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England announce ODI and T20 team against India
Tue 06 Dec 2016, 12:47:40
Eoin Morgan will return to lead England in the One-Day International and Twenty20 series against India, which starts next month.The 30-year-old Morgan will be joined in both the squads by top-order batsman Alex Hales. Both the players are back in the international set-up after having opted out of the ODI series in Bangladesh in October due to security concerns.
Middle-order batsman Joe Root also returns to the 15-member squad having been rested for England's ODI series victory over Bangladesh.Pacer Ben Duckett, Steven Finn and James Vince will return home after the Test series. Under Morgan and head coach Trevor Bayliss, England have won nine of their last 12 ODIs.
England will play three ODIs and three T20s during the three-week tour with the ODI opener taking place on January 15 in Pune. Before the start of the limited overs series, England are scheduled to play a warm-up matches (50 overs) against India A on January 10 at the CCI ground in Mumbai.
Indian limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni might get some game time during this warm-up game. Dhoni has not been playing since the home series against New Zealand in October.
England ODI Squad: Eoin Morgan (Captain), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes.
England T20 Squad: Eoin Morgan (Captain0, Moeen Ali, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey.


What do you stand for? And let's be clear here. The question isn't: What would you like to stand for? What do you actually stand for? What do you represent? Or to ask it more bluntly: when you die, what will people remember you for? For fifteen years now, Brad Meltzer has written best-selling thriller novels. And non-fiction. And comics books. And starred and produced his own TV shows. Indeed, it is tough to find anyone being so successful in so many different mediums of the popular culture. But why does Brad Meltzer thrive in all these different professions? Yes, it's because he puts out quality (President Bill Clinton was one of his earliest fans). And yes, it's because he fills his books with incredible research (President George HW Bush recently told USA Today, "All of Brad's books are a fascinating read. He is a master storyteller who keeps all of us on the edge of our seats.") But still, of all the fiction authors out there, why did the HISTORY Channel decide to give Meltzer a TV show—and why do nearly two million viewers tune in for each show—making him one of America's most accessible historians? Because people know EXACTLY what Brad Meltzer stands for. "I believe ordinary people change the world," Meltzer says. And that is Brad Meltzer's core belief. He doesn't care where you went to school. Or how much money you make. That's nonsense to him. Brad Meltzer believes in regular people and their ability to effect change in this world. And it is that core belief that runs through every one of his projects.
What's the greatest risk you'll ever take in your life? It's admitting what you want. We all know what we want. But we rarely admit it. Why? Because putting yourself out there—especially emotionally—is scary. If you admit what you want, you risk not getting it. And failure terrifies us. So how do you actually pull it off? How do you take the greatest risk you'll ever take in your life and admit what you want? You need to do three things: Remember what you love, remember what got you're here, and most important, remember what terrifies you.
Brad Meltzer's family moved from Brooklyn to Miami with only $1,200 to their name. A decade later, he got 24 rejection letters for his first novel. A year after that, he started his climb to the #1 spot on the New York Times Best Seller list and his own television show. The adventure between is a classic tale with a truly incredible ending.
When the Wall Street Journal told Brad Meltzer that one of his charitable acts would be in his obituary, it sent Meltzer on a quest to find out what else his legacy might be. Hear the funny, inspiring, and always entertaining story that will never let you look at your life the same way again.
I am constantly looking for the best and the brightest celebrities, best-selling authors and motivational speakers to engage, entertain, and educate our audience. Brad Meltzer delivered an outstanding presentation. Brad's message on success and leadership really inspired students because he is an excellent storyteller. He emanates authenticity and speaks from the heart. He is one of the most humble, easygoing people I have had the pleasure to work with.
OUTSTANDING presentation was the unanimous result for Brad Meltzer's presentation on the Guest surveys we received at the completion of our Executive Forum last week. There was not one rating below this – that's a first in the 6 years I have been working on this event.
Drawing on the conference themes of innovation, collaboration, and education, Mr. Meltzer inspired more than 2,000 attendees to contemplate their legacies. His thought-provoking and humorous presentation elicited a positive emotional response from the audience, resonating personally with each attendee. His performance was, in a word, outstanding.
The New York Times best-selling author held an audience of over six hundred captive during the General Membership Luncheon held in connection with the Dade County Bar Association's Bench & Bar Conference on Friday, February 8, 2013 at the Coral Gables Country Club. Meltzer was funny, inspiring and extraordinarily entertaining as he opened up about his life and shared intimate details of people who have influenced him. he shared his belief that regular people have the ability to effect change in the world, and went on to challenge the audience to make an impact on their family, friends, community and yes, even strangers. Meltzer's speech was one of many highlights during this year's Bench and Bar Conference.


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Hinglaj Devi, Pakistan's most important Hindu yatra site
Dr Jürgen Schaflechner on its importance for Hindus beyond Pakistan
Balochistan gets over 20,000 valuable artefacts back from Sindh
They had been in Sindh for over 40 years
Historic books at Lahore museum being converted into e-library
Thirty-five books have been digitalized
Kot Diji Fort: A historical fort of Khairpur district
The fort is more than 80 feet tall
Sargodha, a peep into history
SAMAA TV's senior anchor Nadeem Malik presents a historic perspective of political battlefield on the soil of Sargodha. The city, considered as a stronghold of the PML-N, is bracing itself for July 25 election fight on five National Assembly seats.
Swat museum, a peep into history
Ancient utensils, figurines, stones, Alexander era coins and so many other things related to Ghandhara and Buddhists period attract tourists to Swat museum. The museum was opened in 1963. It was closed in 2007 owing to rise of militancy in the district but reopened in 2014. Watch this report…
Crocodiles guard secrets of Pakistan's lost African past
Karachi: Dancing and chanting in Swahili at a crocodile shrine outside Karachi, hundreds of Sheedis swayed barefoot to the rhythm of a language they no longer speak — the celebration offering a rare chance to connect with their African roots. For many Sheedis, the swampy crocodile shrine to Sufi saint Haji Syed Shaikh Sultan —…
Bahrain makes largest oil discovery in its history
Dubai: Bahrain on Sunday announced it has discovered the largest oil and gas field in the history of the small kingdom, which unlike its Gulf neighbours is not energy-rich. Authorities estimate the newfound reserves at "many times" the volume of Bahrain's only other known oil field, the state-run BNA news agency said. BNA did not give…
Bulldozed Rohingya villages deepen fears Myanmar is erasing history
Yangon: Aerial photos of Rakhine state have emerged that appear to show several bulldozed Rohingya settlements, renewing accusations Myanmar is wiping out the homes and history of the Muslim minority. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state to Bangladesh since insurgent attacks on police posts triggered a brutal military crackdown. The UN has led…
Women rights: British history changed 100 years ago
LONDON: British women won the right to vote 100 years ago after an intense struggle marked by a violent fringe campaign that shocked the country but helped to change the world. On February 6, 1918, the Representation of the People Bill became law and added to the voting roll around eight million women who were…
2017 the costliest year in US history for natural disasters
NEWS DESK: Last year was the most expensive in US history for natural disasters, with a barrage of fires, freezes, floods and hurricanes that cost $306 billion, according to a US government report Monday, reported AFP. In 2017, a total of 16 disasters cost $1 billion or more, and led to at least 362 deaths,…
SPSC examination paper leaked
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Pakistan unveils 1700-year-old Buddha
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Nobel Literature Prize: controversy, fame and flops
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Ohio River Commission Opts to Introduce New Standards, Drawing Ire of National Wildlife Federation
by Steve Bittenbender A multistate organization in charge of improving the quality of one of the country's most important rivers voted on Thursday to adopt a new plan on how to ensure states meet water pollution standards. By a 19-2 vote, with one abstention, the Ohio River Valley Water…
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President Trump Pays a Surprise Visit to Rural West Virginia High School via Skype
February 14, 2019 February 14, 2019 Ohio Star Staff
by Salena Zito WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va.—No sitting president has ever visited here before. So it was a pretty big deal when 14 local high school students in a civics class had President Trump talking to them in their classroom Wednesday, all thanks to a Skype video call that Sen.…
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America's Youngest Lawmaker, WV Delegate Caleb Hanna, Wants to Help Build the Wall to Combat Drug Epidemic
January 16, 2019 January 15, 2019 Ohio Star Staff
by Evie Fordham West Virginia House of Delegates member Caleb Hanna wants to fund a southern border wall with $10 million of his state's surplus to combat West Virginia's drug problem, he said on "Fox and Friends" Tuesday. "West Virginia has a terrible drug problem," Hanna said Tuesday. "I…
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Youngest Black Legislator In America Won on a Platform of 'God, Guns, and Babies'
by Evie Fordham The West Virginia House of Delegates convened Wednesday with a record-setter in its midst – freshman Del. Caleb L. Hanna, who became the nation's youngest black legislator following his election at age 19 in November 2018. "I always knew that I was not satisfied with the…
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West Virginia Supreme Court Impeachment Crisis Reaches US High Court
by Kevin Daley The West Virginia state legislature has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision that halted the impeachment trials of several members of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. State lawmakers said they are not aiming to restart removal proceedings against the state Supreme…
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Commentary: There's No Such Thing as a Conservative Blue Dog Democrat
December 1, 2018 December 1, 2018 Admin
by George Rasley On Tuesday, the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of allegedly "fiscally responsible" House Democrats announced its new leadership team as their party is poised to retake the gavel in the 116th Congress. The Blue Dogs claim they embrace a "bipartisan approach" to legislating and are looking…
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West Virginia is In a Full Blown Constitutional Crisis
October 16, 2018 October 16, 2018 Ohio Star Staff
by Kevin Daley West Virginia is in the grips of a constitutional crisis, as the state's highest court effectively ended an impeachment proceeding against one of its own members. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that the state legislature exceeded its authority in impeaching its own chief…
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Leftist State Supreme Court Judge Impeached in West Virginia Announces Retirement
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A Democratic Supreme Court justice in the state of West Virginia said hours after she was impeached Tuesday that she was retiring, triggering a special election for her replacement and denying the Republican governor a chance to name her successor. The citizens of West Virginia now "will be afforded their…
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The West Virgina Legislature Moves to Impeach Its Entire Supreme Court for Corruption
by Kevin Daley Who presides over the impeachment trial of a state Supreme Court justice if the entire state Supreme Court is being impeached? It's an absurd constitutional hypothetical West Virginians are left to grapple with, after the West Virginia House of Delegates Judiciary Committee drafted articles of impeachment…
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West Virginia Senate President Credits GOP And Trump Policies For State's Recovery
June 30, 2018 June 29, 2018 Admin
by Nick Givas West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael claims the Republican party is responsible for the state's economic turnaround and believes the election of President Donald Trump has only added to their prosperity. "For the first time in over 83 years the people of over West Virginia selected the Republicans to…
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I was wedged tight, up to my neck, in a huge tub of lard
As with everything, there are exceptions
, however, there is literally nothing less enthralling than someone retelling, even with the greatest of enthusiasm, the plot of a recent dream. We've all felt it, and we all recognise that the disconnect between dreamer and victim is vast. And yet, we persist.
All of which makes today's newsletter very risky, because I've decided to pluck, from the postbag, letters in which people speak of dreams
I need a dog pretty badly. I dreamed of dogs last night. They sat in a circle and looked at me and I wanted all of them.
John Steinbeck | Letter to Robert Ballou, 11 Feb 1933 | A Life in Letters
Dream I: I identify Tolstoy as the driver of a beat-up white van on the expressway. I ask the old guy at the wheel of this crumbling van what he can do to keep his flapping door from banging against the finish of my car. When he leans over to the right I see that he is none other than Leo Tolstoy, beard and all. He invites me to follow him off the expressway to a tavern and he says, "I want you to have this jar of pickled herring." He adds, "I knew your brother." At the mention of my late brother I burst into tears.
Saul Bellow | Letter to Martin Amis, 30 Dec 1990 | Saul Bellow: Letters
Are you interested in dreams? Normally I am not so crazy about dreams myself but we have been having a lot of spirited dreams around this house, whose symbolical meaning is indeed dark and various. I had a very trying dream, from which I woke, twisting and straining and muttering with rage. I don't know where it happened exactly and I was quite alone. But what had happened was that I was wedged tight, up to my neck, in a huge tub of lard, which was studded on the outside with precious jewels. Now, Teecher, what do you think?
Martha Gellhorn | Letter to Hortense Flexner, 25 Aug 1940 | Selected Letters
P.S. I had a very fine dream last night. A friend flew over in a small plane and seeing me on the lawn reached out and shook hands, the plane being still airborne. Then he said he guessed he'd hop out and stay awhile and that the plane would go home by itself and his wife would fly it back later. I took him in the house for drinks, but found General Eisenhower occupying an upstairs room, where he was having a prostate operation by a local physician. The General was not anesthetized and was directing every move himself. Can't tell you whether that nifty little plane got back because I soon left the land of Nod. Hope your dreams are happy ones like mine.
E. B. White | Letter to Frank Sullivan, 28 Aug 1963 | Letters of E. B. White
Last night I had the strangest dream. I was in a laboratory with Dr. Boas and he was talking to me and a group of other people about religion, insisting that life must have a meaning, that man couldn't live without that. Then he made a mass of jelly-like stuff of the most beautiful blue I had ever seen — and he seemed to be asking us all what to do with it. I remember thinking it was very beautiful but wondering helplessly what it was for. People came and went making absurd suggestions. Somehow Dr. Boas tried to carry them out — but always the people went away angry, or disappointed — and finally after we'd been up all night they had all disappeared and there were just the two of us. He looked at me and said, appealingly "Touch it." I took some of the astonishingly blue beauty in my hand, and felt with a great thrill that it was living matter. I said "Why it's life — and that's enough" — and he looked so pleased that I had found the answer — and said yes "It's life and that is wonder enough."
Margaret Mead | Letter to Ruth Benedict, 14 Mar 1926 | To Cherish the Life of the World
[A monk, recently befriended] told me the dream he had last night: 'I was in a stable somewhere, they were saddling up a horse for me. But the saddle hadn't got any stirrups! And by God! I noticed the horse was getting smaller and smaller – shrinking and shrinking till it was the size of the dog that pulled the little milk-cart at the Trappe. I got on the thing, we set off at a gallop. No stirrups and the horse shrinking all the time. Hell of a job to stay on. Faster and faster! Then I noticed we were heading for a small hole, about the size of a mouse's. I was still hanging on somehow, and we were going like the wind. The horse shoots through the hole and disappears, and BANG! I crash into the wall, knock myself silly, and wake up. What do you make of that?' What do you? Has it got a psychiatrical or a mystical exegesis? Good old womb stuff, or heading for the mystic's inner chamber of oneness with the Godhead, supported by a diminishing spark of faith?'
Patrick Leigh Fermor | Letter to Joan Rayner, Nov 1948 | Dashing for the Post
I dreamed that somebody was dead. I don't know who, but it's not to the purpose. It was a private gentleman, and a particular friend; and I was greatly overcome when the news was broken to me (very delicately) by a gentleman in a cocked hat, top boots, and a sheet. Nothing else.
"Good God!" I said, "is he dead?"
"He is dead, sir," rejoined the gentleman, "as a door-nail. But we must all die, Mr. Dickens, sooner or later, my dear sir."
"Ah!" I said, "Yes, to be sure. Very true. But what did he die of ?"
The gentleman burst into a flood of tears, and said, in a voice broken by emotion, "He christened his youngest child, sir, with a toasting-fork."
I never in my life was so affected as at his having fallen a victim to this complaint. It carried a conviction to my mind that he never could have recovered. I knew that it was the most interesting and fatal malady in the world; and I wrung the gentleman's hand in a convulsion of respectful admiration, for I felt that this explanation did equal honour to his head and heart.
Charles Dickens | Letter to C. Felton, 1 Sep 1843 | The Letters of Charles Dickens
I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts are the result of my dreams. It is very queer, but my dreams make conclusions for me. They decide things finally. I dream a decision. Sleep seems to hammer out for me the logical conclusion of my vague days and offer me them as dreams.
D. H. Lawrence | Letter to Edward Garnett, 29 Jan 1912 | The Letters of D. H. Lawrence
e.g. Dreams retold by tiny kids. Dreams retold by infuriatingly charismatic people. Dreams retold by my wife who I love.
This is easily the least seductive introduction I have ever written.


Dear Dr. Horning, I am writing this note to thank you for all the treatments and advice that you have given me.
There were times when I was ready to quit my treatments, but because of your countless recommendations and encouragement, I now know relief from the constant discomfort that I experienced since I was told in December 2000 that my arthritis in the hip & back would require a hip replacement & my back would require injections to relieve the lumbar Stenosis. I can now function without the need of my cane!
I am not "cured", however I have good thoughts about playing golf once again and walks on the beaches of Cape May.
We not only have developed a professional relationship but a personal one as well, and I promise to continue sending you the humorous E-Mails that I receive from all of my retired associates around the country.
Keep smiling, because now I can smile again too.


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Devon is a country full of traditional song, some well known, some less so. With Dumnonia Jim Causley strives to shine a light on the county's hidden treasures.
When I Was Young is a who's who guide to the highways and byways of Devon. In no particular order the protagonist takes on the various jobs associated with different parts of Devon (and Somerset), and this acts almost as an introduction to the county.
In many of these songs, the tales are told in the first person (or as near to it as possible), and it's truly astounding how effortlessly Jim is able to switch between the various characters who crop up throughout the album. Almost like an actor, his voice truly brings the characters to life, whether they be ridiculous like the parson in the Tythe Pig or tragic like the swimmer in Royal Comrade. He is a true master at work.
The Sidbury to Stockland Set gives Jim and his fellow musicians, including Bellowhead's Pete Flood on percussion, a chance to let rip musically.
Variety on this album doesn't just come in the type of material Jim has chosen for this album, but also in the age of the songs themselves. Devon's railways were devastated by Dr Beeching's railway cuts in the 1960s, the reality of which comes to life in one of the more modern offerings contained within this 18 track album. In the Sidings speaks from the perspective of a station master about to lose his job. 'Come shake hands with an overhead' he sings, a feeling that is still hugely resonant today.
In contrast The Tythe Pig was collected by Baring Gould in the 1800s, and adds some humour to the end of the album. We have all been warned of the ills of being too fussy, as demonstrated by the parson in this narrative. It's a hugely catchy tune, and it's clear from listening to the song that Jim takes delight in recounting the parson's mishaps as he attempts to collect his tithe in the form of a suckling pig, which makes it all the more listenable. Brilliant!
A massive undertaking, but a fabulous result, Dumnonia is a credit to Jim's understanding and sympathy with traditional song, but also of his home county of Devon. It is a fascinating insight into the treasures hidden within, but also of how songs change from region to region within the UK. The album is an absolute gem.
Released on Wild Goose records on 21st March 2011.


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Newsfeed Now: Weekend brings more rain, severe weather possible
On Newsfeed Now for Feb. 22, our top story-possible severe weather this weekend. Meteorologists Hayden Nix (KARK) and John Bryant (WATN) joined the discussion with complete analysis of the forecast that has much of the South on high alert for storms.
From our Washington bureau, Drew Petrimoulx shared details of the fight over an Alabama woman who left the U.S. five years ago to join ISIS in Syria NOT being allowed back in the country. Top government officials say Hoda Muthana is not a U.S. citizen, as she claims. Muthana was born in New Jersey when her father was serving as a diplomat from Yemen.
From there we headed to Birmingham, Alabama to get the story of a local 10-year-old who's written a book that's become a best seller on Amazon. WIAT's Hillary Simon joined the conversation to tell us all about how this talented young lady developed her way with words.
We also brought you a full preview of the Oscars. The 91st Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday. Movie film critic Michael Cook, of Little Rock, gave us a rundown of some of the nominees and revealed his predictions.
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called Thanksgiving Day in October and the Americans having their Thanksgiving Day holiday this coming November weekend, today's message is about being truly thankful to God.
Do you take time to give thanks to God and to show thanks also in meeting for Christian worship in praise to the one only true God from Whom all blessings flow?
So today let us just think some more about this call to give thanks to God. Thanks be to God is our thankful theme and let us learn and/or remind ourselves of some basic Biblical teaching, Christian gospel teaching, about being truly thankful.
Let us notice first of all from God's word that true thanksgiving is God-directed. Being truly thankful is not simply a certain feeling of happiness or a sense of contented fulfillment and accomplishment and security. Rather, true thanksgiving is God-focused acknowledgment and recognition of His boundless mercies to us. When the Bible says repeatedly 'Thanks be to God', it is a confession of faith in God where we confess that He has not dealt with us according to our sins and sinfulness, but in grace and lovingkindness has blessed us with countless gifts of love, even for soul and body.
'Thanks be to God' when it is true thanksgiving. When you anticipate another Thanksgiving Day celebration this coming week, just consider how many reasons you have to be thankful to God. Has the LORD not been gracious and merciful to you another year in countless ways even? Think of the freedoms we enjoy in North America and the USA! Consider our housing blessings, our food and drink abundance, our transportation privileges, our medical benefits, our health blessings, our church blessings, our work opportunities still, our family joys, our clothing supplies, our luxuries of holidays and toys and leisure enjoyments, our parks and country and province and city infrastructures. And then, most of all, think of all our gospel privileges and riches with the Bible, and the gospel preaching, and so many occasions for learning more and more of the unspeakable gift of God as granted to us in and through Christ Jesus! When you compare the blessings enjoyed in the Western world for the most part, how much more than others is freely and daily granted to us, ultimately always from the LORD.
Thanks be to God, for of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, and to God alone be all the glory. Every good and perfect gift in life for body and soul always comes from the LORD in His mercy and lovingkindness to us. Yes, we can be thankful to others in our lives, to each other in our families, and to one another in the congregations we worship, and to those serving for our good in one way or another in our lives, in our society and country and government, etc. But ultimately our thanksgiving is to be God-focused and God directed. Sing praise to Him and give Him thanks, And all His goodness show is the exhortation of Scripture as expressed also in a song based on Psalm 147. "Unto thee, O God do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks…" the psalmist says in Psalm 75:1. If it is well, dear friends, not just on Thanksgiving holidays, but from day to day and all our life long, there are boundless reasons for this to be our testimony before God and each other and before the watching world. Thanks be to God!
When you and I are thankful especially to God for all His mercies and blessings, that too is something by itself to be so thankful for. It is not because you are better than others that you live thankfully before God and others, but God has so blessed you under the ministry of His Word and by His Holy Spirit that, by His grace, you have come to see, when it is well, your thanksgivings must be focused on the LORD. For His goodness and mercy endures forever and God Triune has planned and accomplished a way that His people, as many as turn from sin and trust in Him, might know this gospel truth and enjoy this most wonderful blessing of God for ourselves not only in this life, but even forevermore in the world to come!
Here we come also to a second key truth that our text phrase teaches us about Thanks be to God. Very interestingly the New Testament word for "thanks" is closely related and almost interchangeable to the word also for "grace". And what we can learn from this also is that true thanksgiving to God is known and shown when you and I realize and cherish also the grace of God towards us as revealed in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners. The reality about our sinful selves by nature is that we are always underserving of every blessing from God, being a guilty, defiled, sinful people by nature. You and I, along with this whole fallen world, deserve of ourselves only God's everlasting wrath and temporal and eternal punishment for all our sins and sinfulness.
But the gospel tidings of the Bible proclaim the precious good news that God sent His only beloved Son to be the Saviour of sinners. That Saviour, Jesus Christ, come in the fullness of time, left the riches and comforts of heavenly glory to come to this earth as Sinbearer and to serve as perfect complete Saviour of sinners. What a Man of sorrows He was here on earth when bearing the curse of God on sinner's behalf, and suffering the relentless assaults of Satan against Him and the mocking and scoffing of sinners in ridicule of Him. What poverty and hunger and shame and pain Jesus suffered bearing the sins of His people. It all climaxed, as we know, on the cruel cross of Calvary where He was crucified in the sinner's place to make atonement for sin and to reconcile sinners like us to God His Father. What indescribable agonies of soul and body He suffered on the cross in making full payment for sin and at the same time offering up to God a perfect righteous life on the sinner's behalf. God's people never can forget it, and always come back to this: How all our blessings for soul and body come to us ultimately because of Christ the Saviour and His once for all sacrifice on the sinner's behalf.
And the exceeding riches of God's grace towards us is boundless in and through Christ the Lord! The expression "thanks be to God" is used by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:57 when telling of Christ's victory over sin, Satan, death, and hell for His people, even for as many as trust and follow Him in true faith and repentance. "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" Yes, as Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9:15, "Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift" as freely granted to us in and with Christ, the crucified and risen Redeemer, Who gave His life a ransom for many. In and through the Saviour, Jesus Christ, trusting and following Him as only Saviour and Lord, you and I may have our sins washed away and our sinfulness overcome. And we become more than conquerors over Satan and this world, and we have victory even over death. True Christians looking to Jesus the Saviour and abiding in Him and His Word are guaranteed, by God's grace, certain escape from eternal hell and sure entrance into heaven for everlasting life. And in glory the redeemed live in fullness of life, being there in body and soul in endless praise and joy and peace forevermore in the blessed presence of God in the new heavens and earth, world without end. Dear friends, what can compare to such blessing above all?
The truth is, the poorest Christian on earth, knowing the grace of God in Christ Jesus and the love of God the Father for Jesus' sake and the comforting ministry of the Holy Spirit as sent by the Father and the Son, has far more reasons for thanksgiving to God than the richest man on earth who doesn't know and believe in God as revealed in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners. Thanks be to God is thankfulness saturated with the receiving and realizing and rejoicing in the grace of God for us in and through Christ, the Saviour of sinners. Do you do this and will your thanksgiving celebrations in life also reflect this Christian thankfulness?
Unbelievers are not truly thankful to God. Oh, in this coming week they may celebrate Thanksgiving Day too, yet doing so with not even mentioning God as the source of every blessing in life. Sadly, even in the so called Christian West in our present day, how few pray and give thanks for their daily bread even. How sad, as if all the food and drink just came there by itself and that it can nourish and strengthen us all on its own accord? Do any of us have any idea how much the body has to work well together for a single morsel of food or drink of water truly to be of blessing to us? To be mindful of this and to allow a word of grace with the turkey dinner, but then still deny and not believe and trust and follow Christ Jesus, God's most precious gift of all for us, one so desperately needed by each one of us shall we be truly saved is the height of wicked wretched ingratitude. God forbid any of you now will so live and die, never really confessing and demonstrating Thanks be to God! Paul says in 2 Corinthians 2:14, "Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ". Isn't that the heartbeat of true Christian thanksgiving when it is well with us?
Thanks be to God truly expressed, as taught in the Bible, is thanks from you and me that is God-focused, and thanks that is grace-minded, and recognizing that every blessing in life is all for Jesus' sake alone. Such is Christian thanksgiving, and may it be much evident in our lives not just with special Thanksgiving Days, but all the days of our life.
Saying that, we also need to mention yet one more truth just from the repeated Scripture phrase, Thanks be to God. Not only does this phrase bring out true thanksgiving is a matter always God-focused and grace-minded, but also it relates giving thanks is never a 'one-item' matter nor a 'one-time' thing. It is a lifetime calling. While the word "thanks" is in the original in the singular yet it is to be understood as a lifetime of thanks. Is there not endless reasons for you and me to have a wholehearted attitude and mindset of constant gratitude to God for Who He is and what He has done, and what He promises and pledges and gives from out of His abundance of mercy, all for Jesus' sake alone? "O give thanks, O give thanks, O give thanks" the psalmist of Psalm 136 exhorts. Why? Because, as is repeated 26 times in that one psalm just, "for his mercy endures forever." The word for mercy there in the Hebrew is 'hesed' which is the beautiful full covenant term telling of God's lovingkindness towards us in and through His salvation work by Christ Jesus. Literally the second half of the text confesses 26 times, forever is God's covenant love and loyalty towards us. As one Study Bible put it, All God does throughout this world [and especially for His people] is soaked in His faithful love.
Surely never can we be done giving thanks to God then for all His mercies now and forevermore in and through Christ, and always there is reason for thankful thoughts, words, and deeds before God and others when one of God's redeemed children. One way of giving thanks is with showing our gratitude to God by giving of our first-fruits to the Lord for the ongoing gospel ministry of the Word. Thankfulness is not for nothing described in terms of thanksgiving, giving also of our tithes in praise to God and in care for those around us. There are other ways we can show thanks too, and that is by loving service to others and for and in God's church and kingdom as God gives us opportunity. Just being polite and courteous to others and showing a spirit of humble thanksgiving for the least blessing and care shown is so up-building and God-honoring too.
What shall I render to the Lord, For all His benefits to me?
Even so, will you, by God's grace, give thanks to Him? If you are one who doesn't know this spirit of true thanksgiving before God and your neighbor, why not ask the LORD to teach you this spirit of true Christian thanksgiving? Come to Jesus to learn what it means truly to be thankful before God and your neighbor. You may come to Jesus even now and ask Him to lead you too in true Christian thanksgiving. Don't live on being unthankful before God and others even a single day longer.
There is nothing more delightful and meaningful and enriching than living a life of true thanksgiving to God ever testifying in thought, word, and deed before Him and our neighbors, Thanks be to God! Lives lived in true thanksgiving are most blessed lives and of so great blessing also for those around them. Who wouldn't far rather live with a thankful person than someone unthankful and complaining always, and being disgruntled and dissatisfied on so many fronts? God help us be truly thankful at home, at work, at school, in our church, and in our community because it is so pleasant and good and fruit-bearing and God-honoring above all when you and I so live each day. Isn't being truly thankful in the threefold way explained here also the best preparation for the world to come where eternal thanksgivings will be given to God by all the redeemed, world without end?
Oh, give thanks unto the LORD here and now for the LORD is good, and His mercy endures forever. Thanks be to God! Yes, thanks be to the LORD even for teaching and exhorting us ever to give thanks to Him as is His due! The apostle Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, "In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." And it is only through Christ Jesus and being joined to Him in true faith and repentance that we learn the way of true thankfulness now and forevermore. Thanks be to God also now for this message on true and everlasting thanksgiving. Are you thankful to God for this Christian thanksgiving message? Amen.


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The primary objective of this study was to conduct primary and secondary research and analysis to provide the sponsors with estimates of measure lifetimes that included on-site verification of CFL bulbs and fixtures, LED exit signs, HID fixtures, and T8 fixtures installed by commercial and industrial lighting programs in New England and New York. A second objective was to determine the expected operating lives (in hours) for the same equipment categories; based on secondary data. A primary driver of this study was the need for lighting measure lives for use in submitting demand resources into the ISO-NE Forward Capacity Market.
Table 1-1 presents an overview of the study design. The original RFP had sequential tasks that included primary data collection and the subsequent analyses of that data. In the work plan KEMA divided the work into four phases and inserted two checkpoints to provide the forum with the authority to approve and modify the work scope. These checkpoints occurred at the conclusion of Phase 1 and the conclusion of Phase 2. This phased approach was developed as a mechanism to deal with potential data availability challenges in the opening study tasks. In this manner, there were clear opportunities for the study to become dependent on secondary research if insufficient data was not available to perform primary data collection, but this ended up not being necessary.


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Already, 2019 has been ushered in; yet before we forget 2018 may we pause to ask, "What has been the history of the year that with its burden of records has now passed into eternity? Let us "examine ourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves." God forbid that at this important hour of worlds history, that we should be so engrossed with other matters as to give no time to serious, candid, critical self-examination! Let things of minor consequence be put in the background and let us now bring to the front the things which concern our eternal interest, which is eternal life with Christ.
None of us can in our own strength represent the character of Christ; unless Jesus lives in the heart, the spirit dwelling in Him will be revealed in us; where we lack, it will be supplied. Who will seek at the beginning of this new year to obtain a new and genuine experience in the things of God? Make your wrongs right as far as possible. Confess your errors and sins one to another. Let all bitterness and wrath and malice be put away; let patience, long-sufferings, kindness, and love become a part of your very being; then whatsoever things are pure and lovely and of good report will mature in your experience.
What is the fruit we have borne during the year, now just past? What has been our influence upon others? Whom have we gathered to the fold of Christ? The eyes of the world are upon us. Are we living epistles of Christ, and known and read of all men? Do we follow the example of Jesus in self-denial, in meekness, in humility, in forbearance, in cross-bearing, and in devotion to our Lord? Will the world be compelled to acknowledge us to be the servants of Christ?
If not, then shall we in this new year seek to correct the errors of the past? It behooves us individually to cultivate the grace of Christ, to be meek and lowly of heart, but strong in Christ. To be firm, unwavering, and steadfast in the truth; for in this way only can be advance in holiness and be made fir for the inheritance of the saints. Let us begin the year with an entire renunciation of self; let us pray for clear discernment, that we may understand our Saviour's claims upon us, and that we may always and everywhere be witnesses and ambassadors for Christ.
Therefore, lift up Jesus. Lift Him up in exhortations, in sermons, in songs, and in prayer. Let all your efforts be directed to pointing souls that are confused, bewildered, and lost to Christ, the Lamb of God, which came to take away the sins of the world. As Moses bid the Israelite to look upon the brass serpent and live, so must we compel other to look upon Christ to live. Therefore, don't wait, bid them to look and live.
Happy New Year to you as well Pat and to all bloggers, Happy New Year to you as well. Sorry, was out visiting church members most of the day yesterday and so did not get back until late. Blessings, to you.


Come along for a night of comedy at the Gateshead comedy lounge in Low Fell.
Tickets are priced at £10. There will be hot food options available.
Cutting Hedge Comedy are looking to bring together some of the country's hottest talent, rising stars and established comedy circuit acts to our line-ups.
So all they need is you, come along, you never know you may well catch comedy's newest sensation!
Newcastle born Mickey Hutton started his performing career as a musician, playing guitar in the wonderful world of the northern working men's clubs. He moved to London to do session work and released two singles with his band Strength on BMG Arista which flopped harder than a fat bloke in the baths. It was then he discovered the Comedy Store and decided to try his hand at stand-up comedy. He became so successful at this he gave up his career in music and started touring the country as a comedian and has not looked back.
Phil Walker is one of those comedians who offers a little bit of something for everyone. His comedy style is relaxed, fun and easy to get into with his northern banter and amusing anecdotes. As a result he won City Life Comedian of the Year 2020 (previous winners include Peter Kay, Steve Coogan, John Bishop and Jason Manford). TV appearances include Talking Telephone Numbers (ITV1), Live at Jongleurs (Paramount), The Big Stage (Channel 5). He also happens to be the son of comedy legend Roy Walker and is just as funny as his dad but with a modern twist!
Roger Monkhouse is one of the most original and distinctive acts on the comedy scene. A consummate stand-up who employs a deadly combination of charm and menace to exert a masterful control over any audience. A highly original and quirky performer, Roger's trademark stage-prowling style and curious, inimitable manner have established him as one of the hottest names on the comedy circuit.A fine topical writer and performer, and master of sharp observational comedy, Roger is a regular member of the prestigious and critically acclaimed 'Cutting Edge' team at the London Comedy Store.
They've just added an amazing act to our line-up on Friday 6th April…. Their Special guest* is one of the biggest on the comedy circuit with many TV appearances behind them and countless 5* sell-out out shows.
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Affirmative action in education: evidence from engineering college admissions in India
Many countries mandate affirmative action in university admissions for traditionally disadvantaged groups. Little is known about either the efficacy or costs of these programmes. This paper examines affirmative action in engineering colleges in India for "lower-caste" groups.
The authors argue that such action successfully targets the financially disadvantaged: the marginal upper-caste applicant comes from a more advantaged background than the marginal lower-caste applicant who displaces him. Despite much lower entrance exam scores, the marginal lower-caste entrant does benefit: a strong, positive economic return to admission is revealed through the findings. These findings contradict common arguments against affirmative action: that it is only relevant for richer lower-caste members, or that those who are admitted are too unprepared to benefit from the education. However, these benefits come at a cost.
The findings also illustrate the programme's redistributive nature: it benefits the poor, but costs resources in absolute terms. One reason for this lower level gain is that a smaller fraction of lower-caste admits end up employed in engineering or advanced technical jobs. Finally, the authors find no evidence that the marginal upper-caste applicant who is rejected due to the policy ends up with more negative attitudes towards lower castes or towards affirmative action programmes. On the other hand, there is some weak evidence that the marginal lower-caste admits become stronger supporters of affirmative action programmes
access to higher education, Higher Education, India
Author(s): Marianne Bertrand, Rema Hanna, and Sendhil Mullainathan
Publisher: Journal of Public Economics
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This topic guide is focused on skills immediately necessary for employment and increased productivity. It focuses on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) skills, which are concerned with the acquisition of knowledge and skills for the world of work. The importance and value of obtaining basic skills is recognised as a pre-requisite for higher order skills development. This document was written between July and December 2015 and includes evidence that was available at this time.
Simon McGrath on skills and Technical Vocation Education and Training (TVET)
In this video, Simon McGrath from University of Nottingham, discusses the importance of skills and Technical Vocation Education and Training (TVET). Simon was the expert adviser for the DFID commissioned Skills Topic Guide, which focused on skills immediately necessary for employment and increased productivity. The guide explores the role of TVET skills, which are concerned… Read more
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Q: MVVMCross back navigation with MvxClosePresentationHint I have an Xamarin iOS app where I am using MVVMCross v3.2.1 to control the navigation between the view controllers / view models. I have used the ShowViewModel<TViewModel>(); method to navigation between view models and have a special case where I want to navigate back one step on the navigation stack.
I can do this my using the MvxClosePresentationHint as in ChangePresentation(new MvxClosePresentationHint(this)); but when it navigates back to the previous view I need the data to refresh.
Are there any MVVMCross view model lifecycle methods I can us to detect the back navigation or should I implement a MvxMessage?

A: As Cheesebaron suggested I am refreshing the data from the ViewWillAppear on the previous ViewController which seems to have resolved the issue.
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Toronto, Nov 1 (IANS) Researchers have found how a hormone produced by our bones affects the way we metabolise sugar and fat, unveiling its potential in preventing diabetes and obesity.
In a paper published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, the team explained how this hormone, known as osteocalcin, works.
Thanks to this hormone, produced by bone cells, sugar is metabolised more easily, the researchers found.
"One of osteocalcin's functions is to increase insulin production, which in turn reduces blood glucose levels," said one of the researchers Mathieu Ferron from Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) in Canada.
"It can also protect us from obesity by increasing energy expenditure," Ferron said.
Studies have shown that, for some people, changes in blood concentrations of osteocalcin may even stave off the development of diabetes.
These protective properties sparked Ferron's interest in how this hormone actually works.
Conducting an experiment in mice, the team demonstrated that an enzyme called furin causes osteocalcin to become active and the hormone is then released into the blood.


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CCO Expands to UVIC – Announcement Goes Viral on Facebook
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Catholic Christian Outreach's expansion to UVic has gone viral. Within 24 hours of posting the news that CCO would be heading to UVic in the fall of 2014 to their Facebook page, the announcement received over 600 'likes' and was seen by over 60,000 people online.
The announcement was made by CCO President Jeff Lockert at an event at the Vancouver Golf Club on Oct. 21, and capped a weekend of celebrations for CCO's 25th anniversary. Events were held in every city that CCO has a presence: Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, Quebec City and Halifax.
UVic student Greg Van Dyk, who also serves as the President of the Catholic Student Association at UVic, is thrilled by the news.
"We are beyond excited to have CCO coming to the UVic campus," said Van Dyk. "As a Catholic Students' Association, we've really realized our missionary identity this year, and the addition of CCO next year is a well-timed extension of Catholic mission on campus."
CCO is a Catholic university student movement, dedicated to evangelization and leadership development and currently has a presence on 11 campuses across Canada and employs over 70 full-time missionaries. CCO conducts outreach missions and makes extensive use of social media to reach university students in Canada and abroad.
CCO also hosts an annual conference called Rise Up, which has taken place in major cities across Canada for the last 15 years. Rise Up typically attracts about 600 university students and will be in Ottawa this December. This summer, CCO will be conducting a summer-long mission in Victoria called IMPACT, where approximately 30 students spend the summer doing outreach activities.
"We're looking forward to working together with CCO next year to share the Gospel on campus and become even more effective in our missionary outreach," said Van Dyk. " It's fantastic news, and we couldn't be more hopeful and energized about the future of the faith on campus. The summer IMPACT will also give a shot of energy to the diocese, and CCO will really be able to build on the momentum of the Holy Spirit working in Victoria. We can't wait!"


The presentation of smart phones and such gadgets have moved the web use from the desktop PCs to the handheld devices. It is anticipated by specialists that the year 2015 will witness internet use on smart devices to coordinate the use on the desktops. It implies every one of the organizations must verify that their official sites are better with these savvy gadget and compatible with mobiles. As of late the Google Webmaster group on Google+ asked their devotees which mobile configuration strategy they utilize. 81% out of the 774 votes reacted with responsive web design. 4% said dynamic serving, 7% said separate portable URLs, and just 8% said their site is not mobile friendly.
• Useful SEO- Google – the search engine giant has shown directly that it inclines toward responsive web designs to the mobile templates. Further, utilizing single URL with the responsive configuration makes it simpler for the search engines to crawl and index the site.
• Greater UI and Lesser Bounce Rate- A responsive web design offers users different components when gotten to on the smart mobile phone that outcomes in lessened bounce rate. Lesser the bounce rate for your site is, the better it is for your site's performance.
• A solitary SEO Campaign for Your Site- if any organizations don't choose the responsive web outlines, they have two sites to oversee. Then again, with the responsive site, the business needs to concentrate singularly on the fundamental site working.
• Optimal Maintenance- A responsive site much simpler to keep up than the versatile renditions of the principle locales on the grounds that the shrewd gadgets are redesigned at moment speed.
The Responsive Web Design Scope is becoming quickly popular and vital. On the off chance that you need to take your company to the level of achievement, you ought to additionally continue empowering the use of RWD, yet in the meantime, you need to try harder in building information and tooling for making responsive sites quick and creative.


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Q: How to find a solution to the modular equation $23\cdot 34^x+29\equiv N$ $23\cdot 34^x+29 \equiv N \pmod {559}$.
I am seeking for values of N satisfayng the above modular equation such that $x\equiv 2\pmod {84}$. Is there a general method to solve it? Does every even number $N\equiv 10^m \pmod {41}$ for some m satisfy that modular equation with $x\equiv 2\pmod {84}$? Does every $N\equiv 344 \pmod {559}$ satisfy the above equation?


When it's hot outside we need to think of some clever ways to survive the high temperature remaining stylish and beautiful. Your hair, and bangs specifically, should never be an obvious indicator that you can feel the heat. So, we've gathered 13 really pretty and easy ways to style it while the weather is hot outside and not only. Whether you're a fashionista and embrace a wet-look, slicked back hairstyle or fond of different braids, you're growing out your bangs or simply want to update your fringe look, you'll find everything you need in the gallery below. Scroll down to see all of the hairstyles and try some!


We had our wedding at the veranda/pool site at the Lake Lure Inn and it was absolutely amazing. Not only are the views amazing, but the Inn staff was amazing. Leigh was our events coordinator and made the planning so stress-free. She was very responsive to questions and so detail oriented. Words cannot describe how thankful we are that we had her there to help us during the planning stage and on the wedding day. She is truly a joy to work with! We were between two venues, the Inn being one of them. The other place did not offer an events coordinator. The friendliness and location that the Inn provided during our venue search were ultimately the reasons we picked the Inn. It is convenient for guests and the wedding party. It had everything we needed - the salon, the rooms, a separate room for the bride to get ready in, the catering (with GREAT food) and bar services.
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Log Archive » Logs for August 2010 » A Promise Kept
Peter comes to made good on a promise, and ends up the one suffering for it. Kendall learns a new trick, and Melissa wants to kill Magnes.
From high above, the Staten Island Nature Center looks like little more than an overgrown ruin. An abandoned and heavily forested wooden lodge nestled in the heart of the Staten Island Greenbelt. Surrounded by dense foliage on all sides, overgrown grass and thick underbrush, the cracked and untended road leading out to this once popular tourist site is almost invisible where it diverts off of a main road through the island. Like much of Staten Island, this place is abandoned…
…but like much of Staten Island, it's not forgotten.
On a hazy Wednesday afternoon, with the sun hot and bright as it shines down through the verdant canopy of green swallowing the Nature Center, the people who have not forgotten this place are planning to turn it back into a memory again. On the outside, the pair of pickup trucks parked under the shadows of trees seem innocuous, men and women from the Ferrymen network picking up supplies that had been brought out to the nature center when it was converted into a makeshift triage station following the attack on the Staten Island Hospital. Today is the day to pack it all in, say goodbye to the dead, and move on.
With the government heating up its attention to search for the insurgents that were responsible for the attack on the hospital, security too has tightened around the nature center. Today it isn't just in the form of armed gunmen, but in the red-scarfed faces of Messiah operatives. Sitting on a cracked stone wall outside of the nature center, Allen Rickham's cracked and pitted iron for is slouched in a tattered brown trenchcoat, his scarf wound around the lower half of his face, hematite eyes staring hollow towards the road in from outside the greenbelt.
Inside the nature center, Larson Riggs sits on the welcome desk, dragonflies buzzing through the wooded area his eyes and ears. The Jamaican looks tired, weary and emotionally damaged from the deaths of so many of his insect comrades during the assault.
Everyone here seems to be armed, from a pistol tucked into the back of jeans to a bolt-action rifle slung over one shoulder. Security isn't something to be jokingly considered, but what also adds to the somber mood is what lies on the outside of the nature center's grounds.
Shovels pat down fresh soil, and with sweat clinging to their brows, Ferrymen operative Andy Rourke and Messiah operative Benjamin Washington (better known around here as Knox) are finishing digging the last of some twenty graves to bury those that did not survive triage or died on the way here.
Inside the triage center, the story is told visually. Folding cots with darkly stained sheets are being dismantled, folded up and moved away. Bloodied blankets are being gathered up to be burned somewhere that a plume of smoke won't draw attention in. But there are still some wounded, some injured, those who needed prolonged care or further medical attention.
That is where Peter Petrelli is.
Stepping in through the doorway to the triage center dressed in — of all things — a paramedics uniform, Peter's arrival is met with mixed reactions from the Ferrymen operatives breaking things down. He used to be one of them, used to be one of the founders of the network. Now he's running around blowing up buildings, and the red scarf that drapes over his short-sleeved blue uniform is a badge to attest to that.
But Peter's not here to win over friends or bring up the past, he's here because of a promise he made to someone once. "Magnes," is both a warning and a greeting as Peter approaches the cot that Magnes Varlane still occupies, hooked up to a saline drip IV, bandaged around his midsection and sweating from an infection that the Ferrymen have been unable to kick. Surgery on his injuries was only a partial success, bullet shrapnel is still logged in his abdomen and his wounds have become infected. They haven't said as much to him, but without further aid, he won't make it through the night.
That's why Peter was called. Because he made a promise to someone once, to make sure Magnes would be okay.
It's not only Ferry or Messiah operatives who show up though. Or even members of Richard Cardinal's group. Though Melissa is Messiah, dressed in solid black but for the scarf around her waist, she doesn't arrive alone, but accompanied by the teenager that anyone who knows her knows is in her care. Surely she has some sort of reason for bringing Kendall to this place. Maybe he's just another pair of hands to help out. She hasn't even told him that. Gotta love the parent's prerogative.
She glances around, nodding here and there to the Messiah people she knows, though her gaze does, predictably, pause on Mister Jerkface Petrelli. After a moment she glances back to Kendall, murmuring, "You don't gotta stay close, but don't leave without letting me know. See if you can help, though. We need all the help we can get here."
Lynette is there for several reasons. The most obvious being to help bug out as it were, which is what she's been doing most of the day, and keeping herself busy in the wake of her rescue, but it's also to come check on a certain young man and his injuries. She hasn't come in yet, just sort of peeking in now and then between keeping herself busy. But she is worried, that much is clear to anyone paying attention. When the whispers about Peter Petrelli arriving circle, Lynette doesn't have the reaction most of the Ferry has. Perhaps she understands now, the drive that might lead him and his group to do what they do. Seeing the man heading for the tent Magnes is in, she does slip over that way. After all, she knows there's tension there, at least on Magnes' side.
Kendall wasn't quite prepared for what's visible in this place, what with injured people being everywhere, the graves being dug off to the side, and the general angst. However, he sucks it up and nods tersely at Melissa. He can handle it! "What… can I do? Or should do?" he asks, shoving his hands in his pockets and looking around nervously. So these are Melissa's terrorist friends.
Magnes has been quite feverish these last few days, barely able to really have a conversation. One might expect him to call out for his girlfriend, or at the very least, Abby, but instead he's been repeating, over and over, "Mu'Qian…" in and out of his delirium. He's wearing a white t-shirt, and the rest of his body has covers over it, along with the bandages around his right hand from crushing that smoke bomb inside of Gregor.
"Jesus" is a breathy thing to whisper on seeing Magnes, and Peter's expression sags on recognizing just how bad off the younger man is. Sliding his scarf from around his shoulders and throwing it down onto an unoccupied bed, Peter grabs the back of a folding chair and drags it on scuffing rubber feet across the floor towards the medical tent that Magnes is laid up in, unaware of Melissa and Kendall's arrival at his back, or that Lynette has come to watch the show about to transpire.
Bringing the chair to Magnes' bedside, Peter steps around in front of it and sits down, dark brows furrowed and brown eyes angled towards the gravitokinetic. The name Mu-Quian tickles the back of Peter's mind, a name that had he still been possessed by Kazimir Volken would bring up memories from the depths of a shared subconscious. Now, it just sounds fleetingly familiar, like a name he heard whispered once in a dream.
"It's Peter," is offered to Magnes for clarity, and leaning forward in his chair, Peter takes Magnes' unbandaged hand in his own, giving it a faint squeeze. "You still with me in there, kid?" Worried eyes scan Magnes, and Peter's lips sag into a frown as he subtly assesses the state of the young man's injuries based on what Nurse Young had warned him about on his arrival here.
A hand rests lightly on Kendall's shoulder and squeezes gently. Melissa's glad he's seeing the aftereffects of what being in Messiah is. Maybe it'll change his mind. She smiles faintly. "Help move stuff. Help move people. Or you can come with me and go see if there's someone we can help," she says before starting towards the hotspot for the night. Magnes's bed. "Anything we can do to help?" she asks Peter.
"Ditto that here. Anything to help," Lynette says, although she lingers further back still, like she doesn't want to invade or get in the way. "He's, ah… a friend," she notes, although she's not really looking at the patient at the moment. More toward her own shoes.
Kendall turns to look where Melissa's headed, and blinks. Hey, he knows that guy! It's…. Magnes! "What?!" he exclaims, then stifles whatever else he would say since being noisy is bad for injured people, right? Or, uh, doctors doing stuff to them. He follows Melissa, nervously rubbing his hands together. "I don't know if there's anything I could do to help with things like this… that's not what I can do." he halts a few feet away, gaze flicking from Magnes to Peter and then over to Melissa. Well that guy's a paramedic, surely he knows what he's doing…. right? "Anything I'd do would be like… a placebo."
Magnes groans and appears disoriented for a while longer, until Peter starts addressing him directly. Somehow he manages to just open his eyes and look up at the man, in far too much pain to remember any anger or perceived betrayal. "I feel like I'm dying, I've never felt this bad before… it's like I'm being eaten from the inside out." He suddenly releases a particularly loud moan of pain escape his lips, and squeezes Peter's hand tightly. "Find Mu'Qian…"
Looking up and away from Magnes, Peter offers a wan smile when he spots Melissa and an only tangentally familiar blonde with her. It's Kendall's narrow frame behind the pair that elicits the largest reaction, and it most assuredly is surprise. An accusing stare is quick to level on Melissa, one that visibly asks why is he here but doesn't actually put her on the spot. Clearly it implies we'll talk later in the way an angry parent might when company is around.
"If you want to pull up a chair, Melissa, I could use your help. I've gotta' fix Magnes, and it's— going to hurt. Bad." Having experienced Peter's brand of healing before, Melissa knows full well what kinds of pain it can entail, and she's never been as badly hurt as Magnes has been. But after that instruction, Peter's attention drifts over to Lynette.
"You're… Rowan, right?" Knowing her only by her last name from the rescue roster, Peter's smile turns just a bit more genuine on seeing her faring better than when she was rescued from the roof. "It's good to see you in better spirits. If you want to help, you could keep Magnes company? I— think he's delerious. I got called in to heal him when it turned out the surgery wasn't going to be able to fix him, if you could lift up his shirt and cut off the bandages around his stomach," there's a motion with Peter's free hand to a medical kit next to Magnes' bed with scissors in it, "that'll help when I purge the shrapnel from him."
Then, down to Kendall, Peter just offers a smile and a jerk of his head towards Magnes, "He could probably use a friend right now…" is somewhat unknowing, unaware that Kendall and Magnes even know each other. Though even as Peter turns around to face Magnes, he's still holding one of his hands. "I dunno who Mu-Quian is, Magnes, but I'm here to help. I'm going to be healing you, but it's going to hurt. I need you to stay focused on me, alright, and try not to move too much. Melissa's gonna do something for your pain, so— so I just need you to stay still."
The look Melissa gets from Peter has her shaking her head slightly, the motion barely noticeable, then she does move forward and sit down. The look of constant pain is gone from her face after nearly a week, but the shadows beneath her eyes remain. Still, this is something she can do, if only for a short period of time. "Yep. You get Miss Pain Killer. So smile and be a good patient for Peter. Trust me, if you tense, it'll hurt more," she says.
Eyes are closed, a breath drawn, and…nothing happens. Not immediately anyway. There's a faint grimace, and she reaches out, to touch Magnes somewhere that's uninjured, or relatively so, and this time it does work. He'll be feeling no pain.
"That's right. Remind me to thank you later, by the way," Lynette says to Peter as she makes her way over. She shakes herself out a bit before she lifts her chin and looks down at the injured party. "…But we'll find her," she tacts onto Peter's words. Is Mu'Qian a girl even? Who knows! But the blonde's words are confident and reassuring nonetheless. "Don't you worry." She takes up that medical kit, opening it up before she moves Magnes' shirt out of the way and cuts away those bandages. She also grabs some clean cloths, just in case.
"Ah, right." Kendall tries to ignore the brief hostility Peter had for his presence, and moves closer. "Hey, Magnes…?" Kendall isn't even sure if Magnes is aware of his surroundings since he seems to be muttering delirium-related, uh… stuff. Whoever Mu-Quian is, Kendall certainly doesn't know! Kendall's at the edge of the bed now, although he's afraid to touch Magnes in case it'd mess up, uh…. whatever this guy's doing.
Magnes starts to calm a bit once the pain goes away, taking a deep breath. "If I die, tell Elaine I love her, and tell Sable and Gillian that they're my best friends. Quinn should know that I wanted to know her better, and… give Kendall all of my comics and games…" He barely seems aware of his surroundings, but he seems to be stuck on the death thing. He stares up at Melissa with a hazy gaze, shaking his head. "I didn't mean for sex to make our friendship so awkward…" Normally he'd know something like that would make her kill him, but he's not all there at the moment. He'll have to deal with the consequences later… or now, depending on her mood.
One dark brow arches very slowly as Peter looks up from Magnes to Melissa, lips crooking into an almost mischevious smile before he looks back down to Magnes. Most of the time, Peter can't stand the fact that Magnes just cannot keep his mouth shut, but right now? He loves it.
Beneath the bandages, the smell of infection is strong. Magnes' gunshot wounds are contained behind gauze pads, three of them spread out across his stomach. Pruple, yellow and red blotch his skin and blood mixes with pus in a brownish yellow stain on each gauze pad. Clearing his throat and steeling himself on sight, Peter holds up a hand to deter Lynette from removing the pads covering the wounds, apparently removing the pressure of the bandages will be enough.
Scooting closer to Magnes, Peter lifts one bare hand to lay just above the wounds on Magnes' abdomen, then looks up to Lynette with a faint smile. "I was just doing what had to be done," he defers about the thanks, "nobody deserves to go through what you and the others did. But," Peter's brows pinch together, brown eyes go distant, and when he looks back up to her he asks, "if you want to do something in return for me, could you keep an eye on Gillian? She— was one of the captives with you, I dunno if you know her. But, I… she could really use a friend right now, and it can't be me."
Well that wasn't smart. It's not a good idea to distract your anesthesiologist during surgery. It's an equally bad idea to distract your friend pain manipulator right before a painful healing.
Melissa's eyes narrow and her hand jerks back, which doesn't quite negate the effect of her power, but it does severely lessen it. Burn out is not a wonderful thing. "You jackass," she hisses at him. "Don't you know how to keep your fucking mouth shut?" she asks, cheeks going bright red. My, has she ever blushed before? Not that anyone here has ever seen before. "Our friendship was awkward because you're a—"
Words are clipped off, Melissa's jaw clenched tightly, but she's clearly not happy. She doesn't look to Peter, but is clearly speaking to him when she mutterss, "Not one word. Not a single word. Mistake. Huge. Before I even met you. They're all mistakes."
"Kendall, you wanna help? Keep his mouth shut before I forget I'm trying to help him," she tells her ward, before folding her arms over her chest and turning up the juice, so to speak.
Lynette looks up at Melissa there, too, lips curved into a crooked, amused smile. It's Peter's hand that brings her back to the moment and she nods before she pulls her hands away from Magnes. "Not everybody would do it, whether it's what had to be done or not," she points out. "I dare say most wouldn't." She gives him a curious look at the request, looking… doubtful for a moment, but it's an expression that passes quickly. "I don't know her. But point me in her direction and I'll do my best."
Kendall sighs. Oh, Magnes. "…moron." he mutters, although he eyes Melissa oddly. Her? And Magnes? …huh. He learned something new today that didn't have anything to do with where he is! "Great, I get your stuff then. Nice knowing you." because Melissa is going to murder him as soon as he's healthy again.
Magnes makes a loud pained sound, not responding until she starts lowering his pain again, then he lays there catching his breath for a while. "Don't worry, Melissa, we'll use my TARDIS, go back in time and fix it. Might be Daleks, but I won't let them stop us. Elaine's my companion, I'm on my 12th regeneration, I know how to deal with these things. I'm over 900 years old…"
"I'll get you her number," Peter offers with a thankful smile to Lynette, trying his damnedest to phase out the amusement going on around him that in any other situation would be the best thing to happen to him in days. "Gillian's good people, and I think she could really use a friend right now." It's appreciative, the lopsided smile Peter offers Lynette, and when he looks back down to Magnes, there's a slow shake of his head as Peter's brows furrow.
"This might still hurt a little," Peter warns, "and if you're squeamish, look away."
What happens next looks like something out of a horror film. Peter's hand tenses and veins bulge on the back of his palm, followed by a sudden blackening of flesh on Magnes' stomach like charcoaled meat. Veins turn black and snake beneath the surface of his stomach, flesh blisters and for the moment it looks like all Peter is doing is burning him. Then, however, something looks to move beneath the skin of Magnes' stomach.
Flesh slithers, undulates and squirms like something was hidden inside of him. Muscles writhe and contort of their own free will, flesh twitches and ripples like the surface of unstill water, and blood begins to ooze up from beneath those gauze pads along with clear fluid. Mixed in with the blood are tiny shards of metal, shrapnel slivers from the bullets that broke up in Magnes' body.
Swelling immediately begins to go down as the stink of infection increases and all of the pus trapped inside of Magnes' abdomen is forcibly ejected out of his wounds. For Melissa to handle, it's an excruciating amount of pain, something that would have Magnes writhing in agony were she not able to dampen it.
Soon the discoloration of his stomach begins to fade, yellow dissipates and brusing fades, all the while Peter's eyes are shut until he winces. Choking noisily, Peter lets out a pained grunt of his own and his hand falls away from Magnes, revealing the jet black handprint he left on the young man's stomach.
Sliding sideways out of his chair, Peter whines a noisy breath and lands with a crash and a scuff of his chair, blood soaking through the front of his uniform at his stomach, as if somehow he were now the one injured.
Magnes, however, looks fine.
While Melissa is a movie nerd, she isn't a tv nerd, so the Doctor Who reference goes right over her head. She's more focused on the task at hand anyway. She ends up having to touch Magnes again, her power still not quite back at full strength, but she manages to at least make it bearable for him.
Unfortunately, the moment Peter falls, Magnes is on his own and Melissa is out of her chair and on the floor beside Peter, trying to gently pull him up and half into her lap so he won't be laying on the floor. "Dammit Peter, and people yell at me for overusing my power?" she mutters, brow furrowed in concern as she tries to tug up his shirt to look at where that blood is coming from. Luckily, she's touching him enough that it's easy enough for her to start taking his pain away, even before she sees what exactly is causing it.
Truth be told, Lynette probably was squeamish not too long ago. Not so much after Gregor, though, if her lack of real reaction is anything to judge by. However, she does look over at Peter to note, "This is really gross, you know." Once it's over, she picks up one of those towels to wipe off Magnes' skin. When she glances over at Peter and sees the blood there, her eyebrows draw down, as do her lips. Another of those towels is held out to Melissa.
Kendall sees Magnes' stomach writhe and stuff and looks away. And… Magnes is talking again, so Kendall thinks for a minute, then leans close. "What use is a phone call if you are unable to speak?" Where did Kendall get those sunglasses? Anyway, among all the stuff Peter's doing, Magnes' mouth seems to have vanished, with just a blank expanse of skin there. "That's the best I can do."
If not painful, the entire experience of suddenly coming down from a fever is disorienting. By the time Peter's weakened, Magnes shoots up with wide eyes, looking around with an alarmed look. He tries to speak, then brings his hands up to his mouth, eyes widening even more as he rips his IV out and starts trying to get out of bed. He is not responding very well to not being able to speak, and being so disoriented.
Unaware of Kendall playing mind games with Magnes, Peter is in the process of unbuttoning his shirt and hyperventillating while Lynette hands Melissa one of the towels. With the shirt unbuttoned, blood is visible on Peter's bare stomach, though on untucking the short his panicked and shaky hands reveal three bullet holes in his abdomen that are oozing blood from them and down his side.
As Peter's breathing comes under control though, it becomes evident that there is more at work here than just some form of empathetic healing, for those bullet wounds begin to shrivel closed, then seal shut entirely without even the presence of a scar on his flesh. Sasha Kozlow's healing and Claire Bennet's regeneration may be cheating, but if there's one thing Petrellis are good at, it's not playing by the rules.
Relieved when the combination of powers works like he'd hoped, Peter slouches back against Melissa with an exhausted sigh, reaching up to take that towel thankfully, bringing it down to wipe at the blood on his eyes, even as he finally notices Magnes bolting out of bed. "W-Woah! Woah hey Magnes, easy!"
Kendaaaaaaall!
The wounds closing is something Melissa was expecting, so she doesn't blink at it. When they start disappearing, however, that's another story. It's what allows her to neglect the towel long enough for Peter to take it. "Hey, hey, just relax and let us deal with things for a few. You may be healing, but you're weak," she murmurs softly to him, and for a moment, her eyes close and her head leans against his.
She glances over and frowns at Magnes. "Kendall, honey, not quite what I meant. Appreciated, but him calm would be better. Can you undo it?" she asks, seeming to have no problem sitting there on the floor holding Peter while he recovers.
Lynette steps away when Magnes sits up and freaks out. Okay. But she seems to opt not to add to the chaos and instead, leans a hip against his cot. She doesn't look upset or anything; this may be a madhouse, but it's not a prison and that's a plus.
When Kendall releases the illusion on Magnes' mouth, he sighs and tries to calm down slightly, not getting out of bed as he looks down at his stomach. "What the hell is going on? Why are you all here? I don't really understand…" He apparently doesn't quite remember his delirium.
Kendall shrugs at Melissa. Well hey, Kendall wasn't sure it'd work anyway. So he pulls off the sunglasses and they disappear, and Magnes' mouth returns to normal. "It was worth a try." he tells her, then squints at Magnes and Peter. "Are you all right?" he asks.
"I'm fine," Peter breathlessly offers to Kendall, removing the towel from his stomach and looking relieved when he's not eviscerated for his healing efforts. Rolling onto his side, Peter leaves the towel on the floor, then looks up to Melissa with a thankful — but silent — smile, crawling to take one knee, then look up to Magnes.
"You're safe, you're— in a Ferrymen hospital. It's Wednesday," which implies a significant period of time has passed. "You've… been in and out since the attack, you were really badly hurt." Peter points down towards Magnes' stomach where his shirt now covers the handprint. "I got— " he's still a little out of breath, "they called me in to fix you. They almost lost you, Magnes. You… you're okay now." Hunching forward, Peter rests his hands on his knees and takes a deep breath, trying to steady himself again.
"Thanks Kendall," Melissa tells him when Magnes's mouth reappears. When Peter starts getting up, she frowns and does her best to help him, first from her spot on the floor, then rising so, if need be, she can grab him if he falls. "The handprint's permanent, Magnes. Unless you know a chromokinetic," she says, apparently too worried about Peter to be mad at Magnes. For now. It won't last though. It can't.
"Yeah, you gave everybody a bit of a scare," Lynette says, a hand on her hip. "But we're trying to pack this place up, and frankly, we didn't have a box big enough for you, hunny," she says with a crooked smile.
"Christ. Don't get in between an ex with an AK-47 and a four-brained monster, not sure which is scarier. And… I think I'm fine." Magnes touches his stomach, looking down at the handprint with his dragon tattoo on top. "It didn't cover my tattoo, my tattoo is on top of the hand. What is this, anyway? I mean… is this gonna give me cancer or something?"
"I don't think so," is Peter's reluctant answer to Magnes about cancer, slowly pushing himself up to his feet and looking a little off balance, which likely explains why he's quick to slouch back into the folding chair. "It's… I have a healing ability, and it leaves a mark." It's not just a black mark either, it's bumped up from Magnes' skin like scar-tissue, puffy and smooth. Just changing the color would leave a pale scar-like patch of hand-shaped flesh behind. "I waited as long as I could to see if they could heal you on their own, but— this place is packing up. You've had a lot of people by, checking on you…"
Looking down himself, Peter grimaces and untucks his shirt the rest of the way, then beginnign buttoning it up again slowly, despite the blood soaking the front. "You should be feeling alright, but don't push yourself, your stomach muscles are going to be tense for a day or so, too much strenuous activity and you'll tear something."
"Well I haven't gotten cancer yet, so you're probably safe," Melissa says dryly, though she's still watching Peter like expecting him to fall any second now. "Take some advil, it'll help. Anti-inflammatory and all that. And yeah, rest for a day or two. No playing superhero. And Peter? You need a clean shirt and something to drink. And I don't think you're going to find it here right now," she says, glancing around at the packing up and moving going on.
She focuses on Lynette. "You got someplace to go? I know Magnes has an apartment, but don't really know anything about you."
"Oh, don't worry there, I've got no shortage of places to go," Lynette says with a bit of a smile, "But thank you. What I'm mostly lacking now is something to do. Which never did bother me before, but now…" She spreads her hands there, a bit helplessly.
"God, if I knew it was this serious, I'd have called her sooner…" Magnes is still touching that black handprint, shaking his head. "Maybe Adam's blood can fix this, there's no way I'm risking whatever this mark is. But… thanks for saving me, I can see you did something risky. I was pissed about the augmenting formula, but… we'll call it even."
Furrowing his brows, Peter looks at Magnes like he has six heads when he mentions Adam, but talking sense really isn't ever going to work, and Peter just drops the worrisome issue. "If you want to do something constructive, they just finished filling in the graves for the people who didn't make it," is somberly noted, "you could go pay your respects, then see about lightening the load on supplies people are moving. Just don't push yourself…"
Shaking blood off of his hands, Peter looks up to Lynette with a faint smile, then settles his attention to Melissa. "As for you," sounds like it has a tone to it, "can we talk outside?" There's really no polite way to address Kendall being here in public, and it seems like Peter's work here is, nominally, done.
"Also, Magnes, before you leave here… make sure to call Eileen. A lot's happened since you've been out. For your own safety, and Elaine's, okay?" The askance look Peter gives to Magnes is a lingering one, but it soon shifts to Melissa as Peter jerks his head to the side and turns, preparing to leave without any more fanfare said.
Adam. That name has Melissa's eyes narrowing. "Adam's blood? How could that sociopathic prick's blood help anything? And yes, he did something risky. Say thank you, Peter," she says to Magnes. Then she nods to Peter. "Yeah, we can," she says, before turning to follow him, no more words offered for the other two. She doesn't even seem to care to hang around long enough to get the answer to her question.
"That mark is what most people would call a miracle, Magnes." Lynette lets out a heavy breath and sits down on Magnes' evacuated cot as the dead are mentioned. That is one thing she didn't help out with. And has steered clear from thus far.
"Yeah, sure Peter. Didn't know so many people would die from one mission… And I'll talk to Eileen." Magnes sighs and looks down at himself, a few thoughts going through his mind, but he instead addresses what the other two are saying. "A blood injection from a regenerator will result in your body temporarily gaining regeneration abilities. And as far as miracles are concerned… I'll bet you anything these handprints are going to bite us all in the ass one day, so I'd rather fix it sooner than later."
He doesn't sound like one who's full of much faith these days, and slips from the stretcher. He's in a pair of plain blue boxers, and possibly wonders who the hell changed them, but instead asks, "Could anyone get me a change of clothes before anything?"
Peter doesn't need the thanks that Melissa asks Magnes to give, and when it doesn't come he isn't surprised. The important part is that Magnes is alive, he's kept his promise, and Eileen will know that he's back and in functioning order. Peter himself, seems more than eager to depart and be done with everything, because the memories of Staten Island Hospital are still fresh in his mind, and all sides lost too many people in that conflict, Messiah and Ferrymen alike.
Making his way out from Magnes' medical tent, Peter is silent and determined not to lose his cool with Melissa until they're well out of sight. But at least for the time being, everything seems to be returning to some semblance of normal, but for Messiah, there's still work to be done and one final assignment to run.
Right now though, Peter has an argument to have.
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