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Similar to lost password scenario, losing your account's administrator rights & privileges is one of the worst kinds of lock-out situation where the user can't run anything that requires elevation.
If your user account has lost admin rights, it may have been caused by a malware. Or you may have inadvertently set yourself a "Standard User" via Account settings, or configured the Local Security Policy or user account group membership incorrectly.
This means you can't go back to the User Account settings page and set yourself as administrator. In such cases, the Yes button in the UAC dialog will be disabled or grayed out.
Worst part may be that most users don't have a second or alternate administrator account on their computer. And they would have never activated the built-in Administrator account (keeping it disabled is good for security, anyway).
Given the situation, the user still has these options via Recovery Options (Windows Recovery Environment) to get back lost administrator rights and privileges.
Instructions and screenshots in this article are from a Windows 10 computer, but the concept should apply to Windows 8 and earlier, as well.
- Step 1: Access the Windows Recovery Environment
- Step 2: Restore lost administrator rights via Windows Recovery Environment
- Step 3: Change your user account to administrator, by fixing the Group Membership
Premiminary Step: Access the Windows Recovery Environment
- Boot the system using your Windows installation media or Recovery drive, if you've created one already. If you don't have one, download the Windows 10 ISO and then create a bootable media from another computer.
- In the Windows setup page that appears when booting using the Windows installation media, click Next
- Click Repair your computer.
- In the Windows Recovery Options menu, click Troubleshoot, and then click Advanced Options.
That's how you access the Windows RE Advanced Options menu. Now, follow any one of the following methods to recovery your user account.
Restore lost administrator rights via Windows Recovery Environment
There are three options discussed below. Choose one of the methods that's best suited for you. If you have enabled System Restore and you lost your administrator rights only recently, then you can undo the damage caused by rolling back the system as in Option 1.
If you've turned off System Restore, then you may use the steps under Option 2 or Option 3 to restore administrator rights to your user account.
Option 1: System Restore Rollback from Windows Recovery Environment
If you prefer a System Restore rollback, follow these steps:
System Restore rollback replaces the entire registry hives from a previous snapshot. This is a convenient option if your group membership was recently changed; System Restore would revert back your previous settings.
- In the Recovery Options, click System Restore.
- You'll be asked to choose a target Operating System. Choose the Operating System.
- Click Next in the System Restore window.
- Click Show more restore points check box (if available)
- Select the appropriate restore point from the list based on the date when the system was working fine.
- Click Next and click Finish.
Option 2: Enable Built-in Administrator & Fix your user account group membership
Using the Windows 10 setup disk or USB boot media, access the Windows Recovery Environment as per the instructions given above.
- In the Recovery Options menu, click Troubleshoot, and then click Advanced Options.
- Click Command Prompt.
- In the Command Prompt window, type the following command and press ENTER:
net user administrator /active:yes
- Type
exitto return to Recovery Options menu.
- Exit and Continue to Windows 10.
- When you get to the sign-in screen, hold the Shift key down while you select Power icon, and click Restart.
- Your computer restarts to the "Choose an option" screen. Select Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart.
- After your computer restarts, you'll see a list of options. Select
F4to start your PC in Safe Mode, or select 5 or F5 for Safe Mode with Networking.
- Log in as Administrator from safe mode.
Once logged in as built-in Administrator, you may create a new user account with administrator rights. Or fix the group membership of your original account that has lost its admin rights.
Option 3: Editing the Registry to Create a Backdoor by Setting a Debugger
Alternately, you can to edit the registry offline to facilitate (using a backdoor method) a group membership change from login screen.
In the Recovery Options, click Command Prompt.
About this backdoor method: If you've noticed, the logon screen shows the Ease of Access button to launch the Accessibility Options; clicking that would launch the file utilman.exe. So, what we're doing is make Windows invoke Command Prompt when you click the Accessibility Options button, by attaching Command Prompt as the debugger for this executable. This is a backdoor method that helps you gain full administrative access to the system.
The debugger method invoking sethc.exe or utilman.exe has already been covered on various technology sites, so I'm not the first or only one who found it. What I've actually found is that the same technique works for Atbroker.exe as well, in Windows 10. This post is to illustrate the backdoor method using screenshots so that it benefits common users, for legitimate uses.
- Follow the instructions in article How to Edit the Registry Offline Using Windows Recovery Environment? and load the SOFTWARE registry hive.
- Add a debugger value for utilman.exe, mentioning cmd.exe as the debugger. To do that, create a subkey named "utilman.exe" under this key:
HKEY_USERS\MyKey\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\utilman.exe
(Assuming you used the name MyKey when you loaded the hive.)
- In the utilman.exe key, create a string value (REG_SZ) named Debugger
- Double-click Debugger and set its value data to
Here is how it should look like.
Editor's note: You can also set a debugger for atbroker.exe using the same way. Any one of them will do, and work equally well. If you're setting a "debugger" value for Atbroker.exe, then to invoke the debugger (Command Prompt, in this case), you just need to click the lock screen once, just as you usually do when logging on to Windows. It would open a full privileged Command Prompt for you, from where you can change your account settings.
- Make sure you Unload the hive, Then exit the Registry Editor
- Click Continue to Exit and continue to Windows.
- In the Windows logon screen, click the accessibility (Ease of access) button. This should now launch the Command Prompt window.
- It's time to fix your user account group membership, or enable the built-in Administrator which ever you prefer:
To activate the built-in Administrator account, type:
net user administrator /active:yes
To fix the user account membership to set it as administrator, type::
net localgroup administrators username /add
For example if your user account name is John, you'd type:
net localgroup administrators john /add
For more details and screenshots on changing group membership of accounts, check out section Fix Group Membership of your User Account ↓ at the end of this article.
Quick Tip: In the Command Prompt window, you can launch the User Accounts GUI to fix your group membership, enable the built-in Administrator account, or reset local user account passwords. Run the command
CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2or
LUSRMGR.MSC(for Windows Pro Editions and higher)
- Now, close the backdoor created in Step #3 above. You don't have to go back to Recovery Environment to delete the key. You can do so from within Windows. To close the backdoor, simply delete this key using the Registry Editor once you login to your user account:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\utilman.exe
This is an important step. If this backdoor is left as it is, anyone who has access to your system can play bad tricks against you.
Fix Group Membership of the Corrupt User Account (Set your account as administrator)
After following one of the three options above, you need to fix the group membership of your original (corrupt) user account. The corrupt account may show up as Standard User, or Guest — i.e., it's not a member of Administrators group.
You can view the group membership of accounts by running the
control userpasswords2 command from Run dialog.
To fix the user account group membership and make it an administrator, from the user accounts dialog shown above:
- Select your account → Properties → Group Membership → Administrator → OK.
Alternately, via Command Prompt:
Open elevated Command Prompt, and type the following command:
net localgroup administrators {username} /add
Example: If the username is
RobertM, run this command:
net localgroup administrators RobertM /add
Close and reopen the
control userpasswords2 dialog. You'll see that the account
RobertM in this example, is made an administrator.
Login to the user account and see if the rights and privileges are restored and you're able to run programs elevated. Test the account for some time. If everything works fine on that account, you can deactivate the built-in Administrator account. To do so, start Command Prompt as administrator and run the following command:
net user administrator /active:no
Press ENTER.
Hope this guide helped you restore administrator rights and privileges for your user account, or to reset a lost local user account password in Windows 10 and earlier versions.
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HENAO, Efraín Reinel and VARGAS-CHICA, José Ignacio. COLOMBIAN BUTTERFLIES XIII NOTES ON SOME RARE HESPERIIDAE IN COLOMBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE). Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.1, pp.160-175. ISSN 0123-3068.
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Matheson hosts its annual Global Data Protection Day Seminar
AUTHOR(S): Anne-Marie Bohan
PRACTICE AREA GROUP: Technology and Innovation
The law on data protection is changing rapidly and is becoming ever more relevant to Irish citizens and businesses. The Council of Europe has designated today, January 28, as Data Protection Day to "give citizens an opportunity to understand what kind of data about them is collected and processed, why this is done, and what rights they have."
To coincide with Data Protection Day, law firm Matheson hosted a breakfast seminar on the latest developments in data protection law. Irish Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes spoke at the gathering of Ireland's leading data protection professionals, saying:
"People remain concerned about their privacy, particularly in relation to their health and financial information. Companies need to be gearing up for stricter enforcement of data protection law." Mr Hawkes highlighted the need for companies to carry out privacy impact assessments.
John O'Connor, a partner at Matheson, also spoke at the event, saying, "The on-going debate in Europe and the US about the NSA Prism programme and surveillance of EU states has highlighted how important data protection has become to all of us – whatever our nationality.
"While Europe's data protection regime has evolved considerably, the general view that it is no longer 'fit for purpose' and that its needs to better deal with these surveillance programmes, as well as new technologies such as cloud computing and social media.
"There is also a view that the fines associated with breaches of data protection law should be drastically increased to ensure that both governments and large multi-nationals have more than their reputation to lose."
John O'Connor, who specialises in providing data protection advice to international and domestic clients, said that recent high-level trends in the data protection sphere include:
- An increased awareness of data protection rights
- An increased use of data subject access requests
- Growing levels of data exports and processing outside the EEA, due to businesses operating globally, cloud computing and social media
- Significant questions being asked about the adequacy of the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, which allows for the free flow of personal data from EEA data controllers to US organisations which have joined the framework
- An increase in large scale audit activity by the Office of the Irish Data Protection Commission and other EEA data protection supervisors
Pictured from left to right: Anne-Marie Bohan, partner, Asset Management and Investment Funds Group, Billy Hawkes, Irish Data Protection Commissioner and John O'Connor, partner and Head of the Technology and Commercial Contracts Group at Matheson
About data protection day
January 28 has been designated by the Council of Europe as Data Protection Day to "give citizens an opportunity to understand what kind of data about them is collected and processed, why this is done, and what rights they have. It is also an opportunity for them to become more aware of the inherent risks associated with the unlawful use or clandestine processing of their personal data."
Matheson is the law firm of choice for international companies and financial institutions doing business in and through Ireland. Our clients include over half of the Fortune 100 companies. We also advise 7 of the top 10 global technology brands and over half of the world's 50 largest banks. Matheson is headquartered in Dublin and also has offices in London, New York and Palo Alto. More than 600 people work across the firm's four offices, including 75 partners and tax principals and over 350 legal and tax professionals.


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- The drawings from the office of Sir John Soane
- (51) L.I.F. Feb: 4: 1804 (52) 1804
Drawings 52 and 53 are very similar but, in addition to the subtle variation in door casings and rustication, drawing 52 varies by its omission of any columns framing the entrance. Drawing 53 shows the Doric order as constructed. As shown, the Doric columns were all of different proportions, maintaining the same diameter as their heights shifted in the multi-level Vestibule. The result is less than satisfactory. Drawing 52 shows a perspective of the Vestibule without the columns.
Sir John Soane's collection includes some 30,000 architectural, design and topographical drawings which is a very important resource for scholars worldwide. His was the first architect's collection to attempt to preserve the best in design for the architectural profession in the future, and it did so by assembling as exemplars surviving drawings by great Renaissance masters and by the leading architects in Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries and his near contemporaries such as Sir William Chambers, Robert Adam and George Dance the Younger. These drawings sit side by side with 9,000 drawings in Soane's own hand or those of the pupils in his office, covering his early work as a student, his time in Italy and the drawings produced in the course of his architectural practice from 1780 until the 1830s.
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There's no shortage of solutions to the climate crisis. Rapidly developing clean-energy technology, reducing energy consumption and waste, increasing efficiency, reforming agricultural practices, and protecting and restoring forests and wetlands all put us on a path to cleaner air, water and soil, healthier biodiversity and lower climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions.
Clean energy technologies, including energy storage methods, are improving as costs are dropping. Exciting new inventions like artificial photosynthesis, machines that remove atmospheric carbon to create fuels, and windows that convert light to electricity show what people are capable of when we put our minds to resolving challenges.
It's critical that we continue to develop, deploy, and scale up solutions, so why are we still mired in outdated ways and business as usual? For decades, experts have been warning about the consequences of rapidly burning fossil fuels, yet greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise as the planet heats up faster.
Europe is in the midst of a record heat wave; Chennai, India, has run out of water; farmers in Canada and the U.S. are seeing diminishing returns after prolonged droughts; refugees are flooding borders as extreme conditions, water scarcity and failing agriculture increase conflict and displace millions — all caused or exacerbated by climate change. Even in rainy Vancouver where I live, the city implemented early water restrictions when the usual spring showers didn't arrive.
People and organizations from the entire spectrum of society are calling for action. Students are marching in the streets, progressive decision-makers are putting climate disruption at the top of the political agenda, and Indigenous peoples are asserting their rights to protect lands and waters from fossil fuel projects.
In the U.S., more than 70 leading health organizations — including the American Medical Association, Lung Association, Heart Association, and College of Physicians — issued a statement urging political candidates "to recognize climate change as a health emergency." The Canadian Medical Association, Nurses Association, Public Health Association, Association of Physicians for the Environment, and the Urban Public Health Network issued a similar statement.
To their credit, every major political party in Canada has a climate plan, some more detailed than others, and the current federal government has implemented many strong policies, despite its continued approval of fossil fuel projects. But we're still not on track to meet our Paris Agreement commitments.
Here and elsewhere, the fossil fuel industry still rules, enjoying massive government subsidies and tax breaks and government and media promotion. If we understand the problem and its urgency — and mountains of scientific evidence amassed from around the world over decades confirms we do — and we have solutions, why are we so slow to act? MORE


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The Montessori philosophy on art is to allow children to do open-ended artwork where their creativity flourishes. That can involve pretty much any art project that doesn't have a specific end product in mind, including painting, drawing, coloring, making collages, working with clay, stamping, etc. Craft projects where every child is supposed to end up with the same result is too focused on the end product instead of the process.
That being said, Drama Queen created a very cute baby Jesus craft at church yesterday. It looks very easy to make, so I thought I'd share it with you in case you would like to give your children the opportunity to make it.
You start by cutting a square. This one is 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. This has the look of wood grains; you could find a similar thing on-line to print out, draw your own, or just hand it to your child as a white square. Give the child the opportunity to color the square. I hear that purple is a perfect color for a manger. 😉
Fold the square in half and make a cut 1 1/4″ from the fold, about 3/4″ inches from each side.
Cut two other pieces of paper, each 2 3/4″ x 1 1/2″. Allow your child to color these. Insert these into the cuts. These are the stands for your manger.
Set a tissue down into the manger.
Cut out a picture of baby Jesus (maybe like this one). Allow your child to color him, then set him in the manger. Another option would be to use a toy baby to fit in the manger as baby Jesus.
Within just a few minutes, your child has a sweet, homemade 3-D manger scene to play with.


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On Sunday night, John Oliver, host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight," returned with a tribute to Anthony "Mooch" Scaramucci, the newly appointed White House communications director. Little did he know that in less than 24 hours "Mooch" would be gone, relegated to the trash bin of discarded White House staffers. The "mourning" began shortly after …
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The 176 Reasons Trump Should Not Be President
Meet GQ's newest staff member, Special Correspondent Keith Olbermann. In a series called The Closer, Keith will speak his mind on the absurd 2016 presidential election, speaking about it like no one else can. In his first video, Keith enumerates the reasons that Donald J. trump should not be president. It's a long list. Watch …
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A Special Keith Olbermann Sports Rant
ESPN's Keith Olbermann, formerly of MSNBC, went off on a rant about the Super Bowl scandal generated by the winning team's under inflated footballs that may have given them a game advantage.
Apr 29 2015
The All American Sport
Since the protests in Baltimore over the death of a 25 year old black man while in police custody have closed the streets around the Baltimore Orioles' home playground, Camden Yards, the team has had to cancel two games. At ESPN, a sports news media conglomerate, radio host Brett Hollander got onto a Twitter exchange with Orioles COO John Angelos, who schooled Mr. Hollander on the importance of the Constitutional right to protest the racial and economic inequalities in America. This is the transcribed Tweets by Mr. Angelos that were posted This is the transcribed Tweets by Mr. Angelos that were transcribed here for clarity by USA Today Sports:
Brett, speaking only for myself, I agree with your point that the principle of peaceful, non-violent protest and the observance of the rule of law is of utmost importance in any society. MLK, Gandhi, Mandela and all great opposition leaders throughout history have always preached this precept. Further, it is critical that in any democracy, investigation must be completed and due process must be honored before any government or police members are judged responsible.
That said, my greater source of personal concern, outrage and sympathy beyond this particular case is focused neither upon one night's property damage nor upon the acts, but is focused rather upon the past four-decade period during which an American political elite have shipped middle class and working class jobs away from Baltimore and cities and towns around the U.S. to third-world dictatorships like China and others, plunged tens of millions of good, hard-working Americans into economic devastation, and then followed that action around the nation by diminishing every American's civil rights protections in order to control an unfairly impoverished population living under an ever-declining standard of living and suffering at the butt end of an ever-more militarized and aggressive surveillance state.
The innocent working families of all backgrounds whose lives and dreams have been cut short by excessive violence, surveillance, and other abuses of the Bill of Rights by government pay the true price, and ultimate price, and one that far exceeds the importances of any kids' game played tonight, or ever, at Camden Yards. We need to keep in mind people are suffering and dying around the U.S., and while we are thankful no one was injured at Camden Yards, there is a far bigger picture for poor Americans in Baltimore and everywhere who don't have jobs and are losing economic civil and legal rights, and this makes inconvenience at a ballgame irrelevant in light of the needless suffering government is inflicting upon ordinary Americans.
ESPN's TV host, Keith Olbermann also weighed in on the side of Mr. Angelos praising him for his "elegant response".
"Without protesters inconveniencing non-protesters, indeed with protest, you wouldn't have a Declaration of Independence, a Constitution or a First Amendment to misquote that way," Olbermann told Hollander on his show Tuesday night, before turning to the "far more elegant and serious" response from Angelos.
"In a time of trouble, when owners tend to dissolve behind spokesman and generalities," Olbermann commended Angelos for his comprehensive reply. The host noted that the tweets were written on Saturday before the violence escalated, but said, "That a sports team owner should make that point, that he should act as if his city and the citizens that city represents, all its citizens, were more than just a name to stick on the team's road uniforms, that is a rare thing indeed." [..]
"This is not to applaud, condone or minimize violence against authority or by it. But if you are somehow ticked off that the Orioles aren't playing, while they aren't, maybe go reread with John Angelos wrote, "Olbermann concluded. "And at least rid yourself of the idea that the protesters are just doing this because they feel like it."
Today the Orioles will play the Chicago White Sox in a home game in front of an empty stadium.
Oct 29 2014
Just Change the Name Already
My suggestion: The Potomacs
Just change the damned name. It ain;t that hard and they'd be able to keep the logo.


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Winter 2016: Energy Evolution
From carbon dioxide conversion to landfill mining, researchers at UTA are seeking viable alternative energy options.
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From carbon dioxide conversion to landfill mining, researchers at UTA are seeking viable alternative energy options.
Found in everything from space shuttles to dental fillings, composite materials have thoroughly infiltrated modern society. But their potential is still greatly untapped, offering researchers ample opportunity for discovery.
Within the particle showers created at the Large Hadron Collider, answers to some of the universe's mysteries are waiting.
Model systems like pigeons can help illuminate our own evolutionary and genomic history.
UT Arlington's tiny windmills are bringing renewable energy to a whole new scale.
The stability of our highways, pipelines, and even manholes is reaching a breaking point.
Scientists believe they have discovered a subatomic particle that is crucial to understanding the universe.
UT Arlington researchers unlock clues to the human body's most mysterious and complex organ.
UT Arlington researchers probe the hidden world of microbes in search of renewable energy sources.
Wounded soldiers are benefiting from Robert Gatchel's program that combines physical rehabilitation with treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Tiny sensors implanted in the body show promise in combating acid reflux disease, pain and other health problems.
Nanotechnology researchers pursue hybrid silicon chips with life-saving potential.
Biomedical engineers combat diseases with procedures that are painless to patients.
Presidential Distinguished Professor of Physics David Nygren was one of two recipients of the inaugural American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields Instrumentation Award for his widespread and lifelong contributions to the field of particle physics.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics honored Professor Frank Lewis, head of UTA's Advanced Controls and Sensors Group, with the society's 2016 Intelligent Systems Award in recognition of his work to advance the capabilities of autonomous aircraft systems.
Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez, associate professor of Spanish, was named the 2015 winner of the prestigious León Felipe International Poetry Prize for his work, Libro de la ceniza (Book of Ashes).
The monthly journal The Analytical Scientist ranked Professors Daniel W. Armstrong and Purnendu "Sandy" Dasgupta among the Top 100 most influential people in the world of analytical science.
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Somehow, I managed to get in to the 6:22 train to Thane. Peak hours always meant hanging on the footboards dangerously. But since I valued my life more than those idiots,I always tried my best to squeeze inside. Once inside, I tried taking out my earphones from my pocket, but in vain. The train was so crowded that I couldn't even move my hands! Dammit!
Hence, the only mode of entertainment was to look around like a maniac. I liked observing people, but it was one of those days where I preferred some background
music in addition.
An elderly person behind me was busy chanting verses from the Hanuman Chalisa. The rich obese guy in front of me seemed to be lost in dreams,with those skull candy earphones plugged in carelessly. Two men in their formal attire stood in front of me,discussing market revenue and stuff like that which I simply didn't comprehend.
My mind in turn went back to the pending work I still had to finish.
Everyone was busy in their own world, at ease with the monotonous life and waiting for their destination. That's when I noticed a guy around my age looking around frivolously. He was in a state of panic as well as peace,at the same time. His deep brown eyes demanded answers and had a glint of guilt in them. His face was marred by too many cuts and marks. The red marking on his forehead meant he was a devout and believed in God.
He was busy murmuring something to himself when our eyes met.
He smiled at me and murmured something again.
"Next stop: Thane"
The typical voice from the speakers filled the compartment.
Slowly, everyone in the compartment started stacking near the door. But this guy didn't move.
The man standing next to him politely asked him to move ahead,but he didn't oblige.
"It's the last stop. Move ahead. Don't obstruct the way.",the man repeated. He turned a deaf ear to his pleas. Again.
I felt his behaviour slightly odd, but didn't mind.
As the train reached the station, men who were on the footboard started alighting even before the train stopped ,as usual. I could see the next set of commuters standing at the edge of platforms, ready to plunge to war. I mentally prepared myself for the assault.
Behind me,I heard the man shout at the guy for his stupid behaviour again. I looked back only to see him with his eyes closed, as if he was in a deep meditation. The next second he opened his eyes and smiled.
An earth shattering explosion resulted in me going blank.
"NO!" I shout out and open my eyes.
The next moment, Mom turned on the lights and came besides me.
"You okay beta? Another bad dream?",she looked worried.
"Umm..yes..",I shivered in fear.
"What was it this time?",she smiled so as to ease my nerves.
"Let go Mom.. I'm okay now. I'm.. I'm fine..",I act.
"Have this and sleep. Keep your mind unoccupied sometimes.
",she offered me a glass of water and went to her bed opposite mine.
The decade old analog clock on the wall showed 2am.
My mind was hustling with so many thoughts that it was impossible to close my eyes even for a minute.
I wanted to be alone for some time and think clearly. I knew what I had to do.
"I'll be back in 10 minutes.",I told Mom as I opened the door.
"Where are you going now? It's too late! ", she asked confused.
"Just here..near our ground."
"Be back soon."
I slip in to my sneakers,close the door and put on my hoodie. As I reached the ground,I went to my favourite spot- the last bench at the southern end. The place where I used to spend most of my free times during my college days
-with a book as a company.
The huge banyan tree still stood there,with its arms wide,its leaves fluttering in the slight wind, as if welcoming me.
As I sat down on the bench, a strong rush of nostalgia engulfed me. But I didn't have time to think about the past.
Flashbacks from the just experienced nightmare haunted me. The reason for the dream to occur was obvious. My mind was always occupied with thoughts regarding Junaid and our next moves. But still, I didn't know what to do next.
Should I hand him over to the police officials or…Nah, I can't do that! I can't break the deal now. He has given me so much info till now..but..but what if it is all false! How can I come to know?
I noticed that even on this cold night, Iittle drops of perspiration formed on my forehead.
There should be some way to get out of this mess.
But leaving Junaid free would be a big mistake.
Mumbai people, be ready!,an echo played in my mind.
The next moment,I called Adi.
"Ya..say",a sleepy voice answered from the other side.
"Just called you to ask about.. "
"….our future actions right? ",Adi perfectly guessed my statement.
"Yes. I'm confused now. Also,I have a question for Junaid. Is he awake?"
"Nopes. Should I wake him up?"
"No,it's fine. I'll come there in a few hours. I'll ask then."
"Fine,but what about our next steps?",he asked the question to which I didn't have an answer.
"I'm thinking the same. I'll text you if I get any idea."
"Cool then. Take care and now let me sleep! ", he disconnected the call.
As I sat on the bench with perplexed emotions, variety of solutions clicked my mind. But none of them were sensible enough to be executed.
"There's no way to destroy JeM.", my pessimist mind kept on reminding me.
But I had one solution which I tried to forget, but couldn't. A move that can badly alter our lives. A move that I may regret my entire life.
I opened our WhatsApp group that we had formed during our engineering days. I had titled it
"The 3 Dimensions" then. Till date,it remained the same. It was not difficult for me to imagine their reaction after my idea. It would be a simple "NO!". Still,I decided to take a chance.
"I've got an idea..our next actions".
The double tick on my message surprised me a bit.
Abhi is online? At this time? Weird!
But then,my mind reminded me of his 'friend' Avantika.
As this thought crossed my mind, his message flashed.
Abhi: Yes. Do say!
Me: Let Adi come online. I guess he's deep in sleep.
2 minutes later,Abhi replied to my message.
Abhi: As expected.
Me: How's Avantika?
Abhi: She's fine. You say.
Me: I guess he won't turn up online soon. I'll conference call you guys. Wait a minute.
I decided not to wait for his reply and called them directly.
Abhi received the call in the first ring itself.
"Let Adi wake up. I hope his phone isn't in silent mode.",I reasoned.
"Seriously, you think he'll get up? Lol!",he laughed.
"Yaa..say!",Adi received the call at the perfect moment. His voice made it clear that he was annoyed with me waking him from his slumber.
"I….I have an idea…",I stutter a bit. The cold wind made things worse.
"Proceed!", both of them commanded.
"There is only one way to clear out JeM."
"What way?"
"Be them."
"Whatt? Are you out of your mind Sooraj?",Abhi shouted, laughing at the same time.
"Man! You just ruined my sleep! Won't forgive you idiot! ",Adi immediately disconnected the call.
Expected reaction.
Abhi didn't even say anything before disconnecting the call.
That made things worse for me.
How can I make them understand that I really meant it?
I decided to meet them up the next day and try my best. Even I was unsure of what I was doing. But something inside me said that I was doing the right thing.
I stood up from the bench and slowly walked off to my house.
The ground which is always active during day time now looked desolate. A few broken castles on the sandbed caught my eye. The slow wind caused the swings to move slowly.
That's when my phone beeped.
"Messages (1)"
Adi: I get your point bro. I think you're correct from a certain point. Let's discuss this tomorrow. Don't stress much. Everything gonna be fine. Good night. 🙂


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A magical mistake lands Crystar, Ika and the others in the Greenwich Village home of Dr. Strange. And as Doc and the befuddled Ogeode try to figure out how to send them back, the forces of Moltar lurk somewhere in the corridors of the house, determined to make sure that the Crystal people never reach home .. .alive.
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These Are The Most Instagrammed Locations of 2017
Time to pack your bags and visit these spots in the new year.
Looks like the happiest place on earth is also the most snap-happy place, according to new statistics from Instagram.
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Other than the maisons de Mickey, most of the top locations share a common city. NYC's Times Square and Central Park placed second and third respectively, while the Brooklyn Bridge took spot number eight. The Eiffel Tower and Musée du Louvre in Paris took fourth and seventh.
And while what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, people have left enough digital evidence for the Nevada city to claim the tenth spot.
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