-extending sidewalls are continuous and seamless between the ends of the troughlike structure, and the bag system can be made of a plastic such as polypropylene. In one embodiment, the bag system may be implemented in conjunction with other such bag system(s). Also, in one embodiment, a frame structure is employed to support the bag chamber(s) during filling thereof with sand or other filling material, in a manner whereby tension is applied to each of the corners of the given bag chamber being filled. Further, in one embodiment, the bag chambers are covered by way of a bag top that is openable or removable relative to the bag system.
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|LATERALLY DRIVEN PROBES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR TESTING - A method for testing a semiconductor device. The method comprises moving a probe in a vertical direction towards an electrical structure on a semiconductor device to position the probe alongside the electrical structure. A tip of the probe is positioned lower than an elevation of an outermost periphery of the electrical structure. The method also includes moving the probe in a lateral direction towards the electrical structure to contact the electrical structure. The probe tip mechanically and electrically engages the electrical structure.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MASSIVELY PARALLEL MULTI-WAFER TEST - Disclosed herein is a cost effective, efficient, massively parallel multi-wafer test cell. Additionally, this test cell can be used for both single-touchdown and multiple-touchdown applications. The invention uses a novel "split-cartridge" design, combined with a method for aligning wafers when they are separated from the probe card assembly, to create a cost effective, efficient multi-wafer test cell. A "probe-card stops" design may be used within the cartridge to simplify the overall cartridge design and operation.
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Zeruesenay Desta, Carmel, IN US
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|METHODS TO EVALUATE CYTOCHROME P450 2C19 ISOENZYME ACTIVITY USING A BREATH TEST - The present invention relates, generally to a method of determining and assessing cytochrome P450 2C19-related (CYP2C19) metabolic capacity in an individual mammalian subject via a breath assay, by determining the relative amount of
|MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITH TAXOXIFEN - A pathway for the metabolism of tamoxifen is identified including the activity of at least 2 different isoforms of UGY2B7. This pathway includes isozymes of CYP3A which convert tamoxifen (TAM) to N-desmethyl-TAM, which is then converted to endoxifen by the action of CYP2D6. Once formed, endoxifen may be degraded by at least one isozyme of UGT2B7. Patients that have highly active isoforms of CYP2D6 and slow acting isoforms of UGT2B7 accumulate high levels of endoxifen and are good candidates for treatment with tamoxifen. Also disclosed are methods for screening patients with a high likelihood of benefiting from treatment with tamoxifen. These methods include testing patients for various alleles of genes known to be involved in tamoxifen metabolism and treating patients accordingly.
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Standfirst: Medway Council has embarked on an ambitious three-year plan to improve some of its private sector housing services after an Audit Commission report said some of those services were not up-to-scratch. Medway Matters spoke to the council's new Private Sector Housing Manager about her challenge to make living in Medway better for everyone. Article: Susan Pledger might have only been in her job since July, but she's already rolled-up her sleeves and made some significant changes to ensure everyone has access to better housing. Most people would rather run a mile than take the opportunity to lead a team whose morale was at a low ebb, but Susan is a woman who relishes a challenge. She accepted her new job knowing the Audit Commission had identified the council as having shortcomings in its strategic housing service. Two months later and Susan and her team have already made significant progress on the Commission's 16 recommendations to improve private sector housing. The Regional Housing Board has also given Medway Council £2.5m to help reach some of its targets. Susan said: "There is a lot of work to be done, but we are already making great progress. The Board's £2.5m will help the council improve housing facilities and bring 230 private homes for vulnerable people up to The Government's Decent Homes standard. "The council is working with the Kent Energy Centre to help residents access energy-saving devices like loft insulation and replace boilers and failing heating systems. "I want to make sure everyone lives in better homes that are warmer and safer and help reduce fuel poverty for Medway's most vulnerable and elderly residents, which we will achieve through energy top-up grants, home loans and crisis grants." Susan, who used to work for Kent County Council's No Use Empty campaign, is now working to establish an accreditation scheme and code of practice similar to Medway Fair Trader, which will give both landlords and tenants peace of mind. More than 60 private landlords met at the council's second landlords' forum in July to discuss the accreditation scheme, ways to improve the standard of local housing, licensing of houses in multiple occupation, information on illegal evictions and how to make properties energy efficient. Susan said: "We are working with the National Landlords' Association to get landlords in Medway signed up to an accreditation scheme that will give prospective tenants peace of mind when looking for a new landlord and ensure that landlords and letting agents abide by a code of practice to maintain high standards in the housing market." Although the council has three years to improve its housing services, Susan is confident the team will reach its targets much sooner. "What drives me is helping other people," she explained. "I'm not evangelical but I do want to make sure everyone has access to better housing and improved living standards." Sidebar: Medway Council's Cabinet has approved seven financial schemes to help residents' homes. 1. Owner-occupier loans to bring non-decent homes occupied by vulnerable people up to the Decent Homes Standard. 2. Coldbusters initiatives to improve the energy efficiency of homes occupied by elderly and low-income households and reduce fuel poverty. 3. Energy efficiency top-up grant to improve the thermal efficiency of 'non-decent' homes. 4. Empty property improvement loans to help landlords bring empty properties back into use. 5. Landlord Decent Homes loans to encourage landlords to improve the energy efficiency of their properties and improve any category one hazards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS). 6. Crisis grants to fund small-scale essential repairs to help elderly people remain safe and secure in their homes. 7. An initiative to encourage people to improve the energy efficiency of their homes by installing solar hot water systems. Find out more by phoning the Private Sector Housing Team on 333066, writing to the team at Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent. ME4 4TR or emailing email@example.com Sidebar: Photo Pete Tonge with Mike Bundy from the Kent Energy Centre – taken at the Landlord forum The Kent Energy Centre is one of several organisations working with the council to bring Medway's homes up to a decent standard. The Kent Energy Centre, which is based in Ashford, offers free, impartial advice to anyone who wants to make their home warmer and more energy efficient. Phone 0800 358 6669 or visit www.saveyour20percent.co.uk to arrange a home energy check.
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Sprint says it is still on track to announce its choice later this summer, with the stakes particularly high for Motorola since it will be losing, over time, its largest single customer, Nextel (for the legacy iDEN network and handsets), and needs to retain a portion of the huge Sprint capex plan.
Even should Motorola fail in the 2.5GHz space, which could be a reason for the company to have fallen back on the Clearwire deal, it still has high hopes from Sprint's expansion, as the cellco's joint venture with four major cable TV providers readies itself to launch its first commercial services this fall.
The four cablecos, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox and Advance Newhouse, will add mobile content and communications to their customer bundles, powered by the Sprint Nextel system, and over time will develop a full quad play, harnessing their extensive content alliances and Sprint's broadband wireless build-out.
In this scenario, Motorola believes it can play a key role on the infrastructure side, the guarantee of the Clearwire contract, since Motorola's investment involved taking over the operator's own equipment arm, NextNet.
This may seem merely a consolation prize should the Sprint deal go elsewhere. But that balance would change if Clearwire does succeed in finalising a long rumored partnership with DirectTV, which would significantly accelerate its build-out plans, giving it an assured tier one customer, and an impatient one.
Rupert Murdoch's satellite TV interests round the world need to acquire the wherewithal to develop their own quad play, adding two-way communications and mobility to their mix, and the quickest route is likely to be a tie-up with the owner of an existing wireless system.
In Europe, News Corp arm Sky is trialing Qualcomm's MediaFLO mobile TV system, among other options, but in the US, MediaFLO is likely to be heavily tied to the telcos, while Sprint is in bed with the cable operators, leaving Clearwire an obvious choice.
DirecTV has filed an application to bid for its own spectrum in the forthcoming AWS auction, but this would be an expensive option and is likely to be a fallback choice should it fail to find an appropriate partner with a network already underway (another, more outside, candidate being mobile satellite company MSV, which has hybrid satellite radio spectrum and a $1bn build out plan).
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ANCHORAGE -- Republicans held on to a majority in the state Senate on Tuesday but two familiar faces were sent packing.
Anchorage Sen. Dave Donley, co-chair of the powerful Finance Committee, was upset by Democrat Hollis French. Nikiski Sen. Jerry Ward was defeated by Republican Moderate Tom Wagoner.
With four of 22 precincts of a Fairbanks Senate district, car dealer Ralph Seekins, a Republican, claimed victory over state Rep. John Davies, a Democrat. He led by 718 votes.
Seekins' victory gave Repub-licans 11 seats, Republican Moder-ates one and Democrats eight. Republicans held a 14-6 majority in the Senate last session.
In one of the closest races of the night, Rep. Gretchen Guess, a Democrat, held an 88-vote lead for a vacant Senate seat in East Anchorage over tourism businessman Tim Worthen.
The GOP started Election Night with four Senate seats in hand. Robin Taylor of Wrangell did not face re-election. Incumbents Alan Austerman of Kodiak and Ben Stevens of South Anchorage ran unopposed. Republican Scott Ogan ran unopposed after the primary.
Other Republican incumbents won easily.
Gene Therriault of North Pole defeated Alaskan Independence Party member Trac Copher of Sutton, Lyda Green of Wasilla defeated Democrat James Della Silva and Gary Wilken defeated Mike Waleri.
Two Republican state representatives won promotions to the Senate. Fred Dyson of Eagle River defeated Democrat Roberta Goughnour to win a seat vacated by Senate President Rick Halford. Con Bunde of Anchorage defeated Mitch Schapira to claim an open seat.
In a race covering Spenard and other parts of West Anchorage that turned bitter in its final days, French credited his organization and a team of 100 volunteers knocking on doors for putting him over the top.
Donley tried to make French's claim of military service an issue. French listed his service as ''USMC (ROTC) 1977-1978,'' which he later explained was six weeks training at the Quantico, Va., Marine Corps base.
French said most people saw his military record as a non-issue and he never tried to make it out as anything more or less than was stated in the pamphlet.
As for why voters picked him, ''It's a choice of politics of the last 10 years versus politics of the future,'' French said.
The Seekins-Davies campaign was one of the most expensive ever in the Interior. Both raised more than $100,000 and Seekins kicked in $20,000 of his own money.
Seekins pounded Davies for his support of a fiscal plan that included new taxes. He contended that Davies advocated a spending plan that would cost families of four nearly $3,500.
Seekins told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that his ideas for economic development were the main catalyst for his victory.
''I think people looking for jobs for themselves and jobs for their grandchildren is what made the difference,'' Seekins said.
Democrats started Election Day with two seats. Sen. Bettye Davis of Anchorage and Donny Olson of Nome did not face re-election.
Juneau Democrat Kim Elton fought off an upset bid by Cathy Munoz, who hoped to be the first Republican senator in Juneau since her father, Elton Engstrom Jr., was defeated in 1970 by Bill Ray.
Anchorage Sen. Johnny Ellis, the Senate minority leader, turned back a challenge by Republican Harold Heinze, a former commissioner of Natural Resources.
Democrat Lyman Hoffman of Bethel defeated Willy Keppel and Democrat Georgianna Lincoln of Rampart defeated Mac Carter of Central.
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Burgoine, Thomas and Lake, Amelia A. and Stamp, Elaine and Alvanides, Seraphim and Mathers, John C. and Adamson, Ashley J. (2009) 'Changing foodscapes 1980-2000, using the ASH30 Study.', Appetite., 53 (2). pp. 157-165.
There has been a dramatic change in the UK 'foodscape', accompanied by increasing rates of overweight and obesity. This study explores dietary change and change in BMI recorded longitudinally (1980–2000) against the change in food availability recorded retrospectively. Over 20 years the foodscape changed dramatically, with the total number of food outlets increasing by 79.4%. Analysis did not find a relationship between the foodscape and food intake patterns in 1980 or 2000. However statistically significant associations were found between 1980 foodscape and percent change in BMI. Adding geographical elements to a dietary study adds an interesting dimension in exploring the change in eating and BMI from adolescence to adulthood.
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NATA 2016: Important Changes
NATA 2016: Important Changes
NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) is a national level test that is conducted by the Council of Architecture, New Delhi. This exam is organized for those candidates seeking for admission in the field of architecture. In this year, the exam conducting authority has made some important changes in the NATA 2016 examination. Candidates must have knowledge about the new changes which have been made in NATA 2016.
The NATA examination will be started from 1st April 2016 and ended on 20th August 2016.
Important Changes in NATA
The Council of Architecture has been announced some important changes regarding NATA Exam. These changes will be effected from 1st April 2016 as the date of NATA exam.
Here, we are providing the important changes that are effective for NATA test. The changes are mentioned below.
- Candidates can attempt NATA examination for a maximum of 5 (FIVE) TIMES within two years from the date of their first attempt. The examination will be started from 1st April 2016.
- The best score out of the number of attempts till date will be the "VALID SCORE" (Maximum of 5).
- "Best of 5 attempts" system will be applicable for the NATA test given from 1st April 2016.
- "Validity of the "Best score" will be for 2 years from the date of their first attempt in 2016.
- At the NATA official website, a new NATA Registration form is to be submitted online by the candidate for every attempt and the required Fee to be paid for every attempt.
- The mark list will show the "best marks "scored by the candidate among all their previous attempts (Maximum of 5) as "VALID SCORE".
- For determining the "best of 5" for the students who appeared for NATA test before 2016, 5 (Five) more attempts will be allowed and their earlier "last valid score" also will be considered for obtaining the Best Score and for such students the validity of their "Valid score" will be 2 years from the date of their First attempt in 2016.
- Candidates, while seeking the repeat test appointment must declare their earlier examination details as required in the application form (even if they appeared in the previous years) while registering for NATA 2016.
- If any candidate is found registering afresh concealing the earlier appearance (including registered but exam not given cases ) for NATA test, he / she will lose his / her candidature and further his / her all previous scores will be cancelled and he / she will be barred from appearing for NATA again.


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RIPON — Sophomore Alyssa Harris shined in her longest outing in the pitcher's circle for Ripon High Monday, twirling a five-inning no-hitter in an 11-0 victory over nonleague visitor Foresthill of Placer County.
Harris, who had previously logged just 3 2/3 innings through 11 games, struck out the first five batters she faced and ended up with 10 punchouts.
Foresthill's Zoe Moss reached on a dropped third strike to start the fourth inning and break up Harris' bid for a perfect game, and Hailey James later walked to put two on with one out. Harris escaped the jam by forcing two straight grounders.
"I have three kids who can throw, and she definitely deserves to get some innings in," Ripon coach Robert Vernon said of Harris. "This week is a good chance for her to get some full games in."
After a brutal seven-day stretch in which Ripon went 1-3 against four powerhouse programs (Sierra, Hughson, East Union, Escalon), things should go a little more smoothly this week with a game at Modesto Christian (0-2 TVL, 3-6 overall) today and Riverbank (2-1, 6-8-1) visiting Thursday for Trans-Valley League contests.
Ripon (9-3) helped its pitcher gain confidence quickly after a torrid seven-run first inning rally. The Indians' No. 3-6 hitters were replaced by the bottom of the third inning, but the game was well in hand by that point. Leadoff batter Darian Vandermaaten reached four times and went 2 for 2 with two runs, a double and an RBI. Melanie Wilkerson was 3 for 4 with two runs.


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Discussion in 'General Gallery' started by Surrealist, Jul 24, 2005.
"so let me get this straight - those things are called sprouts, and I'm going to like them?"
I wonder who held the camera???
Is it your baby's self-portrait (well, judging by his/her age I much doubt it ) or has daddy tried to catch his shoe portrait ??? Heehee
Ah now. The "surrealistic" TV programme of a Sunday morning at "Surrealist's" .
By the way: are you going to leave this dear baby in his/her mother's care on Saturday, 20th, while you will take yourself to Saffron Walden to meet us?
Heh. It's a she, her name is Emily and she is 1.
I didn't even know that there was a meetup - unfortunately I won't be there, although I will look forward to seeing the photos...
Oh , you did not know it? We, Hertz and I, have tried to make it so widely known... a pity you won't be there. But we are already hoping for a second European (UK again?) meet-up.
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Astros slugger Lee's season likely over with finger break
Carlos Lee breaks finger after being hit by pitch
Astros slugger likely out for season
Published 5:30 am, Saturday, August 9, 2008
CINCINNATI -- Astros slugger Carlos Lee is likely out for the rest of the season after breaking his left pinky finger in tonight's 3-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.
Lee, who leads the National League with 100 RBIs, will undergo surgery in Houston on Monday and will be six-to-eight weeks. There are seven weeks remaining in the regular season.
Lee was hit by a pitch thrown by Reds starter Bronson Arroyo in the third inning and left the game immediately.
"I knew right away it was not going to be good," Lee said. "It hit me square. It's a bad deal, but what can I do? They said six-to-eight weeks, so probably I'm out (for the season). Unless the guys make a comeback and I'll be back for the playoffs."
He will be placed on the disabled list Sunday for the first time in his career and the Astros will call up outfielder Reggie Abercrombie from Class AAA Round Rock.
Lee has carried the team offensively in recent weeks, hitting a major-league best .385 with 16 homers and 53 RBIs since June 8. He went 4-for-5 in Friday's game with a homer and three RBIs to give him National League-best 100 RBIs.
"I never felt this good in my career at the plate," Lee said. "I truly believe I was going to help make a comeback and do the best I could to help the team, but now I'm out."
Astros manager Cecil Cooper said Darin Erstad and perhaps even Ty Wigginton will split the playing time in left field.
This is the fourth time in five seasons Lee has reached 100 RBIs, and his 658 RBIs since the start of the 2003 season are the most by any outfielder.
When discussing reaching 1,000 career RBIs following Friday's game, Lee talked about how fortunate he's been in his career to remain healthy. He's played in at least 150 games in every season since 2003.
"A lot of people have it worse,' Lee said.
Lee ranks is among league leaders in batting average (.314), home runs (28), total bases (248) and slugging percentage (.569).


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Dear EvalTF, In our last telco we discussed opening a group only survey about random sampling. This would then provide input to draft a first text. Please add questions to the list below that may be relevant to draft a first text about random sampling. Here are a few from the last telco and my own additions. Please mark them with YES or NO to delete or keep and add questions as you like: - How do you collect pages? - How do you collect pages in web-applications? - Is there a difference between large and small websites in the manner you collect the pages? - Is there a difference between large and small websites in the size of the sample? - Do you collect a random sample? - Do you think random sampling is necessary? and why? - What portion of your sample is randomly selected? - How do you collect randomly (do you count pages..)? - If you use tools for sampling? - Are tools sufficient to collect a sample? - Should the random sample be other pages than the ones already included in Step 3? - ... - ... - ... Sampling is now in our methodology in section 3.3 Step 3 Select a Representative Sample. The current version of the methodology lets you select a representative sample including Common Web Pages of the Website, Exemplar Instances of Web Pages, Other Relevant Web Pages and Complete Processes. Random sampling is not included. The endresult for this survey would be about 10 to 15 questions. We could set the max for answers to 100 words per question. Kindest regards, EricReceived on Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:11:46 UTC
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Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Anyone have it? How does it compare with COD4?
Re: Rainbow Six Vegas 2
I bought it last weekend. I like it. I haven't played online yet but the single player is pretty sweet. I never played the first one... As for COD comparison, not sure, didn't play COD either...
Re: Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Here I am playing Rainbow Six Lockdown. Man I really need to get on next gen system craze.
Re: Rainbow Six Vegas 2
After watching the trailer on youtube, I do not see any difference from the 1st one. I could be wrong.
Re: Rainbow Six Vegas 2
it's a polished version of the first one with new maps & a couple new maps/weapons/gear options, but that's totally fine with me cuz I loved the first one. As far as comparisions to it a COD, R6V is a much more slow paced tactical game than COD. Plus it has one of the coolest multiplayer option of terrorist hunts in which up to 4 players can take on a level of terrorists. And in R6V you have to make sure u are watching each others backs because more so than any other FPS I've ever played, the AI enemies will consistentl find ways to flank you and attack you when u least expect it.
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A mom's push to raise awareness for her young son's rare disease led to her being banned from a popular social media site after her own neighbors complained.
When you can not speak, who can help you get the word out? For 9-year old Wyatt Moore his parents have worked nearly all his life spreading the word on MECP2 Duplication Syndrome.
"It's a very super rare genetic condition that not many people know about," his dad Jason Moore said.
Wyatt is one of an estimated dozen children in Texas with the rare genetic condition. It is passed from the mother to the child and in nearly all documented cases, boys are affected.
The condition leads to severe cognitive developmental disabilities, seizures and a life expectancy rarely exceeding 20 years.
Wyatt requires around-the-clock care and the research to find a cure for the genetic condition requires funding, much of it generated through grants and donations.
So Amy and Jason Moore planned a fundraiser for Tuesday at Neighbor's Casual Kitchen in Lake Highlands and got the word out via social media through Facebook and Nextdoor.com
"My community knows about this, I want other people to know too," Amy Moore said.
But it turns out her community maybe knew too much.
Other neighbors on Nextdoor complained, saying the site dedicated to garage sales, prowler and coyote sightings wasn't the forum to ask for donations or promote the event.
"I wasn't ever told - you are over posting and if it continues you will be turned off," Amy Moore said.
Over the weekend, Nextdoor sent an email to Amy informing her they had suspended her account after receiving complaints from her neighbors.
"Calling somebody out because they're trying to help their kid or trying to do something good for a cause - seems a little bit overboard for me," Jason Moore said.
A little overboard for others too. Some neighbors rallied to the Moore's side on Nextdoor, one saying "that's what parents are supposed to do - fight for their kids!"
Nextdoor didn't respond to a request for comment about the incident but evidently heard the message and reinstated Amy Moore's account on Monday.
For Wyatt's parents, they say this is just a minor of hiccup for their family, and they're remaining focused on tomorrow's fundraiser.
The event runs from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. with 20-percent of all restaurant proceeds going to the 401 Project, a parent led group designed to help raise awareness and fundraise for MECP2 cure.


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Originally posted by angellicview
reply to post by OleMB
Wow! I must say I've never had an experience like that! I have heard other people, though, say that they have.
I feel that I know who we are, where we came from, and where we are going. So in that sense I feel like I am "awakened". But to have an experience such as that one, I suppose I lack whatever it is one needs to have it. Perhaps it has to do with my diet, or the fact that I consume large amounts of fluoride, or that I am addicted to pharmaceuticals (antidepressants, which are very addicting).
What do you think?
Originally posted by otie1
S*f for you
Your right everyone has their own way of opening their third eye, only thing is we "forgot" over the generations with material goods and stuff.
It's just something we are born with. It's real. The government dosent disclose that because opening your third eye is liberating your mind.
And free thinkers are dangerous to the man
Originally posted by OleMB
Originally posted by otie1
S*f for you
Your right everyone has their own way of opening their third eye, only thing is we "forgot" over the generations with material goods and stuff.
It's just something we are born with. It's real. The government dosent disclose that because opening your third eye is liberating your mind.
And free thinkers are dangerous to the man
You are very right good man, they are actually working very hard discouraging people to find their internal way to the other side, making it to be a astral plane of evil entities, ghosts and demons ready to pluck the body of any traveler showing any signs of fear. I believe this is intentional propaganda.
Originally posted by BlindBelligerence
So you had a(your first?) Psilocybe sp. mushroom experience, and now feel like a god of sorts, thought you're obviously wording it quite differently. Might I ask if you've done other drugs, before the mushroom experience? Were you interested in Terrence McKenna before, or after, the mushroom trip? If you're familiar with McKenna, and others like him, you're also aware of set and setting, which is the most important aspect of tripping. Whatever you're thinking of, will be created, while you're tripping on chemicals like '___', Psilocin, etc.
In other words, you read about and are obviously very interested in the spiritual aspect of psychedelics. You know of Terrence McKenna, and have read of experiences he's had on similar drugs. I also know of Terrence, and his ideas. I've also had experiences with magic mushrooms, though these were all obviously very vivid dreams that I can still recall. Obviously.
If you want to discuss this further, feel free to e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I'd appreciate hearing about your experience(s), and maybe you'll be able to appreciate my slightly different viewpoint.
However, you shouldn't lump every mysterious phenomena together with these drugs. The reason you connected all of those dots was because of the chemical reactions in your brain, not the opening of your third eye. Mark my words, you'll be waiting for several months now that you feel this sense of synchronicity. Other Psilocin trips may or may not continue with the theme you've just described; that's totally dependent on you. You will, though, come to realize that no matter how many times you take mushrooms again, you won't ever become one with the spiritual self you met, solely by using drugs.
To the guy who was amazed by the OP's experience, maybe you should check out Erowid. It's the Internet's most comprehensive website on drug experiences, and you'll find tens of thousands of experiences that will blow your mind just as much as the OP's. And if you've tried to take Psilocybe sp. mushrooms, while also on a daily regiment of antidepressants, that can explain why you didn't have such a profound experience. But, it's also very dangerous. I suggest not even considering taking any drug that activates receptors that increase your levels of serotonin. You could die, and that's a fact.
Also, for those who hear the words magic mushrooms, and instantly laugh off the OP, or the idea that the OP's expressing, look into recent studies about Psilocybin. Eating magic mushrooms doesn't make a sane person psychotic, it doesn't eat your brain, there's no possible way to perma-trip, you won't try to jump out of a window, and you won't go try to cuddle with a bear in the woods. As always, though, use your discretion and don't take any drug unless you're aware of the mechanisms it uses to give you the experiences you receive.
Originally posted by itsthetooth
reply to post by OleMB
I believe the third eye is real. I posted recently about disabled powers. I feel that once our DNA is corrected, as it was found to be tampered with, our third eye would start working again.
In this Gnosis series, it has been my premise that a primordial schism arose between the Creator and portions of its Creation, namely the Demiurge, which developed a rogue parasitic extension called the Corrupt Demiurge. This was the First Fall.
Beings within Creation, possessing the power of freewill, harmonized with the Creator or the Corrupt Demiurge depending on whether they respected the divine framework or turned their back on it. Those who aligned with the Corrupt Demiurge carried out their parasitic agenda of survival at the expense of others.
In its original form, humanity may have been a lesser evolved but benign species created by well-meaning genetic engineers. At some point they came into contact with alien civilizations that were agents of the Corrupt Demiurge. Whether by choice or sheer ignorance, the result was genetic modification of terrestrial humanity toward becoming a fundamentally self-serving species divested of psychic sensitivity and divine harmonization. Humans were spiritually dumbed down but intellectually enhanced. This was the Second Fall, depicted in the story of Adam and Eve.
The Third Fall involved members of the meta-civilization located in our distant past, likely ancestors of the Nordic aliens who inhabited the planet that is now the Asteroid Belt. After demiurgic wars destroyed their planet, the survivors set up camp on Earth, bringing with them the Grail Stone technology. The Superman, Lucifer Rebellion, and Neutral Angels myths seem to depict this.
Their contact with the natives and resulting technological osmosis led to the rise of such fabled civilizations as Atlantis and Hyperborea. These were brought to an end by fluctuations in the Etheric Tide, terrestrial abuses of demiurgic technology, and natural disasters, signifying the Fourth Fall. ...
Originally posted by BlindBelligerence
reply to post by artistpoet
Did you read my post? What part of my post told you that I was dismissing the OP for using drugs? I even spent a paragraph urging people not to dismiss him for the drugs. I also mentioned that spirituality does not center around psychedelics, and that one will not be able to feel what it's like to truly be spiritual if one is also being influenced by other things.
Can I not help keep this discussion grounded to reality, where chemical imbalances in one's brain can, and will cause problems, if not taken care of?
Oh, and don't assume that because I understand that drugs can be damaging, that I don't think drugs are damaging. That doesn't make sense, and shows little understanding.edit on 30-1-2012 by BlindBelligerence because: (no reason given)


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Lamar and I are shooting our 5th documentary film and the topic is Blended Families. This topic is near and dear to our hearts because we have a blended family. I had two children from a previous relationship when Lamar and I met, and then we had two more kids after we got married. And what we've found out is that our family structure is not so un-common as 1/3 of all Americans find themselves in some type of step-family relationship – step-parent, step-child, or step-sibling.
But since blended families are so prevalent, how come everyone is so surprised by the challenges that they face after getting married? And when I say everyone….I am including myself in that. In interviewing the couples for our film, I heard terms like "blind-sided" "sucker punched" and "unprepared" for problems that surfaced after wedding day. And unfortunately, most families are not able to survive with over 60% of re-marriages ending in divorce. And if the re-marriage involves children, then the likelihood of divorce increases.
I was at a marriage conference a few weeks back, and Dr. Gary Chapman- marriage guru and author of The Five Love Languages, gave us 3 factors that lead to re-divorce:
- Factor #1 – The Children – not realizing how the kids are adjusting…..and the inability to be empathetic with the kids. To be honest, if I had to do it all again, I would have talked with my kids more before getting married…rather than assume. I assumed that things were "hunky dory" because everyone got along while Lamar and I were dating. But dating and being married and living together are very different things. And talking to your kids first about their feelings and about what is going to happen in the blended family will help to start you off in the right direction. And don't be afraid to hear from your kids that they don't want you to get married. If anything, you should be glad that your kids are sharing their true feelings because now you will be able to address their concerns.
- Factor #2 – The Finances – bringing financial wounds with you into your new marriage. Without realizing it, you could be bringing your financial baggage with you into your new marriage. Perhaps you are not so trusting because you were burned in your past relationship. Perhaps you and your spouse are already two established individuals and you are having problems merging your two lives. Whatever the financial issues are, you and your spouse need to work on a system that is right for your new family structure. What worked for us is that we became one….what's mine is your and what's yours is mine. We put everything together and we took if from there.
- Factor #3 – The Ex – you have to do in divorce what you could not do in marriage. If kids are involved, then you have to learn to work together for the sake of the kids – i.e. co-parent. When you are able to co-parent with your ex, the kids feel secure, they have consistency and stability in their lives, and you provide them with a great example to follow. But when you are not able to co-parent, the divisiveness will cause stress on the kids and on your new marriage.
Dr. Chapman said something else that was very profound:
"…you don't have to run into every tree in the jungle…you can go around them.."
So while you know that there will be problems (trees) in your new blended family life, you can prepare yourself to deal with them. Do some research and get the help and resources that you will need to for your new family. And if you don't do that…then least you can do is…communicate…communicate…communicate with your spouse and with your kids. And please know that, your new blended family can and will be a blessing to you and your kids if you are willing to put in the work.
If you are in a blended family, please share with us tips or resources that you have used to help your family overcome challenges.
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Travelling for 6 weeks with hubby - How much money?
Travelling for 6 weeks with hubby - How much money?
Hey, we want to do the below trip
We don't mind roughing it a bit and eating street food is o.k. We arn't huge party animals but a couple beers here and there is cool.
Not including flights, how much would you recommend us bringing for the whole trip?
Thanks a lot
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we're looking to do the same, never done it before either...
Any good sites to look at?
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