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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - January 24, 1996, New Braunfels, Texas 16 O Herald-Zeitung O Wednesday, January 24,1996 Tejano star to play benefit for Luna We're Meeting Local Tcjano star Shelly Lares will perform at a benefit concert for her 12-ycar-old cousin, Charles Luna, who is battling leukemia. The Lares family has joined their young cousin in the fight for his life by hosting a benefit Supcrbowl party featuring a special concert by Shelly Lares on Jan. 28. "When we got the news about Charles' condition, I knew that there had to be something I could do to help," stated Shelly. "Any life-threatening disease that strikes a child is devastating, but when it hits this close to home, it puts things in perspective. I have been very fortunate and want to do all I can to help him get better." The Lares and Luna families are hoping to raise $ 15,000 for Charles that will go towards his increasing medical expenses. The proceeds will also help reduce the cost of Charles' airfare and accommodations for his stay at a hospital in Iowa where he will await a bone marrow transplant. The Superbowl party will be held at the Cowboy Country Club in Central Park Mall and will begin with a 3-hour explosive concert by Shelly Lares from 2 to 5 p.m., followed by the Superbowl game shown on two giant screens. The party also includes a Bill Miller Bar-B-Q meal that will be served from 3:30 to 5 p.m., an auction with fantastic items to bid on, including Tejano star memorabilia and great door prizes. "Charles was diagnosed with leukemia in mid-September of last year," said his father, Mario Luna, "and we are grateful to Shelly and her family for helping us out the way that they have in such a short time. We just hope that we can raise the money we need to help my son get better. No child deserves to be sick like this." Charles celebrated his 13th birthday on Jan. 17 and the family is hoping that by his 14th birthday he will be able to look forward to a healthy and leukemia-free life and get back to doing the things he enjoys—playing Sega and basketball, expanding his comic book collection and swimming. Tickets are $10 for adults and $3 for children under age 12. The price includes the concert, a meal and the game. They can be purchased at the Cowboy Country Club or by calling Patti Lopez at 210-737-1826. The Lares and Luna families are also asking people, especially the Hispanic community, to please consider becoming a bone marrow donor. The percentage of bone marrow donors is low. For more information on becoming a bone marrow donor, please contact the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center at 210-731-5555. Glen Staley will be a guest speaker at the Unitarian Universalist meeting Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the meeting room at Victoria Bank. His topic will be Strength in Diversity. He is on the South Texas Region board of the ACLU, and on the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, San Antonio Chapter. The kick off meeting for Friends of the Ranch, an auxiliary organization for the St. Jude's Ranch for Children, will be Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Restaurant at Gruene Mansion at 7 p.m. Dessert will be served. Call 885-7494 for reservations. The ranch is a home for abused, abandoned and neglected youth. The New Braunfels Conservation Society's January meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Forke Store. Jennifer Covington will describe the mission and programs for the Comal Healthcare Foundation and its relationship with McKenna Hospital. New members are welcome. For information, call 629-2943. The Comal County Cancer Support Dialogue Group, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will meet at 6:30 .rn., Thursday, Jan. 25. Call 629-1763 for information. The New Braunfels Multiple Sclerosis Support Group will meet Thursday, Jan. 25 at noon at Ryan's Restau rant. Dr. Bill Davis, neurologist, will be guest speaker. The New Braunfels Polio Survivors Support Group will have its next meeting at 10 am, Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Comal County Senior Citizens Center. Interested polio survivors, relatives and friends are invited to attend. For information, call Debbie at 606-5556, or Rena at 620-4473. The Eagles Auxiliary will meet Monday, Feb. 5 for their business meeting ' at 7:30 p.m. Officers to meet at 7 p.m. Election of delegate to the state convention will be held. The Black Heritage Society wilt meet Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. at the Dittlinger Memorial Library. For more information, contact Margaret Adams at 620-6402. The Comal County Genealogy Society will meet Feb. 6 at the north Building of Victoria Bank, 1000 N. 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With the advent of the 21st century, India is emerging as the world's largest economies. One of the prominent factors of such a development is the rising women entrepreneurs in India.
Over the last 10 to 20 years franchising has become one of the fastest ways of doing business in India. Women are taking up conventional and non-conventional franchises and making their presence felt across the globe. According to a recent study, there are more than one lakh franchised outlets managed by women in India. Successful entrepreneur Shahnaz Husain, Managing Director of Shahnaz Group of Industries says, "More and more women are becoming entrepreneurs. Despite qualifications and ability, the glass ceiling and gender bias still exist. In fact, the difficulty in occupying the top managerial positions may be motivating many women to set up their own businesses. The woman who is creative finds greater freedom in her own enterprise to translate her creativity and innovative ideas into reality."
Considering the performance of women in franchise businesses, enlisted here are five areas where women can achieve maximum benefits.
Beauty and hair styling salons
Women are known for their forte in beauty and wellness. Shahnaz Husain is the best example in this field. She entered entrepreneurship in 1971 and since then has been a great motivator to thousands of women entering this field. Shahnaz Husain shares, "We have around 400 franchise ventures worldwide and most of our franchisees are women." She further says, "As far as franchise salons, spas and beauty institutes are concerned, I have had mainly women franchisees. The beauty business essentially deals with women and I feel that it can be best understood and handled by women. I feel that women have a special aptitude for the beauty business. A woman is better at client handling and has good communication and people skills. This is an added advantage in the beauty business. A woman displays more knowledge and skills and therefore is good at handling women clients." Vandana Luthra (VLCC) is another good example. Recently Blossom Kochhar (Aroma magic) also adopted the franchise way to expand her spa centres.
Education sector
The education sector has a great scope for women entrepreneurs. The patience and warmth present in women make them perfect educationists. Uday Mathur, MD, Eurokids shared, "Women entrepreneurs have a great future in preschool franchising. More than 90 per cent of our franchisees are women and we look forward to increasing the numbers." Sharing her views about women in franchise, Lina Asher, Chairperson, Kangaroo Kids Education Ltd said, "Globalisation has led to an increased sense of awareness and has also brought about significant changes in our social structure. I believe access to quality education has led to an increased financial independence among women empowering them with greater autonomy to lead their life as they want to." Mentioning her views on women in play schools, she added, "We do have a large number of women franchisees especially for our preschool brand Kangaroo Kids." Shaarada K Sriram, founder of Ideal Play Abacus India Pvt. Ltd and Sudha Gupta, chairperson of Mother's pride are some other prominent names in this field.
Well-being and fitness centres
Well-being and fitness centres are also a lucrative business option for women. With an increase in health awareness people are gunning to join health clubs. This has added to their rapid spread. A few years ago these health centres were exclusively for men. But a trend of health clubs and gyms being opened for women has been seen lately. Chandra Gopalan, Master Franchisee, Contour International, said, "Ours is a gym run by women and for women, hence we attract a large number of women who are otherwise hesitant to be seen in a gym due to their physical appearance." Another example is Dr.Shobha Kaul, Managing Director of Personal Point, a well-recognised beauty and slimming centre.
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Another sector in which women are interested is apparel, jewellery and cosmetic sector. Women have always been conscious of their looks as compared to men. They have the innate talent for latest fashion in clothes as well as in accessories. We can confirm this by observing that most of the fashion houses of clothes, jewellery and other accessories are managed by women.
Home furnishing and decorations
This is an up-coming sector in the organised Indian market. Though there are not many women players in this field as yet but it offers great scope and potential for women entrepreneurs. The quality of being excellent 'home-makers' in most women would be an asset in a home furnishing and home decors business. Dipali Goenka, Director Welspun, is the first woman to venture in the décor and furnishing industry. Sharing her views on this Goenka said, "In the home décor business category, the touch of a woman is unquestioned. Home is, after all, the prerogative of the woman. Hence a woman would be able to relate better and understand the needs and requirements of the customers. She would also be in a better position to give solutions to their queries." She further added," The home furnishing and décor business is at the heart of every woman's creativity and her need to express herself and her individuality. More women should be encouraged to join the industry and grow the business."
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LONDON (AP) Several letters that Princess Diana wrote to her former nanny, including one comparing her own dancing skills to those of an elephant, will be auctioned in London next week, and they are expected to sell for thousands of pounds (dollars).
Diana once famously danced with American actor John Travolta at the White House. But as a teenager, she wrote in a 1978 letter to her former nanny that she loved dancing but that, "Watching me dance is like watching an elephant, so no one does!"
James Grinter, an auctioneer with Reeman Dansie, the house selling the four letters and two cards next week, said Tuesday he expects them to go for up to 10,000 pounds (US$18,000).
One of the letters to the former nanny, Mary Clarke, was written a few years before Diana married Prince Charles in 1981. In it, Diana said she had briefly considered the prince as a possibly suitable mate for her older sister, Sarah.
Diana wrote another letter during her engagement to Prince Charles. "Not too long to go now and about time too! Six months of being engaged is quite something and definitely to be avoided! All the family in complete overdrive and a lot of non speaks going on!" Diana wrote.
Princess Diana, her friend Dodi Fayed and their driver died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
The auction house also is selling a 1937 letter that American socialite Wallis Simpson wrote to a cousin while on a honeymoon with King Edward VIII.
In it, Simpson writes, "Here I am at last with my king, sitting on a mountain in Austria, where it is really lovely and peaceful. We hope here to gather strength for future battles."
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The Prophet (r) is reported to have said: "My Ummah has been given five blessings, during Ramadhan. These blessings were never given to any of the Prophets before me. These are:
First: Allah directs attention on those who commence the fast on the first night. Allah will never punish him, on whom he directs his attention.Second: That breath that proceeds from the mouth, in the evening, of those who fast, will exceed the perfume of musk.Third: On each day and each night of Ramadhan, Angels will supplicate on behalf of those who fast, to forgive their sins.Fourth: Allah will command Paradise: be prepared to beautify the heavens to welcome my servants. The time has arrived for them to be liberated from the Evil machinations of the world, and be welcome in my house to enjoy its blessings.Fifth: When the last day of Ramadhan is reached, Allah forgives all their sins. A companion who has present on the occasion asked: "Is it the night of Lailathul Qadr?" "No. when labourers have accomplished their tasks, would not their wages be paid?" was the reply – (Al-Baihaqi).
Education is an essential right which permits each person to receive instructions and to blossom socially. The right for education is vital for the economic, social and cultural development of societies. The purpose of education is to develop every child's personality, talents, mental and physical abilities. Each child's ambition is a parents dream so much so that a child is too often found to be pushed in a field he/she is not interested in.
In Dunya everyone wants to achieve bigger and better and if we don't have similar blessings as others we tend to compare ourselves and thus leading to ingratitude. Appreciating the small things will eventually lead you to the big.
Why is that we fail to understand that everyone is blessed in their own way in their own time. If you are deprived of wealth be grateful to Allah for your health, if you are deprived of health be thankful to those who are by your side through thick and thin.
On a joyful day in Al-Madeenah An-Nabawiyyah, and on the morning of a happy 'Eed, the house of the Prophet, , witnessed the scenes of the celebration of 'Eed under the supervision of the best of human beings: Muhammad, . Everyone joined in to celebrate the occasion of 'Eed and all were keen to let the noble Prophet, , witness their celebrations because they loved him the most and held him the utmost esteem
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The European PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection line-up for November 2015 has been revealed. The 'Instant Game Collection' available via PlayStation Plus has proved to be a big hit for Sony and there's often fervent speculation over what will be added each month.
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GPS technology helps save victim of domestic violence
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - GPS technology helped deputies save the life of a woman and her unborn child after they responded to a domestic violence attack in Orange County.
The suspect, Frank Defulgentis, appeared before an Orange County judge in jail on Sunday. Deputies said he tried to stab his pregnant girlfriend to death in a fit of rage Saturday morning.
The 43-year-old was arrested at his home at 9712 Winder Trail after the alleged attack.
"I was shocked when I woke up," neighbor Lois Wrubleski said.
The victim told Defulgentis, her boyfriend of 1.5 years, that she wasn't going to move in with him, according to an arrest affidavit. That's when Defulgentis attacked her with a steak knife, stabbing her more than 10 times, investigators said.
"From what I understand he stabbed her in the head, stabbed her in the chest," Wrubleski said.
Deputies said the victim called 911 while trying to run out of the house with Defulgentis following her.
An arrest report states the victim was never able to speak to 911 dispatchers. Dispatchers were subsequently unsure what was going on at the home, but were able to track the phone's location using GPS technology.
A deputy was sent to the home for the mysterious 911 call and found the victim in the driveway covered in blood.
The suspect surrendered and told the deputy, "I wasn't trying to kill her," according to the affidavit. Deputies said the victim is 6 months pregnant.
"I've been praying for whoever she was that she would survive," Wrubleski said.
Defulgentis is being held at the Orange County Jail with no bond. Hospital officials were unable to provide an updated condition on the victim and her unborn child, but deputies said they are expected to survive.


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How Great Is Our God with Holy, Holy, Holy - ChoirTrax CD
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Choral (CHOIRTRAX CD)
By Chris Tomlin. Arranged by John Purifoy. Daybreak Choral Series. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.8745722).
Item Number: HL.8745722
5x5 inches.
John Purifoy has paired Chris Tomlin's How Great is Our God with Holy, Holy, Holy, blending the new with the traditional to create a wonderful anthem of praise and adoration. May be used for general worship or services of praise.Available separately: SATB, SAB, ePak(S) and ChoirTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:20.


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Abilene Reporter-News, The (Newspaper) - November 6, 1970, Abilene, Texas flOTH YEAR. NO. 146 PHONE 6734271 ABILENE. TEXAS, 79604, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1970-THIRTY-TWO PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS lOc DAILY-25c SUNDAY Auociaied Prtu Trophy Hunter: --L Goldie Hawn added the "Star Of The Year" award to her Oscar in Miami Beach Thursday night. Miss Hawn was honored by the National Association of Theatre Owrers at their convention. She recently completed filming on Mike Franknvich's ''There's a Girl in My Soup" for Columbia Pictures. 1 (AP Wirephoto) Bv ELLIE How Do You Make Ex-Husband Pay Up? q. I have three children and have been divorced over live years. My ex-husband was supposed lo pay (SO a month. He left over two years ago and nobody can find him. He'i a year behind In support. Who can 1 see about finding him? I've tried for 6li months lo see a lawyer or Judge, I can't get past their secretary' or even talk to one on the phone. I don't have the money lo find him myscll, can you help me? A. Yes. We've found several people nho will help you and have sent you the details by mail. Once you've located him, contact the Legal Aid Service at 673-4661, they'1! refer you to a lawyer who handles chi'd support cases. If the'allorney doesn't collect any child support you won't have to pay him; his fee is taken from the child support money that he's able lo collect. Q. I'm very disturbed over the personal property tax on automobiles. never encountered such a tax elsewhere. I'm a new resident and wonder If this lai Is designed to discourage prospective new- comers from settling here and to encour- age ihe ones lhat are here lo move away (note the drop In the U70 A. Sixty per cent nl Ihe larger cities in Texas (over tax automobiles and some cities also tax furniture, motorcycles, boats and the clothes on your back. Abilene taxes automobiles because it's easier to assess their value than lo fairly determine the value of household goods. If it's any consolation, when your car is eight years old, you don't have lo pay tax on It. H'e do have some things in our favor, a t.-.x study made by Wichita Falls showed that out of 18 Texas cities studied, Abilene was 15th; only three cities have lower taxes. So we can't really be accused of driving people away; they're likely to pay higher taxes elsewhere. No matter what Ihe lax rate is, we're just bound to dislike it, guess that's human nature. Q. Yesterday I received a 1970 personal property tax statement In the amount ol JH.60 for owning a H66 automobile. I'd like to know how the tax collector figures these taxes. On what basis? If he says on the value of Ihe automobile, then why should a man with a later model car have lo pay these taxes and his next door neigh- bor with an old model rar not be required Co pay any taxes on his car at all, yet he uses his car for the same thing 1 do, transportation? A man driving a 19S3 Cadillac lakes up as much space In Uie slrert while driving as I do and Just as much space lo park as anyone rise. If one man Is required to pay then let's get everyone In the game and make It lair. A "Automobiles aren't taxable after they're eight years old because they have such a small value that it's just not feasible to try I" says Asst. City Attorney lid He says the space the vehicle uses and Uie wear and tear on Ihe roads has nothing to do with it, H's an ad valorem lax which means, "according to value." And while we're on the subject, the tax IS constitutional. In when Ihe present Constitution was adopted It stated ill prop- erty In the stale shall be taxed In proportion to its value. Kverjlhing you own nitKNDA (illKKNE Stall Writer "1 think there should be a discontinuance of Ihe unanimous of jurors in jury Thomas M. Ilcavlcy, associate justice of Ihe Texas Supreme Court, said here Friday morning. Judge lleavley was in Abilene to speak at the Brown .Simposium at M c M u r r y College. "I CANT niACINi: 12 people agreeing on anything, especially in these days "hen most are individual he said. "I (eel nine or 10 votes would hr> sufficient in days when most individual h- "I feel nine or 10 voles would b" sufficient lo set a he said. "With the system as it thorn arc so nnny mistrials, which lake undue amounts of time for retrial and undue, amounts of money." "I also think the Judiciary syslem will move lo six-member Jurors" hn said. "The 12- member Jury Is just tradition from the old common law courts." 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Caleb (The Asset)Mature
Everything looked dark... and it was so slow. I couldn't move my hands. A helicopters roter started beating. I'm dreaming again... I can't control this one...
The choppers rotter beat the air, a burning Toronto below us. I nervously fingered my M4A1, switching to single shot, bayonet on the end. In front of me is a large, muscular unarmed French guy, 22 year old sergeant Pillars and beside me is 20 year old private Anders. The pilot put 3 fingers up. My sergeant yelled "when we land, we move into the server room and the asset will extract the data. keep the asset safe, if the mission is about to fail, we terminate the facility. The channel is 45 for fire support, code "Avalanche". I nodded, and the pilot put up two fingers. My hands started shacking, and I searched for my bottle. It was half full. I grabbed a pill, swallowed, and breathed in and out. The pilot held up one finger. The helicopter hovered a few feet of the ground, and we all jumped of. The helicopter flew away, and my squad started firing. We made a semi-circle around the asset, firing single shot. We kept moving through the zombies. Anders figured that we could take out 90 zombies before we had to reload at best. There were a lot more then 90 zombies, and before I knew it, my sidearm was out. We made it to the entrance, and the big guy put his card up to the entrance way. My pistol clicked, and I slapped a fresh clip in. A zombie tackled anders, only to bite his bayonet.
The door opened, and we all stumbled inside, thanking the military and it's hatred of windows. We closed the door, reloading our assault rifles, Anders unjammed his rifle. Lights flicked on, illuminating a blood stained floor. Scorched bodies were on the floor. Ahead was a hallway with metal detectors. Ahead of that was two elevators. Sergeant Pillars said "line up, assets behind me. Caleb, watch the asset. Anders, behind Caleb, let's move!" We moved through the beeping metal detectors, firing one round into each of the corpses along the way. We made it to the elevators, the elevators doors turned red.
A voice came over the intercom "Weakness". A mike extended out of the wall. Pillars spoke into the mike "Invictus is triumph". The elevators door stayed red. Pillars yelled "DID YOU HEAR ME? INVICTUS IS TRIUMPH!" They stayed closed. Pillars opened a pocket on his vest, and removed 4 bricks of C4. He slapped them on the elevator and motioned everyone back. They ran back to the first room, and lied down, covering their ears. Pillars detonated the C4, dust blinding everyone. My ears were ringing, it felt like someone smacked a hammer into my stomach. I heard a mumbling, and a hand pulled me up. Anders patted my shoulder, and slapped my helmet. His mouth was moving, but nothing was coming out. I yelled "I can't hear!"
Anders looked at me funny, and pointed towards the elevator. I nodded, and everyone lined up. The elevator door was blown open 3 feet inwards, revealing the inside of the white steel elevator. I placed a brick of C4 on the bottom of the elevator, and everyone hid around the corner. I detonated. I heard a quiet boom, and the light shut of in the elevator. Pillars went in first, and jumped through the new hole in the elevator. We all followed suite at intervals of six seconds. I jumped second last, falling 12 feet. Smacking the bottom, I rolled. Pain rippling through my legs, I stood up and found the asset and Pillars opening the elevator door. I ran up, and pulled on the steel. Anders fell down, recovered and began to help us. We pulled the door open all the way. Anders melted the door to the floor with thermite, keeping it open.
Pillars waved me forward, a dark room greeting us. I turned on my flashlight, and scanned the room. A small server room greeted me, and quiet crying. The room smelled rotten, and I paced forward, realizing that my hearing was coming back. The rest of the team formed up behind me, Pillars running ahead of me. We scanned the room, and found behind a desk a crying technician. Pillars soothingly said "my name is Pillars, we're here for the package." The technician looked at pillars and whispered " it's in the next room, right there." The technician pointed behind him at a steel door. "Please, help me." Pillars shook his head and handed the man his pistol. "Sorry, we're not here for you." The technician shook his head and whispered "we had to lock the systems down, burned everyone, glad you weren't one of them." The technician shook his head and cried. I looked at the Asset, and Pillars said "Anders, go with the Asset. We'll stay here and cover your back." An automatic voice came on the speaker "remember, use drugs at tolerable levels. A safe solution is a happy solution."
I scanned the room. The door opened, and the two walked into the room. The door closed, and a gunshot from a different gun then Anders used resounded. Pillars yelled into his com "Anders come in. COME IN, ANDERS! ASSET, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Silence filled the room. Lights flicked on, and the floor opened up. Men and woman in glass container rose out of the floor. Pillars yelled "FIRE, FIRE!" We fired at the glass only to find it bulletproof." The containers opened up, and zombies sprinted at us. The Technician was the first to die, ran out of ammo. There had to be at least 50 of them, but some moved fast, adrenaline pumping through their veins. Getting overrun, we backtracked, firing. Some took more then 3 or even 5 shots to the chest to take down. I tossed a frag grenade, limbs flew everywhere. A zombie charged me, pinning me to the ground. It tried bitting my neck, dragging me along the floor, my assault rifle dragging by it's strap. I grabbed my pistol, and fired a full clip into it's chest until it died. It slumped over, and a bone chilling scream came from Anders. I moved the zombie of my chest, and tossed a flashbang across the room. Closing my eyes, a flash came with a boom.Everyone ran in random directions, and Pillars stood up, blood drolling from his mouth 5 feet away. I winced, hesitated and shot him in the head. Grabbing his tags, I sprinted towards the elevator shaft, tossing a smoke grenade behind me and began climbing. After 2 minutes, I made it to the top.
I sprinted down the hallway, moaning following. A voice came on my com "fire for effect, 123 street, southwest confirm Avalanche." "confirming fire support, 15 seconds, Firing for effect!" I ran faster, and opened the entryway door. I ran outside, made it 20 meters across a street and through a store before missiles and artillery struck the building, leveling it, and the building near it. A deafening boom came, and I ran as the shrapnel began collapsing the ceiling behind me. I found myself in darkness, covered in blood. Clutching Pillars tags, I slumped to my knee, furiously crying. Everything went bright.
A sun greeted me, I had woke up. That kid was there, but he looked... wrong. I growled at him, but the voice wasn't mine. Someone yelled "Kill him!" Pillars, my brothers tags, slipped out of my pocket. Everything went black.


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You Cannot Take My Life
You thought you would leave me broken?
You thought you could crush me?
Well, remember this;
You may shatter my heart into a thousand shards of glass
You may assail me with words made of knives,
Bring me to the very verge of death--- but not quite,
Break me till I cry tears of blood,
Until the pain is my only companion
You may leave me weak and trembling,
Imprisoned within the walls of my own sorrow;
But there is one thing, you cannot do;
You cannot change who I am,
You cannot take away my soul,
For to do this
Is to take away my life itself.


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He approaches the counter where a roughly human looking bartender is cleaning a mug and he seats himself on one of the many available stools. Most visitors keep to themselves; they come with their groups and take one of the free tables or they use the place as a prearranged meeting point. In a place like this, behind every unknown face, there could be a slaver, a Hive agent or something even worse hiding.
"So what's it gonna be.", says the bartender. He has a face that just seems to emanate mistrust and weariness. His beard growth is literally unrestrained – individual strands of hair are twitching and slowly moving around. A shave would probably equal mass murder to this man, which would explain his extremely lush beard growth.
As the guest stares into the dark thicket of the bartender's beard, he gets the feeling of staring into the endless depths of the In-Between; the moving strands appear to be subtle waves to him. He imagines a dark shade flitting across the hair. He shivers.
Then he returns to reality and says: "Something containing alcohol, probably." His voice echoes unnaturally.


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This is when my story starts. Fifteen, Careless and feeling so upset with life. I was well known in school now. but only because Kathleen was now an It girl. She smoked. I Saw the tabs under her pillow. And i saw her kissing Danny behind the skips with a ciggerete in her hand. She discusted me. Mick took this all well. If he was bullied he would just turn to Kathleen. Kathleen would turn to Danny and Danny and his crew would go and punch the bully. nothing seemed right. i drifted apart from Kathleen so much. Melony was now seventeen and did not even go to the school anymore. i was alone. Noobody to talk to. Afraid and lonely. One night in my bedroom i remember crying and holding a picture of my father. i wondered would everything be different if he was here. Everything be better? i heard a noise from the door and i turned and looked to find Mick.
'Kristal, your not the only one upset.' He had said to me.
'What do you mean?' I had replied. Mick made me feel less lonely when he spoke to me that night.
'Im sick of this too. Kathleens changed so much. Father is always at work and Melony has moved out. Im just as upset as you.' Mick had mumbled. He walked over to me and hugged me. I had not got a hug from him in a long time. Since we were ten. It didn't feel the same as it did then. it felt different. It felt special. I lost my feelings of sadness and loneliness when we hugged. Like everything was better. When he walked out the room i felt gloomy once more.


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Date of Stay: July, 2016
Glad we found this campground in Vanderhoof. It is operated by the city. The host was very friendly, and the sites were very attractive and decent privacy. The sites are in one loop. We got a site with electric and water, but you can also top up water from faucets spread through the campground. The campground is right next to the Nechako river. There is a trail that loops around the attached park to the river and during migratory seasons you can view the birds from an elevated tower overlooking the Nechako migratory bird sanctuary.
Date of Stay: October, 2015
We were looking for a camp site for the night near the Unclaimed Baggage store in Scottsboro, and this was close and on the way. We arrived at the state park at night without reservations but the gate to the park and visitors center was closed. We were about to leave when a Ranger pulled up behind us and pointed out that we had passed the campground road a few hundred feet back and we could just pick a spot and pay in the morning (just watch for the small campground sign on the right just after you make the last turn to the park road). He then helped us back into one of the electric back-in sites, which were actually pretty wide and long enough to allow us to keep our 16' Camper and pickup attached. The sites are all grass, entered from a gravel loop road. The electric and water sites appear to be back-in, and there are a few primitive pull-through sites inside the loop, mostly used by tenters and class B vans. The restroom was well lit and clean. They hope to get a dump station next year, but there was none available at this time. This would be an excellent spot for a visit to the nice caverns at this state park, they are just up the hill at the visitors center.
Date of Stay: April, 2014
Pretty park with a trail leading directly to the water from our campsite in B loop. The road leading to the state park from Hwy 61 was in need of repairs and looks like part could flood in heavy rains. We never met the staff since we arrived late and left the next day. You can take Hwy 61 direct to downtown Natchez, or take the prettier Natchez Trace highway just a mile down the road for a more scenic drive. We would stay here again.
Date of Stay: April, 2014
Well maintained park. We just needed a place to spend the night while traveling and with the Access pass, the $20 fee was reduced to $10. The sites in the Sweetgum loop are large with plenty of room for our 16' Scamp. Each site has full hookups. We hiked the paved trail that also leads to the other camping loop and boat ramp. The host greeted us and they kept the restrooms spotless. We would gladly stay here again. We thought about reserving in advance but then you have to pay a reservation fee, so we just took a chance on a site being open when we got here and there were several to choose from.
Date of Stay: August, 2013
Nice quiet, well shaded park with several walking trails and mountain bike trails. The sites were not very level, so make sure you have equipment that will help you get level (blocks, etc). Most sites are small, so this would not be a very good park for the largest campers. Check the reservation website closely for length before you reserve! We had good TV coverage and cell phone coverage. WI-FI access is available near the visitor center with the code posted on the door. Hosts were pleasant. Restrooms were clean and showers worked well. This is a good place to camp if you want to visit downtown Greenville, and if you have bikes you can park next to the "Swamp Rabbit Trail" and pedal downtown and avoid the traffic.
Date of Stay: June, 2011
The basic rate was $33 per night (there was a waterfront site available for an extra $9 per night so we upgraded). This is a very well equipped state park, with clean, air conditioned shower and rest rooms. All sites had full hookups and connections were in good shape. The pool was the nicest we have ever seen at a state park. Had partial shade in the middle of the pool to shield from the sun, and the kids pool area was actually made of the soft playground material for safety and had water jets for the them to run through. The nature center was small but had good exhibits available. Extensive trail system allows riding your bike to the downtown Orange Beach area if you like, and had a screened picnic shelter plus rest rooms where the trails joined each other. They had a notice that they were still working on the wireless internet, but stated it was available at the activity center. We will return!
Date of Stay: January, 2011
We came here for the central location for kayaking. The RV campsites are large and level and contained water/electric/sewer hookups, with 30/50 amp. Each RV site had a picnic table, fire ring with flip grill, and a campground style barbecue that had an adjustable height grill surface. Sites were clean and well maintained and had pretty Florida fauna surrounding them, but no large shade trees. You will need hard pegs if planning on staking anything out, and they have those available in the shop if you don't have any. Restrooms and showers were clean and heated in the winter. The ranger we saw at the camp store was very friendly and full of local information. You can swim and also launch canoes and kayaks at the park if you are camping there. The distance to the river encourages bringing your kayak or canoe wheels, or you can borrow the heavy duty sets of canoe wheels they provide next to the camp store that will hold at least 2 kayaks or the widest/heaviest canoe you're likely to bring. The trail to the river is paved the entire way and easy to maneuver. We used the campsite as our base camp to paddle several springs/rivers, and you can paddle up 1 1/4 miles to the headwaters, and float back down, or organize a shuttle and float down to Dunnellon. Our GPS would have taken us to the headwaters side of the river, but the campground is actually on the East side of the river, so you need to be sure to head to the correct entry or drive an extra 7 miles. From I-75 take Exit 352 to get on Hwy 40. Follow Hwy 40 West for approximately 14 miles. Turn South on to SW 180th Ave Road. The campground entrance is approximately 3 miles on the right, right after a curve in the road. You vehicle pass is also good for free entry to the headwaters part of the campground.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
We camped one night on the "beach side" sites. Hurricane Ike appears to have eaten part of the road that looped closer to the water, so you have to back your rig in to your site all the way from the central access road to each loop. If you're not good at backing, check the map and try to get a site closest to the central road. There is a sand dune blocking view of the surf, but the walk is not very far at all to the beach. You have a lot of privacy when you visit the beach so we enjoyed our stay here, and the location was ideal for touring Galveston or if you plan to catch the ferry to the Bolivar peninsula. Not much to do on the ocean side except visit the beach. Restrooms were clean and adequate, but nothing to rave about. Each beach site has a concrete shade shelter over a picnic table.


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A steel rivet consists of two components: the head and the stem. The head of the rivet is the flat circular portion of the rivet, while the stem is the long cylindrical portion. Removing a steel rivet requires that these two components be separated. Separating these two components from small rivets is best performed with an electric drill, while large rivets are best removed with a chisel. Before using either method, it is imperative to wear safety goggles.
Drill Method for Small Steel Rivets
The drill method separates the head and the stem by gradually enlarging the hole in the center of the steel rivet. As the hole becomes larger, the head will disconnect from the stem. When preparing to disconnect the head from the stem, it is important to select an appropriately sized drill bit. The drill bit should slide securely into the center of the rivet without being forced. As most steel rivets are 1/8 inch, a 1/8-inch drill bit should initially be used. Attach the drill bit to the drill, then slide the bit into the center of the rivet. Activate the drill, then slowly turn the drill in a tight circle to bore out the center of the rivet. If the drill has multiple speeds, drill the rivet with the lowest speed setting. Once the drill bit no longer fits securely into the center of the rivet, remove the bit from the drill and insert a second bit one size larger than the first bit. Insert the drill bit into the center of the rivet and again bore out the center of the rivet until the head disconnects from the stem. If the stem has not fallen out of the metal, insert the tip of a punch into the center of the stem, then lightly tap the punch with a hammer to remove the stem.
Chisel Method for Large Steel Rivets
This method is best to remove large rivets, although it too can be used to remove standard 1/8-inch steel rivets. Rather than gradually enlarging the hole in the center of the rivet to disconnect the head from the stem, as with the drill method, the chisel is used to cut the head off of the stem. To cut the head off with a chisel, place the blade of the chisel tightly against the lip of the rivet's head. Strike the rounded end of the chisel with a hammer until the chisel cuts through the rivet's head, then insert the tip of a punch into the center of the stem and lightly tap the punch with the hammer to remove the stem.
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There is no doubt that heading a business with an $80 billion investment portfolio would be enervating, and it had been a long time since Duffield could be confident in greeting the dawn fully rested.
"You do learn to sleep again, which is very interesting and enjoyable," he says. "You do miss a rhythm and you don't have the people surrounding you to provide you with an instant social network. And your wife may not need you to be around all of the time."
Duffield has been having a brilliant career. He left Australia as a university student to continue his economics studies at the University of Virginia 36 years ago, got a job at the US Federal Reserve, managed to impress the founder of Vanguard (Jack Bogle) during a presentation, then, over 30 years, was instrumental in taking the investment manager from a $US2 billion business to one that now has $US1.5 trillion in assets.
He founded the Australian operations of the company in 1996 as managing director, later becoming chairman and taking a global role as managing director of international planing and development for the Vanguard Group.
Then, as he approached his 56th birthday, he contemplated making a change. "I really thought that, after 30 years, I should try something else," he says.
Duffield says he had reached a stage in life, with three adult children off his hands, when he could start to think about things differently.
"There are a whole set of freedoms available to you at this age," he says.
To say Duffield has retired, however, would be misrepresenting his position. Rather, he has quit one stage of his work life – the building, consolidating and mastering of one career – and has launched into a collection of jobs that have piqued his interest.
This portfolio of positions may make him just as busy as he was at Vanguard, but will also offer him variety and novelty.
"It is not necessarily about stepping back," he acknowledges. "I wanted to do something with a sense of mission, like I had at Vanguard, but I didn't want to compete with Vanguard.
"Pretty early on, I decided I didn't want to fully retire. There are too many interesting things to do. I am not the sort of person who tends the garden."
Duffield's LinkedIn profile describes him as "temporarily retired".
He was already a director of Plum Financial Services, which he founded as a subsidiary of MLC, and he has picked up the chairmanship of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and is a member of the Australian Financial Centre Task Force. Together, these jobs take up about 25 per cent of his time, leaving him plenty of space to investigate other opportunities. He also went to Harvard Business School last September to attend a course on the health industry.
"For me, it is really about learning new things," he says.
To prepare for this life change, Duffield contacted
Davidson developed the
Duffield says Davidson was able to give him a "senior executive's perspective" and that his new stage of life is a work in progress.
"I have a long way to go. I do feel like I have a bit of the process to go through. I describe it as jumping off a cliff. And I have jumped off a cliff a couple of times in my life, and I have always found it interesting."
Davidson says people need to consider that they will probably spend as much time in "retirement" as they do in the career-building years of the 20s to 50s.
"It is rare that people get to 60 years of age working in major corporations – and it is even more so in law firms," he says.
As such, retirement is now a "rebalancing process" rather than a total withdrawal from working life, he says.
Davidson says this change, which he calls the "third stage", takes serious planning, but many people find it too daunting to think about.
"They feel it is a kind of dying," he says. "They keep pushing it away from themselves and hoping it will all work out. But it doesn't just work out."
One of the most important things to do is involve the family. One partner may envisage a retirement of spontaneous travel, while the other is still enmeshed in work or family. Communication is essential.
The retiring person may be under the misapprehension that their partner will be their home-based personal assistant, or that they can start making unilateral decisions about the way things are done.
Davidson, who turns 75 this year, started Lifeplan3 five years ago after his company, Davidson & Associates, was acquired by Right Management, which was in turn acquired by Manpower. Davidson himself went through the "rebalancing" process.
The Lifeplan3 program involves interviews with both partners, separately and together.
Even simple things that others take for granted can be disorienting for corporate leaders, who are accustomed to all their daily needs being taken care of by personal assistants, IT help desks, company drivers and catering.
One former chief executive of Lion Nathan, Gordon Cairns, speaking at a function held by The Australian Financial Review's BOSSmagazine a few years ago, related his confusion when, after deciding to take a bus to the shops for a change, he couldn't find the conductor.
Conductors had been taken off buses about 30 years previously.
Others can't resist calling their former office to get help. Some never learned to use a computer and could not type their own letters. Many had never made their own travel arrangements and weren't accustomed to writing their appointments in a diary.
Some were also rather late in realising that their social network revolved around their job, and their popularity was not just about their own scintillating personality.
The Lifeplan3 process also takes in financial planning, psychological and relationship counselling and career advice, such as how to attain a seat on a board.
For some people, the end to a brilliant career is not a choice but a necessity, and it can take some time to adjust to a life away from a career that they loved.
Another Davidson client is Steven Heathcote, who (in an extraordinarily long career) spent 24 years dancing with the Australian Ballet – 20 years as principal artist.
With Heathcote, his body gave up on the music.
"At the end of my career, I was exhausted," he says. "I was physically, mentally and emotionally spent. I couldn't extract another plié out of my old body if I'd tried."
Heathcote says he had "adrenal burnout", dealing with chronic fatigue syndrome for 1½ years. "And, when you are involved in a career that is physical, that was not fun. It was hard enough to get out of bed."
He adds with a laugh: "I wasn't retiring. Not at the age of 43. Dancing isn't a lucrative enough career to be able to do that."
Heathcote started sessions with Davidson during his final year of dancing in 2007. "The funny thing is, I'm still meeting with him. He keeps telling me that it is not really a process that ends," he says.
"Frederick has become something of a mentor, which is not something I really had for a long time in the Australian Ballet. Once some of the older dancers left and I moved to the top, there was no one there older or more experienced than I was that I could draw from."
Heathcote has been developing a new career as a dance teacher, studying to get qualifications. He also recently directed an opera for the Victorian Opera.
The physical transition has not been easy. "I'd be lying if I said it was," he says.
"There's a physical withdrawal and an emotional withdrawal. You are used to having your adrenal [glands] sparking through your work. It does take a while for the body and the mind to recalibrate after such a long career.
"There is an aspect of performance that is terrifying."
There's also the issue of separating your identity from that of your job: "In other people's eyes, I am always going to be Steven the dancer. My wife, Kathy [Reid] left dancing in 1988 and people still call her Kathy the dancer. People affix an identity to you.
"The thing is: it is fine for other people to catalogue you like that. Of course, I am not a dancer any more. What I really am is a father, husband, brother, son and nephew.
"One of the nice things about working through all these things about identity is the realisation that who you are is not what you do."
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Highwater founding partner Gary Linford said, "I am thrilled that Todd has elected to join us and reinforce the confidence many have in the Highwater approach to corporate governance. We continue to add selectively to our small group of highly experienced individuals, and we are delighted that Highwater continues to attract such high caliber professionals as Todd."
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We made it!! The first Nanode workshop in Berlin!
On Friday and Saturday we had in total nine people who came and soldered their Nanode kits. Most of them were successful, surprisingly people with little or non-existant soldering experience had no problems or shorts, and funnily some who were more familiar with soldering electronic kits did it too quickly and had shorts :) RTFM
Many people came: hobbyists, programmers, mechanical engineers, all with different ideas and projects for their Nanodes: internet-connected beer vending machine, home automation projects, dehumidifier monitoring system, internet connected breathalyzer… I decided to stop being impressed anymore, the possibilities are really unlimited!
Unfortunately four hours were too little to solder AND program, so we decided to meet again soon to program our Nanodes. I'm visiting c-base.org tomorrow, a very famous hackerspace in Berlin, to ask them if we can have the "Program a Nanode Workshop" there, otherwise we'll have to find another space (your help would be very much appreciated).
Nanode was received with a lot of interest by the hackers & makers community in Berlin, and I am pretty sure we will see many workshops and hackathons with amazing projects.
Many thanks to Frank, whose help was crucial to the success of the project, and to Ken for his support.
Special thanks to Jay and everyone who made this MakerPlatz event possible.


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 244103
savage_drv with ProSavage8 - X server crashes on exit and leaves blank screen
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:07 EST
Description of problem:
On default installation of Fedora Core 7 (from LiveCD) in a computer with
ProSavage chipset, the X server always crashes on exit and leaves the monitor
unusable, with no text or anything, and LEDs blinking. I know it is a crash
because if I reboot the computer and carefully configure it to remove rhgb and
select text-mode boot (3) (both as kernel parameters), I can recover the X log
before being overwritten by graphical login.
If I manually switch the X server to a text console with Ctrl-Alt-F[1-6] and
then killall Xorg, the crash does not occur.
Computer itself is not hung, because Ctrl-Alt-Delete is handled normally and
allows to reboot cleanly, even after the crash. Also, in GNOME, the menu option
to shut down the computer also runs normally (even with the screen blank).
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. On hardware config. with ProSavage4 videocard/chipset, start X server
2. Attempt to shut down X session from within X itself.
Actual results:
X server crashes, backtrace reported in Xorg.0.log, monitor left in undefined
state with no output at all (black screen).
Expected results:
X server cleans up correctly and returns to normal text mode.
Additional info:
The bug report at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=221503
seems very similar to my case. However, there is no mention of a crash, only of
the blank screen. Maybe this is a duplicate and the other bug reveals a crash in
the X log if examined properly.
Created attachment 156912 [details]
Xorg log with backtrace
Created attachment 156914 [details]
Configuration file on machine exhibiting crash
Created attachment 156915 [details]
Output of lspci -v on machine exhibiting crash
Created attachment 156916 [details]
smolt output for machine exhibiting crash
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 221503 ***


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The League (part two) .4
Jimmy was frozen to the spot, staring open mouthed at the tall, thin man in front of him, he had spoken in a strange accent, although Jimmy had never heard one before, he was fairly sure the man was American, he spoke again,
"Good evening", he was quite calm, softly spoken, Jimmy glimpsed the lamp light reflecting off the large tin buttons on his uniforms jacket, he straightened himself up, trying to look brave,
"Good evening, sir, might I ask where your off to in such a rush?",
"No", replied the stranger, Jimmy was taken a back, he'd delt with defiant people before, but some how, he just knew, this one really didn't care, still, he coughed and continued,
"I am an officer of the metropolitan police force, sir! And I demand to know who you are, and why your running the steets so late, especially during the largest man hunt this countries ever seen!", Jimmy actually impressed himself,
"My name", the stranger began, "Is Tiamat, and I have absolutely no intention of telling you what I'm doing here", he was not rude, or agressive, very calm, but was making his position on the matter quite clear, but Jimmy wasn't about to back down now,
"If you persist on refusing to explain your business, sir, I will be forced to take you in for questioning, sir!", putting a little to much emphasis on the last 'sir!', Tiamat smiled back,
"Oh I'm afraid I can't let you do that!", he chuckled, his voice still quiet and calm, he paced around Jimmy, taking in his appearence,
"Hmmm" he thought out loud, "No helmet, no visable weapons, I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here and say, your not ACTUALLY on duty, are you, officer?!!", he grinned a broad white smile at Jimmy, this was getting out of hand,
"Why don't you tell me what YOUR doing here officer, during a man hunt and all?!!", Jimmy tried his best not to show any strain,
"Investigating!", he responded, Tiamat laughed out loud, "Oh, Is that so? Well, mister detective, what exactly are you investigating?!"
Jimmy sighed, this was pointless,
"My friend thought he saw something tonight, when we was out on patrol, he had a funny turn after", Tiamat had stopped laughing,
"What do you mean, funny turn?",
"He went white as a sheet, said he saw a ghost!!", Jimmy tried to force a chuckle, sure that Tiamat would laugh at him again, but the tall, thin, dark haired man, wore a face of stone cold seriousness. Tiamat stood right in front of Jimmy, grasping his shoulders with both hands, boring into him with his empty eyes,
"What did It look like, did you see it??!" he was almost shaking Jimmy,
"NO!", Jimmy snapped, pushing Tiamat back away from him, noting the dampness of his clothes, and the two new damp spots on his own shoulders, "I saw nuffin, all 'appened so quick!", Jimmy stepped back from Tiamat, wanting to keep the xit of the side street behind him, in case he was forced to run,
"DId he tell you that It looked like??!!", Tiamat seemed desperate,
"Yeah, said it looked like black smoke, rising from a chimney, then it just stopped, in mid-air!",
"Anything else?!",
"He said, he said It turned, and looked at him!", Jimmy felt foolish, but Tiamat was now pacing the little grassy area, finally he stopped,
"Show me!"
The two men left the side street and began marching back up towards Dorsit street, Jimmy having to run every few paces just to keep up wit Tiamat, he was rushing on as though his very life depended on getting back to Millers Court! Jimmy took in his companion as they moved, he really did have the most pointed nose Jimmy had ever seen, his chin too, even the tips of his ears seemed slightly to long?
"How much further?", all trace of playfulness lost fom Tiamat's voice,
"Just up 'ere a bit more, then down Dorsit, bout halfway!", Jimmy replied, trying not to sound completely out of breath,then something occored to him,
"You do realise!", he panted hard, "that this is actually a police matter!",
Tiamat grinned and replied without looking at Jimmy,
"Not anymore", there was a finality to his voice that suggested to Jimmy it may not be best to push the matter, and to be frank, if he wanted to help Jimmy chase ghosts over London, he'd be glad of the company,
"So where do you come from?", this time Tiamat did stop, he turned and looked down into Jimmy's eyes,
"What a weird question?", he pondered, apparently to himself, "Why do you ask?", now Jimmy was taken back,
"Well, polite, innit?!", he did sound quite confused, Tiamat carried on walking as he replied,
"Well, originally I'm from a small town near San Fransisco!",
"So you are a Yank?!", Jimmy stammered, they rounded the corner Jimmy had chased Tiamat round earlier, back into Dorsit street,
"HA!", Tiamat laughed, "fraid so mister detective, that going to be a problem for ya?!", he was only joking, but still Jimmy had to wonder if it was? He'd never an American before, let alone worked with one, no matter how unusual the case,
"Na! It's just I've never met a Yank before?!", Jimmy's head was starting to hurt, thinking to much, there were reasons he was happy as a 'Bobby on the Beat', Tiamat tilted his head to look at Jimmy, he laughed again,
"I think I'm gonna like you, hey, what the hell is YOUR name?!", it then occored to Jimmy to that he hadn't actually told Tiamat who he was,
"Officer James 'Jimmy' Grove! at your service!", Tiamat laughed at the formal introduction, Jimmy to,
"Well, Officer Jim Grove, I think I'm very please to make your aquaintance!", the two men laughed together for a while before Jimmy put his hand up to stop Tiamat, again noticing that his clothes were damp,
"We're 'ere!", he looked into Tiamats empty round eyes, "you fall in the river?!", Tiamat was no longer smiling, focusing on the path ahead of them,
Tiamat paced the ground by the house Jimmy indicated was the one where Tom had seen his ghost, he was drawing get lung fulls of air, eyes closed, obviously lost in thought, he opened his eyes,
"This is just about where I lost him earlier!", he took another deep breath, "he must have doubled back while I was talking to you! Dammit!!",
Tiamat walked past the house, continuing up Dorsit, his nose tilted up, sniffng the air as he went,
"You smellin' for something?!", asked Jimmy,
"Sort of, there are usually tell tale odours, little clues that they've been around", he carried on walking, never looking at Jimmy, just sniffing and then stopping, it was as though he were using his sense of smell as a sense of direction?!
"I'm sorry Jimmy, I really can not explain anymore than I've told ya already, It's not that I don't like you!", he turned to look Jimmy in the face, "Its because I like you, that I can't tell you, now listen to me officer Jim Grove, go home, just forget everything you've seen and go home!", Tiamat turned and walked away,
"Erm, excuse me!", Jimmy called after him, "I was actually conducting an investigation 'ere, you know!",
"But the investigation was never yours to take, Jim, It is mine and mine alone!",
"Being my point!", Jimmy summed up all the courage he had and paced right up to Tiamat, getting his face as close as possible without standing on tip toe!
"I am investigating the claim of a fellow officer, in the course of my enquiries, I have discovered that the thing I am looking for, maybe contected to you, and as you can offer me no proof of your business here or even who you are, I am obliged to accompany you!", he was shaking from head to toe!
Tiamat seemed impressed! He took another look at the policeman, he looked strong, obviously had some guts if he was out here by himself, looking for the same thing Tiamat was, but then, he didn't understand, he couldn't! The thing he was chasing was evil in its purest form, even Tiamat was terrified, but then he DID know what he was chasing, and what it could do!
"Listen Jim, I like you, you've got guts, and you obvioulsy care for your friend or you wouldn't be out here....!", Jimmy interrupted,
"Actually, I hardly know him, but I know of him, good officer and a fine man, not the type to just lose 'is marbles, but that ain't why I'm doing this!", Tiamat gave him a concerned but curious look,
"Then why are you out here?",
"Because ever since I started chasing you, I realised it was, not the right thing exaxctly, but the thing I HAD to do!", Jimmy felt awkward, that didn't make any sense, but then when he looked back at Tiamat, the tall thin, pointed man was smiling,
"Jim!", he said, "I know exactly what you mean!", he winked at him,
"Come on, lets hunt!"