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Ten Tryouts - Ebisawa Hitomi
An attempt to appease the great lords of literature. Or just to be a part of a project that might actually be finalized.
*Candy Girl is a reference to Hitomi the pop star
A Quick Note; Hitomi is a damned common name, from pop stars to Porn stars, and everything in between. I'd link but I might get in trouble.
*** Plans for Hitomi ***
Rather than overly work this piece of writing I'll leave it as a kind of marker for what I see in the character.
For the most part Hitomi would be ruthless in her actions. It's alarming the lengths a junkie will go to get that next fix. It might be thought Hitomi would lack smarts and ability due to her drug habit however the contrary is true. Hitomi's drug habit drives her to be more intelligent and cunning. Although her body suffers from her habit her outright loss of self respect and any understanding of her bodies true condition mean's she will push herself well beyond normal limits.
Some might like to think the ordeal of hunting people to achieve some kind of teen fantasy long gone would force Hitomi to grow up. I'd rather believe her continued misadventure would plunge her further into a semi lucid world of dark fantasy and seductive horrors.
This original piece is meant to be a polar reality. On one hand Hitomi is high on the drug left to her by the visitor. I don't believe the visitor is important, no matter if he exists in her head or in reality doesn't change anything but add's to the mystery of her drug induced psychosis. The alternate is reality. She's in a paramedics van, they are attempting to revive her. It may feel a bit cheesy however i think it's a logical place to start. We begin her story with what appears to be the lowest a person can fall. Then we take them further into the pits of despair.
Hitomi was of course a pop star, peaking her performance at 16. Since then it's been convention centres and game shows (Anyone ever watched an asian game show. Does it get much lower than this). By 17 Hitomi's habit has reduced her to a shallow woman looking well into her twenties. Even the guest appearances have dried up and in an effort to maintain her lifestyle (and habit.) She moves to America knowing the western attraction to young asian women. This doesn't work out well for her. I didn't want to focus on what she was doing in America to maintain her lifestyle, just to hint at the back room antics and private room sessions. This part of her history would be used to enhance the horror of her 'downers' and yet left with enough inuendo that nothing is ever truly said about her seedy lifestyle.
Hitomi will likely need crumbs to lead her along her path. Those running this 'sport' would find her easy to tempt and lead. She would likely be a very possible candidate for victory.
*** Almost There. - The Letter***
She lay on her apartment floor. It's walls crushing her, compressing her untill she was little more than a broken bag of flesh and bones. So far had she fallen, lost in the rave. No longer broken and tormented, her life was simply lost to her. Something screamed inside her head, pounding against her temples leaving white hot scars on her cornea. Her body wracked with convulsions and pain, limbs twitching spasmodicly.
"Screw you." Her voice drawled, nothing remained of the pop star only a creature lost in obsession and ignorant of reality. "I don't need your help. You filthy peasants. What are you to me. What could possibly interest the candy girl. "
The tall man was possibly of indian decent though it was hard to tell. His neat mustache and barely visible stubble hid any real ethnicity. "I know who you are maam."
"Don't patronize me you smug bastard."
"Please I am only here to help." His voice was control. Moveing quietly he laid a small piece of paper on the floor beside her futon. "I assure you we are quite generous in our offer." Then he placed a small syringe on the floor. Her struggling stopped, her head snapped eyes locked to the small vial. "It's not what you think maam. " He waited for a response, there was none. "It will help you, wake up so to speak."
She leapt upon the object of her imprisonment with a fervour that alarmed her visitor. "I don't need it." Her tongue lolled, her eyes wide a feverish sweat beaded on her face. "But it helps, it helps the pain."
"We can help you maam." He turned and walked to the door. "everything is in the letter." His hand grasped the handle, he didn't need to look. He could feel it under his skin. Junkies always gave him the creeps. "Maam please, don't forget the letter." He left, securing the door behind him. It wasn't heroin in the syringe he had left for her. Rather something entirely more sadictive.
Her entire body relaxed. This was what she needed, a little liquid comfort to, help her get on her feet. It was only moments before she lay dreamily on the floor, the band still strung around her arm the syringe empty beside her. An onlooker might have wondered at the similarities between the empty vial and the woman passed out. It wasn't entirely her fault. Life wasn't meant to be easy, or something like that. Thoughts drifted about her in a semi lucid dream. She watched daisies grow around her legs and each time she stood it seemed the floor fell away beneath her. She reached for the scrap of paper. Her vision swam sickeningly however the letter stayed solid. Why did that tall man have such an unusual accent. Realisation dawned on her, he wasn't real. Or was he. Without warning the room began spinning. Light burst again and again sparks lighting behind her cornea, lightning crashing around her mind. Flashes of light, photographers flocking to catch a glimpse of her as she stepped of a stage. Her name shouted over and over like some heavenly chorus. Hitomi. Clear.
Pain exploded, Hitomi lurched forward, foul liquid clung to her throat and mouth.
"Maam, we need to know what you took." An american paramedic looked at her disgust clear on his face. "Maam"
"I don't know" She choked on the words, bile thwarting her every effort to speak, or swallow. She struggled with the moment of clarity, an ambulance two paramedics.
"Maam, we need to know now." Again that persistant and odd accent. "Maam !" The voice had begun to sound dreamlike and faraway.
"It was.. it was blue." She smiled at the tall indian man. "Blue Lotus." She stood in a hallway, the walls so white it hazed her vision. "Do I know you ?" Feeling better she got up, smiled and walked towards the oddly indian looking gentleman.
"Maam, don't forget the letter" She spun franticly, he had disappeared from view. She frowned, looked down. Scrawled at her feet were names.
You can be famous. You can be young.
- Godfrey De Vries
- Elias Heikkinen
- Tony Blake
- Kamali Ncube
- Michelle Sanchez
- Alexi Bogdanov
- Mei Yu
- Thiago Torres
- Vahide Younan
Kill them my Candy Girl.
"I will do anything for you, my fans." Her smile widened.
*** Overall Story Line ***
The overall story line will be about communication between the protagonists. Who kills who, who joins who, and for what purposes does anyone join anyone else. Individual motives are often over ridden by group motives.
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A couple of summers ago, I heard sports marketing executive Kathleen Hessert speak on the topic of social media.
She pointed out people in the room, young and not so young, likely fell into one of two categories: (1) technology natives, those born in the 1980s who have grown up around technology; and (2) technology immigrants, those born before 1980 who have had to come to technology. The point is that younger people naturally adapt to technology more comfortably and easily than their older co-workers and superiors.t
For social media, being a technology native eases the fear of the unknown. While this has its advantages, we are all pioneers in this brave new media world.
I regularly meet with nonprofit marketing, development, and communication professionals to talk about trends and issues in social media. The meetings, occasionally informative and sometimes collaborative, are often filled with anxiety.
To be fair, if you work for a nonprofit arts organization and have a role managing social media accounts you have probably had this same anxious feeling at one point or another—efficient budgets, limited time, a feeling of a lack of expertise, and uncertainty over how to engage with people.
We all want to do this as well as we can, but are often impeded by things beyond our control. How do we overcome this?
I think it goes without saying the number of opportunities social media provides arts organizations. Though costly in the sense of time and energy, social media is a free platform to engage and connect with donors, enthusiasts, and other constituents in a relaxed, friendly environment. As an emerging leader in this field, I think it is an exciting time to experiment and find a voice with those channels.
If you are like me, you spend countless hours studying white papers, thumbing through books and reading sites like Mashable and TechCrunch all in an effort to be forward thinking and forward looking. All this information and the changing landscape can be daunting though. Especially given the limits I have already mentioned.
Though I make no claim to expert status—and am weary of anyone who does—whenever speaking to groups about social media, I always provide one big piece of advice: find what works for you and your organization and do it well. If you really understand and like Facebook, do it. If you want to have three Twitter accounts, a Pinterest account, ten blogs, and a Facebook page, do it.
Embrace what works for you and your organization and be unapologetic about it; after all, who knows your organization better than you?
Do not be afraid to experiment and try innovative things knowing failure is a possibility. Be the expert for your organization and enjoy finding new ways to show people all the great work you are doing.
As an emerging leader and technology native, seize the opportunity to stand out and help guide your organization's strategy into this brave new media world.

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BeschreibungA collection of insights into the core concerns for modern psychiatry from one of the world's best-respected psychiatrists.
InhaltsverzeichnisPart I. The Context of Health and Mental Health Programmes: 1. Updating 1789; 2. Doubts about three of the many dogmas of development; 3. Overlaps and confusions; 4. Nearly forgotten: mental health needs of an urbanized planet; 5. The Mozart effect and Keshan disease; 6. The paradoxes about psychiatry; 7. On advice and consultation; Part II. Mental Health and Medicine: 8. Psychiatry in the framework of primary health care: a threat or boost for psychiatry?; 9. The limits of mental health care in general medical services; 10. The mental health adventure of the World Health Organization; 11. Mental health care for the elderly? Another thirty years to wait; 12. On words I like to hate; Part III. Psychiatry and Mental Health Programmes: 13. Assessing needs for psychiatric services; 14. Why are mental and neurological disorders not being prevented?; 15. The seven vices of psychiatry; 16. Brueghel's Everyman: a cover page for a book on research in psychiatry; 17. And then there were five ...; 18. Enabling; 19. Psychiatry in developing countries; Index.
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Try them for treason in absentia.
If convicted, and a death sentence is given, then, and only then, can that person be executed.
"Due process" seems to be a problem with the Democrats.
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#858967 Feb 13, 2013
I know you are a libtard so you can't read but what does 'not longer than two years' mean to you? If the defense fund is appropriated every year where is the conflict?
#858968 Feb 13, 2013
Yes he did Homer__thank you for pointing that out.
Libya has oil and a wonderful location in the strategical sense. Should mention that Libya's oil was discovered and then developed by, who else but Merica's Hunt family of oil, silver and football fame. Prozac fame of late.
Anyway__the official US Embassy with the Marines and all is located in Tripoli which is on the Western side of Libya over by Tunisia. Benghazi, where the consulate and annex were located is 400 miles to East of Tripoli, over by Egypt.
The consulate is on a large semi-rural piece of land. surrounded by what appears to be date palm groves. There are multiple buildings and two entrances, the main one to the South on Fourth Ring Road and a small exit on the North end of the complex The British consulate was the next property going East.
To the Southeast of the consulate about a half mile was the Benghazi Annex and it's identified that way on google Earth Hah.
The Benghazi Annex is/was a fortified CIA base from which 30 plus American operatives conducted a secret war for a unknown period of time. Ty Woods was one of those operatives.
#858969 Feb 13, 2013
Obama is completely predictable. No need to hear the obvious all over again.
#858971 Feb 13, 2013
Besides, the fool was on at cocktail time, and nothing should interfere with the enjoyment of good Scotch.
Since: Dec 08
Gauley Bridge WV
#858972 Feb 13, 2013
NASA was formed under the defense department. Still is. Only defference is the top secret stuff, for the most part, is handled by the Air Force. NASA is the civilian arm of space defense.
Since: May 11
#858973 Feb 13, 2013
Now what do you have to say? Dumbasss
#858974 Feb 13, 2013
So Flacko moved from an Unconstitutional state to a seccessionist state? No wonder his predictions are so far off.
#858975 Feb 13, 2013
Come on Flack, even you can't be that stupid.
#858976 Feb 13, 2013
I have lond had my doubts about Texas. I have joined the Texas secession movement, have you? Okay I tried to join but they don't like yankees.
Since: May 11
#858977 Feb 13, 2013
I had posted that time line at least six times in response to earlier posts of your asking the same stupid question.
If you were too stupid top read it then, you are likely too stupid to read it now.
The money comes from the US Treasury.
Since: Dec 08
Gauley Bridge WV
#858978 Feb 13, 2013
yep. West Virginia did not secede from the union. Homer should read history more before spouting nonsense.
Type in: How many counties does WV have
#858979 Feb 13, 2013
Don't forget your sign: "Beam Me Up Brothas"!
PS I chose the former. The latter is unnecessary, to my delight!
Bah On You! ;)
#858980 Feb 13, 2013
Apples and oranges, the counties that formed West Virgina were part of another state(Virginia), the Consitution is quite clear on that they should not have been allowed to form a state.
The U.S. never recognized Virginia as being a state not part of the U.S.
Ergo the state of West Virginia is Unconstitutional.
Since: May 11
#858981 Feb 13, 2013
But once you pay your tax bill, its the government's money.
So what's the difference if I spend ten bucks less or get a ten dollar instant rebate?
You right whiners evidently think these have difference effects on your wallet.
#858982 Feb 13, 2013
It's all on film Galt__I watched it in real time as did you__the small details will work their way to the surface.
The maids at the first cabin flushed him out__maybe they should get some of the reward loot, other civilians played some role in the final result.
I've no problem with the way it ended.
Dorner was really pizzed__crazy pizzed.
Since: Dec 08
Gauley Bridge WV
#858983 Feb 13, 2013
Time to leave but you'll are carry on. Gives me something to do when I get back if not to late.
#858985 Feb 13, 2013
Looks folks Homer from New Jersey, one of the 13 original colonies, so piss off.
Since: May 11
#858986 Feb 13, 2013
You don't understand sh*t. I don't think you pay any taxes & that's why you don't understand the process.
No one is talking about withholding.
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Since: May 07
#858987 Feb 13, 2013
All of this simply sails right over your head like it does for most blacks. Clueless racism.
Scenario: Ted Nugent, speaking before the NRA Annual Dinner says "White people are so damned talented in all areas of human endeavor. Just name the area of genius and you'll find a white person at its center"
What do you think the result would be in the Socialist Media?
Yeah. You know.
But Jamie Foxx says this BS and...and....silence......beca use Socialist media doesn't want to offend the racial sensitivities of racist Jamie or racist NAACP members. This is called social hypocrisy and it is a very dangerous element running loose today in the Boy Messiah era.
Yes, many races excel in different ares. Jews in finance, Asians in the Sciences, for example. But blacks grumble racist remarks about Jews constantly. Recall Brother Jesse's racist remarks about NY Hymies. In California, there is a "quiet" war going on in academia about universities selecting blacks over Asians because Asians always do better than blacks. Black racism is a constant boiling pot that we see overflow occasionally like we just did with brother Jamie and the NAACP KKK.
Of course, you see nothing because you are holding both hands over your eyes when you see it coming.
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|WikiProject New Zealand / Politics / Māori
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|WikiProject Ethnic groups
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- 1 Wiped out?
- 2 How many?
- 3 Categories
- 4 Moriori origin confusion
- 5 origin of name
- 6 Merged article
- 7 Arrival
- 8 Iwi table
- 9 "This hypothesis is no longer widely accepted"
- 10 Word origins
- 11 Extremely Politically-Skewed Article
- 12 Unsourced edit
- 13 The debunked myth of Moriori in New Zealand
- 14 academic source
- 15 Concerns
- 16 Why the Taranki people in Wellington met to find a place to invade.
- 17 Chathams genocide
- 18 Cloud Atlas
Wiped out?[edit]
Claims that the Moriori were 'wiped out' by Maori are untrue.
- How does slaughtering, canabalising and enslaving a group does not count as wiping out? There is not one single full-blooded Moriori remaining as a consequence.
- I agree with you, up to a point. I do think the full-bloodedness (or the lack of it) argument is something of a red herring - where, for that matter, are the full blooded Angels, the full blooded Saxons, Jutes, Vikings, etc. that colonized England in ancient times? Even without enslavement and genocide, intermarriage would have taken its course, as happens when any two cultures live in proximity for any length of time. Having said that, I agree that what happened on the Chatham Islands was genocide. David Cannon 12:00, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Perhaps you meant full blooded ANGLES? Gringo300 08:42, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I agree with David mostly. You seem confused. Although the Māori might have commited genocide in the modern definition, the Moriori still exist and so there is no way you can say they were wiped out by the Māori anymore then you can say the Aboriginal people were wiped out by the Australian European colonists or that the Māori were wiped out by the Pakeha colonists. Nil Einne 09:33, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
How many?[edit]
From what I know, the Chatham didn't support many people (with the technology available to the Moriori). Could you estimate how many Moriori lived there? Even roughly: hundreds? thousands?
- The Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal estimates around 2000 before the invasion with that figure falling by 90% by 1870. Alan 03:35, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I've put this in the Category:Maori, but it seems wrong there. Any suggestions? [[User:Grutness|Grutness talk ]] 09:48, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Moriori origin confusion[edit]
I'm somewhat confused by what the article says. On the one hand it states that "ancestral Moriori migrated as Māori from ... New Zealand about 1500 AD". On the other hand it states that it is an "unsubstantiated myth that the 'Moriori' ... originally inhabited New Zealand before the fairer-skinned Māori arrived".
Although I acknowledge that the two statements do not necessarily contradict each other, they still leave me somewhat confused as to the origin of the Moriori.
I believe that a clarification is required. What is myth and what is assumed to be correct? --Oz1cz 09:29, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Why call it a "debunked" myth? Also, please source the scholars who now agree about the origin of the Moriori, and whether these scholars opinions are the majority or not.
- I don't quite get your confusion. Ancestral Moriori migrated from the Māori to the Chatam Islands in around 1500 AD as stated. While specific details vary, I don't think there are any scholars of any sort who disputre that the Moriori originated from the Māori or that they were originally localised to the Chatam Islands. However there used to be a myth (actually taught in school!) that the Moriori were a dark skinned race of people who inhabited NZ b4 the fairer skinned Māori took over and slaughtered them. As said in the article, this myth was seen as a justification for the later European colonisation of NZ and for their actions towards the Māori. (The Māori did it to the Moriori, we're just doing the same thing, it's the natural order). However this myth has been more of less completely debunked and I don't think any serious scholar beliefs it any more. The only time you ever hear this myth is when some idiot writes to the paper complaining about some perceived injustice or perceived bias towards Māori Nil Einne 09:29, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
- Nil Einne has it right. It is amazing how these old myths keep rearing their heads long after it has been demonstrated that there is no evidence in support of them. Kahuroa 05:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Not so quickly. The problem here is actually two: a) the assumption that the Moriori were of "racially distinct stock", and b) the assumption that the Moriori trace back to earlier immigrants than "mainstream" or "modern" Māori culture (i.e., post-moa-hunting period, that is, evolving around 1300-1400ish as the resource base shifted from big-game hunting towards agriculture and marine resources), and might never have had much to do with that. The first concept is not correct at all, whereas the second is entirely possible and will be subject of debate in the immediate future considering the recent Rattus exulans paper which has shifted the debate back again to the state some 15 years ago, sans some knee-jerk stuff. "Mainstream" Māori culture seems more likely than not not to have one single origin, instead being the product of at least two major and several minor immigrations that possibly started as early as c.850AD, and had more evolutionary leeway before the depletion of big game shifted carrying capacity (downwards unless the resource base changed, which it did, and the modern Māori culture is a direct consequence and product of this). Given that the process of "agriculturalization" had a roughly N -> S trajectory, and given the Moriori-Kāi Tahu similarity and the home turf of the latter, the underlying idea could be expressed by saying "the Moriori are fairly direct descendants of the very first Māori", but more research in the relationship between the Kāi Tahu and the (far north) Ngāti Porou is needed to resolve the history of the former.
- The point is that the earliest "proto-Māori" were altogether absorbed into a more unified Māori culture later on on the mainland (a significantly distinct "early immigrant" culture could have only developed on S Island in any case if at all), but that the Moriori may have been emigrated from the mainland early enough not to have been much participated in this homogenization process. A lot of genealogical and subsequent haplotype studies will be needed to really shed light on this question. Dysmorodrepanis 14:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think this has anything to do with the real issue which is that Moriori weren't a dark skinned race who inhabited New Zealand before they were slaughtered by the Māori. This myth is IMHO still debunked and the recent evidence doesn't change that. Whatever the surely complex history of the Māori and whatever the history of Moriori, the fact remains they weren't a dark skinned race who originally inhabited the main land but were wiped out by the invading Māori. They may have been descendents from earlier settlers who emigrated from the main land fairly early on but this still a far cry from the old myth Nil Einne 21:49, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- Dys, you're quite right in some respects, but quite wrong in others. For instance, you say that "more research in the relationship between the Kāi Tahu and the (far north) Ngāti Porou is needed to resolve the history of the former", which clearly demonstrates that you have little (if any) knowledge of Ngāti Porou origins, nor Kāi Tahu for that matter. It would be a mistake to rely so heavily on an overarching definition which is so clearly incorrect.--Te Irirangi (talk) 07:00, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
- I don't think this has anything to do with the real issue which is that Moriori weren't a dark skinned race who inhabited New Zealand before they were slaughtered by the Māori. This myth is IMHO still debunked and the recent evidence doesn't change that. Whatever the surely complex history of the Māori and whatever the history of Moriori, the fact remains they weren't a dark skinned race who originally inhabited the main land but were wiped out by the invading Māori. They may have been descendents from earlier settlers who emigrated from the main land fairly early on but this still a far cry from the old myth Nil Einne 21:49, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
How does Michael Kings one book change the myth to debunked and then shift the burden of proof on to the other side? Michael Kings book is based on as much fact as you get by going to Auckland Museum (near nil) and the rest is hearsay and conjecture.22.214.171.124 10:52, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
I agree -- Michael Kings book should in no way be taken as definitive. He gives very little historical evidence and bases his claim on fickle etymology in the similarities between the Moriori language and the Maori dialect of certain South Island tribes. No definitive archeological evidence backs up his claim, neither does any genetic (mtDNA) research. The truth is that the question can never be answered firmly. Whilst it is possible that the Moriori were separate 'race' to the Maori, it is extremely unlikely they were. That is not to say that the Moriori were not a Maori (or other) Polynesian group who were dispersed from the main islands by more aggressive encroachment. They may have even chosen to leave the mainland on their own account or could have done so by accident. What is clear is that the matter is in no way resolved. I also think that the current article should be edited to 'debunk' the myth that the issue is resolved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The hell surfer (talk • contribs) 05:32, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
- A very likely explanation (for which there is no evidence) is that the Moriori were ordinary Maori who fell out of favour with the vast majority of Maori and were exiled to the Chathams by them and given the name Moriori. Perhaps the Moriori had developed practices such as child sacrifice or voodoo which the main group had found abhorrent, or perhaps there had simply been a family feud. Perhaps when European sealing and whaling ships started arriving, the Maori were dismayed to find that the Moriori had ready passage back to the mainland, where they could interbreed, so it was determined that they must be wiped out. Akld guy (talk) 03:37, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- Considering that the Maori slaughtered, tortured to death and ate the Moriori, it's unlikely that it was the Moriori exiled for having abhorrent practises "such as child sacrifice". Considering their moral code they may have been dissenters who rejected the abhorrent practises of the main Maori culture. Also the word "debunk" is too strong (and effectively perjorative) to describe one hypothesis tentatively gaining ground over another. It implies that the former theory is "bunk" rather than "not preferred at the moment".22.214.171.124 (talk) 14:05, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
Myths I believe are assumed to be correct as those myths that you are referring to are stories that have been passed on for 1000's of years, of course they may not be 100% correct as the story is only as good as the story teller and any embellish the story tellers might have added. There has to be at least some truth to stories (or myths) even if they have been changed or slightly changed over the years. The myth you are discussing is that Moriori came to New Zealand before Maori and although I'm not sure that it matters so much today. Whilst trying to make sense of if I'm not sure how it can be that a lighter skinned race resulted from mixing with a darker skinned race unless there was a lighter skinned race around at the time. As the Maori were the more aggressive did they take advantage (putting it nicely) of the Moriori women who went on to have lighter skinned children. One of the points that makes it easier to believe that the Moriori fled from New Zealand is that Maori are the aggressive race. If you won't listen to science or there is no science that is deemed validating enough you have to look at the nature of the two races and from that I believe that they are certainly two different races...if only due to one men and women being passive and the other being aggressive. Maori practised canabalism, scary enough at the best of times, fight or flight is an unarguable built in reaction of all humans. I would say understandable that the passive Moriori fled to the Chattam Islands, it makes it very easy to believe and it's where they are still found today; until recently I believe there were still in the last 100 or so years full blooded Moriori in the Chathams. Maori continued to fight among themselves and continued to practise canabalism amoung themselves, apparently they also followed the Moriori to the Chathams. The lighter skinned caucasions europeans included, arrived in New Zealand after the immigration of Maori to New Zealand. Dna evidence shows that aboriginals are the only race that have all different DNA markers...from Maori, European, British, Chinese, German etc and all of those races have some of the same markers. The big difference that I have noted in all the texts that I have read is that Maori are an aggressive people as are the Spanish while the Moriori are passive people as the Nuie Islanders are. It's why I believe the stories that you are calling myths, those so called myths have carried on throughout the years for a reason and I'd say it's because it's more than likely true. Migration is certainly the way of the world, whether it be by conquering or by immigration people move around the world and cohabitate in their new found homes. Answer the question what lighter skinned race mixed with either to result in a lighter skinned race? It doesn't make sense! (Aeriallaw (talk) 10:51, 14 February 2017 (UTC))
origin of name[edit]
I shortened the convoluted sentence (partly my fault) about the origin and meaning of the word moriori. Kahuroa 05:00, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Merged article[edit]
I've merged most of the content from Moriori of The Chatham Islands, a more recent article on the same subject. I'm not sure that what I've added is correct, or that I haven't missed something, so feel free to check. -- Avenue 01:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Would there be any value in changing "about 1500" to "between the ninth and sixteenth century"? Matt (talk) 23:39, 9 December 2007 (UTC) No. Because that is almost certainly incorrect as of 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 02:56, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Iwi table[edit]
Do others think the Iwi template should be added? Not sure if its appropriate.
Matt (talk) 03:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- According to Te Ara, Moriori have, or had, nine tribes of their own. I think it would be incorrect to consider the Moriori as an iwi. Aridd (talk) 13:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
"This hypothesis is no longer widely accepted"[edit]
False. Many New Zealanders still believe this - trying not be racist - Maori have shut this hypothesis down, as they believe they were the first here. Of cause everything is down to belief and opinions - but what I'm trying to say is the hypothesis that Moriori exsisted is actually widely belived. CipherPixel (talk) 10:54, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- Any objections from getting rid of the statement? It is not really needed in the article CipherPixel (talk) 12:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- I think we should strengthen the statement to say "This story spread in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but was conclusively disproven from the 1960s." That some people still believe this is a good reason to explain that it's nonsense. It's also incorrect to suggest the Māori shut down the hypothesis - it was a Pakeha construct built over several Māori myths, and it is Pakeha historians who demonstrated that it is nonsense.-gadfium 19:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- Well put gadfium. I agree it should be strengthened - I think some of edits over the last six months or so, probably well meaning, made things a bit ambiguous and even took out sources which were actually helpful. You're right that Pakeha historians shot it down, and lets not forget Pakeha, well Canadian, linguists like Ross Clark Kahuroa (talk) 21:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- I agree CipherPixel (talk) 00:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Quite so. Maori oral histories, related to anthropologists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, never spoke of Moriori being there before them. Pakeha built the whole idea from scratch, based mainly on the belief that Moriori were Melanesians who must have come from New Zealand but appeared to be a distinct people from the Polynesian Maori. The notion of Melanesian Moriori has long since been disproved. And it was a Pakeha, Michael King, who finally laid the misconception to rest. No New Zealand historian today believes that Moriori were pre-Maori inhabitants of NZ. I've read histories of NZ by King, Belich, Mein Smith and others, and there is clear scholarly consensus. To my knowledge, the only people who still like to cling on to the old nonsense are random people who have no expert knowledge of history, and simply want to find a way to deny that Maori are genuine tangata whenua. Aridd (talk) 13:09, 12 September 2008 (UTC) Have to ask...what polynesian Maori are you referring to? (Aeriallaw (talk) 11:15, 14 February 2017 (UTC))
I find all this quite confusing. Linguistic evidence does not "debunk the myth". It merely swings the pendulum back towards the likelihood that Moriori were originally Maori, from mainland NZ. The only way this issue can be resolved for sure is through DNA tests - especially since contemporary accounts stated that Moriori were physically distinct from Maori. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) 01:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Word origins[edit]
I took this out: Māori may have developed as a variant of Moriori. Wrong, because Māori is the older word, which we know for sure because Māori as a word has cognates in other Polynesian languages and has been reconstructed to Proto-Polynesian as maqoli or maaqoli. Moriori does not which means it has to be the younger word. Kahuroa (talk) 11:36, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- Indeed. Other Polynesian languages have maoli, maohi, and even maori (Cook Islands). The first Maori already had the word when they arrived. Aridd (talk) 12:48, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- The Polynesian prefix faka- (Māori whaka-) appears in Moriori as hoko-, which indicates that a change in some cases of a > o is a feature of the Mōriori language. A change of *Māoriori to Mōriori is entirely consistent with this. Koro Neil (talk) 03:47, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=3B16 This link should help: Baucke had written an article and Shand is mentioned for the vocabulary. I believe King mentions Shand as well for this reason. Skinner is also mentioned. Lets try to have a constructive discussion which contributes Sources. It also pays to remember that back in the 1800s people were rarely innocent academics and had vested interests. Some further avenues are possible: Artifacts will have been collected by missionaries such as Baucke. Probably some will be in NZ Museums but others may be in Europe. Understanding the Colonial interaction from all angles can bring more written information to light; whalers, missionaries, commerce: trade items & merchants, linguistic information (not always in English, check German mission articles - ie Leipzig Moravians). The descendents of all Morioris have some form of the culture still a part of them so they can also be asked. They will remember what Grandma cooked or particular ways of their elders. Perhaps those interested spend 5 minutes checking out their angle and come back with a contribution of scholar based evidence. There is plenty of it out there, it will also make Wikipedia better than an old textbook. I think it would be great if Maori could give a background as to their groups who are most like the Moriori or elements they see as similar and possible points of connection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simongillespie (talk • contribs) 16:38, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Extremely Politically-Skewed Article[edit]
This article is dramatically biased.
The question of whether there were pre-Maori inhabitants of New Zealand is highly controversial current topic -- with the Maori-only camp periodically claiming the issue is completely settled in their favor, and anything to the contrary is debunked racism.
The question of the ethnic origins of the Moriori of the Chathams is also not settled -- they were clearly physically distinct from the Maori.
There are political and economic issues skewing the entire debate: the Maori base their moral claims on being "the" indigenous people of NZ, not one of several invading peoples; the present day Chatham Islanders who may be slightly of Moriori ancestry can claim coverage for the Chatham Islands under the Waitangi Treaty (with huge economic benefits) only if they are the "same people" as the Maori of mainland New Zealand with whom the treaty was negotiated.
Here's the giveaway: "It [the 'myth' of the Moriori] still appears sometimes in overseas publications, such as recent editions of Encarta". Clearly something appearing in a (non-political-activist-edited) encyclopedia is not "debunked" and needs to be discussed in a Wikipedia article neutrally and dispassionately.
- Sorry, but the evidence that Moriori are closely related to Māori is overwhelming. If you believe you have evidence that archaeologists have overlooked, please publish in a peer-reviewed archaeological journal, or cite such an article.-gadfium 20:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Surely the truth of the origin of Moriori can be determined by a dna test, I would be interested to know the result. If the evidence shows Moriori arrived before Maori I don't think that changes anything. Maori are Tāngata Whenua. Different language indicates either a different origin or a large gap in which the two groups are seperate. This article is big on political correctness and a little short on evidence. As for the matter of the genocide of the Moriori I think the British were complicit in this to gain land. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bortt (talk • contribs) 11:07, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Unsourced edit[edit]
Someone has added unsourced edits claiming that "They were systematically hunted and eaten by Maori on mainland New Zealand until they were wiped out there", and implying that such was the majority view of historians. I've reverted them, but this article may need to be patrolled from time to time to prevent unsourced opinions from being added in. Aridd (talk) 12:46, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Have not seen the "unsourced edits" mentioned above, have never seen the above quote on this page. However I am sure there are some Mori Ori that read this page who will challenge your point of view. Having all your people murdered and then being told Mori ori are really Maori would kinda of suck if you ae Mori Ori. As would having to pretend you are Maori to claim your rights under the treaty of Waitangi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 09:32, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- You seem to be confused. Nobody is saying the Moriori are "really Maori". They have developped a distinct culture, language and way of life, which is sufficient to make them a distinct people. (They have been seperate from the Maori for five centuries, longer than Pakeha of British descent have been seperate from the British; are you seriously suggesting that Pakeha are "really British", and hence that there is somehow no such thing as a New Zealander?) It has been established as fact that the ancestors of the Moriori were Maori who migrated to the Chathams. There was never any basis for the notion that the Moriori were pre-Maori inhabitants of New Zealand. Whether you think the Moriori's Maori ancestry "sucks" is utterly irrelevent. This isn't about my "point of view"; this is about fact. If somebody wants to "challenge" it, they'll need sources... which don't exist. Facts can't be altered just because they make people unhappy. Aridd (talk) 14:48, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- Right on Arrid, especially re developing a distinct language. Moriori call the pigeon parea but Kāi Tahu call it kererū. Hangon! Ngā Puhi call it kūkupa, so that would mean either Ngā Puhi or Kāi Tahu are not Māori , using 220.127.116.11's logic. (I don't do LOLs). Anyway, I whakapapa to Moriori but don't know any rellies who believe in the Moriori-wiped-out-by-Māori nonsense. Moriori (talk) 02:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
"current research indicates that ancestral Moriori were Māori" you apparently have not read the text you are referring to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 09:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
"It has been established as fact that the ancestors of the Moriori were Maori who migrated to the Chathams." Please provide evidence of this 'fact' that you said no one is saying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 10:04, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
I am old enough to have seen carbon dated archaeological evidence of Moriori being here before Maori if you have contrary archaeological evidence, please present it because your artice is rich on political correctness and weak on fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 10:14, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
- There has certainly been debate amongst archaeologists about the time that Māori came to New Zealand. The current consensus seems to be around 1280 CE, but there is certainly a case to be made that there were earlier visits. What there is no credible evidence for is that there were a different people who inhabited New Zealand before Māori settlement. You are most welcome to provide such evidence. Any respectable peer reviewed journal would do, or any reasonable recent book by a reputable historian. If no one has published such material, perhaps you should be submitting your material to the journals. Come back when you have such reliable sources.-gadfium 18:11, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
well I guess now we are getting somewhere. Yes i agree the evidence, now hidden in Te Papa archives could point to Maori being here before 1280, but since it is hidden and not open to public scrutiny we will just have to guess at what the evidence, that we can't examine might point to. I would like to know if Maori were here pre 1280 wouldn't you? Also if the information I was given was false, and I am willing to accept that, I would like to know the truth. So why not bring out all the hidden evidence and find out.
The debunked myth of Moriori in New Zealand[edit]
How does one Historian's book "dispel archaeological myths?" Just another biast section that chooses to ignore what the majority of hard evidence says. CipherPixel (talk) 14:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- I agree that the section is somewhat lacking, in that it only gives Michael King as the authority. In fact, every reputable historian would affirm that the idea of Moriori as a separate people not originating from Māori was a myth. The section could well be strengthened.-gadfium 01:41, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
- What about scientists that believe Moriori were here first? Just disregard that as its what many people hope isn't true? CipherPixel (talk) 03:26, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
- I think adding some of the material in Māori_migration_canoes#The_.22great_fleet.22_hypothesis would help strengthen the section. -- Avenue (talk) 13:15, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Aridd here. Just passing through quickly; can't log in because I'm on self-enforced wikibreak. Just to cite James Belich, from Making Peoples, p.26: "The Moriori myth was rejected as early as 1859 by the able historian and ethnographer Arthur Thomson, and, as anthropologist H.D. Skinner pointed out in 1923, there has never been very solid evidence for it." As sources for that passage, Belich provides: Thomson, Arthur, The Story of New Zealand, Past and Present, Savage and Civilized, 2 vols, London, 1859, i, 61; and: Skinner, H.D., The Morioris of the Chatham Islands, Honolulu, 1923. Belich also mentions the settlement of the Chatham Islands, which lead to the appearance of a distinct Moriori people (pp.65-6). There were no Moriori before the 15th century or thereabouts. As Gadfium rightly points out, "every reputable historian would affirm that the idea of Moriori as a separate people not originating from Māori was a myth". CipherPixel, we're waiting for your "hard evidence" to the contrary. Who are these "scientists" you allude to? 22.214.171.124 (talk) 12:05, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Also, K.R. Howe in Te Ara:
- "The idea of a pre-Māori known as Moriori was debated by two New Zealand ethnologists – H. D. Skinner in the 1920s, and Roger Duff in the 1940s. Both men argued that the first settlers, the moa hunters, were Polynesian themselves. Duff's excavations at the archaeological site of Wairau Bar in Marlborough established conclusively that the moa hunters were an early Māori people. He showed that differences between human tools found in different excavated layers could be explained by the evolution of a Māori culture, and were not evidence of a separate, pre-Māori people in New Zealand.
- In the 2000s the generally accepted understanding is as follows. Polynesians were the first settlers in New Zealand, arriving in the late 1200s. Some time after 1300, possibly around 1500, a number of these people sailed east over some 800 km of open sea to the Chatham Islands. There they became isolated and developed their own distinctive culture. In the 1830s some Māori arrived at the Chatham Islands on a European sailing ship. This was the first time these two peoples, who shared the same Polynesian ancestry, had met in about 300 years. The Chatham Islands people decided to call themselves Moriori – their version of the word Māori." [1] 22.214.171.124 (talk) 12:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Now that I'm able to log in once more, I've added the information and references to the article. Aridd (talk) 08:36, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
academic source[edit]
So this is your first academic source, traditions are not always historically accurate, so no, you can't validate a tradition if it describes something that didn't actually happen. If the tradional belief is accurate then archaeology can be used to validate it.
Campbell, Matthew (2008), "The historical archaeology of New Zealand's prehistory"
"Her specific concern was the expectations that the claimants may have had of archaeology, that it could be used to validate tradition. She concluded that generally archaeology and tradition refer to two very different understandings of the past, and neither can be used to validate the other, nor to disprove the other, though local tradition can provide a useful framework for interpreting archaeology." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bortt (talk • contribs) 07:51, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
Recent posting by 126.96.36.199 reverted, raised some concerns about the rejection of the hypothesis of a racially distinct pre-Maori Moriori people:
- There is concern however that virtually all the evidence used to support that conclusion arises from Maori sources, and is therefore biased by the Maori cultural need to view themselves as the original inhabitants, and a possible deliberate obliteration of any competing claim. Although this may seem unlikely, the behaviour of the Maori when encountering the Moriori in the Chathams would exactly be a pattern of behaviour that would have, if not observed by others, have lead to a virtual extinction of any Moriori people on mainland New Zealand including removal of any evidence of such a population. All evidence used for the Moriori on the Chathams as being a relativel late Maori migration from New Zealand, such as the similarity of the language, can equally be read as the cultural fragments that Maori absorbed from the exterminated Moriori during a period of slavery and extinction of them on New Zealand. There also remain a few difficult questions, such as why the Maori developed so differently from their believed ancestors in a relatively short period between their arrival and the arrival of Europeans, unless there was an external element such as interaction with a different culture, and several Maori folk tales that relate to the existence on inhabitants on New Zealand at their arrival, the description of who is a surprisingly close match to what little is known of Moriori.
I reverted this as unsourced etc, but it might be worth a comment here. Snori (talk) 23:25, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
- That appears to be obvious OR with an overt bias to push. Doesn't reflect the known facts or consensus at all.22.214.171.124 (talk) 05:36, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
There will always be people who believe in fringe theories for a variety of reasons. As we learn more about the early polynesian migrants to NZ at places like Wairau Bar,the more we find similarities with Moriori. Early "Maori " in NZ also showed no tendency towards a culture based on warriors and warfare as happened in NZ and the North Island especially, from about 1500. It seems that a variety of events happened in the South Island about 1450ish which drove Maori to migrate-some to the North Island and some to the Chathams. We are finding out more about the "1450" events every year. An underlying cause may have been climate change. Other likely causes were earthquakes and Tsunamis. As mainly coastal dwelling people, without any scientific understanding of random natural events, it must have been terrifying to live on the Otago coast then given that many food sources-especially Moa had been hunted to extinction. Anyone who could survive on the Otago coast in 1450 could survive on the Chathams. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 17:41, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, whatever. Wiki talk pages aren't the place to argue your theories. As you have been told endless number of times, Wiki articles rely on verifiable, reliable, published sources. Your own opinions are unimportant and irrelevant. Start a blog and spout away there. BlackCab (talk) 02:47, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Why the Taranki people in Wellington met to find a place to invade.[edit]
Ngati Mutanga and Tama were 2 small Taranaki tribes that had been obliged to form an alliance with Te Rauparaha's Ngati Toa tribe from West Waikato. If they had not joined in his heke (invasion)of Wellington their existence would have been in doubt, as Te Rauparaha was a ruthless general. The 2 smaller tribes were given land in Wellington but were subject to the ultimate authority/mana of Te Rauparaha. It is known that Ngati Mutanga and Tama were uncomfortable under Te Rauparaha's mana. Inter iwi and inter hapu squabbles could(and regularly did) lead to bad feelings and even war. In the north a petty squabble between some girls lead to a full on war. The broader answer to why the 2 tribes wanted to invade another island is -they were warlike ,it was normal (tika) in Maori society to solve problems by war,they were well armed and Maori had travelled wildly in the Pacific as sailors and whalers since 1800 so were familiar with the passive culture of the Moriori in the Chathams.At that time the Chathams were not controlled by any European power. The Chathams were not part of NZ until some 6 or 7 years after the Taranaki tribes' invasion - well after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in mainland NZ.
An additional reason for leaving was that Ngati Mutanga and Tama had fought a series of large battles with various Waikato invaders over a number of years and normally been decisively beaten. Such Waikato warrior leaders as Te Wherowhero and Te Waharoa took control of all the north Taranaki rohe and killed ,ate and enslaved prisoners throughout the early and mid 1830s. It was these same Waikatos who had forced out Te Rauparaha and his Ngati Toa, who were far more powerful militarily than the 2 North Taranaki iwi.Claudia
Chathams genocide[edit]
There are two points I would like clarified. 1. The invasion and genocide of the Moriori appears to have been British planned using local Maori to cop the blame, I say that as a person of British descent. 2. The race and origin of Moriori can be easily determined by dna testing, this article seems very short on facts and evidence, and long on speculation. 220.127.116.11
- You are welcome to produce evidence re British motivation, and re DNA testing, and add it to the article. You will need references, not opinion. Moriori (talk) 07:49, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Cloud Atlas[edit]
I can see no reason to include the fact that it has been novelised in the sections dealing with history. If somebody wants to include this fact, then they can create a section about this in popular culture. Until then it'll be deleted. Permanent Student (talk) 06:06, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
- yeah I tend to agree. If it comes back it needs to be properly referenced too. Andrewgprout (talk) 06:48, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
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Spacious entrance with impressive dining area, around which there rises a sweeping staircase to first floor, two large velux windows providing fantastic natural light into the Hall and Dining Area. Hatch to sub floor cellar. Two double power points. Dark wood built-in display shelving. Traditional church style radiator with thermostat. Emergency lighting point and fire alarm. Understairs cupboard with light. Access by fire door to Rear Hall.
Triple window to front with secondary double glazing and with wood panelling below. Coal effect gas fire in attractive traditional tiled hearth, wood panel surround and mantel. Shelved display area. Dado Rail. Fitted carpet. Traditional Cornice. Radiator with thermostat. Three double power points. Television and telephone points.
Picture window to front with secondary double glazing and wood panelling below. Tiled hearth with wooden surround and mantel. Fitted carpet. Telephone and Television points. Small kitchen area partitioned off from main room with range of wall and floor units, stainless steel sink with single drainer and mixer tap, four double power points. Picture rail. Traditional cornice.
Door to Rear Hall, Kitchen and Utility area, bedroom 4 with its adjoining bathroom, and the family bathroom. Access also through side door to lane. Lit by skylights, church style radiator, 7 power points. Hanging space for coats. Fire and smoke alarms. Telephone point. Access hatch to loft.
Window to rear with extractor. Ceramic tiled floor. Gas central heating boiler set into former kitchen range/fire recess with fireplace surround and mantel shelf above. Two shelved display areas. Spaces for electric cooker, dishwasher and fridge/freezer. Two clothes airing rails/pulleys. Range of floor and wall mounted kitchen units. Tiled island unit with drawers and shelved cupboard below. Double stainless steel sink with mixer tap and double drainer. Electric cooker point and immersion heater control. Central heating controls. Wall lights. Twelve power points.
Plumbed for washing machine. Stainless steel sink with single drainer and mixer tap. Fitting for tumble dryer. Velux window set in roof. Storage shelving. Floor and wall units. Doors to Rear store and rear garden.
Steps leading down from Utility Room to former coal cellar now used as a store. Concrete floor. Electric light. Extensive shelving.
Two secondary double glazed windows to Rear Garden. Radiator with thermostat. Five double power points. Television point. Traditional cornice. Picture rail.
Double glazed window to side. Venetian blind. Radiator with thermostat. Additional electric panel heater. Three piece suite comprising wash-hand basin, W.C., and bath with electric shower above, tiled surround with handrail and glass shower panel, Tiled splashback. Shelved display recess. Extractor fan.
Double glazed window to side. Venetian blind. Tiled fireplace with wooden surround and mantel. Picture rail and traditional cornice. Fitted carpet. Four double power points. Telephone and Television points. Door to:
Window to side. Part tiled. Electric panel radiator. Shaver point and light. Three piece bathroom suite comprising wash-hand basin, W.C. and bath with electric shower above, shower curtain and safety hand rail. Extractor fan.
Window to side. Wood panelled to dado height. Mirrored glass splashback. Partially tiled. Three piece suite comprising wash-hand basin with mirror, splashback, W.C. and bath with electric shower and shower curtain.
Adjoining W.C. separate
First floor
From the Front Hall a beautiful sweeping wooden staircase with attractive wooden banister leads to Upper Hall which is open to the Main Hall and Dining Area and is lit by velux windows. Radiator with thermostat. Three power points. Off the upstairs Hall is a large airing cupboard with light and extensive shelving.
Double glazed double picture window to front with window seat with storage below. Radiator with thermostat. Fitted carpet. Picture rail with cornice above. Television and telephone points. Two double power points.
Double glazed double picture window to front. Picture rail with cornice above. Tiled fireplace with wooden surround and mantel. Radiator with thermostat. Wash-hand basin. Telephone and television points. Three double power points.
Two double glazed windows to rear. Tiled fireplace with wooden surround and mantel. Radiator with thermostat. Picture rail with cornice above. Television point. Three double power points.
Modern designed Shower Room with wash-hand basin, W.C., large sized shower cabinet. Tiled. Sliding doors. Safety rail at access to shower. Radiator/Towel rail with thermostat. Recessed ceiling lights. Access hatch to main loft.
Window to side. Radiator with thermostat. Fireplace with tiled and wooden surround and wooden mantel above. Fitted carpet. Airing cupboard housing insulated hot water tank. Seven power points. Access hatch to rear loft. Domestic water supply (presently unused).
Castle Douglas, known as Scotland's Food Town has many local individual shops and businesses providing a varied selection of gifts, foods and services. There are both primary and secondary schools in the town along with a library, supermarkets, health services, churches, veterinary services and a thriving livestock market and golf course.
The area in general is renowned for its mild climate, diverse scenic beauty and offers a varied range of sporting activities including Tennis and Squash Courts, several Golf Courses, some Championship standard, and extensive shooting and fishing opportunities. It is also within easy driving distance of the popular sailing village of Kippford and Loch Ken is also close at hand.
Travel links to and from the area are very good. There is a main line railway station in Dumfries and also Lockerbie providing excellent links to both the north and south. The M6/M74 motorway network is 40 miles distant, and there are regular flights to other parts of the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe from Prestwick Airport which is about one and a half hours drive to the North. Edinburgh and Glasgow can be reached in two hours.
By contacting the Hewats Property team on 01556 502946.
Currently Band F.
Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
Double/secondary glazing. Gas central heating.
A Home Report has been prepared for this property and can be obtained by contacting the Selling Agents on 01556 502946.
The energy efficiency rating of this property is Band E.
Offers in Scottish Legal form should be lodged with the selling agents' Castle Douglas Office. Interested parties are strongly recommended to register their interest with the selling agents as a closing date may be fixed for offers.
Subject to negotiation.
Since the house is at present only party furnished, photographs showing it fully furnished have been used.
Approximate dimensions:
Ground floor
• HALL/DINING AREA 4.26m x 3.69m (14' x 12')
• LOUNGE 5.83m x 4.19m (19'2" x 13'8")
• SITTING ROOM 5.39m x 3.52m (17'8" x 11'7")
• KITCHEN 4.56m x 4.37m (15' x 14'4")
• UTILITY 3.34m x 2.90m (11' x 9'6")
• REAR STORE 2.93m x 2.38m (9'7" x 7'10")
• BEDROOM 4 5.20m x 3.70m (17'1" x 12'2")
• BATHROOM (ADJ) 3.94m x 2.71m (12'11" x 8'11")
• BEDROOM 5 3.58m x 3.09m (11'9" x 10'2")
• FAMILY BATHROOM 3.03m x 2.52m (9'1" x 8'3")
First Floor
• BEDROOM 1 5.48m x 4.60m (18' x 15'1")
• BEDROOM 2 4.65m x 4.11m (15'2" x 13'6")
• BEDROOM 3 4.96m x 3.20m (16'3 x 10'6")
• STUDY 4.28m x 3.46m (14' x 11'4") (in the main)
Note: These particulars are believed to be correct but their accuracy is not guaranteed and they do not form part of the contract.
This house description is based upon information supplied by the owner, or on behalf of the owner. These property particulars are produced in good faith and do not constitute or form part of any contract. s1homes do not take any responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this document.
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He barely saw the top of her head over the pilot's chair as he entered the bridge. As usual, she knew he was there before he even got all of the way up the steps.
"Can I help you, Captain?" she asked without taking her eyes off of the Black.
He leaned on the controls beside her, picking up one of the dinosaur toys that Wash left behind.
"I need to send someone a wave," he explained with a sigh as he turned the toy over and over again in his hands, suddenly more interested in it than he had ever been just to avoid looking at his albatross.
"Is that a subtle hint to leave?" she smirked.
His eyes shot up from the stegosaurus, landing on her. She had her legs drawn to her chest, but her arms were on the helm. How that was comfortable, he didn't know. Her legs were milky white against her dark purple dress. Those big brown eyes were still trained on the task of flying his ship with skill and grace that Wash would have been proud of. The way that her hair pooled around her face, framing it so perfectly, made his heart race. I never want you to leave, he thought quietly.
"Captain?" she asked, finally meeting his distant gaze. His thoughts were going too fast for her to read effectively. Actually, it was overwhelming her, making her feel a bit light-headed. As soon as her eyes met his he cleared his throat and when back to playing with the dinosaur.
"Sorry, distracted's all…" he mumbled as he ran his finger down the plastic spikes.
"You're thinking too fast. Making me dizzy."
"Must be an important wave. You're nervous." She reached out for his hand. He couldn't breathe. What's she doing? He thought desperately. She grabbed the dino's tail and sat it back down so he'd stop the gorram fidgeting. He was making her nervous. He looked at his boots, a little flustered from the anticipation of her hand on his, although it never came. River put Serenity on autopilot and looked at Mal with a typical River look written on her sweet face.
"Are you waving Inara?"
"WHAT? No! No."
"I figured it would be the most probable reason for your jumpiness. Is it Patience? Her name really doesn't suit her…"
Mal laughed. It was true. He brought his eyes back to River once again with a small grin.
"That's the pure truth, little one. No, it ain't Patience. It's business though. I should be attendin' to it. If you'd excuse me…"
"Of course, Captain."
She got up and moved out of the way, stealing a second pondering look that he matched. She was trying to figure out what had him so damn agitated. His thoughts literally went blank along with the expression on his face. She hated how he could do that. She flashed a quick smile before floating off to the galley for a snack.
He sat down with a sigh of relief. The seat cover that had once smelled like Wash's heavy cologne was now replaced with the scent of his full time pilot, the one and only River Tam. The truth was that he was nervous because for awhile now because his feelings for her had changed. He wasn't sure what made him notice her in that way. He always thought that she was pretty, but now she was simply breathtaking. He was lost, nervous, flushed in her presence like some school boy. Maybe it had been during one of their flight lessons that he started to like her. Or maybe it was the night they had all gathered around a fire. Jayne had started to play his guitar, so River got up and started dancing. The way that the fire had illuminated every graceful movement and her smile…maybe that was it. Either way, something had changed.
He snapped back into reality and pressed a few buttons. Then he appeared on the screen.
"Mal, long time no see."
"Badger. I heard you might have a job for us. Speak your piece."
"That I do. There's a moon close to Greenleaf called Cavalry. 'Ave you 'eard of it?"
"I believe so."
"Well, there's a local group of…troublemakers. They call 'emselves Leeches. They take people 'n use 'em 'till there's nothin' left. Some of the people they take work in the fields or if they 'ave skills they use those. If they don't, the Leeches hold 'em hostage for money. If their families or friends can't pay and they can't offer them anythin', they kill 'em nice and slow like."
"Well this has been real educational, but can we get to the part where me and mine fit in?"
"They store their blood money in an old shack. Accordin' to my sources, only two guards are on it except for on pay day. If you get there in time, you'll get 'em when their guard is down. It's a lot of money, Mal…"
"Now we're talkin'. Do you have a plan?"
"Yes. You get the money and I get forty percent."
"I meant a bit more specific like. How we get the money…that sort of thing?"
"That's up to you. You're the petty thief. I'm the respectable business person."
"You get thirty percent."
Just at that time, River had reappeared on the bridge and was standing behind Mal smiling. He looked up at her as if to say "Not now" but she stayed.
"Well 'ello there," Badger grinned.
"If it isn't the sad lil' king of the sad lil' 'ill 'imself," River returned in her accent.
"The one and only. So 'ow 'ave you been?"
"Fine thank you. 'N you?"
"Bett'r now that you're 'ere."
She giggled. Mal watched in awe as she continued to flirt with Badger.
"I'm sorry! Did I interrupt?" she finally asked.
"Not at all, little one. It's always a pleasure seein' you again…" Badger beamed.
She's my little one. Mal growled in his head. River almost broke character and shot a surprised look in his direction, having heard his thought. Luckily Badger didn't notice. He was too busy looking at her certain…assets…as she leaned forward just a bit.
"Would you go to thirty-five percent…for me?" River asked, batting her eyes prettily at him. She smiled and then he smiled back.
"Ah alright. For you love. Thirty-five percent. I'll want my cut in two weeks."
"Okay Badger, see you then."
Mal cut the screen off before River could say goodbye. She smiled at him and he inadvertently smiled back, even though he didn't approve of her constant flirtation with him. He didn't like the way Badger had looked at her. No one should be lookin' at her with that hunger in their eyes, he thought before realizing that he was looking at her that very way when she looked down at her leg like she was inspecting it.
"W-what you doin'?" he asked.
"Badger was upset that he couldn't see my legs. I don't know what's so alluring about them. He thinks about them a lot…it makes me a bit uncomfortable."
"As it rightly should. I don't think that you should-"
His eyes traveled up her exposed legs to her curves, making their way to her face, stopping him in his tracks. When she met his gaze, he felt a blush cover his cheeks. He hoped that she didn't catch it.
"Should what?" she asked.
"Flirt with him like that's all."
"I'll be fine. Just likes to look at me is all."
He looked at her body again, instantly feeling guilty for doing so. He felt his face glow. He hated how hot and bothered she made him.
"You feel warm, feverish. Thinking it right now, how unusually hot you feel. Maybe Simon should look at you," River suggested as she picked up on his thought. He tugged nervously at his collar.
"It's nothing. I'll go get some water…"
He got up, accidentally bumping into her. His heart went into over drive when she giggled. He mumbled out an apology.
"Let me at least see if you have a fever."
She reached out to feel his forehead, but he jerked back like she was coming at him with a knife. She looked confused and slightly hurt. He awkwardly motioned towards the door with his hand.
"I…captainy things to do…"
"Is something wrong?"
"No. Nothing…"
"You seem on edge. Is everything alright?"
"Yeah…just shiny. I gotta go now."
He left like someone had lit a fire under him. Something was bothering him, and she intended to find out what it was.


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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - December 7, 2004, New Braunfels, Texas *01 10(111^71 Ti*vT, _ EL FASO TX 7990? 'lllil"l'l<'ii"l"ii"li,ii SPOR I > H TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7,2004 ^rald-Zeitung HUNTING TALES Columnist Tripp Holmgrain shares some of his humorous stories from the deer blind. Page 5A FORUM HAPPY DAYS! The only Wise Man left on the East Coast is Peter Jennings, and that makes the Bushes happy. Page 4A Serving New Braunfels and Comal County since 1852. Vol. 154, No. 19 14 pages, 2 sections CLICK 500 WWW? herald*zeitung.com I '56825 00001 Mostly sunny High Low 71 45 Details .... 1B DEAR ABBY 48 CLASSIFIEDS 68 COMICS 2B CROSSWORD 28 FORUM 4A OBITUARIES SA SPORTS SA TV GRIDS 48 "Nobody knew what was going on. It was such a surprise" — Wally Smith, New Braunfels The Infamy of PEARL HARBOR Affidavit: Teacher was raped, shot repeatedly From staff and wire reports SCHERTZ—The body of a San Antonio teacher missing for nearly two weeks has been found in a rural field in northeastern Bexar County, and a 33-year-old man has been charged with capital murder. Former New Braunfels resident Diane Allison Tilly, 58, had been missing since Nov. 22 after she failed to deliver turkeys for a Thanksgiving luncheon at the Robbins Academy, a nontraditional high school where she was lead teacher. Her body was found hidden under brush Saturday night near a small fishing hole in a farming area near Schertz. Authorities confirmed the identity of the body using dental records, said Assistant District Attorney Catherine Babbitt. Ronnie Joe Neal, 33, was charged with capital murder Sunday morning, only hours after the victim's body was found. In the affidavit for Neal's arrest on the new charge obtained by the Seguin Gazette-Enterprise and the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, Bexar County homicide investigator A. J. Damiani alleged Neal's daughter held Tilly at gunpoint and watched as her father sexually assaulted the woman. She was later taken to a remote area of See DIANE TILLY, Page 2A DAVID INGI Herald-Zeityj was the USS Munford WALLY SMITH was aboard thm USS Honolu From the collection of Alex Prochnow Backdrop photo is an official U.S. Navy photograph taken Dec. 7,1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. DAVID INGRAM/Herald-Zeitung MANDY REARY/Herald-Zeitung Properties around airport spared from annexation By Hon Maloney StaffWriter City council Monday night voted not to annex properties north of New Braunfels and around the airport under agreements the landowners won't develop for three years. Left out of the agreements reached through "restrictive covenants" with landowners were properties along Texas 46 and south of the airport that would enable the city to have a jumping-off point in a new round of annexations to begin in january. Some of the affected property owners, who had hoped to avoid annexations for three years under the rejected agreements, were not pleased. "i'm going to fight them," said Bruce Key, a homeowner southeast of the airport who had negotiated one of the agreements not accepted by council Monday night. "The guys with the big money run over the little guys. They're going to take me one way or See ANNEXATION, Page 2A 63 years can't erase the vivid memories of attack By Leigh Jones StaffWriter Sitting in the office of his Canyon Lake home, Alex Prochnow is surrounded by memories. Above his desk hang pictures of the ships he served on during World War II. In his lap, he holds an album filled with pictures of exotic places — Hawaii, Fiji, Panama, Cuba. Life as a sailor in the Pacific Fleet was an adventure with amazing scenery, until the war broke out. The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that claimed 2,403 lives and left 21 American ships sunk or damaged and 188 aircraft destroyed changed forever the lives of many men and women. More than six decades after tile day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed would "live in infamy," three Comal County residents — Prochnow, Bob Lewis and Wally Smith — can still vividly recall what FDR called the "the unprovoked and dastardly attack" that would result in a declaration of war against the Japanese Empire. Saturday, Dec 6,1941 After spending a week training at sea, Bob Lewis was ready to play. As soon as he disembarked the USS Mugford, a Bagley class Destroyer, he headed straight for Honolulu, where his motorcycle was waiting for him at the local YMCA and some friends were cranking up a party at their house on Canal Street. Hawaii, Lewis said, was a great place to be stationed. T he weather was balmy, the scenery was breathtaking and the people were friendly. The United States Navy was not stingy with shore leave, either. "There was plenty of liberty," Lewis said. "Life was fun." ii ii Mi Across the harbor from the Mugford, Alex Prochnow sat aboard the USS Montgomery, a Breese class Light Destroyer Minelayer. He was supposed to begin his shore leave that day, but he had swapped his day with another sailor who insisted he needed to be on land that Saturday. On the bridge, where he worked as a sig- A public ceremony in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day will be held today. WHEN: Noon WHERE: Prince Solms Park Veterans Memorial YOU SHOULD KNOW: All 3 of the veterans interviewed for this story were invited to be present for today's ceremony. nalman, Prochnow thought about meeting his Australian friends at church the next day "I met a lot of people at church," he said. "We were often invited into homes for meals after service. I really enjoyed my time there." SKS Like Prochnow, Wally Smith was stuck on board his ship, the USS Honolulu, a Brooklyn class Light Cruiser, after spending a week at sea. His shore leave was not scheduled to begin until Sunday, when he planned to spend some time swimming at Waikiki Beach. Although he never learned to surf, Smith See PEARL HARBOR, Page 5B "The battleships looked like matchsticks. It was a horrible sight to behold." - Alex Prochnow, Canyon Lake 2004 CHEER FUND eer Donations are still being accepted for the 2004 Ch Fund. To donate - ■ Stop by the Herald-Zeitung office at 707 Landa St. between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday or mail a check made out to the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung to Cheer Fund, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, 707 Landa St, New Braunfels, 78130, before Dec. 18. Thanks to the following for their support: ■ Eugene and Laura Koenid ■ David and Charline Johnson B Mr. and Mrs. Bartsch B Leona Lohr B Will and Vonnie Stauffer B Stanley and Viola Kohlenberg ■ Ruth Heitkamp ■ Abraham Ybarra ■ Ann Phelps ■ Joseph and Geraldine Flore ■ Ronnie and Betsy McKean B Martha Rahe ■ Ralph and Betty Lackner ■ Wallace and Dorothy Johnson ■ Archie and Elizabeth Culpepper B Several anonymous donors B Mrs. S. David Express mail delivery—the old fashioned way By Ron Malonoy StaffWriter It was just like the old days Saturday, in front of the Sclunitz Hotel on Main Plaza. The really, really old days. Folks sitting on the steps in balmy weather that had a feel more of October than December chatted with a couple of local politicians while waiting for the daily carriage that brought the mail. Only Saturday was the year 2004 and not, say, 1854, when the Schmitz, among this city's first hotels, was the local mail stop. The politicians were County Commissioner Jan Ken-nady, who was standing in for state Rep. Carter Casteel, and New Braunfels Mayor Pro Tem Lee Rodriguez, who read a holiday proclamation by Gov. Rick Perry. T he mail was being carried by Sandy Self, David Wieden-feld, Gordon Geren, Glenn Hover and Don Johnson of the New Braunfels Heritage Riders, who were on their way to Fort Sam Houston as part of the 16th annual "Christmas See DELIVERY, Page 2A MANDY REARY/Herald-Zeitung New Braunfels Heritage Riders deliver a holiday proclamation from Gov. Rick Perry. ;
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Dream ChroniclesMature
Dream Chronicles
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- Dream-
Amanda looked around her. She was in the middle of a vast valley. Hills rose on either side of her with large pine trees
covering the hills around her. Blinking she stretched her arms to the sky and sighed. She felt totally at peace, totally
relaxed. Holding her right arm out with her hand opened wide a small blue bird came flying towards her.
Thats when she heard a voice, a strange mans voice echoing through the Valley.
"You will be one of us.."
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Amanda blinked...wierd dream she sighed as she rolled over staring at her alarm clock. It was 10:00 am and she groaned.
She was to lazy to get up, but didn't want to stay in bed. Getting up she grabbed her bath robe and went to take a shower.
Her week had been long and hard. She had gotten into a fight with her grandma, her boyfriend and her best friend. As she turned
on the water and stepped into the warm water her mind and body seperated just like every shower before. While her body was on
some sort of auto-piolet her mind dwelled on the past week.
Her grandma, for whom she worked for, was an understandable fight. She needed to learn to be more compasionate and understandable
.Plus she definatly needed to learn how to remember stuff. God I hope I"m not like that. I will shoot myself.
Amanda snapped out of her train of thought so she could grab her shampoo, the soothing scent stuck to the air as she lathered
it up, pausing enjoying the scent before rinishing it out. Over the shower, she heard someone knocking on the door.
"Is there no fucking peace in this world?!" She growled and poured conditioner into her hands and quickly ran it through her
hair. Turning off the water she grabbed her bath robe tying it around her she opened the bathroom door allowing the steam to
escape and walked down the hall and upstairs to the door.
"Who the hell would come over? No ones here but me..." She sighed and opened the door and let out a verbal shiver as the
cold autumn air rushed in greeting every inch of her soaking wet body. Standing there was a very shocked Purlator man.
"Sorry miss, I have a package." he held out a small cardboard box and the custum electronic pad to sign.
Pulling her robe tighter around her she looked at the man with a cocked eyebrow and grabbed the box and pad signing it, and
thrusted the pad and put it back in his hand before closing the door. Walking upstairs she put the box down on the
kitchen table and returned to the shower washing the conditioner out of her hair.
You will be one of us.
"Wierd dream." She sighed and stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her before returning to her room.
Today, she decided, was a black day. SO she got dressed in balck socks, black flair jeans, and an oversized t-shirt.
Returning upstairs she woke up her computer and signed into skype, msn, and set up her webcam. Sitting at her kitchen
table she pulled the box towards her. There was no return address on it, hers was written in brilliant turqouis. Just as
she was about to open it a ringing came from the computer. Sighing she put on her headphones and turned her webcam towards her.
Max had signed on to skype, clearly he wanted to talk.
Now Amanda wasn't super pretty. She was average height, around 5'7 and was chubby with a round face. Brown eyes and hair, olive
skin, pulled her slightly french native apperance off. But at the age of 19 she didn't care anymore about how she looked.
"Hey Max. Hey did you send me a package. You know Kathy's gonna get upset" Turning around she grabbed the box. Scrunching up her
nose she opened the box with a nail file revealing a large black velvet box with a large turqouis D in the middle.
"Erm, good morning to you too, and no I didn't send you anything. What is it though? I wanna see"
Amanda had only known Max for seven months. But had felt as close to him as if she had known him for seven years. He had lived
with a friend of hers while he was on an exchange program. But now he lived back home in Berlin, Germany.
Slightly confused as to who sent the gift she opened the box and saw what was inside.
"It's a necklace, it's pretty." She pulled it out, a long silver chain, in the middle hung a large clear heart with silver
wings. "I wonder who sent it though."
Max blinked staring at his computer screen. IT was defintaly something he too would call pretty. In a way he wished that he had
sent it. " So what about Kyle?"
Amanda laughed "Nah, he's to cheap, and I'm going down there in a few days. He'd give it to me himself. Plus, Max...this
is real silver, it's heavy."
The question was who gave it to her. Blinking she looked down at the box and saw a piece of paper, stuck to the bottom of
the box. Carefully taking it off she read it.
Wear this tonight, when you sleep.