Criminal Damage to Property: On Aug. 8, an officer was dispatched to a residence on Hull Road in reference to damage to a window. It was determined to have been caused by a rock or similar object. The owner wanted to document the damage in case there were similar cases in the neighborhood.
Criminal Damage to Property: On Aug. 8, an officer was dispatched to IGA Lawrence Brothers for a report of damage to the Glacier Water Dispenser located between the grocery store and Family Dollar. Glacier Water Company will be contacted regarding the damage.
Burglary (Auto), Larceny (Theft from a Motor Vehicle), Criminal Damage to Property: On Aug. 7, an officer was dispatched to Sierra Cinema for the report of a broken out window in a vehicle. The owner of the vehicle observed another vehicle speeding from the area. Upon inspection of the vehicle, it was found that a purse containing an iPad case was missing. A BOLO was put out for the observed vehicle.
Disorderly Conduct: On Aug. 7, an officer was dispatched to the Budget Lodge for a male subject banging on windows. The officer made contact with Travis Martin who appeared to be intoxicated and was belligerent. Martin said he had consumed a drug identified as Spice and was transported to the Lincoln County Medical Center where he was issued a citation that he refused to sign, telling the officer that he would not miss the court date.
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Larceny (More than $250 and less than $500), Burglary (Auto): On Aug. 8, an officer was dispatched to Budget Lodge in reference to items missing from a vehicle that had been left unlocked. Among the items were a Barbie and Barbie clothes, green wooden aliens, shoes, a jacket, toy chest, wall plaque and cellphone charger. The owner of the motel said he would review the video taken and make a copy for the report.


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David Holt's Folkways and Riverwalk
And Working with Doc Watson
by Derek Halsey
David Holt has been a musician, storyteller, and television show host for about thirty years or so. He has put out quite a few albums that dig deep into the nearly lost music of the mountains of the Carolinas. He is host of the Folkways show on North Carolina PBS that goes out into the mountains and finds the old timers that are still living and brings their stories and music to the public. He also hosts the Riverwalk jazz show on Public Radio. The Grammy Award winner has an incredible new CD out that is a three CD collaboration with music legend Doc Watson called Legacy. The first two CD's are about Doc's life story and it combines Doc's storytelling with a bunch of good music. The third CD is a concert the two played together in Asheville, North Carolina. It is a fun and historical tribute to a real American treasure. More information can be found at www.docwatsondavidholt.com. I spoke with David as he was preparing for a slide guitar CD that he will record in the near future. He was sitting outside on the porch in his beloved Carolina's as we spoke.
How does one talk a record company into putting out a three CD album of music and conversation with Doc Watson?
"Because it really hadn't been done yet. If you look around you will see that there has been no autobiography of Doc. And Doc has resisted that. He told me years ago, he said, " Probably a hundred people have asked me to write my biography and I just don't want to do it". And when he had a chance to speak it, that's when he was interested. The project really started with a live concert. We had performed on public television in North Carolina, a concert together, 'An Evening with Doc Watson and David Holt'. From that, I started interviewing him in that concert and then we started getting performances (booked) from that airing on television, and I kept continuing to interview him. I began to realize that nobody had done the interviews about Doc's life. About people who knew him in the early days, Jean Ritchie, Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, people like that. That just fascinated me because that is something that I have always loved, collecting information and interviewing folks."
And you interviewed him in a conversational style.
"Right. I certainly thought it out so it would be chronological. The thing with Doc is you have to know Doc pretty well for him to open up to you. So, we have known each other a good long while so I think he was pretty comfortable knowing that I would be insightful, but not push him in a direction that he would not want to go. He definitely knows what he wants. He almost speaks in poetry all the time, he's a wonderful talker."
Listening to him, he does have a knack for storytelling.
"He really does. His voice is so warm and rich, he's thoughtful, he thinks about everything and really thinks things through. He is a very intelligent guy. In that way he reminds me of John Hartford because no matter what you asked John about, or you ask Doc about, you're always going to get a surprising response. And it's always something that is really insightful and you learn a lot. Both of those guys, very wise. Of course different ways of thinking, but still very wise people."
Doc kind of claims to not play the harmonica all that well, but on that song "Old Molly Hare" on the third, concert CD of Legacy he plays the fire out of it.
"Actually he is agreat harmonica player. He is so musical in everything he does, whether it's banjo playing, guitar playing, singing, harmonica playing, no matter what he picks up. He has this musical sense of what to leave out and what to put in. People think that he is just a fast picker but what he can do is play fast, but he can also leave the spaces that make it really musical and memorable. I think Jerry Riggs put it best when he said that most people are just trying to play the music, Doc lets the music play him."
Doc admits, though, that he had to do a lot of practicing on the instruments when he was younger.
" Yes, he did. I think that is an interesting thing. When he really started to shine is when he was in this country band that played modern, for that day, the 1950's, country music and he took the place of the fiddler when they would do square dances. They played a lot of square dances, so he had to work out these fiddle tunes on the electric guitar and playing the leads as there was no fiddle in the band. And that's where he learned to get it just right. He said that was about ten years of practice so, that's a good long time, without anybody looking over his shoulder. He wasn't famous at that time, he just a local guy trying to make a living. A blind man trying to make a few extra dollars. "
I have heard other musicians talk about playing their guitar like they would a different instrument, like a fiddle or sax or something.
"Yes, that was what he was doing, he was playing all the notes a fiddle would play on a fiddle tune. And so that gave him a great amount of technical skill. I think the amazing thing to me is that there would be certain people like Doc, and you can find other people like Eck Robinson, who was an old fiddler, lots of these old timers, Earl Scruggs is one, that got really good without any thought of, 'I'm going to do this for a living'. They had a natural drive to get it just right. Doc was doing it not for national fame or anything, he never thought that was going to come, never even thought about it, that was almost a fluke how that happened, so he was 'that good' before he got famous. Which is pretty amazing."
I think one of the better cuts on the CD is "Ready For Times To Get Better". I think it is a great tune.
" I agree, he really sings that soulfully. He has got an amazing ability to lend a lot of soul to an old time song that has lyrics that don't seem to be that deep and he'll make it seem deep. Say something like "Handsome Molly", or a certainly "Tom Dooley", he can add a lot of depth to it with his voice. And then he takes a song that does have a lot of meaning like a newly written song like "Ready For The Time To Get Better" and he makes it great."
On the CD Doc talks of the blues influence in his music, from the old blues records that made it into the North Carolina hills back in the 1930's and 40's. That surprised me that so many white mountain folk would have those old blues 78's.
"It is kind of amazing that there would be that much blues influence in the mountains. But I think when the blues came in, in the 1920's, especially on those records, they began to hear it and everybody seemed to be attracted to it. It was just the music of the times and it influenced Doc in a big way. There were black people in Boone, (North Carolina,). But I don't think he heard many black people play. He learned a lot of music by listening to records. He had such a good ear he could learn by hearing it, and playing those records over and over again. Like he says, he played them until they were completely worn out and there wasn't anymore grooves on them."
You met Doc in the early 1970's. How did you do that? Did you just walk up to him and start talking or what?
"I had been playing the banjo about three years, or four years, and it was just a little stage, backstage in Lavonia (Georgia), at a festival, and he was sitting back there by himself, and he had just been on, did a great set, back then he played solo at that particular festival, Merle wasn't with him, and I just started talking to him. It was like a little bus stop back behind the stage. There was no getting back stage, I happened to be walking by and there he was sitting and I went in and started talking to him. Its funny, years later I reminded Doc of that conversation, I'm talking 20 years later, Doc says, "I remember someone asking me that, was that you?' He remembered me asking him how he dreamed (as a blind man. Doc's answer was "I dream in feelings, pure feelings"). Where we really got to working together was when I hosted "Fire On The Mountain" on the Nashville Network and he was on several times. Then he and Merle agreed to do "Reel and Rock"(CD) with me, which is still one of my favorite records that I have ever done. It was just Doc, and Merle and me, and a bass player named Buddy Davis. We picked unusual tunes from the mountains and it was great fun. Actually that was one of the last things that Merle played on." (Doc's son Merle died in a tractor accident in 1986)
(Author's note; After Doc lost Merle, David lost his ten year old daughter to a car wreck a few years later in 1989)
How did losing your daughter affect your music? I have heard a lot of musicians that went through the same thing say they had to quit for a while, they didn't have the will to play?
"Playing really helped me. I started going out probably two months after Sara died. I leveled with the audience about where I was coming from, of course that put them on the edge of their seats wondering what I was going to do, but it made for a pretty powerful concert and it certainly helped me to get out there and do that. Not trying to pretend like it didn't happen and be kind of a showman in that way, but talk with people about what had happened. At that time someone gave me a National Steel guitar. It was then that I started getting interested in the blues because, man, I had the blues, and that was the only thing that really satisfied a musical, emotional feeling inside. I've been working on that ever since. That started me on an interesting, different direction learning to play the Steel guitar, the old time bottleneck Steel guitar. And I think the same with Doc. Merle really loved the blues and after Merle died Doc added a lot more blues. And Richard, his grandson also loves blues, so there is a lot of blues in the show."
Your son Zeb also plays bass with you on occasion. How do you handle encouraging the kid of a musician to take it up his or her self?
" My son Zeb plays bass with me, whenever I can get him. He's 25 now and has got his own website business so I can't hire him all the time, but he is my favorite guy to play with. Most kids might have inherited something genetically and they are going to have music in their life. Like my son, he really loves jazz so he has music in his life and always will, but in some ways I think it put him off from being a professional musician. Because they see how much their father was gone, they see…. gosh, for years we didn't have very much money, it's not an easy life. I was enjoying it all the time, but for a kid to watch it, it doesn't entice them to want to do it."
Almost everybody I have interviewed says that same thing. That it is not an easy life, that everyone thinks it is glamorous all the time, but that it is a hard life except for the time that you are playing.
"The fun part is being on stage, being with your friends like Doc and hanging out. But the un-fun part is getting in the airplane, waiting around the airport, being searched, getting to the job, living in a motel, all that is the part that there's absolutely no glamour in that whatsoever. Luckily I don't mind being alone. I play solo most of the time so I don't mind being alone, so that is not a problem. Shoot, I can't complain, I'm making a very good living, I'm playing the traditional music, just what I love, music I've learned from the old timers, so, I've got no complaints. But it's not an easy life, I'll put it that way."
You seem to concentrate on the old time clawhammer style banjo playing as opposed to the Scruggs style. Is it because the clawhammer style is older, goes farther back?
"I don't really play Scruggs style. I love it, I love to hear it, I love Earl's playing, and I love to play with Earl. But I just love the clawhammer style. When I came into the mountains there was sort of a last generation of old men and women who had been born before the turn of the century and had learned it back in the early 'teens'. It seemed more important to me to learn that style, because it was dying out, than to learn the Scruggs style. There is a whole repertoire of songs that go with that style that don't go with the Scruggs style. I'm more interested in the traditional things than in the newly written things. Nobody played three finger as good as Earl, but certainly there were people playing it. One of my mentors is a very good three-finger banjo player named Walt Davis who was about thirty years older than Earl. He played an old timey style of three fingers. There were lots of people playing three-finger style but nobody put it together in the syncopated, beautiful way that Earl Scruggs did. He was amazing. He really made it all come together. "
I met Dr. Ralph Stanley a while back. He plays a mean clawhammer.
"That's how I got into it. I was going to college at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Ralph Stanley came out to perform. I had some of his records and I really liked him, and there was only about 30 people at the concert and I went up and talked to him afterwards and said, 'I love your music but I really want to learn to play that clawhammer style. Where can I go to learn that?', he said, 'well, you can learn off of records maybe, but you need to go back to the Clinch Mountains, Asheville, or something like that, where there's lots of people playing it'. I left that very summer, in 1969, and never looked back. I told Ralph this several times, we talked about it, Ralph was the inspiration to go to the mountains."
How does a guy that grew up in Texas, went to California and got some book learnin', approach these old timers in the Appalachian Mountains and communicate with these folk without them thinking your some kind of carpetbagger or something?
" I came there when I was 22, and the people that I learned from were so eager, and I think folks still are, not jealous about there music, they know it's traditional music, they know that it needs to be passed on, and when I came there in 1969 there was very few young mountain people learning that old mountain music. There was lots of people learning bluegrass, but there was nobody learning the old ballads, and the unusual old fiddle tunes. I would try to be very careful about building a friendship before I asked to learn some of their music. I would get to know people over a long period of time.
How would you do that? Would you just go up and knock on their door or what?
"It usually works like this, somebody will say, ' My grandfather plays that style, you need to go see him', so I would say, 'You mind calling him and telling him I'd like to see him?', then you would go see the grandfather and he couldn't play at all, but he'd say, 'well, I use to get together with a bunch of old guys every Thursday night. You need to go see some of those guys'. So, I would follow that out. There was a little network of people that you would hear about and most people were more than happy to show you. I would try to honor these folk, and still do. I carry with me big photographs of them that I use on stage to show their pictures. I feel like I had a hundred grandparents and it was a wonderful thing."
What is the Bantar?
"The bantar is, well, if you go to Deering Banjo they sell them, if you look on the website. It's a six-string guitar with a banjo body and a guitar neck. It's an older instrument, probably from the late 1880's. You don't see them a whole lot, yet Deering is starting to make them again. It sounds like a guitar, you play it like a guitar, but it's got the tonal qualities of a banjo. So, it's great for something like Ragtime, if you listen to something like that 'Black-Eyed Susie' song on the concert CD (the third one on Legacy), or on 'Don't Get Weary', Doc is playing the bantar, and you can hear the high pitched, kind of rolling sound that he gets with it."
The easiest way that I have spread the word on this CD is to refer to the story Doc tells on it of the 'cat skin banjo'. Did you know about the story ahead of time, or did it just come out?
"No, I didn't know about it. Well, basically, his dad had seen in a paper, I guess it was a Sears Catalog maybe, but there was a company that made 'cat skin banjo' heads. On a banjo head you want a thin, crisp sound. You can't really get that with a cowhide, it's too thick, you can't really get it with a goat hide, so the old mountain people would use a groundhog hide because it was so tough. But it was thick. So, Doc's dad said, 'You know, I think we could make a cat skin banjo', and Doc's grandmother had an old cat that was on its last legs, it wouldn't eat and was basically dying, and she was like, 'we have to put this thing out of his misery', and Doc's brother said, 'I don't want to do that'. She said, 'I'll give you 50 cents if you will', and he says, 'Ok', so they take the cat and they put it in the sack and they drown it. And then their Dad said, 'Let's use that cat. It was a good cat, let's use that for a banjo hide'. So they tanned the hide and made the banjo. I played this banjo, and it is amazing. It is absolutely, completely hand-made. There is a picture of it in the liner notes. It's small, it's only about 22 inches long, and the head is only, maybe, eight inches across, and it is the absolute, raw, instrument. Nothing fancy about it."
Did the cat have a name?
" (laughs) That's a good question, I never asked."
You are known as a storyteller, you have done shows as storyteller, how did you get into that and have you ever bombed as a storyteller?
"Oh yes, absolutely. I started doing storytelling long before there was professional storytellers in the early 70's. The first one I really tried was a …there was an old banjo player up in Boone named Stanley Hicks, and he told me about an elephant that was hanged in Erwin, Tennessee. So, I found out all the details I could. I interviewed all the people I could find that saw the elephant kill its trainer, and went to the newspapers and found the old 1916 editions, worked up the story of what happened, they have a picture of it, they had a trial for the elephant, ( http://www.internetwebguide.com/mag2000/aug/mary.asp) they convicted it, they couldn't figure out a way to get rid of it, it sounds horrible, but they found out the elephant had killed 11 people. It was kind of a rogue elephant, and people weren't going to sell or get rid of an elephant in those days, they would just change its name. So, they had this trial for it and decided it should be hanged, and they did that with a railroad derrick. So, I told it to an audience on my first try at a big story like this, and naturally they hated it because nobody likes to hear about an animal being hurt. I didn't realize it until after it was over, but what I came away with from that performance was that storytelling was very powerful. If you could move an audience to like you, as much as that story moved them to dislike me, then I really had something. I never told that story again but I've told many others."
Now, I would be disappointed if you didn't tell that story.
"It's just amazing the effect that story has on an audience full of people. Individually I could tell it to you but .."
You have a new project that you are working on with the slide guitar. I have always loved the slide guitar, usually in the hands of bluesmen like Duane Allman and Elmore James. Have you listened to Duane Allman much?
"Oh, absolutely, he's fabulous. I listened to everybody. I've got a gazzillion records because I love pretty much anything that has a slide note on it. From Jerry Douglas to Duane Allman to Robert Johnson. My favorite guy that gave me my inspiration was a guy named Tampa Red. Way back in the 1930's, he was a black guy that was just a great player, and he isn't that well known today, it was called 'hokum jazz' in those days, you might have heard a hit of his called 'Tight Like That", he recorded hundreds of selections. Document Records has put everything that he ever did on CD. He was incredibly prolific and a really clean player. What I like about him is he combines a little bit of a jazzier feel, jazzy from 1930's I mean, with a little bit of a country feel, with a bluesy feel as well. I haven't tried it electrified. It's almost like a different instrument playing it acoustic because you have to use heavy strings, on a steel guitar, a heavy bottleneck on your finger, and since I have been playing solo I've tried to work up a style that I've not heard anybody else do and that's playing the rhythm and the chords along with the melody (with the slide). That was something Tampa Red did."
You are actually in the movie 'O Brother Where Art Thou' for about fifteen seconds I guess, (playing the drunk fiddle player leading the crowd that was taking Baby Face Nelson to be hanged) but the soundtrack to that movie has sold almost 5 million copies without radio airplay. I think, or I hope, that it will have an effect like a bad snowstorm, or a electrical blackout or something, in that there will be a bunch of babies born nine months later. In other words I hope it will spawn a new group of young people that will continue that kind of music.
"(laughs) That's what I hope too. The American media culture has such a short attention span. But I'm hoping that, just like the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" introduced a whole lot of new people to bluegrass banjo (with the theme song played by Flatt and Scruggs, 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown', in 1968) that that will have some affect and there will be a certain, new group of youngsters that will pick it up. Because this is an oral tradition, it has to be carried on. You can record it all you want, put it on video tape and everything, but it takes a new generation of young people to want to play it. Bluegrass has a lot of people that play it because it's technically difficult, and its fun for the young people. Old Time music sort of needs a boost and that's what I love about Ralph Stanley getting out there, hearing his stuff and hearing him sing, because that's definitely old time. You can call it bluegrass if you want, but buddy, that's old time."
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St George's Bristol, one of Britain's leading concert halls, famous for its exceptionally fine acoustics;
Malcolm X Centre, St. Pauls, Bristol, where we rehearse.
The orchestra has performed as part of Black History Month in Bristol, an event that aims to enlighten everyone, regardless of race, revealing hidden histories of the struggle of the African diaspora to achieve freedom and emancipation from racist oppression, recognizing achievements made by black people to the advancement of civilisation and instilling pride, while also making people aware of areas where change is necessary.
Orchestra mentors include:
Hannabiell Sanders
Ben Thomas
Steve Laffy
Former mentors and workshop leaders include:
Dennis Rollins
Gary Crosby O.B.E.
Andy Clarke and Mark Spence of the AMJ collective
Abram Wilson
Pete Judge (of Get The Blessing)
Andrew Mackintosh
Kizzy Morrell
Alphonse Daudet Touna (Helele band)
Lorraine Ayensu
Members of the orchestra also play in:
Salsanova
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A research is a course of action of looking for definite solutions to definite questions in an ordered purposeful consistent way. It is applied in varying whether a theory is good or bad by a way of collecting information in a systematic way and analyzing data collected. For the objective of the research to be achieved, all information must be collected in with a clear objective in the head and be done in a systematic way. Depending on type of research being done, quantitative research or qualitative research, methods can be used.
Academically, students carry out research mainly to gain insight into their area of studies and learn study skills. Furthermore, research projects are necessary for degree accreditation and this explains why students do research.
At management level, research is carried out for different reasons namely: (a) improvement of an organization, a research is carried out to identify inefficiencies in the systems for example turnaround time for a particular process, (b) market entry strategy, (c) improve the products and/or service delivery etc. In this paper, we will develop a research proposal on the topic: The value of motivation in relation to properties and construction.
Companies and organizations are entities that perform one or several economic activities including production of commodities as well as the consumption of the raw materials. Companies always have their major aim as maximizing the revenue earned and the minimization of the costs that they incur in the course of production. These are the two major objectives despite there being other objectives. For effective attainment of these organizational objectives, an organization needs to manage its resource (Lam, & Tang, 2002, p. 98).
The work force of an organization is a vital resource in the productivity of an organization. The needs of employees of an organization should always s come before other needs because they are the ones who are responsible for productivity and the performance of the company (Watkis, 2004, p. 210). Therefore, the employees of an organization should be motivated by providing for them their important needs. Motivation can be in many forms as discussed in this paper. The application of employee motivation should be in all companies in all industries including the properties and construction industry. Employee motivation methods can include a better remuneration, provision of advanced learning opportunities, improving the working environment and increasing communication within the organization (Ross, 2003).
This study is relates the importance and effectiveness of motivation of employees in the properties and construction industry. The study seeks to achieve like evaluate the value of motivation in the properties and construction industry. The study narrows down to: establishing the major forms of motivations that can be used to motivate employees in the properties and construction industry, investigate the relationship that exists between motivation and the performance of construction companies in the properties and construction industry and therefore relating motivation to the performance of organizations in the industry.
This research is important given the latest turn of events that led to poor performance of many construction companies in the world. The researcher finds this topic relevant because it will equip the reader with full knowledge of motivating employees of an organization ion order to improve the performance of the organization. More over, the study will specifically apply to companies in the construction industry, which has been talked about by a few people.
Many people engage in many activities just like companies and other organization that transact many transactions in order to maximize their profit margin. The companies and we struggle a lot in achieving the benefits that might come after a long struggle. There are many challenges that will be met on the way but we do not give up. Despite the challenges and the struggles, the big question is "What motivates us or those organizations?" sometimes the going gets very tough but you will find people still going on.
According to Wong, (2000, p. 173), motivation refers to the things or factors that drive a person to do something. Many people do things with expectations of a reward or something good that will come of it. The benefits resulting the performance of an action or doing something can be in form of tangible things or benefits (financial benefits like money) or the outcome can be in form of lose of a job if the job is not done. In addition, there could be other less important benefits to the employee and they motivate the employees in doing whatever he does (Wong, 2000, p. 173).
Proper resource management: This motivation method ensures that the resources of the organization are well managed. Lam, & Tang, (2000, p. 143) indicates that the employees of an organization are usually left satisfied if the resources o f the organizations are managed well and they will strive to their best in production (Ross, 2005).
Life long learning programs: These programs aim at increasing professional skills of employees in the organization. Properties and construction industry is an industry that is transforming daily especially with the advanced technology. It is therefore important to increase and advance the knowledge and skills of employees in the industry because it will not only leave them satisfied and motivated, but the performance of the organization and the industry will also improve (Lvesques, 2007, p. 81).
Open door communication: in this motivation approach, the organization in the construction and properties industry will aim at increasing communication within the company (Dulaimi, & Beckingsale, 2001).
Methods are the various techniques and approaches that a research can use. A research can use methods such as quantitative of qualitative approaches methods it can also take a subjective r objective approach. A quantitative research is that the employs statistical and mathematical tools in collection and analyzing of data. This method is commonly applied in natural sciences and it is applied in limited studies in social sciences. On the other hand, a qualitative study uses qualitative tools for collecting and analyzing data. This method is mainly used in social sciences (Harvey, 2006, p. 125).
A motivated workforce can take an organization to higher levels. Therefore, there is need for motivating employees in the properties and construction industry. Employees can be motivated by use of a good compensation package that includes a good remuneration and rewarding system. They can also be motivated by improved working conditions, increased communication within the organization, diverse leadership styles, engaging them in life long learning programs and proper management of the resources of the organization. A motivated workforce can change the performance of an organization from worse to better (Baldoni, 2005, p. 79).


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Home Arts & Leisure 6Cyclemind project features fans' cover songs
6Cyclemind project features fans' cover songs
FILIPINO rock band 6Cyclemind has partnered with Sony Music Philippines to create a cover project featuring the fans' rendition of songs from the band's discography.
"Throughout our career, we have been touring different parts of the country. We are lucky to witness how our audience, even from far-flung areas, sing our songs with us. This is indeed a very magical feeling. Online, we can also view our fans cover our songs. This makes us feel that, somehow, through our music, we have touched their lives. This is the reason why we have decided to do this project," Fortunato "Tutti" Caringal, the band's vocalist, said in a statement.
The project, titled Sige I-Cover Mo Lang, saw the band asking its fans to submit their covers without setting specific criteria. Submissions came in the form of phone recordings or changing the song's arrangement. The band chose three songs to include in the album.
"We gave them the freedom to interpret the song of their choice. While screening the entries, we followed our gut feel and looked for the cover that will move us," Herbert Hernandez, 6Cyclemind's lead guitarist, said in the statement.
The band received "many entries that [they] really liked" which opens the possibility for them to have a second batch, Mr. Hernandez said.
The five-piece pop rock act started playing in Manila in 2001 and has so far released six studio albums, the most recent one in 2012 titled Good By Sunday. Some of the band's biggest hits include "Biglaan" (2003), "Sandalan" (2005), and "Prinsesa" (2007).
Of the submissions, 16-year-old cover singer Bianca's stripped-down version of "Biglaan," was "one that stood out the most," according to the release and earning a spot in the project.
"Whenever I want to cover songs, I usually just search for the chords and let myself feel the music. I was pretty melancholic during these times so my general approach was to make the song softer and downcast which is what I usually do to songs I usually sing," Bianca said in the release.
The project "was such a great platform to thank the band's fans and also give opportunities to artists [like her]," she added.
Her version of 6Cyclemind's "Biglaan" can now be streamed on Spotify and Apple Music. — ZBC
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James Blunt To Play At Royal Wedding [Updated]
The Royal Wedding will have an interesting organ player
Alexandra Breen March 14, 2011
Kate Middleton's gown designer for the royal wedding may not be confirmed yet, but the organ player is. During an interview with Italian news channel SkyTG24, British musician James Blunt announced that he'll be playing the church organ. The "You're Beautiful" crooner, who is currently promoting his third album Some Kind of Trouble, may seem like a strange choice for the role, but he served as an officer for the British army.–Ashley Singh
UPDATE: Blunt admitted he was "simply joking" about playing the organ at the royal wedding. Clarence House has however released a list of the musicians who will, really, officially be performing. They include the London Chamber Orchestra, The Choir of Westminster Abbey and The State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry.
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Joseph's Tomb in Nablus ablaze in the early hours of October 16, 2015
Palestinian Authority/Gaza, October 16, 2015
Palestinian Youth Set Fire to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus
Hundreds of Palestinian youth set fire with molotov cocktails to parts of the Joseph's Tomb complex in Nablus Friday morning.
Hundreds of young Palestinians gathered and threw Molotov cocktails at the compound. When some of them broke in and began throwing flammables inside the compound, Palestinian security forces took control of the situation. When they arrived, they fired into the air and removed the rioters from the site. A team of local firemen put out the flames.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the attack and established an investigative committee to probe the incident. The attack was an irresponsible act which doesn't reflect Abbas' principles and views, or the principles of Islam, his office said in a statement. Abbas also said that the Palestinian Authority will be responsible for reconstructing the compound and will cover the expenses.
The IDF said that it "considers this event severely, will work to locate and arrest the perpetrators, and strongly condemns any attacks on holy sites."
The military will rebuild the compound, some reports say.
Right wing Israelis are outraged. "The torching of Jewish holy sites is yet another low," said Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel. "This is the result of Palestinian incitement. While the Palestinians are lying through their teeth about the status quo on Temple Mount as a means to change it, they themselves are burning and desecrating the holy places of Israel."
"That is unforgivable," Ariel said.
Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu, said "setting fire to the tomb proves that the Palestinian Authority's behavior is no different than ISIS: Young Palestinians took machetes and knives to kill Jews, and now they're burning holy places and historical heritage sites, just as members of ISIS do."
MK Moti Yogev (HaBayit HaYehudi) added "whoever burns Joseph's Tomb proves that the place is not his. People who throw explosives and rocks, and play soccer around Al-Aqsa prove that the place isn't sacred to them. All these places will return to our hands [because they are sacred to us]."
The tomb, identified as the resting place of the Biblical Joseph, sits on the slope of Mount Gerizim in Nablus and near the Balata refugee camp.
Joseph's Tomb was not included in the grave list of holy sites which was transferred to the Palestinians as a result of the second Oslo agreement signed in 1995. When the IDF pulled out of Nablus that same year as a result of the agreement, Od Yosef Hai, a yeshiva founded in the 1980s, it's name a Biblical reference, became a Jewish and Israeli enclave in the area. But in 2000, because of the outbreak of the second intifada, Israel completely withdrew from the grave, as it was too difficult to defend.
In recent years, every month at night, worshippers would gather at Joseph's Tomb to pray. The visits were coordinated with the military forces and Palestinian security.
There were many conflicts around the grave in recent months due to uncoordinated visits. In 2011, Ben-Yosef Livnat was killed and three of his friends were wounded by a Palestinian policeman after visiting the area without clearing it with the IDF.
The situation at Joseph's Tomb comes on the heels of Abbas' phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday, in which Abbas promised to calm the situation in the West Bank.
And this promise has already been put to the test. In addition to youth burning Joseph's Tomb early Friday morning, Hamas called for rallies across the West Bank to express outrage after Juma'a, Friday prayers. Officials also expect demonstrations in Gaza along the border with Israel to take place around the same time.
Hamas has refrained from direct involvement in terms of organization demonstrations in the West Bank. It is yet unknown how the Palestinian security forces plan to deal with the Hamas protests.
Sources close to the Palestinian president told Haaretz that his conversation with Kerry also dealt with Abbas' claims that Israel executed the 13-year-old responsible for a terrorist attack in the East Jerusalem settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev, Ahmed Mansara. After Israel released photos of Mansara eating hospital food at Hadassah Ein Karem in West Jerusalem, Abbas argued that the fact that Mansara didn't die doesn't absolve Israel of its action. Abbas explained that the purpose of his speech was to criticize the brutality of Israeli police who will shoot and kill and Palestinian subject, even if he was already been disabled and the threat removed.
Also during the conversation with Kerry, Abbas asked that actions be taken against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, to stop the provocation and aggression that settlers pose to Palestinians, especially visits to Al-Aqsa mosque, he explained.
Despite the relative calm over the past 24 hours, police forces decided to limit Al-Aqsa mosque parishioners on Friday to men over the age of 40 and women.


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NEWS - Latest
And there is more - AVAF live again - starting in June 2020
Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - in Concert 2020
The 35th anniversary concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival on the 7th of July 2011 was the last public concert of AVAF. After that Andreas went into a retreat and continued his work in silence. Now the time has come to bring his passion and joy of playing back to the outside world full of energy.
What is to be expected?
The Experience (for the uninitiated):
Forget everything you ever thought you knew about the harp! Music critics worldwide agree that Andreas Vollenweider has developed a unique instrument, a unique sound, and an unmistakable musical style.
Do not expect an ethereal harp recital! It's more like something between chamber music and a rock concert. You will also forget very quickly that there are only three people on stage…
The Cast:
Andreas Vollenweider's instrument is easily able to fill even the largest of concert venues with its powerful sound, ranging from ultra-deep bass tones and hypnotic grooves to crystal-clear melodies with haunting intensity. Once more, Andreas uses his entire arsenal of instruments: his legendary electric harp, Chinese and African harps, ethnic wind instruments and other surprises. He moves through these musical spaces with two companions:
Young German cellist Isabel Gehweiler's performances are able to touch her audience in an indescribably consuming manner. She, too, breaks through the sonic and dynamic limits of her instrument without the necessity of artificial effects. Her music invariably provokes listeners to question whether it is actually the voice of a cello that they are hearing. Every now and then, Isabel's own bell-like voice rings out and floats over her rich tapestry of sound.
Drummer Walter Keiser has been the heartbeat of Vollenweider's music since the very beginning. His musical spectrum ranges from the subtle and finely crafted to the temperamental and furious. Even in airy, floating passages, he manages to create a secure connection to the rhythmic ground. Various elements of percussion as well as some tasteful programming are also part of Walter's colourful palette of sound.
The Music:
It is truly a unique world of sound: melodic, poignant, intimate, emotional, forgiving, untethered without compromise, and fascinatingly unfamiliar. From aching simplicity to fiery virtuosity, it is both soothing and powerful at the same time.
More than ever before, the music invites you on an inner journey, to pause and reflect and gather new strength. Those are exactly the qualities that originally made this music world-renowned.
Along with plenty of new musical creations, on this journey we will also meet old friends. Fragments and citations from legendary pieces of earlier albums and programs will take on new guises in this trio formation. There is also plenty of space for improvisation; the music will be just as new and full of surprises at every performance for both the listeners and the musicians themselves.
The Sound:
Ever since the early 80s, audio professionals have always agreed that the Vollenweider sound has set new standards of excellence worldwide, also for live concerts. Therefore, it will be especially pleasing to the audiophiles among you to discover that the original sound crew is still involved, and will once again make sure that the concerts become an unsurpassable sound experience.
Finally - in spring 2020: be prepared...
A very special Vollenweider-Project
AVAF at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2011


By living in this moment, here, today, now, we are profoundly connected to the world as it is. The world as it was can teach us but it must not define us. The world as it could be can inspire us but must not limit us. We exist at all time in the present, even when reflecting on the past and planning the future.
Most people spend their day concerned with the upright way to behave and with obeying authority. But what if you were to life your life upside down and inside out, unconcerned with what others might think? What difference would that make? Those of us who are deeply spiritual love the unusual, the contrary and the bizarre. We long to explore, to push the proverbial boat out, sometimes simply to see what will happen. Eventually, through such spontaneous expression, our lives give rise to a vast wave that carries all before it - the world drawn into its wake. I invite you to let go and enjoy the power of who you really are.
We can only love another, if we can love ourselves. We cannot give, what we do not have ourselves.
The spiritual journey is, in essence, a continual process of freeing ourselves from the known. The known can only be temporary and partial. Our commitment must be to the infinity that is life. That's why, no matter how exalted our achievement, we must only hesitate in appreciation for what has been achieved for a short period and be prepared to step out once more into the unknown because that's where our personal growth is and where new discoveries are made.
Einstein famously said that any problem could not be solved with the level of awareness that had created it. The problems in our life can act as stepping stones to higher and higher awareness. As each problem is mastered so our awareness grows. And each problem solved in this way gives rise to a new beginning and to our next adventure in living.
To chase after happiness is to miss it. The reason is because happiness is a direct outcome from being at peace and when we chase after something we are reacting to an inner desire for something to make us complete. Yet we are whole and complete as we are. All that's needed is to realize this and to settle into it. Then we enter the state of permanent happiness known as bliss.
Change and flow is the nature of life and each of our lives need to be an example of this. Sometimes we can feel hemmed in and confused by the sheer complexity of our life, and loose our sense of direction. If we remain stuck in this lack of awareness nothing changes and we can feel lost and without any direction. However if we commit to taking action, and one action follows another, it really does not matter whether the action you took was correct or not, the action itself will reveal new possibilities and out of this a sense of direction will emerge. Even the most complex and confusing situations become clear provided we are taking action and following through on these actions. When we do this it is always surprising how a pathway through even the most fraught and complex situation opens up and we can make good progress. So just don't sit back and wait to come up with the perfect action, simply commit to action, while remaining alert and aware, and the perfect pathway will open up all by itself.
The greatest risk, is the risk we take to be ourselves. For in risking complete authenticity, we have to let go of all that is not who we are. Life then becomes like a tightrope, which stretches out before us. However risking being ourselves is unlike any other risk, because we are always protected. No matter how far the drop, our finely developed inner sense of balance keeps us safe.
Many spend an entire lifetime searching for higher and higher poisons (not a spelling mistake!) of power and influence. However there is a much easier path and this is by focusing not outside and on your next promotion, but within on your next transformation. Through inner transformation the world of Spirit provides you with greater and greater influence. By walking the Spiritual Path eventually you get to have the whole world in the palm of your hand for safekeeping.
If your life is unchanging, you have probably adjusted to a situation where you can meet the challenges of life... you can get by. You're safe, sort of. But when you want to move outside these boundaries in order to make the most of your potential and to make your dreams come true, your life challenges then tend to meet you with a bump. Or this might happen if you are forced to step outside your 'safe space' through a change in circumstances. Then you need to take responsibility, to advance your personal development.


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Chapter 10: A Name Returned, A Past Forever Lost… Gong Hua
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By that point, it was difficult for me to remember the name Yin Qie Zi.
Why did I impulsively choose Yin Qie Zi as a fake name?
Why did I decide to use silver-purple hair as disguise?
Perhaps, I was still ignorantly following behind the line, on the same path from the very beginning.
–Gong Hua
The next few days passed calmly. Maybe it was because Mila still wasn't sure whether Yin Qie Zi was planning to save the Leaves, but she kept following him around and asking him to accompany her.
Despite that, Yin Qie Zi still felt free to do whatever he wanted, especially since many of his interests coincided with Mila's. The two of them were particularly interested in spirit elixirs. It was just that Mila had never found a spirit binder to be her teacher, so she knewonly theories, and no practical methods.
"Are you fine with not being my teacher?" Mila asked worriedly. "Spirit binders can only pass on their knowledge to their students, right?"
Yin Qie Zi immediately clarified in a serious tone, "I don't need students, and I'm not actually teaching you, either. I'm just giving you a birthday present."
Mila broke out in laughter and did not mention the subject again.
The most common thing the two of them did together was to silently read in the personal library. They researched on the Leaf Tribe and tried to find out the reason Yin Qie Zi lost his powers.
There was one hobby of Mila's that Yin Qie Zi was not fond of – floral arrangement. She realized this really soon, and decided to change the hobby and have Yin Qie Zi push her to the garden so they could look at and appreciate the flowers instead. Sometimes, Yin Qie Zi would even perform swordplay for her to watch.
Everything proceeded smoothly, other than the fact that Fenny was constantly with them. Yin Qie Zi was not worried about that, though. He still had time to gain Mila's trust… First he had to wait for Owen to drink the red potion before he can start on his plan.
He must finish them both off at the same time. If anything happened to one of them, the other would be immediately strictly hidden and protected.
"Yin Qie Zi? Yin Qie Zi, are you listening to me?"
Yin Qie Zi snapped back to his senses and saw Mila's doubtful expression. He hurriedly asked, "What is it? Are you tired?"
Mila smiled, "That's not it! What are you thinking?"
"Sorry." Yin Qie Zi answered vaguely. "I was just thinking of a recipe for some spirit medicine."
"As expected of a spirit binder."
Hearing Mila say that, Yin QieZi nodded. "Spirit binding is really fun."
As opposed to Spiritmancers, he was honestly interested in this occupation. It wasn't just a lie to bait Owen that he had started making spirit medicine.
"Too bad I'm not suited for spirit binding."Mila faintly smiled. "My spirit vision isn't very good."
Yin QieZi nodded, and said directly, "Your spirit-linking ability is strong. You'd be a good fit to become a spirit charmer."
"Sadly, I…" Mila looked down at her legs. Although the accident happened when she was a young child. She had already accepted the fact that she couldn't be on the road. Still, sometimes she felt regretful.
"Spirit charmers don't have to join into battle. There are many areas were spirit charmers can help out."
Mila smiled, "But none of them need my help."
Yin Qie Zi was speechless. That's right. They couldn't have the daughter of a member of nobility transport things around or build houses, could they?
"Learning spirit-binding in itself is very enjoyable. There's no need to put it to use!" Mila was fairly optimistic. "Being able to learn the things I want to learn. That's already many times better than other girls in noble families! Dad really spoils me… Even though it's mainly because of my legs, he always thinks he didn't protect me well. He keeps spoiling me, protecting me…"
Reaching that point, Mila complained a bit daughterly, "But he's honestly too strict. There's always a pile of soldiers and bodyguards wherever I go. It's the same even at home. It's really tiring to have someone watching over you at every moment! I have to keep holding this noble lady façade."
You should thank him for his strictness. If it wasn't for his tight protection, both you and Owen would have died by my hands already!
Yin Qie Zi grinned lightly, "There's no helping it. You're his only daughter!"
"Owen is also Dad's only son! Then again, Dad is very strict on Owen as well." Mila forced a smile, then spoke suddenly as having remembered something. "Oh, right. Thank you for the costly gift you gave Owen. He was really happy."
Yin Qie Zi responded plainly, "It's not all that precious. Owen must have received even more costly gifts."
Mila shook her head, explaining, "Someone gave an elaborate gift to Owen once, but Dad yelled at him and returned the gift on the spot. From then on, not many people dared to give him any gifts. On the other hand, mine became more and more costly and expensive."
Probably because Warlord Paladin's love for his daughter had been ringing louder and louder, Yin QieZi thought to himself.
"Owen never said anything about this…, but I know he still cares about it a little." Mila clasped her hands and begged, "So would you please, give him a birthday present every year from now on?"
Next year… Yin Qin Zie simply replied with, "Mm."
"That's great!" Mila happily said, and then turned to ask Fenny, "Fenny, is it time for dinner?"
Fenny quickly replied, "The servants haven't called us yet, so I'm afraid it'll be little longer. Miss, how about having Mr. Yin Qie Zi take you for a walk around the gardens to while away the time?"
Without waiting for Mila's reply, Yin Qie Zi nodded, "Let's go then."
The two quietly walked through the gardens, though only one of them was actually walking. Fenny followed after them, but she was considerate to keep three steps behind.
So they trust me enough to stay three steps away? Inwardly, Yin Qie Zi couldn't help but give a faint smile.
When Yin Qie Zi pushed Mila's wheelchair under a tree, he suddenly stopped. He stood quietly in the tree's shade and enjoyed the coolness of the air.
Mila didn't find this strange; she knew Yin Qie Zi liked to read while sitting under a tree. It had to do with the fact that he was a Flower, for Flowers were the children of trees. She understandingly suggested, "Let's take a rest here!"
Yin Qie Zi nodded. After making sure Mila's wheelchair was properly parked, he took his usual spot on the ground. When he raised his head, he saw Mila looking him, eyes filled with expectation. Yin Qie Zi hesitated and asked, "What is it?"
"Can I sit together with you on the ground?" Mila asked with longing in her voice.
Yin Qie Zi paused and looked towards Fenny, but the latter merely blinked at him innocently. Fenny then said, "Mr. Yin Qie Zi, you can't possibly be expecting a weak and delicate girl like myself to lift Miss out of the wheelchair, right?"
A weak and delicate girl…?
Yin Qie Zi fixed Fenny with a suspicious stare. But the latter continued acting weak, pretending that it had been someone else who had deflected the assassin's knife with a sword last time.
Although girls belonging to the nobility couldn't easily be touched, if it was Mila's own request, then there shouldn't be any problems, right? Yin Qie Zi didn't dwell too much on the topic. He stood up, lifted Mila from the wheelchair, and placed her onto the ground. He even thoughtfully chose a comfortable place, allowing her to rest against the tree's trunk and roots.
Mila smiled faintly, "Even though you can use a sword, you look so very thin and weak. You don't have the appearance of someone with great strength."
Yin Qie Zi sat down. When he heard those words he smiled, "I'm not human, remember?"
Mila deliberately exaggerated her sudden realization, making the two of them laugh.
"Is it strange? I'm a Flower; I'm…" Yin Qie Zi paused, and then said, "I'm a physical spirit."
Hearing this, Mila turned to look at him. She appeared somewhat hesitant, but still opened her mouth to speak. "Yin Qie Zi, I couldn't find the reason as to why you lost your powers in our library. However, I've asked Edward to search for books on it in the royal library… Don't worry! I didn't tell him anything about you. Besides, I've always been interested in the Leaf Tribe. He won't suspect a thing!"
Upon hearing those words, Yin Qie Zi finally regained his calm. He had thought he would be forced to take action right then and there.
Seeing that Yin Qie Zi had calmed down, Mila let out a breath, and continued speaking.
"Edward couldn't find any more information about the Leaf Tribe's guardian Flower. There was a book, however, that talked about the existence of physical spirits. The book described physical spirits to be mighty in power. If one were to rampage about recklessly, they would definitely cause devastating destruction. But fortunately, that sort of destruction has never happened before. This is because there'salways a purpose to the existence of physical spirits. It could even be said that they exist purely because of that purpose. Due to this, they would not easily stray away from the path of their purpose. But when they do…"
Mila saw the sudden change in Yin Qie Zi's expression. She paused in her words and chewed on her bottom lip. She knew that the words she was about to say would hurt Yin Qie Zi, so she was afraid to speak them. But since Yin Qie Zi already had an idea of what she was going to say, there would be no point if she didn't finish her words. So Mila opened her mouth and finished her sentence.
Faced with Mila's worried expression, Yin Qie Zi only gave a faint smile.
From the outset, there was no purpose for an abandoned Flower.
Looking at Yin Qie Zi's composed face; Mila finally gathered the courage and carefully went on. "As far as I know, the purpose of a Flower is to protect the members of the Leaf Tribe… Yin Qie Zi, when you lost your powers, did you try to use it for something other than protection? So much that it could be considered the complete opposite of protecting?"
Yin Qie Zi stayed quiet for a moment, but reluctantly spoke afterwards, "I don't think that's the reason… Long before I lost my powers, I had already been using it for 'non-protecting' purposes."
Mila gave a blank stare, but quickly replied, "Oh! So that's how it is. Then you couldn't have lost your powers because of that. We'll keep searching then!"
"Yin Qie Zi…" Mila hesitated, but went on. "The Danya People who're here for the peace offering have already arrived. In two days, they will return to the Continent of Xiasha together with the offering. Those Leaves… Do you want to see them once before they are taken away? Perhaps Owen and Edward can take you there."
"No, if I go, they might expose my identity. If that happened, it would be a great problem for me." Yin Qie Zi evenly replied. "I've lived amongst humans for a long time now. I enjoy these peaceful days."
"Yes, passing your days peacefully truly is great!"
After Mila finished speaking, the two of them stopped conversing. But the atmosphere wasn't filled with awkward silence; instead, it was extremely comfortable and relaxing. Although the day was stifling hot, a cool breeze continuously blew under the tree. While it wasn't yet time for the garden to be filled with flowers, there were still many of them swaying amid the abundant green leaves.
The color of sunflowers suddenly blew past Yin Qie Zi's vision. He puzzledly turned his head to look. It turned out to be strands of Mila's hair that had been blown loose by the wind. Yin Qie Zi unconsciously reached out a hand and caught wisps of hair in his fingers. He then tucked the loose strands neatly behind Mila's ear, completely forgetting how inappropriate an act it was.
However, Mila didn't say anything. She merely reached out a hand to touch Yin Qie Zi's braid. "Your hair color truly is unique," She praised.
When Yin Qie Zi felt the fingers on his braid, he reacted. "Don't touch it!" He cried out in alarm.
"Huh?" Mila quickly withdrew her hand. She then exclaimed, "Ah! Sorry, I heard from Owen that you disliked people touching your hair. But I forgot in the moment…"
Yin Qie Zi blushed and said quietly, "Don't worry about it."
Mila was a little bewildered at Yin Qie Zi's abnormal reaction. On the other hand, Yin Qie Zi felt a little awkward. Since Mila already knew he was a Flower, there was no harm in telling her about the peculiarities of his hair. But just then, she had touched his braid. If he suddenly told her that his hair was capable of having sensations… It probably wouldn't be good.
At that moment, Mila let out a surprised cry. "Who's that?"
Yin Qie Zi raised his head. The person he saw had his entire body hidden underneath a cloak. His face was even covered with a veil. "That's my servant, Litelli."
Litelli walked all the way in front of them and stood still.
Seeing this, Mila understandingly said, "I think dinner's almost ready. I'll go in first. Fenny."
The "weak and delicate" Fenny came over and effortlessly lifted Mila, placed her down in the wheelchair, and pushed her out of the garden.
Yin Qie Zi wordlessly watched mistress and servant leave. He then turned around and asked Litelli, "Did you find him?"
"No, I wasn't able to." Litelli curled his lip, and reluctantly said. "He's probably lying low in some special hiding place of his. There is no one I cannot find in this city! Give me a little bit more time. Even if he's hiding in the royal palace, I'll definitely drag him out!"
Yin Qie Zi pondered for a moment, and said, "You can search for him again tomorrow."
"You have another task for me?" Litelli asked knowingly.
"No, I don't want you to do anything." Yin Qie Zi pulled out a jar of spirit medicine from his clothes. "Just drink this jar of hair dye medicine, and obediently go sleep on the bed."
"You want me to pretend to be you? Then where are you going?" Litelli knew he was in trouble the moment he asked that question. Yin Qie Zi wasn't someone who liked to answer questions.
As expected, Yin Qie Zi did not reply. He merely tossed the jar of medicine to Litelli and left the garden.
The moon was bright that night. The light was cast down upon the grey imperial palace of the Country of Zhan Yan, making it appear like a luminous silver castle.
It was already late into the night. The inside of the castle was quiet and solemn. There were only guards patrolling the castle grounds, loyally doing their duty and preventing evildoers from entering and harming the royal family.
Two soldiers dressed in armor patrolled the castle's inner walls. When they passed the sewer mouth, one of them, out of the corner of his eye, spied a shadow moving beneath the water. He stopped in his steps and said suspiciously to his companion, "There's something in the water!"
The other solider replied, "It's probably fish. The sewer is filled to the brim with water. Plus, it's so dark inside that you wouldn't be able to tell which direction you're going. If someone went in, they would only drown. It's impossible for them to swim in from the outside. There's no way anyone could come in that way."
"I see," the other solider said in realization.
"Let's go and check somewhere else."
The soldier's voices grew farther and farther away. At that moment, a shadow rose from the depth of the water. Without raising a splash, the shadow quickly clambered onto the ground.
The shadow looked helplessly at the moon that hung high in the sky. The sky was cloudless and bright with moonlight. There was no hope that it would weaken. He could only hide himself by carefully utilizing all sorts of shadows. In addition, he had to avoid important places, such as the building where the royal family stayed. It was the most heavily guarded structure within the castle.
Nevertheless, the shadow's target wasn't the high-classed royalty. Instead, he was focused on the bunch locked up in the prison.
The prison was also probably heavily guarded, but he didn't intend on saving anyone. He only wanted to take a look inside. The difficulty of this act was significantly lower than any attempt to save the prisoners.
The shadow spent a long time circling the prison walls searching for a window, almost bumping into guards several times. His heart trembled with fear, so much that he wanted to turn around and leave. But just then, he finally found what he was looking for.
There was only one window on any of the walls; a tiny window that even children couldn't crawl out of.
The light inside the prison was dim. Fortunately, the moonlight was more than sufficient for him to see. He could make out several people inside… No, several Leaves.
Unconsciously, the shadow leaned closer toward the window. Even though it was extremely dangerous, he wanted to get a clearer look at the Leaves inside.
There were both men and women inside, with a great variety of hair color—blue, gold, purple. But none of them had a head of silvery-purple hair.
The shadow gave a self-deprecating smile. How could the grand Leaf Lord be caught and end up as a slave?
It was time for him to leave… The shadow wrinkled his brow. He couldn't resist the urge to peer into the small window one last time.
The Leaves sat or lay quietly inside the prison cell. Most of them were asleep; the few that were awake stared blankly into space. They looked helpless and utterly lifeless.
It was a very strange scene. In the shadow's memory, it was very rare for Leaves to display such vacant expressions.
Seeing the emptiness on the Leaves' faces made him uncomfortable. He didn't want to look at them anymore and turned to leave. When he had just taken a few steps, however, a voice suddenly came from the side.
"I wasn't sure you would come, since I thought that you might be scared of entering the palace. Although you lost your powers to manipulate plants, you still count as a fairly strong spiritmancer. But even then, isn't it insensible for you to infiltrate the royal palace?"
The shadow's heart skipped a beat. This voice belonged to the assassin who injured his left shoulder!
He turned around to look, but couldn't find the other's figure. In the darkness, however, there was a pair of glowing eyes.
He had lost the ability to manipulate plants… No, it was more accurate to say that he had lost the power to link spirits. He was still passable at breaking chains. Besides that, he still had his exceptionally good spirit vision. The occupation that suited him the most right now would be that of a spirit binder.
But a spirit binder had almost no fighting ability. To achieve his revenge, he needed fighting power. So in the end, he chose to be a spiritmancer. However, his body type wasn't suited to practicing martial arts. To make up for this, he had spent 20 years before finally reaching where he was today.
But it simply was not enough. When faced with the power and authority of the Warlord Paladin, he was still insignificant.
Right now, with his injury, he couldn't even beat one human!
The shadow turned, even if he had to deal with flying daggers, he had to escape. He couldn't die here.
"Don't run away!" The assassin coldly yelled out. "I know you are living at the Warlord's residence. And I bet you don't want him to know you are a Flower, am I right?"
Hearing this, the shadow stopped in his steps. If he were to lose the chance to take his revenge, then he preferred to be killed by the hands of the man standing behind him. With that thought in mind, the shadow turned around.
The man also stepped out of the darkness. He had changed after all this time. The corners of his lips were lifted in a frivolous smile, but the look in his eyes was the complete opposite. There was a deep hatred in his eyes; the left eye that carried the scar looked especially cold.
The man lightly smiled, and playfully said, "Don't worry; I'm the only one here right now. We can have a nice long chat, without disturbing anyone. After all, we haven't met in such a long time. Why don't you take off your mask; I'm not used to talking to faceless people."
Without any complaints, the shadow took off the mask that covered his whole head; silvery-purple hair flowed out like a torrent of water.
"That hair color really doesn't suit you. Black and blood red are colors that fit you most." The man lazily commented.
Yin Qie Zi was silent, then lightly said, "You… Are you he?"
"He? Which he are you referring to?" The man said with a cynical smile, even though he already knew the answer.
Yin Qie Zi stayed quiet. Finally, he opened his mouth and softly called out the name he hadn't said in years.
"Cas… Are you Cas?"
The man smiled and idly replied, "Yes, that is my name, Zhan ·Cas· Tershiziel. Once, you even disliked it because it was too long."
It really was Cas.
Although he had already guessed it, Yin Qie Zi couldn't help but feel surprised. He had never thought he would meet Cas again. So many years had passed… He had carried the fear that Cas had long died under his own hands.
After thinking a bit, Yin Qie Zi spoke, "Cas, wait for me for a while. After I take my revenge, I'll come and find you… You can settle your score with me then."
"Settle my score with you? You think I want to kill you? Why would that be? You're all that I have left. My Gong Hua… My enemy!"
Cas turned his face upwards and laughed, a crazy and violent laugh. Suddenly, he stopped, stepped forward, and grabbed a fistful of the other's collar. He pulled Yin Qie Zi toward him, and stared at the latter with his chilling eyes.
"My cute, baby Gong Hua, killing you would be letting you off easy! You killed my whole family. You couldn't even spare the one brother I had left. You even raised your hand to hurt me, and then just turned around and left… I spent 20 years looking for you!"
I didn't mean to hurt you. I wanted to protect you!
Yin Qie Zi's mouth moved, but he refrained from speaking. Even if there was one less crime to his head, the situation wouldn't change.
"Everything about you is a lie! Do you remember when you agreed to marry me? Hahaha! Even your gender is a lie!"
"I didn't understand anything at the time!" Yin Qie Zi couldn't help explaining. "I didn't mean to lie to you… No, I never lied to you!"
Cas growled, "You don't even need to lie! Your whole existence is a lie! Pretending to be an innocent girl and deceiving everyone so much that they were wrapped around your finger. In the end, all of them died because of you! Mila died, my brother died, and what about Owen who left with you? I bet he's dead too, am I right?"
Yin Qie Zi couldn't even finish his explanation, but there was no way for him to explain. A tear fell silently onto his cheek.
"You are a lie, but I won't break my promise."
Seeing the other's tears, Cas smiled. He reached out a hand and wiped the tear off of Yin Qie Zi's face. Then lovingly, as if whispering to a lover, he uttered the most malicious words.
"Do you remember? I once promised you that I would never leave you. I have no plans to go back on that promise. So I'm going to stay with you for the rest of your life. I'm going to make your life a living hell. As repayment for your sins, I will make you experience suffering of the greatest kind every second of your days."
Yin Qie Zi was silent upon hearing those words.
Cas snorted when he saw that the other did not plan on replying. He then brusquely commanded, "Now, tell me everything! After you and Owen left that year, exactly what happened?"
"That doesn't concern you." Yin Qie Zi didn't want to talk about that time. He didn't even want to remember it.
"Of course it concerns me; only after understanding you completely will I know what makes you suffer the most. Talk! Perhaps after you do, I'll consider letting you take revenge."
Seeing Cas act like a master, Yin Qie Zi couldn't help but give a bitter laugh. He now understood how Litelli felt whenever he harshly ordered the latter about. The difference was that Litelli voluntarily became his servant and could leave any time he wished. In contrast, Yin Qie Zi wasn't given any other choice but to submit.
Since the beginning, he had never been given any choices.
"Back then, Owen took me and we escaped, but wanted posters of us quickly went up. I wanted to do as Mila said and leave the country, but Owen didn't want to leave Zhan Yan. Instead, he brought me to his cousin West's place to ask for his help."
Cas let loose an excited laugh, "West the Warlord Paladin? You went to him for help, but then he turned into your object of revenge? Don't tell me he wanted to kill his own cousin Owen?
"No, the person he wants to kill is me."
"Everybody wants to kill you."
Cas gave a cruel smile when he saw Yin Qie Zi's stricken expression. "How could this be, baby Gong Hua? Just by looking at you, I can tell you are very lovable. What did you do to provoke West?"
Yin Qie Zi was taciturn, but then he lifted his head to look at Cas, a hint of a smile was on his face.
"I helped him kill over ten thousand people from the Danya tribe."
Since long ago, I've already been living in hell.
Next: Afterword
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Translator: Nannyn, Nuddle
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KT says:
…Sure, you're not going to rescue any slaves. You're just sneaking in the look at them. Just keep telling yourself that.
Amiric says:
I kind of hope the next chapter will be the flashback of twenty years ago; when Owen and Gong Hua ran away from people chasing them.
snuffie says:
so that's why he's after West… whew Yu Wo, why did you skip that kind of delicious backstory and leave it to a simple exposition *sob*
I wonder what happened to Owen.
crues says:
Does anyone think Cas and Gong Hua will be together as old times?
I hope they do. They shouldn't be apart in the first place.
I wonder who the first person to mistake our main character for the Leaf Lord will be? Because he used the same name and even gave himself the same looks. It's going to happen, and I suspect it will cause him a lot of trouble when it does.
xena nais says:
OMG I love it so much …waiting for new update
Thankyou and LOve you guys translating it
My theory is that "flowers" only keep their powers if they are protecting leaf people, otherwise they gradually lose their powers. I could be wrong, of course. Maybe instead of protecting leaves, they just need to be near them.
Well, on the other hand, i think that because "flower" is used to protect, but he always attempt to take revenge so that is why he lost power.
Syrra says:
That's a good theory. And then that one time when the plants sort of reacted to him was because he was sort of thinking of protecting something again.
Wheee, nice chappie to end the month with. Will it be complete next month? *wagging tail*
Amiric
snuffie
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8th September 2020 | Press Releases
Irish Green MEPs welcome Commission decision on Irish commissioner
Today Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her decision on the new Irish commissioner and their portfolio, assigning Mairéad McGuinness the financial services portfolio. This follows the resignation of Phil Hogan after a public outcry over his trip to Ireland last month in which he failed to respect the Irish government's guidelines on Covid-19. The Commissioner-designate will now have to face the European Parliament in a hearing before a vote on her candidacy takes place.
Ciarán Cuffe, MEP for Dublin said, ''I welcome the swift decision by Von der Leyen on the Irish appointment and the fact that it contributes to achieving gender parity in the College of Commissioners. If approved by the European Parliament, her new responsibilities in financial services and financial stability will prove challenging as the EU navigates the stormy waters of Brexit and the Covid-19 recovery. However there are many opportunities to promote sustainable finance, as the European Union enacts the European Green Deal.
"I look forward to seeing Ms. McGuinness' performance in the hearing that will assess her suitability and wish her well. It's important that the Commission gets on with its work as soon as possible so that we can rebuild from Covid-19 and address the unfolding climate crisis."
Grace O'Sullivan, MEP for Ireland South said: "From the outset I supported Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen's commitment to addressing gender balance in the Commission when I called on the government previously to nominate two candidates. I was pleased to see them concur with that request in this more recent process.
"I'm happy that the successful candidate is a woman with a deep insight into European institutions as a result of her 16 years' experience in the European Parliament. I wish Mairéad the best in her hearing where MEPs will be assessing her suitability for the role.
"If she is successful I look forward to continuing a positive and productive working relationship, engaging with her as the European Parliament and European Commission work to tackle the current health and climate crises facing humanity."