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I Make My Début in Hinterstoder -Chapter 5
My mother was about 7 months pregnant with her first child, me. There was an apparent lull in the bombing runs from England, and she needed baby supplies. Hinterstoder, being a small village, the things she envisioned in the baby's room were not available. A trip to Linz would be the thing to satisfy all her needs. This was the summer of 1943. There was beginning to be a lack of food in the big cities and she would do well bargaining for baby clothing, a blanket, some rattles and maybe even a new jacket for my father, by using bacon, butter, and eggs from the farm town of Hinterstoder. Bartering was strictly forbidden, everything was rationed, but the German Reichsmark was starting to lose its value and bacon would do much better getting good deals. She decided to go by train. At the train station, there was a group of SS soldiers carrying rifles and guarding a group of men in tattered clothing with an arm band and a black Star of David emblazoned on the yellow cloth. She had never seen this before. There were rumors that Jews were rounded up and taken to camps, but no one was sure and it was all very secretive. People shushed you if you brought it up in conversation. This scene was particularly disturbing to her as her husband, my father, was of Jewish descent; something that he and she kept as a deep dark secret under the circumstances.
My paternal grandfather was a portrait artist from Moravia immigrating to Jerusalem. He stopped in Bucharest where my grandmother was renting out rooms, as her husband was taken to Graz where he was inducted into the Austro-Hungarian army to help with troop movements that eventually proved to be preparations for World War I. As things happen, Vladimir was one of those war children that just happened and on December 31, 1905 came into this uncertain world. The artist moved on and the family accepted a new outsider. Many years later I made a trip to Jerusalem to find his grave. I was not even certain of his name and I never did find it, but that trip stirred many emotions in my mind.
Just as my mother was watching the group of Jewish men who were cleaning the train platform, the soldiers started to do an impromptu baggage search of the people waiting for the train. They would find the butter, bacon and eggs in my mother's suitcase, a crime, and likely an arrest. Luckily the train came in and everybody boarded. Escaped again, she thought. Shortly after her return to Hinterstoder with all the prized items purchased with the bacon, she started having premature labor. Bedrest seemed to slow it down, but finally it seemed the inevitable would happen sooner than it was supposed to. Because of the premature birth my father thought it best she deliver in a hospital and he brought her to Linz by car. None too soon because I refused to wait.
I was scrawny, underweight, and jaundiced. After three weeks of serious concern regarding my survival in the hospital in Linz, I was brought to Hinterstoder with all the fanfare of a first born. You will note the birth certificate has the official stamp of the Third Reich (Third German Empire).
Hinterstoder agreed with me, and I rapidly gained weight, the jaundice cleared and I filled out quickly.
Even Hugin accepted me and we eventually became inseparable friends. If my parents were gone, I would drag my "blankie" from my bed and join Hugin in his doggie bed.
As we lived on the third floor of the Prieler-villa, there was a flight of stairs that I could not yet safely negotiate. My mother came up with an ingenious means to keep me off the stairs, a really dreadful animal that could attack at any moment. It was constantly moving, biding its time before lunging and inflicting horrible injuries on its victims. She found this creature in her dusting wand. It was an ostrich feather. I did eventually brave the feather and managed to go downstairs and even outside, where I encountered the farm animals of the neighborhood. One such frightening animal was a pig which I interpreted to be a lion. It took a while to get used to the wild life, but that too became an everyday event. In early 1945 the bombing runs intensified. The nearby city Steyr, with its multiple munitions factories, had become a frequent target of the B-24's late in the war when the German Luftwaffe could not keep up with the overwhelming number of bombers that attacked day and night. Hinterstoder was on the flight path from England to Steyr, and a few of the left over bombs got dropped on Hinterstoder on the return flight. One of my earliest recollections was the sky literally darkening from all the planes overhead. Shortly thereafter they dropped their payload and despite 30 miles distance, explosions could be heard. I would be outside playing in my sandbox, my mother would run outside, scoop me up and bring me inside, as if this would provide a safer environment for me. In May of 1945 the war ended, and with that the steady supply of food my father garnished from the farmers on his house calls. For the first few months the old order was gone, and the new order was not yet functioning. I experienced real hunger. It is this excuse I now use to explain my overeating: "I starved during the war!"
We were allowed to stay on in the Prielervilla, despite the fact my father was no longer the town doctor. At the war's end, Austria attempted to distance itself from everything German. As my father had a German medical license and German citizenship he was no longer allowed to practice medicine in the "liberated" Austria. I remember my time there with great fondness. It was an idilic spot, high on a hill surrounded by mountains that I learned every one of their names and loved.
My mother would send me down to the village to buy bread at the bakery. I would take my sister, Michaela, along. My mother admonished me not to lose her, so I did the only logical thing, I tied a leash around her neck and led her like a dog. That didn't last too long as the baker told on me, and my mother put an end to my clever means of keeping my sister from escaping.
The hill below the Villa was my first ski run.
The road down to Hinterstoder from the Villa, where I led my sister on a leash, and in the winter skied down to school. There are few children that get to grow up in a Villa!
Later in 1949, I started first grade in this building, which was converted to the Post Office after the school moved to the new location. Now it is an apartment house. I even did a short stint as an altar boy in the church, where my job was to carry the censer, the metal bowl on three chains that held the burning incense. Although I enjoyed casting about "holy smoke", I didn't get to do that very long as my father thought it was a bit hypocritical for his son to now be an altar boy.
Interior of the church. Originally built in 1740.
Present day Hinterstoder just after Sunday services were over.
Below is an old photograph of both school and church in 1896. When you compare it to the more recent photograph above there is not really a lot of change in over 120 years except the Linden Tree at the side of the church has grown considerably.
That Linden Tree was planted in 1879 by the school children of Hinterstoder to commemorate Kaiser Franz Joseph's Silver Anniversary.
In 1952, in the middle of 3rd grade we moved out of the Prielervilla. Despite looking for a new abode we could not find one in Hinterstoder and had to move to Kirchdorf, some 20 miles away. That too was a temporary place as we immigrated to the USA in 1954.


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freshwater kelp farming
If flowing water is above it, the kelp plant transforms the flowing water into a water source block when the plant grows into it. Seaweed collects valuable nutrients from the water and rich soil found in freshwater bodies of water such as lakes and ponds. Clams, as a general term, can be used to describe any bivalve mollusk species which buries itself in the sediment. What might a kelp farming facility of the future look like? Once at the bottom of the sea three or more kilometres below, it's likely that raw kelp, and possibly even to some extent biochar, would be utilised as a food source by bottom-dwelling bacteria and larger organisms such as sea cucumbers. Dr Brian von Hertzen of the Climate Foundation has outlined one vision: a frame structure, most likely composed of a carbon polymer, up to a square kilometre in extent and sunk far enough below the surface (about 25 metres) to avoid being a shipping hazard. This, they say: …could produce sufficient biomethane to replace all of today's needs in fossil-fuel energy, while removing 53 billion tonnes of CO₂ per year from His team at 3D Ocean Farming believe so strongly in the environmental and economic benefits of their model that, in order to help others establish similar operations, they have established a not-for-profit called Green Wave. Production, however, is expanding very rapidly. Seaweed is highly efficient at absorbing the greenhouse gas carbon … Submarine canyons may also convey large volumes at a more regular rate to the deep ocean floor. the atmosphere… This amount of biomass could also increase sustainable fish production to potentially provide 200 kilograms per year, per person, for 10 billion people. While seaweed fertilizer is often used in the garden, marine kelp (Phylum phaeophyta) is only one form of seaweed, or algae, used as fertilizer. carrying produce to market. Credit: Alan R. Walker/CC BY-SA 3.0. University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. In fact, it is being driven, from a commercial perspective, by sustainable production of high-quality protein. Their analysis reveals that if 9% of the ocean were to be covered in seaweed farms, the farmed seaweed could produce 12 gigatonnes per year of biodigested methane which could be burned as a substitute for natural gas. The vast majority is grown in Asia, which accounts for 17.1 million metric tons or 98.8 percent of total production, with China the largest producer. A friend who explores mid-ocean ridges in a submersible once told me about filleting a fish for dinner, then discovering the filleted remains the next morning, four kilometres down and directly below his ship. Bren Smith, an ex-industrial trawler man, operates a farm in Long Island Sound, near New Haven, Connecticut. Too much salt can change the salinity of your soil and keep your plants from prospering. There would be no netting, but a kind of free-range aquaculture based on providing habitat to keep fish on location. Write an article and join a growing community of more than 117,500 academics and researchers from 3,793 institutions. After starting his farm in 2011, Smith lost 90% of his crop twice – when the region was hit by hurricanes Irene and Sandy – but he persisted, and Freshwater seaweed works best when composted before adding it to your garden, although you can simply lay the long strands over your soil if you prefer. It's possible that the only processing required would be the cutting of the kelp from the buoyancy devices and the disposal of the fronds overboard to sink. Safe and sustainable, seaweed aquaculture might be the much-needed solution to the question of responsibly feeding the world's growing population. For example, marine finfish sites in the Discovery Islands area are licensed on a one-year term. The kelp is renowned for its growth rates, with documented growth of up to 2-3 feet per day and mature lengths that can exceed 150ft. The kelp draw in so much carbon dioxide that they help de-acidify the water, providing an ideal environment for shell growth. Nine per cent of the world's oceans is not a small area. This is an edited extract from Sunlight and Seaweed: An Argument for How to Feed, Power and Clean Up the World by Tim Flannery, published by Text Publishing. The seaweed growth involved would capture 19 gigatonnes of CO₂. Many local governments have ordinances that govern how to collect freshwater seaweed -- usually that you can you pick up what has washed ashore. Freshwater and saltwater seaweed often offer many nutrients to your soil such as nitrogen, but freshwater seaweed has an advantage over its ocean counterpart: it doesn't contain salt. If present in large volumes, however, decomposing matter may reduce oxygen levels in the surrounding seawater. A haven for fish. The Kelp Farming Manual is an introduction to the processes, equipment and techniques for growing kelp from spores to harvest. Copyright © 2010–2020, The Conversation US, Inc. Sunlight and Seaweed: An Argument for How to Feed, Power and Clean Up the World, 40 tonnes of kelp and a million bivalves per hectare per year, Seaweed could hold the key to cutting methane emissions from cow burps, play a significant role in marine carbon transport. To compost the seaweed, drain it well or lay it over raised pallets to dry before adding it to your compost pile. But of course where there are great rewards, there are also considerable risks. development of sustainable aquaculture. Rinse the kelp thoroughly under cold water and drain well. Mr Dobbins stated that as Maine's bays have too much of these, kelp farming is also a good way to manage the state's coasts. Many types of seaweeds, including kelp… Others have teams who collect the invasive weeds and supply them to gardeners for a small fee, while some let you cut your own from where it grows in the water. Our coastal waters are a public resource, and managed by the state through the DMR. This manual describes the techniques developed and used successfully by Ocean Approved, LLC in conjunction with Dr. Charles Yarish and Dr. Jang Kim of the University of Connecticut to farm kelp in New England waters. There is a growing interest of the cultivation of macro algae. Yet it seems inevitable that a new generation of ocean farming will build on the experiences gained in these enterprises to develop a method of aquaculture with the potential not only to feed humanity, but to play a large role in solving one of our most dire issues – climate change. Does Freshwater Seaweed Make Good Fertilizer?. Provided that the decomposing material did not float, this would not matter, because once sunk below about one kilometre from the surface, the carbon in these materials would effectively be removed from the atmosphere for at least 1,000 years. Seaweeds can grow very fast – at rates more than 30 times those of land-based plants. Because freshwater has little to no salt content, the seaweed that grows there doesn't add salt to your garden. Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) is a prolific and versatile cold-water seagreen (or rather, brown macroalgae) that grows in northern waters across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Despite the huge expansion in aquaculture, and the experiences gained in the United States and China of integrating kelp into sustainable marine farms, this farming methodology is still at an early stage of development. Globally, around 12 million tonnes of seaweed is grown and harvested annually, about three-quarters of which comes from China. There are numerous commercially important clam species within the United States, though the one most recognized and utilized in shellfish aquaculture operations on the East coast is the quahog or hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria). Mead also hopes to maximise the benefits of seaweed by farming it on an existing mussel farm. But because CO₂ has an acidifying effect on seawater, as the kelp absorb the CO₂ the water becomes less acid. There is a growing interest of the cultivation of macro algae. Neither players nor dispenserscan remove the w… Fish are not the focus of his new enterprise, but rather kelp and high-value shellfish. The deep waters of the central Pacific are exceptionally still. Seaweed farming or kelp farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed.In its simplest form, it consists of the management of naturally found batches. As far as the world's deadliest creatures go, large predators like sharks and lions tend to get all the credit. Frugal Gardening Tips to Improve Garden Soil. Plunge the kelp into the water and blanch for 20 seconds. It's what's called a zero-input crop. Storms in the North Atlantic may deliver enormous volumes of kelp – by some estimates as much as 7 gigatonnes at a time – to the 1.8km-deep ocean floor off the Bahamian Shelf. Large volumes of kelp already reach the ocean floor. Planted with kelp, the frame would be interspersed with containers for shellfish and other kinds of fish as well. "GreenWave shows us new ways to grow food and make a living that can both heal the planet and make life more satisfying. The kelp provides shelter for the shellfish, which … Bren Smith: So now we're just gonna unravel it. Kelp Farming in New England Supporting New England Kelp Farming to Expand New Locally-Produced Food Sources Kelp has been eaten and used medicinally for hundreds of years in various forms, but it remains a relatively unknown and underutilized resource in recipes and on menus. Turn seaweed into the rest of the compost pile and use it in your garden along with your normal composting process. Saltwater, instead of freshwater, can be used to directly support a wide range of sustainable agricultural activities and enrich the soils in the coastal regions. Check with local authorities to ensure you're following the proper procedure. The CO₂ is taken out of the water in much the same way that a land plant takes CO₂ out of the air. The seaweed farms buffer the ocean's growing acidity and provide ideal conditions for the cultivation of a variety of shellfish. Robotic removal of encrusting organisms would probably also be part of the facility. Kelp farming is a difficult profession to master, but here on Rathlin Island, we're leading the way." We use a 100% natural process to preserve the kelp. Buckminster Fuller recipient Bren Smith is a 3D Ocean Farmer with a mission to restore the ocean and reverse climate change, one farm at a time. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Professorial fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne. Alternatively, the seaweed Other types of kelp tend to be much smaller—common kelp and Asian kelp average between 1–2 meters (roughly 3–6 ft). Because they de-acidify seawater, making it easier for anything with a shell to grow, they are also the key to shellfish production. Japanese kelp is a traditional marine vegetable in the Orient, particularly in China, Japan and Korea; it is also an important raw material for processing algin, mannitol, and iodine. Drain well, and squeeze out excess water. However, taking advantage of fresh seaweed means taking a quick trip to your local lake or pond. The environmental benefits of recycling inorganic nutrients and preventing eutrophication conditions through seaweed farming have been reviewed by various authors (e.g. The Carmel Canyon, off California, for example, exports large volumes of giant kelp to the ocean depths, and 660 major submarine canyons have been documented worldwide, suggesting that canyons play a significant role in marine carbon transport. Kelp can be planted on a broad variety of blocks. What Do You Add to Prevent Soil from Drying Out Too Quickly? The DMR requires a lease or license for any cultivation activity that takes place in marine coastal waters. out of the ocean waters (thereby allowing the oceans to absorb more CO₂ from the atmosphere) they help fight climate change. Publications. Many garden supply stores offer fertilizers that contain seaweed, including foliar sprays and granular fertilizer mixes. Green Wave's vision is to create clusters of kelp-and-shellfish farms utilising the entire water column, which are strategically located near seafood transporting or consumption hubs. The term seaweed typically is reserved for aquatic plants that grow quickly or invasively. First we wash and blanche the kelp in freshwater. Once in the ocean depths, the carbon the kelp contains is essentially out of circulation and cannot return to the atmosphere. Only entrepreneurs with vision and deep pockets could make such mid-ocean kelp farming a reality. And by drawing CO₂ And the kelp itself has some value as a feedstock in agriculture and various industrial purposes. Share. Additional benefits are reduction in ocean acidification and increased ocean primary productivity and biodiversity. © Copyright 2020 Hearst Communications, Inc. It is equivalent to about four and a half times the area of Australia. But kelp farming is not solely about reducing CO₂. ... a type of seaweed called sugar kelp. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Handbook of Utilization of Aquatic Plants -- Fertilizer, Compost, Mulching and Weed Control, Aquatic Plant Management Society, Inc.: Production and Utilization of Aquatic Plant Compost, New York Sea Grant: Compost Invasive Plants into Fertilizer, University of Illinois Extension: Freshwater Seaweed. But kelp farming is not solely about reducing CO₂. A new dissertation studies the best conditions for sustainable cultivation of the brown algae sugar kelp. kelp farming has the potential to substantially lower atmospheric CO₂, and this realisation has had an energising impact on the research and commercial The stupendous potential of seaweed farming as a tool to combat climate change was outlined in 2012 by the University of the South Pacific's Dr Antoine De Ramon N'Yeurt and his team. Below it, a pipe reaching down to 200–500 metres would bring cool, nutrient-rich water to the frame, where it would be reticulated over the growing kelp. A freshwater snail. Char, having a mineralised carbon structure, is likely to last well on the seafloor. Seaweed farming and its surprising benefits. Food. The general concepts embodied by 3D Ocean Farming have long been practised in China, where over 500 square kilometres of seaweed farms exist in the Yellow Sea. Kelp feeds by absorbing nitrogen, phosphorus and CO2 from the water, making it good for the environment. If a global carbon price is ever introduced, the exercise of disposing of the carbon captured by the kelp would transform that part of the business from a small cost to a profit generator. But even at smaller scales, Meet the ocean farmers who grow delicious food, help clean the ocean and pull carbon from the air. Kelp Aquaculture Marine aquaculture in Maine is managed by the Department of Marine Resources (DMR). Kelp farming is on its way Date: August 30, 2011 Source: SINTEF Summary: An underwater "field" as big as a Norwegian county could provide two billion liters of kelp-based fuel a year. Aquaculture owners and operators must meet their licence conditions throughout the period for which their multi-year licence is i… Bladder kelp can be even larger, with strands reaching 50 meters (165 ft) in length and weighing hundreds of pounds. In its most advanced form, it consists of fully controlling the life cycle of the algae. These aquatic plants can transfer some of these nutrients to your garden, helping your plants grow and produce an abundance of fruit or flowers. The seaweed and mussels grow on floating ropes, from which hang baskets filled with scallops and oysters. Kelp is a healthy and nutritious sea vegetable that is high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals, including vitamin C, vitamin K, iron, calcium, iodine, and magnesium. Kelp farming in China, they produce over 90 percent of the world's Kelp. now runs a profitable business. Drain and rinse in the cold water until the kelp is cool. Take the proper steps to collect, prepare and use the seaweed. Seaweed could hold the key to cutting methane emissions from cow burps. Most freshwater/land-based, marine finfish and shellfish aquaculture licences are issued for multiple years: 1. up to 9 years for freshwater/land-based 2. up to 6 years for marine finfish 3. up to 9 years for shellfish The Department has the authority to issue licences for a shorter period. Aquaculture of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, is the cultivation of kelp for uses such as food, ... As of 2017, the Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies was testing farming of kelp near Catalina Island for conversion to a biofuel by thermochemical liquefaction. It is the best bio-concentrator of iodine from seawater in the biological kingdom. Making Kelp Farming a Movement. could be converted to biochar to produce energy and the char pelletised and discarded overboard. Freshwater Seaweed for Gardens. He also hopes to help exploited fish populations rebound and to create jobs. The federal government seems to think the idea of kelp farming is phenomenal, too. A further 34 gigatonnes per year of CO₂ could be taken from the atmosphere if the methane is burned to generate electricity and the CO₂ generated captured and stored. With a global production of 17.3 million metric tons, seaweed aquaculture is second only in volume to the farming of freshwater fish. Small-scale cultivation uses kelp as a replacement for kale. Then we chop it and deep freeze it. According to research from SINTEF, the nitrogen emissions from salmon farming can be reused by kelp and help the kelp plant grow to a significantly larger size. If you're adding damp seaweed, mix in substances such as dried leaves, grass or hay to help keep your compost pile at the proper moisture levels. Seaweed collects valuable nutrients from the water and rich soil found in freshwater bodies of water such as lakes and ponds. They should prepare us well in anticipating any negative or indeed positive impacts on the ocean deep of offshore kelp farming. However, for this to happen, we must develop markets, processing systems, production systems, and businesses that will utilize the products from seaweed culture. Likewise, shells and any encrusting organisms could be sunk as a carbon store. or freshwater, the potential for large-scale seaweed farming to supplement our future food supplies while easing the burden we now impose on the land seems clear. This approach mimics that of GreenWave, whose farms combine kelp on lines with cultivated mussels, scallops and oysters. His vision also entails providing habitat for fish, generating food, feedstocks for animals, fertiliser and biofuels. " — Yvon Chouinard " Truly inspiring: A revolutionary new … Kelp is a macro-algae and so it does not have to compete with algae blooms in summer for nutrients. Read more: Even without a carbon price, the opportunity to supply huge volumes of high-quality seafood at the same time as making a substantial impact on the climate crisis are considerable incentives for investment in seaweed farming. Seaweed offers the benefit of not containing weed seeds that can germinate on land, so it's a helpful amendment to your garden. The regenerative ocean farming model can be adapted for use in other regions with native seaweed and shellfish species. Von Herzen's objective is to create what he calls "permaculture arrays" – marine permaculture at a scale that will have an impact on the climate by growing kelp and bringing cooler ocean water to the surface. Seawater farming addresses the severe lack of freshwater and undesirable soil conditions for agricultural activities in coastal regions. In fact, it is being driven, from a commercial perspective, by sustainable production of high-quality protein. The marine permaculture would be designed to clip the bottom of the waves during heavy seas. All of those farmers in that video are a part of, or got their start at GreenWave—an organization started by Bren that describes itself as an "ocean farmer and fisherman-run organization dedicated to building a new blue-green economy that creates jobs, mitigates climate change and grows healthy food for local communities." 3 It grows underwater if it has either a source block of water or flowing water above it. Seaweed farming requires no freshwater, arable land, fertilisers, or pesticides. But in the United States there is a renaissance of Kelp farming starting in the state of Maine and going down the Northeastern Coast all the way into Long Island Sound and even off the Coast of the Bronx, New York. In garden beds that aren't near water, spread the compost 4 to 6 inches deep around your plants to use as a mulch or turn it into the top few inches of soil as an amendment. As the farms operate, they perform positive ecological services within the farm waters and the surrounding water column. Given its phenomenal growth rate, the kelp could be cut on a 90-day rotation basis. "Given the transformative effect that marine permaculture can have on the ocean, there is much reason for hope that permaculture arrays can play a major part in globally balancing carbon," he says. During an eight months life span, Japanese kelp can concentrate iodine high as 100 000 times the level in seawater. Tim Flannery does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. These natural instances of large-scale sequestration of kelp in the deep ocean offer splendid opportunities to investigate the fate of kelp, and the carbon it contains, in the ocean. A new dissertation studies the best conditions for sustainable cultivation of the brown algae sugar kelp. So it's likely that the seaweed fronds would sink, at least initially, though gases from decomposition may later cause some to rise if they are not consumed quickly. One obstacle potential entrepreneurs need not fear, however, is bureaucratic red tape, for much of the mid-oceans remain a global commons. Hence, kelp is considered one of the best renewable sources and kelp farming in these countries has been considered an indispensable part of th… This is a process that includes applications, […] But always place seaweed compost in areas that don't run off into nearby freshwater bodies -- it can still contain viable seeds that could spread the invasive species into new lakes and ponds. The technology allows for the production of about 40 tonnes of kelp and a million bivalves per hectare per year. The current market value of the global crop is between US$5 billion and US$5.6 billion, of which US$5 billion comes from sale for human consumption. The addition of a floating platform supporting solar panels, facilities such as accommodation (if the farms are not fully automated), refrigeration and processing equipment tethered to the floating framework would enhance the efficiency and viability of the permaculture arrays, as well as a dock for ships ... or freshwater. 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- Organismic biology and taxonomic diversity of the infraorder Culicomorpha.
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@MadCat_X patches added. Thanks for links.
In case anybody needs this module with 3.10 kernel, here's a patch to make it work with the "new" procfs API. It's a tiny bit chaotic but it works fine for me. It applies directly against the source, no patch for 3.0 kernel is needed.
Thank you very much! This worked here, too.
I found solution. Problem is compilation on gcc 4.5. Using gcc44 omnibook works ok.
This package does not work here anymore (It did some kernel-releases ago but I actually don't remember when).
It compiles without problems and the package builds fine, but when loading the module I just get the message "killed", the module is then loaded but it does not do anything and trying to unload it results in a neverending attempt but the module wont stop.
Ok. I think I now where is the problem.
It's looks like, you haven't installed kernel26-headers package.
(That's strange, because this package is in makedepends array).


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Navy to begin testing new female dress uniforms at Naval Academy graduation
By: Lance M. Bacon May 10, 2015
More than 200 female midshipmen, chiefs and officers will don the new service dress whites in the first of a series of wear tests slated to last through the summer.
The uniform prototypes have the same high collar common to the male uniform. This includes an improved metal clasp that provides better closure and a more professional appearance. The uniform has no chest pockets, and buttons are smaller yet proportional.
The first wear test will take place at the Naval Academy graduation on May 22. Roughly 200 female graduates and six academy staff members, a mix of chiefs and officers, will take part. The midshipmen will wear their standard cover until they are commissioned, and then will don the combination cap. The active-duty testers will wear the new combination cover, a prototype that closely resembles the male cover but is made with women's head sizes and proportions.
The graduates will provide feedback upon reporting to their first assignment. Since some will go on leave prior to reporting, officials expect it will take about a month to receive all evaluations.
During that time, the Navy will launch a second wear test that will include 20 flag officers and chiefs from Norfolk, Virginia, to Newport, Rhode Island, and from Washington, D.C., to Honolulu.
"We will test the uniform on women of varying body types, who will wear it at different events in different locations," said Cmdr. Chris Servello, spokesman for the Chief of Naval Personnel. The locations run the gamut, from the amphibious assault ship Bataan to Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia. Participants will provide ongoing feedback and give a final report to the Uniform Matters Board by summer's end.
The prototype service dress whites for women feature a high collar, like on men's uniforms. They are tailored for a woman's measurements, providing a more comfortable fit, but at least some wear testers said they seem to be less "flexible" than the old SDWs. They do not have pockets on the hips.
Photo Credit: Navy
Where the program goes from there depends on the results of the wear test. It normally takes 12 to 18 months from the end of a wear test before sailors see uniforms on the shelf.
"We are pushing that process and expect to see uniforms in the exchange and available online in the fall of 2016," Servello said.
"We think we have the 95-percent solution, with feedback from the wear test taking us to the final design," he said. "Changes have been made to the internal structure, the collar height, the shoulder cap and button placement since the initial Naval Academy graduation fittings in November.
Midshipman First Class Adriana Ayala, who was part of that initial fitting, said the new dress whites are "definitely different, nothing like any uniform" currently worn by females. It closely resembles the male version but is well-fitted to the female body, and "it does look very sharp."
"It is comfortable, but definitely not as flexible as the old uniform," said Ayala, a history major from Englewood, California, who is slated to be a surface warfare officer aboard the destroyer Gonzalez in Norfolk. "It's pretty stiff. Maybe it takes some breaking in; it was definitely hard to move our arms."
Col. Roberta Shea
Marine Col. Roberta Shea, deputy commandant of midshipmen, wears the Corps' version of the dress blues.
Photo Credit: David S. Tucker/Navy
One observation that is sure to make her final analysis is the lack of pockets. She said an inside pocket would be nice to have. The ability for a new officer to help inform the design of a new uniform is not lost on one of the Academy's senior officers.
"Any time you are allowed to have a voice in the future of your service, you get a little excited about it," said Col. Roberta Shea, deputy commandant of midshipmen. She has seen dozens of uniform changes over her career. In fact, she is part of the Corps' wear test of the female dress blues, which includes the iconic leatherneck collar (similar to the so-called mandarin collar on the Navy's service dress whites).
"Everybody has an opinion, and people have strong opinions sometimes when it comes to uniforms," said Shea, who has heard "a wide variety" of thoughts on the new SDWs. Some folks "are not crazy about it," while others beamed when they put the jacket on.
"We are learning a lot," Shea said. "We are learning what people like, and what they don't like, and that's the whole point of having a wear test."
There are always learning curves. For example, the Corps did not provide guidance on ribbon placement for its new female dress blues, so Shea and fellow Marines used the spirit of existing rules to work out the issue as best they could. The Navy adopted current regs for the wear test.
The new women's service dress whites for officers and senior enlisted look very much like the men's uniforms. Both uniforms now feature an improved metal clasp in their collar to provide better closure and a more professional appearance.
While uniformity with the male SDW is the primary goal, Navy officials are adamant that women will not simply be issued smaller versions of a man's uniform. That effort will be aided in coming years by an anthropometric sizing correlation study that kicked off in late 2014.
Though the study is not finished and was therefore not considered for changes to the service dress whites, the study will be used to improve the comfort, performance and fit of all uniforms for both genders. The study will measure 4,000 sailors and compare those findings to a 2010 Army study that measured 94 body points on 13,000 soldiers.
The Army study — the first of its kind since 1988 —— combined standard measurements with three-dimensional surface scans of the body, head, face and foot. Army officials found that modern service members are larger with more defined muscle mass, but uniforms were still designed using 25-year-old data.
Some of that data was used to develop a female-specific Army Combat Uniform, the soldier's equivalent of the Navy Working Uniform. The female-cut ACU comes in 13 sizes and boasts more than a dozen upgrades suited to meet the size and shape of every woman. Jackets come in different chest, waist and sweep measurements, while trousers come in different hip measurements.


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The San Francisco house where former Hollywood golden couple Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid lived during their 10-year marriage is for sale.
The house features a dramatic wall of glass which frames views directly across the bay to Alcatraz Island and the legendary former high-security federal prison where mafia boss Al Capone served time in the Thirties.
Now a public museum, the disused jail is one of the city's major tourist attractions.
The pretty, five-bedroom house for sale was home to the star of When Harry Met Sally and her actor/producer husband during the early Nineties.
It covers four floors and boasts spacious dining rooms where they would entertain their famous friends.
There is also a temperature-controlled wine room, a boot room, an annexe with a bar, plus a lift that connects each level.
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CHAPTER I. AFTER A STORMY LIFE.
CHAPTER II. BY A QUIET RIVER.
CHAPTER IV. A COTTAGE HOSPITAL.
CHAPTER VI. OVER THE BRIDGE.
FRIDA; OR, THE LOVER'S LEAP. A LEGEND OF THE WEST COUNTRY.
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1. How would you describe your walk with God today? Intimate and close? Not as close as you would want? Distant? Why would you describe it that way?
2. Describe a time in your life when your walk with God was the closest and best it had ever been. What made it so special?
3. Share a time when you felt there was a barrier and distance in your walk with God. How did you feel emotionally, spiritually or even physically?
4. Read Psalms 32:5. Have you ever found it difficult to confess a sin to God? Why do you think it was difficult at the time?
5. Read verse 7. Do you see God as your hiding place? Describe what that means to you.
6. Read verse 8. How does that verse give you confidence as you live your days?
7. David's purpose was to teach us about God's forgiveness. What lessons did you take away from Psalm 32?


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After the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper, construction teams wasted no time springing to action. Designed by New York firm SHoP Architects the 1,000-foot-tall tower is going up on 9 Dekalb Avenue. A recent scout out by New York YIMBY, found that the site behind the old Dime Savings Bank is now clear and the structure is going up. The former bank is in fact being incorporated into SHoP's design and this is where the LPC came in. The commissioned praised SHoP's work, describing the project as "flawless" and "enlightened urbanism at its best." Others are not so impressed. Gina Pollara, former president of the preservation advocacy organization Municipal Art Society (MAS) told The Architect's Newspaper (AN) earlier this year that supertalls like the one scheduled for Dekalb Avenue are out of context and out of scale with the neighborhood. The building will house 417 units and offers a bronze, stainless-steel, and stone skin. As the tower stretches upward, bronze ribbons will join gray spandrel and vision glass panelling. Here, black metal is to employed in a similar, linear fashion running up the building's facade, being joined by interlocking hexagon that facilitate views out. Also speaking to AN this year, Gregg Pasquarelli, founding principal of SHoP, said that the facade detailing is such so that when two sides of the hexagon are viewed from an oblique angle, it will resemble one face, a sleeker reference to the grand old New York skyscrapers like Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler Building. Brooklyn's first supertall was initially due for completion in 2019, however, YIMBY estimates the completion date to be a couple of years later.
Using the home as the building block, CO Architects' scheme for the University of Miami transforms the notion of dormitory life: Presenting multiple scales of social environments, each three-story home juxtaposes private with semi-private elements. Larger units lift from the ground to allow for passageways and program spaces beneath.
Selected as a finalist for the 2014 Master Plan Design Competition launched by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden, the proposal responds to LaGuardia's history of delays due to tarmac crowding by creating a two-island concourse that improves operations, offers a unified environment, and creates an appropriate gateway to New York City.
Architect: DXA studio Location: Washington, D.C.
Shining like stars, 116,516 points of light beaming from concrete walls, at once shed light on the memory of Americans lost in World War I and—alongside a central reflecting pool—serve as a metaphor for healing, resilience, and recovery.


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Raising Early Warnings About Climate Change
October 17, 2018 | 40 Years, 40 Stories
Andrew Steer
President and CEO, World Resources Institute
When the World Resources Institute (WRI) was founded in 1982, it was in response to a gap in the market. Gus Speth, our founder and first President, recognized that the world needed an environment and development organization that would take a global perspective with a rigorous, evidence-based approach. Our mission statement called for WRI to "move society to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations." This goal remains unchanged.
Thankfully, we weren't alone. MacArthur gave us our first major grant, $15 million, to enable WRI to focus on international environmental issues.
Throughout our history, climate change has been a central focus. As documented recently in The New York Times Magazine, WRI was a driving force behind some of the earliest U.S. congressional hearings on this urgent topic in the mid-1980s. This helped lay the groundwork for the UN-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In the late 1980s, WRI began exploring connections among air pollution, energy security, and climate change and in 1989 implemented the first carbon offset project with USAID and private sector company AES Corporation. The Institute's 1997 analysis of costs and benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions was widely cited by U.S. policymakers in negotiations that led to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change.
In advance of the 2015 Paris climate negotiations, WRI brought together a broad range of stakeholders to develop proposals for mitigation, resilience, finance, transparency, accountability, and a mechanism to increase climate action ambition over time, many of which informed the final text of the Paris Agreement. WRI's online tools–including the Climate Watch, Global Forest Watch, and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol–provide essential guidance to policymakers, businesses, and civil society groups.
While our mission has remained constant, WRI's way of operating has evolved. Over the past decade, we have put a much greater emphasis on global action. We now have offices in more than 10 countries, with projects and partnerships in dozens more. WRI goes beyond research, and most of our experts are working with front-line decision makers in many of the world's rapidly developing countries.
As we look forward, we see new challenges. Our new five-year strategy tackles the key conundrum of our age: while humanity has never been so successful in terms of material wealth and comfort, never has this success been so threatened by our own actions. As Wanjira Mathai, Chair of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya and a member of WRI's board, noted: "We know there is a path to prosperity for all and a healthy environment–but we're not on it."
Forging the right path requires our focusing on fewer, bigger things. We are helping to catalyze new platforms that build on our rigorous research and will create sustained political and corporate engagement. The WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, New Climate Economy, and Aqueduct are well-established initiatives of this type. We have newer projects that carry similar potential: Building Efficiency Accelerator, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, NDC Partnership, Better Buying Lab, Champions 12.3, and P4G (Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030).
Now more than ever, fostering sustainable growth by working with business, government, and civil society groups is more than a good investment: it is an essential investment.
MacArthur helped establish the Word Resources Institute with a $15 million grant and has provided a total of 34 grants totaling more than $52 million since then.
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This extremely powerful 12 Coin ball has been used for thousands of years to protect relationships from any troubles, avoid and dissipate legal problems, keep gossip and rumours at bay, avoid lies and back-stabbing. This cure is placed where the Annual #5 star is located (Instructions for where to place cure are on this page and we also include instructions with every product).
The number 12 is dividable by the number 3, which makes it very auspicious. It also has 2 favourable and powerful red tassels along with two lucky knots but the most important aspect of this influential enhancer is the fact they are created with auspicious i-ching coins from a good dynasty which makes a big difference to the effectiveness of this Feng Shui enhancer.
Hanging them over a door is a traditional way to protect the wealth you already have, and coins that have been strung in a circular fashion are symbolic of the eternal circle of giving and a perfect cure and enhancer to place next to cash till, a phone, a computer screen or near an accounts book to protect and enhance wealth and attract new business/income.
Chinese i-ching coins in Feng Shui and Chinese tradition signify the element of metal and encourage the attraction of wealth and prosperity. The round shape of the coin symbolises heaven and the square hole in the middle of each coin represent earth, therefore a coin symbolises the harmonious union of heaven and earth. The red ribbon used for coins are seen to be a favourable colour which is said to attract prosperity and wealth into our life whether personal or business.
Often coins are given as gifts hopefully putting both the giver and receiver in touch with the idea that there is no separation and all that you give will come back to you multiplied. It is said that in more ancient times, coins such as these were worn as protection against negative energy and illness as well as to attract wealth.
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Gaggle Safety Management for G Suite helps ensure the safety of Edison Township students by combining technology with real people who review questionable or suspicious content in Gmail and Google Drive. Gaggle integrates with the district's 1:1 devices, assuring students are kept safe inside and outside of the classroom.
By making safety a priority; getting buy-in from parents, students, administrators and teachers; and implementing best-practices such as appointing Emergency Contacts at both the school and district level, students' lives have been positively changed, and the safety risks associated with G Suite for Education are diminished.
As the leader of a community public school system with a culturally diverse student population in the New York metropolitan area, Superintendent Dr. Richard O'Malley exudes excitement when talking about the potential for learning provided by online communication and collaboration. He's also quick to point out how difficult it can be to keep up with the fast pace of those same digital opportunities.
Edison Township's 1:1 initiative provides first-graders with iPads, second through eighth grade students use Chromebooks and high school students have MacBooks. All of the devices include G Suite for Education. The district wanted to extend the safety offered in its 18 schools to the home.
As one of four district-level Emergency Contacts, Dr. O'Malley can quickly recall specific stories about how students' lives have been positively changed since Edison Township started working with Gaggle. One incident involved a student who was being bullied and seemingly didn't have anywhere to turn. To Dr. O'Malley's surprise, students used a Google Doc as an anonymous tip line to help the troubled youth. Gaggle Safety Representatives observed the cry for help and alerted administrators. "We would have never known about that child," admitted Dr. O'Malley.


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Facebook For iPad App Could Be Released At Facebook's 2011 f8 Developer Conference On September 22nd
By Goncalo Ribeiro | August 28th, 2011
If you're an avid Facebook developer, or just someone hoping to make more online friends, you might be pleased to learn that Facebook is holding its traditional developer event, known as "f8", on September 22nd in San Francisco. Out of the additions that might be introduced there, a Facebook client for the iPad seems to be the most obvious one.
Facebook, founded way back in 2004, has come a long way since those early days, in part thanks to the developers who have created great applications for the site. The "f8" conference is aimed at getting all those interested in developing Facebook apps or integrating the social network into their own websites together, in order to showcase Facebook's newest feature additions. At the last f8, which took place in April last year, the company introduced the new "Like" feature, allowing users to spread the word about a website, brand, product, video, or any kind of online content, on their personal Facebook profile.
This year's f8 will take place at the San Francisco Design Center, the largest stage ever used for this event, suggesting that Facebook is expecting more attendees this time around. Much like what happened in previous years, this event will focus on demonstrating new tools within the site, ways to work more efficiently with the current ones and as well as live Q&A sessions, allowing developers to ask questions from the Facebook crew, as pointed out on f8's official website:
f8 is for developers, entrepreneurs and innovators building a more social web by defining tomorrow's websites, apps and devices. This all day event will feature keynotes and session tracks that highlight our new and existing tools for developers and partners building the next generation of social experiences.
If you're planning to attend this event and haven't purchased your $400-ticket yet, you might be sad to know that tickets are already sold out. If you already own your ticket, expect to experience many as of yet unknown new features first hand.
Perhaps we'll finally see the long-rumored Facebook client for the iPad, despite Mark Zuckerberg's repeated assertions that Apple's iPad device didn't fit the category of a mobile device, therefore the development was let down, apparently. Yet, evidence has shown that users do want a client that takes advantage of the larger screen real estate to display more content in better ways. Indeed, we know for a fact that Facebook has been developing its iPad client for quite some time, and is in fact "hidden" inside its iPhone app, as we have previously revealed.
We might also see a separate photo sharing app which was first depicted in leaked mockups a few months ago.
Facebook's latest event was a smaller one but the announcement was rather huge, held at the company's own headquarters in Palo Alto, CA, where it showed off enhancements to Facebook Chat, including a partnership with Skype to build two-way video conferencing right into Facebook.
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The Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson
Dell, 1979 (1988 omnibus), 545 pages, C$13.95 tpb, ISBN 0-440-50070-2
Robert Anton Wilson takes great care, early in The Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy, to warn us that "contrarily to appearances, [it] is not a mere 'routine' or 'shaggy shoggoth story'" [P.10] I beg to half-differ. While this trilogy isn't routine, it certainly feels like a shaggy shoggoth story. Pleasant to read but frustrating in terms of conventional plotting, Schrödinger's Cat can be lot of fun as long as you don't expect anything resembling an ultimate answer.
Nor any definitive plot, character, dramatic arc or conclusion, for that matter. The central conceit of the trilogy is that it studies the adventures of a few dozen characters in parallel universes. Some of them are more-or-less identical from one universe to another; others are rather different. The American political leadership of any given universe ends up having a substantial impact on the overall feel of each universe —though even Wilson couldn't imagine the Reagan presidency.
The genius of the trilogy is how the events in one universe inform our understanding of another. Characters are introduced in one timeline, explored in another and left as supporting players in yet another universe. The explanation to some events must be found elsewhere in the book as given situations are explored from other perspectives.
It's hard to say anything conclusive about the whole work (as Wilson seemingly takes delight in confusing the heck out of anyone even trying to make sense of the overall flow), but it looks as if every book of the trilogy covers an alternate universe, at the exception of the first volume which gives us a second timeline for free after the catastrophic end of the first one.
Normally, I wouldn't be very enthusiastic about such artistic attempts; I like my fiction straight and linear, and have no patience with books where the author tries to pass off indecisiveness as subtlety. But what reconciled me with this trilogy (aside from the emphasis on science and technology as Good Things) is how even if I wasn't bothered to follow along with what may or not be a plot, there were enough amusing vignettes to keep me occupied. The narrative is filled with zingers, from the tyrannical "Unistat" empire to a literary critic talking about "Norman Mailer-than-thou". The character sketches are sympathetic and effective. (Heck, even the author is a character.) The various pranks, events, anecdotes that make up the bulk of the trilogy's vignettes are rather amusing when taken approached one at a time.
Madness awaits anyone trying to make sense of it all, though. The Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy isn't a movie, and doesn't follow a conventional A-to-B narrative. It may be best compared to an intricate surrealistic painting, where elements are disposed on a surface that suggests proximity but doesn't necessarily represent affinity between the parts. Think hologram. Think author on acid. Think "read a random page, rip it out, repeat". Think chapters in a blender.
Yes, there's no doubt that this is artsy-trippy stuff. I could understand anyone being reluctant to take it on. If you do, one piece of advice; read as much of it at once. The accumulation of background details is slight but noticeable, and you'll get much more out of the trilogy if you do read a solid chunk of it in near succession. Some jokes play off each other, and the vast cast of characters may be obscure from time to time. (It also helps to have strong and fond memories of the Illuminatus! trilogy, given that elements of it, such as The Beast and Hagbard Celine, make a return appearance) As long as you don't try to make too much sense out of it, it's easy reading. But there are no big answers, no big finale, no puppet-master pulling the strings from the metaverse. It ends in mid-story. It probably warrants a re-read every couple of years.
In short, this isn't an ordinary book. It's both fun and frustrating, easy to read and impossible to understand. Maybe I even completely misinterpreted everything. Yet I don't care all that much. As long as I've been entertained, who am I to complain?
Robert Anton Wilson
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It can be stored in our system for several weeks and concentrations vary between tissues and organs. A common misconception is that it cannot be stored in our system since it is always excreted in our urine , daily elimination actually occurs if daily ingestion exceeds 200 mg. This is the main reason why vitamin C is given as an intravenous infusion instead.
In what functions is vitamin C involved?
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public class PersonWrongTitleType {

    private int id;

    private String firstName;

    private int age;

    private Boolean title;

    public PersonWrongTitleType() {
    }

    public int getAge() {
        return this.age;
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    }

    public String getFirstName() {
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        this.firstName = firstName;
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        return this.id;
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    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public Boolean getTitle() {
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    }

    public void setTitle(Boolean title) {
        this.title = title;
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Echo of Silence, Part 3
|By Chika Echebiri
Mr. Philip Wentworth sits huddled in his den, which is also his library. He has just got off the phone and the information he had just received is giving him some tingling in his left leg, which he favored slightly. He got the limp from a nasty fall he had while skiing in the Alps five years ago. He had been on an assignment to find out all he could about a man who had swindled the company he worked for to a tune of a million dollars. Receiving a tip-off from an old friend, a retired cop living in New York, he had been able to track the swindler down to Austria. But someone had got to him first, to settle an old score, perhaps. He had found several police cars parked in front of an apartment building the guy rented. A cleaning maid had found him sprawled on a settee, throat slashed and surrounded by dried, caked blood. Seeing that the case was abruptly closed, with nothing more to do at the time, and being entitled to two more days on the assignment, he had gone back to the Haus Kienreich, where he had been lodging. The skiing accident had occurred the following day and with the help of the staff working at the lodge, he had taken the next available flight back to Maine.
Now, looking at the writing pad on his lap, Mr. Wentworth writes down a few more points. Ever since Eileen contacted him about the maniac who had been fiercely stalking her friend, Lucille, he had been having a certain gut feeling that bordered on a sense of foreboding, no thanks to a similar case he had been faced with several years ago. He had just come out of a mutual divorce settlement with his wife of 13 years, who felt that being married to a police officer was taking its toll on their social life. They had shared custody of their two kids, a boy and a girl. Still trying to get used to his wife's absence, he had been awakened to the shrill ring of his phone late one night. Jada, a young black lady and also a police officer, was on the phone. According to her, the station had received a 911 call from a man who gave his name as "Mr Z." He had called to inform them that a young lady may be lying dead in her apartment on Pine Street. He had hurriedly dressed up then, leaving his apartment in less than ten minutes in his police cruiser, strobe lights flashing and arriving on the scene in another ten minutes. He was startled to see about three police cruisers parked there already. Jada had run towards him, and interpreting his questioning glance, had nodded silently, saying, "Yes, it's bad, Philip. Head was merely dangling from the torso. The perp had also left a scented note on the dresser with a tiny smear of blood on the corner." At the mention of this, Mr. Wentworth had asked if a fingerprint could be lifted from the note, already knowing what Jada's response would be. And Jada had given a wry smile, shaking her head. "No such luck, I'm afraid. The perp must have worn gloves." Nodding, he had asked what the note said. Looking at him gravely, Jada had said, "The crazy bitch made me do it. Her boyfriend, also. Wish I had done him, too." Studying the note later, back at the station—he had taken on the case—he had noticed that the paper smelled of lavender. It obviously belonged to the dead woman. However, after nearly two months of unceasing investigation and some false leads, he was able to trace the perp to an isolated cabin, where he had holed up after committing the heinous crime.
Now, glancing at the pad where he had been taking several notes the past hour, he silently prays that he locates this nutty fellow, Geoff or whatever he's called, before he stumbles on the couple, or else he would be having two bodies instead of one to deal with. His contact has just relayed to him that he had met a man whose description fitted that of Geoff's.
Pulling up at a gas station at the interstate, Philip's contact had opened the hood of his car pretending to check the battery and had taken a sidelong glance at Geoff, confirming that this was the crazy guy he was asked to watch out for based on the photo given to him. He had given a slight cough, like he had the flu, and by way of conversation had commented on the draughty weather. The guy who was actually Geoff had sniffed the air in a wolf-like fashion, and, pushing the nozzle of the gas pump into the tank of his mini-van, had muttered that he didn't mind what the weather was like so long as he got to a rendezvous he had planned with his girlfriend, Lucille. Feeling a sharp tingling in his spine and trying to keep his face as deadpan as possible, Philip's contact had given a careless grunt, closing the hood of his car and moving towards the gas pumps. Grabbing one for himself, he had commented dryly, "One could easily get lost in these parts with its winding roads. Missed two turns back there at the sharp incline." However, the other man had stared stonily ahead, forgetting that Philip's contact was still there. "See you in 20 minutes, Lucille," the man called Geoff said absently as he quickly replaced the gas pump, got into his minivan and drove off, spraying some gravel. Philip's contact had memorized the license plates of the fast disappearing vehicle. Driving away from the gas station himself a few minutes later, careful to keep a safe tail of the minivan, he dials his boss, Mr. Wentworth, giving him the information he currently had.
Philip Wentworth gets up from the leather cushion to pour himself a snifter of brandy. Andre, his contact, needed no emphasis on the need to be careful in the extreme. They are dealing with a heartless brute, who although hadn't committed any murders in the past, could still be capable of it from all indications from previous investigations. Shonda Myers' near fatal attack had been an eye opener. Her case could be regarded as one who was "saved by the bell." According to Irene, Shonda's nosy neighbor who had got back from the salon on the day of the attack, she had heard some heavy sounds coming from Shonda's apartment. According to her, it had seemed like someone was on a rampage. She had quietly opened the latch on her door to furtively observe a gentleman, probably Latino, leaving the apartment. Giving a shrug at the strange goings-on, she had turned on the TV to watch a favorite program of hers. Midway through, however, she had heard frightened sounds made by Jack, Shonda's Scottish terrier. She had gotten up, lowering the volume of her TV and glancing through the peephole of her front door. She had noticed that the door of Shonda's apartment remained shut. Getting really concerned about Jack's eerie yelp that was followed by an ominous silence, she had dialed 911 and, thankfully, the cops had arrived five minutes later. She was happy that she had acted impulsively by calling the cops. Her mind had gone swiftly to the janitor. "Probably into his fourth or fifth cup of the day," she had sniffed. "She would see that he's removed before he got them all murdered."
Grabbing the phone, Mr Wentworth dials Eileen. He had really been concerned about her welfare, especially upon learning of her recent encounter with Geoff at her office parking lot two days ago. He had assigned a friend of his, a retired detective, to surveil Eileen's apartment, even though he knew that she was not in immediate danger. But he wanted to make sure that every loophole was covered. Eileen answers with a breathless "Hello." He gently relays to her the latest information his contact had given him. Nodding briskly at the other end, Eileen hangs up and quickly dials Lucille, her friend.
Lucille and Bob had just finished eating a hastily prepared meal of a frozen pack of stir-fried chicken with vegetables, which was microwaved with some baked potatoes. Bringing a tray of steaming mugs of cocoa—including a half-filled jug—towards Bob, who was looking at the paper in the living room, they hear the phone ring. Glancing quickly at one another, Bob gets up to answer it, dropping the paper on the settee as he does so. Lucille gently places the tray on the coffee table. Placing her hands on her hips, she walks over to Bob, who is giving her the phone with a hint of alarm in his gaze. Lucille silently curses herself for being a blight to Bob's otherwise ordered existence. "Hello!" she says quietly, her heart constricting as she listens to what Eileen is telling her.
Emptying the untasted jug and mugs of cocoa into the sink, the couple quickly rushes to their room. They are dressed in minutes, as they had not brought much along with them in the first place. The safe haven, which happened to be Eileen's friend's place, has now become too dangerous for them if what Eileen had just said to her was true. According to her, Philip had said that Geoff was on his way here, and he had sounded like he knew exactly where he was headed. Bob and Lucille do not say anything to each other until they are well away from the attractive, semi-detached bungalow. Bob is driving and looks exasperated too. "I'm sorry, Bob," Lucille says with a catch in her voice. Clasping her hand in his, Bob says quietly, "I resent what this guy is doing to us, but mostly to you. I wish I could get my hands on him." Ruffling her almost tangled braids, Lucille asks, "Where do you think we could hole up for the night? At least before the next day, that is." Giving a wry smile, Bob says, "We're going to my friend's place. He's in the army, and his wife is a volunteer nurse in the army, too. They're both away in Costa Rica right now." Hearing this, Lucille heaves a sigh of relief, leaning back against the seat of the car.
Gripping the wheel of the mini-van, and licking his upper lip, Geoff curses, mounting rage almost sending him off the embankment, just like the other guy who was trying to be too smart had gone over some minutes ago. He had noticed something fishy about the guy as soon as he opened the hood of his car to putter around, back at the gas station. Who's got the fu**ing time to check the battery of a car that is obviously in tiptop condition at a gas station? Then he had dropped the bait, about meeting "Lucille at a rendezvous." Stupid guy had obviously bitten the bait, and what a bite he took. Geoff gives a dry chuckle at his poor attempt at humor, nearly missing a turn he was supposed to take. Quickly applying the brakes as he makes the turn, he gives another dry laugh as he relives the events of just moments before. He couldn't forget the panicked look the guy had given him as he laid in wait for him at a lonely shoulder of the road. He had nudged his vehicle, a Passat, off the embankment, but not before catching a glimpse of the terror-filled eyes of the young man as he fell over into the crashing waves of the water below.
Dimming his headlights so as not to draw unwanted attention, he approaches the road that would bring him to the apartment where Lucille is skulking with her beau. The cowards. He thinks of the fun he's going to have with them before putting them out of their misery. He angrily mutters a few curses that almost send him into a coughing fit. He blames Lucille for getting him exposed constantly to the persistent cold weather, as he takes continuous surveillance of her comings and goings. He almost regretted not dealing with them the first chance he got: when Bob had come to pick her up from her office. He had followed them home to find out where they lived. He was impressed at their modern home, which only served to enrage him further.
He parks the minivan two blocks away from Bob and Lucille's home and moves casually towards their building, hands in pockets, appearing casual to any observer. The first thing he notices, however, was the living room lights which were left on, though the drapes were drawn. But these are light drapes and could only offer little shield. Keeping in the shadows, he goes around to the back door, feeling around in his pockets for a switchblade, which he uses to open the door. He pushes against the door, finding it was bolted from the inside. Openly snarling, he gets a piece of cloth for this purpose from the deep pockets of his overcoat. Wrapping it around his hand, he breaks the glass part of the door and slips his hand inside, unbolting it. He moves noiselessly inside the dark interior. He knows that the sound of breaking glass was faint. But one cannot be too sure. Whipping a .38 out, he moves into the house, checking all the rooms in seconds to find out that he was the only one there. He hurls a chair against the wall, screaming out in frustration, not caring about the noise he made. The lovebirds have flown the coop, no thanks to the weasel he had shoved into the embankment. He was probably in this cat and mouse game, too, and had possibly relayed the information that he was meeting Lucille at some rendezvous. That was a gamble on his part: he knew. He had given away too much information. Flicking on the kitchen lights, not minding his own exposure—such was the level of his fury—he sees the unwashed empty coffee mugs and jug in the sink. "Probably in a hurry to leave before he got here. The bastards," he thinks, giving a guffaw. He's beginning to enjoy this cat and mouse game, but he's also getting bored with it, too.
For all installments of "Echo of Silence," click here.
Chika Echebiri
Chika Echebiri is a teacher by profession. She is married to Collins Duruaku and lives in New York. Chika is the author of two children's books: The Family of Blackbirds and Other Stories and Mimi the Deer and Other Stories. She enjoys reading, writing, and travelling. You can follow her on Twitter here.
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