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Malia, Teira, and Megumi woke up at the same time but Teira got ready the quickest and therefore was the first person in the common room. Teira had her cobra Kalli around her neck, her long blonde and green tipped hair was in a braid, she had on fancy green, black, and silver clothing underneath her boring black robes, and a bandage covering her long cut on her face. She walked into the Great Hall where most of the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws where already eating. She walked past Harry and Ron who got up to introduce themselves.
"Hi I'm Har-"Harry started.
"Harry Potter the boy-who-lived! In other words the boy who killed the Dark Lord when he was only an infant!" Teira interrupted, she brushed some of his hair up so she could see his scar, Harry was frozen by how a Slytherin was touching him and not causing him pain.
"Well I'm Ro-"Ron started.
"Ronald Weasly! Your father works in the ministry, working with….muggle….artifacts…."Teira said in a bit of disgust.
"Why do you call him the Dark Lord?"Harry asked Teira.
"Would you rather me call him….Tom, Voldemort, or how about my Great Uncle!" Teira replied.
"YOU'RE THE DARK LORDS GREAT NEICE!"Harry and Ron yelled out together. Causing everyone in the Great Hall including the teachers to look at Harry, Ron, and Teira. Umbridge looked at Teira immediately marking her as a trouble maker who will be having detention every day. Snape though looked frightened for Teira's safety, if people actually believed what those two said the professors would be wary of her and the students wouldn't treat her fairly.
"HA! You two are nuts! He-who-must-not-be-named didn't have any children or family!"A Ravenclaw yelled out, everyone else seemed to nod and agree at the simple logic. Harry, Ron, Umbridge, and Dumbledore didn't seem convinced though. Malia skipped in at that moment and saw Teira talking to Harry, Megumi was close behind Malia.
"Hey Teira! Potter, Weasly!"Malia replied at first happy and then turned into a voice without emotion when she talked to Harry.
"Bye Harry and Weasly boy…."Teira says and skips off to the Slytherin table and sat down at the head of the table.
"Hey Harry…."Megumi whispers to Harry as Malia and Teira skipped off. "Draco screams like a girl!" Megumi finished and walked over to his cousins, leaving a laughing hysterically Harry and Ron. Teira was already filling her plate with eggs, cereal, toast, and some juice.
"You told them how Draco screams I take it Gumi?" Teira asked Megumi between bites.
"Yup! And I'm glad I did!" Megumi replied and then glanced at Draco who had just walked in, and then at Harry and Ron who both started laughing harder when Draco walked in. Draco ignored them and walked up to sit next to Teira, he sat on the edge of the bench not knowing the danger he's in.
"Hey Teira I was just wondering if yo-"Draco started. Teira pushed Draco who fell out of his seat and onto the floor, a high pitched squeal followed closely after his fall. The whole room except for the teachers (some were biting their cheeks to keep from laughing though) burst out in laughter. Teira got up and started walking to potions; Snape saw her walking and quickly flooed to his office. Teira walked in seconds after Snape, she sat down in the front and pulled out her book and went to get ingredients for the potion she would be making.
"Teira what are you making today?" Snape asked while grading some first year essays.
"Ummm, I think I'm gonna try and make one I made up, I won't tell you what it is though! It's gonna be a surprise!" Teira said walking out from the supply storage. "Umm, Professor do you have any basilisk venom?" Teira asked innocently while examining her ingredients.
"Basilisk venom, why on earth would you need that!" Snape said shocked.
"For my potion, oh never mind I found some in my bag…."Teira said who had been searching through a black messenger bag. She pulled out a medium sized bottle which had silvery black liquid in it. She set it next to some other bottles that were smaller.
"Teira what exactly does this potion do?" Snape asked warily.
"I TOLD you it's a secret!" Teira said exasperated. "And when the others walk in I only want my cousins next to me!" Teira glanced back at the door and then took out a small silver knife, she gently pressed it to a vein in her arm causing it to start bleeding, she grabbed an empty bottle and filled it with her blood, and she murmured a healing spell and the blood and cut disappeared. At that moment everyone seemed to walk in the door, Megumi and Malia walked in first, each of them sitting next to Teira who had already started on her potion.
"Calm down Potter!!" Snape called out. "Free Day doesn't mean you don't have to do potions, it just means you have to make any potion you like, that is O.W.L approved! So no easy potions! Follow Teira's example and start already!" everyone got up and started working on various potions, no two were the same except for one table which had Harry, Ron, and Hermione, all were doing an antidote to the same potion. "Cheating are we Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasly! Each of you choose another potion! Or I will pick one for you!" Snape called out. An hour passed and Teira and her cousins were all almost done with their potions. Megumi was doing the Felix Felicis potion and Malia was making an antidote to the affects of the Cruciatus Curse that Snape had taught her. Teira still hadn't revealed what her potion was or what it did; her potion was silver, black, and blood red colored. Teira added the basilisk venom and the potion turned completely blood red, she added her blood and the potion added silver streaks to the color. Megumi and Malia finished their potions, cleaned up and brought their potions to Snape who evaluated them and announced that they were the best brewed in the class so far. The two sat back down and asked Teira what her potion was every once in awhile. Teira said 'it's a secret' every time. Finally only three minutes were left in the class, the only ones still working were Harry, Ron, and Teira. Harry and Ron finished and brought the potions to Snape who declared them the worst brewed so far. Teira finished with a minute to spare and brought it up to Snape after cleaning up, everyone was wondering what the potion did.
"Professor may I share what the potion does tomorrow, because it seems we have no time left!" Teira asked innocently. Snape only nodded and dismissed his students. Teira skipped out holding the potion in her hands. She quickly slipped it into her bag and then entered the D.A.D.A room where Umbridge sat waiting.
"Teira may I ask you something?"Umbridge started.
"Of course Professor!" Teira replied calmly.
"Are you really you-know-who's great niece?" Umbridge asked warily.
"Of course not Professor! I was only joking with Potter!" Teira said, a small giggle followed after her words. Umbridge seemed to sigh in relief. Teira sat down in the front again, and Megumi and Malia next to her. Everyone else walked in slowly, dreading this class.
"Now students, I would like to welcome to my class Teira Storm Slytherin!" Umbridge started and flinched when the snake around Teira's neck moved. "Teira put that snake AWAY!!" Umbridge practically screamed at Teira.
"Professor I can't, Kalli follows me everywhere! She's my familiar!" Teira replied.
"PUT HER AWAY NOW!"Umbridge screamed this time.
"NO!!" Teira yelled back with enough force to knock Umbridge off of her feet.
"DETENTION MISS. SLYTHERIN!" Umbridge yelled when she got back to her feet. Teira shrugged lightly and pulled out her book, continuing to ignore the professor. Finally the bell rang to end classes for the day, for the true Slytherins anyway who were equal to the other professors who taught the other subjects. Finally it was time for Teira's detention; she skipped up to Umbridge's office and like Malia almost ran back out again because there was pink everywhere. "Good you're here, you will be doing some lines for me, and since young Mr. Malfoy has informed me that you and your cousins don't feel pain like the rest of us normal humans do! I had Professor Snape whip this up for me; it enhances the pain on a normal human by one-hundred percent." Umbridge spelled the potion into Teira's stomach making it activate immediately, she passed Teira a blood red quill and some parchment. "I want you to write, 'I will not bring snakes to class' five-hundred times, you may begin." Teira started writing realizing that the faster she wrote the quicker she could leave, but writing fast only made the quill dig deeper into her skin to bring out the blood, so finally after three hours Teira finished and brought the parchment up to Umbridge who glanced at it and dismissed Teira who ran out of the room. Once she was in the shadows, Teira leaned against a wall and slid down it till she was on the floor. Teira tried to stop the blood that was pouring out of her hand but didn't succeed. Teira grew weaker and paler and was suddenly passed out on the floor, a pool of blood around her.
Snape was walking to Umbridge's office to ask her why she needed the pain stimulant potion when he saw a red liquid trail on the ground, he followed it and saw Teira on the ground passed out with blood pouring out of the cuts on her hands which said 'I will not bring snakes to class' realizing that this was why Umbridge needed the potion. He picked up Teira gently and started walking to the Hospital Wing, unfortunately all of the students were out of their common room and saw Snape carrying Teira to the Hospital, but soon enough Snape arrived at the Hospital Wing and let Madame Pomfrey do her work on Teira.
Malia and Megumi were in the Slytherin common room wondering what was taking so long with Teira's detention, they were about to go and look for her when Draco and Blaise walked in talking about a girl who was all bloody and was dying from loss of blood. Malia thought it was Teira and ran to the Hospital Wing with Megumi following her closely. Blaise ditched Draco when he saw Malia run out of the portrait; he followed the two realizing that it had to be Teira that he saw Snape carrying to the Hospital wing if these two were so worried. Blaise knew that Malia would be mad if she saw him following her but he didn't care right then and there, he just had to see Teira.
To Teira everything was a blur, she was passed out yes, but she could still see and hear what was going on thanks to Kalli who was secretly hiding in her sleeve on Teira's injured hand, Kalli was hissing and showing her fangs to anyone besides Snape. Once Draco came too close and Kalli had to bite him but she missed so he just screamed like a girl and ran. Soon enough though Teira was on a bed in the hospital wing and Kalli was slithering around Teira like a guard dog. Soon Malia, Megumi, and Blaise ran into the door and had to see Kalli before even getting close to Teira.
"I'll have to wake her up, but it's going to be awful since she will feel the pain when she wakes up, I don't want to do this….Ennervate."Madam Pomfrey said, the spell waking Teira up who immediately screamed when she woke up, her non-injured hand grabbed her injured hand and she curled up, tears pouring down her face. Each scream was just as awful to the people in the room. Kalli brought her fangs up to Teira's wound and sunk them in, everyone tried to stop her except for Malia and Megumi who seemed to know something the others didn't. Teira's screams stopped and were brought down to a whimper and then down to nothingness, the wound was gone except for the faint scar that said 'I will not bring snakes to class'. Teira's eyes opened and she looked at her hand, her strong eyes catching the faint scar, almost instantly the light turned red and the room started shaking, Teira's eyes looked red in the light, her hair was swirling around her face, the glass started shaking and then shattered.
"WHERE IS THAT BITCH!!? IM GONNA KILL HER!" Teira yelled, she jumped up and started to run out of the room only to be stopped by Malia, Megumi, and Blaise who all stepped in front of the doors, their wands pointed at Teira who was in a blind fit of rage. Snape was behind Teira and also had his wand pointed at Teira. Teira being somewhat sensible stopped in her tracks and considered her chances of getting out of the room safely. "MOVE!!" Teira yelled at her cousins and Blaise. Only Blaise seemed to be shaken at the ferocity of Teira's voice, but he still stayed at the door, Teira pulled out her wand and pointed it at the door and started to say the blasting charm but was hit by four different spells causing her to pass out before the door could blast off of its hinges. Blaise being the closest picked her up gently and carried her back to the bed.
"I don't think that was the best way Serverus…."Madam Pomfrey said.
"It was necessary….if we hadn't hit her, she would have gone and tried to kill a ministry staff member." Snape replied. Everyone looked at Teira, the lighting had gone back to normal and the glass repaired itself. Suddenly there was a scream of fear from above them. Teira opened her eyes and giggled.
"That'll teach her!"Teira murmured.
"What exactly did you do Teira?"Blaise asked warily.
"Oh nothing….but you'll find out tomorrow in D.A.D.A class!" Teira replied, she jumped out of bed and skipped of the Slytherin common room and from there to her room.
"Just leave it Blaise, if she said we'll find out tomorrow, we'll find out tomorrow…."Megumi said exasperated. The three remaining students walked back to the Slytherin common room and stayed there to talk. Finally the trio decided to go to bed, all slept peacefully till the next morning. The next day was quiet because almost everyone had gone home for the holidays. All classes were done till the next term began. Teira and Blaise were sitting in the common room the next morning, everyone else was still asleep. Blaise had arrived first and then Teira came in shivering slightly.
"Teira are you okay?" Blaise asked, his eyes filled with concern.
"Y-y-yea, j-j-j-just a b-b-b-bit c-c-c-cold!!" Teira replied, she sat in the black leather sofa next to Blaise who looked at her and nodded.
"It does get cold down here in the winter time, especially without all of the people down here!" Blaise said. Teira snapped her fingers and a black flame appeared in the fire place which slowly started to change to a dark green. Blaise stared at it in wonder then realized Teira did it, he pulled her close and put his arm around her, Teira rested her head on his shoulder.
"You're really nice Blaise, how did you ever get into Slytherin?"
"I don't know, guess the hat thought I would show my best potential here, or maybe because it knew you would be coming!" Blaise said then shut up realizing he just said something stupid. Teira started laughing slightly, her laugh had pure joy in it, Malia heard her cousins laugh and smiled widely, not remembering when she last heard Teira laugh like that. She walked into the common room and sat between Blaise and Teira, both who gave her a slight glare.
"So what do you guys want to do today?" Malia asked.
"I'm gonna go to potions and tell Snape about my potion, he needs to know what it does…." Teira replied.
"Oh" Malia and Blaise both said. Malia glanced at Blaise and saw something in his eyes and then turned back to Teira.
"What do you want to do after that?"Malia asked.
"Ummm, I don't know" Teira replied.
"Could you tell us what you did to Umbridge?"Blaise asked.
"Mmmaayyybbee!!" Teira dragged out.
"Oh you're no fun!!" Malia said in a whiny tone.
"Chill, I'll tell you after lunch, Okay?!" Teira said to shut them both up. She went back to her room and changed into black jeans and a green, tight, deep v-neck, and long sleeved shirt. She grabbed her own robe which was black with streaks of silver in random areas and the Slytherin crest on the right sleeve. Teira left her hair down so the green tips could be seen; she put eyeliner on to enhance her eyes then walked back into the living room where Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and the remaining girls sat, Megumi had gone back upstairs to change as well. All the boys' mouths dropped to the floor when Teira walked in. "I'm going to breakfast. Anyone want to come with me?" Teira asked sweetly. Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise all stood up and walked over to her. Draco yelled at the others to go sit down.
"Go away you guys!! Since it's obvious that I'll be taking Teira to breakfast!" Draco said facing away from Teira who was giving him a death glare; the other guys saw and backed up, Draco smirked then turned around and flinched.
"Do NOT MAKE DECISIONS FOR ME DRACO MALFOY!! The pure-blood who is also a little tattle tale and is afraid of heights!!" Teira yelled. Megumi walked in and sat next to Malia who smiled and gave him a hug. Draco went and sat on the couch scarlet red. "Come on Blaise!!" Teira said, her tone was sharp and would make Voldemort obey the command. Blaise followed her out of the common room and then gave her a hug when they reached a hallway that no one was in.
"Hey try and calm down, Draco is a spoiled, rich, snobby brat!" Blaise said in a quiet tone. Teira started laughing and her shoulders drop slightly, Blaise relaxed as well because he didn't want an angry and tense Teira with him.
"Ok! Now let's go to breakfast and then I can answer your questions!" Teira replied and then started running to the grand hall with Blaise behind her. Teira arrived at the Grand Hall first except for the teachers of course. Teira skipped over to the Gryffindor table and sat down pulling Blaise down next to her, as soon as they sat down the banner over the table switched from red and gold to green and silver, there are now two Slytherin tables in the room. At that exact moment Harry and his two friends walked in and looked for the Gryffindor table and didn't see it, and then they saw Teira and Blaise sitting at the regular Gryffindor table.
"Hey move! That's Gryffindor table!!" Ron came over and yelled at Teira and Blaise who had his arms on Teira's shoulders.
"Ummmmm….no it's not!! The Slytherin Banner is above the table!!" Teira said. Ron and Harry glared at Teira who glared back; both of them pushed Hermione in front of them and hid behind her hair.
"Can you PLEASE move!!?"Hermione begged.
"No!" Teira said shortly. Ron at that point in time pulled his wand out and pointed it at Teira who had stood up, her eyes narrowed, and Draco and Malia walked in with the rest of the Slytherins.
"MOVE SLYTHERIN!!" Ron yelled at Teira and then started murmuring a spell used in battle. Malia and Draco started running to Teira but knew they would be too late, Ron's wand started to glow a greenish red color that would do some serious damage. Teira started to get pissed off, the light turned red, at this point the teachers noticed what was going on and started running to the group. Teira's hair started to lift up by a strong breeze and it made her hair swirl around her face, her eyes seemed to turn red, as Ron fired the spell it hit Teira but didn't affect her, Ron looked confused then saw Teira's eyes and started to run like a million spiders were behind him. Malia reached Teira at this point, both she and Blaise hugged her tight to try and calm her down, Draco had gone and caught Ron and was dragging him back. By the time Draco had dragged Ron back to the group Teira had calmed down the lighting had gone back to normal and her hair had stopped swirling around her face.
"Ronald Weasly!! How DARE you use a spell on Miss. Slytherin!" McGonagall said. She grabbed Ron and dragged him to her office for severe punishment. Everyone else started asking if Teira was fine, except for Umbridge who actually looked a tad annoyed about something. Teira easily slipped into Umbridge's head to see what was troubling her, what Teira heard though made her even more pissed off. 'Why didn't that Weasly boy hit her? He would have been set for life! I'm gonna have to talk about this with him.' Teira paled a bit and then ran out of the room making the doors slam shut and lock behind her. She ran and ran and ran till she no longer realized where she was, she did know she was somewhere in the Forbidden Forest, Teira started walking and soon found some cobras and thestrals. Teira sat down on the ground and spaced out by drawing patterns into the earth with her wand. After a couple of hours Malia and Megumi found her, Malia said something and then the both of them walked up to Teira.
"Hey Teira what's wrong!"" Malia asked while sitting next to her.
"Yea what's wrong Cuz?" Megumi asked while sitting next to Teira as well.
"Nothing….I'm fine."Teira replied coming back to Earth and reality. She looked down at the figure she had drawn; she saw a silver snake that looked very familiar. "I need to go!" Teira said then sprinted off, she found Harry quickly by bumping into him.
"Hey watch it Slytherin!" Harry's stern look quickly softened when he saw the look on Teira's face.
"Can you follow me; I wanna talk and not be interrupted…." Teira said, she grabbed Harry's hand and dragged him to the seventh floor. She came to a standstill in front of a wall.
"Hey why are we he-"Harry started but didn't finish because out of the wall a door formed.
"It's the Room of Requirement….I'm pretty sure that you knew about it already though….."Teira said while pushing the door open and walking inside.
"Yea….I know it…." Harry said in a whisper while following Teira inside. "Okay….so Teira what do you want? And don't give me that look! Why on earth would a Slytherin descendant want to talk to me!!?"
"Cuz….I'm confused….not because I like you, but my cousin Malia said that you both had detention with Umbridge….does she seem evil to you?"Teira asked.
"I think she's evil, but so do all the other students except for Draco and his buddies…."Harry replied. "Why do you ask?"
"Because I heard her thinking that she sent Ronald Weasly out to kill me….I know most teachers don't have Slytherin favorites except for Snape….but I have never heard of a teacher wanting a student dead before!!!!" Teira told him.
"Oh….WAIT! Umbridge sent RON!! My friend Ron to kill you!!!!?" Harry blurted out looking shocked.
"Yea….for money…."Teira said looking glum. "I don't care what you do….but just make sure Ron isn't hurt by her, and tell him he better not attack me again….or else…." Teira had started to walk out and glanced back at Harry with a glare in her eyes. "Do not tell anyone about this meeting….or you'll regret it!!" she walked out and walked to the common room, she passed a window and the setting sun hit her full on, a single ray of sunlight, but a strong one. Malia and Blaise had been looking for Teira ever since she ran off; they saw a ray of light in a window and a shadow of a slim figure in the middle of the light. Teira's eyes reflected the sun in them and her hair seemed even brighter than its normal blonde. Blaise saw Teira and thought she was an angel, he sighed loudly, a smile on his face and joy at seeing the beautiful person in the sun's rays. Malia heard his sigh and glanced at him then looked back at Teira who had sat on the ground, but was still on the ray of light. Malia and Blaise walked over to her, Megumi who had been taking secret passages came out of a portrait next to them, and he saw Teira and relaxed and then walked to join the trio that was in the light. Eventually the sun faded below the horizon and Teira looked ready to pass out, the group finally got up and started walking to the Slytherin Common room.
"Oh yea Teira…."Megumi started. "You never told us what you did!!"
"Hah! Yea your right, I promise to tell you guys tomorrow when we wake up!" Teira replied. They arrived at the Snake portrait soon after that, the snake let them go on in knowing that the three out of the group are direct descendants. Teira and Malia went to their rooms and Megumi and Blaise went to theirs. Malia fell asleep instantly, as did Blaise, and Megumi. Teira lay in bed awake and afraid to fall asleep. She had heard from Draco that Harry and Ron had been in the Slytherin Common Room once before, Ron would know the way down to it and Umbridge would most likely give him the password. Teira got up out of bed and cast a silencing charm so she wouldn't wake her cousin. She put on her cloak over her black tank top and black short shorts. She left her room and then entered the Common room to see the fire was still burning away. She left the common room and then broke into a run. She found herself in the potions class, when she had ran in she had hit the door so hard it slammed against the wall. Snape came in the room looking extremely pissed off, when he saw Teira and how she was dressed his eyes softened.
"Teira what's wrong?"
"You remember the fight in the Grand Hall this morning?" Teira blurted out, Snape nodded but was shocked, and he hadn't expected Teira to come to him about this. "Well I heard Umbridge's thoughts and it said that she made Ron cast that spell at me, she wants me DEAD!!!!" Teira fell to her knees at that point sobbing. Snape went over and knelt down next to her, he wrapped his arms around her.
"Are you sure that's what she was thinking?" Snape asked her.
"I'm positive….Thoughts don't lie…." Teira murmured.
"Okay….I believe you Teira….You never lied when you were younger, I'll talk to Dumbledore in the morning, you need to get some rest….do you want to go back to the Slytherin Common room? Or do you want to stay here in the extra room?"Snape asked her, a look of concern on his face.
"Here please….that bitch might have hired others…."Teira murmured, she fell asleep in his arms. Snape sighed, he picked her up easily and carried her to the extra room and put her in the bed, putting a fleece blanket over her before leaving and shutting the door. He hoped that she wasn't disturbed by the mental link that her cousins shared.
Teira dreamed that night, the same dream that her cousins were dreaming for once, the mental link that they have was strong on that night of the New Moon.
The Three's Dream
The dream was back when the three cousins were only just five years old, it was summer time and it was a time of peace and tranquility, Malia and Megumi still had parents, and Teira's parents didn't abuse her. The three lived together in Slytherin Manor, where they played and ignored anything that was going on in the real world, because to them, there were two different worlds, their home, and the real world. The three didn't know of any hardships, disloyalty, or true pain, they lived carefree. Serverus Snape was visiting the Slytherin Manor that summer and was watching the three play around.
"Malia! Gumi wait up!" a younger Teira said, she had a smile on her face, her eyes were brighter, her hair shorter. The three were racing back to Snape after playing in the river. Malia and Megumi were tied; Teira had tripped earlier and had fallen behind even though she was quickly gaining on them, she wanted to test her compulsion, Malia and Megumi slowed enough so that Teira could catch up, but then the real race began. The three were neck and neck, and no one could get the upper hand. Finally they all reached Snape at the same time.
"It's a tie!" Snape said trying to lighten the dark aura the three had. Megumi and Malia marched up to Teira and started yelling.
"WE THOUGHT WE AGREED NO MAGIC WAS TO BE USED IN THE RACE!!" Malia and Megumi both yelled at her. Malia grabbed the front of Teira's shirt and shook her.
"MALIA!!!!STOP IT!!" Teira cried out. Malia dropped Teira to the ground, Teira landed on the ground hard; she had tears in her eyes. Snape saw the tears and quickly went and knelt next to Teira and cast a diagnostic spell to see if she was hurt, it came back clean. Snape picked up Teira and got her on her feet again.
"Apologize Malia!" Snape said sternly.
"Why do you ALWAYS take her side Uncle Sevvy!!?" Malia complained.
"I'm not….now say sorry!" Snape said.
"I'm sorry Teira…."Malia said and then hugged Teira.
"It's okay…I forgive you Malia!!" Teira said.
"KIDS!! DINNERTIME!" Teira's mother called from the doorway.
"COMING MOMMY!!!!" Teira called back, the three kids took off for the doorway, Snape following behind. The dream faded, and turned into a dark meadow in the middle of a forest. The three walked into the meadow, the present selves. They saw each other and ran to the meadow.
"What's going on? This only happens when one of us is really upset about something." Malia said. Teira's head was down, the two looked at her.
"I'm fine!" Teira said quietly.
"No you aren't Teira! You're not fine! What's bothering you?!" Megumi asked, Malia and Megumi got up and went to stand next to Teira.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!" Teira shouted.
She then woke up, Malia and Megumi also woke up, Malia looked at Teira's bed and saw she wasn't there, Malia started panicking, she ran into Megumi's room.
"GUMI!!!!" Malia shouted looking extremely worried. "Teira isn't in her bed!!!!" Megumi jumped out of bed, both of them went to the common room, it was empty.
"Let's go ask Sev….there was a shadow covering Teira in the dream….usually a shadow means someone is with her…."Megumi suggested, Malia nodded. They ran to Snape's potions room, slamming the doors open, Snape was in the room brewing, he looked up.
"Malia….Megumi….I knew you two would be here soon when I saw Teira woke up….you guys shared another dream tonight didn't you?" Snape asked innocently.
"Where. Is. Teira!" Malia said slowly.
"In the extra bedroom…."He pointed, Malia and Megumi ran to the bedroom and saw Teira sitting up on the bed rubbing her eyes.
"TEIRA!!!!" Malia said, she ran and basically tackled Teira, almost causing them to fall off of the bed. Snape was in the doorway smiling to himself, even though the three are cousins; they still care for one another like if they were siblings, Malia was on the bed next to Teira, and Megumi was at the small window that faced the forbidden forest. Suddenly, Fawkes swooped in from the door, holding a letter addressed to Snape. Snape grabbed the letter, went to his desk sat down and opened it.
"Uncle Sev!" Malia said. "We are going back to Slytherin Common room! Kay?!" Malia said with a smile on her face, she grabbed Teira who took her arm back and followed behind Megumi and Malia who were skipping. Snape waved them goodbye and wished them a good rest of the night. He pulled the letter out and started to read it, he gasped and his eyes went wide. He looked to see if the three were still there, but they were long gone.
Hey Ariane here. Like i said this chapter is longer and i hope you like it a lot!!!!On word i have 35 pages of this story!But my friends coming over tonight so we'll get more done. R&R please!Next chapter some shocking news!!
Ariane Aure
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Last night I was amongst the crowd at the Premiere of independent film The Amazing Adventures of Captain Quasar, at Chesterfield's Winding Wheel theatre. Captain Quasar Is the brain child of Chesterfield resident Andy Buckland and is a testament to all that is best and worst in the history of the sci-fi and fantasy genres. I covered some of the films aims in my earlier post here
There was clearly an air of excitement amongst the cast, who were all justifiably delighted to see the results of all their hard work receive it's first public outing. The show began with a short filmed introduction of Andy detailing his love for old sci-fi and his aim to poke fun at some of the conventions and stereotypes of the TV and advertising of yesteryear. He illustrated his points masterfully with examples of some (incredibly sexist) adverts from back in the day and truly terrifying (for all the wrong reasons) 1950's/60's B-movies. It does make you wonder if future generations will laugh at our efforts in the same way!
What of the film itself? Well if audience reaction is anything to go by the film was a huge hit. There were giggles aplenty and enough cult sci-fi references to keep the pickiest sci-fi buff happy. There was certainly an air of the old 1960's Star Trek episodes and more than a little of the Shatners in Captain Quasar himself! I have to admit the space invaders references made me feel a bit old ( Ah remember BBC computers?)
The evening was wrapped up nicely with a gag reel which was almost as funny as the film itself. Everyone was clearly having a blast making this film and it shows. The editing was cleverly done and Andy is obviously a talented film maker. The cast threw themselves whole heartedly into the fun and mayhem aboard the U.S.S N-Gage. It just goes to show that you don't always need a big budget if you have a big enough idea and more than a little commitment. A small group of people in a kitchen in Chesterfield created something truly special. We were fortunate enough to witness someone's dream come alive last night and there were smiles and congratulations all around.
They set out to fondly go (or should that be to go fondly? ;)) into science fiction past and bring back some laughs and they succeeded. Will Andy be resting on his laurels now the premiere is over? No, there's no rest for this ambitious film maker, he's off to America to spend some time at the New York Film Academy!

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You could make it up: the Buncefield explosions. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA
"The enormous dark mass moved like some death ship in a Norse legend, escorted across the night by armored creatures with spiral wings. We weren't sure how to react. It was a terrible thing to see, so close, so low, packed with chlorides, benzenes, phenols, hydrocarbons, or whatever the precise toxic content. But it was also spectacular, part of the grandness of a sweeping event... Our fear was accompanied by a sense of awe that bordered on the religious"
The passage above is drawn from Don DeLillo's 1985 novel, White Noise. The novel's plot hinges around a capitalised Airborne Toxic Event which drifts over the small midwestern campus town where Jack Gladney is pioneering Hitler Studies at the same time as testing out a new drug, Dylar, which he hopes will remove his disabling fear of death.
DeLillo described the novel as being "about fear, death, and technology. A comedy, of course."
I can't have been the only Home Counties resident, watching the oily smoke from the Buncefield explosions leaking into the horizon, who was reminded in an unsettlingly vivid way of this fantastically good novel about modern life.
DeLillo is a novelist who notices aspects of modern life that other novelists tend to miss (less so since so many have started copying him, but nobody does it better, as they say). He was very quick, for instance, to notice in novels like Players (1977) and Mao II (1991) how terrorism has come to dominate the modern imagination and become the number one outlet for really acute anomie.
Underworld (1997), his vast tour of Cold War America, is a novel about waste of all sorts, from the nuclear to the dog nasty. In it, he writes about things like bin liners left out in the street as well as giant landfill sites and extinct airfields, and his descriptive expertise allows the reader to register how our steady determination to screen out these unsightly aspects of life is also an attempt not to notice death. (It is, incidentally and to my tardy shame, the book that made me start taking recycling seriously.)
This kind of clear-sightedness is what tends to get writers labelled as "prophetic" in a slightly questionable way, as if novelists were akin to scryers or soothsayers. (Some novelists do actually cultivate this kind of aura - Iain Sinclair, William Burroughs - but it seems to me an immodest mistake, and most novelists blanch at the description.)
In DeLillo's case, this reached a ludicrous extreme with the bookchat brouhaha over the cover of Underworld, which featured a deliberately funereal image of New York's Twin Towers and a BIRD flying towards them.
Back in the early 80s, George Orwell was the novelistic "prophet" of choice, and 1984 the hit book, at a time when the Cold War was still rocking and the prospect of a designer grey totalitarian state taking over in the UK (and employing Annie Lennox in the ministry of propaganda) seemed kind of plausible. And whether this is spooky prescience or not, it is rather rum that Orwell's vision of a high-tech Stalinist version of Britain is now such a prominent feature of our light entertainment landscape - not just Big Brother, remember, there's also Room 101.
In 1984, Orwell was writing a kind of science fiction, in that he was looking carefully at contemporary life and exaggerating tendencies within it. Other writers who score highly on this account include Aldous Huxley, John Wyndham and Margaret Atwood.
I do think when it comes to now, DeLillo is top dog - but what he produces is the result of clear-sightedness rather than clairvoyance. Or is it? What do you Vultures reckon - and which literary prophets do you most recognise?


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The only odd thing I've noticed with Lenny is that on bootup, the message "Starting MTA" appears, then nothing happens for about a minute. Does anybody know what's going on? MTA may mean "mail transfer agent" but I'm not sure. I do know it's where Charlie got lost in the Kingston Trio's song many years ago... certainly the boot process seems to get lost.
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Students at Sisler High School in Winnipeg said they were surprised and shocked by results generated by the online tool Vote Compass on Thursday.
Vote Compass asks users to fill out a questionnaire, then aligns the voter's views with platforms of political parties running in an election. CBC has offered the interactive tool to voters since 2011 but this is the first provincial election it's been available in Manitoba.
Sisler grade 11 student, Kara Vallega, was convinced she was Liberal before using Vote Compass.
"I was pretty shocked because … I agreed with most of the things they were saying," said Vallega.
"I got the Green Party which was my second choice."
Rovin Balagtas, 16, also got the Greens but Vote Compass said he was equally aligned with a party he had never heard of, the Progressive Conservatives.
"I didn't know someone could fall into two parties at the same time," he said.
"It's either those two parties are similar or I just seem to agree with more people," said Balagtas.
Fellow classmate, Elisha Corsiga, was surprised by how much she learned about Manitoban political parties.
"We're still young and we're still trying to learn about politics so I think it's a really great method of learning and just exploring politics as as a topic," she said of Vote Compass.
For CBC's full coverage of the provincial election, see Manitoba Votes 2016.
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I have had a lot if lefty issues in my short cannondale life.
Reset my bearings the other day as I felt a knock when un waiting the front. That is usually my sign to reset them. I'm not rough on the pulling. Just a few light taps and I notice the pbr knob going deeper in the tube.
Put it all back together and it now have a rattle every time the front gets un weighted. Should I reset more?
Have hear that some air out the damper. Others just leave it.
Is there something im missing ?


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Commonwealth in Phase 1 of KEWS Upgrade
The Commonwealth is currently in Phase 1 of the Kentucky Emergency Warning System (KEWS) upgrade project (covering network upgrades in Northern and Eastern Kentucky). Work continues with its first major shelter replacement occurring at the Dry Ridge location later this week. Additionally, many of the towers that were structurally reinforced over the past month will be receiving new antenna systems over the next few weeks. These antenna systems provide the critical first link into the KEWS backbone. Their installation is the first step to providing the Commonwealth with a new and highly survivable communications network. Other important upgrades to selected site locations include the installation of new grounding and emergency backup power systems typically know as UPS (Uninterruptible Power Systems) at critical sites.
All the affected customers have been kept informed, and the KEWS Project team continues to work diligently to make certain that minimal impact to customer communications is experienced.


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Explore The ITF
procircuit ITFITF
02 Mar 2012
Austin Krajicek (USA)
Our first featured player of the new year is Krajicek, no, not Richard the 1996 Wimbledon champion from the Netherlands but Austin Krajicek, a 21-year-old from Florida, USA.
During the course of January the young American was out in China for two ITF Pro Circuit tournaments in the southern city of Shenzhen before rounding the month off in Monterrey, Mexico.
The opening tournament in Shenzhen saw Krajicek partnering fellow American Devin Britton for the first time but, unseeded, the pair made an early exit with a 76(2) 60 first round loss to fourth seeds Weerapat Doakmaiklee & Kittiphong Wachiramanowong from Thailand.
This would not be the last time the pair would be teaming up this month and improved fortune would come their way as the month progressed.
Krajicek also found himself unseeded in the singles event of the China F1 ITF Pro Circuit tournament and up against the tournament's top seed, China's Ze Zhang, in the opening round. Welcome to 2012 Austin!
A comfortable win was expected from the supporters of the Chinese player and that was exactly what they got, except it was in favour of the American! Krajicek's stunning 62 64 defeat of Zhang would have sent out a warning to the other entrants that he meant business.
The second round saw him see off a scare as his Korean opponent, who had come through the qualifying event, levelled their match but Krajicek then won six games in a row for a 64 46 60 win. He followed this by coming from behind in his quarterfinal and eventually moving into the semifinal with the retirement of his Indian opponent with Krajicek up 3-2 in the third set.
In his semifinal he once again found himself going a set down before hitting back in two close sets to see off his second seeded opposition of the week in sixth seed Zhe Li, also the second Chinese player he had faced here.
In what was a second singles final of his career on the ITF Pro Circuit – the first ending in defeat in America in 2010 – Krajicek, for the third match running, once again dropped the opening set.
The Czech Republic's Jiri Vesely, his opponent in this title match, had, like Krajicek, eliminated a highly seeded player early in the tournament and both players appeared evenly matched with little between them both on the court and in ranking positions.
The two players fought hard for this second set which was finally settled by a 75 score line in favour of Vesely. This win, 64 75, bringing him a second career ITF Pro Circuit singles title. For Krajicek, the wait for a first title would continue.
With his first tournament of 2012 over it was now time to concentrate on the second. Held at the same venue in Shenzhen, the China F2 ITF Pro Circuit tournament again featured Krajicek as an unseeded player in both singles and with Devin Britton in the doubles.
The opening two rounds of this tournament saw the American rack up two straight sets victories including the elimination of the fourth seeded Ivo Klec from Slovakia in round one.
Into the quarterfinal and a clash with Chinese Wild Card entrant Ya-Nan Ma who edged the opening set in a tie break 7-5. Krajicek hit back immediately, conceding two games in the second set before winning a tie break himself in the deciding set with the loss of just one point.
Highly fancied number two seed Hiroki Moriya from Japan occupied the opposing half of the court as Krajicek aimed for a second successive final appearance.
The Japanese seed was unable to halt the American's progress and in a repeat of his opening round score line of 64 63 Krajicek was into another final. In the final he was to face Ze Zhang, a Wild Card entrant and number one seed who would be looking to avenge his first round defeat to Krajicek from last week!
Before this final scheduled for the Sunday, Krajicek was involved in the doubles final, held on the Friday. The run to the final for Krajicek and his partner Britton was not an easy one as they faced three of the four seeded teams!
In the opening round they defeated the fourth seeds and their conquerors in round one last week Doakmaiklee & Wachiramanowong and followed this with a straight sets win over an unseeded Japanese pairing.
The semifinal pitted them against the number two seeds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Ivo Klec, from France and Slovakia respectively. A 61 63 win carried them into their first final together but the Chinese Taipei top seeds of Cheng-Peng Hsieh & Hsin-Han Lee proved too strong and they took the title with a 76(5) 60 win.
The singles event still left Krajicek with a chance of glory but when Zhang took the opening set 63 it looked like the Chinese player was on course to pay him back for defeat in their last encounter and hand Krajicek a second successive singles final loss.
In the second set, however, Krajicek managed to turn things around and reversed the opening set score to level the match and take the players into a decisive third set. This was a closely fought set and in the end required a tie break to decide the winner.
The tie break ended 7-4 and with the umpires call of 'game, set and match' it was Krajicek who was celebrating winning a first ever ITF Pro Circuit singles title.
Following this triumph, Krajicek set off for Mexico and a five day break before playing, as the number one seed, in the qualifying event in Monterrey.
Krajicek had little trouble in qualifying, wrapping up wins of 64 62 and 62 60 having had a first round Bye, and his progress through the main draw was equally comfortable. Three wins of 62 64, 61 64 and 64 62 helped him into a third straight semifinal appearance.
In the semifinal he faced the number two seed, Daniel Garza from Mexico, and it was here that his participation in the singles event came to an end with a 63 76(8) defeat.
This loss did not bring about an end to the tournament though for Krajicek as, for the third time, he was still involved in the doubles event with Britton.
As second seeds, the American's did not drop a set all week, including in a semifinal win over the fourth seeded pairing, as they reached their second final in only their third tournament.
Having finished as runners-up in their last tournament together in China they would go one better this time as they collected a first title together with a 62 63 victory and ensure Krajicek's month ended on a positive note with a title win.
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Nargis Fakhri look stunningly Hot in a black bodysuit from Forever 21 with a sheer paneled skirt by Jonathan Simkhai as she attended the MTV Movie Awards 2016 in Burbank, California.
Nargis was a nominee in the 'Best Fight' category in the film 'Spy'.
Nargis would be seen next in 'Azhar' which is slated to release on 13th May, 2016.


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J&J Failed to Warn of Vaginal Mesh Risks, Lawyer Says
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) sold a defective vaginal mesh implant after testing it inadequately and failing to warn of all the risks, a lawyer for a South Dakota woman told a jury in the first of 1,800 such lawsuits to go to trial.
Linda Gross, 47, claims that she had 18 operations to repair damage caused by the Gynecare Prolift implanted in her on July 13, 2006, to shore up pelvic muscles. Her lawyer told jurors in Atlantic City, New Jersey, today that her chronic pain and other problems were risks that J&J's Ethicon unit knew before first selling Prolift in March 2005.
"They knew every single catastrophe before it happened," the attorney, Adam Slater, said in his opening statement. "They knew Linda Gross was going to happen."
J&J, the world's biggest seller of health-care products, is accused of failure to warn of the risks, defective design, deceit and negligence.
An attorney for New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J denied Gross's claims in her opening statement.
J&J Attorney
"You heard a lot of allegations and accusations and some of them were no doubt disturbing," J&J lawyer Christy Jones said. "Frankly, I imagine you've got some questions about Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson, and that's understandable. Certainly, if those accusations were true, your concerns would be warranted. But they are not."
Ethicon, she said, properly warned Gross and her surgeon of the risks associated with implanting a Prolift device, which helps women whose organs have fallen through the pelvic floor. Gross, she said, needed relief after her rectum fell, and her pelvic floor had been weakened by earlier surgeries.
"The Prolift did exactly what it was supposed to do," Jones said. "It put her organs back in the correct anatomical position."
J&J in August stopped selling four mesh devices in the U.S., including the Prolift. The company said in June that it would end sales worldwide based on the products' commercial viability, not their safety and effectiveness.
FDA Directive
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration told J&J, C.R. Bard Inc. and 31 other manufacturers last January to study rates of organ damage and complications linked to vaginal mesh implants. Doctors implanted more than 70,000 such devices in U.S. women in 2010, threading them through incisions in the vagina to fortify pelvic muscles.
Gross can no longer work as a nurse because of her pain, and she has suffered many other physical complications because of the failure of the mesh in her body, Slater said.
Jones said Prolift "never caused anything that wasn't expressly warned about at the time of the surgery in 2006. All of her injuries were warned about."
Treatment Need
In 2006, Jones said, Gross had a condition that was "significantly affecting her life. She wanted and needed treatment. She and her doctor decided that the best, most effective treatment was Prolift. And it was. In fact, it cured her problem, the bowel problem."
Slater said J&J failed to do any clinical testing to learn the risks of Prolift's polypropylene mesh inside a woman's pelvic area. He said the mesh hardens and contracts as tissue grows around it, causing scarring and chronic inflammation. Trying to remove the mesh is akin to removing reinforcing rebar rods from a concrete sidewalk, he said.
"They never ever studied how can you get this stuff out, what's the best way to do it," Slater said.
He said internal e-mails will show that company researchers knew for years the risks of the mesh, and Ethicon failed to take adequate steps to develop safer materials.
Application Process
J&J began selling Prolift without filing a new application under the FDA's so-called 510(k) application process, which requires companies to show that a device is "substantially similar" to others on the market. The company determined on its own that it was substantially similar to the Gynecare Gynemesh, one of its devices already approved by the FDA.
The FDA disagreed with J&J's interpretation and required a new application in August 2007, saying Prolift sales began "without appropriate" clearance.
J&J began sales after citing an agency guidance document, "Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Change to an Existing Device," Jones said today. The FDA cleared the device in May 2008 after nine months of negotiations with J&J.
The company faced no sanctions because the FDA determined that it applied the guidance in good faith and promptly complied when the agency required a new application.
Slater told jurors today that Gross's doctor wouldn't have implanted Prolift had he known it didn't have FDA clearance.
"If he had been warned and given that information, he wouldn't have used it with Linda," Slater said. "It wouldn't have gotten in her body."
The case is Gross v. Gynecare Inc., Atl-L-6966-10, Superior Court of Atlantic County, New Jersey (Atlantic City).
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Albuquerque didn't want to hear it
I was most interested in Bruce Selcraig's article on the pending water crisis facing the city that never listens (HCN, 12/26/94). I was enticed by the city manager, Richard Wilson, in 1971 to assume the position of planning director of the combined planning programs of Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Planning Commissions. One year later Wilson was fired by the then city commission with the only charge being that he was not aggressive enough. I made the mistake of letting that commission talk me into taking over Wilson's job. I say mistake because as a professional planner for over 30 years before Albuquerque, I learned the hard way that effective long-range planning has been and still is something that the controlling interests of that city will never allow to threaten to destroy the greedy rip-off they have successfully gotten away with.
I was fired by that same city commission after almost four years as city manager for being "too aggressive." During those years I did my dead-level best to try to instill some concern for the future of that city. I had real concerns about land use, developer subsidies by the city, the already looming potential water crisis, and the "handing out of building permits like balloons' as Mr. Selcraig put it. It was all to no avail with the puppets of the power bosses in control.
But my firing led to a public meeting that had to be moved to the civic auditorium to hold a crowd of some 1,500 people, 90 percent of whom were against my leaving. A majority of those present went out the next day and started a petition for the creation of a charter commission for the purpose of changing the form of government to a "strong" mayor/council. This scared the good ole boys enough that they had the city commission immediately set up a charter commission that they thought they could control. Surprisingly, they could not. Eventually the people voted in the mayor-council system that got rid of the three commission members responsible for my firing.
There is a hell of a lot more to this story, but to shorten it I will conclude with the fact that I ran for mayor in the first election after the new system was installed. There were 33 candidates for mayor and I won the primary, but not with enough votes to avoid a runoff with an old-time politico. I lost by about 1,200 votes out of the over 50,000 cast.
So you see that while Mr. Selcraig did an excellent job pointing out the water danger Albuquerque may soon be facing, the causes have roots that run very deep.
Herb H. Smith
Denver, Colorado
The writer is a retired professor, writer and consultant.


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As a caregiver who spent decades helping my Mom and Pop to live independently in their home, I understand what the compelling new report on military caregivers, released today, makes abundantly clear: Family caregivers who help our veterans need support – much like those of us who undertake the labor of love to assist our aging parents and other loved ones.
While each caregiver's experience is unique – whether we're helping older adults, younger disabled Americans, our veterans – together, we really do make up a silent army of caregivers.
Family caregiving has become the new normal. Either we are now a caregiver, have been one or will become one. And this silent army needs support to safely and successfully fulfill our mission.
That's why AARP this year launched a multistate caregiving advocacy campaign. With more than 40 states engaged, we're fighting for family caregivers – and the seniors and other loved ones they help to live independently at home.
In fact, through our multistate campaign, AARP is working right now to advance some of the key recommendations included in today's report. For example:
- AARP agrees that family caregivers must be involved in every step of the health care process. That's why we created the Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable (CARE) Act, which will help family caregivers when their loved ones go into the hospital – and as they return home. This act has been introduced by state legislators in Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Oklahoma.
- We're also working in states to create assessments of the services that are in place to support all family caregivers – including military families – and how to improve them. Most recently, task forces have been created in Mississippi and New Mexico to start this process.
- We are fighting for increased workplace protections to help family caregivers against discrimination and for paid and unpaid leave – as well as access to much-needed respite care. After all, family caregivers who are on call 24/7, and also working full time, have earned a well-deserved break.
Read AARP's media statement about the report and coverage by the AARP Bulletin Today.
Follow me on Twitter @RoamTheDomes for more on this important issue. You can also stay up to date on our multistate caregiving campaign in the states by signing up for the AARP Advocates newsletter or by visiting your state web page.
Update 3/27/15: The CARE Act is now law in Oklahoma, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia.


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a discussionment is a conversation that one person sees as a discussion while the other sees it as an argument.
Jim and Felicia were talking about plans for the weekend, he thought is was just a discussion about what would be fun to do, she thought it was an argument about whether to go to the Ween show or not. So they had a discussionment.
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STAVA, ITALY — The cry ``My God! She`s alive!`` was passed down the scarred mountain valley from rescuer to rescuer at dawn, after a night when the church`s death bell never ceased tolling.
The news revitalized the 4,000 tired rescuers who had dug through 4 miles of mud in the search for the 216 people believed killed when a dam burst and water from an artificial lake spilled over this Alpine resort at lunchtime Friday. So far 193 bodies have been found.


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Perhaps they had to take some B-roll shots of Seattle and it was spliced in during this sequence.Originally Posted by jlccaz;3302238;
Also, what are the odds there were that many straight days of sunshine in Seattle? Kind of reminds me when my husband and I saw "Waking Ned Devine". When we walked out of the theater he said that it was so unrealistic to think that there would only have been two days of rain total over the course of when the story unfolded in the movie.Originally Posted by jlccaz;3302238;


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News Non-stories
Generally anything goes. Most topics of conversation are acceptable, so long as they fall in line with the forum's main guidelines. Be good... Be Happy
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I was extremely surprised to see all the publicity this "Watermelon boy" has got today too. This boy eats a watermelon so he can be seen on the big screen, and this makes news.... how? But more importantly.... WHY?
I know its the first week of January and staff are probably on holidays still... but its aint news!!!
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Livermore lab layoffs weren't age bias, jury says
Updated 5:23 pm, Tuesday, December 31, 2013
An Alameda County jury has rejected claims of age discrimination by five longtime employees of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who were among more than 440 workers laid off in 2008 after a reduction in federal funding.
The verdict Dec. 20 came seven months after another Superior Court jury found that the same five employees had been unfairly laid off. That jury awarded more than $2.7 million in damages for lost pay and benefits, in amounts ranging from $242,000 to $853,000.
The two verdicts were not in conflict - the first jury was asked whether the lab had improperly dismissed five veteran employees while keeping lower-paid workers with less seniority, while the second jury was asked whether the large-scale layoffs disproportionately affected older workers.
A verdict of age discrimination could have carried additional damages against the lab for emotional distress. The jury's conclusion that the lab did not engage in age bias may also apply to another 125 laid-off employees whose lawsuits were put on hold while the first five plaintiffs' case went to trial.
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Lawrence Livermore is operated by a public-private partnership of the University of California and Bechtel Corp., which signed on in 2007 as the lab's first private contractor.
"The lab couldn't be happier," Pat Gillette, a lawyer for Lawrence Livermore, said Tuesday. "The jury was able to see that there was no intentional or unintentional age discrimination."
Gary Gwilliam, the employees' lawyer, said discrimination was hard to prove because the average age of all workers at the lab is around 47. Federal law prohibits employment actions that discriminate, either intentionally or by their effect, against employees 40 or older.
The 130 employees who sued the lab averaged 54 years old when they were laid off. The five who went to trial were slightly older, Gwilliam said.
The plaintiffs offered statistical evidence asserting that the overall layoffs were tilted to favor workers under 40, but the jury was unpersuaded.
The remaining 125 employees can still try to prove that they were laid off without reasonable cause. Gwilliam said he would prefer to settle their cases but is prepared to take them to trial if necessary.
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Beginning Python for Bioinformatics
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
A Bit of Python
Now that we've covered some of the basics of molecular biology, let's take a look at Python to see how its language features can be used to deal with biological research data. We mentioned that DNA, RNA, and proteins are all linear sequences that can be easily represented in a computer-friendly fashion. Python has several built-in structures for handling sequences. Three that we will look at are strings, lists, and dictionaries. To do that, we first need to introduce the Python shell.
There are a couple of different ways to run Python code. One way, which
should be familiar to anyone with experience in another language, is to enter
lines of Python code into a text file and save it with a
.py extension. That
program file can then be run from an operating system prompt, or by
double-clicking on the file, depending on your setup. The other way is to
interact with the Python interpreter in a Python shell, where you can enter
lines of code, hit return, and get a immediate response back from Python.
Related Article:
Building GUI Applications with PythonCard and PyCrust -- Developing the GUI for a Python application is often a tedious and time-consuming process. This is the exact opposite of how Python programmers would describe other aspects of software development using Python. In this article, Patrick O'Brien explains how PythonCard and PyCrust, the graphical Python shell, ease the GUI development process.
The Python shell is a great environment in which to learn the Python language and to explore new programming concepts. There are even graphical Python shells that will colorize your code, pop up a list of autocompletion options as you type, display all the variables currently available to your program, and help out in any number of other ways. The Python shell that we will use here is called PyCrust, and it comes with the wxPython GUI toolkit.
When you start a Python shell, you will be prompted to enter a line of Python
code. The main prompt is "
>>>�" (without the quotes). If
the Python code you are entering requires more than one line, subsequent lines
will display the secondary prompt of "
...�" Let's see what this
looks like in PyCrust.
The initial view of the PyCrust shell.
After we've entered some examples of Python code in the PyCrust shell, it may look like this:
A popup listing available methods for the 'dna' object.
Python Strings
Let's take a look at the example code in more detail. The first thing we did
was to create a string and assign it to a variable. Strings in Python are
sequences of characters. You create a string literal by enclosing the
characters in single (
'), double (
") or triple
''' or
""") quotes. In the example we assigned the
string literal
CTGACCACTTTACGAGGTTAGC to the variable named
>>> dna = 'CTGACCACTTTACGAGGTTAGC'
Then we simply typed the name of the variable, and Python responded by displaying the value of that variable, surrounding the value with quotes to remind us that the value is a string.
>>> dna
A Python string has several built-in capabilities. One of them is the
ability to return a copy of itself with all lowercase letters. These
capabilities are known as methods. To invoke a method of an object, use the
dot syntax. That is, you type the name of the variable (which in this case is
a reference to a string object) followed by the dot (
.) operator, then the name
of the method followed by opening and closing parentheses.
>>> dna.lower()
You can access part of a string using the indexing operator
s[i]. Indexing
begins at zero, so
s[0] returns the first character in the string,
s[1] returns
the second, and so on.
>>> dna[0]
>>> dna[1]
>>> dna[2]
>>> dna[3]
The final line in our screen shot shows PyCrust's autocompletion feature, whereby a list of valid methods (and properties) of an object are displayed when a dot is typed following an object variable. As you can see, Python lists have many built-in capabilities that you can experiment with in the Python shell. Now let's look at one of the other Python sequence types, the list.


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I am looking at 2002 wakesetter. 325hp engine perfect pass, ballest. I would say mint condition. Is there any problems people have had? I guess I know nothing about this boat any advice would help. He is asking 25,900 is that to high or fair price. Thanks
Seems kinda high. But I suppose if there are maintenance records, one owner, excellent shape, good option, etc.
Malibu used some crappy towers back then (Pro Flight & Skylon). Check for fatigued welds, cracked fiberglass, etc.
you could find one cheaper if you searched but its a good boat
Fantastic boat! I had the same boat for 2yrs loved it no problems at all. No matter what you buy you'll find one cheaper after the fact.Its a little high maybe but not that far off imo.If its in great shape,maint records and water test good id say go for it.
Let's say for sake of argument that if you search for another six months you could save $3k. Would you wait? Or would you have a summer full of 2010 memories....?
I can wait. I am in no hurry to pick up anything?
I have an 03, basically the same boat. I have owned it since new and have no problems and about 650 hrs. . No common problems that I have heard of either.. I have the Skylon swoop tower, and I would not classify it as crappy, but not as sturdy as some of the newer towers or the Titan that was avail. those years. you might notice some gel coat stress cracks around the tower mounts and are typically cosmetic only.
Overall its a great boat and has a very good wake. What I like most is the wake is not finicky like some other manu's boats from that era. To me that price seems right in there.
look at an 05 06 vride same boat, hull and less hours less money good luck
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Skip to comments.Perhaps one reason why Fr. Euteneuer's book [on exorcism] was pulled ...
Posted on 11/26/2010 8:37:29 AM PST by mlizzy
…….many in the Church do not like talking about, or even thinking about, exorcisms and spiritual warfare. A priest from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (are alarm bells going off?) and apparently a leader at the National Federation of Priests Councils (do we really have time for such things, with the enormous shortage of priests?), has belittled exorcism as a valid rite of the Church.
The conference on exorcism comes at a time, he said, when the church is bringing back traditional practices. The Vatican has authorized the revival of the Latin Mass, and now a revised English translation of the liturgy, said to be closer to a direct translation from the Latin, is to be put in use in American parishes next year.
People are talking about, are we taking two steps back? Father Vega said. My first reaction when I heard about the exorcism conference was, this is another of those trappings weve pulled out of the past.
But he said that there could eventually be a rising demand for exorcism because of the influx of Hispanic and African Catholics to the United States. People from those cultures, he said, are more attuned to the experience of the supernatural.
Is that a bit condescending, perhaps even more than just condescending, but tending towards an air of effete superiority? Fr. Z then comments:
I think we are more in need now of good and holy exorcists than ever because the Enemy is bold, cunning and has succeeded with the help of men who ought to know better in belittling his malicious work to the point where the devil is a punchline.
But consider: the enemy has ability of fallen angels. They have knowledge and patience. They never sleep. They are never distracted. They never forget. They never flag in their malice.
Priests would do well to think about the four last things before going to bed. A priest will be judged by the Just Judge as a priest, not as Joe Sixpack. Then think about what must go through the mind of a soul during those first ten seconds in hell.
They had better think about hell good and hard, because they are going to go to hell if they by negligence prompt people to stop believing in the attacks of the enemy and the possibility of a judgment that could go very badly indeed. And he would be, in hell, also a priest forever, with particular torments, special pains.
I am very gratified that Bishop Paprocki has recognized the lack of attention paid to exorcism and spiritual warfare and is seeking to begin to redress this problem. I pray this conference is well attended, and that bishops everywhere will take exorcism and spiritual warfare very seriously. With more and more people turning away from God, and more and more influence of the occult and wicca type practices in the culture (and frequently associated with abortion), I pray that bishops will not only allow, but encourage priests to become trained exorcists, as we will likely need their services increasingly in the future. I pray that Fr. Euteneur and his 5 cohorts, the only current exorcists in the country, will have much company soon.
I was told the story of a girl in this area who may have had a demonic curse placed on her, or something similar. Anytime she came near the Blessed Sacrament, she would have serious medical problems. This is a real phenomenon. It can be very frightening, but we must put on the armor of God, stay in a state of Grace, and trust in the Saving Grace of Christ's Body and Blood.
If you're talking about "Exorcism and the Church Militant", Amazon shows it as "out of print". Don't know about it being "pulled".
When the church starts denying the power of God and denying that people can be possessed and set free by the power of God it's not a good thing.
I just found this, haven't finished reading yet, but, like you, am severely bummed. I want to find this.
http://www.sanctepater.com/2010/11/fr-thomas-euteneuer-exorcism-and-church.html If you find it, please, let me know.
I'm going to check our local Catholic book store; also our library. If I can find a copy at the library, I'll just bend the pages on it, and pay for it. That's how we came to acquire all our O'Brien books, however, it was our dogs and cats that did the "bending." His books are very much still available on Amazon.
You can still read Fr. Malachi Martin's "Hostage to the Devil."
Thank you! Have you read it?
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The Kenai Watershed Forum is accepting applications from Kenai Peninsula artists to reserve booth space at the Kenai River Festival June 8 and 9 in Kenai. Deadline for applications is Monday, and space is limited. For more information, call Kelly Shea at 260-5449 or visit the group's Web site at www.kenaiwatershed.org.
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A Public Health nurse will be in Nikolaevsk from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to provide immunizations, pregnancy testing and well-child checkups.
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Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber will discuss her new book, "Having Faith," a memoir of her own pregnancy and investigation into reproductive health and fetal toxicology, Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Bunnell Street Gallery in Homer. She will also hold a book signing the same day from 4:30 until 5:30 p.m. at the Homer Bookstore. For more information, contact Cook Inlet Keeper at 235-4068.
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Disabled American Veterans regular monthly meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at the former NAPA building. The state DAV department commander will be present to install newly elected officers. For more information, call 283-4359.
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The Kenai Crewsers Rowing Club is sponsoring several Learn to Row training sessions beginning Friday and continuing through June. Instruction will include dry-land training, terminology, boat-handling skills, safety information and rowing fundamentals. The sessions are designed for beginning rowers ages 12 and older. For more information, call Donna Rea at 262-6037 or Judy Demers at 283-5133.
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The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is sponsoring a canoe day, Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Events will include a "how-to" seminar and canoe demonstrations. The event will take place at Headquarters Lake near refuge headquarters on Ski Hill Road in Soldotna. For more information, call the refuge at 262-7021.
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Peninsula Christian Center is asking all interested children in first through sixth grades to participate in "Salute to America," a patriotic musical to be held June 30 as part of the "God and Country" rally at Kenai Central High School. Children must register by June 7. An informational meeting will be held May 30 at 4 p.m. at the Peninsula Christian Center. For more information, call 260-4686.
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The Kenai River Sportfishing Association, the Kenai River Professional Guides Association and the Boys and Girls Club have partnered to sponsor the "Hooked on Fishing" program to provide fishing gear to area youths. Used fishing gear is being sought to be donated to young people at the Kenai River Festival, to be held June 8 and 9 in Kenai. Fishing gear can be dropped off until June 1 at the KRSA office, located at 161 N. Binkley in Soldotna; the Kenai Boys and Girls Club; or at Kenai, Soldotna, Nikiski or Redoubt elementary schools. For more information, call KRSA at 262-8588, the Boys and Girls Club at 283-2682 or Bix Bonney at 262-6004.
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The Fuller House star made the comments during a segment when the group was discussing Lena Dunham giving up her Twitter account to a PR rep due to the extreme cyberbullying she has received. Bure's take on the situation came across as extremely misguided.
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"I've never been more verbally abused in my life than on Twitter, and specifically in the last few months, having come on this show," she said. "A lot of people don't agree with me. That's fine, don't agree with me. But you don't have to verbally abuse me and rape me.
"That's what they do to me on Twitter," she added.
Viewers were quick to point out that Bure's comments were insensitive at best and extremely damaging and belittling at worst.
@candacecbure things that are like rape: rape. Perhaps time to get off Twitter since popular opinion does not lean in your direction?— Turi (@turi_nom) October 1, 2015
when will people stop using "rape" as a comparison for anything they don't like? @candacecbure your statement is #ignorant #disturbing— Courtney C (@CourtRetort) October 1, 2015
@candacecbure ur more deluded than anyone could've thought if u really think online comments r anything akin to rape. Ur not a victim.— Brian D. (@FiDiBrian) October 1, 2015
@candacecbure Congratulations on your "Jesse Eisenberg/genocide" moment for diminishing rape by comparing it to cyberbullying!— Wicked Outlaw (@WickedOutlaw) October 1, 2015
@candacecbure I respectfully disagree with your rape comments on The View. Harsh words can be traumatic, but rape is dehumanizing.— TerrorMom (@terrormom) October 1, 2015
Does @candacecbure not realize she can log off of Twitter? Sadly that didn't work when my dad raped me at age 6. #TheView #rape #WordsMatter— good2bgreene (@good2bgreene) October 1, 2015
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For the Wiz, Give Butler the BallAugust 20, 2009
Yes, there is scientific data that proves the Wizards will be a better team with Caron Butler taking more shots than Gilbert Arenas. The Truth will indeed set the Wizards' offense free.
Considering I'm much more of a writer than a statistician, my take is based more on the poetics of the matter rather than the probable outcomes presented in the numbers. First, Arenas was far happier and bolder taking shots in the free-wheeling Eddie Jordan offense. He had the money, the scoring output, and the game-winning DAGGERS to justify free-falling into a 6-22 night on any given night.
Butler, with his size and skill from mid-range, has much more opportunity to hold opponents at his mercy. He's strong enough to handle guards and quick enough off the dribble to make most small forwards work hard defensively (which, Butler says, very few enjoy doing).
Arenas is a better shooter and playmaker than Butler, but he doesn't open the floor up for Butler. Because most guards would prefer to sag off Agent Zero on a cold shooting night, the three-point line is ripe for Butler even if his drives to the hoop are taken away.
Conversely, most teams would have to respect Butler in the post because he has a good repertoire with his back to the basket. A spacing game between Arenas and Butler opens up the opportunity to drive to the hoop, or get a poorly-contested jump shot. The same goes for Antawn Jamison on the opposite side of the floor.
The Wizards have always been a dangerous team, just not a smart one. Between the maturation of Arenas and the organization of Flip Saunders, it may be enough to seriously contend in the Eastern Conference.
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