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Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, conductor, violinist and teacher, educated at the Eastman School of Music (with a scholarship at age 14), the American Conservatory (Master of Arts) with Leo Sowerby, and Harvard University with Walter Piston ad Nadia Boulanger. He taught violin and composition at Monmouth College and composition and music history at Columbia University (1937) and Teachers College. Joining NBC as staff composer in New York in 1940, he was music director for the Motion Picture Bureau at the Office of War Information (OWI). During World War II, he composed and conducted films, and from 1946 he was guest professor at USC. Read more... Joining ASCAP in 1945, he had a Guggenheim fellowship (the first post-service grant) and was awarded the American Prix de Rome. From 1960 he was a lecturer under the auspices of UNESCO.


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REHOBOTH in the Fall is the best......crowds are gone, water is the warmest, businesses remain open, and the Fall festivals like Sidewalk Sales, Chocolate Festival, and SeaWitch Festival take place.
OCEANFRONT view of Mother Nature. Enjoy the dolphin as they make their daily run up and down the beachfront; perhaps some surf fishing or just enjoy the wave action. There's no better way to enjoy Mother Nature than spending a week on the oceanfront. Located on the second floor of the building, you will wake up to the sunrise and can enjoy your coffee on the balcony.
Unit #105 is fully equipped for your vacation pleasures. Summer or Fall, the sun is bright and beach is warm; for your comfort a beach umbrella and chairs are available, along with two Cruiser bicycles to keep up your cardio exercise :-) As well, for those bad weather days, there's a comprehensive DVD/VCR library. The shower with personal body spa system will massage the sore muscles after a morning jog or bike ride on the Boardwalk. Park your car and walk to town for restaurants, shopping, and everything else unique to Rehoboth Beach. I take pride is continously updating my condo; the king sized Murphy bed, queen sized sleep sofa were new in 2008; in 2009 new kitchen cabinets, all new flooring, as well as other extras ,in 2010 I replaced the window treatements; 2011 a new 42' HD/Plasma TV; 2012 new patio furniture and in 2014 all the furniture was replaced....queen sofa, lamps, dining room set.....everything. Free WI-FI is available for you.
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Simple - The best condominium in Rehoboth; value, location, accoutrements, and collective ownership commitment to high standards of maintenance and upkeep.
It may not be unique, but what I enjoy the most is that I can park my car in the underground secured garage and not move it again until it's time to leave. Restaurants, stores, shops, and unlimited sports and exercise opportunities are right there. BUT - the best - is leaving the blinds and balcony door open so I can wake up to the sunrise; take my coffee on the balcony and watch the dophine parade and know that the worst day at the beach is still better than the best day in the office.
My 87 yr old mother and I just spent last week in this beautiful condo. The condo is very comfortable and was perfect for us. We can't wait to come back!!
As I sit here at work, looking at a sunrise picture I took from the balcony of this unit and day dreaming/planning our next visit, I realized we didn't leave a review. Everything about this experience was excellent, quick owner and manager response, excellent location, park your car and walk everywhere or just sit on your balcony for hours on end people watching or just listening to the waves. This is definitely a year round destination/get away! Thank you for sharing your unit with us, it's obvious you take great pride in it.
I think if you don't enjoy yourself at this beach gem, it is your own fault! Parking is safe and plentiful. The owner is very hands on and the staff at the condo complex very helpful. The condo is very user friendly and clean...so relaxing. The video libraray is extensive! Rehoboth has great restaurants and shopping if you so choose, but also the condo would be great for eating in. The mac and cheese at oceanfront restaurant The Green Turtle was delish, and we actually dined twice at the Tuscan Grill because the cream of crab soup was so amazing. The beach is immaculate. Awesome choice for whatever sort of beach vacation you are looking for.
We had a great time at the beach. This condo was terrific. I love all the drawer space and especially the spacious bathroom. We definatley found our home away from home. Loved it and will be back to 105 next year!!
THANKS for your interest.
This property sits directly on the Boardwalk three blocks south of Rehoboth Avenue, fitness centers and gym, beach volleyball, and an amusement park are all available within walking distance. Nearby, you will find golf, deep sea fishing, wildlife and bird viewing, outlet shopping, and jet skiing are all within a 10 minute drive.

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1987-89 Vehicles
See Figures 1 and 2
- Remove 2 / 3 of the brake fluid from the front reservoir.
- Raise the vehicle so that the wheel to be worked on is off the ground. Support the vehicle with jackstands.
- Remove the front wheels.
- Place a C-clamp on the caliper so that the solid end contacts the back of the caliper and the screw end contacts the metal part of the outboard brake pad.
- Tighten the clamp until the caliper moves far enough to force the piston to the bottom of the piston bore. This will back the brake pads off the rotor surface to facilitate the removal and installation of the caliper assembly.
- Remove the C-clamp.
Do not push down on the brake pedal or the piston and brake pads will return to their original positions up against the rotor.
- Remove the caliper mounting pins and lift off the caliper. Don't disconnect the brake line unless the caliper is being removed for service! Don't allow the brake line to support the weight of the caliper! If you disconnect the brake line, cap it to prevent fluid loss.
- Clean the caliper with a rag and solvent made for cleaning brake surfaces. Avoid disturbing the dust boot.
- If there are any indications of fluid leakage, the caliper must be rebuilt.
- Clean the anchor plate and caliper mounting surfaces with a wire brush.
- Coat the mounting surfaces with a light coating of caliper lubricant.
- Install the caliper and tighten the mounting pins to 30 ft. lbs. (41 Nm).
- Connect the hose to the caliper, using a new copper gasket under the hose union. Torque the bolt to 25 ft. lbs. (34 Nm).
- Fill the master cylinder and press firmly on the brake pedal to seat the pads.
- Install the wheels, and lower the vehicle.
If the brake fluid hose was disconnected, it will be necessary to bleed the hydraulic system.
See Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
- Raise and support the vehicle safely. Remove the wheel(s) on the side to be worked on.
For vehicles equipped with an Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), refer to the proper procedures concerning brake system servicing.
- Drain a small amount of the brake fluid from the front reservoir. Use the bleeder screw at the front outlet port to drain the fluid.
- Remove the front wheels.
- Place a C-clamp on the caliper so that the solid end contacts the back of the caliper and the screw end contacts the metal part of the outboard brake pad.
- Tighten the clamp until the caliper moves far enough to force the piston to the bottom of the piston bore. This will back the brake pads off of the rotor surface to facilitate the removal and installation of the caliper assembly.
- Remove the C-clamp.
Do not push down on the brake pedal or the piston and brake pads will return to their original positions up against the rotor.
- Remove both of the Allen head mounting bolts. Tilt the top of the caliper outward and lift off the rotor.
- Remove the brake pads from the caliper.
If the caliper is not being removed for overhaul, it is not necessary to remove the caliper assembly entirely from the vehicle. DO NOT remove the brake line. Suspend the caliper with a piece of wire. DO NOT allow the brake hose to support the weight of the caliper.
- Remove the caliper fitting bolt and disconnect the front brake line at the caliper. Discard the fitting bolt washers, they are not reusable. Cap or tape the open ends of the hose to keep dirt out.
- Clean all the mounting holes and bushing grooves in the caliper ears. Clean the mounting bolts. Do not use abrasives on the bolts it will destroy their protective plating. Replace the bolts if they are corroded or if the threads are damaged.
- Reconnect the brake hose to the caliper. Tighten the bolt to 23 ft. lbs. (31 Nm).
- Install the brake pads and position the caliper over the rotor.
Before securing the caliper, ensure the brake hose is not twisted, kinked or touching any chassis parts.
- Lubricate the caliper pins and bushings with silicone grease. Line up the mounting holes in the caliper and the support bracket and insert the mounting bolts. Make sure that the bolts pass under the retaining ears on the inboard shoes. Push the bolts through until they engage the holes of the outboard pad and caliper ears. Thread the bolts into the support bracket and tighten them to 30 ft. lbs. (41 Nm).
- Fill the master cylinder with brake fluid and pump the brake pedal to seat the pads.
- Install the wheel assembly and lower the vehicle. Check the level of the brake fluid in the master cylinder and fill as necessary.
See Figures 8 through 14
- Remove the caliper assembly and the brake pads. If the pads are to be reused, mark their location in the caliper.
- Wash the exterior with clean brake fluid, then drain any residual fluid from the caliper and place it on a clean work surface.
- Pad the interior of the caliper with clean cloths. Use several cloths and pad the interior well to avoid damaging the piston when it comes out of the bore.
- Insert an air nozzle into the inlet hole in the caliper and gently apply air pressure on the piston to push it out of the bore. Use only enough air pressure to ease the piston out of the bore.
- Pry the dust boot out of the bore with a screwdriver. Use caution during this operation to prevent scratching the bore. Discard the dust boot.
- Remove the piston seal from the piston bore and discard the seal. Use only non-scratching implements such as a wooden stick or a piece of plastic to remove the seal. Do not use a metal tool as it could very easily scratch the bore.
- Remove the bleeder screw. Remove and discard the sleeves and rubber bushings from the mounting ears.
- Clean all parts with clean brake fluid. Blow out all of the passages in the caliper and bleeder valve. Use only dry and filtered compressed air.
- Examine the piston for defects. Replace the piston if it is nicked, scratched, corroded. Examine the caliper piston bore for the same defects as the piston. Minor stains or corrosion can be polished with a fiber brush.
- Lubricate the bore and new seal with brake fluid and install the seal in the groove in the bore.
- Lubricate the piston with brake fluid and install the new dust boot into the piston groove so that the fold in the boot faces the open end of the piston. Slide the metal portion of the dust boot over the open end of the piston and push the retainer toward the back of the piston until the lip on the fold seats in the piston groove. Then push the retainer portion of the boot forward until the boot is flush with the rim at the open end of the piston and snaps into place.
- Insert the piston in the bore, being careful not to unseat the piston seal. Push the piston to the bottom of the bore.
- Install the bleeder screw.
- Connect the brake line to the caliper using new gaskets.
- Install the brake pads.
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Redemption: A Rebellious Spirit, a Praying Mother, and the Unlikely Path to Olympic Goldby Bryan Clay, Joel Kilpatrick
Far more than just a sports memoir, Redemption details the
This is the story of the most unlikely Olympic decathlete in history. Despite size and stature, Bryan Clay is the defending champion of the 2008 Olympic gold medal and winner of the 2004 Olympic silver medal in the decathlon. His journey is as inspiring as it is gritty, as troubled as it is triumphant.
Far more than just a sports memoir, Redemption details the drudgery, devastation, and ultimate conversion that led Bryan to become a world champion. "[God] had a plan when I believed that dreams never came true because, in my life, they never did," says Bryan. Through a remarkable series of events and devoted prayers of his mother, Bryan's life was turned around into a victorious narrative of truly being redeemed.
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"Kelly Dolan narrates world-champion athlete Bryan Clay's compelling life story. In an even tone, Dolan perfectly renders Clay's early academic indifference, involvement with drugs and gang violence, and family's dysfunction. But despite unmanageable circumstances, Clay's mother was steadfast in her belief in the power of God and in her son's potential. Narrator Dolan's portrayal of Clay's mother has an authentic ring. Further, he provides a powerful account of the extraordinary disciplined training that developed Clay's mind, spirit, and body, turning him into an Olympic decathlon medalist—silver 2004 and gold in 2008. Clay's story of personal salvation explains why in competition he carries a banner that reads ". . . in Christ alone." "
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REDEMPTIONA Rebellious Spirit, a Praying Mother, and the Unlikely Path to Olympic Gold
By Bryan Clay
Thomas NelsonCopyright © 2012 Bryan Clay
All right reserved.
Chapter OneA DREAM BEGINS
When my mom was pregnant with me, she would hop the fence at a local university in Austin and walk the track, praying for the baby in her womb. She wasn't a believer in any particular religion at the time, but as she circled the rubberized track, gazing at the infield where the track and field events took place and looking up at the empty stands where people would gather for sporting events, she asked God to keep me safe, make me healthy, and give me purpose in my life. Though her spiritual beliefs were murky, when it came to the most important thing in her life—me at the time—she turned instinctively to God. I have always wondered whether God heard those prayers offered up from that 400-meter oval and answered my mom by making her first child a track and field athlete.
My dad enlisted in the military soon after my birth, and we were transferred to San Francisco in 1983. The move must have provided some personal relief to my Japanese mother and African American father. Their interracial marriage had been subject to some discrimination in Texas. We moved onto the army base at the Presidio with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our house. Our home, which was light and airy, backed up to the hills. Every morning I woke up and saw a mountain lion perched at the top of a hill. Deer walked into our yard, squirrels and raccoons came to the back door, and we threw bread to them. A bobcat roamed the neighborhood, too, and a skunk stole food from people's trash cans. I was young and life was full of magic.
My dad worked in the military prison, and one of my earliest memories is walking through the jail with him one day. Dad explained that those men sitting in their cells were good people who had made bad decisions and were suffering the consequences. The scene did not make a big impact on me then, but later, during my brushes with the law, I thought back to those guys, stripped of their dignity and their freedom. At times it seemed that this had been the true vision of my future—an alternate and more powerful vision from the one my mom had earnestly prayed for during her pregnancy. It was a repudiation of her hopes and dreams and mine. Soon I would sense these competing visions for my life and feel the strong tension between destruction and destiny.
My dad was a strong and welcome presence in the household, and unlike other members of the military, he never had to go on extended tours of duty away from home. I was with him every day. As you would expect of a man in his position, he was physically fit, and he picked me up and played rough-and-tumble with me, the way dads do. We talked about the animals I saw in the neighborhood.
I loved seeing my dad and my mom together. She was slender, with long black hair parted in the middle and hanging down to the middle of her back. I thought she was the prettiest woman I had ever seen. When my brother, Nikolas, was born in San Francisco four years after I was born, he came into a happy family. Those good times, however, were all too brief.
Witnessing excellence
After my dad got out of the military, we moved to Hawaii, where my mom had grown up and where her family still lived. My mom's large extended family suddenly became the dominant presence in our lives. My mom was born in Japan, where my grandfather was in military intelligence for the U.S. during World War II. I had seen him and my grandmother only once when they visited us in San Francisco. We called him Jiji, a derivative of the Japanese word for grandfather—ojiichan, which was hard for us to say. My grandmother was known to us as Baba, short for obaachan, which is Japanese for grandmother.
Jiji was like a traditional samurai: strict, strong-willed, knowing right from wrong and not letting anyone tell him otherwise. To this day I regard him as something like the shogun, or leader, of our family. He was loud and forceful and had no problem yelling at people to get his point across. Yet I knew that he loved my brother and me, and he was generous to us, buying us toys or clothes or whatever we needed for school. He owned a successful small business and several rental houses, and I had the feeling that in everything he did, he was fighting for his life. He was not afraid to work hard to provide for his family. He drove a Cadillac and kept everything he owned in perfect working order. The lessons I learned from him played a major part in my becoming a champion.
My family lived in Palolo Valley on what Hawaiians call the "town side," or the Honolulu side, of the island, where my grandfather owned three houses on one lot. Two of them were rented out to nonfamily members, and we moved into the house in the middle. The view from the house was of a verdant hillside that ascended to the central mountain range on the island. We caught the bus for a quarter and went to the beach, where we swam and played.
Our weekly routine, though, was mostly dictated by the family business. My grandparents' company, Kewalo Pickle, sold foods prepared according to Baba's original recipe. They pickled kimchi, a type of Korean spicy cabbage, as well as cucumbers and daikon, which is like a big, white, ugly radish. They did it all in a shop housed in a former train warehouse in Honolulu's Chinatown. My grandparents lived in a condo not far from the shop. My dad worked for my grandfather, so we went to the shop very early every morning. My brother and I slept in the back of the car on the way there. We ate breakfast at the shop and then went to school. More often than not, we came back to the shop after school and spent most of our weekends there too. My mom always had a secretarial job elsewhere in town.
Initially I had no responsibilities. I hung around the shop and played with my cousins. We were free to roam, more or less, supervised by many aunts and uncles who worked there. We even bathed in the big stainless steel vats on wheels because we were hardly ever home. But as we grew up, my grandfather taught us to work. Soon I was peeling daikon, loading the packing machine, measuring the food, cutting the hearts out of the cabbages, and sticking the various vegetables into the cleaning machine, the slicing machine, and the packing machine. The packing room was everybody's favorite because it was the only air-conditioned room in the building.
I became comfortable with the rhythms of the small processing plant, and I enjoyed the praise I got when I did a good job. I also liked using a knife to peel and cut the vegetables. To this day the feeling of grabbing a long white daikon off the conveyor belt, peeling it, and tossing it in a bin has stayed with me. Put a knife in my hand, set me in front of a conveyor belt, and I could do the same thing for hours on end, working to the rhythm of the machines in my memory.
The end results of all our labor were thousands of small clear packages of pickled foods bearing the Kewalo Pickle label—and our family's honor. Kewalo Pickle was Jiji's pride because everybody on the island knew it was his company. As I was able, I helped my uncles deliver the food to grocery stores all over the island, packing the boxes, replacing inventory, and making our packages look nice so people would buy them. As I got older, I became very aware that whatever I did, good or bad, reflected not just on me or my parents but on all of my family members and the business. Yet this knowledge rarely affected my behavior, especially when I reached adolescence and decided I was my own man.
I worked in the family business or with my relatives in other ways from the time I moved to Hawaii all the way through high school. My auntie would call and say, "Can Bryan Ezra come down and help out today at the shop?" Or my uncle would ask me to help him with deliveries. Or my grandmother would have me help her in the garden, pulling weeds, cutting grass, building greenhouses, and rearranging plants. If I wasn't working in the garden or the shop, my grandfather always had another job he wanted help with—building something my grandmother needed or repairing something at one of his rental houses. He taught me how to plumb, weld, use a grinder, handle a drill, and work with most tools. I was painting and roofing homes even when I was in grade school.
My mother and my aunts used to tell me, "One of these days you're going to really appreciate what your grandfather is teaching you." And I used to say, "Not a chance." The older I got, the more I hated the work, and I particularly hated being forced to work with Jiji on Saturdays when my cousins, who were all girls, often were allowed to go to the beach instead. Jiji woke me up at 7:00 a.m. to help him, and I'd be steaming because I knew that my cousins were cavorting in the ocean while I peeled daikon or fixed a leaky roof.
Of course, I couldn't have asked for a better education. I learned so many things from Jiji, and much of my mental toughness comes from the lessons he taught and the stories he told while we worked together. I saw in his example that things should be made perfect whenever possible.
Now, on the track, I work to be technically perfect. I do things again and again until I get them right. I expect myself to be able to visualize it and then do it. That's what my job is, and a lot of that expectation comes from Jiji, who was a perfectionist in his work. Because of him, I'm not afraid to get dirty or take on a job or a challenge. I was learning things that would help me become a successful husband, father, and athlete, even though I didn't understand that at the time. Without those early lessons I am reasonably certain I wouldn't have done nearly as well in any of those areas.
Downward Spiral
Home life became difficult as soon as we moved to Hawaii. My mom and dad seemed to be looking for answers, seeking happiness but not finding it. They started to fight a lot, and their fights became physical. Gone were the peaceful days of our San Francisco life. The predominant mood went from innocence and fun to anger and violence.
For one thing, my parents began smoking marijuana together. The presence of the drug brought sadness and more tension. At a young age I knew how to roll a joint, just from watching them. One evening they went to buy marijuana with my brother and me in the backseat. We drove slowly through a neighborhood that even I as a child knew was a bad place. My dad gave my mom some money and stopped the car. A man came up to the passenger window, my mom gave him the money, and he handed her a bag.
"Check it," Dad said. "Check it to make sure it's good."
Mom opened the bag, smelled it, and said, "It's fine." Then she put it in the glove compartment. We drove off, but before we had gone very far, my dad pulled over to check it. He discovered that it was fake or inferior.
"I told you to check it!" he said and then cursed at her. That started another one of the big fights that Nik and I had come to expect—and dread.
Life got worse, faster than I was able to handle it. When my parents fought, my brother and I learned to retreat to our bedroom and shut the door. I often held him while we heard dishes breaking against the wall in the kitchen, my parents screaming, doors slamming, and my mom crying. My brother was scared, and I tried to reassure him by saying, "It's going to be okay." But I had no confidence that things were going to be okay.
Nik and I almost never fought with each other. Our personalities were opposites. I was confrontational and told people exactly how I felt. He was quieter and kept his feelings inside. I always felt the need to protect him because of his tender heart and younger age. We wouldn't come out of our room until the yelling stopped for good, which usually happened only when my dad decided to take a drive. We emerged carefully to see what damage had been done to the house.
On a couple of occasions my dad's anger turned on my brother. Dad was still waking us up at 4:30 a.m. to go to my grandfather's shop, and Nik, who has never been a morning person, sometimes started crying. One time my dad whaled on him with a rolled-up newspaper to the point that Nik got a bloody nose. I felt helpless as Nik cried and cried.
Something had changed drastically in our family. The heaven of my earliest years had turned into a confusing hell from which I could see no escape.
Through it all, I felt that my dad and mom loved us, but their behavior toward each other made no sense to us. After a fight, my mom would pull us aside, hold us together in her arms, and say, "I'm sorry, boys. Mommy and Daddy still love each other. We're just having a hard time right now."
If they loved each other, why did they spew so much hatred at each other at times? Why did they try to hurt each other physically? Why didn't they sit on the couch and hold hands and have quiet evenings watching television, like other parents did? Dad still hugged us and messed around with us like dads do. He was still my hero because he was my father. But the atmosphere of stress and uncertainty in the home was simply horrible.
Chapter TwoA CAULDRON OF BLACK EMOTIONS
As I grew angrier and more unsettled, I got in serious trouble at school by fighting and often actually hurting other kids. The problem began in kindergarten. Sometimes the fights had a reason, a cause, or a trigger, but other times they didn't. The trigger was in my heart, where anger reached a point that it had to be released.
I attended a kindergarten that was entirely indoors, and I played basketball in the gym at recess. I had played a lot of basketball at the shop with my uncles, who had put up a hoop, and I was used to being around older people who knew the rules of the game. But the kids at school had no idea it was a game with rules. I would be dribbling the ball, and one of them would take the ball, foul me, or not dribble. Infuriated, I would say, "You can't do that," but they didn't care. They were playing; I was competing.
I got so mad that I would tackle them and punch them hard with my fists because I felt they had wronged me and wronged the game. I didn't like people breaking the rules. After tackling them, I sometimes held them down on the ground and bit their cheeks hard enough to do damage. The school had no choice but to call my parents. Soon the administrators told my mom, "If there's one more incident, we're going to have to ask Bryan to leave for good."
That one more incident happened one day at recess when I tackled a boy for violating the rules of a playground game. I bit him, squeezed him, hit him, and generally worked him over until an adult pulled me off the boy and took me to the principal's office. I remember sitting there, just the principal and me looking at each other across her desk. Molten fury filled me, and I didn't know what to do except to release it in volcanic eruptions of violence.
"I'm going to call your mom, and she's going to be really upset," the principal said as she picked up the phone and dialed my home number.
Watching her dial, I felt the magma of rage boil over. While the principal was talking with my mom, I used my fingernails to scratch down my face so hard that strips of skin peeled off in long, vertical lines.
The principal had been looking down at papers on her desk. She glanced up at me and stopped talking. She was so horrified that she might have even dropped the phone. I had expressed myself in the only way I knew how. What I did to my face matched my feelings inside. That was my last day at that school.
I finished the year at St. Mark's. I don't remember getting in trouble there, maybe because there was a large outdoor playground that offered a lot more room to run. I did better in school, and my mom told me she was so proud of me when I graduated kindergarten. The school had a ceremony with an open house, and I showed her all the things I had made. I remember the pride emanating from her as I received a little graduation certificate. She smiled down at me with one of those big, heartfelt smiles full of hope. Somehow the year had been salvaged, and we both breathed a sigh of relief.
Excerpted from REDEMPTION by Bryan Clay Copyright © 2012 by Bryan Clay. Excerpted by permission of Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Bryan Clay, watched by billions of television viewers in 2008, won the decathlon gold in Beijing and the silver in Athens in 2004. Bryan enjoys hunting, fishing, and the beach. He also counts it an honor and a privilege to coach and inspire children to make wise decisions, develop good time management skills, stay in school, follow their dreams, and maintain a well-balanced life style. Bryan and his wife, Sarah, have three children.
Joel Kilpatrick is an award-winning journalist and author whose work has been featured in Time magazine, the Washington Post, USA Today, CBS Radio, the Dallas Morning News and dozens of newspapers and magazines. He has authored and ghostwritten more than 40 books, including a New York Times bestseller. He has reported from disaster zones and civil wars in seventeen countries, and received numerous prizes for writing and reporting.
Kilpatrick has worked with many leading ministries including Rick Warren, Michael Hyatt, TBN, Joni & Friends, Nancy Alcorn, Convoy of Hope, the Dream Center and more.
Kilpatrick founded LarkNews.com, the world's leading religion satire website which won the Dove award for humor (officially the Grady Nutt Humor Award) from the Gospel Music Association in 2005. He has won numerous awards for humor and reporting from the Evangelical Press Association. He was profiled in Time magazine, Christianity Today and on NPR, and has been featured twice in USA Today. LarkNews enjoys millions of visitors. Kilpatrick earned an MS degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York in 1995. He lives in southern California with his wife and five children.
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Bryan Clay's story is inspiring as well as sobering. As a parent it reminds you that your actions and reactions do affect your children in ways you sometimes don't realize, and it gives you hope and faith that God is in control no matter what. God has a plan for each of our lives even when we don't trust Him and follow Him. Bryan Clay lays his life out for all to see. He shows you dark side of his youth, the faith of his mother, the struggles of his family and the grace of God through it all, not just his trip to the Olympics and 10 steps to his gold medal. This book is its own medal to all the youth workers, teachers, and individuals who invest in our children's lives. You never know what kind of influence you may be to them and on who they may become. (rev. M.Free) DISCLOSURE: We were provided a complimentary copy of Redemption by BookSneeze on behalf of the publisher Thomas Nelson and the author in order to facilitate our honest review. Opinions expressed are solely those of the reviewer. There was no obligation to render a positive review.
For most of us, it's just a dream. For a few athletes every four years, it's a reality. One such athlete, Bryan Clay, is the subject of a new book Redemption, written with Joel Kilpatrick. Clay's life wasn't easy, and his Olympic path was hardly certain. He won the silver medal in the decathlon in 2004, followed by a gold in 2008. The overriding theme of the book is his mother's devotion to God and prayer. Clay had been an angry child, acting out violently as early as kindergarten. When his mother becomes a born-again Christian, she prays a lot. She eventually determines that track is the perfect sport, in part because it doesn't involve physical contact with other athletes. I found this book inspiring. There are many children today who could use some focus in life, a caring, praying parent, a dedicated coach, an outlet for their aggression. And even those of us who are adults, and who will never be world-class athletes, have the ability to achieve great things, if we are willing to pray, focus, and work hard. As always, a great thanks to Booksneeze, who provided this book at no charge in exchange for my honest review.
I received a copy of REDEMPTION: A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT, A PRAYING MOTHER, AND THE UNLIKELY PATH TO OLYMPIC GOLD by Bryan Clay and Joel Kilpatrick. I was intrigued by this since the Olympics are coming up; however, the book really didn't hold my interest. I really enjoyed how this is a true story. I love to know that I am reading is fact. Bryan Clay took home the 2008 Olympic gold medal and 2004 Olympic silver medal in the decathlon. I must admit that I don't normally watch the Olympics, so I had to look up what the decathlon is – feel free to snicker at me now. The book follows Bryan as he describes his life story to the reader. It came across very smooth, as if Bryan and I sat at a table together, discussing his facts. Uncomfortable topics, like STDs, are written as a matter of fact, no sugar coating or glorifying. I found it fascinating to watch him grow and see his athletic abilities build. Christ remained in his foundation, a steadfast reminder of who he wanted to be. I just, personally, couldn't get into the story. I am not really into sports, so I believe that distanced me from the story. I highly recommend this to sport fans and anyone interested in the Olympics.
Bryan Clay's inspirational story starts with an angry kid who always fought with classmates and peers. He never tried to succeed in school and was headed for disaster physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually. When his parents divorced he missed his Dad greatly. His mother remarried and became a Christian, but she and Bryan's step dad quarreled often, leaving Bryan even more upset. He resented his mother's prayers, especially her saying for years that God had told her Bryan would win an Olympic Gold Medal. Even after sports helped him channel his anger, Bryan didn't believe his mother. At the Olympics in Beijing in 2008, he didn't really believe her. But he felt God speak to him, that he should do his best and leave the results to God. Now, this young man credits God often and easily with all he's accomplished. His intense discipline in training for the decathlon carries over to his discipline in seeking God. Bryan has won multiple major awards, including the silver medal at the Olympics in 2004 as well as the 2008 gold. In a few weeks (June 21, 2012, etc.) he'll try out for the Olympic team and an unprecedented third gold medal at the Olympics. He knows the results of his preparation and performance is in God's hands, however. An amazing story that challenges anyone to become more than they expect.
I have just finished reading the book Redemption by Bryan Clay. I want to recommend this book to you. From beginning to end this book inspired, motivated and encouraged me. From Bryan's life, we can learn that no matter where you start in life; you can finish strong. We see that we all have a purpose and a destiny, even when it looks just the opposite. Never give up, never quit is yet another lesson. Bryan said often in the book, "God doesn't expect me to be perfect. He expects me to give my best, and He'll make it good enough." That is so good. If you want to take your life to the next level, if you are dealing with overwhelming circumstances, then this book if for you. I highly recommend it for all ages.
I loved this book. Loved it. I couldn't put it down! Bryan Clay holds two Olympic medals (silver and gold) in the decathalon and this is his life story. He humbly describes his beginnings–always in trouble in school, definitely on a path to being in serious trouble as an adult–and shows how the love and grace of God changed him forever. He tells his story at a great pace (no pun intended) and keeps the reader intrigued throughout the book. As he is a decathlete, much of the book discusses track and field and the lessons that he has learned throughout his training. These lessons are spread throughout the book while also including stories about his major life lessons and decisions. Bryan is a remarkable individual who went from being completely undisciplined and careless to being one of the most disciplined and steady individuals I've ever met. Bryan went to my alma mater (Azusa Pacific University) and he was a senior when I was a freshman. I watched him (on TV) in 2004 when he won the silver medal in Athens and in 2008 when he won the gold in Beijing. Because of this connection, I loved the book even more. I highly recommend this book! Whether you are an athelete or not, this book has lessons to share that apply to anyone and everyone. Pick it up today!


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MA Film at London College of Communication is a practical course in film drama production which develops the potential of accomplished filmmakers. You will expand your creative, technical and practical skills in digital film, working across a number of specialisms in development, finance, exhibition and distribution. The course aims to build your professional networks and equip you to operate in a wide range of industry disciplines.
Find out about the range of funding options available for postgraduate study.
Use UAL's fees and funding calculator to estimate how much your studies may cost you in your first year, and what funding may be available to you.
Postgraduate loans of up to £10,000 are now available for eligible UK and EU students. A full list of eligibility criteria and information on applying can be found on the postgraduate loans webpage.
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London College of Communication
|Study Level
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|Course Length
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2017/18: £8,500 (Full-time)
UAL alumni receive a £1,000 discount
A range of scholarships, bursaries and awards are available to postgraduate students at UAL.
|International Fee
2017/18: £17,920 (Full-time)
UAL alumni receive a £1,000 discount
A range of scholarships, bursaries and awards are available to postgraduate students at UAL.
|Start Date
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|Applications are accepted, and offers made, throughout the year. Early application is advised.
MA Film is a practical course in the production of film drama, from development and finance to distribution and exhibition.
It is designed for students who want a hands-on, industry-orientated course, in the creative, technical and practical aspects of digital film production.
Taught through a combination of tutorials, lectures, technical workshops, mentoring, masterclasses and work placements, the course allows you to focus on one key specialism and develop it at postgraduate level, while encouraging you to engage creatively with related disciplines and wider filmic processes.
Within the collaborative unit you have a choice of pathways where you can collaborate with external partners and other courses within UAL. These pathways could be realised through work placements, cross-disciplinary collaboration, initiatives towards the Major Project or a combination of activities.
The theoretical programme underscores all of the practical elements of the course and offers a shared process for students to explore both their own and each other's work.
The course aims to produce graduates who are self-reliant, highly motivated and able to successfully navigate this increasingly competitive industry.
Applicants must demonstrate developed skills and an understanding of their chosen specialism at application, with major and minor roles allocated accordingly.
Term one begins with the Statement of Intent, which is designed to prepare you for both the Dissertation and the Major Project, and helps you position your work within the wider filmic environment.
This unit combines guest lectures and student-led seminars on your specific discipline or field of practice. You will be encouraged to develop a strong dialogue within your groups and contribute shared and individual creative visions ahead of the Major Project.
Once the term is underway, you will begin the Major Project and undertake a Head of Department role, with a chosen specialism, on a fiction film of a prescribed length (max 30 minutes).
The Major Project provides an opportunity to sharpen your skills in one of six chosen specialisms (identified at application) on an ambitious production that spans the four terms of the course.
The specialism roles are:
As a Head of Department, you will further develop team leadership skills, and balance individual and shared creative visions.
In term two, the collaborative unit offers students the opportunity to engage in a specific collaboration with a related course at UAL or external partner, or in the form of a work placement.
UAL collaborations could provide opportunities to:
External collaborations could include:
In term three, you will also undertake two Secondary Roles on course productions. These roles will enable you to explore associated aspects of your specialism, enhance your skillset and learn what it takes to effectively support a Head of Department.
The Secondary Roles are:
The Dissertation is a significant piece of research-based academic writing, designed to help students locate their work within the wider filmic environment.
Running throughout terms two and three, with a submission in term four, the 10,000 word Dissertation encourages you to reflect on your current practice/s, identify trends in the professional sphere and explore the production process.
In addition to tuition fees you are very likely to incur additional costs such as travel expenses and the cost of materials. We strongly suggest you read the information on our Additional Costs page.
The information outlined is an indicative structure of the course. Whilst we will aim to deliver the course as described on this page, there may be situations where it is desirable or necessary for the University to make changes in course provision, for example because of regulatory requirements or operational efficiencies, before or after enrolment. If this occurs, we will communicate all major changes to all applicants and students who have either applied or enrolled on the course.
Please note that due to staff research agreements or availability, not all of the optional modules listed may be available every year.
In addition, the provision of course options which depend upon the availability of specialist teaching, or on a placement at another institution, cannot be guaranteed. Please check this element of the course with the course team before making a decision to apply.
We know what it takes to be successful in your chosen field. Your tutors are professionals in their own right and understand what you need to help you establish your career.
Careers and Employability is dedicated to helping students build up work-relevant skills, knowledge, experience and networks throughout your time here.
Creative Opportunities is the UAL job and work placement website for students and graduates, advertising hundreds of creative opportunities each month. This includes ArtsTemps in-house recruitment agency, placing students and graduates in paid temping roles within the University.
UAL houses a number of organisations which promote aspects of career development in the arts and media, and which hold regular workshops and careers fairs. These include:
The course team welcomes applicants from a broad range of backgrounds, from all over the world. MA Film attracts students who apply direct from an Honours degree course or those with other equivalent qualifications. The course team also welcomes students with relevant experience or those who may have previously worked in industry.
An Honours degree is desirable but not essential.
You should have (or expect to be awarded) an Undergraduate degree of at least lower second class (2:2) in a relevant subject which demonstrates a high level of practical experience or specialist knowledge in the chosen specialism.
We welcome applicants with relevant professional and vocational qualifications, or from mature students who do not have formal qualifications but may have relevant experience in industry.
If you do not have the required qualifications, but do have professional experience you may be eligible to gain credit for previous learning and experience through the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning AP(E)L system.
Your experience is assessed as a learning process and tutors will evaluate that experience or currency, validity, quality and sufficiency.
All classes are conducted in English. If English is not your first language, we strongly recommend you let us know your English language test score in your application. If you have booked a test or are awaiting your results, please indicate this in your application. When asked to upload a CV as part of your application, please include any information about your English test score.
All applications will be considered by the course team who will consider key elements when making a decision on your suitability to join the course:
There is no requirement for an academic or professional reference.
Offers will be made based on the following selection criteria, which applicants are expected to demonstrate:
Please say why you are applying for this course, including which of the specialisms you wish to undertake and what experience you have in this role. You should also identify how you plan to deepen your involvement in this area of film production and study.
Please provide a CV detailing your education, qualifications and any relevant work or voluntary experience. If English is not your first language it is important that you also include in your CV details of your most recent English language test score.
A portfolio is essential and we ask applicants to upload examples of film work they have already made. You should demonstrate a keen interest and high level of experience in practical narrative filmmaking.
Your portfolio and application will be reviewed together, and assessed on the selection criteria stated above.
Applicants are usually interviewed by the course team before a place can be offered. Interviews will take place at LCC, or via Skype/telephone.
You can begin your application for this course using our online application form – the link to this is below. Before you apply, we recommend you take some time to read the course Entry Requirements section to learn about the application process, including detailed guidance on the extra information we will ask you to provide later in the process.
You will need to enter the following information in the online application form:
Before you can submit the form, you'll also need to agree to the terms and conditions for how we process your data – these are explained in the form.
Please note, if you're an international applicant we will need to contact you separately to ask for copies of certain documents (for example, English language qualification/certificate and copies of any previous UK study visas).
Once you have submitted the online application form, we will send you a confirmation email.
From January 2017 you will be emailed a link to our online application tool, where you should submit the extra information we require for the selection process:
Personal statement
The course leader will then review your work, may invite you to interview, and will then make a decision on your application, from January 2017.
The admissions team will be in touch after that to let you know the outcome and to guide you through the next steps.
Applications are accepted, and offers made, throughout the year. Early application is advised.
The application form can be saved as you fill it out, so you don't need to complete it all at once. You will also have the chance to review all the information and make any necessary amendments before you submit the application form.
We will send you emails as you progress through the application process, so do check your inbox (and junk folder, just in case). These emails will contain important information about your application, and links to the online forms you should use to submit the extra information required.
If you haven't found the information you're looking for or want to ask us a question about this course, please fill out our enquiry form.


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Shows, NCIS, CSI, Bones, Battlestar, Stargate, Firefly, Suits, Supernatural
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EU Patent Filings Reach Record in 2010
BRUSSELS—The economic recovery has increased patent filings to record levels, the European Patent Office said Wednesday.
The EPO, a Munich-based alliance of the European Union's 27 members and 11 neighboring nations, received 235,000 filings in 2010, up 11% from 2009, and the highest number ever in the organization's 34-year history.
"After a two-year slump, the EU and U.S. are nearly back to their levels of patenting...


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Photos: Ten "Haunted" Properties for Sale -- Including One in Colorado
A popular trope in horror movies involves a family that finds out a just-purchased house is haunted -- and then can't get anyone to buy it. In the real world, such properties wind up on the market, too...hopefully with less dreadful consequences for purchasers than those in, say, The Conjuring. TopTenRealEstateDeals.com's list of ten haunted homes you can buy even includes a property in Colorado. Check out the complete roster below, featuring site photos and text samples; to see the original post, with additional pics and lots more, click here.
See also: Photos: Top Ten "Haunted" Denver Places to Visit on Halloween
Bran Castle. It isn't a high-end European retreat where health seekers can go to get a dose of vitamins and fiber in their diet. No, the legend of this nightmare palace is much more sinister in fiction and in reality. Bran Castle was home to one of the most notorious monsters in literary history - Count Dracula. No other name elicits more fear and respect in the world of horror than Dracula. His dark powers and blood lust are legendary. On par with the count himself is the castle Bram Stoker reportedly based the Lord of the Night's home after. Bran Castle is nestled in the heart of the mountains in Romania -- formerly Transylvania. Carved from the rock of the mountains, Bran raises like a dark monolith above the sweeping verdant valleys below. Home to queens, kings and knights, the castle's history is rich and storied. The most infamous character, and what draws over half a million visitors a year to see this horror home, is Vlad Tepes or "Vlad the Impaler" as he is more commonly known....
Kill Road. Never was there a more appropriate road for a home to be nestled on than this one. The history surrounding the Victorian estate is a dark and haunted one. Tales of mysterious fires, multiple suicides, wandering spectral couples and crying ghost children wreathe the Staten Island manse. Oh yeah, there was also a grisly mob hit in the home. There is that too. Originally constructed in the mid-1880s by wealthy brick magnate Balthasar Kreischer as one of a pair of mansions for his family, the fourteen room home (which is oddly lacking in brickwork for the home of a German brick millionaire) is all that's left of the Kreischer legacy. The second home mysteriously burned down during the Great Depression. The brick factory, which the sons inherited after their father passed away just one year following the construction of the homes, burned down as well. The sons rebuilt but the factory never regained its original glory and the family fortune dwindled. Balthasar's son, Edward, distraught with the losses, killed himself, and his wife allegedly did the same. Their spirits are said to be the ghostly couple that reportedly wanders the grounds to this very day....
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Armed Forces Banner Program Honors Service Members
Posted by Angela Meyers | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | Community, Current News, Government, Youth Children Families |
Big Bear, Ca, January 24, 2012, 1:00pm – Last year, the City of Big Bear Lake began an Armed Forces Banner program with the intention of recognizing and honoring those that serve who are from, or who have family in the Big Bear Valley. Banners for the program are hung year round at Veterans Park with the service member's name, branch of service and photo on the banner. So far 10 people have been registered with the program, with three serving in the Army, one in the Air Force, one in the Coast Guard and five serving in the Marines. Honorees must be currently serving active duty (in a full-time capacity) in the United States Armed Forces, be a current resident of the Big Bear Valley or have an immediate family member residing in the Big Bear Valley, such as a grandparent, parent, spouse, sibling, son, daughter. Banners are $75 and will be displayed year round at Veterans Park. They will be installed twice during the year, in May and October. Order forms are available at City Hall, on the City's website at...Read More
City Council Decides Route To Go With Improvement Agency
Posted by Angela Meyers | Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Big Bear Businesses, Business, Community, Current News, Government |
Big Bear, Ca, January 10, 2012, 12:00pm – The Big Bear Lake City Council met last night for their regularly scheduled meeting, and the main topic of discussion was the Improvement Agency, and its future. Last year the state of California passed Assembly Bill 26, which eliminated all improvement agencies for all cities across the state. Improvement Agency funds, which come from property taxes in designated areas collected for cities, would be then funneled back to the state. Assembly Bill 27 was put in place so improvement agencies could continue, but would be changed so that they would have very specific projects to work on, however the state supreme court found AB 26 to be legal, and AB 27 to be constitutionally illegal, essentially eliminating all improvement agencies. To continue with contracted projects that started before the elimination of improvement agencies, the Successor Improvement Agency was created and will be in place until all contracts will be completed, and all bonds are paid. The County of San Bernardino Tax Assessor will take over the role of collecting and distributing the funds, which were once collected by the improvement agency. The county will then distribute the funds to other taxing agencies, such as: the City of Big Bear Lake, the Fire Protection District, Bear Valley Unified School District, among others. The City Council then approved to move forward with having...Read More
City Seeks Homeowner Input on Housing Element
Posted by Angela Meyers | Tuesday, November 1, 2011 | Community, Current News, Government |
Big Bear, Ca, November 1, 2011, 12:00pm – The City of Big Bear Lake is seeking input from city homeowners. Every five years, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development mandates cities to update the Housing Element of their General Plan. According to the City, this is done to force local jurisdictions to have policies and practices in place that do not hinder the development of multifamily housing. The City of Big Bear Lake Planning Department has completed a draft document of the Housing Element that includes a change that may have an effect on your property. This change proposes to increase the density from 12 units to 20 units per acre on selected parcels greater then 2 acres in size. The California Department of Housing and Community Development is requiring this change due to the lack of multifamily housing built in the City over the last 10 years. If you would like to find out more information on the Draft Housing Element you may view the document on their website at www.citybigbearlake.com or at the Planning Counter in City...Read More


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Here is my chair. It is where I sit, watching the soup pot and watching the birds, and pondering the mysteries of the universe.Today I've been thinking about the Chair of Peter, the feast of which we celebrate on February 22."A feast for a chair?" you ask. Yep. You see, Peter wasn't just any old apostle. Oh, sure, he made a lot of mistakes. (Pretending not to know Jesus, when approached by that woman at the fire after Jesus' arrest, was a BIG mistake!) He was impulsive and blust … [Read more...]
THE CHAIR OF KATHY: From Which I Ponder the Chair of Peter, and Its Significance in the History of the Church
Does "Both/And" Theology Rescue Peter and His Keys?
A guest post by Deacon Jerry Schiffer Today is the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time and today's readings offer a look at a foundational Catholic teaching that is often contested in the rest of the Christian world.At issue is the establishment of Peter as the head of Christ's Church on earth. Supporting that premise – from a Catholic standpoint—are the following verses: And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevai … [Read more...]
BLESSED JOHN PAUL II: Larger Than Life (In More Ways Than One)
Here it is: the larger-than-life portrait of Pope John Paul II which was hung today in St. Peter's Square. I suppose it wasn't displayed at the May 1 Beatification because it would have obstructed the view of hundreds of the faithful.At the Beatification ceremony, Pope Benedict read the official decree in Latin: We grant that the venerable Servant of God John Paul II, Pope, henceforth be called Blessed and that his feast may be celebrated in the places and according to the regulations establ … [Read more...]


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MOUNT OLIVE TWP. In the Mount Olive Junior Softball and Baseball League Boys Majors Red Division, the Accurate Cash Register Athletics and Oakwood Village Cardinals both remained undefeated with a pair o f wins that extended their season records to 6-0.
The Accurate Cash Register Athletics won a 2-1 decision over the Kennon Surveying Yankees as solid pitching dominated throughout the contest. The Athletics scored their two runs on a double by Joe Rec that brought home Anthony Schaefer and on the same play, Rec cored on an opponents throwing error. Zach Krumpfer started for the Athletics and pitched well the first three innings allowing just one run. Darren Lang followed with three solid innings in relief allowing just one hit and striking out nine batters. Brandon Bays pitched an excellent game in defeat for the Yankees going the distance and striking out 14 batters.
The Accurate Cash Register Athletics handed the MOMAC Mets a 4-1 defeat behind t he complete game pitching performance by Joe Rec. Russell Holloway legged out an infield hit and scored on a triple by John Maluk, who also scored on the play after a throwing error. Devin Dellostretto and Eric DiColo both pitched three quality innings for the Mets. Rich Irwin belted two doubles for Mets offense.
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Ennio Salieri was the don of the Salieri Crime Family and the main antagonist of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, and the boss and friend to protagonist Tommy Angelo. However in the final act he becomes the antagonist to the player and attempts to have him killed, but ends up in prison in the epilogue. He was voiced by the late George Dicenzo.
In 1930 Ennio took in Thomas Angelo, a taxi driver who had helped his men Paulie and Sam escape from mobsters from rival gangsters sent by Ennio's enemy and old friend Morello. Ennio has met Morello when they worked as capos for a mobster called Don Peppone during the 1920s, but after his death they blamed each other and went their separate ways and formed their own families, becoming sworn rivals.
During the 1930s, Ennio came under pressure by police and Morello's men, and the police made his trusted friend and Consigliere Frank Colletti betray him (unknown to Salieri Frank's wife and daughter where kidnapped by police who where in Morello's pocket). Despite sending Tommy to kill Frank, Tommy let him flee the country with his wife and child, and told Ennio he had killed Frank. Frank was given a funeral without a body, and Salieri wouldn't discover Tommy's deceit under many years later.
Salieri trusted Tommy a lot and even had him escort him to a restauraunt for lunch, but it was ambushed by Morello's men who where tipped off by Salieri's driver who had called in sick that day. Salieri went to the driver's apartment, and Tommy killed him.
Salieri gave Tommy a lot of work to do. In 1938, he got Tommy to steal a shipment of diamonds, although told him they where cigars. When Tommy and Paulie found out, they felt used and betrayed so they robbed a bank without Salieri's permission. Salieri also found out that Frank wasn't dead, and also a woman associate with the family who Tommy was ordered to kill years prior. Frank was killed off for good, and Salieri hired Sam to kill Paulie which he did. Tommy was lured to a museum by Sam to be killed, but Sam was whacked. Tommy fled town with his wife and daughter, and later cooperated with a detective to bring down the Salieri Crime Family.
Salieri was arrested, and give life in prison, and many of his crew where given death on the electic chair. Tommy was given a new identity and sent to another city. However, the Salieri's built themselves back up and in 1951, got a family known as the Falcones in Empire Bay to kill Tommy Angelo, which their soldiers Vito Scaletta and Joe Barbaro accomplished.
- Salieri resembles character Paulie Cicero from the movie GoodFellas.
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When I wake up now, the TV is silent, and the coffee pot stands unused. I'm the one, now, in my teenage years, who rises and puts the grounds in the pot. I add the water. I press start. I turn on the TV. And then I sit, and remember how it was before I grew up.
My sister and I would jump out of bed on Saturdays and rush downstairs at 7 am. We would turn the TV on and watch cartoons until noon, then we would throw on some clothes and walk down the street to our friend's house, dragging him out of bed and out into the sunshine.
Saturday now, I sit up groggily at 7 am and thump downstairs. I grab some coffee, if any is ready, and my laptop, and head upstairs again. I might type a little, or watch something, but most of the time I surf the web. My sister and parents watch TV, or read, but I've fallen prey to the internet, and I like it that way.
You see, what they don't understand is how close I am to the breaking point.
People look at me, and they see a perfectly regular, straight A student. What they don't see is the sheer willpower and thought behind every decision I make. In that sense, I'm completely different. The inner battle within me every day sets my heart to shaking, the willpower I use to push down my dark half is enormous.
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Cause now I can feel my dark half chewing away inside of me. The half of me who would kill anything and everything without a hint of hesitation is free. And I don't know what I'll do. I have to stop it. Stop HER, because she is female. I have to stop her.
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No matter how many tests I pass with flying colors, no matter how many essays I write, I will never be a person recognized for their achievements. I'll always be the background, always doomed to fall behind others. No matter how much they tell me to be myself, I know that it won't help, because I've been myself, and no one sees how hard you try. No one sees your pain. No one sees how every day you take one more step towards the edge.
No one sees that. All they see are the people who do MORE. The people who do EVERYTHING. I'm not athletic, I'm not a, "people person" I have social issues, I can't always be the person who belongs to every club in the school.
I can't do that's what they don't understand. And all the people who can get pretty awards, and I'm stuck in the crowd, holding a flimsy piece of paper that announces I have a 4.0 GPA.
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That was the thought that started it all.
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I prepared everything that night. A bowl of water, chalk, candles, a mirror, and a small knife. I carefully checked and double checked. It was all here, everything I needed.
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I spoke the words. The words you never say. And I waited.
She formed in front of me in the mirror, warping my own reflection. The girl with tangled dark hair, bloody white clothes and piercing red eyes. She just stared at me for a moment, and I stared at her, as I had been instructed.
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I closed my hand on the drops of blood, forming a fist, with my other hand, I picked up the knife, pointing it at the mirror.
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I spoke the words you're never supposed to say, and pressed the knife against the mirror.
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My parents found the little grave. I told them she had died in her sleep. They didn't need to know. I thought I could protect myself from her. I thought I could suppress her again.
I went to sleep that night repeating to myself again and again, don't let her out, don't let her out, as silent tears streamed down my face. My cat was dead. The only creature I loved in the entire world was dead. But I couldn't let my guard down, I had to stay strong.
Don't let her out. Don't let her out.
I fell asleep.
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The blood shaped the words, "let me out." They were scrawled over and over again, covering my entire room.
I looked down, unable to stand the sight.
The first knuckle of my right index finger was missing. I screamed. My parents ran upstairs, they called an ambulance, then the police.
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They called a priest from the nearest church without question. Even people like them knew when to admit the impossible was happening.
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He said he couldn't do anything yet. He said he needed one more day to get everything in order. We agreed.
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I saw my dark half, standing across from me.
I saw the true me.
I saw myself.
She looked at me and smiled, and in a voice that painted bloody words in the air, she said, "You let me out."
Then she raised her arm holding the butcher knife. My body mirrored her movements against my will.
She pointed the butcher knife at her own chest. I followed the movement to the centimeter.
Then, with not so much as a cry, she thrust the knife into her own chest.
There was a burst of pain, and the lights went off. I felt myself dying. I could do nothing as my heart emptied my own body of blood.
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