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Afraid
Grand Central Publishing, April 2009
370 pages
Cover art and design by Dale Fiorello
From inside:
Fran screamed.
She thought of her son. She thought of his teenage years, just around the corner, which he'd have to face without any parents if she died.
Fran couldn't let that happen.
Reaching behind her, she felt along the shelves, her hands clasping around a five-pound can of tomato paste. The flashlight came on again, less than five feet away from her. Fran threw the can as hard as she could. She didn't wait to find out if she'd hit the killer. She was already running away from him, climbing on the deck, seeking out the window to the alley.
Her fingers met cool glass. She found the latch, tried to turn it.
Painted over. Wouldn't budge.
Frantic, she reached around, found the phone and cracked it hard against the window.
Glass shattered. The window was small, and shards jutted from the pane, but Fran forced her upper body into the hole. Her hair snagged, but she pushed forward as glass cut her palms and elbows. Then her hands touched the brick on the outside of the building, and she was dragging her hips out, thinking that she'd actually made it, and her fear transformed into a crazy, almost hysterical sense of relief.
That's when the killer grabbed her ankle.
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Acquired: 2009-05-11
Started: 2009-05-31
Finished: 2009-06-07
A helicopter crashes in the isolated, small town of Safe Haven, Wisconsin and releases a group of psychopathic soldiers who start torturing and killing everyone in town in order to gain the information they need to accomplish their mission. The sheriff, a firefighter, and a waitress manage to escape the initial attacks and must find a way to stop the intruders.
Afraid is a decent thriller with non-stop action, but I didn't feel like it brought anything new to the genre. It reminded me a lot of Dean Koontz books with the heroes tragic pasts, and a heroic dog who helps save the day on a number of occasions. It does have a lot more explicit violence and gore than a Koontz book though, a lot of which seemed to be there just for the sake of having some gore. It is also a quite cynical book, which requires buying into the idea that the government is totally corrupt and evil at many levels, and has been for a long time, which is a trendy meme but still seems a little over the top. Fans of horror thrillers will probably enjoy this book, but I found it just average.
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"Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue ?" exhibition.
"La maison rouge" - Fondation Antoine De Galbert - Paris.
Yet another Iceland photo I'm afraid! I'm going to Amsterdam for a couple of days next week so should hopefuly get some pictures there
Ahhhhw *-* finally arrived new wig and eyes! I'm so happy, now she is almost perfect...
Shoes, wig and eyes from LeekeWorld <3
this one was afraid to swim through the deeper water to reach the sand bar. She eventually got the courage up and joined the others.
Nikon D7000
Nikkor 105mm 2.5 Ai
Exposure 1/640 sec.
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 105 mm
ISO Speed 100
HORNOFAFRICADROUGHT
Gaalo Adan Ali, 45, still struggles with nightmares. On the long 15 day journey here, begging rides on any vehicles heading north, 2 of her children died of hunger-- 2 and 4 years old. Another almost died in a car crash. Now she is cradling her 6 year-old son, Khaleed, praying he won't die too. He is vomiting and so weak he can't sit up on his own. The decision to leave and look for food elsewhere came slowly. But when her mother died and 2 of her sister's children, she and her husband knew it was time to leave. But he was bitten by a snake and unable to travel, so Gaalo had to take the children on her own. Note: World Vision used to work in their town until Al Shabaab forced most aid agencies to leave. See story by: Amanda Koech. Garowe, capital city of Puntland, Somalia.
Africa digital color
Credit: World Vision International
Dear Helena,
It’s been a long time, too long in fact. I’m afraid I was too caught up to reply to you sooner, hope you’ll forgive me for that… Has the weather settled down now? Last I heard, you had a hurricane pass through so I was a little concerned. There’s nothing but slush and snow here, it’s been awfully cold the last couple of days but it’s beginning to warm up. I don’t think this will last long, though. From what I’ve been told, this country is like that. *Sigh* I want to go back home… Oh well, no use dwelling on that. I changed my hair for a lighter color this time. Since we last spoke, I had gone from my black/gold hair to a dark brown for Christmas and after that, the color I have now. It’s just so boring having the same color all the time!
As for Halloween? What did I do that day… I remember taking a photo with a Halloween touch to it. It should be around here somewhere. Other than that, I watched a few “horror” movies. They have a strange idea of what’s scary over here… Oh, so you went out with your family? Must have been… Fun with little ones around. Your sister likes to complain, doesn’t she? Is there anything she doesn’t bother you about? Reminds me of a certain person… Mm, the trees make such interesting shapes when they’re bare. There’s one just outside that’s incredibly tall, long skinny branches like bony fingers pointing to the sky… I want to climb it, but everyone makes such a fuss when I suggest it. How am I supposed to have any quiet time to myself this way? I’ll build my own home up there if I must.
It sounds to me like they’re jealous of your necklace, haha. You don’t have to tell them anything, I don’t like others knowing my business either, but -clearly- some people don’t understand that around here. Glad to know that it stands out, just remind them that they can’t always be as lucky as you are. Speaking of which, this is a bit late but I have something else that I’ll be sending you soon. It’s a little… Christmas present, I suppose. It’s a surprise so I won’t say more, but I know you’ll like it. I know I do.
So, those inflated heads made their way here from your home? That’s why one of them seems to know about you more than I thought… As long as they’re not in my way, I don’t care much but they are still very strange to look at. As for trusting them, that won’t be a problem. I don’t trust people that don’t have launch able bodies. Fortunately, there’s been two new members of our family that are decently proportioned. Unfortunately, I’ve been sharing my clothes with one. Just because he’s about my height doesn’t mean he can wear what I own. I keep getting these pity talks about how it’s only temporary until he’s got things of his own. Is it my fault he came here unprepared? Ugh. The other one is about the height of all those other… People. Except her head is actually normal sized. I’m beyond words as to where they all keep coming from, I’m told there will eventually be more and I can only continue hoping there won’t be anymore strangely shaped ones.
Enough about that, did you enjoy your holidays? I received quite a bundle of outfits, but it wasn’t perfect. The clothes were nice but some were just too wide or the sleeves were too big. This is what measurement taking is for, isn’t it? Oh well, better than nothing new to wear. Thankfully I don’t have to hear or see those annoying songs and lights now, that awful tree is finally gone. What logic is there putting a tree in your home and decorating it? I just don’t understand this place… If only we could replace it with a better holiday, I wouldn’t mind Halloween twice a year. I appreciate the dark and beautiful things in this world, too… Of course, there’s only one I appreciate most of all.
Until next time, my dark angel.
Masaru
Artist; Henry Moore, 'Large Spindle Piece', 1974.
I am afraid that in my view, Henry Moore's forms do not quite go with the surrounding on this occasion.
One of the iconic pieces of railway architecture has just been restored to its original simple grandeur. Well almost.
The new canopy by mcAslan can be seen in the background, disecting the arches is a near visual disaster.
The Square by Stanton Williams is a brave juggling trick with rules, regulations and architectural etiquattes and almost gets away with it.
model: julia c. she actually was afraid to cross the street on a journey to dunkin donuts and i don't think she even knows i took this...hahaha.
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I used to pass through Hales every time I drove to see Norwich play, from 1984 onwards. There is a backroad way to Haddiscoe then over the marshes to St Olaves and finally via Herringfleet and Somerleyton to Oulton and home.
Hales used to have a hospital, used I think for recuperation. Long since closed now and turned into housing, of course.
I used to drive through either full of anticipation of the afternoon's entertainment ahead, or go back home either so happy after seeing them win, or in despondency if we had lost. First time I drove to Carrow Road was in the spring of 1984 was to see City play Watford. City won 6-1, and John Deehan scored four. Not all afternoons were like that.
I can't remember the last time I drove to Norwich along the 146, to be honest. I know turning right towards Norwich used to be difficult at times, even more so now.
A few years back, I went looking for the church in Hales, and seeing signs pointing to another church ended up in Heckingham.
St Margaret is just off the main road, up a quiet lane, and yet the local louts find it in their hearts to come here to smash the windows in the chancel. I can't understand it, and after the visit here I was filled with a mix of anger and sadness. In Kent, Elmstone is a remote church, and yet the local youth there find time to smash the windows there too.
Inside St Margaret there are a fine selection of wall paintings and Norman arches and fittings, topped off with a thatched roof too.
I tried to get a good shot from distance, but the small churchyard made this difficult, hence the leaning tower in one of the shots.
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Comparing Suffolk and Norfolk, as I inevitably must, I am afraid that the southern county rarely comes off best, and descriptions of Norfolk churches lend themselves to superlatives. Take Norman remains, for example - Suffolk has some, if you look for them. It has some nice doorways, at Sapiston and Westhall for example, and a Victorian rebuilding of what may or may not have been a Norman apse at Wissington. But Norfolk has more than seventy fine Norman doorways, and the best are all within a few miles of each other to the east and south-east of Norwich. Best of all are Wroxham and Heckingham, but the most complete Norman church in the county, indeed in all East Anglia, is here at Hales, two miles south of Heckingham, and like that church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St Margaret is extraordinary because so much of its original Norman fabric survives. Indeed, apart from some 13th century windows punched into the apse (a rare example of transitional vandalism!) you wouldn't know anything had happened here since the 1100s. The blank arcading on the apse is superb, and once went all the way around it. Most famous of all, the north doorway, its six orders so similar to the five at Heckingham that they must be by the same mason.
I had read several accounts of visits to this church, but all appeared to have been made in summer. Today, in deepest winter, I found it a stark, rather bleak place, overwhelmed by the noise from the nearby Norwich to Beccles road. Perhaps summer foliage absorbs the sound. Some churches, of course, are at their best in the bleak mid-winter, nearby Heckingham for example. But I longed for summer sunshine on those honeyed walls. A good excuse to go back in the summer.
Inside, the air was that of the previous day's sub-zero temperatures - it caught your breath as you went in. The interior has the prescribed simplicity of all CCT churches, a neatness and cleanness that is to be admired and imitated. Ahead is the great St Christopher, which is very faded, but the heads of the two figures are very characterful. The figure in the splay of a south wall window is probably St James with his staff. High above, two angels blowing trumpets are tucked into the eaves above where the rood loft once was.
There is a good view of the interior from the gallery, and you can also go into the base of the tower itself. The splays of the round windows still have the impress of the basketwork of 900 years ago - an astounding thought. Also ancient is the wooden shelf inside the aumbry on the north chancel wall.
The font is relatively modern, only 500 years old! The snooty little lions reminded me of their cousins at Salthouse, although the smiles here are nowhere near as friendly. There is a famous 17th century font cover associated with it - it has the silhouette of the Rector of the day on its base. It is now in safe keeping at Booton, where I had seen it a few months previously, but had omitted to photograph it. A good excuse to go back there, too.
Simon Knott, December 2004
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hales/hales.htm
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HALES, or LODDEN-HALES,
Bigot's Manor.
By some accounted to be in Loddon-hundred. There were at the survey several lordships in this town: Roger Bigot, ancestor to the Earls of Nofolk, had a grant of one, which Alestan (a thane of King Harold) was deprived of; to this there belonged one carucate of land, and 40 acres with 9 bordarers, and 2 carucates in demean, one among the tenants, and 5 acres of meadow, paunage for 3 swine, one runcus, one cow, &c. and 10 sheep. There were also 13 freemen belonging to the lord's fold, and under his commendation with 40 acres of land, valued at 20s. but at the survey at 40s. this Alestan put himself under the commendation of Alwin de Tedford, in the reign of King William, and was seised of it at the time when the Conqueror gave it to Roger Bigot. But the hundred never saw any writ or livery, whereby it was granted to Alwin. All Hales was fifteen furlongs long, and 12 perches and six furlongs broad; and pays 8d. gelt. (fn. 1)
This lordship extended into Loddon, and was held by the Bigots Earls of Norfolk, and by the grant of Roger Bigot Earl of Norfolk, who died s. p. it came to King Edward I. and was given by King Edward II. to his brother, Thomas de Brotherton Earl of Norfolk, and so came to the Lord Segrave, the Mowbrays, and the Howards Dukes of Norfolk.
On the attainder of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it was in the Crown, and King James I. on June 17, ao. 1, bestowed it on Thomas Lord Howard, of Walden, and Henry Howard, afterwards Earl of Northampton, from whom it passed to Thomas Howard Earl of Surry, who in the 21 of the said King, April 1, had license to alien it to Anthony Hobart, Esq. and his heirs; Anthony conveyed it in the same year to James Hobart, his son and heir, who, by deed, dated Sep. 12, ao. 12 of Charles I. sold it to Henry Humberston Esq. son of William Humberston, of Loddon by Joan, his wife, daughter of John Smith, of Lanham in Suffolk, which William was son of John Humberston of Loddon.
Henry had 2 wives: by Mary, daughter of Henry Yaxley of Beauthorp, Esq. his 2d wife, he had no issue; by his first wife Anne, daughter of Giles Bladwell, Esq. of Thorlow Magna, in Suffolk, was father of William Humberstone, Esq. who married Mildred, daughter of Charles Walgrave of Stanninghall in Norfolk, Esq. who conveyed this manor to Francis Gardiner, Esq. mayor of Norwich in 1685, (son of Francis Gardiner D. D. vicar of Kendal,) and burgess in parliament for that city, in 1695. Stephen Gardiner, Esq. his son, was recorder of Norwich, and died in 1727. Gardiner, bore, gules a chevron, between three griffins heads erased, or.
Ralph Lord Baynard was rewarded with a lordship, of which Toke, a freeman (of Stigand, the Archbishop of Canterbury) of French extraction, was deprived; consisting of 30 acres of land, 3 villains, with a carucate and 3 acres of meadow, &c. and 60 sheep; there were 12 freemen under his protection, and of his fold who held 41 acres of land, with a carucate and a half, and 3 acres of meadow: there were also 2 freemen under his protection only, with 18 acres, of land and half a carucate, also one freeman with 30 acres one, borderer and one carucate, and one acre of meadow; the whole valued at 17s. but at the survey at 30s. (fn. 2)
A family who took their name from this town, was early enfeoffed of it, and held it under the Lord Baynard. Roger de Hales and William, his son, were living in the reign of Henry II.—Walter de Hales, in the time of King John; and Sir Roger, son of Walter, in the 34 of Henry III. John, son of Sir Roger, in the 22 of Edward I. which Sir Roger, by deed, sans date, confirmed the exchange of lands (between 2 persons) that were held of his fee in Hales; which shows that it was the custom for lords of manors to confirm the purchases, before the statute of Quia Emplores, &c. and sealed with barry of 12, azure and or, on a canton, gules, a lion passant. Sir John de Hales was living, ao. 20 Edward III. and by Catherine, (after married to Roger de Wellesham,) was father of John de Hales, who died s. p. ao. 43 Edward III. and held this lordship of the barony of Fitz-Walter.
In the 17 of Richard II. William, son of Edmund de Redesham of Kirkby Caam, conveyed by fine, to Sir Robert de Willoughby, Sir Miles Stapleton, John, son of Sir John de Norwich, &c. the manor of HalesHall in Loddon, one messuage, 4 carucates of land, 24 acres of meadow, 2 of wood, 20 of marsh, and 100s. rent, in Hales, Loddon, Kirkeby, with the advowson of Hales-Hall chapel, purchased by John de Norwich in reversion; Sir George Felbrigg of Tottington, holding two parts of the manor and lands, in right (as I take it) of the widow of Edmund de Reedisham, then his wife, and Joan, widow of John de Hales, holding a 3d part in dower. (fn. 3)
Sir Simon Felbrigg, in the 12th of Henry IV. recovered the manor of Hales-Hall by writ of Novel Disseisin, against John Hotot, and held his first court on Tuesday next after the assumption of the blessed Virgin, and it was after settled on his two feoffees, Sir John Howard, and Sir John de Ingaldesthorp, &c.
In the 19th of Henry VI. Nicholas Waleys and John Pewk, were querents in a fine, and Henry Walpole, and Margaret his wife, deforciants of 10l. rent, per ann. in Loddon-Hales manor, conveyed to Pewk; and in the 30th of that King, Hugh Croke, vicar of Hale, was a trustee of Thomas Cleymonds, Esq. deceased, late lord.
¶After this, it was possessed by Sir James Hobart, attorney-general, and of the privy council to King Henry VII. of whom, and his ancestors, see in Plumstede Parva, in Blofield hundred. His benefactions and good works, testify his charity and generosity; he resided in his manor-house here, which he built for the most part, (and died here,) with the elegant parish church of the Holy Trinity, at Loddon; also a fair bridge over the Waveney river, between Norfolk and Suffolk, called St. Olaves, or Tooley's bridge, with a good causeway to it; (fn. 4) contributed to the rebuilding of the council chamber in the Guild-Hall of the city of Norwich, and to the noble arched stone roof of the cathedral church of Norwich. Sir Walter Hobart was his son and heir, and lord of this manor; sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, ao. 1, Henry VIII. in the 20 of that King, he settled this lordship, with that of Chatgrave, Lille ford's, Tilney in Norfolk, and others in Suffolk, as may be seen in Chatgrave, Loddon hundred, on Walter Hobart, Esq. his son and heir. A pedigree of the eldest branch of the family I have here annexed.
James Hobart, Esq. sold it in the 12 of Charles I. to Henry Humberstone, Esq. (as is mentioned in Bigot's manor above,) whose son William, is said to have conveyed part of it to Francis Gardiner, Esq. and part to the Lady Dionysia Williamson, relict of Sir Thomas Williamson, Baronet, of Markham Magna in Nottinghamshire, daughter and heir of William Hales, Esq. son of Richard Hales, Esq. who was lady of this manor of Hales-Hall, in 1666, and resided here; she gave 4000l. to the rebuilding the church of St. Dunstan in the East, of London; to the rebuilding of St. Paul's cathedral, 2001l. and was a benefactress to the rebuilding of the church of St. Mary Le Bow, in London, giving 2000l. and at her death, left Hales-Hall to John Hoskins, Esq. her nephew, (who was lord in 1687,) with the impropriated rectory of Loddon.
The abbot of St. Edmund of Bury, had a lordship which Frodo held of them at the survey; 9 men, 2 of them were socmen, and 7 more, belonged to the abbot's lordship, and were under his protection only, held 64 acres in King Edward's reign, when there were 2 borderers and 5 freemen, with 6 acres; this was valued with Loddon. (fn. 5)
Frodo, also, held of the abbot one acre, of which 2 freemen were deprived; valued at 4d. (fn. 6) Of this Frodo, &c. see in Loddon, which manor extended also into this town.
Godric, the King's steward, held one acre and a half, out of which a freeman was ejected: this was granted to Godric on the forfeiture of Ralph Earl of Norfolk, who had a moiety (as lord) of this freeman. (fn. 7)
The tenths were 2l. 10s. Deducted 10s. Temporalities of St. Olaves 8d. and of Langley abbey 24s.
The Church of Hales was a rectory, but granted in the 4th of Henry I. by Ralph de Chedgrave, and Emma his wife, to William, prior of St. Olaves, probably founder of that priory; and a vicar was appointed on its appropriation to that convent. It was dedicated to St. Margaret, and it appears by the register of Langley abbey, that the prior and convent of St. Olaves at Hering flete in Suffolk were rectors of Hale, and had the tithe of 235 acres of land in Hale parish belonging to Langley abbey, in exchange for 235 acres of land in Loddon and Heckingham, belonging to the priory of St. Olaves. (fn. 8)
In the reign of Edward I. the rectory was valued at 11 marks, and the vicarage at 40s. The vicar had then a manse with 30 acres of land. Peter-pence 18d. Carvage 12d. 0b.
Vicars.
In 1317, Adam de Blofield was instituted vicar, presented by the prior of St. Olaves, and nominated by the Bishop of Norwich.
1326, John de Carlethorp. Ditto.
1333, Roger de Petengraunt. Ditto.
1337, Adam de Bergh. Ditto.
1349, John Le Neve. Ditto.
1366, William Warren. Ditto.
1366, John Stalworth. Ditto.
1377, Peter de Wynch. Ditto.
1382, Roger Calf. Ditto.
1382, John Wandeford. Ditto.
1391, Simon Bangot. Ditto.
1391, John Bradock. Ditto.
1395, John Smith. Ditto.
1397, Henry Welden. Ditto.
1397, Thomas Coyte. Ditto.
1398, Richard Bytering. Ditto.
1403, Richard Bangoot. Ditto.
1403, John Ousnell Ditto.
1404, Walter Jakes. Ditto.
1413, William Norwich. Ditto.
1417, Thomas Smith. Ditto.
In 1458, Hugh Croke occurs vicar.
In 1503, I find it served by a stipendiary curate, for 5l. per ann. and he then returned 45 communicants, John Hill being the impropriator; and in 1742, the heirs of Mr. Peter Lawes.
¶Here was also a chapel at Hales-Hall, belonging to the manor of the family of De Hales, dedicated to St. Andrew: this, with the hall, stood in the parish of Loddon, and in 1287, it is said to stand in the manor of Wrantishagh, belonging to Sir Roger de Hales, in Loddon parish, and leave was then granted to him, that he might institute the chaplains of it, by the concession and grant of the abbot of Langley, rectors of the church of Loddon, and of John de Feryby, official to William, Bishop of Norwich, the said Sir Roger and his heirs granting to the chaplains all the obventions and oblations, with the small tithes of his court, and that the servant, of him and his heirs having their habitations in the parish of Loddon, shall pay to the mother church of Loddon, the oblations accustomed, and shall receive the sacraments there. (fn. 9) And the chaplains administering in the said chapel, were to pay yearly to the said mother church, in acknowledgment of subjection, all the oblations and obventions given on Easter-day, and St. Andrew's day, and two wax candles of a pound of wax, on Trinity Sunday, and to give security to the vicars of Loddon, for the time being, that they should not say any anniversaries, trentals, or any masses for any parishioners of Loddon.
In 1331, Sir John de Hales was patron, and in 1349; and John, son and heir of Sir John, in 1361.
Alexander de Hales, styled Doctor Irrefragabilis, who died in 1245, was born here. Hales, Halesworth, Halestead, Alesham and Aylesford, so called, as near to some river or water.
www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8...
Sunset overlooking the Isle of Rhum (for those that have been watching Autumn Watch) today's music is from Marillion www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFi_BMYgaPQ&feature=g-vrec
he was afraid to get too close to this fountain until just recently. he saw nick start playing in it and decided he could too.
copyright © 2008 sean dreilinger
view sequoia silhouetted in the fountain - DSC00990 on a black background.
He grabbed me... his hand around my mouth... his arm around my waist.. pulling me straight of the ground.. i kicked and struggled trying to force him away. he wouldn't let go. He forced me down, holding my arms down even while i kicked and struggled.. even when i cryed and begged. It only lasted about an hour or so.... but it felt like longer. After he'd left i crawled into a ball.. sat and cryed...i feel so dirty. I feel so used.
This friendly spider was having a good time on the other side (fortunately) of one of the windows of my apartment, so I didn't hesitate to mount my macro lens and take this picture!
Just an extreme crop experiment: 300mm eq. crop from 85mm lens. While it doesn't have all the sharpness, to my eyes it still retains the "3D look" afforded by larger sensors. Even so, the 85mm lens delivers well on the AA filter equipped D750 and DxO PhotoLab does its usual magic with detail recovery.
More and more, I'm convinced that it's not low light photography where big cameras have their differentiation, it's the low ISO (bright light) situations. This is an ISO 100 shot.