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Oral History Program Grace Hall Walling Interviewed by Marci Farr 28 July 2008 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Grace Hall Walling Interviewed by Marci Farr 28 July 2008 Copyright © 2009 by Weber State University, Stewart Library Mission Statement The Oral History Program of the Stewart Library was created to preserve the institutional history of Weber State University and the Davis, Ogden and Weber County communities. By conducting carefully researched, recorded, and transcribed interviews, the Oral History Program creates archival oral histories intended for the widest possible use. Interviews are conducted with the goal of eliciting from each participant a full and accurate account of events. The interviews are transcribed, edited for accuracy and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewees (as available), who are encouraged to augment or correct their spoken words. The reviewed and corrected transcripts are indexed, printed, and bound with photographs and illustrative materials as available. Archival copies are placed in Special Collections. The Stewart Library also houses the original recording so researchers can gain a sense of the interviewee's voice and intonations. Project Description The Dee School of Nursing was founded in 1910 to provide training for nurses who would staff the new Dee Memorial Hospital. The first class of eight nurses graduated from the school in 1913 and the school continued to operate until 1955, with a total of more than 700 graduates. A new nursing school and home located just east of the hospital was completed in 1917 and all nursing students were required to live in the home during their training. This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the school's alumni before their stories disappear in the same way the Dee Hospital has disappeared. The oral interviews focus on how the women became involved with the school, their experiences going through training, and how they used the training. ____________________________________ Oral history is a method of collecting historical information through recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account. It reflects personal opinion offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ____________________________________ Rights Management Special Collections All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to the Stewart Library of Weber State University. No part of the manuscript may be published without the written permission of the University Librarian. Requests for permission to publish should be addressed to the Administration Office, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 84408. The request should include identification of the specific item and identification of the user. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: Grace Hall Walling, an oral history by Marci Farr, 28 July 2008, WSU Stewart Library Oral History Program, Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. iii Annie Jesse Hall Aunt of Grace Walling 1913 Dorothea Allen Hall Mother of Grace Walling Graduation Photo Class of 1917 Dorothea Allen Hall Outside of Dee Nurse's Home Dorothea Allen Hall & Intern Dee Nurse's Home 1916 Nurses and Intern Class of 1917 Dee Hospital 1 Abstract: This is an oral history interview with Grace Hall Walling. It was conducted July 28, 2008 and concerns her recollections of her mother, Dorothea Allen Hall, her aunt, Annie Jessie Hall and the Dee School of Nursing. The interviewer is Marci Farr. MF: This is Marci Farr interviewing Grace Walling about her aunt Jessie Hall and mother, Dorothea Allen Hall, on July 28, 2008 at her home in Ogden. Tell us a little bit about your aunt. GW: My Aunt was Miss Annie Jessie Hall. She was born in Pleasant View. Her parents had come over from England and she was the first child born to them when they got to Utah. Her life was very interesting. She did so many things that women weren't allowed to do or were afraid to do. She never married. She had a lot of beaus though. They all liked her energy, her versatility. One thing she did was she went to St. Mark's Hospital to become a nurse; she used that profession most of her life until she got very old and could not. But her energy carried over to the family in every way possible, sometimes she was too annoying because she took charge. Because of that ability and self confidence she held many top jobs for the time frame in which she lived in. One of them was with the Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital in Ogden where she was supervisor of nursing and the nursing school. This is how she met my mother and my mother attended the nursing school at the Dee Hospital. My aunt decided she wanted her baby brother to marry this young lady that was in the nursing school. There was a lot going on in that time but Annie Jessie was very interested in furthering the profession of women in nursing and also being very nitpicky 2 about cleanliness. It seemed to be her middle name most of her life. And especially with the nursing and the hospital. My mother would relate these stories about how everything had to be cleaned twice, you had to wash it down, you had to take care of this, you had to take care of that and the nursing profession then was not as well versed in sanitation. They actually were trained to be bedside nurses and patients did not get out of bed no matter what their problem was so they were fed in bed, they were bathed in bed, and this was the job of the nurses. Some interesting stories were of the nurses trying to get around Miss Hall as she was properly addressed, there was so many different situations where the nurses were faster or did it when Miss Hall was not on the floor. It seemed like the whole atmosphere was to train these women to be very successful and have a profession which was more than being married and having children and doing the house chores. So Aunt Annie, Miss Hall, was always pushing this cleanliness and the nurses, being the young girls that they were, they were not real happy about this kind of being hog tied and directed and checked on. My mother was kind of a renegade and so whenever there was a way to get around this lady, Miss Hall, before my mother became her sister-in-law, they had little tricks. The girls were not paid a lot but they got their board and their room so they ate at the hospital and then their homes the Dee family either rented or owned around the city. This is where they would sleep and have their friends over. And, of course, the hospital and the doctors all liked to interact because when they were not in the operating room or on the floors or treating 3 patients, there was time for them to socialize with the nurses…the nurses were not to be married until after they had finished their training but there were exceptions as some were secretly married. And the Nurses bonded with each other and this became a lifetime thing in the nursing profession. They stayed together, had their yearly reunions, most of them stayed in the area so they all participated and kept track of each other. I was fortunate as a daughter to be part of this because I didn't leave home early. During World War I, Aunt Annie volunteered and went overseas as a nurse. She was in charge of a field hospital in Brest, France. She was decorated and acknowledged by the President of the United States for this. Also in the Second World War, because she had had these accolades, she was put on a very secret job here in the State of Utah. It was as an advisor and kind of like a secret homeland spy. She was to be very aware of the communities in Salt Lake and Ogden and report whatever she saw. Because this was World War II, I was a much older person and my father said, "Now Aunt Annie has a secret and we have to keep it quiet, but if anything happens to her during the war, I have to take over her estate and take care of all the arrangements." She not only was in World War I but she also was involved in World War II and had a very lovely letter from our President during the war time acknowledging her work and her reporting and her observations of strangers and what was going on, were we in danger, was this person a terrorist, those kinds of things. But it had to be kept secret because we didn't want to blow her cover. 4 After she wasn't working in the nursing profession at hospitals, she then took on private duty nursing. She would move in and take care of elderly ladies whose family had a lot of money and the family couldn't control them. They wouldn't take their medicines so Aunt Annie would move into their homes as a private, sort of caretaker, and give shots and regulate their medications and see that they were fed. Most of them were extremely wealthy. One way they paid her back sometimes was with treasures. I have some of those treasures that she received as extra gifts above her salary. That has made Aunt Annie a part of my life always, as long as she lived. SL: How long was Annie in charge of the school of nursing at Thomas Dee? GW: I think until she went to the First World War. MF: So about 1914? GW: That would be about the time frame. There was a lot of consternation from her family…where were the nurses going? I am not sure if she went for any initial training, whether it was to a military fort somewhere in the United States and then shipped out overseas. MF: The nurses went to New York. SL: Yes. MF: First or second class that the nurses in World War I went…they went to New York first. GW: That rings a bell when you say New York. Now whether there was any pre-training, because they had to get uniforms from somewhere. We had the picture of one of the ladies, now who she was in connection with Miss Hall I have no 5 idea. She might have been someone that worked with Miss Hall in France because they have the same uniform but it was a very trying time for the whole family. Her stories about her time in France…it was pathetic because the French people were so poor and their country was being ravaged. Annie didn't speak French, very few nurses or soldiers did. The mud was one of the things, because it rained so much at Brest, France, where she was stationed. Evidently this hospital was mostly tents and the ground around them became a mud bog. They would have to walk through this. They finally got a few boards and put them down and tried to make a walkway. The local people would come; they would keep asking for food, and Miss Hall's little story about this one lady…she came everyday and she would say, "Pain, pain," and she would rub her stomach. And Aunt Annie would send her off with Aspirin. The French word "pain" is for bread. So Aunt Annie was sending her off with medicine when she wanted food. There was always the problem with sinking the mud over your shoe tops and it was hard to keep clean. The clean thing was a big thing for Annie. Still mud, mud, mud…and the poorness. They evidently were given some leave time and she would go into Paris, however she got there, with conveyance maybe on a truck that had troops going in for supplies or something. Then she would shop. She brought home wonderful things to keep. As she grew older she would very gingerly separate herself from these treasures and give them to nieces and family members. I was able to acquire some very lovely things from her time in France. Her attitude was 6 never defeated. She was never depressed at any time in her life. Everything was positive and everything was can do. If you want to do this you can do it. This was some of the training she instilled in whoever she worked for or worked with. Aunt Annie was very special and a big part in my life. MF: Was she there until the end of the war? When did she come back from France? GW: I am not sure but she must have been there through the war so that would have been 1917-18, that time frame. She was successful in getting my mother and her baby brother together. My father tried to enlist and they wouldn't take him, he was too thin, he had a deferment because of his size. He was six feet tall and very, very thin. So he went to Seattle and there he worked in the shipyards. He had never worked on metal before, he had worked on wood with his dad. So the metal was a complete new type of training, fortunately he got very lonely up there by himself, he kept writing home to my mother and his folks so finally mother broke down and went up and married him in Seattle, Washington. Then Aunt Annie was happy. She had her little brother married to this very special nurse. Aunt Annie's life continued with many, many adventures. She really was not a great cook; she was even a worse driver. Sorry Aunt Annie, I am telling the sad side of your life now. But through it all she really was like the matriarch of the family. Her nieces and nephews all benefited from that. And I think women in her company also benefited. Did you have anymore questions? MF: Now when did she retire? In the '50's? GW: She didn't actually retire from nursing then because in the '30's and '40's she was at other hospitals. She went back and did nursing at St. Mark's again. She 7 was also at the county hospital in Salt Lake City. She went to Bozeman, Montana, and was in charge (up there) at their hospital. She just was in nursing somewhere before it got harder and harder for her physically to keep doing the floor work and the cleaning, insisting, and of course nurses then did a lot of charting. They spent hours and hours on charts. So as that got harder for her to do that is when she opted out. MF: That is when she did the private duty. GW: Her private duty then probably started, I am trying to think back, probably in the late '40's and '50's, only the last two and a half years of her life, was she not in private duty nursing and housekeeping which wasn't her forte either. I had the privilege of living with her when I was going to the University of Utah because her home was in Salt Lake City. She set the kitchen on fire one day when I was at school. She put the bacon fat on to melt so she could clean the pan and then went outside to do yard work and visited. The pan caught fire and the fire department came. MF: Oh that is not good. GW: So as I said, her cooking, housekeeping, and driving were not good but everything else she took incredible charge of. SL: How did the girls react to her being the house mom? GW: She wasn't really a house mother. SL: She wasn't? GW: No because I don't believe that the… MF: Oh because the house wasn't there yet. 8 GW: Well, I don't think the nurses had her in their homes because she was the supervisor. I think she lived separately in other homes because my mother's father and stepmother rented rooms to the nurses in their home up 25th street. And then while Aunt Annie was still at the Dee and my folks had returned from Seattle married, she moved in with them which wasn't the best. The personalities were confrontational let us say. So she was still working all those years but not living at a hospital. To my knowledge, she never was a housemother. There were other graduate nurses that lived with the student nurses in the homes. Then my mothers stories start to blend in with Annie's because of the close connection there. SL: Let's start talking about your mom. GW: Okay. SL: When did she enter into this program? GW: She went in…the pin says 1916. Now I don't know if these pins were given to them when she entered the school or whether it was upon graduation. MF: I think it would have been graduation. GW: It was graduation. So she would have gone in then and she had almost a year because of the typhoid. She had two bad bouts with that. I think the class she started with would have been three years so that would have been fourteen… MF: 1913. GW: Thirteen…fourteen…and then she graduated in 1916. But she had a year off. There was a very large recuperative period but she did graduate before she got married because married nurses were frowned upon…I don't know if the hospital 9 turned blind eye if they thought they were married or if they discharged the person from the program…I am not sure. But of course, my mother was not married then. The stories of trying to keep ahead of Annie, Miss Hall, and trying to have some fun, which most of them really wanted to do. The story about the infamous jell-o which you could bounce off the wall, you couldn't cut, it was more like a rubber ball than it was jell-o and it was served at every meal. The food was probably hospital food that the patients got. Hospitals have been notorious through the centuries for so-so food. I may get my house burned down if this becomes public…telling these dreadful tales. I had a cute tale about my mother and Aunt Annie and the girls in the hospital on night duty. When the hospital quieted down at night there isn't a lot to do and when you get your charting all done the girls are just there. They said, "Oh gosh, we are so hungry, can't we make some fudge?" So sure enough, out came the pots and out came the ingredients and they stirred it up. All of a sudden they hear clunk, clunk, clunk coming down the hall. The alert goes out and it was like a string with two cups they sent messages to each other by knocking on the walls or the floors and it was Miss Hall. She was on her night do about. She may have had a room at the hospital. Boy, what do you do with the pan of fudge? Hide it. So here was this hot pan of fudge, it wasn't quite ready so my mother grabbed it up and ran down to the next room that had a bed in it. Of course, the beds had springs and she put the pan between the springs and the mattress. Of course, it tipped over and spilled onto the floor. There was no way to clean it up. Miss Hall was there and I am sure there were some words 10 spoken and some extra duty like a military…you pay for your mistakes with extra duty. They also had parties, sometimes at the houses where they were housed and sometimes in the hospital. I think they had as good of time as you could, being a working girl. There were these uniforms that they had to wear that were starched and long and white and any spot on them you couldn't get them off. You had to either cover them up with another apron, a partial apron, or you had to go change your uniforms. This was probably a constant problem. In a hospital you don't wear long dresses to your ankles in the heat of summer, of course, there was no air conditioning then and those hospital rooms could get very, very hot. But the nurses were as starched as they could be under the circumstances and under the work they did. My mother was sent off to St. Louis, I am sure the hospital paid for it, to study what was called Swedish massage. She had that knowledge and she never got paid for it but she could give the most wonderful massages. It was a very soothing, healing type medicine that very few people knew about. The hospital also sent Aunt Annie back to, I think, Chicago to become an anesthesiologist. For a woman, this was almost unheard of. I think she was the only woman in the class. To say that name when I was a child was very difficult, you got your tongue all tied up. My mother, being a registered nurse all my life, I would take in any child that got injured while we were playing or on the street, I would drag them, usually kicking and screaming, to my mother and say, "Mother! This is my mother, she is a nurse." There was lots of healing in our home as I 11 grew up to. I felt she was the proper one, just send them off to their mothers…no, their mothers didn't know how to be a nurse and my mother did. There was always this thought in my mind that I was very fortunate to have her in my life and Aunt Annie, Miss Hall, in my life. The nurses at the hospital and the hospital staff and the doctors that stayed in the city all stayed in touch or knew about each other always. A lot of these nurses through my lifetime would meet. My mother had a group of about twelve that were in the class she was in. They got together regularly, several times a year, and they were all like mothers to me when I came along. I came along fifteen years after my folks were married so there was a big difference but I was born in the Dee hospital and my son thirty years later was born at the hospital and now my son is studying to be a male nurse. MF: What made your mom decide to go to the Dee Hospital? GW: Well her life was difficult because her mother died when my mother was nine years old here in Ogden. I am named for my grandmother, Grace. She is the lady over the fireplace, I have an oil painting of her. She insisted that her husband send the two daughters back to the family in New York because these were wild people out here in Utah and the schooling wasn't nearly as good. My mother went to the Madison school one year. When their mother died, my grandfather sent the daughters back east. They were like indentured servants because there was no money for them to pay the families that took them in. So it was a hard life. 12 In the summertime, because my grandfather worked on the railroad he would have a pass, and he would bring the girls for short visits in Utah. Grandfather remarried and the new stepmother really did not like my mother at all. She made it very difficult for my mother. So because my mother was indentured and her lifestyle with family in the east was not that wonderful she got here and could see that the hospital would feed her and give her a place to live so she didn't have to live with the stepmother and her dad and then give her a profession. So it was a very easy decision. That is why the nurses became my mother's family. My step-grandmother was very happy to not have her in the house. She would rather rent it to the other nurses rather than give it to this stepdaughter who was not her favorite person. As soon as I came along then I had a grandmother. She was fabulous all my life. She was about twenty-three years younger than my grandfather so she lived a lot longer than he did. So my mother chose a lifestyle that suited her very well. My mother was very organized. She was a good worker. She was a good cook. Of course, she liked to clean. Then she had this mentor of a sister-in-law. Their life here, as the years went on, got very, very much easier. Things became much nicer. My dad loved it in Utah so he never wanted to leave. They did things that time-wise was very unusual traveling, when people didn't travel. Transportation was very iffy. My mother and my dad worked with family on the farm in North Ogden but then he had his work in town here so…one of it was working with a gentleman called Mr. Binford. Mr. Binford was in the Ford dealership with Mr. Wattis. When 13 Mr. Binford sold his half of the Ford dealership, my dad worked for the Wattis- Kemble Ford dealership. Mr. Binford hired my mother and sometimes Miss Hall to be in his caravan going back and forth to Los Angeles over the desert. The model A's and the model T's that my father sold and repaired were the way they got there. Nothing to do with nursing other than Mr. Binford paid my mother and Aunt Annie went along because she could take charge of Mr. Binford. Mr. Binford was a very difficult man. My mother could do the driving as well as whatever medical nursing that they needed. That was a tie in there with my mother's private duty. My mother really didn't do the private duty nursing or the hospital nursing that Miss Hall did in her life. The stories through my life were from all these wonderful nursing mothers that I had the privilege of associating with. They would get together and have parties and luncheons and picnics and little trips like up to South Fork and go at six o'clock in the morning. They were all early risers. Then they would have a cookout, a big breakfast, and I got to go. Over the years they became just like little mothers to me, very special people. MF: That is good. Is that the picture that was in the envelope, with all the nurses? GW: Some of the nurses yes. MF: Some of those were your mom's friends? GW: Oh yes, those were all the nurses. Yes, that was the group that got together. They usually got together at each others homes but every so often they would go on these jaunts while they were in nurses training and then afterwards they would get together with even some of the doctors and their wives and go 14 swimming out at Salt Aire or up to the Hot Springs there at Pleasant View and have parties, some of them were quite daring, you actually showed a leg in bathing suits. The nursing community, because of the Dee Hospital and the nursing program bringing in doctors, letting them do their residencies and staying in the Ogden community and having their private practice and still staying connected with the Thomas D. Dee Hospital. MF: Did your mom know any of the Dee family? Was she associated with any or did she know any of them? GW: Knew them as who they were but there was no…they were nurses and employees and the Dee family were above that. So the nurses and some of the doctors were all very good friends and Dr. Seidner was one of those doctors and he was our family doctor. I adored that man. He is the reason that I am here today because my mother didn't carry children well. That is why the fifteen years after they were married. Finally my mother went to him and said, "I think I am pregnant." And he said, "Good. I want you to have this baby. We are going to have this baby together now, you hang in there." And so I did. And then, of course, he was our family doctor. He also left and volunteered during the Second World War. He went off as a doctor. I was very ill and they said I had to have an operation and I said, "No, no no. I am not going to have that operation. Dr. Seidner has to come home and take care of me." My mother said, "Well, he can't dear. But we will call him and you can talk to him on the phone." Which I did. I think he was somewhere in Washington D. C. or New York City or somewhere, one of the hospitals there, probably the military hospital. He said, 15 "Now, young lady…," I think I was seven, "young lady…you behave yourself." Mother told him what the situation was and he said, "Yes, now you go ahead and have that done and you will be fine. I will be home and see you and you will be well." So I went along with the operation after Dr. Seidner…bless his heart. Those were just little thoughts of my family and how the hospital contributed to my life and the communities life and the individuals that had some part of…in fact, my mother and one other nurse were the ones that designed the cap for the Dee Hospital staff nurses. They did quite a bit of research because there were all sorts all across the country and mother had seen them when she had gone for her training in St. Louis, some of them were quite large and floppy, some of them looked like hats that chefs would have worn and mother said, "No, no, no we want to find something very simple, very easy because we have to keep washing these and starching them and ironing them." So they came up with a base design and then the decoration was the black band across the top. I think…nurses don't wear those anymore. In fact, they don't wear uniforms…they wear scrubs with pattern tops. You knew the nurse, now you are not sure if it is a visitor at the hospital or if it is an aide or if it is a registered nurse that is coming in to your room. They don't have any distinguishing or uniform appearance on the floors in the hospital now…good or bad. MF: Did you have anything else? SL: I want the story about Annie and your mom going up the canyon. GW: Oh, okay. This was probably when Aunt Annie was living with my mother. My mother was driving the car, which Annie did occasionally but nobody trusted her, 16 she was a hazard on the highway, her whole entire life she was a hazard on the highway. So they were driving up Ogden Canyon at the mouth and they could see an automobile turned over on its top and so mother stopped and the two nurses ran up to see what they could do and they found that there was a man trapped under his car and his legs were sticking out so the girls tried to get the car lifted off of him a little bit but they couldn't. The car was heavier than they could handle. Aunt Annie said, "Just grab a leg and we will pull him out." Each of the girls grabbed one of his legs and started pulling and the leg came right off in Aunt Annie's hands. She was shocked. And my mother said, "Oh! You have cut off his leg." And Aunt Annie said, "No, I think he has a false one." Whatever happened to the man and his leg…the story never continued past my mother's version of Aunt Annie dragging the man out by a wooden leg that didn't stay attached. MF: That is a great story. GW: So there were some pictures in there of the nurses in costumes. That was a big thing back in that day. You had costume parties theme costume parties and you got silly in a lot of them with what you could find or what you could put on your face or what you could put on your head. They usually did it with their friends that weren't in the profession…boyfriends, and dates, and things like this. MF: Thank you for letting us come interview you and learn more about your mom and Aunt Annie.
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Re: [EastAsia] AUSTRALIA/INDIA Uranium business angle/reactions
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out (I'm assuming) smaller players. What do Peninsula, Bannerman, TUC,
Toro do? not uranium?
a common stock trade for mergers is to bet against (short) the acquirer
and invest (long) the target.
On 11/15/11 5:16 PM, Lena Bell wrote:
Mel, this might be of interest to STRATCAP (?) as well as EA team.
The likely overturn of Australia's ban of uranium sales to India - if
Gillard can't persuade the Labor caucus, Abbott will have no such
troubles with his own party should he win in 2013 - sent shares in a
number of uranium players northwards as investors bet that this doesn't
just increase the market they can sell to, but also the pool of
acquirers. Peninsula Energy, Bannerman Resources, TUC Resources and Toro
Energy all surged between 10 and 20 per cent as the market began to
consider new takeover possibilities. The idea of Indian players looking
at Australian uranium explorers to meet the country's rapidly growing
energy needs is hardly a stretch given the interest from Indian
companies in Australian coal, further underlined by Bandanna Energy's
just announced alliance with India's Adani Group.
Somewhat ironically, the two actual uranium producers struggled by
comparison, with Paladin Energy rising 3.1 per cent while Energy
Resources of Australia, the world's fourth largest producer, which is
majority owned by Rio Tinto, actually fell 1.7 per cent. Although those
share performances can be attributed to internal issues.
Rio Tinto, Hathor Exploration, Ivanhoe Mines
The fact that Australia would hardly act alone as a uranium supplier to
India was brought home (overnight Oz time) with news from Canada that
Rio Tinto has a fight on its hands to secure uranium hopeful Hathor
Exploration. Canada is one of India's existing uranium suppliers and
rival Rio bidder Cameco increased its offer by 20 per cent to $C625
million ($600 million), or $C4.50 cash per share. This puts it well
ahead of Rio's $C578 million and puts to bed the notion that Cameco
doesn't have the ticker to take Hathor without Rio's help. In fact it
has $C1.2 billion on its balance sheet. A joint bid remains a
possibility, however.
Still in Canada, and arbitration hearings between Rio and Ivanhoe Mines
over the shareholder rights plan apparently designed to hinder the
Australian giant's advances has been concluded. A verdict on the matter
is expected within a few weeks and it's pretty much the last outstanding
issue that Rio would have before a clause preventing it from taking a
controlling stake in Ivanhoe expires in January. Of course, the target
is the $US10 billion Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia.
The Australian newspaper today is also reporting that Gillard's uranium
decision was made to coincide with Obama's visit to Australia, following
months of intense strategic discussions between officials about
India.She is denying this of course (surprise, surprise).
Australian policy wonks/IR think tanks have also been pushing for a
formal trilateral dialogue between US, Australia, India. In recent years
we've seen plenty of bilateral security dialogues and declarations:
Australia-Japan (2007), Japan- India (2008), Australia-India (2009), and
Australia-South Korea (2010). But many argue that a US-Australia-India
trilateral dialogue would complement the new US-Japan-India trilateral
dialogue, and of course the ongoing US-Japan-Australia dialogue.
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The 8th edition of MITO SettembreMusica was held from September 4-21. See you at next year's edition
JENNA SUNG, winner of the 2013 edition of the Jaques Samuel Pianos Competition, performed at the Fazioli Concert Hall.
Osaka, in Japan, was the host city for the International Jazz day 2014 (April 30th).
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Talented students from the Purcell School (London) and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Glasgow) performed at the Fazioli Concert Hall last February 28th, 2014
Andrea Bacchetti's CD "The Scarlatti Restored Manuscript", recorded at Fazioli Concert Hall, has won an International Classical Music Awards for best Baroque Instrumental CD.
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They are then transferred to an undisclosed location for proper disposal.
The Bradley County Sheriff's Office is located at 2290 Blythe Ave. The CID offices face APD 40 at the Bradley County Judicial Complex.
- A resident of Van Davis Road was arrested and charged with eight counts of reckless endangerment after he allegedly fired a shotgun in the direction of a van carrying eight passengers.
Jonathan Brewer said he was traveling west on Old Georgetown Road when his vehicle was struck by what was later discovered to be was shotgun pellets.
Justin Leach told Bradley County deputy John Davis he had been firing a shotgun at targets at an Old Georgetown Road residence.
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Kevin Red Star, will film a documentary today and Friday at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art.
OWENSBORO, Ky. (2/13/14) – Internationally known artist,The documentary will focus of the history behind the exhibition ART OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN: KEVIN RED STAR AND HIS FRIENDS.
This exhibition at the OMFA celebrates the contributions of contemporary Native Americans to U.S. history and is the first of its kind in the nation.
As Native Americans began to search for new parameters and more cosmopolitan instruction for their gifted and talented youth, the Institute of American Indian Arts opened in 1962 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Young artists, including Red Star and many others represented in this exhibition, went there to study and a new form of artistic expression emerged.
Over the past decade, these artists have given new direction to America's oldest art. This new generation of artists is now part of mainstream international art. The exhibition, representing 22 Native American tribes, was designed to showcase the substantial contribution of the artists.
"Through their unique perspective and vision, they have endowed us with a rich cultural legacy," said OMFA Director Mary Bryan Hood. "The art of the Native American has experienced a renaissance. We are pleased to have shared this tribute to their monumental artistic achievements with our region. This documentary will allow us to share it with the rest of the world."
The exhibition, sponsored by Owensboro Health Regional Hospital and a private patron of Native American art, was curated by Red Star and the OMFA staff. It opened in November and will be on display until Feb. 23 at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, 901 Frederica St.SurfKY News
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Either way, there's no reason why you shouldn't go all out when it comes to showing your patriotism this weekend. While it may be too chilly for the American flag ensemble you wore on the 4th of July or during the Olympics, it's never too chilly for nail art!
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Pressure ulcers are also called bedsores and pressure sores. They can form when muscles and soft tissue press against a surface such as a chair or bed. This pressure cuts off your blood supply to that area. Lack of blood supply can cause the skin tissue in this area to die. When this happens, a pressure ulcer may form.
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I just wanted to pose the question and see what kind of response we got. I was thinking about trying to put together an event for sometime in Mid-January in the Chicagoland area. I have a couple venues in mind and a group of 5 or so players locally but was hoping to attract some more interest from the 'community-at-large'. Possible formats would be traditional joust, melee and joust, or teams. This I was planning to leave up for discussion for anyone interested in playing. Let me know what you think and hopefully we can put together an awesome event sometime in the near future.
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Have a strategy and you won't worry about money.
Everyone has a different definition of wealth. Maybe it's measured in terms of assets, but let's also acknowledge that the wealth of having good health, a happy family and good friends is a bounty that can never be measured monetarily. That said, I propose this definition of wealth: Freedom from worry about money.
Think about it in the context of retirement planning. Everyone has a different definition of how much is 'enough' to keep from wondering if you'll outlive your money and become a bag lady. A survey from a prestigious financial services firm said that 50 percent of women fear being a bag lady. I'm guessing that figure is much higher, maybe as high as 90 percent. It's a fear most women share and I'm among them — the fear of being dependent, alone and impoverished in old age. So I'll share three simple tips to put the concept of retirement 'wealth' in perspective.
The Savage Number
When I wrote my recent book, The Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire?, I came across a simple formula to give an approximation of that number, which has become the focus of the baby boom generation. Read the book for specifics, or go to a certified financial planner, Vanguard, Fidelity or T. Rowe Price to do the Monte Carlo modeling necessary to find your number.
But think of it this way. There's a general agreement that with appropriately diversified investments; you can withdraw about 4 percent of your assets annually and make them last through a 30-year retirement period.
Now these are very rough numbers, but let's assume you need $100,000 a year, after tax, to maintain your current lifestyle. To withdraw that much annually, you'd need savings of about $2.5 million. But wait. If that 'savings' is in a retirement plan, you'll pay taxes upon withdrawal. Thus you'll need about $3.25 million in retirement plan savings to withdraw $100,000 every year and have a pretty good chance you won't outlive your money.
Of course, Social Security will contribute additional money and so will any pension you've earned. Still, that's a lot of money in today's dollars. And that brings up the next issue: the value of your dollar in retirement.
Impact of Inflation
Today we enjoy very modest inflation. There's some worry about future inflation because of all the money created recently by the Federal Reserve. But let's just stick with historical averages. Over the past 70 years, the U.S. has had an average annual inflation rate of 3 percent.
Even at that low rate of inflation, the buying power of your money will be cut in half in just less than 25 years. So your investments will have to more than keep up with inflation. That's the reason you can't simply buy a lifetime annuity with your retirement savings, guaranteeing you a monthly check as long as you live. That check might be enough to cover your expenses now, but will that fixed amount be able to pay for your lifestyle when costs double, simply due to inflation?
Unforeseen Disaster – Long-term Care
While most people fear a stock market crash will devastate their retirement plans, the one thing that could quickly invalidate all your investment planning is the need for long-term custodial care. Medicare or Medicare supplements don't cover it. If you've become almost completely impoverished, state Medicaid programs will put you into one of their nursing homes – a possibility to be devoutly avoided.
Despite all the bad publicity about rising prices of long-term care (LTC) insurance, you owe it to yourself to purchase at least a policy that will cover a portion of your costs – perhaps one to three years of care, for about $200 a day, with some inflation protection. Or you can consider one of the new 'combined' policies that offer both long-term care benefits and a death benefit (or cash value withdrawal) if you don't use the care benefit. You make a one-time cash deposit into the policy, leveraging your dollars to pay for care.
The need for long-term custodial care will become a huge issue in coming years, especially for women. Married? It's likely your spouse will need care first – depleting both family financial resources and your energy as a caregiver. Women alone especially need the resources of finding caregivers that come with an LTC insurance policy.
So there you have it – an honest look at the three factors women need to deal with so they don't wake up in the middle of the night worrying about money. Peace of mind about money. That's my definition of wealth. And that's The Savage Truth.


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On Dec. 6, in Birmingham, Ala., Sanders a former Mississippi Valley State University Track and Field standout, will be inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Association Sports Hall of Fame. Other to be inducted in the Hall of Fame are current Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver (Alcorn State), Hubert O Clemmons (Arkansas-Pine Bluff ), Eugene Doc Harvey (Grambling), Lawrence A. Davis (Arkansas-Pine Bluff), LyVonne LeFlore (Jackson State), Harold Carmichael (Southern) and Willie Norwood (Alcorn State).
"To me, it's a very great honor," Sanders said. "Being in the SWAC Hall of Fame says a lot, especially being from a small town in Shaw. I played high school ball here at Shaw. I played football, ran track, played baseball and did it all.
"Just being able to go in the SWAC and be inducted with some great guys that are already in there, that's a great honor. I respect the committee and also respect the people that nominated me. That says a lot."
Sanders had an outstanding career in track and field at MVSU, mainly known for his distance running in events such as the 880-yard run. He was All SWAC from 1977-80. He was the school's MVP for four consecutive years, earned All-American honors during his career and helped lead the Delta Devils to the National Athletic Intercollegiate Association Championship. His production in track and field allowed him to be inducted in MVSU's Hall of Fame in 1998. During his time at MVSU, Sanders did well in the classroom and majored in Heath and Physical Education.
Sanders has gone on to great things in the coaching profession as he is currently the head boys basketball coach at Wingfield High School. He guided Wingfield to a perfect regular season record and an overall record of 30-1 in the 2009-10 season. Sanders, at one point, led Wingfield to the 5A State Tournament in Jackson in three consecutive and served as head coach of the Mississippi in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Basketball game last year. He has also been an assistant coach in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game. Basketball coach hasn't been the only role has served in at Wingfield. He has also served as girls track coach, boys track coach and assistant on the football team.
Before going to Wingfield, he coached track at Leflore County High School and was an assistant boys basketball coach and coached track at Grenada High School. His track teams at Leflore County won district championships, North State Champions and finished state runner-ups. At Grenada, his girls and boys track teams won district and north state championships with the girls winning three state championships.
Sanders is the brother of Eugene Sanders, who is currently the head football coach at Leland High School. Herman has cherished his relationship with his brother, and he also has a passion for sports.
"I love sports, and I love working with kids," Sanders said. "I love to see kids develop into good athletes. I used sports to get a scholarship, but I also use it to be able to be a role model to our kids. I wanted to go all the way with it and that was instilled in me and Eugene. We're still very close. We just have that competitive edge. "


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Just Joy! Ministries Bible Study
Every Monday, from 09/30/2013 to 11/11/2013, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Just Joy! Ministries will be teaching a weekly Bible Study from the book of Esther at the Genesee ARC Community Center in Batavia beginning Monday, September 30 for 7 weeks, 7-8:30pm. For more information call 585-813-6182.


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18K yellow gold vermeil and sterling silver teardrop pendant necklace with lapis cabochon center detail and engraved circle pattern accents
Measurements: 18½" long with the option to be worn as short as 16½" long, 1¼" pendant drop
Material: 18K yellow gold vermeil, sterling silver, and lapis lazuli
Brand: Anna Beck Jewelry
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Anna Beck Jewelry designer Becky Hosmer creates ultra-modern treasures using ancient techniques she learned in the Far East. Working from her studio in Bali, Hosmer designs stacked and twisted rings, textured drop earrings, disc pendants, and thick, impressed-metal cuffs which are then hand-crafted from gold and silver by local artisans. Anna Beck jewelry pieces and accessories have appeared in dozens of fashion spreads and have won the hearts of many celebrities, including Oprah (who wore the label's gold plated "Lombok" drop earrings) and Mila Kunis (spotted wearing Multi-Drop Chandelier earrings).


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I am a nurse manager getting ready to move to the Nursing Director position (next week!!!!). In addition, my husband is getting ready to graduate from Nursing School!!! I am looking towards Nursing Week in May. Graduation is in May, also. Additionally, one of my resolutions is to have all new Nursing Department employees feel welcome by putting together a "Nurse's Handbook". I want to make mini scrapbooks for Nurse's Week. I believe I want to do too much. The problem is...There are not many kits, etc. for Nurse's and Nursing Assistants. Any help would be appreciated immensely!
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 9:19 am
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Jim looked around the room, noting that everyone seemed to have their focus centered on the mission and the information involved with that. The mission that was being set-up had a military-like precision that interested him.
The people in the room were of many different shapes and sizes, with no particular sway towards one gender or another. Actually, it was odd how many petite young little females there were. Jim doubted their combat utility, but decided to leave such judgements for when people were actually bleeding.
He rested his chin in his hand and rubbed the short stubble thereon. He needed to shave. Or not. Maybe it'd be nice to grow a little goat. As he pondered this, another thought struck him.
"How are we going to get in?"
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a rather shrill voice would proclaim at Jazes question, making even Garrick jump. If the Hunters turned their attention to behind the conference table, they would see a computer station set up, as well as a live video feed flickering across the screen, and a rather disgruntled young woman sitting at the other end, surrounded by screens, wires and various hard drives.
Rubbing a temple, and perhaps feeling a migraine coming on Garrick cut in to explain: I should have mentioned earlier for those of you unacquainted, this is Ellie, and she handles most of the technology for us. Shes part of our ticket inside Shes sitting in on the meeting so she can help me co-ordinate should anything go wrong this evening.
And as she rather, er, succinctly pointed out, youll be split into two teams. One will take care of the vampire management, and the other will evacuate the lapdogs from their holding and out of the building. And youll all be going in undercover. For the first team, youll be private repair consultants coming out to have a look at the computer systems for the building thanks to Ellie theyve been having a lot of problems this week and they need someone to have a look. From these schematics, it would seem that one of the main systems for handling the buildings security measures is located a few floors down from the main offices; its also where theyve been having some trouble but Ellie has yet been unable to break through completely, but weve given them some headaches Hold on.
Moving over to a corner of the room, Garrick quickly returned lugging a huge cardboard box with DISGUISES marked conspicuously on the side in bright red permanent marker and plonked it down with an unceremonious thump on the table. Then, he reached into his pocket and drew out a flashdriver and held it up so the entire room could see.
One or two of you specifically will get escorted to the central systems room youll find a drive point, stick in this driver as inconspicuously as you can and then radio back here, and say Are things looking any better at your end? Then Ill instruct Ellie to get on with her end of the work; her ETA for bringing down the buildings systems should be 3 minutes tops. You will have to get yourselves to the lair office, but Ellie should be able to open and close any doors for you.
The second team will be posing as a catering team for several photo shoots which are scheduled for this evening on the sixth floor. I know its not as glamorous, but that team will have the important job of getting those being kept as cattle out of there. Theyll be frightened and confused when the systems go down, and we know for a fact that Babel has been trying to keep some of them docile. A lot of them will be present at this shoot, but some will still be in the dorm area which is on the floor below. You will need to fetch those cattle as well. Security wont be as tight, since it would be bad appearances on behalf of the host. You see, the photographer orchestrating the shoot is a vamp, so while he may have a bodyguard with him, security will be laxer as a show of trust. Im not saying it makes any sense myself, but this appears to be the situation.
To handle your individual queries, Garrick went on, and pointing to the photo that Anna was holding. The man in those photos is Harry Williams, the head honcho of this operation. Though he has the usual political ties to certain Princes and Princesses, our intell tells us that he and he alone has complete financial and legal power over Babel Media Group, and hes confident enough that no other vampire would try and get in on his niche that hes appointed no obvious successor, and he doesnt appear to have taken on many fledglings in his time either. Part of the beauty of this is that without Williams at the head, the various cogs and wheels will turn in on themselves and in-fighting, and fracture. His customers will only be suspecting one another of having been greedy, creating tensions amongst the Courts. Also, Williams remarkable confidence in his own value means that while there will be some security to deal with, they wont be as armed or as heavy as we might have previously encountered in a vampire compound of this size, but no, I dont have an exact number for you. Youll arrive in separate transports; Team 1 will go through the front door and check in at reception, while Team 2 will enter and exit again through the basement. Ben will be Team 2s driver this evening, and hell pick you up and take you to the evac point. As for Team 1, if you can get down to the basement in time, thats well and good, but there is a good chance things could get hectic so both teams should take copies of the underground schematics in case you have to make your way to the evac point on foot
Garrick took a breath - he had been talking a lot until this point, and he was probably starting to get parched. It was a lot of information to impart.
Now, is there anything else before I hand out the disguises and announce the teams? Or am I still clear?
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Jae Kim had no problems with sticking her tongue out at Jaze and giving him an oh-so-dignified raspberry when Ellie proceeded to berate him over the video link, and settle into some snickering. Its what he got for slacking anyhoo.
The plan was straight-forward, but huge to say the least. Well, it wasnt like they hadnt cased larger places, but this was a pretty co-ordinated operation and she couldnt remember Ellie ever having to help them out live before. Even if it was meant to be much lower security than normal, she didnt like the idea of her or one of her teammates getting isolated and then sucked dry. That idea was pretty well, sucky. Although she couldnt help rolling her eyes when she heard the word disguises. Surely that couldnt end well
So long as what youve got in that there cardboard box approaches tasteful, I think Im good. Im gonna guess that were gonna have to be discreet about well, carrying our vampy-killy equipment? But like, how discreet?
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:16 pm
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Barret ignored Ellie; irritating girl, that one. Competent enough, for sure; Barret probably couldn't do a tenth of what she could with a pocket calculator in five minutes if he had ten years and a supercomputer, but still.
irritating. He watched Garrick warily as the box of costumes was lugged out. Fortunately, both teams had roles he could deal with: service workers were rarely called on to justify themselves, and he'd inevitably look like low-wage labor anyway. Since Anna would presumably be leading the computer center team, he wouldn't be called on to play a part he couldn't. He was generally uncomfortable with the disguises for the mission, though. Neither fiddling around with computers nor motivating catatonic or hysterical pets were tasks he was particularly talented at. Subtlety wasn't his strong suit. But as far as being
Barret spoke up. "Coupla questions. First, for confirmation, Team One is taking down Williams? Is there a specific method for that, or do we just hunt around until we find him? The longer we're in there, the more dangerous this gets, so if we can't get him within about fifteen minutes, we aren't likely to. Second, how are we covering ourselves here? If we just get in, kill a local business honcho, steal a half dozen high-quality cattle, and pull out, we're gonna bring a lot of attention down on the local resistance, specifically those at this table. Is there anyway we could leave some suggestions that this was a raid by another specific vamp, maybe a prince that another Chapter's been having especial trouble with?
And I second Jae: what's the plan for gear? Niamh's bow or Dia's rod would be a little too obvious, of course, but neither team seems to have the ability to hide the level of equipment they'll need. I'm not stashing my piece in no trencher of soup."
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:35 pm
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Jim looked over at the monitor as a lovely voice seemed to chime out of it like the dulcet strains of a harp. Ellie, as she was apparently called, was a new addition that he hadn't met before. Ellie! What a name such as that, as if given and ordained by a Goddess of purity and goodness!
It struck Jim rather curiously that her voice reminded him greatly of his mothers, and that they were indeed quite similar in timber and tone. It was beautiful to him, much in the same way that the mouth of a sea anemone is beautiful to a clownfish. He could tell that he would enjoy working with this lovely lady. And she was talented! So talented as to have already paved the way for their journies. This indeed would be most a most auspicious occasion, and she warranting a most specific investigation indeed.
He looked across the table, stroking his invisible goatee. This was going to be an interesting experience.
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:41 pm
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"Rawr," Jaze muttered under his breath. He had only paraphrased to make sure he had gotten it. He stuck his tongue back out at Jae, who looked so smug. He'd get her later. Ellie, too. Jaze wondered if there was another question he could ask Ellie to get her more shrill; maybe if he annoyed her enough, it would get so high-pitched that only a dog could hear...
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:40 pm
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"So, what happens when the lapdogs don't WANT to be rescued...?"
Diarmuid let the rather loaded question hang in the air for a second. The people around the table would know what he meant...
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:04 pm
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Anna frowned at Diarmuid's question. They had run into this problem before and it was always messy. "Well, you know where I stand on that issue," she said flatly. "If they want to be...
for those creatures, that's their choice and good riddance. The human race doesn't need people like that in the gene pool."
She shifted uncomfortably in her chair. There was a lot about forgiveness and compassion in the Bible that she knew she was ignoring. And probably Jesus wouldn't have left lapdogs in vampiric hands... but he was only a vampire hunter in that one movie. She made a mental note that they all needed to see it, provided they survived this mission.
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Carl sighed quietly as the shrill voiced harpy called Jaze up short. It wasn't the sort of thing you could say anything about though for all some manners would have made her a more pleasant person to work with. He wished he had some biscuits to make his silence less apparent.
Anna's comment was somehow chilling, he'd seen enough people making deals with their own morality not to care for such black and white ideals. Still a part of him felt guilty for not being able to condemn people who were ostensibly traitors.
"Life can be a hard enough road for people," he said to Anna, "Sometimes you have to believe people with power over you are good just to make peace with yourself. It's not something everyone can change in an instant when their situation gets better or worse. Though unfourtunately on a practical level we don't have the force to make people who don't want to come escape with us anyway."
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Tara thought about Carl's comment. It was true, they couldn't go dragging people through the building if they didn't want to come, it would cause the whole mission to crash. She wished she could get them out anyways though. What a horrible fate, to be cattle. What kind of person would
to live like that? It was no life at all! The operation itself seemed simple enough, and she took some courage from that. It didn't
hard - it was all planned out, right? Though there were a million things that could go wrong, and people refusing to come was just one. . .
She cast a glance around the group, hoping for reactions. Jae and Jaze were busy sticking their tongues out at each other - at least someone was having fun in the stressful situation. Jim was staring at the monitor with an odd look on his face, and Tara shook her head. A bunch of crazy ones here. At least they made life interesting. She wondered who would be on her team and tried to avoid thinking about people who might not come back.
Weapon's would be a problem for most, but thankfully, hers was small. She didn't know much about fighting, so she just carried a small dagger with a cross crudely engraved on it. She could throw it if it came to an emergency, though then she'd be unarmed. But at least it was easy to hide.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:43 am
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Anna's and Carl's words seemed to vaguely echo in the back of Jim's mind. He couldn't take his eyes off the monitor. Ellie may not have been able, or simply chose not to notice his staring, which was a blessing. He would have blushed like a braised raddish, something a man of his size and nature simply should not do.
What was he thinking about again?
Oh yes. Vampires. Wait, no. Ellie. Yeah.
The vampires. He should focus on them.
It seemed odd to Jim that anyone would be willing to be a slave to such torment. That the "Cattle" would want this, at all. It also seems like it would the pinnacle of the vampires goals if they could "tame" humanity, to make them docile creatures ready and bred for harvesting at any given moment. Wouldn't that be exactly something they would want? If these vampire hunters had encountered such a thing before, wouldn't a visible pattern have arisen?
It occurred to Jim that it was entirely possible that the vampires were developing or using some sort of mind-control or will-suppressing device, or drug, or something. Something that would make susceptible humans eager to serve their vampire masters. Such a device would ensure not simply vampire longevity, but their domination as well.
Jim wondered if he should voice such thoughts.
He always has been the slightly paranoid type.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:02 am
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Niamh listened thoughtfully to the plan and the comments of the team.
She waited until the others had finished and then responded to Jae and Barret's comments re gear, "I'd guess that whom ever is in the catering group will have pretty nice trollies with table cloths over them. Also we could probably keep containers on the bottom shelf of the trollies that could store our gear. Also computer techs in my experience always travel with little rolly cases full of techy supplies. I'm betting weapons can be stored in them... Just at thought."
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:43 am
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Ellie and myself will be handling the distraction, so dont worry about that. Like I said earlier, when the systems go down then Williams will be kept in his office/lair since were hoping to orchestrate a false alarm. If all goes well, then he wont have a clue. The lair will be two floors above you directly. Youll have half an hour from the systems going down to go up to the lair, take care of Williams and his security and then get the heck out of there. Niamh is on the right tracks Team 2 will have food trolleys to hide some of their gear in, and Team 1 will have fairly large laptop bags. Youll be able to take your equipment, but you will have to streamline down to the necessities if you want extra and you can actually conceal it, all well and good. If you cant hide it on your person or in the baggage provided then you need to be packing lighter.
As for pinning it on another Prince specifically If we did that, then alliances would be formed rather than broken, and it would be taken as an open Declaration of Intent on the city. Thats not such a good scenario for us. We want to destroy this operation and make them paranoid and not trust one another. We dont want them to declare open war upon one another in the streets; were not in a position where we could use it to our advantage yet and it would ravage the city and the humans living here. Some cities are still recovering after territorial wars during the opening of the Coup, Garrick explained calmly to Barrett. I want to take them down as much as the next guy, but we need to be able to walk before we can run, and perceived overt aggression could destroy the better part of this seaboard.
When the topic of Lapdogs came up, Garrick put a hand on Diarmuids shoulder, as the conversation started to intensify. Not that he would think that anyone of them in particular would be looking for a fight, but he wanted to make sure that this discussion was over before it truly kicked off.
Lets hope it doesnt come to that, and that the cattle will be happy to run. I know there are those who will probably be happy with their current arrangement, and hopefully well be able to move them out of there in the confusion. But if there are those who actively dont want to leave, then we cant force them, so incapacitate* them as quickly and as gently as you can. Apart from the obvious complications that could occur if we try to force them, it would make us no better than the vampires. It may sound jejune, but the sad fact is you most likely wont have the time to talk any stragglers round. Gather up those who are happy to leave and get them the heck out of there, he said, before he turned to open up the box and ditch the uniforms on the counter.
For Team 1, there would be a collection of dull forest green t-shirts and matching caps. However Team 2 would be treated to smart shirts, with matching waistcoats and trousers that were quite nicely tailored. Each team would have to look the part for their respective jobs. How Garrick had managed to get hold of the clothes was another matter entirely.
I want Jae Kim, Anna, Jaze and Jim on Team 1, and Diarmuid, Carl, Niamh, Tara and Barrett on Team 2. If people dont have anymore questions or problems they want to bring up, then Id like you to collect your gear and get changed ASAP. Benll be waiting on Team 2 getting their stuff together; Anna can drive for Team 1.
On the other end of the live video feed, Ellie seemed to be watching the debate with rapt attention, pulling on a headset and waiting for when she would be needed.
*read as knock out
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Outside of the Situation Room, for when Team 2 or whoever was curious and was ready to go, a young man dressed in the same uniform provided for Team 2 would be stood waiting their driver, Ben. He wasnt as tall as some of the present members, but he had broad shoulders and a surfers build, along with blond hair and blue eyes and a very boisterous personality. It would have been some time since certain members had seen him too Too long some might say...
((Ben returns, your general purpose hawt dude! Feel free to harass him as you please.
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Jae eyed the uniform box nervously and tried not to get involved in the great those who dont want to be saved debate. It was a discussion that tended to get ugly and end in slammed doors or spilled drinks, neither of which she considered to be particularly pleasant. She felt a bit bad for not having a strong opinion one way or another, but in the end people always did as they pleased. Instead she picked up one of the t-shirts and examined it this one seemed to be her size, And the caps would cover their faces a bit, even if they werent particularly fashion-friendly. Grabbing up a cap, she darted over to set it at a jaunty angle on top of Jazes head and smirked.
Awesome, definitely your colour. Though I guess our group is gonna have to exercise some subtlety tonight , she said, before patting him on the head.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:00 pm
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The corner of Jaze's lip tugged up and back and the conversation about the voluntary cattle began. He didn't like these conversations; he was stuck in the middle. Though he strongly believed that they were humans and had free will and could choose what they did, they were also an asset to the vampires, feeding them. If they took out the voluntary cattle (by simply knocking them out and keeping them away from the bloodsuckers), then the vampires would lose some food resources--but then would they begin hunting people in the streets? Maybe it was safer to let the voluntary cattle stay where they were so that others could sleep safer.
Jaze pouted his lips and struck a pose. "Of course, dahling. EVERYTHING is my color.
"But seriously. I'm going to hide my knife in my pants leg. Think I should wear this," Jaze said as he pulled out a baggy t-shirt, "and hide my gun underneath? Or put it in the case?"
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:23 pm
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Barret shrugged at Garrick's explanation, the discussion of voluntary cattle, and the uniforms. Whatever Garrick thought best was fine with him. He grabbed a shirt, waistcoat, and pair of pants and jogged on up to his room to put them on. Once in his disguise, he stuck his gun in the pocket of his jacket, slid his knife back in his shoe, and folded his jacket neatly into a satchel he kept for the purpose. Since most of his gear was attached to the jacket in some way, he'd just hide the satchel somewhere convenient until the real hunting began. Outfitted to his satisfaction, he headed back down stairs and picked a spot of wall opposite Ben to lean against. He nodded to the good-looking, energetic man and waited for the rest of the team to join.
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"That was more or less what i thought."
He turned his eyes on the disguises - he approved. Taking a shirt, waistcoat and trousers, he retired quickly to his room to change.
"Be right back." he said to Ben, giving him a quick handshake/manhug as he passed. "Just got to change."
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