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Nathanyal Bookard, a mid-level manager in the capital city of Targonn, has a stable, sensible life as a Safety Inspector, a thankless job in the
Galaxy Far, Far Away. That's all about to change.
Story: Junior Lead Safety Inspector and Solutions Analyst Nathanyal Bookard had made a big decision. A risky one. A crazy one. But there was no turning back now.
Lugging a packed-full folder under his arm, Nathan walked past several of his coworkers on his way to the overseer's office. All of them Ugnaughts.
"Hey Bullis, I got your time-off approved," he said in passing. "Yeah, I sent yours in, Bleb. You should know by the end of the week. Take care, guys."
Nathan entered the admin office, where he was greeted by his boss's assistant; a friendly man named Albee Toffle, who had an enormous mustache and a high, humorous voice.
"Well, howdy there, Nate!"
"Hey, Albee," Nathan greeted.
"Excited for the team lunch tomorrow?"
"Well, I would be, but...is Barthur in?"
Albee grimaced. "Nah, he's in meetings. What else is new."
"Figures. I'll get straight to the point," Nathan sighed. He peeked inside the mass of documents inside his folder to extract a singular page. He set this on Albee's desk.
The man peered at the paper.
"What's this then?" he asked.
"It's my resignation."
Albee gasped and looked up at the young inspector. "No..."
"Sadly, yeah. But these-" he set down the folder, causing the desk to creak- "Are all my cases, requests, and all the documentation I'd been assigned."
"Bloody hell," said Albee, looking at the massive folder as though it were a beached whale. "What'd you do, slip a few new days into the calendar?”
“I know this is really short notice, so I also found a few options for who you could hire as my replacement. That’s in there under the...uh, red tab.”
Albee gaped. “This is...pretty good work, Nate!"
"Well, I didn't want to leave anyone in the lurch."
"Admirable! And exactly why I don't want your resignation on my desk. You're a hard worker, and a good guy. Even the maintenance guys like you, and you're a bloody Safety Inspector!”
“Well, not all the maintenance guys. Let's be fair.”
“All the ones that still work here. We fired Oz for a reason.” Albee sighed. “It'll be tough to lose you. Can’t say I saw this coming. What brought all this on?"
Nathan scratched uncomfortably at his collar. "Well, it's all in the note...but I'll save you the reading. The short of it is: I met a girl a few weeks back, before that Imperial raid, and I let slip some protected information, about that unshielded reactor vent...and she may have turned out to be an Imperial forward spy."
Albee frowned. "Aw, kid. That's...but...we drove those bucketheads off! They never even tried to hit any of the couplings."
"Yeah, I don't know why, but nothing happened with the info I told her. And once I realized what I had done, I had Jep help me fix the vulnerability in the reactor vent. But I still, just...I broke confidentiality. There could've been consequences. I don't feel right keeping the job knowing that."
The expression on Albee's face was sympathetic--fond, even. "I get it, mate. But, you know, we could smooth things over..."
Nathan shook his head. "I appreciate it, but no, there's no need."
Albee sighed. He had expected that answer, but he wanted to give it a shot. He tabbed through the huge folder as though afraid to wake it up. "What will you do next, then?"
"I think I've got a plan. I, uh, took a bounty. I want to find the...well, the girl."
"A bounty?" Albee chuckled. "You? Hah! That's a career change if I ever saw one. Well, not my place to judge, I suppose. But at least tell me this," he said, leaning forward. He looked at the boy with concern. "Is this about justice, or revenge?"
"Well, uh, neither, actually. I, uh...stang, how to say this..."
Albee raised an eyebrow.
Nathan struggled through. "...I think--well, I'm pretty sure--and I know this sounds crazy, but..."
"For geet's sake, mate: spit it out, will you?"
"Alright, alright!” he said, bracing for the inevitable mocking he was about to receive. “…I might be in love?"
Albee stared at him like they'd never met. "With who?"
"What?" Nate frowned. "...The girl."
"...What girl?"
"The spy!"
"I thought you fell in love with a girl?"
"The girl was the--the spy was the girl! I'm in love with the spy girl. And I want to go find her."
"But...she's an Imperial! A crazy, right?"
"Well, for now. But we talked for a long time, and--I see that look--I do feel like I...know her. We had a connection. And she never used the info I gave her! Maybe that means she has some doubts. I think...I think that if I find her, I can get her to leave the Empire."
Albee's stare nose-dived into a look of pity. "Awww, mate....now..."
"Hey, I know it's crazy, but I've made up my mind," he said, undeterred. "You can wish me good luck, if you want."
Albee clucked his tongue, but saw the determination in the kid's face. There was nothing for it. He smiled.
"Like I said, you're a good guy. I can't believe you're really leaving! But...I really hope it all works out for you, Nate."
Nathan smiled too, and nodded gratefully. "Thanks, Albee. I’m going to go do my nightly rounds, make sure everything’s good before I take off."
The man cleared his throat and returned to business. "Well, get a move on, then. I'll get all this to Barthur. Take care of yourself, eh, kid?"
"You too."
"Send me a holo of your little stormtrooper kids, one day."
Nathan laughed and waved him away. "Bye, Albee."
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Someone crept around the Reactor substations, someone who wasn’t supposed to be there. The man looked around for witnesses, then checked the pressure status on one of the runoff consoles. There was a vulnerability here, he knew it. Even if the girl wouldn’t say.
“Hey!” he heard someone yell, and he spun to face them. One of the Ugnaughts. Filthy things.
“You’re not supposed to be here!” it accused.
He drew a blaster from his coveralls...
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Severance Town Center opened in 1963 as a mall under the name "Severance Center". The mall has since converted to a standard outdoor shopping center. The shopping center is anchored by Home Depot, Dave's Market, and Regal Cinemas. Walmart closed in late 2013 when they relocated to a new supercenter nearby.
Severance Town Center - Mayfield Road and North Taylor Road - Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Benjamin Harrison Eaton (December 15, 1833-October 29, 1904) was an American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist in the late 19th and early 20th century. Eaton was also the fourth Governor of Colorado, from January 1885 to January 1887, with the nickname of the "farmer governor". This is a view of his water tower at what was once the family compound. This area is now a major winter roost for Bald Eagles, I've seen over 50 at one time during peak. Today it's known as Wood's Lake.
Eaton was a founding officer of the Union Colony (now known as Greeley) and was instrumental in the establishment of modern irrigation farming to Northern Colorado. He was one of the largest land owners in Weld and Larimer counties, at one time owning over ninety 160 acre (0.6 km²) parcels, all watered from canals and reservoirs of his own construction. His projects were influential in helping turn the South Platte River valley into an important agricultural region in the state's economy. The town of Eaton, Colorado in western Weld County is named for him.
Contributor(s): United States.
Army.
Publication: 1952
Language(s): English
Format: Still image
Subject(s): Hospitals, Military, Military Medicine,
Military Personnel, Amputees, Korean War, Korea, United States. Army., Evacuation Hospital, 121st.
Genre(s): Pictorial Works
Extent: 1 photographic print : 21 x 26 cm.
Technique: black and white
NLM Unique ID: 101443310
NLM Image ID: A015711
Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101443310
This used to operate as a 14-screen Regal Cinema that opened in 2000. Regal Cinemas remained until closing in 2015, it was briefly used as a Front Stage Multiplex but it didn’t last very long.
Seoul, a mega city of over 10 million population.
It was taken at the 19th floor of Severance Hospital Building through window.
Pentax K5 + DA 16-50
Severance Town Center opened in 1963 as a mall under the name "Severance Center". The mall has since converted to a standard outdoor shopping center. The shopping center is anchored by Home Depot, Dave's Market, and Regal Cinemas. Walmart closed in late 2013 when they relocated to a new supercenter nearby.
Severance Town Center - Mayfield Road and North Taylor Road - Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Miami, Minneapolis, Memphis, Melbourne, Milan, Madrid, Manchester, Munich, Morocco, Marseilles, Montreal, Montevideo, Mexico City
Seoul, megacity of over 10 million populaton.
It was taken at the 19th floor of Severance Hospital building through window.
Pentax K5 + DA 16-50
does not love require of the lover the slightest attachment to the loved?
photo number four of the most recently conceived project. there will be many more of these to come over a long period of time. if you are interested in learning more of the concept than i've written here, feel free to write and ask questions. unfortunately i'm still trying to get comfortable with sharing so much of myself with perfect strangers via a universal medium. there is so much more that i could say about each of these images, they all have very complex meanings and feelings for me, but i'm having trouble allowing myself to be one hundred percent honest and open with something as vulnerable and personal as these. it will come in time, i hope. be patient with me.
also, by the by, everyone meet spencer!
he totally saved me by volunteering to help me out with this project.
thank you spencer!
This is all that remains of the original 1931 Art Deco interior of the Main Banking Room by Walker & Weeks. These architects did a lighter, more delicate, Beaux Arts sort of Art Deco here that is not unlike Severance Hall in Cleveland, also by Walker & Weeks and built just before this project.
For an idea of the original appearance of what was a unique and significant Art Deco interior see the pages of the 1932 article on the building in "Throvgh the Ages" also in this photo album. These interiors may have been destroyed as early as 1950 when an addition to the building more than doubled it's size.
All of the original Federal Reserve regional headquarters banks and their branches had monumental "main banking rooms." In the age of electronic banking these spaces are obsolete. Despite this obvious change in function, the Federal Reserve system's poor stewardship of their architectural legacy is unjustified. It's not irrelevant to point out that an institution that can create money out of thin air can afford, like no other institution, public or private, to preserve these buildings. The Banks did not need to jettison this real estate to reduce costs or put the capital invested in the property to better use. (This building was sold for just $8M.) Though little known, this building was among the finest and most interesting built for the Federal Reserve system.
Severance Hall
University Circle
Clevleand, OH
Join me on my walk.
Leaving Case Western Reserve University and heading north, the first shot is of Severance Hall (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_Hall). The convert hall is home of the Cleveland Orchestra (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Orchestra). The orchestra is perennially rated in the top five orchestras in the world.
This is looking NE across Euclid Avenue. Also visible is one of the many orange barrels that signal Construction Season, the only season beside Winter in NE Ohio.
have worked at Cree, Inc (makers of LEDs and SiC devices) for the past 24 years. Over that time, I had many roles, mostly software and database development but also IT Manager, Web Master, and Materials Coordinator to name a few. I truly enjoy solving problems and helping people with their data needs.
I was laid off from Cree on May 13 and was given a very generous severance package. Recently, I have started to become restless and have started looking for a new adventure. I’m not in a hurry to land a new career, so I’ll be taking my time to find the right place.
Cheers,
Wade