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Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903by Lawrence Goldstone
A potent and original examination of how the Supreme Court subverted justice and empowered the Jim Crow era.
In the following years following the Civil War, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery; the 14th conferred citizenship and equal protection under the law to white and black; and the 15th gave black American males the right to vote. In 1875, the most
A potent and original examination of how the Supreme Court subverted justice and empowered the Jim Crow era.
In the following years following the Civil War, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery; the 14th conferred citizenship and equal protection under the law to white and black; and the 15th gave black American males the right to vote. In 1875, the most comprehensive civil rights legislation in the nation's history granted all Americans "the full and equal enjoyment" of public accomodations. Just eight years later, the Supreme Court, by an 8-1 vote, overturned the Civil Rights Act as unconstitutional and, in the process, disemboweled the equal protection provisions of the 14th Amendment. Using court records and accounts of the period, Lawrence Goldstone chronicles how "by the dawn of the 20th century the U.S. had become the nation of Jim Crow laws, quasi-slavery, and precisely the same two-tiered system of justice that had existed in the slave era."
The very human story of how and why this happened make Inherently Unequal as important as it is provocative. Examining both celebrated decisions like Plessy v. Ferguson and those often overlooked, Goldstone demonstrates how the Supreme Court turned a blind eye to the obvious reality of racism, defending instead the business establishment and status quo--thereby legalizing the brutal prejudice that came to definite the Jim Crow era.
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"Goldstone offers a clear, cogent reading of the court's machinations, no small accomplishment since the justices generally rested their opinions on convoluted legal reasoning rather than on broad principles." The Washington Post
"An absorbing account of the Supreme Court's role following the Civil War." Library Journal
"Comprehensive and remarkably lucid" Publishers Weekly
"A furious indictment of the Supreme Court as an accessory to the anti-democratic machinations of Gilded Age elites." Kirkus Reviews
"One of the saddest episodes in American history has been inadequately explored and poorly understood--until now. Lawrence Goldstone's brilliantly written book, Inherently Unequal, traces the post-Reconstruction Supreme Court's slow strangulation of equal rights for African-Americans. It will be a shock to many that the judicial branch, viewed in the modern context as the premier defender of civil rights, was primarily responsible for the nation's descent into a deep, racist inequality that ruined the lives of millions for a century. As Goldstone shows us, Lincoln's great legacy was cynically dismantled by the officeholders best positioned to protect it." Larry Sabato
"As with Dark Bargain, Lawrence Goldstone once again adds a much-needed chapter to U.S. history with Inherently Unequal." Tavis Smiley
A furious indictment of the Supreme Court as an accessory to the anti-democratic machinations of Gilded Age elites.
Anti-federalist author "Brutus" may have been right when he warned New Yorkers in 1788 that the Supreme Court, as laid out in the Constitution, would become a tool to neuter individual and minority rights, writes Goldstone (The Activist: John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the Myth of Judicial Review, 2008, etc.). The author agrees that it is a defect of Article III that antidemocratic caprice in the high court is immune to democratic check. The author's view of the Court shares much with Peter Irons's A People's History of the Supreme Court (1999), and he also focuses on the decisions of the Chase, Waite and Fuller courts, which undid federal guarantees of equal rights in the aftermath of the Civil War. Bracketed bySlaughter-House(1873) andGiles(1903), this series of decisions emasculated the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, dismantled Congress's Reconstruction program, condoned the disenfranchisement and quasi-enslavement of the South's African-American population and ushered in the era of oppressive Jim Crow laws. The text is marred by intrusive moralizing and epithetic vehemence, but the biographical sketches and case backgrounds are mostly well-drawn. However, readers' confidence in Goldstone's ability to balance economy and accuracy may be shaken by his misrepresentations of Justice Holmes as a Spencerian, Justice Miller as a hypocrite and Hamilton, Franklin and Darwin as racists.
A creditable condensation of a library of material into a dense 200-page narrative, which an annotated timeline would have helped untangle.
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Inherently UnequalThe Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865–1903
By Lawrence Goldstone
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PrologueA Death in Georgia
On April, 11, 1899, twenty miles southwest of Atlanta, Georgia, just outside Palmetto in Coweta County, a laborer named Sam Hose approached his employer, a wealthy farmer named Alfred Cranford. Hose asked for his accrued wages and permission to visit his mother, Mary Wilkes. Mrs. Wilkes, who lived in a cabin on a farm forty miles to the south, was a near-invalid, forced to care for another son who was retarded. Sam Hose had that day received a letter informing him that she had taken a turn for the worse. Hose, who was about twenty-five years old, had taught himself to read and write, the better to provide support for his family.
Cranford refused either to pay his employee or allow him time off. Sam Hose made the mistake of talking back. Cranford, known for a hot temper, stalked off. He seethed all night at the unimaginable slight.
Sam Hose, of course, was black. Alfred Cranford was white.
The next day, Cranford walked out to where Sam Hose was chopping wood. Cranford drew a gun and announced that he intended to shoot his disrespectful field hand dead on the spot. As they both knew, such a crime would have drawn not the slightest recrimination from the local authorities. In the unlikely event Cranford did go to trial, his acquittal by an all-white jury was a certainty. Sam Hose was a small man, only five feet eight inches tall, weighing not more than 140 pounds. In fear for his life, he flung his ax, striking the white man in the head and killing him instantly. He then fled in terror.
For the previous three months, a series of suspicious fires had plagued Palmetto. Two businesses and a home had gone up in flames. County officials insisted Palmetto Negroes were responsible and, further, that the fires were part of a grand conspiracy. White leaders would be murdered and the entire town burned to the ground. Local citizens were frantic.
In March, nine local black men had been arrested. All were later described by an outside investigator as "hard-working and intelligent." No evidence against any of them was ever produced, and each claimed to be able to easily prove his innocence. Palmetto had no jail, so the men were incarcerated in a local ware house, to be guarded, at least in theory, by sheriff's deputies. The night of their arrest, before any formal proceedings could be initiated, a group of concerned citizens, 150 white men, visited the prisoners. With the guards either ignoring the mob or joining it, eight of the nine were shot. Four died, and the others were seriously wounded.
Although the fires ceased—actually, they had stopped weeks before the arrests—talk of insurrection by marauding Africans continued to spread panic throughout Palmetto. The day after the shootings, for example, an Atlanta newspaper reported, "All business has been suspended, the town is under military patrol, and every male inhabitant is armed to the teeth, in anticipation of an outbreak which is expected to-night." Although no uprising ever took place, news, a month later, of Alfred Cranford lying dead outside his home with an ax in his head revived fears of an impending race war. Bloodhounds were set on Sam Hose's trail.
Sensational as the killing already was, rival newspapers in Atlanta, the Journal and the Constitution, decided that the story should be made even more lurid. Making no effort what ever to determine the actual facts of the case, they competed with each other for maximum embellishment and, one assumes, maximum sales. Sam Hose therefore became "a monster in human form." This "beast," the Journal reported to its readers, had burst in on the Cranford family during dinner, attacking the farmer from behind, cleaving his head in two. The Constitution took up the story from there. After brutally murdering the husband with the ax, Sam Hose then repeatedly raped Cranford's wife, Mattie, on the kitchen floor, "within arm's reach of where the brains were oozing out of her husband's head." What's more, this rampaging savage was afflicted with syphilis, which he intended to pass on to the pitiable widow. Not content with what he had done to the adults, Sam Hose then set upon either a Cranford infant, or two young Cranford children depending on which account one read. The infant was dashed to the ground. Or the young children were assaulted. The details of this final outrage were kept from the Journal's God-fearing readers, but the clear implication was that the assault was "unnatural."
For ten days, Sam Hose was tracked by a posse said to number as many as three hundred men. During the hunt, on April 18, the Constitution's headline read CIRCLE OF VENGEANCE SLOWLY CLOSING ON FLEEING SAM HOSE. HUNDREDS OF ARMED MEN ARE BEATING THE COUNTRY FOR THE MURDERER OF ALFRED CRANFORD. HE CANNOT ESCAPE, THEY SAY DETECTIVE BEDFORD HAS FOUND THE MURDERER'S DISCARDED SHOES. ONE NEGRO CAPTURED SEVERAL TIMES. THE ENTIRE SECTION THROUGH WHICH HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING HIS ESCAPE IS UP IN ARMS, DETERMINED TO LYNCH HIM. The article went on to say, "When Hose is caught he will either be lynched and his body riddled with bullets or he will be burned at the stake." The newspaper added, "There have been whisperings of burning at the stake and of torturing the fellow low, and so great is the excitement, and so high the indignation, that this is among the possibilities." Two days later, the Constitution added, "Several modes of death have been suggested for him, but it seems to be the universal opinion that he will be burned at the stake and probably tortured before burned." Clark Howell, the editor of the newspaper, offered a $500 reward, an amount matched by Georgia's new governor, Allen D. Candler. The town of Palmetto added $250 more.
On April 22, Sam Hose was finally apprehended at his mother's cabin. He was taken by train to Newnan, the Coweta County seat, which, unlike Palmetto, had its own jail. He was repeatedly questioned, both at the time of his arrest and during the train ride. Described later by white deputies as "free from excitement or terror," he "told his story in a straightforward way, said he was sorry he had killed Cranford [in self-defense], and always denied that he had attacked Mrs. Cranford."
On the night of April 22, Sam Hose was again questioned, this time in the Newnan jail. There are no witness accounts of this session, but, at its conclusion, the white jailers reported that "Hose made a partial confession, acknowledging that he killed Mr. Cranford, and said that the murder had been instigated by a colored preacher [Lige Strickland] who had paid him $12 to commit it." A later investigation by the Chicago private detective found this to be hogwash. "I did not talk with one white man," the investigator reported, "who believed that Strickland had anything to do with [Hose]. I could not find any person who heard [Hose] mention Strickland's name. I talked with men who heard [Hose] tell his story, but all agreed that he said he killed Cranford because Cranford was about to kill him, and that he did not mention Strickland's name."
Word of Sam Hose's capture spread through Georgia with remarkable speed. By early the next morning, Sunday, April 23, plans for his execution were complete. Such was the demand to witness the spectacle that a special excursion train was arranged to carry eager Georgians from Atlanta to the promised execution. In the meantime, Lige Strickland had been snatched up in Palmetto.
As noon approached, a huge crowd had gathered in an open green, one mile from the Newnan town square. At least 2,000 were present, although a dispatch to the New York Times claimed "one special and two regular trains brought nearly 4,000 people to Newnan." At the station in Atlanta, conductors cried out, "Special train to Newnan! All aboard for the burning!" The Constitution noted that "the spot selected was an ideal one for such an affair, and the stake was in full view of those who stood about with unfeigned satisfaction."
Into this festive atmosphere, men arrived in Newnan accompanied by their wives and even their children. "Ladies clothed in their Sunday finery watched from carriages, gazing excitedly over the heads of men carrying small children on their shoulders as the ritual began." Not every white citizen was in favor of what was to take place. Former Georgia governor William Y. Atkinson, a Newnan native who had recently completed his second term before being replaced by Allen Candler, was appalled. He rode to the site and stood in a buggy, pleading for the crowd to leave and let the law take its course. Atkinson was shouted down.
Finally, Sam Hose was brought in a wagon from the jail. He was dragged to the center of the mob of thousands of jeering whites. He was stripped of his clothing and tied to a small sapling. Wood was stacked around him and soaked with kerosene. Hose himself was smeared with oil. Before the match was struck, however, one of "the cool, determined men who went about arranging to burn him" walked up to Sam Hose and sliced off his left ear. Then his right. His fingers were cut off, then his genitals. Still before the fire was lit, one of these cool, determined men stood next to Sam Hose and skinned his face. (Reports filtered out that during this process Sam Hose made a full confession, admitting to both the rape of Mattie Cranford and the complicity of Lige Strickland, but a subsequent investigation proved this to be a fabrication as well.)
Finally, a match was thrown on the pyre.
"The stake bent under the strains of the Negro in his agony and his sufferings cannot be described, although he uttered not a sound," the Constitution faithfully reported. As the heat rose, Sam Hose's eyes popped from their sockets and his veins burst. "At one juncture, before the flames had begun to get in their work well, the fastenings that held him to the stake broke and he fell forward partially out of the fire." The men around him extinguished the flames, retied the victim, again doused him with oil, after which Sam Hose "was kicked back and the flames renewed. Then it was that the flames consumed his body and in a few minutes only a few bones and a small part of the body was all that was left of Sam Hose."
Before the body had cooled, the crowd was upon it. According to the New York Tribune, "It was cut into pieces, the bones were crushed into small bits and even the tree upon which the wretch met his fate was torn up and disposed of as souvenirs. The Negro's heart was cut into several pieces, as was also his liver. Those unable to obtain ghastly relics directly, paid more fortunate possessors extravagant sums for them. Small pieces of bone went for 25 cents and a bit of liver, crisply cooked, for 10 cents." Proper southern Christians deposited their souvenirs in pickle jars or handkerchiefs, later to be displayed as trophies in places of business or private homes.
That night, it was Lige Strickland's turn. "Just after dusk," another group of white men gathered at the town square, and soon the preacher was brought forward, hands tied and a noose hung around his neck. Strickland's employer, a Confederate war veteran and former state senator, Major W. W. Thomas, argued with the mob that Strickland was innocent, and he would not leave until the men promised that they would hand the black man over to local authorities until the charges could be investigated. Finally, after threat and argument failed, the mob reluctantly agreed. But Strickland, married and the father of five children, had aroused the enmity of local whites with some outspoken remarks; "had inflamed negroes in the neighborhood," as a newspaper report phrased it. As soon as Major Thomas departed to return home, the men loaded Strickland into a wagon, tightened the noose, and drove him out of town.
They stopped about a mile away, then dragged Strickland from the wagon to a sturdy tree. They threw the rope over a branch and pulled until it was taut. They demanded that Strickland confess. When he did not, they pulled him up. How long they left him off the ground is not known, but the white men eventually lowered him down and once again demanded a confession. Once again, Strickland refused. The white men again pulled on the rope.
When they were done, Lige Strickland had been hoisted three times into the air. Before being raised the third and last time, his ears and little finger on one hand were sliced off. Given one final opportunity to own up to his crime, he reportedly said, "I have told you all I know, gentlemen. You can kill me if you wish, but I have nothing to tell."
When Lige Strickland's body was discovered the next morning, "swinging from the limb of a tree," the New York Times reported:
On the chest of the negro was a piece of blood-stained paper attached by an ordinary pin. On one side of the paper was written:
"New York Journal: We must protect our ladies 23-'99"
The other side of the paper contained a warning to the negroes of the neighborhood. It read as follows.
"Beware all darkies. You will be treated the same way."
In the wake of the executions, Governor Candler issued a statement, printed verbatim in the Chicago Daily Tribune: "The whole thing is deplorable," the governor began. Lest anyone think that he was about to indict those who had perpetrated the torture and execution, Candler quickly added, "Hose's crime, the horrid details of which have not been published, is the most diabolical in the annals of crime. The negroes of that community lost the best opportunity they will ever have of elevating themselves in the estimation of their white neighbors ... the perpetrator was well known and they owed it to their race to exhaust every means of bringing Hose to justice. I want to protect them in every legal right and against mob violence, and I stand ready to employ every resource of the State in doing so, but they must realize that in order to inherit and receive the protection of the community, they must show a willingness to at least attempt to protect the community from lawless elements of their own race ... To secure protection against lawless whites, they must show a disposition to protect white people against lawless blacks."
Both the burning of Sam Hose and the lynching of Lige Strickland were reported throughout the nation, front-page news in most northern and western newspapers. Although few other northern newspapers carried Governor Candler's statement, the incidents were, by and large, reported with a complete lack of outrage. The New York Times, which had been ferocious in its editorial condemnation of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, spoke not a word of genuine disapproval against the burning of Sam Hose. As for Lige Strickland, the Times headline did read GEORGIA MOB KILLS INNOCENT MAN? as though, had Strickland been guilty, the actions of the mob would have been appropriate. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, in an editorial, decried the killings, noting, "On this occasion, white humanity disgraced itself ... behaving quite as badly as Indians were ever known to behave." But the Daily Eagle added, "The black man is even more ignorant and passionate, and when he gives way to temptation he becomes indeed a terror to the community. As to the result of a lynching, it is without doubt restraining."
Nor were the identities of those who perpetrated the crime a secret. In the case of Sam Hose, the names of prominent witnesses and even those who incited the murder of the black man were widely reported. (Clark Howell had made his sentiments known to everyone who read his newspaper.) In fact, the reason for the wealth of material on these crimes was the utter lack of timidity by those involved to brag about it.
With all that, not one person was ever detained, arrested, or even officially questioned about either incident. When United States attorney general John W. Griggs, from New Jersey, was asked if he planned to investigate the lynchings, he said that "the case had no federal aspect, and therefore the government would take no action what ever in regard to it."
State pride for these crimes was certainly not unanimous among Georgia's whites. Some voices were raised in outrage. The Savannah Morning News wrote, "The method of [the lynching] was in keeping with the spirit of a savage rather than a civilized and Christian community. It provokes a spirit that is likely to lead to other crimes." The Savannah city attorney called the incidents "unspeakably horrible and shameful." A local judge added, "The whole thing is too horrible to think of. I don't want to talk about it. It is terrible in all its hideousness. I am sorry it happened in Georgia."
The day after the incidents, Governor Candler paid $600 of the reward to J. B. Jones, a farmer who had spotted Sam Hose and organized the posse that captured him. Later that day, "a man named Moss" presented a "good-sized piece of Hose's heart" to the governor as a trophy.
Two days after the killings, W. E. B. DuBois, then teaching at a black college in Atlanta, wrote out "a careful and reasoned statement concerning the evident facts," including a plea for racial reconciliation. He set out for the offices of the Atlanta Constitution to deliver the letter to Joel Chandler Harris, author of the popular "Uncle Remus" stories, whose work appeared in the newspaper. On his way, he was told that just down the street was a grocery store in which, on prominent display in the front window, were Sam Hose's severed knuckles.
DuBois turned back and headed home.
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I am planning an AT thru-hike in March of 2009, and I am trying to put together a clothing list. I am thinking that I will take GoLite Reed Pants, and the GoLite Virga jacket for rain protection. I am at a loss for how much insulation I need to take for those cold months at the beginning and end of the trail. Would you suggest a down insulating layer, or would lighter layers work underneath the Virga? Even if it is cold, I think I will stay fairly warm while I'm moving, but I am concerned about staying warm at night. Any one have any suggestions? I am afraid to take too little, but I also don't want to end up taking too much.Feb 16, 2008 at 7:17 am #1420824
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So, consider down for camp use in February and March, especially if you intend to use shelters more than your tent/tarp. However, remember that LOTS of moisture is common, so it would also be worth considering a high-loft synthetic such as Primaloft for a jacket. BPL's Cocoon series is an excellent ultralight option for such clothing and others exist from a number of manufacturers.
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Best of luck.Feb 17, 2008 at 6:54 pm #1420972
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This is the clothing list I used on my aborted thru-hike of the AT this past March-April;
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-200 wt Fleece (I was too poor at the time to buy a down or synthic jacket, but looking at it now I really recommend it. As too which type, do some research to find what works for you.
-Capaline 2 and a Capaline 3 LS shirt
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ExOffico Amphib pants
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I would obvisouly change the fleece to a snythic (my preference) jacket. I would probly ditch the capaline 3 LS until the NOC (although not sure), and replace the capline 3 pants to capaline 2 pant. Also I would take a pair of zipp off pants (a little heavier, but best of both worlds) and a really light weight t-shirt. Something similar to coolmax. YMMVFeb 17, 2008 at 6:59 pm #1420973
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Another thing you might consider is carring a bivy or a DIY cover for you sleeping bag. When I was in NC and TN in early April, there were days that the clouds were rolling right through the mountians. It had me conserned about my down quilts, that next time Ill make a weather shield out of Momentum90 to help protect it (if in ground setup, I am primarily a hammocker, so a hammock sock is deffiantly in order).
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Outstanding beach comes with this well maintained maintenance free, ranch style home. Newly encapsulated crawl space has transferable warranty and eliminates allergies! Wood burning fireplace keeps you toasty, while the fully wired ample size generator, newer boiler, and water heater ensure that this home is ready to enjoy. Walk for miles or build sand castles in the sand on your super sandy beach. 3-car garage with overhead storage is finished and is ideal for all your toys. This year around home will make someone a great retirement or vacation getaway. Warranty protected for one year.
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Every month anywhere from several hundred to a few thousand bicycle riders participate in an event called "Critical Mass." They ride through downtown Houston in a large group ignoring traffic lights and, whenever possible, cars. Apparently, they consider it some kind of demonstration, but the only thing they demonstrate is selfish, childish, irresponsible, dangerous beghavior on our city streets. It is not unusual to be stuck for more than half an hour waiting for these adult children to get out of the way. Many of the bikes are not street legal for night riding and many of the participants are drinking alcohol while they ride. Before someone dies either on a bicycle or waiting for an ambulance that cannot get through, make the Houston Police Department do its job and stamp out this public menace once and for all.
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FEATURE-Minnesota landowners fear mining invasion
* People own surface rights, companies own minerals below
* Jobs and economic development vs environmental protection
By Andy Greder
PINE CITY, Minn., Dec 13 (Reuters) - Mike Picek has always intended to pass along his hunting land and log cabin in the woods of northern Minnesota to his children and grandchildren - a plan now in jeopardy due to mining interests.
"All these years, I've been set on giving it to them, and now I could lose it," said Picek, an entrepreneur for 50 years.
Picek owns the surface rights to his land near Ely, a gateway to the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, but the state held the mineral rights beneath it and sold them in June, leaving him and many other landowners waiting to learn if mining companies will be digging into their land.
The next move is up to the mining companies, which are looking for copper, nickel and other metal deposits in the Arrowhead region near Lake Superior.
Drilling would mar the wild nature of the landscape and could diminish the quality of hunting, Picek and other landowners say. If profitable deposits are discovered, the mining companies could negotiate to lease or acquire some or all of their land.
The contentious lease sales in Minnesota reflect a broader conflict between environmental groups and companies looking for or transporting natural resources in the United States. Continued...


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The court had earlier restrained toll authorities from collecting taxes for 15 days after they failed to control the traffic flow.
New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the Gurgaon Expressway toll collection case till September 28, ruling that status quo shall be maintained till then. The court was expected to decide whether toll tax should be collected on the Expressway.
Earlier this month, the court had restrained toll authorities from collecting taxes for 15 days after they failed to control the flow of traffic on the Expressway.
The Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain had passed the order after Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Limited (DSCL), the stake holder, failed to comply with its order of finding a solution to the problem of congestion on the toll plaza.
The court, on August 16, had asked the company to put additional collection windows and deploy personnel with hand held collection machines for smooth traffic movement.
With the company failing to comply with the order, the court had sternly warned it of suspending collection of taxes, and had directed the Gurgaon traffic police to file a status report on the steps taken by the company in this regard.
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Embroiled in a controversy over hefty stipends given to MLAs who sit on a committee that hasn't met in years, Alberta Premier Alison Redford has ordered immediate pay suspensions for Tory members.
Ms. Redford has halted pay for all Tories on government committees, asked MLAs to refuse payment for all-party committees and requested retiring Speaker Ken Kowalski to review committee pay and suspend all committee pay for MLAs.
Monday's announcement stands pending the outcome of retired Supreme Court Justice John Major's current review of MLA compensation and benefits. His report is expected to be completed by the end of next month.
That's about the same time Albertans are expected to go to the polls. A provincial election could be called within weeks.
"My government will review the recommendations of the independent review carefully," Ms. Redford said in a statement, "but it is my commitment that we will simplify MLA pay into one, fully-taxable salary so that Albertans know exactly what their elected representatives are earning and why."
Last week, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation bestowed one of its annual Teddy Waste Awards to Alberta's standing committee on privileges and elections, standing orders and printing, whose 21 members haven't met since 2008.
Members draw $1,000 per month, while the chairperson receives $1,500 and the deputy-chair gets $1,250. The annual salary pool is $261,000 for no discernible work in recent years.
Ms. Redford initially called the arrangement "ridiculous" and said she would wait until the recommendations from judge Major. But when outrage grew, she changed her mind.
"The decision shows that she is not turning a blind eye or a deaf ear to the complaints, the rightful complaints of Albertans on this issue," said Scott Hennig, Alberta director of the taxpayers group.
Ms. Redford is in the midst of a public relations double whammy.
Last week, she suspended Gary Mar, Alberta's envoy in Asia, after it was revealed he hosted a fundraiser to help wipe out a $262,000 campaign shortfall after failing to beat Ms. Redford in the Tory leadership contest last fall. The province's ethics commissioner is now probing the situation.
Meanwhile, Ms. Redford reiterated one of her campaign promises as she dealt with the fallout from the so-called "no meet" committee.
"I stated my clear preference for a single, transparent pay structure for MLAs," she said.
While the majority of those on the questionable committee are Progressive Conservatives, it also has members from the Liberals, NDP, Wildrose and Alberta parties in addition to an independent.
Ms. Redford was once a member of the committee, but said she wasn't aware of it and wasn't paid for it.
Alberta MLAs have been allowed to pocket extra cash for committee work – to a maximum of $3,500 a month – and some sit on multiple committees. This compensation scheme was introduced in 2008 as part of a package of significant pay increases for MLAs.
The committee the taxpayers federation singled out for being among the "worst of the worst in government waste" awards last met on Nov. 17, 2008 – for just 14 minutes. It was one of five meetings that year. Prior to that it hadn't met "for almost 20 years," noted member Bridget Pastoor, then a Liberal MLA, now a Tory.
Some committee members (Liberal member David Swann) have been donating their committee income to charity. Others have pledged to return their earnings (former Tories, Guy Boutilier and Heather Forsyth , who now represent the Wildrose, as well as Raj Sherman, now Liberal leader.) Others were on so many committees they were never paid for this one (NDP Rachel Notley.)
"Donating it to charity is a step above pocketing it," said Mr. Hennig, "but at this point, if the additional MLAs want to give their money back, I want to see it go back into public coffers, not charitable coffers."Report Typo/Error
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Such are its heavy political overtones that today's election for the chair of the British Olympic Association has attracted the attention of Downing Street. And Tony Blair has been told that any attempt by his underlings to influence the outcome would be "a waste of time".
The sports minister Richard Caborn has been accused of pressuring a number of sports to get them to switch their support from the favourite, the Tory peer Lord Moynihan, to David Hemery, the only other candidate.
"Tony Blair mentioned it to me," said Craig Reedie, who is stepping down as BOA chairman after 13 years. "'Is it going on?' he asked. I said, 'I hope it's not happening because National Olympic Committees have [an Olympic] Charter obligation to remain independent from government but on good terms.' And he accepted that. If it has been happening I believe it will be counter-productive. The people casting their votes know exactly what they want and they will not be influenced."
Put simply, the government abhors the idea of Moynihan having such a significant role in the build-up to the 2012 Games. The peer has already stoked the fires with last month's launch of his independent review into how sport is administered in Britain. He called it Raising The Bar though a more appropriate title would have been Raising The Temperature.
In normal circumstances, the government would have been able to put the 142-page glossy document on the bookshelves and let it gather dust. But Moynihan's candidature has ensured the report and its author cannot be ignored so easily, especially his key recommendations that UK Sport and the Sports Councils in the four home countries be abolished. The production reads like an election manifesto and conspiracy theorists have speculated that that is exactly what it is. That, though, is unfair as Moynihan launched his review 18 months ago before he had considered standing for the BOA post.
The BOA election has been thrown wide open by the unexpected decision not to run by Sir Matthew Pinsent, the four-time Olympic rowing gold medallist, who was being groomed by Reedie to replace him. It created a void that Moynihan has filled and left the government distinctly uncomfortable. Caborn believes Moynihan was deliberately unsupportive about London's Olympic bid and felt a series of difficult questions in the Lords was designed to undermine the capital's chances.
The BOA chair carries with it a prestigious place on the board of the London Olympics organising committee. With Sebastian Coe already chairman, that body would contain two Tory peers, unpalatable for a Labour government. Many sports are privately outraged at Caborn's interference, especially as the BOA has always prided itself on its independence, but he has succeeded in persuading some to change allegiances.
Hemery is seen by some as tainted because he was president of UK Athletics when Caborn and the culture secretary Tessa Jowell pulled the plug on the athletics stadium at Pickett's Lock, leaving Britain unable to stage the 2005 world championships. But Moynihan was sports minister under Margaret Thatcher when she allowed authorities to sell off thousands of school playing fields.
Moynihan, who coxed the British rowing eight to a silver medal in the Moscow Olympics in 1980, is perceived as being more dynamic than Hemery and, having only recently turned 50, is 11 years his junior. Hemery, though, prefers to characterise his understated approach as more diplomatic than that of his rival. He shares Caborn's view that abolishing UK Sport and the other councils at this stage of preparations for 2012 could spell disaster and has fears that having a political figure in charge could harm the BOA's position.
"It's an awkward one for them because for years Colin has used UK Sport and DCMS [Department of Culture, Media and Sport] almost like a whipping boy," said Hemery. "It's diplomacy versus politics."
Rival manifestos
Lord Moynihan
Age: 50
Sporting achievements: Coxed Oxford University in the 1977 Boat Race and Britain's eight that won silver in the 1980 Olympics. In 1981 he coxed the crew to gold in the world championships.
Manifesto: Wants to abolish UK Sport and other quangos. Advocates more sport in schools.
David Hemery
Age: 61
Sporting achievements: Won the 1968 Olympic 400m hurdles gold medal in a world record time.
Manifesto: Characterises his approach as being diplomacy against politics. Believes in close co-operation with the government and supports the continued involvement of UK Sport in preparing Britain's team for 2012.


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Coal Futures In China Are On Fire; Citi Upgrades Coal, Gold, Silver
Commodities are the best global asset class this year.
As commodity markets are "lurching toward re-balancing", Citigroup refreshed its price forecasts.
Coal saw the largest upgrades. Citi now sees coking coal to average $89 per tonne in 2016, a 9% increase from the previous forecast, and $89 per tonne in 2017, a 18.6% jump. Thermal coal is expected to average $56 per tonne this year and $59 next, a 17.1% and 37.4% jump from its previous forecasts. Overnight, seaborne thermal coal price rose to the highest level in 10 months, gaining 20% from January low of $49 per tonne to $59.
Runner-ups are silver and gold. Citi raised its silver forecast to $16.95 per oz this year and $16.50 next, a 5% and 9.6% rise from previous forecasts. Gold is now seen to average at $1,265 an oz this year and $1,250 next, a 0.8% and 4.2% rise.
So what does it mean for mining stocks? Citi raised BHP Billiton's (BHP) price target from A$19.50 to A$21 per share on higher coal and oil prices, but kept its price target for competitor Rio Tinto (RIO) unchanged because the higher Australian dollar (which means higher production costs) offsets higher coal prices. Citi kept its iron ore forecast unchanged at $49 and $42 per tonne this year and next.
Citi is also looking at South32 (S32.Australia) more favorably, assigning a new price target of A$1.75 per share because of South32's exposure to coal.
Fortescue Metals (FMG.Australia) remains a Sell at Citi, in part because the broker did not change its iron ore price forecasts.
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In Australia, South32 rose 3.1%, Fortescue Metals gained 2.7%, and BHP Billiton was up 1.9%. Gold was little changed, while silver gained 0.8% to $20.48 an oz.
Overnight, SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME) gained 2.1% and the VanEck Vectors Coal ETF (KOL) rose 1.5%.


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Tempe program offers rewards for recycling
Published: March 7, 2011
Students pass recycle bins on all four campuses every day, but many return home to apartment complexes that don't provide them with access to that service.
A new project from the city of Tempe, however, hopes to change that. The city is partnering with Recyclebank, a New York-based group that rewards communities and individuals who recycle with points they can redeem for commercial products.
Karen Bray, client marketing director at Recyclebank, said the program is in place in 29 states and the United Kingdom.
"We're a green lifestyle community that rewards [people] for taking everyday green actions," Bray said. "We're really trying to encourage those small actions that make an impact and to reward those actions."
The project took effect March 2 in 11 apartment complexes in the southwest area of Tempe, allowing residents to sign up on Recyclebank's website and begin accruing points, said Lucy Morales, outreach coordinator for Tempe Recycling.
Tempe partnered with Recyclebank for a yearlong pilot project to increase outreach to apartment complex residents, many of whom do not realize they have access to free recycling, Morales said.
Participating complexes are located between Loop 101 and Interstate 10, and between Elliot Road and US 60, and include Galleria Palms, Garden Grove and Monarch apartment complexes, among others.
Outreach is the main challenge, Morales said. Not only do residents need to be informed of the recycling opportunities available, but apartment complex managers must also be informed of how to sign up for recycle pickup with the city of Tempe.
"We don't, unfortunately, have a way to promote our green programs to [apartment complex] residents," she said. "We can send information to the apartment complex managers, but we don't know how that information is flowing to their residents."
Recycling is completely voluntary for apartment complex owners and managers, but is offered by the city of Tempe without charge to any complex that already has trash pickup.
"While we provide recycling for all multi-family complexes, this program goes above and beyond that," Morales said. "A partnership with Recyclebank allows residents to earn rewards for recycling so they can redeem them at Recyclebank partners."
Bray said residents in the pilot complexes can sign up at recyclebank.com and report their recycling each week. Each pound of recycling a complex accrues earns 2.5 points. The total number of points is then divided among each participating resident.
Residents participate individually, and points are totaled and divided communally by Recyclebank.
Points can be redeemed for discounts at local and national chain stores, as well as gift cards, Bray said.
"The more points, the bigger the discounts," she said. "The more the community as a whole recycles, the more points each resident can earn."
The communal point system is intended to encourage neighbors to work together.
"We're bringing the effort down to neighbors working with neighbors to take little steps," Bray said.
Morales said increasing recycling can reduce the trash pickup expenses of apartments.
"Some apartments will have twice a week trash pickup," Morales said. "If the program is managed correctly and residents are recycling, complexes will be able to reduce the number of trash pickup days and save money on that expense."
Industrial engineering junior Alex Davis, director of services at the Center for Student Sustainability Initiatives, a Tempe campus group that promotes green practices, said apartment complex residents need to start demanding that recycling be available.
"Until residents sit down and demand it from the apartment managers, they're not going to offer it," Davis said. "Recyclebank is providing good incentives for students to recycle in apartment complexes."
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Chapter Eleven - The Shame of Professor BinnsMature
Severus was woken up that morning an hour earlier than he would have liked by Mute, who, for some reason, thought he'd like his ear nibbled as a wake-up call.
'Mute! Stop it!' Severus groaned, and raised his hand to push her away.
She was right up close to his face, and as he looked at her in the half-light, he went very still.
This close to, she appeared just like ... Severus lifted Mute's wing to inspect it, and not without a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach.
Mute had a hole in her right wing, in the exact same place that Hagrid had shot his arrow at the wing of the vampire.
But was this just coincidence? How had she gotten that wound?
Severus remembered his mother giving him a mysterious look when they talking about buying him a seriously cool pet.
But the notion of her giving him a blood-sucking killer was ludicrous ...
Wasn't it?
Severus didn't know anything about his mother's side of the family. Talk of wizards wasn't allowed in the Snape house.
Severus had had enough. He got out of bed and slipped into dressing gown and slippers. He pocketed his wand, in case he met Peeves or Filch, and put Mute on his shoulder, and left the dormitory.
He knew that the school would still be asleep at the hour, but he just had to do something, he had to.
Maybe if he compared her picture to an image in a vampire in beastly-form he'd feel better.
Severus plodded downstairs until he found himself outside Professor Binn's classroom.
Upon sight of the desk, he stopped, surprised.
On top of the desk was a large, stone basin with runes all around it that he couldn't understand.
The basin itself was quite unremarkable, but its contents were another story.
Going over, Severus saw that it contained a silver substance, constantly moving but never setting into a distinct form. It was like wind on the sea, or air made into liquid.
It looked very enticing, and he wished that he could touch it to find out what the texture was like, but Severus wasn't fool enough to dip his hand into an unknown substance of magic. It was certainly unlike any potion that he had read about, but maybe it wasn't a potion.
Unable to resist, Severus took out his wand and lightly touched the substance.
It swirled before his eyes, as though he just created a whirl-pool, and before he knew it, he was catapulted, head-first in through the bowl as though it had grown as large as the room around him.
He was falling through blinding, white light, cold wind rushing past him, and suddenly he felt his feet back on firm ground.
Shaking, Severus looked round, and to his horror, he saw that he was in a place that definitely wasn't inside Hogwarts castle.
From his surroundings, his best guess was that he was at the Three Broomsticks, at Hogsmeade.
Severus had never been to the wizarding village, but Lucius and the others had often spoke of visiting the place.
It was crowded and filled with talk and laughter, and the whole pub were focussed on a single table in the middle of the room.
The gathering consisted of witches and wizards around his dad's age, some in various stages of drunkenness, but all in high spirits, as if celebrating something.
At a glance, Severus didn't recognise anyone here, and he drew back, waiting to be caught and kicked out.
That's when he something about four of the central tables' occupants caught his eye.
Severus gasped.
They were wearing silver robes bearing the crest of a black dragon on the front.
He had found the Guild of Dragons!
In the centre of the table sat a man with his very long black hair drawn in a ponytail. He must be Oswald Knight.
On his left sat a very handsome boy of sixteen or seventeen.
Severus reckoned this must be Knight' son, Arthur.
On Arthur's right sat a dark-haired woman with striking grey eyes.
Severus guessed that she must be Matilda.
'Bring us more drink, won't you, Sophie?' one of the men called.
Severus looked down to see a tray of butter beers passing right through his chest.
'Alright, Oswald, I know you gents don't like to be kept sober long,' the witch called Sophie replied as she stepped right through Severus and towards the table in front.
Severus shuddered, it was creepy enough when a ghost went through you.
He realised that he must be inside a recording of the past, where people of the present were neither seen nor heard.
'Do tell that story of how you got that last fiend, Oswald,' someone from the crowd shouted.
'Which one, Olga the Thirsty, or Gretchen the Bloody Wretched?'
This was clearly an inside joke as everyone laughed. Knight put a boot up on the table and leaned back in his chair, downing his beer.
Severus was strongly reminded of Potter.
Knight launched into a crude and unpleasant account of how he and his family took on Gretchen the Wretched.
Matilda flicked her hair and beamed, proudly, at her husband, but Arthur turned red from where he sat between his parents.
Severus looked at the others, but he seemed to be the only who noticed this.
A spindly-looking man with spectacles, straggly brown hair, and a red scarf, struggled through the crowd to the front.
He was wearing a black travelling cloak, and breathing like he had been running.
'Mr. Knight, sir,' he gasped, looking overwhelmed, 'It is an honour to meet you and your wife at last,'
'Of course it is,' Knight nodded, chuckling, 'What can I do for you, sir?'
'Well, the word is, sir, that er –'
The thin man caught sight of Arthur sitting meekly between his parents, 'and master Knight! Thrilled to meet you too, you must be so proud!'
Oswald clamped Arthur to his side, 'Absolutely!' he boomed, ruffling his son's hair.
'And what can the Dragons do for you, sir?'
'Oh, I don't want anything, thank you, it's just that I've been hearing the rumours and about Vlad the Second ... They've been confirmed ... He's looking for you,'
The tavern's mood changed quite suddenly as a hush fell.
Some people were giving each other shifty glances, and others were watching the Dragons for their response.
Arthur was looking absolutely terrified, but his father's smile hadn't faded a notch.
'Well, he should have made an appointment,' was all he said.
Laughter rolled round the room and everyone went on drinking and slapping the Dragons on the back.
The scrawny man was gazing at the Dragons with a kind of awed admiration.
'You inspire such confidence, Dragons! You're what stories are made of! Living Legends-'
He halted as he got a grasp of himself, and then spoke as loud enough for everyone to hear him.
'I bet a thousand Galleons that the Dragons can take on Vlad the Second and his family, and win,'
'With their hands tied between their backs!' someone shouted from the crowd.
'Blind-folded!' Sophie called.
Oswald waved, casually, like he was royalty, 'Why, thank you,'
'No, I mean it,' the man went on, his eyes fixed on the Dragons, 'And that moment will go down in history one day,'
'Oh, here he goes again! You and your history, Cuthbert! You both go on forever!'
Cuthbert jerked his robes, indignantly, amid the laughter and pointing.
Oswald looked at him properly for the first time.
'Are you serious?' he asked, curiously.
'Absolutely, sir, you're ... you all are ... my idols,' he breathed, trembling.
Oswald offered him a hand, 'It's a deal,' he said.
Severus watched as they shook on it, and for some reason, a chill run down his spine. Who was this man?
'These vampires are both our curse and our blessing,' Matilda announced, 'without them, we'd neither be so busy nor so rich,'
'Mother,' Arthur said, speaking for the first time since Severus had arrived, 'Aren't we taking this a bit lightly? I mean, I know we're the best, I know we are, and Vlad the Second, well ...'
The rest of the Arthur's sentence was drowned out by the crowd, but Severus didn't need to hear it to guess what it was.
At that moment, he felt a hand grasp his arm, and looking round, he gave a gasp of shock. Peeves the poltergeist had hold of his arm, and beside him stood a distressed and angry looking Professor Binns.
'Some things are best left buried, boy,' Binn's said, sternly, and Severus felt himself rising again.
In a moment, he found himself losing his balance and falling backwards, down onto the floor of Binn's classroom.
'You may go,' he heard Binns' voice over him, and he saw Peeves whoosh away.
'I had to use Peeves to get you out of there,' Binns' said, angrily, 'as I can't touch you myself, but I daresay you've caused more harm than that poltergeist ever did!'
'Speak for yourself!' Severus muttered.
Professor Binn's looked shocked. 'What did you say to me?'
'I said speak for your bloody self! Gambling the Dragons' lives for a thousand galleons, Binns! What the hell made you do it!'
'I was a blinded fan! I believed they were invincible, I truly did! They were legends come to life! Heroes! People were fascinated by them ...'
He said the word with a kind of bitter awe.
'What happened to them?' Severus asked.
Professor Binns was trembling slightly, his mouth partly open, his eyes a bit brighter than normal.
'You'll find that on page 525, and I cannot let that be seen by anyone,' he answered, sadly, 'I just can't ... I can't,'
'Well then, I'll have to find it myself, if you won't help me,' Severus answered, 'because right here and now, people are getting bitten, and it's up to you whether you want to help prevent that,'
There was a tense silence in which the dust in the room seemed to glitter.
Severus looked round the room, and then asked, 'Where's Mute?'
'Pardon?' Binns asked, jerking from a trance.
'Mute, my pet bat ...' Severus said, his voice trailing off as he looked up.
Peeves was sticking his head out through the ceiling, baring his teeth at him.
Pure bloods run for your lives.
He ran back to the Slytherin dormitory and got into bed without a word, yet he was still gripping his wand under his pillow when he awoke next morning.
When Severus sat up in bed, the sunlight piecing thin rays through the window, like gold wands, he saw that the room was empty.
Severus got up and dressed quickly, and when he stepped into the common room, Professor McGonagall was to be found addressing the Slytherins.
'There has been a double attack,' she was saying, gravely.
Severus' heart collided with his ribs a few times, and he hurried forwards, not wanting to miss a word.
'Ah, Mr. Snape, you'd better come with me,' McGonagall told him.
'Professor, I swear-'
'I am not accusing you of anything, Snape,' McGonagall said, clearly, 'now please,'
Severus looked at Lucius and the others, only to see that they looked as scared and confused as he did.
Severus followed Professor McGonagall out through the wall, up the stone stairs, up the marble staircase and along the corridor to the hospital wing.
Before he could enter, however, Professor McGonagall put a kindly hand on Severus' shoulder.
'This may be disturbing for you,' she said in a surprisingly gentle voice, 'from what I've seen, Miss Lestrange is your friend ...'
She slowly opened the door.
'...as is Miss Evans,'
Two stiff figures lay on the beds, their faces as white as their surroundings.
Severus took one look and covered his face.


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The ring of the last bell issued a sigh of relief from my stiff body as I rose from the desk and walked out of the classroom like everyone else. Friday afternoons were by far the most glorious time of the week because it was followed by a Saturday, which meant an instant in which your enslaved mindset could taste the sweet freedom of a weekend, though I wasn't looking forward to this weekend. The students began dwindling and diminishing from the hallway but I caught merry words of partying and hanging out over at a friend's house. I went straight to my locker without a parting glance to anybody. Leaning on my locker was Joey, with his head hung low over his chest and humming a new song we've been working on.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" I asked, turning the dial of my lock. It clicked open at the first try and I pull the locker door open, stashing my books away. "Don't you have to walk her home or something?" There was reproach and distance in my voice. Walking her home was a former pleasure of mine; at that time, all I wanted to feel were her fingers entwined with mine. My silent joy was for Joey to continue now, for they were neighbors and friends. I wasn't jealous toward him though, I was grateful.
Joey shrugged, "I told her to wait because I had something to do before leaving," he said, then looked at me earnestly. "I want to apologize for what I said earlier. I know you're under much stress and that I promised not to take sides on my best friends break up, but…"
There always had to be a "but" in everything concerning me. A long sigh escaped from me and my eyes gazed at my best friend, the one who knew me well enough not to be fooled by my lies, deceptions, and faked happiness and well-being. Nothing had changed between us, except that we talked less animatedly about her or tried to avoid mentioning her at all. Both of us confided in him and trusted him not to reveal what was said to him in confidence about each other. Why didn't more people like Joey Wheeler exist?
"…I miss a part from both of you," he finished. "I miss her smile and I miss your confidence." His hands were in his trouser's pocket, a sign of embarrassment for what he just confessed. Nobody could judge him for what he said, for his words were sacred to my ears and made me think deeply about the meaning everything played in my life. We stood there for some uncomfortable minutes just gazing at one another without uttering a word, as if trying to decipher thoughts by the simple act of staring at each other. She read me easily and I wondered if she had taught the art to Joey.
"I miss her too," I said, "and not only her smile, I miss her presence." There was pain in my throat as I said those words and a slicing suffering in my chest; the void that my heart had turned into this last week felt lonely and lifeless for the umpteenth-time.
"Why don't you tell her so," he suggested. That question, or rather idea, hadn't reached my ears until this very moment. Perhaps the thought of telling me to try so had been wandering in my closest friends' minds, but it never made it to their lips when they witnessed and pitied my silent and self-absorb misery. They didn't want to point out the real loser and jerk I was either.
"Because I ended the last shred of light in her eyes and I can't bring myself to face her again," I said. I forced my lips into a sad smile before closing my locker. We hadn't talked since the break-up and the hours of each day slowly died away with me trying to avoid her.
Joey just nodded. "Everything's cool between us then?"
I nodded.
"Alright, see you on Monday," he waved before setting his skateboard on the floor and skating away as fast as he could so as to not get caught by any school official. I mumbled a goodbye before walking out of the door and into the frosty winter air. The reasons behind our break-up were unknown, even to me, or at least bizarre. I didn't cheat on her and she didn't cheat on me, and as far as I knew we were a happy couple. For me that was on the outside; it tore me apart to know that sometimes I was making up this fairytale for her to live in, to shelter her from the chaos inherent in me. Failure never was an easy feat to overcome or live with, and experience had proved that to me countless of times. I failed to protect her from the sinister monster inhabiting deep in my soul, wearing it thin each passing day. I also failed at preserving her radiant smile; now her little sad smile would be the scar of her broken heart. The heart is the muscle that works the most and also the one that never heals completely.
My thoughts bothered me most of the time, especially when in solitude. It was hard to cool down the train of thoughts whose destination was past the horizon of doom, where the mountains of agony provided shadows of desolation. The white coldness wasn't helping much in my despair either, except that the wailing wind was a symphony akin to the sobbing of my aching heart. Pathetic was the word most directed to me, it fit me well. My parents still have a hard time watching me skulk aimlessly around the house in my edgy and anxious manner when I wasn't hiding in my room writing her name and generally making a mess out of myself and my room, much to my mother's distress.
The house came into view; the paint was slowly peeling off the wooden structure and the windowpanes were foggy and frost-bitten. I trudge through the snow-covered yard and scrubbed off the snow from my converse on the landing. I turned the brass knob and push opened the door, allowing me into the orange warmth of the ceiling light and to the smell of freshly baked cookies. Without a greeting word or mumble, I quietly made my way to the stairs, in hope of getting inside my room without the usual questions asked about my day.
"Hey Elliot," the cheerful voice of my eleven-year old sister rang loud in my eardrums. I walked back some steps and peered into the kitchen. When I saw her, I forced a smile upon my worn-down face to meet her ear-to-ear grin and her bright emerald-color eyes, so much like mine. "Guess what I've been doing all afternoon!"
"Baking some Christmas cookies?" I asked indifferently, anticipating the answer.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!" she cried, "they're in the oven right now; when they're ready I'll call you. Mom and Dad aren't home yet, I want this to be a surprise for them. Do you think they'll like it?"
"Sure, Cindy," I replied, rubbing my wearied eyes. "Just make sure to clean up everything before they get back." The kitchen was indeed a mess, it was as if a tornado had gone through and the walls of it had hit against everything that was within reach. I started walking toward the stairs again, until her chirpy and loud voice stopped me abruptly again.
"Mom said you should start packing for the weekend," her voice died away as I reached the landing of the second floor and disappeared like a shadow inside my solitary and bleak haven. I turned the volume dial of my iPod up and drowned my thoughts with the loud music streaming through my earpiece, deafening my head from thoughts of her.


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Express Flooring salesman gave us a bid of $7,000 for tile in our home, 8-23-12. We did not give the sales man a deposit.
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My wife was furious...saying, "I had called to cancel the contract but was talked out of it!" "Henry, you knew my intent, I had even called the salesman to cancel the agreement the very next day!" "The salesman had told me to call the office and cancel...however, the supervisor, Henry said 'you didn't cancel by written notice."
My wife called GE Capital again and asked if Express Flooring could put $1,750 on that account without our consent. They said no...the account is closed, as you requested.
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Located in Columbia, Baymont Inn & Suites Columbia Fort Jackson is close to William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Palmetto Falls Water Park. This hotel is within the vicinity of South Carolina Military Museum and Fort Jackson.
Make yourself at home in one of the 59 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Your room comes with a Select Comfort bed. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
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