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The Message Chapter 8
Author's Note: Thank you to all of you who have been taking time to off feedback about the story so far. I have enjoyed meeting you through The Message! This story will eventually contain a "loving" relationship between two women. The characters, town and storyline are all products of my imagination.
By J.A. Breeze
Casey wasn't surprised when her cell phone rang about thirty minutes after she left Jennifer's house. She allowed a smile to surface when she saw the display.
"Hello, Mom."
"Now, how in the world did you know it was me?"
"Perhaps it had something to do with the words 'mom calling' printed on the display of my phone," Casey laughed.
Brenda Jarnigan couldn't resist sharing in her daughter's amusement and released a laugh of her own. "I still tend to forget that cell phones have caller ID. I guess I should be happy that you didn't just ignore me."
"Now, Mom! You know I would never ignore a call from you." No matter how much I'd like to sometimes.
"I know you wouldn't, sweetheart, but I bet you'd like to sometimes."
How's she do that? "Mom, is there something wrong? I already told you I was running later than planned."
"I know that but I wanted to touch base and find out just how much longer you think you'll be."
"Well, let's see. I'm driving west on I-40 right now. I should be at the 127 Exit in about twenty minutes. I would think that will—
"You mean to tell me you're driving a car at seventy-five miles-per-hour down the interstate and talking on the phone?"
"Well, Mom I didn't think you'd want me to ignore your call," Casey allowed a touch of sarcasm into her voice. She also glanced at the speedometer and noted with a smirk that she was traveling closer to eighty-five. But it would be best to spare her mother that little bit of information.
"Casey Jarnigan, you just watch that smart aleck mouth of yours. I'm still your mother, you know?"
"I'm sorry, Mom. I couldn't resist. I'll be home in about forty-five minutes."
"That will work out perfect. Lunch will just about be ready when you get here."
"And, just what are we having for lunch?" Casey asked teasing her mother. They both knew exactly what the family would be eating that day. Casey's favorites.
"That's a surprise, young lady. You just pay attention to your driving and we'll see you in a little while."
"If you're going to be that way then maybe I should stop off at Gloria's Diner and get a snack on the way," Casey taunted her mother.
"I had better not smell grill grease from that woman's diner on you when you get here and you're pressing your luck with me!" Her mother and Gloria had been in competition for the best pie in the county for years and the feud was often fodder for teasing in the Jarnigan household.
"I'm just kidding, Mom. I'll see you soon."
"I know you were, darling. See you in a while. Watch where you're going."
Casey couldn't help the groan that escaped as she closed her phone ending the call.
"I'm thirty-nine years old and she still treats me like I'm twelve!"
The further Casey got from the city, the more at peace she felt. As she took Highway 127 north she began to feel more and more at home and the tension in her shoulders seemed to just melt away.
By the time she passed through Chamber's Gap, she was humming along with classic rock on the radio and tapping the steering wheel in time with the music. She couldn't resist singing along with Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy."
"Hell, yeah! I think she's sexy and damn right I'd like to let her know!" Casey chanted as Jennifer Gibson's face played across her mind. Where in the hell did that come from? Now is so not the time for my sex drive to come alive. She may be part of this damned case!
Casey had not been with a woman or even wanted one in a sexual sense in years. In fact she hadn't come close to being tempted by the women who had sought her attention over the years and there had been quite a few of them. Her response to Jennifer Gibson was surprising and out of character.
Good God I can still smell her hair and feel her in my arms. Where is all that coming from. You just put those thoughts right out of your head. You have a case to concentrate on and that woman has way too many problems!
"Mom, I'm home," Courtney called as she entered the house.
"Hi, honey. Did you have a good time?" Jennifer questioned as she entered the kitchen from the laundry room.
"Sure. The mall is always fun."
"Good. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself."
"Do you think we could talk for a few minutes?"
"Sure, honey. What's on your mind?" Jennifer asked as she sat down at the kitchen table.
"I wanted to talk to you a little bit about you and Dad and where all this may be heading. If you don't mind."
"Courtney, I don't want you worrying about what's going to happen between your father and I. We will do everything we can to keep things as normal as possible for you and Brandon." Jennifer reached out and covered her daughter's hand as she talked in an attempt to reassure her with the physical contact.
"I know that Mom. But will we be moving or staying here? Everything just seems so uncertain all of the sudden."
"Honey, I don't think we'll be living here much longer. I'd like somewhere smaller and perhaps not actually inside the city."
"I've only got one year of high school left and—"
"Is that what's bothering you? That you may have to change schools your senior year?"
"Well … yes that's part of it."
"Even if we move, we'll work it out for you to finish high school where you are. Honey, that won't be an issue. I promise."
"Thanks Mom. That's good to know. I'm sorry if it seems like I'm just thinking about me."
"Courtney, I never thought that. And it's okay. I want you to bring your questions to me and you can encourage Brandon to do the same."
Jennifer looked at her daughter and she could tell that there were possibly other questions on her mind. But she knew that for the time being she had offered the reassurance Courtney needed and had left the door open for future discussions.
"I think I'll go on upstairs and hang out in my room for awhile," Courtney said just as the doorbell rang. "Would you like for me to get that on my way?"
"Sure, I'd appreciate it."
Courtney left the room and Jennifer turned to the task of trying to decide what she should prepare for dinner that evening. Both Courtney and Brandon would be home and she wasn't in the mood to go out. While she was checking out the contents of the freezer, Courtney returned with a large manila envelope.
"Mom, a delivery guy just dropped this off for you," Courtney said as she started to hand over the envelope.
"Thanks, Court. Put it on the table for me. Would you?"
Jennifer took a package of steaks from the freezer and placed them on the counter to thaw while she prepared a marinade.
The envelope was soon forgotten as she continued to prepare the meal.
Casey pulled into the driveway of a rambling two-story farmhouse and let herself in. Her parents had lived in the same house for all of their forty-nine-year marriage. It was difficult to believe they were in their seventies. They certainly didn't look it nor did they act like it.
"Mom, I'm here," she called.
"I'm in the family room. Come on back."
Casey found her mother sitting in her favorite chair, feet propped on the ottoman, looking at a magazine. But the moment she entered the room, her mother was on her feet and stepping forward for a warm hug of welcome.
"I've missed you so much. You have no idea how good it is to see you."
"Now, Mom. You're acting like I haven't been home in years instead of weeks."
"That's right it's been weeks since I saw my only daughter. Let me get a look at you."
"Now, Mom. You know I haven't changed since I was home last."
Brenda Jarnigan moved a hand to caress her daughter's cheek, rubbing a thumb gently back and forth. "You know, honey, I think you're looking better, not as tired. It's been awhile since I've seen that sparkle in your eyes."
"I know I haven't exactly been the life of the party the last while, but I'm getting better, Mom. It's getting easier."
At her daughter's words, tears filled the older woman's eyes and she couldn't resist pulling Casey tightly into her arms. "I know it's been very difficult for you. And I think you know that I miss her, too. But it's felt like I lost two daughters instead of one and you have no idea how good it is to know I'm beginning to get my Casey … my baby girl back."
Now, Casey was the one fighting tears as she returned her mother's warm embrace. "We need to stop all this mushy stuff. If Dad walks in and catches us, we'll never live it down," she said with an attempt at humor.
"You mean you'll never live it down, don't you dear. Your father already knows that I enjoy the mushy stuff, especially when it comes to my children and grandchildren."
"Speaking of Dad, where is he?"
"You know him. He's always piddling with something around here. He still doesn't believe this farm can run without him."
"So I'm betting that means he's out in the tool shed working on one of his projects."
"Isn't he always?"
"Mom, he is doing okay, isn't he? I know it hasn't been easy for Dad to let up around here and allow others to carry more of the responsibility."
"Your father is doing just fine. But then he still does much more than he probably should. You want to keep me company in the kitchen while I finish things up or do you want to go find your father?"
"Well …."
"I should've known better than to ask that. You've always been worse than your brothers when it comes to messing in that old tool shed with your father."
"Just because I'd rather play with tools and get dirty over playing with pots and pans in the kitchen, doesn't mean I love you less. You know that right?"
"Of course I know that, you silly girl. I am after all your mother. Now go find your father. He's missed you, too!"
Casey pulled her mother into her arms for one more hug before leaving the house. Her mother's head fit just under her chin and she couldn't resist taunting the smaller woman. "Dad's right. For a little thing you sure are special." Knowing her mother's response in advance, Casey held back her laughter. But the expected response didn't come. Instead her mother tightened her hold around Casey's waist and simply held on. A few minutes passed before her mother released her. When she pulled back Casey saw the tears glistening in her mother's clear blue eyes.
"Hey, now. What's this all about?"
"I'm sorry. I'm just having one of those moments."
"Are you sure? It seems like more than that to me."
"It's just … well … it's just … do you have any idea how long it's been since you teased me?"
"Mom, I tease you all the time."
"There's a difference. It's been like you were simply going through the motions before. The words were there but your feelings—your emotions—were somewhere else. But just now, it felt the way it used to."
"I was right the first time. You sure are special for a little thing," Casey said as she tweaked her mother's nose, turned and left the house.
Her mother's laughter followed her as she went out the door. Following a well-worn path, Casey passed the barn before she reached her dad's tool shed. Of course it really wasn't just a tool shed. It was big enough to hold a large piece of farm equipment, several pieces in fact. A mechanical genius her father had always preferred to do his own work, saying it relaxed him to work with his hands.
She found him bending over an antique Ford tractor, a greasy rag and a wrench in his hand.
"What cha doing, Dad?" she asked as she sneaked up behind him
"Hey, there Casey girl. It's good to see you. Did you just get here?" He asked as he straightened to his full height.
"Yeah. Just a few minutes ago," she replied as she stretched to give her father a kiss on the cheek. All three of the Jarnigan offspring had gotten their height from their father and at six-one Casey was the smallest of the three. She had also inherited his dark hair and eyes. But now that he was seventy-two, Emerson Jarnigan had as much salt as pepper showing around his usual Farmer's Co-op cap.
"So what are you doing wasting your time on this old piece of junk?" Casey hid a smile as she waited for his response.
"This is no piece of junk. It's a classic and as soon as I get her running smoothly I'm gonna spruce her up a bit and take her to the tractor show next spring."
"At least you have a few months to get the work done. You're gonna need it."
"Why don't you close that smart mouth of yours and take a seat on that old stool you used to like so much and I'll show you what this old man can do with a piece of junk." His eyes, identical to his daughter's, bore a lively twinkle as he waited for her response.
"I have a better idea. Why don't I grab a pair of coveralls and give you a hand? Of course we don't have much time. Mom is expecting us for lunch soon!"
"I was hoping you'd offer. But I thought maybe you wouldn't want to get your hands dirty now that you're a big shot in Wilmington and wear those pretty suits of yours all the time. Kind of figured you had forgotten what a wrench was for."
"Forgotten, my ass. I could rebuild this old tractor in my sleep and you know it."
"Now, now watch that mouth of yours. You know how your mother gets when you start talking like one of the boys. It just isn't right for a lady to talk that way."
"And, just who was it who taught me to talk that way, do you suppose?"
"Don't be pointing your finger at me. I still tell your mother it's a shame what kids pick up at school."
"I just bet you do. You old fake."
Father and daughter worked side-by-side falling easily into their old routine. Casey breathed in the familiar smells and listened to the clinking sounds of the tools in her father's hands. Working along side the man she idolized soothed away even more of the discontent that had filled her life for so long. This feels wonderful, like home, she thought as she released a heartfelt sigh.
"What's the sigh for, Casey girl? You okay?"
"Yeah, Dad. I think I am for the first time in a long time."
"Good. That's good. And Casey?"
"Yes, Dad?"
"You know that Kristin would be glad that you're finding your way."
"I know. It's just been so hard without her."
"I imagine it has, but it's been difficult for us, especially your mother, to stand by helpless to do anything to ease your pain, your heartache."
"I'm sorry I caused you guys so much worry. I didn't realize I had changed so much."
"I'm not criticizing you. I always knew you'd find your way back to us. You just needed time. Time to come to terms with losing her."
"Thanks Dad. I love you, you know? How in the world did I get so lucky as to have you and Mom as parents?"
"Your mother and I have always felt like we were the lucky ones."
"I'm sure you did, especially when we were racing the tractor
through the cow pasture scaring the stock. And I bet you felt extremely lucky
when we stole cigarettes and decided to learn to smoke in the hay barn!"
"Now that one took a good twenty years off my life when I saw the smoke a boiling out of the barn. But mostly I was thankful you and your brothers were okay!"
"I know that, Dad. One thing we've never doubted is that you and Mom love us! You think we should head back to the house before we both get into trouble for holding up lunch?"
Her father released a chuckle as he began to unzip his coveralls. "Most people would think your mother was outnumbered with all us big people, but anyone who really knows her has little doubt who runs the show around here. When that woman says move, I do it."
Casey knew her father was mostly kidding. Her parents had a wonderful marriage, loving and caring. They had worked together through the years to raise their family and run the farm, not to mention her mother's job as an elementary school teacher. They never had many luxuries but they certainly had a lot of what really mattered—love.
As she walked shoulder to shoulder with her father back to the house she wondered why in the world she stayed away so long. She could use more of what she was feeling.
As anticipated, Casey's mother had prepared her favorite meal complete with chicken and dumplings followed by peach cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream. The meal had been filled with family news and catching up. Once they had eaten Casey helped her mother clear the table and wash the dishes.
"Mom, that was delicious but if I ate like that everyday, I'd be as big as this house. In fact, I should probably go walk some of it off."
"It was good to see you enjoying the meal but you're still too thin. It wouldn't hurt you to gain a few pounds."
"That's my mother, always trying to feed me and fatten me up."
"That's not it and you know it. I just worry about you eating right."
"Mom, I learned to cook from the best. I don't go hungry I promise and I don't eat out all that often."
"Good. Now go for your walk. I know you don't like being cooped up in the house when you can be outside."
Casey took her favorite path when she left the house. She let herself through a gate just beyond the barn and headed across the open field for a trail that would lead into the woods. When she was a child, Casey spent many hours trailing her grandfather on his hunting trips. She was a teenager before she learned that she chattered so much that there was no way he was actually hunting. But he enjoyed her company so much he kept up the pretence until she started to outgrow their jaunts.
During that time spent with her grandfather, Casey learned to appreciate the outdoors and all nature had to offer. He taught her to identify the different trees—white pine, yellow pine, oak, poplar—and he taught her what it meant to slow down and listen to the sounds of the forest. She'd never forget when he introduced her to the sound of the whip-poor-will. He pointed out its repeating call to her until it became the first birdcall she could identify on her own and mimic.
When Casey reached her favorite spot on the family's land, she took a seat on a large outcropping of rocks that overlooked a stream flowing from the mountains, cold and pure. She had contemplated many of life's choices from her perch above the stream. Regardless of what troubled her it seemed that the answer always became clearer looking out over the water. On this particular day her heart was heavy and yet hopeful—heavy that it was time to say goodbye and hopeful that for the first time in more than three years she wanted to enjoy life.
"Do you remember the first time I brought you here?" Casey began to talk aloud. "We had just finished at MTSU and I was heading to Memphis. I didn't want to go without you but didn't know how to ask you to go with me. I brought you here away from everyone so I could find a way to tell you how much I loved you. How I didn't want to live my life without you. I was so scared—so unsure. And then I discovered you felt the same way. You made me the happiest woman in the world. I wouldn't trade the years we had together for anything in the world. And I'll go to my grave believing you were taken from me way too soon. You know I'll always love you. You'll always be in my heart. And I know you're here encouraging me to go on and to build a life without you. I've felt you all around me the last few days and honey, I'm going to try. I promise you that I am."
Casey had stretched out with her back flat on the rock, just as she had done hundreds of times through the years. But saying goodbye to Kristin was almost more than her heart could stand and yet she knew it had to be done if she was going to find the strength to move forward and live life instead of merely existing. She allowed the tears to flow and the sobs to shake her body as she let out all of the emotion that had held her captive for three long years. Eventually the sobs subsided and became hiccups. She pulled herself together as a gentle breeze blew across her face helping to dry her tears.
"I love you Kristen."
"I love you more," seemed to echo back to her from the stream far below.
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The end of summer and the beginning of the school year has brought a lot of fun activities our way. The air is a bit cooler and we are able to get out more. Recently, we took all three children camping for the first time at Jellystone Campground in Marion, NC. We had a wonderful time!! Unfortunately, I forgot the camera. :( It was awesome though!! I highly recommend it for families with young children. We spent Saturday afternoon swimming, going down the water slide and playing a family version of "Survivor." Gabriel and I also went kayaking. There was a dance Saturday night and Cadence was the center of attention. We left pretty early on Sunday, but the trip was awesome and we will definitely be back.
We also recently went apple picking with Jon, Christy & their kids. This has become an annual tradition for our families. The kids really enjoy picking apples. We went a few weeks early this year, so the selection was a bit slim, but we still stocked up. Of course, we took advantage of the wonderful scenery and took some pictures of the kiddos in the orchards. Thanks Jon for the first one. Amazing.
Last weekend I attended the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustee's conference at the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. Chris came down with me and, even though I was in class for a good portion of the weekend, we had a great time. I was really bad about taking pictures, so the first two are stock photos from the hotel's site.
When we arrived on Wednesday evening, our room wasn't ready, so they upgraded us to an ocean front suite. No complaints here, of course. :)
On Friday afternoon, it rained for several hours. We went up to our room to get ready for dinner. I stepped out onto the porch to call to check in on the kiddos and was barely able to make out a faint rainbow. We could see the entire thing. It was amazing. My point and shoot camera doesn't do it justice but, trust me, it was beautiful.
On Saturday afternoon, we went out with my boss and his family on their boat. This, of course, is when my camera decided to die. We passed a barge with a crane that appeared to be dredging the bottom for something. We passed the same barge on our way back in and on top was a small airplane! Turns out that it had crashed into the water the day before. The pilot is fine.
The weekend seemed to fly by. The classes were very informative and I learned a lot. The dinners at night were beautiful and we had fun meeting new people. I think my favorite part of the trip though was the mornings. We had to get up early every day and God painted us the most beautiful sunrises to watch while we enjoyed our coffee.


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Snapshot of a planet beyond the solar system
The image is possibly the first of an extrasolar planet orbiting a normal star, but some of its features counter current thinking.
After years of searching, astronomers may finally have recorded the first image of a planet orbiting a sunlike star beyond the solar system. The body, about eight times Jupiter's mass, lies exceptionally far from its presumed parent star — roughly 11 times Neptune's average distance from the sun.
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Opus 126 Installation Log
Wednesday January 05, 2005
Greg Bover: Greenville NC Week 1 Sunday
Everything went very well today. The rain that threatened all day never materialized and we had a large and enthusiastic group of parishioners to help unload. We began just after noon and had both trucks unloaded by 4:30. There was no damage to speak of and no injuries, and folks seemed to be having a genuinely good time. The church is absolutely chock-a-block full, there just isn't anywhere to store things except out in the open. Even I have my concerns about clearing the space enough for Sunday next, but we'll have a large group to help rearrange on Saturday.
Our digs are very comfortable. Jason and I are in a Mother-in-law apartment attached to the Everett family home. We have two bedrooms, two baths, a sitting room and a kitchen. We have our own entrance so that we can come and go without disturbing anyone. The Everetts are both computer people so the whole house is WIFI. The IT person at the church will set up a wireless router there too, so we should be all set by mid week. The church kitchen is stuffed with food and we've had dinners at folk's houses these past two nights, so the college dining hall plan has yet to be tested.
Tomorrow morning the boom lift arrives. The sexton has rented one before to change light bulbs so he seems unfazed at the idea of removing the doors and squeezing the 59" wide lift through the 60" doorframe. I can hardly wait to hear the Contrebasse in this acoustic.
A good day. The lift didn't show up until after 1pm so we spent the morning putting up the bottom octave of the Contrebasse the old fashioned way, by hand. We continued putting up the long interior posts without the lift, just muscling everything into place and bracing them as best we could. There were some exciting moments, but nothing fell over. Once the lift came we shifted into high gear, although it did take awhile to get the machine positioned. There is a large baptismal font permanently fixed dead center at the end of the central aisle, which makes it impossible to center the lift, nor is it possible to get the entire lift up at the same level as the organ platform. Nonetheless, I think it will be very helpful in lifting the largest pieces.
By the end of the day we had all the posts up, the frame plumbed and leveled, the Positive level steel attached to the back wall, and the Positive chests, SA motors and walkboards in and fastened. We spent a frustrating hour searching for a pair of wind ducts that we had to have; there are too many boxes of miscellaneous parts that are not properly labeled. We will doubtless find them in the morning. Janette Fishell, St. Paul's Organist, was sick and therefore not around to show us the ropes at the ECU dining hall. Tom and Pat Norris took us out for Mexican food at Chico's, which was very good.
This morning we installed the Positive box, the 32-foot reed and the Great steel. After lunch we added the wedge bellows and the Great chests. The lift just barely picks up the big chests with me driving from the bucket. I'm concerned that it won't pick up the 32' Bourdon unless I run it from the ground, which was difficult to do at Lausanne. We worked 'til seven and then tried the dining hall for the first time. One merely has to show the dining card and then everything after that is free. They have three entrees each day, usually chicken, pork or beef, and vegetable. There are always hamburgers, pizza, tacos and such available. There is a huge salad bar and a dessert bar, as well as soda, juices coffee, hot chocolate, etc. It was interesting to see the students, who are otherwise not much in evidence around the town. The girls are all dressed about the same in the bare-midriff, skintight look, the boys in that baggy-everything clownish style. I think I was the only grey-haired person in the place, despite a few grad students here and there. I don't think we look too professorial, so it is hard to imagine what they might make of us.
We started with the 32' Bourdon chest, 20 feet off the ground, and then began adding the pipes. We had decided to depart from the reverse order list and leave the pedal chests out in case the Bourdon had to come up through the organ rather than over the front posts, but Low C, at about 400 pounds, went right up when the lift was fully charged. It is a bit disconcerting to drive the lift up the ramps while such a pipe is hanging from the bucket, but that is what was required, so we did, even though the machine bucks and the bucket swings back and forth. We had to bring the pipes to the Great level flatwise, move the lift and then re-rig, but it went right along. By the end of the day we had returned to the sequence laid out in the list and put in the rest of the pedal level as well as almost all the duct work.
At one point, one of the people watching from the front of the nave, (there's always four or five), called me over to explain that he was being ordained tomorrow in a church in Chocowinity, about 15 miles to the east. He said the organ was broken and would it be possible for someone to come fix it. I had planned a quiet evening, the other guys were going to an ECU basketball game, but the young future priest seemed so earnest, and so distressed, that I said I'd come take a look. It was a 19th century Stevens that E Power Biggs was said to have praised, normally looked after by John Farmer, who was unavailable before the big day. It was only a broken pull down wire, but it was all but inaccessible. Leaning over an array of splayed wooden trackers and mindful of Jerry-and-the-wayward-walkboard-at-Lanesville, I did manage to replace it with some phosphor bronze, to the great relief of the young man. A friend of the ordainee, in town from Houston Cathedral for the ceremony, gave me a ride back to Greenville and we discovered a mutual appreciation for Joel and Margaret Shannon and their love of Tom Lehrer, bow ties and cowboy boots. It is a small world.
Another day another level. Spent most of the day putting in Swell level steel, chests, winding and stop action. We still have lots of visitors and observers. The ECU PR department comes twice a day top take pictures from a fixed mount camera, eventually to be made into a time lapse sequence for the documentary they are making on the organ. Penny Silvers, one of the most computer savvy folks at St Paul's, and the person who got the wireless router set up, is also taking regular pictures and posting them on the church's website. Janette visited today for the first time since Sunday when she was struck down by the flu, her "Oh my god" was even more forceful than the other folks who enter the church and are overwhelmed by the size of the instrument and the amount we have already assembled.
We are having an excellent time as a crew, there is even more than the usual foolishness. We seem to have decided to call Jason Jonas and vice versa, and Jonas (the real Jonas) occasionally calls me G-dogg, aside from the silliness, I have a wonderful feeling working with these crazy guys, we get huge amounts done each day, we split up the cooking and cleaning duties around the food preparation almost without discussion, and I have a sense of being a member of a team that is greater than the sum of its parts. It is a fine way to work.
We are concentrating on clearing the sanctuary of as many parts as possible before Sunday. Today we put up the swell box, which came within 1/4 inch of where I expected it to be in relation to the collar tie of the roof truss. Between Chuck's laser measuring device and the use of AutoCAD, such precision is within our grasp. The HVAC outlets are not exactly where we expected them, so Nick has gamely embarked on reracking many of the P16OW trebles on the back wall. By the end of the day all the shades were in both boxes, all the windlines except the d-box were in and we had begun to install lower casework around the console.
We continued to put in as much as we could this morning and got the casework together up to the impost including the spandrels, almost as much as had stood in the shop. At noon, as we requested, volunteers arrived to help rearrange those parts were still strewn around the nave and clean everything for tomorrow's services. We had asked for a dozen or so people and about thirty showed up. The unassembled pieces were restacked in the last three rows of chairs and around the organ, and chairs added at the front and in the transepts, for a net loss of fewer than 20 seats from last week. It was especially pleasing to have accomplished this since we heard from so many doubting Thomases during the last five days that the sanctuary would never be cleared in time for Sunday. We continue to be impressed by the active helping community that is this congregation.
On a whim, after a quick lunch, we took a ride down to New Bern, to enjoy being outside of the church on a beautiful clear crisp day. I managed to find First Presbyterian after not having been in town for 10 or 15 years, and we arrived just as Vance Harper Jones was driving up for his Saturday afternoon practice, he played the organ for us, and the newer guys were able to experience the serene beauty of that elegant little church building. The organ fits it as well as it ever did, I think in many ways it is one of the best examples of our attempts to create instruments that appear to have always been in their surroundings. We took a look at Tryon Palace, the colonial Governor's mansion, and walked up and down the quaint main street, so reminiscent of Newburyport and other small colonial seaports. Back to Greenville through the cotton and tobacco fields and early to bed.


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Emojis are the best way to communicate these days as everyone has started to think texting is getting boring and time-consuming.
Emojis not only allow you to have fun while using it but also help you to convey your feelings to the opposite person and make the conversation more interactive. This way texting isn't boring anymore and the conversation also becomes interesting.
There are many different emojis and stickers available on Android and much more are frequently added. But still, you think that those aren't enough and you keep looking for more.
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Here are some different Emoji apps for Android which will cater to all your needs and make the conversation interesting.
1. Emojidom emoticons for texting
This app brings in so many emoji choices for you that you will fall in love with it. As the name suggests, it can be called as a kingdom of smileys as it has a large collection of emojis which can be used while texting or in sending e-mails. This app will surely kick out the boredom which you have been feeling while texting. There are over 4000 free emojis which can be used on social network apps. The number of emojis are the highest available which can be used every time differently for different purposes.
With so many emojis to choose from, there is an emoji for every occasion. There are over 130 popular themes which include Christmas, Chinese New year, Valentine day, Halloween, etc. There is everything for everyone as the collection includes celebrities and superhero stickers. And they support almost all smartphone models. It's available for free on Google Play Store.
2. Kika Emoji Keyboard
This is the best-ranked emoji keyboard on the Play Store as the user experience is very smooth and it provides lots of different emojis to choose from. You can select and share a wide range of emojis, stickers and GIFs on the social network. This app makes the conversation interesting by using different emojis and stickers available in it. Apart from having all the standard keyboard features like prediction and auto-correct, it has over 100+ fancy keyboard themes, key sounds, language options and fonts among others to suit your style. There are also many new emojis added in this app like a middle finger, unicorn, taco, etc.
It also gives the option of customizing a keyboard with fonts, sounds and a photo keyboard with photos of your choice.
3. SwiftKey Keyboard + Emoji
It is a keyboard with inbuilt plug- in for emoji which will suggest an emoji for you as you write any word or phrase. It uses Artificial Intelligence that automatically learns your writing style including the emoji you use, the words you use frequently and how you like to type. As it adapts to you and your writing style, Autocorrect and predictive text actually works for you.
There are tons of emojis which you can use for every occasion. It will suggest you an emoji when you write a word or a phrase. It will show you a pizza emoji when you actually type pizza. This is fun when you can actually see an emoji while typing.
4. Imoji
It is an app that will surely entertain with the emojis it can offer and improve your texting with others. Imoji is a place to search, create and discover different emojis created by the community. These can be shared on its messaging app and it is also compatible with most of the social networks.
This app lets you create your stickers using the custom pictures on your android device. If you ever wanted to see your face or a friend's face as an emoji then this app can do it with ease. You can make the face as an emoji share it over the social network.
But the only drawback of the Imoji app is that these emojis and stickers can be sent only through its standalone messaging apps which could not be convenient for everyone.
5. SMS Rage faces
You must be tired of replying the same text again and again. With this app, you can send hilarious faces and memes, and have lots of fun. There are around 2500 faces available which are enough to have fun while texting. This app gives users a way to incorporate trending memes into their text messages which are unique and interesting.
It is very easy to use after downloading. Just tap on a face and select the sharing method, like Facebook, twitter, etc. Your most used faces are added to the Favourites automatically. You can also preview the faces before sending for better results. The faces are updated frequently so that you could use different faces all the time.
6. Swiftmoji – Emoji Keyboard
It is another app which will surely up your emoji game. This app also predicts the emoji while you type and make you use the emoji faster during a conversation. This app brings emoji to you, you don't have to go and search for it. This surely will make the texting interesting and you could use the emoji with little effort.
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Oregon Judge Protects the Interests of Agricultural Corporations Over the Rights of Communities
Paul Cienfuegos' May 24th, 2016 Commentary on KBOO Evening News
(His weekly commentaries are broadcast every Tuesday evening. You can view or listen to them all at PaulCienfuegos.com, CommunityRightsPDX.org/podcast, or subscribe via ITunes. Listen to this one HERE.)
Greetings! You are listening to the weekly commentary by yours truly, Paul Cienfuegos.
It's standard practice in this country for our county, state and federal judges to protect the so-called constitutional "rights" of large corporations over the rights of actual human beings and their communities. Last week, an Oregon judge continued this shameful practice. Today, I'm going to share details about this story by reading from a May 18th press release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (or CELDF). Here it is:
On May 16th, Josephine County Circuit Court Judge Pat Wolke struck down a pro-sustainable-agriculture law that was adopted by the people of Josephine County in May 2014. The law prohibited GMO crops from being grown in the county.
The judge's decision rested on the state legislature's passage of SB-863 in 2013, which was drafted by agribusiness corporations to block communities from interfering with the expansion of the GMO seed industry. The law is modeled after similar legislation adopted by more than a dozen other states to protect corporate industrial agricultural practices. It places all authority over agricultural seed in the hands of the state.
The use of state preemption is a judicial invention dating back more than 60 years, legalizing state control over local communities. In Oregon, with regard to agriculture, the state has used preemption repeatedly to eliminate any local barriers to the expansion of pesticides, factory farms, or the land application of sewage sludge. Each of these preemption laws was written and designed to protect industrial agriculture over sustainable agricultural practices by centralizing power at the state level.
Preemption is a commonly used tool by state legislatures across the U.S. to advance corporate interests over community interests. The recently adopted Oregon SB-1573 – regarding a public vote on annexation – is yet another example of state preemption on behalf of corporations. SB-1573 specifically benefits corporate developers and was backed by the Oregon Homebuilders Association. The law could also affect sustainable agriculture, as land could fall under development against the will of the people. …
"State preemption is a hammer that the Oregon legislature has used repeatedly against our communities, stamping out efforts to advance sustainable agriculture and other practices in favor of corporate profits," said Kai Huschke, CELDF's Northwest Community Organizer. He added, "Through preemption, Oregon and other states are protecting corporate interests over communities and nature. … States should not have the authority to preempt the very communities they are supposed to protect. Until the rights of communities are protected, such that their legal voice is greater than that of the corporate state, these kinds of decisions will keep being handed down."
Jackson County's 2014 GMO ban is exempted by SB-863 and survived a recent legal challenge. However, it is not immune from future preemption by the state. Like Josephine and other communities across the state, it remains vulnerable to actions by the state legislature or the federal government that would supersede state law.
Oregonians for Community Rights, the political arm to the Oregon Community Rights Network, has brought forward a state constitutional amendment on the 'Right of Local Community Self-Government.' The amendment would secure decision-making authority at the community level so that visions for sustainable agriculture, energy, and economies, can be adopted and protected from state action to overturn such laws. Proposed as a citizen initiative, Oregon's 'Right of Local Community Self-Government' amendment is currently involved in a legal challenge with the state regarding broader initiative petition circulation.
I have been reading from the press release of May 18th from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, based in Pennsylvania. It has a very impressive website that can be viewed at CELDF.org. And for more information about the proposed Oregon state constitutional amendment on the 'Right of Local Community Self-Government', you can visit the campaign's website at OregonCommunityRights.org.
You've been listening to the weekly commentary by yours truly, Paul Cienfuegos. You can hear future commentaries every Tuesday on the KBOO Evening News in Portland, Oregon, and on a growing number of other radio stations. I welcome your feedback.
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A decade ago, John Thuesen and Laurel Redmon founded Red Sage Health on Williamson St. to provide affordable and effective holistic care to the Madison community. John has practiced Shiatsu since 1999, and Laurel has 20 years of experience working with Western herbs and aromatherapy. She and Lynn Van Airsdale are licensed acupuncturists and nationally board-certified in Chinese Herbology.
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Cold weather has delayed spring cleaning on Broadway, but a developer has plans in the works for downtown Lorain.
Meanwhile, the city's streetscape plan remains vital for attracting new businesses and tenants to Broadway, said the leader of Main Street Lorain-Lorain Growth Corp.
Last fall, Jim Long and an ad hoc committee of downtown observers made a walking tour to look at conditions of some empty buildings on Broadway.
In April this year, the weather remains unseasonably chilly, but soon it will be time to call for more building improvements by property owners.
On April 17, Jon Veard discussed his plans for various buildings on and off Broadway.
Veard met with Long and Dave Goline, owner of Dave's Gold & Jewelry Repair, inside the City Center, 300 Broadway.
There have been recent building sales on Broadway, which may be a good sign – if the new owners have plans.
Long credited Veard's approach because he has plans for using properties, not just buying them and letting them sit empty.
"It's good that they're buying them; I want to know what they're going to do with them," Long said about the Broadway structures. "Because otherwise, you're just playing checkers. We don't need investors; we need developers, like him."
Renovations are nearing completion inside the former Lorain Moose Lodge, 713 W. Fifth St.
That will become a production center and kitchen for Spectrum Consulting Services LLC, which specializes in education and work programs for students and adults with autism and developmental disabilities.
Once the weather warms up, downtown observers can expect to see landscaping and fresh paint on the outside of the building.
The buildings at 436 and 440 Broadway will be torn down to create parking and green space for 444 Broadway.
That building will become a renovated 22-unit residence supporting Spectrum Services.
The 444 building's corner store will become a candy stop, and the space next to it will become gift shop supporting Spectrum Services.
The former Lorain County Community Action Agency building at 502-506 Broadway will become a residential center.
Behind the new Community Action Agency office complex at 936 Broadway, the 1902 Modern Building will become the new City Cycle Shop.
Next to that, a hydroponic greenhouse will be built.
In the block between Reid Avenue and Streator Place, between West 10th and 11th streets, Veard said he wants to buy the houses there to tear down to improve the area behind Community Action Agency Head Start at Hopkins-Locke, 1050 Reid Ave.
That will shift parking to the area behind the preschool and expand its playground.
The projects will have start dates ranging from the next 45 days for the Community Action Agency's bike shop, out to 18 months or longer for the residential buildings.
If Lorain wants to add businesses to Broadway, the city needs automatic tax abatements for merchants to move there and residents to shop there, Veard said.
"If you don't get people downtown, you'll never keep your shops open," he said.
Broadway needs more parking as well because people don't want to park behind a store, then walk around a building to find the front door, Veard said.
Broadway is a safe part of Lorain, but the perception of safety is bad for downtown, Long said.
"But, what adds to the perception? Vacant buildings that start to deteriorate," he said. "You get them housed, you get people down here, the perception of safety will disappear, I'll tell you right now."
"Jon's doing a good job of that," Goline said.
"It's a slow process, unfortunately," Veard said.
The process would move faster if Lorain had three or four more developers bringing in new residents and businesses, he said.
They agreed the Broadway streetscape also is vital this year.
It is a city plan to reconfigure Broadway with new traffic flow, traffic islands, wider sidewalks and more lights.
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Life In Stills
Written and Directed by: Tamar Tal
Producer: Barak Heymann
About the Movie
At the age of 96, Miriam Weissenstein never imagined that she would be facing a new chapter in her life. But when The Photo House – her late husband Rudi's life's work – was destined for demolition, even this opinionated and uncompromising woman knew she needed help.
Under the cloud of a family tragedy, a special relationship is forged between Miriam and her grandson, Ben, as they join forces to save the shop and its nearly one million negatives that document Israel's defining moments.
Despite the generation gap and many conflicts, Ben and Miriam embark on a heart-wrenching journey, comprising many humorous and touching moments – a journey that requires a lot of love, courage, and compassion.
The movie has won several awards including the Best Israeli Film in the Docaviv festival in 2011
and the TALENT DOVE OF THE MEDIA FOUNDATION OF THE SPARKASSE LEIPZIG FOR
"The winner was a story movingly and sensitively told, which managed to combine a strong sense of comedy with powerful insight. It managed to combine the strengths of its characters with a strong story, and noticeably entranced its audience."
"This is an intimate film that celebrates the individual in all his richness and complexity. Director Tamar manages to share the most beautiful moments of bonding between grandmother Miriam and her grandson Ben Weissenstein with the audience. The film also shows that a positive approach to life, understanding, forgivness, empathy and a sense of humor are things that keep us alive and let us overcome even the most tragic moments."
Written and Directed by: Tamar Tal', Producer: Barak Heymann, Co-Producer: Tamar Tal ,Cinematographers: Daniel Kedem, Tamar Tal Editor: Tal Shefi, Additional Editing: Eyal Tsarfati ,Original Music: Alberto shwartz , Production manager: Tali Shamir-Werzberger


text: Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Language Motion Picture, Embrace of the Serpent is the first time the country of Colombia has been so honored. Shot in black and white with English subtitles, this film is a unique piece of digital imagery.It deals with the loss of the indigenous people of the Amazon. We see two stories told decades apart. The first deals with an ill German, Theo (Jan Bijvoet), who is taken to safety by the Cohiuano tribe. The second features Evan (Brionne Davis), an American biologist whose specialty is botany. Both the German and the American are in search of the yakruna, a sacred healing plant. The central character of both stories is Karamakate, a shaman who sadly watches the extinction of his tribe from colonization.For all the dire circumstances, this film provides some life-affirming moments. Director Ciro Guerra utilizes some cinematography magic to make Embrace of the Serpent an important motion picture.


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Hi friends! I have the habit of sharing devos, sermons, and podcast on the fly via my Instagram, but I want to start gathering all of those resources into more of a solidified place that lasts longer than my 24 hour IG Story - so I'll be sharing them in more focused chunks here, posting them as blogs for y'all to refer to!
I listen to a few sermons a week so you can imagine that has me continually on the hunt for different speakers and messages. RECENTLY I stumbled on Transformation Church down in Tulsa, and WOAH WOAH WOAH. The way God uses Pastor Mike to convey truth and love to His people is WILDLY REFRESHING. If you are in Tulsa - go go go! But if you're like me - stream stream stream on Youtube!
The first sermon I heard from Pastor Mike was from their series "Relationship Goals". That's what got me hooked on all their other messages. I flew through those first 5 "Relationship Goals" sermons in about 2 days! It HAD ME. But I loved how this series is NOT just for single people, it is for EVERYONE. Even married people! It is so amazing how insightful each message is - you cannot listen to these sermons without having it tug at one, if not multiple parts of your life. And honestly - who couldn't use a little (LOT) more insight into the world of relationships?! WE KNOW YOU WANNA KNOW. I WANNA KNOW. THAT'S WHY I CLICKED THE DANG THING.
Here's the first message in the series, they should auto play after that! (tbh, sermon series on YouTube are like the new Netflix shows, they just play all in a row, one after the other, except no annoying 'are you still watching?' notifications come up, ya know?)
The NEXT series I went through with Transformation Church is their "Damaged Goods" series. WHEW. Tough, but beautiful and eye-opening! It focuses on this AMAZING story from the bible that I had never even heard of! Week after week Pastor Mike comes back to this one story of a paralyzed descendant of King Saul, someone who was damaged - and correlates it so precisely to the truth of our brokenness, and how God is right there with love and purpose, bringing us through it. WATCH:
The series I'm CURRENTLY going through right now is the "U R LOVED" series, and I don't have much to say except WATCH. Be transformed. GET this TRUE perspective that Mike presents about God's love for you.
Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel and follow them on Instagram! And let me know what other churches and sermons God has been using to transform YOU!


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7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gregory K. Weatherbee v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, New Albany Division, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.
Civil. Affirms denial of application for Social Security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income payments after plaintiff suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash. The decision to deny his application was supported by substantial evidence.
Indiana Supreme Court
Howard Regional Health System, et al. v. Jacob Gordon, b/n/f Lisa Gordon
Civil. Reverses partial summary judgment for the Gordons, who sought a finding of liability against the hospital for the count alleging third-party spoliation, separate from their Medical Malpractice claim. The Supreme Court declines to recognize that count as representing a separate cause of action, so the hospital is entitled to summary judgment on that count. Justice Dickson concurs in result.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Raymond Flores v. Juan P. Rocha Gutierrez
Civil tort. Affirms denial of motion to correct error; the admission of certain evidence, including a photograph of property damage and Flores' claim for workers' compensation benefits relating to a subsequent fall; and the exclusion of certain medical records of Flores. The jury's determination that Flores was entitled to zero damages arising out of his accident with Gutierrez is not outside the bounds of evidence.
Thomas Kornelik v. Mittal Steel USA, Inc., et al.
Civil tort. Reverses the trial court's decision to not reduce Kornelik's lien arising under the Indiana Worker's Compensation Act by attorney fees and pro rata costs, but affirms the refusal to reduce the lien in the same proportion that Kornelik's full recovery was reduced. Based on the circumstances of the case, Lafarge, Kornelik's employer, was not fully protected, so the trial court did not err in failing to reduce the lien in the same proportion that his full recovery was reduced. Remands with instructions for the trial court to reduce the lien by attorney fees and a pro rata share of the costs.
Thomas R. Crowel v. Marshall County Drainage Board
Miscellaneous. Reverses the denial of Crowel's petition for judicial review. The trial court erred in concluding that the drainage board's decision was not arbitrary, capricious, unlawful, or unsupported by substantial evidence. The additional drainage of surface water naturally flowing off of Crowel's land and burdening the lower-lying parcels does not constitute a benefit to Crowel's land supporting the drainage board's assessment. Remands with instructions. Judge Vaidik dissents.
Jose Lozano v. State of Indiana (NFP)
Criminal. Affirms denial of motion to suppress pretrial identification evidence drawn from an allegedly impermissibly suggestive photo array and the trial court ruling that a hearsay statement concerning an unnamed third party's purported confession to the crimes with which Lozano has been charged was inadmissible.
Freddie McKnight v. Curtis T. Hill, Jr., et al. (NFP)
Civil tort. Affirms that Hill and Wargo are entitled to absolute immunity for McKnight's negligence claim and McKnight's federal constitutional claims are barred by the doctrine of res judicata.
R.J.C. v. State of Indiana (NFP)
Juvenile. Affirms dispositional order placing R.J.C. with the Indiana Department of Correction.
Christopher Richmond v. State of Indiana (NFP)
Criminal. Affirms sentence for Class D felony theft.
Yasmin Wilson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class A misdemeanor carrying a handgun without a license.
Javier Soto v. Monaco Coach Corp. (NFP)
Agency appeal. Reverses in part the denial of Soto's application for adjustment of claim. Remands to the Full Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana to vacate paragraph 27 of the hearing member's decision, as adopted by the board, and any other portions of the decision related to the issue of Soto's permanent and total disability. Permits the parties to present evidence and argument on this issue at a further hearing.
Tradell Marzette v. State of Indiana (NFP)
Criminal. Affirms convictions of and sentences for Class B felony conspiracy to commit robbery and four counts of Class B felony criminal confinement. Remands with instructions to vacate his conviction and sentence for Class B felony attempted robbery.
D.R., Alleged to be C.H.I.N.S.; J.R. v. I.D.C.S. & Child Advocates (NFP)
Juvenile. Affirms determination that D.R. is a child in need of services.
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As writers we ride many trains over the course of careers. As Deanna, from across the holler at The Life of a Working Writer Mommy can attest, sometimes we just need to switch it up and try something fresh. She never believed she was suited for fiction, but here she is, writing great fiction. Go, Deanna! We never know exactly what we can do or what we'll enjoy until we give it a shot. In writing there are so many different trains yet many times we end up taking the same one over and over, not knowing which might serve us better. And lets face it, learning something new can be exciting.
So...tomorrow I'm getting off the fictional novel train for four days and hopping on the screenwriting train. My oldest daughter, Candice, who writes screenplays, talked me into going to the Austin Film Festival
Award winning filmmaker Ron Howard will be speaking about The art of Storytelling. Okay, I won't lie, I'm pumped about that. From what I understand he is a great guy, and certainly a talented producer. And who could forget him as the charming little Opie Taylor on the Andy Griffith Show? And then on to Richie Cunningham in the TV series Happy Days.
I'll be back around next week to share the adventure, but meanwhile, by all means, go take yourself a train ride!


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The Tripartite Conference in Moscow
October 30, 1943.
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. X, pp. 98-100.
THE Conference of Foreign Secretaries of the United States of America, Mr. Cordell Hull; of the United Kingdom, Mr. Anthony Eden; and of the Soviet Union, Mr. V. M. Molotov, took place at Moscow from the nineteenth to the thirtieth of October, 1943. There were twelve meetings. In addition to the Foreign Secretaries, the following took part in the conference:
For the United States of America: Mr. W. Averell Harriman, Ambassador of the United States; Maj. Gen. John R. Deane, United States Army; Mr. H. Hackworth, Mr. James C. Dunn, and experts.
For the United Kingdom: Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Ambassador; Mr. William Strang, Lieut. Gen. Sir Hastings Ismay and experts.
For the Soviet Union: Marshal K. E. Voroshiloff, Marshal of the Soviet Union; Mr. A. Y. Vyshinski and Mr. M. Litvinoff, Deputy People's Commissars for Foreign Affairs; Mr. V. A. Sergeyeff, Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Trade; Maj. Gen. A. A. Gryzloff of the General Staff, Mr. G. F. Saksin, Senior Official for People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, and experts.
The agenda included all questions submitted for discussion by the three Governments. Some of the questions called for final decisions, and these were taken. On other questions, after discussion, decisions of principle were taken. These questions were referred for detailed consideration to commissions specially set up for the purpose, or reserved for treatment through diplomatic channels. Other questions again were disposed of by an exchange of views. The Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union have been in close cooperation in all matters concerning the common war effort, but this is the first time that the Foreign Secretaries of the three Governments have been able to meet together in conference.
In the first place there were frank and exhaustive discussions of the measures to be taken to shorten the war against Germany and her satellites in Europe. Advantage was taken of the presence of military advisers representing the respective Chiefs of Staff in order to discuss definite military operations with regard to which decisions had been taken and which are already being prepared in order to create a basis for the closest military cooperation in the future between the three countries.
Second only to the importance of hastening the end of the war was the recognition by the three Governments that it was essential in their own national interests and in the interests of all peace-loving nations to continue the present close collaboration and cooperation in the conduct of the war into the period following the end of hostilities, and that only in this way could peace be maintained and the political, economic and social welfare of their peoples fully promoted.
This conviction is expressed in a declaration in which the Chinese Government joined during the conference and which was signed by the three Foreign Secretaries and the Chinese Ambassador at Moscow on behalf of their Governments. This declaration published today provides for even closer collaboration in the prosecution of the war and in all matters pertaining to the surrender and disarmament of the enemies with which the four countries are, respectively, at war. It sets forth the principles upon which the four Governments agree that a broad system of international co-operation and security should be based. Provision is made for the inclusion of all other peace-loving nations, great and small, in this system.
The Conference agreed to set up machinery for ensuring the closest cooperation between the three Governments in the examination of European questions arising as the war develops. For this purpose the conference decided to establish in London a European Advisory Commission to study these questions and to make joint recommendations to the three Governments.
Provision was made for continuing, when necessary, tri-partite consultations of representatives of the three Governments in the respective capitals through the existing diplomatic channels.
The Conference also agreed to establish an Advisory Council for matters relating to Italy, to be composed in the first instance of representatives of their three Governments and of the French Committee of National Liberation. Provision is made for addition to this council of representatives of Greece and Yugoslavia in view of their special interests arising out of aggressions of Fascist Italy upon their territory during the present war. This council will deal with day-today questions, other than military preparations, and will I make recommendations designed to coordinate Allied policy with regard to Italy.
The three Foreign Secretaries considered it appropriate to reaffirm, by a declaration published today, the attitude of the Allied Governments in favor of the restoration of democracy in Italy.
The three Foreign Secretaries declared it to be the purpose of their Governments to restore the independence of Austria. At the same time they reminded Austria that inthe final settlement account will be taken of efforts that Austria may make toward its own liberation. The declaration on Austria is published today.
The Foreign Secretaries issued at the Conference a declaration by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin containing a solemn warning that at the time of granting any armistice to any German Government, those German officers and men and members of the Nazi party who have had any connection with atrocities and executions in countries overrun by German forces will be taken back to the countries in which their abominable crimes were committed to be charged and punished according to the laws of those countries.
In an atmosphere of mutual confidence and understanding which characterized all the work of the Conference, consideration was also given to other important questions. These included not only questions of a current nature but also questions concerning treatment of Hitlerite Germany and its satellites, economic cooperation and assurance of general peace.
The governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and China:
United in their determination, in accordance with the declaration by the United Nations of Jan. 1, 1942, and subsequent declarations, to continue hostilities against those Axis powers with which they respectively are at war until such powers have laid down their arms on the basis of unconditional surrender;
Conscious of their responsibility to secure the liberation of themselves and the peoples allied with them from the menace of aggression;
Recognizing the necessity of ensuring a rapid and orderly transition from war to peace and of establishing and maintaining international peace and security with the least diversion of the world's human and economic resources for armaments;
Jointly declare:
1—That their united action, pledged for the prosecution of the war against their respective enemies, will be continued for the organization and maintenance of peace and security.
2—That those of them at war with a common enemy will act together in all matters relating to the surrender and disarmament of that enemy.
3—That they will take all measures deemed by them to be necessary to provide against any violation of the terms imposed upon the enemy.
4—That they recognize the necessity of establishing at the earliest practicable date a general international organization, based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all peace-loving States, and open to membership by all such States, large and small, for the maintenance of international peace and security.
5—That for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security pending the re-establishment of law and order and the inauguration of a system of general security, they will consult with one another and as occasion requires with other members of the United Nations with a view to joint action on behalf of the community of nations.
6—That after the termination of hostilities they will not employ their military forces within the territories of other States except for the purposes envisaged in this declaration and after joint consultation.
7—That they will confer and cooperate with one another and with other members of the United Nations to bring about a practicable general agreement with respect to the regulation of armaments in the post-war period.
V. Molotov
Anthony Eden
Cordell Hull
Foo Ping-sheung
30th October, 1943.
The Foreign Secretaries of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union have established that their three governments are in complete agreement that Allied policy toward Italy must be based upon the fundamental principle that fascism and all its evil influence and configuration shall be completely destroyed and that the Italian people shall be given every opportunity to establish governmental and other institutions based upon democratic principles.
The Foreign Secretaries of the United States and United Kingdom declare that the action of their governments from the inception of the invasion of Italian territory, in so far as paramount military requirements have permitted, has been based upon this policy.
In furtherance of this policy in the future the Foreign Secretaries of the three governments are agreed that the following measures are important and should be put into effect:
1—It is essential that the Italian Government should be made more democratic by inclusion of representatives of those sections of the Italian people who have always opposed Fascism.
2—Freedom of speech, of religious worship, of political belief, of the press and of public meeting shall be restored in full measure to the Italian people, who shall also be entitled to form anti-fascist political groups.
3—All institutions and organizations created by the Fascist regime shall be suppressed.
4—All Fascist or pro-Fascist elements shall be removed from the administration and from institutions and organizations of a public character.
5—All political prisoners of the Fascist regime shall be released and accorded full amnesty.
6—Democratic organs of local government shall be created.
7—Fascist chiefs and army generals known or suspected to be war criminals shall be arrested and handed over to justice.
In making this declaration the three Foreign Secretaries recognize that so long as active military operations continue in Italy the time at which it is possible to give full effect to the principles stated above will be determined by the Commander-in-Chief on the basis of instructions received through the combined chiefs of staff.
The three governments, parties to this declaration, will, at the request of any one of them, consult on this matter. It is further understood that nothing in this resolution is to operate against the right of the Italian people ultimately to choose their own form of government.
The governments of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States of America are agreed that Austria, the first free country to fall victim to Hitlerite aggression, shall he liberated from German domination.
They regard the annexation imposed on Austria by Germany on March 15, 1938, as null and void. They consider themselves as in no way bound by any changes effected in Austria since that date. They declare that they wish to see re-established a free and independent Austria and thereby to open the way for the Austrian people themselves, as well as those neighboring States which will be faced with similar problems, to find that political and economic security which is the only basis for lasting peace:
Austria is reminded, however, that she has a responsibility, which she cannot evade, for participation in the war at the side of Hitlerite Germany, and that in the final settlement account will inevitably be taken of her own contribution to her liberation.
The United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union have received from many quarters evidence of atrocities, massacres and cold-blooded mass executions which are being perpetrated by Hitlerite forces in many of the countries they have overrun and from which they are now being steadily expelled. The brutalities of Nazi domination are no new thing, and all peoples or territories in their grip have suffered from the worst form of government by terror. What is new is that many of these territories are now being redeemed by the advancing armies of the liberating powers and that in their desperation the recoiling Hitlerites and Huns are redoubling their ruthless cruelties. This is now evidenced with particular clearness by monstrous crimes of the Hitlerites on the territory of the Soviet Union which is being liberated from the Hitlerites, and on French and Italian territory.
Accordingly, the aforesaid three allied Powers, speaking in the interests of the thirty-two [thirty-three] United Nations, hereby solemnly declare and give full warning of their declaration as follows:
At the time of granting of any armistice to any government which may be set up in Germany, those German officers and men and members of the Nazi party who have been responsible for or have taken a consenting part in the above atrocities, massacres and executions will be sent back to the countries in which their abominable deeds were done in order that they may be judged and punished according to the laws of these liberated countries and of the free governments which will be erected therein. Lists will be compiled in all possible detail from all these countries, having regard especially to invaded parts of the Soviet Union, to Poland and Czechoslovakia, to Yugoslavia and Greece, including Crete and other islands; to Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Italy.
Thus, the Germans who take part in wholesale shooting of Italian officers or in the execution of French, Dutch, Belgian or Norwegian hostages or of Cretan peasants, or who have shared in the slaughters inflicted on the people of Poland or in territories of the Soviet Union which are now being swept clear of the enemy, will know they will be brought back to the scene of their crimes and judged on the spot by the peoples whom they have outraged. Let those who have hitherto not imbued their hands with innocent blood beware lest they join the ranks of the guilty, for most assuredly the three allied Powers will pursue them to the uttermost ends of the earth and will deliver them to their accusers in order that justice may be done.
The above declaration is without prejudice to the case of the major criminals whose offenses have no particular geographical localization and who will be punished by joint decision of the Governments of the Allies.


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Day 03
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½ cup coconut butter
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2 tbsp cacao nibs
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2 drops of cinnamon oil
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Add all to the Vitamix and blend for 1 minute.
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(The AMAZING quilting is done by Stacy Simmons)
I forgot a bit of important information on the printed label :(
This is a really lovely quilt. I like the sense of movement you have created through the block placement.ReplyDelete
:D I hadn't noticed the crowned "M" before that close-up shot. LOVE! She did some fun things with the quilting, too. The flower imposed on the log cabin circle is neat.ReplyDelete
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OK Oil Wells Shut after Quakes
Thursday, July 30, 2015 @ 05:07 PM gHale
While they were not huge, the multiple earthquakes that hit Oklahoma Monday were strong enough to shut down oil well operations near Crescent, OK, officials said.
The shut downs occurred Tuesday morning after the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's Oil & Gas Division contacted the wells operators. Two wells shut down and operators reduced injection at third.
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Five earthquakes hit the Crescent, OK, area Monday. The largest registered as a magnitude 4.5. Two others were over the 4.0 mark and ended up felt in several parts of Kansas. The other two registered at 2.5 and 3.3.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, another 3.1 M earthquake struck about three miles northeast of Crescent around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Stephens Production and Devon Energy each voluntarily closed one well, and Stephens reduced operations at another well by 50 percent, said Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Matt Skinner.
"In this case, we didn't have to issue a directive. We simply called them up and said what we were looking at," Skinner said. "In terms of fast cooperation from the industry, there's always exceptions to the rule, but broadly speaking we've had very fine cooperation."
Crescent is a town of about 1,400 people that's about 35 miles north of Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry in the state, just unveiled plans to place more than 200 disposal wells under scrutiny as it investigates whether injecting wastewater deep underground is triggering earthquakes. An Oklahoma Geological Survey report in April said it was "very likely" the practice prompted most of the state's recent earthquakes.
The quakes are occurring along a fault line that extends for about 50 miles across Logan County, which is north of the Oklahoma City area, Austin Holland, seismologist for the Oklahoma Geological Survey, said.
"It's a good-size fault," Holland said. "And we are certainly looking at a greater potential for a larger earthquake.
"The likelihood of a significant earthquake has increased based on what we understand about earthquake scaling relationships and our increased rate of seismicity."
The largest recorded earthquake in Oklahoma history was a 5.6 earthquake centered near the town of Prague in November 2011.
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