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negative equity ,investment property a burden, and need to sellLongford, CoventryIf you are in the above situation and cannot move on with your life/lives we may be able to help. If your investment is proving to be a headache, not profitable 'cos the 'property club' lied. need to release equity etc, 'renovation project' a money-pit you can't afford call us. New builds etc are fine. Prefer property with value under £150k genuine value [ not agents fantasy prices]. we pay £150 finders fee per property to anyone who refers someone we help. Portfolios bought. Estate/letting...1SaveRemove
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Fully functioning, successful cafe business for sale in Coventry (lease and full equipment)CoventryFully functioning and successful cafe business for sale, Coventry. Large fully equipped kitchen including over counter fridge, double cooker with 6 hobs, commercial griddle, fridge and two freezers, dishwasher, meat slicer, 2 microwaves, toaster, toasty maker, jacket potato display maker, International coffee maker, fryer, bain-marie, tea urn, cash register, heated/cooler box to transport food and all cooking equipment (plates, cutlery, pans, mugs etc) Plus more!!! Seating area with table...SaveRemove
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Anyone who wishes to get a small taste of what will look like during the next year and a half need only pay a visit to the neighborhood of North 90th Street and Menomonee River Parkway.
The parkway is closed from Swan Boulevard to Hoyt Park Drive (the short connector between the parkway and Ludington Avenue) and excavation there has begun. Traffic has been detoured onto West North Avenue and Ludington.
At 91st Street on the parkway, in a deep hole sheathed in steel retainers, a worker attacks a 1930s-era sewer connection. Lines there will be replaced with new 30-inch PVC plastic pipes, just a small forerunner of what's to come elsewhere.
Sections of huge concrete pipe have been delivered and sit waiting their turn, the biggest bearing the notation, Meinecke – 84", denoting their 7-foot diameter. Even they aren't the largest the project will entail – some stormwater pipes coming down the last stretch of Meinecke Avenue from North 86th Street and then down 90th to the parkway will be 9 and 10 feet in diameter.
Crews from Globe Contractors, the winning bidder on the project, are also beginning work on the "box" collector across from the foot of 90th Street, where all the waters from the project area will pour into the Menomonee River.
Fate of trees determined
On 90th Street, city forestry crews began trimming some trees on Monday.
Those are the – or at least that's the intention. Some of the cuts are intended to protect trees that might otherwise be damaged or destroyed by being in the way of 30-foot crane arms swinging buckets of dirt or gravel or lifting massive pipes.
In some cases, the trimming is being done just to improve the health and shapeliness of the trees. Some of those, however, may be found to be diseased or unsound. If so, they will go.
For many trees – about half of them, it turns out – no trimming and shaping is being done at all. They are done for.
A city forester on the job Wednesday afternoon said that soon – perhaps still this week – the Globe crews will start taking down the trees that won't be saved.
Those trees are not marked with the red or orange paint splotches that usually denote doom for a tree. They don't have to be. It's a simple equation, the city worker said.
From Menomonee River Parkway to Jackson Park Boulevard, all the trees on the west side of the street will be taken down. From Jackson Park to Meinecke Avenue, all the trees on the east side will go down.
That's more or less true, said City Engineer Bill Wehrley, although there are some few exceptions.
"In one place, there are two big old elms right across from one another," he said. "We're asking the contractor to try and save them both.
"But in another case, north of there, there's another big elm that we wanted to save, but the foresters took a good look at it and, they said – 'Oh, no, it's got Dutch elm disease.' So it would go, regardless – either way."
Wehrley said that residents of 90th have been informed of the fate of the trees fronting their homes, insofar as the city now knows.
Gravity rules
The Meinecke Project is a designed to protect homes that are north and west of 90th Street. In repeated large floods since 1997, basements in scores of residences north of Meinecke and between 80th and 90th streets have been inundated by sewer backups, often to the rafters, often five, six and seven times.
The 80-year-old sewer system is failing, in part because of age and in part because there is just more rain falling these days. According to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, .
Nobody in City Hall is talking about climate change, but the facts have been noted: In 1997, 1998, 2008, 2009 and twice in 2010, at or near the 100-year, or 1 percent likelihood, rain event level have occurred. The last, on July 22, 2010, was a 500-year event, flooding more than 600 homes.
The Meinecke area incorporated in the project has been one of the most affected by flooding in the whole city. That's because it sits in a shallow basin, or "bowl," carved out by the last glacier to visit the neighborhood about 11,000 years ago.
The shortest route to the river from that basin runs down 90th Street, which is the route of the existing and now inadequate 54-inch outfall pipe from the Meinecke neighborhood.
Neighbors on 90th, though, are understandably miffed. They haven't suffered much in the way of flooding. Geology has favored them by giving them a steeper and more direct grade to the river.
And that, of course, is why their street provides the shortest and cheapest route for gravity to deliver water from above to below.
A worker for Globe Contractors put it succinctly.
"It isn't pretty," he said. "But this is where it is, and it has to be done."
For more information, visit the city's Meinecke project website - www.wauwatosa.net/meinecke.


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Ed and Al arrive in Central. They're in for a disappointment.
A certain Gondorian soldier wouldn't have liked the place one bit. However, three other people knew their way around quite well.
"Hurry up, Al!" cried Ed, hastily making his way through the crowd that was de-boarding from the train they had got from Resembool.
"Brother, we don't have to hurry up that much!" cried the suit of armour amid his "Excuse me" and "Pardon me" that he kept uttering whenever he had to nudge anyone out of the way in his attempt to keep up with Ed.
"Yes, libraries can't run away," said Armstrong. He hardly paid any attention to the people that sensibly moved out of his path.
"Just hurry up!" Ed said. When he finally stopped with his suitcase still in his hands, he looked around the station and he couldn't help but grin broadly.
"We're finally here!"
Had he arrived at the promised land, Ed wouldn't have been more excited. Now he just wanted to find the library - and Dr. Marcoh's notes - as soon as possible.
Which was why he was mildly surprised when two soldiers, a man and a woman, approached Armstrong and saluted.
"Major Armstrong, we're here to see to you," said the woman and pushed her short black bang away from her eyes.
"Good work, 2nd Lieutenant Ross," said Armstrong, smiling. "You and Sergeant Bloch arrived just in time."
The blond soldier - Sergeant Bloch - smiled as well and then looked towards Al. His admiration was quite visible in his eyes.
"You must be the Fullmetal Alchemist, yes?" he asked. "I'm impressed. Your outfit really matches your name!"
Lieutenant Ross nodded her agreement to her subordinate's words and extended her hand. "I'm Maria Ross. It's an honour to meet you."
Neither of them noticed a rather ticked off Ed rolling his eyes, so Armstrong and Al decided that this misunderstanding should be cleared at once. They both pointed at the young alchemist, clearly saying in this way: You should be talking to him.
Ross blinked, not really understanding.
And it was Sergeant Bloch that made the biggest mistake of all.
"The small guy?!" he asked incredulously.
That did it. Bloch was thankful that Armstrong was quick and strong enough to hold a very angry Edward from his collar before the young alchemist had gotten a chance to attack.
"We... we're very sorry!" said Ross nervously, trying to calm Ed.
"I didn't mean small! I mean... err..." Bloch stuttered, sweating in his fear. He immediately closed his mouth, quite aware that right now he was probably only making things worse.
Ed still scowled at their direction; nevertheless he seemed appeased enough so that Armstrong ventured letting him go.
After all, it wouldn't help matters if he had to keep holding Edward down at all times. As he said, he was in a hurry to report to Central Headquarters.
Ed's feelings of wrath vanished in a flash.
"What was that? Is this where we part?!" he exclaimed, feigning shock and surprise - and failing miserably. "Good job! I'm so sad! Bye-bye!"
"I am so sad as well! It was a fun journey!" declared Armstrong, clearly touched by the parting. With tears streaming down his face, he grabbed Ed in a tight bear-hug. "I hope we shall meet again!" he added.
He didn't seem to notice that Ed was trying to struggle himself free from that grip of death. He finally dropped the boy - rather discourteously, but not malevolently - and he turned to Ross and Bloch. "Take care of the rest," he said.
"Yes, sir!" both soldiers said at once, saluting.
"What?" Ed said, downcast. "I still have to have escorts?"
"Of course!" answered Armstrong, as though stating the most obvious thing in the world. They all started walking towards two military cars that were parked outside the station.
"According to East Headquarters' report, Scar has yet to be apprehended and, until the situation settles down, we shall act as your escorts," Ross explained.
"While we aren't as capable as the major, we have confidence in our abilities, so please be relieved," said Bloch, smiling once again.
"But, Major," said Ed, turning to Armstrong, "that means that Beregond is also in danger. Scar has seen him perform alchemy!"
"Don't be alarmed, young Elric. Sergeant Beregond isn't a State Alchemist, so he has nothing to fear. Besides, before leaving, I was told that the sergeant would be taken off the case so he and Scar wouldn't cross paths again."
While Armstrong and Ed were still talking, Ross leant close to Bloch. "That's odd. Did you ever hear of a sergeant in the army who's into alchemy?" she whispered.
Bloch shook his head. "And what kind of a name is Beregond?" he whispered back.
Their conversation reached Ed's ears, but Ed didn't give much thought to it. He simply nodded at Armstrong's words, in spite of the fact that he didn't feel quite comforted. "Right. Thanks, Major," he said and saluted.
Armstrong saluted also and got into the first car. In a matter of moments, he was off. The brothers with their escorts got into the second car and Ross knocked on the glass, signing in this way to the driver to set off also.
Ed sat without much of a fuss, but that didn't stop him from glaring at Ross and Bloch. He felt quite dismayed at having them around and wished that Beregond was in the car instead. It meant that Ed and Al would have been with an escort they knew and trusted, even someone who could offer his scientific opinion concerning Marcoh's notes; the Gondorian understood alchemy, after all.
More importantly, Ed wanted Beregond to be there when he and Al found the answer behind the philosopher's stone. Ed wanted to share the discovery with him. Because when they would unveil the secret of the philosopher's stone, they wouldn't just be one step closer to restoring his and Al's body. They would be a step closer to help the Gondorian return to his home too.
"Brother, you're supposed to say 'thank you', not sulk," Al said, clearly seeing through Ed's reluctance to accept Ross and Bloch.
Ross and Bloch's eyes widened as they heard Al's words.
"Brother?!" echoed the sergeant.
"This armoured man is supposed to be your younger brother?" Ross asked Edward.
"Yes," Al answered for Ed.
"But... why are you wearing a suit of armour?" Bloch asked in a puzzled tone.
The brothers exchanged looks of embarrassment. After a few brief moments of awkward silence, they both answered the first thing that came to mind.
"It's a hobby."
And that's all they said.
Bloch immediately nudged Ross and leant towards her confidentially. Ed figured that they were whispering between themselves again, so he just turned his gaze out the car window in a bored manner. It was when he caught sight of a particular building that he jumped up from his seat and pointed outside the car window.
"Al, I can see it! I can see it!" he cried out enthusiastically.
Ross and Bloch looked outside.
"Oh, that's the State Central Library," Ross said. "It boasts the greatest collection of books within the nation."
"That's where we want to go!" said Ed. He turned to the sergeant. "Tell the driver to pull over!"
Bloch complied at once and hit the window.
"I understand your exuberance," Ross said politely. "There are so many books to the point where it's said that, even if you repeat your life a hundred times, it wouldn't be enough to finish reading all of them."
"Well, right now we're interested in a particular section; the 1st branch," Ed said.
At this, Ross and Bloch exchanged an awkward glance. Ed knew from experience that that wasn't good news.
"Is something wrong?" asked Al.
Neither of the soldiers answered at once. The moment that the car stopped, they stepped out and beckoned Edward and Alphonse to follow them.
"The 1st branch you're looking for lies to the west of the State Library. Most of the research files, past records and name registries were stored there, but..." she pointed ahead to a sight that made the brothers stop on their tracks.
The building was utterly destroyed. The only things that remained were blackened foundations and half-burned beams.
"How...?" Ed tried to ask, yet the words seemed to be stuck in his throat.
"We're not sure," Bloch answered. "All we can say for certain is that a fire did this."
Roy was engaged in conversation with Hawkeye and Havoc concerning Scar, when the voice of someone calling him made him turn around. He was certainly surprised to see who it was.
"Sergeant Beregond," he said, nodding at the Gondorian's salute. "What brings you here?" He couldn't help but notice that Beregond seemed troubled - and was that a sword buckled on his side?
"Actually, Sir... you," Beregond said earnestly. "I wish to speak with you."
Roy raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Oh? What about?" He hoped that this was important. He didn't want to be distracted by mere trivialities.
"It concerns Ishbal, Sir."
At the sound of that name, Roy felt his heart missing a beat. However, he didn't allow himself to show any emotions when he turned to Hawkeye and Havoc.
"Go ahead. I'll catch up with you later on."
The lieutenants hesitated to leave at first, but Roy made them understand that everything was perfectly fine. As soon as Hawkeye and Havoc were gone, Roy faced Beregond.
"Follow me to my office, Sergeant," he said coolly.
Beregond nodded his compliance. "My apologies for the inconvenience, Sir," he said softly as they both still walked on.
Roy appreciated the apology; he certainly preferred it to being barked at by a higher-rank or getting scowled at by Fullmetal. So, he decided it was only courtesy to wave his hand dismissively, thus showing that there was nothing to apologise for. He opened the door to his office and the two men entered. After he made sure there weren't any unfriendly ears nearby and then closed the door, Roy signalled to the Gondorian to sit down. He himself rested his form against his desk, crossing his arms and regarding Beregond closely.
"So, Sergeant," he finally said, "What do you want to know about Ishbal?"
Roy noticed that Beregond didn't flinch at the unwavering gaze. On the contrary, he was quite calm.
"It's probably a long shot, Sir; but you're the only one I can turn to at present." There was a small pause and then Beregond took a deep breath, obviously readying himself for the deep plunge. "Did you fight long in Ishbal?"
At that question, Roy was aware that he had every right to dismiss the sergeant and forbid him to ask him such matters again. Nevertheless, a little powerful thing called curiosity made Roy decide to humour the man. "A year."
Beregond must have noticed Roy's willingness to answer his questions, because he became bolder now. "Did you interact with any Ishbalans?"
You mean besides incinerating them in sight? Roy thought grimly before replying: "As much as one can interact with the enemy in times of warfare."
"How much did you learn about them?"
Now this was getting tiresome.
"Sergeant, I hope there is a reason behind these questions."
"There is," Beregond said. "From what I came to understand, though the war broke out when somebody from the Amestrian military shot a child by accident, there were frequent conflicts between the two countries anyway due to different religious notions."
"You understand correctly," Roy answered. "What I want to understand now is: What do you wish to know?"
Beregond locked his gaze on Roy steadfastly. "It has come to my attention that the Ishbalans believe in an absolute god of creation, but the details of their religion elude me. Is there a chance you can tell me about them yourself or direct me to someone or somewhere to gain that information?"
Roy frowned at this. "An odd request, I must admit."
"Still, I wouldn't have asked it of you if I didn't think it was important."
"Sergeant, you do realise that an alchemist can't afford to believe in gods, I trust?" Roy asked. "It's his pursuit to understand the fundamentals of creation of everything in the world and pursue the truth behind it. If anything, the best thing that could be described as the unattainable and, therefore, revered, is the 'true knowledge' of alchemy. The closer one is to that knowledge, the closer he's to God - and he becomes one himself."
"I'm pursuing the truth behind the Creation too, Sir. But on my path I have to keep in mind that some things depend on faith."
Is that so? Roy couldn't help but feel intrigued now. "And what path is that, Sergeant?"
Even though Mustang expected otherwise, the Gondorian didn't hesitate in his answer al all.
Roy had to admit that that was the greatest surprise he had got yet. "Mythology?" he echoed before he could help it.
Beregond nodded. "Sir, I have reasons to believe that there are more connections between Amestris and Middle-earth than just the gates whence I came. And I also have reasons to believe that I should look into that direction if I'm to find any answers about those connections."
"That doesn't explain why you wish to learn about the Ishbalan theological beliefs," Roy noted.
"Because that is how I will confirm the first connection," Beregond said, seeming dead-serious now. "I need to know whether the force that I acknowledge as Iluvatar is the same as the force that the Ishbalans identify as 'absolute one god of creation' -or the same as 'true knowledge', for that matter."
Roy didn't speak for several moments, letting the words sink in. "Even if it is the same, what purpose will that knowledge serve?" he asked in the end. Roy tried to sound nonchalant about it, but Beregond had gained his undivided attention.
"If all three are the one and the same, it will provide some evidence to some of the similarities between this world and Middle-earth. How the air and water are in both worlds the main sources of life; why most of the animals are identical; how humans in both worlds share the same traits; even why the cycles of the sun and the moon have the same length of time."
Roy instantly caught on. "What you are saying is that, if the same force is behind the creation of both worlds, it means that it followed a similar pattern in creating them."
"Well..." Beregond answered, "Yes."
There was silence for a while as Roy thought about what Beregond just told him. "That's an interesting theory. Far-fetched, by all means, but interesting nevertheless," he mused. "So, once you confirm /that/, you think you'll be able to find even more similarities between the two worlds?"
"If there are any."
Roy nodded, deciding that that was good enough answer. He sat behind his desk and knitted his fingers together. "All right. I'll tell you everything I know."
Ed waited with bated breath for the dark-skinned, round-faced librarian to give him an answer as she still looked on the large book in front of her. He dearly hoped that she would be able to give him some good news.
"Tim Marcoh... Research files on the Philosopher's Stone..." she kept on. There was silence for several moments until she finally shook her head. "It's just as I thought. It's not in the catalogue. Any new books that entered the main branch or the other branches would definitely be checked and logged in here. Since they aren't, it means that the files were never here or that, even if they were, they were destroyed during the fire the other day."
Precisely what Ed didn't want to hear. He fell on his knees with his head bowed, whimpering softly. They were so close and this had to happen!
"Erm... hello?" the librarian asked, standing up so she could see Ed.
But Edward just didn't pay any attention to her anymore. He just felt Al's hands clasped on his shoulders, prodding him to stand up and guiding him to the exit.
"Thank you for helping us," the suit of armour said, his voice saddened. It was clear that Al hadn't liked this news either.
"Are you all right?" the librarian asked in a concerned tone.
"No, we're not all right," Ed mumbled, continuing on his way to the exit.
It was then that he heard something hopeful.
"Oh, yeah! Scieszka might know!" said another librarian all of a sudden. "Wasn't she at the 1st branch?"
"That's right!" the dark-skinned librarian said. Ed and Al turned around to look at her questioningly. "If you check Scieszka's house, you'll be able to find out what you're looking for quickly enough."
Ed cocked his head in a puzzled manner. "Is she somebody who knows about the books from that branch?"
The librarian just smiled enigmatically. "She knows a lot. She's a bookworm to the letter."
In less than a half-hour, the Elric Brothers and their escorts arrived at the address that the librarian had given them. Sergeant Bloch knocked on the door.
There was no answer. Nor there was one when Bloch knocked again.
"Is she not in?" Bloch said wonderingly.
Ed looked up at the windows. "The lights are on, so I think she's here." At the third time that Bloch knocked and no answer came, Ed finally came to a decision. "Is the door unlocked?"
Al shook his head in disapproval, understanding what Ed had in mind. "Brother, it won't be polite to walk in like that."
"We knocked, didn't we?" Ed reasoned. He pushed the door. "Excuse us..." he called. But the sight before him made him stop on his tracks and cut him mid-sentence.
"What the hell are these piles of books?!"
To say that the house was filled with piles of books would be quite the understatement. In fact, the house had nothing but books in it, all stacked in groups on top of the other in columns so high that they even reached the top of one's head, forming in this way a maze.
Bloch peeked in and it seemed like his jaw would drop at the sight of the interior. "Does someone really live here?!" he exclaimed incredulously.
"Apparently," Ross said with a shrug. She started making her way through the small aisles that were formed among the books. "Ms Scieszka! Are you here?" she called.
At this, everyone else followed her example and started calling out too.
Al was the last of the group, looking around at all the books that surrounded him. Of the four, he was the only one tall enough to actually see beyond the piles.
"I can't believe anyone can live in an environment like this," he mused. He and Ed had been raised around books too; their father had left them behind after walking out on them. It was certainly nothing like this though.
It was then that he heard it. A tiny, muffled voice as though from afar. Al froze and tried to listen.
"Al, what is it?" Ed asked when he noticed that his brother had stopped following. He looked at the direction Al did - and heard it too.
"Help me..."
"A person!" Al cried at the point of freaking out, pointing at a dishevelled huge pile of books.
"A person's buried here?!" Ross said, eyes widening.
"Just dig!" was all that Ed said, already grabbing and throwing aside several books that had formed the pile.
Everyone else started digging also, grabbing as many books as they could. Finally, a young woman with brown hair and thick glasses, no more than twenty-years-old, was revealed from underneath.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention when a pile of books came tumbling down and I really thought I was going to die!" she said in one breath, straightening her glasses. She brought herself on her knees and looked at her rescuers with gratitude. "Thank you!"
Ross, Bloch and the Elric Brothers just glared at her. They had found themselves half-buried in books in their attempt to get her out.
"You're welcome," Ed grumbled, a book resting on the top of his head and messing his braid.
"Yes, I'm Scieszka," said the young woman, once they all got into the safety of a room that hadn't been swarmed with books just yet. "I love books and I was very happy to be employed by the State Library. But, because I love books so much, I forgot that I was supposed to be working and read books instead. So I got fired." Her shoulders slumped forward in a defeated manner. "I have to work because I want to put my sick mother in a better hospital, but I'm clumsy at doing anything other than read books and I can't get work anywhere." Her voice started hitching as she tried to control her sobs. "Yes, I'm a useless human being! The garbage of society!" All attempts of self-control got thrown into the wind and she started crying loudly.
Ed blinked, feeling a drop of sweat settling on his brow in embarrassment. He looked momentarily at Al, his questioning expression quite vivid in his face.
Is this lady okay?
Al shrugged, so Ed decided that he just had to go ahead and ask what he had in mind.
"Uh... There's something I've been meaning to ask you. Do you know anything about the research files written by a certain Dr. Marcoh?"
As the question snapped her out of it, Scieszka straightened her glasses in a thoughtful manner. She was clearly trying to recall the name.
"Marcoh... Dr. Marcoh..." Suddenly, her face brightened. "Oh, yes, I remember! I remember those pretty well, since they were one of the rare ones that were handwritten among the printed books. They were shoved into a bookshelf out of their genre!"
Ed felt his heart leaping excitedly. "They really were at the branch!" he said. However, at the next instant, he bowed his head mournfully. "Which means they were completely burned..." He clasped Al's arm and started walking out. "It's start-from-scratch time again, Al."
Alphonse nodded, following his brother obediently. "Sorry for wasting your time," he said to Scieszka.
The girl looked at them quizzically. "Did you want to read those files?"
"Yes, but now there's no way we can," Ed answered glumly.
"But I remember all that was written in them."
The brothers stopped dead on their tracks. Did she just say...?
"What?!" they both cried out, staring at her in disbelief.
Scieszka smiled. "I remember everything written in a book after reading it once; word for word, without a single mistake. It will take some time, of course, but do you want me to make a copy of the files you want?"
Ed instantly grabbed Scieszka's hand, tears of joy running down his face. "Thank you, Ms Bookworm!" he said happily.
"You're welcome... I guess..." the girl said embarrassedly.
"Well, Sergeant?" Roy asked. "Will this information be enough? You haven't said a word while I was talking."
"More than enough, Sir," Beregond answered reassuringly. "I just didn't think it appropriate to interrupt you."
Roy allowed a small smile on his lips. "And what is your conclusion after all I've told you?" he asked again.
Beregond didn't answer at once. He just tapped briefly his fingers on the arm of the chair. "Do you wish me to speak openly, Sir?"
Beregond nodded. He locked his gaze on Roy.
"Iluvatar and the Ishbalan god are identical in the powers and image attributed to them."
Roy tried to keep a cool exterior, but he was certainly surprised. "So your theory seems to be correct."
There was something in that tone that puzzled Roy.
"Is there something wrong, Sergeant? I thought you'd be pleased."
Beregond was quite nervous now; Roy could definitely tell by the way the Gondorian's fingers were twitching. "I thought I'd be too, Sir. I'm not so sure anymore."
Roy frowned, not really understanding.
"Sir, you said that the name of the Ishbalan's god is Ishbala; that it derives from their word for "one" and the word for "god", "power". Ish and /Bala/. Do I have it right?"
"Indeed, I said that," Roy answered.
"And /Ishbalan/, consequently, means "of the one god"."
"Yes." Where are you getting with this, Beregond?
Beregond didn't say anything at first, but then he leant close as though someone else besides the Colonel would hear what he would say next.
"Ash nazg durbatuluk."
At that, Roy could only stare dumbly. "What?"
"That is what was written on a Ring back at my homeland. Ash means 'one'. /One ring to rule them all/," Beregond said quietly.
"Oh?" Though Roy had to admit that this was unexpected, he shook his head. "It's probably a coincidence."
But Beregond was far from finished. "Bala/, in the primitive form of Sindarin, my tongue, means 'god'. And from that derives the Sindarin word /Balan/, which also means 'god'. Balan is the equivalent of the Quenyan term I use for 'god' - /Vala/... and /Valar in plural. They're the powers of the world that Iluvatar created out of his thought."
Roy felt his eyes widening as he realised what the Gondorian was telling him. "You mean... The gods in which you believe."
Beregond nodded again.
Roy wasn't the type of person to be shocked easily, but this time he was quite taken aback. "What's the meaning of this?" he asked before he could help himself.
"For the present?" Beregond said. "That the Ishbalan tongue appears to be a mix of Black Speech and Sindarin."
"Black Speech?"
"The language of the Enemy I told you before, devised in mockery of Sindarin."
"I see..." Roy said. "So there is indication that your world and ours are indeed connected in more ways than just the gate."
"Yes... But the explanation for this still eludes me."
"Sergeant, you did say that if the same force is behind the creation of both worlds, then there's a similar pattern in both of them," Roy reasoned.
"Very true," Beregond noted thoughtfully. "Nevertheless, I can't help feeling that there's also something else. I'm not sure what, but I think it's still within those mythology books."
"Then perhaps you should look into it, if only to satisfy your curiosity," Roy said.
"I know, but..." A sigh escaped Beregond's lips. "I have a bad feeling about it."
Roy regarded Beregond with some slight concern. "If you want to stop searching, I won't object to your decision."
But the Gondorian shook his head at once. "If there's indeed an answer, I'll be damned if I choose not to look for it."
Now Roy was quite impressed. If I had any doubts that you used to be a soldier, I have none now. You're terrified as to what you might face, but you're willing to stare it in the eye.
"Then look for it." He motioned his hand tiredly to the door. "You may go."
Beregond arose and saluted; then walked out, leaving a very troubled Roy to think over the conversation they had. Could it be that Beregond had found a way of unlocking the mystery behind this world's creation? If he had, then it would be the biggest breakthrough in alchemy the world had yet to see.
Well, whatever comes out of this, Mr. Beregond, you've still proven that you have quite the brilliant mind.
Feeling his feelings of shock ebbing away, he now allowed himself a smirk. It was funny how things sometimes turned out. He had first helped the Gondorian because he wanted to make Connors and Fawcette look bad, thus getting himself in a more favourable position with the higher-ranking officers. But now it seemed that Beregond was making himself an even more valuable asset, almost as valuable as the other officers under his command - and, of course, Fullmetal. With a team like that, he couldn't do wrong. Promotions were a certainty.
He supposed that's what he always did; turning misfortune into gain. He had taken Fullmetal and Alphonse under his protection when, upon arriving in Resembool to find their father, stumbled upon the brothers - the day after their failed human transmutation, in fact - and showed them a way out of their predicament. After all, being in the military meant having access to files not meant for the public and even a steady income.
That's what he did in Beregond's case too. He turned misfortune into gain. And Roy was glad with the results.
You will prove very useful in the Science department when I become Führer, Mr. Beregond - if Fullmetal doesn't accept, that is. He knew that Ed meant to stay in the military only until he found a way to restore his and his brother's bodies. Could anyone really blame the boy? The army was rotten from the inside and no one was doing anything about it.
Of course, Roy intended never to reveal such thoughts. He didn't need Riza or Havoc to warn him from saying anything inappropriate. Care and patience were the keys if he wanted the world to become a better place to live under his authority; if he wanted not to allow thoughtless wars or massacres or... meaningless orders.
Damn you, Grand. You enjoyed it when you ordered me to kill those doctors, didn't you?
Well, Roy wouldn't allow such a thing again. He would make sure of that.


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My younger son told me a few weeks ago that even though I'm organized, it doesn't mean that he has to be organized too. When I told him that it does mean he has to be organized, he rolled his eyes. Did I mention he's a teenager?
That brief conversation with my son reminded me of my clients who make it their mission to change their spouse's or an associate's organizing habits.
Some succeed, but most end up frustrated. What they don't realize is that they can change someone else's habits to a degree. The secret is to avoid being obvious about it.
Start with these strategies.
Consider the old joke: How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? One, but the lightbulb has to want to change. It's possible for someone to change his or her organizing habits, so long as they want to change. It may take time, but a slight nudge, a bit of encouragement and a few strategies that you share with others, can make it happen.
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Int. the Hollywood Palladium – late night
The Palladium is packed wall-to-wall with sweaty bodies, nearly every one of them waiting hungrily for the drop. Skrillex stands onstage behind his MacBook, bringing down the levels on his remix of Benny Benassi's "Cinema" until the audience is singing a cappella, lighters raised in the air. Skrillex points an index finger high, as if to say, "Wait for it." The vocals echo, speed up, a voice orders "Drop the bass," and then, here it comes, a growling, woofer-shuddering WAH-WAH topped by screeching electro laser-fire. It is auditory, vibrational adrenaline. And the crowd explodes – the rave kids, the hard-rock kids, the hip-hop kids, the pop kids, all the tribes. Heads nod violently, hands flail in the air, girls are launched onto shoulders, a mosh pit erupts in the center of the dance floor.
Four minutes later, drenched in sweat, Skrillex bounds off the stage. After other shows this week, Skrillex has asked if the mixes sounded OK, if the parts where his overheated MacBook went dead hurt the vibe, if the crowd was into it. But tonight, he has no doubts.
"That was the show," he says. "One of those magical moments." He leads the way to his backstage dressing room, as his "dogs" (as he calls his inner circle) press in behind him. Something happened in the room tonight: From the front of the house to the back of the balcony, everyone seemed to be in the mix and on the ride. "I don't think I'll be remembered in a big Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin way," Skrillex says as he crosses the threshold of his dressing room, the small crowd spilling in behind him. "I think I'll be remembered in this way: by the people who were there, who can't capture or explain it." He pauses, and tries to clarify. "I'm not trying to brag or anything. It's not about me. It's about facilitating a good time for everyone."
And this is the secret of Skrillex: He's not an entertainer, but the host of a party that never stops. Not party in the sense of copious drug-taking – he's never done acid or Ecstasy because he's scared they will change his brain forever, and he's worried cocaine will come with a hangover that'll keep him from working (though a quart of vodka and diet Red Bull evidently doesn't). But party in the sense of constant good times, close friends and overstimulation.
Onstage, he's not so much performing as conducting an experience for every person in the room. Before the shows, he obsessively walks through each venue, making sure the audience can hear the high end from every spot and the lights don't blind anyone in the front. And during the shows, when the music doesn't get everyone dancing, he resorts to peer pressure. "Fuck your camera phones," he urged the crowd at Cinespace four nights earlier. "You can't party through a screen. Put your phones away!"
Most nights end with Skrillex DJ'ing at an afterparty, someone's house, a studio or a hotel room. It's as if he has an addiction to playing music, and needs to do it every night to prevent himself from feeling some sort of existential pain. It is a compulsion brought on not necessarily by a need to perform and be seen, but to bring people together and give them a good time. "I'm transparent, man," he elaborates, lighting a cigarette. "What you see is what you get: I love music. I love hanging out with other people. I feel good when I make someone else happy. I want that energy in the room. You know, no one can be alone. That's why I DJ."
When pressed, he looks into his past to explain his need to make sure everyone's happy. "That's my mom's side," he finally says. "My mom was so loving, but annoyingly overhospitable. I'll have already eaten, like, 10 things, and my mom would be like, 'You want something else?' No, thanks. 'Do you want this?' No, I don't want anything else. 'OK, do you want this other thing, then?' No, no, I'm full. 'Do you want me to go to the store to get this one thing you like?' No, no more anything!
"And I can get that way: If I get a couple drinks in me, that's when I start to reintroduce my friends over and over again."
Though many have placed Skrillex in the role of young angry white male – the Kurt Cobain or Eminem of dance music – he says they've got the wrong guy. "I'm not angry," he responds. "I'm happy, dude!"
He pauses, and reconsiders: "But not too happy. I'm on a mission."
Int. Atlantic Records studio indoor parking lot, Hollywood – evening
As Skrillex exits the car, he runs into Craig Kallman, Atlantic's CEO. He pulls Skrillex aside and says he's received a number of calls inquiring into the possibility of Skrillex doing a reality show.
"No," Skrillex says firmly.
"What about one of the late-night talk shows? They're all calling for you."
"I don't want to be everywhere," Skrillex grumbles. "I barely want to be anywhere."
So why is it that Skrillex avoids publicity? Because he wants to retain some semblance of a normal life? Or wants to remain relatively underground and credible?
All that may be true. But there is a much bigger reason: He's worried you'll judge him. Sure, he was touring the world in a rock band at 16, but that excitement was tempered by serious acne, which hamstrung his social life. "I used to hide my face with my hair all the time," he admits. "That's why I have long hair."
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He goes quiet again. "But I won't lie: That's why I don't like to be in the spotlight and in the press. I don't like to see myself."
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When your parent is a musician, you start out with some serious influences. In addition to Jack Skuller's dad being one, there was also Patti Smith, Bob Dylan and The Beatles. They were all regularly played as Jack was growing up (and still are). The singer-songwriter, who started singing at around eight, picked up a guitar so he could accompany himself around ten, and won a New Jersey talent contest at 13, shortly before he regularly started playing shows with a band in New York and Los Angeles.
Now 16, Skuller plays regularly at New York's Living Room and other places around town, recently finished an EP with Mayday Parade producers Zach Odom and Kenneth Mount, and is now focused on building his online fan base. "I was little concerned about the EP, because they're pop and I'm much more rock, but they really brought out the energy in my songs. We were in the studio together, trying to figure out how it was going to work, and it turned out to be really liberating," Jack shared in a recent phone interview. Learner's Permit, the EP is full of Skuller originals, mostly written in his room. "I write as much as I can, every day."
As for the EP title, he does not yet have his driver's license, "S is down on the alphabetical list, so I have to wait at least six more months," he explained. But if you ask us, a produced EP and regular NYC and LA gigs might be a little better than a permit right now, even if he can't take the wheel of the tour bus just yet.
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Friedman's: A joyful return home
Published: Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 10:07 a.m.
When their 78,000-square-foot home improvement store opens in late 2013 as the anchor tenant in the Deer Creek Village Shopping Center on North McDowell, it will be a long anticipated homecoming for Friedman's Home Improvement, which debuted its first store 66 years ago on East Washington Street.
Friedman's Home Improvement Timeline
1946: Joe and Benny Friedman return home from the war, purchase a junkyard in Petaluma and open their first store. Their younger brother, Harry, joins them
1963: Benny and Joe incorporate the business as Friedman Bros. Hardware
1970: Santa Rosa store opens - the largest hardware and building materials store in Sonoma County
1976: Petaluma store closes
1985: Benny and Joe retire, transferring their interest to Harry and Benny's son, Bill
1993: Sonoma store opens
1996: Ukiah store opens
1999: Bill Friedman becomes sole owner of Friedman's Home Improvement
2000: Harry Friedman retires
2004: Bill's son, Barry, joins the company
2013: Petaluma store opens
"It has been a family dream to come back to Petaluma," said company president Bill Friedman. "After a long journey to get here we are very excited to be returning to our roots."
The Petaluma store represents the cumulative knowledge and experience of three generations of savvy and hardworking businessmen that began in 1946.
Upon returning home from World War II, Bill Friedman's father, Benny, and his uncle, Joe, used $4,000 that they had saved from their army pay to buy a junkyard on the Petaluma River. The site included warehouse space and a 3,000-square-foot building that became the first Friedman Brothers store.
The brothers had a keen eye for seeing the value in salvaged materials that others overlooked. In 1970, a second store opened on Santa Rosa Avenue, directly across the street from where the boys had grown up.
With both stores thriving, the company had no plans for major changes until they got some devastating news about their Petaluma store. The insurance company determined that the buildings were too dangerous to insure. The river had eaten away under them and the property owner didn't want to put money into repairing the deteriorating structures.
"Leaving Petaluma in 1976 was the hardest family decision we ever made. I remember as a little kid seeing the sign posted on the store, 'Closed but we will be back,'" said Bill Friedman.
At that same time, the brothers bought a piece of property on Redwood Highway with a new store in mind, hoping that their time without a presence in Petaluma would be short-lived. A sign posted on the property said "Future Home of Friedman Brothers."
However, the booming Santa Rosa store required all their attention. "We were so busy that we added on twice. My dad didn't want to take his eye off the ball there; he wanted to have the single best store in the county."
The two founding brothers retired in 1985 and transferred their interests in the company to their younger brother, Harry, and Benny's son, Bill. Under Harry's leadership, the company expanded, adding stores in Sonoma and Ukiah.
Harry, 84, retired in 2000 and is the only one of the siblings still living. Bill Friedman's son and vice president of operations, Barry Friedman, "unofficially started with the company when he was 8 years old and officially started in 2004."
Even during the 36 years that Friedman's didn't have a store in Petaluma, they maintained a connection to the community, supporting numerous local nonprofits including Committee on the Shelterless, Petaluma Educational Foundation and the Veterans Day Parade. "Our giving comes from the heart," said Bill Friedman. "My father taught me that you always take care of the community that has been so good to you."
The company never lost sight of its desire to return to Petaluma. Bill Friedman said that the city was always supportive but finding a suitable location was problematic. "We vetted every available site in Petaluma. Now we have found a home."
And they want to make that home, set to open in late 2013, a sort of "flagship" store, where Friedman's takes the best aspects of its current three stores and combines them with new features inspired by concepts staff has seen in other stores around the country.
"You can buy a hammer anywhere," says Barry Friedman, so the goal in their new store is to "provide customers a unique shopping experience."
That experience will include two 35 by 36 foot "living walls" at the front corners of the building that will be covered in plants.
In addition, the Petaluma store will likely feature a larger offering of agricultural tools to meet the needs of the Petaluma market.
His father adds, "We've traveled all over the country, learning from other operations and we've looked at the things we do best in our three stores and we're bringing it all to Petaluma."
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(NEW YORK, NY) – Today Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) joined with leading human rights advocates and a prominent member of the clergy to protest the draconian "Anti-Homosexuality Law" proposed in the Ugandan parliament. Immediately following the protest held outside the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations in Manhattan, Congresswoman Maloney delivered a letter to the Mission requesting that representatives of the Ugandan government meet with human rights advocates to discuss the depth and breadth of international opposition to the measure. She was joined at today's news conference by representatives of leading human rights organizations, including Immigration Equality, the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Watch, and Human Rights First, as well as the Reverend Dr. Eugene Callender, former longtime pastor at St. James Presbyterian Church, Manhattan's oldest African-American Presbyterian Church, who attended Thursday's Congressional Prayer Breakfast at which President Barack Obama denounced Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act.
At the news conference, Representative Carolyn Maloney said, "The officially sanctioned bigotry in this bill is profoundly disturbing. It constitutes a gross violation of the universal values of individual liberty and human rights. Such a measure goes far beyond ugliness and ignorance: it is hate in its rawest form, and it has no place in the laws of any nation."
The proposed legislation would subject those convicted of engaging in "any form of sexual relations between persons of the same sex" to criminal sanctions punishable by a minimum of seven years in prison and, in cases of so-called "serial offenders" and HIV positive individuals, death. Among its many offensive and dangerous provisions, the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2009 would force individuals to reveal the whereabouts of gays and lesbians to the police or face prosecution, establish extra-territorial jurisdiction to prosecute lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) Ugandans living abroad, criminalize LGBT advocacy, and limit the distribution of information on HIV prevention.
Joining Representative Maloney at today's news conference were leading human rights advocates. Among them were Rachel Tiven, Executive Director of Immigration Equality, who said, "Every day, Immigration Equality hears from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the globe who have been persecuted, stigmatized and subjected to unspeakable violence simply because of who they are. In the past year, we have won more than 75 asylum cases for LGBT people from around the world. We are proud to stand with Congresswoman Maloney and call on the United Nations, and the United States, to take an unmistakable stand against the continued persecution happening in Uganda. No one should be driven from their home because of who they are."
"If passed, this bill will become a tool used not only to arrest and persecute LGBT people, but to attack their friends, family and supporters," said Jessica Stern of the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). "As members of a global movement for human rights, we cannot accept anything less than the complete dismissal of the bill," he added.
Paul LeGendre, Director of the Fighting Discrimination Program at Human Rights First, said, "The Anti-Homosexuality Bill represents one of the harshest discriminatory measures ever proposed in any country. This bill would have disastrous effects for gay men and women in Uganda, would aggravate an already alarming trend of criminalization of homosexuality across Africa, and could spur Ugandan homosexuals to flee this persecution by attempting to seek refuge outside of the country. The international community must continue to voice its concern to the Ugandan authorities until the text of this bill is shredded and removed from consideration."
"This is a threat to every Ugandan's privacy, dignity, and basic freedoms," said Scott Long, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. "Uganda's government must remember that universal human rights don't come with exceptions."
Following is a copy of the letter presented by Congresswoman Maloney to officials of the Ugandan Mission to the United Nations today.
February 8, 2010
Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Republic of Uganda
Uganda House
336 East 45th Street
New York, New York 10017
Dear Dr. Rugunda,
I write today to request that you, as a representative of the government of the Republic of Uganda, meet with human rights activists to discuss the Anti-Homosexuality Act currently under consideration by the Ugandan Parliament. The international community has united in overwhelming opposition to this hateful, narrow-minded legislation, and we respectfully request the opportunity to convey the depth and breath of antipathy to this proposed measure. It constitutes an affront to the universal values of individual liberty and human rights and has no place in the laws of any nation.
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I look forward to your response. I hope you will do all you can to put a halt to this hateful expression of bigotry.
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"Now is the time to enact the FairTax...which would create a fairer, simpler tax code that allows every American the freedom to determine his or her own priorities and opportunities." - Senator Saxby Chambliss
Americans deserve a simpler, fairer tax code
By Senator Saxby Chambliss
Congress has adjusted and changed the current federal tax
code many times over the years. Yet every April 15, Americans are reminded that
the current code continues to be unfair and excessively complex. We should end
the IRS as we know it and replace the present tax system with one that is
simple, fair, consistent and honest.
When I travel around Georgia, one of the key issues folks talk about is the
need for a fair tax system. Every year, I introduce legislation in the U.S.
Senate called the FairTax. It would create a simpler tax code that allows every
American the freedom to determine his or her own priorities and opportunities.
I am proud to lead the Senate's effort on this measure.
The FairTax would eliminate all federal income and payroll
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The more you spend, the more you pay.
Taxes would be collected the same way sales taxes are collected today: consumers pay whenever they buy a first-time good or service. The seller
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stimulus to our economy over 10 years.
I believe we have a real opportunity to make April 15 just another day if we
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San Antonio Neighborhoods
Uptown Central
One of the most popular areas to live in, Uptown Central includes some of the most upscale neighborhoods in San Antonio. It is generally considered to be in the Northside of San Antonio and is also home to some of the best restaurants and shops in town.
Midtown is much like what it sounds - the heart of San Antonio. Centrally located, it includes nine distinct neighborhoods that have some of the oldest houses in the city. The architecture and historical significance of many of Midtown's neighborhoods and buildings is a highlight of this area.
North Central
The North Central area of San Antonio is truly what it sounds like -- a series of neighborhoods on the Northside that are still centrally located, between three of the biggest and busiest highways in the city. Getting to and from this area is easy and it has some of the most sought-after zip codes in San Antonio due to the good schools in the area.
The Southeast area has some of the oldest and most storied neighborhoods in San Antonio including Pecan Valley, which is home to a world-class golf course. The cost of housing in this area is very affordable compared to other areas and it is very family-oriented.
Far Northwest
Some of the most sought-after (and pricey!) San Antonio suburbs are in the Far Northwest section. Many new homes are still being built in and around these neighborhoods as the city continues to grow and move northward.
Far Northeast
The Far Northeast area is not actually neighborhoods so much as they are actual incorporated cities that are considered suburbs of San Antonio.