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We just received this release from Attorney General Jim Hood's office:
An undercover operation has resulted in several arrests and numerous businesses facing allegations of unauthorized dispensing of contact lenses, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.
Investigators with the Attorney General's Consumer Protection and Public Integrity Divisions, working with the Mississippi Optometry Board, conducted a two-month undercover investigation which resulted this week in seven arrests involving the owners and operators of S & K Fashion & Beauty Supply (Indianola), Fantasy City (Vicksburg) , Fantasy City #2 (Vicksburg), and Underground (Ridgeland). The defendants are accused of selling contact lenses to the public without licenses. Approximately 870 pairs of cosmetic contact lenses and over $1,000 were seized.
"This practice is particularly dangerous because contact lenses must fit properly," said Attorney General Hood. "Without proper fitting by a licensed optometrist orophthalmologist, a number of eye issues may arise. Those issues could range from minor eye damage to a total loss of vision. Also, the quality of contact lenses may vary drastically and be unsafe for wearing. This is particularly a problem this time of year when people are wanting to enhance their costumes with a change in eye color."
Those arrested and charged with the illegal sale of contact lenses without a license are:
Jeong Hyun, 42, Indianola , (Owner, S & K Fashion and Beauty Supply) two counts of facilitation sale, 10/30/2013
Margaret Turner, 57, (Operator, S & K Fashion and Beauty Supply), one sale count, 10/30/2013
Elle Turner, 42, Indianola, (Operator, S & K Fashion and Beauty Supply), one sale count , 10/30/2013
Chong Heard, 65, Vicksburg, (Owner/operator Fantasy City #1, Vicksburg), two sale counts, 10/29/13 Suncha Beech, 61, Vicksburg, (Operator, Fantasy City #2, Vicksburg), two sale counts, 10/29/13
Michael Kang, 49, Ridgeland, (Owner/operator Underground #10, Ridgeland), one sale count, 10/29/13
If convicted each defendant faces up to one year behind bars and $1,000 in fines per count. As with all cases, the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The case is being investigated by the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division and will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Patrick Beasley.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Despite only allowing one run as a pitching staff, the Gauchos' offense was shutout 1-0 by Cal Poly pitcher Casey Bloomquist Sunday afternoon at Baggett Stadium.
UCSB's second straight loss dropped them to 20-7, 2-4. Cal Poly improved to 26-5, 5-1 with the rubber match triumph.
With only one run scored during this game, not much happened for either team's offense throughout, each collecting five hits on the day. The only score happened in the fourth inning with Cal Poly mustering up a two-out rally capped off by third baseman Jimmy Allen's RBI triple down the right field line, scoring designated hitter Brian Mundell from first.
Robby Nesovic was the only Gaucho with multiple hits and now has a 5-game hitting streak. Cameron Newell had the lone extra base hit for UCSB, a one-out double in the fourth inning that gave the Gauchos runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out and provided one of their few big scoring chances of the game.
UC Santa Barbara's pitching staff stood out this game, as starter Shane Bieber, Greg Mahle, and Dillon Tate combined to pitch eight innings of one-run ball. Bieber allowed the lone run in 5.2 innings with six strikeouts and unfortunately took the loss to drop to 1-1.
Bloomquist pitched a gem for the Mustangs, striking out ten batters in 7.2 shutout innings. He picked up the win, staying undefeated while improving to 7-0 on the season. Chris Taylor closed out the game with a clean 1.1 innings to pick up his fourth save of the season.
Allen's two-out RBI triple fueled Cal Poly to their only run of the day. Mundell scored the only run and went 1 for 2 with two walks.
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AnswerLet a, b, and c be the sides of the triangle. Let s be the semiperimeter, i.e. s = (a + b + c) / 2. Let A be the area of the triangle, and let x be the radius of the incircle.
Divide the triangle into three smaller triangles by drawing a line segment from each vertex to the incenter. The areas of the smaller triangles are ax/2, bx/2, and cx/2. Thus, A = ax/2 + bx/2 + cx/2, or A = sx.
We use Heron`s formula, which is A = sqrt(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)). This gives us x = sqrt((s-a)(s-b)(s-c)/s).
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Churches closing in north Sudan after referendum
Juba, Southern Sudan, February 3 (ENInews)–Some churches, parishes and church schools in northern Sudan are closing due to a large movement of people to the south after the independence referendum, according to some church leaders.
"This is the trend. There are some centres in the parishes that are far apart and the populations have decreased drastically. These are closing," Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Adwok, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Khartoum Archdiocese, told ENInews on 3 February.
In the referendum, held in mid-January, voters in southern Sudan overwhelmingly approved independence for their region, the site of two long civil wars. The area is expected to become independent in July.
Adwok said the closures were occurring after people who had settled in a northern area during the conflict travelled voluntarily and en masse to the south. He said more movement was expected during the interim period between February and July this year. "We expect more to leave within this period ... But we do not expect a big change in the main towns, especially in the main cathedral in Khartoum," he said.
Rev. Ramadan Chan Liol, the general secretary of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), a grouping of Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Churches, confirmed that some of these parishes were mainly of southern people. "With the mass movement of the southerners and people from the Nuba Mountains, some of the churches have been left empty," he said. "Individual denominations are considering what to do with the properties of such parishes."
The Roman Catholic Church is planning to restructure and merge some parishes in the north, according to the Rev. George Jangara Modi, the Khartoum diocesan education secretary. "We are updating records. We want to see who will remain in the parishes," he said.
Jangara explained the churches, parishes and schools most affected were in the camps of the displaced people or areas where displaced people had settled. He said some schools which had nearly 500 or 400 pupils recorded numbers as lows 70 or 60.
Although many of the Christians are said to have returned to south voluntarily, some observers said they had departed because they could not be assured of their safety. "We are concerned about the security of Christians in the north because they are going to be a minority. We are trying to see if they can be protected through a law as minorities," Rev. Ramadan Chan, the general secretary of the Sudan Council of Churches recently said in an interview.
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Keith Urban Is 'So Sorry' About Canceled Concert in Austin, Texas
Keith Urban was fully dressed, amped up and ready to perform, but he couldn't take the stage in Austin, Texas as scheduled on Thursday (Aug. 15).
Major storms knocked out the power at the concert venue, meaning there were no lights and no production. One might say that a 'fuse' was blown. The singer was not stoked about the issues, even filming a minute-long apology video to fans in the region who were as excited to see him as he was to play for them.
"We're so sorry about tonight, thank you everybody for your patience," Urban says.
The singer, who will issue his new album 'Fuse' this September, was clearly frustrated about not being able to do his job and take the stage on this date of his Light the Fuse Tour.
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Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian on Tuesday clarified statements he made last week in which he equated working without pay to shutdown the city's redevelopment agency to slavery.
At a meeting of the so-called Successor Agency, created to wind down the Redevelopment Agency according to state law, Najarian said his reference was intended to be a metaphor to illustrate the position local officials had been put in.
"When I alluded briefly to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution outlawing slavery, it was simply a metaphor indicating that without compensation, this agency is not only being forced to meet, but will be forced in the future to cannibalize the very institutions that we find near and dear to our hearts in Glendale," Najarian said.
His comments came on the same day Assemblyman Mike Davis (D-Los Angeles) issued a statement slamming Najarian's reference as "inappropriate and offensive."
"While I agree that redevelopment is critical for our cities to thrive, the loss of redevelopment stipends for a city councilperson cannot compare to the horrors of slavery or to the plight of African American growth and development in this country, marked as it was in its first two centuries by violence and bondage," Davis, who is black, said in his statement. "I strongly believe the use of slavery as a means to make this point is both inappropriate and offensive."
On Feb. 1, a state law forced Glendale and about 400 other cities to eliminate their redevelopment agencies. Since then, Glendale officials have been outlining ways to cope without the millions in incrementally higher property tax revenues for developments, such as the Americana at Brand and affordable housing.
In Glendale, the City Council, which once served in the dual role as the Redevelopment Agency, took on the title of Successor Agency to guide the dissolution without being paid a stipend.
Najarian takes issue with lack of redevelopment stipend
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I am looking for mockups for my subscription based website - design needs to be clean, minimalist, modern, and fun. Would like to keep site neutral to highlight the apparel, but pops of color are ok (similar to 99designs website). I do not have any graphics, wireframes or navigation, so the more you give me, the better! Please email me (email@example.com) to request a detailed brief mapping out site navigation and features.
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The site itself caters to the contemporary fashion world (think barneys co-op, paige premium denim, 3.1 phillip lim, rebecca taylor) and will operate like an ecommerce website but at the wholesale level, and payment will not actually be processed for the goods. Additionally, there is a "pictureboard" drag & drop feature that allows buyers to move styles (which they tag with their own attributes and notes) next to each other. This allows them to see what their floor will look like when the products ship 6 months from today. Design should make the site easy to figure out, and appropriate for the target audience (20-35 year olds, urban, cultured, educated, tech savvy). This is basically a multi-brand ecommerce site for fashion industry professionals. The only additional feature is the drag and drop sortable pictureboard.
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1. must have -Mona Lisa Style "mastering the art of merchandising"2. must show the drag and drop pictureboard feature3. must show detailed image shots and description of each style posted4. must show designer lookbooks and linesheets5. must have basic admin features (change contact info, change membership, privacy settings)6. must have space for advertisements on main and/or login page 7. users must log-in before seeing any merchandise 8. pictureboard is easily printable in pdf format 9. please think of the best way for users to navigate site and design accordingly examples of site designs I like:www.jcrew.comwww.kidmondo.comwww.netaporter.comSee http://www.nexonstyle.com for what it should do and how it should function (but not how it should look)

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Roy Oswalt believes in himself, and the Rockies agree
Roy Oswalt doesn't care one lick about being the next feel-good, comeback story.
The 35-year-old right-hander simply wants to take the mound, glower at hitters, unleash his still-potent fastball and help the Rockies win the National League West.
"I honestly think we can do it," Oswalt said. "This team has more than enough talent. I mean, look at this lineup. It's one of the reasons I came to Colorado."
Tuesday night, Oswalt will pitch at Coors Field for the first time wearing a Rockies uniform. He'll face a resurgent Dodgers team that is 8-2 in its past 10 games and back in the race in the wide-open NL West. The Dodgers start lefty Clayton Kershaw, a two-time all-star, the 2011 National League Cy Young Award winner and current owner of a 2.08 ERA.
On paper, it's a mismatch, especially considering the early returns on Oswalt's comeback. After two starts -- one in Washington, one in Boston -- Oswalt is 0-2 and has allowed nine earned runs and 18 hits over 11 innings. That adds up to a 7.36 ERA, leading skeptics to ask if Oswalt truly is an upgrade over veterans Jon Garland and Jeff Francis, both of whom have been banished from the rotation.
There is no such skepticism coming from Rockies manager Walt Weiss. Rather, he speaks like a true believer.
"I think there is a lot left there," Weiss said. "I think he's pitched a lot better than his lines have shown. I think he's going to help us here in the second half, I really do. The velocity is good and the action on his pitches is still good."
In his Rockies debut, Oswalt struck out 11 in five innings, and while his fastball hit 94 mph, his secondary stuff looked rusty as he gave up four runs in a 5-1 loss at Washington. In Boston, Oswalt got roughed up early, but settled in as the game went on, ultimately allowing five runs on nine hits in six innings.
"Overall, I feel really good and my mechanics are good," he said. "I've had a couple of bad innings, maybe a little bad luck, but that's part of the game. But I think I'm in a good place and I feel like my fastball velocity is the same as it's always been."
The back of Oswalt's baseball card glitters: six top-six finishes in Cy Young Award voting, three All-Star Game appearances and playoff experience in 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2011 while playing for the Astros (2001-10) and the Phillies (2010-11). His career record is 163-98 with a 3.30 ERA.
Impressive stuff, but it won't mean much to Rockies fans if he can't produce this season.
And there remains the shadow of last summer's unpleasant experience with the Texas Rangers.
After weighing his options, he signed with the Rangers, making an impressive debut against the Rockies on June 22 in Arlington, going 6 innings and allowing one run on nine hits in a 4-1 victory.
But then things got bumpy and he was eventually sent to the bullpen. He finished with a 4-3 record and a 5.80 ERA in 17 games, included nine starts.
"Let's just say Texas wasn't a good fit," said Oswalt, who is being paid based on a prorated salary of $2.3 million. His deal includes a $400,000 roster bonus and incentives based on his number of starts (with a maximum of $1.35 million) and innings pitched ($1.25 million maximum).
Oswalt considers this season a fresh start, rather than a comeback.
"Even last year, I knew I could still pitch," he said. "I wouldn't have joined the Rockies if I didn't honestly believe that."
If Oswalt is going to help the Rockies stay in the division race, he'll have to thrive at the hitter's paradise known as Coors Field. As a visiting pitcher, he was an impressive 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA in five regular-season starts.
"I don't pay that much attention to the ballpark," he said "I know the ball flies here. But I think if I pitch inside I can be effective. I know this is a big ballpark with a lot of outfield. And sure, the ball flies, but it's changed since they brought in the humidor.
"And in Houston, the ball flew out of the park. Same thing in Philadelphia. I've always said, if you make quality pitches, you're going to get outs. If you don't, you get hit. It's pretty simple."


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Australian Rugby Union high performance boss David Nucifora has hit back at claims that the organisation offered Quade Cooper a less lucrative contract.
Cooper is reportedly on the verge of quitting Australian rugby and could switch to rugby league or even change sports to boxing. The news comes amid reports that the ARU offered Cooper - who has criticised the organisation in the past and labelled the environment in the team "toxic" - a downgraded contract but Nucifora is adamant that they offered the playmaker an attractive deal.
"Like any player's contract I'm not going to go into what it is or how it's put together, but it's a substantial amount of money that I think any player would be happy to accept, to be honest," Nucifora said. "I see this thing about a 'rookie' contract.
"There's no rookies in Australian rugby that earn that sort of money. It's a substantial contract, it's not a rookie contract."
Nucifora, who is currently on tour with the Wallabies, went on to say that they have attempted to contact Cooper's agent to discuss the player's future. "Quade's agent, I assume, is advising him on what to do, but until you actually sit down and speak to people directly and try and work out where things are at or what the issues they want to discuss are, it's quite difficult to run a negotiation like this," Nucifora said. "Our contracting manager (Richard Hawkins) has tried to speak directly to his agent without any success.
"Obviously, on the back of what came out on Monday night we've tried to make contact with very little joy. No luck really about wanting to enter into a discussion at the moment. Without dialogue it's pretty difficult to go anywhere. He is not returning calls. There's not much you can do when that happens."
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Henry Hank wrote:always thought that in the Cup season, beyond the coaching change, it was important that they brought in Kunitz, Guerin, and Adams to reinforce what they wanted to do. All three were previous Cup winners, played with some grit, and most importantly played simple north-south games. It's funny but that's exactly the kind of thing that needs to be reinforced again. This group clearly knows how they have to play. A lot of them were doing it two years ago when Crosby/Malkin were hurt and last year without Crosby. With the full squadron, they get stupid and try to play video game hockey for some reason.
shmenguin wrote:wrong year
pcm wrote:People shaking their heads at our core players' immaturity have to realize that these guys are 25 year olds. Maybe these posters haven't gotten there yet themselves, but for anyone old enough to have lived through their 20's and be able to look back on them should not be surprised at some of the travails that these guys are going through. The ups can be really high and the lows pretty low.
"I presume you know the difference between front and back, right hand and left hand?"
The girls replied: Yes.
Sun Tzu went on: "When I say "Eyes front," you must look straight ahead. When I say "Left turn," you must face towards your left hand. When I say "Right turn," you must face towards your right hand. When I say "About turn," you must face right round towards your back."
Again the girls assented. The words of command having been thus explained, he set up the halberds and battle-axes in order to begin the drill. Then, to the sound of drums, he gave the order "Right turn." But the girls only burst out laughing. Sun Tzu said: "If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame."
So he started drilling them again, and this time gave the order "Left turn," whereupon the girls once more burst into fits of laughter. Sun Tzu: "If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders ARE clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers."
penmyst wrote:So where is the diconnect? Is it the general or the officers? General=HCDB, officers=on-ice leaders.
Because there is a problem in there somewhere.
Desiato wrote:Impossible for any of us to tell. However, the head coach is ultimately accountable. If the players aren't listening, it's a problem he has to solve. It's part of his job.
Desiato wrote:Anyway, this analogy is completely flawed. The "on-ice leaders" are peers with no real authority over their teammates, not officers. It's so incredibly naive to think the Pens are going to trade for a Gary Roberts type guy, and he's going to will them to play better D. DB may be the general, but he and his staff are also the officers.
IMO, star players need a tough coach who isn't afraid to send a message. Remember when Bowman did things like put Coffey on left wing and Fedorov on the 3rd line and D? I think a player coach only does well as a short-term follow-up to a disciplinarian.
As the cliche goes, you can't fire the whole team.
smoothmoneyb wrote:How come nobody's talking about how bad the power play was last night? On 3 out of the 4 PP's we had, we registered exactly 0 shots on goal.. ZERO SHOTS ON GOAL. That's three powerplays without a single SOG. That's pathetic! The third power play was at least decent, as we got a few shots off. Overall the power play has been pretty good this year, but not great, and definitely not as good as it probably could be considering the personnel we have out there.
penmyst wrote:It's not flawed.
While there is no direct chain of command, such as in a military situation, that does not mean there aren't players who have the commanding presence to lead. Most of us see this in our workplaces, or perhaps in social casual gatherings. Where even though most of us are on "even" ground with each other, there are certain people who command respect or can organize/direct others. Leaders and followers. And it's not always your most talented players, despite sports wisdom of always handing these "C"s and "A"s to them.
Desiato wrote:I think those leaders need to be validated by the staff to have any real hold over a player with a motivational issue. If the advice of the 'officer' is not heeded, there needs to be consequences. When the leaders set an example, it needs to be reenforced.
I've stated my opinion a lot of times already. I don't think the Pens have a personnel issue. We've seen most of these guys as warriors before. The will is there, but confidence has vanished. I blame the system. They turn the puck over way too often and don't seem to learn from it. There's no patience or savvy at all. It seems they constantly try to force the play whether it's there or not. The usual solution is to up the tempo which just results in more errors. Opponents seem to have a really easy time reading breakouts by the Pens.
Someone posted that the Pens were cruising earlier in the season. I disagree. Most wins I've watched, even with big differentials have been ugly to me. When this team looks good, it's because of talent.
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This has been an eventful year when it comes to Iranian filmmakers.
First, Iran's Culture Ministry formally dissolved the House of Cinema, the only domestic organization that supports independent film. The ministry replaced the House of Cinema with a committee that would not deviate from strict Islamic guidelines and politically permissible topics.
Then, an independently produced Iranian film, "A Separation," won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The film, which was directed by Asghar Farhadi, depicts the breakup of a marriage, and is not considered a political film.
Also this year, Jafar Panahi, an Iranian filmmaker under house arrest, was awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
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At the height of its popularity, "Soul Train" felt like a religion in Baltimore.
The Saturday daytime show hosted by the late Don Cornelius was not to be missed — like church or the early seasons of "Saturday Night Live," according to Tim Watts, a longtime Baltimore disc jockey.
"It was like 'SNL' with John Belushi, where everyone had to go home to watch TV Saturday nights," Watts said. "On Saturday mornings, people in Baltimore would clean the house and put 'Soul Train' on. It was the soundtrack of our youth."
In Baltimore, Cornelius, who died Wednesday at 75, was grieved on social media and the radio by many others, some who knew him personally, most who just knew him from television. The radio station 92Q was inundated with calls from listeners paying their respects, as the DJs played classic soul and R&B songs and shared their own memories about growing up with "Soul Train."
"What I remember most about Don Cornelius and 'Soul Train' is the platform he gave African Americans to promote their music," said Vernon Kelson, music director at the station.
"Soul Train" aired nationally from 1971 to 2006 — on multiple stations in Baltimore, before finally moving to WJZ-TV — and spanned generations.
People who appeared on the show, whether in the crowd or on stage, became mini-stars in their own right, according to Baltimore hip-hop artist Saleem Heggins.
"My aunt's little brother was on 'Soul Train' — he was one of the 'Soul Train' dancers," Heggins said. "He kind of looked like Michael Jackson, with the Jheri curl. He was truly a neighborhood superstar. That was a big deal. … He was like a ghetto superstar, because he was on 'Soul Train.'"
The weekly dance show and three annual award shows started on WJZ in 1998, when Jay Newman took over as general manager. On WJZ, the show generally aired in "late fringe," the time period after the 11 p.m. news on weekends.
Newman said he wanted the show for WJZ after seeing how well it had performed for the station he ran in Detroit. He was also a Cornelius fan, he said.
"Let me tell you, as a television person, I was a big fan of his and the show," Newman said. "He was a visionary. Because of the music it focused on, his program strongly appealed to African-American audiences. But as it moved from the 1970s into the '80s and even into the '90s, it started to get a broader-based following. And he, as a personality, transcended the music at times. Almost, in a sense, what Dick Clark brought to 'Bandstand' music, he brought to 'Soul Train' type music."
Watts, now a disc jockey for Magic 95.9, knew Cornelius, visiting his home and sharing meals with him several times in the '80s. Watts said he'd remember Cornelius as a man "who couldn't lie."
"I told him one time that I was interested in TV, and the first thing he said was, 'You need to get rid of that big gap in your teeth,'" Watts said. The candor "was off-putting at first, but then you'd learn to appreciate it. I respected that."
A major part of "Soul Train's" formula for success was sticking to the hits, Watts said, forgoing the risk of "breaking" new artists. Cornelius likely could have made plenty of extra money by debuting new groups on the show, but it would have been to the detriment of the program.
"You didn't have to suffer through 'Who are these guys?'" Watts said. "To his credit, that's what made the show."
Rap was one genre Cornelius was reluctant to embrace, at least at first, Watts said. While rap became a force in clubs and via word of mouth, "Soul Train" stuck to R&B and soul singers. This at least partly explains why rap took longer to take hold in smaller markets, including Baltimore, Watts said.
"'Soul Train' would control the music," Watts said. "In many markets, rap was slower in taking off because Don wasn't giving it its love."
Cornelius should be remembered as a leader for black music and culture, Watts said.
"Those days, it was not often you would see black people performing or doing anything on television," he said. "Soul Train" "did all of that in a positive way."
Kelson said the show was a touchstone even for people reared on more recent shows, like BET's "Video Soul" and "106 & Park."
"In order to appreciate the newer music shows, you had to appreciate Don Cornelius," he said.
At 6 p.m. Wednesday, 92Q punctuated its day-long remembrance with a fitting tribute: a 'soul train line' at the parking lot outside its offices.
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Chapter One
Everyday Life
"James," Ginny greeted her contact as she sat down at a table outside of Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour in the near-empty Diagon Alley. She placed a copy of The Daily Prophet on the table, and noted the briefcase at her feet. She looked across the table to find the blond-haired, blue-eyed, scar-less, glasses-less Harry Potter staring back at the equally unrecognisable Ginny Weasley.
Ginny suppressed the smile that was threatening to emerge. His nose was also under a glamour spell, as was his chin and cheekbones.
"Monty," Harry replied. Ginny smiled inwardly at her code-name. Harry had made it up when she first needed it years ago. Montana, or Monty as her close friends called her.
Ginny pretended to bite her fingernails as she muttered, "Is it all there?"
"Hmmm," Harry replied affirmatively. "When do you leave?"
"An hour," she said through her thumbnail, and Harry picked up the copy of The Daily Prophet and looked at the front page briefly before tucking it away in his robes. Ginny returned her hand to her lap. "Nice weather we've been having recently."
Harry nodded. "Too nice. There's a storm about to break, I'm sure of it. It's been too quiet for too long."
Ginny nodded. It had been unnervingly quiet recently. There had been very few attacks, and for the past month, Voldemort seemed to be on holiday. More than likely, he was preparing for a large-scale attack of some sort.
Ginny wondered if she would ever see a peaceful time again. The way things had been progressing in recent years, it seemed doubtful. Especially after Lucius Malfoy successfully writhed his way into the position of Minister of Magic, securing the entire Ministry under Voldemort's control. It was horribly amazing how he had gone from an Azkaban prisoner after Ginny's fourth year at Hogwarts, to Minister of Magic in five short years. Ginny had no doubt in her mind that it had something to do with his large account at Gringotts, as well as the fact that Lucius had most of the voters well in his pocket out of pure fear. But ever since his coup d'etat two years ago, after the mysterious death of Cornelius Fudge, the wizarding world in Britain and most of Europe was in utter chaos. Chaos that was spreading worldwide fast.
Peace seemed to be in the farthest reaches of the universe.
Yet, looking across to the blond Harry, Ginny knew she was doing the only thing she could be doing now, fighting for that unreachable peace. This was what she had been fighting for long before Voldemort regained power. She had been struggling for the end of the war, at least consciously, ever since her first year at Hogwarts. She had been an active member of the D.A. from its formation until when she left Hogwarts. She took over as leader of the D.A. for Harry after he left Hogwarts and used her experience of being possessed to help teach members how to resist said ill.
Right before leaving Hogwarts her seventh year, Ginny had approached McGonagall about becoming a member of the Order of the Phoenix. A week later, Ginny had been inducted in.
"Shit," muttered Harry, bringing Ginny back to the present. He was looking over her shoulder. Ginny knew she couldn't look, it would be too suspicious, but, no matter. She knew what she would find if she did and fear began coursing through her veins. The M.L.E.S. officers, now almost all Death Eaters, were checking papers. Nowadays everyone by law had to carry identification papers, stating their name, wand specifics, address, any particular magical talents, and details of any recent travels.
"Let's go." Ginny reached for the briefcase as Harry muttered a charm to turn that briefcase into a button, which Ginny placed into her pocket. They got up together and walked as discreetly as possible away from the ice cream parlour.
"Hey, you two! Stop!" Apparently, they had not been discreet enough.
Immediately Ginny broke out into a run, Harry right beside her. She could hear several Death Eaters following them. Ginny stole a glance behind her. There were three, and they weren't extremely close. At least she and Harry had gotten a head start.
"Come on," said Harry hoarsely, grabbing Ginny's hand and pulling right, into another alleyway. They quickly turned left and right again, bringing them into a tiny dead end. Ginny quickly pulled out her wand and changed her hair and robe colour. She noticed Harry doing the same. She silently cursed Lucius Malfoy for the Apparition wards he placed on Diagon Alley and the surrounding paths.
Harry cursed again as he pushed Ginny against the wall and kissed her forcefully. Ginny felt his hands wrap around her waist, and she immediately lifted her hands to his neck and shoulders.
She knew Harry hadn't cursed at her, and also understood why he kissed her. On both counts, it was because of the Death Eaters. Yet both the curse and the kiss managed to make Ginny feel extremely awkward. She had never truly gotten over Harry, even though she had claimed to. No matter how many boyfriends she'd had. No matter that everyone believed her crush had long been forgotten. The fact that Harry had cursed like that before kissing her, coupled with the fact that he hadn't wanted to kiss her, hurt Ginny. It hurt her more than she wanted to admit.
But she would never let that hurt show. Not to anyone. Especially not to Harry.
After a few moments, once the danger of being caught was past, Harry leaned back. Ginny opened her eyes and found Harry looking towards the entrance to the small alley. Ginny followed his gaze to find nothing there before realizing her hand was damp.
"I knew meeting in Diagon Alley was a mistake. I'm going to have a word with Dung about how to pick a better rendezvous point," Harry growled. "Can't even Apparate out of here when in trouble. Damn it!"
"Harry," Ginny gasped looking at the blood on her hand. "What…?"
Harry immediately backed up, and Ginny felt a pang of loss as his hands fell from her waist. "Nothing," he mumbled. "Minor hex. I'm all right."
Ginny sighed and let her hands fall beside her and gave Harry a piercing stare. He wasn't going to get away with that. She never let him, and there was no way she'd allow him to pull the hero act now.
Harry looked slightly uncomfortable under Ginny's unwavering gaze as he kept his eyes on the entrance to the small nook they were in. He scratched the back of his neck and mumbled, "I'll see Patricia when I get back." Ginny held the look for a moment longer until Harry looked her straight in the eye and said in a reassuring voice, "I will, Ginny. Promise."
Ginny smiled, and her mind was brought back to the task at hand. "You still got the you-know-what?"
Harry felt around the front pocket of his robes. He nodded and asked, "You?"
Hand in her pocket, Ginny nodded. She pushed off the wall, "I'll go first. Wait at least thirty seconds before following." She started out towards the entryway but stopped as she felt a hand grip her wrist. She turned and looked into Harry's now blue eyes. It was strange, even through the blue, Ginny could still see Harry shining through.
"Be safe," he whispered.
Ginny nodded and struggled for her voice, "You too." She was proud with herself that she managed to talk in a controlled, steady voice.
Harry nodded and she turned once again to leave. She managed to make her way out to Diagon Alley without attracting any attention, making Ginny feel slightly relieved. She was halfway to the Leaky Cauldron when she felt someone's eyes on her. It was probably just Harry and she turned her head slightly to make sure.
Yes, it was Harry. She knew that walk anywhere. How very like him to watch over her, making sure she got out all right. He always did that for his friends. That was something that would never change about him.
He hadn't changed so much since Hogwarts; most of his qualities were magnified over the years. He was even more introverted now. And very bitter. That seemed to be the only emotion Harry ever let anyone else see. That and anger. He very rarely smiled and never laughed anymore.
Harry was also notoriously single. It had come to be a sort of joke in the Order of how badly Harry needed a shag. Ginny didn't find that last bit funny.
Sure, Ginny wanted Harry to be happy, and that included wanting Harry to find someone he loved. Yet she knew that Harry was too busy for that now. She also knew that Harry would never want to make someone a target; and by dating, he would do exactly that. His last girlfriend had been brutally murdered four years ago. She had been raped and then bled by a pair of Death Eaters. They had let the blood run out of her veins. They hadn't allowed her to have the quick death Avada Kedavra offers. Her body had shown up in Hogsmeade just in time for several Hogwarts students to come across it.
There hadn't been another women since then. At least, none that anyone knew about.
One night last year, on one of those rare nights none of them had an assignment, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny got completely pissed. It probably wasn't the smartest thing to do in the middle of a war, when they could be called to battle at any moment, but they all needed the release. During that night, when confronted about his permanent single status, Harry offhandedly confessed that he already felt bad enough about making his friends targets to even think about dating.
Entering the Leaky Cauldron, Ginny looked around, surveying the scene before her. She recognized a few faces towards the back, none of who were threats. She made her way quickly to the exit, wishing she could stop and greet her friends, but knew her task was too important to delay further. She had a train to catch.
Ginny looked behind her and nodded briefly to Harry, indicating she was fine before walking through ticket control. He had followed her from Diagon Alley all the way to Waterloo Station. If it had been anyone else, she would have been completely infuriated, but Harry made her only partly put out by this display. The rest of her felt comforted that someone was looking out for her.
She handed her passport and ticket to the guard. Ginny held her breath for a second, waiting to see if she'd be let through. The passport wasn't exactly real, and while Ginny knew it was flawless, she was a bit nervous about it.
However, the guard at passport control waved her through after a quick glance.
Ginny stepped towards security briskly. She had to take Muggle transportation to Paris, as magical transportation was too risky at the moment. No one could Apparate, Portkey or Floo out of Britain without going through massive security. Although with certain glamours, Ginny probably could get through magically, it still wasn't safe. And so, here she was walking towards her gate to board what Muggles called the Eurostar, a train that travelled in a tunnel under the English Channel to get to France.
There was always the chance that there would be some magical personnel walking around watching out for exactly what Ginny was attempting, so Ginny kept the glamour she had cast in Diagon Alley and kept an eye out for anyone who looked out of place. However, she saw nothing, and she handed her ticket to another guard before climbing some broken escalators to the platform.
Harry ruffled through the papers scratched with untidy scribble that lay before him on a mahogany desk. Apart from the desk and matching chair, the tiny room was void of furniture, replaced instead by large stacks of antique books which had been hastily shoved into place by an exasperated Hermione the week before after complaining that the room was entirely too messy. However, Harry was just annoyed by this new arrangement. Before Hermione's crusade, he had been able to find whatever he needed. Now he felt as though he'd never be able to find anything useful again.
Not that he had found anything useful in months anyway.
The desk Harry was sitting at was cluttered with loose parchment and various books, in quite a similar fashion to the rest of the room, as it had been subject to Hermione's 'cleaning spree' as well. Much like the rest of the room, Harry couldn't make heads or tails at what he was looking at.
When Harry, Remus and Hermione first started this project, they had made astounding progress. Unfortunately, over the last year, their progress had slowed considerably. In fact, Harry thought it was safe to say they hadn't made any new development at all for a very long time.
Harry was beginning to think this whole project was a waste and that they would never find what they were looking for. The project started five years ago, just after leaving Hogwarts, when Harry had posed the question of how Voldemort was to be killed. Harry knew he was the only one who could destroy Voldemort permanently, but he wasn't sure if Avada Kedavra would work on him. Would it be as simple as the Killing Curse? Or was there something else?
Avada Kedavra was used to kill living things. Voldemort didn't seem human enough to die from only the Killing Curse.
And so, Harry, Hermione and Remus began to research other methods of destruction. They studied the defeat of past evils, and they slowly gathered theories. About three months after they started their research they brought in Moira Glaister, a trusted member of the Order of the Phoenix who was about as skilled in problem solving as Hermione. It had been decided that their project should be extremely confidential. They didn't want it to leak back to Voldemort that they were researching ways to defeat him. In fact, the only other person who knew about their research was Ron.
However, despite all their research and findings, they still didn't know how to destroy Voldemort completely. They hadn't even been able to find the answer to Harry's original question about Avada Kedavra.
Harry tore his eyes from the blue scribble when he heard a knock on the door. A moment later Remus entered carrying a small tray.
"Harry, I thought you might like some tea. You've been up here for hours." Remus brought the tray over and placed it on one of the more sturdy piles of books near the desk. He looked tired. There were bags under his eyes and his hair was greyer than ever. The full moon was in a few days.
"Right. Thanks, Remus." Harry reached over to the tray to grab a muffin and unceremoniously shoved it in his mouth.
"Have you made any progress?" Remus' voice was hopeful, yet resigned to the probability of a negative response.
Harry sighed through his full mouth and shook his head. He swallowed, and sipped at his tea. "Not a damned thing. All I've managed to do was get thoroughly confused by Hermione's new system."
"Ah, yes," Remus smiled wearily. "Her new system that 'would make everything amazingly clear and easy to find.' I fear that all it has done is confuse us all. It'll take a bit of time to get used to it."
"I don't see what was wrong with the old system. I knew where everything was then." Harry sighed deeply and picked up some papers and gave them a glance.
Remus chuckled. "She's frustrated with our lack of findings recently and felt she needed to do something productive. I know the feeling. You should get that looked at."
Harry glanced over at his shoulder. It didn't hurt so much anymore, it was more a dull throb of annoyance than anything. It looked much worse than it was; the sleeve of Harry's robes was drenched in dried blood, with just a tiny hole where his injury occured. Harry shrugged at Remus' suggestion and muttered, "Later."
Remus simply gave Harry a look. Harry knew that look well, and it always made his chest swell with emotion. It was the look Remus gave when he could see James through Harry, he knew it. Harry briefly wondered what Remus was reliving in his head. If the memory was a specific instance or more of an overall impression.
"I'll go soon." Harry picked up a book from the far right corner of the desk and opened to a random page.
Ginny sat, leaning against the iron grail of the metro entrance in Place Blanche awaiting her contact. She looked around at the passing Muggles, envious of their laughter. She tried to listen in on their conversations, yet, as most people were speaking French, Ginny understood next to nothing. Only once in a while an Anglophone would pass and her ears would perk to the familiar language.
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," a rough voice whispered.
Deliberately avoiding eye contact, Ginny checked her watch, hoping the man who had just sidled up next to her would leave. He wasn't her contact. Her contact would speak English. Her contact also wouldn't reek of alcohol.
"Tu es trčs belle," the man continued. Ginny turned, giving the man her back.
The man only laughed, making the hairs on the back of Ginny's neck stand on end. She gripped her wand, not wanting to use it.
"Tu es trčs fičre. J'aime beaucoup la fierté."
Ginny turned slowly, carefully pulling out her wand so that no Muggle could see.
"Ça coute combien pour une demie heure?"
Pointing her wand, Ginny muttered a Memory Charm and a Distracter Spell. Immediately the man's eyes blurred and he turned away muttering something in French.
Quickly concealing her wand once more, Ginny sent out a wish that her contact gott here soon.
Someone must have heard her; a minute later she heard someone else speak to her, this time in English. This time it was the phrase she was waiting for.
"Isn't Paris a magical city?"
Ginny smirked and turned around. "It's certainly a dirty city. Magic, I have yet to see."
Her contact smiled. She had blonde hair that went just past her shoulders and hazel eyes. She was pretty, Ginny thought. Her contact gestured to Ginny to walk with her. They walked across the street, dodging cars and motorbikes.
"I wasn't sure it was you for a moment," her contact whispered. "Your glamours are fantastic. However, when that man simply left, I knew. They don't usually leave so abruptly, or willingly."
Her voice sounded familiar. Not very familiar, but there was something about it that made Ginny sure she'd heard it before.
"Do I know you?" Ginny asked, glancing at the girl.
"Yes. And I know you. I've got glamours on as well." Her contact linked arms with Ginny and lead her down another street, away from the neon of Boulevard de Clichy. "I'm sorry you had to wait there. I hate this area; it's extremely seedy, even during the day. However, since Le Chemin de Traverse is nearby, we need to be nearby."
"Le Chemeh de Travers?" Ginny asked, perplexed.
Her contact turned down another street. "It's the Parisian equivalent to Diagon Alley. The entrance is right over there." She pointed at a building across the street. Then, pointing to another building on their side of the small road, she said, "And this is where we're going. We like to be able to keep an eye on Le Chemin de Traverse. Although, we do have to be very careful when we go in and out."
They stopped in front of a six-story building, and the girl punched something into a key pad. The door clicked open and they rushed inside. Past the doors, Ginny was amazed to see a beautiful courtyard filled with flowers and flowering bushes. Her jaw dropped in awe.
"I know," the girl said. "You wouldn't think that something so beautiful would be in here, but…." She shrugged. "Over here."
Ginny followed the girl to a wall behind a bush.
"Here," the girl said, giving Ginny a folded piece of paper.
Opening the paper, she felt her heart pang as she was reminded of Dumbledore and the first time she went to Grimmauld Place. Her mother had given her that note.
Sure enough, the note was almost exactly the same as the one she had been given then.
The Headquarters of La Secte can be found at 6 Square de la Galette, Escalier B.
Ginny memorized the note and handed it back to the girl who burned it immediately with her wand. Ginny looked at the previously blank wall just in time to see a door appear. Quickly the two girls went through the door.
They climbed up one flight of stairs before coming to a door.
"Here we are," the girl said as she opened the door.
The first thing Ginny noticed was that the room was void of any furniture save for a few tables. She turned around to ask a question, but was amazed to see Parvati Patil standing where the blonde had been standing moments before.
"Parvati!" Ginny exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
Smiling, Parvati laughed and walked over to a table. "I moved here about four months ago and I've been dying for news from home ever since. International communication is very limited, especially in and out of Britain."
Ginny quickly removed her glamours and followed Parvati into the apartment. "Why though? Why Paris, of all places?"
Parvati blushed slightly. "Well, there were a few reasons. Firstly, La Secte needed help getting organized. As you know, La Secte is sort of the French equivalent of the Order of the Phoenix, but it was practically falling apart. So I volunteered to help re-establish order and help connect it to the Order of the Phoenix. Would you like some tea?"
"Er, yes, thanks." Together, they walked into the kitchen. Ginny eyed Parvati suspiciously; she had changed the subject rather abruptly. "You said there were a few reasons, Parvati."
"Yes." Ginny watched, amused, as her blush deepened. She had never known Parvati to be a blusher. "The other reason was Henri."
"Henri?" Ginny questioned, eyebrows raised.
"Henri Étain." She smiled and sighed gently. "Do you have the briefcase?"
"Yes." Ginny reached into her pocket and produced a button, which she promptly transfigured back into a briefcase.
"Good," Parvati said simply. "I need to send you back with something as well. How long are you staying for?" She offered Ginny a mug filled with steaming tea.
Taking the mug, Ginny took a deep breath. Jasmine. "One night."
"One night?" Parvati sounded disappointed. "And I was hoping to get all the juicy gossip from home. Oh, well. Next time."
Ginny nodded, sincerely hoping there could be a next time.
Hermione was restless. She didn't want to be here, and didn't want a reason to be here. Yet here she was, and it was pointless to try to leave; she would be rushed back into her pristine white bed by the hospital matron, Patricia Curie. However, even if she was able to get past Patricia, she wouldn't leave.
She looked to the bed beside her. Ron's unnaturally pale face was almost luminous, and a stark contrast to his vibrant hair. Hermione suddenly felt extremely nauseous.
"Patricia?" she called out.
A small flimsy head appeared from behind a curtain where Patricia kept her desk. "Yes, dear?" the head replied.
"How long did you think Ron will be like this?" Hermione focused on folding and refolding the sheet on her bed, afraid of Patricia's answer.
Patricia walked over to Ron's bed where she put her hands on her hips. She scrunched up her face in concentration and blew at her fringe. "Hopefully not long, dear."
Hermione sighed. That had been her answer for the past three days. "How long is 'not long?'" she asked as politely as she could, hoping she didn't sound as irritated as she felt.
Patricia pursed her lips together, reminding Hermione deeply of McGonagall. "Dearie, he'll wake up when he wakes up. You can't rush healing." It was Patricia's usual response, and Hermione could feel tears rising to her eyes in her usual reaction. They had danced through this same routine for the past four days, and Hermione had tried to be patient. However, today was the fifth day Ron had not woken up and her patience was running thin.
Lip trembling, she wiped away the tears from her face. "Thank you Patricia."
In an instant, Patricia lost her stern façade and let loose a sympathetic face. That was not part of the usual routine, and it caught Hermione off guard. "I understand, my dear. I really do, but there really is nothing more we can do than wait."
"Wait for what?" Hermione mumbled, reaching for a tissue. "For him to wake up?" She blew her nose messily. "For him to die?"
She looked up at the matron and saw something indistinguishable flash in her eye. "Child, he is still strong. He lost a lot of blood and suffered a horrid concussion, but he will wake up. You have to believe that. Don't ever lose that hope."
Hermione nodded, incapable of saying anything else. Patricia nodded and backed out of the curtained area. Immediately, Hermione threw down her used tissue and buried her head in her hands, hoping to somewhat muffle her sobs. It wasn't the first time she had cried during these past few days, far from it. Yet this time seemed to be the most truthful in some way.
This time, she sobbed for herself.
A sudden vulgar exclamation rose Hermione from her trance. She looked up to find a very uncomfortable looking wizard with a white bandage covering his shoulder staring back at her. "Language, Harry," she muttered.
Harry looked over at Ron, his green eyes wide behind his glasses. "Is he…"
Hermione wiped at her probably blood-shot eyes. "He's been like that for about five days now with no change. Patricia says he'll wake up soon; whenever that is."
"He'll be all right though?"
Hermione bit her lip and thought for a moment. "She doesn't know." The two remained in silence for a deafening moment before Hermione spoke again. "What happened to you?"
Harry rubbed his shoulder. "Scuffle in Diagon Alley."
Harry grinned sheepishly. "Just me. Although I did get a few Death Eaters pretty good. When do you get out of here?"
Hermione raised her eyebrows at Harry's not too subtle change of subject. "Officially, I can leave tomorrow."
She looked Harry dead in the eye. "I'm not leaving until he wakes up."
A/N: There's a part of this chapter that was very much inspired by one scene in the French film 'Bon Voyage.' I'm quite sure I've seen a similar situation before that film, but I can't remember where exactly. In any case, the scene I've taken almost directly from 'Bon Voyage' was the inspiration for this entire fic - everything grew from that one scene and situation it took place in. Ten points to anyone who knows what scene I'm talking referring to here.
And here's the translation for those French phrases in the chapter:
"Bonjour, mademoiselle" - Hello, miss.
"Tu es trčs belle" - You are very beautiful.
"Tu es trčs fičre. J'aime beaucoup la fierté." - You're very proud. I like that in a woman. (loosely translated, but it works for these purposes.)
"Ça coute combien pour une demie heure?" - How much for a half an hour?
'Le Chemin de Traverse' is taken from the French translation of the Harry Potter books. It's the French translation for Diagon Alley.
And if you were wondering, 'La Secte' is French for the Order. Yes, I know - so creative ;)
Many thanks to those who've helped me out with getting this thing off the ground – Aggiebell, Lady G, Gaineewop, Aria, and my fabulous beta, Jner. Thank you all, so much!
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The Senate education committee Thursday afternoon passed a bill that would allow Oregon students brought to the country illegally to pay in-state tuition.
Senate Bill 742 would allow undocumented high school seniors who've lived in Oregon the last three years to pay in-state tuition at the state's seven public universities. They now must pay out-of-state tuition, which is three times higher and a barrier to most of them.
Sen. Larry George, R- Sherwood, cast the only vote against the measure. He said the proposal addresses a compelling justice issue, but he is concerned it would cost the state money.
"We are cutting school days, we can't fund full-day kindergarten," he said, "and then we're passing something that will put an additional burden on the higher education system."
Sen. Frank Morse, R-Albany, said he could not hold children responsible for being brought to this country illegally by their parents. It is in the interest of the state to let undocumented youth "improve our country by improving their lives," he said. "For me it is an issue of what will make Oregon better."
Sen. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, said if the students are charged out-of-state tuition, they won't go to college, and the state will lose out on their contributions to society and the economy.
Before passing the bill Thursday, the Senate committee approved two amendments to it. One would require undocumented students seeking in-state tuition to sign an affidavit saying they have filed or will file an application for citizenship. The other requires them to have been in the country five years and in Oregon the last three.
The vote was met with a smattering of applause from some in the audience, glares of outrage from others.
"We have a pathetic bunch of people in charge," fumed Mary Mayer, of Beaverton, who watched the vote. She was angry that Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, chair of the committee, didn't allow public testimony. She said opponents to the bill have been ignored.
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A Facebook post defending a drug company stock has spurred more than a year of headaches for a broker who has been fined and suspended in a case that highlights the perils of running afoul of the securities industry's social media rules.
Charles Matisi's 2012 Facebook post took issue with a Barron's article that cautioned against buying Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc's stock too high, given some of the hurdles it faced to bring a key weight loss drug to market.
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First, his firm concluded that he violated its social media policy, and he resigned from his job at MML Investors Services, a Springfield, Massachusetts-based unit of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co, the firm said.
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"There's no safer weight loss drug," he had written. Though he did not name the drug in his post, the firm recently won approval for weight-loss drug Belviq.
His remark was "not fair and balanced," FINRA said in the settlement, and omitted key details, including the fact that he and 33 of his customers owned Arena shares.
Matisi, who now works for Park Avenue Securities in Woodbury, New York, a unit of The Guardian Life Insurance Co of America, neither admitted nor denied FINRA's allegations, according to the settlement filing dated September 11.
Matisi declined to comment to Reuters. He denied in a separate public disclosure filing that he violated any company policy. A Massachusetts Mutual spokeswoman said the company "fully cooperated" with FINRA's review of this matter.
While FINRA's sanctions against Matisi are not substantial, the case illustrates how easily brokers' social media activities can land them in hot water.
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There have been just a handful of enforcement cases against advisers about their social media posts since 2010, when FINRA first issued guidance about using social media sites. FINRA fined and suspended a broker in 2010, for example, for Tweets she made about a stock in which she had a financial interest.
But a recent FINRA effort to check up on how firms are using social media and policies they have in place could yield more such cases, Grande said. The regulator, in June, began collecting details from firms about their social media use and monitoring, among other things.
Matisi's troubles began in mid-2012, when a financial commentator posted a remark on an online bulleting board stating that shares of a Arena had "climbed high" because of a widespread belief that the Food and Drug Administration would approve an obesity drug the company developed. She also cited the cautionary Barron's article.
Matisi responded through his Facebook profile, which identified him as a financial planner at MassMutual Financial Group, according to the FINRA settlement filing. He described the article as "idiotic" in addition to defending the drug.
Matisi, at the time, owned 10,000 shares of the stock, worth about $60,000, and about 33 of his clients also owned the stock, but he did not disclose these stakes in the posting, according to the FINRA settlement.
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Matisi's official records show that he was "permitted to resign" from his firm. However, he has affixed a comment noting that he resigned voluntary because he was unhappy at the firm.
(Reporting by Suzanne Barlyn; Editing by Linda Stern and Tim Dobbyn)


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Reminiscent of 1970s socio-political science fiction by the likes of Ursula K. Le Guin and Doris Lessing, China Miéville's often revelatory new novel Embassytown is three books in one: a tense political thriller, an amazing, sometimes brutal rhapsody on the uses of language, and a curiously flat account of civil war.
Embassytown follows hard on the heels of two other Miéville novels: the much-lauded philosophical police procedural cum fantasy The City & The City and the fun but overlong romp Kraken. The new novel most closely resembles The City & The City in attempting to combine the grotesque physicality of The Weird with other genres—this time alien contact SF—while also engaging the reader at the level of Idea. As ever with such enterprises, it takes tremendous skill to make those ideas an organic part of story and of character. At times Embassytown attains mastery, at times it does not.
The clinical yet compelling Avice Brenner Cho narrates this alien contact adventure. She is a native of Embassytown, which occupies an uneasy position as a human outpost on the planet of Arieka. The indigenous intelligent species, known as the Ariekei, have helped humans create a livable space that keeps out the planet's toxic atmosphere. Their civilization depends heavily on animals rather than inert machinery. Factories, buildings, and vehicles are all living bio-tech, as boldly visceral as anything in Miéville's Bas-Lag novels.
Avice belongs to two unique groups. First, she can help pilot ships through the immer, which allows travel to Embassytown and other far-flung enclaves. What is the immer? Miéville is typically inventive in describing it: "The immer's reaches don't correspond at all to the dimensions…of this space where we live. The best we can do is say that the immer underlies or overlies, infuses, is a foundation, is langue of which our actuality is a parole." That last bit slyly infuses an already language-besotted novel with some of Ferdinand Sassure's linguistic theorizing.
Second, the Ariekei inflicted a peculiar honor on Avice as a child, making her in essence a part of their language. She is asked to perform the actions that will allow the Ariekei to truthfully say the following: "There was a human girl who in pain ate what was given to her in an old room built for eating in which eating had not happened for a time."
Why do the Ariekei need her for this? To radically simplify Miéville's intent, the Arieke language is hyper-literal; a comparison cannot exist unless it has a physical reality:
Where to us each word means something, to the [Ariekei] each is an opening. A door, through which the thought of that reference, the thought itself that reached for that word, can be seen…Everything in Language is a true claim. So they need the similes to compare things to, to make true things that aren't there yet, that they need to say.
Her strange experience, almost ritualistically staged, makes Avice a member of an exclusive club of fellow "similes," who, like a self-help group, meet to discuss the meaning of their transformation.
But that's not the only aspect of the Ariekei language crucial to the novel, nor even the most interesting, because daily trade and other communications depend on vat-grown human Ambassadors: perfectly paired twins who can perform both "the Cut and the Turn," the dual sounds without which the two-mouthed Ariekei do not recognize their own language. The result is a linguistic puzzle apparently unique in the universe, an enigma so deep it engrosses Avice's husband, a linguist named Scile, his obsession putting serious strain on their bond.
Miéville's ruminations on language are brilliant, as are explorations of the relationship between Avice and various Ambassador pairs, which deepen the political intrigue. Miéville also sets up an interesting factionalism within the Ariekei by presenting a sect of the aliens who use a Festival of Lies as a deadly serious gambit to change their civilization. The crisis that emerges is intensified by the author's cross-cutting between real-time and past events, a technique which results in a richly layered portrait of Embassytown and its inhabitants. The culmination of this effect occurs when Miéville documents the first meeting of the Arikei and a new Ambassador, EzRa, sent from the off-world central authority. Not only does EzRa represent a possible imperial gambit by the home government, but they also are not perfect twins. Indeed, they are quite mismatched, one "tall and thin" and the other "stocky, muscular and more than a hand shorter."
The effect on the Arikei when EzRa speaks to them sets off an irrevocable chain-reaction that threatens the existence of both Embassytown and the Arikei. Oddly, it's in this transformation of a place and a civilization that Miéville, who has for almost two hundred pages wedded tension and characters to amazing extrapolation, loses his bearings.
For a long time after this event, Avice narrates, but slips from her role as central to the action. As a result, the text becomes less nuanced in places, fewer scenes protrude from summary, and other characters must come to Avice and relate particulars. Individual missions she undertakes—whether "traveling out of the city," making "our way to some nursery," dragooning "some of Embassytown's transit machines," or leaving the city "three times" contain a sameness that becomes repetitious and undermines innervating images of destruction. Characters like Scile drift out of the narrative, only to reappear less as people than as plot devices. An epidemic of suicides by Ambassadors isn't given sufficient initial explanation, nor does Avice adequately explain upfront why Embassytown is suddenly in such immediate danger. Tension leaks away like the rapidly degrading environment of Embassytown itself.
Nevertheless, toward the end, the novel largely regains its inner equilibrium. Avice again becomes more personally involved—her role as an Arieki "simile" proving to be key—and the uses of language re-enters the plot with renewed significance. A last desperate quest to rescue the situation contains real pathos, real sacrifice, and true narrative vigor. Embassytown, Arieka, and the Ariekei will never be the same again, but something meaningful may be salvaged.
Embassytown isn't a perfect novel—it is infuriatingly dull and plodding in places—but it's also original, sophisticated, bristling with subversive ideas, and filled with unforgettably alien images.