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"Look, it's adorable that she got out the wicker basket and she's super cute sitting inside," said roommate Lizzy Tempkins, who conceded that the dog's salmon en croute is "to die for." "But it's just not picnic weather."
The average high this week in Boston, MA where Harriet lives is just over 32° F, with snow in the forecast. Tempkins said she may entertain the idea of a picnic in April or May, depending on the weather, but not now with winter almost upon us.
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Series includes: Pajama Day, The Show Must Go On, The 100th Day of School and Every Day is Earth Day.
Pajama Day Nancy is all set to wear something special for Pajama Day at school. But when Bree and Clara show up in matching outfits, Nancy feels left out. Will this Pajama Day be as fun as she thought?
The Show Must Go On Nancy and her partner for the talent show are very different. They don't have any of the same talents. How will they ever come up with an act?
The 100th Day of School The 100th day of school is coming up, and Nancy doesn't know what to bring in for the class project. Will she be able to think of something imaginative in time for the big day?
Every Day is Earth Day Being green is important to Nancy—so important that she wants her family to take care of the Earth morning, noon, and night!
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- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Release Date: September 28, 2010
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Recently came back from a 2 week holiday at Hemingway Villa with friends. It was in an ideal location, in a beautifully maintained gated community. The villa was spacious, clean and had everything we needed. It was next to a huge Walmart, which meant that on our first night there we could stock up on the essentials, ready to start our holiday the next day. We used the chinese takeaway a couple of nights which delivered to the villa and our favourite restaurant "Mannys" is just down the road.The games room and pool came in handy for entertaining the kids while the adults got ready and the free wifi was great for keeping friends and family back home updated with our activities.Disney world, International Drive and Universal are apporiximately half an hour away.Would definitely return!
WOW (again!) what can I say about this property. From the outset the location and grounds (Southern Dunes) make you and your family feel 110% safe and comfortable. The security on the gates are diligent and professional at all times showing they take their role seriously. The property itself is amazingly clean with all the amenities you would desire for couples/families/golfing groups alike - the British owners have REALLY made this a home from home. We did actually have a simple alarm query on the property (which could have easily been diagnosed over the phone!) yet the maintenance guy came to see us PERSONALLY to explain and I think settle us in...he was with us in 15 minutes! Such professional touches really count. Instructions on appliances are comprehensive, as is the information on local attractions. 'Wallmart' is more or less on site for groceries - countless restaurants nearby and a perfect base for all major park attractions - 20-35 Minutes. The pool area and BBQ is lovely for some 'Al Fresco' dining of an evening - and the right size for young families to enjoy throughout the day. We WILL BE RETURNING ONE DAY! Make sure you plan your trip wisely and prioritize what you want to do. A Sat Nav is a great tool to have.
Beautiful gated community, would highly recommend this villa to anyone. the house was fabulous, the pool overlooking the golf course was super. The house was clean and spacious. the value for the money spent was excellent. We will be staying here again in the future.
This property was recommended to us by my wife's hairdresser as the owner is a client of his also. In addition to our two young children (ages 12 and 7) we also had my two grown up sons from my first marriage (ages 32 and 29). I have to say that the property exceeded our expectations in every respect. It was immaculately furnished with ample room for everybody to have some space of their own. The pool was a terrific attraction after a long day at the theme parks. The stunning views over the golf course added to the enjoyment of a glass of wine at the end of a tiring day. We particularly liked the extra touches of a pool table and darts board in the garage, a Wii console, large flat screen TV and iPod docking station in the lounge area, flat screen TVs in two of the bedrooms and Wi-Fi access throughout the property. In addition, the alarm warning when the patio door to the pool area is opened is a great idea if there are young children in the party. The driving distance to the Disney theme parks was longer than we were used to on previous visits to Florida but the five times we went to Disney saw us from door to car park in 20/25 minutes maximum. We would have no hesitation going back to Hemingway Villa again and would strongly recommend this property to anybody who would like a quality home away from home. Oh, I almost forgot a massive Walmart is located just at the entry gates to Southern Dunes and Mannys Chophouse, which is only 2 minutes drive away, is a must for anybody who likes steak in a lively environment. Finally, I did not play Southern Dunes golf course this time but I have done previously and it is a terrific test of golf. The property would be ideal for a golfing holiday as well as a family holiday.


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Operating from his gallery at Bäumleingasse in Basel, Ernst Beyeler (1921-2010) provided the world's leading collectors and museums with extraordinary art. He brought about high-power deals behind the scenes; and he organized legendary exhibitions.
Mr. Beyeler was a co-founder of Art Basel, the world's most prestigious modern and contemporary art fair. The 42nd edition of Art Basel opened with a bang in Basel this week as an international crowd pushed through the entrance to be first to the post on the invitation-only preview day (until Sunday). "You think they could wait five minutes," said one irritated fair-goer. Inside, corridors lead through a wealth of 20th- and 21st-century art with something for everybody, from billionaire collectors to those with a budget.
With his wife Hildy, Mr. Beyeler assembled a wonderful private collection of post-Impressionist, Modern, Contemporary, African and Oceanic art for which they built the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen-Basel, one of Europe's most beautiful museums.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Christie's in London will offer works from the estate of Mr. Beyeler. They will include paintings, sculptures and drawings by notable names such as Monet, Gauguin, Renoir, Klee and Picasso. President of Christie's Europe Jussi Pylkkänen says "a tremendous atmosphere" is expected. Auction proceeds will be used to support the Fondation.
The Christie's sale will have works from the now-closed Galerie Beyeler and personal pieces that the couple loved to have around them. The latter includes an exquisite park landscape in rich watercolors from 1920 by Klee that hung above Mr. Beyeler's bedside table for more than 50 years (estimate: £400,000-£600,000).
Among the major Beyeler highlights will be one of Monet's famous "Nymphéas" series, depicting the artist's garden pond with water lilies (estimate: £17 million-£24 million). A superb portrait of Francoise Gilot by Picasso is expected to fetch £7 million-£10 million. Gilot, Picasso's lover between 1943 and 1953, was responsible for inspiring some of the artist's most joyous pictures. The portrait is intensely colored with green hair and a blue face. According to Christie's, the coloring of the picture was much influenced by Matisse, who once remarked that if he painted Gilot, she would have green hair; and a somewhat jealous Picasso decided that he would do it himself.
Meanwhile, Sotheby's on Wednesday in London is reaching for a record with Egon Schiele's "Häuser mit bunter Wäsche (Vorstadt II)" from 1914, a colorful cityscape with fantasy houses and a row of washing in the foreground. This magic painting by the Austrian artist, who died at the age of 28, is estimated at £22 million-£30 million.
Schiele's cityscapes at auction are rare as only three have appeared in around 15 years, says Helena Newman, chairman of Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Department Worldwide. "The appearance of this work at auction is very exciting," she says.
The piece is being sold by the Leopold Museum in Vienna that has a remarkable collection of Austrian 20th-century art, including eight further Schiele cityscapes. Ms. Newman says the cityscape would never have come on the market except that the museum sought funds to cover the restitution costs of a Schiele portrait of his lover Wally. The portrait was the subject of a long legal dispute between the museum and heirs of a former owner who said that it was looted by the Nazis. In 2010, the museum agreed to pay the heirs compensation.
Another top Sotheby's lot will be Alberto Giacometti's haunting sculpture "Trois hommes qui marchent II," three men walking together yet totally isolated from one another (estimate: £10 million-£15 million). "The market for Alberto Giacometti has never been stronger," Ms. Newman says.
On June 28, Christie's in London will offer around 150 works from the collection of English thriller author Jeffrey Archer. Highlights will include an impressive painting of a turbulent River Seine by Monet from 1879 (estimate: £1.2 million-£1.7 million).


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Here's a rundown of some late-breaking news before today's games.
Steelers at Ravens: Ben Roethslisberger is the backup quarterback and linebacker Kendrell Bell is still out with a knee injury for Pittsburgh. Travis Taylor and and Devard Darling are out, so Randy Hymes starts opposite of Kevin Johnson at wide receiver for Baltimore.
Texans at Lions: Backup running back Tony Hollings is out with a knee injury for Houston. Cornerbacks Dre' Bly and Andre' Goodman are out and will be replaced with Chris Cash and Fernando Bryant for Detroit.
Panthers at Chiefs: Carolina's Doug Brzezinski starts at right guard for Rich Tylski. Vonnie Holliday and Greg Wesley are out for the Chiefs.
Broncos at Jaguars: Defensive lineman Trevor Pryce is inactive for Denver. Marco Coleman starts at end and Luther Elliss starts at tackle. No real issues for the Jags.
Bears at Packers: R.W. McQuarters and starts opposite of Charles Tillman at quarterback for the Bears. Cornerback Mike McKenzie is active, but is not starting for the Packers. Backup running back Najeh Davenport is out.
49ers at Saints: Cornerback Mike Rumph is out and Shawntae Spencer starts in his place for the 49ers. And wide receiver Cedrick Wilson is out and willl be replaced with Curtis Conway. Defensive tackle Brian Young is out, so Johnathan Sullivan starts in his place for New Orleans.
Colts at Titans: Indy's Cory Bird starts at strong safety for Mike Doss. Wide receiver Tyrone Calico is still out with a knee injury, linebacker Rocky Calmus is also out, and rookie Jacob Bell starts for offensive lineman Zach Piller for Tennessee.
Redskins at Giants: Linebacker Mike Barrow is out for the Redskins. Giants linebacker Carlos Emmons is out and will be replaced in the lineup with Reggie Torbor.
Rams at Falcons: No real issues for the Rams. Falcons left tackle Kevin Shaffer is out and cornerback Kevin Mathis starts for DeAngelo Hall.
Seahawks at Buccaneers: Running back Shaun Alexander is active and expected to start for Seattle. Chris Simms is the backup quarterback and Charles Lee starts in place of wide receiver Joey Galloway for Tampa Bay.
Jets at Chargers: Jets defensive tackle Josh Evans is out. Nothing major for the Chargers.
Bills at Raiders: Nothing new for the Bills. Raiders linebacker Napoleon Harris is out, so Tim Johnson starts for him. Running back Justin Fargas is also out.
Browns at Cowboys: Running back Lee Suggs is out for the Browns. Running back Richie Anderson is out for Dallas.
Patriots at Cardinals: Running back Kevin Faulk is still out for the Pats. Tight end Ben Watson is inactive as well. Nothing for Arizona.
John Clayton is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.


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Happy Birthday Mio-chan! :D …
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Happy Birthday Mio-chan! :D
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- Otaku Wish Mio A Happy Birthday, Again:
Nope people like you are waste of oxygen . World without arrogant trash like you=much better place to live. And i dont even celebrate birthday.
- Otaku Wish Mio A Happy Birthday, Again:
Ok i dont get this. Really, people here change opinions in every thread. I mean in discussion named xx is y bad while in another discussion named xx2 is y good. First its 2d is teh best then 3d is best and then again 2d is best etc.
- Otaku Wish Mio A Happy Birthday, Again:
>>historical facts backing up that Mr. Hairy old man is real fucking lol'd It's not because your fanfic… errr I mean your bible is thousand years old than it makes it historical fact. Me too don't give a crap about religion, but I wouldn't consider "completely different" million dudes celebrating the birthday of an old guy living in the clouds and ruling on the world with superpower, and hundreds of guys celebrating the birthday of an anime character.
- Otaku Wish Mio A Happy Birthday, Again:
Of course it's normal behavior, people celebrate even the aniversary of some foods, or religion celebrates some fictional historic events, like christmas, or the death of kim yong-il, so Why we can't celebrate the birthday of some characters?
- Otaku Wish Mio A Happy Birthday, Again:
That's completely different, there's historical facts backing up that Mr. Hairy old man is real, not saying he is but i don't give much of a shit.
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Prior to the productive use of iron- and steel-making slags as environmental amendments, a risk assessment supported by material characterization concomitant with leaching and ecotoxicological testing is necessary. Five iron- and steel-making slags were characterized geochemically, and the leachability of their elemental constituents was assessed. The toxicity of slag leachate to microalgae (Chlorella sp.), cladocerans (Ceriodaphnia dubia), and bacteria (Vibrio fischeri) was related to elemental composition. Slag leachates with the highest concentrations of dissolved elements were the most toxic (10% effective concentration [EC10] ∼1%), whereas those with the lowest concentrations of elements were the least toxic (EC10 63–85%). It was not possible to determine which elements caused the observed toxicity; however, comparisons with contaminant guidelines and published toxicity data identified several elements of potential environmental concern. Low to moderate activities were measured for radionuclides in the U and Th decay chains in slags. Based on these data, some of the slags examined herein are potentially suitable for use as environmental amendments following ≥10 times dilution to ameliorate potential toxic effects because of leachate pH. Environ Toxicol Chem 2013;32:2602–2610. © 2013 SETAC
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Walter Pizzo October 18, 1936 - March 6, 2013 NORWICH - Walter Michael Pizzo, 76, of Bonita Springs, Florida, formerly of Norwich, died suddenly at home on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. On October 18, 1936 he was born in Norwich the son of the late Walter and Clara (Schultz) Pizzo. Walter grew up in Norwich where he met his wife, the former Geraldine Irene Brennan. They were married on January 26, 1957 and have been happily married for 56 years. For over thirty years he worked as a truck driver for New Penn Motor Express. He has been a resident of Bonita Springs, Florida for the past seventeen years. Walter was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed. In addition to his wife Geraldine, of Bonita Springs, Fl, he is survived by his children, Michael J. Pizzo, Tammy L. Murphy, Gary D. Pizzo and Sherry L. Gaudreau, all of Norwich, CT; 11 Grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and a sister, Margaret "Peggy" Krupinski of North Stonington, CT. Memorial calling hours will be held on Saturday, March 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Woyasz & Son Funeral Home, 141 Central Ave, Norwich, with a service at 11:30 a.m. with Rev. Anthony Rosaforte. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. In Lieu of Flowers please make donations to the Daniel Winchester Scholarship Fund at Norwich Free Academy, 305 Broadway, Norwich, CT 06360.
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Acclaimed guitarist Ry Cooder is eyeing a combined CD/book release for his next project, "Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story," the artist reveals to Billboard.com.Acclaimed guitarist Ry Cooder is eyeing a combined CD/book release for his next project, "Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story," the artist reveals to Billboard.com. "It's a story/concept record about Chavez Ravine, our L.A. classic Hispanic Pachuco tale of woe, corruption, politics, the Red Scare, the little and the big, neighborhood vs. corporate, all rolled into one," he says.
Pachuco was a moniker for Mexican-American teenagers who dressed flamboyantly and/or belonged to a neighborhood gang. The music of the same name blended traditional Mexican flavors with R&B and jazz, creating a sound all its own.
"It rocks too, because you've got to rock and spin your tale at the same time," confesses Cooder, whose electric guitar recordings have become less and less frequent in the past decade. "There are six or so songs from the '40s or '50s that are either Pachuco classics like Lalo Guerrero's or Don Tosti's tunes, or there's even a Lieber & Stoller Pachuco song that's really nice. We show the life of the people in the vernacular; the groovy mood of the day, now totally forgotten. It doesn't exist. Chavez Ravine is a bowl of cement now and the town is buried underneath it."
The idea to combine the music with a book came after Cooder had trouble conveying the concept to Nonesuch, which distributes his own Perro Verde imprint on a project-by-project basis. "It's so esoteric and fine-grained," he admits. "We want to find 14 writers to write something about each tune and illuminate it -- to give the person who picks this up a way in to the story."
Discussions are now in the works with publishers, and if the project can be released into the marketplace to his satisfaction, Cooder says he'd like to tour in support of "Chavez Ravine."
"It's complicated, but you could figure out what to do on the stage with it all right," he says. "Everybody who got involved with me in this on a musical level, they really liked it because they could see it was their story and their chance to tell it."
But despite his prolific body of work, highlighted by producing and playing on the Grammy-winning 1997 album "Buena Vista Social Club" with a host of legendary Cuban musicians, Cooder admits that age 57, he has lost his zest for simply releasing a conventional album every few years.
"If this works, it's an experiment, right?," he asks rhetorically. "I can do others. And I can have more fun, because I tell you, quite frankly, making records at this point for me, it doesn't make any sense. What would they be, and why would they be? I'm not 25 years old anymore, like my son. I've got to do what I like."


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PFLAG Calls Out Guiliani in 'The Politico'
Guiliani (pictured), who once endorsed repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and said he'd be proud to marry his gay friends when their union would be legally recognized, panned New York Governor David Patterson for his support of same-sex couples.
In yesterday's edition of The Politico, a must-read paper and website for Capitol Hill staffers in Washington, LGBT groups quickly responded to the former mayor's comments. And PFLAG was among those calling out Guiliani for his new position on equality.
"Same-sex marriage is shaping up as a hot-button 2010 issue both in New York and nationally, and Giuliani's comments generated a quick backlash from gay rights groups, which had considered Giuliani an ally during his days in Gracie Mansion," Politico's Ken Vogel wrote.
"Steve Ralls, spokesman for Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays, asserted Giuliani was 'staking out positions simply for political gain' and called his stance 'an almost unprecedented flip-flop for a politician who was once viewed as one of the most moderate, and most gay-friendly, voices in the Republican Party.'"
In his interview, Giuliani predicted that the push for gay marriage will spark "a grass-roots" backlash. "This is the kind of issue that, in many ways, is somewhat beyond politics."
Following the quick response from PFLAG and others, Guiliani modified his comments somewhat, suggesting he had not meant he would use marriage as a wedge issue in the race for the governor's office.
The marriage issue "will be something that Republicans don't have to use — this is something that will bring a lot of people to the Republican Party because it's such a basic challenge to what people believe is the way society should be organized," he later said.
But on the same day that Guiliani offered his revised opinions, a new poll of New York voters suggested he was more out of step with the electorate than ever before.
"A poll released Monday by Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., found that 53 percent of respondents wanted the state Senate to pass legislation introduced by Paterson legalizing same-sex marriages, compared with 39 percent who opposed it," Politico reported.
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Thin Slice of Lifeby Miles Arceneaux
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Charlie Sweetwater returns to his hometown to visit his brother but arrives to find he is a no-show: The Coast Guard has discovered Johnny's shrimp boat drifting abandoned in the Gulf. Is it "death by misadventure" as the authorities presume, or something more sinister?
Meanwhile, Fulton Harbor, where Charlie's family have
Charlie Sweetwater returns to his hometown to visit his brother but arrives to find he is a no-show: The Coast Guard has discovered Johnny's shrimp boat drifting abandoned in the Gulf. Is it "death by misadventure" as the authorities presume, or something more sinister?
Meanwhile, Fulton Harbor, where Charlie's family have docked their shrimp boats for generations, has changed—and not for the better. Hard-working Vietnamese fishermen are under the thumb of Col. Nguyen Ngoc Bao, a ruthless exiled gangster who aims to recreate his criminal enterprise in a New World setting.
Confronting Bao and his thugs are Charlie and a mismatched group of good guys (and gals): a fast-and-loose Cajun hustler, a salty cast of "Third Coast" barroom regulars, a handful of courageous Vietnamese émigrés, a menacing ex-convict, and a misplaced Texas Ranger who discovers a slice of the Lone Star State that the cowboy movies of his boyhood never prepared him for.
Along the way Charlie finds himself falling for his brother's girlfriend, whose zealous desire to see justice served tests his own limits for loyalty and commitment. Unlikely heroes arise from improbable circumstances, and the denizens of the small seaside community find their fortunes and fates ebbing and flowing like the tidal flux of the ocean itself.
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From above, the calm waters of the Gulf of Mexico reflect the deep blue of a bright October sky. A meandering seagull soars on a thermal updraft, alert for forage fish. From this height the occasional oil and gas platforms look like abandoned toys. Far off over the horizon the shoaling waters lighten to a translucent green as they rise to meet the dim humps of San José and Matagorda Islands.
Only one thing mars the vista: a column of greasy black smoke climbing into the flawless sky. The gull kites with the wind towards a steel-hulled trawler whose back deck is all but obscured by the billowing smoke and licking flames emerging from the engine room hatch. Markings painted on the rust-stained transom read The Lazy Liz, and underneath in smaller letters, Fulton, Texas, the boat's homeport. Men run aft bearing fire hoses and extinguishers, frantically battling the blaze.
Another vessel surges into sight, a pronounced wake marking its advance. It's another trawler, and it closes quickly on the stricken boat as maritime law and simple decency require. It's a fifty-eight foot gulf shrimper, the Ramrod, also out of Fulton. The Ramrod heaves to in front of the other boat, and the captain—it must be the captain, as no one else appears to be aboard—quickly sets the anchor and tosses over his own supply of fire extinguishers. He jackknifes his tall and lanky frame over the rail into the water and with long, powerful strokes swims to the bow of the burning vessel and clambers up the anchor line.
As it happens, the Ramrod's skipper recognizes the men on the Lazy Liz. They are Vietnamese, part of the postwar refugee population that has for the past few years been making itself felt in fishing communities up and down the Texas coast. The men nod at one another, too involved with the task at hand to exchange pleasantries.
But there is, nonetheless, a small shock of familiarity. Hardly surprising; the coastal Gulf waters are a small pond from the perspective of the fishermen, shrimpers and oystermen who work them. Everyone pretty much knows one another through greater and lesser degrees of separation.
The men on the stricken vessel know the curly-haired white man, too. His name is Johnny Sweetwater, from one of the old-line families of fishermen with deep roots in Fulton and its neighboring coastal town of Rockport.
Later, after the fire is quelled, the skipper of the Lazy Liz attempts to turn over the big diesels but his engines grind and refuse to catch. After a period of futile tinkering, the Vietnamese shrug their collective shoulders.
The Anglo captain, in a mixture of pidgin Vietnamese, Spanish and English maritime lingo, persuades them to let him fiddle with the diesels. He descends into the engine room and with a short but considerable expenditure of greasy, sweaty work, finally gets the big Cummins engines to crank over.
When he climbs up from below, the crewmen slap him on the back and congratulate him in the nasal singsong of their native language. The Vietnamese captain insists that he come inside and share a drink with them.
By dusk, with two bottles of rum down and a third bottle four fingers gone, Johnny excuses himself from the cigarette smoke-filled galley to check on his boat. Satisfied the Ramrod is holding fast to its anchorage, he strolls to the back deck of the Lazy Liz to observe the impending sunset and to enjoy the cool evening breeze. Leaning on the gunwale, out of view of his hosts, he focuses on a hatch cover located behind the cabin. He is just drunk enough to indulge an inborn curiosity to peek beneath the hatch into the holds.
He isn't sure what he sees in the dim light of the storage bins below deck, but he is sure it isn't shrimp. Half buried in the ice that normally blankets and preserves the catch, he sees several objects that are large, long and metallic, with stenciled numbers and identification markings visible even through the clear industrial plastic that protects them. What the hell?
The heat from the fire in the engine room has melted away much of the ice that was meant to hide the cargo. Whatever the objects are, Johnny quickly learns he isn't supposed to see them, because three crewmen scramble out of the cabin, yelling and shoving him away from the hatch.
The Vietnamese captain, observing the commotion, swears to himself and orders the men to sort themselves out and apologize. He slams the hatch shut and orders the men to go inside. "Take the rum," he says, thrusting the bottle at one of his underlings.
The crewmen apologize in their fashion and escort Johnny back into the crowded galley. The tension eases as the bottle begins to make the rounds once more. Johnny begins to tell an elaborate tale—illustrated with pantomime and many hand gestures—that seems to involve his brother Charlie, a Juarez cantina, two midget bullfighters, lots of tequila and several Mexican women of dubious reputation. Though they scarcely understand a word, the Vietnamese laugh uproariously, as much at the gusto of Johnny's vigorous recitation as at any literal interpretation.
As Johnny and the crew carouse, the skipper remains behind, unnoticed in the wheelhouse, where he picks up the ship-to-shore microphone and radios his employer and sponsor in Fulton. In terse sentences he recounts the fire, the intervention of the Anglo captain, and the inadvertent discovery of the Lazy Liz's secret cargo.
There is a short silence while the captain's master considers options. Finally, the word comes back across the crackling ether. The precise, ruthless tone of voice from the other end of the radio sends a chill down the captain's back.
Kill the man, says the voice. Make it look as though he drowned. Leave the boat adrift. A missing man is easier to explain away than a missing vessel. Do it now.
The captain replaces the microphone slowly and swallows. Instant obedience is hardwired into the men who work for the man on the other end of the microphone. It cannot be otherwise. But this Anglo—he'd helped them out of a potentially catastrophic jam. And he is a fellow seaman, with all the universal bonds that fact implies. And the captain just plain likes him.
But all of that counts as nothing. Sticking his head into the galley, the skipper shouts for the biggest of the crewman to join him outside.
Not long after, Johnny Sweetwater finishes his bawdy shaggydog story and lurches to his feet, somewhat worse for rum.
"I'm sorry I can't stay for the cotillion, my little yellow friends, cause y'all know I love those little cucumber sandwich dealies." He sways side to side with the boat as he stands. "Say, boys, does it feel like the ground's moving?" One of fisherman rises drunkenly and offers to help the Anglo return to his boat.
Johnny waves him off and then, in his incipient Vietnamese, ceremoniously attempts to thank his hosts for their fine hospitality. The fishermen double over laughing at the effort. Johnny laughs with them and starts for the door.
"Well, so long, my hearties. Tell Miz Scarlett and them others I'll see 'em tomorrow at Tara. 'Cause tomorrow's another goddam dia, like they say."
Walking down the narrow gangway between the cabin and the rail, listing a little to port, Johnny never sees the looming figure behind him who steps out of a tool locker clutching a 48-inch pipe wrench.
The silent explosion of white light inside Johnny's head blows him off his feet and out of all rational thought. He vaguely registers the sensation of the rough deck planking abrading his cheek, although he could not have said what he was experiencing.
His eyes unfocused and unseeing, he feels himself ascending. Flying? he wonders vaguely.
The splash as his body lands overboard and the searing sensation of salt water in his lungs he notes only as distant phenomena. The back of his skull is crushed, his brain bleeding into his cranium, his heart and nervous system are running wildly, erratically and then not at all, the fading realization that something terrible has happened—all of these things he perceives as though at a great distance and of no cause of concern. He neither sees nor hears the Lazy Liz crank over her diesels and cruise away. The Ramrod, unloosed and untended, floats nearby.
The gentle swells of the warm Gulf waters bear him up and down in a gentle pendulum. Up and down and then up ... endlessly up.CHAPTER 2
The highway ahead shimmered in the morning heat and Charlie Sweetwater felt sweat pooling under his arms. Hot, humid air rushed through the open window, but the light had the slightest metallic edge that foretold the approach of autumn. His truck was a temperamental piece of crap and the A/C decided to quit working as soon as he hit the Chihuahuan Desert. Charlie and his brother used to call it the "Whore of Detroit" because they gave it all their money and it never loved them back. Years later, his brother had traded his interest in the truck for $75 and a pair of Tony Lama boots that needed new soles. But at least the radio still functioned.
Right now a static-laden Tejano polka scratched its way through the speakers. Charlie sang along for a verse and a chorus and then began talking back to the radio in Spanish to keep himself awake. 1500 miles of broken Mexican highway and arid South Texas brush country had taken its toll. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat and pushed the accelerator.
Charlie hadn't seen his hometown since his dad's funeral almost five years ago. That time, his brother Johnny had tracked him down in Cuernavaca and delivered the unhappy news over the telephone. This time, however, he'd sounded a hell of a lot more upbeat.
There was only one phone at the Playa Escondida Resort, the remote tourist operation that Charlie ran on the Pacific coast, but he happened to hear it ringing as he passed by the office cabana on his way to the reef for some spear fishing.
"Brother man!" Johnny shouted over the static. "I finally got through; I can't believe it."
"Hey, hermano. How the heck are you?"
"Terrific. Listen, I've got a proposition for you. How 'bout you get your ass out of Old Mexico and drive up here and see me in Fulton for a few days. I want you to meet somebody."
Johnny always liked to get straight to the point.
"You mean, like a girl?" asked Charlie, wondering if this time he'd be returning home for a wedding instead of a funeral.
"I'd rather keep it a surprise. Give you something to ponder on the way up."
There was a pause on the line as Charlie thought it over.
"Come on, bro'," said Johnny, "I know you don't have jack-shit going on down there in lotus land. Besides, you haven't been back home in ... I don't know how long."
Johnny was right. He had nothing pressing on his agenda, unless reef diving counted as an obligation, and he had no good excuse for staying away from his hometown for as long as he had. His lengthy absence hadn't been intentional; it had just become habit.
"Okay, Johnny. Why the hell not?"
Even through the static Charlie could hear his brother whooping on the other end of the line. "That's what I wanted to hear, 'mano! It'll be worth the effort. I promise."
"But why can't you tell me about this mystery chick? You're not getting married are you?"
"Have patience, little brother," he said. "Listen, I know it's a long drive so I'll look for you 'round the end of the week. I'm taking the boat out to the Gulf this afternoon—man, the shrimping has been outstanding lately—so if I'm not back in the harbor when you arrive, I'll be there soon after. End of the week. Estamos bien?"
Charlie laughed. "Yeah, we're good."
"Great. I can't wait to see ya."
"Oye, Johnny. You want me to bring you anything from Mexi ..." but before he could finish his brother had hung up.
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When Charlie finally reached the Fulton city limits he felt like a month of Judgment Days. But he recovered a little as he turned onto the familiar two-lane road that followed the edge of Aransas Bay. He was greeted by huddled stands of live oaks that bent in an arthritic pose away from the relentless Gulf winds, and by the pungent odor of decaying seaweed and dead fish that flavored the fresh sea air. Rickety wooden fishing piers, many still unrepaired since the last hurricane, jutted out from bait shacks that perched over the water (FRESH BAIT, LIVE AND DEAD read the hand-made signs).
The Texas coast was a blue-collar working coast, full of refineries, commercial fishing outfits and beer joints—a long way removed from the postcard vistas of Monterrey or South Florida. Many folks, try as they might, just couldn't conjure up an appreciation for the area's raffish, low-rent appeal, but Charlie recognized that the geography was woven into his DNA. Fulton had seen better days, but as far as hometowns went, Charlie had no complaints.
They had been quite a pair, the Sweetwater brothers. The girls rapturously referred to them as the "Sweets," but local law enforcement had other names for them—"little shitbird troublemakers" or "future defendants" being the most polite. Congenitally irreverent and frequently bored by small-town life, the Sweetwater boys were used to making their own fun. And growing up in Fulton, they'd had plenty.
Turning onto the crushed oyster shell road that led to the docks of Fulton Harbor, Charlie could see an agitated cloud of squawking seagulls hovering above the rigging and masts of the trawlers in the harbor. Somehow he wasn't surprised to discover that they gathered in a riotous mass directly over Johnny's empty boat slip.
Charlie pulled to a stop and watched a tan adolescent boy throwing handfuls of what appeared to be orange peanuts into the frenzied mob of gulls concentrated above him. Several groups of Vietnamese fishermen squatted on the decks of their weathered flathull shrimp boats, observing the scene without visible reaction. Johnny's mongrel dog, Ringworm, stood on the dock next to the boy, barking at the birds.
The boy saw Charlie and sat down on a sack of the orange pellets, his elbows resting on his knees, his hands cupping his chin, waiting, apparently, for Charlie to get out of the truck. The kid wore cut-off jeans and a faded T-shirt displaying a photo of El Santo, the Mexican wrestling hero.
Charlie stepped out of the truck and stretched his road-weary back, and then strolled down the pier toward the boat.
"Buenos días," said Charlie. The boy lifted his chin as a greeting. Ringworm walked up slowly and sniffed at Charlie.
"It's okay, boy. It's me." He cautiously reached down and let the dog sniff his hand. "Good dog." After a moment the dog recognized his scent and started romping around on the deck, wagging his ratty stub of a tail. Charlie knelt down and rubbed the mutt's belly.
"I'm Charlie Sweetwater," he said to the boy,
"I know," he said. "Jew look like Johnny," he said in hesitant English.
"He's my brother."
The boy nodded. He had olive skin, light blue eyes and a mop of curly brown hair that cascaded from under a Rockport Pirate's baseball cap. "I work with him on the boat."
Charlie looked over at the empty boat slip. "You do?"
"Johnny make me stay ... this time. For the school." He cocked a thumb dispiritedly toward the Rockport-Fulton Middle School a few blocks away.
"Vaya Pirates," Charlie joked, but the boy didn't react. "Well ... he told me he'd be back around the end of the week. Maybe even today, you think?"
"Jes. Maybe."
"Hey, I have a question for you." The boy looked at him, waiting. "What in the hell were you doing just now ... when I drove up?" He looked confused, so Charlie tossed a handful of imaginary peanuts into the air.
A cautious smile appeared on the boy's face. "That is food we sell for the birds. Johnny's idea," he added redundantly.
Charlie laughed. "Sounds like one of Johnny's crazy ideas."
The boy stood up and pointed to a label on one of the 25 lb. clear plastic sacks of orange pellets. It said "CAP'N JOHNNY'S SHRIMP-FLAVORED BIRD CHOW." There was a caricature of a squinty-eyed, pipe-clinching sea salt on there too, telling consumers that the pellets were "guaranteed," whatever that meant. There were probably twenty sacks stacked up on the pier.
Charlie grabbed a handful of the pellets and lifted them to his nose. "God almighty!" he said in disgust, tossing the pellets into the water. A mass of piggy perch instantly appeared and began nibbling at the pellets as they drifted toward the bottom.
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Fantastic read! The fast-paced , witty murder mystery brought you memorable characters and places that leave you itching to visit. It's not that often that I read a book where I really like BOTH the story and the characters, but Thin Slice of Life hit both right out of the park. The book is very descriptive in that you feel like you are there with the characters. You can almost smell the ocean. Reminds me a lot of Pat Conroy's writing. Cannot wait until the second book comes out.


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Free dining OR a room-only discount is available for select travel dates this fall at the Walt Disney World Resort. Guests at the Contemporary can save up to 20 percent on rooms with the room-only discount. Free dining is not available for guest at Bay Lake Tower. Read on to find out more.
If you're making plans to visit Disney's Contemporary Resort this summer, we have good news! Disney recently announced room discounts for stays on most nights from June 12 through August 25! Guests booking a room at the Contemporary during these dates can save 30 percent off the room rates.
One of our favorite spots to visit is the Outer Rim at Disney's Contemporary Resort. This laid-back bar is unique in that it really isn't "closed off" to the traffic headed into Chef Mickey's or the Contempo Cafe, but it's still a nice spot to relax and enjoy a great cocktail. The bar menu at the Outer Rim is quite fabulous and features 20 specialty cocktails.
On a recent Walt Disney World Resort vacation we were looking for a place to grab a quick dinner that wasn't in one of the theme parks. We had spent the day at Magic Kingdom and needed an escape from the madness for a while. Even though we were staying at Wilderness Lodge we decided to take the boat to the Contemporary for dinner at the Contempo Cafe.
California Grill will begin offering a Sunday Brunch service on February 7. The 'Brunch at the Top' will be the first time a daytime meal has been offered at California Grill.
The holidays are officially underway at the Walt Disney World Resort and that means the annual gingerbread display is up at the Contemporary! This year's display is the same 'Frozen' display that was used last year, completed with Mary Blair-inspired figures of Anna, Elsa, Sven, Kristoff, and Olaf. The display resembles a Norwegian Stave Church (you can see another version of a Stave Church at the Norway pavilion in Epcot).
Disney's Contemporary Resort is home to the Monorail, but it's not the only type of transportation available. You can also take a bus or a boat depending on where you're going. And you can even walk to the Magic Kingdom! What is your favorite mode of transportation from the Contemporary?
We all know how frustrating it can be to wait for the bus at any of the Walt Disney World Resort hotels. There's a lot of guessing and wishing and hoping that happens as you wait. But now guests waiting for the buses at Disney's Contemporary Resort can take the guessing out of the equation thanks to the digital Disney Transport signs that are now at the bus stops!
It's the fall season at the Walt Disney World Resort and just in time for Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, and even the winter holiday fun Disney has announced room-only discounts for stays in October, November, and December.
The Disney Family Culinary Adventure is a fun-filled culinary adventure for guests ages 9 and older. The experience takes place in the catering kitchens at the Contemporary and they're hosted by Disney chefs. This culinary experience starts July 8 and is available for reservations two nights per week (days vary). Will you be making reservations?