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Nishtha Saini1, Sonia Hasija2*, Manpreet Kaur Gill1, Shivani Kalhan2 and Satya Dutta2
1Department of Opthalmology, SHKM, GMC Nalhar, Nuh, Haryana, India
2Department of Pathology, SHKM, GMC Nalhar, Nuh, Haryana, India
Received date: June 02, 2017; Accepted date: July 26, 2017; Published date: July 31, 2017
Citation: Saini N, Hasija S, Gill MK, Kalhan S, Dutta S (2017) Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma, A Rare Entity: Case Report of 2 Cases. Oncol Cancer Case Rep 3:132. doi: 10.4172/2471-8556.1000132
Copyright: © 2017 Hasija S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) conjunctiva is a rare cancer of the ocular surface with an incidence rate of 0.02 per 100,000 in high latitude areas to 3.5 per 100,000 at low latitudes near the Equator. This positive correlation between this SCC incidence and latitude indicates that exposure to ultraviolet radiation may play a role its etiology. The disease is more common in elderly and male patients, but may develop at a younger age, especially in association with xeroderma pigmentosum or immunodeficiency. Isolated squamous cell carcinoma of cornea is rare with few case reports. Here, we report two cases of conjunctival SCC, both in elderly males who presented with whitish painless mass encroaching the cornea. This mass was excised in both the patients. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of SCC conjunctiva.IOFF
Squamous cell carcinoma; Conjunctiva
Squamous conjunctival carcinoma typically occurs on the bulbar conjunctiva, originating at the limbus, and often spreads onto the cornea. Even before the term ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) was introduced to encompass the spectrum of conjunctival and corneal intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and SCC [1-4], published series often included both intraepithelial and invasive squamous neoplasia. It is difficult to distinguish dysplasia, Carcinoma in situ (CIS), and SCC on clinical grounds alone. Histopathological examination is the confirmatory diagnostic modality. Treatment modalities include surgery, radiotherapy and topical cytotoxic agents. The prognosis is generally good if the conjunctival tumour can be completely removed. Chances of recurrence are high if the tumor grows into the eye and orbit. The mortality rate is generally are low about 4% to 8%.
A 70-year-old male presented to the OPD of Department of Ophthalmology with the complaint of brown colored growth in right eye for 2 months. This growth was progressively increasing in size and patient also complained of foreign body sensation (Figure 1). The growth was present in interpalpebral area in nasal bulbar conjunctiva extending 4 mm into limbus and cornea. On slit lamp biomicroscopy, a pinkish white, elevated, mass of 25 mm diameter was seen at nasal aspect of bulbar conjunctiva of right eye conjunctival congestion was noted adjacent to the lesion. Left eye was normal. There was no lymphadenopathy and systemic examination was within normal limits. All the routine investigations were within normal limits. The mass was excised and tissue was sent for histopathology.
A 60-year-old male presented to the OPD of the Department of Ophthalmology with a white mass in right eye associated with watering and diminution of vision since last 8 months. A 60-year-old male presented with history of progressively increasing swelling in the right eye for last six months associated with diminution of visual acuity in right eye. His general physical examination did not reveal any abnormality. On local examination, there was a growth measuring 15 mm × 12 mm located primarily in the temporal quadrant of the globe overlying the limbus and involving the temporal quadrant of the cornea (2 mm) (Figure 2). The growth was non-tender, fixed oval in shape and had gelatinous surface. Conjunctival congestion was seen and sentinel vessels were seen feeding the tumour. Visual acuity in his right eye was 6/18 and in left eye 6/9. Excision of the growth was carried out along with the healthy conjunctiva as freely as possible. The growth overlying cornea was peeled off easily. Superficial keratectomy was done. Postoperatively, the patient was put on 0.04% mitomycin C (MMC) eye drops four times a day along with antibiotic eye drops, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory eye drops and lubricating eye drops four times a day. MMC 0.04% eye drops were applied four times a day for 14 consecutive days followed by 7 consecutive days off MMC. The treatment cycle (14 days on MMC and 7 days off) was repeated for three cycles. Adjacent to the lesion conjunctival congestion was present. Left eye was normal. Tissue was sent to department of histopathology.
Both the biopsies showed similar histopathological features. Sections studied show nests of squamous epithelial cells arising from the squamous epithelium and extending into the sub epithelial tissue. The malignant cells were large with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and a large vesicular nucleus (Figures 3a and 3b). Keratin pearls were present. A diagnosis of moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was made in both the cases.
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising from conjunctiva is an uncommon disease world wise, the incidence of which varies from 0.02 to 3.5 per 100 000 [1,2]. Since the 1980s, the number of patients presenting with squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva has been increasing exponentially [2,3]. This lesion has a multi factorial etiology with interplay of several factors like exposure to ultraviolet radiation, various chemical carcinogens and viral infections (HPV), however role of individual agents is not well understood. OSSN predominantly occurs in elderly males with an average age of 56 years [1]. This may be because jobs that tend to expose people to sunlight over long periods of time are commonly done by men. People with AIDS have an increased risk of developing certain cancers, including SCC of the conjunctiva
This tumour often appears in the area closest to the nose or temple. The growth may present as a white, flesh-coloured or red patch or a rounded, elevated growth or growths that have a gel-like appearance. It can cause eye irritation of the effected eye or chronic conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva). SCC should be considered in cases of conjunctivitis that last longer than 3 months. These tumours may mimic benign conjunctival degenerations and present as slowly growing lesions. SCC may coexist with pinguecula and pterygia [5]. Diffuse tumours in older patients may be misdiagnosed as a chronic unilateral conjunctivitis [6,7]. The main barrier to prevent invasion is Bowman's layer [8]. Rarely the initial lesion appears on palpebral conjunctiva. The lesions neglected for a long time may spread into the globe or orbit.
The importance of HPV types 16 and 18 in the pathophysiology of conjunctival carcinoma is uncertain. There are some studies that indicate the association of Human Papilloma Virus-16 (HPV-16) with some cases of bilateral conjunctival dysplasia. Around 77% of cases have had immune histogenic evidence of these viruses [9]. Also, cutaneous and visceral malignancies in association with SCC have been reported. Erie and associates reported 13% of patients had a history of malignant skin tumours [10].
The treatment options for conjunctival epithelial malignancies include excision of the tumour removal with or without cryotherapy, radiotherapy and topical chemotherapy [10]. Recurrent conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma means that the cancer has come back after it has been treated. It may recur in the same location as the original cancer or it may recur in another part of the body (metastatic conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma). The status of surgical margins. The reported incidence of recurrence after initial treatment is quite variable. Previous reports reveal high recurrence rates after simple surgical excision around 24% to 50%. Invasive disease may cause intraocular and orbital involvement then exenteration may be needed. Reconstruction of the conjunctiva may be required, depending on the amount of tissue removed. This may include using grafts of nearby tissue for reconstruction.
Conjunctival squamous cell neoplasms can cause significant morbidity. Early diagnosis and intervention can prevent major eye damage. Surgery with excision of margins and adjuvant cryotherapy has a very high success rate. Technical modification may sometimes be necessary to reduce damage. A long follow up is necessary to prevent the morbidity.
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Every year we lose more of our history. 2007 was no different and some of the losses will likely come back to haunt us in the years ahead as Las Vegas discovers cultural tourism. In a city known more for its implosion parties and for not appreciating anything older than the latest fad, we hope that there will come a time when the people realize that their history is worth preserving. Other international cities, which Las Vegas strives to be, realize that history is one of the things that people come to see.
The majority of the destruction that took place this year took place quietly and under the radar of most folks, except us and other preservation minded folks, it seems.
Why Wrong History is Bad History:
One of our most popular stories and serves as a reminder as we go forth in 2008.
Read the original story here.
The Silver Palace Tiles and Clover Jewelers:
The Silver Palace once stood on the corner of First and Fremont. Originally the home of the Las Vegas Pharmacy, the gothic style building was torn down in 1957 to make room for the Silver Palace. Adorned in shades of pink and blue tiles, the casino carried the motif right out to the sidewalk where pink and blue terrazzo tiles were placed. The Silver Palace was ultimately annexed and became part of the Las Vegas Club. But up until last week, there were still remnants of the tiles in the sidewalk.
Here's the link for the story on the history of the Silver Palace.
RoadsidePictures called to tell me that as of Monday, the tiles were painted over. Luckily, he shot this picture earlier this summer:
Clover Jewelers:
When I was a kid this Jewelry Store was one of the premiere stores on Fremont Street. In front of the building, in wonderful terrazzo, was the name Clover Jewelers.
Well, when they widened the street for the new neon signs earlier this summer, I guess they decided that they didn't need to keep the Jewelers part of the tiling. It got paved over leaving only the Clovers. We're still not sure why.
The Cimarron Motel:
This was a classic era Motel on Boulder Highway with a neon sign that had fallen into disrepair. What most folks don't know is that some of the original El Rancho Vegas bungalows were moved out to the Cimarron and became part of the motel. That is until this summer when they majority of the motel was destroyed, including the El Rancho Vegas bungalows. The sign is now in the Neon Boneyard.
Here's the link to our history of the El Rancho Vegas and the Las Vegas Strip.
The Destruction of Homes around the original Las Vegas High School:
This was one of the heartbreakers of the year. This neighborhood became part of the National Registry of Historic Neighborhoods years ago. This neighborhood was filled with homes that were built in the 1920s and 1930s. Our pioneer families lived in them and raised their families in them. Las Vegas in the 1920s and 1930s was a much different town. No air conditioning, plumbing and electricity that were erratic at best and lots of wind. When Maude Frazier convinced the School Board to build Las Vegas High at the corner of 8th and Bridger, folks told her she was crazy. No one would live that far out of town and there would never be enough students to fill the classrooms. Maude proved them wrong. The High School, one of the best pieces of Art Deco architecture this side of the Dam, quickly filled with students not only from Las Vegas but from Boulder City as well. The neighborhood around the school quickly became filled with whimsical houses of different architectural styles. In the 1970s, those homes were threatened by developers. However, home-grown lawyers stepped up to the plate and turned many of the homes into small law offices.
Today, the neighborhood, despite its National Registry pedigree, is under siege again as developers are moving in and tearing down the whimsical houses and putting up McOffices because nothing says "confidence and security in your lawyer" like bad architecture.
By the time the rest of the city wakes up and realizes what is going on in the name of progress, it may be too late. It will be hard to walking tours of your historic homes if you have no historic homes to tour.
Here's the link to our original story.
One of the whimsical houses still standing
The future look of the historic High School neighborhood.
The Hilltop House:
I still remember the Saturday morning I called RoadsidePictures and told him that the Hilltop House was closing. He rushed out there to take some pictures, talk to the owners and have one last meal. Located out on the old Tonopah Highway, the Hilltop House had been a Las Vegas landmark for over fifty years.
This was a great old-Vegas restaurant and haunt. With a wonderfully simple neon sign that just said Hilltop House it began life as a ranch house in 1954. In 1961, it was converted into a dinner house. In 1972, Stan Wojtowicz and his wife, Valerie, bought it from former sheriff Glen Jones. The family has owned it ever since.
Mr. Wojtowicz and his wife died within five months of each other last year and their children, who grew up washing dishes and helping out, had been running it ever since. They finally decided that it was time to throw in the towel as people living in Centennial Hills (the nearby area) were more interested in eating at places like Claim Jumper than the Hilltop House.
The Hilltop House follows The Green Shack into the pages of history and we fear that Bob Taylor's Ranch House isn't far behind.
Here's the link to our original story about the closing
Well-known for their pan fried Frog Legs
We hope the sign is in the Neon Boneyard.
The Ambassador East Motel:
Built in 1952 in the then-popular weeping mortar style, the Ambassador anchored the corner of Ninth and Fremont for years. It's large neon sign anchored the large property that stretched from Fremont to Ogden and Ninth to Tenth Streets.
Jackie Gaughan bought the Motel in the mid-1960s and renamed it Jackie Gaughan's (adding his name to the sign) Ambassador East. If finally closed in 1996.
RoadsidePictures and I watched throughout the summer as the chain link fence went up and then the notices of hearings began popping up in the fall.
Word came just before Christmas that the wonderful vintage motor motel was gone, bulldozed for progress and no doubt, a high-rise condo/mixed use tower that will resemble South Beach Florida.
Here's the link to our original story.
The Harley Davidson Building:
This was just a small brick building sitting on the corner of First and Garces. There were no hints of the history that had taken place inside it but those in the know told us that it was the second location of Harley Davidson in Las Vegas in the 1930s. The first location had been downtown behind the old jail and wasn't much more than a greasy monkey paradise.
But this little building was where the paradise moved to sometime during the mid-1930s. RoadsidePictures and I kept an eye on that entire block throughout the summer and fall. And then, in November, we drove by and were stunned to see it gone, replaced by an empty lot.
The 1938 House:
This was one of our favorites. A large home on a large lot at the corner of Eighth and Garces. The trees and foliage had grown up around the property and you could barely see the house. But it was a beauty of a house and someone, at one time, must have had a good time entertaining in the house because it looked like a house that was built for entertaining.
The chain link fence went up around it earlier this summer. When we were out photographing the neighborhood one Saturday afternoon in June, we were told it was going to be bulldozed on Monday.
Here's the link to the original story
RoadsidePictures was there:
The 1915 House:
This little house was the oldest house in Las Vegas. Built in 1915, it was small and non-descript. On the same block of First Street as the Harley Davidson building, the neighborhood has definitely seen better days and from developer fever everywhere around it, the neighborhood will be seeing better days in the future.
But, some one decided that the little 1915 house wasn't even worth moving out to Clark County's Heritage Street where it would have made a wonderful addition to the classic homes there. The little 1915 house never stood a chance. We didn't realize it was endangered until we drove by one Sunday morning and realized that it was gone.
That's how quickly some of the destruction happens in the downtown area. One week a building can be standing, no chain link fence, no notices, nothing. Then two weeks later-BAM!- gone, lost forever to the pages of history because no cared that it might be worth saving. Other cities pride themselves on having walking tours of their historic neighborhoods. At the rate Las Vegas is going, most of its historic neighborhoods will be destroyed before the City understands the concept of cultural tourism. And that will be our loss.
Where the 1915 House and the Harley Davidson Building once stood.
In 2008, we are keeping our eyes on and participating in the preservation of:
Maude Frazier Building on the UNLV campus. As the campus celebrates its 50th anniversary, it wants to tear down its first building. Wrap your head around that one. We are partnered with the Atomic Age Alliance to do all we can to save this building.
Flora Dungan Building also on the UNLV campus. This mid-century marvel is also endangered and again, we are partnered with the Atomic Age Alliance on this one.
The Binion House on Bonanza Road. The For Sale sign has been out front for more years than we can remember. This is a large property and the house has fallen into disrepair. We fear a fire of suspicious nature will ultimately destroy the house that Benny and Teddy Jane raised their family in. But the developers may get there first.
The Huntridge Theater at the corner of Maryland Parkway and East Charleston. Now that the Mattress Store has officially closed the entire property sits vacant. The owner seems to be in a waiting game with the City over what to do with the property. An ignoble end to our first movie palace.
The Motor Motels on East Fremont. This is one of the largest collections of Post War motor motels left in the country. But with developers wanting to turn Fremont Street into a South Beach paradise we worry constantly about these classic motels such as the Bonanza Lodge, the Gables, the Safari, the Sky Ranch and all the others. It would be great if they could be restored and marketed to the those who love history. It worked for Route 66 and we see no reason why it couldn't work here.
So, stay with us, stay subscribed, as 2008 is just getting started and we will be there bringing you all the news not only from the preservation front but the history front as well.
Special thanks to RoadsidePictures for allowing us to use his photos.


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TOKYO — Members of the cabinet of Japan's conservative prime minister visited a war shrine in Tokyo over the weekend, local news reports said Sunday, symbolic gestures that could anger South Korea and China at a time when Japan's relations with both nations have been rocky.
The separate visits by at least four cabinet members, including the deputy prime minister, Taro Aso, were the first to the Yasukuni Shrine by members of the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, an outspoken nationalist who took power in December. The large shrine of Japan's native Shinto religion honors the nation's war dead, including several who were executed as war criminals after World War II. This has made it a target of condemnation in China and South Korea, both of which suffered greatly as a result of Japan's empire-building efforts in the early 20th century.
The Japanese news media said that while Mr. Abe refrained from visiting the shrine to avoid provoking China and South Korea, he did send a ritual offering of the branch of a cypress tree, used in traditional Shinto ceremonies. Sunday was the start of a three-day spring festival at the shrine when conservative politicians frequently visit and offer prayers.
The quiet, wooded shrine in central Tokyo has become one of the most emotionally charged symbols of how history continues to divide Japan from the rest of Asia. Visits to Yasukuni can provoke angry reactions in South Korea and China, where they are often seen as proof that Japan remains unrepentant for its brutal wartime march across Asia. Japanese conservatives say the visits are necessary to show their respect for soldiers who died for their nation.
It is unclear how South Korea and China will react to the offering by Mr. Abe, or to the visits by the members of his cabinet, which contains some prominent apologists for Japan's wartime behavior. Japanese prime ministers have made similar offerings in the past without riling their neighbors. But there has been intense attention on Mr. Abe, who also has a record of defending Japan's conduct during World War II.
Before Mr. Abe took office, there had been widespread concern that he might say or do something to outrage victims of Japanese wartime aggression. But Mr. Abe has so far acted with restraint, apparently eager to avoid isolating Japan in the region. He has responded calmly to almost daily intrusions by Chinese ships into waters claimed by Japan around disputed islands in the East China Sea. Mr. Abe has also worked to mend relations with South Korea, which frayed last year when Lee Myung-bak, then the South's president, visited a different group of disputed islands.
The weekend's first visit to Yasukuni was made Saturday by Yoshitaka Shindo, the minister of internal affairs and the grandson of the Japanese general who commanded the forces defending Iwo Jima when American Marines attacked in 1945. Most of the visits took place on Sunday, the first day of the festival. Mr. Aso, the deputy prime minister and a prominent conservative, was seen bowing in front of the shrine, but he left without answering questions.
He was preceded by the deputy chief cabinet secretary, Katsunobu Kato, and Keiji Furuya, the minister in charge of the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. Mr. Furuya is one of several conservative Abe supporters who dispute the position of South Korea, and also of many American scholars, that Japan's military forced foreign women into sexual servitude for its soldiers during the war.
"It is natural for a lawmaker to offer heartfelt condolences for the spirits of the war dead who sacrificed their lives for the nation," Mr. Furuya was quoted as saying by Kyodo News on Sunday.


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Sherry Vinaigrette
Makes about 1 cup
Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
1 minced garlic clove
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
10 thinly sliced basil leaves
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
In a small bowl whisk together the grated zest and juice of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar, 1 minced garlic clove, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, 10 thinly sliced basil leaves and sea salt and freshly ground pepper. Pour over the salad and sprinkle with additional salt and pepper, if desired. Refrigerate in an airtight container until ready to use for up to 1 week. If you are making it in advance, stir in the fresh herbs just before using.


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The City's Beckley Events committee and local groups have been organizing a variety of events for this year's Rhododendron Festival. The festival pageants are set for this weekend with the children's pageant on Saturday, May 5 at the Beckley Woman's Club and the Miss, Teen, Junior Miss and Mrs pageant at Black Knight at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 6. Door admission is $5.
Festival fun kicks off on Thursday, May 10, with rock painting at the Beckley Art Center from __ to – pm. Bring your own rock and paint it the theme of the Rhododendron Festival or Sweet Treats. The rocks will be hid around the Beckley Intermodal Gateway and Downtown for the community to search over the May 12th weekend. Saturday, May 12 will be a busy day in the area. Active SWV will offer its eNeRGy walk/run at WWHS track during the morning. The free event includes a kids run at 9 am and a 5k walk/run at 10 am. The annual Sweet Treats will take place on May 12 at the Beckley Intermodal Gateway. The dessert-tasting event, which benefits the United Way, begins at 11:30 am and runs to 2:45 or while supplies last. Each vendor donates at least 100 dessert samples, but may sell larger portions or other items – 16 vendors have registered by the event. For $5, attendees receive five sample tickets and a voting coin. The day will also include free concerts by Raleigh County Schools Day of Arts from 10:30 am until 4:00 pm. The Southern WV Partnership Fair will join the event and add several informational booths.
Fridays in the Park will begin on May 18 and run thru August 31 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm weather permitting at Word Park on Neville Street. The May 18 & 25 Fridays are included in the Rhododendron Festival. The concert series schedule features a variety of musicians, and opens with Thomas Danley on May 18 and Park Middle School (11 am) and the Chris Oxley Quartet (11:45) on May 25.
The Raleigh County Library will host a rhododendron coloring contest throughout the month and Active Southern WV is encouraging the community to take photos of rhododendrons along the trails and enter the photo contest on Facebook using the hashtags #WVRhodofest18, by May 27.
Beautification efforts will include a rhododendron planting by the Beckley Beautification Commission on May 17.
110 Marshall will host a rhododendron painting class on May 18 at 6 pm (cost: $35 for a 16 x 20, $30 for a 12 x 16). Art lovers can also check out the new member's exhibit at the Beckley Art Center Cynthia Bickey Gallery on Johnstown Road.
The City's annual Founders Day is planned for May 19 from 11 am to 3 pm at Wildwood House Museum, located off of Kanawha Street. An opening ceremony and free tours will be available.
The rhododendron blooms at Grandview are beautiful during the month of May festival visitors are encouraged to visit the park. On Sunday, May 20, a park ranger will lead a one-mile walk to see blooms, learn about plant life at the park, and take in views at Main and North overlooks at 3 pm at Grandview Visitor Center.
Memorial weekend marks the start of summer activities with park openings. The RhodoBoogie Car & Bike Show will take place on May 26 from 5-8 pm at the Beckley Intermodal Gateway. Attendees can enjoy music by Randy Gilkey, who auditioned for America's Got Talent. Vehicle registration will be from 5-6 pm and vehicle cost to enter is $10. Any vendors interested in setting up a booth during the show should call 304-256-1776. The event committee plans to have three car & bike shows in 2018 – the shows will be on the last Saturday of May, June & July.
By packaging these events under the festival umbrella, the committee hopes to attract more visitors to the events and promote the community as a great place to enjoy music, art, recreation and scenery. The festival brochure is available on the City's website www.beckley.org and on Beckley Events' Facebook page.


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Appellation Beer: Celebrating Beer From a Place
A quick exchange of comments here Monday provoked this thought from Boak & Bailey about what happens to even the most dominant of breweries over time: Our suspicion is that, of the current wave of new brewers (1970s to now) some will inevitably become the new Whitbreads and Watneys.We don't see, say, Sierra Nevada going into the Lite Lager business any time soon, but we can imagine, in thirty years time, a business which seems complacent and arrogant, and of which people will say: "They're so dominant that no-one else can get into the market, and all they produce is that bland, dumbed-down, sub-6% pale ale crap …"If that does happen, there will be plenty of brewers waiting to challenge them, and the cycle will continue. Of course change is inevitable, but is complacency? Five days ago, August Schell Brewing Company, established in 1860 and the second oldest brewery in the country, won two medals at the World Beer Cup. It earned gold for Schell's Firebrick, a Vienna-style lager.
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Impressed by the handling of the Olivier Cousin case, I stopped in to talk lawyer Eric Morain when last in Paris. With a case of Frank Cornelissen 2009s resting against the wall, the avocat sat behind his desk in his art-filled office. His handsome-cherubic face is angled in by a gently silvering beard. Mail constantly beeped into his computer.
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solstice is coming
the two points in the year i adore most! Summer solstice is in 2 days on the 20th here in Seattle. we just had the Fremont naked bike ride so come on sun! make my tomatoes grow!
Solstice is pure magic.
Six days where the sun rises and sets in practically the same place before starting it's cycle to the other half of the world.
Solstice is a pause.
It is a resting place where energy is at its peak in one half of the world and at its lowest place in the other half.
In all the changes of the season solstice is the one to focus on. It is the most extreme and the most potent.
A few rituals for solstice are included here to help you connect with the energy of the season around you.
Do not feel you need to do any of these rituals, they are ideas to inspire you to create your own way of honoring the sun and it's cycle.
Summer Solstice Rituals:
- Observe the sunset and/or the sunrise.
- Plant something beautiful to add color or beauty to your yard or deck or inside your home.
- Take ribbons of cloth- rip stripes off old t-shirts or crepe paper, write prayers or wishes on them and tie them to your favorite tree.
- Make tea using the power of the sunlight on solstice and drink in the energy of the sun.
- Put out a jar of water and let it infuse with the sunlight on solstice, store this water in your refrigerator for when you feel low energy and take a sip throughout the year to remind you of the light.
- Open all your windows
- Hang a crystal in a window to catch the light of the sun and watch it dance and fill your rooms with light.
- Be outside, dig in the dirt, hike in the woods, and sleep on the ground.
- Light a fire by the water and cook your food with fire, brother of the sun.
- Dream of the tasks you wish to accomplish before the sun looses its energy.
Winter Solstice Rituals:
- Light a candle at sunset on solstice and keep it burning all night long until the sun comes us again.
- Have a fire if you have a place too and spend the evening with only the illumination of candle or fire.
- String cranberries and popcorn by the light of the candles and leave it for the birds.
- Fill up all your bird feeders with seed and suet; if you don't have feeders simple leave a plate out with seed or old bread scraps.
- Bake bread
- Drink some of the water you infused with summer sun to wash away the winter cold.
- Dream of what you wish to plant both in the ground as well as in your life when the spring comes round, starting the dreaming now allows it 2 months to sprout roots and feed your imagination.
- Drink a hot tea of ginger, add lemon and honey before drinking-these are all infused with intense sun energy and are also amazing immune boosters.
- Watch the sunrise and maybe the sunset.
- I sometimes stay up all night on the solstice, writing prayers and dreams and doing vision boards-partially to confirm the sun did not get stuck at the bottom of the whined down and partially to infuse this season of dreaming with intention and focus.
Again these rituals are a starting point. They are meant to help you connect but also to help you develop your own expression of honoring the season.
One of the simplest and fun things I do is change my altar decorations. As each season approaches I look to my entry table and change the objects I have collected. In the spring it is coated in blue or green cloth and full of petals from my tulips. In summer dragonflies and shells reside, in fall the leaves I have collected on walks and in winter sticks with moss and stones. The candles tend to change color and scent as well.
To reconnect to the cycles of the earth is to reconnect to our deepest self. We are a child of the universe and if we ignore what is happening out there, we cannot take full advantage of our power to manifest and shine.
"The Unknown can be a disconcerting place, especially when we realize our place in it.
In that moment the Universe becomes much, much bigger.
And, therefore, so do we."
( I can't remember where this came from. Sorry)


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Day 4 | The King is Coming: A Truth's Table Advent Devotional
Black Girl Magic And The Coming Shalom
By: Michelle Higgins
Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33
"Life without knowledge is death in disguise." Talib Kweli
Living on the margins produces a particular wisdom. There is a reason that when God broke into the world His stage was a stable. Jesus lived His life as a poor person before stating, "Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of God." We have experienced the fires of violence, but our oppressors did not know that the evil flames of hatred were used as the cleansing fire of God. What pains were endured to make Black girls "magic,"God redeems by His Spirit as the suffering that taught us wisdom. This brings us an unfathomable peace even as we await His ultimate justice.
Our stories give voice to a symphony truth, which is a song the world does not want to hear. When Jesus said, "Woe to the rich," it confounded the leaders of His day. We are labeled as divisive when we protest laws that label poor people as criminals. But it is a Godly imperative to express a wisdom which is only forged through pain. In obedience, we share this knowledge as a public witness to the world. Black History's fat stack of receipts decrees rebellion against the fallacy of a Christian America. This wisdom is a sword which cuts through the myth of peace when there is no peace, and there never was. We have experienced the many hardships to obtain the Kingdom of God.
Much of the experience of marginalized women is a picture of what humans can endure in faithfulness to God. Black girls should not have to be "magic," but Dr. King's words are still true that "unearned suffering is redemptive." What exactly is the fruit of such endured suffering? The question is our lament and refrain in this season of advent. Sisters, we know this well. But the King is coming, and His wisdom is our reward in the waiting.
It is a gift to us that wisdom in God's word is personified as a woman.
For us, she brings dignity to our identity. For our fathers and brothers, she is an invitation to understand that God's image is fully revealed through interdependence with their mothers and sisters.
Black women are real, weak, and weary. By God's grace we share our stories not out of our arrogance but out of His wisdom. In her "Slave Song," Sade sings, "Wisdom is the flame, wisdom is the brave warrior that carries us." Wisdom wept over us across the Middle Passage. She hid herself from arrogant oppressors who presumed they were creating a new republic on what they called new land. She refused to answer those who ate "the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices." She damned the destructive purposes of the simple-minded. She will not let them be at peace.
Is there fulfillment of our longing in the waiting for wisdom to be heard? Our King says yes. The plea of wisdom personified in the voice of a woman is fulfilled in the body of the God-man, Jesus. Those who hear the cries of wisdom and turn at her reproof will be free to rest. When He returns, He will take those on the margins and escort them to the center of His kingdom of perfect peace, a city of shalom, where the King rules and reigns forever.
Oh God, all the Black women in us are tried and tired. But we know that you are with us.
We often feel unseen, unappreciated, and unloved. Yet you have seen our work.
We feel the pains of misogyny and inequity—we work tirelessly for what seems like little reward; but You are the glory and reward that is to come.
Holy Spirit, we thank You for the precious gift of wisdom, our reward in the waiting.
Help us to hear and heed her cries.
When the Battle is Over, Benita Washington


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Founded in 2012, Instacart is a leader in North American online groceries and one of the fastest growing companies in e-commerce. Instacart's same-day delivery and pickup services bring everyday essentials and fresh groceries to consumers in the U.S. and Canada in as fast as an hour. At Instacart, we believe that great people are the ingredients for success. We like to think that we are like a potluck, everyone brings something new, different and flavorful to the table. Our mix of thoughtful, inventive and neighborly employees work together to deliver our common goal, to make grocery shopping effortless, and give valuable time back to our customers. We believe that just as meals are best shared together, success is best shared together. If this excites you, then Instacart just might be the place for you. Welcome home.Our design team thrives on solving difficult problems and moving the key company metrics. Our work makes a large and profound impact on people's lives by saving them time and changing the way they shop for and think about food. Join us!
We're looking for a creative and thoughtful designer to lead our Retention Growth team, which is responsible for increasing customer adoption, preventing churn, and iterating on Instacart Express. You'll be one of the first designers working on our growth initiatives and will potentially have the opportunity to manage a team of designers as the team grows. Your work will help define design at Instacart, and ensure that every customer has a magical experience with Instacart, from the moment they shop to the moment they receive their order.
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I live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and I am working on attracting butterflies to my backyard. I have planted several different kinds of host and nectar plants for butterflies which live in this part of Texas.
I started out with lantana and parsley the summer of 2011. In the fall of 2011 I planted several new nectar and host plants . Spring of 2012, I attended a Butterfly Workshop at Texas Discovery Gardens and came home with lots of new plants to try in my garden! During the Spring of 2013, and I worked on planting and weeding my flower beds! This past summer was hard on my plants – the native ones survived. I did not have any monarch butterflies lay eggs this year. I'm sad about that! I had the same kind of milkweed plants – but the monarch numbers are down for the US this year.
2014 Update – Finally seeing more butterflies now that late summer has arrived. I have seen many Gulf Fritillary butterflies(also called Passion Butterflies) laying eggs on my passion flower vine and now many have hatched out and are busily eating the vine! I've also raised a couple of black swallowtail butterflies in the last few weeks. See my post on Sept. 11, 2014!
May 2016 Update – Lots of flowers are in bloom in my yard. Hoping to see lots of butterfiles soon!
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El Clasico. The biggest game in club football saw the biggest teams in the world, Barcelona and Real Madrid, battle it out at the Santiago Bernabeau Stadium last night. In recent years Barca have dominated, losing only one of the last 8 derbies, but the buzz ahead of last night's match-up, was that Madrid were finally the favourites, keen on extended their 15-match winning streak, whilst Barca were trailing in the league and could've seen their season disappear into nothing with a loss. A great game was expected, and as viewers we weren't let down…
22 seconds in, and Madrid actually took the lead! The usually reliable Victor Valdes messing up a clearance, and the resulting shot by Mesut Ozil, dropping to the feet of Karim Benzema, who from 6 yards out, was never going to miss. It was the fastest goal in El Clasico history, and understandably, Barcelona were rocked, and for a good 10 mintues or so, were unable to get into their usual classy passing game. Real were on top, and wasted a few chances through the disappointing Cristiano Ronaldo, who has yet to prove his worth in the big games, sure he scores hattricks against the likes of Osasuna, Real Zaragoza and Rayo Vallecano, but when it comes to the Champions League knock-out and Barcelona, he never has produced. This is what will truly stop him from reaching the level of Lionel Messi, who consistently produces, no matter who the opponent is.
With Real dominating, the slick counter-attacking through winger Angel Di Maria, seemed to be their strongest point, as he breezed past the likes of Abidal and Iniesta, still clearly shell-shocked by the disastarous start. Di Maria impressed me with his skills and pace in the first half, but his play-acting, as with quite a few players from both sides in the game, was awful and needs to be kicked out of football ASAP! Alas, Madrid came to rue their wasteful chances, as the inevitable happened: Barca equalised. A delightful run and through-ball by the main man Messi, saw Alexis Sanchez net from the edge of the box, tucking the ball away into the bottom left-hand corner. It was a fine finish, but probably not the most deserved of goals at the time. From then on Barca pressed until the half-time whistle, but to no avail. Tempers were also fraying on both sides, as Messi and Sanchez were booked, Messi was close to being off for the first time in his career, whilst Madrid's 'dirty' side was shining through once again.
Barca came roaring out the blocks from the second half, and were certainly the better team, Madrid having a couple of cheap free-kicks, both of which Ronaldo wasted yet again. The next goal turned the game undoubtedly in Barca's favour, as Xavi hit a sweet volley, that cannoned off Real's Marcelo and fooled keeper Iker Casillas, sneaking into the corner, just evading his grasp. It was lucky, for sure, but bittersweet for Barcelona, considering it was El Clasico after all! The ill discipline of Madrid was creeping out once again, as poor challenge after poor challenge rained down upon Iniesta and Messi, with Lassana Diarra and Pepe entering the book. These two, in addition to Sergio Ramos, were lucky to stay on the pitch, as fouls kept coming, in an attempt to break down Barca's game. It really frustrated me whilst watching, as it ruins the enjoyment of the game. However, I thought the referee did well, as he was always consistent, hence the decision not to send Messi, or potentially Dani alves off for Barca, meaning that there was no real controversy.
Ronaldo had a chance to equalize, but missed a simple header, yet again something he will rue this morning, as Barca sprung up the pitch and scored within a couple of minutes to seal the game. Dani Alves, in a makeshift right-wing role whipping in a beautiful first time cross, and Cesc Fabregas showing Madrid's number 7 how to header, with a lovely diving header from a few yards out. It was a hammer blow for Madrid, considering seconds earlier it could've been 2-2 and game on, although it was only fair as Barca dominated the second half, allowing their opponents no respite.
For the remainder of the game, Barca passed to their hearts content, showing much better possession than at any other moment of the game, and constantly threatening Casillas, choosing when next to torment the long-serving Madrid star. It was like a practice match as Madrid tried to threaten through subs Higuain and Kaka, but couldn't find the finishing touch for even a consolation. The game had it's traditional 'brawl', although it was only a little bit of petulance between the tired legs of Puyol the warrior and any Madrid player who dared to challenge him.
It's clear to see that the gap between the two top clubs in Spain has been considerably shortened, but as Barca returned to the top of La Liga, Jose Mourinho may just have to accept that some things never change….


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The Wiz: No Where Are They Now
We showed the kids The Wiz recently and in re-watching the movie, I was reminded how amazing the cast was especially later in their careers. Sadly the movie was a flop at the box-office but it went onto become a cult hit. Personally I have always loved the move because of the bright and amazing actors who took on such unique characters. From the great comedian Nipsy Russell (The Tin Man) to Mabel King best known as Mama from What's Happening!. An interesting fact is that almost more than half of the cast of The Wiz guest appeared on The Love Boat.
In looking into the cast, I realized that all the cast, besides Diana Ross is now dead. I missed all the news articles that were published after Lena Horne's death in 2010. Now of course a good portion of the supporting cast is still alive. In my opinion, the ensemble numbers in the Emerald City and Munchkin Land are what turned the movie into a cult classic. The Emerald City number staged at Lincoln Center in NYC and the costumes and choreography alone is simply 70s. It's crazy to think that over 2600 costumes were used in that scene alone. A perfect exhibit of 70's fashion.
In the early 70's, independent films were on the rise and with came the birth of Blaxploitation film movements. Sadly when The Wiz hit theaters it became a mark of the end of the black-focused films. Thankfully the movement saw a rebirth the resurgence on independent film in the 90's. Also interesting is the man who gave us the The Wiz screenplay also brought us other cult classics like Car Wash & The Incredible Shrinking Woman. The 80's were good to Joel Schumacher with a string of hits (St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys, Flatliner's, Dying Young) but sadly the 90's weren't to kind to Schumacher with the his two Batman franchise films (Batman Forever, Batman & Robin).
Many film historians agree that the demise of The Wiz at the box-office began well before production. Motown was initially helming the project with founder Barry Gordy as the director/producer. Gordy was against the casting of Ross as Dorothy. Ross went to the other producers and produced a scheme that allowed her to change the director and cast. I agree that actress Stephanie Mills, who was in the original broadway production and the 1984 broadway revival, should have been casted in the movie. While Ross is a good actress, the whole young and innocent vibe the character exudes was heavily absent. Also, Ted Ross (The Lion) and Mabel King (Evillene) were the only major cast member to reprise their roles from Broadway to the big screen.


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Umarex Beretta PX4 Storm (Tactical) - .177 Cal Pellet - BB - Blowback
This is a very unique Pellet/BB Airgun that uses a magazine with an 8 shot rotary clip on either end. You can use either Pellets or BBs. It's a strong shooter at around 400 FPS and is a nice Replica of the original weapon. The Tactical version comes in two-tone and sports the addition of a Rail System adding a Red Dot Sight and Tactical Flashlight. It is also further enhanced with a Silencer.


text: Lyrics, melody and chords, in sheet music format, (5 pages, 7" x 10.5") so you can do your own arrangement. Easiest for choral groups as all three sung vocal parts and one spoken or rapped part (2 unison plus one harmony in soprano range) are found on fewer pages than on the piano arrangement sheet music. The first one costs $6.75, after which additional copies are sold in sets of three ($2.25 each).


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I have been using Method CRM and customizing it for my clients for years. It has been (and still continues to be) the best way to sync QuickBooks for Desktop into the cloud. But it also works with QuickBooks Online, which is a great way to compensate for its shortcomings such as its lack of sales orders. I am a big proponent for moving as much as possible into the cloud, and I have done so with every single file stored and cross-platform apps. The main holdouts on my computer are still Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax. For the longest time, I was such a big Microsoft follower, and I still continue to use Word and Excel for certain features and quick functionality. However, it seems like MS was going into the wrong direction and I stopped upgrading by staying with Windows 7 and Office 2010. I just didn't like the flat graphics of their latest Office offerings and we all know what a disaster Windows 8 is. My last holdout until recently was Outlook. I have used it for so many years and I really loved both the Evernote and Method CRM plugins. But it just seemed so "one-way", as I am now spoiled by the Google ecosystem: apps that sync info to and from the cloud to my PC, Android smartphone, Google Glass, and Chromebook. Yes, I took the blue pill and I love it!
And the best part is that if the gadget recognizes an existing contact via their email address, I can easily add an activity, case, or opportunity or view existing activities, transactions, documents, and more; information that was already in QuickBooks and Method now all available within Gmail!
Now, this is where it gets really fun. Within Method, I can track all my activities and work on them later, such as replying to emails, returning phone calls, working on To Do's.
And I don't have to go back into Gmail to reply to emails, as I can send them directly from within Method and it still shows in my Gmail Sent folder. I could go on and on about how much I can accomplish just with this gadget...
...but there is something even more incredible that I have struggled with for years. I have always preferred creating events in my personal Google calendar so that my business appointments showed across my devices, especially my smartphone and Google Glass, which is great for driving navigation. But I couldn't send invites to my clients using my personal email address. And if I created appointments in Outlook, it was such a pain getting it to sync with my Google calendar. I've used an Outlook add-on, which then no longer became available, and then I added it as an internet calendar. But I just hated the dual calendars in Outlook and it was just too clunky, not very seamless.
Google Apps solved this problem. Now I can create appointments in my Google calendar, send invites, and best of all, it now syncs bidirectionally with my calendar in Method!
An event created in Google now shows up in Method:
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...now shows up in Google calendar.
And this is where Google really shines: sharing. By sharing my Google Apps calendar with my personal calendar and vice versus, I can now see all my daily events in just one calendar on my mobile devices. The time that this has saved me is amazing! I could still use Outlook, as I have recently learned of the Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook®. But I had already weaned myself off of it with the advantage of having everything I need in multiple tabs in my Chrome browser, not to mention never having to worry about having to back up that pesky Outlook.pst file or transfer it to a new computer. I can totally understand people's reluctance to change, but I can tell you that I have never missed my Outlook. The same will probably be true when I switch to QuickBooks Online, which would be perfect for my business, but I'll save that migration for later.
So, now the details:
You can get started with Google Apps with a 30-day free trial. After that, it is just $5 per month per user with 30GB of storage. They now have a new plan that is $10 per month per user with all the same features plus unlimited storage, Google Vault, and more. But make sure you ask me for a coupon so that you can get a $10 per-user discount for the first year. And then sign up for Method CRM with a 30-day free trial. After that, it is just $25 per month per user or $40 per month per user for their Pro plan, which includes the ability to customize additional fields and tables not in QuickBooks and to add additional free apps such as Method Field Services. And remember: I can provide major discounts on QuickBooks for Desktop and Online (up to 50% for the life of your subscription!), not to mention get all of this stuff set up for you.


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Natural Home (Bamboo & Stainless Steel) Ladle
Sturdy construction of 93% recycled stainless steel and long bamboo handle makes this perfect for serving soups, sauces, stews, and purees, safely without worrying about melting or leeching harmful chemicals into your food. This built to last spoon is a beautiful addition to any kitchen and looks elegant when hung and not in use.
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Grant put the telephone softly back on its cradle and sat looking at it.
The bullet-headed guard standing over him said, `You had better start moving.'
`Did they give you any idea of the task?' Grant spoke Russian excellently but with a thick accent. He could have passed for a national of any of the Soviet Baltic provinces. The voice was high and flat as if it was reciting something dull from a book.
`No. Only that you are wanted in Moscow. The plane is on its way. It will be here in about an hour. Half an hour for refuelling and then three or four hours, depending on whether you come down at Kharkov. You will be in Moscow by midnight. You had better pack. I will order the car.'
Grant got nervously to his feet. `Yes. You are right. But they didn't even say if it was an operation? One likes to know. It was a secure line. They could have given a hint. They generally do.'
`This time they didn't.'
Grant walked slowly out through the glass door on to the lawn. If he noticed the girl sitting on the far edge of the pool he made no sign. He bent and picked up his book, and the golden trophies of his profession, and walked back into the house and up the few stairs to his bedroom.
The room was bleak and furnished only with an iron bedstead, from which the rumpled sheets hung down on one side to the floor, a cane chair, an unpainted clothes cupboard and a cheap washstand with a tin basin. The floor was strewn with English and American magazines. Garish paper-backs and hard-cover thrillers were stacked against the wall below the window.
Grant bent down and pulled a battered Italian fibre suitcase from under the bed. He packed into it a selection of well-laundered cheap respectable clothes from the cupboard. Then he washed his body hurriedly with cold water, and the inevitably rose-scented soap, and dried himself on one of the sheets from the bed.
There was the noise of a car outside. Grant hastily dressed in clothes as drab and nondescript as those he had packed, put on his wrist-watch, pocketed his other belongings and picked up his suitcase and went down the stairs.
The front door was open. He could see his two guards talking to the driver of a battered ZIS saloon. `Bloody fools,' he thought. (He still did most of his thinking in English.) `Probably telling him to see I get on the plane all right. Probably can't imagine that a foreigner would want to live in their blasted country.' The cold eyes sneered as Grant put down his suitcase on the doorstep and hunted among the bunch of coats that hung from pegs on the kitchen door. He found his `uniform', the drab raincoat and black cloth cap of Soviet officialdom, put them on, picked up his suitcase and went out and climbed in beside the plain-clothes driver, roughly shouldering aside one of the guards as he did so.
The two men stood back, saying nothing, but looking at him with hard eyes. The driver took his foot off the clutch, and the car, already in gear, accelerated fast away down the dusty road.
The villa was on the south-eastern coast of the Crimea, about half way between Feodosiya and Yalta. It was one of many official holiday datchas along the favourite stretch of mountainous coastline that is part of the Russian Riviera. Red Grant knew that he was immensely privileged to be housed there instead of in some dreary villa on the outskirts of Moscow. As the car climbed up into the mountains, he thought that they certainly treated him as well as they knew how, even if their concern for his welfare had two faces.
The forty-mile drive to the airport at Simferopol took an hour. There were no other cars on the road and the occasional cart from the vineyards quickly pulled into the ditch at the sound of their horn. As everywhere in Russia, a car meant an official, and an official could only mean danger.
There were roses all the way, fields of them alternating with the vineyards, hedges of them along the road and, at the approach to the airport, a vast circular bed planted with red and white varieties to make a red star against a white background. Grant was sick of them and he longed to get to Moscow and away from their sweet stench.
They drove past the entrance to the Civil Airport and followed a high wall for about a mile to the military side of the aerodrome. At a tall wire gate the driver showed his pass to two tommy-gunned sentries and drove through on to the tarmac. Several planes stood about, big camouflaged military transports, small twin-engined trainers and two Navy helicopters. The driver stopped to ask a man in overalls where to find Grant's plane. At once a metallic twanging came from the observant control tower and a loudspeaker barked at them: `To the left. Far down to the left. Number V-BO.'
The driver was obediently motoring on across the tarmac when the iron voice barked again. `Stop!'
As the driver jammed on his brakes, there sounded a deafening scream above their heads. Both men instinctively ducked as a flight of four MIG 17s came out of the setting sun and skimmed over them, their squat wind-brakes right down for the landing. The planes hit the huge runway one after the other, puffs of blue smoke spurting from their nose-tyres, and, with jets howling, taxied to the distant boundary line and turned to come back to the control tower and the hangars.
A hundred yards further on they came to a plane with the recognition letters V-BO. It was a two-engined Ilyushin 12. A small aluminium ladder hung down from the cabin door and the car stopped beside it. One of the crew appeared at the door. He came down the ladder and carefully examined the driver's pass and Grant's identity papers and then waved the driver away and gestured Grant to follow him up the ladder. He didn't offer to help with the suitcase, but Grant carried it up the ladder as if it had been no heavier than a book. The crewman pulled the ladder up after him, banged the wide hatch shut and went forward to the cockpit.
There were twenty empty seats to choose from. Grant settled into the one nearest the hatch and fastened his seat-belt. A short crackle of talk with the control tower came through the open door to the cockpit, the two engines whined and coughed and fired and the plane turned quickly as if it had been a motor car, rolled out to the start of the north-south runway, and, without any further preliminaries, hurtled down it and up into the air.
Grant unbuckled his seat-belt, lit a gold-tipped Troika cigarette and settled back to reflect comfortably on his past career and to consider the immediate future.
Donovan Grant was the result of a midnight union between a German professional weight-lifter and a Southern Irish waitress. The union lasted for a quarter of an hour on the damp grass behind a circus tent outside Belfast. Afterwards the father gave the mother half-a-crown and the mother walked happily home to her bed in the kitchen of a cafe near the railway station. When the baby was expected, she went to live with an aunt in the small village of Aughmacloy that straddles the border, and there, six months later, she died of puerperal fever shortly after giving birth to a twelve-pound boy. Before she died, she said that the boy was to be called Donovan (the weight-lifter had styled himself `The Mighty O'Donovan) and Grant, which was her own name.
The boy was reluctantly cared for by the aunt and grew up healthy and extremely strong, but very quiet. He had no friends. He refused to communicate with other children and when he wanted anything from them he took it with his fists. In the local school he continued to be feared and disliked, but he made a name for himself boxing and wrestling at local fairs where the bloodthirsty fury of his attack, combined with guile, gave him victory over much older and bigger boys.
It was through his fighting that he came to the notice of the Sinn-Feiners who used Aughmacloy as a principal pipeline for their comings and goings with the north, and also of the local smugglers who used the village for the same purpose. When he left school he became a strong-arm man for both these groups. They paid him well for his work but saw as little of him as they could.
It was about this time that his body began to feel strange and violent compulsions around the time of the full moon. When, in October of his sixteenth year, he first got `The Feelings' as he called them to himself, he went out and strangled a cat. This made him `feel better' for a whole month.
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In November, it was a big sheepdog, and, for Christmas, he slit the throat of a cow, at midnight in a neighbour's shed. These actions made him `feel good'. He had enough sense to see that the village would soon start wondering about the mysterious deaths, so he bought a bicycle and on one night every month he rode off into the countryside. Often he had to go very far to find what he wanted and, after two months of having to satisfy himself with geese and chickens, he took a chance and cut the throat of a sleeping tramp.
There were so few people abroad at night that soon he took to the roads earlier, bicycling far and wide so that he came to distant villages in the dusk when solitary people were coming home from the fields and girls were going out to their trysts.
When he killed the occasional girl he did not `interfere' with her in any way. That side of things, which he had heard talked about, was quite incomprehensible to him. It was only the wonderful act of killing that made him `feel better'. Nothing else.
By the end of his seventeenth year, ghastly rumours were spreading round the whole of Fermanagh, Tyrone and Armagh. When a woman was killed in broad daylight, strangled and thrust carelessly into a haystack, the rumours flared into panic. Groups of vigilantes were formed in the villages, police reinforcements were brought in with police dogs, and stories about the `Moon Killer' brought journalists to the area. Several times Grant on his bicycle was stopped and questioned, but he had powerful protection in Aughmacloy and his story of training-spins to keep him fit for his boxing were always backed up, for he was now the pride of the village and contender for the North of Ireland light-heavyweight championship.
Again, before it was too late, instinct saved him from discovery and he left Aughmacloy and went to Belfast and put himself in the hands of a broken-down boxing promoter who wanted him to turn professional. Discipline in the sleazy gymnasium was strict. It was almost a prison and, when the blood first boiled again in Grant's veins, there was nothing for it but to half kill one of his sparring partners. After twice having to be pulled off a man in the ring, it was only by winning the championship that he was saved from being thrown out by the promoter.
Grant won the championship in 1945, on his eighteenth birthday, then they took him for National Service and he became a driver in the Royal Corps of Signals. The training period in England sobered him, or at least made him more careful when he had `The Feelings'. Now, at the full moon, he took to drink instead. He would take a bottle of whisky into the woods round Aldershot and drink it all down as he watched his sensations, coldly, until unconsciousness came. Then, in the early hours of the morning, he would stagger back to camp, only half satisfied, but not dangerous any more. If a sentry caught him, it was only a day's C.B., because his commanding officer wanted to keep him happy for the Army championships.
But Grant's transport section was rushed to Berlin about the time of the Corridor trouble with the Russians and he missed the championships. In Berlin, the constant smell of danger intrigued him and made him even more careful and cunning. He still got dead drunk at the full moon, but all the rest of the time he was watching and plotting. He liked all he heard about the Russians, their brutality, their carelessness of human life, and their guile, and he decided to go over to them. But how? What could he bring them as a gift? What did they want?
It was the B.A.O.R. championships that finally told him to go over. By chance they took place on a night of the full moon. Grant, fighting for the Royal Corps, was warned for holding and hitting low and was disqualified in the third round for persistent foul fighting. The whole stadium hissed him as he left the ring–the loudest demonstration came from his own regiment–and the next morning the commanding officer sent for him and coldly said he was a disgrace to the Royal Corps and would be sent home with the next draft. His fellow drivers sent him to Coventry and, since no one would drive transport with him, he had to be transferred to the coveted motor cycle dispatch service.
The transfer could not have suited Grant better. He waited a few days and then, one evening when he had collected the day's out-going mail from the Military Intelligence Headquarters on the Reichskanzlerplatz, he made straight for the Russian Sector, waited with his engine running until the British control gate was opened to allow a taxi through, and then tore through the closing gate at forty and skidded to a stop beside the concrete pillbox of the Russian Frontier post.
They hauled him roughly into the guardroom. A wooden-faced officer behind a desk asked him what he wanted.
`I want the Soviet Secret Service,' said Grant flatly. `The Head of it.'
The officer stared coldly at him. He said something in Russian. The soldiers who had brought Grant in started to drag him out again. Grant easily shook them off. One of them lifted his tommy-gun.
Grant said, speaking patiently and distinctly, `I have a lot of secret papers. Outside. In the leather bags on the motor cycle.' He had a brainwave. `You will get into bad trouble if they don't get to your Secret Service.'
The officer said something to the soldiers and they stood back. `We have no Secret Service,' he said in stilted English. `Sit down and complete this form.'
Grant sat down at the desk and filled in a long form which asked questions about anyone who wanted to visit the Eastern zone–name, address, nature of business and so forth. Meanwhile the officer spoke softly and briefly into a telephone.
By the time Grant had finished, two more soldiers, non-commissioned officers wearing drab green forage caps and with green badges of rank on their khaki uniforms, had come into the room. The frontier officer handed the form, without looking at it, to one of them and they took Grant out and put him and his motor cycle into the back of a closed van and locked the door on him. After a fast drive lasting a quarter of an hour the van stopped, and when Grant got out he found himself in the courtyard behind a large new building. He was taken into the building and up in a lift and left alone in a cell without windows. It contained nothing but one iron bench. After an hour, during which, he supposed, they went through the secret papers, he was led into a comfortable office in which an officer with three rows of decorations and the gold tabs of a full colonel was sitting behind a desk. The desk was bare except for a bowl of roses.
Ten years later, Grant, looking out of the window of the plane at a wide cluster of lights twenty thousand feet below, which he guessed was Kharkov, grinned mirthlessly at his reflection in the Perspex window.
Roses. From that moment his life had been nothing but roses. Roses, roses, all the way.
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Making The Case for Topcoats
Among the articles that make up men's clothing, few have a more literal name then the topcoat: it's piece of tailored outerwear, designed to fit over a suit jacket.
And that is what sets the topcoat apart from other outerwear. A puffer jacket or parka may do a fine job keeping you warm, but they are not made to fit over the structure of a suit jacket. As a result, the fit may come up short, wrinkle the suit jacket, or just feel awkward.
Topcoats are long enough to cover any suit jacket, and sized to be slightly larger than the suit jacket you will be wearing underneath. That way they will be able to slide over effortlessly, like two pieces of a puzzle coming together.
The topcoat is, of course, a fit for any suited look. But the fact that it is outerwear—something meant to be removed once you enter a formal setting—naturally makes it a little more casual. That means that it's surprisingly versatile with other combinations, like sportcoats and chinos.
Although it's designed with tailoring in mind, there's no reason it won't go well your favorite plaid shirt and a pair of jeans—it might even dress them up a bit.


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Enjoy spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean from our newly renovated guest rooms. Just steps from the sand, our ocean view hotel rooms feature granite vanities, mini-fridges and coffee makers. Best of all, our hotel near Myrtle Beach is a sun-lover's dream with private beach access, an outdoor swimming pool and hot tub, and many rooms with private balconies overlooking Surfside Beach and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Take in beautiful views of Surfside Beach and the Atlantic Ocean from a comfortable King Room.Check Availability
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Enhance your experience in a Double Queen room and enjoy a private Juliette Balcony with spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean and Surfside Beach.Check Availability
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Our King Ocean View Rooms feature private Juliette Balconies with seating for two, just steps from sunny Surfside Beach and the Atlantic Ocean.Check Availability
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April & Garrett Tie the Knot
Being a wedding photographer in Buffalo, NY has given me a chance to learn just how many cool places we have in our city. April and Garrett were married a couple weeks ago on a nice, early spring afternoon. Their ceremony took place at the Karpele's Manuscript Library Museum (which was timeless and beautiful!) with a reception at one of my personal favorite venues: Pearl Street Grill & Brewery. The best part of their day was Garrett's dad performing their ceremony. It added such a personal touch. Being able to see father and son in the moments before the wedding, preparing themselves, one to marry his best friend, the other to watch his son begin the next chapter in his life, was such a sweet experience. And that's really what my job is all about: capturing those moments, the anxiety and excitement...everything! Their day was filled with jokes, laughter, music and most importantly: Family. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of your big day.