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ICC Comments on BEPS Action 8 Implementation Guidance on Hard-to-Value Intangibles
In the context of the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project mandated by the G20, ICC submitted high level and fundamental comments to the Discussion Draft of the OECD's BEPS Action 8 Implementation Guidance on Hard-to-Value Intangibles.
The Discussion Draft provides guidance on the implementation of the approach to pricing transfers of hard-to-value intangibles described in Chapter VI of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and deals with the clarification and strengthening of the guidance on the aligning of pricing transfer outcomes with value creation, as set out in the BEPS Actions 8-10 of the 2015 Final Report.
The Discussion Draft concentrates on the guidance proposed to be included in Chapter VI. This document considers the underlying principles of the approach to the implementation of Hard-to-Value Intangibles (HTVI) while illustrating the application of this approach. This Discussion Draft is provided within a framework of other relevant guidance. In particular the revisions to Chapter I set out guidance on how accurately to delineate the actual transaction between the associated enterprises, including an understanding of the broader context of the value chain to which they contribute, and of a requirement to select the most appropriate transfer pricing method to the circumstances of the case which underpins the discussion of transfer pricing methods in Chapter II.
It is to this end that ICC has submitted comments for the OECD's consideration.


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|Pipeline Expansion, Picture Rocks, PA
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If you live in Columbia County, and you value its tremendous community assets, don't miss this meeting: June 5th, 7PM, Bloomsburg Firehall, 911 Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.
Williams is hosting an "Open House" for the planned expansion of the TRANSCO, the 42 inch Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline (ASP). If you're one of the mahy Columbia County landowners who've received a letter from Williams, this meeting is vital. Don't sign anything until you've gotten answers to at least these questions:
1. What is Williams' view of eminent domain to access private property given that ASP is a for-profit venture—not a public utility? What justifies this seizure of land for the purpose of private profits? Why isn't this theft?
2. Why is Williams marketing ASP for Americans when the gas is destined for LNG export to global markets?
3. What's Williams' plan to control VOC emissions, light/noise pollution, and potential explosions at its planned compressors—especially since one (Bloomsburg) would be near populated areas?
4. How does Williams plan to respond to letters received by home/property owners from their insurance carriers who decline to cover accidents that are the result of gas company leases?
5. How does Williams respond to its "lengthy record of pipeline safety violations," for example the massive natural gas explosion in Alabama, 2011, or its failure to follow company policy for "controlling external corrosion in natural gas pipelines running through the New York City borough of Staten Island"?
|Pipeline Cut, Farm, Picture Rocks, PA
Photo Wendy Lynne Lee
Our position at Shale Justice is to stop the pipeline from being constructed. ASP is not only a disaster for the affected counties, it will be a continuing disaster for every Pennsylvanian. There is no such thing as regulating a pipeline whose compressors could emit 8.58 tons of Nitrogen oxides per year, 3.29 tons of Carbon monoxide per year, and 5.39 tons of Volatile organic compounds per year. The only regulation that will be effective is no pipeline.
For documents, news items, and maps that will help you understand the objectives--and hazards--of this pipeline, please go to:
Still not convinced you don't want to lease your land:
The Compliance and Safety Records of Williams (WMB), and Williams partners (WPZ), and Williams Midstream
• 2002 – Williams is reported to be in Financial distress and on verge of
bankruptcy (38) (19)
• 2002 – Williams has class action lawsuit filed against it alleging that it failed to
disclose failing financial conditions (33)
• 2003 – Williams pays $20 million (along with Encana Company) to settle claims
of reporting false data to manipulate the U.S. natural gas market (25)
• 2004 – FINED $30,000 for a fire at a well in Parachute, Colorado (47)
• 2007 – Williams agrees to pay $290 million to settle class action lawsuit filed in 2002
(19) (32)
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• 2008 – Natural gas explosion in Virginia [Transco] the blast ripped a 32-foot section
of pipe from the ground and caused a 1,100 feet burn zone. Property
damage reported to exceed $3 million (35)
• 2009 – FINED $952,000 for failure to monitor corrosion adequately with the
Virginia pipeline explosion in 2008 (36) (43)
• 2010 – Transco Pipeline leak in Texas. Leak was not reported for 4 days. The 1/4
inch diameter leak caused a reported $57,000 in property damage. Aerial patrol did
not see the leak. Found by an operator who saw some bubbles. (22)
• 2010 / 2011– FINED $275 Thousand over failing to implement and/or maintain
storm water measures to prevent potential pollutants during planned
construction in Parachute, Colorado. State inspectors notified Williams (Bargath) in
Nov. 2010 of violations and told them to take immediate action. According to
report, Williams did not fix violation for 7 months. (8) (28)
• 2011 – FINED $23,000 by PHMSA for failure to conduct own annual
inspections of Natural Gas compressors stations in Texas and Louisiana (18)
• 2011 – [Transco] Natural Gas Pipeline rupture & explosion in Alabama. 8 acres
burn. Coating failure blamed as cause. Reports state that the corrosion was not
recognized by Williams even though they claimed to have systems in place. (2) (36)
|Pipeline Expansion, Picture Rocks
Photo Wendy Lynne Lee
• 2012 – Gas leak caused explosion at Natural Gas Compressor Station in
Pennsylvania. Williams restarts the station within 24 hours and started pumping
fracked gas despite request from PA Dept. of Environmental Protection not to do
so. DEP states they make it very clear on the above matter but because it was not an
official order no fines were issued. 1 ton of Methane released. (2) (16)
• 2012 – Transco/Williams FINED $50,000 by PHMSA for failure to follow own
internal policies with controlling corrosion in Natural Gas pipeline in NY (18)
• 2012 – Transco natural gas leak in New Jersey (18) (44)• 2012 (Dec. 20) – The beginning of the Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) pipeline leak in Parachute, Colorado (population 1,000). Parachute Creek runs through the small town, which is nestled next to the Colorado River. (8)
• 2013 (Jan) – Williams discovers leak of NGLs in Parachute plant while working on construction to expand the plant. Reports say the leak was found by ACCIDENT. Leak stopped, but Benzene, a cancer causing agent, has contaminated soil. Williams says leak not affecting creek. (8) (34)
|Pipeline Cut, Picture Rocks, PA
Photo Wendy Lynne Lee
• 2013 (March 8) – Williams begins cleanup (2 months later) of Benzene leak (NGL) in Parachute, CO. Authorities and landowners notified that the soil has been contaminated. No mention that groundwater is poisoned. Reports say that Williams didn't report the spill/leak earlier because they thought less than 25 gallons had leaked. (8) (12)
• 2013 (March 15) – Groundwater in Parachute is contaminated with Benzene from NGL leak. Spill finally announced to public. Benzene is cancer-causing agent that breaks down bone marrow. (8) (20) (34) (41)
• 2013 (March) – Reports say Williams/Transco rejects U.S. Army Corp of Engineers safety recommendations in connection with the proposed Rockaway Lateral natural gas pipeline, claiming the requirements would "needlessly delay" the project and force cost overruns. (7)
• 2013 (March) – Williams Natural gas pipeline in West Virginia ruptures (30)
• 2013 (April) – Parachute, CO residents question credibility of Williams who is in charge of testing their water and want the government to take over. Contamination continues to spread into their creek. (8) (42)
• 2013 (April) – Williams say faulty pressure gauge cause of leak in Parachute. Diesel found at gates of Parachute water supply. Benzene detected in creek. State Health Dept takes over oversight of leak. (8) (9)
• 2013 (May) – Benzene levels rise in Parachute, CO creek. State agency tells Williams violated it the law. (8)
• 2013 (May) – Williams announces it will not expand the Parachute, Co plant expansion NOT because of the NGL leak but due to low gas prices. (8)
• 2013 (May 21) – Williams holds Analyst Day in New York City. CEO Alan Armstrong states they have been working on the Bluegrass pipeline project for about 9 - 10 months. Williams states Bluegrass Pipeline is BIG and it's RISKY in terms of permitting. (45)
• 2013 (June 13) – Williams' Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) cracker plant that process NGLs in Louisiana Explodes and Burns. That chemical plant was in middle of $350 million expansion. 700 contract workers were present; 2 people killed (ages 29 & 47); 70 injuries; 62,000 pounds of toxic chemical released (1) (4) (5) (6) (39)
• 2013 (June 14) – Investigations into Williams Louisiana explosion reveals three years of noncompliance with Federal Clean Air Act, Williams had NOT conducted an OSHA inspection in 10 years. (4) (14)
• 2013 (July 10) – Williams (Bargath) FINED $7,854 by OSHA for failing to protect
workers they sent excavate toxic soil near the Williams' Parachute, Co plant that
leaked Benzene. Report states that Williams did not have a decontamination
procedure or ensure its employees received safety training related to the spill.
Williams states it has not agreed to or accepted OSHA's allegations. (49)
• 2013 (July 13) – Benzene levels increase at a point in the Parachute, CO Williams NGL
leak. 130 tons per day of contaminated soil has been stockpiled. (3)
• 2013 (July 20) – Report shows that Williams expects to remove and treat as many
as 26 million gallons of groundwater over a half-year to a year at the site of its
natural gas liquids leak alongside Parachute Creek. About 155,000 gallons of
tainted groundwater removed in March has been disposed of in an
injection well in Grand County, Utah. (52)
1. http://www.marcellusoutreachbutler.org/2/post/2013/06/spill-baby-spill.html
2. http://saneenergyproject.org/2013/07/10/williams-safety-record/
3. http://www.postindependent.com/news/7293598-113/spill-creek-parachute-benzene
4. http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/06/geismar_plant_explosion_leaks.html
5. http://www.dailyworld.com/viewart/20130628/NEWS01/306280004/Report-Geismar-chemical-
6. http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Williams_Cos_feds_seek_answers_in_deadly_plant_explo
7. http://carpny.org/the-pipeline/ http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=1818
8. http://conservationco.org/2013/05/whats-going-on-in-parachute-creek/
9. leak photos: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-
10. http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/NewsPrint.asp?b=630&ID=62970&m=rl&pop=1&cat=1799&
11. http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2012/dec/02/rockaway-pipeline-project-set-move-
12. http://answersforparachute.com/situation-update/
13. http://protectingourwaters.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/thirteen-injured-in-williams-compressor-
14. http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/Pipeline/SP/Williams%20Tr
15. http://co.williams.com/williams/our-company/executive-officers/alan-s-armstrong/
16. http://independentweekender.com/index.php/2013/04/10/dep-no-fines-in-lathrop-
17. http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=2056
18. http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=1305
19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Companies
20. http://wccongress.org/wcc/2013/05/30/parachute-creek-spill-overview/
21. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19529997
22. http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/Pipeline/Failure%20Report
23. http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=52738
24. http://aspenjournalism.org/2011/04/12/stormwater-mis-management-in-the-gas-fields/
25. http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-101/issue-31/general-interest/cftc-announces-
26. http://co.williams.com/williams/operations/gas-pipeline/transco/
27. http://co.williams.com/williams/customers/natural-gas-liquids/overland-pass-pipeline/
28. http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/williams-subsidiary-fined-over-stormwater-violatio
29. http://www.ogj.com/articles/2003/07/cftc-settles-natural-gas-fixing-charges-against-williams-
30. http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?s=williams+company
31. http://wpxenergy.com
32. http://securities.stanford.edu/1023/WMB02/
33. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Class+Action+Lawsuit+Filed+Against+Williams+Companies,+Inc.
34. http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDPHE-HM/CBON/1251642662859
35. http://pstrust.org/about-pipelines1/map-of-major-incidents/transco-virgina-accident
36. http://www.paintsquare.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=7242
37. http://www.gjsentinel.com/breaking/articles/williams-subsidiary-fined-for-other-parachute-creek-
38. http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/CEO_of_Williams_Cos_to_retire/20101013_49_e1_cutlin4
39. http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/us/louisiana-chemical-plant-explosion/index.html
40. http://www.epa-echo.gov/cgi-bin/get1cReport.cgi?tool=echo&IDNumber=110000746337
41. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/intheworkplace/benzene
42. http://www.postindependent.com/article/20130405/VALLEYNEWS/130409957
43. https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/enforce/documents/120091007/120091007_FinalOrd
44. http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/FYI_Business/20120404_498_e2_hwilli696984
45. http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/fullpage.asp?BzID=630&to=cp&Nav=0&LangID=1&s=385&I
46. http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/NewsPrint.asp?b=630&ID=60830&m=rl&pop=1&cat=1799&
47. http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20041210/NEWS/41210003
48. http://www.stopthepipeline.org
49. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23637022/osha-fines-3-firms-finds-workers-at-
50. http://co.williams.com/williams/our-company/our-history/
51. http://marcellusdrilling.com/2013/05/fire-at-williams-compressor-station-in-susquehanna-county-pa/
52. http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/williams-to-treat-millions-of-gallons-of-groundwater.
Pipeline vs Rail & Truck
"While accidents associated with the transportation of hazardous materials via rail and road are more frequent than pipeline incidents, rail and truck spills are limited to the amount of product that can be held in transit.
|Pipeline Expansioon, Picture Rocks, PA
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According to a review of data from the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) completed by the Association of American Railroads, total railroad crude oil spills between 2002-2012 equaled less than one percent of the total pipelines spills (railroads spilled 2,268 barrels total vs. pipelines spilled 474,441 barrels total). Additionally, during the same time period, average pipeline spills were four times larger than the average rail spill (average 65 barrels by rail vs. average 266 barrels by pipeline)."
Is this what you want in you yard? On your property? For your kids?
If not--come to the Williams "Open House," Bloomsburg Fire Hall, June 5th, 2014, 6-8.
Ask them to justify imposing this hazard on your family.


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Hello all. Recently I bought a SanDisk Ultra 16 GB SDHC Class 10 Memory Card 80mbps for use with my Raspberry Pi (Trying to install Kali Linux), however after extracting the .image file for Kali Linux onto my C: drive, I cannot copy that file over to my SDHC, apparently the file is too large? (See below). That cannot be the case, as there is clearly no data on the drive. Also, before anyone says about a fake SD, I would like to point out I bought it from SanDisk online, from Amazon.com, and verified seller SanDisk.. If anyone knows why this is, please tell me ASAP. Thanks. I am just checking whether or not the SD card IS legitimate (I am fairly positive, but just to be sure) using h2testw. (see below)
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Nevermind guys, it turns out that the SD Card was FAT32, which only supports files of up to (And including) 4GB. So my file was rejected. Anyway, I changed the format to ExFAT, which doesn't have a size restriction, and I am in the process of copying the files onto the SD card. For anyone who has this problem in the future, here's how to convert from FAT32 to ExFAT. Right-click the windows button. Select "Disk Management" Right click the drive you want to convert in the lower half of the window. Click format, and change the FAT32 to ExFAT in the drop-down menu. Then press format. This will erase all data on the SD card, however there is no other way to do it, so I reccomend making a backup file before you format, and then transfer the files back to the drive. [Solved]


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If you work around horses, safety is of paramount concern. Learning horsemanship through understanding equine behavior and language is one of the best ways to reduce physical risks. Equine Guelph is offering their Horse Behaviour and Safety online course for teens and adults to learn practical horse handling skills. Both courses will run from January 21 - February 8.
Learning horsemanship through understanding equine behavior and language is one of the best ways to reduce physical risks.
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Does this horse kick for no reason or is there an underlying cause?
Horse language is typically subtle. Ever notice how one horse can move the others away from a food source in the paddock simply with a look? Humans do not always pick up on this subtle body language. A cranky look with flattened ears when an ill-fitting saddle is applied often goes missed or dismissed. A horse that resorts to kicking may be turning up the volume on signals that have been ignored for quite some time. So we need to ask ourselves, does this horse kick for no reason?
Cribbing – A behavior or nutritional deficiency?
Equine Guelph delivers evidence-based information; always sourcing reputable research studies to separate myths from science. Recent research into the horses digestive system suggests a grain diet affects gut acidity and can contribute to gastric ulcers. Both have been linked to cribbing behavior. If forage is lacking for hours on end, is the horse coping because there is nothing in it's gut to buffer the acidity?
The Horse Behaviour and Safety course will delve into topics covering human-made problems in horse keeping in the very first chapter when wild versus stabled horse behavior is discussed. Join in the discussions; TheHorsePortal courses connect a large community, all across Canada and beyond, with the same passion for horses.
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"Through learning how horses perceive the world around them, their human handlers can develop safe best practices for working with them," says Gayle Ecker, director of Equine Guelph.
Equine Guelph has partnered with all English-speaking equestrian federations across Canada and a special 10% course discount is available for both adult and junior members. Coaches and facility members of these associations will be interested in taking this very practical Horse Behaviour and Safety online course in preparation for teaching their own workshops.
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TOM FULP (immediately available)
Damage 7, Speed 3, Health 8, Special 2.
DAN PALADIN (immediately available)
Damage 3, Speed 8, Health 3, Special 7.
APRIL FULP (Finish the game with Tom Fulp to unlock this character)
Damage 3, Speed 9, Health 1, Special 3.
BOB (Finish the game with Dan Paladin to unlock this character)
Damage 9, Speed 1, Health 9, Special 3.
LIL' JIM (Get 80% on the P-bot cleanup mini-game to unlock this character)
Damage 5, Speed 5, Health 5, Special 5.
MIKE (Finish the game without using bombs to unlock this character)
Damage 5, Speed 4, Health 3, Special 9.
LEVEL 1: 3 minions, then 3 minions with the boss. The 6 minions do not have any special powers, so just use your character to bash them up. The boss can throw a ball of yarn at you, so move away whenever there is a large target on the floor. You can use this to your advantage, though. You can move towards the minions or the boss, and let the boss throw the ball of yarn at you. It will explode on contact with the floor, so whoever it hits will definitely be injured.
LEVEL 2: 3 minions, then 3 minions with the boss. The 6 minions are able to send big wheels on the floor towards you, but they stop after a few steps, so you can either jump to avoid them or move backwards. The boss can slam the floor, so if you are near him you will get smashed too. Jump or move away from the boss to avoid this. He will occasionally run to the top (or the bottom) of the arena and start punching blue goldfish at you. While doing this, he will move towards the opposite end, and when he reaches the end he will be panting. Also, the boss will also randomly stop in the middle of chasing you and just laugh randomly. Make use of these two chances to beat him up.
MINI-GAME 1: You will be in the P-bot machine. Move the machine around to spread some foam on the floor. Try to move so that you can cover the maximum amount of floor before you run out of time.
LEVEL 3: 3 minions, then 3 minions with the boss. The minions can blast some blue arrows at you, so to avoid them just move out of the way. The boss can hit you from rather far away, and can charge and smash into you. The boss can also shoot 3 missiles at you, so make use of this advantage by running and allowing the moving target to land on the space that the boss is at. The missiles will hit the boss.
MINI-GAME 2: Jump on the slots. The correct alignment should be a crown, a pile of shit and a thumbs up. Then, some golden crowns, piles of shit and thumbs ups will fall from the sky. Go ahead and take them all, since they replenish your health. Hope you didn't eat any body parts that flew from your enemies (if any at all) just now.
LEVEL 4: 2 minions, then 3 minions, then the 2 bosses. The 5 minions can send a red wave towards you, so move away if you don't want to be hit. The bosses, namely Stamper and Jeff, are completely different. Stamper runs fast and hits you by spinning round, and can shoot blue rings at you. When Jeff whistles, he will run over and Jeff will inflate him, and he floats around and drops pink bubbles, which will trap you if you don't get out of the way. Jeff, on the other hand, runs very slowly, and can either give you a fiery uppercut or a hook, or shoot a fireball at you. The trick is to hit Stamper first, and try to kill him. If he floats up, he will just float around until you hit him enough times to deflate him. When he is dead, turn your attention to Jeff. If you have lost any health, quickly eat all the body parts you can find.
LEVEL 5: You face off with Wadolf, the boss. He will either karate chop you, or use his mouth and blast you with some blue light. If you manage to get in some hits, he will teleport away, and summon 2 zombies to fight you. These zombies are dangerous because they can eat the body parts that you might have left behind (since they're zombies) and they can still hit you while you're hitting them, unlike the other minions. Thank god that the maximum number of zombies at any one point of time is 3 zombies. You can make use of Wadolf's mouth to get rid of the zombies. While he is blasting away, lure the zombies into the light by standing on the other side of the light. While he is blasting, he's vulnerable to attacks, so if you're not being blasted, run behind Wadolf and beat him up. Unlike the other levels, you do not need to kill all the minions to pass the level. Therefore, killing Wadolf is the priority here, so if there are any zombies, ignore them and get to Wadolf.
FIRST BLOOD: Hit an enemy once.
BIG FUZZY HUG: Kill BigFuzzyKitten.
FISHMONGER: Kill Psycho-Goldfish.
JUMP-MAN: Jump once.
EXASPERATED: View the walkthrough (obviously not this one. Click on the medal icon.)
CHAMBER MAID: Kill Mindchamber.
KITTY LITTER: Finish level 1 without being hit.
ZOMBIIEEZ: Eat 5 brains.
AMBIGUOUS DUO: Kill Stamper and Jeff.
NOSE DIVER: Lose every level.
VEGAN: Don't eat anything at all.
KING OF THE PORTAL: Kill Wadorf.
BFFS: Finish the game with Tom and Dan.
OVER-ACHIEVER: Finish the game with all 6 characters.
FINESSER: Don't use any bombs.
BOM-NIVORE: Kill the guy who made this level (BomToons).
DOER OF RADICAL WRONG: Kill the level 3 minions.
HORDE FIGHTER: Kill 20 zombies.
JUGGLER: Get a juggle combo of 30.
CREDITZ: Watch the entire credits without skipping.
KONAMI: While waiting for the game to load, press in this order: up up down down left right left right.
ZAMBONI: Get 80% for the P-bot's cleanup mini-game.
HOLLOW WEINER: Finish the game in Halloween mode.
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What would you consider crazy? How about climbing to the top of one of South Africa's World Cup stadiums, not to admire the view, but to jump into thin air, does that sound crazy enough? That's exactly what a group of us did at the famous Moses Mabhida Stadium on a recent visit to Durban.
Oh were you expecting a post about some other form of swinging? I'm all for full on travel experiences and even sharing them with you, but it was a much tamer activity this time round. At least I'm getting some insight into the sort of posts which interest you!
Six of us opted to do the 'Big Swing', and even before we had the full body harnesses fitted some were already regretting their decision. However, by the time we'd climbed several hundred stairs and were looking down on the city there were probably a few more thinking the same.
One guy in particular was genuinely terrified, he had a fear of heights, which as we made our way up the steps became progressively more obvious. By the time we reached the jump platform, he was looking really pale and wasn't enjoying the view of Durban from our impressive vantage point.
To access the jump platform required descending a steep metal ladder, which was the first real test of our nerve. It required climbing down to the platform below, with the long, long drop to the manicured turf easily visible. I don't think many were in any rush to climb down this particular ladder.
I had opted to go first as this would enable me time to watch the rest of the group jump. My plan had been to attempt to video my plunge into thin air and free swing above the pitch of this impressive stadium;
Diving clear of the platform there wasn't any feeling of being pulled by the oversized elastic band, just falling into space. Swinging outwards over the pitch far below me, but without any pendulum effect as the cord quickly prevented any back-swing. This brought my Durban swinging experience to an abrupt full stop.
It was then just a matter of being hoisted back up to the platform. This was quite uncomfortable in my block and tackle area due to the leg loops on the harness being too loose. Future swinging was looking even less likely.
Ascending involved continually spinning around in circles, which apart from causing dizziness, made for some less than exciting video, which is why there isn't any embedded stream of me screaming and making a complete fool of myself. I did almost go for a second unexpected jump however. Once back on the platform, before being secured, the cord tried to give me a repeat performance, almost dragging me back off the platform. The safety guys grabbed me in panic… though maybe they just don't like giving free swings.
Being first allowed me to relax and watch the rest of the group as they took their leap of faith. There was lots of screaming, leg kicking, and it wasn't pretty, I took some video as well as photos, but it won't be shared either. It's nothing to do with respecting my colleagues dignity, I might need them for future blackmail purposes.
Everybody did jump, even 'Mr Vertigo', which I think he deserves huge respect for. He overcame a genuine phobia, it is hard to imagine how he must have felt as he climbed down the ladder, being prepared to go and when he finally launched himself into his greatest fear. I was certainly impressed.
Coming down from the natural high an experience like bungee jumping provides, usually takes longer than even the slow descent of the stadium steps. Our little band were chattering, excitedly, recounting our experience to anybody that was within earshot. Videos of screaming, flying tracksuits were reviewed, reviewed again, shared, and then reviewed again. The muted hollers and whoops of our recorded leaps filled the mini-bus all the way back to our accommodation.
It is an experience that none of us will probably ever forget, and besides if the others do, I've stored the video, who knows when it might come in handy.
Incidentally, if anybody is still interested in the Durban alternative swinging scene, just shoot me an email, I'll try to find out what the skinny is.
*All images were captured on a compact camera


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Thanks Suzanne for this support blog post"One of my favorite reads this year is Christoph Fischer's book Ludwika, which has been longlisted for the Summer Indie Book Awards 2016, Historical Fiction.Consider voting for Ludwicka for Best Historical Fiction:http://www.poll-maker.com/poll533529x7C28e4CB-22Source: Please Vote for Ludwika! – Suzanne Jenkins
Source: Please Vote for Ludwika! – lovely support post by Suzanne Jenkins


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Wagner beats Fairleigh Dickinson, 94-74, to take over 1st
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) Mike Aaman scored 19 points and Wagner took over sole possession of first-place in the Northeastern Conference with a convincing 94-74 win over Fairleigh Dickinson Thursday night.
Wagner now holds a one-game lead over the Knights with three games left in the regular season.
The game marked the 98th meeting between the schools, with Wagner holding a 50-48 edge all-time. The Seahawks split the season series.
Wagner led by 11 points at intermission and maintained it by shooting 34 of 37 from the free-throw line.
Corey Henson finished with 16 points, half that total coming from his 8-for-8 shooting from the line, to help pace Wagner (17-9, 10-5). Michael Carey added 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. and Jojo Cooper added 12 points and 12 boards.
Earl Potts Jr. scored 17 points and Darian Anderson added 16 to help fuel Fairleigh Dickinson (13-13, 9-6).


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Louise Bourgeois died a few weeks ago too.
The dead celebrities thread.
Recent deaths include:
Jose Saramago - novelist
Rue McClanahan - golden girl
Gary Coleman - TV star
Oh God. Hang on Betty!
Golden Girls literally shaped a part of my life, I hate to see them almost all die off.
Tom Leahy Jr. died. I know none of you care, but us Kansas kids just lost Major Astro.
Leahy ended each day's show by saying "Join me next time when everything will be a-okay, and all systems will be go. Happy orbits, boys and girls. I'll see you tomorrow". He would then put on his space suit helmet, and walk out the door of his base station, presumably to his waiting space ship,which could be seen during the program through a "window" at the rear of the base station. During the 80's, Major Astro used a space shuttle set.
Tom Leahy died June 19th, 2010 at the age of 87.
Dixie Carter, who was best known for playing Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women, passed away in April of Cancer.
^ I was very surprised to learn that she was very conservative politically, considering her liberal tirades on DW. (I guess that's called acting?) I read somewhere that she had a deal with the creators of the show - every time she had to do a liberal speech they had to let her sing.
I had no idea Dixie passed away. I loved Designing Women when I was little.
I am the beginning. The end. The one that is many.
I just saw her on Law and Order SVU the other day (Probably an older episode). I loved her. The "Night the Lights Went out in Georgia" speech is my favorite DW moment.
Micheal died a year ago today.
Or did he?
Wow, has it really been a year? (God, the Michael thread over on @ was so amazing.)
I am the beginning. The end. The one that is many.
on saramago...
"If I had died when I was 60, I would have written nothing."
i thought that quote was rather remarkable and insightful from such a fantastic writer.
RIP Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar, the irascible writer who spun the mundane details of his own life and the quotidian existences of his fellow Cleveland residents into comic-book narratives, and who showed that the comic-book panel could include everyday feelings of anxiety and disappointment as easily as it does the adventures of costumed heroes, has died.
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Summer patio breakfast: sliced fresh peaches, scrambled Beatrice egg, perfect Spouse-made latte, and a warm-from-the-oven baking powder biscuit laden with organic butter and homemade raspberry jam. Cozy winter fireside dinner: minestrone of winter vegetables with a grating of parmesan, Unti Segromigno, and a warm-from-the-oven baking powder biscuit to sop up the broth. Late spring afternoon tea: sliced strawberries with barely sweetened whipped cream all over a warm-from-the-oven baking powder biscuit. Who cares about the tea! Biscuits: easier than pie and able to be dressed for any meal.
As with all baked goods, achieving a light, flakey biscuit requires some technique. One needs to keep a light hand when incorporating the shortening, when mixing in the milk, and especially, when kneading the dough. While I have made biscuits for years, I had never tried the Baking With Julia recipe until today. I was happy to see, in Baking With Julia, that Dorie references the expression, "she has a good biscuit hand," a fine compliment for a biscuit baker. The technique in the book is straightforward and I found the instructions clear. I strayed from the recipe as written by using a blend of flours and rather than use "solid vegetable shortening", I used organic butter.
Biscuits are homey food, often with regional differences that some take very seriously. If you've never made biscuits like this, you should. Begin with any recipe from a reliable source, including this one from Baking With Julia. Try the recipe as written, usually using only all-purpose flour. All-purpose flour ensures higher chances at a better rise, and you won't, potentially, need to fiddle with any extra liquid that whole wheat sometimes requires. If your first attempt is more hockey puck than flakey, try again. Biscuits are worth the time and learning effort.
For no reason I know of, my family, well at least my sisters and I, began referring to the little backsides of very small humans as biscuits. When my nieces were very, very young, when my nephews were very, very young, when Junior himself was very, very young, their backsides, while thankfully sharing little in comparison except for shape, were likened to the flakey, golden-brown, disc-shaped baked good known as a biscuit. As with so many folksy expressions, I don't know the why or from where of this one, but I will leave any attempt at further analysis for another time, in another post, on another blog. In the meantime, I think I'll have another latte.
Baking Powder Biscuits • Baking With Julia • Contributing Baker: Marion Cunningham • pages 211-212


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Groupon Grows Beyond One Deal Per Day
Amidst all of the buzz swirling over a potential buy-out by Google, Groupon is unveiling a series of changes that shows how it plans to become more than just a deal-a-day site.
Call it Groupon 2.0. The company is "trying to re-imagine how Groupon might work if we were building it from scratch today," said CEO and founder Andrew Mason in an interview on Tuesday. The new services, rolling out this week, will help it "dramatically increase" the number of businesses offering deals on the site, he said, and give customers new tools to use Groupon to find deals multiple times per day.
The first component is a self-service "Groupon store" platform for local merchants, where they can set up Groupons for themselves without going through a Groupon salesperson or waiting for an opening to become a city's deal of the day.
Up until now, one of Groupon's biggest problems has been a large backlog of merchants that want to be featured as a deal of the day; in some markets, the wait to get on the site takes months. For every business the site features today, the company's old model forced it to pass on seven potential deals for lack of space. This was fueling copycat sites to service those other deals, Mason said.
Groupon will charge these businesses a 10% commission on sales of these deals, as opposed to the 50% the company usually charges for its "deal of the day" service in some 300 markets around the world. The self-service system will roll out in just a few cities like Chicago, Dallas and Seattle at first, before going live elsewhere.
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In the week the Jonas Brothers attempted to bring light to the blind, we watched the Grammys set race relations back 20 years. Chris Brown and Rihanna missed the ceremony, but you already knew that, didn't you?
We talked to actor Elliott Gould, TV host and Pat Buchanan-sympathizer Willie Geist, Los Campesinos!, and novelist John Haskell. Also uncovered: a fairly heartbreaking interview with David Foster Wallace.
M.I.A. may or may not be a terrorist apologist, says the New York Times, who are way out on a crazy, offensive limb with this one. Other than that, it was a good week for rap (not such a good one for hip-hop cops): Busta Rhymes and Rich Boy and Jadakiss and The-Dream probably have pretty great albums on the way, Asher Roth has the planet's last guaranteed platinum record coming, and Limp Bizkit, who are not a rap group, not matter what Fred Durst may think, are also, apparently, reuniting. We'll forgive that Kid Cudi thing but just barely.
Speaking of actual indie-rockers: that Obits track "Pine On" is not quite as good as that Thorns of Life bootleg, but put em together and you have a '90s dream bill that I don't think ever actually happened.
Sufjan's long-hoarded, unheard song, now heard; Zadie Smith's NYPL lecture, now in print; poet Michael Robbins, now in surround sound. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson showed his true colors, High Places moved to LA, and Willie Nelson took charge at Lincoln Center.
The City, The Real World, and American Idol are all, sadly, still going strong. Fashion week, on the other hand, is just getting started. Pulp Fictions went to the New York Comic Con, Bones said goodbye to the Guild & Greyshkul gallery, and with that, we're saying goodbye to you. See ya Tuesday.
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Actress Kate Winslet has released a new photo book focused on raising awareness of autism and featuring some of the most popular names in Hollywood.
George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake, Angelina Jolie, Anna Wintour, Sting and Leonardo DiCaprio are just a few of the 100 portraits found in "The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism." Each celeb is shown wearing a "golden hat" (or fedora) plucked from Winslet's closet and answering the question, "If you could only say one thing, what would that be?"
Sales will benefit the Golden Hat Foundation, a nonprofit the Oscar-winner started in 2010 after narrating a film about a 14-year-old boy with non-verbal autism.
"I had this feeling of, 'I need to do something else,'" she told USA TODAY. "It wasn't just a case of 'what can I do to help the cause?' It was something much more profound than that."
According to the site, the book features shots taken in a wide-range of locales including bathrooms, inside dressing rooms and on movie sets.
"The truth is, I don't really know these people," Winslet says of her famous participants. "They're not my friends. I am just like everyone else … I don't really know that many famous people, that's not my life. I'm a mum, I go to work, and then I'm a mum. It really was a case of bribing people for phone numbers."
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Back in May I did the Blog Everyday in May challenge. When I saw that Jenni was hosting another blog challenge this month I knew I had to join in. I am excited to participate in Blogtember and meet even more awesome bloggers!
Day 1: Describe where or what you come from. The people, the places, and/or the factors that make you who you are.
I was born January 29, 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia. For the first two years of my life I lived in Centerville, Georgia (Metro-Atlanta). It was just me, my mom, & my dad.
When I was 2 1/2 my brother came along. Shortly after he was born we moved about 10 minutes down the road to Snellville, Georgia. This is where I grew up.
Growing up in Metro-Atlanta was really fun. We were close enough to the city to go whenever we wanted/needed to, but far enough away that we didn't really have to deal with "city traffic." I feel like I had a very typical "American" childhood. I was in the same school district K-12, played sports at the local athletic association from the time I was 5 all the way until I was 18, my family, along with most of my friend's families, were members at our local country club, and I knew pretty much everyone in town. Even though Snellville is a relatively big city (it has 3 high schools) it felt small because I was there my entire childhood.
When I was a Senior in High School my parents sold our house and moved to Bishop, Georgia (10 minutes outside of Athens). I lived in that house for about 3 months before I moved to Athens for college.
{my first college apartment}
I LOVED having my parents close by when I was in college. They are not the kind of parents that were always in my business just because they lived so close to me, but would always bring me dinner, come fix stuff for me, or meet me to go shopping. Now that I am married and still living in Athens I still really like having my parents so close by : )
I absolutely love everything about the way I grew up. My life revolved around my friends, sports, and having fun. Some of my favorite memories include spring break with my best friends, cheerleading, and homecoming/proms. I am so thankful for the town I am from and pray that my kids have a great place just like it to grow up in.


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On a chilly morning last weekend, a 57-year-old Japanese man adjusted his diving mask before heading out to sea from the tsunami-hit northeast coast.
Yasuo Takamatsu is learning to scuba dive in hopes of finding the remains of his wife.
As Japan marks the third anniversary of the 2011 tsunami Tuesday, 2,636 people remain missing, their bodies presumably swept out to sea. Another 15,884 have been confirmed dead.
During a ceremony in Tokyo, officials and representatives of the survivors offered a minute of silence to mark the moment, at 2:46 p.m., when the strongest quake recorded in Japan's history struck.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited disaster-hit areas regularly since taking office in late 2012, and said Tuesday he has seen signs of progress. Farming and fishing resumed in some areas, and some people have moved to public housing from shelters, he said, promising to do more. Abe has promised to move hundreds of communities along that ravaged coast to higher ground to avoid future tsunamis, and build thousands more public housing units within a year in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures.
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In Fukushima, reconstruction has lagged further behind in some areas because of the nuclear disaster. Several towns are still off-limits due to high radiation.
Yasuo Takamatsu's wife Yuko was at her office when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that spawned the tsunami struck at 2:46 p.m. At 3:21 p.m., she sent him an email: "Are you OK? I want to go home." That was the last time he heard from her. She was 47 when she died, and left a now 23-year-old son and 20-year-old daughter.
"She would have loved to see her turn 20," Takamatsu said, referring to Coming-of-Age day, a holiday in January when people reaching 20 during the year celebrate, and women dress in bright kimonos.
Of 13 people who sought refuge on the roof of the two-story bank building, just one survived. Four bodies were found, while the other eight remain missing. Only a handful of buildings have been rebuilt on the periphery of the shellfish-farming town, and a large swath of land remains empty.
"She wrote, 'I want to go home,' " Takamatsu said. "Because I know that, that she feels that way, I want to look for her myself rather than depend on others to do it."
Last Sunday, he and his instructor dived to a depth of nearly 7 meters (23 feet), spending a little more than one hour in the murky waters over the course of two dives. An old tire and other debris was scattered on the ocean floor.
It will take many more dives before Takamatsu, who retired from working as an aircraft mechanic with the Japanese military and is now a bus driver, will be experienced enough to take part in underwater searches.
"I haven't quite been able to get used to the buoyancy while diving," he said. "I need to get better, to find my wife."
His diving instructor, Masayoshi Takahashi, conducts searches underwater with other volunteers at least twice a month. They still find belongings, and on occasion bones.
Takamatsu is not asking for much, just something that would bring her home.
"Of course, I hope her body would show up," he said. "I suppose it would be her remains by now. I hope I could find something."


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NBC10 News will continue to cover Sandy throughout Monday night as the storm develops. As a result, The Voice and Revolution won't air on Channel 10 Monday.
Instead, both shows will air on NBC Philadelphia NonStop which is 10-2 over the air, Comcast 248 and Verizon 460. The Voice will air from 8 to 10 p.m. while Revolution will air from 10 to 11 p.m.
Both shows will re-air later this week on NBC10 with the date and time to be announced.


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Decision Points to Eliminate Piles of Paper
Do you have piles of paper at home or at work that are waiting for a moment when you have more time? If so, you're not alone. With the fast pace of our lives, paperwork often gets left to be handled later.
Start first by reducing the volume of unnecessary paper you receive. See my recent blog, Eliminate Spam and Junk Mail for ideas.
When a piece of paper comes in, immediately decide if you should discard, delegate, take immediate action, file for reference, or file it for follow up. Do not put the paper down somewhere to be handled a second time, make one of the above decisions.
If the paper requires action, ask yourself if it is time sensitive? If so, then use a tickler system that works for you. Remember to keep it simple!
Items that are not date sensitive but still require action should be dealt with weekly at a specified time. Put the time in your calendar as if it were an appointment.
Use these simple guidelines to cut down on the paper in your life and become positively productive!
Capturing Good and Bad Ideas
If I only knew then what I know now! How many of you have ever said or thought that? It's a fairly common thought among humans, and it is a powerful thought.
If humans could somehow know things in advance that they ultimately learn from the school of hard knocks, they could avoid bad marriages, bad bosses, bad hires, bad customers, bad investments, bad movies and bad sushi. On the other hand, they could also take advantage of an endless supply of opportunities for success.
But the fact is, you cannot know then what you know now. That's not the way the world works. However, you can do the next best thing: You can know now what others knew then and others can know now what you knew then. Let's put this idea into a step-by-step format so you can consider implementing it.
Step 1 – Create a form to help capture ideas. Use this form to capture good and bad ideas. Give the form a name and write it on the top. For example, you can call it an Idea Sharing Form. Add a blank space to the top of the form labeled Category. In this blank space, you might categorize ideas into sales, production, customer service, retention and so forth and so on. Think in terms of how someone might search for an idea later. Include an area with a few lines to record a highly summarized version of the idea. Label this section Headline of Idea. Under that, create an eight- or 10-line space and label it Comments and Explanation. If you'd like, at the bottom of the page, create a couple of blanks labeled Author and Date. Having said all of this, use a pencil to draft your form and make any changes to my ideas on the design of the form that make sense to you.
Step 2 – Have someone create an electronic version of the form to make it easy to distribute to your employees. Even better, create a document that allows others to fill it out on their computer rather than handwriting it.
Step 3 – Fill out at least one of these forms each week and encourage all employees to fill out a minimum of one form per week. Write up an idea that worked great or one that bombed; it doesn't matter since people can ultimately benefit from both. Have someone transfer the ideas to a searchable database that all employees can access. Keep it simple.
Think about it, if you have 10 employees and everyone (including you) completes at least one form per week, you will have a database of around 550 ideas after 12 months – a database of ideas that specifically relate to successfully, or unsuccessfully, running your specific business.
This database can serve as a non-intimidating source of knowledge for you and your employees. Any employee who chooses to use this database can frequently say, "I know now what you knew then." And that is a good thing!
Written by Chris Crouch, developer of the GO System.
Eliminate Spam Email and Junk Mail
How much time do you spend dealing with spam email and junk mail? Both at work and at home, information we don't want or need seems to be creeping into our lives.
The temptation is to just delete the email or glance at the paper mail and then throw it in the trash. What you don't think about is how much time you could save in the long run if you don't have to handle the information or paper in the first place.
What is the value of clearing clutter from your email inbox, so you can actually find the important information? What is the value of clearing the clutter from your mind and not having to handle or make decisions about unsolicited paper, magazines, etc.?
The next time you encounter email you don't want, take the extra minute to unsubscribe from the mailing list. If needed, send a personal email to politely ask to be removed from an email list.
For unwanted catalogs and mail, check out the website www.catalogchoice.org. There you can submit all of your unsubscribe requests in one place. It may take a month or two to be removed.
Finally, think about your social networking options. Change your account settings to receive only what you really need.
Implement these ideas to clear your inbox and your mind and become positively productive!
Focusing on the unimportant
When you find yourself focusing on low-value, unimportant activities … and you know full well you have much more important things to do … ask yourself this question:
What am I avoiding and why?
If you are going to stick your head in the sand and avoid important things anyhow, you might as well use the time to "look beneath the surface of things" and try to determine what is really going on. Don't look for complex answers. Look for easy answers such as: I am unclear about what I am supposed to be doing or, I am not sure how to get started.
You don't usually have to get too far beneath the surface of things to find the source of your avoidance.
Written by Chris Crouch, developer of the GO System.


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American Idol's decision to allow 15 year olds to compete is the latest example of how we tell our kids every day that entertainment is more important than education. We critique the school system but no money in them, then we make kids famous off of YouTube hits and shows like Idol. This is a country afterall, that has websites that list the top basketball players…in the 5th grade. Though American Idol is not responsible for the demise of American education, it is just the latest ecample of how we preach one thing to our kids and practice another.
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Dear Parents.
A few beavers from Apache, Cheyenne and Navaho went on a beach party sleepover 18th/19th July.
They played games in the park, made sunglasses, boats and treasure chests this was followed by beach ball volley ball (easer than it sounds) limbo and hula hoops before dancing the afternoon away. After dinner which included fruit Kebab and ice cream they went out side for a beach campfire. After lots of camp songs they settled down for a bedtime film (A Turtles Tale) and sleep by 10ish. To show us their appreciation they all got up at 5.30am.
Had a lovely time. Wish you were here.
The Beaver Leaders.
Postcard from the Sleepover
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Your Money, You Decide
We have again had our application accepted to be included in Royal Kingston's Your Money, You Decide scheme
We have applied for the full £2000 available, this year for the money to go towards a box trailer for kit and equipment. Obviously the more gear we can transport ourselves the less we have to rely on van hire and therefore reduce the overall cost of activities / camps etc. We have been very successful in the past and hope that this year we can be as successful again. Please make time to visit the voting event for your ward as below.........
On Saturday 20 September, residents of Chessington North and Hook and Chessington South wards will be able to vote between 10am and 12.30pm at Chessington Community College.
Tolworth and Hook Rise residents will be able to vote on Tuesday 23 September between 6pm and 8.30pm at Tolworth Girls' School.
To check which ward you are there is a zoom-able map here
Please encourage friends and neighbours to support our bid - it only takes 5 minutes and we would really appreciate your help. See you there!!
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Harry couldn't sleep. He leaned over and used his wand to light up the watch on his night stand. 2 AM. Still hours to go before morning. He rolled over and flopped his head back on to his pillow. He heard Ron's heavy snores coming from the bed across the room and for a moment he deeply envied his friend. How nice would it be if the most pressing issue on his mind was the contents of Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches?
He thought about getting up and going to the kitchen for a drink, but hesitated. What if someone was still awake? He knew that Mrs. Weasley, and just about everyone else it seemed, were overly worried about him. The last thing he needed now was for people to find out that he wasn't sleeping.
Still, he desperately needed a drink. Deciding he could always lie and tell someone he'd gotten lost on the way to the bathroom, Harry quietly drew back the covers. He slipped his feet into the slippers beside his bed and grabbed his bathrobe. Before he closed the door he looked back at Ron, who was mumbling something that sounded suspiciously like "Hermione", and stepped out into the hall.
If the old house at Number 12, Grimmauld Place was eerie in the day time, it was downright spooky at night. He, Ron and Hermione had spent the last several days helping Mrs. Weasley and Sirius clean out the old haunted house, and it had not been pleasant. He didn't know how they both managed being cooped up in this creepy place, especially when there was so much going on outside. He was glad that he would be leaving tomorrow for Hogwarts.
When he finally reached the kitchen he was surprised to see that there was still a light on. He knew that members of the Order of the Phoenix were often in and out of the headquarters, but he wondered who would still be up at this late hour.
Cautiously he peeked into the kitchen. It was empty. The light he'd seen was coming from the dying fire in the large stone fireplace, and a single candle on the long table in the center of the room. Beside the candle sat a small stone bowl covered in ancient runes, its misty contents reflecting the dancing rays of the diminishing candle. Surprised, Harry quickly crossed the room.
The pensieve? He couldn't believe it. What was it doing here?
Harry scanned the room again. There was still a pile of dirty dishes on the counter that Sirius had given up on earlier that night, having spent several expletive ridden hours trying to master a cleaning spell. He also saw that there was a large pile of confiscated items poorly hidden on top of the cupboard, including several pairs of extendable ears. He had no doubt that Fred and George would find some way to recover those in the morning.
Confident the room was empty he looked back at the pensieve. He recognized the familiar ghostly swirls circling inside of it. They were thoughts, or more precisely, memories. He leaned in further and could see the dim shapes of people and objects walking specter-like through the swirls. Harry was nearly bursting with curiosity. The last time he'd seen the pensive it had been in Dumbledore's office at Hogwarts.
But Dumbledore wasn't here, was he?
Curiosity getting the best of him, Harry bent his head over the pensive and touched his nose to the swirling contents. Almost instantly he felt himself falling. When the sensation finally stopped he righted himself and saw he was at Kings Cross on Platform 9 and ¾. The Hogwarts train was puffing furiously on the track and the station was crowded with Hogwarts students. It looked just as he had always known it except hanging across the station was a large banner with "Best Wishes Hogwarts class of 1969" in fancy letters that magically scrolled across the paper like an electric marquee.
Directly in front of him stood a girl, obviously saying her final farewells to her parents. Harry gasped. It was Ginny! Well, actually he realized, not quite. Her hair was long and bright red like Ginny's but the girl was older, probably about 16 Harry guessed and she had a large prefect badge pinned to front of her robe. The man she was talking to was dressed as a muggle but by the atrocious way in which he was dressed Harry could tell he was a wizard. His outfit was bad, even for the 60's. The woman on the other hand was dressed impeccably. Harry stepped in closer so he could hear what they were saying.
"Now Molly, you keep yer socks on straight this year," the man drawled as he light heartedly tousled her hair, "This here is yer last year at Hogwarts and I expect you to enjoy yerself. Don't study too hard or yer liable to go write yerself into the history books."
"Oh Dad, "the girl gushed, "No fear of that, I'm sure."
"Well don't you under estimate your potential young lady," the woman quickly added in, "seven O.W.L.S, with perfect scores in Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration, a Prefect two years in a row and head girl this year. You are a chip off the old block, that's what I say. After this year you'll have your pick of any place in the ministry, and they need more women like us at the ministry."
The girl looked down and smiled, a bit embarrassed, "Mother, I…."
Her response was cut short by a shout from across the station. "Molly, hey Molly!"
The girl turned her head and Harry followed her gaze. A long lanky fellow with equally bright red hair and shabby robes was pushing through the crowd towards her. Oddly he carried an umbrella at his side, opened wide, despite the obvious lack of rain. As he pushed through the crowd, it snagged the robe of a formidable looking witch, raising it high above her head and jerking him backwards.
A wide grin spread across the girl's face. "Love you Mom and Dad," she said quickly as she pecked each one on the cheek, "I'll see you at Christmas!" And before her parents could respond she was racing off across the platform towards the lanky red-head, who was trying to free his umbrella from the unfortunate witch's robe.
"Oh, that Arthur Weasley again. I was hoping she would have forgotten him over the summer." Harry turned back to look at the girl's mother who had just spoken. He saw that she was looking disapprovingly after her daughter.
And for the first time it dawned on Harry whose memories he was witnessing. He was in Mrs. Weasley's memories! This must be Ron's mum and dad when they were at Hogwarts and these, Harry thought, must be Ron's grandparents.
The man put his arm around the witch, who was still watching her daughter, "Oh, he's a good boy Ginevra, maybe not as ambitious as you'd like, but he's a good boy." And with that they left the platform. Harry turned back, searching for Mr. and Mrs. Weasley whom he glimpsed just in time to see entering the last train car.
The train whistle sounded and Harry raced across the platform, plowing between a fat witch and wizard as he jumped onto the train. He found the young Mrs. and Mr. Weasley, snogging in the end corridor. Harry tried to turn away but the train was pulling out of the station, and there was nowhere to go. He felt his face growing hot and was glad, for his friend's sake, that Ron wasn't there.
"Oh Arthur, it's so good to see you," Mrs. Weasley breathed when she finally surfaced for air, "Its been so long. "
"Sorry about that blasted contraption out there on the platform, "Mr. Weasley apologized, "I got it for 2 pounds from the muggle porter at the station, he called in an um- bree-la, said its used for keeping rain off your head. Imagine that!"
He searched around his legs for the offending contraption but Mrs. Weasley put her hand on his cheek and directed his face towards hers. Harry was afraid they'd start snogging again, but just then the door to the corridor opened and a young woman walked in. She was about the same age as Mrs. Weasley, but dark complexioned, with long raven black hair and piercing eyes. She was already dressed in her robes and she had a Slytherin prefect badge pinned on the front. She would have been extremely beautiful if it wasn't for the cruel sneer that lingered on her face.
"Well, well… Moll-ee Prew-ett, "She purred, emphasizing the endings of each word, "How'd I'd guess you'd be back here with this muggle-loving freak?" She inclined her head towards Mr. Weasley,
Mrs. Weasley pulled away and swirled around to meet her, "Good to see you too… Bellatrix, "she retorted, a hand clenching around the wand in her pocket. Harry recognized the all too familiar signs of a nemesis. "Didn't know if they'd let you come back this year after what you did to that poor girl over the summer."
Bellatrix's eyes flashed dangerously for a moment and then she gave a cruel laugh. "No need to worry about that, I have…. connections. " She stopped and examined her wand, rolling it between her fingers, "Let me just say, you don't want to tangle with me this year. I learned more this summer than you will learn in a life time. Things you've never even heard of." She leaned in dangerously close to Mrs. Weasley's ear and spoke in a tense whisper, "Powerful magic… the most powerful type of magic…. Things that a straight laced girl like you wouldn't have the nerve to do…"
She was nearly nose to nose with Mrs. Weasley now and they both gripped their wands in their hands. Their eyes were locked in an intense duel, and the atmosphere in the train was suddenly extremely tense. Finally Bellatrix gave a flippant laugh and tossed her beautiful dark hair over her shoulder.
Mrs. Weasley steamed, her eyes still fixed on the door Bellatrix had just exited through and her wand clenched tightly in her hand. "One day Arthur, I tell you, one day…. Bellatrix is going to get it. "
The memory began to melt away and soon Harry found himself in a new scene. The room was dimly lit and unfamiliar to him, but the white head of Dumbledore, kneeling on one knee beside a chair was unmistakable. Dumbledore was speaking softly to someone and as Harry got closer he saw that the person on the chair was Mrs. Weasley. She was older than he had last seen her, but still young. She was sobbing, uncontrollably, and clutching a sleeping baby to her chest.
"Now, now, Molly," said Dumbledore, placing a hand tenderly on her shoulder, "tell us what happened."
She looked up at him helplessly, her eyes wide and full of tears. "Never again," she wept, "I can't, not ever again, not ever again" and then unable to get her crying under control she hugged the baby closer to her chest.
Helplessly Dumbledore looked up at Mr. Weasley whom Harry saw was standing beside the chair. His shirt was torn and he had blood on his cheek.
"We barely made it out alive," he said looking down at his feet. Harry noticed he was still clutching his wand in one hand. "They knew we were coming Dumbledore. There were loads of Death Eaters. We didn't stand a chance." He paused and placed a hand on his wife's shoulder, "Molly was brilliant, she took out two of them by herself, but, but… we lost Fabian."
Dumbledore knelt down on the rug next to the chair and reached out and placed a hand on top of Mrs. Weasley's. He didn't say anything but just waited till her sobs subsided. Soon she lifted her face up to meet Dumbledore's.
"I can't go out again. I just can't. We were almost killed tonight, both of us…," her voice broke and she dropped her head, looking at the baby in her arms, "…. he needs me Dumbledore. He needs me."
Harry expected her to cry again, but she didn't. Instead she held Dumbledore's gaze, a deep intensity burning in her eyes. "I need to be here, with him."
She and Dumbledore looked at each other for a long time, and something silent passed between them. Dumbledore stood up and placed a hand on Mr. Weasely's shoulder and smiled reassuringly, "I understand, truly I do. " He looked down at the baby in Mrs. Weasley's arms and his smiled faded. "Sometimes my dear," he said giving a deep sigh, "the hardest, and bravest, thing to do is to remain behind."
The scene began to retreat and Harry felt his view moving again. This time when he stopped he found himself standing in the Burrow, a home Harry knew well.
Mrs. Weasley was sitting on the sofa by the fire, a pair of knitting needles in her hand. Her face was still young, though there were lines on her brow that hadn't been there before. Two little red headed boys were curled on the on the sofa next to her, wrapped in a large quilt. Another one was asleep in the chair closest to the fire and with her foot she rocked a large cradle, magically extended, where two little red headed bundles were sleeping soundly.
Her needles clicked away furiously and Harry could see that it was the beginnings of one of Mrs. Weasley's notorious sweaters, the ones she made for each of her children at Christmas. Harry could see that this one was a hideous green color and had the beginnings of a large "A" in the center.
Despite the peaceful ambiance of the room Mrs. Weasley looked anxious. Her hands moved mechanically while her eyes kept darting to a clock on the wall. Harry was surprised to see that it was the same ingenious clock that still hung in the Weasley house, but instead of nine hands there were only seven-- Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, William, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George. All the hands were pointing to "home" except the one for Mr. Weasley which was pointing at "mortal peril".
Mrs. Weasley reached the end of her row and lifted her wand to the knitting she had just completed. She began to murmur something under her breath, but Harry couldn't hear what she was saying. He stepped in nearer, almost leaning over her shoulder and was surprised to hear her casting shield charms.
"Protego, Protego, Protego," she repeated with each line of the knitting. But before Harry could figure out what she was doing, there was a commotion from the fireplace and he looked up just in time to see three men emerging, evidently having used floo powder to enter the house. One of the men was Mr. Weasley and the other, though much younger than Harry had ever seen him, was obviously Mad-Eye Moody. They were dirty and bloodied and between them they were carrying a man whom, Harry thought, had obviously had a rough night.
Upon seeing them Mrs. Weasley jumped up and, quickly casting a spell to mask the sound for the sleeping children, she ran over to help them. "They attacked the ministry tonight Molly," Mr. Weasley began to explain, almost apologetically, "Mad-Eye was there for the Order and they needed all the help they could get. I told you I wouldn't get involved, the kids and everything, but… "
"Hush, hush, no need to explain," Mrs. Weasley said as she helped them move the injured man to the couch furthest from the fire.
"Do you think you can help him, Molly?" Mad-Eye asked, his magical eye roaming the room, and pausing long enough on Harry to make him wonder if it could see him.
"I'll see what I can do," Mrs. Weasley said as she got out her wand. She pulled back the robe covering the man's face and gasped, and then covered her mouth with her hand. Harry moved in closer to see who it was, but before he could get a good look he felt the memory fading.
When he stopped this time he found that he was still at the Burrow, but this time there was light pouring in from the open windows and the door to the yard was open, letting fresh spring air fill the kitchen. There was a delicious smell coming from the oven and two women sat at the table, tea spread out before them.
Outside in the yard two robust boys were playing on broomsticks, while a younger, mousy boy ran in between them hopping madly after a pair of shoes that they were throwing back and forth. Squeals of "Give it back, you…"and "Wait till I tell mum…" filtered in through the window. In the corner of the room Harry was surprised to see a clothesline magically suspended from wall to wall. Underneath the clothesline were two red-headed twin boys, both dressed in overalls. A piece of rope had been looped through the back straps of their overalls and then tied to the clothesline above them.
This unusual set-up allowed the two toddlers to run back and forth along the clothesline, but greatly restricted their movement. Like two dogs on chains the little boys were straining against their restraints, apparently intent on reaching a beautifully frosted cake that was sitting on the counter. Harry laughed, Fred and George hadn't changed very much.
Though he was curious to see how they would manage he forced himself to turn his attention back to the women at the table. One of the ladies was Mrs. Weasley, and she was much like Harry had always known her to be. In fact, Harry was fairly certain she was wearing the same duster he'd seen her in the day before at Grimmauld Place. Her warm face was lit up with an understanding smile and she had her hand placed compassionately on the arm of a younger woman. The younger woman was sitting with her back towards Harry, but he could see that she was brushing tears from her eyes.
"I'm sorry Molly, I don't meant to come here and cry all over your good table cloth. You must think me so silly, "she said.
"No, dear, no. I very much understand. Becoming a mum for the first time is hard enough, but in circumstances like these," Mrs. Weasley clucked her tongue, "It is enough to make any woman rethink things."
At this the young woman began to cry again, sniffing miserably against a runny nose. Mrs. Weasley pulled a handkerchief out of her pocket and handed it to her, patiently waiting for the crying to subside. Before the young woman could compose herself a piercing squeal came from beside the table and Harry noticed that there was a tiny baby, wrapped in a homemade quilt, swinging magically in the air. With a flick of her wand Mrs. Weasley sent the baby swinging again, its cries subsiding as it began its rhythmic pattern.
"Oh, that little Ron of mine is sure a howler, "Mrs. Weasley said jovially, "He's just a few weeks old, but already I can tell he's going to be a handful. Though, I sure hope he's not like those two back there", said Mrs. Weasley indicating with her head the two twins in the corner, whom Harry noticed were now stacked on top of each other's shoulders in their continued attempt to reach the cake.
The young woman wiped her nose, and smiled reluctantly, "I don't know how you have done it Molly. I really don't. I am beside myself with worry. How am I supposed to have a baby in the midst of all this? " She sniffed hard to keep herself from crying again, "Our life is anything but secure. James is gone half the time on assignments from Dumbledore, and you know I can't rely on help from my family. They just don't understand what is going on." Her composure began to crack and she pressed the wet handkerchief to her mouth, "I don't think I am brave enough for this. "
"Oh, honey," Mrs. Weasley said as she caressed the young woman's hand, "I don't think any of us feels brave enough, but trust me you are. Don't let the darkness, keep you from bringing light, and that is what babies are, pure light. Besides," she scooped sugar into her tea cup, "what good is our fight if there are no children to enjoy our victory?"
"Fight?" the young woman exclaimed. "How am I supposed to be of any use like this," and she placed a hand over her slightly bulging abdomen, "I don't feel very useful at all."
"Lily Potter, don't you even get me started," chided Mrs. Weasley wagging a tea spoon in her face. "Just because you aren't out there running around and waving your wand at every dark creature you see, doesn't mean you aren't useful. You might not be able to see it, or even feel it yet, but there is a powerful magic, the most powerful type of magic brewing inside of you. It is the type of magic that some people go their whole lives without knowing, so they can't begin to comprehend how it works. But those of us who love… we understand."
She stopped and took a long contemplative sip of her tea. When she began again her voice was resolute, "In fact, dear, I'm certain that the hardest, and bravest, thing that anyone can do is to love."
Suddenly an enormous crash came from the corner that made Harry jump. He spun around just in time to see two naked backsides shimmy off the kitchen counter and race out into the yard. The remains of the smashed cake dish were scattered across the kitchen floor and a big portion of the beautiful cake was missing. Harry looked over at the corner where Fred and George had been tethered and saw that two pairs of empty overalls hung limply, still suspended to the clothesline.
"You two! " Mrs. Weasley shrieked. Waving her tea spoon like a club she jumped out of her seat and chased hopelessly after the two naked boys, "What in the name of Merlin's beard am I going to do with you?!"
The young woman at the table gave a small laugh and turned around. Harry stared at her face. He couldn't believe it. It was his mom. Despite her puffy eyes and the tear marks on her cheeks, she was beautiful. She looked just like he remembered her from his photo album. He'd never been this close to her before and he found himself paralyzed with disbelief. How many times had he imagined what it would be like to be near her, to hear her voice? She was so close, if he just stepped a little nearer he'd be able to touch her.
He held his breath and took a tentative step forward, but just as he did he felt a strong hand on his shoulder, and someone pulling on him. He cried out against it, but everything went dark and he rose through the air. Then with a swooping feeling he somersaulted out of the pensieve, and felt his feet touch the floor of the kitchen in number 12 Grimmauld Place.
It took a moment for his eyes to adjust but when they did he saw Mrs. Weasley's face staring back at him. Instead of being upset or annoyed like he'd feared, she was smiling; the same sad smile he'd just seen in the pensive. Without a word she pulled him close.
"She loved you so much, Harry, so much…"
Against his will Harry felt hot tears stream down his face. He'd been so close, closer than he had ever been to her. The old familiar ache rose up in him and he was powerless against it. He felt angry that he was crying in front of Mrs. Weasley and tried to pull away from her.
"I'm sorry…" he began clumsily, wiping tears from his eyes but hoping it looked like he was just adjusting his glasses. "I didn't meant to, I mean I thought it was…"
"It's okay, dear," She interrupted, releasing him, "There isn't anything you saw that I'm ashamed of. I've just been sorting through memories. Dumbledore brought me the pensieve this afternoon and said I could borrow it for the evening. Thought it would help remind me, help me remember why I am here, what I need to do, why I…"
She trailed off and stared into the remnants of the fire, as if she had suddenly remembered something important. Seeing her distracted Harry took no time in high-tailing it for the door, his slippers flapping against the stone floor. He was about to the stairs when he remembered why he'd come down in the first place. He went back into the kitchen and saw Mrs. Weasley still standing where he'd left her, staring absently into the fire.
"Um, Mrs. Weasley… do you think I might be able to get a drink of water."
She turned to look at him and Harry saw that she had tears in her eyes, "What did you say dear?"
"A drink of water, it's what I came down for in the first place."
"Oh, of course, of course," she said quickly snapping out of her reverie, "That's what I am here for." She filled him a large tumbler full of water and watched him while he gulped it down. When he was finished she took the cup and patted him lovingly on the shoulder.
"Now you best head to bed and get some sleep. We will have to leave early tomorrow for the train."
Harry gave a slight nod and headed back towards the stairs, suddenly feeling very weary. As he climbed the stairs back to the attic room he thought about his mom and what he had seen in the pensive. He thought of the tears he'd just seen in Mrs. Weasley's eyes and the weight she seemed to carry. He realized, like he never had before, that courage came in many different forms.


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Aquarius Love Horoscope 2014
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