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Album: AIO - 18: A Time of Discovery
Episode: 244
Lesson/Theme: Greed.
Bible Verse: Exodus 20:17
Characters: Whit, Connie
Writer: Paul McCusker
Sound Designer: Dave Arnold
Original Air Date: September 18,1993
Last Air Date: June 02,2011
Description: Whit is pulled into a perplexing mystery when a strange man arrives at Whit's End and claims to have lived there as a small boy.
222: The Jesus Cloth
224: Greater Love
225: Count It All Joy
229: The Marriage Feast
242: Hymn Writers
243: Family Values
244: The Mysterious Stranger, Part 1 of 2
245: The Mysterious Stranger, Part 2 of 2
246: My Fair Bernard
247: Why Don't You Grow Up?
248: Terror from the Skies
249: The Case of the Delinquent Disciples
What Are We Gonna Do About Halloween?
Pamela Has a Problem
Connie Comes to Town
Gifts for Madge & Guy
Promises, Promises
Nothing to Fear
The Tangled Web
Stormy Weather
The Case of the Secret Room, Part 1 of 2
The Case of the Secret Room, Part 2 of 2
Rumor Has It
The Shepherd and the Giant
A Single Vote
A Worker Approved
And When You Pray. . .
The Boy Who Didn't Go To Church
The Greatest of These
Bad Company
Go Ye Therefore
The Price of Freedom
That's Not Fair!
But, You Promised
Rescue from Manatugo Point
Operation DigOut
The Treasure of LeMonde!
The Reluctant Rival
Monty's Christmas
One Bad Apple
A...is for Attitude
First Love
Pranks for the Memories
Castles & Cauldrons, Part 1 of 2
Castles & Cauldrons, Part 2 of 2
What Happened to the Silver Streak?
Better Late than Never
Have You No Selpurcs?
Not One of Us
Over the Airwaves
Emotional Baggage
Waylaid in the Windy City, Part 1 of 2
Waylaid in the Windy City, Part 2 of 2
. . . The Last Shall Be First
Coming of Age
Where's Your Daddy?
Father's Day
Rights, Wrongs & Reasons
Real Time
This is Chad Pearson?
Hallowed Be Thy Name
The Jesus Cloth
The Mysterious Stranger, Part 2 of 2
The Case of the Delinquent Disciples
Truth, Trivia & 'Trina
Opening Day
The Lyin' Tale & Two Roads
Under the Influence, Part 1 of 2
Under the Influence, Part 2 of 2
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Part 2 of 3
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Part 3 of 3
Call Me if You Care
Best of Enemies
Groundhog Jay
Doing Unto Others
Addictions Can Be Habit Forming
Bobby's Valentine
Missed It By That Much
The Case of the Missing Train Car
The Quality of Mercy
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Harley Takes the Case, Part 2 of 2
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Home Cooking: Taylor looks to 'Get Moore' out of cooking
As a teenager in high school, Essie West Taylor participated in a mock business exercise that piqued her interest in the banquet and catering business.
Now as an adult, Taylor is living her dream as the owner of Get Moore Catering, which she operates out of her Jacks Avenue home.
Taylor, who grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, said her love affair with cooking began at an early age when she prepared one of her grandmother's favorite dessert recipes for family members.
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I'm the Fastest Man Alive. And right now, I'm going about six inches per hour.
...the electric field creates charged electric particles...and particles can be sped up...and that speed creates DC power...(there's a joke in there somewhere...)
Man. How come somebody's always horning in on my missions?
Mario called. He wants his barrels back.
Like you never let a dinner get cold while you made a fool out of the Fiddler or Per Degaton.
My name is Bart. I hope my spelling's okay. I just learned to write this morning...
I'm not gonna listen to reason! You listen to reason!
Don't do it, Rolly. Trust me...your luck can't hold forever.
You're trying to make my head hurt again. This is a trick.
You're confusing me. That's always dangerous.
People call me Impulse! I have no idea why.
'Science police'? They the ones behind the whole 'law of gravity' thing?
Wow. They're gone. Just like 'Seinfeld'.
You aren't even listening! The Christmas Impulse!
Max! Imean...ohmygoodnessit'sMaxCrandall amanIknowonlycasually, whoistheuncleofBartAllen, someoneIalsoknowonlycasually, sincewearetwoentirelydifferentpeople.
You're being nice to me just to keep me off-balance aren't you?
So I shouldn't do anything? My head hurts! You're giving me too much to think about again!
You...you really don't get it...do you? I...I love him..I'd die with him. Or for him. That's what you do...how you feel when you love someone.
I'm sorry Max… But I just don't… feel like running anymore…
Can you talk faster? I'm getting the heaves.
I'm Bart Allen. Who the hell are you?
Y'know Jericho, you really need to put some clothes on. But not that old pirate shirt. Totally sends the wrong message.
This will protect my secret identity. Why would anyone ever think Kid Flash would have a Green Lantern tattoo? It's genius!
You're a Titan, Speedy! Now and forever!
You know how many laws you've broken? Illegal use of firearms... destruction of public property -- and then there's the obvious -- per California Penal Code 1165 -- picking fights with minors -- meaning us, jerk.
I can't wait to get back to the Tower so I can hang with Robin. Being around Robin makes me feel stupid. He's cool like that.
It's all about angular momentum. Create enough centrifugal force and I can slow down the pull from the black hole. Maintain enough speed to get around it.
I could have covered this entire forest in seconds.
Superboy's broken their leader. Can we go now?
I knew it! Curse you, Teen Titans!
Outstanding! Young Justice on tv! So who's gonna play me? What? What'd I say now?
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Roskam: Secure border, then reform immigration
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Starting in the late 1800s, large numbers of immigrants from all over the world were lured to the Chicago area for the tremendous opportunity for low- and high-skilled work in railroads, canals and heavy industry. Without immigrants, the place we call home would not be as economically developed, culturally rich and deeply diverse as it is today.
The Chicago area is a testament to how legal immigration helps enrich and strengthen the economy. But because of our country's broken immigration system, we cannot take advantage of the enormous opportunity that legal immigration delivers. In Washington, I am working to fix the system. Here's where I stand:
The first action we must take is to secure our border. One aspect of this deals with the hundreds of thousands of people who attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border every year, and in increasingly dangerous areas. Our open border incentivizes criminals to traffic humans, weapons and drugs into America. This seriously lucrative profession causes bloody turf wars in border towns like Ciudad Juarez between drug cartels to take control of the best smuggling routes into America. Not only do these fights involve brutal violence on the Mexican side of the border, the open routes give criminals easy access into the U.S., where many more innocent people and agents have been claimed victim.
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Albericus Burton and Zweifel, 1995, Am. Mus. Novit., 3129: 3. Type species: Cophixalus darlingtoni Loveridge, 1948, by original designation.
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New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).
Most closely related to Choerophryne, according to Burton and Zweifel, 1995, Am. Mus. Novit., 3129: 1. See Menzies, 1999, Aust. J. Zool., 47: 327-360, for review of the genus with description of a number of species, as well as discussion of specimens not allocated to any named species. Sumida, Allison, and Nishioka, 2000, Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 28: 733, disputed the distinctiveness of this taxon on the basis of allozyme distance from Cophixalus. Köhler and Günther, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 47: 353-365, suggested on the basis of molecular evidence that Albericus is monophyletic and the sister taxon of Choerophryne. Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543-583, in their study of Genbank sequences corroborated this result.
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Daddy Duty! Jon Gosselin Relaxes With Kids In Yard
It was daddy day in Wernersville, Pennsylvania Tuesday, as the town's most famous father, Jon Gosselin, doted on his kids in the family's front yard.
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Jon Gosselin must not like football: the father-of-eight Sunday was snapped at a Pier 1 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, shopping at the furnishings store.
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Sheikh Mohammed
Born in 1949, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the second-largest of the seven states that make up the United Arab Emirates.
Sheikh Mohammed studied in Cambridge as a young man and it was then that he attended his first horse race - watching Royal Palace win the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket with his older brother Sheikh Hamdan.
Ten years later Hatta became the first winning racehorse owned by Sheikh Mohammed. Since then Sheikh Mohammed's horses have won almost every major race in the world, running in both his maroon and white colours and the famous blue colours of Godolphin, the globetrotting racing stable he set up in 1994.
In 1996 he founded the Dubai World Cup - the world's richest horse race - designed to encourage other owners to bring their horses to Dubai to compete for millions of dollars in prize money.
The Dubai World Cup was also created to attract visitors to Dubai and millions of people now travel there every year for a holiday or to use one of the many business centres that have been built there in the past few years.
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Sources within the New York Yankees clubhouse believe Mariano Rivera could return from his torn ACL this season. [CBS Sports]
Angels outfielder Torii Hunter said he would like to return to Minnesota where he began his career, if the Angels do not re-sign him this winter. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
The LA Dodgers have agreed to terms with OF Bobby Abreu. He will be a part-time outfielder and pinch hitter. [CBS Sports]
Blue Jays closer Sergio Santos is hopeful that he can return within the next two weeks. [MLB.com]
Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock commented on his team after they dropped Game 3 vs LA: "They're the hammer, we're the nail. We've just got to move the nail around a couple times here." [NHL.com]
Despite their apologies to the team, the Nashville Predators appear to be choosing to keep Alex Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn out of the lineup for Game 4. Radulov said "They don't want to change the lineup." [Arizona Republic]
Flyers centre Sean Couturier avoided major injury after being cut by a skate blade in Game 3 vs. New Jersey. [RDS]
The Philadelphia Flyers would make re-signing defenceman Matt Carle a priority over re-signing Jaromir Jagr this offseason. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
The Phoenix Coyotes are close to being sold to an owner who intends to keep the team in Phoenix. [ESPN]
Jason Kidd (seen above being presented the NBA's sportsmanship award) plans to retire this summer, if he doesn't receive a contract over the veteran's minimum. [SI.com]
Adrian Wojnarowski says the New York Knicks need to lure Phil Jackson out of retirement with a massive contract. [Yahoo! Sports]
Atlanta Hawks wingman Jerry Stackhouse predicts that the Miami Heat will win the NBA championship, despite the fact that his Hawks are still in the playoffs. [Jerry's Blog]
ESPN's Bill Simmons was forced to withdraw his MVP vote, after it was discovered he placed a bet on LeBron James to win the award and also voted for James. [Business Insider]
Jeremy Lin has been ruled out for the Knicks' Game 4 tilt with Miami. Coach Mike Woodson also said Amar'e Stoudemire is doubtful to play. [Newsday]
Kentucky and Indiana will end their 42-year rivalry in men's basketball because the two sides couldn't agree on the venue to play at. [CBS Sports]
The Orlando Magic have called a press conference, where it is expected they will announce Ryan Anderson has won the league's Most Improved Player award. [ESPN]
17 international players have declared for the NBA draft, including potential 1st-round pick Evan Fournier of France. [Pro Basketball Talk]
Police are looking to charge Deion Sanders with criminal mischief relating to a scuffle between Deion and his wife. [ESPN]
The family of Junior Seau have decided to get his brain examined for signs of concussions. [LA Times]
Retired QB Kurt Warner said despite all the things football has given him, he would not let his kids play due to safety concerns. [Pro Football Talk]
The NFL players association is appealing the suspensions given to the 4 Saints players for their role in the bounty scandal. [ESPN]


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This week the Sounders added five to the camp roster through Tuesday's MLS Supplemental Draft and a trade.
With its four picks, Seattle drafted UC Santa Barbara defender Tim Pontius (33rd overall), English midfielder Jason Banton (34th), Washington forward Abdul Aman (53rd) and Cal Poly defender Wes Feighner (72nd).
They then acquired the rights to UCLA midfielder Andy Rose. The 6-foot-2 Rose could provide needed depth at center midfielder for the Sounders."All of these players are going to have to fight to make the roster," said technical director Chris Henderson in a news release. "We have a deep team."
He was drafted sixth overall Tuesday by Real Salt Lake, in exchange for the rights to defender Leone Cruz, who was selected by Seattle in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft but didn't make the team.


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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) announces the release of a new Health IT hazard reporting system. The system utilizes AHRQ common formats and a tested standardized taxonomy for health IT hazard information.
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"Well designed, well implemented health IT has the potential to help healthcare organizations improve care and patient outcomes, but too often health IT is implemented without full understanding of the work environment, and results in risks," says Karen P. Zimmer, MD, MPH, FAAP, medical director, ECRI Institute PSO.
The health IT hazard taxonomy-known as the Health IT Hazard Manager-was developed and piloted in a federally-funded project led by Abt Associates with ECRI Institute and Geisinger Health System's Patient Safety Institute. The ECRI Institute PSO reporting system collects IT hazards via the Internet in a centralized and standardized way, which allows for the identification of specific types of hazards and the ability to trend data.
"It is important to understand the nature of health IT hazards, defined as any characteristic of health IT or its interactions with other systems-including humans-that increases the likelihood of compromised care-process and patient harm. It is equally important to correct health IT systems to reduce or avoid such risks," adds Zimmer.
ECRI Institute PSO integrated the taxonomy into its event reporting platform and is collecting information to help healthcare organizations systematically track the root cause of health IT-related hazards and manage these risks. The hazards collected can help to create safety proactively by finding and fixing health IT-related hazards before they contribute to user errors, care-process compromise, or patient harm.
In early 2013, ECRI Institute PSO issued a Deep Dive on Health Information Technology, which examined adverse events and near misses associated with the electronic health record and related technologies. ECRI Institute PSO member organizations receive Guidance for Patient Safety toolkits, newsletters and user group meetings, INsight Assessment surveys, and much more. ECRI Institute PSO also shares these learnings publicly through free resources, including the PSO Monthly Brief eNewsletter.
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Sinfield reflects on stunning year
Kevin Sinfield may have to pinch himself when he eventually takes stock of his amazing year but for now is focusing solely on leading England to silverware.
Fresh from inspiring Leeds Rhinos to a stunning sixth Super League title with victory in the Grand Final earlier this month, Sinfield marked his first appearance as England captain with a second consecutive man-of-the-match award.
He will be aiming for a hat-trick when England meet France at Hull KR on Saturday in a dress rehearsal for the final eight days later.
The Rhinos stand-off's virtuoso performance in England's 80-12 rout of Wales last Saturday further demonstrated his arrival as one of the modern game's greatest players, but the man remains typically modest about his achievements.
"The last month of the season with Leeds and (England coach) Steve (McNamara) naming me as captain and going to South Africa to spend some time with the players has been one of the most special moments of my career," he said.
"I love being involved with the England squad. I love the way that Steve is driving it and it's a huge honour to be a part of it.
"I'd like to think in a few weeks' time when I have some down time that I'll be able to look back at 2012 with some fond memories and I'll probably have to pinch myself over how special it's been."
The 32-year-old Sinfield was the obvious choice to succeed his Leeds team-mate Jamie Peacock as captain of the national side, especially after cementing his place in the team over the last three years.
He traces the turning point of his international career back to 2009 when his old Leeds coach Tony Smith was in charge, with McNamara his assistant.
"It's been a bit of a roller-coaster," Sinfield said. "It probably wasn't until 2009 when we reached the Four Nations final and I played at hooker for the last three games that I actually felt comfortable and wanted in this environment.
"I was asked to play similarly to how I played at my club."
Initially finding his path into the national team blocked by Andy Farrell and Paul Sculthorpe, the one-time loose forward had to find a new role in order to make the big breakthrough but, even now, is not sure of his exact position.
"I don't really see me in any particular position," said Sinfield, who initially made the switch to the halves with his club due to injury.
"I sort of know what my qualities are and I know what my weaknesses are. I'm not going to say I can do what Sam (Tomkins) does or what Rangi (Chase) does. I haven't got lightning pace nor can I rip teams apart on my own but what I can do is get a team around the field.
"And, with the talent I've got around me with England, I know how and when to give them the ball, if that be playing as a seven, a six, a nine or 13 or whatever it may be. I believe that is my strength."
Sinfield got his first taste of captaincy with Lancashire Under-10s - "I think there were some arguments over whether it ought to be a Wigan or a Saints lad so they said we'll go with an Oldham kid instead" - and has been leading his club since the age of 22.
Although delighted to lead his country, Sinfield says the appointment was tinged with one regret.
"I've enjoyed captaincy the whole way through and to get the chance to do it at this level in this environment is a huge honour," he said.
"But a part of me still wishes JP was around. He had his own reasons for why he's not with us any more but I think we'll miss him in a lot of ways.
"He's very supportive of where we're going as a group. By all accounts he'll be involved with us next year in some role and I'm all for it.
"For what he's done for our sport and certainly for England rugby league, I'd like to think we'll start to reap the rewards."
Sinfield, who was inspired in his early career by a former Great Britain captain Ellery Hanley, is expected to lead England into the 2013 World Cup and intends to be around for some time yet.
"I've got an idea in my head about how long I'd like to play," he said. "As long as I'm enjoying it and as long as my standards don't drop and as long the coaching staff who I play for are happy where I'm at, I'll keep going.
"I think you play your best stuff when you're enjoying it and I'm certainly enjoying my rugby at the minute."


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Geode in Firefox 3.1: Lost in Linux
Firefox will soon integrate Geode (via the W3C geolocation API specification) into its browser, thereby exposing the user's current location. Meanwhile Linux users will have to forgo this service in that it involves proprietary software.
Mozilla Labs presents the following scenario: When you open the Firefox browser, it knows where you are and immediately opens websites for nearby restaurants, stores and other attractions. Mozilla developers have already integrated this feature, as the Geode plug-in, in the current beta version of Firefox 3.1. It is based on proprietary software from a company called Skyhook.
Geode collects the MAC addresses from access points in a city like Yonkers in a database. Because these addresses rarely change, the Skyhook Wireless XPS software uses this data (along with GPS and cell tower data) to acquire the user's location. As the user joins the Internet per VLAN, the software scans the MAC addresses of all the access points in the area and, if successful, locates the user and gives his position to a querying website. Users can also feed their position and access point data manually to the database.
The collected data lands in Skyhook's WiFi database, which is not publicly accessible. As the Skyhook FAQ states, "In developing this system, we have invested a significant amount of time and money." This also seems why the feature doesn't work with Linux. The Skyhook libraries aren't available for Linux and it's questionable that they will ever run under a free OS.
Some questions are definitely being asked. Among them, why does Firefox possibly want to integrate a product that questions the openness of the software? Is the browser on its way to being proprietary software, considering the recent EULA controversy? Even more importantly, do Firefox users, irrespective of OS, really want to give away their exact location to websites? With Skyhook's claim of accuracy to within 10 or 20 meters, this virtually allows a user's private home address to be passed on.
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The geolocation API is being implemented in 3.1. For the windows *beta*, a proprietary reference sample application is included.
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What a STOOPID move!
Yeah, way to go Mozilla. What happened to Firefox being lean and mean???
What happened to open source? You can't include closed, proprietary BS in a FREE (as in speech) browser!
Are you TRYING to drive people to Chrome in droves? A STOOPID (too dumb for a "U" in there) move on your part. Especially alienating the linux/free software crowd.
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If this gets integrated into firefox and it's either hard to deactivate or comes activated by default, I'll have to migrate browsers. After years of avoiding spammers and ignoring sites that use my perceived ip to run their ads, I'm not getting near anything that provides the same kind of privacy invasion.
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Free Universal Pre-K, offered through the Cheektowaga Central School District, will once again be offered at Mary Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School during the 2012-13 school year. MQA is conveniently located at 170 Rosewood Terrace, near the intersection of Harlem Road and George Urban Boulevard.
Morning and afternoon UPK is open to children who will be 4 years old on or before Dec. 1, 2012. Bus transportation is available. For more information, please contact Audra Cyrulik of the Cheektowaga Central School District at 686-3616 or call the Mary Queen of Angels School office at 895-6280.
In addition to Universal Pre-K, Mary Queen of Angels also offers its own Pre-K program for 3 and 4 year olds! A full-day program, there are both three-day and five-day options available.
If you are concerned about the cost of Catholic education, please note that tuition at MQA is very reasonable when compared to many area alternatives, and tax deductible.
Please contact the school office or visit www.mqangels.com for tuition information. Applications can also be found on the website.
If you would like to see the UPK and Pre-K programs in action, please call the school office to schedule a tour of the facility. "Shadowing" opportunities are also available by appointment.


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LUMBERTON - Victor Alford ends his weekly radio show on WAGR 1340 AM with the proverb, "Walk by faith, not by sight."
The catchphrase could not be more appropriate for the 57-year-old blind man.
Alford had had poor vision since he was a child, but in 1997, he was diagnosed as blind. He was 42.
He helped start a support group for the blind or visually impaired and their families.
The group's aim is to give those who may be shut-in an opportunity to be with others who share their condition. It also helps family members better understand how to help those dealing with their impairment.
Alford said blind people in Robeson County are treated as outcasts. He hopes the group will educate the public on how to interact with someone who is visually impaired and also draw attention to several issues faced by those with impaired vision.
Currently, for example, the only mode of transportation in the county for those unable to drive themselves, other than hitching a ride with a family member or a friend, is the county-run South East Area Transit System that provides curbside pick-up and drop-off on weekdays for $1.50 each way.
But because of the county's size and limited bus routes, it can take hours to get a ride.
Alford would like to see the group get a van to facilitate trips to Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton, to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke's Visually Impaired Laboratory or to Raleigh, where there are many resources for the blind.
Alford wants to get officials involved with the group to make county facilities more accessible.
For example, he said he would like to see chirping crosswalks added to downtown Lumberton. The noise would sound at designated crosswalks to let the visually impaired know when it's safe to cross a street. The sounds quicken when the pedestrian should clear the intersection.
Other projects he has identified include getting bills in large print or Braille and making workplaces accessible to the blind.
Alford estimates there are 500 blind or visually impaired people in Robeson County.
He hopes that the more people who join the group, the more they will be able to do. The group, which formed in October, has about 10 members.
"There's a big life out there," he said. "The only thing that has changed is my vision. Going out and being visible, it's therapeutic."
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Chapter six
Linda Freeman took a slow deep breath to relax her body and steady her nerves. Funny, she thought, how even after all her time on stage she could still get butterflies waiting to go on. The butterflies would be replaced with exhilaration, she knew, as soon as she stepped onstage. Or at least they normally would have, had it not been such a sad time for the opera world.
She felt on edge ever since she caught wind of the accidents. When the official reports went public a few days ago they all gave the same spiel. A tragic accident, the details couldnt be released, or it was still under investigation, and perhaps the public believed that, but despite its international reach the opera community is tightly knit and much more sinister accounts were being spread through the ranks. The news of the deaths rocked Linda; these were people she knew, people she worked with. One of the singers, Amelia, was a dear friend of hers. She couldnt quite believe there was foul play--who would want to murder Amelia?--but something Amelia had confided in her just before her death had Linda frightened. She hoped she would feel better after her meeting with Detective Lindstrom.
However that wasnt all that kept her tightly coiled these days; there was also her increasingly fixated secret admirer, the one fan who seemed to always know where she was. She received flowers every day now, even delivered to her hotel rooms, the whereabouts of which should not be common knowledge. She was always too frightened to stay after shed get the flowers, so she was constantly switching hotels. Following her from country to country it was always the same arrangement of flowers, a dozen white roses with one red rose in the center all tied with a black bow and a small card that simply said your special admirer. Except tonight, tonight she didnt get any, which almost had her more frightened like a sudden change in the weather that signals a terrible storm.
It wasnt unusual for an opera singer to have secret admirers but this one was different, this one had her constantly looking over her shoulder, always feeling eyes on her even when she was alone. The only place she felt safe anymore was the stage. Linda had to think about something else. She could feel her throat tightening from her anxiety.
She continued her breathing exercises, making sure her throat carried no tension. Then she mentally walked through all the stage blocking again. She, Blondchen, Belmonte, and Pedrillo were to make their escape attempt in total darkness with nothing but foot stamping and some sparse dialogue to move the story along. The escape scene always presented a challenge for directors since there wasnt any music written for it, so Linda saw this as a tidy solution. Just have to finish this last performance and then Ill be free on my wonderful private vacation. She reminded herself of that while she waited on the platform by the window she would climb out of.
She had lost count of how many performances of Constanza shed given. She regretted having to retire the role, especially since it had become her calling card, but she needed to move on and her voice was quickly changing due to the pregnancy. Constanza wasnt as easy to sing as she once was, and now with the baby on the way who knows where her voice will take her. Linda put her hands on her stomach, just a hint of a bump, and her thoughts drifted to the babys father. Her throat tightened again.
No sooner said than done, on the stroke
of midnight the brave knight was there;
Gently she gave him her white hand,
Next morning her cell was found to be empty;
She was gone, up and away!
Shaking off all other thought Linda gladly became Constanza once more and peered around as if it was difficult to see the two men below.
She's opening up, Sir, she's opening up!
Pedrillo placed a ladder under the window and held it steady as Linda climbed down. She ran to Belmonte and embraced him, clinging to him, before delivering her line.
How anxiously my heart is beating! If only we can escape safely.
Next came Blondchen and then the lights went out leaving the entire theater plunged into darkness. They stamped their feet to indicate escape and Blondchen screamed. Osmin had found them.
As the bass projected his lines to the dark void where the audience was, she and Blondchen made their way off stage, but something stopped her. Linda felt someones breath on the back of her neck and a tug on her sleeve. Before she could remember who was where, a hand clamped a thick cloth down over her mouth while another came down around her waist. She kicked and stretched reaching for her colleagues; help was just a few feet away but it may as well have been miles. She felt as though her ribs would break. The assailant picked her up so her feet couldnt touch the floor. She struggled silently but whoever had her was far too strong. The cloth smelled of chemicals, Linda realized as she tried feebly once more to escape; she was getting a strange numbing sensation in her fingers and her limbs felt heavy. Panicked she tore one of the elaborate hair pins from her wig and jabbed at the stranger before at last falling unconscious. Several minutes later the lights came back on.
My Lord, the most scandalous treachery in your palace?
The fine architect has abducted your lovely Constanza.
Osmin gestured towards the spot where Constanza was to be led in by guards and waited. Nothing. Strange, he thought, Linda never misses her cue.
Detective Lindstrom here.
Yes, hello Detective. My name is Susan Parker, Im Miss Freemans manager. The managers voice cracked.
Yes I remember. Are you calling about our meeting? Does she need to reschedule? I would really like to speak with her as soon as possible. Karen didnt like the tone of this managers voice; something was wrong.
Well thats why Im calling. It hasnt been officially announced yet but Linda was taken.
They told me they think there was a struggle because they found her hair pin on stage, the last place anyone saw her, and it was bloody.
The detective took a deep breath and released it very slowly.
So shes still alive? Was there a note or anything else at all?
The detective I spoke to would barely talk to me, he was so flippant! It was like he didnt care! She sounded close to tears.
Ms. Parker take a deep breath, I need your help, ok? Now what opera was it, in English please? Her sense of dread was almost palpable and she grimly knew a change in the pattern didnt bode well. Was this kidnapping linked to the murders or were there two parties preying on opera singers now? This cant be coincidence, she thought.
Detective Risi smothered a laugh as his fellow investigator loudly slurped down his pasta. He was glad to be out of that stuffy office. After hours of setting up interviews, tossing around theories, and endless calls the three detectives set out despite the hour to get a much needed meal. They found a nice Italian place that was still busy, where they continued their discussion.
So in this song they realize theyre brother and sister and they still want to get married? Green asked, mouth full, shaking his head.
Detective Green was a bit rough around the edges, Risi mused, but at least he was trying. He glanced at Lindstrom hoping she would save him from this conversation soon. She had excused herself to take a call and was looking quite agitated as she made her way to the table.
Things just got more complicated. She sighed, glancing at the two men.
Well what happened now? Green leaned forward, lowering his voice as Lindstrom took her seat.
Linda Freeman, another opera singer of course, and possibly the only person with any idea why Amelia Wells was targeted has been kidnapped. In fact she was taken during a performance, right from the stage. I cant believe it. She was going to meet me tomorrow. She said she had something to tell me about Amelia among other things.
Wait! Linda Freeman? What opera was it? Risi asked. Green rolled his eyes; of course Risi would know who she was.
The Abduction from the Seraglio. Im going to meet with her manager right now. Tomorrow Im going to try to speak with the lead investigator. You two are welcome to come along of course. From what the manager said this man wont be very accommodating. God knows I could use the help, she thought.
Only the positive!
Yay! Another chapter, and now we have a damsel in distress! Thanks, Countess! (I just hope you haven't had these sort of problems in your own budding career).
Ana, are you taking Chapter 7? I'm eager to see where the story goes from here!
Yes, I'm taking Chapter 7. Since I have no idea where the story should go, I'm just going to continue to muddy the waters, a bit.
And, if anyone else wants to jump in, the water's fine. Almaviva, when will you be back from Rhode Island? Note that all of us have survived the experience of writing chapters of the Great Opera Mystery Novel, and are healthy and happy.
I don't know, Ana, I really don't feel talented enough for this.
Don't you guys tempt me, lest I spoil the whole thing.
Because, see, I was thinking... the bloody pin gets taken to the lab... and then... brrrr... the blood isn't human!
Well this would complicate things enormously. Are we talking aliens? Or vampires?
You guys should probably stick with just a murder mystery... no science-fiction or the undead.
That's why you don't really want me.
May I suggest, though, some, you know, sex? It sells!
'cause we want this to be the next NY Times bestseller, right?
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
OK, I'll continue to contribute with these bright ideas, without actually writing a chapter. So, here, let me introduce a preliminary list of suspects. They're from various countries, of course, since opera is universal.
From the USA, Mr. John Doe.
From the UK, Mr. Fred Bloggs.
From Argentina, Mr. Juan Pérez.
From Australia, Mr. Fred Nurk.
From Austria, Mr. Hans Meier.
From Belgium, Mr. Jan Janssen.
From Brazil, Mr. Fulano de Tal.
From Canada, Anglo side, Mr. Joe Blow.
From Canada, French side, Mr. Pierre Jean Jacques.
From the Czech Republic, Mr. Jan Novák.
From Denmark, Mr. Morten Menigmand.
From Finland, Mr. Matti Meikäläinen.
From France, Mr. Jean Dupont.
From Germany, Mr. Max Mustermann.
From Greece, Mr. Ένας Κάποιος.
From Hungary, Mr. Gipsz Jakab.
From Italy, Mr. Pinco Pallino.
From Japan, Mr. 何野 某.
From Korea, Mr. 홍길동.
From Lithuania, Mr. Petras Petraitis.
From Macedonia, Mr. Петар Петровски.
From Malaysia, Mr. Si Polan Bin Si Polan.
From Malta, Mr. Joe Borg.
From the Netherlands, Mr. Jan Modaal.
From Poland, Mr. Jan Kowalski.
From Portugal, Mr. Zé Ninguém.
From Romania, Mr. Ion Popescu.
From Russia, Mr. Иванов.
From Slovakia, Mr. Jožko Mrkvička.
From South Africa, Afrikaner side, Mr. Koos van der Merwe.
From South Africa, Anglo side, Mr. Joe Soap.
From Spain, Mr. Menganito de Cual.
From Sweeden, Mr. Medelsvensson.
From Switzerland, Herr Schweizer.
From Turkey, Mr. Sade Vatandaş.
From Vietnam, Mr. Người dấu tên.
I know, I know. I've considerably narrowed things down for our esteemed detectives. You're welcome. I'm always willing to help our brave law enforcers!
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
I notice that all your suspects are male. But who knows . . . ?
So many questions, and so many ideas! Can't wait to read more.
Only the positive!
Love your new avatar, CountessAdele. Self-portraits are always a good choice . . .
Remember folks, everyone is encouraged to participate in this project. We'd love to have more people try their hands at continuing the story!
Let's say that any time a new person wants to contribute their first chapter, they automatically go to the front of the line.
That said, I'll tentatively put in for Chapter 8, unless someone new steps forward before Ana posts Chapter 7.
AnaMendoza isn't able to do a chapter right now (but still wants to participate). Since no one new has volunteered, I'll go ahead and write Chapter 7.
As always, new people are welcome to sign up for a chapter. Don't hang back, folks--it's a lot of fun!
Chapter 7
At last she awoke. As her eyes cleared, she sat up and looked around her. She was on a canopied bed, in a room with stone walls and a vaulted ceiling, filled with bouquets of flowers on ornate metal stands. From far away came the echo of a piano playing a mournful étude.
She struggled to get to her feet. Where was she? How did she get here? Wherever it was, she had to get away. She had to get to Detective Lindstrom and tell her what Amelia Wells had confided to her before her death.
Just then the music ceased, and she heard footsteps approaching. A key turned in the lock; the heavy wooden door opened. Into the room stepped a white-haired young man in a tuxedo and cape. He wore a domino mask that didn't fully cover the long red mark where the hair pin had scratched his cheek. In his arms was a familiar-looking bouquet: a dozen white roses, a single red one in the center tied with a black bow.
"You! You're the one who's been sending me those flowers!"
"Who are you?"
"I can't tell you that . . . not yet."
He turned to place the flowers on one of the stands as she looked around.
"Where are we?"
"Someplace out of the way. Where you won't be found."
"Are you . . . going to kill me?"
He whirled to face her, his body language pained.
"Kill you? Why . . . why . . . I would never harm you, Linda. Don't you realize? I love you. You're . . . my angel."
She thought this was all becoming a bit too Andrew Lloyd Webber, but decided against commenting.
"Why have you kidnapped me? And why did you bring me here?"
"To protect you. You were in danger."
"Danger? From who?"
"The killer. The one who makes singers in their final performance die just like their characters."
"But . . . that doesn't make any sense. I was in a comedy, for Christ's sake! Constanza doesn't die!"
"But that wasn't your final performance, was it?"
"Well . . . no. Just my last performance of that role. My final performance—at least for a few months, while I have my baby—isn't until three nights from now."
"In what opera?"
"Anna Bolena."
It took a moment to hit her.
"Oh . . . my . . . God!"
She stared at him in horror. He nodded grimly.
"Now you see why you're better off here."
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The knock at the dressing room door made her look up, tired and pale.
"Who is it?"
The door opened partway to reveal a dapper, impeccably dressed middle-aged man with greying temples.
She gasped.
Alberto Risi stepped in awkwardly. She peered at him in suspicion.
"Are you investigating these murders, too?"
"And you've come to question me? I've already said all I could to that buffone, Detective Green."
"I'm not here to question you. I'm here to see if you're all right."
The softness of his tone caught her off guard. He moved to take a seat across from her, taking note of her costume.
"You're still going to perform?"
"Yes. That idiot general manager wants to pretend everything is normal. And we still have the big Tosca broadcast coming up. So . . . for now . . . the show must go on."
She noticed his solemn look.
"Something else has happened?"
"Another incident. A singer has disappeared. Linda Freeman."
Her eyebrows shot up. Turning away, she looked at her haggard features in the mirror.
"Do you think . . . they want to kill me?"
The detective frowned.
"Someone said something about 'shoot the lady' that night. We've looked into it, but it appears to have been a bad joke. Anyway, it wouldn't fit the pattern. The killer stages his crimes to be just like opera deaths. Tosca isn't shot."
He leaned forward as she turned to look at him.
"Still, we must be careful. Until this is all over, no one is safe. Besides, I worry about you. I know you must be going through a lot right now, losing . . . him."
Her expression turned suddenly hard.
"Why should you care about me now? You, of all people?"
He winced slightly. Then he reached out to place a tentative hand on her arm.
"Whatever has passed between us, I still love you, cara."
Before she could respond, Detectives Green and Lindstrom came bustling in. As Risi quickly pulled his hand away from Francesca's arm, he couldn't help but take note of Karen Lindstrom, with her chestnut brown hair, shape-hugging jeans, and tight blouse that showed off her ample bosom. He had also noticed the way the overweight, lumpish Green had been flirting with her these past few days. With a certain satisfaction, Risi thought to himself, yeah . . . good luck there, fella'.
Lindstrom looked eager to share something, but Green spoke first.
"OK, listen. I had a thought. Remember that note found in the first victim's hand? Maybe this Palmieri is someone he was trying to meet up with. That's why it said 'Come, Palmieri.'"
Risi sighed.
"Come Palmieri—it's Italian, a line from the opera. Referring to an execution that was supposed to be fake but was actually real. Just like what happened on stage that night. It's the killer's way of mocking us."
Green looked crestfallen. Then Lindstrom stepped forward.
"We do have another lead. A few days ago a fan on a backstage tour at the Lyric took this photo with her cell phone. In the background there you can see someone by the prop table, where the poison was. We've asked around, but no one can identify him as a stagehand."
She handed him the photo. A muscular man, probably in his forties, with piercing grey eyes and a shaved head. For a moment, Risi couldn't figure out why the face looked so familiar. Then it struck him.
"Oh my God!"
"I've seen this man."
"You have? Where? When?"
"At the Grand. After Helga Graunstadt was murdered. I was looking at her corpse, when this same guy came up and stood next to me, dressed as a police officer. He made some tasteless remark about it not being over until the fat lady sings. I just stared at him, and he walked away."
Risi peered at the photo again.
"He was right there—looking at his handiwork, gloating, taunting us. And I let him escape!"
No one spoke. Risi looked off into space, uneasy. He knew he wasn't being totally straightforward with his fellow investigators. He hadn't yet told them everything about the descendants of Napoleon—this heritage that was both a blessing and a curse. He didn't understand all of it himself, but some of the pieces were starting to fit together. And the way things were going, he might not be able to keep the secret much longer.
Once more he stared at the photograph.
Who are you? he thought. And what are you REALLY after?
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"This happened with Irene too," Jersey City mayoral spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said. The sewage "couldn't flow out because the water was at its highest capacity. ... So when the water came into (people's basements), it wasn't just water."
But any sewage overflow that occurred was considered minimal, according to the head of Jersey City's Municipal Utilities Authority.
"Did it occur on an extensive basis? Absolutely not," Dan Becht said.
After paying a remediation company to sanitize his basement, Spangler disagreed. He and his neighbors point to the city's antiquated sewer system as a primary culprit.
"I had to get this whole area disinfected," he said, standing in his basement illuminated by floodlights.
Last year, Jersey City's drainage system was the focus of a lawsuit from the Environmental Protection Agency, which said the city failed "to properly operate and maintain its combined sewer system."
The city settled the suit in July of last year and pledged to invest more than $52 million in infrastructure repairs and upgrades.
And yet those incremental updates may actually miss the bigger point, as many say that little done at the municipal level could have blunted the power Sandy unleashed on the region.
The more pressing issue may be how to decipher ways to best protect the city from lesser, more frequent storms, while enlisting federal support for the kind of long-term infrastructure needs that lie ahead.
"Sandy was to some extent unavoidable," Spangler said. "But Irene was a flood that never should have happened."
To rebuild or not
The gas shortages and massive power outages that plagued New Jersey after Sandy and a nor'easter that struck a week later are now starting to dissipate. The state lifted gas rationing orders Monday, and only about 4,000 customers across the state were still without power as of Wednesday. At the height of the storms, more than 3 million customers in New Jersey were without power.
Yet restoring power to many of those still in the dark requires inspectors to go door-to-door to check individual electrical panels, to avoid triggering further damage, such as electrical fires.
Still, the cost of rebuilding is in the billions. And Tad Drouet, 45, said he expects the damage to his Jersey City home after Sandy to be much higher than it was after Irene.
"Last year, our tab for fixing everything was about $15,000," he said. "This year, it'll be twice that."
Others, like Spangler, say they are again shelling out for those home appliances and other items that they expected to buy only once or twice.
"I just spent money again on a washer-dryer," he said. "I bought one last year too. These are the things you buy and expect to last 10 years."
Looming over many of these twice-battered storm victims is a basic question: "How much is enough?"
And yet despite the chorus of post-Sandy voices that warn of a recurring rash of inclement weather in the region, others say market forces will still probably absorb the risks tied to waterfront property and prevent a downward price spiral in real estate.
"There might be temporary blips on the radar," said Gary Malin, president of Citi Habitats, a New York-based real estate firm that specializes in rentals and home sales. "But if history teaches us anything, people always rebuild and they always come back."


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Seghesio Vineyards Wine Dinner
Filed under: Dining, Wine, Events
Who would have thought that the oldest Italian restaurant in the U.S. would be in San Francisco? Fior D'Italia first opened in 1886 and has a long history that even includes a year in a tent after the 1906 Great Fire. The restaurant holds a series of wine dinners the next of which is coming up on August 30 with Seghesio Family Vineyards. The evening includes a five-course Italian feast paired with Seghesio wines. Pete and Cathy Seghesio will be on hand to present the wines and the cost is $100 per person.