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Part 5 out of 5
the gods, I'll teach you a lesson in the detective business!"
Athlete as young Brown was, the suddenness of the attack, and the fact
that Staples clutched both hands round his neck and had his knee on his
breast, left him as powerless as an infant. Even then he did not
realize what had caused the robber to guess his position.
"For God's sake, let me up!" gasped Brown.
"We'll be into an air-hole and drowned in a moment."
"I'll risk it, you dog! till I've choked the breath out of your body."
Brown wriggled his head away from the rudder iron, hoping that the boat
would slew around, but it kept its course. He realized that if he was
to save his life he would have to act promptly. He seemed to feel his
tongue swell in his parched mouth. His strength was gone and his throat
was in an iron vice. He struck out wildly with his feet and one
fortunate kick sent the rudder almost at right angles.
Instantly the boat flashed around into the wind. Even if a man is
prepared for such a thing, it takes all his nerve and strength to keep
him on an iceboat. Staples was not prepared. He launched head first
into space and slid for a long distance on the rough ice. Brown was
also flung on the ice and lay for a moment gasping for breath. Then he
gathered himself together, and slipping his hand under his coat, pulled
out his revolver. He thought at first that Staples was shamming, but a
closer examination of him showed that the fall on the ice had knocked
him senseless.
There was only one thing that young Mr. Brown was very anxious to know.
He wanted to know where the money was. He had played the part of
private detective well in Toronto, after the very best French style,
and had searched the room of Staples in his absence, but he knew the
money was not there nor in his valise. He knew equally well that the
funds were in some safe deposit establishment in the city, but where he
could not find out. He had intended to work on Staples' fears of
imprisonment when once he had him safe on the other side of the line.
But now that the man was insensible, he argued that it was a good time
to find whether or not he had a record of the place of deposit in his
pocket-book. He found no such book in his pockets. In searching,
however, he heard the rustling of paper apparently in the lining of his
coat. Then he noticed how thickly it was padded. The next moment he had
it ripped open, and a glance showed him that it was lined with bonds.
Both coat and vest were padded in this way--the vest being filled with
Bank of England notes, so the chances were that Staples had meditated a
tour in Europe. The robber evidently put no trust in Safe Deposits nor
banks. Brown flung the thief over on, his face, after having unbuttoned
coat and vest, doubled back his arms and pulled off these garments. His
own, Brown next discarded, and with some difficulty got them on the
fallen man and then put on the clothes of mammon.
"This is what I call rolling in wealth." said Brown to himself. He
admitted that he felt decidedly better after the change of clothing,
cold as it was.
Buttoning his own garments on the prostrate man, Brown put a flask of
liquor to his lips and speedily revived him. Staples sat on the ice in
a dazed manner, and passed his hand across his brow. In the cold gleam
of the moonlight he saw the shining barrel of Brown's revolver
"covering" him.
"It's all up, Mr. Staples. Get on board the iceboat."
"Where are you going to take me to?"
"I'll let you go when we come to the coast if you tell me where the
money is."
"You know you are guilty of the crime of kidnapping," said Mr. Staples,
apparently with the object of gaining time. "So you are in some danger
of the law yourself."
"That is a question that can be discussed later on. You came
voluntarily, don't forget that fact. Where's the money?"
"It is on deposit in the Bank of Commerce."
"Well, here's paper and a stylographic pen, if the ink isn't frozen--
no, it's all right--write a cheque quickly for the amount payable to
bearer. Hurry up, or the ink will freeze."
There was a smile of satisfaction on the face of Staples as he wrote
the check.
"There," he said, with a counterfeited sigh. "That is the amount."
The check was for 480,000 dollars.
When they came under the shadow of the American coast, Brown ordered
his passenger off.
"You can easily reach land from here, and the walk will do you good.
I'm going further up the lake."
When Staples was almost at the land he shouted through the clear night
air: "Don't spend the money recklessly when you get it, Walker."
"I'll take care of it, Staples," shouted back young Brown.
* * * * *
Young Mr. Brown sprang lightly up the steps of the Temple mansion,
Rochester, and pressed the electric button.
"Has Mr. Temple gone to the bank yet?" he asked the servant.
"No, sir; he is in the library."
"Thank you. Don't trouble. I know the way."
Mr. Temple looked around as the young man entered, and, seeing who it
was, sprang to his feet with a look of painful expectancy on his face.
"There's a little present for you," said Mr. Brown, placing a package
on the table. "Four hundred and seventy-eight thousand: Bank of England
notes and United States bonds." The old man grasped his hand, strove to
speak, but said nothing.
* * * * *
People wondered why young Mr. and Mrs. Brown went to Toronto on their
wedding tour in the depth of winter. It was so very unusual, don't you
She was in earnest; he was not. When that state of things exists
anything may happen. The occurrence may be commonplace, comic, or
tragic, depending on the temperament and experience of the woman. In
this instance the result was merely an appointment--which both of them
Hector McLane came to Paris with noble resolutions, a theory of color,
and a small allowance. Paris played havoc with all of these. He was
engaged to a nice girl at home, who believed him destined to become a
great painter; a delusion which McLane shared.
He entered with great zest into the life of a Parisian art student, but
somehow the experience did not equal his anticipations. What he had
read in books--poetry and prose--had thrown a halo around the Latin
Quarter, and he was therefore disappointed in finding the halo missing.
The romance was sordid and mercenary, and after a few months of it he
yearned for something better.
In Paris you may have nearly everything--except the something better.
It exists, of course, but it rarely falls in the way of the usually
impecunious art student. Yet it happened that, as luck was not against
the young man, he found it when he had abandoned the search for it.
McLane's theory was that art had become too sombre. The world was
running overmuch after the subdued in color. He wanted to be able to
paint things as they are, and was not to be deterred if his pictures
were called gaudy. He obtained permission to set up his easel in the
Church of Notre Dame, and in the dim light there, he endeavored to
place on canvas some semblance of the splendor of color that came
through the huge rose window high above him. He was discouraged to see
how opaque the colors in the canvas were as compared with the
translucent hues of the great window. As he leaned back with a sigh of
defeat, his wandering eyes met, for one brief instant, something more
beautiful than the stained glass, as the handiwork of God must always
be more beautiful than the handiwork of man. The fleeting glimpse was
of a melting pair of dark limpid eyes, which, meeting his, were
instantly veiled, and then he had a longer view of the sweet face they
belonged to. It was evident that the young girl had been admiring his
work, which was more than he could hope to have the professor at
Julien's do.
Lack of assurance was never considered, even by his dearest friend, to
be among McLane's failings. He rose from his painting stool, bowed and
asked her if she would not sit down for a moment; she could see the--
the--painting so much better. The girl did not answer, but turned a
frightened look upon him, and fled under the wing of her kneeling
duenna, who had not yet finished her devotions. It was evident that the
prayers of the girl had been briefer than those of the old woman in
whose charge she was. Where the need is greatest the prayer is often
the shortest. McLane had one more transitory glimpse of those dark eyes
as he held open the swinging door. The unconscious woman and the
conscious girl passed out of the church.
This was how it began.
The painting of the colored window of Notre Dame now occupied almost
all the time at the disposal of Hector McLane. No great work is ever
accomplished without unwearied perseverance. It was remarkable that the
realization of this truth came upon him just after he had definitely
made up his mind to abandon the task. Before he allowed the swinging
door to close he had resolved to pursue his study in color. It thus
happened, incidentally, that he saw the young girl again, always at the
same hour, and always with the same companion. Once he succeeded,
unnoticed by the elder, in slipping a note into her hand, which he was
pleased and flattered to see she retained and concealed. Another day he
had the joy of having a few whispered words with her in the dim shadow
of one of the gigantic pillars. After that, progress was comparatively
Her name was Yvette, he learned, and he was amused to find with what
expert dexterity a perfectly guileless and innocent little creature
such as she was, managed to elude the vigilance of the aged and
experienced woman who had her in charge. The stolen interviews usually
took place in the little park behind Notre Dame. There they sat on the
bench facing the fountain, or walked up and down on the crunching
gravel under the trees. In the afternoons they walked in the secluded
part of the park, in the shadow of the great church. It was her custom
to send him dainty little notes telling him when she expected to be in
the park, giving the number of the bench, for sometimes the duenna
could not be eluded, and was seated there with Yvette. On these
occasions McLane had to content himself with gazing from afar.
She was so much in earnest that the particular emotion which occupied
the place of conscience in McLane's being, was troubled. He thought of
the nice girl at home, and fervently hoped nothing of this would ever
reach her ears. No matter how careful a man is, chance sometimes plays
him a scurvy trick. McLane remembered instances, and regretted the
world was so small. Sometimes a cry of recognition from one on the
pavement to a comrade in the park, shouted through the iron railings,
sent a shiver through McLane. Art students had an uncomfortable habit
of roaming everywhere, and they were boisterous in hailing an
acquaintance. Besides, they talked, and McLane dreaded having his
little intrigue the joke of the school. At any moment an objectionable
art student might drop into the park to sketch the fountain, or the
nurses and children, or the back of the cathedral at one end of the
park, or even the low, gloomy, unimposing front of the Morgue at the
He was an easy-going young fellow, who hated trouble, and perhaps,
knowing that the inevitable day of reckoning was approaching, this
accounted for the somewhat tardy awakening of his conscience.
He sometimes thought it would be best simply to leave Paris without any
explanation, but he remembered that she knew his address, having
written to him often, and that by going to the school she could easily
find out where his home was. So if there was to be a scene it was much
better that it should take place in Paris, rather than where the nice
girl lived.
He nerved himself up many times to make the explanation and bring down
the avalanche, but when the time came he postponed it. But the
inevitable ultimately arrives. He had some difficulty at first in
getting her to understand the situation clearly, but when he at last
succeeded there was no demonstration. She merely kept her eyes fixed on
the gravel and gently withdrew her hand from his. To his surprise she
did not cry, nor even answer him, but walked silently to and fro with
downcast eyes in the shadow of the church. No one, he said, would ever
occupy the place in his heart that she held. He was engaged to the
other girl, but he had not known what love was until he met Yvette. He
was bound to the other girl by ties he could not break, which was quite
true, because the nice girl had a rich father. He drew such a pathetic
picture of the loveless life he must in the future lead, that a great
wave of self-pity surged up within him and his voice quavered. He felt
almost resentful that she should take the separation in such an
unemotional manner. When a man gets what he most desires he is still
unsatisfied. This was exactly the way he had hoped she would take it.
All things come to an end, even explanations.
"Well, good-bye, Yvette," he said, reaching out his hand. She hesitated
an instant, then without looking up, placed her small palm in his.
They stood thus for a moment under the trees, while the fountain beside
them plashed and trickled musically. The shadow of the church was
slowly creeping towards them over the gravel. The park was deserted,
except by themselves. She tried gently to withdraw her hand, which he
"Have you nothing to say to me, Yvette?" he asked, with a touch of
reproach in his voice.
She did not answer. He held her fingers, which were slipping from his
grasp, and the shadow touched her feet.
"Yvette, you will at least kiss me goodbye?"
She quickly withdrew her hand from his, shook her head and turned away.
He watched her until she was out of sight, and then walked slowly
towards his rooms on the Boulevard St. Germain. His thoughts were not
comfortable. He was disappointed in Yvette. She was so clever, so
witty, that he had at least expected she would have said something
cutting, which he felt he thoroughly deserved. He had no idea she could
be so heartless. Then his thoughts turned to the nice girl at home.
She, too, had elements in her character that were somewhat bewildering
to an honest young man. Her letters for a long time had been infrequent
and unsatisfactory. It couldn't be possible that she had heard
anything. Still, there is nothing so easy as point-blank denial, and he
would see to that when he reached home.
An explanation awaited him at his rooms on the Boulevard. There was a
foreign stamp on the envelope, and it was from the nice girl. There had
been a mistake, she wrote, but happily she had discovered it before it
was too late. She bitterly reproached herself, taking three pages to do
it in, and on the fourth page he gathered that she would be married by
the time he had the letter. There appeared to be no doubt that the nice
girl fully realized how basely she had treated a talented, hard-
working, aspiring, sterling young man, but the realization had not
seemingly postponed the ringing of the wedding-bells to any appreciable
Young McLane crushed the letter in his hand and used strong language,
as, indeed, he was perfectly justified in doing. He laughed a hard dry
laugh at the perfidy of woman. Then his thoughts turned towards Yvette.
What a pity it was she was not rich! Like so many other noble, talented
men, he realized he could not marry a poor woman. Suddenly it occurred
to him that Yvette might not be poor. The more he pondered over the
matter the more astonished he was that he had ever taken her poverty
for granted. She dressed richly, and that cost money in Paris. He
remembered that she wore a watch which flashed with jewels on the one
occasion when he had seen it for a moment. He wished he had postponed
his explanation for one more day; still, that was something easily
remedied. He would tell her he had thrown over the other girl for her
sake. Like a pang there came to him the remembrance that he did not
know her address, nor even her family name. Still, she would be sure to
visit the little park, and he would haunt it until she came. The
haunting would give additional point to his story of consuming love.
Anyhow, nothing could be done that night.
In the morning he was overjoyed to receive a letter from Yvette, and he
was more than pleased when he read its contents. It asked for one more
meeting behind the church.
"I could not tell you to-day," she wrote, "all I felt. To-morrow you
shall know, if you meet me. Do not fear that I will reproach you. You
will receive this letter in the morning. At twelve o'clock I shall be
waiting for you on the sixth bench on the row south of the fountain--
the sixth bench--the farthest from the church."
McLane was overjoyed at his good luck. He felt that he hardly merited
it. He was early at the spot, and sat down on the last bench of the row
facing the fountain. Yvette had not yet arrived, but it was still half
an hour before the time. McLane read the morning paper and waited.-At
last the bells all around him chimed the hour of twelve. She had not
come. This was unusual, but always possible. She might not have
succeeded in getting away. The quarter and then the half hour passed
before McLane began to suspect that he had been made the victim of a
practical joke. He dismissed the thought; such a thing was so unlike
her. He walked around the little park, hoping he had mistaken the row
of benches. She was not there. He read the letter again. It was plain
enough--the sixth bench. He counted the benches beginning at the
church. One--two--three--four--five. There were only five benches in
the row.
As he gazed stupidly at the fifth bench a man beside him said--"That is
the bench, sir."
"What do you mean?" cried McLane, turning toward him, astonished at the
"It was there that the young girl was found dead this morning--
poisoned, they say."
McLane stared at him--and then he said huskily--
"Who--was she?"
"Nobody knows that--yet. We will soon know, for everybody, as you see,
is going into the Morgue. She's the only one on the bench to-day.
Better go before the crowd gets greater. I have been twice."
McLane sank on the seat and drew his hand cross his forehead.
He knew she was waiting for him on the sixth bench--the furthest from
the church!

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My days - and evenings are filled with searching for the best and coolest "things" for my clients.
I thought it would be fun to share some of these fabulous discoveries with you so I'm launching my
You'll see everything from the smallest detail to a total room design. Whatever hits a chord with me.
So tag along and enjoy the hunt!
Pantone, the leading color authority, named Tangerine Tango as THE color for 2012.
They refer to it as a
"spirited reddish orange (that) continues to provide the energy boost we need
to recharge and move forward"
Its influence has been seen everywhere, especially in fashion and interior design.
Here's my take on it...
This clean-lined club chair from Lillian August would certainly take center stage in any room.
Complement with a neutral sofa and textural sisal rug and pop the color again with edgy pillows.
Or take it in smaller doses. Love the name of this vase!
Molton Jewel Vase - Global Views
Activate it with a single Elephant leaf and you're done.
Think this color is too strong? Nature didn't think so...
Madegoods coral on base
Sometimes less is more. John Robshaw got the color balance "just right"!
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Following a long and energizing day yesterday that incorporated a helicopter touring visit, a few butterflies, and an astonishing enchantment appear, I woke up to a dim, cool and drizzly day. Be that as it may, that was not going to stop me from investigating the City of Niagara Falls in more detail. I got up, cleaned up and went down the stairs for breakfast to the Windows on the Lane Restaurant which is an easygoing feasting eatery on the fundamental floor of the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel. I then connected up with Lisa Smith, who works at the lodging, to get a voyage through the office. Lisa took me into the tropical patio that is the mark highlight of the Cairn Croft Hotel and clarified that the name of the lodging was gotten from its unique proprietors whose last name was Cairn, and from croft, which is Scottish for motel. Indeed, even today the inn is as yet family possessed and a companion of the proprietors hand-painted the fake stone example on the walkways encompassing the tropical courtyward. Lisa brought up that this property was the principal Best Western lodging in Canada and has been broadly refreshed lately. The organization Best Western Motels was established in 1946 which initially was a casual connection between properties, where every inn prescribed other cabin foundations to voyagers.
After a long history of organization development, Best Western today is the world's biggest lodging network on the planet and contains more than 4,000 inns in about 80 nations. One of Best Western's remarkable promoting recommendations is its free fast Wi-Fi access in every one of its lodgings, an administration that was taken off over the whole chain in only eight months in 2004. From a hierarchical perspective, Best Western is likewise one of a kind since it is not a conventional establishment operation. Best Western really works as a non-benefit enrollment affiliation, every property is separately claimed and each franchisee demonstrations and votes as an individual from this affiliation. Strikingly, lodgings are permitted to hold their own particular character and can keep their own particular autonomous name as a major aspect of this personality, as confirm by the Best Western Cairn Croft name.
Lisa began giving me a visit through the tropical yard and clarified that initially the building was a U-molded motel with an outside patio. One of the enhancements made to the property was the establishment of a rooftop over the patio and the formation of a tropical situation, finish with a huge warmed indoor swimming pool, intriguing trees and plants and a play area that makes the Cairn Croft a most loved goal for families with youthful youngsters hirek. The Bourbon Street Bistro disregards the pool, serves mixed drinks, snacks and pizza and gives live diversion on a few ends of the week and occasions.
The family-feel of this property is additionally confirmed by the way that huge numbers of the representatives have been working here for quite a while. Lisa specified that a considerable lot of the staff have been here for 15 or even 20 years, to some degree an irregularity in the cordiality business. Customers frequently progress toward becoming rehash clients and return on numerous occasions for an exceptional end of the week in Niagara Falls. The Croft Lounge is additionally a well known joint on ends of the week and components karaoke, topic evenings and move music on the ends of the week.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The National Wheelchair Basketball Association is pleased to announce the 16th annual Wayne Kunishige Scholarship. Named to honor the memory of NWBA player and wheelchair innovator Wayne Kunishige, the scholarship was endowed by his family and friends. The scholarship award is a $1,000 scholarship check.
The scholarship will be presented at the 2018 National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament presented by ABC Medical in Louisville, KY. The award recipient must be an NWBA player who is a high school senior and planning to attend college or other educational endeavors in the fall of 2018. All high school senior players with a grade point average of 3.0 or better are invited to apply.
Scholarship applications are available on the NWBA website at www.nwba.org/generalapps, clicking on the link or document below.
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Homecoming always falls within the month of October and this year is no exception, and is set to happen between the dates of October 16th through October 18th. Homecoming is not just for Alumni; it also offers many events for the students to participate in, such as the Homecoming Banner Competition, which takes place during homecoming week- beginning on October 12th and going all the way to the end of homecoming on October 18th. Also available is a student organizational market where an organization can reserve a table to hand out information or fundraise on Saturday between 11:30 and 1:30 p.m.
The biggest and busiest day of Homecoming is Saturday October 17th with events beginning at 11 a.m. and ending at 7 p.m. Homecoming ends on Sunday October 18th with a church service at Allen Memorial UMC at 11 a.m. This year's event are bound to be loads of fun, so be sure not to miss anything!
Friday, October 16
|Alumni and Friends Golf Tournamant
Springbrook Golf and Country Club
Registration and Lunch begin at 11 a.m.
|4-7 p.m.
|Student Art Exhibit, Opening Reception
Sherman Dining Hall Lobby
|6 p.m.
|Golden Anniversary Induction Ceremony for Classes of '55 and '65
Sherman Hall, Glenn Lowe Dining Room
*RSVP Required
|5-6:30 p.m.
|Dining Hall is open for dinner to public and students
Sherman Hall, Harris Dining Hall
|7:30 p.m.
|Lip Sync and Crowning of Homecoming King and Queen
Townsend Hall Auditorium
|10 p.m.-Midnight
|Young Alumni Reunion-All Alumni Welcome
Open Door Restaurant, downtown Athens
Music and light hors d-oevures
Saturday, October 17
|8:30 am.m-11:30 a.m.
|Homecoming Registration
Old College
|9 a.m.
|Golden Club Breakfast
Blakeslee Hall-Alumni Office
|10-10:30 a.m.
|Alumni and Student Choir Rehearsal
Sherman Hall, Houts Choir Room
|11 a.m.
|Alumni and Student Choir concert
Townsend Hall Auditorium
|11:30-1:30 p.m.
|BBQ Lunch and Decade Reunions
Food, fellowship, and music in Nocatula Gardens
Homecoming banner display
|Women's soccer vs St. Andrews
Soccer/Lacrosse field
|2 p.m.
|Ice cream tailgate sponsored by Mayfield Dairy
Mayfield tasting van
Soccer/lacrosse field
|2 p.m.
|Men;s soccer vs St. Andrews
Soccer/lacrosse field
|2-3 p.m.
|Town Hall Meeting-History and Future of TWC
Dr. Harley Knowles
Townsend Auditorium
|4 p.m.
|Women's basketball-Blue vs Gold scrimmage
Dwain Farmer Court in James L. Robb Gymnasium
|5 p.m.
|Women's basketball alumni game
Dwain Farmer Cour in James L. Robb Gymnasium
|5 p.m.
|Hall of Fame reception
All members of TWC Hall of Fame are invited to come receive a special gift.
Sherman Hall, Sullins Board Room
|6 p.m.
|Blue and Gold Awards Banquet
Homecoming Awards and Hall of Fame inductions
Sherman Hall, Harris Dining Hall
|6 p.m.
|Men's basketball alumni game
Dwain Farmer Court in James L. Robb Gymnasium
|7 p.m.
|Men's basketball-Blue vs Gold scrimmage
Dwain Farmer Court in James L. Robb Gymnasium
Sunday, October 18
|11 a.m
|TWC Day at Allen Memorial United Methodist Church
800 Decatur Pike, Athens, TN
Featuring Dr. Harley Knowles, TWC President
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As Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Mant leads 4D Circle in modernizing and digitizing commercial real estate by linking inspired people, leading edge technical systems and social services to allow people, business and natural resources to profit better together than apart. The results increase the quality of life in communities, reduce infrastructure-operating costs, improve social access to the Internet, and conserve natural resources. The final component and the ultimate driver for this type of social change movement are superior financial returns for investors, and a lower cost of living for tenants.
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I thank the Miami Herald and advocates who have been bringing to the public's attention the issue of prisoners dying at the hands of corrections officers. The most recent story, Deaths, turmoil at troubled women's prison, was about Latandra Ellington being found dead after reporting to her family that she feared a guard was going to kill her.
There are two sides to every story, and a corrections officer's job is not easy, but where is the governor, the attorney general and local law enforcement? Is this most recent case going to be investigated as a homicide? Going to prison should not have to equal a death sentence at the hands of corrupt and abusive guards. Guards who are doing their jobs right should be commended, and guards who are not, should be arrested.
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Hard-rock band Saliva beat the odds on multiple fronts. Formed in Memphis in 1996, the group made the leap from indie act to major-label, double-platinum success with its 2001 album, Every Six Seconds.
In the decade since, Saliva added more charting singles to its set list, including "Rest In Pieces," "Always," "Ladies and Gentlemen," "Family Reunion" and WWE theme song "Survival of the Sickest."
Maybe even more impressive than the band's radio hits and gold and platinum albums is the fact that Saliva has kept most of its original membership intact. Although original guitarist Chris Dabaldo left in 2005 (to spend more time with his family), the other guys - singer Josey Scott, guitarist Wayne Swinny, bassist Dave Novotny and drummer Paul Crosby - sustained their will to rock.
"I guess the four of us are just the most diehard of everybody," Crosby said last week. "We refuse to give up."
Be that as it may, being successful is an excellent reason to stay together.
"We're gonna do it until nobody asks for autographs or buys a ticket anymore," Crosby said.
Crosby and his bandmates also happen to like other.
"We're all best friends," he said. "And we love music, we love our fans."
But even success has its disadvantages.
"A lot of sacrifice comes along with it," Crosby said. "It's great because it's what you always wanted. At the same time, you're away from your friends and family a lot."
And what if Saliva hadn't gotten a record deal and a following? Would Crosby still be on a bandstand somewhere?
"I can tell you right now, without a doubt, I would be playing in some band, somewhere, even if it's just playing shows on the weekends in a cover band," he said.
When the members of Saliva came together in Memphis 15 years ago, all of them had much music experience. In all of those pre-Saliva groups, the musicians who ultimately formed Saliva were the most committed to music.
"We were always the guy who was totally, 100 percent in," Crosby explained. "It wasn't a hobby, it was a passion. Everybody else in those bands, they loved to play but they didn't take it nearly as seriously as we did.
"We got frustrated because the other guys were blowing off band practice. But then we met each other through these other bands. After those bands disbanded, we came to the realization that, ?Hey, if we get together, we're the guys who want the same thing.'
"So, if there's someone in your band who's not giving 100 percent, do yourself a favor right now - get rid of them. Otherwise, you're just wasting your time."
As more evidence that Saliva's dedication paid off, the band released a milestone CD last year, Moving Forward In Reverse: Greatest Hits. Strategically, too, the collection provided a new Saliva disc between 2008's Cinco Diablo album and 2011's Under Your Skin.
"We realized, ?Hey, now would be the perfect time to put out this greatest hits record,' " Crosby said. "Because three years is a long time to go away, it'll give the fans something to hold them over while we're making our next record."
Under Your Skin also allowed Saliva to realize a years-long ambition to work with Howard Benson, the Grammy-nominated producer whose clients include My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach and Creed.
"It seems like everything Howard touches turns gold and platinum," Crosby said. "He's a genius. He brings stuff out of singers that you don't hear on any of their other records. That's what I've always really, really loved about him."
Even pre-Benson, Crosby held much respect for his band's singer, Josey Scott.
"When it comes time to write songs, he always pulls the rabbit out of the hat. He comes at you with catchy phrases that no one else can think of. Honestly, he's underrated. He's one of the best singers in rock."


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"Be not ye afraid of them: remember YHWH, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses." -Nehemiah 4:14
Friday, May 1, 2009
Mounting preliminary evidence suggests the "swine flu" is a relatively mild flu strain
Posted by SoldierofYah at 5:11 AM
Labels: Biological Warfare, Pandemics
2 comments:
- Jeff ( Va. Rebel ) said...
I'd be more concerned with the vaccines and innoculations they're gonna come up with to
"counter" the problem.
Creation of a scenario to implement another devious step in our destruction ?
- Sunday, May 03, 2009 5:09:00 PM
- Joy said...
Interesting you say that Jeff, they are already warning to expect a comeback this winter, and you can bet your last fed note that there will be the vaccinations that most surely will start a "pandemic".
- Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:53:00 PM
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Bringing Awareness to Adoption Opportunities
Posted by Councilmember Englander on November 13, 2015 at 12:00 PM
This week, my motion to establish a hyperlink on the City's website directing users to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services' website to provide information on adoption opportunities was made available for public use.
Every child needs a loving, supportive and nurturing family. Sadly, in the United States, there are 400,540 children in the foster care system with 104,236 children ready and waiting to be adopted. In California, there are 55,851 children in the foster care system with over 13,178 children ready and waiting to be adopted. In Los Angeles County, there are over 18,000 children in the foster care system with over 500 of them ready and waiting to be adopted.
The City of Los Angeles's website: www.lacity.org is the main portal in which residents can access public services and receive vital information. The City's website is also an important tool to facilitate instant and direct access to public resources for residents, and can be utilized to encourage people to consider adopting a child.
This link brings greater awareness about the need for permanent and loving homes for children in foster care and assists those interested in the adopting process, making it smoother and easier to navigate.
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-Mitchell Englander, Councilmember Twelfth District
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The meeting then consisted of a question session on a wide range of topics. There to answer them were Officer J.J. Davis of the Chamblee Police Dept, Mayor Eric Clarkson, City Manager Marc Johnson and City Council representative Leslie Robson. Leslie Freymann gave a presentation about the newly revived Keep Chamblee Beautiful Committee.
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In which I finally discuss at length my thoughts about George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
I've written a lot about George R.R. Martin and his EPIC fantasy tale A Song of Ice and Fire lately. This is mostly because, in the span of about 3 months, I read all five of the books that have so far been released in the series. It was a little bit like a part time job, except with dragons and direwolves – either of which I would love to have at my side when I work my regular job, by the way.
I'm sorry ma'am, no I won't remove that gag novelty gift item from the shelf (the one that normal people think is funny) because you think it promotes a "culture of violence." What's that? Ok, I'm going to ask that you please speak to my dragon associate Balerion the Dread regarding that matter. Ooops, now you're burnt to a crisp. Have a great day!
Ah, to dream.
In any case, I finished A Dance with Dragons a few weeks ago, and now that I've had some time to digest it I thought it would be fun for me to try and put into words exactly why I find Martin's saga so engrossing. If you've neither read the books nor seen any of the HBO series based on the first of them (Game of Thrones) than you might find the following post mildly spoilerish, but nothing too earth shattering. I promise.
Morality isn't as simple as we want it to be
One of the most interesting features of the story, and one you notice rather early on, is that there are no really solid archetypal characters present. There is no brave hero that will quest to save the world, no dashing rogue with a rough exterior but a heart of gold, and most importantly no singular, all encompassing, evil bad guy whose only motivation is to make sure all good things burn for eternity.
In fact, not only don't Martin's characters fit into neat categories like that, they wouldn't have the decency to stay in those categories even if you thought you could define them in the first place. Over the span of the series, Martin has managed to take many different characters on journeys from good to bad, or bad to good, or hero to dead, and even a few time from dead to alive; and do it all in such a compelling manner that the reader can end up both loving and hating a character at different ends of the same book.
This is a normal feature of real life, by the way. No one is either all good or all bad. The world doesn't work that way, even if it's easier for us to think that it does. Shit happens, as they say, and we all do our best to react to it. Martin's characters are no different. So sometimes we think, oh what a terrible thing it is to push a child out a window; and other times, about the same character, we think, no, don't go with her. That way can only lead to trouble, and you're my favorite one handed swordsman in the world!
Don't get me wrong, I think that underneath all of these mostly morally ambiguous characters Martin has built in a solid understanding that there certainly is a right and a wrong. It's just that the people who populate his world sometimes have a difficult time telling the difference between the two; and I find that refreshing.
Religion is a fool's pursuit (maybe)
There are a few very distinct and often competing religious sects in the series, and these sometimes appear to guide many of the characters though difficult decisions. A cursory reading of A Song of Ice and Fire might, in fact, lead a person to believe that George R.R. Martin actually has a bit of a thing for the virtues of religion. But I think that this would be an incorrect assessment of Martin's views.
While it's true that there is a lot of talk about gods intervening in the world of men – and indeed many of the characters in the series appear quite devout in their prayers for this to happen – the most interesting and important characters actually seem quite unimpressed by the notion. Prayers, in the end, don't win wars in Martin's world. Swords and gold are much better at that, and treachery doesn't hurt either.
In fact, in basically every situation where the gods could intervene to help one side or the other, they don't. And only one god, R'hollor, seems to interact with the world at all. Although I think even that might be a misdirection on Martin's part. I won't spell out why, but a comment on reddit (which you shouldn't read if you don't want spoilers) offers up the best theory about the origin of R'hollor's powers that I've seen so far. So given all of that, the most sensible conclusion I can come to is that even in a fantasy world, gods don't really exist.
Frankly, even if they do, Martin makes it very clear that a person shouldn't count on them. There are far too many problems that are much closer to home, and which can truly do serious harm, that one should be worried about if they live in Westeros (or anywhere else for that matter). In the end, I think this is why the strongest characters in the books all reject the idea that the gods will intervene on their behalf when the time comes. They would much rather take matters into their own hands – and they're right to do so.
Bad things happen to good people
The elephant in the room in all posts about George R.R. Martin is that we know what he's capable of doing to characters that we love. Some think that this is a cruel feature of his writing, but I think it's by far the best feature. You see, in the real world, bad things happen all the time; and sometimes quite randomly. To be shocked by the beheading of a beloved and seemingly main character is understandable, but only because we're used to reading stories that don't do that.
In the majority of epic stories I've read, the identified, number-one, good guy lives to the end. He has a vision of the world as it should be and is there to see it when it actually gets that way. Star Wars, Superman, The Lord of the Rings, and even Harry Potter come to mind when we think about this. The main reason for this is that there is a certain formula that audiences have come to expect, and it's one that actually helps them to follow along and stay engaged.
It goes a little like this: there's a good guy, and there's a bad guy, and the two clash; and though things look bad for the good guy at times (some of his friends might even die – which actually only makes them sad pawns in the hero's own story arc, but I digress), in the end we can feel confident in our decision to invest some of our feelings to him because we all know he's going to win. The end.
This is a wonderful formula, and often very uplifting; but it's also quite limiting. Because while having a well defined good guy who is guaranteed to win sets the stage in our minds for really epic heroism, it also leaves no room for any really epic bad stuff to happen. Therefore, any story that follows this formula is only about half of what it could be. The option "bad guy wins," and all that goes with it, is taken away from the start. So the world that the epic hero lives in is actually very one-sided. In fact, it's almost a little boring sometimes.
Really bad people do exist
Martin avoids the trappings of the one-sided hero story by allowing us to attach ourselves to good characters we believe are the real deal, and then proceeding to destroy all that we hold dear in that belief with the edge of a very sharp sword. And it should be noted that it's always the edge of a human's sword. Because, you see, the other side of having no real apparent hero, is that Martin can build into the world some really terrible characters who we know stand a chance of actually winning in a pretty big way.
Martin has opened up his world to allow for the development of characters we can both root intensely for and against. So, you want to know what would happen if a petulant child were to gain absolute power over the realm? Let's find out, his name is Joffrey Baratheon and he's the 13 year old you really do love to hate. What about what would happen if a true psychopath were to become a landed Lord. Here you go! Let's meet Ramsay Bolton, he flays people. Seriously fucking flays them, and no one does anything about it.
What makes these characters so hated by us is that we know they might kill someone we really thought could be the hero. They are all actually capable of doing really terrible things in a way that Lex Luthor or Darth Vader never could. That, to me, is what real conflict is all about; and I, for one, absolutely love it.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that at the end of this series I think that the world will be covered in darkness and all humanity will have been killed off. I don't believe that Martin is that bleak. But I wouldn't be surprised if the story arc brings us a battle that Westeros comes through by the skin of it's now frozen teeth, and all we get is a world not unlike it was at the beginning, except with a few less heroes in it.
Dragons, and magic, and Others, oh my!
I would be remiss if I did not, in a post about an epic fantasy series, mention the elements that most readily identify it as a fantasy. However, there's a reason that I almost see them as an afterthought; and that is that they really don't play a very big role in most of the story. Sure there's the occasional dragon attack; but dragons are hardly the weapon we all wished they would be. At least so far. They actually almost seem to be more trouble than they're worth – like huge raccoons that eat sheep and occasionally small children.
I feel a similar sentiment about the Others – the white walkers that so far seem to be the closest things to real "evil" beings in this whole series. Although, I must admit, I wouldn't be completely surprised if at some point we find out that all they want is to live their lives without those annoying "men" always poking at them with dragonglass. That said, they do seem pretty scary – though not nearly as dangerous to one of my favorite characters, Jon Snow, as some of the other, well, actual people who are at the Wall with him.
All of these pieces of the story, as well as much else (like the strange and varying length of the seasons), appear to have some basis in a vague kind of magic that we don't know much about yet. However, even if we never learn anything more about it, it won't matter all that much. Because A Song of Ice and Fire has never really been about the magic anyway. It's always been about the people.
Some of the people we love, and some of them we hate. Some of them are selfish or cruel, and some of them are simple and loving. Some of them are mysterious, and some, lets say, make their intentions abundantly clear. But most of them are just trying to do what they think is best for themselves and the people they care about. And regardless of the kind of fantasy world Martin has created, this is something that we can all relate to – whether we can get our hands on some cuddly and/or bloodthirsty direwolves or not.
Phew, that was a mouthful. I dictated this all in one take to my own personal Maester, by the way. Thanks for sticking with me to the end…


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This short film will be featured in an upcoming fundraising campaign and on the Filberg website. The park and lodge are an attractive destination stop for visitors worldwide. This is an invitation to partner in the work projects ahead and to share a community commitment in continuing the legacy and upkeep of Filberg Park and Lodge for her guests.
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach congratulates the 2015 Leadership Academy graduates. The graduates are gathered here with (standing, far left) Joan Docktor, President; (seated, l to r) Lisa Ann Payne, Washington/Gloucester Home Marketing Center (HMC) manager; Cheryl O'Donnell, Chadds Ford; Tony Molaee, Doylestown; Carol Hopely Russo, Sea Isle City manager; Yvonne Worman, Easton; Jason Ostrowsky, Dawn Ciganik, both from Blue Bell; Don Sullivan, Vineland; Lynn Biggin, Wayne HMC; Genette Falk, Hamilton-Robbinsville HMC; (standing, l to r) Susan Patt, Director of Corporate Initiatives; Chris DeCaro, Society Hill manager; Nicole Presnall, Ocean City-Battersea; Annette Fenning, Bryn Mawr; John Shields, Brandywine manager; Dennis Morgan, Malvern-Paoli HMC; Bobby Small, Newtown Square HMC; Ginny Nagle, West Chester; Greg Moore, Newtown Square HMC; Lisa Wright, Bethlehem; Jason Lewis, Haverford HMC; Andrea Decker, Coopersburg; Carl Becht, Devon HMC; Maria Giarratano, Moorestown; Jeffrey Colfer, Allentown; Joy Zwicker, Hampton HMC manager; Stephen Weinstein, Allentown; Lori Salmon, Blue Bell; Karen Daley, Coopersburg; and Janet Tarity, Hampton HMC.
This program has proved to be quite a success, with several graduates becoming our newest office managers. "We are so pleased that the participants of this graduating class chose to take part in the program," adds Joan. The goal of this program is to develop future leaders of our company. Participants gain knowledge and develop new skills and experiences that help them grow personally and professionally, with the added goal for many to hone their leadership skills. The Academy is an eight-session course that covers topics including vision and culture, coaching and retention, and communication and personality styles. Class participants are chosen by the company's senior leadership. The final session included a manager panel and a graduation ceremony and luncheon.


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A cat o'nine tails is a specific type of flogger consisting of a handle, often made of wood and wrapped with cloth, with nine lashes affixed to it.
The lashes are usually made of rope or of leather cords, and are braided or knotted. Generally more painful than many other types of flogger. The cat o' nine tails was commonly used aboard British Navy sailing ships beginning in the 17th century. Commentary: The original cat o' nine tails was made by unbraiding a section of the rope used aboard British sailing ships. Each rope was made of three sections twisted together, each section of which consisted of three cords twisted together, so the rope when untwisted had nine tails.
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Preserving the Heritage of the African Diaspora
The George Padmore Institute (GPI) website states:
The GPI was set up in 1991 by a group of people connected with New Beacon Books, Britain's first black publisher and bookshop. Since being established in 1966 New Beacon Books, led by its founder (the late) John La Rose, has worked closely with and supported many educational, cultural and political initiatives in the black community and wider society in Britain and abroad'. Its website lists among its aims:
….to organise and sustain an archive, library, educational resource, research and information centre, to allow the materials in its care to be available for use by interested individuals and groups, both in person at the GPI and through the use of modern storage, retrieval and communication methods.
I congratulate GPI on another successful HLF application and the Citizens of a Common Future project that it will facilitate.
WATCH: Professor John explains the importance of black archivists
The closing date for applications for the post of Assistant Archivist for the project is given as 8 September 2017, with interviews being held during the week commencing 21 September.
I hope the GPI has been able to attract a good field of applicants. In anticipation of your interviews, however, permit me to make the following points.
It is well known that tertiary institutions offering courses in archiving and librarianship do not produce too many black graduates. Indeed, despite the fact that city and borough councils have established and maintained archives for decades, those have not been used as a training resource for the expanding black population in those very councils. By the time the Black Cultural Archives (BCA) was launched in July 2014, its trustees should have been able to recruit and select from among a large multi-ethnic pool of applicants with not only the qualifications but with the experience and developed skills to make them eligible for such appointments.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that one of the reasons for the lack of qualified archivists is that education and training, pay and employment opportunities have depended to a large extent on parents'/families' capacity to support students and graduates both during training and while in employment and their ability 'to open doors' for them. This raises issues of equality of access to training and employment, gender, class and what training providers are themselves doing in order to increase the number of underrepresented groups on their courses. It is incumbent upon archives, therefore, both to campaign for better pay and training opportunities for archivists and to provide as much on the job training to students of whatever ethnicity as their resources allow.
Given the origins and 'raison detre' of GPI and the growing awareness of the importance of heritage and of archiving that GPI and other established archives are seeking to generate within communities generally and African Diaspora settler communities in particular, the GPI and BCA, among others, should be making a special effort to attract and train eligible black folk to become archivists and archive administrators.
The Knowledge and Experience section of the GPI job advert stipulates that an essential criterion to be met is:
'Candidates should have a professional qualification in archives administration or equivalent
Candidates should demonstrate:
· Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
· Sound knowledge of archival standards, including ISAD(G)
· Sound knowledge of data protection legislation and copyright issues
· Strong IT skills using Microsoft Office
· A basic working knowledge of CALM.
Knowledge of 20th century black history, especially from 1960s onwards.
Given what the job actually requires and the capacity of the GPI's long serving archivist to support the training and development of the successful candidate, I struggle to see why the GPI required a professional qualification in archives administration or equivalent, thus automatically limiting the field of potential applicants. Similarly, given the principles upon which the GPI was established and what it saw/sees as its purpose, I am puzzled as to why Knowledge of 20th century black history, especially from 1960s onwards should be only a 'desirable' criterion.
To put it bluntly, it would be anomalous and deeply worrying if the GPI were to end up with a body of paid white staff, supported by volunteers (white and black), whose purpose is to conserve/preserve/archive records of the struggles of the African Diaspora in Britain pre- and post-World War Two, while not taking steps to actively engage with the need to ensure that that section of the labour market and of the Arts does not remain almost exclusively white and middle class.
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