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Go see a show ... support Island theater.
We don't want to see closures, amid this depressed economy, the way restaurants have been shuttering.
Besides, there are plenty of should-see stuff in the days and weeks ahead.
at Army Community Theatre's Richardson Theatre, Fort Shafter
A Hawaii premiere of a Tony Award winning musical that's a backstage whodunit, with a book by Rupert Holmes, composer of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," and the hit song, "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)," with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb, creators of "Chicago" and "Cabaret," so it has some pedigree.
Plot/cast: involves a theater company's leading lady, Jessica Cranshaw, played by Tina Shelton, who dies during a curtain call, prompting a murder investigation. The cast includes Tom Holowach as a stage-struck police lieutenant Frank Cioffi (which earned David Hyde Pierce a Tony Award on Broadway), Leonard Klompus as the director of a musical in a show-within-a-show, and Shanan Colvin as the new leading lady Niki Harris.
Showtimes: Premieres at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday; repeats at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through March 14.
Tickets: $15 to $28.
Reservations: 438-4480, www.armytheatre.com.
"Footloose — The Musical,"
at Mamiya Theatre, Saint Louis School
A musical by Tom Snow (music), Dean Pitchford (music), with additional music by Kenny Loggis; book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.
Plot: A tale of youth challenging laws that forbid dancing in a farming town, with such hits as "Footloose" and "Let's Hear It for the Boy." Yep, it's based on the hit movie with Kevin Bacon. Pitchford, a Saint Louis album, will be at a fund-raising gala.
Showtimes: Premieres at 7:30 p.m. March 6, with a benefit gala 7:30 p.m. March 7; repeats at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, through March 22.
Tickets: $22 general, $18 students, military, students and seniors over 60; $15, children under 12; gala, $100.
Reservations: 550-8457, www.honoluluboxoffice.com; gala, 739-4862.
"Sumida River,"
at Kennedy Theatre
A Japanese noh theater tale of a distraught mother's quest for her abducted son, kidnapped by slave traders.
Plot: The mother discovers the chilling truth of the whereabouts of her missing child while crossing the Sumida river; authetic and exquisite costuming, with traditional music and movement, with masks also bringing a haunting and compelling element.
Showtimes: Premieres at 8 p.m. March 6; repeats at 8 p.m. March 7 and again at 8 p.m. March 12 and 13 and 2 p.m. March 15.
Tickets: $18 general, $16 faculty, seniors and military; $12 students, $5 UH students.
Reservations: 956-7655, etickethawaii.com.
"Tuesdays With Morrie"
at Manoa Valley Theatre
A drama based on the best-selling memoir by Mitch Albom and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Albom, concerning the issue of ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's disease, and the meaning of life.
Plot/cast: Greg Howell plays sociology Prof. Morrie Schwartz, the ALS victim, and Scott Robertson as sportswriter Mitch Albom, in a tale of bonding relationships.
Showtimes: Premieres at 7:30 p.m. March 18; repeats 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, through April 5.
Tickets: $30 general, $25 seniors andmilitary, $15 patrons 25 and younger.
Reservations: 988-6131, www.manoavalleytheatre.com.
"Musubi Man,"
at Honolulu Theatre for Youth's Tenney Theatre, St. Andrew's Cathedral
Plot/cast: The adventures of musubi man, Emily Hare and Nathan Mark.
Showtimes: Premiere at 11:30 a.m. March 7; repeats at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. March 14 and 21.
Tickets: $10, opening performance; $8, other shows.
Reservations: 457-4254, www.htyweb.org.
at Diamond Head Theatre
A revival of one of the classics of American musical theater, based on the memoirs of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Plot/cast: Shari Lynn plays Mama Rose, the stage mother who wants her daughter Louise/Gypsy (Candes Meijide-Gentry) to be a star, in the era of vaudeville; Dennis Proulx is Herbie. the score boasts such chestnuts as "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Some People," "Let Me Entertain You," and "You Gotta Have a Gimmick" and "Rosie's Turn."
Showtimes: Premieres at 8 p.m. Mach 20; repeats at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, 3 p.m. selected Saturdays, through April 5.
Tickets: $12 to $42.
Reservations: 733-0274, www.diamondheadtheatre.com
"Defending the Caveman,"
at the Hawaii Theatre
A one-man comedy about the sexes, for adult audiences, about the relationships of man with woman, with laughs aplenty. Written by Rob Becker, starring Isaac Lamb.
Plot: The foibles of the sexes, from caveman perspective.
Showtimes: Premieres at 7:30 p.m. March 31; repeats at 7:30 p.m. April 1, 2; 8 p.m. April 3; 2 and 8 p.m. April 4, 2 and 7 p.m. April 5.
Tickets: $31 to $46.
Reservations: 528-0506, www.hawaiitheatre.com.
And a special: "Caveman," Ringo Starr's 1981 cult fave, will be a First Friday special this Friday, with prehistoric pricing — $1 admission — as a prelude to the forthcoming stage show. Screenings will be at 5 and 6:45 p.m.; Guy Cruz will perform two 50-minute sets at 8 and 9 p.m. in the theater's piano bar.
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In the Blind Man and His Dog, a blind man and his dog enter a bar. Inside, the blind man starts swinging his dog around to the shock of the bartender, who asks the blind man what he is doing. The blind man replies that he is just looking around.
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Zack Wahls defends gay marriage and being raised by lesbian mums
Zach Wahls a 19-year-old University of Iowa engineering student defended gay marriage in a rousing testimony in front of the Iowa House of Representatives this month. Zack Wahls spoke out against a resolution which would end civil unions in Iowa by describing his own experience as the son of two lesbian partners.
"Our family really isn't so different from any other Iowa family," said Wahls. "When I am home, we go to church together, we eat dinner, we go on vacations."
Wahls emphasized the typical nature of his upbringing, as well as his own success. He is an Eagle Scout and a small business owner. He also scored in the 99th percentile on the ACT. "If I was your son, Mr. Chairman, I believe I would make you very proud," he said.
A sixth-generation Iowan, Wahls finished his testimony on an impassioned note. "In my 19 years not once have I ever been confronted by an individual who realized independently that I was raised by a gay couple," he said. "And you know why? Because the sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character."
Wahls had previously written about the issue in the University of Iowa's student newspaper:
Last fall, I had the opportunity, courtesy of Iowa Public Radio's "The Exchange," to talk with a Tea Partier about this very topic. When I mentioned that two lesbian women raised me, her face turned to shock and then concern. She asked if I ever had yearning to meet my father — an anonymous sperm donor.
My answer was — and remains — "no." And no, I don't feel damaged or that my childhood was somehow scarred. Maybe I have, in some way undetectable to me, been permanently harmed by having two moms. I guess I can't be sure.
Watch Zach Wahls's inspirational speach on youtube
Article: 11th February 2011 huffingtonpost.com
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In the 19th century, the Bulldog was fairly popular in England, especially around Nottingham. Some of these Bulldogs were quite small, weighing less than 25 pounds. When many of the lace workers of the region went to France for work in the mid-1800s, they took their toy Bulldogs with them. The French women, especially, were attracted to these little bulldogs, especially those with erect ears (a common but disliked feature in England). Dog dealers brought more of the clownish little dogs to France, where they soon became the rage of Paris. The dogs were dubbed Bouledogue Francais. French breeders sought to consistently produce the erect 'bat ears',ÃÂ much to the chagrin of English breeders. By the late 1800s, the breed had caught the attention of the upper class and had moved into some of the finer homes in France. Around this same time, American visitors to France brought several back to America and began to breed the dogs in earnest. Amid continued controversy over which ear type was correct, an American club was formed and, in 1898, it sponsored one of the most elegant dog shows (just for French Bulldogs) ever held. The gracious setting attracted wealthy spectators, and the Frenchie soon conquered America. Their popularity among high society soared, and by 1913 they were among the most popular show dogs in America. The breed has since been passed by many others in popularity, but it still boasts some of the most elite and ardent fans in dogdom.Copyright © 1998, 2005 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. based on
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How the simplest art can become a form of prayer.
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Why evangelicals might be shy about sharing their faith.
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My husband's death forced me to change in ways I never wanted to.
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
An apocalyptic Brian McLaren strives to reframe Jesus and discipleship.
Despite the rumors, evangelicals will not be on the sidelines this election.
The Gettys set traditional lyrics against pop backdrop.
Joel Kilpatrick of LarkNews.com satirizes only the ones he loves.
Would Christmas have come even if we had not sinned?
The Good News is so much bigger than we make it out to be.
Security worries stall recognition of Armenian genocide.
A murdered pastor's family rebuilds its life.
Christian leaders avoid targeting Kurds, but reach them anyway.
After 550 years of decline, a bloodied church is being reborn.
Short reviews of Disciples of All Nations, The Beauty of God, and Kennedy's Brain.
The government should not ask whether churches break God's laws.
Jarrell McCracken, Ingrid Trobisch, and Henry Hyde die; Richard Roberts resigns.
Pittsburgh diocese to leave Episcopal Church, a stem cell breakthrough, Methodist Church transgendered man may remain pastor, and New Man and Spirit-Led Woman to be online-only.
Figures on creationists and candidates, hate crimes, and sports superstitions.
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Calvin College's denominational requirements make diversity a challenge.
The dollar's fall has squeezed missionary budgets—with no reprieve in sight.
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Messianic Jew sues University of New Orleans over ban
"Deaths, promotions, and other tidbits from the religion world"
Christians help lead federal campaign against prison rape
An interview with Barry Black
Christians take different paths as road map hits impasse
They fear Aristide plans to renew 200-year national pact with the devil.
Similar codes have been established in Great Britain and Canada
Why I still think the James bone box is likely to be authentic.
Agency pays school debts of medical missionaries
Ben Witherington is the poster boy for writer deadlines
Black congregation offers whites five dollars to attend
"Quotations to stir the heart and mind from Van Gogh, Dante, Thomas Merton, and others"
Ceasefires and peace talks bow to greater powers in Sudan
How do we learn the deep 'one another' community of Scripture without being in close proximity?
Hebrew thinking in a Greek world
How should Christianity's Jewish heritage change how Gentiles relate to their faith?
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A convert from Islam answers critics hostile to the Christian mission
One small ruling for Texas; one giant leap into a cultural abyss
The James bone box controversy reveals the politics beneath the science
Let's not make the Commandments into a graven image
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The cultural success of evangelicalism is its greatest weakness
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Christopher Hall and John Sanders continue their debate over open theism
"Three friends, four spiritual laws, and other legacies of Bill Bright"
Gary Moore's biblical approach to financial management
A high school teacher finds the sacred in all the wrong places
Loving the God we don't understand
Robert Louis Wilken explores early Christian thought
How Christians thrive in the land where ethnic and religious strife is always just around the corner
Why InterVarsity Christian Fellowship was derecognized at some of America's leading universities
Ten truths that can help reformers survive (and thrive) at annual denominational meetings
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In the wake of Diego Costa's misdemeanours last Saturday lunchtime during Chelsea's win over Arsenal, in among the fall-out was the call among some on social media to have a video referee look into incidents which may have been missed by the four officials assigned to keep check on what's happening on the field.
In case you missed it, Costa was seen in replays flinging his arms around like a broken windmill and catching Gunners centre-back Laurent Koscielny on the face.
The Brazilian then ended up getting into a scrap with compatriot Gabriel, before winding up the Arsenal defender so much that the latter was sent off for a petulant kick out.
Had the Chelsea striker's initial striking out been seen by the officials then he'd have been off the pitch before any of the unsavoury scenes between he and Gabriel unfolded.
When these sorts of incidents occur, or for that matter any that pass the officials by, inevitably there is a clamour for decisions to be taken away from the man in the middle and sent upstairs to a man in a box watching on TV and pointing out what actually happened.
Normally, I'm all for further technology being brought into football. The introduction of 'Hawkeye' on the goalline has been a success, removing any doubt about whether or not a goal has been scored.
But it's instantaneous, and that brings us to the crux of the point.
The night before the incident, about 15 miles away, England took on Fiji at Twickenham in the host nations' Rugby World Cup opener.
And arguably the biggest talking point from that game wasn't the performance of Stuart Lancaster's side, but that of referee Jaco Peyper.
It wasn't that Peyper necessarily did anything wrong, but the fact that the capital curtain-raiser lasted 100 minutes due to the South African's all-too-often calling on the Television Match Official (TMO) meant that a game that has prided itself in becoming quicker, with the ball in play more than ever before, was beginning to appear more akin to American Football.
Angle after angle after angle was pored over, each one greeted with a cheer from the crowd whether the potential discrepancy at hand was clear or not.
On a night when there was something of a carnival atmosphere given the match took place following the opening ceremony, the referee could possibly, just about, get away with this. But if it carries on throughout the tournament and into the edgier affairs of the knock out stages, then the World Cup will become a major turn-off.
Ultimately in going to the TMO, the correct decision is being made and that's the most important factor really, but it doesn't negate the sense of frustration at waiting around while someone else watches telly.
Do we really want that in football?
The Costa incident at the Emirates, isn't the best example to use in comparison, as it would have taken merely seconds to judge that he raised his hands and whacked Koscielny.
But there are less clean-cut examples in football that could go to a video referee - see Costa's 'stamping' on Martin Skrtl and Emre Can in Chelsea's Capital One Cup match against Liverpool in January in which the Brazilian was retrospectively punished for the latter. You can bet that the FA's disciplinary committee didn't take just a few minutes before reaching their decision there.
And what about the fact that Saturdays and Sundays are spent watching considered pundits argue with each other over whether or not a referee got a decision right. How long would it take a TMO to make the correct call?
So while I welcome more technological help for referees, this is just not worth it.
Football is now played at a blinding pace. It is exciting and enthralling and generally, there are very few occasions where more than a few minutes a half are added because of breaks in play.
A TMO would make the game disjointed and let's be honest, football fans are a lot less patient than their rugby-watching counterparts.


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Every day we make choices. Amazingly it's the little choices that can have the biggest effect on our life.
When you can plan your choices based on activating your soul's personal numbers' code, the results can be absolutely stunning.
Many highly successful people have intuitively used numbers to their advantage without realizing it.
For example, Steve Jobs founded Apple Computers with his two partners on April 1, 1976, tying his own soul's numbers' code to Apple in unimaginable ways.
Both Steve Jobs and Apple have a 28/10/1 birthday or Life Purpose Number – 10/1 symbolizes "Instant Manifestation".
This number shows up again in Jobs' 10/1 Destiny Number and Apple's 1 Day of Birth.
Being "Number 1", being creative, innovative and unique, and able to manifest instantly are all qualities signified by Apple and Jobs. These qualities activated harmoniously and concurrently in both of their numerology codes.
An intricate and powerful wealth formula was born that day.
Dates and codes align in magical formulas to manifest in incredible results time and again.
When Oprah Winfrey relocated to Chicago to host WLS's low-rated morning talk show "AM Chicago", she activated her personal numerology abundance code. "AM Chicago" catapulted Oprah to her own talk show – when she took it from a last place rating to first place in only six months, even overtaking the highly popular national "Donahue" show in the Chicago area.
As it turns out, the first episode of "AM Chicago" in which Oprah participated occurred on January 2, 1984.
What an amazing code was activated that day for Winfrey!
That date, 1.2.1984 adds up to 25/7, triggering Oprah's 97/16/7 Destiny Number – governing her CAREER.
The 2nd of January was a special day as well. 2 is the number for interviewers, representing two people interacting in relationship to each other.
Oprah was born on a 29/11/2 Day which was activated on the 2nd of January.
And…Oprah was 29 years old!
Everything lined up for her on that debut day… and the abundance soon followed.
When Brad Pitt co-starred in "Thelma and Louise" he became an overnight heart-throb. His career skyrocketed again a year later when he starred in "A River Runs Through It".
"Thelma and Louise" was released on May 24, 1991, a date which adds up to 31/4.
Brad Pitt's birthday adds up to 31/4.
"A River Runs Through It" was released on October 9, 1992 which – you guessed it – ALSO adds up to a 31/4 Universal Date!
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Mr. Rogers & the Schoolyard Shooting
In the wake of yesterday's news about the Connecticut schoolyard shooting, I'm finding Fred Rogers' words very wise, comforting and also LOA savvy:
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."
To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.
Thank you, Mr. Rogers.
(It's especially lovely if you can hear those words in his characteristically kind voice.)
Let's collectively activate the vibrations of love, caring and support around this event and the people involved.
Big Love, everyone.


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From a distance it looks like an island paradise, but get closer and those tall structures that could be palm trees turn out to be wind turbines - and the surf laps against wave barrages instead of sandy beaches. Welcome to "Energy Island", a vision of how humans could help meet our future needs for energy, food and water using the power of nature in the tropics.
Alex Michaelis, the architect who gave David Cameron's west London home a green makeover - complete with miniature wind turbine, solar panels and water recycling system - will launch the concept this year with a bid for funding worth $25m (£12.6m) from Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Earth Prize.
His proposal, which is dramatically more ambitious than the work he did on the Conservative leader's semi-detached house, is to build archipelagos of artificial islands that will produce electricity, clean water and even food in the belt of warm water that passes from the Caribbean across to the south China Sea, the Indian Ocean and west Africa.
Each island would be built on a floating platform and at its centre would be a plant that converts heat from the tropical sea into electricity and drinking water. Below deck would be marine turbines to harness energy from underwater currents and around the edge floating devices to provide wave power.
Vegetable farms and homes for workers will complete the colony and the power will be piped back to be used on the nearest populated land mass.
Michaelis, who is working together with his father Dominic, an engineer, estimates that each island complex could produce 250MW. It would take more than 50,000 installations to satisfy current world demand for energy, but Michaelis senior believes it is not impossible. "If we consider that we are at war to find a new form of clean energy, wartime effort in world war two produced vast numbers of planes, tanks, ships and other armaments on both warring sides," he said. "20,300 Spitfires alone were built, making the construction of more than 50,000 of these plants seem a reasonable number."
Branson is searching for an innovative idea that can cause a dramatic reverse in global warming and has given the world's inventors until February 2010 to submit ideas. The Michaelis team is searching for funding to test the principles of its invention with a prototype, but believe that it could be the breakthrough that the billionaire and his panel of judges, including Al Gore and climate scientist James Lovelock, are looking for. "For centuries we have been trying to master nature, but now our last hope is to work with nature," said Dominic Michaelis.
At the heart of each island is an ocean thermal energy conversion plant which can create electricity from sea water where the difference between the temperature of the surface water and the deep is 20C or more. The warm sea water is pressurised to transform it into vapour which drives a turbine. The vapour is condensed against a surface cooled by water from the deep, to produce desalinated water. The energy from this technology, which was originally invented in 1881 by a French engineer, would be supplemented by wind turbines and a "power tower" which captures energy from the sun by using mirrors to focus solar rays on a central "furnace".
"Each energy island would operate in a similar way to an oil rig, with about 25 people living there to operate the energy systems and food farms," said Alex Michaelis. "Teams of workers would spend six weeks on the island and six weeks off. The islands can be linked together so if you wanted a bigger power output you could simply build a bigger settlement. In the future these energy islands could be linked together to become eco-tourism attractions."
According to the designs, the "energy islanders" could farm sea food in pens beneath the deck and vegetables could be grown in shaded patches on the platform using some of the cold, desalinated water produced by the plant. The islands are also designed to act as ports for supertankers to transport the 300,000 litres of desalinated water which will be produced each day. Sir Terry Farrell, the architect, has proposed that similar artificial islands should be built in the Thames estuary to provide a new port for London.
The Michaelis team intends to pilot the energy island in waters off the British Virgin Islands or in the Indian Ocean in the coming year.


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I believe in a world where everything is peaceful but, I do not live in that world. I have decided not to take the bus home today because it felt like a very off day. Walking back to my apartment, I saw police cars speed down the street. I wonder what is going on but in the end I don't care. So I keep on moving down the street and turn the corner into an alley. It was dark but I can make out the end that turns onto Rocker Street. I don't usually take this short cut but I had a feeling I had to today. Out of nowhere a door opens on my right side. I stand still for a moment glued to the ground. The door slides open revealing a heavy set man wearing mismatched clothes and has a tattoo peeking out from under his shirt sleeve. I duck into the boxes next to the dumpster, scared out of my mind.
"KNOX, DROP HIM IN THE BIN THEN REPORT BACK TO YOUR DUTIES!" shouts a manly voice from inside the abandoned warehouse.
"Geez, I'm going you terd" Knox replies under his breath. He turns in the doorway and brings a dead man out into the alley. The dead body is a young man and wears a red shirt with a leather jacket, black pants. Both are cleanly shaven with black hair. Knox lifts the dead body effortlessly and puts him in the dumpster. I slink farther into the boxes as if I am a boxtroll. Well this isn't something you see every day I joke in my head. I usually try to joke to bring my spirit up.
"Sorry Cody, you knew why it had to be done. I just wish that your talents, of all people, were needed" Knox exclaims. He pats Cody's arm and leaves through the door he came through without another word. Waves of chilliness run through my body. Knox is gone now and everything seems as if nothing has happened. I slowly stand then peer into the dumpster. The body ,Cody, has scars up and down his arms, with patches of rough leathery skin. Blood covers his face that come from a bullet hole in the middle of his forehead. My stomach starts to twist and I don't know what to do, where to go, or what to say.
My phone vibrates and brings me back to reality. I check it to see and it turns out that it is my mother. She is probably wondering where I am. Turning back to the body I notice a tattoo peeking out on his right arm that looks like Knox's. A bird falling with an arrow going through its stomach. It's not just any bird but an eagle. I run all the way to Rocker Street. Where are those cops when you need them? My phone vibrates again and I answer it with shaky hands.
"Hi Natalie" my mom says through the phone.
"Hi mom, um why are you calling?" I ask
"I was just wondering what you want for dinner since we will have a guest." Oh great, another date for my mom. Ever since the divorce she has been kind of sad though she hides it well. I have tried to make her happy but there is always some grayness in her eyes.
"Sorry, um, I've got to go, love you" I explain. Then as fast as I can I dial 911.
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The police department seats start to get really uncomfortable after a while. I wait because I want to hear what they think happened to Cody. A blond detective, who looks to be in his early 40's, comes in with a puzzled expression. But his face changes when he sees me.
"Thank you young lady. You may leave know" he exclaims with a smile and uses his hands to signify the door.
"I want to know your theories of the man's death" I say with curiosity.
" Well murder. Our M.E. Is looking at the body as we speak." he exclaims, "and why do you care about what we think? Are you a spy or something?" he says with a mock smile.
"Yes, I am definetly a spy" I say sarcastically. We laugh as if we are good friends. He looks in his early forties like my mom.He badge/nametag reads Steve Hood.
"Well you must have some conclusion of your own" he says as he moves to the wooden chair across from me.
"Okay," I start," when i noticed Cody, the body, I saw scars up and down his arms from whips or torture. There was also a bullet hole in the middle of his forehead which was obvious. Knox, the man who put Cody in the dumpster, said that he knew why he was killed. So if a person was going to be killed quickly The killler would stand in front of him. Since my dad owns many guns and that I took bullestics in high school I think the gun could have been a 20 caliber pistol. Also, Knox and Cody had matching tattoos which probably means they are in a big group since they have to be branded. And it all brings me back to the same questions. Why are they killing people and what is this group planning to do?"
He stares at me dumbfounded and sits up straighter. He consideers this for a moument.
" That is a very strong conclusion" he says.
"I am sherlocked after all." I say but he doesn't get it
" Excuse me I have to call my mom." I slowly stand feelling my sore muscles stretch from volleyball and track. I walk out and go straight to the light post on the corner of the street. My mom freaks out of course to hear what has happened.
She screams "I CAN'T BELEIVE YOU'RE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT!!" I decide not to tell her that I am technically not in the building because it would fuel her anger/rage.
After my phone call, I turn to go back to the buliding but I see a man down the street slowly coming toward the department. He looks very suspicious. A homeless man, no doubt, with his ragedy clothes with dirt and scratchy beard. Eric, the man that took me to the police department after I had found Cody, comes out of the side door and trades a paper bag for money. I have no idea what to make of the situation. I rush back inside to see that Steve is still where I left him.
"Would you by any chance have some money so I could ride the bus home?" I ask politely
" No money but I do have a car if it is alright with you ?" He says
Our eyes meet for a second but I became embarrased and turned away. Steve walks in with a smile.
" Hello Natalie, I was'nt expecting you today," he stops," Did you find another body?" He may have meant it as a joke but I shiver just thinking about.
" Well there is something I have to tell you." I go straight into the whole story about finding the tattoo,website, Eric, and Russell Green. Russell is a cranky old man who beleives that the U.S. should be a communist country. Well if any one is a terrorist he is. People that live around his shop, Eva's, beleive that his shop is the work of the Devil. I went on a mission to go and see him. His shop smelled like smoke and old cheese. I decided that I would play as a bad terrorist teenager who did not like the U.S. Russell totally beleived my act and gave me a peice of paper telling me where to go for the next Sora meeting. I knew he was part of it.
Steve just sat on the edge of his desk considering everything that I said. At first I thought he wasn't listening to me but after I was done he got up, spun around and starts to type at his computer.I go to his desk and peer over his shoulder. He has found the terrorist group's website.
" Here just in case okay," he hands me a gun that I slip into my pants," ERIN! GET IN HERE!" He shouts. Erin comes running with the the M.E. guy on her heels.Steve gets up and points at the computer and immediately Erin starts to type. She is a hacker and I admire how fast she types. She types as if her fingers turned into cheetahs.
" Go with Matt and look at the body.You know what I am looking for,"he turns to Matt," No questions just do what I say."
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When Matt and I get to the morge the body is already laid out on a table. I go straight checking every where but the arm where the tattoo is. Matt is still in this room just watching me.
" I am going to the snack room would you like anything?" he says from behind me
" No thank you " I shout without looking at him. He leaves so quitely he could be a ninja. After he is gone i relax a bit and go straight to Cody's arm. I gasp. The tattoo... it... is..gone! Then I start to panic. Then I look at the direct spot where th symbol should be and there is stichings around it as if new skin was on top of it. Then I hear a click of a gun and turn around to see Matt pointing it straight at me.
"I knew you were looking for it so I hid it!"he sobs," You will never tell anyone about this 'cause you will die!" He laughs like a manic and pulls up his right sleeve to reveal the symbol/tattoo. I have totally forgotten about my gun in my jeans. I will probably die like Cody and never see my mother get re-married to Steve. I am frozen and glued to the ground.
"For Sora!!" he shouts And I hear a bang and all I can think of is goodbye.
To Be Continued


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