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Just a quick post to let you know my author website has been revamped.
Check it out if you get a chance:
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All best,
I don't often share work-in-progress with anyone other than my wife; and her only rarely (she's a fierce, blunt critic with an excellent ear for terrible sentences so I need to be careful of my teacup ego in showing her pages) but, much like what happened with American Marchlands, I've gotten pretty excited about the shape my new book, The Age of Iron, is taking and wanted to share a page or so. I'm still feeling my way through the story but the characters are starting to pop. With that in mind, the following takes places in the first dozen or so pages of the book where we have a group of old men gathered in the morning at their favorite diner reminiscing about a famous, local killer of men.
"I remember Orson Storey," said Otho. His one eye was pale and the scar where the other had been was pale as well. "I saw him once but I never talked to him. I saw that bear skin Ole Andersen had hung up in his store. I saw that. But Orson Storey wasn't born wrong like some folks think. He was born sick and small and kept getting sicker. Then he got a fever while he was still just a little chap. Boiled his brains, they say. And, of course, his mama was already a crazy woman, so that didn't help him none. Folks still like to talk about how crazy that woman was." He shrugged and cut his eye toward Bill Loveless. "But he was a wild man. Orson Storey. The Wild Man. People like to tell about him swinging through the trees like an ape. Loggers would tell about him peeping in bunkhouse windows at night and scaring them half to death. He did kill some people, sure." Otho took a sip of coffee and made a satisfied sound. "Killed moren we probably know about and, whenever they tried to catch him, he just went deeper into the woods. Sent them that went in after him back out again with their asses full of buckshot. Shit. But you can't go back like that. Back into them woods. Not to stay. You can't go back to wildness like Orson Storey tried to. He tried and they finally killed him for it." The one eye was far away and the shucked-out one was a folded, cinched-up looking thing rimmed with fine black hair. "Shit," he said, "you can't go back anywhere to anything ever. It's all got to go forward. One foot after another until you're done. Until you get to wherever it is you're supposed to be. And that's how it's been ever since man first put his plow into the dirt."
They looked at him. "Jesus," said Ed Ray. "You all right, Otho?"
"What?" said Otho.
"I don't believe I have ever heard you string so many words together at once," said Runacres.
Otho scowled and rubbed his old, empty socket with the side of his thumb. He looked across the table at Trevor. "You knew him, didn't you?"
"No, I never did meet the man," said Trevor Wilson. He sighed and his facemask moved with his breath. Coffee stains had blossomed on the rough cloth and he hung his head a moment as though he'd collect his thoughts and then he hunched his shoulders. The could hear the air moving out of him and thick, wet throat sounds and they looked away. Trevor gripped the table. His eyes watered. Something spattered against the inside of the mask. He took the paper napkin out from under his knife and fork and wet it in his water glass then leaned so they could not see him as he dabbed clean the mask and the remains of his mouth. After a few moments, he leaned back in his chair and sighed as though exhausted. The damp mask moved defiantly. "But I did know the man who finally killed him," he went on. "I knew Steelink."
With my new novel, American Marchlands, finished (well, as finished as these things ever are; which only means, really, that I've surrendered it to the Powers That Be and am now, anxiously, awaiting Word from On High—hopefully I'll have some official news I can release soon but, for the time being, I will say my love affair with France continues. And deepens!), I've begun work on something new.
Right up front, this entails a lot of inactivity. This means wool-gathering, staring out the window, reading and then reading some more and it means breaking in a new notebook. This step is important because everything goes into it. The notebook. THE Notebook. Noodlings and doodlings and interesting factoids that probably won't ever get used but have to be put on paper so they seep into my brain. Bits of pertinent slang and chunks of scenes and dialogue and full blown characters and plot lines that won't make the final cut. Scraps of paper get shoved in there with notes or single words whose relevance to the work at hand, when I return to them later, will be deep mysteries. Internet effluvia gets printed out and scotch-taped into the Notebook along with bits of things copied out of library books that actually turn out to be useful. The perfect dream-form of the novel, which is never, ever attainable, goes into the Notebook and fills it and fills it until it becomes something more, until it earns its capital "N." And, finally, the Notebook is important because, if I follow my own history, I'll be carrying it around for three years or so as I work on whatever this new book finally becomes.
My American Marchlands notebook was a 200 page Norcom Composition with stiff, marbled covers. Odds are you've seen its like poking out of student backpacks or tossed onto tables at Starbucks. And it was fine, it held together well and did its job no matter how much I abused it. My system was: fiction up front, history in the back. Like a mullet in reverse. So, my ideas for various scenes and character backgrounds and plot ideas started at the beginning, then, for all the historical detail I didn't want to forget and needed to keep straight, I'd flip the Notebook over and record back-to-front. So, contrary to my nature, I had an organized system to keep things straight.
But a new book demands a new Notebook and, this time around, I've upgraded a bit. My The Age of Iron (as I'm calling my new novel-in-progress) Notebook is a hardcover Moleskine 5×8 ¼" with an elastic cord to hold it shut (something that became an issue in the last Notebook). A hipster notebook, yes, but it's black so you know I'm serious. So far, there's no organizational scheme whatsoever and, so far, I've made a LOT of notes for this new book. So far, I'm okay with that.
The Age of Iron, as I see the dream-form of it, is a look at the logging camps and towns of my beloved Washington State in the early 1900s. It's a look at timber violence and cold machinery and the First World War in France and northern Russia. It will mix logging with local politics, war weariness, cowardice, serial killers, life-long friendships, tenderness, mercy, and hate. So, it will encompass the world.
Of course, I'll fail. Abjectly, spectacularly. Of course, there'll be a period where I'll think I'm writing the Great American Novel and a much longer, more profound, period where I know I'm writing the worst piece of crap it's possible to write. But, after trying for so many years to be able to think of myself as a writer, the chance to make the attempt is worth it in more ways than I can tell. By the end—in three years or however long it takes me—the novel probably won't resemble anything close to the dream of it I have now and that's okay because I know the ending and whatever it takes to get there, to earn that ending, is what I signed-up for. Which is writing.
And that ending, that last sentence? It's already written. In the Notebook.
I've said it before and it's probably obvious yet still bears repeating: I love books. I love their weight and their heft, I love their smell and the sound their spines make when you open them and I love the promise inherent in their very being. So it was a special sort of torture for me to spend ten days in France, surrounding by books, and not be able to read a single one. Not even my own.
I only visited a handful of French bookstores but I was struck, at every one, by how bright they are. The spine of a French book—that is, a book produced by the French publishing industry–is, for the most part, a white thing, unadorned by the sort of graphic flourishes we in America are accustomed to. This makes the effect of walking into a French bookstore akin to walking into a cool room. Something Kubrickian, maybe, like the strange rooms Keir Dullea walks through before meeting the Star Child only without all the menace, or the Korova Milk Bar without any of that off-putting sexual weirdness. At any rate, I found the interiors of French bookstores welcoming enough though serious and, yes, a little intimidating.
But the French booksellers . . . Ah! The French booksellers were warm and vibrant, excited by books and pleased to see me and (rightfully) proud of their shelves. They were generous to a fault—each and every one—and the breadth of their knowledge and passion were apparent with every word. In France, booksellers take classes on how to sell books—special training and education—and the way they speak about literature was like nothing I'd ever experienced before. I couldn't really keep up—though I enjoyed trying to—and, more than once, I wondered who the hell I thought I was, making appearances in these cool, beautiful rooms and having so little to say that could add anything to anything at all.
But, even for all that, even for being functionally illiterate in their country, the French treated me like a visiting dignitary. In beautiful Aubenas, at Le Grand Café Français, the owner, Maxime, gave me a copy of the French edition of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian (or, as the French have it, Méridien de sang)because I mentioned I collect them (now have three) while his partner, Alice, invited us into their home to show off her newborn kittens. In Aix-en-Provence, the owners of Librairie Goulard took me on a walking tour of the old city and pointed out the old advertising on the sides of the buildings, brass pigs, and the secret sexual symbology hidden in the wrought iron-grill work of long-closed brothels.
Christian, owner of La Librairie Nouvelle in Voiron, gifted me a cd of funky, French blues and one of some even better jazz and his co-presenter, Sophie, read a section from Wilderness that, even though I couldn't understand a bit of it, sounded as lovely as music. And in Vienne, Alain, co-owner of Libraire Lucioles showed off the city's ancient Roman ruins—temples, walls, and a little stretch of one of the Roman roads that once stitched together an empire—while his partner, Renaud, grinned appreciatively when I chose KISS's "God of Thunder" during my radio interview then turned me on to Stanislaw Lem which I'm pretty sure I'll be forever grateful for. Finally, in Lyon, Ivan, the owner of L'esprit Livre, treated me to not only a lovely tour of the city but some excellent conversation (and more good leads for future reading) on Napoleon, the Battle of Austerlitz, and the tactics of the times as well as an excellent meal which included a bowl of seasoned fat.
At every stop along the way, while I was fretting and nervous about what I was supposed to be doing and how not to come off like an ass, I was treated to kindnesses unlooked-for, excellent food, marvelous shelves of beautiful books, and kindred spirits who seemed to love books in the same ways I do . . . though, of course, they could actually read them.
So I just returned from touring France in support of Wilderness. A short, small tour that opened with a literary festival at St. Malo, which is in Brittany, and which, I'm told, is lovely. I saw very little of the physical landscape—the Atlantic, the old city walls, the last resting place of Chateaubriand on its little tidal island—because my time was spent engaged with readers. With speaking to and meeting people. With talking about Wilderness and why I wrote it and how it happened. I think, in the end, I got the better of the deal. Over the next few weeks, I'll be writing a bit about how I found things Over There but, for now, suffice to say I went and came back and some of these things may have happened:
First and foremost I overpacked—badly—and my bags became anchors round my neck that I schlepped through train stations and crammed into the backs of taxis. I ruined one pair of shoes, looked extremely fat on French television, met a famous French film director (who went on to buy a copy of my book!), and I ate warm noodles out of a cold carton on the Boulevard St. Michel in Paris. I did not see the Alps but I did see the clouds obscuring them and I saw vast fields of brilliantly yellow Colza from the windows of fast-moving trains.
I drank one skunky beer and almost got into a fistfight with a hooligan. I took to wearing scarves and may have eaten a prune yet still lived to tell the tale. I definitely ate foie gras and considered trying snails but settled for duck. I ate chocolate like a fiend and I drank small coffees at tiny tables with my legs crossed and the wind upon my face and I felt writerly. I felt fine.
In Voiron, in the shadow of the Alps I could not see, I got to read a page of Wilderness aloud to a French author. This was good. What was better was listening to a pretty girl read another section aloud in French. What was best was the meal afterwards.
I went to Notre Dame and stood in awe and touched old, worked stone and breathed the stillest, holiest air I've ever tasted. I saw my little book in the windows of shops all over the south of France and was humbled and privileged at every stop. I talked Napoleonics with a self-avowed communist who, even still, believed in the Great Man theory of history and I was overawed by the high-seriousness and the real, breathing humanity of French bookstores. I appeared on French radio and got them to play a KISS song and, in Lyons, I stepped from a cab and threw my back out so badly it may still be there, flopping around on the cobbles.
All these things and more—things I'll write about and things I won't—will stay with me, I think. They'll stick. Because, on that trip, I had some of my very best days, sitting at tiny tables, sipping coffee, feeling fine.
With the paperback version of Wilderness coming to bookstores next month, and, hopefully, new readers coming to the book, I'd like to take a moment to talk about a concern with the story that I've heard more than once now. And that is, the fate of the dog.
This is prompted by some very nice comments by a Goodreads reader who set the book aside after the prologue because they already knew what happens with the dog. I can certainly understand and empathize with these sorts of worries because all too often, in any form of entertainment, pets are handled in ways cheap and sensationalistic.
At readings for Wilderness, I often tell folks I wanted, among other things, to write the very best dog story I could and, to that end, I tried to treat Buster not just as a dog but as another character all his own—perhaps the most important character besides Abel Truman—because it is the character of the dog that makes Abel's redemptive path possible.
I have always had dogs. Have always fiercely loved them and felt honored to be able to share my life with them. As my father is fond of saying: they give so much and ask so little in return. And while their day-to-day existence teaches us how to be better people, the relative brevity of their lives reminds us to treasure them. It is with this spirit that I wrote Wilderness and with that in mind that I would hope the reader approaches it.
There are things in the world that can be considered absolutely good. Dogs come to mind immediately. Books and libraries are two others. So, here on the cusp of March, I'm mightily pleased have been asked to attend a pair of events in support of books and the houses that hold them.
Firstly, Seattle's getting back a bookstore that it was a tragedy to have lost in the first place. Luckily, it wasn't gone for long. The Queen Anne Book Company is having its Grand Opening Weekend from March 1 to March 3 and there'll be lots of writers showing up over the weekend to help them celebrate. I'll be there March 1 from 3 pm to 5 pm to stand around and talking about books and reading and try and not look like too much of a dope. Come see me, I'll sign some Wilderness for you…
And, secondly, the King County Library System is holding its annual Literary Lions Gala on March 23, 2013. I've been invited to rub elbows there as well, and will be joined by a bright constellation of NW lit talent. As an added bonus, I've bought (and plan on wearing) a suit. So, if nothing else, come out to see how uncomfortable I'll be! Dennis Lehane is the Keynote Author and the Gala proceeds go toward King County Library System programs.
I've been nervous for a year. Ever since my editor at BloomsburyUSA told me they were giving Wilderness the gift of making it their lead adult fiction offering for fall 2012 and that they hoped I'd help support the book with public appearances and readings. I managed to put aside my anxiety over public speaking while I worked on the manuscript, shaping it up into its final form but then, after a decade of fretting over the thing, it finally left my hands forever and I was left alone with the new book I'm working on. And my nerves over what the fall might bring.
Summer went by. I worked on American Marchlands. I worried about Wilderness. I tried not to think about standing up in front of people speaking and reading words I'd plucked out of the air to try and make something with. But it's all I could think about all down the long summer because the idea of standing up at a podium before anyone at all, with the facial control I have left, was deeply, badly frightening.
Years ago, a decade ago, just as I was finishing up the first draft of what would become Wilderness, I got Bell's Palsy and the left side of my face went away. Off somewhere beyond my control as though it had never been. The long, branching nerve that fed that side of my face died. My speech was affected and my ability to hold water in my mouth. I could not smile nor frown. For weeks I could not blink. Normally, this is, at worst, about a six-week inconvenience but, for whatever reason, my condition persisted. Antivirals and steroids were no help. I was laid up with every little cold and flu to come down the street, every cruddy little sickness knocked me off my feet and I hurt everywhere, all the time. But then, one Wednesday afternoon six months in, a little twitch visited the left corner of my mouth and then slowly, slowly, scattered patches of my face returned to me. But not all of it. To this day, not all of it. So a sort of body-fear crept in around my heart. I became hypochondriacal when I never had been before.
And all summer all I could think about was making a drooling idiot of myself while trying to read Wilderness. I was afraid of not being able to do the book justice.
But then September came and I was in Mississippi on the first stops of my reading tour and everything that happened happened quickly. I was nervous, yes; I was trembling with fear (sweating badly, if you want the truth) but I noticed something after my first reading and then my second and then all the others that followed. I noticed that, once I was up behind a podium or seated in front of a crowd, that I was not nervous in the slightest. I found myself enjoying reading. I enjoyed reading to people because I quickly learned to trust the work. This is old advice that I'd never understood until I could apply it to myself. But, as is the case with 'old advice,' it is solid and good and true.
In the end, I've had a fantastic time these past few months of my book tour. I've had the privilege of reading at a lot of great bookstores to a lot of even better people. A lot of pages filled with words that I hoped might mean something to other people. And, now that this first, small portion is over, I realize with chagrin just how badly I will miss it.
The time has come to confess to an enduring love of comic books. Superhero comic books. Capes and cowls, tights and Kirby-crackle. Four color, nine panel cave paintings of wonder. I've always loved these things and used to have quite a collection of individual issues in bags with boards and boxed carefully away. Still have a lot. All right: a LOT.
Why comics? Adolescent power fantasies of a short kid? Probably. Worlds of escape for a sometimes ill kid? That too. And, also, simply put: comic books and the stories they told were serious business that demanded not only my attention but my study. I learned vocabulary directly by keeping a dictionary close to hand as I read and, indirectly, learned more than a thing or two about narrative, plot and characterization. If somebody got Richard Ryder's character wrong then, Blue Blazes!, I noticed it.
All that being confessed, what follows are seven of my personal most important single issues and one piece of art. Why eight? Why not, true-believer?
1) Conan the Barbarian #24 (Marvel)—"The Song of Red Sonja" This was the first comic I ever got in my grubby hands and it had just about everything a boy could want. Swords, sorcery, blood and gore. Giant snakes and Conan fighting them. Red Sonja in something other than a chainmail bikini (gasp!). I'm pretty sure it was written by Roy Thomas (based on RE Howard, of course) and drawn in all of Barry Windsor-Smith's drippy-line glory. In my memory it's fantastic and that's probably where I should leave it.
2) The Defenders #50 (Marvel) –"Scorpio Must Die!" The finale to the three or four part "War Against Scorpio" storyline, this is the first time I noticed the use of space in a comic. Written by David Kraft and drawn by Keith Giffin (channeling Jack Kirby), the comic features a page with the archetypal nine-panel layout ruptured by the action breaking out of one panel and spilling over into another. Couple that with arch-villains, secret bases, conflicted androids and a last page suicide (!) and my twelve year-old mind was blown.
3) Warlock #11 (Marvel)—"The Strange Death of Adam Warlock" Written and drawn by Jim Starlin, this issues sees our titular gold-skinned hero confronting not just his future self but his future self's past, the physical manifestation of his kismet and many other things WAY beyond my (this time) eleven year old self. Pretty sure Starlin dropped a LOT of acid coming up with this storyline. As an added bonus, it's got Thanos the Mad Titan in it whose profile we saw in the last few second of the Avengers movie this past summer.
4) Nova the Human Rocket #1 (Marvel)—What's this? The fabulous first issue of a new hero in the tradition of Spider-Man? Blue blazes! Sign me up. Not a good comic or (until recently) even a decent hero. Loved the hell out of this cheesy comic nonetheless…
5) Giant-Size Man-Thing #1 (Marvel)—"How Will We Keep Warm When the Last Flame Dies?" I maintain you cannot have a list of Bronze Age super hero comics (which, apparently, this has become) without at least one big ol' Man-Thing in there. And this is a good one. Writer Steve Gerber (of Howard the Duck fame) gets his usual sideways political commentary into a story featuring the Glob (Striking! Again!) and a crazy cultist who looks an awful lot like Richard Nixon. And Mike Ploog's art fits the subject matter perfectly.
6) Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #18 (Marvel) "The Dream is Dead!" Holy Cats! Did the good Doctor's slinky, sorcerous assistant, Clea just have a time-travelling hook-up with Benjamin Franklin in the middle of my comic book? By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, I believe she did. Mind=blown (I went around with my mind blown a LOT from ages ten to twelve…)
7) Captain America #200 (Marvel) "By Dawn's Early Light!" Cap's 200th issue came out in 1976 during the Bicentennial celebration. Conceived, drawn, and written by Jack "King" Kirby this comic is bananas. In fact, Kirby's whole Cap run is crazy, dealing as it does with a 5th Column hoping to overthrow the United States by firing off insanity-inducing "mad-bombs" of escalating sizes—from the tiny "Peanut" to the "Dumpling" to the gigantic "Big Daddy." Was Kirby dropping acid with Jim Starlin when he came up with all this? Hard to say…
8) Lastly, because everything on this list has been from Marvel Comics (hey, I know what I like) I offer this gorgeous piece of art by Jack Kirby. Titled "The Glory Boat," it's from issue #6 of a comic called New Gods. I've never read the issue, have no idea what's going on but, for some reason, the image has stuck with me down the years…I mean, look at it:
'Nuff said, true believers!
It didn't feel right just posting first bit of the prologue for American Marchlands—like an incomplete thought—so here's the balance of it along with a picture my wife thought was too creepy to go with it but that I really like. Because it's creepy.
American Marchlands
Wrapping the reins around the brake bar, the driver stepped down and put his arms over his head for an expansive stretch. Then, bobbing his head and grinning a grin that was somehow strange but not at all offputting, he held out a hand for your father and then Mr. Brown to take and gave his name as Spence.
Something in his manner, you remember, set your party at ease as though they'd stumbled from exile back into community and your father grinned back at him. "We were afraid you might be Cherokee," he said.
Spence stuck out his lower lip thoughtfully and looked at the sky and then the horizon as though to better get his bearings in the wide, empty space of the barren plains. Then he shook his head. "Nah," he said again. "I don't reckon you got to worry about them." He paused to follow with his eyes the way you'd come—the wheel-flattened grass and that pressed by boots and hooves—then turned squinting to extrapolate the way you'd take hence. "You'll be going through Comanche country directly though," he went on. "Them you'll want to be careful of for they're worst."
To hear this, Mrs. Brown gave a little, sighing cry and here, you clearly remember, you stepped from behind your father's legs to say: "Worse."
Spence squinted at you as though he'd not noticed you before or was surprised to suddenly find a child out in that wasteland. "What's that you say, little miss?"
"You mean to say 'worse,' not 'worst.'" This, the second thing your ever remember saying aloud to another soul.
Another grin, lopsided and strange but still friendly. "Well now, I supposed you must be right," he said. "I'm just an ignorant old cuss who never did learn proper diction." He doffed his sweatblown hat—you remember it was a dusty brown color and that the brim looked gnawed upon—and gave a little bow from his waist before turning to introduce his companions.
The woman's name he gave as Flora and she wore a dress even more faded than your mother's traveling frock and no bonnet whatsoever. Her hair was cropped very short now you could see it clear—which forced another little sigh of shock from Mrs. Brown—and dark cowlicks swept up like tiny horns here and there as though she'd only recently cut it back herself and you could see the dust in it. Her dark eyes were hurt-looking and you could see plainly the shape of her skull behind the oval, fine-boned prettiness of her. She came down from the wagon to shake hands all around in the manner of an American man and, to this day, you remember her strong, brown fingers with their raggedy, chewed nails and the firm, warm juicelessness of her grip.
"And my old partner up there, that's Tom," said Spence, raising his chin to indicate the smaller man who still sat the wagon. Tom thumbed the brim of his hat by way of greeting then, seeming to think better of the sun upon his face, lowered it again so that his features stayed shadowed. "I will beg your forgiveness of him," Spence went on. "He gets them headaches. Them powerful bad sick ones sometimes and this climate plays the very Devil with him. So don't give his rough manners much mind, if you please, as he is in the mist of one right now."
"If you please," said Tom softly from the bench.
"Midst, you mean," you told Spence.
"Well, aren't you just the scholar?" he answered.
Tom spoke up again then to tell you you were right but, when his head got the way it was, it sure did feel like he was in a mist and a thick, red one at that. His voice when he spoke was soft and fine. And then he grinned and something seemed to light in places within you that had never seen light before that moment, as though, with that small smile, he'd woken something that had been long asleep. Nearby, Mrs. Brown sighed a little sigh and from the shadow of the wagon Dizzy shuffled her feet in the dust then spat and rubbed the spittle into the dirt with her heel and, seeing, her, Tom nodded and called her Auntie.
Tom got down from the wagon then, looking both pale and dark at the same time and, at some point after, you all lunched with the trio but you can't now remember what was eaten or what was discussed. They said they were bound for Monterrey in old Mexico for Flora had family business there and had hired Spence and Tom to take her and your father said but don't you know there's a war on and Spence shrugged and put empty palms into the air as if to say what else could they do them having been paid then said he hoped that all would not trouble them much. Tom sat and ate silently and Spence told jokes while Flora watched the sky as though she feared rain.
Later, Spence called your father and Mr. Brown over to the back of his wagon to ask their opinion of some freight he hauled there. You remember him raising his chin at you and saying, "Now, little miss, this here ain't a thing you ought to see," so you crouched to one side to listen to the men talk. Spence drew back a tarp without any sort of flourish. There was a seething sound. You remember your father said Good Lord and Mr. Brown took a single, bodily step backward and then another forward to get a better look. You remember their hushed conversation at the wagonsback.
"Good God, don't let Genevieve see this," said Mr. Brown.
"Well, goodness, there's no smell," said your father.
"That's the salt," said Spence. "Some days, we pull the tarp back and let the sun in on him. I reckon he's cured a bit on account of that. What I wanted to ask though: you reckon I got enough salt in on him to keep him and, if'n you don't think so, do y'all have any you might spare or sell? This is a long trip we're on."
"Shoot. I can't smell nothing but salt."
"Lean in closer. That'd change your mind in a hurry, I reckon."
"What happened to him?"
"It don't matter none."
"Well, sure it does."
"Leave it be, Joe. Monterrey, you say?"
"That's right? You reckon he'll keep?"
"Hell no. Hell no, I don't. You got to get this fellow in the ground. Goodness, but let me tell you, mister: this? This ain't Christian. Not one bit."
"That's what I was afraid of. She's got her heart set on Monterrey though."
"Is that his home? Where his people are?"
"No sir. But that's where his daddy is and where he took her from after his daddy bought her for him. And that's where she's paid us to take him back to. Says she wants the old man to see what's become of his boy. Then I don't know what. I don't pretend to understand her."
"Oh, then she's a . . . oh. Well, goodness."
"She don't look like any nigger I ever seen. She ain't really yella and she ain't much dark. I'd be interested seeing her papers if she got any."
"They ain't all like your girl Dizzy there. I don't know who it might've been. Her mother's mother, maybe. Cuban she thinks but I don't think even she knows for sure."
"Shit. It only takes a drop."
"Goodness. What does that make her, then?"
"Well, I reckon a woman is what that makes her. Wouldn't you say?"
"All right, all right. Now, don't get sensitive. I'm just trying to untangle this tale and figure out what you're doing with this poor fellow. And, setting aside all this talk about curing, why I don't see no lid for that box anywhere abouts."
"'Poor fellow.' Shit. This ain't, as you say, exactly Christian here but there's right-by-law and by-religion and then there's right by something else altogether. Other laws that ain't ours, I suppose. So there's no lid on account of she's got it in her head to look in on him from time to time to be sure he's still where he ought to be. Like I say, I don't pretend to understand it but there it is and if it helps her through the night—and it does—then that's the way it needs to be. We been paid."
"Well, goodness, I'm not one to stand here and tell you your business, mister."
"Spence . . .you're Pigsmeat Spence, aren't you?"
"Figured that out, did you?"
"Goodness. Would that make him Tom Hawkins, then?"
"It would."
"Don't you tell them women who this is. We don't want no trouble from you two, mister."
"You don't start any you won't get none."
"Well, all right, all right. Just . . . just don't go getting riled up or nothing, but I got to say . . .
"Say it."
"It's just . . . I don't reckon I'm at all comfortable with the idea of us camping-out together. Even for one night. On account of this here and on account of, well, that's Tom Hawkins just settin over there. No sir. I don't believe I care one pinch of owl dung for that idea. Considering all that and the fact there's a child about. And Dizzy, too. What with your girl there. They can get riled-up over the smallest things and then where are we at? No good place, I can tell you."
"It's all right," said Pigsmeat Spence. "We'll move on, then. We're used to it."
Dizzy called to them. "Come on," she called from the back of the wagon where one of the water barrels was. She stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Tom Hawkins who you later learned was known as a killer of men. The two of them in the shade as though they'd reached some accord, as though he'd somehow lit some dark place inside her as well. Where no light had ever been or was ever looked for. "Come," she called again, lifting the shining dipper from the dark barrel, careful not to spill. "Come, come," she said, now staring hard at Tom beside her with an expression you, yourself, would only recognize much, much later in your life as like a mother's weary, sad resignation over a child gone far astray in their life. And you would recognize its shape, its hollow, hauntedness, by the look and feel of your own face when they came to tell you your Tristan was killed on a street in Tacoma over two quarts of whiskey and woman whose name no one seemed to know. "You got to drink," said Dizzy, looking at Tom with that sad, motherhearted face as though she knew his path, saw it laid out behind him and before him and thought that maybe one unlooked-for kindness, one fine word from someone somewhere along that path might turn him from it, might set him right again if he'd ever been right before. "You have to drink," she said softly, speaking that simple, small truth like a prophetess.
And then you remember them gone, disappearing back into the liquid distance where the world's heat was drawn like pus from a wound. As though the restless energy of their southward movement coupled with your own ceaseless westering gave off another sort of heat that joined with the world's, the sky's and the stars', to hasten the eventual extinction of everything that was. You never saw or heard of them again. You never saw any savages, Cherokee, Comanche or otherwise. And now, as that last shimmering image of them and their wagon gives way to darker places in your memory , you realize you will never remember being younger than you were on that day, at that moment, beneath that hot, white, endless sky.


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Family and Gender Roles
Family and religion are central to Greek values and behaviour and mutually reinforce each other's importance. The Orthodox Church advocates the traditional patriarchal family and this is specified in the marriage ceremony. In this ceremony the wife accepts the husband as head of the family.
Traditional Roles
In the traditional family structure, the husband/father is the main authority figure and source of discipline. The wife/mother is the focus of the home. The term nikokira refers to female family members, especially to the wife and mother who, traditionally, takes responsibility for the housework and child-rearing. The husband and father, or nikokiris, is expected to financially provide for the family and to contribute to its progress.
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For many second generation Greek Australians gender roles are less sharply drawn, especially in 'mixed' marriages. However, women have continued to be the primary care givers in the home for their elderly relatives and in-laws.
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It is important for you to be aware of familiar roles and how authority is distributed. It is also important to know that family honour is very important to older Greek Australians. All family members are expected to contribute to it and have an obligation to sustain it.
Extended Family
While the immediate family is important, so too is the extended family. Individuals have strong ties to grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins, as well as to others who are connected to the family, such as godparents (referred to as koumpari). Family obligations include participation in family celebrations and religious occasions, as well as caring for the sick and elderly.
Traditionally, ageing parents continued to live in the family home cared for by family members. The strong sense of duty to parents is even stronger in the children of first generation immigrants, recognising as they do the tremendous sacrifices made by their parents as migrants in a new country
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Safely hidden from the mood ruining madness and conventionality of a typical tourist class hotel, this intimate 5-star beach retreat is a special beach bungalow-style house with tropical colored doors, located just off the ocean at the end of 'Millionaire's row', and only a 4 minute stroll from one the most beautiful 'private-style' wide beaches in all Florida! Our fascinating beach has a stunning view of the inlet lighthouse! Spend the day reading and sleeping under a our beach umbrella, enjoy tropical cocktails at the Tiki Bar or a $40/hr. swedish massage by Betty's favorite therapist. This 'boutique-style' bungalow apartment has the extra cleanliness and sparkle you long for but simply cannot seem to find anywhere else. Enjoy being at 'home' with a FULL kitchen, lovely glassware and everything you could possibly want including a huge dose of charm. Shower outside in the tropical garden then nap in on your screened porch or in the hammock. Invite your friends for cocktails or BBQ in your tropical backyard.
ABSOLUTELY GREAT LOCATION!: At the beach, just north of Laud-by-the-Sea, south of Boca and Palm Beach. Scuba and fishing boats are within walking distance. Enjoy breakfast at the beach or dinner amongst the yachts. Right across the bridge is the new Fashion mall, a new dog park, bicycle track, movie complex, and golf course! Best of all, discover all the different moods the ocean has to offer! Hunt sea shells in early morning light, or experience the hypnotic relaxing twinkling sunlight on smooth sand or just fall asleep to the sound of the waves. This is not a noisy beach but a wide private-style beach. Tour the Intracoastal waterways in a water taxi! Enjoy a full day on the beach under our large quality UV protected beach umbrella and in our beach chairs. Park your car right in front of the bungalow!
• Pretty glassware and dishes!
• Stocked fridge service available. Tired after a long flight? Traveling with a child? Your refrigerator can be fully stocked for you at check in. Just call ahead and provide a grocery list! ($25 charge plus cost of groceries.)
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• Information: You'll find 'Frommer's Guide to South Florida' in your apartment.
• Comcast cable includes 'On-Demand'!
• There is a washer and dryer in the especially clean laundry room!
• What does five star clean mean? It means always a fresh bed spread and mattress pad! Perfect sanitizing of the bathroom! (Walls washed, toilet polished, every corner cleaned, etc.) We do NOT hire 'cleaning services'! We are proud to have one employee 'Olga' who loves to please guests and who meticulously deep cleans and sanitizes. This level of cleaning is found in the highest level hotels or six star river cruises like Tauck and Uniworld.
BETTY SAYS: 'I am a very hands-on owner, personally involved in my beautiful beach bungalow retreat! Knowing that my guests are comfortable, that they know where to go for groceries or for a special meal overlooking the ocean is important to me! I take the extra steps and spend the extra money so that their stay is perfect and charming. Pillowcases are ironed, bedspreads are washed and guests have an assortment of fresh bed pillows to choose from. I know what I want when I travel so provide my guests with the same. In each of the three guest apartments you will find a copy of Frommer's Guide to South Florida.
• You will not be at a loss of things to do here!
• Yet I often find that my guests find the Bungalow so peaceful that they hang around the bungalow, walk to the beach and relax.
FAST AND RELIABLE WiFi! Even in the tropical backyard.
• The entire property is now completely fenced and gated! PRIVATE. No intruders!
• I provide dog shampoo, dog towels, a dog bed, and dog bowls.
• I enjoy my dog guests!
• Dogs are accepted on an individual basis and must be up to date on their shots, and have had a recent Frontline/Advantage treatment. Dogs that present a problem or are "constant' barkers may be asked to leave. We welcome calm and non-agressive dogs in the tropical backyard.
• The front apartment (The Red Coral) provides easy street walking for your dog.
• A sincere promise to our non-dog guests... we promise you would never know a dog had ever been in your apartment!
We consider your trust very important! You can trust Betty's Boutique BEACH Bungalow for your beach escape! You will not be disappointed!
• Previously named 'Walk-on-the-Beach Guesthouse'
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We welcome responsible young people! We've had many college students who were perfect guests! Young people need vacations too!...moreless
WE ARE FIVE STAR CLEAN! And YES, we do allow dogs. Our non dog guests would never know there had ever been a dog inside their apartment. There is zero dog smell or cooking smells thanks to the revolutionary OdorXit product that not only kills odors but also 100% bacteria! Think about that! That's huge! I have found over the years that people who travel with their calm big or small dogs are very considerate. I have never had a problem. Therefore BIG DOGS with their trained owners are welcome. Certain breeds are restricted and dog temperament is of course the deciding factor. Your dog will LOVE it here! Open your bedroom door and let him out! The Bungalow is completely fenced for privacy. The property is COMPLETELY FENCED AND GATED. Backyard privileges are extended only to calm dogs. I provide dog shampoo, rinse, dog towels, dog bowls, and a dog bed. Although the beach signs 'say' no dogs... guests have enjoyed taking their dogs to the beach at dusk for many years. ...moreless
ONLY outside if it does not bother other guests. We rarely have smoking guests and take this consideration very seriously!...moreless
For hot beach days and at night when no one can see you....moreless
One of the most beautiful beaches in all South Florida, Lighthouse Beach provides much that other beaches in the area do not. Walk up to Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouand watch the yachts head out to sea....moreless
While we are not directly on the beach, if you compare our prices with the new Marriott which is directly on the beach, the block walk is worth it! ...moreless
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It rarely gets cold here, but yes, if you need it you have heating. ...moreless
High speed reliable wireless internet. Also strong in the backyard!...moreless
High end linens! I replace pillows often and you will have a choice of several pillows... soft or firm. Our pillows are always double cased!...moreless
Your comfort is important to me! The Red Coral has an extra long sofa with recliners on both ends for comfy television watching....moreless
Park right in front! Parking curbs are purple! There is no extra charge for parking! We have four parking spaces but cars can double up....moreless
NEVER A PARKING PROBLEM! Park right in front of this charming beach bungalow. No additional parking costs like the hotels or condos charge....moreless
Ask me. There is normally lots of space as there is no one in the house next door....moreless
We keep our laundry room super clean. It is separate and near the tropical backyard. Coin machine....moreless
You will enjoy strong fast wireless connection everywhere on the property!...moreless
Kitchen Aid cookware! EVERYTHING you need including BBQ utensils....moreless
I confess... I'm a bit of a HomeGoods fanatic. If you are laughing, you know what I mean! You will find VERY pretty glassware provided for you. ...moreless
I have made certain the kitchen will meet the expectations of guests who wish to prepare their meals. It is a FULL SIZE kitchen! Double stainless steel sink. Very pretty!...moreless
Coffee filters, paper towels, dishwashing soap, pretty dishtowels, trash bags and more provided. You may find olive oil, sugar, vinegar, spices, paper napkins, etc....moreless
High end toaster oven! I consider the toaster oven the most important thing in the kitchen!...moreless
Bicycle rental is close by and there is a bike trail at the Pompano Beach Park right across the bridge. ...moreless
South Florida Diving is right up the street! They will take you out on the ocean for sightseeing, snorkeling or diving. ...moreless
The tropical yard is very private with a tall cement wall in the back covered in sea grape trees. Completely fenced and gated for privacy. Lovely large patio table seats six....moreless
The new Greg Norman golf course is now open in Pompano! This is a municipal course. It is right across the bridge! Two minute drive....moreless
Large screened in front porch with lovely high end furniture. Very private. Dining table on the porch. Open your apartment windows!...moreless
I work hard on the pretty tropical gardens. You will find a lot of colorful tropical plants and flowers. The garden is unique with fun bunny statues and more. ...moreless
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PLEASE CALL FOR LONGER STAY RATES. Betty's Bungalow is a very hands-on PRIVATE property. We do not participate in on line booking. Additional adult is $30. per night. Dog accommodations are normally $25/night but based on number of nights and other considerations. Arrive to a fully stocked fridge. Please call to discuss options and for consideration on your final price. The Purple Seashell Efficiency is also available! We want you!
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Watch morning sun reflect on the ocean. Play with waves coming ashore. Once you experience it, you crave it. Enjoy ALL the different moods the beach has to offer! Everything you need is provided. Beach chairs, beach towels, beach umbrella and coolers. Fishing boats are down the street. Enjoy lunch overlooking the beach or amongst yachts. This is such a great area with so much to do and I can tell you about places most tourists don't find. Pompano~by~the~Sea is between Lauderdale, the Venice of America, and posh Boca Raton. Enjoy bistros and exceptional homemade ice cream at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, shop The Galleria, discover Las Olas Boulevard, or just hop around town on a water taxi. When was the last time you took a nap in a hammock? Shhh... you may hear the wild parrots above you. Enjoy showering outside and a BBQ in the tropical backyard. This IS tropical living!
Other Activities: • Join the Saturday and Sunday whistle blowing, bell ringing, lights flashing, celebration on the beach as the huge cruise ships depart from Port Everglades. • Take a side trip to the Pennycamp underwater national park in the keys, hop a water taxi and explore Fort Lauderdale, or take a fast airboat ride through the Everglades and see alligators in the wild. • Join me at New Presbyterian PCA Church close by in Pompano Beach. • But my personal very favorite escape is simply sitting outside on the top floor at the SeaWatch restaurant overlooking the beautiful blue green ocean and listening to the waves coming ashore. There is always a cool breeze even on hot summer days. In the summer they have a $20 'early bird' dinner (5 -6 pm) of lobster tails, prime rib, etc. and it is really delicious food! • Lastly, you and Fido can enjoy the fabulous new Pompano Beach dog park, right across the bridge at the golf course, and even take Fido to lunch with you outside at the golf course restaurant.
I always encourage my guests to go to my very favorite 'escape' spot which is the top level of the Sea Watch restaurant which is just a few minutes drive down the beach. When there, you know for sure you are really on a serious beach vacation as it overlooks the most outrageously beautiful sea grape drenched private beach in all Florida!
I love assisting my guests with ideas and provide a copy of Frommer's Guide to South Florida in each apartment.
Fishing and scuba/snorkel/glass bottom boats are docked right up the street and will accommodate you in a much nicer fashion than touristy Ft. Lauderdale.
Lauderdale~by~the~Sea is a short drive down the beach where you'll find a long pier, trendy restaurants, beach shops and homemade ice cream which you can enjoy while listening to the ocean. Red Reef Park is a beautiful natural beach area, just north of Pompano-by-the-Sea, with a reef you can snorkel at right off the beach!
There's shopping on Las Olas, at the Galleria, Sawgrass... and right across the bridge is the new Pompano Beach Mall, a golf course, cinema, dog park and bike trails.
Several restaurants are within very short walking distance.
Year Purchased: 2005
About the owner: Hi, I'm Betty. My husband is a golf pro and I stay busy with my fabulous bungalow! We live only a couple of blocks from the ocean near Port Everglades. When I hear the deep blast from a cruise ship horn, I jump on my bicycle with my dog and we ride alongside the cruise ship waving to passengers as they head out to sea! Saturday evening cruise ship departures are a big celebration in our neighborhood. This is a wonderful tropical area! And I so appreciate being able to WALK to the beach! For the past three years I have have traveled in Europe. I took a UniWorld River cruise, a Celebrity transAtlantic cruise, a Norway Fjord cruise, Tauck River Cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest but mostly just drive or take the train and explore. I have and looked, really looked to discover what is important to guests. I explored and stayed in many interesting hotels, pensions and even in a Relais and Chateaux in France! What I found was that location, charm and cleanliness are of top importance. Only those of us who are personally involved and extremely dedicated to our properties can provide this intensive level of cleanliness that is so important to guests. Things like a fresh bedspread, instead of leaving the same one on that the previous guest used. Personally I cannot fathom that hotels do this! You can also count on a fresh mattress pad! Toilets that are not just quickly cleaned with a brush, but hand 'polished'. Shower walls that are cleaned with Clorox between each guest. I adore making my guests happy. I love making a pretty bed and putting out pretty soaps. I want your beach bungalow apartment to be so perfect and cleaner than any place you have ever stayed! It is simply providing the same level of excellence that I seek when I travel! I LOVE our dog guests... and can assure you that you would never know a dog had ever been in the apartment because we clean so carefully. Your comfort, your memories are very important to us!
Why the Owner Chose Pompano Beach:
I absolutely fell in love with this beach bungalow style house when I saw it! Especially the charming private tropical backyard! This is the 'old Florida' that everyone looks for. A special enclave between posh Palm Beach and active Ft. Lauderdale. When I found this little haven I was surprised to find people say hello when they walk back and forth to the beach. So with careful attention to detail, lots of love and money, Betty's Boutique Beach Bungalow was created and has made many people happy for over seven years. And that makes me happy! Especially when guests tell me they want to copy what I did in their own home. Smile! Thus I found my true passion in this property and can literally spend all day grooming, planting flowers and cleaning. This is a perfect location! Our local spa offers Betty's Boutique Beach Bungalow guests hour (or two!) therapeutic Swedish Massage treatments for ... $40/hour! Two hours for $80. You will feel completely comfortable in your beach home where you can truly get away and RELAX. Come indulge yourself with clean air, salt water, the warmth of our sunshine, papayas, long walks on the beach and the ever changing colorful South Florida skies! But seriously... why should you choose this property? Because let's face it, everyone wants a wonderful 'forever memory' to take home! A unique one of a kind vacation!
The Unique Benefits at this Bungalow:
Here's Betty's favorite unusual things to do! 1. Walk up to the Lighthouse and back, then enjoy the outside shower in the tropical backyard, a nap in the hammock or on the large sofa on the front porch. 2. Grab a sandwich at the bait shop and sit looking out over Hillsboro Inlet. 3. Lunch with a cold glass of Chardonney overlooking the beach from the top floor of the SeaWatch (close by). 4. Outside patio dining with your dog at Galuppi's looking out over the beautiful new Greg Norman golf course while the sun sets! Sunday brunch at Galuppi's! 5. Watch the dogs run and play at the huge new dog park at the golf course. 6. Swim / exercise in the fabulous pool at the Pompano Beach park right across the bridge! 7. Spend the entire day (that's what it takes) at the HUGE Sawgrass Mills Mall. 8. A burger at Pelican's Landing, looking out over the Intracoastal Waterway and sitting next to a ten million dollar mega yacht! 9. A mohito at J. Marks! 10. Exploring the Ft. Lauderdale waterways on the 'Carrie B'. 11. Water taxi to restaurant/bar hop. 12. A two hour massage at Cort's. And much much more....
Hi, I'm Betty! I CARE that you are comfortable!
King bed. Relax knowing you have a fresh spread and mattress pad.
You'll enjoy fine glassware and KitchenAid cookware in your ultra clean kitchen.
Serious cleanliness. Has a front door and a back door in the bedroom. Quiet.
Queen bed and a murphy bed.
Enjoy walking on the beach!
'Fanciful' fish on the front patio.
View from the dining room at the Marriott right up the street.
Step into your fun kitchen equipped with everything you need. Perfectly clean!
Taupe tile. Delicate stemware.
A guest wrote, 'We felt surrounded by someone who cares.'
Take a walk out onto the Pompano Beach pier.
My favorite escape is right down the beach! This is the Sea Watch restaurant.
Betty with baby guest!
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Apparently, Montel's fate was sealed when a number of FOX stations failed to renew the show for next season. However, the show still has enough clearance for its syndicator, CBS Television Distribution, to offer a Best of Montel package for next year to the remaining stations.
Tell people that Montel is ending and the first reaction by most would be, "Huh. He's still on?" But you have to give Montel credit for maintaining a bit of class in the wild and woolly world of daytime talk. He didn't resort to fake fights like Springer or paternity tests like Maury; come to think of it, how did he stay on the air for so long?


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The Stronach Group is pleased to announce that Tom Ludt has agreed to join the Company as a Senior Vice President. of the Racing and Gaming Group. He joins us from Vinery Farms.
Tom Ludt has been the President of Vinery Farm since 2004. In that role he oversaw the significant breeding operations Vinery owned in Kentucky, Florida and New York. During his tenure, he recruited numerous stallion prospects to stand at all three locations. Tom also led the Racing Division, which produced numerous Grade 1 winners including a Breeders' Cup Champion and an Eclipse Award winner.
Tom currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Breeders' Cup. He sits on numerous other Breeders' Cup sub-committees; Governance, Compensation, Finance & Audit, Racing and Nominations, Marketing, and Race Day Medication Committee. As a condition of his employment with the Stronach Group Tom has agreed he will not stand for re-election as Chairman of the Breeders Cup although he will continue to serve as a Director. To ensure there will be no conflict of interest, Tom will recuse himself from any vote of the Breeders Cup Board, which involves future host sites for the event.
Alon Ossip, CEO of the Stronach Group said, "We are extremely pleased to have a person of Tom's knowledge and stature as a key part of our team. He will be a great asset to us as our Group continues to expand within the industry".
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Fairmont State University and the University of Calabria in Southern Italy are partners in a student exchange program. Laura Bonasso of Marion County is the first FSU student to study abroad at the University of Calabria; her stay in Italy ends in May 2009. A delegation from FSU recently visited Laura in Italy and met with officials and students at the University of Calabria to promote the exchange program and to encourage students to consider coming to FSU. These photos, taken by Robin Belmear, are from the visit. "People there are wonderful," Michael Belmear said. "I feel really good about the comfort and safety of our students who go to Italy. It was a successful trip. The students we met were thrilled about the opportunity to come to Fairmont."
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Fairmont State University's roots reach back to the formation of public education in the state of West Virginia. In 2015, students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community are celebrating Fairmont State's 150th birthday with special remembrances and events.
As part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration, author Dr. M. Raymond Alvarez will present a talk about his recent book "The Normal on Fairmont Avenue." The event will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center on the main campus.
The Fairmont State University College of Liberal Arts honored its high achieving students during the fifth annual Academic Awards Ceremony at the end of the spring 2015 semester.
Dr. Deanna Shields, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts; Dr. Maria Rose, FSU President; and Bill Holmes of the Fairmont State Foundation Inc. presented greetings and congratulations to the students for their academic achievements.
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Cardinal urges opposition to assisted suicide
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Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston is urging Catholics to opposition a ballot initiative that would legalize assisted suicide in Massachusetts.
"We hope the citizens of the Commonwealth will not be seduced by language [such as ] dignity and compassion, which are means to disguise the sheer brutality of helping people to kill themselves," he preached at a September 18 Red Mass. "Allowing physicians to prescribe the means for their patients to kill themselves is a corruption of the medical profession. It even violates the Hippocratic Oath, that has guided physicians for thousands of years."
"We as a society will be judged on how we respond . . . to those who believe their lives have diminished in value," he added. "Most people, regardless of their [religious beliefs] know that suicide is a tragedy, one that a compassionate society should work to prevent."
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Sharks determined to snare maiden CTPL crown in rematch with Magpies
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- March 28, 2014
THEIR date with destiny continues to elude South Hobart-Sandy Bay but skipper Travis Little is adamant the pressure of snaring a maiden CTPL crown is not weighing heavily on the player's shoulders.
Since South Hobart and Sandy Bay merged in 1987, the Sharks are yet to win a two-day title despite a swag of coloured clothing success and minor premierships.
They have another chance to bag a flag when they take on Glenorchy at Blundstone Arena from today.
It is a rematch of last year's decider – where the Magpies broke a 36-year premiership drought – with the Sharks also looking to erase defeats to Kingborough in 2006-07 and Lindisfarne in 2000-01.
South-Sandy nearly didn't reach this year's final, but thanks to batting heroics from state spinner Xavier Doherty (40 not out) sneaked over the line against Lindisfarne by two wickets last weekend.
Little is hoping his squad can harness the momentum from last Sunday in this weekend's final.
"It was pretty tight last week towards the end and Doherty really stepped up to the plate and finished the job for us,'' Little said.
"While it was quite tight in the end I felt at times we played some really good cricket. We will look to take the positives out of the game. They are good morale boosters for the next week.
"Any final is difficult to win and you take great confidence when you get over the line, they are high stakes.
"I'm not sure we think about that [the premiership drought] specifically, we would love to win one.
"We are building a team not just to win this year but we are trying to be competitive every year and put ourselves in a position where we can keep competing each year.
"There is more stuff other people say about that … it's not something we discuss.''
Defending champion Glenorchy, looking to add the two-day crown to its CTPL and Statewide Twenty20 trophies, produced its own escape act against Clarence last weekend.
Having lost on first innings midway through day two, the Magpies rode on the coat-tails of Luke Butterworth, who snared six wickets to help rout the Roos for just 83.
It left Glenorchy needing 109 to win from 20 overs, a target it achieved two down with Butterworth and red-hot Ben Dunk finishing off.
"We were down obviously," Pies captain-coach Brett Geeves said. "It is rare you lose on first innings in a two day game and come back and win.
"Everyone knew the odds were stacked well against us to get through to the grand final.
"Eddie Cowan was really good, he just said to the boys, 'Let's have 20 overs like we have never had before'.
"We were able to bundle them over cheaply enough to give ourselves enough time to chase down a target.
"It was bizarre, and if Clarence had their time again they probably would have changed some of the decisions they ultimately made."
Geeves' fitness could play a big role in the decider, with the former Tigers quick breaking down last weekend and he's no certainty to bowl in the final.
The match may be the dual Ricky Ponting medallist's CTPL swan song.
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We've heard the cliché that motherhood is the hardest job in the world, and now that she's got two kids of her own, Mariah Carey asserts that the saying is true.
"It's hard to have kids in this world. I have so much respect for mothers everywhere, especially those who've had difficult pregnancies or given birth to multiples," Mariah told OK magazine.
Being in the public spotlight adds its own challenges to the full-time job, but Mariah is ready to take that on.
"I feel like, in a lot of ways, children come into the world to teach us. It's going to be a delicate balance between raising them around glitz and glamour and keeping them grounded," she acknowledged.
Although many celebrity moms hire nannies to help shoulder some of the responsibility of childrearing, Mariah wants to be more hands-on.
"I couldn't just be like: 'I'm having a child, yay. Let me get a nanny, so I can give her the baby—take the kid.' That doesn't work for me. I don't believe in that," said Mariah, who has a built-in "Manny" in husband Nick Cannon.
"He already has this natural talent with the children. They take to him right away. He's so nurturing, loving and fun. He definitely will be a hands-on dad," she said.
Although Nick's reported that Mariah worked on an album while carrying twins Monroe and Moroccan, she said family time is priority now.
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Erik arrived just before midnight.
I subjected him to a snapshot so I could check off that item from my daily to-do list.
Erik arrived just before midnight.
I subjected him to a snapshot so I could check off that item from my daily to-do list.
I consider myself lucky.
I place photos of straws and drinks high on the cliché list, but I'm still
trying to get a handle on what kind of images I can get from the phone.
Here's one looking inside the glass. (Yawn, I know)
And lastly, here's that disgusting photo I mention in the title of this entry.
This is how I tackle the dessert bar at the Chinese Buffet:
This is why I'm fat.
I didn't take too many photos at Pride this year as I was working our booth, selling tees.
Damn it was hot out there that day.
Speaking of tees, we printed up the shirt above, designed by Brian for the Cincinnati Men's Chorus.
An honor, really.
Met some folks for the first time.
And saw old friends.
This was the first year that festivities were held downtown instead of Northside.
And though I was concerned it might jeopardize the Independence Day Parade in my favorite area of town,
things turned out pretty darn good. Real good in fact.
Besides, we're getting a second day to celebrate on August 7, so that makes it go down even easier.
Part of the Northside parade.
Bonus shot from the day:
To think I've never known there was a carnival that preceded the Northside Independence Day Parade.
Incendium Arts put on an entertaining show.
I closed out the night and finally caught the You, You're Awesome set.
And these girls asked me to take their picture as I headed home:
A double feature at the Holiday Auto Theatre: Toy Story 3 (so excellent) and that vampire Eclipse New Moon thing (notsogood).
An odd pairing, but a perfect evening for the drive-in.
I'm always keen to see what the kids are collecting these days.
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A goal midway through the first half was all host Western Michigan Christian needed Wednesday to end their perfect River Valley Conference season at 8-0.
Sophomore Alexys Riksen sent a long cross toward the goal that freshman Jessica Kinnucan headed into the net with 24 minutes remaining in the first half.
Julie Merz assisted on a Riksen goal in the closing moments of the game for a 2-0 Warrior win.
The Warriors, now 12-5-3 on the season, outshot the Crusaders 19-6 and WMC keeper Lindsey Johnson made six saves en route to the shutout.
"One of our goals was to win the conference and it was nice to accomplish that. Not only did we win the conference, we were able to win all eight conference games," WMC coach David Hulings said. "Covenant played us really strong tonight. When we played them at their place it was their third game in as many nights. Tonight they came on strong for 80 minutes. We were down our key player in the back (Alli Langeland) but it was nice to see a sophomore, Alyssa (Wright), fill in for her and do some great things in the back. Not only did we win, but we shut them out as well."
The Warriors face Orchard View tonight.
Junior Varsity: The Warriors and Chargers were tied at 2-2, but the Chargers slipped one in the goal with 40 seconds left for the win.
The No. 9-ranked Rockford girls soccer team raced past rival Grand Haven on Wednesday in an O-K Red Conference showdown, winning 4-2.
The Buccaneers got off to a strong start, leading 1-0 on a goal by Sawyer Overway, assisted by Taylor DeWitt.
Rockford tied the game four minutes later, then took a 2-1 lead in the closing minutes of the first half.
The Bucs' Overway scored again to tie the game at 2-2 6:44 into the second half, but Rockford answered 2 minutes later, then scored again with 12 minutes remaining to secure the victory.
Junior Varsity: Grand Haven edged Rockford, 2-1, thanks to goals by Emma McDonald and Courtney Burnside, assisted by Katie Fojtik.
Freshmen: Grand Haven pounded Rockford, 5-0, thanks to a pair of goals by Haley Kalis and single goals coming off the feet of Abby Fritz, Ravyn Dewitt and Taylor Anderson.


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Could this Superhero Car Have Been the Next Acura NSX?
If styling isn't your thing, go buy a Toyota. It isn't their thing either...
I really hope Hyundai majorly tones down the grille and simplifies the front end a little more. I would rather the hatch/wagon variant be a little more on the traditional style. The current Elantra Touring isn't bad. It really only needs the 6-spd automatic and a choice of the new 1.6l or the 2.4l, leather, heated and cooled seats, and a handling package.
Maybe I'm crazy, but the front end reminds me of the subway monsters in the original "Hellboy" movie.
Anyone else see Mazda 2?
While I'm not real fond of the Audi ripoff grill, otherwise this new Hyundai is a huge improvement over the current Elantra Touring. It should do well Stateside if Hyundai is smart enough to offer it !!
why must you bring race into this subject? just because you think hyundai copies car, you think all asians copy...
Looks like the Sonata Hybrids grill....
i like it. put a good turbo engine in it and teach it how to go around a corner and I might even look at one.
wrong. you cannot say that hyundai has produced anything even a concept that was orignal. they have done nothing but copy. its the asian way period the end. they do nothing more than copy and tweek it a little bit
CAN YOU SAY COMPLETE COPY of an Opel Astra/Corsa and mazda !!! just another copying buy hyundai. what a joke! and idiots will buy this toaster
Someone on a previous thread about this car indicated that there is a hatch and wagon version of the Elantra in Europe. This appears to be the hatch. It's not even close to being wagon-like.
I've always liked the Elantra Touring. it wasn't really exciting in any way but it offered a nice economical and practical choice. Ever since the Focus wagon was discontinued there hasn't been a nice small wagon alternative at a reasonable price (the Jetta is up at least one price bracket). I hope that we get an actual wagon version of the Elantra. I would definitely take a close look at it.
Where's the Mazda Logo???
Not quite the Mazda3-like grill since Mazda doesn't use the hexagonal shape like many automakers do these days (Hyundai used it years ago on their concepts) and the Mazda3-like grill, itself, was lifted from Peugeot.
As for the Fiesta, it looks like an amalgamation of the Hyundai HED-2 (headlights) and HED-3 (body) concepts.
I like it (except for the Mazda 3-like grill). It looks like the Accent 5 door. Speaking of the Accent 5dr - I got a good look at one yesterday, then a good look at a Fiesta 5dr today. The Accent looks amazingly similar to the Fiests. I'm just sayin'....


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■ CRANBERRY LAKE Residents of Cranberry Lake Fire District will vote from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the fire hall for one five-year commissioner.
n The Watertown City Council has appointed Kenneth A. Mix, the citys planning and community development coordinator, as the citys representative to the Watertown Local Development Corp.
n DEXTER The General Brown Central School District Board of Education monthly meeting, originally scheduled for Monday, has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. Dec. 17 in the cafeteria of the junior-senior high school, 17643 Cemetery Road.
n FORT DRUM The Fort Drum Connector will be opened to traffic during the morning on Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation. The route is scheduled to be fully open by the end of the day. Drivers are reminded to exercise caution with the new travel patterns.
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