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Airfield Estate in Dundrum is Dublin's only 38 acre working farm that is open to the public.
Airfield is now a charitable organisation, established by the Overend family in 1974, for educational and recreational purposes.
Our farm, gardens, café and heritage experience in the Overend family home, offers visitors a wonderful opportunity to enjoy and learn about food, farming and the natural work in a unique and relaxed urban environment.
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Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson and defender Joel Matip have returned to training ahead of Sunday's Premier League clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Henderson picked up a heel injury during the victory over Manchester City on New Year's Eve, since when Liverpool have drawn two and lost one of the three games he has missed.
Matip, meanwhile, has not featured since December 11 due to an ankle injury which has forced him to miss Liverpool's last seven outings.
However, both are now in contention for a place in the squad for this weekend's trip to Old Trafford, where the Reds will attempt to halt their arch-rivals' nine-match winning streak.
The boost comes a day after Philippe Coutinho made his return from injury as a second-half substitute during the 1-0 EFL Cup defeat to Southampton.


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Frog (fish)
From Nookipedia, the Animal Crossing wiki
The Frog (カエル, Kaeru) is the most common of the pond fish, although as a frog, it is not a fish, but an amphibian. It sells for a low amount of 120 Bells. It has a distinctive croak heard when the player is approaching it. It appears from May to August all day long.
Donating to the Museum[edit]
The Frog can be donated to the Museum as with other fish and insects. Blathers, the curator, will even give some information on the Frog.
In Animal Crossing[edit]
"Greeeeeee! Gree! Gree! That's my best Sonoran green toad impression, wot! We do keep frogs and toads here. Well, then, let's get our amphibious friend settled. All the damp comforts of a home. Guaranteed."
The Frog sits on a lilypad on the top right tank in the aquarium upon donation.
In Wild World[edit]
"'This forgotten pond,
"That was a haiku, eh wot? Rather an incomprehensable one, but one nonetheless. Many find frogs repulsive, but they're so prevalent, even poets sing of them!"
The Frog sits on a lilypad on the back tank of the first room in the aquarium upon donation.
In City Folk[edit]
"Fascinating... Were you aware that frogs make slight adjustments to their croaks to communicate? Hoo, they say many things to each other! For example, "ouch," "flee," "I like you ♥," and so forth. With enough practice, maybe I can learn to speak with our amphibian friends! ...Hoo-ribbit! Hoo-ribbit!"
The Frog appears in the middle-left tank on a lilypad floating on the surface. It makes no movements, other than croak and move with the lilypad.
In New Leaf[edit]
"These former tadpoles prefer to live near ponds and other damp and swampy places. They dwell on land, so they have lungs and skin as opposed to a set of gills. They like to stick close to water because they require a nice, moist lifestyle. Frogs are moist because they emit a liquid to protect their skin from dryness. If too much moisture evaporates from their thin skins, they could have trouble breathing. It's better not to handle frogs, as some species are poisonous, even to the touch!"
Encyclopedia Information[edit]
Once the player has caught a particular fish or bug, there is information about it in the bug or fish menus. Once the Frog has been caught, the following information can be found in the fish menu:
Wild World[edit]
City Folk[edit]
Further Information[edit]
The Japanese tree frog is very common and is of least concern on the IUCN Red List.
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Beware of Restraints of Trade
The last decade has seen an increase in the number of cases involving restraints of trade in health practices brought before the NSW Courts. There has also been an increase in the number of unlitigated cases. One of the major factors for the increase has been the growth in corporate health care whereby small health practices are being bought out in return for the health practitioner entering into a practitioner contract that includes a restraint of trade. After working for the corporate health practice for a set period, a number of health practitioners have tried to move to other health practices but have found themselves subject to agreed restrictions upon their ability to practise.
It has become clear that many health practitioners are entering into restraints of trade that will impact upon their practice many years into the future but they do not really understand what they have agreed to restrain from doing. Other health practitioners are requesting restraints of trade be incorporated into their employees' contracts but sometimes they do not really understand what they are able to protect. Therefore it is important for all health practitioners to carefully consider the implications of entering into a restraint of trade before signing on the dotted line.
What is a 'restraint of trade'?
A restraint of trade (also referred to as a restrictive covenant) is a clause that is inserted into written practice agreements such as sale of business agreements, health practitioner service agreements and employment contracts; that restrict an individual from practising in a particular geographical area, for a specified period both during, and after, working for a specified health practice. Restraint clauses normally also include provisions to prevent a health practitioner soliciting patients or taking confidential information away from the specified health practice.
A 'cascading' restraint is where there are a number of restraints within a written practice agreement that are said to apply for varying time periods in varying geographical locations. For instance, a health practitioner may be restrained for: 12 months over a 3km radius, or 6 months over a 5km radius, or 3 months over a 10km radius.
It is important to note that the Courts have distinguished between a restraint following the sale of a business and a restraint following employment. A stricter approach has been taken by the Courts to restraints on employees due to the perceived lack of bargaining power held by employees in contrast to the bargaining power held by the seller of a business, and the competing interest of the employee to earn a living against the need of an employer to protect its legitimate business interests.
Is a 'restraint' legal?
The general position is that: 'all contracts in restraint of trade are void unless it is proved that the restraint is reasonable' (Young JA at [85] in Sidameneo (No 456) Pty Ltd v Alexander [2011] NSWCA 418).
It is for the party wishing to enforce the restraint (i.e. the health practice) to prove that the restraint is reasonable and therefore valid. If it can do so, it is then for the other party (i.e. the health practitioner) to prove that enforcing the restraint would not be in the public interest.
What is a 'reasonable' restraint?
The question as to whether or not a restraint is reasonable is judged at the time at which the restraint is agreed (Cactus Imaging Pty Ltd v Peters [2006] NSWSC 717) and determined by looking at what the parties initially negotiated.
For a restraint to be reasonable, it needs to protect a 'legitimate interest' of the party wishing to enforce the restraint. This is an important factor and is why there is a different approach taken to restraints following the sale of a business in contrast to restraints following employment. The legitimate interest of the purchaser of a business is essentially the goodwill of the business. The legitimate interest of an employer is limited to trade secrets (i.e. confidential information and customer connection). An employer cannot completely prevent a former employee from competing with the employer. The validity of a restraint is also established by the Restraints of Trade Act 1976 (NSW). Section 4 provides that: 'A restraint of trade is valid to the extent to which it is not against public policy'.
What is 'public policy'?
This is determined as a matter of fact in each individual case. In Idameneo (No 123) Pty Limited v Dr Teresa Angel-Honnibal (2002) NSWSC 1214 the NSW Supreme Court decided that Idameneo had no legitimate interest to protect arising from the practitioner service agreement which simply required a health practitioner to pay a medical centre for the provision of services. The restraint clause was void as contrary to public policy.
The Courts will however uphold a restraint in a sale of business agreement as it is not contrary to public policy. Instead, the restraint is likely to be considered reasonable on the basis that the legitimate interest is to protect the goodwill acquired by the purchaser.
What happens if there is a breach of a valid restraint?
Determining if there has been a breach of a restraint is a matter of fact. The Courts will look at the initial written agreements, negotiations around those initial agreements and the basis for termination of those agreements. The party wishing to enforce the restraint has two options:
- An Injunction
An injunction is known as interlocutory relief. That is, the party seeking to impose the restraint is attempting to immediately (i.e. the next day) restrain the other party from working or carrying out the prohibited activity at another place. There always has to be a final hearing but the interlocutory hearing will evaluate the strength of the case and is indicative of the final outcome.
Even if a restraint has been breached an injunction does not automatically follow. In the case of Idameneo (No 123) v Butterworth [2013] 2013 NSWSC 357 Idameneo's application for an interlocutory injunction against Dr Butterworth was unsuccessful on the basis that the practitioner service agreement provided a remedy for breach of contract being the payment of liquidated damages. The fact the final hearing of the matter was listed soon after in June 2013 was also taken into account.
- Monetary Compensation
The party seeking to enforce the restraint may also seek monetary compensation and/or liquidated damages. This is more likely to happen if by the time the matter is before the Courts the restraint period has passed. The Courts will consider if the party seeking to enforce the restraint has suffered damage and, if so, the amount of that damage. It can be difficult to prove.
It is possible that even if there is a valid restraint which has been breached, that there is no monetary remedy for the party trying to enforce the restraint. A clear illustration of this is the case of Sidameneo decided by the NSW Court of Appeal on 21 December 2011.
Court proceedings were initiated on 5 February 2009 by Sidameneo to restrain a number of doctors from working at a rival medical practice and from inducing staff to leave Sidameneo's medical practice. The doctors had sold their medical practices in January 2002 for significant sums of money to Symbion (the former name of Sidameneo). They then entered into practitioner service agreements (which contained cascading restraints) to work at a new medical practice. After a change in ownership of the medical practice, the doctors gave notice (on 16 January 2009) that they were terminating their agreements and that they would cease to work at the medical practice from 30 January 2009. They commenced working at a rival medical practice on 2 February 2009. By the time the matter was before the Court, the time limits in the restraints had expired so the issue was whether Sidameneo was entitled to damages.
The restraint in dispute restricted the doctors for a period of 1 year from practising within a 3km radius from the Sidameneo medical practice following termination of their agreements. The Court concluded that the 'covenant is about as basic as one could impose. Thus the covenant is valid.'[102] However, when it came to determining the issue of damage the Court was not satisfied that the breach by any of the doctors involved caused Sidameneo any provable loss. The doctors won. Whilst it is important to keep in mind the comments of the Court that: '[t]he decided cases are very much fact specific and that it is very dangerous to attempt to deduce a general rule from them' [44], this case does illustrate that it is easier for the party seeking to enforce a restraint to attempt to obtain an injunction during the restraint period rather than monetary compensation following the expiry of a restraint.
Health practitioners need to understand that restraints entered into between a seller and purchaser of a business, such as a health practice, will be taken seriously and enforced by the Courts in New South Wales.
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Premier League: Ashley Williams admits Swansea could be in trouble
Ashley Williams has admitted that Swansea are running the risk of being pulled into a relegation fight.
Last Updated: 19/01/14 4:38pm
Michael Laudrup's side are on a run of eight Premier League games without a win, which stretches back to the 3-0 home victory over Newcastle on December 4.
Swansea's poor form has been blamed on the amount of injuries that they have sustained to key players over the course of the season so far.
The Swans are currently missing a host of stars which includes Michel Vorm, Jonathan de Guzman, Nathan Dyer, Pablo Hernandez and last season's top scorer Michu.
Laudrup's side has endured a testing run of fixtures of late, having played four of the top six in recent weeks.
Williams told the Daily Star: "We have to be concerned about relegation, so we need to get a win.
"We just need to learn a few lessons quickly and need to get a bit of experience in the critical moments.
"But we have to feel confident that what we've got in our dressing room is enough to take us well away from that."
Williams added: "We knew we had a tough run against Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham."
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The Various "Word-Classes" and "Parts-Of-Speech"
So after we have learned the letters of the Grammar – covered in The Alphabet – then the next logical "place to go", is to the subject of Words. And there certainly are a lot of them.
And, as in any spoken and written language, there are many different Types (or Kinds) of words. This is what we are referring to by the terms, "Word-Classes" and "Parts-Of-Speech".
What Is The Difference Between The Terms
"Word-Classes" & "Parts-Of-Speech"?
Most "academics" and "scholars" would say that there is no difference between the two; that they are simply different terms for the same thing. But then they obviously are not using their brains very well.
A "Word-Class" is exactly that… a "Class" of "Word". It is a specific type or kind of word, which are all described below. Even though this term is used to also describe the "Phrases" that are made by the "Word-Classes" – this is obviously a mistake, because a Phrase is not a "Word"… A phrase is a collection of words.
A "Part-Of-Speech" is exactly that… a "Part" of the "Speech" of a language. This includes "Word-Classes", but it also includes the "Phrases" made by the combination of these words. And finally, it is an in-adequate term because "Speech" does not include the written form… (but then neither does the word "language".) We will discuss "Parts-Of-Speech" on a separate page.
Moving On Then…
The number of different "Word-Classes" is debatable, and I do not wish to get into that debate. So I will just say that their are 8 + 2 different word classes. They are:
(in order of perceived "importance")
- Nouns – (Simply put): These are words that describe "things" – either "real" or in "imagined".
- Determiners – (Simply put): These are words which are added to nouns, to make a noun phrase. Their function is to answer the question (about the noun) "Which one?"
- Pronouns – (Simply put): These are words which refer to another noun, when a determiner doesn't necessarily work. Their function is to answer the question (about the noun) "Whose?" or "Who?".
- Verbs – (Simply put): These are words which describe action or a state of being. The state of being is of the noun. The action could be of the noun, or to the noun.
- Adjectives – (Simply put): These are words which describe the quality of a noun, or other adjectives (when one simply isn't enough to properly describe the "thing"). Nouns can also function as adjectives.
- Adverbs – (Simply put): These are words which further describe the verb. In other words, they describe how an action was done, or the purpose and/or condition of the state of being… They "Add" to the "Verbs".
- Prepositions – (Simply put): These are words which either describe the physical location of some "thing" or the "location" in time of an action, event or idea. They are the "Pre-" "Position" of the "thing" which is needed to comprehend the nature of that thing.
- Conjunctions – (Simply put) these are words that join-together other words and phrases. They create "junctions" for different ideas expressed in sentences.
- Interjections – (Simply put) these are words which add to, or "interject" (a more formal way of saying interrupt) some thought or idea into a situation. They are ways of stating commands or emotionally expressing thoughts. They are not necessarily phrases or sentences, and usually do not require or invite added discourse. But, they are very-much a "Part-Of-Speech" and a "Word-Class" regardless of whether or not they are considered such by "academics" and "scholars"
- Numbers – (Simply put): These are words (even in their symbol, rather than word, form) which count things. Their function is to answer the question, "How Much?" or "How Many?" – and therefore, are very-much a "Part of Speech" & "Word-Class"… regardless of whether or not they are considered such by "academics" and "scholars"
These are obviously, (as it is clearly stated above) only simplifications of each word, so further study of each type may be needed. But after that, this page can serve as a reminder, when the definition is not easily re-called… So Get Studying!!!


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The Wind In The Willows written by Kenneth Grahame and illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Published by Collins World, copyright 1966, book club edition.
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Inspector Gloria Sirleaf was tired and sad but mostly angry, very angry. She stared at the body laid out in front of her. A teenager, dressed in showy but cheap clothes, lying on his side as if asleep, except for the pool of blood around his neck and head.
'His throat was cut ma'am. We haven't touched anything.' Ambrose straightened up and looked at her questioningly. When she didn't speak he added, a little nervously, 'Ma'am, the time.' He pointed at his watch in case she might not understand what he had said. 'It's just the curfew is in twenty minutes.'
Gloria nodded. The curfew. The government's belated attempt to stall the ebola virus which had taken hold of the city, decimating the poorest communities and producing a volatile mix of fear and anger.
'Take the photos first and then see if you can find a body bag.' She watched wearily as Ambrose took the pictures and then together they carefully rolled the body onto its back. When she straightened up and wiped the sweat from her eyes, Gloria saw two things. Firstly she recognised this boy and secondly she saw the huge nail, driven through his palm, fixing him to the wooden pallette. She groaned. 'Ayayayayay.' No dignity, even in death. 'Ok Ambrose, get someone else down here now. I'll call the chief to get us a pass. The curfew is going to meet us right here I'm afraid.'
Ambrose just nodded. 'But who will I call ma'am? The captain is in quarantine, Izena and two of the others have not been in to work for a week now. Maybe Alfred?'
'No, you know what, call Clementine. She actually knows this boy too from her social work days.'
The last six weeks had been a nightmare. The ebola had swept in like a spark in dry grass and caught them unawares. Hundreds had died, others were abandoned in their homes, whole areas of the city had been placed under quarantine and then finally the Ebola Treatment Depots, or ETD's, had been set up and then quickly discredited. Enter To Die was the new Monrovia interpretation of the acronym, feeding the fear that once someone went in they were never seen again. Normal life had come to a standstill with schools, markets and offices closed – except for murder, it seemed. There it was business as usual.
Gloria bent over the body trying to remember the boy's name.
'Ronaldo.' She turned and saw Clementine staring at the body.
'Ronaldo, that's it. He was in the centre that day. But how did you get here so fast.'
Clementine spoke softly. 'Oh, I was at the children's shelter along there.' She shook her head. 'Ach, as if this ebola thing is not killing us enough we have to kill each other.' She bent in closer. 'And his hand?'
'Yes, the nail, some crazy –'
'Not the nail Gloria. Look,' she pointed and Gloria looked in closer, 'his finger's been hacked off.'
Gloria felt her stomach heave. 'Sorry Clementine, you knew him better than me. He must have really upset someone.'
Clementine nodded. Only the shake in her voice gave her feelings away. 'That's the thing Gloria. I do know him and he was doing well. He's not a rogue.' She looked back at Gloria. 'You got him a job, don't you remember?'
'Me? Don't think so Clementine. A job?'
'That organisation you started, with the footballer, Abraham Kanneh. Remember?'
Gloria nodded. She had persuaded AK, as he was known locally, to do some work with the street kids. 'But jobs?'
'Gloria honestly, you've never been back have you?'
'Well, it's been busy, you know killings, abductions, that sort of thing.'
Clementine nodded slowly. 'Yeah, I know. Anyway your friend AK has really worked at it, got his friends in to do different things with the kids and managed to get some of them jobs. This poor pekin here got work in a clinic, cleaning and carrying. Look at the clothes. For the first time in his life he bought some clothes for himself.'
They both stared a while until Ambrose came back. 'Ma'am, we need to try and move the body or we will be stuck here all night. I've got one of the bags, but there's nowhere to take him.' True. All the main hospitals were closed and there were no morgue facilities anywhere. 'Maybe we'll just need to put him on the ebola truck when it comes around.'
Gloria hesitated then shook her head. 'No, you know what. That's not what we're going to do. He didn't die of ebola, he was murdered and we need to remember that. My uncle –'
'Ah, the funeral home?' Ambrose had dealt with Gloria's uncle before.
'Yes. He'll do it. You stay here and wait for him. Oh, he will definitely come', she added seeing Ambrose's uncertainty. 'Funeral cars are still allowed out during curfew.'
'Which clinic was he working in?' Clementine and Gloria were in her car. Driving at night was easier these days. The curfew which had been resisted at the beginning was now observed very strictly. People were scared to go out even in the day, only venturing into the streets to look for food or for news of relatives or friends trapped in the now infamous quarantine zones, or who had disappeared into the ebola containment centres.
Clementine thought for a while. 'I think he was in that one way to Gardnersville. The Martyrs something or other... I don't know the full name.'
'No, I know it, The Precious Blood Martyrs. Named after the nuns who were killed out there. Well if he was there, that's one of Sr Margaret's places.' Gloria looked at her watch. 'We could go and ask her. If you have the time?'
Clementine sucked her teeth loudly. 'Time! Well what else am I going to do except go and sit home and wait for more phone calls about who has died. Let's go – if you can find the way.'
The streets were very dark. 'So, no power in this whole town now eh? Government people, I swear our whole country messed up now,' said Clementine. The only light was from the fires burning in the huge oil drums at the military checkpoints which were on every crossroad. The fires cast eerie shadows on the masked soldiers who lifted the barriers to let them through. And on the piles of bodies abandoned at street corners –
even after all the resources which had poured in the government still couldn't cope with the death rate and terrified people, after calling the ebola collection teams with no result, were leaving their relatives' corpses on the streets.
'Close the window,' said Gloria, 'and put your mask back on.' They had arrived at the convent and after some negotiation the watchmen opened the gates and let them in.
Sr. Margaret, who even after thirty years in Liberia had lost none of her North American drawl, listened to their story, shaking her head. 'What! As if there isn't enough misery right now. Poor child. Right, you need to speak to Lucy.'
Gloria raised an eyebrow. 'That volunteer girl?"
Margaret smiled. 'Yes Gloria one of my volunteers. Come on, she's not so bad. I couldn't do all this work without these people.'
Gloria shrugged. She had been at a party where the said Lucy, 23 years old and six months in Liberia, had been holding forth on Liberia's problems and, very helpfully, outlining the solutions. After just six months! 'We agree to disagree on that Margaret but where is she anyway?'
Margaret laughed loudly. 'I'll get her.'
Lucy Whitton was a tall bony young woman with a loud voice, an earnest expression and a rather flat accent Gloria found quite difficult to listen to.
'Hello Inspector. How can I help you?'
Gloria outlined the story while Lucy nodded slowly, as if she had heard it all before.
'Oh, that is terrible, the poor child. Yes, he worked at the clinic and he was doing fine.'
'Any enemies, anyone he had a confusion with?'
'Oh we don't have confusions at our clinics Inspector, I make sure of that.' She smiled smugly.
Gloria winced. 'Yes, I'm sure you do. But did you see anything?'
'Well Inspector you'll know better than me', meaning the opposite of course, 'but he was probably robbed for his money or his mobile or something. It's very rough out there.'
Gloria nodded. 'Well I don't know about where you come from Lucy, but our rogues don't usually nail people's hands to the floor or cut their fingers off.'
Lucy looked unmoved. 'Things happen Inspector. Maybe he upset somebody.'
'That finger thing though Gloria, that's strange,' said Clementine. 'Why that finger?'
'Seems obvious to me,' Lucy jumped back in. 'He had been rude to someone, you know, given them the finger. That's what that middle finger is for, isn't it.' She laughed.
'So that's why they cut it off?'
'Yes, seems obvious to me.' Lucy repeated her phrase and leant back, problem solved.
'Well Liberia is not always as obvious as people think you know.' Gloria stood up. 'That particular finger means something different to us.' She looked at Clementine. 'What's the thing you can't do without a middle finger?'
Clementine smiled at her. 'The Liberian handshake.'
Sr Margaret was nodding. 'That's what I was thinking. Nothing to do with being rude. If you don't have a middle finger you can't do the click that every Liberian finishes a handshake with.'
'The sign that you are free – well, that's what they taught us at Burning Bush Elementary.' Clementine was talking slowly now, looking at Lucy. 'People used to cut off the middle fingers of their slaves so even if they ran away they would always be recognised as a slave. So when the settlers came here, the next generation anyway, they made a big thing of having that finger by making the click at every handshake. Being able to do the click handshake is a sign you are free.'
There was a silence. Gloria nodded her head as she spoke. 'So not just an act of violence, but a message.' Clementine groaned.
'Well Clementine that's what it looks like. Seems obvious to me.' They all laughed then, briefly, except Lucy who looked disapproving.
'You are all laughing and a child has been murdered. I don't understand this country at all.'
'Truest thing you've said so far.' Gloria got to her feet. 'We had better get going though. We'll come to the clinic in the morning, and talk to your staff there.'
'Well.' Lucy looked at Gloria and Margaret as if waiting for Margaret to speak. Margaret remained silent. 'I won't actually be here tomorrow. I'm leaving, you know with the ebola and everything.'
Gloria shrugged. Many people had left. She understood that. 'But why now? Most people left weeks ago?'
'Ah well I had to stay and show some people around so...'
'You mean reporters?' Gloria guessed.
Lucy nodded. 'And the film crew. All very important publicity for the country Inspector.'
Gloria frowned. 'Oh, you the one showed them around eh? I saw their piece. Thirty minutes long and not a single Liberian was invited to speak on it. Hmm, proud of it were you?'
Lucy stood up now too and actually tossed her hair back. 'Really Inspector, the important thing was to get the message out there and I think it achieved that.'
Gloria was weary. She shook her head and went to the door.
'Whose message though Lucy eh? You that's been here a few months, or the people who actually live here. Liberians have got their own voice you know, their own opinions. We are not just background for your adventures. And Ronaldo? A boy that worked at your clinic. What did he think of the ebola crisis eh? Any ideas if he was worried about anything or anyone? No. I didn't think so.'
Lucy had gone a bright shade of red and her fists were clenched. 'You –'
he was almost snarling, 'Africanus said you would say stuff like that – ' She stopped short. The room was silent now, all eyes on her.
'Africanus.' Gloria repeated the name slowly. 'Africanus Varley?'
Any doubts that Lucy was referring to the powerful man Gloria had almost managed to bring to justice for murder were dispelled at the sight of Lucy backing towards the door.
Sr Margaret stood up too. 'Lucy? What's been going on? Wait –' She put her hand on the door to physically stop Lucy from leaving.
'I have to go and pack. I've nothing else to say here.' She was actually trying to open the door, forcing Margaret to push harder on it.
'You need to sit down and talk to us. Now.'
'I don't need to talk to anybody. My contract finished today.' Lucy laughed. 'So, arrest me.'
Gloria was stunned. 'What! Tha you talking to us like that. Arrest you eh. I will give you one good slap my dear, that's what I'll do.'
Lucy had quickly regained her composure. She knew she was on firm ground here. There was nothing Gloria could do without her cooperation. Dragging some white woman down to the police headquarters and risk exposing her to ebola infection was not a risk even Gloria would take. She sat back down and folded her arms.
'Alright I'll tell you. A month after I started work here a man brought a child to the clinic. The child had been hurt while cutting grass with one of those machetes. We treated him and after a few days the man was back with another child and we treated him. So – ' They were all silent, staring at her, 'that's all that happened. We treated the children and then one day Africanus came to the clinic to tell us thank you for the good work. He asked if we needed anything. I talked about some drugs we didn't have, he said he could get them for us and,' she waved her hands in the air a little, 'that was it. No big deal.'
It was Margaret's turn to be angry now. And she was. 'So, you've been taking drugs or money or whatever from this man, for the clinic and you never thought to tell me?'
'You people are all the same. Africanus told me what you would say. Small people, that's what he called you all, small. You all want to control everything.'
'You stupid, stupid woman.' Gloria was still standing. Even with the ceiling fans on full the room was hot and she could feel the sweat on her back and face. 'You have no idea what you've got into here, no idea at all.'
'What do you mean?'
'Let me tell you. A child is murdered and it turns out that Africanus Varley is a frequent visitor and benefactor to his place of work? Oh there's a connection alright, a connection you made possible.'
Neither Margaret or Clementine attempted to slow Gloria down. They looked at Lucy. But she had closed down by the looks of it, arms folded, mouth set in a narrow line and defiance in her eyes.
There was a silence and then Gloria spoke quietly. 'OK, you leaving tomorrow, I can't really stop you.' Lucy nodded, sensing victory. 'So we need to go to the clinic tonight.'
Lucy looked stunned. 'Tonight? We can't go all the way to Gardnersville tonight.'
Gloria looked at Clementine. 'Can we?'
Clementine smiled. 'Of course we can Inspector.' She looked at Lucy. 'We've got a spare mask, you'll be alright.'
'No, I mean the checkpoints and...'
'Ebola? Don't worry, you'll be safe in the car... I think.'
Five minutes later they were back on the dark road. In 'normal time', as people referred to both pre-war and now pre-ebola Liberia, a trip to Gardnersville, even at night, could take you forty minutes. With only a few sleepy checkpoints to negotiate they reached the area in twenty. Lucy hadn't spoken a word except in protest when Clementine, on Gloria's orders, had taken her phone.
According to the call list she had been dialling a local number with the name of Big Daddy. Gloria and Clementine exchanged looks. Big Daddy! Really! She wondered if the pompous Africanus knew how he was listed in her phone. But more worryingly, how close had Lucy got to this man?
The Martyrs clinic was in darkness, the gates wide open.
'You not supposed to have someone on the gates?' Clementine turned around in the car to find Lucy staring anxiously ahead.
'What, of course there should be... two people. The place should be locked up. Maybe we –'
'Oh don't you worry we will be fine. You stay in the car if you are worried.' Gloria was already out the car and heading to the clinic porch.' Although if there is anyone around the car might not... '
I'm coming.' Lucy was scrambling out the car and making for her.
The flashlight showed the front door had been forced open and a trail of broken glass led to the main office where the door had just been kicked in. There were papers everywhere.
Gloria turned to Lucy. 'I just need to see the files on all the children Varley sent here. This,' she indicated the mess, 'doesn't concern me.'
Lucy looked shocked. 'But how could this happen? I don't understand.'
'What? You mean with Africanus Varley protecting you? Eh? You will learn what Big Daddy's protection means girl.' Gloria was furious. 'Che, can you find the files?'
But Lucy was obviously in shock. She was shaking a little in the light from the torch.
'The files,' Gloria hissed in her ear.
But twenty minutes later they decided it was a waste of time. Lucy identified several empty files as ones connected to the children who had been treated at the clinic. They got back in the car.
'Listen Lucy, if Africanus Varley has sent people to take these files, then you must know something bad is going on here. Is there anything else you can tell us, anything at all? What about the people who brought these children in, what did they say?'
Lucy seemed to have gone into complete shock. It was one extreme or the other, Gloria thought. She sat staring out the window into the dark. 'I want to go home. Please.'
'You will go home Lucy, but first you have to help us.' Clementine was speaking slowly and carefully. 'Just think back. Before you got to know Varley , what did you make of the injuries?'
'Well at first it seemed strange. The boys, they were all boys, all had injuries which looked more like machine injuries, not machete cut or nicks, you know we get plenty of those. But you know I was new here.' Gloria made a face but said nothing. 'I mentioned it to the head nurse and the next thing Africanus was in my office. He explained it all and then –'
'Who brought the children in? You said it was a man, which man? What was his name?'
'Oh, he wasn't really a man. A big boy I suppose. Actually,' she frowned, 'now I think on it, it was someone Ronaldo knew. Cyrus, I think, yes, Cyrus something or other. Big ears and his front teeth missing.'
Clementine shouted. 'Cyrus the Virus. I know him.'
Even Gloria looked a bit shocked. 'Clementine!'
'No, that's his name Gloria. He was one of the first to catch the ebola, he was sent into the quarantine centre and, one of those miracles, he recovered. Nobody knew why he recovered but after that the other children started calling him Cyrus the Virus.' She smiled, 'You know the kids now.'
'So where can we find him?'
'Benson Street.' Clementine was absolutely sure. 'They all still live around there. If he's not there the others will know where he is.'
'Ok, let's go.' Gloria started the car.
Lucy groaned. 'No please, no more places. Just take me back.'
'Sorry, is not possible right now. I swear on this one I will find out what happened to Ronaldo.'
Gloria's phone rang while they were on their way. 'Ma'am.' Ambrose sounded excited. 'Ma'am, I managed to get old Dr. Grant to come and look at the body. He says the boy was still alive when they nailed him to the wood.' Gloria winced. 'But, while he was examining it, he found a paper in the boys mouth, chewed as if he was trying to swallow it.'
'Good. What was on it?'
'It's hard to read but it looks like a shopping list, you know biscuits, chocolate, chicken soup... '
'A shopping list?' Gloria repeated as she slowed down at another checkpoint. 'Well, maybe he was just chewing some paper when the people caught him. Chocolate, biscuits... what exactly does it say?'
She heard him say biscuit pack just as she was turning into Benson Street. 'Ok, ok Ambrose I will talk to you later. Good work though.' She turned off the lights outside the St Luke Shelter. 'I didn't know the place was still open Clementine.'
'What to do. Where else the children going to go?'
'Well I'm not going in there.' Lucy had her arms folded defiantly.
Gloria shrugged. 'Tha your business. You could even walk home from here.' She closed the door, furious. This woman had shown no feelings for anyone except herself.
The shelter was dark except for a few lanterns but Gloria noticed the buckets of water at the doors and the soap. Inside was so hot and noisy that she didn't think she would last too long. Clementine, on the other hand, was walking with great authority among the mats on the floor. Gloria for once just followed behind her. 'Is this safe Clementine?'
Clementine looked around. 'We have masks Gloria if you want to wear one but the children are checked for symptoms every morning and evening...'
'I didn't mean us Clementine, I meant the children.'
'Oh sorry-ooh.' Clementine laughed. 'Well, we do what we can. It's hard to know what the impact is, the children come and go so often.' She was approaching a tall gangly man who was, rather incongruously, sitting behind a desk in the corner.
'Robert.' They shook hands and then perched uneasily on two wobbly chairs. 'How are things going?'
'What to do. We have seventy-three in here tonight. All with their hands washed,' he added quickly, 'and ready to eat.' He indicated the piles of bread on the table behind him. 'It'll get a bit quieter then for a few seconds and then they'll sleep... or run away outside.' He looked weary to the point of death. 'We have no real control over them and it gets so hot in here that sometimes it is impossible to sleep.'
'Oh yes, I can feel that.' Gloria was sweating profusely, the hand towel she carried a complete waste of time against the torrent pouring from her forehead. 'We just need to ask you about one of the boys. Cyrus the... ' Gloria couldn't quite bring herself to say it.
'Virus? What about him? Haven't seen him in days. It's hard to keep track but I don't think he's been around here for a while.' He rubbed his face wearily. 'Truth is, I finish trying to keep track of the children... it's just not possible.' He shrugged and stood up. 'It's food time here Inspector. If the children come here, we feed them and advise them but otherwise... I mean whole families are disappearing into those ebola centres, people are dying in their houses with no-one helping so these kids of course... who is going to bother about them, eh?' He looked her full in the face. 'Yeah, exactly, nobody.'
They got up too. 'Oh but one thing I remember, that boy changed this last few weeks.' He lifted the pan of bread. 'He used to be quite helpful, talking with the younger ones but the last few weeks, I don't know, he was getting money from somewhere, quite a lot of money, and was just coming here to bluff around. Then he stopped coming. Happens all the time.'
They left him marshalling an army of children to line up for their nightly rations and went back to the car. 'He's there on his own?'
Clementine just nodded. 'He started working here a few months ago, or less, just before the ebola started, no, just after it started. A lot of the staff have just stopped coming to work and some have died of course, so the people at St Luke's are struggling like everyone else. This Robert man seems to be here all the time.'
'Impressive, or crazy!' Gloria started the car. 'Let's call it a day.' She looked in the back seat. 'Where's that woman gone?'
'Ah, who knows? Let's just go. She must have walked back to the convent.' There was no-one standing on the street and the convent was just around the corner.
'I suppose.' Gloria was a little uneasy. 'But she was so scared.'
'Scared? She was mixing with Africanus Varley, Gloria. Let's just check then on our way home.'
They caught up with Lucy at the convent gates. She barely acknowledged them, obviously still furious.
They were both exhausted and the short drive to Clementine's house was in silence. 'Tomorrow then.' Gloria nodded. Tomorrow was almost here.
For some reason, the drive to police headquarters the next morning cheered Gloria up. Just the sight of some people on the road, even if they were wearing plastic bags on their hands and makeshift masks over their mouths, and some buying and selling at the small markets, even if hesitant and cautious, was a taste of real life and it made her feel better.
The office was quiet. It was always quiet these days. Like everywhere, people were missing, some stayed at home, and some just never came back. Some you heard about, others just completely disappeared. On an impulse, she called Moses. She checked the calendar. Her captain had been in quarantine with his two children for sixteen days, and his gruff voice reported still no symptoms, just complete boredom. She told him about the boy and he perked up.
'So Romeo was killed why?'
'It's Ronaldo, not Romeo. But why he was killed? That's one of the things we don't know.'
She could almost hear him thinking. 'But if they cut off his finger to show he was, you know, a slave, not a free person, then the nail through the hand sounds like torture to me. So, I'm just thinking here Gloria, it sounds as if Ronaldo had some information which someone wanted. Someone like Africanus Varley?'
'Yes I know, but what information?'
'Come on boss. You've got Varley sending children with wounds to a clinic and then a boy from the clinic is tortured and killed. Seems obvious to me. He was back up to his old tricks again.'
'By tricks you mean torture, murder?'
'You know! You need the files on those children and you need to find Cyrus the Virus. I'm sure he's connected.'
Gloria agreed. It did seem obvious. Just what was Varley up to this time though? 'Well, glad to see the brain is still working Moses. It won't be long now.'
'Listen boss. Please, please, I beg you be careful. If Africanus Varley is involved you are in serious danger here. He hates you.'
Gloria sighed wearily. 'I know he does, but Moses if you had seen the body of that boy last night... Anyway, I promise to be very careful.'
He snorted. 'Hmm, you and Clementine running around town chasing him and avoiding ebola. How careful can you be?'
Gloria looked up to see Clementine in the door. 'Two of the boys from St. Lukes came to see me early this morning. They heard us talking last night.' She perched on the edge of Gloria's crowded desk. 'Cyrus used to come to their place all the time, talking with the children there and then each time he left some of the children wouldn't come around anymore.'
'What does that mean?'
'Well what do you think Glo? Varley was using the boy to get children from the shelter for whatever... Ronaldo recognised them when they were brought to the clinic, probably said something and got himself killed.'
'But for what?'
'Well, we'll find that out. Must be something really bad when they killed Ronaldo for it. Torture, witchcraft – who knows with that man. From what you say it could be anything, anything bad that is.'
Gloria nodded and stood up. Action. She needed action to counteract the gritty tiredness that threatened her every time she sat down. 'So, we need to find Cyrus, that's the priority. He's the link?'
'If he's still alive... '
'The kids you spoke to, don't they know where to find him?'
Clementine looked a bit embarrassed. 'I never asked them. I was just thinking about those pekins from the shelter, wondering what happened to them.'
'Of course, fine, you are still more social worker than police officer Clementine, I get that.' She tried for a smile but the frustration about a possible missed opportunity was too much for her. She grabbed her keys. 'Come on let's go and see if we can find them. It's our best lead.'
They didn't have to go far. The children were on the road heading to the police station.
'Old ma, you mun come-ooh, the people carrying Cyrus.' The bigger of the two was excited and shouting. 'They carrying him now now.'
'Where they carrying him? Who?' Clementine was out the car now.
'The truck taking him to the Enter To Die place.' He pointed vaguely in the direction of one of the ebola treatment centres.
'But how? He hasn't got ebola, he can't get it now.'
'Get back in Clementine. Now.' Gloria was already revving up. 'The pekins don't know nothing else. Come on, let's go.' She was off driving before Clementine had closed the door.
The truck was parked outside the Methodist Church compound and several old ladies and a man in a clerical collar were being loaded into the back while people stood around crying. Gloria was out and heading for it with Clementine in hot pursuit.
'Gloria, what you going to do? You know it is an offence to interfere with these people.'
'An offence?' Gloria was still running, 'And, as far as I know, it is still an offence to kidnap and kill people.' She accosted the driver with her badge. 'You have someone in the truck who should not be there.'
The driver looked at her with no expression. 'You know how many times I been hearing that today sister? Eh? Just every time I stop.'
'No look, this is not a special plea for someone, please I beg you a crime is being committed here. A boy... '
The driver cut her off. 'A boy? Hmmm, in this truck today I have the son of the deputy Minister for something or other, two catholic nuns, a midwife, three business people... so, a boy?'
And that summed it up. A child was of no account today.
Gloria knew she was not going to win this one, not here anyway. 'Ok, let me see the papers.'
'The papers man, sheets with the people's names on.'
'Well you know... ' but Gloria had opened the truck door and grabbed the papers scattered on the front seat. She ignored his protests while scanning the lists, it must be near the end surely.
'Clementine, what's his real name?'
'Vambo. Cyrus Vambo.'
And there it was, the very last name, scribbled on and dated today. Beside it the name of the reporting medical person, although it looked as if it had been written in a great hurry, was clear enough. Lucy Whitton.
Gloria threw the papers back at the man.
'The wicked woman. Ah! Clementine, let's go.' Clementine was staring at the back of the truck where a few faces, sad but resigned, could be seen through the wooden slats. She pulled herself away and got back in the car.
As they were driving off Gloria explained about the signature. Clementine gasped.
'What! Come see wickedness eh! That is too terrible. She knows he is not infected but she's sending him to that place.' There was a silence. 'I thought she was just a stupid woman. Where are we going now anyway?'
'We are going to the airfield, my dear, that's where. Someone I need to see.'
Their second screeching stop of the day was just outside the small Departures building. Spriggs Payne airfield was only used for cargo, private flights and, these days, to airlift Aid workers. A group of them were standing in line as the last checks were being done. Lucy Whitton was on the steps of the plane when Gloria, flashing her badge at frequent intervals, got through the crowd and shouted up to her.
'Hey you, I need to talk with you.' Lucy said something to the tall man at her side and carried on walking upwards. Ignoring Gloria was not a good choice. She indicated Lucy to the airport security.
'I have reason to believe that ¬¬¬woman may be infected with the ebola, deadly ebola virus', it was always prefixed with deadly these days, 'so I need this flight stopped.'
The waiting passengers groaned and a small man who hadn't reached the first step of the plane yet, burst into tears. Lucy had also heard. 'Are you crazy? I haven't got ebola. We are all medical people, we know the signs of ebola.'
'Yes, contact with someone who has the virus is very risky behaviour right?'
'Yes, but we don't have that kind of contact.'
'Exactly. Get down here, now.' Lucy Whitton hurried down now muttering something about sorting this out. She was bright red in the hot sun and tried to stare Gloria down.
'What is this about?' Her accent was even flatter now. 'What are you trying to do?'
'You had contact with a suspected ebola patient less than three hours ago. You should not be travelling.'
'No, I did not. I didn't .' She looked round at her colleagues ranged along the hot tarmac and on the steps of the plane. 'This is complete nonsense.'
'Well your signature is on this transfer form recommending that one Cyrus Vambo be taken to an ebola treatment centre immediately as, by your medical judgement, he was in the advanced stages of ebola and a danger to everyone.' Gloria held the blank paper close to her face, pretending to read in the glare of the sun.
Lucy suddenly went quiet. 'Well we have to be very careful, I mean he has the symptoms.'
'So you signed him into the treatment centre after examining him. Which means you, and all these good people, might be infected too. So no-one can leave.'
Lucy paused and then sighed resignedly. 'Alright, we can't be infected.' She raised her voice. 'Because he hasn't got ebola, there I've said it, ok?'
There was a collective intake of breath from the passengers.
Gloria was nodding. 'He hasn't got ebola but you signed him into a treatment centre. Well that's very, very interesting. We need to talk a bit more. Let's go.'
'But, but, my flight, my bags.' Lucy kept looking back as if waiting for her colleagues to come and rescue her, but their backs were firmly turned now.
Gloria shrugged. Those things were not her concern.
Whether it was the hope that might still catch her flight out the country Gloria wasn't sure but at the station Lucy suddenly became very cooperative.
'Look, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that, ok. I know it was wrong but Cyrus wasn't going to be harmed. He's had ebola, he can't catch it again. It was just as a favour to...'
'BIg Daddy?' Gloria didn't think it was possible for Lucy's skin to get any redder, but it did.
'That was just a bit of fun. Africanus told me Cyrus was trying to cause trouble for him. He told me you people don't like him and are always trying to get him, and that if Cyrus continued with the crazy stories he was telling Ronaldo, we would all be in trouble. I didn't know what else to do, you have to believe me.'
'What else did he ask you to do. Cover up for him killing Ronaldo?'
Lucy looked genuinely shocked this time. 'Killing? No, no, he had nothing to do with that. Why would he kill him? With Cyrus off the scene there were no more stories.'
Gloria shook her head. No doubt some of this was true but this wasn't the whole story. The problem was, she could tell that Lucy actually believed it. She thought she had bent the rules, badly bent them mind you, but just that. The story didn't add up.
'So where are the children's files then?' Clementine spoke for the first time.
Lucy hesitated, looking between Gloria and Clementine, but the hesitation was enough to tell them she knew where they were. 'Yes, the files. No way you were going to leave those files behind, despite your play acting last night at the clinic.' Gloria spoke with great assurance. Lucy looked between them again but Gloria saw her hand hover instinctively over her shoulder bag. She leant forward and took the strap.
'Thank you.' Before Lucy even had time to protest, the bag was open and a pile of slim brown folders spilled onto the table.
In silence, Gloria opened the top one and read that Abel Saryon, aged ten, had been brought to the clinic with cuts and serious skin burns on his hands, face and legs. He had been treated and sent back. In the box asking for any physical characteristics, it listed, as did all the others, the middle finger on his right hand missing.
Gloria could feel her rage rising. This woman had conspired to allow children to be brutalised. 'Burns, fingers missing? None of this struck you as being odd? Eh? Or you were so taken with Africanus Varley that nothing else mattered?'
'No, not at all. He told me that removing a finger was a tribal tradition.' Clementine snorted. 'He did, he said it was something some tribes practised here.'
'Really? A tribal practice eh? You really learned plenty here didn't you? And the burns? What about them?'
Lucy had started to cry. 'He explained it was the children being careless with the chemicals, I mean he was treating them wasn't he? He said they would be fine.'
But Gloria had heard enough. Chemicals. 'Where were these children working then?'
Lucy shrugged. 'He never said. I have no idea. I think that's what Cyrus was trying to tell people, he was the only one who knew.'
'And he was going to tell Ronaldo so he could do something about it. And Ronaldo got killed for it. Jeez.' Gloria banged the table.
And then it clicked. 'Wait a minute. Clementine, maybe he did tell Ronaldo, and Ronaldo told us.'
Clementine looked puzzled. 'Told us. But he was dead.'
'The paper in his mouth.' Gloria was heading for the door. 'Chicken Soup, Biscuits, Chocolate... what are they?'
Clementine looked puzzled. 'Shopping items –'
'No, no don't think shopping, think places.'
Clementine frowned and then smiled. 'Of course, they are all places in the city. Chocolate City, Chicken Soup Factory, Biscuit Factory. In fact, they are all areas around Gardnersville, near the clinic.'
Gloria was nodding too. 'Exactly. And you know what else they've got.' She looked at Clementine expectantly. She pointed at the children's files.
'Disused factories.' Since the civil war most of industrial Monrovia had lain derelict, buildings looted, owners killed or gone abroad. It seemed so obvious now.
'So whatever he is getting those children to make, I bet it's in those buildings.'
Three minutes later Gloria was calling Ambrose as they drove to Gardnersville.
'So he got Cyrus to bring him children, basically made them into slaves and then used them for whatever it was they were making and –'
'Got rid of them I suppose. That would be his style.' Gloria banged the steering wheel. 'Unless we get there in time.'
The factory at Biscuit Factory had actually produced biscuits in its day but was in ruins now. It had clearly not been used for anything for a very long time. At almost the same time, Ambrose called from Chocolate City with the same story. A ruined building with no signs of life.
Ten minutes later they were standing outside the large Chicken Soup Factory building and ten minutes after that it was all over. Africanus had been sitting in an office at the back of the building. The main factory floor was filled with tubs of some steaming liquid that made their eyes water as soon as they went in. A handful of children were now sitting outside on the grass. Not more than ten.
Africanus Varley looked exasperated, nothing more. 'I do believe you are harassing me Inspector.'
Gloria was beyond words. Only her belief that she had finally caught this man, and that he couldn't escape her this time, kept her from strangling him with her bare hands. Instead she kept very calm, remembering the contempt he had for women in positions of authority.
'It might be worth giving us some information you know.'
Varney just smiled. 'I thought you had all the information you needed Inspector? What could I possibly tell you?'
'Well, you could tell us what you did with the other children, why you killed Ronaldo? That would be a start?'
He sat up in the chair and stared at Gloria. 'Are you serious, really? That is the best you could come up with?' Then he threw back his head and laughed. 'And I thought you knew what you were doing. The famous Inspector Gloria.'
Gloria and Clementine looked at each other. Arrogance and contempt they had expected, but not laughter. What had they missed?
Still laughing, Africanus opened a drawer in an old filing cabinet behind him. He threw a pile of papers onto the desk. 'See for yourself. For me, this was purely a business arrangement. No pleasure.'
Gloria lifted the top paper. It was a simple contract with the name of the child at the top and the agreement they would work for Africanus Varley and any money they made would be kept for them by their guardian. Signed or fingerprinted by the child, and by their guardian. The same guardian on every contract: Robert Varley.
It took a few moments for Gloria to realise what she was reading, and it was Clementine's exclamation that finally penetrated the fog in her brain. Robert, the dedicated, overworked manager of the St Luke's Shelter, was the one behind all this?
'Relative of yours eh?' Gloria stood up and shouted for Ambrose and the team. 'Well, you are just as guilty and I will make sure... '
'You will make sure of what Inspector? I entered into a legal agreement with these children's guardian, a distant relative of mine true, but so what? That's all I know. I even treated them when they got sick. But you will know that from my friend Lucy... '
And cutting their fingers off to mark them as your slaves? How does that work?'
Varley wrinkled his nose. 'I told Robert that was too dramatic but he liked it. Everyone has their own ways, Inspector. Robert enjoys pain.'
'So where are the other children?' Gloria was shouting now. 'The ones too sick from these chemicals to do any more work for you.'
He shrugged. 'I don't know for sure. When they couldn't work anymore, I returned them to their owner. That's his responsibility. But I'm sure he wouldn't want them hanging around drawing attention to themselves.'
'He sends them into the ebola centres.'
'Ooh, good one Inspector. Where do you think I got the idea from? The only difference being that, unlike that boy Cyrus, those other children will not be getting out of there I don't think. Most of them were weak and hungry, not good conditions to fight off ebola. And such a neat way to deal with a problem.'
Gloria grabbed the papers and started making calls reading out lists of names to health officials at the Ministries and the International Medical Corps who were coordinating the ebola response. Some people believed her, some didn't. Some were concerned, most of them sounded weary and overwhelmed. But from all of them the answer was the same. Nothing could be done. Ebola was all-consuming. People were dying in their homes, locked in rooms to avoid infecting family members. Parents had watched their children disappear into the ebola centres, husbands, wives... the list went on. There were vague promises about trying to track the children down but in a tidal wave of fear and death a few more children were hardly going to be noticed. That was just reality in the time of ebola.
Later, with two Varleys in jail, for now anyway, Gloria and Clementine stood at the top of a hill outside Monrovia and stared down at the pile of burning bodies. It was like a scene from hell. The fiery corpses lighting up the dark sky while the white-suited and helmeted workers, like avenging angels, emptied the trucks throwing still more bodies into the flames. The only difference was the silence. In her memories of childhood sermons about hell and damnation, it had always been a noisy place, filled with the screams of tormented souls. But here, in post-war Liberia, hell was silent except for the crackle of flames. The last farewells, the rituals of parting and love were denied to family and friends. People died alone, and were disposed of quickly and anonymously at sites like these around the capital.
Gloria turned to Clementine and removed her mask. 'It feels like the end. People are saying ebola is worse than the war you know. At least in the war you could see fighters and rebels, hear a rocket coming, but with ebola, nothing. But worse than that, it has become the cover for the perfect crime. We know there are innocent children in there who will die and then the evidence will be burnt. What is going to be left of us when ebola finally finishes?'
Clementine looked at her and then briefly touched her arm. 'What is always left Gloria, the people, the children, the Struggle!' She managed a small smile.
Gloria smiled back wearily while shaking her head. 'Oh yes, that's not going anywhere.' And then into the silence of the scene she whispered the phrase they had grown up with, 'In the cause of the people.'
There was a pause and Gloria thought she heard the response coming to her on the night breeze, 'The Struggle continues...'
She shook her head. It was time to get some sleep, if sleep would come.


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War? Check
People in charge? Check
Dreamers, Doers, Sinners and Saints? Check, check, and dos mas.
If you are really looking for something, it's only a matter of time before you begin to see it all around you.
There are even modern correlations found in unexpected places, such as the Holy Bible, where one could find, for instance, automobiles.
"Pursue your enemies with your Tempest, and terrify them with your Storm! Psalms 83:15
"The apostles where in an Accord" Acts 5:12
These obviously were not the original intents of the writers, but it was easy to make a modern association, no?
Do you believe Tarot keep up with modern times, being that the pictures are fixed?
The language of Tarot is symbolic, and as the vernacular changes, Tarot can keep up with the reader, once the reader defines their own concepts.
The Chariot and it's horses are easily translated as vehicles.
|©Lotus Tarot
|©Druidcraft Tarot
|©Alice in Wonderland Tarot
Those are the most 'obvious' ones. What about the more subtle ones?
Those who follow me on Facebook know I often host "Taroty Thoughts" on my page, where I think about Tarot in our present time.
There I've asked about such things as "What card(s) represents Robots (or robotics) in Tarot?" It seems swords represents machinery to most of us, and not surprisingly, the Air quality of thought for their invention.
|"Domo Argiato" (Tarot of Dreams©)
And what of the term "Bromance" a close, nonsexual relationship between two men. The Buddy Movie genre encapsulates this. But can The Lovers card?
|The Locus Tarot©
Tarot is about life, the good and the bad.
Consider MFK Fisher's book How To Cook A Wolf. When the wolf is at the door, you learn to cook wolf. Actually, she was serious- this book was written around "The Great Depression"
Even figuratively, the 7 of wands stands out for this scenario.
|©The Phantomwise Tarot
And is there a better feeling than growing old together, as in the 10 of cups?
|©The Charming Tarot
Talking about that which feels good, arguably, along with Tarot and Math, Music is the most universal of languages.
How do the music genres play out in the cards?
I asked for Facebook for opinions on this and got them!
Let see-
Muzak (elevator/phone hold music)- 4 of cups
|©Intuitive Tarot
Classic Country Music -The Hermit
This isn't from a real Tarot deck, but is it not the Willie Nelson card if there ever was one?
|© Art of Maarten Donders
Props to Lisa Eddy of Angelorum for contributing the Page of Swords as the Rap Battle Champion!
|©The Housewives Tarot
Classical music apparently is Major cards only, as the votes were for The Hierophant (voice)
|©Alpehh Tarot
and Temperance for the instrumental (thanks Joe Rimtu)
|©Tarot of Empowerment
How about EMO? The Hanged One says FB friend Tinsa M Linhart-Staples
|©Trump XII by Liz Hilton
The Devil is tied for Punk and Rock!
|©The Urban Tarot
I could have chosen the RWS deck or the Noblet TdM for more "run of the mill" imagery to cover these cross overs.
Style has evolved, we no longer only travel by foot, horse, or boat, so why not our understanding of the Tarot- even when new decks are created, it's the essence, our collective knowledge, that remains.
What other modern technology or concepts have you 'Tarot Translated'? Find me on Facebook, Sg Frindle to discuss or play along!


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16 Sandpiper DR., CRAWFORDVILLE, FL 32327 - Spacious canal front home at Shell Point just across from the gulf!! Must see this beautiful 2800 sq. ft. home with large 10 x42 family room/ Sun-porch with beautiful tongue and groove oak ceiling overlooking deep-water canal and the gulf. 3Bdrms/2 baths w/large 13 x19 kitchen just remodeled with gorgeous backsplash and granite counter tops, s/s appliances, 24x18 living room with wood burning stove, all living areas are open, master bedroom is 26x12 and has a huge 10 x 42 ft. sunroom/office off master, sunroom also has beautiful tongue and groove oak on ceiling. Large screened area under house, could easily be a made into a summer kitchen. New floating dock on deepwater canal that flows right out into the gulf! County beach/park just two blocks away! This gorgeous home has everything!!
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- Two bathrooms
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- Wifi
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This spacious, contemporary lodge provides family accommodation close to Lake Ullswater and Pooley Bridge. The lodge is furnished and equipped to an extremely high standard with private HOT TUB and will appeal to the discerning holidaymaker at any time of year.
Hillcroft Park is a beautiful caravan/lodge site situated within a short walk of Lake Ullswater and Pooley Bridge with its shops, bars and cafes (open during the Summer season). Lake Ullswater has numerous watersport centres dotted around the lake and Rookin House is an outdoor adventure centre where you can try horse riding, quad biking, JCB operations and much more making this the perfect base from which to enjoy an action packed holiday. If all of this sounds too energetic, the magnificent scenery provides the perfect backdrop from which to enjoy a leisurely picnic on the banks of the lake, jump aboard the Ullswater Steamers and sail around the lake or enjoy a cream tea in one of the tea rooms close by. A trip over Kirkstone Pass brings you to Windermere or Ambleside and offers magnificent scenery from its summit.
Hillcroft Park is ideally situated to explore the quaint villages dotted around the lake by car or foot. The park is within a short walk of Lake Ullswater and has walking from the door over some of the best fells in the National Park. Family orientated the onsite shop (Open March to October) caters for all your holiday essentials and the children's play area provides hours of fun for the kids whilst making friends with other guests. In all the park is perfectly based to enjoy a break away at any time of year.
The Clearwater Lodges provide spacious contemporary accommodation, furnished and equipped to a high standard to cater for all your holiday needs.
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- Open plan lounge/kitchen/diner with flat screen TV, DVD player and dining table.
- Kitchen well equipped with gas oven and hob, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, washer/dryer and microwave.
- Double bedroom with king size bed, wall mounted TV, walk in wardrobe leading to en-suite shower room with hand basin and WC.
- Two twin bedrooms.
- Bathroom with hand basin and WC.
- All electric, gas, bed linen and towels provided.
- Cot and highchair available.
- Wi-Fi provided.
- Private parking for 1 car.
- Decking with garden furniture.
- A selection of toiletries are supplied on arrival from local company Out Of Eden.
- Hot tub available.
PLEASE NOTE: Hillcroft Park is happy to accept single sex bookings however the park is very family orientated and all holidaymakers are asked to respect this during their stay.
PLEASE NOTE There is a charge of £10 to hire a cot per week and £10 to hire a highchair per week. Cancellation Protection is available, please ensure this meets your requirements prior to adding to your booking. Spa Treatments in the comfort of your holiday cottage can be added to your holiday reservation. To ensure these are available for your holiday, these must be booked and paid in advance.
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Photoelectron Microscopy in the Life Sciences - Imaging Neuron Networks
Photoemission techniques like electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis are the leading electronic probes in materials science-but their impact in the life sciences has been minimal. A critical problem is that the lateral resolution in ordinary photoemission does not exceed a few tenths of a millimeter. This space-averaged probe is nearly useless for most of the fundamental problems in biophysics and biochemistry, which deal with microstructures in the submicron range or smaller. This limit is being overcome with photoemission microscopes, such as our scanning instrument MAXIMUM. The first scanning photoelectron micrographs of a cellular system with submicron resolution are presented. Minute details of neuron networks are imaged on MAXIMUM, thereby opening the way to novel applications of photoemission in the life sciences. The details include individual neurons, axons, dendrites, and synapses, and composite large-area scanning micrographs were routinely produced with a lateral resolution of 0.5-mu-m.
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Cnr,ism,i-00044 frascati,italy. univ wisconsin,dept phys,madison,wi 53706. univ wisconsin,dept elect & comp engn,madison,wi 53706. ecole polytech fed lausanne,inst phys appl,ecublens,switzerland. univ calif berkeley lawrence berkeley lab,ctr xray opt,berkeley,ca 94720. Mercanti, d, cnr,ist neurobiol,viale marx 15,i-00100 rome,italy.
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The finance team is responsible for delivering a broad range of enterprise services vital to the firm's operations. As with all our teams, our finance professionals are committed to precision, efficiency, and excellence. They provide services such as client billing, payroll, forecasting, and reporting.
This group provides critical operational and administrative support in each of our offices. Administrative assistants, office managers, receptionists, and many other professionals work together to deliver superior service to our client-facing professionals and clients.
This team includes human resources, recruiting, resource management, and learning and development. The People Team is driven to hire the best; engage, develop, and retain talented people; and ensure our professionals have outstanding career development and advancement opportunities.
This group oversees the firm's compliance with professional standards and ensures the firm's processes and people are aligned with the needs of our clients. This includes monitoring emerging tax and accounting issues and consulting with our client-facing professionals on a broad range of technical and regulatory matters.
Business development, proposal writing, advertising, and promotion all work together to extend the Moss Adams brand throughout the marketplace. This team is dedicated to enhancing our presence in print, online, and in our communities.
This team is vital to our success because technology plays an important role in our operations and in our ability to serve our clients. Technology support, network administrators, application developers, and system engineers collaborate to provide stability and continuity.
At Moss Adams, you have options, and you're encouraged to explore them.
We encourage a variety of perspectives and value different voices because everyone deserves the same opportunity to reach his or her full potential.
Forum W: Accelerating Women's Careers
A good example of how we operate is Forum W—our effort to improve how we attract, develop, retain, and advance talented women at Moss Adams. Forum W engages women throughout the firm in a dialogue about their experiences and goals. It also encourages mentoring and networking and matches our top-performing women with leadership opportunities.
Our dedication is paying off: Moss Adams has more women partners than most public accounting firms. In fact, the American Society of Women Accountants named us one of the best accounting firms for women. We're honored by this recognition, and we're committed to being an employer of choice for both women and men at every stage of their career.
Life isn't about how many hours you spend at work. It's about being smart and resourceful, sharing fresh and relevant ideas with clients, being engaged in what you do, and having time at the end of the day to enjoy what's important. It's an approach to work that's rooted in our vision and values, and its' about getting the job done and the most out of life.
And because balance is different for everyone, our culture allows you to discover and define what balance means for you. But don't just take our word for it. Moss Adams has been recognized by several organizations, business journals, and national publications as one of the best places to work.
We're committed to your ongoing learning and development. We keep it interesting with training methods and events that go beyond the classroom. At Moss Adams, you'll expand your skill set and build meaningful relationships with people across the firm. You may even find a career path or specialty you haven't considered yet.
We believe in building one-on-one relationships and giving you a voice at the firm, as well as a seat at the table, when you first walk through the door. At every stage of growth, you'll have mentors and a career advisor who will work closely with you to develop the skills to advance and become a leader.
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Album: World Class
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What that is, blood?
All about them rocks
Yo man!
What up?
I just bought me the three G's today, dude
Is that right?
Some Gazelles, some Gucci and some Guess, bro
Yeah man, the house is rollin'
Real tough dude, real tough
Just got them fresh inky's on the Nissan
(Beeper) Got to go dude, money calls
Hey man, you hear what happened to
Homeboy the other night?
Yeah man, that was raw, that was real raw, man
He didn't have a chance
You got to watch your back in this neighborhood
Been that way for a long time, man
That ain't cool at all
Listen to the story as we rap to the beat
As we educate you about life in the street
'Cause gang bangin', dope slangin', bad for the head
If you do it too long, you'll end up dead
If you don't end up dead, you'll end up in jail
Living your life in a concrete hell
Gang bang! You're dead and lying in the street
Gang bang! Fifteen years old and a cold piece of meat
Gang bang! Now tell me brotha what'cha gonna do
Gang bang! When the coroner puts the bag on you
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Trying to earn money for the things you need
You look like a waitress, who works in a bar
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You don't carry a tray, you carry a bag
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For fear that her baby could be dying
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You drink 40 ounce brew by the cases
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Twisted egos and warped minds
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Not knowing it's his last day in this world
He turns the corner and to his surprise
He sees 20 thugs before his eyes
Then they ask him, what set you from
He stands there looking nervous and dumb
They take his money and pull out a knife
Then they beat him to a pulp and take his life
The police come around asking questions, but
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Helpless women with kids are your prey
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You snatch a woman's purse then you start to run
Police are on your heels and you're having fun
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But the woman had the money in her other stash
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100Mbps 8 Ethernet Ports+1 Uplink Port Unmanaged Ethernet Network Poe Switch
|FOB Price:
|US $30-50 / Piece
|Min. Order:
|1 Piece
|Min. Order
|FOB Price
|1 Piece
|US $30-50/ Piece
|Shenzhen, China
|Production Capacity:
|Payment Terms:
|L/C, T/T, Western Union, Paypal
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Basic Info
- Model NO.: DF-155M-8P-E
- Type: Ethernet Switch
- Ports: 9
- Weight: 612g
- Item Name: 9 Ports Ethernet Swith Poe/Poe Switch
- Business Type: Manufacturer & Trading
- Working Temperature: 0ºC~55ºC
- Power Consumption: The Device <5W
- Transport Package: Standard Carton Packing or Customer Required
- Origin: Shenzhen China
- Communication Mode: Full-Duplex & Half-Duplex
- Transmission Rate: 100Mbps
- Slot: 9
- Certification: RoHS, Ce, ISO9001, CCC, SGS
- Color: Black
- Mean Time Between Failures: More Than 50000h
- Voltage Range: DC48~56V
- Trademark: TAKFLY/OEM
- Specification: 188.5mmx102.5mmx28.25mm
- HS Code: 8504401400
Product Description
DF-155M-8P-E 100Mbps 8 Ethernet Ports+1 Uplink Port Unmanaged Ethernet Network Poe Switch
DF-155M-8P-E is specialized unmanaged POE switch designed for video surveillance and network project system, etc. It provides 8 x 100Mbps Ethernet ports and 1 x 100Mbps uplink port, support VLAN function, can effectively prevent whole system from broadcast storm so that make the data transfer safer.
This POE network switch can meet customer's general demands. POE network switch with POE function, designed for high-definition network camera's internet access. It provides 8 100Mbps PoE Ethernet switches, complies with IEEE802.3af/at standards, and also simplifies wiring, avoids the troublesome of installing power socket for powered devices.
1.Provide 8 x 100Mbps Ethernet ports, 1 x 100Mbps up-link port
2.Support End-Span method, complies with IEEE802.3 af/at standards, can supply max 30W power which is possible to power high-power infrared cameras.
3.Comply with IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3af/at standards.
4.Support IEEE802.3x full-duplex flow control, support Auto MDI/MDIX
5.Support port-base Vlan, prevent from broadcast storm so that make data conversion more efficient and safe.
6.Various LED display functions can real-timely display the device's current working conditions, and help prompt facility and remove trouble easily.
7.Excellent lightning protection, lightning capacity up to 2KV
8.Easy to install and operate on walls or on the desktops
3.Technical Specifications
|Power Supply
|Power Supply Mode
|Power Adaptor
|Voltage Range
|Power Consumption
|The device <5W, POE power supply <120W
|Network Port Parameter
|Network Ports
| 1~8 Ethernet Port:10/100Mbps
1 Uplink Port:10/100 Mbps
|Transmission Distance
|1~8 Ethernet Port:0~100m
Mandatory 10 Mbps reach up to 250m
1 Uplink Port:0~100m
|Transmission Media
|1~8 Ethernet Port:Cat5e/6 standard UTP cable,
Uplink Port:Cat5e/6 standard UTP cable
|POE Agreement
|IEEE802.3 af/at standards
|PoE Power Supply Mode
|End-span method
|PoE Power Supply Wattage
|Each port≤30W,Whole device<120W
|Network Switch Specification
|Network Standard
|IEEE 802.3/802.3u
|Swap Mode
|Store-and- forward
|Data-Caching Mechanism
|MAC Address List
|Status Indicators
|Power Indicator Light
|One power light (green)
|FE Uplink Port
|LED (Green): On, port is link on; Off, port is link down;
|PoE Indicator
|8 PoE indicator light(yellow)
|PoE Network Port LED
|1~8 port ( green light on RJ45 jack) Keeps on when normally connected, Blinking when transceiver data
|Vlan Switch
|On: CCTV Mode, support 250meter power and data
Off: normal mode, support 100meter
|Protection Level
|Surge Immunity
|Level 3, executive standard:IEC61000-4-5
|Electrostatic Protection
|1a touch electric discharge: level 3 1a Air discharge: level 3 Executive standard:IEC61000-4-2
|Operating Environment
|Working Temperature
|Storage Temperature
|Mechanical Attributes
|Dimensions (L*W*H)
|Mean time between failures (MTBF)
If any changes with product specification, forgive without prior notice.
1) As transmission distance has certain relation with the cable, so you are suggested to use standard cat5e/6 cable for longest distance needed.
Here I'm willing to show you more information regarding our POE switch.
1.The chips we always use for POE switch are Broadcom and Marvell.
2.In the backside of our POE switch, there is a switch(named default and CCTV switch) can adjust the transmitter distance between POE IP camera and POE switch, pls kindly note the max transmitter distance we can reach is 250m. Attached pls find a test vedio about transmitter distance taken by our thailand customer FYI.
3.All our POE switchws are intelligent, therefore it can supply enough worked power for all equipments that POE switch connects with according to the equipments' need. So the customers do not need to worry the equipments will burnout when POE switches supply big power much more than what they need, or the equipments can not work well if POE switches do not supply enough power to them.
4.All our POE switchws are compatible with IEEE802.3 af/at standards.
4.1 Introduction
When V-lan function is opened, the LAN port can't make data conversion but can only communicate via uplink port. The V-LAN workstation is built separately between every network port and UP-LINK port.
In the same V-lan workstation, no matter which actual PoE switch being connected, the signal transmission are separately isolated from each other which seems they are on the different switches. The broadcast in the same V-lan can only be received by the members but can't be transmitted into other V-lan, which can greatly control unnecessary broadcast storm. What's more, different V-lan can't even communicate with each other when there is no routing, which increases the safe degree among different department in the enterprise.
4.2 Configuration
Toggle the V-lan button on the back of the switch to ON state, V-lan indicator lights, then press the reset button to restart the switch, in this way V-lan functions.
Please press reset button or repower the device when turn on V-lan, only in this way the switch can enter corresponding mode.
Packing List
Before installation, please check the following equipment and accessories, if there are any missing, please contact with your supplier.
1) 1 set of DF-155M-8P-E
2) 1 power adapter
3) 1 user manual
1 warranty card
Please install as below steps:
1.Before installation, please turn off the power of all signal sources and the monitor in case of the damage to transmission device
2.Using network cables to connect with Ethernet ports of IP cameras and POE ports of PSE-2 series unmanaged POE switch
3.Using UP-LINK port to connect NVR or computer etc. Device.
4.Check weather installation is correct and the device undamaged. Before power on PSE-2 series unmanaged POE switch, make sure that all connections are reliable
5.Confirm all network devices are powered and can work normally.
When the device encountered with troubles, it can be solved by the methods below:
1) Make sure the device is installed correctly referring to the requirements;
2) Make sure RJ45 cable is good contacted without open circuit; the cable design complies with EIA/TIA568A or 568B international standards.
3) Each PoE port can provides max 30W to switch and the total power is less than the maximum power provided by the device. So please don't connect with the PoE device which is more than 30W.
4) Press reset button to check if the device can work properly.
5) Replace the trouble device with a normal working device to check if the device is damaged.
6) If all the above methods still don't work, please contact with manufacturer directly.
7.Making methods of RJ45 connector
1.Required tools: wire crimpers, network cable tester.
2.The wire sequence of RJ45l connector must complies with international standard of EIA/TIA 568A or EIA/TIA 568B.
3.Strip about 2cm's of insulating jacket to let 4 pairs UTP can be seen.
4.Separate 4 pairs UTP cable, and try to straighten each pair.
5.Arrange 8 cables with correct line sequence of EIA/TIA 568A or EIA/TIA 568B.
6.Cut thread residue and leave 1.5cm wire which exposed outside the insulating layer, and ensure 8 wires are straight and neat.
7.Put 8 wires in RJ 45 connector, then press with wire crimpers.
8.Repeat above five steps , make the other side of UTP cable; Then using the cable tester to test whether the cat5e/6 works normally.
8.Company Information
Takfly, established in 2000, has been manufacturing and exporting in fiber optic communications for more than 15 years. Mainly supplying fiber cable, adapter, attenuator, connector, coupler, splitter, termination box, ODF, fiber instruments, media conceiver, switch, optical module, CWDM/DWDM, etc. Takfly's products have passed the management verification: ISO14001: 2004. Our goods have passed RoHS, CE, ISO9001, FCC, etc. verifications.
With the development of optical communications, Takfly's turnover has been increasing steadily. To strengthen the brand recognition and communication with more clients, Takfly participates in several industrial exhibitions every year in the whole word.
The products we sell is manufactured by our own factories. Our main aim is to supply high quality goods to our customers. Therefore, Takfly has imported foreign advanced production equipment 5 years ago, mainly made in German, Japan. The skilled technicians and professional sales team are available. Standard production management system has been built. Any requirements and inquiries will be processed with 24 hours. Strict test is a must before delivery. Apart from these, we have steady transport service. So, we can provide you the optimal transportation.
No complaints is one of our aims. We believe that our products can help you win good reputation and market share.
Hereby, we sincerely hope to establish a long-term business relationship with you in the future.
Welcome to visit Takfly Communications Co., Ltd. We are waiting for your coming!
9.Company images and certifications:
10.Why choose Takfly?
1.Customer's logo: Acceptable
2.General inspection on fixing before packing
3.Third party inspection: Acceptable
Quality Control
All products must go through five checks before manufacturing process
1.Material incoming inspection before production
2.Full check after every individual process finished
3.Full check after production half-done
4.Full check before packing
5.Spots check after production packed before shipping
1.15 years experience in manufacturing fiber optic products..
2.Availability of R & D with more than 10 engineers.
3.Available of design and making mold with special molding house.
4.High quality, attractive price and fast delivery(2-7days)
5.OEM, ODM customer designs are also welcomed
6.More than 200 workers
7.Excellent service
1.Packing: Plastic bag& carton, Neutral packing or as your required.
2.Sample time: 1-3 days after confirm
3.Order lead time: 2-7working days depend on quantity and products.
4.Shipping port: Shenzhen China or HK
5.Shipping term: EXW or FOB
1.Once confirmed the order, and payment sent after finishing goods.
2.Goods will be sent within 7 days with the fast, reasonable and efficient shipping mode such as DHL, EMS, UPS,FEDEX, TNT, etc.
3.Please make sure your postal address is correct. Any lost and mistakes because of wrong address are not supplier's responsibility.
4.Please do not bid if you disagree with the shipping and handling charge.
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My best friend had the BPIAB. Let me say one thing about that stupid pool. It does not maintain its temperature. Most of them don't. So I spent the entirety of her labor schlepping giant pots of boiling water across her condo and dumping them in to try to keep it at a decent temperature. The ENTIRETY of her 24 hours of labor at home I was doing this. It was a NIGHTMARE. Straight out of Little House on the Prairie. OMG. I told her next time *I* would pay for her to have one that maintains its temp so we didn't have to deal with that again.
I have a big, DEEP garden tup and it was *perfect.*
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Salesforce Senior Developer - Jersey City, NJ
- Free
- Published date: March 20, 2017
- New Jersey, United States
Salesforce Senior Developer
Location: Jersey City, NJ (Need Locals)
Duration: 12 Months
Interview: Face to Face
Visa: USC/GC/H1B/L2 EAD/H4 EAD
Based on discussion with client they are looking for Salesforce senior
developer having experience in?Lightening? and ?Wave Analytics?. Please share
the profiles with expertise in this area. Need candidates with10+ years total
experience and atleast 6 years relevant experience in salesforce.
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