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Apollo 23: Chapter 2
Apollo 23: Chapter 2: Hektor
From NASA Restricted Archive:
Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, April 4, 1966
19 new astronauts were designated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration today. John L. Swigert will continue joint operations with the B-pan Project out of Langley Research Center for development of the designated USAF mission; the Apollo 14 flight to the moon. Swigert's cover story is that he is technical liaison for development of a new radar altimeter for the LEM.
While in communication with Velse, Deltarshi was with Tulghik in her command center inside Hektor. For 26 years they had been waiting in anticipation of the day when Sakir would leave Himalia.
Commander Deltarshi was a human, albeit greatly modified from those humans who still lived on Earth. Her ancestors had been taken off of Earth over 100,000 years in the past and Deltarshi was the product of sophisticated genetic engineering that allowed her to function in symbiosis with nanoscopic artificial life forms. She thought no more about her nanote components than a primitive human thought about its intestinal microflora. Those nanotes allowed Deltarshi to take on any desired humanoid appearance, but now, while in conference with Tulghik, they both used their natural body forms.
Tulghik, as a Huaoshy, looked like a human with an abnormal skeletal structure, but Deltarshi had long ago grown comfortable with the appearance of the aliens. Tulghik was at the dark brown end of the spectrum of Huaoshy skin pigmentation. Body structure details such as coloration had long ago been selected on a whim by Tulghik. A Huaoshy body was not biological, rather it was entirely composed of nanote components. If needed, Tulghik could quickly morph into any convenient form.
Deltarshi and Tulghik had both been monitoring Velse's interactions with Sakir and they had not needed the robot's report. Deltarshi could couple her consciousness directly to the sensory systems of any robot. That ability was a major source of Overseer power and it gave Deltarshi a secret delight to think that the robots were completely unaware of the fact that they could serve as surrogate bodies for Overseers. After her brief exchange with Velse, Deltarshi spoke to Tulghik, "I half expected Sakir to guess the nature of her new mission."
Much in the way that Deltarshi could monitor the sensory systems of a robot, Tulghik could monitor the thoughts of any human that carried some of Tulghik's nanote components. Sakir had been such a carrier of nanote implants since her brain had first formed 26 years previously. Tulghik shared some of what she knew, "I sense that Sakir is thinking about the possibility of time travel, but she firmly believes that travel through time is impossible. Her best guess is that she is being transferred to another simulation of Earth's past. Of course, she cannot imagine why such a transfer would be done with any degree of mystery and secrecy."
Deltarshi nodded. She was aware that Tulghik made use of nanote implants to monitor Sakir's thoughts and she could not avoid wondering if Tulghik could also monitor her thoughts. Deltarshi forced herself to gaze into the alien's green glowing eyes and said, "Good! Contemplating the possibility of a simple transfer between simulations should keep her occupied until we speak to her. Perhaps-" Deltarshi was gently interrupted by Tulghik, much in the way a human cat owner might stop a pet from scratching its claws on a piece of furniture.
Tulghik had long ago placed some of her nanotes in Deltarshi's brain, but there was nothing to be gained by letting any human know that their thoughts were being monitored. It was particularly important that Overseers like Deltarshi believe that they were in control. Tulghik interrupted Deltarshi's thoughts and used the nanotes inside the Overseer's brain to beat down her memory of having doubts about her own mind being an open book to the Huaoshy. Deltarshi had long ago guessed that aliens controlled the Overseers and each time she remembered that idea another wave of resentment and anger started building in her mind. Tulghik had long practice in dealing with such resentments.
Tulghik patiently said, "Sakir will be fine. Over the years I've prepared her for this transition. You need only concern yourself with your task: establishing a human rapport with the girl and introducing her to Jack. I'll stay out of the way during that process since I still find it hard to deal with human behaviors that are influenced by jealousy."
Deltarshi nodded. She and her fellow Overseers believed that the Huaoshi had originated on a distant Earth-like planet, millions of years in the past. It was thought that they had engineered themselves to be a long-lived species and had purposefully eliminated sexual reproduction from their biology. After millions of years of existence as asexual beings, the Huaoshy had no intuition about human emotions like jealousy. Of course, that was all speculation since the aliens never bothered to provide other species with a coherent account of their long history. Some speculated that the Huaoshy did not know their own history, having long ago lost track of their own origins among the stars. "Leave that to me. Sakir is well aware that clones exist and you have assured me that she has no prejudice against them. She'll soon be like my long-lost daughter." And while so assuring Tulghik, Deltarshi used her nanoscopic implants to morph her appearance and adopt the form of an older version of Sakir.
Deltarshi now spoke with a voice that was similar to Sakir's , "All will be well, but I still doubt the wisdom of your direct interaction with the girl. Why add to the stress she is feeling by exposing her to your alien features?"
Tulghik produced a nearly human laugh, "I must trust you with the task of guiding her emotions and you must trust me with matters that concern time travel." It was Tulghik's long experience with time travel that had led to her taking charge of the upcoming Reality Change.
Deltarshi knew that the aliens did not trust humans to wisely use advanced technologies. Deltarshi told herself: they don't trust us with any technology. The fact that humans were completely dependent on the aliens for advanced technology was a source of uneasiness for Overseers. Deltarshi's resentment quickly spiraled towards anger and Tulghik gently adjusted her thought process away from the impending emotional meltdown.
Deltarshi shifted her thoughts to a related subject. In the Olmec Reality humanity had nearly destroyed itself by unwise development of nanotechnology. Sakir was the latest tool in the struggle to shift humanity into a new lower technology pattern of development than that which had occurred in the Olmec Reality. A stray idea escaped Tulghik's efforts to control Deltarshi's thoughts and she mused, "It seems strange that development of nanotechnology was so fast in the Olmec Reality."
Tulghik was again impressed by the persistence of that thought in Deltarshi. Tulghik had spent years editing knowledge of nanotechnology out of the few human Overseers who had been involved in termination the Olmec Reality. Tulghik once more tried to trace Deltarshi's thought processes and memories that kept leading her towards unhealthy speculations about the Olmec Reality and how Earth's humans had managed to go so far in developing nanotechnology. Tulghik knew the simple explanation for that, but it was important that Overseers not learn such secrets. "We Huaoshy have long studied the many ways that a biological species can move into the period technological adolescence. Almost always there is a technological disaster. That is why we watch over and guide primitives like you humans. I do need to shield you from some knowledge. Humans are quite adept at getting themselves into trouble with technology. It disturbs you to know that we Huaoshy restrict the course of human civilization, but you know that humanity has the power to destroy itself. What do you prefer? That we Huaoshy allow your species to destroy itself or that we intervene to slow the pace at which you develop dangerous technologies?"
Deltarshi replied, "I have no choice but to trust you, but It is hard to suppress my natural curiosity about technologies that you label as dangerous."
Tulghik nodded. "As an Overseer, you are in a difficult position. You know the truth about the Huaoshy and how we control Earth's development. But remember, I rely on you and your human intuitions. You Overseers are an indispensable part of guiding humanity into the future. I probably do not say this enough, but I thank you for your service. I could not do my job without you. The future of your species depends on you and your fellow humans like Sakir. Your civilization came to an end in 2012, in the Olmec Reality, but you were able to help resurrect it. I thank you for that." Tulghik reached out and clasped Deltarshi's hand, using that contact to facilitate some subtle neuronal surgery that again cleansed Deltarshi's thoughts of wonder about how the Olmec Reality had gone so wrong. Tulghik was again forced to reassess the likelihood that Deltarshi was past her usefulness, her biological brain having been adjusted so often and so heavily cross-circuited by nanote components that she could no longer be counted as having free will.
Deltarshi shrugged. "I've always done my best, but it must be frustrating for you to deal with human incompetence and our penchant for self-destruction."
Deltarshi chuckled in the human fashion. "Earth is viewed as a lost cause by my people. That means you are stuck with the dregs, like me, while all the sensible Huaoshy are elsewhere, engaged in more productive projects. All of us here do the best we can under difficult conditions. But remember, if we can prevent Earth's rich ecosystem from being incinerated, reduced to nanote waste slime or otherwise destroyed then we will be long remembered as great heroes who accomplished the unlikely, if not the impossible."
Deltarshi grinned at the idea of finding a way to view as heroic any aspect of humanity's bumbling entry into its age of technological civilization. Dismal thoughts about human prospects were frequently at the center of Deltarshi's consciousness. She well knew how difficult it was to keep Genesaunts, Observers and Overseers alike, working within the Sol System and engaged in the task of helping Earthlings. "And I thank you for your help. I should have retired long ago, but I want to finish out this series of Reality changes and forever erase the disgrace of the Olmec Reality from human history." Deltarshi knew that Tulghik kept many secrets and now it was her job to trick Sakir into playing the role that the aliens had planned. Deltarshi wondered if she would be able to to properly play her own role and not infect Sakir with doubts.
When the spaceship carrying Sakir arrived at Hektor, Commander Deltarshi was waiting at the docks. Deltarshi was still actively monitoring Velse's interactions with Sakir aboard the ship.
Velse had awakened Sakir while they were making their approach to Hektor. Sakir awoke and could not remember having fallen asleep, but her consciousness quickly reassembled and the surprise of her sudden departure from Himalia returned with brutal force.
Velse pointed to the projected image of the asteroid and announced, "Now arriving at Hektor." The spaceship dove into a tunnel that penetrated from the surface of the asteroid into the interior. Now at the end of the automated docking sequence, the spaceship slowed gracefully and settled into the docking clamps.
Sakir scowled at the robot and wondered if she had been drugged into unconsciousness. She asked, "How long was I asleep?"
Velse inactivated the external view and replied, "You needed some rest, be grateful that you are now fresh and ready to meet Commander Deltarshi." The robot extended a hand to Sakir and helped her rise from the flight couch. "We are now docked; come along. Let me warn you. Don't be surprised by the Commander's appearance." The robot picked up Sakir's bags and led the way into the airlock.
The outer airlock door opened and Velse nodded towards the outside of the ship, allowing Sakir to step out first.
Sakir found herself in the huge open space of the docks and she noticed that the synthetic gravity here was about half the 1 G field that she was used to. The docks were a vast expanse of gray metal and black shadows under a harsh industrial lighting. Most of the visible motion was robotic dock workers and carryalls going about their work, but Sakir also noticed someone moving towards her, a woman who somehow looked familiar. As the woman drew near Sakir could see a strong resemblance between this stranger and herself.
Commander Deltarshi wore a blue jumpsuit and soft black boots and she still retained the appearance of Jill Lyons. She at first ignored Sakir and spoke directly to Velse. "Thank you, Velse." Deltarshi took Sakir's luggage from the robot. Without a spoken word, Velse turned and went back into the spaceship.
Deltarshi now turned to Sakir, whose eyes were an inch higher due to the heals of her stylish 1960s era shoes. Deltarshi explained, "Velse will now return to Himalia and make sure that your absence from that simulation goes unnoticed. Welcome to Hektor, Sakir."
Sakir asked, "Who are you?"
"Commander Deltarshi. Of course, you are puzzled by my appearance. Come along...I will explain while we walk." The two women made there way out of the dock complex and on into the heart of the asteroid base. Sakir saw nothing that looked like Earth or the Earth simulation at Himalia. The docks and the adjoining passages were raw and utilitarian as if the base inside Hektor had been quickly constructed and no efforts ever made to pretty things up.
Deltarshi said, "I congratulate you on adjusting gracefully to this sudden disruption of your life."
Sakir felt anything but graceful. "I'm feeling very disoriented and anxious."
Deltarshi led Sakir aboard a small tram car that was little more than a metal platform with a handrail. After a moment the car accelerated and shot into a transit tunnel, riding on a magnetic field. There was no windshield and Sakir turned so that her long hair would not blow into her eyes.
Deltarshi pointed to her own face, "This is not my natural appearance. I have been playing the role of Jill Lyons. Yes, look at me closely, this is how you will look in another 20 years or so. Watch this." For a moment Deltarshi morphed her face back to its natural structure, which seemed harsh and heavy in comparison. "This is my real appearance." Just as quickly she allowed her nanote implants to shift her facial structure back to the more delicate features of Jill.
From her schooling, Sakir knew about Overseers and their ability to use nanotechnology to shape shift, but she had never before met an Overseer and actually seen someone morph their facial features. She objected, "I've seen pictures of Jill, she looked nothing like you, or me."
Deltarshi chuckled, "So you were told. Sorry about that, but you were tricked. It was important that you not discover your fate too soon....that would have been an unwanted distraction. It was important that you be fully engaged in decoding and not worrying about your future." The tram car stopped and after exiting from the transport tube, Deltarshi walked off though a dim gray corridor.
Sakir stopped walking and stood, hands on hips. She demanded, "Distraction from what? What is my fate? Why am I here?"
Deltarshi turned back towards Sakir and set down the large suitcase. She explained, "You will go to Earth. Your entire life you have been in training to go to Earth and derail the B-pan project."
Sakir knew the general history of the B-pan project and how Jill Lyons had helped the people of Earth discover the existence of aliens. Those were events of the previous century. Now, in 2053, Genesaunt culture was in retreat, pulling back away from Earth while spaceships from Earth began probing the Solar System, searching for the aliens. As a Genesaunt, Sakir had been taught that Earth's discovery of the aliens was a disaster that now interfered with efforts to protect humanity from its technological excesses.
The B-pan project was now more than half a century in Earth's past, but there were still mysteries remaining in Genesaunt understanding of how the Earthlings had obtained evidence of the existence of aliens. Sakir had spent her entire adult life in the Himalia simulation, trying to understand how Earthlings had discovered evidence of alien visitors to Earth by studying ancient artifacts found at archeological sites in Central America.
Sakir asked, "What do you mean, 'derail the B-pan project'?"
Deltarshi pointed down the corridor, "Let's get to your home where we can be more comfortable, then I'll explain." She again picked up Sakir's luggage and led the way down the dingy hallway and then out into the cavern beyond. "Hektor Base is not meant to be comfortable, but we have made special changes just for you," Deltarshi gestured into the cavern that they were entering, "This is our effort to allow you to feel like you are on Earth."
They emerged from the corridor into a much larger space, a bright cavern that reminded Sakir of the Earth simulation inside Himalia. There was a simulated Earth-like sky and an array of houses that looked like the neighborhood in Virginia where Jill Lyons had long ago lived. They walked across the grassy field that led up to the back of her house. Deltarshi opened the back door and set Sakir's bags down in the kitchen, in what looked like the house that Sakir had left behind in the Himalia simulation. Deltarshi said, "I want you to feel at home. This is a replica of the house that Jill lived in on Earth, which was, of course, the original model for the house you have been living in."
Sakir looked around and could tell that the kitchen was spotless, as if nobody had ever cooked a meal here. She asked, "This is another Earth simulation?"
Deltarshi shook her head, "No, creating simulations of Earth is not the function of this Base. We made all this just for you, to make you comfortable. You'll be here at Hektor for a few months and we don't want you to lose your familiarity with this house."
Sakir abandoned her inspection of the house and asked again, "What did you say about the B-pan project?"
Deltarshi explained, "Hektor Base hosts the main time travel portal for Earth. We're going to send you back to 1969 so that you can prevent the people of Earth from learning about the existence of aliens. Jill played a fundamental role in the success of the B-pan project. You will take Jill's place and prevent that success."
Sakir pulled out a chair and sat at the little table in the breakfast nook of the kitchen. She had been taught that time travel was a science fiction plot device, but Deltarshi had spoken with utter conviction. "You're serious. Time travel is possible?"
Deltarshi sat down and assured Sakir that it was. "It is true. The aliens have all kinds of advanced technology: spaceships, nanotech, even time travel portals. You have been trained since birth in preparation for a time travel mission back into Earth's past. You'll live here during the final phase of preparations for that mission."
The door bell rang. Deltarshi nodded towards the front door and said, "Go ahead and answer the door."
Sakir was not quite able to instantly believe in time travel. It was easier to believe that this was some kind of test, maybe an initiation for her participation in a new Earth simulation project. She walked rather numbly from the kitchen to the front of the house and opened the front door. Sakir had learned about the Huaoshy, but she had never expected to meet an alien...she'd never known anyone who had. Tulghik said, "Hello, Sakir," and stepped into the house, past Sakir, who was startled by the sudden appearance of an alien.
Deltarshi had followed Sakir to the door and she now took Sakir's arm and led her to her favorite chair. Deltarshi said to Tulghik, "I fear she's a bit overwhelmed." Deltarshi went back to the kitchen and Tulghik sat down across the room from Sakir, folding her oddly jointed legs up off the floor.
Tulghik used the nanote components inside Sakir to ease her back from a growing state of anxiety. "Sakir, just relax. We are here to help you. You know the general nature of your mission, Deltarshi has explained that to you. From here on, we will go at your pace. I hope my alien appearance does not alarm you."
Sakir studied the alien and its other-humanoid appearance. In fact, Sakir was not greatly disturbed by Tulghik's appearance. Sakir had seen images of aliens as part of her training. However, the idea that she would go to Earth, into Earth's past as a time traveler was more of a shock. Sakir had been able to doubt Deltarshi, but under the gaze of the alien it was easier to believe in the existence of time travel technology and accept that the aliens kept it a secret. Sakir started to speak and faltered, "They say-" She tried again. "I was taught that aliens only interact with Overseers."
Tulghik nodded, "Normally that is so, but you are one of the very few Observers who must cross over the line that normally separates Observers from Overseers. The upcoming time travel mission to Earth is your mission. You need to know secrets that are normally kept from Observers. You will work closely with Deltarshi and you will come to know what she knows about the B-pan Project. While you are here at Hektor you two will be a team."
Deltarshi returned from the kitchen and handed Sakir a glass of ice water. Sakir gratefully gulped some water and tried to stop her hands from shaking. She leaned back in the chair and briefly closed her eyes. Suddenly she thought of Jack Swigert, an astronaut she had briefly known through her work on the B-pan Project. They had gone on a few dates and then fallen out of contact after he joined NASA. She opened her eyes and went to the hutch in the corner of the room. She pulled open a drawer and found a photograph of Jack. It was a NASA publicity photo that he had sent her from Texas. He'd written on the back, "Come visit me in Houston sometime!". Sakir was impressed: this was a simulation, exact in details right down to her personal belongings.
Tulghik said, "Jack is one more small shock for you to adjust to. He is here at Hektor."
Sakir had grown up hearing all kinds of crazy rumors about the Huaoshy, that they had the power of telepathy. Tulghik said, "Not really telepathy: it's a technological trick. I've had nanote implants inside your brain since before you were born and I've learned to follow your thoughts."
Sakir could not keep herself from feeling violated. "You made me think of Jack."
Tulghik nodded. "Yes, I caused his memory to bubble to the surface of your mind. Jack is another time traveler. We pulled him out of Earth's past and he has been living here, helping us plan your mission."
Deltarshi explained, "That is why I have been using Jill's form. I spent years building a relationship with Jack. He thinks that I am Jill. Now it is time for you to meet him. We will tell Jack that you are my daughter."
Sakir put the photo of Jack back in the drawer and returned to her chair. She could sense that Deltarshi left part of the story untold. Sakir looked at Tulghik and wondered if the alien was forcing more ideas into her mind. She suggested: "Jack would not help you, so you had to trick him."
Deltarshi sat down on the couch with Tulghik and smiled. The alien said, "I could have ripped every memory from Jack's mind, but that would have been a destructive process; it is better to work with humans and take advantage of normal memory retrieval processes. Jack has actually been very helpful. We did trick him. It was best to let him think that he was brought here to serve as a kind of ambassador for Earth. Later we pretended to bring Jill up from Earth. Jack never knew that he was transported forward through time. All that is important is that he is comfortable and happy here and we can learn what he knows about the conditions you will encounter on Earth. You must learn all you can from Jack before I send you back to 1969."
Deltarshi nodded in agreement. "It took Jack years to get acclimated to Genesaunt culture, but he has done so successfully. We believe that we have learned from Jack how to prevent the B-pan project from proving the existence of aliens."
It sounded to Sakir like her own efforts in the Himalia simulation had been a waste of time. She had grown to be proud of her own understanding of ancient Mesoamerican writings, but what she had learned from her efforts never suggested an answer to the riddle of how Earthlings had proven the existence of aliens. Sakir asked, "If you have all the answers then why do you need me?"
Deltarshi replied, "Let me tell you the story of Jill Lyon's life. You know everything up to 1969, having lived it in simulation at Himalia. Jack joined NASA so that he could fly on the Apollo 14 mission and use alien technology to search for the hidden Observer Base under the Moon's surface. By pulling Jack out of his time and off of Earth we were able to block his participation in the discovery that aliens have long been visiting Earth. However, removing Jack from Earth was not enough. Even with Jack removed from the B-pan project, eventually Jill's translation work allowed the search for evidence of aliens to be narrowed and intensified. The abandoned Observer Base on the Moon was still found by Earthlings...that discovery just took a few years longer in the Reality where Jack travels through time."
Sakir asked, "Reality?"
Tulghik curled a lip in a nearly human smile, "That is our jargon. When we create a new course of events by using time travel we call the new timeline a 'Reality'."
"I see." Sakir was puzzled by Deltarshi's mention of Jill's work. "What did you say about Jill's translations?"
Deltarshi continued her description of history, "1969 is an important year. When you go back to 1969 you will know the location of a key artifact in Mexico and how to prevent the Earthlings from finding it. That artifact has Olmec hieroglyphs that Jill decoded, thus obtaining clues that could lead Earthlings to their discovery of the location of the abandoned Observer Base on the Moon. You will go to Earth, that hieroglyph translation work of the B-pan Project will not occur, which will prevent others from taking over Jack's role in searching the Moon for Observer Base. There are details that we will explain to you, but that is the gist of it. Your training in the simulation at Himalia has prepared you to recognize the key Olmec artifact. You share Jill Lyon's skill in translating the Olmec script."
Tulghik added, "The key technical issue, from the perspective of we time travel engineers, is that you will travel in time and replace Jill in 1969. The rest is minor details."
Suddenly everything made sense to Sakir. "I see. That must mean that I am Jill, or at least a copy of her."
Tulghik nodded. "Very good. You are a clone of Jill. At the moment when you arrive in 1969 the real Jill will be taken off Earth. A swap. The time travel process is actually a bit more complex than that, but you get the idea."
Sakir wondered aloud, "How did you obtain Jill's genetic material and create me as her clone?"
Deltarshi replied, "Jill lived here at Hektor for a few years. She was a patient here, going through complex genetic repairs to correct her genetic defects. We thus had easy access to her. The Huaoshy are experts at cloning humans."
Sakir shook her head, unable to sort through the implications of what Deltarshi had said. "You seem to be saying that I will be sent back in time to replace Jill, but also...Jill has already been taken off of Earth? How can that be?"
Tulghik produced a nearly human laugh, "A little trick in time travel, what we call a 'triple switch'. We'll give you crash course in temporal mechanics, but suffice it to say that you are part of a time loop."
Sakir asked, "Are you saying that my very existence will be...has been...made possible when I travel back in time?"
The alien shook its head, "Not quite. Right now we exist in a Reality where Jill was removed from Earth but not replaced by you. That created a Reality in which the discovery of Observer Base on the Moon by Earthlings was delayed but not prevented. We will complete the "triple switch" when we send you back in time. Your actions on Earth will prevent Earthlings form finding Observer Base until they are ready... centuries further on in the future."
Sakir rubbed her head. "You'll have to sort that out for me in detail. I still don't understand why you want me to meet Jack and pretend to be Jill's daughter."
Tulghik shrugged, "You could go back to 1969 today, but we think it will be best if you have a chance to discuss your mission with Jack. You will have to interact with Jack in 1969...the better you know him the better prepared you will be for your mission on Earth."
"You still have not explained that mission. How can I, by pretending to be Jill, disrupt the B-pan project?"
Deltarshi replied, "Right now we have the sketch of a plan for your mission. We want you to have a chance to work with Jack and it will be up to you to decide exactly what you will do on Earth. Right now, we need you to have some independence of thought rather than be swayed by our existing biases. So we propose that you start working with Jack and together we will all plan the remaining details of your mission. You need to construct your own plan, a plan that you feel comfortable with. This time travel mission is really yours...all we can do is help you the best be can to be ready for what you will do in 1969. When you are there on Earth in 1969 you will need to be flexible and make good choices as needed. Doubtless there will be surprises that we cannot anticipate."
Tulghik added, "We need you to feel that this is your mission. You have to grow into it and become comfortable with the idea of traveling back into the history of Earth to make changes to the course of events."
Deltarshi nodded, "We've thrown a lot of information at you today. Let's not try to move too quickly."
Sakir laughed nervously. "I'm not sure I really believe that time travel is possible."
Deltarshi smiled, "The existence of time travel is great secret. Very few humans know the truth. For the rest of today we can review the record of Jack's debriefing here at Hektor. That will start easing you into what we know, or at least what we think we know about how the Earthlings discovered the existence of aliens. When you are on Earth it will be up to you to be flexible...what we, here and now, think you will experience on Earth is at best a guess and approximation."
Tulghik stood up and went to the door. "I'll let you two get to work." The alien opened the door and was gone.
Sakir felt a sense of relief when the alien left the house. She muttered to Deltarshi, "So, the Huaoshy can control our thoughts."
Deltarshi felt a responsibility not to infect Sakir with doubts and suspicions. "That is a matter of debate among Overseers. I suspect that the Huaoshy normally use a kind of telepathy, a sort of mind resonance when they communicate with each other. Using human language does not seem to come naturally to Tulghik. When she is with someone like you, who is a host for Tulghik's nanote implants, she may not be able to prevent herself from letting her thoughts resonate with yours."
Sakir shook her head, "I still don't get it. They say that the Huaoshy can take on any form. Why not send a Huaoshy back to 1969? Why does Tulghik want me to go?"
Deltarshi explained, "The aliens actually have very little interest in Earth. I've heard Tulghik make the claim that it is unethical for them to visit Earth and alter Earth's history. Still, by some magic of Huaoshy logic, they do allow themselves to send a few Observers to Earth as agents of the Huaoshy. Those agents, like you, must be indistinguishable from Earthlings, genetically and otherwise."
Sakir nodded. "Yes, and as Tulghik's agent, she will control my thoughts and actions when I am on Earth."
Deltarshi considered how best to defuse Sakir's resentments. After a short silence she said, "No human can claim to know the answers to these questions about the Huaosy, but let me ask you a question. You were taught the First Rule of Observation?"
"Of course," Sakir recited, "Earthlings must never know that they are being Observed."
"Exactly. I've worked with Tulghik for a long time and I've quizzed her about these matters. The Huaoshy are always evasive...perhaps they are used to directly sharing thoughts and therefor fail to explain themselves verbally. However, it seems certain that the Huaoshy are guided by a rule that is similar to the First Rule of Observation, probably a kind of ethical guideline such as: 'Allow humans to think that they have self-determination and are not being controlled by the Huaoshy.' Of course, that only seems to apply to humans on Earth. The Huaoshy speak of we Genesaunts as being domesticated humans."
Sakir asked, "We are their pets? They feel free to do as they like with us?"
Over long decades of playing the role of Overseer, Deltarshi could comfortably think of herself as a domesticated watchdog looking over the sheep heard that was the Observer Corps. And at the top of the social hierarchy were the Huaoshy who had crafted the evolution of humans and made use of Genesaunts as their tools. "That might be a useful analogy. Imagine keeping a pet fish, one that is too dangerous to release into the wild. The Huaoshy seem to view humans as a dangerous and disruptive species that is damaging the fragile ecosystem of Earth. Still, they don't routinely step in and set things right. Tulghik only seems to act when a major disaster needs to be averted. And she always uses indirect methods to influence events on Earth...such as sending you to Earth."
"So you believe that I will be free to act as I wish? I'm not simply a puppet of the aliens? If so, how can Tulghik trust that I will do as she hopes when I am sent to Earth?"
Deltarshi chuckled. "Tulghik has monitored your thoughts every day of your life, and I have no doubt that she is monitoring our conversation right now. If Tulghik did not trust you then you never would have been brought here. You were not the only clone of Jill that was made. You are the clone that Tulghik selected as being the best prepared to go to Earth."
Sakir thought of her parents inside the Himalia simulation of Earth. "Did my parents know that I was the clone of an Earth woman and being trained for a mission to Earth?"
"No. The couple that raised you did not know. Your birth mother knew that she was not your biological parent, but she never knew about Tulghik's plans for using you as a time traveler. Your father, like most people in the Himalia simulation was a robot."
Sakir had been certain that her father was human. "What? That can't be!"
"There are very few humans in the Himalia simulation. It is difficult for us to maintain a population of Observers. Most Genesaunts want nothing to do with Earth. We created conditions that would allow you to become a dedicated Observer. You were allowed to believe that you could distinguish humans from robots, but most of your acquaintances that you thought were human were actually artificial life forms."
Sakir found herself becoming numb to the continuing string of revelations about the aspects of her life that were lies and charades. "Now you have me wondering if you are human."
Deltarshi laughed loudly, "Does it matter? What if I were a robot?"
Sakir tried to take stock of her own feeling. Much of her world view had crumbled since leaving Himalia. "I was raised as a human, believing that robots are simply conveniences. My loyalties are to my fellow humans."
Deltarshi nodded. "And Tulghik selected you to go to Earth because of your devotion to helping humans. During the past several decades, since the Earthlings discovered the abandoned Moon Base of the aliens, they have been cultivating their paranoia about aliens and spreading through the Solar System in search of the aliens. Soon they will find a Genesaunt base, maybe even this base here inside Hektor. It is becoming increasingly difficult for us to Observe the Earthlings as they deploy increasingly sophisticated scanners and shields. Now they are developing nanotechnology and we could soon replicate the technological disaster that struck Earth in a previous Reality. It would be better for the Earthlings if they returned to a state of ignorance with respect to aliens."
Sakir stood up and looked out the front window. "So I was taught. But maybe that is another deception. How do I know that it is not better for the Earthlings to break free of their ignorance and throw off we Observers?"
Deltarshi replied, "I doubt if you believe that Earth is better off on its own. However, the most convincing evidence I know of is from our records of past time travel and past Realities."
Sakir was intrigued. "What records?"
Deltarshi explained, "We described to you the idea of a Reality Change. When you travel back in time and go to Earth your actions there will create a new Reality. The Huaoshy have a means to communicate information about a previous Reality into a newly created Reality. In a previous reality, human civilization on Earth was destroyed in a technological disaster. Tulghik has been using time travel to prevent that disaster and get humanity back on a stable path of technological development. I think it would be useful for you to read the report on what is called the "Olmec Reality", the reality in which humanity and all life on Earth was nearly exterminated."
Sakir asked, "How does my study of the Olmec Artifacts relate to that technological disaster?"
"In the Olmec Reality, Mesoamerica was the dominant scientific cradle of humanity and Olmec culture gave rise to a technologically advanced civilization. A time traveler had to be sent back into the past in order to derail that civilization and prevent the technological disaster. However, that time travel resulted in the Olmec Artifacts that you have studied. It will be up to you to go to Earth and prevent study of those Artifacts from revealing to Earthlings the existence of aliens."
Sakir struggled to integrate her new knowledge of the existence of time travel with her long-held beliefs about the origins of the Olmec Artifacts. She complained, "But this entire story about the "Olmec Reality" comes to us from the Huaoshy? How can we trust the Huaoshy to tell us the truth about past Realities? How can we trust them about anything?"
Deltarshi was amused to now be asked the kinds of questions that she had previously asked of Tulghik. She took a deep breath and sighed. "Well, you have to decide for yourself. One of your tasks in the remaining few months before you go to Earth is to read the report on the Olmec Reality. You are an expert on the Olmecs. I suspect that your new knowledge of the existence of time travel will allow you to gain a new understanding of the Olmec Artifacts that you have studied for the past five years. Tulghik seems certain that you will be willing to go to Earth and take action to prevent the Earthlings from discovering the existence of aliens. Of course, I suppose that if at any time you decide that you cannot complete your mission, Tulghik will notice your state of mind and replace you with one of the other clones of Jill."
"And if I am replaced, what will happen to me?"
"That would be up to you. Tulghik tried to use Jill as an agent, but Jill did not want to help the Huaoshy. As an Earthling, Jill had a fairly well developed paranoia about aliens. Jill ended up traveling out of the Solar System. You were carefully raised as an Observer with Observer loyalties."
Sakir felt a cold chill. "So Tulghik has been in my mind during my entire life, crafting me as a tool of the Huaoshy...a tool that will do her bidding."
Deltarshi nodded and added, "And I am now trying to do my part to 'craft you' and prepare you for your mission. Like Tulghik, I've studied you for decades. I'm confident that you will help us prevent the Earthlings from discovering the existence of aliens and our Genesaunt culture. You know it is best for Earth if the Earthlings remain under our Observation and guidance for a few more centuries. Earth humans are in the critical stage of technological development where most tool-using creatures destroy themselves. We humans seem to have a penchant for self-destruction. Tulghik has seen inside your mind and seems certain that you will help protect Earth."
Sakir chuckled nervously, "I'm not certain of anything."
Deltarshi stood up and moved towards the door. "I hoped to put you at ease and start you towards allowing me to start playing the role of your mother. You grew up inside an historical simulation and you are accustomed to acting out your role."
Sakir followed the Commander to the front door of the house. "I'm afraid that every time I look at you I think of growing old and my mortality. Not to mention the fact that I don't trust a single thing you say."
"Ow! That is harsh. I see that I will have to work to gain your trust. For now, it is probably best that I leave you alone and let you begin the process of adjusting to the facts of your new life. I'm sorry we had to expose you to so many shocks and surprises in such a short time." Deltarshi tossed a memory plug to Sakir. "This is your reading assignment. As soon as you have had a chance to learn about the past few Realities I'll introduce you to Jack."
Sakir examined the memory plug, which seemed similar to devices she had used in school. "How can I contact you if I have questions?"
Deltarshi smiled sheepishly, "Tulghik and I will be monitoring you every moment. If you need anything just call out." She opened the door and departed.
Sakir watched Deltarshi walk away down the sidewalk. For a moment she was tempted to explore the neighborhood. Were the nearby houses staffed by robots pretending to be the neighbors of Jill Lyons in 1969 on Earth? But she was curious about the contents of the memory plug.
Sakir closed the front door and activated the memory plug. It projected an index of topics:
Olmec Reality
Swigert Reality I
Swigert Reality II
Mauro Reality
Querkad Reality
Startled by the last entry, she selected it and settled into a chair while starting to read the report.
This story is under construction.


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Jun 5, 2014 - From staff reportsShoshoni High School teacher Max Mills has been named the 2014 Wyoming History Teacher of the Year.
Mills will receive a $1,000 honorarium and will be in the running to be named the 2014 National History Teacher of the Year this fall. The Shoshoni school library will receive a core archive of history books and educational materials from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and HISTORY. Mills also will be invited to a 2014 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminar, and Shoshoni High School will be named a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School.
Inaugurated in 2004, the National History Teacher of the Year Award promotes and celebrates the teaching of American history in classrooms across the United States. The award honors one exceptional K-12 teacher of American history from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense schools and U.S. territories.
The 2014 award honors high school teachers. The selection of the state winner is based upon several criteria including at least three years of classroom experience in teaching American history; a demonstrated commitment to teaching American history (including state and local history); evidence of creativity and imagination in the classroom; and effective use of documents, artifacts, historic sites, oral histories and other primary resources to engage students with American history.
The award is co-sponsored by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, HISTORY and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on behalf of its Preserve America program.
About Mills
In 2003, Mills received his bachelor's degree at Dakota State University and completed a master's degree in technology education from Walden University in 2010.
Some of Mills's students have been recognized statewide for their projects and some have presented their designs on a national level. Mills also creates a classroom atmosphere where history is directly correlated to students' lives through undertaking finance projects, analyzing community-based issues, and understanding government documents. When students leave his classroom they not only learn valuable information, they become engaged and informed citizens.
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"Some people don't just live: they lead a life. They don't sit around waiting for a lucky break. They create opportunities for themselves. They go after their dreams and bring them to life…"
– Christopher Gergen in Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- All eight Ivy League men's cross country teams and seven of eight women's teams were in action last Friday, combining for several strong individual and team performances at the Paul Short and the Notre Dame Invitationals.
On the men's side, each Ivy squad helped comprise the 45-team field at the famed Paul Short Invitational, which was hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. on Friday, Sept. 30. The 8k race included seven of the nation's top-30 teams, with fourth-ranked Oklahoma taking first. Paul Chelimo of North Carolina posted the best time of the field, finishing first overall in 23:55. Columbia turned in an impressive third place showing to lead the Ivies, followed by Brown in seventh, Dartmouth in eighth and Harvard in ninth. To round out the Ivy contingent, Cornell finished 12th, Yale 19th, Princeton 21st (split squad) and Penn 34th.
Harvard, Brown and Dartmouth all placed runners in the top-10. Harvard sophomore James Leakos and Brown senior Dan Lowry finished fifth and sixth, respectively, with times of 24:14 and 24:18. Big Green senior Ethan Shaw finished eighth in 24:19. With seven runners placing between 24th and 52nd, the Lions earned third by showcasing depth and consistency across their lineup.
Elsewhere, Princeton's men's team finished third at the Notre Dame Invitational in Notre Dame, Ind. Senior Donn Cabral paced the Tigers with a second-place showing (24:00). Cabral finished one second behind BYU's Miles Batty.
Six Ivy League women's cross country teams, with the exception of Columbia (off) and Princeton (Notre Dame Invitational) raced at the 6k Paul Short invitational. The impressive field included six of the top-16 ranked teams, including first place finisher Providence College. The Yale Bulldogs finished sixth in the 45-team field to lead the Ivies, followed closely by Cornell in seventh and Dartmouth in eighth. Brown finished 12th, Harvard 14th and Penn 30th to complete the Ivy showing at the Paul Short.
Bogdana Mimic of Villanova won the individual title in 20:10. The Ivies had two runners finish in the top-15, including Dartmouth sophomore Abbey Dagostino and Cornell junior Katie Kellner. Dagostino finished fourth in 20:22, while Kellner finished 13th in 20:57.
The Princeton women's team placed eighth at the Notre Dame Invitational. Senior Alex Banfich led the team with a 13-place finish (17:19) on the 5k course.
Looking Ahead
On Oct. 7, the Columbia men and women will take run in the Metropolitan Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y. Then on Oct. 8, the men's and women's teams from Brown, Dartmouth and Yale will take part in the New England Championships in Boston, Mass.
Complete USTFCCCA Polls
The latest national U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) polls were released on Oct. 4. In the men's poll, Princeton moved to 12th, while Columbia jumped into the poll at No. 18. Brown (3) is now receiving votes. In the women's poll, the Tigers moved to 28th, while Yale (16) Dartmouth (7) and Cornell (4) are now in the receiving votes category. The next set of updated polls will be released on Oct. 18.
Regional Polls
– Men – Oct. 3
1. Princeton (Mid-Atlantic)
2. Columbia (Northeast)
5. Brown (Northeast)
6. Dartmouth (Northeast)
8. Harvard (Northeast)
9. Cornell (Northeast)
11. Yale (Northeast)
12. Penn (Mid-Atlantic)
Regional Polls
– Women – Oct. 3
3. Yale (Northeast)
4. Cornell (Northeast)
5. Dartmouth (Northeast)
5. Princeton (Mid-Atlantic)
9. Brown (Northeast)
10. Columbia (Northeast)
12. Harvard (Northeast)
13. Penn (Mid-Atlantic)
Men:XC Earns Seventh At Paul Short Invitational
Women: XC Finishes 12th At Paul Short Invitational
Men: XC Takes Third At Paul Short Run
Men: Cross Country Places 12th in Large Lehigh Field
Women: Cross Country Takes Seventh of 45 Teams at Lehigh
Men: Cross Country Places Eighth in Field of 45 at Paul Short Invitational
Women: D'Agostino Runs to Fourth-Place Finish at Paul Short Invitational
Men & Women: Cross Country Posts Pair of Top-15 Finishes at Paul Short Invitational
Men: Cross Country Finishes 34th at the Paul Short
Women: Cross Country Finishes 30th at the Paul Short
Men: Men Finish Third at Notre Dame
Women: XC Takes 8th at Notre Dame Invite
Men: Bulldogs Compete in Paul Short Invitational
Women: Yale Sixth of 45 Teams at Paul Short


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1974 was truly a memorable year. Hungarian sculptor and passionate professor of architecture, Erno Rubik, invented the Rubik's Cube – the world's top-selling puzzle game. The serpentine road leading to Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, brought the very first cohort of global students to the shores of Vancouver Island – Canada's own United World College.
When it debuted, conspiracy theorists proclaimed that the Rubik's Cube was, "An Eastern block tactic to distract American youth from their educations." The bold experiment that is Pearson College, brought together young people whose experience was of the political conflict of the cold war era, offering an education based on shared learning, collaboration and understanding – mobilizing students to act as champions of peace.
For almost forty years, these uniquely different, innovative experiments have continued to spawn and build on the concept of challenge – and now the College, and the Cube, are being united through art.
In honour of the 50th anniversary of becoming the 14th Prime Minister of Canada, the driving force behind the establishment of the college, and its namesake, Lester B. Pearson, has become a primary subject of Rubikcubism. Second-year Pearson College student from Syria, Layth Yousif – known by close friends and classmates as Leo – is inspired by Pearson, one of the most influential men in Canadian history.
Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He introduced universal health care, student loans, the Canada Pension Plan, the Order of Canada, and the current Canadian flag. In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech he offered, "Of all our dreams today there is none more important – or so hard to realize – than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality."
As a student who hails from an area of conflict, Leo has profoundly impacted the Pearson College community. "When I was four years old, my family emigrated from Syria to Chicago. I spent eleven years surrounded by graffiti art before moving back to Syria when I was fifteen,"he says. "Old Arabic houses and mosques use a similar technique where one can see words spelled out in blocks, but there is very little graffiti in Syria."
Thanks to the powers of Photoshop, Leo converted an iconic photo of Pearson into a pixelated image – Rubikcubism ready – in less than twenty minutes.
Leo working on his piece - to be officially unveiled on April 11th
"I had the idea to do the mosaic last year – what kept me from doing the project were the cubes and associated costs," Leo says. "I was inspired by the French graffiti artist, 'Invader'," he adds. "He's a creative genius who pioneered the street art movement." Invader's pixilated aliens, inspired by the video game Space Invaders, can be found in major cities all over the world. The "guerilla-art" guru coined the term Rubikcubism and is prolific using Rubik's Cube as his medium of choice. Pearson joins the auspicious ranks of The Mona Lisa, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mick Jagger, to name a few.
"It's ultimately an exploration of graffiti," Leo says, adding that graffiti has had a bad reputation in the modern world, but is now being used more widely for advertising and commercial purposes.
And a costly medium it is – at a price tag of $10 per cube ($1 per cube for a knock-off), Leo's venture had a $12,000 expense attached to it. He needed 1,200 cubes to do the piece.
And so a note was penned – "Dear Rubik's Representative…"
Without further ado, 1,200 Official Rubik's Cubes were offered on loan and promptly delivered to campus. Each cube is made up of twenty-six miniature cubes, also called "cubies" or "cubelets", and one side represents 9 pixels of the Pearson image.
Leo's room with boxes of Official Rubik's Cubes
"The timing is perfect because I need eighteen pieces for my IB art exam," Leo shares. "I have a little yellow book of ideas that provides inspiration, so when I needed an eighteenth project, it was on the top of my list."
More than sixty students came forward to help, each signing out a line of cubes to manipulate them into colourful patterns. "White is white, black becomes blue – and yellow, orange and red provide the shades of grey," says Leo, sharing his process. "The background was pretty interesting on this one, so I had to play with the colours a bit to add some detail and texture."
Anjiya from Kenya lends a hand
"The main concern up until a couple of days ago was the frame – we now have that dialled," he said, adding that college staff have been very supportive of his project and problem-solving the finer details. "The piece will be angled so that the cubes rest in the box as they are stacked on one another."
Wade Davis, Explorer-in-Residence with the National Geographic Society, will have the honour of placing the final cube, thus completing the piece. Davis will be on campus offering his Wayfinders presentation for the annual James A. Coutts Lecture Series on World Affairs on April 11th, named in honour of the Chair of Pearson College of the Pacific Foundation Board and former Secretary to Lester B. Pearson.
Participating in the mosaic offers Davis, renowned Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer, a small taste of the Pearson College experience, something he shares that he has coveted for years.
"I very much look forward to coming to Pearson College, for I first wanted to attend as a young man and later dreamed of teaching at such a wonderful school," he shares.
The piece will be 7-feet tall by 5-feet wide and will live in Max Bell Hall lobby for only a few short weeks – after which it will be dismantled and shipped back to the Rubik's Cube Mosaic Lending Library, each cube snuggled back in its original box and ready for the next big idea.
"I am not sure if Wade Davis will get on a ladder or not – I could always do it for him," offers Leo.
Not likely to be an issue for Davis. Let's travel back again to the year 1974, when at the age of 20, Davis crossed the Darién Gap – a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama's Darién Province from Colombia – on foot in the company of the celebrated English author and amateur explorer, Sebastian Snow. Certainly, Davis' own journey is a unique recipe of adventure and challenge.
Leo's last IB exam is scheduled on the 20th of May. The piece will be packed up in the days to follow. He is scheduled to bid Pearson College adieu on the 24th of May and join a worldwide community of alumni.
"Dear Mr. Pearson, in the 21st century, you are super hip to be square..."


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On the eve of another Ashes series, Australia's veteran wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has hailed Darren Lehmann's new regime, saying the insecurity of his predecessor, Mickey Arthur, was to blame for the extraordinary unravelling of the national team this year.
The wounds of the most tumultuous period in Australian cricket in recent memory were deep and, even amid the optimism for this summer, it is clear that the healing process has not occurred overnight.
Players stood down, be it for homework they did not deliver or a haymaker they did, rifts and breakdowns of relationships, a vice-captain storming home from a tour – the year from hell had it all, not to mention the failure to win a Test match since January.
However, as Australia and England prepare to renew hostilities at the Gabba on Thursday, there is a renewed belief among players about their direction.
''I'm very, very excited about where this group is going – especially after what is going on and all the uncertainty we had around it for so long,'' Haddin said. ''With Darren coming in, the message he's got across and the brand of cricket that we want to play ... I think that got lost in the period that Mickey had a hold of us.
''I don't think he understood and wasn't secure enough in himself to get us where we needed to go. It's just actually been refreshing coming into a campaign with a smile on guys' faces, enjoying the game for what it is – a great game of cricket.
''Mickey was very, very insecure and that came across in a lot of our selections and our players, to be perfectly honest.
''Under Darren, we've got a clear message of where we want to go and how we're going to get there. He's able to help guys on the way to get to that point.''
Haddin, readying for what is his fourth and almost certainly final tilt at winning an Ashes series, was in the peculiar position of walking into the fractured and fraught Australian camp at Mohali in March.
Four players had been stood down for the third Test against India for disciplinary reasons – specifically, not returning feedback on their performances by the deadline set.
Haddin could hardly believe what he found when he arrived as a replacement for injured Matthew Wade.
Holed up in a hotel that they could, for security reasons, rarely leave, an Australian team beset by uncertainty was tearing itself apart. Even in a year in which Australia ventured from drama to drama, it was the undisputed low point.
Under Darren, we've got a clear message of where we want to go.
''That wasn't the Australian cricket team that I knew when I flew into Mohali,'' the 36-year-old said in Brisbane on Tuesday. ''That was a unique situation which, in all seriousness, I can't really explain.
''It was uncomfortable walking into it ... guys jumping at shadows and the insecurity around everything that was being done.'' Haddin argues that what was missing in the Arthur era, which Lehmann has managed to restore, was the joy of playing.
It may not be enough to win back the Ashes from England over the next six weeks or so but you get the impression Australia will, at the very least, be endeavouring to win with smiles on their faces.
''It's just refreshing to get back here and just play cricket and enjoy the game for what it is,'' Haddin said. ''It's a great game and it's been great to all of us.
''Things feel a lot more settled going into this campaign than the last. What 'Boof' [Lehmann] does is he understands the game, he encourages guys to talk about the game and the bottom line is it is a game of cricket. He's a very well-respected person in cricket circles and he's a good person.''
The sentiment was echoed by other players, including one suspended in Mohali – recalled fast bowler Mitchell Johnson.
''There's a great vibe in the camp,'' Johnson said. ''We're looking really good and I'm really confident.''


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CULTURE Tyrol
Leisure activities less than 12 miles : Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, off-piste skiing, Télémark skiing, snowboarding, luge (run), ice-skating, bathing, pedalo, kite surfing, canoeing, canyoning, rafting, golf, tennis, riding school, pathway/broadwalk, coastal/forest paths, hiking, rappel, rock climbing, mountain bike (path), parachuting, horse-drawn carriage, horse trecking, RC aeromodelling field, ten-pin bowling, volleyball, hunting, fishing
Supervised : Ski school, riding school
Attractions and relaxation : Bar/pub, discotheque, restaurant, nature reserve, exhibition center, historical site, museum, theater, cellar and wine tasting, natural spring baths, sauna, health spa, beauticians, fitness center, Bio farm
SurroundingsMountain - Serfaus Fiss Ladis
MOUNTAIN VACATION Touristic region : Serfaus Fiss Ladis
Locality :
Ski slopes at 2.5mi.
Ski lifts at 2.5mi.
Ice skating rink at 9mi.
Heated swimming pool at 3mi.
Public swimming pool at 3mi.
Public tennis court at 0.62mi.
9 hole golf course at 18.5mi.
Flying clubs at >31mi.
River rapids at 6mi.
Waterfall at 18.5mi.
River at 0.5mi.
Lake at 9mi.
Forest at <165'
Mountain range at <165'
Via ferrata-alpinism at 6mi.
Amenities :
Village center at 0.5mi.
Bus stop / bus station at 0.5mi.
Ski bus pick up point at 0.3mi.
Bike/mountain bike hire at 1.85mi.
Scooter/motorbike hire at 9mi.
Car rental at 9mi.
Ski hire store at 1.85mi.
Breadstore at 0.5mi.
Local stores at 1.85mi.
Supermarket at 0.5mi.
Bank at 0.93mi.
ATM at 0.93mi.
Drugstore at 3mi.
Doctor at 1.85mi.
Hospital at 15.5mi.
Location AccessHouse Tösens
Egg 118
6541 TösensTyrol
GPS coordinates of accommodation
Latitude 46°57'26"N
Longitude 10°26'36"E
Access routes Charming & Luxury vacation rental 70215
at 12.5mi. / 15min.
Freeway (exit) St. Moritz Rechenpass
Landeck, Tyrol, Austria
Cities close by
Ried im Oberinntal (3mi.)
Fiss (8mi.)
Serfaus (10mi.)
Close to Pfundser Bach, Loreck, Otztal, Rifflferner, Bargundeles-Bach, Wildengund Kopf, Hoher Aifenspitze, Zischgeles, Rifflerkar Spitze, Narrenkogel, Klosterpass, Wilder Pfaff, Kesselspitze, Hochplattig, Wilder Mann, Stuiben-Fall, Rotwand, Ruderhofspitze, Warmatsgund Bach, Mutterbergersee, Gemstelpass
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Trust Income
Trust Accounting Income
Trust Accounting Income refers to all of the dividends, interest, ordinary gain, real estate income, royalty income and any other income that is generated by the trust for a given tax year.
The importance of distinguishing accounting income from the corpus or principal of the trust again lies in the unique difference between simple and complex trusts. Simple trusts are required to pay out all of the accounting income to the beneficiary of the trust. Complex trusts are much more flexible in that they can pay out dividends and principal to the beneficiaries, or just let the accounting income accumulate within the trust.
Charitable donations (complex trusts only) can be deductible if they are paid specifically from the current year's gross accounting income.
Trust Taxable Income
Trust or estate taxable income will be treated as taxable income to either the beneficiary or the trust itself, but not taxable to both. Because the trust is allowed an "income distribution deduction" for income paid to a beneficiary, the beneficiary would be responsible for paying the tax if the trust distributes the income.
Income Distribution Deduction Is the Lesser of:
- Distributable Net Income (DNI) less tax-exempt interest
- Distributions less tax-exempt income included in distribution
If the estate administrator or trustee elects not to pay out the income of the trust, then the legal representative of the trust is responsible for including the income on the trust's income tax return.
Distributable Net Income
Distributable net income (DNI) is the maximum allowable income that can be paid from a trust in a given year per the terms of the trust, regardless if a will or other document might specify a larger share "entitlement" to the beneficiary.
For Example:
Suppose that John's will specifies that Julie (his wife) and Debby (his daughter) were to receive $10,000 and $5,000, respectively, from the income of his estate trust each year. If the trust only had $12,000 of distributable net income for the year, then each beneficiary will only receive a pro-rata share of their amount.
Julie would receive $8,000 [($10,000 / $15,000) x $12,000]
Debby would receive $4,000 [($5,000 / $15,000) x $12,000]
*Beneficiaries entitled to receive current distributable income, generally must include in the gross income the entire amount due to them. However, if the DNI is less than the entitlement, then each beneficiary is only taxed on the actual amount received from the DNI, not their full entitlement amount.
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Horror movies are supposed to scare us on the screen, but these classic horror films brought the terror to life. As these movies were being made, it seemed as if something else was coming back to life. Throughout filming, cast and crew had real-life encounters with the supernatural and were haunted by tragic deaths that turned out to be much more than eerie coincidence.
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Weld weekly wage growth hits No. 5 in nation
January 15, 2013
Colorado counties
County…..% Employment Growth…..% Weekly Wage Growth
Adams ….. 2.4 ………. 2.6
Arapahoe .. 3.0 ……… 1.8
Boulder ….. 2.7 ………. 2.0
Denver ….. 3.6 ………. 1.0
Douglas ….. 4.2 ………. 0.1
El Paso ….. 0.7 ………. 2.2
Jefferson ….. 1.8 ………. 0.9
Larimer ….. 3.3 ………. 3.7
Weld ….. 3.7 ………. 6.4
Weld County showed the strongest job and wage growth gains in Colorado in the second quarter of 2012, while hitting No. 5 in the nation in percentage of weekly wage growth.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday reported that second-quarter growth in employment and wages grew in 287 of 328 of the country's largest counties. From June 2011 to June 2012, Washington, Ore., recorded the highest average weekly wage growth of 8.5 percent.
Weld was the only Colorado county in the top 10 in wage growth, coming in at No. 9 with an average weekly wage growth of $47 from June 2011-June 2012. It came in at No. 5 in percentage of wage growth at 6.4 percent, compared to 1.3 percent growth across the country.
Weld's status is somewhat of a surprise and a relief to Shannon Jantz, branch manager of Apple One, 2914 67th Ave., which has been working with employer-clients for the past year to boost the bottom floor on wages.
"We've been making a push and getting clients to focus more on even $11 an hour," Jantz said in an interview Tuesday.
The philosophy has run counter to traditional northern Colorado insistence of keeping the wage floor at $10 an hour. But Jantz and her staff's appeal to employers to bring up wages to reduce attrition among their ranks is starting to ring a bell.
Happy employees stick around longer, which means less time focused on training new employees, she said.
"Toward the end of last year, we started talking to all clients, and a lot were not sure if they wanted to do that," Jantz said. "It was with them losing some good or almost losing good people that they decided maybe I should increase this and because of that increase, I could retain good people."
That's been to the benefit of employees, who have been able to negotiate wages for the jobs they want, Jantz said.
In average weekly wage growth, while Weld sat at the top of the state, only Larimer County (ranked No. 25 in the nation) could rival it with wage growth of 3.7 percent.
Job numbers were a different picture. While the county came in second in the state for job numbers growth, it didn't quite break the country's top 10. Yakima, Wash., registered the highest employment growth across the country at 8.2 percent.
Weld's employment did grow at 3.7 percent in that time, coming in just below Douglas County, which grew 4.2 percent in employment.
The latest state Department of Labor and Employment numbers showed that Weld topped the state from August to September 2012, with jobs growing at 4.3 percent.
Colorado counties
County…..% Employment Growth…..% Weekly Wage Growth
Adams ….. 2.4 ………. 2.6
Arapahoe .. 3.0 ……… 1.8
Boulder ….. 2.7 ………. 2.0
Denver ….. 3.6 ………. 1.0
Douglas ….. 4.2 ………. 0.1
El Paso ….. 0.7 ………. 2.2
Jefferson ….. 1.8 ………. 0.9
Larimer ….. 3.3 ………. 3.7
Weld ….. 3.7 ………. 6.4
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(9/28/2012) The caldera strewn mountain area at Kintamani and Mount Batur has been officially designated as Indonesia's first Global Geopark by UNESCO
Quoted in Bisnis.com, Akhyarudin, the director of tourism development and MICE from the Ministry of Tourism and the Creative Economy, said: "The official acknowledgement of the Batur Caldera of Batur at Bangli as the newest member of the UNESCO Global Geopark Network was received on Thursday night, September 20, 2012, Portugal time."
He went on to say that there are many benefits to be derived by the UNESCO appointment, including cost-free promotion to a worldwide audience. Akhyarudin said the appointment would also attract many foreign investors.
The Mount Batur caldera is located in the village of Kintamani in the regency of Bangli is one of 6 Geoparks applications put forth by the Indonesian government.
The other areas awaiting Geopark confirmation from UNESCO are: Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Merangin in Jambi; Mount Rinjani in Lombok; Raja Ampat in Papua and the Kars Sewa region in Central Java.
In conclusion Akhyarudin said: Mount Batur is ready to become a Geopark. The people are prepared to support this. With the confirmation by UNESCO the news of the beauty of the caldera will now go international."
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Juan Pizano's father first noticed a change when his son was 4.
"He started walking on his tiptoes," Guillermo Pizano said. "We asked the pediatrician, 'Why is he walking like that?'"
Juan was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, a disease that weakens the muscles and eventually leads to limited movement.
The diagnosis led to a lot of emotions.
"I don't know how to say it," his father said, tearing up. "I don't speak a lot of English. We accept what he has but it's hard."
For a while, Juan was able to operate like any normal child, but after a few years the disease progressed, rendering his legs useless.
"In the third grade, I lost my ability to walk," he said. "I got a yellow electric wheelchair.
"I thought that I was the only person in the world that was in a wheelchair," he added. "I had never seen anyone else."
When Juan lost his ability to walk, he also lost interest in school and the world around him.
"I was doing bad in school because I couldn't think clearly," he recalled.
Paraprofessional Cindy Campbell has been with Juan since he was in fourth grade at Myers Elementary School. In the beginning, she said it was tough to see him give up on things.
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Things began to change for Juan in fifth grade.
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Now as a sixth-grade student at South Hall Middle School, he made academic honor roll this past semester, receiving an A in most of his classes.
Outside of school, the 13-year-old is a typical teenager who loves to watch television, listen to music and play video games, especially Minecraft. He loves it so much that's what he wants to do in the future.
"I want to make video games," he said. "They're fun to play. I like to take things apart and try to put them back together. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't."
He continues to attend therapy on an intermittent basis in Atlanta. His father said the disease is not progressing.
"Sometimes he asks us why he can't walk," Guillermo Pizano said. "Like, he's said 'I want to walk.' But he accepts what he has."
And the wheelchair is no longer an embarrassment but a symbol of honor. In fact, Juan barely remembers he's in a wheelchair.
"People used to ask me why I was in a wheelchair," he said. "That made me mad at first. Now I just tell them that I am special.
"I think I am an overcomer because I don't worry about being in the chair and not being able to walk," Juan added. "I am not sad about it. I can still find ways to do things and help out."


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Making A Difference
Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2
from the book
Sermons On The Gospel Readings
Series I, Cycle B
Paul E. Flesner
John 1:43-51
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How many of you know someone who is partially or completely color blind? Seeing colors is something we frequently take for granted until we try to imagine what the world looks like to someone who cannot. One such person described the task of getting dressed in the morning as one of the more difficult decisions that he faces during the day. He admitted that there have been many times when he went to work wearing some very strange color combinations.
He went on to say that he is fascinated by his wife's ability to pick colors that go well together. What is most fascinating is how she notices that the appearance of a particular color in a piece of fabric can be changed by the colors which are around it. She will hold up several different ties and say, "Oh -- this shirt brings out the browns in this tie, but this shirt brings out the blues in it."
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Hip Osteotomy
The hip is made of a bowl shape socket on the pelvis and a ball at the top of the leg bone. A hip osteotomy is a surgery to cut, reshape, and reposition the bones of the pelvis or legs.
|The Hip Joint
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Reasons for Procedure
Hip osteotomy is done when the hip bones do not fit together well. Poorly fitting hip bones can cause pain and make it difficult to move. Over a long period of time, the improper fit can lead to problems like arthritis.
The surgery is most often done in children. It may be done because of:
- Conditions that cause abnormal muscle contractions such as cerebral palsy
- Hip bones do not form correctly such as in developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Other injuries or illnesses of the hip such as Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Possible Complications
Complications are rare. But no procedure is completely free of risk. The doctor will review a list of possible complications, including:
- Incomplete healing of the bone
- Shortening of the leg
- Bleeding
- Ball cannot be fit into the socket
- Infection
- Reaction to anesthesia
- Blood clots
- Injuries to nerves or blood vessels
- Nausea and vomiting
Before your procedure, talk to your doctor about ways to manage factors that may increase your risk of complications such as:
- Exposure to smoke
- Chronic disease such as diabetes or asthma
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Your doctor will do a physical exam.
Images of the hip bones and other structures may be taken with:
In the days leading up to the surgery, the doctor will talk about your medications. Some medications may need to be stopped before the surgery.
You may be asked to stop eating or drinking after midnight the night before surgery.
General anesthesia is usually used. It blocks pain and promotes sleep through the surgery.
Description of the Procedure
Several incisions will be made to around the hip joint. The specific bones that are altered will depend on your specific condition. The leg and/or pelvic bones will need to be cut. A wedge of bone may be removed. This wedge will be attached to a new area and held in place with plates and screws. The cuts and wedge will allow the shape of the bone to be changed to position them into a better place.
The incision area will be closed with stitches.
Immediately After Procedure
Vital signs will be monitored in a recovery room.
How Long Will It Take?
2-5 hours depending on the type of surgery
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia prevents pain during surgery. Medication will also be given after surgery to help manage pain.
Average Hospital Stay
Hospital stay may last for 4-5 days. Complications will lead to a longer stay.
Post-procedure Care
At the Hospital
Recovery in the hospital may include:
- Pain medication
- Placing and changing bandages over the incision sites
- Using pillow-like devices to separate and support the legs
- Ice to reduce swelling
- Breathing exercises to decrease the risk of fluid build-up in the lungs
During your stay, the hospital staff will take steps to reduce your chance of infection such as:
- Washing their hands
- Wearing gloves or masks
- Keeping your incisions covered
There are also steps you can take to reduce your chances of infection such as:
- Washing your hands often and reminding visitors and healthcare providers to do the same
- Reminding your healthcare providers to wear gloves or masks
- Not allowing others to touch your incisions
At Home
To help ensure a smooth recovery at home:
- You may need to use a walker or wheelchair.
- Follow the instructions the doctor gives you.
A physical therapist can help you with balance, range-of-motion, and strength training.
Your doctor will want to check on your progress. Full recovery can take 3-6 months.
Call Your Doctor
Contact your doctor if your recovery is not progressing as expected or you develop complications such as:
- Signs of infection such as fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge around incision site
- Increased pain or swelling
- Cough, shortness of breath, chest pain
- Severe nausea or vomiting
- Numbness, tingling, or loss of feeling in your leg, knee, or foot
In case of an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
- Warren A. Bodine, DO, CAQSM
- Reviewed: 02/2016
- Updated: 01/27/2014
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