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While Carl Connor, K-T's best director, was putting the finishing touches on the next take, my eyes wandered over the Hollywood studio lot. Over to the left were the red-tiled office buildings blistering and peeling under the torrid August sun. Lazy-looking employees wandered indifferently across the shaggy lawns. In fact, King-Tanger Studios seemed to have gone to the dogs in the three years I was away. Why, when Uncle King was alive—
"Well, Mister Kelley!" Connor snapped at me sarcastically. "Anytime you're ready!"
"Okay," I grinned. "Shoot."
His sharp eyes, owlish under heavy glasses, pinned me down. "I hope you know what's going on!"
"Sure," I said blithely. "Good old B-7 Western! Just as Kirk Tanger steps out, I jump in and take his place for the scrap. Then I leap on my—rather his— faithful nag and ride away down the set with bullets nipping at my ears."
It was an outdoor set, the old saloon front, and dusty cowtown street that I remembered so vividly from the old days. Like everything I'd seen on the lot in the three days I had been back from overseas, it looked on its last legs.
Kirk Tanger, who had been co-owner with my Uncle King of K-T—and who now owned it all—was the star. He didn't seem to like my coming back at all, though he hid his dislike under that famous back-slapping personality.
But under Kitty Riley's persuasion, he offered me a job doubling for him in the horse opera. He knew I could handle my dukes with the best of them, and that years on my uncle's ranch had made the feel of a pony under me the most natural thing in the world.
I decided to take him up on it, mostly so I'd be near Kitty. I didn't like the way they acted in the clinches. Kirk Tanger was ten years older than I. But we did have about the same build. He's six foot one, rangy and slim, with wide shoulders and narrow hips. He's got curly brown hair and a self-important swagger.
The director grunted. I watched Tanger ham it up with his favorite heavy, Lank Rennagan.
"You've run this cowtown long enough, Jake Carson!" Tanger cried.
Rennagan, big, dirty-faced, ugly, mugged and taunted him while the cameras rolled. "Why, you lily-livered pup. I'll—"
Tanger, ye hero, started circling him. I waited for my cue. It came when Tanger backed up and enveloped the camera eye for a split-second. I darted in swiftly and made with the fists.
Fast and furious action followed. I popped about his ears while his haymakers whizzed around mine. I was careful to pull my punches. The sound effects would help the illusion along, plus additional speeding up, and spliced-in close- ups of Tanger's pretty puss, so the movie-goers would think it was him all the time.
We played it up hot and heavy, like the freckle-faced kids in the front row like it, then I flattened the "bad guy," leaped on Tanger's pinto, and raised dust down the fake cowtown street.
The cameras ground on. This was a cheap quickie. Tanger wasn't wasting any film. Guns roared behind me. I thought I felt something zing past my ear. The thought made me grin. As if anybody would be using real bullets? But when I ambled back for a retake, Kitty, who was the femme lead, stared at me with wide hazel eyes.
"Jack!" she cried. "You're bleeding!"
My ear did sting, so I put my hand up to it. It came back red. "Must of nicked it in the scrap," I smiled casually. After three years as tail gunner a little scratch like that doesn't seem anything to get excited about.
Tanger walked up just then. He looked pale under his bottled suntan. I noticed a blood vessel in his temple hopping.
"Come on over to the dispensary, pal," he said. "I'll touch it up for you."
I followed him into the little studio dispensary, wondering what was up. Why was Tanger calling me pal, all of a sudden, when everybody on the lot knew Kitty had tossed him over for me?
We looked a little like brothers, dressed alike in the same flashy Western breeches and boots. Mine were a little roughed up after a hard day's shooting, and my face didn't need fake tan. It was browned permanently by South Pacific trade winds. The lines around my eyes and mouth didn't get there from cutting up around Hollywood spots.
"Listen, Kelley," Tanger said, booting the door shut behind us, "you didn't nick yourself fighting. A live bullet did that!"
I examined it critically in the mirror. Could be. "What makes you think so?" I asked.
"I saw the puff of smoke from the harness shop window. I ran around fast as I could, behind. I got just a glimpse of the man who shot you."
"What'd he look like?"
"Couldn't see his face because he wore a black mask."
"Yeah. Don't you get it, Kelley? Both you and I—and Rennagan too, when he's pulling a trick—wear a 'masked rider' get-up in the picture. Another masked rider floating around the lot wouldn't excite any comment!"
I winced as he painted up my scratch and taped it. "Smart guy," I whistled. "Now, who do you suppose wants me out of the way?"
Tanger shook his head.
"Not you. Me!"
"You?" I asked innocently. Offhand I could think of half a dozen reasons, all of them blonde.
Tanger's pretty face writhed, "I can't tell you what it's all about, Kelley, but believe me. I know. The man who's out to get me doesn't know I use a double. He doesn't know you. Now, here's what I want you to do …"
I saw it coming. I knew all along Tanger had something up his sleeve when he brought me in here. I shrugged noncommittally.
"You've got to do it, pal!" he insisted desperately. "It's important to the whole studio. Without me this picture will never be finished. If it isn't, no more K-T. He's out to get me. He's a cold-blooded killer. Will stop at nothing! You've just got to help me, pal!"
I sighed, facing him. "Just what do you want me to do about it?"
He slapped my shoulder, his face glowing with relief. "I knew you'd do it, pal!"
I winced. This pal stuff didn't set well with me. It was a lot different from the way Tanger acted when I first got back. Oh, well. That was because of Kitty. Tanger had been trying to convince her she ought to marry him ever since I left. From the way she, herself, had been acting, I wasn't sure he hadn't succeeded.
"Easy on the orchids," I murmured. "I haven't said I'd do anything yet." The sore look that flashed in his eyes vanished quick-like. He put on a bland ingratiating tone.
"Nothing to it, Kelley. All I want is for you to pretend to be me for the next few days, until the picture's wrapped up. Live at my place in Beverly Hills. Go to the premiere tonight. Use my car and chauffeur. Why, it's a breeze!"
"I didn't much care for the breeze that bullet made fanning my ear," I reminded him.
"There's five grand in it," he said. Funny how the mention of a nice round sum like five thousand dollars can change a guy's mind. Kitty and I could get married. I could buy in with Old Karpis at his movie horse-trainer ranch out in the Valley, as I'd always wanted. As Tanger said, three years of it had made me rather immune to the smell of danger.
I said, "Yes."
The night was typical Hollywood. The heat of the day had cooled down considerably. The sky had shaded down to a deep, rich cobalt.
I sat back luxuriously in Tanger's smooth limousine, wearing his best tux and smoking one of his best cigars, while Jim, his chauffer, sent the hade spinning down the Sunset Strip out of Beverly Hills, then veering onto Hollywood Boulevard toward the nest of fanning arc-fights that stabbed their wag prettily toward the stars.
Hollywood was doing itself proud at this big-time premiere. As top-kick of K-T, it was Tanger's duty to put to in an appearance. Tonight, with my face deftly made up, I was Tanger. He himself would come, slip in with the general public.
Jim braked the car smoothly in front of the mobbed entrance canopy, which was flanked on either side by bleacher seats that had been rigged up for the occasion. With hundreds of movie fans' eyes drilling me as they babbled their criticisms, I stepped down the brightly lit carpeting.
Then I saw Kitty. She was breathtaking in a knockout of a blue evening dress with silver sequins. I forgot I was putting on an act and hurried up to her.
"Why, Kirk!" I took her arm, then noticed her staring at the neat square of tape on my ear.
"Why, you're not—"
I shushed her quickly, and we went in. During the show I spent my time trying to dope out this deal. I hadn't had a good chance to talk to Kitty since I got back, with Tanger monopolizing her, and had hoped to later. Somehow, in the mob, I lost track of her. Then a couple reporters buttonholed me. I had to lam out before one of them found out I wasn't really Tanger.
I went back to the car. It was parked around the corner on a shady little side- street, as I had instructed. That's one thing about Hollywood. Two blocks off the main drag and you might be m some quiet little hamlet.
"Okay, Jim," I said, hopping in. "Let's go."
The chauffeur's cap ahead of me nodded, and we were off, suddenly. I happened to glance m the mirror over the chauffeur's head. "Hey, you're not Jim I" I yelled, "Who—"
He flashed a pistol, managing to keep his eyes on the road and on me in the little mirror as we swerved around a corner on two wheels and started east op into the Hollywoodland hills.
"Sit still, Tanger!" he snapped roughly. "This is where you get took!"
I didn't bother to disabuse him of the idea that I was Tanger. I was worried about his driving. It was as if he had suddenly gone nuts. He took those hairpin turns on two wheels. All I could see were his eyes and a rough pen of makeup. He was a bad actor, all right.
I lit a cigarette and sat back. The long car hurtled upward through the brilliant night, then suddenly braked at the brink of a five-hundred-foot drop. It was a lonely scrubby stretch, with the city spread out below like a jeweled pattern. He leaped out, flung open my door, shoving his gun to my face. "All right, chiseler," he snapped. "This is the end of the line." He might he a ham-actor, as I decided, but he wasn't acting now. This was the real McCoy.
I grinned back at him impishly. "Take it slow," I soothed. Then I jumped.
The impact of my sudden lunge sent him reeling back a step, with a grunt of surprise. His gun flung lead between my crooked elbow and my midriff. I could feel death tickle my ribs with the end of his scythe. I put everything I got into a swift uppercut. His head snapped back. My other fist cracked down on his gun-hand, sent the roscoe flying off into all those spangled lights, into oblivion.
With a snarl he was out of his spin and on me. His fingers reached for my throat. Then we were waltzing dreamily on the graveled edge of that cliff. I had his wrists and was trying to pin them back. He shook loose and started slugging and gouging. He was no mean shakes. He knew a thing or two, must have learned it from the Japs, it was that dirty.
He faked, as if I'd hit him too low. I fell for it. In the second I relaxed his fist came up. Everything swam around me. Or maybe it was me who was swimming, going around and round on the black wall of the hell-deep whirlpool. Above me hung an ugly paint-smeared puss.
I grabbed out at him feebly, yanked. He moved back, but I caught his shirt. Buttons scattered. Then I went down into that whirlpool, with a faint faraway sound like a siren screaming—or maybe a girl.
But there was one shred left of my shattered consciousness. One chunk of knowledge that stayed with me through the aeons of bad dreams that followed. It was the sight of the slugger's swirling black chest—and of a triangular red mole on his throat, on the lower part of his left breastbone.
The feel of soft hands on my forehead helped me out of it. It was nice. Pain shot through me in seven directions, but those cool hands helped a lot. When I opened my peepers, relief rolled over me in a tidal wave. I wasn't in some nasty old Jap prison camp; I was in Kitty Riley's apartment. She was looking down at me with sorry, anxious eyes.
"What gives?" I wondered, with a low groan.
"Easy, soldier," she soothed me, in that low husky voice of hers. "You've had quite a time for yourself."
I remembered everything. I sat up quickly. "What happened?" I demanded, feasting my eyes on her soft taffy ringlets and wide kissable lips.
"We were at the premiere, remember?"
"Sure. I lost you in the mob. Go on."
"Well, I bumped into Kirk. He yanked me out of a side door with him." Her voice was like dripping honey. "I had my coupe. Kirk offered to drive me home, and on the way I noticed your car. The driver seemed to be hopped up, so I insisted that we follow you. Of course my jalopy can't keep up to Kirk's limousine, which you were in, so we lagged behind, making those hills the best we could. We reached you just as you went into your tailspin."
"What about the pug?"
"Got away. Jumped in the car and beat it. As I said," she smiled, "my little coupe is no match for that big bus."
"What happened to Jim?"
"Kirk called me a few minutes ago to see if you had come out of it yet. It seems Jim got a message, ostensibly from his boss, telling him to leave the car and hurry home."
I nodded, scowling. "So Jim went, and my would-be killer took his place. Did you notify the cops?"
Kitty shook her shiny curls. "Kirk said no. He looked you over. Said you would be okay, and wanted it hushed up. It all has to do with whoever he's afraid of.
"Got any ideas about that?" I asked casually, lighting a cigarette.
"No-o." She looked thoughtful. "Wait. Yes, I have. You know Mocardai?"
"The gambling house king? I've heard of him. He's a nice character to cross."
"Kirk owes him money. A lot of money."
I tried my legs and found I could stand up, if a little shakily. "Jack," Kitty said, in a low different voice, "why don't you go away?"
"What for?"
"I—I don't know what this is all about, exactly, but why stick your neck out?" I eyed her carefully. She looked sincere enough, but then, Kitty's quite an actress. On a hunch I asked, "What's about the studio?"
"In a pretty bad way, Jack," she wagged her blonde head. "Seems as if nobody will take a chance on Kirk Tanger, since your Uncle King died. It's all rather odd." She put her soft hand on my arm.
"Jack, I've always thought you got a raw deal. King meant to leave his half of K-T to you."
I smiled crookedly. "That was before I enlisted. King's doctor could have kept me out, he thought. I couldn't see it that way at all. You know King. As long as you did things his way everything was fine. The minute you crossed him he dropped you like a hot grenade. Tanger stayed. I didn't. That's the whole story in a nutshell."
Kitty looked so genuinely sorry about it that I planted a kiss square on her wide lips. It tasted wonderful, but I still wasn't sure. "Good-bye," I told her and scrammed.
Four hours I slept, then went out to the studio. It was a good half hour before shooting time. Contrary to propaganda, a star's day starts real early and lasts real late sometimes. With a quickie Western like this one, it was even tougher. Tanger was shooting it on a shoestring, and a frayed one at that.
I found out from the gateman that Tanger's office was vacant, so I slipped in the back way. I used one of my uncle's keys which I had found among his personal effects. I left the blinds down while I went over the joint. Since Tanger wasn't going to let me in on his little secret I was going to probe it out for myself. If I was going to continue dodging bullets, I was going to know why. Furthermore, as Kitty hinted, there was something mighty funny going on at K-T.
I saw that one of the desks had been taken out. A single big mahogany affair filled the center of Tanger's private office. I tried the drawers first. Nothing unusual. Then I turned my attention to the metal wall cabinets. At first I found nothing there, either, until I found a green strongbox tucked way down in at the bottom. It was heavy so I set it down on the floor. The lock was a good one, but I remembered King's key ring and tried them, one by one.
On my knees by it, I flung the cover back and combed through its contents. I whistled when I found it. The envelope was marked, Last Will and Testament. Herbert J. King.
My uncle. It was dated July 8th, just three days before he died. I broke the seal and started reading it.
"I, Herbert J. King, being of sound mind and—"
I heard the back door snap shut softly behind me. I whirled in time to catch just a glimpse of a black shadow wearing a mask. Before I could get to my feet he lunged, pounced on me like a panther. My head hit a corner of the cabinet. For a few seconds all I saw were stars. When I came out of it he had vanished out of the back door, the envelope and will along with him.
I sprang after him, muttering a few choice words I had picked up in New Guinea. I flung open the door in time to see Kirk Tanger striding bare-headed toward the office, dressed in cowboy togs, his spurs jingling.
He looked surprised to see me coming out of the back door of his private office, but only smiled amiably. "Waiting to see me, Kelley?" he asked.
"Yeah." I watched him narrowly. "I want some information."
He smiled that famous smile. "I get it, Kelley. Since tangling with a gunman last night, you figure it's time I let you in on what it's all about. Eh, pal?"
I just nodded.
"Well, pal, I was on my way to find you. It's like this. I ran up a sizable gambling debt with Mocardai, and he doesn't like waiting."
"And he decided to take it out of your hide?"
"That's it," Tanger nodded. "Last night I got him to call off his hounds. I convinced him that I can settle up as soon as this picture is finished, which will be in a few days. He's willing to wait."
All nice and smooth, but it didn't set well in my craw. It matched what Kitty had told me last night, but that just put her in the shade alongside Tanger. Well, maybe you couldn't blame a girl for changing her mind about a guy, once she found out he was not going to inherit half a movie studio. Just suppose, for instance, that Kitty hadn't just "happened" to follow me last night. Suppose Tanger wasn't with her at all. Suppose that he—
That did it. The rising tide of anger inside me swept up into my brain. I made a quick grab at Tanger's silk collar,
"What goes on?" he grinned, good-naturedly.
"Nothing," I mumbled. "Nothing at all."
I walked away fast, stiff-legged. I was wrong. Dead wrong. There was no triangular red mole on Tanger's chest. No mole of any kind.
Today's takes were to be some of the last big scenes. All the location shots were completed, processed and ready for cutting in the lab, having been filmed the week before up in the Sherwood Lake country.
There was the usual barroom free-for- all, with the usual collapsing chairs and bottles busted over heads. It played havoc with the flimsy set, making it unlikely that it would stand up under another such brawl or even a retake.
Then Connor, the director, barked out orders for the final to-the-death battle between Lank Rennagan, the heavy lead, and the hero. In the eyes of the public, Kirk Tanger. Actually me. Tanger wouldn't dream of risking that pretty face of his before the cameras, any more than he would risk it in real life. Or would he, I wondered, if the stakes were high enough. A couple of telephone calls had told me a lot that I hadn't known before, and was never intended to know.
Connor's heavy voice bawled instructions. Mopping his bald dome that glinted under the heavy lights, he finished, "Adlib it. But make it good! We don't want to have any retakes! Can't afford it! Make it real!"
Rennagan grinned at me wolfishly. There was an odd gleam in his eyes, but it didn't really register until a little later.
The cameras rolled. Rennagan came at me, mugging ferociously. I slipped under his lunge and landed a make-believe punch on his jaw. His head went back and he sprawled on the floor. Then he was up again and at me. We clinched.
Some of his slugs landed hard, but it can't be entirely faked. I thought nothing of it until his hairy arm grabbed me suddenly and yanked me down behind the bar.
It happened fast. His left hand seized my throat and forced me flat against the floor. Then he grabbed a half-smashed bottle, a real one.
I got a glimpse of his hairy chest. There was a red mole on it. A triangular red mole. So now I knew! Rennagan was the one I had tangled with last night. He was going to finish the job now!
Studio accidents do happen. He'd purposely got me behind the bar, out of camera range, so he could make it look like that. "This time you'll stay out!" he whispered. I saw the ragged edge of glass swing down at me.
Sweating blood, I yanked to one side in time, swung a roundhouse into his solar plexus. He gave a howl of anguish and let the bottle drop. My boot went out into his belt, and sent him flying into the open.
I leaped after him. Fury was upon me. I forgot all about cameras and movies. All I knew was that Rennagan had tried to kill me, at least twice. I plastered my fists all over his greasy pan. I hit him over and over again, until I was out of wind. Then, as he sagged, I cracked out once more, with all my weight behind it. He dropped without a sound.
"Bravo!" Connor applauded behind me as the cameras stopped. ''Best scrap I've directed in fifteen years!"
I swayed there a moment, getting back my wind. Ignoring Connor's orchids, I walked up to Kirk Tanger, who was standing off to one side with Kitty.
"He meant to kill you!" Kitty cried tremulously. "I saw it in his eyes!"
"Yeah," I said, stroking my cut knuckles. My eyes were on Tanger. He was pale. The smile on his pan looked lopsided.
"Nonsense!" he said, trying to laugh it off. "Why Rennagan's the best heavy on the lot!"
"That why you picked him to get rid of me last night?" I demanded.
"Don't you think it's about time you quit play-acting? You're not that good!"
He drew himself up. "I don't know what you mean, Kelley." He started to stalk away, insulted. I stuck out my arm and twirled him around so I could look him square in the face.
"You milked your way into Uncle King's favors ever since he picked you up on the street and brought you to K-T. When you became a star, you bought in. When I enlisted, and you yellow-bellied your way into a 4-F classification, you put on the pressure. You all but kissed his boots.
"You knew he had a bad heart. So when he told you about the new will he made, in my favor, you decided both he and I had to die. In his case it was easy. A drop of something in his heart medicine would do the trick.
"You hid the new will. You didn't dare destroy it, because there was a witness, King's valet. So you paid him off and got him to leave town. When I got back, you faked up this gag about somebody who was after you, and offered me five grand to take your place in order to make my death look completely accidental. You hired Rennagan to do your dirty work. But he bungled the job last night, so you told him to finish it today.
"You knew I found that will in your office, because you were the masked character who stepped in on me. You knocked me down and ran out, tucked the will under your shirt and pulled off your mask, then came back, pretending you had just got there!"
Tanger's lips twitched. "You can't prove any of this!" he retorted.
"No? I checked the time you really came in the lot gate with the gateman. It matched. I found out from King's valet's mother where he had gone. I called him long distance. When I told him what I suspected, he came clean, told me all he knew about the new will, dispossessing you and making me controlling owner of K-T. Now, hand it over!"
"I—I haven't got it!" Tanger cried. "I burned it! I mean—"
"Oh, no, you didn't!" Kitty told him, her eyes blazing with disgust. "I met Jack just after he left you. He told me to keep my eyes on you every second!"
Grinning, I grabbed his pretty silk shirt and ripped it open. There was the will, tucked partway under his wide belt. I tossed it to Kitty, then grabbed Tanger by the belt and studied his pretty pan speculatively, as if wondering where I was going to begin.
He cowered back. "No! No!" he whimpered, having seen what his pal Rennagan got.
"Don't hit him!" Kitty cried. "Please don't!"
"Why not?" I demanded, scowling.
"Remember, dear," she said sweetly, "This picture isn't quite finished yet, and he is the star. We'll need his slimy puss for some closeups, as is. As wife-to-be of the controlling owner of K-T I say we've got to be prudent! Mangle him later, dear!"
I pushed Tanger away and drew Kitty close to me, grinning.
"Anyhow," I said. "Here's one fade-out clinch where the double takes over!" I signaled to Connor. "Let 'em roll, professor!"
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When you tried to stare
into my eyes
and hear what I said
when you rolled
over in bed
and clutched me like a child
clutching a doll
when you looked at the picture
in the magazine
and whispered: this
must be you
when you turned and the moon
shot out of your eyes
when you floated in the field
danced on the freezing
bathroom floor
when you stirred the soup and claimed:
this is the best dish Ive made
when we stayed up all night
at the typewriter
writing reportsor was it
when we spoke the same words
at the same time: wasnt it isnt it
how cruel
when I cried all morning
and you never asked:
what could be wrong?
when my aunt died and you paced around
the clotted pond twenty times
and wouldnt come in
when you fell asleep your whole body
dead to my touch
when you cringed at my voice
what could I have shouted?
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Economics Uncut
A Complete Guide to Life, Death and Misadventure
Edited by Simon W. Bowmaker
Chapter 10: Economics of assisted reproduction
Sherrie A. Kossoudji
Sherrie A. Kossoudji Typically, when two people decide to become parents, they procreate by copulation and produce a child. What do people do if, for some reason, they cannot produce their own children but want to be parents? Until recently, if a couple wanted to have children, but was unable to do so because of fertility problems, there were limited options. They could adopt a child to become the legal parents of a child who had no legal parents, have a child who was the progeny of only one of them, or could become foster parents, the temporary (and paid) caregivers of a child who still had legal parents. Such activities are historically common and were often market exchanges. Zelizer (1985), noting the importance of the work that foster children provided for their families, claims that, 'the legitimacy of child labor was essential to early nineteenth-century substitute care arrangements'. In fact, child auctions (for fostering) were not prohibited in Sweden until 1918 (Lundberg, 2000). Zelizer also argues that the changing social value of children rendered them as, 'exclusively emotional and moral assets' who were transformed from economic assets into 'priceless' children in the early twentieth century. Children may have become recommodified: at the beginning of the twenty-first century, excess demand for children to adopt in the United States has led to an international adoption market that has greatly increased the supply of adoptable children. A child is created when an ovum is fertilized by a sperm and together...
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Published by Avon on October 31st 2017
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New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney's third book in her Duke series spins the tale of a reluctant duke who must choose between his life in America—and the Scottish woman he's destined to love…
As the ward to the late Duke of Lothian, Elsbeth Carew resides at the ancestral estate of Bealadair. Fiercely attached to the manor, she loves it more than anyone else. When Connor McCraight—the new Duke of Lothian—arrives, Elsbeth does not quite know what to make of the American who has inherited the title but has never even set foot on Scottish soil. The tall, ruggedly handsome Texan sweeps through Bealadair with an air of authority Elsbeth has never encountered.
Connor has no intention of making Scotland his home and hopes to sell the estate as soon as possible. But his plan is jeopardized when he meets Elsbeth. A sweet, gray-eyed beauty, she tempts him in ways no other woman has. As word spreads of Connor's intention to sell Bealadair, his life is threatened—and the only woman who can save him may be the one he has hopelessly lost his heart to.
Everything was being readied for the man in the carriage approaching the long drive.
Would he care? Would he even notice?
The blowing snow obscured everything but the yellow glow of the carriage lanterns.
None of it belonged to them anymore. It was all owned by the man who would soon emerge from the carriage, the same man who could so easily wave his hand and banish them.
She shivered, wishing she had been able to wear her cloak. And a scarf around her throat. And a hat pulled over her hair. She couldn't feel her lips or her fingertips.
People were stamping their feet against the packed snow of the drive and wrapping their arms around themselves. She could see plumes of their breath against the night sky.
Didn't Rhona notice that everyone was about to freeze to death?
Sometimes, she thought that Rhona forgot that the people who staffed Bealadair were human beings. A great many of her dictates didn't make sense. Yesterday she'd given an order that the laundress was to starch all the maids' aprons and today no one was to sit or otherwise crease their uniforms until the duke arrived. You could either do the job you were supposed to do or you could walk around acting like a marionette.
Rhona made decisions like that, making changes that weren't the least practical. A few months ago she'd given an order that all of the maids were to have their hair arranged in the same fashion, in an overly intricate braided bun. It took so long for the girls to arrange their hair that way that Elsbeth had countermanded Rhona's orders, more than willing to go to battle for the staff. Fortunately, the Duchess hadn't noticed.
Rhona liked to issue decrees. She made pronouncements, waved her hand in the air like a queen, and demanded certain behaviors. Just as quickly, however, she forgot what she'd ordered.
Elsbeth had the feeling that Rhona really didn't care. The Duchess just liked being obeyed, even if it was only momentarily. Elsbeth took great pains to ensure that Rhona got that impression, even if it wasn't exactly correct.
In the past year, she'd taken on the duty of housekeeper. Mrs. Ferguson had increasingly incapacitating arthritis. It was easier for the poor woman to remain in her quarters than it was to traverse the many staircases of Bealadair.
None of the family had any objections to Elsbeth assuming the role. They wanted their meals on time, their suites kept clean and sparkling, and their lives not disrupted by petty things such as laundry, staffing expectations, and inconsequential details like leaky roofs.
As for Elsbeth, she enjoyed having something to do every day. Each evening she met with Mrs. Ferguson, consulting the woman over the tasks that needed to be done. The housekeeper had been at Bealadair for over twenty years and knew the house as well as—if not more so—the McCraights. The woman was an organizational genius, acquiring details about the many collections housed at the estate from armaments to historical documents.
No doubt the new duke would want to know the extent of his inheritance. Thanks to Mrs. Ferguson, she could provide him with an exact inventory.
The carriage was turning into the drive. A stableboy ran out to steady the horses. A footman strode forward to open the carriage door.
Rhona stepped up, accompanied by her oldest daughter, Lara, and Lara's husband, Felix.
Elsbeth was too far away to hear the duchess's words, but they were probably those of welcome. Maybe the duchess said something in Gaelic, evoking Scottish sentiment. After all, the new duke was an American who needed to be educated on his Scottish heritage. At least that's what she'd been told.
No one had ever spoken of this unknown nephew. Until Mr. Glassey had sent back word from America, they had expected that the 14th Duke of Lothian and the Laird of Clan McCraight would be Gavin's brother.
This man who stepped down from the carriage was a complete mystery.
~~Reviewed by Monique~~
Connor McCraight is on his way to Bealadair, in the Highlands, in January. The Texan is bored, restless, grumpy, and so cold. Connor hadn't known about relatives in Scotland, and certainly not that he was now a Duke. His reception at the estate is even colder than the weather: the staff and the Dowager Duchess and her three daughters fear they will be thrown out when THE TEXAN DUKE assumes his title. Connor wants only to sell everything and go back to Texas, although the lovely, and welcoming, substitute housekeeper Elsbeth Carew catches his eye. Elsbeth is something of a poor relation, although she will have the means to seek shelter elsewhere if the new Duke does indeed evict them all. But he is a handsome one, that peculiar stranger…
THE TEXAN DUKE is a lovely variation on the opposites attract theme. Connor is well out of his element, but he remains sweet and charming to everyone who deserves it, and few people are happy with his presence and what it entails. I loved how Ms. Ranney made me see the situation – and Scotland – through Elsbeth and Connor's perspectives; the descriptions are breathtaking and could well imagine myself in the Highlands, and I did feel the cold! Connor doesn't take to well to the class distinctions, which was very entertaining, except for this ubiquitous anachronism of having the Duke calling the housekeeper Mabel, while everyone else calls her Mrs. Ferguson; this is impolite, even by today's standards, and even worse, having Mrs. Ferguson calling him Connor; since it is unfortunately all too common in historical romance, I did not take it into consideration in my rating.
Karen Ranney writes superb secondary characters, even minor ones: I thought Mr. Stuyvesant was adorable! But oh the deviousness, the machinations, the pettiness of some of those aristocrats! THE TEXAN DUKE was a fabulous read until it hit the three-quarter mark, and that's when a whole star fell. Connor and Elsbeth were obviously attracted to each other, had shared a few kisses, and all of a sudden Elsbeth became consumed by a raging desire and a blazing passion for Connor that seemed to come out of nowhere. It felt as if one or two chapters of lusting after and longing were missing and to have a pretext to insert a couple of sex scenes, which were unnecessary given that there really was no build-up to speak of. Some of what is to follow might sound a bit cryptic, but it's all in the name of not giving away spoilers: although I intensely dislike miscommunications misunderstandings, a suggestion that was made to Elsbeth should have provoked some negative reaction from Connor, but nothing happened and it felt a bit odd. Then Elsbeth started acting all out of character, rather irrationally, without any reason, not even for storyline purposes; it could have been easily worked out otherwise. Also, a character did a complete one-eighty when encountering a fetching "pair of trousers"; said character could have written slightly otherwise at the beginning without any major changes to the story.
Elsbeth was wonderful until her moment of literary insanity, but Connor was truly a marvellous hero: he is not a womaniser, he admires and respects Elsbeth for who she is and what she is; he remained splendid until the very end. The mystery was also quite clever, as someone is trying to get rid of Connor, and this was very well done, as I had a few suspects in mind, and I really didn't know who was the villain; I was a bit perplexed at the resolution, but then again, it was logical considering the people involved. It's really too bad that some seams unravelled towards the end, because before that, the story is really gorgeous and enchanting, and Connor is a dream!
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Property Management Companies In Johannesburg – Are They the Answer to Your House Managing Problems?
Property management companies means exactly what it is; control, or management of a certain property on behalf of an owner. This industry has expanded in the last years bringing about the need of more project managers. If you are looking into working as a property manager, there are certain skills and attributes that you should take into consideration. Remember that as someone who manages properties, you will be given the sole responsibility of entrustment that is why if you are serious in joining this industry; you should have the following traits.
1. Knowledgeable with the governing laws. A good manager is one who understands and is knowledgeable about the many laws and ordinances of a specific area. This is important so as to avoid any conflict with regards to the management of real estate and other properties. Certain laws may vary from cities, which is why understanding them and knowing how they work will best work to your advantage. It is always good to be in the know.
5. Willing to grow. You should not only limit yourself to a particular field. Bear in mind that the industry of property management will only grow in the next couple of years due to the fact that more and more people are expanding their properties. As a good property manager, you should be able to ride the tide of property management and consider your professional growth. This will not only be beneficial in terms of your career, but will also reflect in the kind of service you deliver.
When considering working in the property management, it is always best to review your skills and qualifications in order for you to assess your personal capabilities. Bear in mind the above characteristics, in order to be a great property manager.
Facts about Property Management
Effective property management requires a close working relationship between tenants, investors, and managers. This enhances the ability to satisfy each party's needs while improving NOI (Net Operating Income), ROI (Return On Investment), and the property itself. Industry expertise and knowledge in property management cannot be replaced, but there are some basic principles that underlie all good property management solutions:
- Effective, responsive and customized service.
- Strength, generated from team effort and training.
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- Goals to enhance the value and esthetics of a property.
- Constant reevaluation of procedures to ensure superior levels of quality.
To get a bit more specific, there are two major branches of property management - logistical and physical. A key factor in the logistics of property management is financial reporting. Financial reporting must be timely and accurate to be effective. Regular and comprehensive reporting (typically in a monthly fashion) establishes continuity and reduces the number of lines of communication, thus maximizing time and minimizing confusion. Such reports should always adhere to GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Principles), though employing a higher set of standards for quality assurance is frequently advisable.
Maintenance and on-site management training programs should be conducted regularly. Safety inspections for compliance with loss prevention and OSHA requirements must also be performed. Additionally, the managers need to assemble regularly to discuss market trends, ongoing training, contractor service quality, and current regulatory issues. Following these procedures and refining system effectiveness and cooperation is the surest way to optimize management of all properties, house and estates.
Selling Your Home: Estate Agents
Real estate management can help real estate investors realize the maximum potential of their investment. Real estate management is used for all property types, and this includes trailer parks, apartments, homes, industrial plants, storage places, stores, and offices. Proper real estate management can save you a lot of money and aggravation, as well as keeping or increasing the value of your investments. A professional property manager or management company will help you maximize your investment while minimizing any unnecessary costs involved.
A real estate management company will have expertise in property management, as well as the time available to deal with any and all problems. A good real estate manager will help market the property to minimize any vacant units, which decreases your profit. They also normally have the experience necessary to weed out a large number of unsuitable tenants before they even rent the place. An expert property manager will be able to tell good tenants from bad tenants and weed out ones that will end up creating problems or not paying the rent on time or at all. This aspect alone may save you hundreds or thousands on court costs and fees to evict an unwanted tenant.
Real Estate management is when you hire or authorize a professional to manage your real estate investments for you. This includes showing the units, signing leases, doing any repairs and maintenance, and improving the value of your initial investments. A real estate manager will oversee every aspect of your rental property to maximize your income and investment value, while minimizing the costs and unnecessary repairs.


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Members of CUPE 3903 have voted 79.17 per cent in favour of a strike mandate, after conducting a poll from January 26 to 30. Over 40 per cent of the union's 3,700 members cast ballots, the largest turnout in ten years. The full results are available here.
So what happens next?
First, we need to keep bargaining.
CUPE 3903 held this strike vote to show the Employer that we're serious about our proposals, and to kick-start the bargaining process. With a nearly 80-per cent strike mandate, our members have sent a loud and clear message to the administration: to avoid a strike, the university must now make significant movement at the bargaining table.
The next bargaining meeting with the Employer and the provincially appointed conciliator will take place on Monday, February 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in 280N York Lanes. We encourage as many members as possible to attend this meeting, to show your support for the Bargaining Team and for the union's demands.
The next day, please attend the Special General Membership Meeting on bargaining priorities, which will take place on Tuesday, February 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Stedman Lecture Hall D. This is your chance to determine bargaining priorities. Food and light refreshments will be provided.
Second, we need to prepare for a possible strike.
CUPE 3903 has been prepared to bargain seriously for months, but the Employer has been dragging its feet. We remain committed to reaching a negotiated settlement, but only if the university begins to make significant movement at the bargaining table.
We simply can't wait for this to happen. We need to prepare now for a possible strike – in the event the Employer fails to respond to the union's proposals.
In the next week, the Executive Committee will announce the date, time and location of the first meeting of a union-wide Strike Committee, which includes members of the Bargaining Mobilization Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Bargaining Team, and any interested rank-and-file members of the union. The Strike Committee is responsible for all strike logistics, from securing an off-campus strike headquarters to organizing picket training. See Article 21 (b) of the bylaws.
If a strike becomes necessary, members of CUPE 3903 will make the final decision at a Special General Membership Meeting (SGMM), likely in the last week of February.
Third, we need to continue our outreach to undergraduate students.
In the weeks leading up to the strike mandate vote, CUPE 3903 members helped distribute over 12,000 information postcards to undergraduate students, which explained, "Why are we having a strike vote?" We also promoted the campus-wide bargaining campaign, A better York is possible, which generated hundreds of emails of support for CUPE 3903 from undergraduate students to York University President Mamdouh Shoukri, and hundreds of responses to our online survey. Our two campaign videos – "We are CUPE 3903" and "Vote YES for a strong strike mandate" – have now attracted almost 10,000 views in just a few weeks.
Now that we have won a large strike mandate from all three units, we need to expand our engagement with undergraduate students, their parents, and the wider York community.
In the days after the strike vote, please talk to your students about the union's bargaining proposals, and how they could improve the quality of education at York. Students and their parents have many questions about what will happen next, now that we have a large strike mandate. Direct them to betterYork.ca for more information, and stay tuned for further updates about the next stage of mobilization.
Finally, we need to thank our members who made the strike vote a success.
A huge thanks goes to all the members of CUPE 3903 – from the Bargaining Mobilization Committee to rank-and-file members on both campuses – who voted in the strike mandate vote, who organized and staffed the polling stations, who counted the ballots and tallied the results, and who led an unprecedented weeks-long mobilization that engaged both the union and the wider York community. Thank you for your commitment to the union and to our shared vision for a #betterYork!
A better York is possible. We are already starting to make it happen.


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PTO Issues New Patent to Star Scientific Covering Synthesis of Anatabine
Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") has issued Patent No. 8,207,346 (the "346 patent") to the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. This patent covers an improved method for synthesizing anatabine that facilitates large scale commercial production of high purity anatabine. Anatabine citrate is the active ingredient in Anatabloc®, the dietary supplement manufactured by Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals that is designed to support the immune system in maintaining healthy levels of inflammation. As previously announced, the PTO issued a Notice of Allowance on May 11, 2012 to Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals for this synthesis process; however, today's issuance marks an official grant of the patent to the company.
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Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says the time has come for "full and frank discussions" on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME).
"We have to look at what we have achieved, what remains to be achieved, what are the existing enabling features that can assist us in achieving and what are the disabling features that can stand in the way," said Stuart, who is the lead spokesman on the CSME within CARICOM's quasi-cabinet.
"We have to see where our strengths, weaknesses and opportunities are, and be prepared to deal with any threats to the achievement of our objectives," he added during a recent meeting with CARICOM officials, led by Secretary General Irwin LaRocque, at Ilaro Court.
Also in attendance were Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Maxine McClean; Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Darcy Boyce; Barbados' CARICOM Ambassador Robert Morris; Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office Sonja Welch; and CARICOM's Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Development, Joseph Cox.
The two-and-half-hour meeting was held to update Stuart on the status of the implementation of the CSME, as CARICOM leaders prepare for their 28th Intersessional Meeting in Guyana next month.
While acknowledging that the CSME was a journey on which regional governments had embarked, Stuart warned that "this will never be a destination where at some stage one can say that the labourer's task is over".
He also cautioned that "free movement of people will never work perfectly in this imperfect world". However, the Prime Minister said CARICOM should not allow random challenges to divert its attention from what it has achieved.
"We do not give ourselves enough credit for what we have achieved; we judge ourselves based on what we have not achieved," he said while insisting that significant work had already been done.
He also suggested that the region was more closely integrated today than at any other time of its history while stressing Barbados' commitment to the CSME.
"From its pursuit and realization, we cannot afford to retreat. Barbados believes the pursuit of this ideal can benefit the region," he said.


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Darkest Road Tour – Albion
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Featuring A Breach Of Silence, To The Grave, Prototypes, Traces, Pariah, Scarred Remains and Heartsick
Doors open at 5:00 pm
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Fanatics in Albion Park, come out and throw down with A Breach Of Silence as they make their way to your town as part of the album launch tour for The Darkest Road. Massive good times to be had with a heap of awesome hardcore, punk and heavy party bands, all live and on stage at Aspire Studios. This event is all ages, so grab your mates and have a mosh on Sunday evening. See more on Facebook.


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In between unpacking, laundry and cleaning, I managed to create a tablescape on the back porch. John will be tied up in surgery all day (8 cases) and I will be busy unpacking boxes and putting stuff away, so I think I will order his favorite Caesar salad with grilled shrimp from his favorite restaurant, for dinner tonight.
And in the midst of cleaning up, opening boxes and organizing, I got an email from Gloria of http://thelittleredhousewiththewhiteporch.blogspot.com/ and said that I won her CSN giveaway. I told you, today is my lucky day. Thank you so much, Gloria! I am so excited! I can't wait to go shopping and pick my gift but first, let me put away all the stuff everywhere at home first, lol.
I love this sign that I bought, I think from TJ Maxx, a few years ago. I hang a little candelier with mercury glass votives above the table.
Uh oh! John forgot to water the hanging basket with pansies outside but I think I can revive it.
Here's the tea or coffee set sitting on the table by the family room fireplace. John does not really drink coffee nor tea but I just set it so I can show you and join the tea parties today.
Linking with Wanda Lee and Pam's tea parties at http://theplumedpen.blogspot.com/
Susan's Tablescape Thursday at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/
Sandi's Tea Time Tuesday at http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com/
Marty's Tabletop Tuesday at http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/


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Every medical student and physical therapy student is required to take Anatomy, which almost always included a human cadaver lab dissection. Aah, yes, the anatomy lab. I remember it well. The long nights, early mornings, and never ending practicals that made you question your very existence.
Somehow, I managed to pass despite the feeling that I was drinking through a firehose. It felt like there was just so much information, that I could hardly remember the big picture items let alone the small details.
Anatomy lab taught me that there were two ways to approach learning a new area of the body:
The: unknown, afraid, or ignore it approach – and-
The: understand, curious, and willing to learn approach.
You don't have to be an specialized physician to understand anatomy and physiology. You just have to be willing to learn, organize your findings in a way that you understand, and approach new things with a curious interest to find the answer.
You don't have to be an expert in financial analysis to be good with money, investing, and business. You just have to be willing to learn, organize your findings in a way that you understand, and approach new things with a curious interest to find the answer.
You see what I did there? I thought so.
When it comes to investing, you have the same options for approaching the subject as you do with anatomy.
Sure enough, most medical students and professionals that I talk to are a part of the unknown, afraid, and ignore it camp. I get it – I was a finance guy turned physical therapy student so that's kind of how I approached the anatomy lab at first.
But I'll be the first to admit: there's no way you'll be successful in anatomy or finance if you approach it this way.
As a medical professional, there's no way around learning anatomy. You need it to be a good practitioner.
As a person who gets a paycheck, there's all sorts of ways to ignore good financial habits, so today we're addressing the habit of saving and investing.
The Anatomy of Investing
You could spend hours reading financial textbooks and articles about investing, but until you know the basics, don't bother with the rest. It'd be like trying to memorize all the distal branches of an artery without even looking at the parent artery first. You'll eventually get it, but it's not the smartest approach.
Let's dive right in and look at a few key concepts that set the foundation of investing.
Stocks – companies offer stock for purchase, giving you the chance to own a part of the company. Stocks make money for investors in two basic ways:
- Dividends: a payment to the shareholder
- Reinvesting earnings to the company to increase the company's value and stock price.
Bonds – loans from an investor to entities such as companies or governments. If you own bonds, you are lending money to a company and they're paying interest to you.
Mutual Funds – A collection of investments that usually include stocks and bonds selected by a fund manager. Most mutual fund managers aim to provide higher returns than the market by actively looking for investments that hopefully outperform the average investment.
Index Funds – Like a mutual fund, an index fund is a collection of stocks, bonds, and other investments that aim to meet the average return of an index. An index is a category of funds that represent a certain industry, group, or combination of companies. The S&P 500 is an index of the 500 largest companies in the US. If you have an S&P 500 Index Fund, you basically have a mutual fund that tries to imitate the performance of the S&P 500 (it's like you have an investment in each of the 500 companies).
Don't worry, we'll discuss other aspects of investing later including investment accounts, some tax issues, diversification and asset allocation, retirement accounts, fees and more.
That's it for now – that's today's lab.
The goal is to keep it simple and to give you the building blocks of what you need to know when you decide to start. Understanding these four basic terms will be key to understanding other investing concepts. You've got to start somewhere! For more info on investments, read….What is an IRA?
Speaking of Starting…
Please understand this: the sooner you start saving money and investing, the better. (I feel a soapbox coming…)
The secret to investing is this: discipline. Disciplined savings no matter your income.
I know some, most readers who have a professional degree, especially in the medical field, will have debt.
It's really tempting to say I'll start investing when I'm debt free. We can spend an entire article talking about that…
My Final Thoughts: Start the savings habit early. If you don't now, you won't later.
I get it. My wife and I both have debt up to our eyeballs from medical school. But we also have a retirement account that we've been funding for the last 7 years. It's about discipline and starting now and I hope you join me in taking charge of your money and learning the basics of investing.
One More Parallel to Anatomy
Ok this one might be a stretch, but I'll make it anyway. Usually the best tables in anatomy lab were made of the students who had a system of doing things and made it a habit to review the previous lab each day. If you want to be successful with your personal finances and investing goals, you need to adopt a system of learning and automation that will make savings easier. We'll talk about those strategies in the next article.
What are your thoughts about money, savings, debt, and investing? Which approach have you taken?


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Our Taste of Elegance Dine Around Programme expands your dining options to sister *properties along the famed Platinum West Coast. You can experience Asian Fusion at Waves. Sample a different Barbados restaurant or beach bar each night of your stay. Our complimentary water taxi will carry you on a culinary journey along one of Barbados' most beautiful coastlines.
Water taxi operates during daytime hours only, subject to availability and weather conditions. Small supplement may apply. *Excludes The House. Valid Hotel ID is required.


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A Wonderful Finale to the Season!
The John Rutter at Music & Beyond concerts were a huge success! The Ottawa Children's Choir were honoured to sing under the direction of eminent conductor and composer John Rutter, and loved performing with the Elmer Iseler Singers, the Capital Chamber Choir, Mireille Asselin, Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra and violinist Kerson Leong. Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy the music.
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He termed the adoption of liberal and free market theories in the current situation of economic war as 'wrong and incorrect' and said, "in the current situation of economic war waged against the country, production should be supported duly."
Executive branch is the sole responsible body that should take decisive and logical decision in the current economic condition in cooperation with the two other legislative and judiciary branches of the country.
He, who is the representative of Toiserkan constituency in the Parliament, pointed to the current situation of currency and said, "under such circumstances, the government should manage current economic problems logically especially in the field of FOREX."
The government should take the said issue in the field of foreign exchange into serious consideration, because, decision taken in this field will affect inflation, employment and recession to a great extent."
The spokesman termed the allocation of primary market and revenues obtained from oil sales to the import of basic commodities as a 'right and accurate decision' and said, "at this juncture that the government experiences tough economic situation, it is necessary that it [government] should take accurate decision and support people in this critical economic situation financially."
Basic goods and commodities should be allocated to the deprived people in the country within the framework of a quota, he emphasized.
He once again termed adoption of liberal theories and free market at the current situation of economic war as 'inappropriate and wrong' and said, "these theories will not work especially at the condition that the country is grappling with economic war. The government should administer whole economy of the country in the best form possible which includes producers. In the same direction, private refinery and petrochemical companies, which receive cheap governmental exchange, are duty bound to deliver their products to people with fair and reasonable price."


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<DOC> [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents] [frwais.access.gpo.gov] [Page i] Monday, September 17, 2001 [[Page i]] Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents <DOC> [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents] [frwais.access.gpo.gov] [Page i-iii] Pages 1291-1317 Contents [[Page ii]] Addresses to the Nation Terrorist attacks--1301 Addresses and Remarks Florida Leadership forum in Jacksonville--1297 Terrorist attack on New York City's World Trade Center in Sarasota--1300 Louisiana, remarks on terrorist attacks at Barksdale Air Force Base--1300 National Day of Prayer and Remembrance service--1309 National Football League's opening day coin toss--1292 National security team, meeting--1302 New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and New York Governor George E. Pataki, telephone conversation--1304 Police, firemen, and rescueworkers at the World Trade Center-- 1313 Radio address--1291 U.S.S. Canberra bell, presentation to Prime Minister Howard of Australia--1293 Virginia, tour of damage at the Pentagon in Arlington--1302 Washington Hospital Center, visit--1308 Communications to Congress Declaration of national emergency by reason of certain terrorist attacks, message--1312 Supplemental appropriations to address the September 11 terrorist attacks, letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives--1304 Communications to Federal Agencies Benefits for Survivors of Public Safety Officers, memorandum--1309 Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities Under the Trading With the Enemy Act, memorandum--1303 Excused Absence and Assistance to Federal Employees Affected by the Attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, memorandum-- 1303 Executive Orders Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation--1311 (Continued on the inside of the back cover.) Editor's Note: The President was in New York City on September 14, the closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in this issue will be printed next week. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF ------------------------------ PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS Published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week. The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C. Ch. 15), under regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President (37 FR 23607; 1 CFR Part 10). Distribution is made only by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents will be furnished by mail to domestic subscribers for $80.00 per year ($137.00 for mailing first class) and to foreign subscribers for $93.75 per year, payable to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. The charge for a single copy is $3.00 ($3.75 for foreign mailing). There are no restrictions on the republication of material appearing in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. [[Page iii]] Contents--Continued Interviews With the News Media Exchanges with reporters Oval Office--1304 West Colonnade--1294 West Wing Lobby Entrance--1294 Joint Statements United States of America and Australia--1295 Meetings With Foreign Leaders Australia, Prime Minister Howard--1293, 1294 Proclamations Amending Proclamation 7461, Display of the Flag at Half-Staff as a Mark of Respect for the Victims of the Incidents on Tuesday, September 11, 2001--1313 Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks--1310 Proclamations--Continued Honoring the Victims of the Incidents on Tuesday, September 11, 2001--1301 National Birmingham Pledge Week--1291 National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001--1308 Statements by the President Terrorist attacks, supplemental appropriations to address, congressional action--1313 Supplementary Materials Acts approved by the President--1317 Checklist of White House press releases--1317 Digest of other White House announcements--1313 Nominations submitted to the Senate--1315 [[Page 1291]] <DOC> [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents] [frwais.access.gpo.gov] [Page 1291] Pages 1291-1317 Week Ending Friday, September 14, 2001 Proclamation 7460--National Birmingham Pledge Week, 2001 September 8, 2001 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The United States has grown strong and vibrant because of its diversity and common values. Representing different religions, cultures, ethnic groups, and backgrounds, our citizens have laid the foundation for our country's remarkable achievements. As a Nation, we celebrate those achievements and look forward to new challenges. At the same time, we also recognize that racism still exists in America. One of the darkest days for the cause of civil rights was September 15, 1963, when a bomb exploded in the basement of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The blast ended the lives of four young African-American girls, and ultimately demonstrated the tragic human costs of bigotry and intolerance. Through the efforts of heroes like Martin Luther King, Jr., and other brave men and women of the civil rights movement, our Nation has made progress in battling racism and building a society that more fully lives up to its democratic ideals. However, regardless of the decades that have passed, despicable acts such as the Birmingham bombing remain an unforgettable reminder of the need for continued vigilance against those who would infest our society with hate. The Birmingham Pledge, started in 1998, forges a positive legacy from the lessons of the Birmingham tragedy. The Pledge encourages people to take personal responsibility for conducting themselves in ways that will achieve greater racial harmony in our communities. It calls for a commitment to ``treat all people with dignity and respect.'' This is our solemn duty as citizens. As part of National Birmingham Pledge Week, I encourage all Americans to join me in renewing our commitment to fight racism and uphold equal justice and opportunity. We also must strive to treat each other with civility, to love our neighbors, and to extend the American dream to every willing heart. By doing so, we can fulfill our Nation's promise and build brighter futures for all our citizens as we look forward to the challenges of tomorrow. Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 9-15, 2001, as National Birmingham Pledge Week. I call upon the people of the United States to mark this observance with appropriate programs and ceremonies. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty- sixth. George W. Bush [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:02 a.m., September 11, 2001] Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on September 8, and it was published in the Federal Register on September 12. <DOC> [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents] [frwais.access.gpo.gov] [Page 1291-1292] Pages 1291-1317 Week Ending Friday, September 14, 2001 The President's Radio Address September 8, 2001 Good morning. This weekend in Washington my wife, Laura, is hosting the first National Book Festival, continuing a tradition she began as First Lady of Texas. With visiting authors and special events, the Book Festival will highlight the importance of reading and libraries in our national life. A few days later, she and I will host the White [[Page 1292]] House Assembly on Reading at the Library of Congress. We will bring together scholars and educators committed to the cause of teaching every child to read. As a former teacher, herself, the First Lady is a passionate advocate for reading. She and I and my entire administration believe that teaching every child to read is critical to making sure every child has the opportunity to realize the American Dream. Reading is, after all, the most basic educational skill, and the most basic obligation of any school is to teach reading. Yet earlier this year, tests showed the almost two-thirds of African-American children in the fourth grade cannot read at a basic level and reading performance overall is basically unimproved over the past 10 years. The ability to read is what turns a child into a student. When this skill is not taught, a child has not failed the system; the system has failed the child. And that child is often put on a path to frustration and broken confidence. The methods we use to teach reading are critically important. First, we will have diagnostic tests to identify early reading problems in grades K-through-three. Second, we will correct those problems with intervention to give children the best possible help. Third, we will support reading instruction based on sound research, with a central role for phonics. And we'll make sure that every teacher is well-trained in these proven methods. All of this can serve an important goal I have set for our country: to ensure that every child is able to read by the end of third grade. Meeting this goal requires not only encouragement to our schools but resources, and my budget provides them. Altogether I have asked Congress to triple the amount of Federal money available for reading programs across America. We must also bring accountability and high standards to every public
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These days, San Diego frequently is hailed as one of California's post-recession success stories.
And in the northern part of the county — home to biotech hubs and clusters of information technology firms in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Escondido and other suburbs — the economy appears to be rebounding especially fast.
San Diego County, in fact, has the fastest-growing job market in Southern California, Mark Vitner, a senior economist at Wells Fargo & Co., said Tuesday after his presentation on U.S. and state trends at the North County Economic Summit.
One indication of that came Tuesday in the county jobs report from the state Economic Development Department. The county's employers added 40,400 net new jobs in January, a 3.1% increase over the previous year's January, the state agency reported. The number, however, was 20,100 lower than December's figure.
San Diego's life sciences and communications technology industries have been around for decades, Vitner said. But they have boomed lately as an aging global population demands drugs to extend life, methods to track and analyze health and gadgets to help ease their twilight years.
Other speakers at the event at the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa agreed. In the next few years, they said, San Diego's rapid employment growth may slow, but the quality of jobs will continue to improve.
North County employment growth in construction, healthcare, information and professional, scientific and technical services has outpaced the state over the last four years, said Josh Williams, president of Carlsbad research firm BW Research Partnership Inc.
Employment in so-called tier 1 jobs — professional and technical positions that on average come with a $92,200 annual salary — surged 10% from 2010 to 2014 in North County, he said.
That's a quicker pace than the 8% increase recorded in the rest of San Diego County and the 6% upswing nationwide. North County's tier 1 jobs market also expanded faster than its lower-paying, lower-skilled counterparts, Williams said.
Countywide, the professional and business services sector added 11,300 jobs year over year — the largest gain of any category.
Separately, the county's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate increased slightly to 5.8% in January from 5.5% in December, according to the state's data. But the rate is down from 7% a year earlier.
North County's demographics have many employers concerned about planning for experienced workers to succeed retiring baby boomers.
Roughly a quarter of residents are younger than 18; nearly the same number are older than 55.
"I have a lot of retiring doctors," said Wayne Knight, senior vice president of business development at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside. "I need to figure out how to replace them."
Employers such as Qualcomm Inc. used to hire heavily from local schools but now "scour the Earth looking for top talent," said staff engineer Michael D. Alston.
The company needs more programmers and recently started a program for local middle school students called Thinkabit Lab, he said.
"We now do a lot of hiring overseas," he said. "It would be great to have more talent out of San Diego County."
More than 3% of California's population resides in North County, but the area produces just 1% of the state's graduates in high-paying science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Some 90,000 tier 1 workers who call North County home work outside the region, Williams said.
"The brains tend to live here, but a lot are going south or north to work for companies there," he said.
And North County is starting to endure some of the side effects of a fast-growing economy, such as congestion and resource scarcity.
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What Is Diabetes?
If you are suffering from symptoms like frequent urination, are always thirty (even after you have drunk quite a quantity of water with your vision sometimes suddenly blurring, there is a possibility that you might be suffering from diabetes mellitus or simply diabetes. The symptoms described like excessive urination or polyuria, thirst and increased intake of fluids or polydipsia and blurred vision are all symptomatic of the body's heightened blood sugar levels as a result of low levels of the hormone insulin.
Different diabetes types
You must know that there are three main forms of diabetes: type 1, type 2 and gestational which occurs during pregnancy. All three types depending on demographic distribution can be traced to varying causes, but all have similar symptoms and signs. One question that can be asked for all three is, why does the body suddenly stop producing enough insulin? The answer is that the beta cells of the body's pancreas suddenly become unable to produce enough insulin to maintain normal blood sugar levels. Variations of this inability result in the three different diabetes types mentioned: in Type 1, the inability is caused by the beta cell's losing their autoimmune efficiency; in Type 2, there is resistance to insulin with regards to certain tissues as well as beta cell impairment; and in gestational diabetes, hormonal changes during pregnancy creates sudden resistance to insulin.
If not treated properly, diabetes can lead to other complications and conditions. Acute hypoglycemia can sometimes lead to hypoglycemic shock and eventually coma. Among the elderly, diabetes can increase cardiovascular risks, retinal failure, nerve damage and chronic renal failure. In men, the effects on micro vascular functions can lead to impotence. Wounds generally take longer to heal and it is not common for some diabetics who have received inadequate medical attention to suffer the horrid effects of gangrene which in some cases, results to amputation for tissue that is already beyond salvage.
There has been controversial debate over diabetes being a lifestyle disease that has only become widespread in the advent of the 20th century with the invention of food and food products which some say, causes the inability of the pancreas to function properly. Experts cite historical medical evidence and the seeming lack if not absence of references to diabetes as proof that poor modern lifestyle choices more than anything else, causes if not complicates diabetes. But certainly, everyone is in agreement that poor diet habits, excessive smoking and lack of exercise will generally have grave implications on one's health regardless if one has diabetes or not.
Diet and lifestyle management with diabetes
Cure for the disease varies from each type. While there is no cure to reverse type 1 and type 1, the commercial availability of insulin and modern insulin therapy has ensured that sufferers will enjoy long and productive lives. Along with an appropriate insulin therapy, patients are also advised on enforcing a strict diet and lifestyle management plan to complement available medical intervention. The gestational version of the disease is most of the time only incidental with pregnancy and the resulting effects of hormonal imbalances. It usually resolves itself after the pregnancy. Since the diseases is partially inherited with type 2 risks increasing with each family member who gets it, families with a history of the disease are advised to be aware that prevention is better than any cure. Since the disease can manifest itself suddenly after the age of 25, potential sufferers are advised to change their lifestyle habits to lessen their risks.


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Carlson has set the mark for future discussions regarding elite defencemen. He led the league in scoring in the regular season among defencemen, setting a career-high with 68 points this season. That's way up from his non-lockout career average of 44 points, and some will say that he's becoming a more complete defenceman as he matures. The 28 year-old's poise in the playoffs was unmatched, and he looks like he could be a career Capital if this contract plays out in its entirety.
That's good news for the likes of Karlsson, Trouba, Doughty, and any future top-pair defenceman because their agents will be singing all the way to the bank when it comes time for comparisons to be made. If the players were worried about salaries plateauing, John Carlson just made a lot of people a ton of money.
The obvious name that will benefit from this contract is Erik Karlsson. Karlsson finished last season as the sixth-highest scoring defenceman, but had the highest points-per-game total. His career average not including lockout-shortened seasons is 63 points, some 19 points better than Carlson. Erik Karlsson's defensive game, however, isn't as sound as John Carlson's is, but when it comes to generating offence from the blue line, no one may be better than the Swedish Karlsson. With Karlsson being an impending unrestricted free agent next year, is he worth the $8 million that John Carlson got? Is he worth more? I'd say the latter is entirely possible, and more likely than not. As a two-time Norris Trophy winner, Karlsson could be the NHL's first $10 million-per-season rearguard.
What about Drew Doughty? Doughty finished seventh in NHL scoring by defencemen last season, and has consistently been a top-three points producer in his career. His career average of 58 points in full NHL seasons is a full 14 points better than Carlson, he arguably plays in a tougher conference with more physical play, and is a two-time Stanley Cup winner and won the Norris Trophy in 2015-16. Doughty is at the top of the class when it comes to defenders like Karlsson, and I have a feeling that he'll also get more than the $8 million-per-season that Carlson got based on his body of work.
And that brings us to restricted free agent and top-pair defenceman Jacob Trouba in Winnipeg where he was 79th among defencemen in scoring, but there's no denying his effectiveness as a shutdown defenceman in helping the Jets become the second-best team in the NHL this past season. Of the four defencemen, he's the youngest. He arguably plays as many tough minutes as the other defencemen. If his only draw back is that he doesn't score as many points as the three men mentioned above, there's a lot that happens away from the puck that people aren't seeing.
For the Jets, they've been down the contract dispute with Trouba before, and I'm quite certain they don't want that happening again. Trouba is a major cog in their success, and they'll want to do more than just bridge him out. They'll look for term at a reasonable price, but the term that buy up some of Trouba's free agency period won't come cheap. I'm not suggesting he gets $8 million per season like John Carlson, but there will be some cost for the Jets to keep him on a long-term deal when it comes to the open market.
I'm not an NHL GM nor will I ever attempt to be one. Those guys have spent years learning the business, and I'm sure that Kevin Cheveldayoff put in more hours off the ice in a boardroom than he did on it in order to learn how to be a GM. What should tickle Cheveldayoff a little is that Jacob Trouba has expressed a desire to get a deal done in Winnipeg sooner rather than later. If Kevin Cheveldayoff can land Trouba on a long-term deal for what would reasonable be $6 million per season, I think a lot of fans in the Manitoba capital would be excited for that.
Blue-chip defencemen who become top-flight shutdown players while still contributing offensively are rare in the NHL. Those teams that have them usually lock them up for as long as they can because there's always someone out there who covets them. Trouba's a great player who would be coveted by at least half the teams in the NHL, so this summer's negotiation will be an interesting one for the Jets.
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Based on most of the reader comments to previous Band Hero stories, I already have a good idea of what you guys think of this game.
You don't know why it exists or how it's different than Guitar Hero 5, and all of this top-40 popular music is crap. You don't understand why the songs couldn't have just been released as downloadable content for Guitar Hero 5; even if they were, you wouldn't buy them anyhow because, like you said, they're crap. It's also really pink, and pink is stupid, and so is Maroon 5 who are like, the worst band ever. I mean, those no-talent hacks can barely play their instruments to perform the stupid songs they probably don't even write themselves.
The first ten minutes of Band Hero, as seen above, probably won't change your mind. In fact, it's likely you'll get even more worked up after seeing the game's American Idol-inspired intro and menu. Like, OMG, what have they done to Guitar Hero, guys!? Here's the thing -- Band Hero is probably not a game for you, obviously aimed at audiences more interested in celebrity name dropping, catchy hooks, and flashy laser-light shows than guitar heroics or clever song compositions.
This is probably the reason why Activision didn't send us a copy of the game prior to its release. Instead, I went to my local GameStop and picked it up with my own cash, out of pocket. Why? Because I totally wanted it.
But all of that doesn't make Band Hero a bad game. In fact, the answer to "how is this different than Guitar Hero 5?" is that Band Hero is, in most ways, exactly like Guitar Hero 5. (You want more details, read my Guitar Hero 5 review and tack on "treasure hunt" achievements/trophies and a karaoke mode.)
The ways that it's different, however, are significant enough that I think Band Hero does exactly what it sets out to do -- appeal to a different audience, one that may not be included to pick up a guitar to play along to Megadeth's "Sweating Bullets" or belt out the lyrics to Rammstein's "Du Hast." Instead, Guitar Hero 5 has been given a completely makeover, and yes, that includes a lot of pink, purple, and light blue. Even the game's muscian models have been slightly restyled -- meat-headed Guitar Hero rocker Axel Steel has been given a hair cut, his long stringy hair replaced by a more styled, short hairdo.
In terms of presentation and approachability, the game's a success for the audience that it's been intended for (read: teenage girls and those people who say "I listen to a little bit of everything!" when they actually mean "whatever's on the radio" in the car.). While many of the game's songs are silly fun but don't necessarily translate to a "band" experience (The Spice Girl's "Wannabe," for example), not all of the songs are simple throwaway nonsense. In fact, many of them (most of them, in fact) are pretty damn fun if you can manage to let your "pop music is evil" guard down. The funky bass line for Janet Jackson's "Black Cat" comes to mind, especially coupled with Neversoft's great "open note" strum mechanic for bass guitar.
Really though, there's no point in trying to convince you to like or want to play Band Hero. If saying that Styx's "Mr. Roboto" is playable wasn't enough to get you to at least want to try it out, I don't know what will. But I'm having a good bit of fun playing through the game's career mode, coming across a number of guilty pleasure top-40s radio hits that I simply can't help but sing along to.
If that makes me a bad person, well, I'll just be over here in the corner singing along to Culture Club's "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me."
[Note: The guitar playing in the video is by no means supposed to be an example of extraordinary Guitar Hero playing; yes, I miss some notes. If you're looking for someone to FC "Happy Together," I'm sure you can find it on YouTube.]
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