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Where It Began (Harlequin Super Romance Series #1754)
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Daniel Del Rio never could say no to Maria Santiago. So although their relationship is over, when she asks him to sail her to the Bahamas, he reluctantly agrees. She's convinced that revisiting the scene of her accident will restore her memory. If it does, then maybe he can finally let go and move on with his life.
But moving on seems impossible when being in such close quarters reminds him of what they once had. Could their proximity be having the same effect on her? As he falls for Maria, Daniel realizes he has to confess his role in the accident even if that confession could cost him a second chance with her.
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About the Author
Kathleen lives in south Florida, loves to swim with dolphins, dances to any music that moves her, sings karaoke and is a social media junkie. Most of all, Kathleen loves to write and hopes her stories bring you back to what matters over all: the power of love.
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"I need answers," Maria Santiago said, keeping her voice calm when she wanted to scream.
She inhaled a soothing breath, grateful for these tranquil moments during dinner hour with Poppa. She could count on him to anchor her in the world she remembered.
She selected a roll and passed the basket to her right, ignoring the pleasant warmth from Daniel Murphy Del Rio's hands as he took it from her. She also ignored his gaze, which never failed to make her uncomfortable. He always seemed to be questioning her. Heaven knew, she had no idea why.
The evening's shadows were growing along the beach, but her cherished ocean view from Reefside's terrace did little to quell the tightness in her chest over this demand she was making. Until recently, she'd been content to hole up in her studio, or indulge in sunrise and sunset walks along the beach, but no longer. Her precious twin sister, whose memory she still grieved, had begun to haunt her dreams.
Dreams, no. Nightmares. Until the nightmares began, she'd held nothing but heartfelt, wonderful memories of Carmen. Now these gruesome nightmares of her sister began tormenting her waking hours.
Why now? Carmen had died a year ago.
Maria had done some investigating. The answers didn't please her, but she no longer had a choice. Her father would indulge her demand. He had to.
If possible, she sat even straighter in the deep-cushioned bamboo chair and continued speaking, determined to have him agree before she lost her cool and started raising her voice.
"My doctor insists that a promising antidote for retrograde amnesia is to return to the place where it began. I would like to take the Honora back to the Abacos."
She spared a glance at Del Rio and smirked at the alarm in his eyes before continuing. "However, Poppa, I wanted to be sure you still had confidence in your captain, since the Honora is collecting barnacles at the dock."
Del Rio's hand stopped in midair. He opened that captivating mouth of his to speak, then frowned, changing his mind. Maria didn't miss the quelling look Poppa sent his way.
She'd learned from her father that Daniel Murphy Del Rio was talented and fearless at the helm. Yet, since she'd become aware of him, he hadn't taken the Honora out at all. The few times she'd questioned Poppa, he'd waved away her concern. Anytime she asked Del Rio, he merely said that Eliasher fatherhad no desire to go anywhere. There was no denying she had hit a raw nerve with the ship captain. His focus straight ahead, he tore the roll into small pieces and chewed them one after the other, without taking the time to add butter, even though he had already placed some on his plate.
Good. Poppa had a bad habit of treating hired help like family. It was understandable with good employees like their butler Eduardo, who had been around for years, but Del Rio was way too new to Reefside for her father to give him such honors.
At least he was too new for Maria. Poppa said Del Rio was the son of his business partner, and now like a son to him, but Maria continued to relegate him to employee status. She simply could not remember him and didn't like the way he did little other than reside at Reefside and shadow Poppa.
She also didn't like the physical attraction she felt toward him. Something about him intimidated her. She'd mentioned this to Poppa and he'd quelled her concerns with amusement. She had to trust her father's judgment, as she couldn't trust her own since her memory loss. However, she could mentally shelve the man where he belonged: on the Honora.
Del Rio was not among the earlier memories that had returned after the accident. She'd remembered Poppa. Momma. Carmen. Eduardo, who ran the house. It boggled her mind that Poppa was so generous with Del Rio, including him in intimate conversations that should be restricted to family.
Now that their family had dwindled to just her and Poppa, she had no room for Del Rio. That was a fact. With his ultrahot body, wavy hair, deceptively charming Irish looks and easy smile, she found it even more important to ignore him. When she could not, she found fault. Sadly, she couldn't imagine why. He had been nothing but kind to her.
Elias Santiago adjusted himself in his wheelchair, his dark gaze sliding from Del Rio to her. "Querida, I do not think this is such a good undertaking. You may look like an adventurous, gypsy princess in your beautiful dress, but now you sound like one. I do not want you wandering away from me."
"You should have no worries, Poppa. My memory may be gone, but I still conduct myself well in public."
What she couldn't say was that she refused to go through another day of nightmares. Afraid to go to Carmen's bedroom for fear that her twin would appear as she did in Maria's sleep: angry. Distorted. Lunging for her with fangs and claws until the two of them hurtled over the balcony into a dark, foul-smelling abyss and Maria's screams jolted her awake .
She was exhausted. She needed answers.
Calming her thoughts, she summoned all her willpower to keep a smooth, even tone when she spoke. She had to know why Carmen was haunting her.
"Besides, I'm not wandering, Poppa. I'm focused on a goalgoing back to the scene of the accident. My memory is missing, but I hope that will change with this trip."
Elias's raven eyebrows slashed into a frown. Planting both hands on the table to emphasize his lack of mobility, he said, "But I am unable to accompany you."
"Which is why I must go now, Poppa. I want to be well quickly, so that I can be here to help you."
"I suggest you fly over." Del Rio's soothing voice invaded the conversation. "Take your doctor. You'll be there in forty-five minutes and can hire a boat."
She turned to meet his challenge. "What? You don't want to work, Del Rio?"
His laugh sounded mirthless. "Not any longer, Princess."
"Hijos, stop!" Poppa's concern drew her attention from Del Rio's challenging blue eyes.
"We are not your children, Poppa."
"I think Elias means we are acting like children," Del Rio answered.
Eduardo arrived with their main course. Maria waited for everyone to be served before lobbying for her cause once more.
"Please, Poppa. This sail is vital. I have asked you for nothing else these past months."
Elias put down his fork. "And why not? Because you stay locked in your studio, day after day."
She winced as the accusation hit home. She'd been afraid of the darkness that shrouded her thoughts since awakening in the hospital. Not knowing answers to questions or recognizing people she should know sent her scrambling for solitude. If she were alone, she couldn't make any social blunders or look as foolish and frightened as she felt.
Also, the devastation of learning that Momma and Carmen had perished in the accident that robbed her memory had left a hole in her so deep she didn't think she could ever climb out. She'd behaved cowardly, immersing herself in her misery, leaving Poppa to mourn alone.
She soon discovered her best escape was her art, which seemed to be selling faster than she could create it. But now, even that could not distract her. Matters had gotten out of hand. Reefside, a private estate in the heart of Fort Lauderdale's metropolis, had become too quiet. In this beachside oasis her nightmares had become more frightening than ever. It was time to heal, especially with Poppa becoming weaker with diabetes. She had precious little time to waste, no matter how daunting this self-imposed task might seem. Poppa needed her. She was all he had left.
By some odd quirk of fate, she had decided that having Del Rio take her to the Abacos in the Bahamas on her father's ship was the answer. The doctor said retracing the steps up to the accident could jar her memory. Yet, something about Del Rio chafed at her. No doubt it was his bond with Poppa. Why else would the darkness in her mind rise fast, practically buzzing through her head, whenever she was in Del Rio's presence? She needed to conquer that silly sensation, as well.
Besides, Poppa said Del Rio was the finest sailor he'd ever known. Coming from Elias Santiago, that was high praise. Sailing on the Honora would get them to the Abacos fast enough while giving her time to adjust to the possibility of regaining her memory, of recovering all the details she suspected were so painful she'd blocked them. Here lay her dilemma. She wanted answers, but was unsure if she could handle them in one windfall. The Honora would carry her to her destination fast enough while giving her time to accept what she would learn. It was time to discover the facts behind her mother's and sister's deaths. It was time to embrace her life in its entirety and stop merely existing.
She raised her chin a notch higher. "I am out of my studio now, am I not?" She shook her head. "I have wasted too much time. I am ready to fight this black monster in my mind. Permit me use of the Honora, although God knows the thought of stepping on a ship again makes my knees quake."
Elias frowned. "Then you must not go."
"No, Poppa, you are wrong." Her voice dropped in desperation. She fought to keep the tears and the tremor from her words. "I can no longer live not knowing. Nothing will stop me."
Elias was a bear of a man whom few people crossed. His disease had ruined the joints in his ankles, yet his imposing frame continued to belie his useless legs. A silver mane of hair softened his dark, noble Latino looks. He wore his usual linen shirt and pants, white cotton socks to keep his swollen feet warm, even in the balmy, tropical evening. Elias still enjoyed good days, despite his wheelchair, but Maria had observed the signs of distress that seemed to occur more frequently. Besides her own overwhelming need to reclaim peace from these nightmares, she wanted to regain her memory so that she would be prepared for Poppa when he needed her. His blustering would do little to dissuade her.
Del Rio stood in the silence that had fallen, his plate untouched. He bowed slightly toward Maria, his spicy-warm, masculine scent filling her senses, before focusing his attention on Elias. "I cannot listen to this discussion. I seem to have lost my appetite. If you will excuse me."
Maria looked straight ahead, refusing to watch the man's exit. Del Rio might be thinking that his leaving could sway Poppa to deny her wishes, but she knew better. His absence would improve her chances to persuade her father of her plan. Elias added a splash of wine to his glass, which the doctor had forbidden.
She lifted her own glass. As he filled it, she offered Poppa an amused look. "Now that we are alone, I can explain myself more freely, Poppa. Here's why I must leave as soon as possible."
Daniel stood in the tropical morning sun, his world crashing around him like the surf hitting the beach stretching behind the villa.
He stared dumbfounded at Elias, this man who was like a second father to him while growing up, and now, since his parents' death six years ago, his only father. Heat seared his back through his T-shirt as if exaggerating the hotbed from which neither he nor Elias had managed to extract themselves last night.
"Don't ask me to do this, Elias. Not when you know I've decided to leave."
Elias's requestor should he say, demandto take the reclusive Maria to the Bahamas was tantamount to emotional suicide for Daniel. He'd waited around patiently this past year out of sheer love, letting his career slide in an attempt to recapture something that he'd finally come to terms with as irretrievable.
No way would Daniel comply.
The set of the older man's face made his intentions clear. This lion of industry might be restricted to a wheelchair, but confinement did little to curb his will. Elias Santiago hadn't built his empire by backing down.
"I know you've made plans for Australia, Daniel. Please. Give me three more weeks."
"No. I would have said so last night. You know it's already been a year of hell."
Daniel needed closure. He needed to get away. Staying dockside aboard the Honora with his life on hold had eaten away at him like rats gnawing dock lines. Aware that Maria's studio balcony shadowed the patio behind them, he lowered his voice. "I have already waited too long. Maria doesn't remember. I have no reason to stay."
Seated at his table beneath an umbrella as he was every morning, cleanly shaved, wearing his crisp linen shirt and pants, his silver hair smoothed back and a pot of coffee steaming beside him, Elias spoke to Daniel as if he was holding a board meeting. The only difference was that his nurse, in her starched white uniform and sturdy shoes, sat beneath the shade of another umbrella, focused on a Heather Graham novel.
Unwavering, Elias held his gaze. "I think you are afraid."
There was that, as much as it chafed him to admit it. Daniel had avoided sailing the Honora all these months for a reason. Self-doubt had stolen his confidence despite a notoriety for racing mile upon mile on the open ocean. He'd become so balled up after the accident that he hardly knew himself. He'd lost his love of the water and the love of his life with the simple turn of a boat's wheel.
Since he had no control over his fate with the woman he loved, he'd decided to climb aboard another love and reclaim his power over the sea. Leaving for the Australian races had twin purposes. First, to get his sea legs acclimated once more, and second, to take him far, far away from Reefside and Maria.
Maria. She deserved the chance to reclaim her memory. This, he understood. But if he took her back to the islands, to the place where the boats crashed, and triggered her memory, would the most powerful love he'd ever experienced truly and finally end?
He ran a hand through his hair in exasperation. The old man wasn't thinking straight. "I'll be damned if I hurt her, Elias. Hire someone else if she's so pigheaded about going."
A knowing grin crossed the older man's face. "Ah, love."
"Don't taunt me, old man."
"You'll sail, Daniel. Tomorrow. You don't have to tell Maria anything. Actually, I would prefer if you did not. Let her find her way. You'll grant an ailing man this one wish."
"How can you ask me to do this?"
Elias waved a swarthy, veined hand. "I know you, Daniel. Don't let the dead kill the love you had. Take this one last chance and do as Maria asks."
"Did she ask for me to take her?"
A dusky voice answered from the balcony above. "Of course, I did. You should do something to earn the money my father has been wasting on your salary."
Daniel's back tightened at her insult. Refusing to respond, he held Elias's gaze as if to say, See? It won't work.
He'd never adjusted to Maria's critical, or worse, ambivalent, comments since the accident. In the beginning, Elias and the doctors wanted to give her time to heal from her trauma and instructed Daniel to remain silent about their relationship. His heart had ripped a bit more each day that Maria remembered nothing about himabout themsince the collision.
As the year wore on, he had lost hope of regaining her love, and she had become less and less tolerant of his relationship with Elias. It wasn't until a few short weeks ago that he became truly honest with himself. His desire to win her back had died. Her ambivalence was the gun that had killed it. She'd pulled the trigger too many times.
Maria had made it clear that she didn't believe her father should be so generous with the hired help. Ironically, it seemed Elias was depending on the "hired help" to take this last step to let his precious daughter regain her memory. Daniel had become a pawn in a chess match he was certain to lose.
Elias chuckled. "Late though she may be to our discussion, she has a point."
Daniel looked at Maria standing above him in the yellow, paint-stained sundress she wore when working: her black hair caught at her nape, her dark bedroom eyes assessing him as a mere mortal. The muscles in his neck tightened under her gaze as he realized this exotic, exciting woman no longer did so much as bat an eyelash in his direction. He could not stay another dayheck, another minutebeing so close, yet oceans away from her.
Daniel threw up his hands. "You both have lost your minds."
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President Obama and Vice President Biden mirrored each other's thematics particularly well last night. They were on point with regard to redistribution of wealth and foreign policy. They were shoulder-to-shoulder on government spending and fibs about Obama's personal history. But where they really came together was in the proposition that everyone who doesn't vote for the Obama/Biden ticket is unpatriotic.
In little-noticed line in Biden's speech, he laid the groundwork for this absurdly insulting argument. "I've got news for Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan, it has never, never, ever, been a good bet to bet against the American people," he said. The implication is obvious: Romney and Ryan and their political allies want to bet against the American people. This is insipid, since it is the Democrats who bet against the American people by seizing their wealth and handling it themselves. It is Republicans who bet on the American people by relying on the American people to make their own financial decisions.
But no matter. Disloyalty to Barack is disloyalty to the American people.
Just in case you missed it, President Obama doubled down on this vitriolic stance. Twice. First, he claimed that to oppose redistributionism is to oppose basic notions of American citizenship:
We honor the strivers, the dreamers, the risk- takers, the entrepreneurs who have always been the driving force behind our free enterprise system, the greatest engine of growth and prosperity that the world's ever known.
But we also believe in something called citizenship — citizenship, a word at the very heart of our founding, a word at the very essence of our democracy, the idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations …
Citizenship, then, is about us giving up our cash to one another. Or rather, rich citizens giving up their cash. Because what obligations are there for the poor under Obamaism? Only rich people can be good Obama citizens, and only rich people can be bad Obama citizens. But we can all be good Obama citizens by voting for Obama.
Is that reading too much into Obama's words? Not really, since he followed up with this doozy:
We, the people recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which asks only, what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
As citizens, we understand that America is not about what can be done for us. It's about what can be done by us, together through the hard and frustrating but necessary work of self-government. That's what we believe.
So you see, the election four years ago wasn't about me. It was about you.
According to Obama, he embodies the best element of Americanism: communalism via government. He's not a big fan of the church, and he's not a big fan of entrepreneurial associations like the Chamber of Commerce. But he is a huge fan of "commitment to others" via "self-government." In fact, only that value makes you patriotic. Anything else makes you unworthy of soldiers who died for America.
Obama's citation of founding ideals here is nauseating. He does not give a damn about the Constitution of the United States – his view of the Constitution is the same as that of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson and FDR, who saw it as a barrier to progress. He merely uses the Alinsky tactic of covering his radicalism in the flag.
And that's what this election is about: a president who believes that all who oppose him oppose America. A president who believes he is the embodiment of the communal will. A president who thinks that his vision of America is the only vision of America that can earn you the title "patriot." A president who is a demagogue.


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Our tale opens on the small, level three city of Caer Lial. It shows signamancy of recent upgrade. The walls are clean, the buildings barely used. It has straight square walls made of fitted stone with parapets for archers to fire from. Being a level three, it has a tower, albeit a short, stout one in the middle, almost a duplicate of the walls around it.
This particular city is in a plains hex with forest hexes to the north, and more plains to the south. There are fields around it for farming and three straight roads leading away to the north, east and west until they fade into the hex edges. Each road leads to a city gate, each gate has a stack of guards, each guard a spear. As uninteresting as stabbers usually are, if you were to gaze at a certain one of these stabbers through the eyes of a Predictamancer, you would see something very interesting indeed. At this point in his life, though, he barely even has a name: Og. Let us look at Og's thoughts as though we were thinkamancers in this world, rather than Titans above it.
I am a guard. I am happy I am a guard. I am guarding this gate. I am a good guard. No-one has got by me. I have only been guarding this gate for one turn. I have been guarding this gate for my whole life. I am a guard. I am happy I am a guard...
I am bored. I want something to guard against.
Apparently, Fate heard his thoughts. Through the haze on the northern edge of the hex came six figures. Six units, all dressed the same and armored the same. They had cylindrical full helms with T-shaped visors, maille hauberks covering them from neck to wrist to knees, and maille mittens covering their hands. They also bore long, straight swords belted at their hips. The livery of all six was identical, white tabards with a single large, black chevron. Tall, confident and firm: they walked with purpose and length of stride. And as they got close enough, Og heard them singing:
We are the Noble Gasses,
We'll guard your northern passes,
We'll lead dance fights, stay up all night,
And chase all of your lasses.
We always are victorious,
We're really quite notorious.
Then, as Og and his stackmates watched, they stopped walking to dance in the middle of the road. When they had finished their impromptu dance routine they continued coming down the road, walking boldly and singing.
We are the Noble Gasses,
We act like complete asses,
But every time we sing in rhyme,
The enemy dies in masses.
We'll make your battles glorious,
If you are not penuriouuuuuuuus.
Once again, at the end of the verse, they stopped their approach on the city to dance, gripping each other's shoulders tightly and lifting their legs high.
In wartime, none surpasses,
We'll mow your foes like grasses,
In time of peace we'll eat your feasts,
And empty your wineglasses.
Our fighting's meritorious,
If you're not pars-i-mo-ni-ous.
By the time they reached the end of their song the company had also reached the city gates. One of them stepped forward by himself and sang the last line in a slow, deep, baritone. He stepped back, and they all stood still, posing with their fists on their hips and their chins pointed out, looking heroic and noble.
Og looked around at his stackmates, Ag, Egg, Ig, Ugh, Yg, and Wg and his stack leader Agog. They were all apparently under the effect of some stunning incapacitation as they simply stood staring, with their mouths wide open. He looked around and realized it was all up to him to deal with these six knights and started to incapacitate from fear. Suddenly, it came to him: follow The General Orders of the Guard. Now which ones did he need…
7. To talk to no one except in line of duty.
11. To be especially watchful at turn's end, and to challenge all persons on or near my post and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.
"Halt, who goes there?" he said, his voice cracking.
The deep-voiced knight in the center looked one way, and then another at his own stackmates. "How sad, brothers, it seems their guard is hard of hearing. We'll have to start our song again."
"We are the Noble Gasses,"
"No, no, no, don't sing more. You are the Noble Gasses. What does that mean? I've never heard of you."
Another stepped forward, cocked his head and asked, "What do you mean you've never heard of us? Were you popped yesterday or something?"
"Yes, yes I was. I'm a only a Garrison stabber on guard duty."
They all stopped posing and looked at each other, and then a different one stepped forward and said, "We are a mercenary company and we are here to offer our services—"
"For schmuckers!" the others sang out.
"Yes, yes, for schmuckers. We are all noble barbarians from the far-off Operatic States, here to win fortune, fame and glory—"
"And schmuckers!"
"Yes, yes, and schmuckers, we do have to make upkeep after all. Will your ruler hire us?"
Og looked around, his stackmates were all still stunned. His stack leader, Agog, was sadly living up (or down) to his name. Og didn't know what to do. And then he did.
9. To call the City Warlord in any case not covered by instructions.
Warlord Okay had an unfortunately accurate name, and equally accurate signamancy. She was of precisely average height, her hair was a medium brown, and her face was perhaps just a little too round. She had average stats, and records showed that it took her exactly the average amount of time to reach level 5. She was still level 5 though, and that was why she oversaw the City of Caer Lial. She was responsible for keeping the Pix in the North where they belonged, or more precisely, out of Prytain. Pix going east and west were OK with Okay.
Both sides were on a rather large island though, and the Pix had no sea-capable units, so the only direction for them to attack was south. Many thousands of turns ago, a former King had built a wall running the length of the border, but that wall was a hex to the north of the border now, in the forest; they hadn't been able to keep it. The current king maintained a series of well-defended high-level cities along the border instead. If the Pix came south, the Prytani would pour out of the cities closest to the invasion to attack them in the fields. The Pix were almost all forest capable units, and were fighting out of their element in the plains.
Warlord Okay had one of these cities, and she was concerned anytime any unit came down the road from the north. She didn't have a road south like her neighbors did, and she was concerned about that, too. She also had a Message Hat, so anytime the King was upset about anything she heard it before them, and that was the most concerning thing of all. Okay was concerned a lot. Right now, she was concerned that a level one stabber was calling her to the northern wall, rather than the guard's stack leader. What was the stack leader doing?
She got to the wall, and was happy to see the complete lack of a Pixish horde outside her walls screaming threats and throwing poisoned spears. She was not happy to see nearly an entire stack of stabbers stunned to incapacitation and staring down off the wall.
"What is your name, stabber, and what is going on?"
"Sir, Stabber Og-118, reporting a mercenary unit requesting entry."
"And hire, especially hire!" came a loud voice from over the wall.
"Og, how about you start by telling me why you're reporting instead of your stack leader."
So, Og repeated the whole story while the mercenaries outside shouted strange, incomprehensible and often pointless comments—most of them having to do with money. When he was done, she walked to the parapets and looked over the edge at the six knights posing nobly and heroically outside.
"Who are you?"
"We are the Noble Gasses, we—"
"No singing!"
"As we told your guardsman, we are here to take service—"
"For schmuckers!"
"As mercenaries to your King… What was his name again?"
"Utha! King of Prytain, by the Grace of the Titans, destroyer of the Pixish horde! Well, a Pixish horde, they're massing forces again."
"He destroyed a Pixish hoard? Why wouldn't he just capture it? Are Prytani allergic to Pixish wealth?" One of the mercenaries clearly thought himself a wit. Or he was completely witless. Okay wasn't sure which concerned her more.
"No, no, not a Pixish hoard, a Pixish horde. With an 'e' on the end. Lots of enemies, not lots of wealth. Look, I'll message King Utha and he'll decide if he wants to hire you. For now, I can allow you to camp outside the city without being attacked by our forces, as long as you don't cause any trouble. If the Pix attack before negotiations are over, we'll pay you a bounty on every unit you kill. But claim their corpses—Pix or it didn't happen." Okay stomped away to message the capital.
The song "Noble Gasses" can (and should) be sung to the tune of "Knights of Camelot" from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
While there will be quite a few Arthurian references, both to the story of King Arthur and to the real geopolitics of the time, this is not an Arthurian legend. Og is not Arthur, and he will not become the heir, and eventual ruler, of Prytain. Nor, for that matter, will anyone else, Utha will reign for this entire story.
I actually laughed in a couple of places, nice!
And Og... a synthetic, highly reactive Noble Gas, as opposed to the traditionally inert ones. Iiiinteresting signamancy there. Interesting that the knights themselves are actually really active, whereas Og starts as in-active, sort of.
Og will show change over the story, they will not.
I caught the song right off, Monty Python FTW!


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The Justice Department, on Monday, revealed the settlement reached between them and the credit card majors in the civil lawsuit that was filed against the latter. The lawsuit claimed that some of the leading credit card companies levied anti-competitive rules on merchants, charging them high "swipe fees" for the transactions made using credit cards and also preventing them from requesting the customers to use options that cost less fees. MasterCard and Visa, the two major players in the credit card sector, have given their approval for the settlement, while another major player, American Express, continues to face the lawsuit since this bank is not willing to accept the terms of the settlement. There are a number of interesting facts about the settlement that makes it acceptable to most banks and merchants.
Retailers and Discover stand to win
Discover is another player in the credit card sector, but not as big as the three banks facing the lawsuit. Once the settlement has been reached, Discover has chances of expanding its share in the market, thereby increasing its profits.
The merchants, who have fought tooth and nail to win this case, will obviously merge winners. According to the terms of the settlement reached with the banks, the merchants can let the consumers know the fees for using credit cards for payments and also give them an option to opt for modes of payment with lower fees. In fact, merchants can also offer discounts to consumers who are willing to use cards with low fees associated to it and incentives to those shopping using cash.
Cash not the objective
It is important to note that the issue under discussion does not involve the debate between credit cards and cash. The terms of the settlement is a fall over of the continual battle between the credit card companies and the merchants who have been at loggerheads with each other because of certain clauses stipulated by the lenders.
Following the huge outcry from the merchants, Senator Dick Durbin proposed a few changes to the recent financial bill which did see the light of the day. This settlement is just an on-going way of ensuring the credit card sector is fair to merchants, as well as consumers.
With Visa and MasterCard giving their consent, it is only American Express that has to solely bear the brunt of the on-going investigation by the Justice Department, thus putting it under the scanner.


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Waiting for Wednesday #8 - My Lady Jane
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted @BreakingtheSpine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's pick is "My Lady Jane" by Cynthia Hand.
Expected Publication: June 7th 2016
For fans of The Princess Bride comes the comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane Grey, sixteen, is about to be married to a total stranger—and caught up in an insidious plot to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But that's the least of Jane's problems. She's about to become Queen of England. Like that could go wrong.


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So....Ode to Dr. John Gorrie (1803-1855).
"Who is that?"
Trust me....
You love this guy
He was an American physician,
in Apalachicola, Florida
who invented an
ice-making machine
that blew air over a bucket of ice
for cooling hospital rooms of patients
suffering from malaria and yellow fever.
The first air conditioner!
Told ya you loved him.
In 1881, when President James Garfield was dying, naval engineers constructed a box-like structure containing cloths saturated with melted ice water, where a fan blew hot air overhead. This contraption was able to lower a room by 20 degrees but consumed half a million pounds of ice in two months' time.
The first air-conditioned home was that of Charles Gates, son of gambler John "Bet a Million" Gates, in Minneapolis in 1914. However, during the first wave of their installation, Carrier's air conditioner units were large, expensive, and dangerous due to the toxic ammonia that was used as coolant.
In 1922, they replaced the ammonia with a benign coolant and added a central compressor to reduce the size of the unit.
The next advance was when Carrier sold his invention to movie-theater operators, with a notable debut in 1925 at the Rivoli on Broadway in New York City.
In a short amount of time, air conditioners were installed in office buildings, department stores and railroad cars. The United States House of Representatives had air conditioners installed in 1928, with the Senate, White House and Supreme Court following suit in the years after. After World War II, window unit air conditioners appeared......
And our south was changed forever!!!!


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It's Show Time! And you need a saddle. The Western Show Saddle is designed to stand out! It is a saddle built on looks rather than hard work. These are very highly decorative saddles, that usually feature moderate to extensive use of silver trim on the skirts, cantle, horn, pommel/fork, and the stirrups. They usually contain a long and deep skirts which allow for additional silver and tooling. The tooling on show saddles is very intricate and usually covers nearly every inch. The seat of the saddle is padded or suede, which allows the rider more grip. This helps to create the picture that the rider is enjoying a very comfortable ride, because there is never air between them and the saddle.. The cantle tends to be lower for ease in mounting, especially since the rider will be wearing the western show fashion as well. The saddle is balanced so that the rider's center of gravity is correct, which translates to the correct rider equitation. The horn of the western show saddle is short and the fork/ pommel is lower. This feature allows the rider less interference when using the reins and creates a nicer overall picture of rider equitation.
Since the show saddle is designed for the show ring, its looks can vary from season to season depending on trends, styles, and fashions. You do not want to show up in the show ring in last years show saddle if you expect to be in the ribbons. Saddle manufacturers stay current with the changing trends, styles, and fashions, so browse the current year's models. You can also refer to the articles, "Tips for western horse show time" for additional aid in western showing. Like all high-end fashions; show saddles will run from being tasteful to tacky. It is up to the personal preference of the rider, but it is a good idea to rein yourself in. So when looking for a new western show saddle look for a saddle that will enhance both you and your horse, not drown you two out. For additional information about saddle buying and fitting refer to articles, "What to consider when buying a new horse saddle?", "How to fit a western saddle to your horse?" and "How to find a western saddle to fit you?".


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I just can't resist a typewriter. There's something so satisfying about a mechanical writing machine that puts modern keyboards (especially virtual keyboards) in the shade. Not surprising, then, that I was entranced by John Carey's shots of the little orange typewriter on FiftyFootShadows. John produces superb photographs and specialises in wonderful screen savers for all our devices. You can download the orange typewriter series from the site.
This has prompted me to climb into the loft and retrieve my beautiful little grey-green Olivetti Lettera 22, surely the prettiest portable typewriter ever produced. Prior to 1990 it was the stock-in-trade of every itinerant journalist and enthusiasts would get all iPaddish about its virtues. Simple, simple days (memo to OmniFocus: Buy New Ribbon)


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Following Holmes and Watson's out of town excursion in the last story, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", it's a return to Baker Street for the pair as Watson recounts the story of John Openshaw, a young man who has been living with his uncle, Elias, who has returned suddenly from the States.
One day, Elias receives an envelope containing five orange pips with the initials "K.K.K." written on the envelope. Within seven weeks of receiving the letter Elias is found dead. Upon his death, John's father inherits Elias's property, where upon he receives an envelope containing five orange pips with the same initials written on the envelope and is found dead a few days later.
Now, having inherited Elias's property, it appears that John himself is the next target as he receives a similar envelope to the previous two.
This is the fifth of the Holmes short stories from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" collection and you get the feeling that Conan Doyle is really hitting his stride with his creation. Gone is the once an story explanation of Holmes's method and you're pretty much thrown into the investigation following a brief scene setting that establishes that Watson has been temporarily been living with Sherlock whilst Mary is out of town.
For a short story, it is also a dense story with a lot of information within it where the clues come thick, fast and, more importantly, in a logical progression. Whereas previously the reader marvels at the links that Holmes makes to the clues provided by his client, this time there is a sense that Conan Doyle wants to give Watson equal billing. Although he does not have Holmes's razor sharp mind, the character of Watson is portrayed with a degree of intelligence in this story and, in fact, guides the reader to the solution of the story alongside Holmes's encyclopaedic knowledge of crime.
Although it is a dense story, there is also room for continuity references, albeit fleeting ones, such as the Sholtos from "The Sign of Four" and a reference to the fact that only one woman has bested him in his investigations in Irene Adler in "A Study In Scarlet". In addition to these references, there are additional references to off-stage investigations with colourful titles such as "the adventure of the Padoral Chamber" or "the Amateur Mendicant Society".
And it's appropriate that I speak of off-stage investigations as this one is resolved, from Holmes's perspective certainly off stage, but it also reveals an aspect to Holmes that has been previously unseen. Previously Holmes has been the cool, calculating investigator and this story maintains that image but his wrapping up of the investigation sees Holmes become, for want of a better phrase, an agent of vengeance and appears to take delight in twisting the knife in his off-stage opponents – for obvious reasons that I don't wish to reveal due to spoilers.
For the "Sherlock" fans out there, there is a brief, but vital, series of references to this story in "The Great Game" where Jim Moriarty uses the Greenwich Pips in his testing of Sherlock throughout the story.
Although "The Five Orange Pips" is one of the Holmes short stories, it manages to pack in a clear storyline and add character development for both Holmes and Watson.
If you're following this reading challenge, the next Holmes story will be "The Man With The Twisted Lip".


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Making my way through the splendid "Poussin and Nature" exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York yesterday, I kept thinking about a comment Jed Perl, the New Republic's art critic, had made in his review of the show. "At a time when the world around us, political or economic or cultural, seems more disheartening than it has been in at least a generation," he wrote, "there is something thrilling about Poussin's conviction that the discipline of painting can make life a little easier to bear." This statement stayed with me, for two reasons: I couldn't disagree more about the current political environment, and I never would have thought of Poussin as a painter who would speak to our current condition. Having seen the paintings, I too found them oddly relevant, but I'm still inclined to see the political glass as half full.
Perl's comment was inspired by "Landscape with Three Men," in which, as Perl puts it, "one figure, reclining on the grass, is pointing toward the blue-tinted mountains in the distance, while a man with a staff, probably a traveler, points in another direction, guiding our eyes toward the right margin of the canvas." Perl interprets the first of these gestures as pointing into the imaginary depths of the painting, and the second as traversing the picture plane on which the artist actually works. This, he concludes, is the artist's world in all its entirety, and somehow– Perl doesn't really say how-- seeing it may give us a new purchase on our own world.
For me, the overwhelming sense of Poussin's genius came a room earlier than "Landscape with Three Men," in a room featuring Poussin's heroic paintings of the 1640s. Even for those who don't usually like classically tinged paintings on a grand scale, Poussin's are unique in their complexity and sheer aesthetic power. (A woman next to me said, referring I think to the symphony of delicate greens in the grass and trees and the beiges and grays of the pillars and stone, "there are so many tones!)" But I wouldn't have looked to the heroic landscapes for insights into the messiness of the contemporary world. The paintings are Poussin at his most Stoic; many have a hushed quality (an air of "retreat and silence," as one of the catalogue essays puts it) that seems far removed from the intensity of twenty-first century life.
And yet one of these paintings, based on a famous tale from Greek mythology, seemed eerily relevant. In "Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice," Orpheus, dressed in a brilliant red robe, is sweetly and feverishly playing his harp, unaware that his wife Eurydice has just been bitten by a snake. In the middle distance, a group of men strain at a rope, pulling a boat along a river; above them, two thick clouds of smoke stream up from a finely detailed, classical fortress. As in many of the Poussin's heroic paintings, the narrative tension comes from the contrast between the lovely, pastoral landscape and a great tragedy of which many or most of the figures are unaware. The landscape is littered with clues to the tragedy– the smoke, the boat that hints at the mythological ferry that transports souls to the underworld, a vast shadow edging its way toward Orpheus. But Orpheus is still singing with sweet, passionate contentment.
It was of course another lovely day, at a time when America's place in the world seemed impregnable, when everything was transformed by the attacks on the twin towers. And that was my first thought when I saw the smoke at the top of the painting. But now, six years later and despite all the tragedy of the current moment, America's politics seem more encouraging than in many years. Each party gravitated toward its best presidential candidates, and the likely matchup between Barack Obama and John McCain will provide a choice between sharply different visions for the direction of the country. Unlike Orpheus in Poussin's painting, and unlike America in 2001, we know now what the dangers are. And with Obama's emphasis on youth and liberalism, and McCain's on honor and traditional, good government conservatism, the country seems likely to have a clear choice between two very defensible ways to respond.


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After a distinguished career as an acclaimed Voltaire scholar and the president of Hunter College, Paul LeClerc '63 took the reins of the New York Public Library in 1993. Today, the NYPL is one of the most used libraries on the planet. And LeClerc has plans for steering this cultural landmark into the future.
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When Michael Daniels entered Holy Cross in 1972, political activism was at its peak. At the time, Daniels' father was the deputy director of intelligence at the National Security Agency. A political science major, Daniels hoped to follow in his father's footsteps and make a career in government. But, after a short stint working at the National League of Cities in Washington, D.C., the idealistic young man had soured on the idea of working in politics.
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text: Posted on Thursday, Apr 13, 2017 Most of us are familiar with the kids' TV show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, where Fred Rogers taught kids how to handle some of the more difficult situations they may face in life, like a disagreement with a friend or the loss of a pet. Some of us were very heavily impacted by his kind and gentle nature, and he really shaped our childhoods. There was so much more to him than just his TV show that he put on though. He had a genuine deep caring for kids, and he has been one of my biggest inspirations for becoming a teacher. Many people have not seen much of Fred Rogers outside of his TV show, but in 1969, he had to defend the federal funding of PBS from getting cut in half. Over the course of his very moving testimony, he successfully won over the senate committee and retained the $20 million budget for PBS. You can watch this testimony by following the link below. I highly recommend it. Be warned though, it is a tear jerker. This video made me respect and admire Fred Rogers so much, and when I'm in need of some inspiration I'll go back and watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA By: Joshua Parmentier, College of Education Photo Attribution: https://goo.gl/cVtsTj


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Many people find it much easier to minimize or deny their behavior than to look at themselves honestly. You know you are doing this if you use the words "only, but, or just." "Sure I drank until I passed out, BUT it was New Years." "I ONLY used a little cocaine." "I JUST had one 12-pack. I don't know why you are making such a big deal about my driving home." "JUST one piece of cake won't hurt my diet, I can start again tomorrow." "I ONLY want to enjoy myself this once." "It won't hurt to gamble one more time, I JUST want to win back my losses" "Sex with a stranger won't hurt, it's ONLYone time. I won't catch AIDS" Watch out when you start thinking "I don't really have a problem." "There's no reason for me to continue contact with my support people" or "Just one won't hurt." Such thinking is often the first step to a planned relapse, and all relapses are planned. I don't use the word "slip" unless I'm talking about someone falling on a banana peal. That's a slip. Returning to your addiction or dysfunctional behavior is a "planned relapse." You won't relapse unless you set that as one of your goals, and begin working on achieving that goal by cutting ties with healthy people and activities. Your relapse begins when you start seeking out activities and people (people, places and things) that will lead you back into your dysfunctional or addictive behaviors.
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
William J. H. Boetcker
Set your goals and resolutions with care, for whatever you plan is likely to happen. Chose your company well, for they are the model for your future. Engage in activities that lead to a healthy life. Have a very happy New Year, and I hope this book helps you stay on your path to recovery.


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State Representative Rick Galindo is a trusted and respected legislator who works hard for the people of our community. As our State Representative, Rick has a strong record of fighting for our families, our children, our veterans and our seniors.
Rick ran promising to fight for lower taxes, to create good new jobs, to improve our public schools, and to stand up for Texas veterans and seniors. He delivered on those promises and continues to work day and night to improve our quality of life and ensure the very best representation for our community and our values.
Rick is a son of the Southside - a hometown success story. From the very beginning, his parents - Oscar, a civilian employee at Kelly AFB, and Sylvia, who worked at USAA - instilled in him the values of education, hard work and giving back to the community. These values guide Rick to this day.
Knowing the importance of a good education, Rick's parents worked hard and sacrificed to send him to Central Catholic High School. After graduating, Rick attended St. Mary's University here in San Antonio, earning a degree in Finance and Risk Management.
In addition to serving as our State Representative, Rick works as a Risk Manager for Spectrum Association Management, serving numerous homeowners and HOAs locally and across Texas. His wife is a public school teacher in the Northside Independent School District.
Always looking to give back to his community, Rick has served for over 7 years as an officer and director of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, a global non-profit. He continues to volunteer countless hours for the Salvation Army, Angel Tree and the San Antonio Food Bank.
Rick's record as State Representatives speaks for itself. He fights tirelessly for the people of our community and provides the very best constituent service.
Rick and Valerie, his wife of over 5 years, live in western Bexar County. They are raising their 2 young daughters with the same values of education, hard work and community service Rick's parents instilled in him.
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whats that movie where a girl dies and goes to hell and her boyfriends landscape gets all creapy...
depending on what is happening in hell
The one that comes to my mind is What Dreams May Come, but that was her husband. More details that might help confirm or let you know if it's definitely not:
http://hubpages.com/hub/What-Dreams-May … vie-Review
by gbrush 8 years ago
Whats that movie where the guy goes back in time like groundhog day but he's the only 1 that...knows because he was shocked by a lamp before hand?
by lizijohnson 8 years ago
whats the movie where a dad dies in a car race where he drives off a cliff then comes back to...life to help his son, its from the 80s, i think
by shandizzle 7 years ago
whats the name of the childrens animated movie where the little boy goes to a diffrent land in...the clouds and receives a key that unlocks anything
by matteabissell 2 years ago
whats the movie where the girl thinks her step mom is a murderer but in reality, she is the murderer she and her "sister" go around trying to prove that she killed her real mom but in the end its all in her head and turns out that the main girl had killed both her sister and her real mom...
by Hirkuleeez 8 years ago
whats the name of that new movie that isn't out yet with the girl who's father teaches her to fightIts like in the snow. the trailer is out but not the movie yet. her dad leaves and she has to fight all thes people and kill them
by marqui 7 years ago
whats the movie about the girl who fell inlove with the boyfriend's sister?
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Weekend Wrapup: 13/Jan - 19/Jan
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A new manga series from manga creator Kozueko Morimoto (Gokusen) will be published in the February issues of Shueisha's Monthly You magazine. The new series, Takadai-ke no Hitobito, follows on from the one-shot of the same name and depicts the romance between a quiet female employee called Hirano and Takadai, the male upper-tier employee who has arrived from New York who carries some interesting secrets.
The February issue of Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine announced that the Ghost in the Shell Arise anime will launch in 2013. Production I.G soon launched a website for the new series confirming Kazuchika Kise as chief director, Tow Ubukata is supervising and writing the series scripts and Cornelius as the composer. The website also announced a "Ghost in the Shell Arise Production Presentation" will be streamed live worldwide on February 12th at 9:00 p.m. in Japan (click here for your local TZ) on Niconico, Bandai Channel, and YouTube. The event itself will be held at the nicofarre event hall in Tokyo.
Yu Yagami will continue his Those Who Hunt Elves (Elf o Karu Mono-tachi) manga on G-mode's Comic Meteor web manga site beginning on the 30th of January. Those Who Hunt Elves 2 will continue the mis-adventures of elf Celsia Marie Claire with three travellers from Japan who aim to return home.
Yagami serialized the original Those Who Hunt Elves manga in Monthly Dengeki Comic GAO! magazine from 1994 to 2002. He already created a brief sequel called Those Who Hunt Elves Returns in the same magazine from 2007 to 2008. The original manga also inspired two television anime series.
The first advert for Straight Title Robot Anime (Chokkyū Hyōdai Robot Anime) television series has been streamed online. The series is created with MikuMikuDance (MMD), Yū Higuchi's free software that enables users to create dancing videos of various Vocaloid characters, most specfically, Crypton Future Media's Hatsune Miku. The anime's story is set in a world where humanity has been wiped out but the military robots used to engage in warfare are still continuing the war with no end in sight.
Studio Trigger has begun streaming a trailer for "Little Witch Academia", its entry in the Anime Mirai 2013 initiative. The Anime Mirai program distributes funds from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs to studios who train young animators on the job. Little Witch Academia is of particular interest due to Yoh Yoshinari and Naoko Tsutsumi (previously of Panty & Stocking) leading the project with an music score by Michiru Oshima (Fullmetal Alchemist, BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad) scoring the music.
And finally the sixth volume of Shunsuke Sarai's Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyō comedy light novel series has revealed that an anime adaptation has been green-lit. The absurd mystery comedy centers around Kazuhito Harumi, a high school boy who is obsessed with reading books. One day, he is killed in the middle of a robbery and resurrected as a dachshund dog. Unable to read in his new form, the hapless Kazuhito now belongs to Kirihime Natsuno, a sadistic novelist who uses scissors on Kazuhito to abuse him.


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If you have been in this godsend addicting hobby for a few years as i have, you should understand the importance of weight.
Even though flight is possible because an airplane utilizes its wings and airfoil for lift, its important to keep in mind that a heavy plane will not fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee….ok so that was not the greatest analogy but you get my point. Remember that a feather floats and a piece of rock does not.
Because gravity affects the aircraft weight, it is very importance to keep the weight of the plane to a minimum. Also, it is important to determine the distribution of weight. Although the aircraft has normal or below the recommended weight, we need to achieve stability for the aircraft to fly properly.
If you have purchased an RTF ( ready to fly ) rc airplane, there shouldn't be any issues with the airplane's weight as it has already been configured with the correct electronics. But if your next step is to purchase a ARF ( almost ready to fly ) rc plane, then understanding weight is crucial as you will need to purchase the electronics for the plane.
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We remember our classmates who are no longer with us and the memorial given by Pat Edwards at our 50th Reunion:
* James Marvin Brandt
* Bruce C. Bunzey
* Kent Crissup
* Bruce Dayhoff
* Eugene L. Erger
* Pam Gribble Fay
* Terry Lee Frobom
* Roger Gapter
* Arlene Helen Hansen
* Helen Harvat Cooper
* Jim Hicks
* Robert Bryant Herrington
* Tom Hill
* Larry Hillis
* Ray Ingraham
* Mike Jeske
* Paul Johnson
* Kelly Johnston
* Yvonne M. (Horiuchi) Jones
* Linda Sue Lang
* Judith Ann Sieben Lillard
* Carol Athay Love
* Geoffry Mahle
* Cheryl Culver Mekelburg
* Dick Nelson
* Jerome (Jerry) Quist
* Bill Schwenn
* Larry Shaffer
* Corrine Stradley
* Mike Tomingas
* Cynthia (Çam) West
* Ken Woodward
* Joel Ziskin
There is a Season - 50th High School Reunion
by Pat Edwards
Even though I've thought about this for several months, I was standing at my kitchen window a week ago yesterday and thinking about what exactly I wanted to share at this memorial for our deceased classmates. I thought about a few comments Joanie and I shared as we planned this time. "not too heavy, keep it lighter." And the word celebrate came to mind despite the loss of what were very close, continuing friendships for some of us. So we celebrate their lives, the memories we have of them and the good things that came about because they lived and walked this earth. As I stood there the words of King Solomon came to mind so I went to that source of unending knowledge and expertise, Wikipedia, to find what I wanted and what I discovered was perfect for our time here tonight. I remembered the song "Turn, Turn" whose lyrics are based on the book of Ecclesiastes written by King Solomon and according to Wikipedia, The song became an international hit in late 1965 when it was covered by the American folk rock band The Byrds, ...reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 4, 1965. "Turn, Turn" was the number one song halfway through our senior year and I find that appropriate for tonight's memorial. These are the song verses which are very close to Solomon's original words and they remain as true today as when they were penned over two millennia ago and sung by the Byrds over 50 years ago.
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
So tonight we'll focus on verse 4, A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. We'll do that tonight; we'll laugh and mourn as we reminisce about our three years at FHS and hopefully some of those memories will include our missing friends. I'll share one memory about a departed classmate, Bill Schwenn; he was a guy on the cutting edge of culture which many of you may not remember. When the rest of us were still washing our hair once a week whether it needed it or not and using Brylcream or Vitalis and Kent Hogan was still using Butch Wax, Bill was washing his hair after every gym class and getting that soft, floppy Beatle look that a few years later would dominate hairstyles. If you look in your annual you'll see the difference between Bill and the rest of us. I can still picture him standing in front of the mirror with his comb getting the look just right. Of course none of our coaches back then including our esteemed coaches present tonight would have allowed long hair to be flying everywhere while competing.
Bill was a friend, not a close friend, but someone I always enjoyed being around; he was a nice guy. I've told my wife many times in the last few days when she asked me about someone, "Oh, he was one of the nice guys." It seemed I was saying that about everyone. There are all levels of friendship as all of you know. Bill was what would be called a situational friendship, it existed because we were thrown together by circumstances and discovered we enjoyed each other, in this case the situation was school, but it could be a job, a neighborhood, a hobby, anything that connects people. But we didn't have the shared values, interests and experiences that led to an intimate friendship which sometimes becomes a lifelong friendship. Because of time and energy most of us can only handle 2-5 intimate relationships but obviously at a reunion like this we try to contact scores of our classmates even if it's just to say hi or wish each other well. What I've enjoyed most about the reunions I've attended is the friendliness of everyone. Whatever kept us apart in high school or caused us to hang out with a limited number of classmates has disappeared and I see people talking and having a good time with people they may never have talked to in high school for whatever reason.
Most of us here today are friends or at least want to be friendly at this 50th reunion although some of our Facebook posts have caused me to wonder if our reunion committee decided the first rule to guide them was no political discussions until after the reunion was planned. We're here because the friends and positive experiences of high school outweighed the negative. But if we're honest, for some, maybe many of our classmates, for whatever reasons, the negative outweighed the positive and so they're not here tonight. Around the time of our last reunion I contacted one of our classmates and they shared with me the horrific abuse they experienced in junior and senior high school. They kept it a secret from all of us, including our teachers and counselors. The high school years are a time they don't want to remember despite the friendships they had so they've never attended a reunion. I would like this memorial to include those people as well.
So that's the mourning part of this memorial; now comes the time to laugh as we continue to remember. Tonight and again tomorrow morning I would encourage all of us to include in our thoughts and reminiscing as many of those not present as we can whether they are absent by death or by painful memories. I ask you to do this because it was together, all 270 some of us, that we, after dozens of classes, hundreds of cafeteria lunches, a few food fights and other fights as well, sporting, academic and artistic competitions, after all that, it was together we finally marched to "Pomp and Circumstance" as the Fairview High School graduating class of 1966.
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The Old Codger: playing 78 RPM records like they're going out of style!
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|Girls of the Golden West
|Lonely Cowgirl
|The Chicago Loopers (with Bix & Tram)
|Three Blind Mice
|Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
|Hodge Podge
|Hank Williams
|Ramblin' Man
|Ted Steele and His Novatones
|Mood Indigo
|Ted Lewis and His Orchestra
|Egyptian Ella
|Sophie Tucker
|After You've Gone
|The Boswell Sisters and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
|Was That the Human Thing To Do
|Washboard Rhythm Boys
|Dog and Cat
|The Cook Sisters
|Make My Cot Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows
|Collins H. Driggs (on the Novachord)
|Song of the Islands
|Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
|Stealin' Apples
|The Andrews Sisters
|Money Is the Root of Evil
|Sippie Wallace
|The Flood Blues
|Sophie Tucker
|No One Man Is Ever Going to Worry Me
Listener comments!
Tue. 4/29/08 7:16pm
Sean Daily:
I wonder how Williams managed that incredible bend in his voice. My guess is pliers and a very sensitive part of his anatomy.
Sat. 5/3/08 9:56am
Ted Pedant:
I am delighted to see you are playing a half of the entire recorded reportoire of The Cook Sisters. In my opinion they are the best of all the sibling acts including Else and Doris Waters. I knew Doris when she was just a puddle.
Sat. 5/3/08 10:08am
Randy Idleburg:
Doris later married Carl Rivers. They spawned a fine family.
Sat. 5/3/08 10:37am
Doris Waters:
Thanks, Ted. You used to say we were the best - POTABLE, you called us.
Sat. 5/3/08 10:47am
A Long Memory:
I can assure Mr Idleburg that they weren't the only family spawned by that rascal. "Rivers, Stay 'Way From My Door" was a popular sentiment round here.
Sat. 5/3/08 11:04am
Irma Quibbling:
On the subject of water, is it true that Collins H. Driggs died drunk playing with his Novachord in the bath?
Sat. 5/3/08 11:18am
John London:
Thank you, Mr Edison. A very funny, very beautiful hour
Mon. 4/27/09 12:34am
Irma, no. Collins H. Driggs died of a heart attack.
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Plot Summary:"Mary, is a 17 year-old who loves horror movies. When Mary hears about "The Wisher", a new movie that is so scary that it has been sending people out of the theaters screaming, she knows she has to see it. However, when she catches a glimpse of the movie's villain, a deformed killer known as the Wiser, she herself runs from the theater. Unfortunately, Mary finds that the Wisher has followed her home, invading her dreams and making some of her darkest wishes come true."
This Canadian slasher flick debuts on video with almost no publicity in
the UK despite having a theatrical release in it's native Canada.
Mary loves scary movies, unfortunately for her she suffers from an
over-active imagination and the films leave such a lasting impression that
if she doesn't take medication and allow her parents to lock her door at
night she has a tendency to sleepwalk through the neighbourhood causing
all sorts of disruption.
Beytraying a promise to her dad, Mary and her friends go to see the latest
box-office sensation 'The Wisher'. Unable to sit through the film, Mary
leaves the cinema. However it appears that the film's main character
followed her out of the cinema and is now granting her wishes.
The film looked unorigional judging by the trailer alone but when I
actually watched the film I couldn't believe just how many plot points are
stolen from other movies. There's a fine line between homage and
copyright infringement that this film crosses countless times!!
Obviously based on the story 'The Monkey's Paw' the film borrows heavily
or rather steals it's plot and mythology from amongst others 'Wishmaster'
and 'Wishcraft' and based it's villain on Freddy Krueger whilst using
'Scream' as a mold for the violence in the movies issue. The film also
features 'Devil's Prey', Christina's House', The Convent', 'The Fear :
Halloween Night and even Halloween Resurrection and it is about as good as
the latter.
A weird production in that it was filmed in a Galaxy cinema and then
screened there as part of a special deal. The film is a bit jumbled and
has absoloutely no point!!
A sub-plot involving subliminal messages having effects on viewers only
adds to the confusion, and the ending where the unknown cast and one
member of the band deegrees romp around the streets of Canada makes
absouloutely no sense!!
Ron Silver should be ashamed of himself!
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Owner Rich Ricci says he is feeling very optimistic of Djakadam's chances of winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup this year.
The coveted event at Prestbury Park gets underway next month and the field for the Gold Cup has already suffered numerous high-profile withdrawals – most recently the pre-race favourite Thistlecrack being ruled out. For the runner you like the look of for the Gold Cup highlight view TVG codes and bonuses first as the likes of Aiden O'Brien, Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson head to Cheltenham.
Djakadam, who has finished runner up in the race for the last two years, is once again being tipped to challenge for victory and he heads to Cheltenham in fine fettle.
The eight-year-old, son of Saint Des Saints, was last seen finishing third at the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown in December last year and Ricci admits the preparations have been going very well for the Gold Cup.
Writing in his blog for BetBright, the owner said: "As opposed to last year, we've had a clean run with Djakadam. We know he gets the trip and he gets around Cheltenham well.
"Last year he fell in the BetBright Trial at Cheltenham and we had a terrible rush to get him back for Cheltenham ? Willie [Mullins] and the team did an extraordinary job to produce him in such form.
"But this year it has been far smoother and his prep has gone to plan. He goes there a fresh horse with 11 weeks from Leopardstown to Cheltenham and we are quietly purring away in the background daring to dream."
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Hundreds attend funeral for Louis Sutter
The community of Viking, Alta., paid a final tribute Tuesday to one of the greatest hockey dads Canada has ever known.
Louis Sutter loved his farm, country music and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Even when one of his son's team squared off against the Leafs, the hard-working father still remained loyal to the blue and white.
"The uncles all swore that he cheered for them (Leafs) even when they were playing against them," remembered his granddaughter Jessica Sutter.
Sutter's funeral, which was held at a community hall, was overcrowded by hundreds of farmers and people from nearby towns.
Hockey celebrities including Edmonton Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe, Oilers coach Craig MacTavish, Florida Panthers coach Mike Keenan, Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald and a busload of players from the Calgary Flames all came to pay their last respects to the patriarch of the Sutter family.
When Rev. Kevin Bruvold addressed the hall's 650 people, many more were standing along the three walls and the back.
Sutter, 73, died Thursday after an extensive illness and dialysis treatments. His poor health didn't allow him to attend Calgary's Stanley Cup run with his son Darryl at the helm.
During his eulogy, Sutter's grandson Shaun said his grandfather never quit at anything he set his mind to.
"When granddad got sick he said he wanted to get better so he could put the crop in. Then, when he rented the cropland out, he said he was just going to put the hay up. Then, he said he was going to get better so he could plow snow around the yard and check cows at the pasture.
"He never quit at anything. Even in his last days, we were amazed at his strength and determination."
During the 1980s, a record six Sutter brothers played in the NHL for five seasons. The 2000-01 season was the silver anniversary of at least one Sutter playing in the NHL.
Gary, the oldest brother, was the only one that didn't play in the league. However, that didn't stop him from winning a $10-million lottery prize with co-workers at a lumber company in Kelowna, B.C.
All six brothers played a total of 4,994 regular season games and an additional 603 playoff games. The brothers also scored 1,320 goals, added 1,615 assists and complied 7,224 penalty minutes.
Louis Sutter once explained that he never learned to play the game because he lived too far from town.
However, his 560-hectare farm housed the values that his sons took to heart. All six brothers often said that it was their dad's lessons they learned about determination and commitment that allowed them to have success in the NHL.
Many stories have been told about the Sutter boys playing an endless amount of hockey inside their big red barn.
The Sutters, legends in their town of 1,100 people, have a mural that is displayed in the town arena.
A sign featuring a hockey stick and puck sits on the road into Viking and proudly proclaims: Home of the Sutters.
Louis Sutter's work at the farm always took precedent over the NHL playoffs, even when one of his sons was playing. Planting the crops always came first.
The contribution he and his wife Grace made to Canadian hockey will be difficult to duplicate.
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What's the plan for the marathon relay if there is hazardous weather?
Click to download the One in Five Marathon Relay Hazardous Weather Plan and check the race Facebook page for updates.
What's a One in Five Ambassador, can I still become one?
Ambassadors are passionate about mental health and promoting the One in Five event. Ambassadors register for one of our events, recruit others to register, and spread the word in person and on social media. There are still a limited amount of ambassador slots open, email us to learn more.
I would love to participate but don't know four other people to make a team – can I still run?
Participants are encouraged to run as part of a five person team. However, if you do not have a team affiliation, you may register for the 6.2-Mile Individual Race. The fee for this option is $25 per person. You will receive your individual bib number at Packet Pick-up.
A loved one struggles with mental illness so we'd like to run it as a family – are children allowed to join a team?
Participants must be 12 and over to run in the Marathon Relay. The Community Walk is a family friendly event and all ages are welcome to join the walk.
Who decides which runner will complete the more difficult 6.2-mile leg? And is there an order our team has to run in?
Your team should designate which one of your five team members will run the 6.2-mile leg. The 6.2-mile leg is not only longer but is more challenging and must be run last. The relay will run with staggered start times so all runners will be on the course at the beginning of the race.
What time do we run?
The Accessibility Race, Marathon Relay and Community Walk start times are as follows:
5:30 pm – Community Walk
7:45 pm – 6.2-Mile Accessibility Race
8:00 pm – Marathon Relay (each leg starts every 15 minutes)
- 8:00 pm – 1st leg / 5-Mile course
- 8:15 pm – 2nd leg / 5-Mile course
- 8:30 pm – 3rd leg / 5-Mile course
- 8:45 pm – 4th leg / 5-Mile course
- 9:00 pm – 5th leg / 6.2-Mile course and 6.2-Mile Individual Race
Are strollers allowed in the Marathon Relay and Individual Race?
No, with the exception of accessibility athletes or those who may use jogging strollers to assist their team members with physical disabilities. The Community Walk is a family friendly event and strollers are welcome to participate.
Can I run the Marathon Relay or Individual Race with my dog?
No, for the safety of all participants, as well as your dog, no dogs will be allowed on the race courses. The Community Walk is dog friendly. We ask you to follow the Kent County Park rules by leashing and cleaning up after your dog.
What kind of nutritional support will there be on the course?
Water, sports drinks (such as Gatorade), and GU will be offered at aid station(s) along the looped course.
How will the race be scored?
Teams will be scored by overall time. Teams participating will be scored all together with no gender or co-ed scoring distinctions.
The Accessibility Race and Individual Race participants will be scored as individuals with no gender or co-ed scoring distinctions.
Is the course certified?
As this is a team relay event and participants are not awarded for individual effort, and while the course has been precisely marked and measured via GPS, it will not be certified.
How do I make an additional contribution to Hope Network to support mental health services in this community?
We welcome additional donations to the Hope Foundation.
You can DONATE HERE.
I'm not a runner but would love to support this event. How else can I be involved?
It will take nearly 100 volunteers to support this event. We welcome a donation of your time as a volunteer. Volunteer positions are available starting Thursday, June 7th, through clean-up on Friday, June 8th. For positions, shifts and to sign-up, please email Halle Billinghurst.
We'd like to take the kids to the beach at Millennium – will we still have to pay a beach entry fee?
Yes. Regular park fees, rules, and regulations will apply to all areas within Millennium Park.


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Blake Wheeler is indestructable
With 4:31 remaining in the second period of Monday night's game between the Jets and the Blues, the Winnipeg Jets organization and its fans collectively held their breath. After getting tied up with Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, Jets leading scorer Blake Wheeler went crashing leg first into the post.
Jets fans feared for the worst; a bone bruise, or even worse, a broken leg. At a time when Winnipeg's Hockey Club was in the middle of a five (soon to become six) game losing streak, they couldn't afford to lose their leading scorer.
But Wheeler did what he always does, he toughed it out, got up, and continued his shift. To the shock of many, Wheeler appeared fine and continued to give everything he had for the rest of the game.
This isn't the first time since the return of the Jets that Wheeler has had a close call with injury. The Minnesota native has been extremely durable, playing in 308 of a possible 313 games over the last five seasons. That is a remarkable feat considering the day to day grind and the physical play of the NHL. Only 19 other players have played more games than him in that time span.
At 6 foot 5 inches, Wheeler plays a fast, physical game which inevitably will lead to a few high speed collisions. One of those happened on March 24, 2015 in Dallas when he was checked into the bench door that was not properly secured.
Again, Jets fans feared the worst, it could have been a separated shoulder, a broken collarbone or even internal bleeding. Wheeler left the game briefly and miraculously returned.
A year earlier on March 24, 2014, Wheeler used his stick to block a shot from Oilers defenseman Nikita Nikitin. Unfortunately, the puck bounced up the shaft of Wheeler's stick and directly into his mouth. Wheeler had to leave the game, but returned with a full cage and played again the next night. The end result was: two front teeth knocked out and twenty stitches to close a big cut.
Wheeler described the incident to Ed Tait of the Winnipeg Free Press
"It's not bad. It could have been a lot worse. I was lucky the way it turned out, the way the teeth came out was probably a blessing because they were able to stick them back in. Hopefully they take back in there."
"I think (my teeth) were stuck in my mouthguard. You don't realize how big teeth are until they come out."
"It was weird. It takes a little bit of time to get 20-some stitches. I was ready to get back in there but they had to stitch me back up and piece me back together literally. We were lucky to have one of our docs on the road and he was literally piecing me back together."
The first time Wheeler had to miss a game with the Winnipeg Jets was after an incident on January 14, 2012 when a Petr Sykora shot hit him directly on the throat. Wheeler was taken out of the game only because he was taken to the hospital. If he could have, surely he would have played through the pain.
In the end , Wheeler only missed two games while in the hospital for observation. Tests revealed no damage to his throat or neck as the puck "barely missed his jugular and Adam's Apple". Upon his return, he acknowledged that he got extremely lucky
"The only good spot it could hit, it hit. So, I was pretty lucky. I think I was able to react just quick enough to kind of turn my head a little bit and it just missed the jugular."
Wheeler has brought great speed, size and durability to the Winnipeg Jets over the last five seasons. He has shown he is able to withstand some of the most violent collisions that would likely put other players on the shelf for much longer. Let's knock on wood that Wheeler can continue his incredible run of good health.
written by Michael Remis, Producer at TSN 1290 Winnipeg – find him on Twitter @mremis