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Summary: After sixteen-year-old Adam discovers a mysterious cave, disturbing events follow.
5940 words Rating K
Written for the 2017 BoNaNo.
It sure was hot!
Adam took off his hat and wiped the sweat from his face with his arm. Too hot to be riding around looking for strays. Too hot to do anything, except maybe lie by the lake with a fishing rod and a good book. Why hadn't that been on Pa's list of chores for the day?
He straightened his back to ease out the kinks, ran his hand through his damp hair, and pushed his hat back down on his head with a sigh of resignation. Strays. That was what he was supposed to be doing. He scanned the area around him with an obligatory glance: grass, brush, rocks, but nothing moving.
A shadow among the rocks caught his eye. For a moment, the dust and heat and boredom of the day was forgotten. He had just turned sixteen and there was still enough of the boy in him to be excited by the prospect of a cave.
Leaving his horse to graze, he clambered up the rocky slope. The opening in the rocks was more visible now, bigger than he'd thought, high and narrow. Cautiously, he examined the ground in front of the cave—he had no desire to find himself face to face with a bear or a lion—but there was no evidence of tracks of any kind. Loosening the gun in his holster, just in case, he slipped between the rocks. Instantly, the day became cooler. He paused just inside the entrance and cast his eyes around.
His excitement evaporated. The cave's interior was no more than a tall, shallow indentation in the rock, about eight feet deep. Never mind, he consoled himself, at least he was out of the glare of the midday sun, if only briefly. He leaned back against the stone wall, savoring the contrast between his shady refuge and the bleached brightness of the world beyond. Reluctant to head back into the relentless heat straight away, he let his eyes wander over the walls and ceiling of the little cave. Rock. Just bare, gray rock. Except….
He pushed himself upright, peering hard into the rear of the cave. What was that, just up there? About three feet off the ground. A smudge of darkness in the shadow of the back wall. Was that another opening, leading deeper into the rock?
He moved closer. The wall was solid to the height of his waist; above that was a shelf and a vertical slot, not large, but plenty wide enough for a slim youth.
He didn't hold out much hope that his discovery would yield any more than a narrow niche, but in the heat of the day, cave exploration was a more appealing occupation than riding around looking for strays, so he put his hands to the rock shelf and levered himself upwards till he was kneeling on the ledge.
In front of him was a passage with plenty of headroom, and just about wide enough that he could slide into it sideways. He'd had the foresight to bring with him the matches from his saddlebag. He took one out now and struck it. The narrow passageway stretched away in front of him as far as the light of the match showed, which wasn't very far.
He wasn't a reckless boy, but the tunnel didn't look dangerous or particularly difficult, so he slid into the gap and inched his way along sideways, convinced that the passage would soon narrow down and become impassable. The match expired. He could still see the bright slit of the cave opening behind him, but in front was blackness.
With his left hand extended and his heart beating fast with excitement, he felt his careful way along the cold rock. After a few feet, the passage curved left and the ground went down beneath his feet. The reassuring slit of sunshine was lost to view. He took out the matches and struck another.
He was in a second cave, bigger than the first, but still small enough that his lighted match showed him walls all around. The floor was surprisingly even, although it sloped down towards the back of the cave, and in the limited light from the match, he spotted what looked like several clay pots lined up against one wall.
He took the few strides needed to cross the cave and dropped down on one knee, just as the match burned his fingers.
"Ouch!" he muttered, but his mind was on the thrill of his discovery rather than his scorched thumb. He struck a third light, and there on the ground in front of him were half a dozen crude ceramic jars of different shapes and sizes. A couple were empty but had obviously held liquid once from the stains and tide marks around the insides; one wide-necked jar held a collection of miniature bones and tiny skulls, seemingly those of small birds and rodents; another was half-full of ash; a fifth held an assortment of stones, all small and unremarkable except for the fact they all had holes through them; and in the final pot—he had to light a fresh match for the last jar—was a carved, cylindrical object, no more than four inches in length, and a pale ivory-white in color. He picked it up and turned it over in his hand. Not ivory; bone more like; and carved all the way around with an intricate coiled design. Just as his match burned out again, he realized the carving represented the skeleton of a snake.
Pocketing the little curiosity, he straightened up in the darkness, fishing for his remaining matches. There were only three left. He struck a light and jumped back, startled. There in front of him on the cave wall, at head height, was a strange image.
He'd seen cave paintings before, mostly animals and hunting scenes, but this creature resembled a man, with a skull for a head. Its long white robe was painted white and there were black feathers at its waist. Empty sockets where eyes should have been gaped at him above the grim leer of a fleshless mouth.
It was only a crude painting, but as he stared at it, a gust of cold air passed by him, snuffing out his match. His heart froze. As blackness engulfed him, the image of the strange creature burned in his mind and came alive, so that he was certain he sensed its presence in the cave. A strange rattling sound filled the cavern, like hundreds of dry bones tapping one against the other.
The hairs rose on the back of his neck. Blind in the darkness, he stumbled back across the cave and collided with a wall. Groping across the rough surface, irrational panic gripped him. Where was the passageway? Panting with fear, he almost sobbed with relief when his hands encountered empty space. Scrambling and stumbling in the narrow tunnel, he banged his head, elbows and knees, and scraped skin from both sets of knuckles, but he had no thought other than to get back into the light.
Ahead of him, a sliver of light grew wider. He all but fell out of the tunnel into the first chamber, scurrying like a hunted animal out of the mouth of the cave into the welcome warmth and brightness of the sunshine.
It wasn't until he was back in his saddle that his racing heart began to slow. Reluctantly, he turned his head to look back at the cave entrance, but there was nothing there. In fact, it looked unremarkable, almost hidden from view unless he looked closely enough.
"Idiot!" he chided himself, and tried to make himself smile at his own foolishness, but that fool side of him still had the upper hand, and the terror had not yet departed. Not completely.
There was nothing to be frightened about, he told himself sternly. There was a logical explanation for everything. The cold draught that blew through the cave, there was probably an opening elsewhere in the rock and that gust of air had simply been a through-draft. And the rattling sound? He frowned to himself. Snakes maybe. The thought was disturbing, but at the same time unconvincing. He knew the sound of a rattlesnake. What he'd heard in that cave was not that sound.
When he got home, he showed the carved stick to Pa and Marie.
"It's bone," said Pa, confirming what Adam had thought.
"Pretty." Marie turned it over in her hand, admiring the snake design. "Where did you find it?"
"A cave," he told her. "There wasn't a lot there. Just a few old pots with animal bones, stones, that kind of thing. And this." For some reason he couldn't explain, he didn't mention the painting. He'd imagined he would, but when it came to it, just remembering made him shudder inside. Nor did he tell them of the childish terror that had driven him from the place. Embarrassed by his own foolish behavior, he had no intention of humiliating himself further by sharing it with anyone.
"Let's go back," begged Hoss, eyes shining with excitement. "We can take a lamp and a rope and explore it real good. There might be hidden treasure."
Little Joe's eyes grew wide at the idea of treasure. "I want to come," he insisted, scowling when his mother laughed at the absurdity of a four-year-old exploring hidden caves.
Adam shrugged the idea aside. "Not sure I can even remember where it was," he said, although he remembered perfectly well. "And it wasn't very exciting, really. Apart from this bone, there was nothing else particularly interesting."
He was barely sixteen, yet he'd been grown up for a long time. He'd had to be. His early years, traveling west with his father, had exposed him to hardships and experiences most children never had to face. And when Inger died, there had been a baby to care for too. Then a home to build in the wilderness, food to be found, money to be earned. It had made him into a tough, pragmatic, sensible young man, not one prone to flights of fancy or fits of hysteria, so why that night was he visited by a dream so vivid he woke in a cold sweat, trembling with fear?
He didn't recall most of the dream; just the last part, where he was in the yard, unloading supplies from the wagon. Pa was there, and Hoss and Hop Sing. First, he had heard the strange rattling noise, and then, just as in the cave earlier that day, a cold breath of wind stirred the dust at his feet and seemed to penetrate straight into his belly. He turned his head, and there in front of the corral stood the creature from the painting. Long robe of dirty white, belt adorned with black feathers, and a necklace of small bones around its neck. On its head was a mask, fringed with more black feathers, and painted in the crude representation of a skull. In its left hand it cradled a human skull, and in its right, a wooden rattle.
It didn't speak or move, yet all happiness evaporated from Adam's soul and he was filled instead with dread and desolation. That was when he awoke, distraught, bedewed with the cold sweat of terror. And even after he had reminded himself repeatedly that it had been just a dream, it was a long time before the panic abated and his heart ceased to pound like a frightened child's, and he dared risk closing his eyes again.
The hot weather continued. If anything, it grew warmer. The heat made even the simplest jobs twice as tiring. The ranch had expanded rapidly the last few years, and even though they had taken on more hired hands to help with the workload, they were still busy from dawn to dusk. He was used to hard work, but still Adam found his gaze lingering longingly over the small pile of new books that had arrived for him weeks before and still lay unread on his desk. He had long harbored a secret hope that one day he might go to college, but with the ranch growing the way it was, he could only sigh regretfully as his dream slipped like sand from his grasp.
He didn't complain. They lived comfortably. The ranch thrived, and in spite of his young age, he was his father's right-hand man, with a special bond between. They had endured so much together in their years of traveling, and they had worked shoulder to shoulder to build what they now had. Adam was proud of that. Proud of his father. Proud of himself too, for what they had achieved. And now his father had Marie, and there was Little Joe to tie them all together; life should have been complete. But for that unfulfilled dream.
He was fixing the wagon bed in the yard. It was as if Pa read his thoughts because he came out of the barn and clapped his arm around Adam's shoulder.
"Good job, son." He released his hold and leaned over to inspect Adam's handiwork, testing the boards with his hands. "That should do the job." Looking back at his son, he smiled. "You look hot."
Adam shook drops of perspiration from his hair and grinned, as if to prove the point.
"Why don't you take your brothers down to the lake and cool off for an hour or two?"
Adam thought about the list of chores he still had to tackle. Once again, it was as if Pa saw what he was thinking.
"There's nothing here that can't wait. You've been working flat out these last few days, you deserve some time off. And Hoss and Little Joe will be over the moon if you take them with you. Go on, have some fun."
He needed no second telling. Within an hour, the three of them were up to their necks in the deliciously cool waters of the lake. On a hot day, there was no better place to be, for sure, even if there was no peace because Hoss and Little Joe enjoyed no game so much as trying to sink their older brother under the surface.
"Right!" he hollered, emerging from the depths after Hoss had sprung out of the water beneath him and tugged him down. "My turn to duck you now!"
The watery battle that ensued wasn't as one-sided as it might have been considering the differences in their ages and relative sizes. In these contests, it was always two against one: Hoss, stocky and strong for his ten years, and Little Joe, small but agile, and a master at the art of squirming, especially when wet. United against their wily older brother, they were a formidable team, and by the time he'd succeeded in submerging them both, they were all out of breath and weak from shouting and laughing.
They flopped in the shallows to recover their breath, then Adam stretched out on the beach, the sun on his chilled skin no longer a trial but a pleasure, while Hoss entertained Little Joe by dipping his face in the water and gurgling songs.
He must have dozed. He had no idea for how long, but he was jolted back to wakefulness by a sudden awareness of a faint, clacking rattle. He jerked upright to a sitting position. There on a boulder, twenty feet away, stood a figure masked and gowned, arms raised, eyes blank and staring in its painted skull of a face. Eyes as empty as death.
His skin prickled, despite the heat. He sprang to his feet. The scorching sun was still high overhead. In the lake, back to the shore, stood Hoss, waist-deep and still, absorbed by something only he could see. A few feet behind him, face down in the shallows, floated the motionless body of Little Joe.
He plunged into the lake, seized the unresisting child around his middle and hauled him, limp and dripping, clear of the water. Joe's body slumped in his arms, a deadweight, as lifeless as a sack of grain.
He thought of Marie. He thought of Pa. Despair, like grief, rose in his throat.
"Joe, don't you be dead!" he cried aloud, thumping his brother hard between the shoulder blades as if to reprimand him for being drowned.
Water spurted from Joe's nose and mouth. To Adam's surprise and eternal relief, he took a gulp of air and sprang back to life. The world that had closed in around them, once more expanded, and Adam saw the lake again, the mountains, the pine trees. Once again, he felt the heat of the sun on his back. And there was Hoss, white-faced and frozen in horror.
It was a few seconds before Adam could speak, and when he did, relief exploded out of him in an outburst of vitriol.
"He was right behind you, Hoss. Why weren't you watching him? Didn't you see him? He could have drowned!"
He set Joe down on the beach, took him by the shoulders and shook him, so that droplets of water flew out in a small shower around him. "What were you doing, you idiot? You can swim. Why were you just lying there?"
Little Joe rubbed water from his eyes and stared mutely.
Hoss, who'd followed them to shore, said in a shaky voice, "I was looking after him, Adam. I was. I promise. I was just watching the fish, that's all. I didn't know he was under the water." His mouth trembled, tears brimmed in his frightened eyes.
Adam looked at them both and saw their misery. He rubbed at his own face and realized his hands were shaking. Lifting his eyes, he looked behind his brothers to the boulder where he'd seen the masked creature, but the rocks were empty. For a few moments, no one said anything, then Hoss's small voice said, "Sorry, Adam."
He looked down at his ten-year-old brother and the anger evaporated.
"It's all right," he said. "It wasn't your fault. I should have been watching him too." He turned his gaze on the youngest member of the family. Shoulders drooped, hair dripping, Little Joe eyed him warily, no doubt braced for further reprimand. Adam dropped down on his haunches in front of the boy. "Come here, Little Joe. Are you all right?"
Little Joe gave a nod and let himself be embraced. He seemed oblivious to the drama that had caused his big brother's outburst, but cowed by Adam's anger. Holding the child made Adam feel better. Over Joe's shoulder, he addressed Hoss.
"Did you…did you see anyone?"
Hoss looked blank.
Adam gestured with his head. "Over there, by those rocks. Did you see…anyone…over there?"
Hoss brushed the tears from his face and shook his head. Adam breathed in deeply and gave a little nod. "It's all right," he told him. "I'm sorry I was angry. I didn't mean to be. I was just worried, that's all. Don't cry; it wasn't your fault. Come on, let's get dressed. Time to head back."
Hoss and Joe bounced back from their fright with remarkable resilience. Adam couldn't quite shake off the shock as quickly, but it was comforting to see the younger boys returning to their normal selves, Hoss laughing when Joe buttoned his shirt all wrong. The shirt was a hand-me-down and way too large, and even Adam had to smile at the copious fabric draped crookedly around Joe's small frame.
By the time they were mounted on their horses and heading away from the lake, it seemed to Adam only he was still troubled by what had happened. Even for him, relief was fast overtaking horror, and he could laugh again and join in the silly banter of his brothers. But always, at the edge of his mind was a shadow, shrouded and masked. And when he thought about that shadow, he shivered. Had the dread he felt been a premonition of Joe's death? Was that creature there to warn him of his brother's doom, or had it come to claim the small boy? Adam looked over at the child, giggling now at one of Hoss's jokes, as full of bubbling energy as he had ever been. Whatever that figure had meant as it stood on the shore of the lake, Little Joe was alive and well, and for that he had to be thankful. A small surge of jubilation warmed his middle, and for a moment the lingering fear was banished. Maybe he had overreacted, after all. Joe hadn't drowned. Maybe he hadn't even been close to drowning. Maybe he'd only gone under the water seconds before Adam awoke, and there had never really been any crisis, except in Adam's mind. The kid had offered no sensible explanation. Once he'd gotten over the immediate trauma, he'd shrugged off any further probing, as though he genuinely had no understanding that he'd been in any danger.
He wouldn't mention the incident to Pa, decided Adam as they neared home. Pa would only be worried, and maybe cross, and if the incident had been more in Adam's imagination than for real, what was the point? He'd allowed that apparition to unnerve him, back at the lake, and maybe that had been no more than the tail end of a dream after all. It was time to take control of his imagination. His brothers were just fine. There was nothing to worry about; there never had been.
There was a rig in the yard. Hoss looked round at Adam, a little frown of curiosity on his face.
"Someone's here," he said.
Cold fingers clawed again at Adam's insides.
"It's the doctor."
Hoss was old enough to understand the significance of the doctor's presence. "Someone must be sick," he said.
Little Joe, not yet old enough to appreciate the implication, slid down from his pony, and said, "Who?"
For some reason he didn't fully understand himself, Adam took the small boy by the hand. Joe didn't seem to mind. He was singing a nonsensical song he'd made up on the way back from the lake about what he'd like for dinner. Later, Adam remembered that, but at the time, it was as if he were walking into a tunnel, and the bright sunshine, and the yard, and Little Joe's childish trilling were all part of a distant memory. A grayness closed around him and the air grew thin, tight and hard to breathe.
The front door was propped open. Adam's feet felt oddly heavy, as if they didn't want to take him over the threshold. Inside, the great room was empty. Upstairs, a door opened and shut again, and beside Adam, Joe's voice called, "Mama?"
Then Pa was coming down the stairs. The look on his face made Adam's insides shrink into a cold, hard ball.
"Hey, Pa," said Joe, "we went swimming in the lake."
"Did you?" said Pa, in a voice oddly bereft of interest.
The doctor came down the stairs, bag in hand, face grim.
"Boys," said Pa, "there's something I have to tell you."
Afterwards, Adam realized he had known. Ever since the moment he had seen the masked figure on the lake shore, he had known; he just had not allowed that knowledge to take on form in his consciousness. Not Little Joe drowning in the lake, but Marie, thrown from her horse.
Hoss cried, silent, inconsolable tears. Joe cried too, tears of bewilderment, then stubborn denial.
"Where's Mama?" he would ask, over and over, dissolving into petulant tantrums when she refused to appear.
Even Pa cried. Not openly, but Adam, sleepless in his own bed, would hear Pa's choked sobs in the loneliest hours of the night.
Only Adam did not cry. The fear in his heart would not let him grieve. Instead, he struggled manfully to lessen the burden of grief weighing down Pa's hunched shoulders, to distract Hoss from his misery, all the time bearing patiently with Little Joe's defiant peevishness.
They buried Marie in a grave beside the lake, and Adam wondered how any of them would survive a sadness that seemed too great to bear. Friends had been calling by the Ponderosa in the three days since Marie's death, and before they went to the lake for the burial, everyone had gathered at the house to eat and drink and share condolences. Once it was all finally over, they were tired, Pa especially. He didn't argue when Adam told him to go to bed and get some rest. Even Little Joe had finally succumbed to exhaustion and ceased his relentless demands for his mama. Hoss, somber and suddenly very grown-up for his ten years, put his little brother to bed and climbed in beside him.
"I'll stay with him tonight," he told Adam, "just in case he wakes up, upset."
Adam felt a pang of envy as he watched Hoss and Joe snuggle down together, for an instant half-tempted to clamber under the quilt with the two of them, just to feel that touch of human comfort. But he didn't. He went instead to his own room and sat down at his desk, numb of mind and soul.
His eye rested on a small object at the back of the desk, like the stub of a stick, pale in the gathering dusk. He reached out and picked it up, his face contorting as he did so. His fingers tightened around the object and he saw that his hand was shaking. A strange sound emerged from his throat, a cross between a grunt and a whimper. He rose from his chair, ran out of his room and down the stairs.
There was no fire in the grate. He'd forgotten that. The day had been warm and once they'd got back from the lake, no one had bothered to light a fire. He bit back a cry of frustration and teetered there, next to the empty grate, for several long moments, before making for the front door.
Outside, it was all but dark, no more than a hint of residual light in the sky to the west. He stopped on the front porch, the bone-stick still clutched in his fingers, fighting back the panic that gripped his chest and made his breath come in shuddering grunts. The ball of grief that had been swelling inside him for the last three days suddenly became too much to suppress. He sank down on the porch step, dropping his head onto his knees. Tears finally spilled over. Deep, painful sobs racked his body.
"Mistah Adam?"
Hop Sing's voice so close surprised him. He hadn't been aware of anyone approaching.
"Sorry," he gulped, trying to swallow his grief. Still the tears came.
Hop Sing sat down on the step beside him. The cook's hand touched his arm. "No need for you to say sorry. We all sad about Missis Cartwright."
Adam kept his head pressed to his knees. The hand on his arm remained steady. It was surprisingly comforting to feel it there, as though its touch gave him strength to manage his grief. Finally, he could lift his head, but it was a few minutes more before he could trust himself to look at the man who sat beside him on the step. When he did, he saw there were tears on Hop Sing's cheeks too.
"We all miss her very much," said Hop Sing.
Adam nodded, still not trusting himself to speak.
The light was all gone from the sky. A rectangle of lamplight spilled out from the kitchen door. Adam swallowed hard and rubbed at his face with his left sleeve.
"I think…" he began, his voice wobbling dangerously. He swallowed again and made a fresh attempt. "I think…it might have been my fault."
He couldn't bring himself to look at Hop Sing, yet he sensed the Chinaman's eyes boring into him.
"Why you think that?"
"This." Adam held out his hand and uncoiled his fingers, revealing the bone-stick, small and pale in his hand.
It was too dark to see details. Hop Sing hesitated, then reached out for the object. He got up from the step and crossed to where the light shone out from the kitchen door. Adam watched him examine the small stick, turning it over in his hands and frowning. Finally, he returned to the step and sat down, once again shoulder to shoulder with Adam.
"Where you find this?"
"There was a cave," said Adam. "There were a few things there, stones and pots. And a painting of a figure with a skull head. This is all I took with me, but ever since I did, I've had this weird feeling at the back of my mind, as if something bad was about to happen. Then, the other day, the day Marie…" He paused, took a deep breath and tried again. "Hoss, Joe and I were at the lake and I saw…I saw the figure from the painting in that cave, and I knew—I just knew—something bad was going to happen." He hesitated again. He hadn't mentioned the incident with Little Joe at the lake to Pa or anyone else. Now, unbidden, he told Hop Sing all that had happened that fateful day, and Hop Sing listened silently and made no judgement.
"I thought that was why it was there," he finished, "the figure in the mask. I thought it was there…for Joe. But then, we came back here and…well, you know the rest."
Hop Sing held up the bone stick. "And you think you responsible for Missis Cartwright' accident, because of this?"
It should have sounded ridiculous, Adam knew that, yet he found himself nodding, and his throat tightening dangerously.
Hop Sing was quiet for a moment, then he shook his head and sighed. "Missis Cartwright, she ride too fast. She always ride too fast. I tell her that, Mister Cartwright tell her that, you tell her that. We all tell her, but Missis Cartwright, she stubborn lady." He took Adam's hand and put the bone stick back in his palm. "That is why Missis Cartwright fall from horse. Not Mistah Adam's fault, not Hop Sing's fault, not Mister Cartwright's fault. Just accident. Sad, sad accident."
Adam's eyes burned. He wasn't sure if it was thinking about Marie that caused the tears to well again, or simple relief at Hop Sing's good old common sense.
"So," he said, still troubled by uncertainty, "do you think I imagined the figure at the lake?"
Hop Sing snorted. "You not imagining kind of boy."
"Then," Adam frowned, "you think the figure in the mask is real?"
Hop Sing considered the question. "Hop Sing think," he said at last, "you have…premonition."
"About Marie? But what could I have done? I was too far away. I…"
"Not Missis Cartwright," said Hop Sing, interrupting his wail of despair. "When you saw man in mask, you save Little Joe in lake."
"Yes, but…" Adam's protest faltered.
"Bad thing happen that day," went on Hop Sing, "but good thing happen too. You pull Little Joe from water. You save brother's life."
Adam stared through the gloom at Hop Sing. "You're saying that's what it came for, that creature? To warn me the Little Joe was in trouble?"
Hop Sing shrugged. "Mistah Adam always ready to blame himself. Maybe you have good premonition. If you not save Little Joe…"
He left the sentence unfinished. He didn't need to say more. A chill went through Adam just contemplating the other tragedy that might have happened that day. If they'd lost Little Joe as well as Marie….
They sat for a while longer, shoulder to shoulder, then Adam rose from the step.
"Thank you, Hop Sing," he said.
Hop Sing got up too and brushed his tunic straight. "Good night, Mistah Adam."
Dismounting from his horse, he looked up at the rocks above him. Now that he knew where to look for it, the cave entrance was easy to spot. The day was hot again, the sun still climbing to its midday peak. Everything around him looked the same as it had a week earlier, when he had first come by this place —hazy sky, dusty earth, sun-baked rocks—yet it was not the same. He was not the same. At sixteen, he had rubbed shoulders with death too many times, and each time something inside him hardened. When he had fled this place only days before, his heart had been weak with fear, and he had not dreamed he would ever return to face the nameless horror that lurked in the blackness of that cave. Yet here he was, and though cold claws clutched at his entrails, tragedy had steeled him. He set off quickly up the rocks, allowing himself no time for hesitation.
Once again, he entered the cool dimness of the cave entrance and made his way to the back where the darkness brushed his warm skin with chilled fingers. Once again, he clambered onto the shelf and edged his way along the narrow tunnel till he reached the blackness of the cavern beyond. There he paused. This time he was prepared. From his pocket he took out the stub of a candle and struck a match to light it.
Everything was as he recalled. The clay jars were still there, undisturbed on the ground, and there on the wall the painting of the masked creature stared at him from its hollow eye sockets. But, this time his heart didn't jump into his mouth when he saw it, even if it did pound a little harder. He took a deep breath and crossed the cave swiftly, pulling from his pocket the snake bone. Crouching down, he placed it carefully back into the pot in which he had first discovered it.
The air stirred around him. A coldness seeped through his skin and seemed to permeate his very bones. He cupped his hand around the candle flame but it sputtered and died in spite of his efforts. He stood up, neck pricking, heart racing. He had determined he would not succumb to childish panic, but it took all his strength of mind not to cry out and stumble blindly backwards. Light the candle, he told himself, yet he found he did not want to see what else waited in that place with him.
In the cold darkness, something rattled, like wooden beads—or bones—in a jar. His breath caught in his throat. Swallowing his fear, he moved cautiously back the way he had come, hands outstretched, feeling his way through the inky blackness to the tunnel. Behind him, the rattling grew louder. In spite of all his brave intentions, he found himself scrabbling to get out of the tunnel and through the cave to the welcome light of day, bruising his knees and losing his candle stub in the process.
It was done. A sense of relief surged through him as he scrambled down to his waiting horse, like the touch of the sun as it warmed his chilled blood. He paused only briefly before he climbed into his saddle, glancing back at the rocks behind him, half in defiance, half in dread, but there was nothing to be seen. From this angle, even the mouth of the cave was hidden.
He climbed onto his horse and turned its head homewards. Behind him, the faint rattling of bone on bone grew ever fainter, and finally faded into nothingness.
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It is possible for a reasonable investment to see Hollywood and meet the Hollywood execs of your dreams through our seminars.Our students travel from across the country and around the world, so Sherwood Oaks is pleased to offer this list of afforable, comfortable hotels situated in the heart of the film industry's capital city!
We usually have a pre-meeting in Hollywood before classes begin although often via a conference call.
This page covers:
Accommodations from Free to Luxury
Car Rentals
If you are frugal, you can spend about $69 a day for food, sleeping and transportation.
Invest in your dream!
Please note: This page is provided merely as a convenience for our students. Sherwood Oaks is not affiliated with the accommodation-providers listed, nor do we endorse any particular hotel, hostel, or similar business. We cannot guarantee prices.
Moderately Priced Hotels
Orchid Suites $120/night*
1753 Orchid Avenue
(323) 874-9678
Parking is $10
2 blocks from our meeting place
*** Mention Sherwood Oaks for a special discount!
Orchid Suites has been hosting our students over 15 years.
It is convenient, large room and can cook your own meals.
Celebrity Hotel – $130/night*
1775 Orchid Ave
(323) 850-6464
2 blocks from our meeting place
Hollywood Heights Hotel – $139/night
2005 North Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90068
(888) 726-8580
3 blocks from our meeting place
No Money – Don't Fret – Sleep on a Couch
Economically Priced Motels
Hollywood Orange Drive Manor ($30 to $78)
1746 N. Orange Drive
Hollywood CA 90028
(323) 850-0350
2 blocks from Sherwood Oaks meeting place
Hollywood and Highland Hostel
7038 1/2 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood CA 90028
across the street from meeting place
Motel 6 – $60/night* (online rate)
1738 Whitley/Hollywood Boulevard
(323) 464-6006
6 blocks from our meeting place
Banana Bungalow ($40 to $70/night)
5920 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
1 (877) 977-5077
Free transportation to/from airport
10 blocks from our meeting place
There are buses that run to our meeting place
Medium Priced Hotels
Beverly Garland Hotel
4222 Vineland Avenue
North Hollywood, CA
Luxury Hotels
Loew's Hotel
1755 N Highland Ave
(323) 856-1200
Roosevelt Hotel
7000 Hollywood Blvd
(323) 466-7000
Beverly Hills
Crescent Beverly Hills Hotel – $199 11461 Sunset Boulevard
403 North Crescent Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 247-0505
Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel – $199
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 476-6571
Olympic Blvd
Crescent Beverly Hills Hotel – $199
11461 Sunset Boulevard
Marriott Residence Inn – $179 Beverly Terrace Hotel – $190 Crowne Plaza Hotel
Beverly & Olympic
469 North Doheny Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 274-8141
Crowne Plaza Hotel – $185
must request SWO discount
1150 South Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90035
(310) 553-6561
Marriott Residence Inn – $179
Beverly Terrace Hotel – $190
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel – $199
10300 Wilshire Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90024, United States
(310) 275-5575
2 miles from location
LA Shuttle is $20 Flat from LAX Airport to Los Angeles area including Hollywood and Beverly Hills.
LAX Transport has the highest reviews on Yelp.
For those on low budget, $8.50
Flyway:$7/pp + $1.5/pp one way on Metro Rail
Fly Away Bus Shuttle
Take the FlyAway bus to Union Station
Then take the Red Line (Metro-subway) to Hollywood-Highland
Walk to either Orchid Suites, Orange Drive Manor, Motel 6
FOOD on a Tight Budget – $20 per day
Fresh and Easy
7021 Hollywood Boulevard/Sycamore cross-street
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 466-0097
Super Cheap Car Rental – Los Angeles
5231 W. Imperial Hwy, Unit A
Los Angles, CA 90045
email: email@example.com
$25 per day if you have car insurance
*** All prices vary. Sherwood Oaks does not guarantee room rates. Check with the hotels for up-to-date rate info.
You may be able to get much better rates depending on the day, please check your favorite hotel websites such as Kayak.comsince they seem to get the best discount, hotels.com and hotwire.com are also good. You may also get a discount if you have motor club membership such as AAA, please check with each hotel.
For more bargains and great websites about LA for the budget traveler and more important if you just moved to LA, check out the link – https://didyouknow.la/


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10 Russet Potatoes
1 big yam (ask for sang ones, soft and mushy after cooked)
1 whole chicken, cut into med size pieces (tell the chicken seller in the wet market to cut it up for you, chicken curry size, not too big and not too small.)
1 box of frozen chicken wings, defrosted
1. Peel and cut the the potatoes and yam in irregular shapes. Not too small or else it will disintegrate into the curry. Soak in salt water to prevent them from turning colour.
2. Steam the yam and potatoes for 10 min. Purpose of steaming is because we are using coconut milk in this recipe. If we cook the raw potatoes and yam in the curry later for a longer time, the coconut milk is likely to overcook and a yucky flavour will emit from the coconut oil forced out by the excessive heat.
3. Boil the chicken feet & wings for 15 minutes, keep the chicken stock.
4. Stirfry the curry paste with a little of the chicken stock, add the chicken feet, wings and chicken pieces to cook on medium flame.
5. When chicken is semi-cooked, add more chicken stock or water until it slightly covers the ingredients and cook for 20 minutes. In between, you can add the carnation milk. In the last 5 minutes, add the potatoes and yam to absorb the curry flavour.
6. Add coconut milk.
7. Add a little light soya sauce to taste.
8. Switch off the fire, move the pot to a cooler area, cover the pot and let the curry sit for 30 minutes to allow the chicken be fully cooked.
Today, Queen Z's Chinese Opera singing class students are celebrating Mother's Day with a potluck party, so Queen Z decided to make a Nyonya Curry Chap Chye for about 20 pax. Thus, my first recording of all her yummy foods shall start with this dish…
2 Small Round Cabbages (Kor Leh Chye); Cut into bite-size pieces
4 Large Russet Potatoes; Boiled, peeled and cut into large chunks (Small pieces will disintegrate into the curry)
5-6 Baby yam (approx 1 pkt); Boiled, peeled and cut into medium chunks
2 Carrots; peeled and cut into medium chunks
2 pkts Small Tau Pok
1 pkt Tau Kee Fish Paste Wraps; Air-Fried (or Fried) to Golden Brown & cut into large pieces
1 can Carnation Evaporated Milk
1 pkt Fresh Coconut Milk (400g net weight)
1 Tbsp Vietnamese Pork Stock Powder (or 1 Chicken Stock cube)
1 Tbsp Thai Fish Sauce
2 pkts Tean's Gourmet Malaysian Traditional Chicken Curry Paste
Salt to flavour
This paste is tried, tested & agreed by all people who tasted my mom's curry to be super yummy and with the lovely Nyonya flavour, instead of the Indian inclined taste of many popular curry paste brands
1. Fry curry paste in a pot at a high flame, then add 2 cups of water until it boils.
2. Add all the vegetables, tau pok & water to fill up about 3/4 of the pot or at least cover the ingredients and a bit more like as shown in the picture below.
3. Cook until it boils, lower the flame to medium & cook for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, you can cut a small piece of the tau pok to taste if it has absorbed the curry flavour. If not, cook until the flavour is absorbed.
4. Add the evaporated milk and the fish wraps. Stir.
5. Switch off the flame & add the coconut milk. (Coconut milk cannot be cooked with a flame! Destroys the dish immediately!)
6. Serve!
Hope you enjoy Queen Z's Nyonya Curry Chap Chye!


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Denise's Daring Daydreams for 08/17/2017
Over the last month we've been reminding ourselves of who we are, where we came from and where we are going. We've also begun affirming that we are divine expressions of the energetic flow of the Universe that some call God. As I continue to reaffirm the presence and power in my life, I begin to understand that it is in every one of us.
I know who you are. I know where you came from and I know where you are going, even when you have forgotten. And so my mission, if I choose to accept it, is to remind you with my thoughts, my words, my emotions and with my actions.
Many times when I first see a person I have a judgment because it is the nature of the human intellect – "this is ok in that person, this is not okay in that person. He is good, he is not good, she is beautiful, she is ugly" – all kinds of thoughts. Know that we don't even have to think these thoughts because in a moment these assessments and judgments are made. These judgments are often wrong because they come from my internal filing cabinet created from my past experiences.
The major problem with this type of operation system is that those thoughts will not allow me to experience something or someone the way they are right now in this moment. This one fact is very important to my well being and the well being of our entire planet. What I have a hard time understanding is how they were five years ago does not matter in this 'now' moment. How they were yesterday does not matter in this 'now' moment. How they are in this 'now' moment is the only important factor in this encounter.
So the first thing to do is to notice and acknowledge the source of creation within them. This is the intention of Namaste'. What if every time I met another I first remembered and heard the words in my head, "I know who you are"? That would imply Namaste' – "I bow to you." The gesture Namaste' represents the belief that there is a divine spark within each of us and it begins within the heart. Therefore Namaste' is a gesture between one divine spark and another.
I affirm you have had a great week and will join us on Sunday to experience the Divine not only in yourself but also in each other as we discuss Service to All Sentient Beings in Your Life. The awesome Ryan Gill will be sharing special music with us.
"It's acts of kindness I do each day – I'll share peace and joy and love."
Namaste'Rev. Denise
Denise's Daring Daydreams for 08/11/17
"I am a richly endowed expression of an opulent Universe."
I ask for water by turning the tap. I ask for light by flipping a switch. And in both of these examples I have a belief that water and light will be provided. If by chance something does not work in the way that I have believed it will, I realize quickly that there is a disconnect somewhere in the flow of either electricity or water. If I cannot remedy the situation myself, I call in someone who has been trained to work with the flow of electricity or the flow of water.
Jesus the Master Teacher stated in Luke 12:32 "It is the Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom." That very statement means all I really have to do is believe in the abundant flow of love, joy and peace and it will be done. So . . . when I am not experiencing that flow, I must begin to look at my beliefs, thought patterns and personal blocks. Sometimes that means talking with someone who is more versed in Universal Principles or Laws and can assist me with those things that maybe I can't see myself because I am "too close to the situation."
In speaking one day to a father who had asked Jesus to heal his son, Jesus told him in a very few words that he was glad to heal his son, but that all that was really needed was believe. "Believe and the healing will occur." The father stated, "I believe…..help my unbelief."
I hope you will join us at Unity of Music City on Sunday Morning at11:00, as we continue our journey of believing in ourselves as Instruments of the Divine. When I believe, I treat myself with tenderness and respect – Body – Mind and Spirit.
How could anyone ever tell you
You are anything less than beautiful
How could anyone ever tell you
You are less than whole.
How could anyone fail to notice
That your loving is a miracle
How deeply you're connected to my soul.
Namaste'Rev. Denise


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You'll get no kick from a magnum of bubbly if it's not properly chilled but the Naturally Cooling Ceramic Champagne Cooler effortlessly sees to that. From Finnish maker Magisso, it uses a crafty application of the evaporation process to keep a bottle chilled for 2 to 4 hours. Soak the black terra-cotta cooler in cold water for a couple of minutes and that's it. And the matte finish is at the ready for labeling the vintage or drawing a decorative design in chalk. Let's give a toast to London-based designer Simon Stevens, whose inventive brand of cool won the noted GIA (Global Innovation Award) for the Best Collection Design.
8.5" h x 8.25" dia (22x21cm)
Naturally Cooling Ceramics
Will hold 1.5 l magnum bottle
"The product development process of an idea is slow and takes time," says Magisso CEO Juhani Sirén. "The development of a simple and well-functioning product takes dozens or even hundreds of hours before all the small details are in order." Nonetheless, the Finnish company founded in 2008 to produce a magnetic kitchen cloth holder has grown into an influential design source for products that are thoughtfully functional, striking in appearance and effortlessly user-friendly.
Magisso home products have been recognized by CNN, InStyle, GQ, Wired, Fast Company and Apartment Therapy and received some of the world's most prestigious design awards, including the Good Design Award. Magisso does not employ its own designers but anyone can submit their product ideas and the collective's individual creators are responsible for developing and shaping all those telling details.


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Welcome to the Utica International Church in Utica, NY. We are a Christian community and would love to have you join our family. To learn more about what we believe you can visit our About Us page. Please join us for Bible study, worship, and prayer.
Pastor Brendon Albury
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The Reserve Bank of India needs to soften its economic growth narrative and lower its projections for the current fiscal year.
That's the view of Mumbai-based SBICap Securities Ltd. after data released Jan. 11 showed industrial production in November grew 0.5 per cent from a year ago, much lower than the expected 3.6 per cent. The RBI needs to cut its growth projection for the year ending March closer to 7 per cent from 7.4 per cent, according to SBICap, to reflect the likely case of below 7 per cent expansion in the second half.
"We hope the monetary policy committee members turn realistic and acknowledge the softness in domestic growth with some feedback into their decision," SBICap economists Arjun Nagarajan and Amol Bhoir wrote in a note. "The industrial production numbers must push the members to re-examine their growth narrative."
Weaker growth and the possibility of inflation undershooting the 2 per cent lower boundary of the RBI's inflation target range are adding to calls for interest rate cuts this year. Inflation probably eased to 2.2 per cent in December from 2.3 per cent in the previous month, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists ahead of data due later on Monday.
Also read: November IIP down at 0.5%; hits 19 months low
"Slowing growth and muted inflation will pave the way for a change in stance by the RBI at its February meeting, followed by rate cuts of up to 50 basis points in the first half of the next financial year," said Teresa John, an economist at Nirmal Bang Equities Ltd. in Mumbai.
Manufacturing led the sharp drop in industrial production in November, declining 0.4 per cent from a year ago, with only 10 out of 23 manufacturing sectors recording positive growth, compared to 22 in the previous month.


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Electives Abroad: Why you should do them
For medics and student medics alike, taking part in electives abroad is gradually becoming a necessity, rather than just an option. Personally, I've done clinical electives in a number of countries but the most rewarding (by far!) have been the ones I did in the underdeveloped and developing countries. There's something about immersing yourself in a world that's in many ways different from the one you're used to, broadening your perspective, gaining clinical experience, and in turn volunteering your skills, time and resources to a cause that will benefit others who might be in less fortunate positions compared to you in terms of health and privilege.
Here are just a few benefits of doing your clinical electives in the third world:
Improved clinical skills
With a majority of clinical electives in third world countries offering hands-on clinical experience, you're sure going to get the opportunity to improve your clinical skills. The medics are kinder, more patient and very willing to teach. The patients in most cases tend to be very welcoming. These two factors make the clinical and learning environment a lot more relaxed compared to the quick-paced, nervy vibes of the regular teaching hospitals in the developed world. In addition to this, you'll most likely see medical conditions you'll otherwise only get a chance to read about in your tropical medicine textbooks.
Better communication skills
Powering through language barriers, for the most part, will be a key skill you sure won't be leaving your elective without. I remember on many occasions in some remote villages, my patients spoke and understood little to no English but I still had to somehow find a way to do my job of attending to the reasons they came to the hospital. The challenge in itself was beautiful, but overcoming it (for the most part) was even better. I found that my non-verbal communication skills (which literally did not exist previously) improved a great deal, and in the end, I learned a whole lot of the frequently used local lingo in the clinical setting.
Upgrade your CV
With international electives on your CV, you're guaranteed to stand out (in a good way) compared your peers who might have done electives at home. It's like adding seasoning to food. It speaks to your potential employer or interviewer about what kind of medic you're likely to be- your cross-continental-ness, amongst other things.
Meet new and likeminded people
The network of people you'll meet on an elective is diverse. From colleagues from other clinical backgrounds and countries to staff at the hospital, to the local residents, and so much more. You'll get the revered opportunity to build a solid international network of good friends and professional colleagues, as well as share experiences and make memories that could lead to lifelong friendships. I'm actually still in touch with many of the people I met at one of my electives in Kenya a few years ago, not just colleagues but also a couple of people that live there.
Be enlightened
You'll get first-hand awareness of local health issues, rather than rely on the things you've heard from other people or seen on TV. You'll learn how the culture impacts the healthcare system and vice versa. You'll get a general idea of the healthcare burden in the different settings compared to what you're used to, and if you're lucky, your analytical side might come up with solutions and ideas for improvement and where you can contribute in your own little way.
Electives can be tedious to put together and scary too considering you'll most likely be off to a country you have never been to before. But the good news is, it has never been easier and more affordable to find and organize an elective like it is in these times. Medical schools, residency programmes, and companies are now taking the responsibility to coordinate electives for medics both at home and overseas. If you get a chance, book your elective and I assure you (from experience) that at the end of it all, it'll be one of the best decisions you'll ever make both career-wise and in terms of all-round growth!
Dr. Wendy Evans-Uhegbu is a graduate of The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, with experience in Connected Health, Medical Technology, Clinical Research, Medical Education, and Web Design. She is a member of the Medics Abroad team with the role of Chief Communications Officer. She also runs a Medical Communications, Book Writing, and Publishing business, and is the author of the newly published children's book series "The Things Around Me".
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If I wasn't in media, I'd have probably been in medicine . With a special interest perhaps in pathology. Electives abroad would have been a great experience. Great jobs guys. Making a difference
Kind regards
Brenda Mwai
If I wasn't in media, I'd have probably been in medicine . With a special interest perhaps in pathology. Electives abroad would have been a great experience. Great job guys. Making a difference
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Primarily, you might be fortunate enough to Find and make an application for a job posting through your college's career center or an internet job board. A project may be an experience building stepping stone if you already know what kind of career you want to make in future. If you may discover work that permit you to be, for example, an assistant to a CEO, TAKE IT. If you have applied before and searching for a new job, it's critical that you update your resume. If you are going to put in an application for a new job, you should update the information.
Do not compose one unless you own a job Posting to file your application. As a high schooler, it can be difficult to find a job. Finding a job does not have to be so challenging, it actually doesn't. Remember, experience does not need to be official occupations. Your first job or volunteer gig might have been 4 years back but listing your newest opportunities on top of its part is the very best way to go.
In the best scenario, for the first 30 days, you ought to be completely committed to exploring the proper solution. The initial 30 days ought to be centered on the people and culture of the company. The past 30 days of the program is a great time to concentrate on the profitable development of the small business. Your first 30 days ought to be full of prospecting and collecting leads. The First 30 Days start by constructing an exceptional program around the job description and essential work. Day 0 Buying the correct point of sale procedure is an essential aspect of establishing a booming retail operation. It's also simpler than planning a complete year or God forbid, 5 decades.
Rest is a Vital portion of the program, too. The 60-day and 90-day plans will be obscure at first, since you'll have to use the initial 30 days as your information-gathering stage to ascertain where you're going to go in such phases. The plan has to be directed at how you're improve business operations. FORMAT OF THE PLAN it could be presented in any of these formats. Plans also prove that you understand the job duties and business specifics. A company program will show how dedicated, credible and knowledgeable you're about the business you want to work for. Supplying a business program that's irrelevant to your function from the supplier is a terrible thought.
The focus of the subsequent 30 days want to Get focused on building the brand of the business enterprise. Breaking down your advertising plan into manageable 90-day chunks is a remarkable method to keep perspective in your targets and achievements, set sensible priorities and a lot more. You are also able to find a general awareness of the form of individuals working at the business by studying the profiles of many individuals working there. To be totally honest, you don't have any idea where it's going. When it has to do with purpose of sale, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. In today's highly competitive job market, you will have to confront the simple fact you need to market yourself-like it or not. Conclusion Developing a immaculate plan demands a great deal of study, investigation of the work description, the role, the company and in-depth comprehension of the business atmosphere.
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This day, a test is on the second Account and deposited to the very account. Writing a check with pennies is especially tricky, but with a small bit of practice, you'll quickly be in a position to do it without thinking. Once you know about the way to properly compose a check for a particular number of dollars and zero cents, you increase the odds that the check is going to be translated for the correct quantity and leave the record less vulnerable to adjustments.
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Indicate the title of the individual or Company to whom you are giving your check. After that, you print out the test. To begin with, the combined test has to be made from the proper parties. There are plenty of ways of calculating the check.
Additionally, your check likely has the Word volatility in the decision of the lineup, so that it would not make sense. When you order pre-printed checks and they arrive, you'll be in a place to skip filling in a couple of these info you have to write on a starter check. A personal check is a kind of payment utilized to cover goods or services and is drawn against a person's individual checking accounts. If you fall a personal check or money, you don't have any protection.
Generally speaking, it is a very good approach To write your evaluations in a manner they make as few assumptions about the status of the system as you can. Our test appears very much like the prior one. The evaluations still affirm the property.
Surprisingly enough, lots of people will Complete every other portion of their check and following that fail to signal it. The additional information section provides the applicant an opportunity to deliver any other info they would like to include before the background check is completed. The company information section contains the information related to your request.
Data errors are simpler to debug if an Error is thrown near the origin of the undesirable data. Understanding code can be very challenging, but if you find it used in a style that's relatable for your own knowledge or expertise, it is going to become easier. It added below the Tests tab is going to be implemented following response is obtained.
Even now, you'll Discover decent value in a Merchandise that costs under a buck. For example, understanding the typical check amount can enable restaurants to improve menu items to slightly increase their usual revenue from each guest they serve. Multiple-selection listing box A multiple-selection listing box is composed of many check boxes within a scrollable list.
There are a couple of choices for cashing a Bank draft, all of which may be achievable for you depending on your situation and how quickly you want the money. There are only a few choices to setup your environment. The setup will be quite like Observables. With the help of User testing you're able to learn which sort of questions users are asking and expect them! A joint checking account can be helpful for married couples or business partners who have shared expenses.
There are rather a lot of kinds of Restrictive endorsements being used in the building market. The case might be exaggerated, but you have the idea. This example will execute a customized Hook command whenever the native HTTP API is decided to be unhealthy. Several other examples include things such as buying a wedding gown, pre-paying a holiday package or settling a health invoice.
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Any business application which would adore To use spell-check or word check can make a call to the API and see if the called word is equal to phrase in the industry application. When a procedure was identified as a candidate for advancement, effort may be requested to try to spot the source of these flaws by cause. Luckily, it is fairly simple and after filling out a few checks, you'll feel like a professional. It's fairly simple. Furthermore, it's a easy, straight-forward approach. The methods are given below.
The stipulations linked with check Discounting will change between nations and lending institutions, but you're Going to see numerous common requirements developed to protect the lender. One particular Important way of avoiding all sorts of check fraud is to earn good use of check Security services. To conceal or obscure data in any fashion.
Should You write out a receipt, include All the crucial information that creates a reception valid. A receipt contains lots of information about your purchase, including store, payment and merchandise details. Receipts come in many unique forms and might be used to account for money spent in several of various ways. The receipt itself might not say the specific date which the items must be returned , and that usually means you would like to calculate this date . Sample rental receipts are available online at sites like LegalZoom.com. It's possible to always receive a digital receipt in lieu of a paper receipt should you make an in-store purchase at Walmart by providing your cellular phone number at check-out.
Invoices arrive in Many of terms, from Internet 7 (meaning you have to pay the complete amount in seven days) to Net 45 (meaning that you must pay the whole amount in 45 days). The sort of bill your organization uses is just dependent on preference. Net invoices are utilized to show the pre requisite price of a good or assistance. If it regards a gross or net invoice, it truly is dependent upon taste. In other instances, a web invoice doesn't offer the seller a complete image.
Invoices are a vital part of an organization. Gross invoices don't always consist of itemized discounts. On occasion, a gross statement can be misleading for a business that's tax exempt. Gross invoices represent the entire sum of a purchase, occasionally prior to any discounts, coupons and deals.
The earlier" price ought to have become the Price the goods were offered for in a reasonable period prior to the purchase. The most important price should nevertheless be shown in a means that's simple to see. The single price needs to be clear and unambiguous and should include all of the portions of the price that need to get paid to find the goods. Using Excel 2013, create a receipt that you may easily customize for each sale. State the place where the sale occurs. If you spend money on a purchase by way of a charge card, you will be given a charge card slip in addition to or as a replacement for a standard receipt. A sales order is an effortless form that is filled out by a business detailing the upcoming receipt of goods by a customer.
You Have to permit the consumer know whether You accept charge cards or checks and just how long she has to make the payment before a late fee is going to be added. As an example, a company may discover that it should employ new workers to remain informed about product demand. If you handle the business, you may want to designate somebody else to administer and handle PC. Double-entry accounting is based on the grounds that resources will always equal the liabilities in addition to the equity of the company. You are reducing the money asset, thus you are likely to charge cash. Money need to be listed and set in a secure place until deposit. Choose the number of cash you would like to withdraw.
If you are not able to scan either code, then you Are in a position to manually place in your reception info. The Walmart receipt codes needed for Savings Catcher are found at the base of all store receipts, together with a barcode. So as it pertains to composing email templates, we need to supply our users with the best instruments to produce content in the most effective way possible, whether you would like to understand how to code an e-receipt or just upgrade your welcome emails. Employing an Excel template offers an intuitive means to make invoices for low and moderate-demand small company use. You might also make a receipt template yourself and print one out each time you require it. Many year-end receipt templates are offered on the web.
Whenever possible, a person who does not Have availability of the petty money should be the person accountable for auditing petty money. Even if your state doesn't require a bill of sale, it is a significant part of buying, selling or donating an automobile you ought ton't overlook. States that do need a bill of sale have their very own state-specific forms that, in most circumstances, you are able to discover on their respective websites. Assign work number and an invoice amount for the job you need to bill.
Read More and should you not plan meetings Often, then it is reasonable, especially if you enjoy doing this. In the same style, meetings are also important since it is a process of interaction with different folks. One-on-one meetings should be conducted anytime from once a week to once a month. A crucial thing to remember when running your one-on-one meetings is that you need to write things down.
Agendas can vary from simple to complicated. They also make it much easier to evaluate the achievement of the meeting by providing a checklist for follow-up and accountability. A meeting schedule can be formatted in a lot of ways. For instance, it is often set to keep a meeting arranged. Budget meeting plans are categorized via past small business performance and current small business requirements.
You must always embrace the meeting to the Particular situation available. Establish how members should have ready for the assembly. A thriving meeting is a result of a well-organized and ready schedule. A superb meeting requires planning, preferably the kind that has the workers or attendees that is going to be attending your meeting. In the event you've ever attended or intended a board meeting, then you're aware that the schedule contains a great deal more info than an easy team meeting agenda.
projection. An agenda can assist you regain attention in case the discussions veer off track, and help you estimate how long you expect spending in the meeting. The lengthy schedule is normally a complete webpage, which includes a name, meeting place, date and time, targets and subjects or points of discussion. An extremely clear schedule also makes it easier to record successful meeting minutes. 1 good schedule can cut the selection of meetings necessary to finish a job in half and greatly lower the trend for meetings to branch into talks that are not beneficial to goal achievement.
An agenda, in fact, is not the main Reason behind a booming small group. It can help to keep assembly attendees concentrated on the last choice. A company agenda is a type of agenda that lists discussions and activities that should be taken up during an official gathering. A business meeting agenda plans to facilitate powerful and well-organized discussion of topics concerning the current and future of the business. Developing a business meeting agenda might be daunting.
Ensure you download our template to assist you plan! Templates will cut the time cost requirement. However, it will increase the degree of efficiency in your task. It's possible to navigate the group of free to get templates around the world wide web and you may get the most appropriate template to your demand quite readily. Thus, you should go with readymade Agenda Templates which will be ideal for all your requirements. The casual agenda template is ideal for team meetings. A faculty meeting agenda template is the key to establishing a standardised and helpful schedule for virtually any college meeting.
You will become guaranteed better outcomes with all These options available for you. You can't use the particular exact exact same cover letter to turn in a program for every single undertaking. They all are readily available to download free of charge! The purpose is to supply everyone who'd prefer a chance to talk an opportunity to do precisely that. Let your team members create fresh ideas. The thought of working through the internet has begun to creep into the regular office,… Read , an appealing agenda that is also practical is the best way to go.
If you're using Word 2016, you now Have access to a number of useful meeting schedule templates. Cover letters are a valuable element of this application process, and also a great approach to be sure that your resume talks for you in addition to your own abilities. The correspondence is among the few records that nearly everyone might need to create sooner or later later within the course of their life. If you need to be a copywriter, your resume cover letter should ooze utilizing all skill. Together side a great introduction, a resume cover letter needs to be tailored to each job posting. A picture cover letter should be between 30 minutes into a minute. Agenda composing is a duty that demands effort and appropriate analysis.
Meeting Topic The subject to your particular Meeting ought to be placed in the surface of your schedule serving as a heading into the schedule. It ought to be clear if it is a subject they desire to participate in or not an if they donat wish to research a particular personal subject, you need to respect their wishes. For greater reading comprehension, you might want to list schedule topics as questions the team should reply. Read the query insights to ensure you're using the queries correctly. Ensure enough time is allowed to research key difficulties.
Trade agreements undergo a thorough Approval practice. A contract arises whenever the parties agree that there's an arrangement. There are lots of explanations as to why a contract is terminated. Most Language contracts don't require any superior faith, provided the legislation is met.
Such arrangements need to be signed by both partners. Non-disclosure agreements are extremely much in vogue in case of technology companies where the goods are for the most part developed . Verbal agreements demand the fantastic religion of all parties and could be tough to prove. Prenuptial agreements are just a mechanism to protect the wealthy partner's assets. While signing a prenuptial agreement isn't compulsory by law, it's a smart step to take before getting married, so you are ready to rest assured you will have the ability to cope with yourself financially after the union. After twenty years, as an example, the prenuptial agreement could come to be wholly obsolete. Occasionally scaled' prenuptial agreements permit the couple to develop financial trust over the design of their connection.
If a party was made to enter a contract, he What's more, if the other party gets offended, it's likely that they will not settle the dispute readily. Each party to a contract should have capacity to go into the agreement.
The document might bear logos of All the parties. As a result, if you are opting for this type of record, it is always recommended to consult an attorney. Such records are known as loan arrangements or loan contracts and are a proof of all of the facts surrounding the fiscal loan.
The arrangement must be acknowledged by both Parties in front of a notary. The exclusivity agreement can be tailored to the requirements of the moment along with prospective inevitabilities. It's wise to write down everything you have to possess in an arrangement so both parties actually can understand what they are agreeing to. To start with, it's important to recognize that you can't draft a postnuptial agreement on your own. It's very rare to locate a written agreement between an auto owner and a mechanic, under these conditions.
If you are coping with something less Crucial, but you might try to compose a contract on your own. You are able to use a contract example to establish your contract . A company contract is not just among the greatest strategies to be certain that both parties understand the nuances involved with the market arrangement, but in addition it helps safeguard your and another party's interests when entering into an arrangement.
Help of a postage paper and an acceptable signatory. Consider if you'll write a contract on your own or at the event that you are going to want to find legal aid. There are lots of varieties of contracts for business or person explanations.
If you Choose to attempt to compose the contract Yourself, bear in mind it isn't important to utilize legal terminology. It is quite common to find contracts using the conditions indemnify and hold harmless together. In the event the contract is silent regarding finishing terms, you will have to follow along with the frequent procedure that's been prescribed by the law. Implied contract of employment isn't anything apart from an arrangement inferred from the behavior of the employee, or by the conditions.
The arrangement signifies all the particulars Of the lending. Default agreements will state what constitutes a default option, like the breach of one clause or a range of clauses that will cause penalties. Even though there's no formal arrangement, there is an implied contract between them both. It is extremely important to keep in mind that a badly drafted agreement may not be kept at the ideal time of enforcement. A horizontal cooperative advertising agreement aids the parties endorse the same item.
At times the arrangement could be broken at any given Moment, but using a penalty. It's also Sensible to draft this kind of agreement With the aid of a specialist. If there's a dispute regarding the contract it's Significant both parties communicate clearly to create an effort to solve the issue. Training arrangement is essentially a document that defines the personality Of your internship or placement. The free rental lease arrangement shown On the webpage is a great illustration of this sort of agreement.


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Outbound calls
or SIP-trunking
through IP-telephony
Unlike classic telephony (ISDN/PRI, E1 etc.), it's easy to set up SIP-trunk anywhere, you need just access to Internet. Using of backup Internet connections (one or several) guarantees high reliability of SIP-telephony. It doesn't matter what equipment you use: PBX, VoIP gateways, IP phones or softphones on computers – SIP protocol is universal and suites for all kinds of compatible devices.
IP-telephony is not just flexible tool to quickly get telephony in the office or call center! It's also significant savings on long-distance calls.
Moreover, for SIP protocol it's absolutely doesn't matter where is located your provider. And we know that privacy of communications plays an important role in business security in some countries.
- Quick provision
- No wires
- Use anywhere
- Savings on calls
- High security
- Fail safety
Key question:
ratio "price-quality"
High quality telephony at the low prices – is it real? We should reply honestly – no. Pretty much, you can find offers with cheaper tariffs for some destinations, but will you be satisfied with the quality?
It's important for us to provide high standard telephony and maximum callers reach, and it's impossible when using "grey" and other cheap voice traffic routes.
Meanwhile, our tariffs are considerably less expensive than classic telephony tariffs with almost the same quality level, because we have opportunities to use low price for voice transmission via Internet, private peering, direct TDM/STM interconnections.
About security
and privacy
It is important to keep in mind that in the most common case SIP traffic is transmitted via Internet without any encryption, so it can be (in some countries will certainly be) written at any intermediary server, for example, at your Internet provider server. For the prevention of such incidents we offer to use encrypted versions of protocol and complex solutions such as VPN tunnels.
Another risk for your business in some countries is a possibility that local telephony provider can deliver data about your calls to the competent authorities. We are headquartered in the Czech Republic, we interact with the public authorities according to the law of Czech Republic and European Union (for example, personal data protection). This is where we have our core equipment hub. We haven't offices and technical centers outside of EU. By the way, you can check our actual Transparency Report where indicated all handled requests about disclosure of customer's personal data and/or information on authorizations, IP addresses, calls etc.
Our specialists are always ready to consult you regarding security, not only security of phone calls, but integral safety including remote workplaces, cloud database of accounting records, VPN channels for protection of internet traffic etc.
Some figures
for fault-tolerance
for each trunk
(dial rate)
on CallerID
In some countries rate depends on CallerID. For example, calls to Russia with local CallerID cost at least 5 times cheaper than calls to Russia with international CallerID. The same situation is for EU countries, rates differ 10 times for different CallerIDs. This is also true for some other countries, however, we can compound local and international telecoms interconnections, that's why don't forget to discuss options for your case with the account manager. DID numbers rent for some destinations may be useful as well.
When using cheap IP telephony services, you can often find out that your CallerID is indicated incorrectly for your called subscriber. For example, Kazakh CallerID is showed to called subscriber when calling to Kazakhstan instead of London CallerID. It's the result of the use of cheap, so-called "grey" voice routes. As usual, such routes are of low quality of voice distinctness, let alone called party can't identify you by phone number and, surely, can't call back to you.
We never use such voice routes, so you can always figure on high quality and correctness of CallerID.
national CallerIDs
Individual countries limit CallerID passing for international voice routes. For example, you are not able to call to Bulgaria using Bulgarian CallerID, if you are not in Bulgaria. There is no explicit prohibition, however, calls with local CallerIDs are increasingly blocking by the national carriers. If you need to call with the local CallerIDs, you can rely on our experience in that field, just don't forget to notify your account manager in advance to choose optimal solution.
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Height Safety Contract Installers VIC
RISsafety is a leading national company specialising in the area of Height Safety, Access and Fall Protection equipment. The company has branches in all capital cities and a manufacturing operation at its head office in Sydney.
We seek highly motivated subcontractors with proven roofing, carpentry and or height safety installation experience who can work autonomously and consistently deliver completed projects to the company's expectations.
The role involves the fabrication & installation of a range of height safety products including: Access platforms, Ladder systems, Abseil Monorail systems, Anchor Points, Static Lines, Walkways and Handrails, to a variety of buildings on new construction sites within the Melbourne metropolitan area.
What you need:
- Attention to Detail
- Strong Safety Culture
- White Card
- Certified Safe Work at Heights
- Certified EWP/Boom Operator
- Work Vehicle
- Relevant Tools and Equipment
- Relevant Insurances
- Roofing, carpentry and or height safety systems installation experience
What we supply:
- Regular work on commercial and industrial sites
- Hassle free weekly payments
- We design, quote, project manage and provide all of the safety systems and procedures so you and your team can focus on what you do best – the installation!
Contractors wishing to apply will ideally come from a trade background or previous experience in height safety installations, excellent project rates are on offer for the right candidates. .
If you are the best at what you do, and you are looking for an exciting and challenging opportunity to work in a growth industry then submit your details and credentials today.


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The training ground five-asidesat Burnley are as hard fought as any in the Premier League.
Top-flight footballers are trained and conditioned to win, not lose, and for Aaron Lennon the competitive instincts are undimmed.'
The lads lost yesterday and there were people storming of the pitch,' smiled the Burnley winger. 'The other lads? They were buzzing. It still hurts, evening training.
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'Lennon is 31 now, with almost 400 league appearances behind him for Leeds,Tottenham, Everton and Burnley. He also played 21 times for England.It is clear many things about him remain unchanged but asked this week for his favourite Premier League moment, he replied without pause: 'Arriving at Burnley'.
The Lancashire club, he believes, saved his career and restored his love for the game that he now knows almost destroyed him. 'I came here at the right time and I know that,'he said.