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themarionetteanovel · 3 years

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Chapter Twenty-Seven - Kev

Adam’s mood had recovered when they woke the next morning and he was playful and flirty when they went into the shower together. Claire was careful to ensure the notebook stayed out of his sight, hoping he’d forget about it entirely. He made an omelette for both of them out of leftover cheese and deli slices, and then she agreed to accompany him to campus.

“I actually parked outside of that old hotel last night,” he said as they ambled up the hill. “Nobody cares, so long as you don’t leave it there for months on end. Even then, the car would likely be stripped of all parts long before cops bothered ticketing or towing it.”

Claire kept her opinion of their town’s finest to herself. He opened the passenger door of his silver BMW for her and she tried not to notice the emblem, or the cool leather seats when she climbed inside. Adam’s family was much wealthier than hers but it was a subject they’d yet to discuss. All she knew was that his father worked in real estate development of some kind, and had had a role in designing a new subdivision being built along the highway.

She avoided looking into the window display when they passed Maurer and Sons on Main Street, although she was tempted to. All those clues had brought her nothing but trouble. She was better off keeping her focus on her present life, especially since it was turning out to be a happy one. So far. Happier than it would have been with Dave, knowing he’d cheated on her.

Dark shadows began crowding into her psyche again as Adam’s car swung around the curve, the road becoming Lincoln Avenue. They passed by the row of dilapidated houses that sat like a gatehouse to the ancient, crumbling industrial park. She liked that he slowed behind the van stopped at the red light, rather than coming to an abrupt halt like Dave. He signalled his turns and lane shifts, even when he sat in the turning lane to go left onto Highway 105.

They stayed quiet as he drove past the entrance to her old neighbourhood, marked by a pair of square concrete pillars, the plaster chipped and covered in grime along the base. He must know that somewhere in that subdivision was the house Claire and Dave had shared. They spoke little on that subject. They continued through a forested area and Adam asked, “Have you ever been through the trails along the waterfall in there?”

“Waterfall?”

“We’re passing through a state park right now. It isn’t that wide, but it’s pretty scenic. There’s even a wooden walkway and a lookout over it. I don’t know how high it is—fifty, hundred feet? Anyway, if you’re up for it later, it’s worth the two-hour trek to get there.”

“Sounds good,” Claire said. She checked her phone to make sure the battery was fully charged, in case she wanted to take pictures. When she looked up again they were pulling onto the road that led to campus.

Adam parked in the lot closest to the library. He told her he’d be in the office for only an hour or so. Research assistant was yet another of his myriad part-time jobs. They headed towards the library, a six-story concrete building that resembled a giant chimney stack. The glass doors swished open, blasting them with chilly air. She’d forgotten there’d be air-conditioning and she regretted not bringing a hoodie or cardigan. On their way through the lobby, Adam said, “If you’re curious, the archive is full of pictures of that old industrial area in its prime. I remember you asking one of my friends about it a while back.”

“Thanks! I’ll go check it out.” They kissed and she said, “I’ll see you here in an hour.”

She didn’t want to bother the woman behind the service desk, so it took her nearly twenty minutes to find the town archives in the bottom drawer of an ancient wooden filing cabinet. She took the folder to a table in a reading area that got some sun. Here, it was much warmer.

She browsed through grainy black and white stills, the buildings dwarfing the men hanging around the entrances. A Depression-era photo showed the factory with the jagged rooftop, the glass skylights gleaming and new. A long line of shabby men and women wrapped around one side and continued out of the picture. She flipped through photographs of brick buildings with large leaded windows and cavernous arches. If those old ceramics factories and iron works were in the same condition now, they’d be luxury condos. So much waste, she thought.

She found an eight-by-ten of the mansion, looking straight out of a tale about a wizard’s school or enchanted hall. Filigree iron balconies, since pillaged or torn out, with tall narrow windows behind them. On the back of the photograph, she found a write-up that had been typed onto a sticker and then plastered in the centre. The mansion belonged to the family who’d owned most of the surrounding factories. Horace Delaney. The man she’d met the other day was descended from him. Another name to look up once she was home again.

Beneath the pictures she found a stack of newspaper clippings. Each one was preserved in a plastic sheath. A lurid headline caught her eye. Menace strikes again! it read. Two linemen found dead in bizarre mystery accident. Rumours of a secret witch’s coven abound. A more sober account blamed shoddy safety practices.

The next photo showed a tenement block the workers lived in. It had since been torn down. Even now, the town’s population had far fewer residents than it had at its peak decades earlier. No wonder so many storefronts were perennially vacant. Yet they kept building at the outer edges of town. She continued flipping through the pictures until she reached the last of them. After a while, all these low brick buildings looked the same.

She returned the file to the bottom drawer. She stood, stretching her legs and gazing at a clock on the wall behind the help desk. “Well hello there,” a man beside her said.

She turned with a start to face him. It was the man who’d chased her out of that mansion the other day, screaming at her. She felt suddenly hot, her skin flushed. “Hi.”

“So what’s a nice girl like you doing indoors on a nice day like this?”

If she didn’t know better, he almost sounded flirtatious. Unlike with Adam when he’d come across that notebook, she struggled to come up with a plausible lie. “Just … some research. I live in a really old building next to the river and I was curious about its history.”

“Listen.” He lowered his head and stepped closer, which made her even more nervous. Dropping his voice to nearly a whisper, he said, “I need to apologize for my behaviour the other day. I didn’t mean to frighten you and I made some horrible accusations.”

“It’s okay.” She was torn between fleeing the library and staying to chat. She wanted to learn more about the mansion and surrounding factories, and about Sophie, since they held the key to the mystery of Dave’s death. She also wanted to look into his lovely eyes a little longer, which today were the same rich green as his button-down linen shirt.

He sucked in his breath. “I’m sure you know how it is. It’s hard when someone close to your own age dies, assuming that’s what happened to her. Especially someone you care about.”

“I understand.” Claire noted he refrained from referring to Sophie by name and she wondered if it was out of consideration for her, or for some other reason. “I had no business going into …” She paused. Kevin was gazing over her shoulder. Then she saw what had caught his attention; an equally beautiful blond man brushed past him, momentarily clasping Kevin’s shoulders and whispering in his ear. She felt like a voyeur as Kevin winked at him and mouthed, later. She should have figured he was gay.

They edged deeper into the stacks and stood between a pair of high, densely-packed shelves. “I also should have been more forthcoming. See, Sophie was originally my girlfriend.”

Claire flinched. He saw that she flinched. He carried on as if the exchange she’d witnessed had never happened. “We were together for roughly three years. I knew she was cheating on me with your boyfriend and I made several wildly speculative leaps that were completely inappropriate. I cannot begin to tell you how ashamed of myself I am. I was startled to find you, not that that’s any excuse. I was really torn about her towards the end.”

“You had every right to be angry. I mean, it’s not like I had any business being there.”

“That doesn’t excuse my behaviour,” he said, sounding strained. He took a few moments to steady himself. “In all honesty, I’ve grown sick of trying to figure where she may have gone or if she’s still alive, even. Her body was ever found. Maybe I’m just using it as an excuse to not get on with my life, you know? Admit she’s never coming back, that everything’s my fault?”

“I don’t know what happened to her,” Claire said, almost choking. She knew his pain all too well and she felt sad for him. “At least with Dave … you know. There are some answers.”

“I didn’t think you did. Water under the bridge.” He voice was gentle, lolling, like an empty rocking chair swaying in the breeze. Claire stopped herself from mentioning the clues she’d come across in the window display of Maurer and Sons. She understood that sentiment too, being sick of the mystery itself. She could see how pursuing those clues was negatively affecting her life. Why wreck his as well.

“Anyway, that building you said you live in, the one on the waterfront parkway.”

She suspected they were both happy to change the subject. “Yes, the one with that turret on the corner. I live on the top floor of that.”

His face brightened. “The view is stunning, isn’t it? My great-uncle used to own the place, but he was forced to sell it. I take it you’re not from around here?”

“No, just for college.” Unless she was mistaken, he looked disappointed.

“I didn’t think so. I know almost everyone who is local or from the surrounding area.”

Which meant he knew Adam. “Shame about the downtown,” she said, “although it’s not much different than where I’m from. I was happy when that new coffee shop opened on the corner of Main and Elm. I love the pastries they sell in there.”

His eyes lit up. A smile quirked on his lips. “My cousin owns that place.”

“Really!” she said forcefully, still discomfited from earlier. “They did an excellent job with it. So much nicer than before. I love the new seats—they are way more comfortable.”

He swelled with pride. “She’s always had a good head on her. I loaned her my last ten grand to help out and she’s been able to start paying me back right on schedule. Getting a business going on Main Street is enormously difficult since they’re always competing with those strip malls on the 105. But if something doesn’t go in, then the city comes under pressure to raze the entire block. They’ve already put in iffy zoning laws disallowing residential tenants.”

“I wondered why nobody rents those places out.”

He dropped his voice. “There’s a family in town who own most of the outskirts and they’d love nothing more than to push mine into insolvency. So they strong-arm city council, to put it kindly, into implementing policies that favor their businesses and property interests, such as all the student housing closer to campus. It helps that one of their myriad cousins is mayor.”

Claire caught sight of a wall clock out of the corner of her eye. She was due to meet Adam in ten minutes. It would take her at least five to find her way back to the lobby.

“Speaking of, I’m free this afternoon if you’re up for sampling one their pastries.”

He almost sounded as if he was flirting. Maybe she was wrong the way she’d interpreted that earlier exchange. She lowered her eyes. How to put this. She liked him, but she was with Adam now. “I don’t think my boyfriend would approve.”

“Oh. Of course. Never mind then.”

Yet she made no move to leave. She felt like a planet captured in his orbit and not just because of his good looks or gentle charm. This was the first person she’d ever met who knew exactly what she’d been going through this past year and a half. He seemed to read into her hesitation and said, “I don’t believe we formally exchanged names. Yours is Claire, isn’t it?”

“Yes, it is. And yours?” It hadn’t occurred to her to ask his name and now she felt embarrassed for her lack of manners. Her parents were loving and wonderful, but as she got older, she realized her and Louise’s upbringing could have been better in many ways.

“I’m Kevin. I’m on the board of directors for the local history society and—”

“Kevin,” she repeated, her heart lurching into her chest. She thought back to that note and those creepy, violent drawings, and felt her blood draining from her face. In hindsight, Kev’s identity was obvious. She couldn’t leave his presence fast enough. “I … I have to get going.”

“Oh, yes, I should let you get on with your day. Nice meeting you, Claire.”

“Nice meeting you too,” she said, backing away from him, wondering how pale she must look to him upon hearing his name. She was grateful he didn’t offer his hand for her to shake. She hurried towards the exit. She should never have let him know where she lived. Never.

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nigelsaywell · 5 years

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Decouple from the European Union and no to the backstop

The UK has lots of advantages and if they are used cleverly to decouple from the EU, as well as the new freedom in a good bilateral relationship, then the UK could develop very positively – I’m convinced of that. Read here

Ueli Maurer Swiss Finance Minister FT 26 March 2017

We must decouple from the European Union

Here we are in 2019, having enjoyed the best employment rates on record, jobs have grown significantly. Almost daily there is positive news, even this week a headline read that all job vacancies since the referendum have been filled by British Nationals. Now for the papers to print such a headline would be deemed racist, but, is it? How can it be, as the UK is already a cosmopolitan, eclectic mix. Nevertheless, the headline makes good reading, in part vindicates leaving the European union's iron grip. Of course in addition the headline employment rate makes a compelling story also in support of vote leave.

In 2016, we were faced with an extreme version of project fear. Such claims that if we broke from the European Union's iron grip then we would indeed face dire consequences. Such consequences would immediately be felt by way of half a million job losses. But, another claim that has not come to fruition, which today has been swept under the carpet so to speak that is FDI “Foreign Direct Investment”, it was claimed that FDI would dry up plunging the UK into a form of Banana republic.

Foreign Direct Investment "FDI"

Foreign Direct Investment “FDI” not only did it not dry up, investment have quadrupled coming from across the world. But here's the catch and this should embarrass remainers: we have had record investment since the referendum! Last year our Foreign Investment was second only to China, passing the FDI into the USA. Bizarre as tbis will seem European Union conglomerates are placing investments in the UK looking for a better future. With such a raft of good news why do we still have these daily battles with remain and Theresa May?

The Japanese perhaps were always seen as the biggest risk to our financial well-being. But, apart from headline grabbing statements exploited by the media this has been no more than an irritant played out to sell newspapers, metaphorically speaking.

Yes it's true Japanese have over the years invested in the UK to access the European market, but tariffs are not the only reason the Japanese are here. The UK has a great climate for manufacture which is interference free, a stable environment. Even with the Parliament shenaniggans this continues to be the case.

The Japanese are not known for their astute interpretation of all things European. In the late 1990s they predicted with equal vigor gloom, despair, almost apocalyptic if we were to snub the Euro. Of course that was not the case. To continue with this "orchestrated" despair we hear noise from French conglomerates, German conglomerates such as BMW who all claim in somehow unison, they predict the worst for their businesses that are in the UK. Of course one assumes there was no political pressure brought to bear on them to make such statements. But, since we seem to be enjoying a boom period. Our economy has outperformed even the stellar German economy within the Eurozone, which we all know is heading for recession.

Free Trade Agreements

It is absurd to assume that we the UK would collapse as an economy even if we end up with a situation of paying tariffs to enter the European markets. This is simply not true! For one, we run a surplus, we sell to European Union two-thirds of our product to that of the European Union products sold to the UK, in real terms, per year we run a £90 Billion deficit. Seriously can Germany walk away from that. On a second point, there are 100s of countries who sell to the EU on WTO including the USA, weakening the argument further Japan also sells product from Japan into the EU with little or no issues. So why is WTO so onerous a prospect? Why do we assume that when entering on WTO we remain on WTO. Rationally, negotiating a Free Trade Agreement can this not be the adult way forward?

When you analyse the-remain argument there really is so little of substance to their points, apart from the term MY! It is always about them and not the collective. Their supply chains, their holidays, their future. Indeed, their arguments are so weak they always resort to insults, such as:

We are Xenophobic, little Englanders, low caste (if such a thing exists). All I can say to that is; many in a number of constituencies with large South Asian populations they delivered Leave votes, including Luton (56.5% Leave), Hillingdon (56.4% Leave), Slough (54.3% Leave) and Bradford (54.2% Leave). All have South Asian populations of 25% and above. It’s not unreasonable to think that such Leave votes could not have been delivered without a significant number of Asian voters opting for Brexit. Read here

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BMW Plant Dingolfing to Expand, Start Making Next-Gen Batteries, EV Motors

BMW announced today that the Dingolfing plant will enter an expansion phase to help manufacture batteries and electric drives for upcoming models. The move is set to have two stages, one for the batteries, which will be manufactured in Germany and shipped to Oxford for the upcoming MINI EV, and another for the drivetrains of all BMW Group models. The drives to be made in Dingolfing will be of the fifth generation and used in cars like the BMW iNext.

According to BMW, a “mid-double-digit-million-euro amount” will be invested in this process, across an area of around 6,000 square meters in the west wing of the Dingolfing component plant. The money will go into structural measures and equipment along with an assembly line. At the moment, the first are being installed and will be tested in the near future. From 2020, the plant in Dingolfing will also produce fifth-generation electric drive systems for the BMW Group’s future electrified vehicles, like the BMW iX3, the BMW i4 and the BMW iNEXT.

BMW Dingolfing, Werk 2.20, aufgenommen am 26.10.2018.

“With the launch of new models and growing demand for electrified vehicles, we will be stepping up production of electric components significantly over the next few months and years,” said Roland Maurer, head of Planning and Production E-Powertrain at the BMW Group. The fully electric MINI will be built in Oxford, starting in late 2019. Batteries for the car will come from the new battery production facility in Dingolfing, with electric engines from the plant in Landshut.

Due to the Dingolfing plant’s importance in the future development of iPerformance model, its name will be changed once the new wing will be ready, BMW deciding to call it the “BMW Group Competence Centre e-drive production” in the future. Current and future contracts point to collaboration with other battery manufacturers as well as the Germans anticipate a drastic increase in demand for such parts given how much the EV market will grow.

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Saisonstart des ADAC Rallye Masters bei der ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rallye Walter Gromöller feiert ersten Divisionssieg seiner Rallye-Karriere ADAC Opel Rallye Cup-Sieger Tom Kristensson überzeugt im Opel Adam R2

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St. Wendel. Winterliche Bedingungen sorgten bei dem Auftakt zum ADAC Rallye Masters im Saarland und angrenzenden Hunsrück für besonders anspruchsvolle Streckenverhältnisse. Viele Teams bezeichneten daher die ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rallye (2./3. März) als eine “kleine Rallye Monte Carlo”, die sich durch tückische Schnee- und Eispassagen auszeichnete. Von den 71 am Freitagnachmittag gestarteten Teilnehmern erreichten 56 das Ziel. Weitere Informationen und die vollständigen Punktestände zum ADAC Rallye Masters und der DRM gibt es unter http://www.adac.de/rallye-masters und http://www.adac.de/drm sowie im ADAC Rallye Hub (www.adac.de/rallyehub).

Division 2 Überraschend schnell gingen Björn Satorius / Lina Meter (Bickenbach/Nonnweiler) in ihrem Subaru Impreza WRX STI die erste Etappe an. Zeitweise lagen sie auf Platz zwei im Gesamtklassement und kamen mit den winterlichen Bedingungen sichtlich am besten zurecht, bis sie auf der siebten Wertungsprüfung auf einer extrem verschneiten Passage von der Strecke abkamen. Danach übernahm Ron Schumann im Mitsubishi Lancer die Führung in der Division und beendete die Rallye als bestplatzierter Fahrer aus dem ADAC Rallye Masters im Gesamtklassement. “So kann in dieser Saison weiter gehen”, sagte er im Ziel. Andreas Brocker / Sabrina Woll (Wolfersweiler / Hasborn) im Mitsubishi Lancer hielten sich souverän dahinter auf Platz zwei und brachten diesen bei ihrer Heimveranstaltung auch sicher ins Ziel. Einen spannenden Zweikampf um Platz drei lieferten sich Oliver Bliss (Friesenheim) und Dennis Rostek (Bückeburg), bei dem sich Bliss am Ende durchsetzte und das Podium vervollständigte.

Division 3 Gewohnt sicher und schnell präsentierten sich Dirk Krüger / Daniela Raab (Wachtberg / Wimbach) in seinem BMW M3. Durch ihre fast fehlerfreie Fahrt sicherten sie sich einen komfortablen Vorsprung von über 2:30 min. auf ihre härtesten Konkurrenten, Carsten Alexy / Patrick Poser (Rotenburg / Heringen) im Audi RS4. Diese zeigten sich mit ihrer Premiere recht zufrieden: “Wir haben viel am Auto ausprobiert, aber auch einige Fehler gemacht. Das Potential ist groß – und das wollen wir in Zukunft abrufen.” Das Podium komplettierten Rainer Wicke / Jean-Eric Bemmann (Frankfurt / Wolfhagen), die ihre Erfahrung bei den eisigen Verhältnissen voll ausspielten.

Division 4 Im Schneetreiben am Freitagabend zeichnete es sich bereits ab: Walter Gromöller (Gütersloh) im 40 Jahre alten Opel Ascona 400 war der Mann, den es zu schlagen galt. Bereits auf den ersten Wertungsprüfungen erarbeitete er sich einen komfortablen Vorsprung und verteidigte diesen bis zum Ziel in St. Wendel. “Hätte man mir das gestern gesagt, ich hätte es nicht geglaubt. Wir haben einfach das Beste aus den Gegebenheiten gemacht. Ehrlich gesagt: solche vereisten Strecken habe ich seit 1992 nicht mehr erlebt”, so Gromöller nach der Veranstaltung. Dahinter zeigten Konstantin Keil / Stefanie Fritzensmeier (Niestetal / Bielefeld) im DS3 R3T erneut ihr fahrerisches Können und sicherten sich den zweiten Rang vor ihren Markenkollegen Norman und Michaela Kreuter (Schorndorf).

Division 5 Der letztjährigen Sieger des ADAC Opel Rallye Cup, Tom Kristensson und Henrik Appelskog (Opel Adam R2) aus Schweden, stellten im Werksteam von Opel erneut ihr Können unter Beweis. Mit einer Bestzeit auf dem St. Wendeler Stadtrundkurs und guten Zeiten auf den Start-Ziel-Prüfungen konnten sie sich bereits am Freitag einen ersten Vorsprung herausfahren. “Eigentlich sind Eis und Schnee nicht mein Lieblingsuntergrund, aber ich bin natürlich zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis. Es hat mir riesigen Spaß gemacht, für Opel zu starten und eine tolle Unterstützung im Team zu genießen”, so Kristensson. 50 Sekunden dahinter kamen Steffen Schmid / Stephan Maurer (Senden/Quierschied) mit einem baugleichen Fahrzeug ins Ziel. Florian Just / Marco Schönfelder (Burgpreppach / Neuhengstett) komplettieren mit ihrem Citroën C2R2 Max das Podium.

Division 6 Bereits am Freitagsabend übernahmen Markus Drüge / Lisa Stengl (Hamm / Koblenz) im Suzuki Swift Sport die Führung in ihrer Division. Sie ließen sich von den schwierigen Streckenverhältnissen nicht beeindrucken und fanden früh ihren Rhythmus. Im Laufe des Samstags bauten sie ihre Führung stetig aus. Hinter ihnen eroberte am Samstag Martin Ritschel / Christoph Kasper (Langenberg / Frankfurt) in einem weiteren Suzuki Swift Sport den zweiten Rang und verteidigten ihn bis ins Ziel. Mit guten Zeiten konnten sich am zweiten Tag auch Tarek Hamadeh-Spaniol / Lukas Pfeifer (Saarbrücken / Blieskastel) passend in Szene setzen, die erstmalig mit ihrem Citroen C2 Challenge an den Start gingen. “Wir sind mit Platz drei in der Division hier sehr zufrieden. Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass es auf Anhieb für uns so gut laufen würde”, so Hamadeh-Spaniol im Ziel.

ADAC Rallye Masters

Pos. Team Fahrzeug Zeit 1. Ron Schumann/Nenett Centner Mitsubishi Lancer 2. Andreas Brocker/Sabrina Woll Mitsubishi Lancer +3:14,0 3. Oliver Bliss/Stefan Grundmann Mitsubishi Lancer +3:51,8 4. Walter Gromöller/René Meier Opel Ascona 400 +4:05,0 5. Dennis Rostek/Dennis Zenz Mitsubishi Lancer +4:08,4

Gesamtergebnis der ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rallye

Pos. Team Fahrzeug Zeit 1. Simone Tempestini/Sergiu-Sebastian Itu DS3 R5 2. Dominik Dinkel/Christina Kohl Skoda Fabia R5 +0:19,1 3. Ron Schumann/Nanett Centner* Mitsubishi Lancer +4:04,9 4. Karl-Martin Volver/Marten Madissoo Opel Adam +6:53,7 5. Andreas Brocker/Sabrina Woll* Mitsubishi Lancer +7:18,9 6. Oliver Bliss / Stefan Grundmann* Mitsubishi Lancer +7:56,7 7. Walter Gromüller/Rene Meier* Opel Ascona +8:09,9 8. Dennis Rosteck/Dennis Zens* Mitsubishi Lancer +8:13,3 9. Elias Lundberg/David Arhusiander Opel Adam +8:27,6 10. Tom Kristensson/Henrik Appelskog* Opel Adam R2 +8:30,0

Quelle: ADAC Motorsport

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truebiger · 6 years

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eacci · 7 years

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The Planet in Transition

Over the last two years, cities have been recognised as actors leading planetary transition. They have been the key actors for achieving the targets set by major international agreements such as the Paris Declaration on Climate Change, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Moreover, a dedicated agenda with priority actions for cities has been developed both at the European level with the Urban Agenda for the EU and at the international level with the Habitat III New Urban Agenda. Additionally, there is a specific Sustainable Development Goal that is also devoted to ‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ by 2030. All the agreements above support integrated approaches to sustainable planetary transition but to apply this in practice requires innovative thinking, methodologies, and methods at local, regional and (inter-)national levels and in the social, energy and raw materials fields.

Cities are systems of systems, with multi-level, multi-dimensional and multi-sectoral interactions between different stakeholders involved in the co-creation, co-design, and co-implementation of integrated and innovative solutions for urban and peri-urban areas. Cities of tomorrow are being shaped by complex interaction and collaboration between city-makers and citizens alike. This process results in urban knowledge and practice on the local level that offers lessons and implementation strategies on the global level. This also cultivates sustainable city ecosystem by pushing a systemic approach and bridging between technological, digital, social, cultural and nature-based innovation. Attention should be devoted to how the systems thinking makes cities actors of open innovation, by involving the use, application, and transformation of scientific and technological knowledge in the solution of practical problems.

However, issues like citizen empowerment are very sensitive to local culture. In areas where policy allows citizens the freedom, they are fast-generating a scattered landscape of circular, niche urban pockets. It’s important to realize that no matter when, how or where—people are the cornerstone of transition. Without the complexity and nuance of people and human interaction, the cities of tomorrow would be limited to a beautiful technological exercise afforded only by the few. But citizens are not the only focus. The system has to change and this change requires an intricate evolution of new practices, beliefs, expectation, and standards that penetrate deeply across many levels. Yet such a shared accepted universal approach does not yet exist. Approaching the planet of tomorrow is a process, which like many others, will require new regulation, empowerment, and education that are tuned to the local context.

That said, the Diplomatic Council Benelux Mission cordially organizes DC Symposium „The Planet in Transition“ which takes place on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Port Days in Rotterdam.

The UN Sustainability Goals are giving the framework for the new ‘normal’ whereas the DC Benelux team is providing a platform for frontrunners into concrete local, regional and (inter-)national actions thereby aiming at horizontal multi-stakeholder co-creation.

The key note speakers at the symposium will address their views and share their concrete actions in the fields of social transition, energy transition and raw material transition:

Prof. Dr. jur. Helmut Maurer, EU Commission, DG ENV, senior expert

Mr. Nico van Dooren – Program Manager Port of Rotterdam Program “ Energy Transition”

Ms Francesca Miazzo – Co-founder Cities Foundation

Mr. Chris Heiligers – Co-owner EC Rent

Mr. Jouke Baarda – Sustainability expert

F. Breeman – BMW Rotterdam

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themarionetteanovel · 3 years

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Chapter Seventy-Six - The Search

Kevin stood at Allison’s side and stared around the empty office. Maybe he was right that she’d been eavesdropping. Claire could be preternaturally quiet when she wanted to be. He hadn’t heard a sound the entire time they’d been sitting down in that storage area. Adam tapped his shoulder and said, “I just checked that bathroom. No sign of her.”

“I knew I should have stayed with her.” Allison paced up and down the narrow corridor. She stopped at the door leading into the back of Maurer and Sons. She turned the doorknob, popped her eyebrows at Kevin as if seeking his permission, and pushed the door open a crack.

“I’m pretty sure that was locked earlier,” Adam said.

Kevin followed the two of them into the cluttered shop. The inside of his nose began tickling from all the dust. Their footsteps creaked on the floorboards as they ambled towards the front, Allison calling for Claire and then all of them listening for any response. Thanks to lights coming in through the massive window, seeing their way around wasn’t difficult.

“I don’t think she was here,” Allison said.

Kevin watched Adam hurry over to a long counter where an ancient cash register sat. He scanned around, patted his pockets, and banged on the hard wood surface. “She stole my keys. That’s how she got in here!”

“She took them?” Allison asked. Adam scowled and nodded.

“My car and my house keys were on there. Shit, shit, shit,” he said under his breath.

Panicked, Kevin fumbled in his pockets for his own set of keys, remembering he’d given them to Allison. “Allison—do you have mine?”

“Oh, yeah! Sorry, I forgot to return them to you.” She reached into her cardigan pocket. Relief surged in him at the sound of his keys jingling. He took them from her and headed to the front door. Just as he thought, it was unlocked.

“She left this way,” he said, beckoning them to follow him out. “You were parked on Maple, right?”

“I can’t remember the street name. Just around the corner past the mews.”

They hurried to the end of the block. Adam’s BMW was parked in the same spot, the windows dark. Kevin checked his phone. No new security messages. That ruled out her returning to his mansion. For now. She may not have had time to reach it yet.

“Where do you think she went?” Adam asked Allison, as if she knew Claire better than he.

“I don’t know.” She bit her bottom lip as she fretted. She began tugging on the hem of her cardigan. “Part of me says we should split up to search for her, but …”

Kevin hugged to her to his side. “This isn’t a night for you to be going off alone, especially into that forest.”

“If were her I’d just go home. But I’m not her.”

Kevin locked his arm around hers as they returned to Main Street. He thought he could see Fran pacing around in front of The Broken Cue, puffing away at a either a cigarette or her vape pipe. Funny, she said she’d quit months ago. Allison released his arm and began jogging towards the short, spike-haired woman. “Fran!” she called as she drew closer.

Kevin was right, it was her. He and Adam began trotting after Allison.

“Seen Claire pass by within the past ten minutes or so?”

“No, why, what’s up?” Fran stared at the sight of Adam and Kevin together, bemused. Nearly everyone in town was familiar with their generational enmity, even newcomers.

“I think she’s having a bit of a breakdown,” Allison said. “She’s been really down about her late fiancé lately and …”

Adam nodded vehemently. “We were out with her earlier and she took off on us.”

For the sake of clarifying the reason for their alarm Kevin said, “I’d opened up the café for us to have someplace private to hang out. We thought she’d just gone to the bathroom and then when she didn’t return we grew worried.”

Fran looked at all of them askance. Kevin knew better than to try lying to her, but telling her what had gone on would take the entire night. He wished they’d searched the corridors between Maurer and Sons and the surrounding shops more thoroughly but with Adam’s keys missing and the front door unlocked, he doubted she was in there.

“If you need one more set of eyes, I’m free as of five minutes ago.”

“The more the merrier,” Kevin muttered half-heartedly, although he was grateful for her offer. He tried not to think about what Claire may have overheard. He could always find out later what Adam was doing with his own set of keys to anything on that block. Martin had never said anything to him, but that didn’t mean anything. Everyone knew everyone in this town.

While Fran and Adam walked on ahead, Kevin and Allison ambled at a slower pace. “One thing I cannot figure out,” she said in a voice barely above a whisper. “That backpack.”

“Dave was living with Claire. He had to stow it where she wouldn’t come across it.”

“Only for vagrants who knew his best friend to find it?”

“I don’t know,” he said, his mind turning blank. He couldn’t remember why she thought it was important. He was tired. No, exhausted.

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myracingcareer · 7 years

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capepd · 7 years

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Serious Injury Crash Hospitalizes Child

(January 25, 2017)- A t-bone crash on Pine Island Road last night sent 2 people to the hospital.

Last night around 7:00 PM, Cape Coral Police responded to a t-bone crash at the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and Pine Island Road.

A car making the left-turn from westbound Pine Island Road onto southbound Skyline Boulevard was t-boned, sending it into a ditch. Occupants of both vehicles sustained injuries. The right rear passenger of the vehicle that turned left, a 7-year old boy, sustained life-threatening injuries and was trauma-alerted to a local hospital, then airlifted to a hospital in the Tampa Bay area.

The Major Crash Investigator, Forensics, and Victim Advocate responded on this crash. A Ping4alert was issued by the Public Affairs Office, warning drivers of the crash.

The preliminary synopsis of the Major Crash Investigator is below:

DATE: January 24, 2017 TIME: 6:57 PM LOCATION: Intersection of Pine Island Road and Skyline Boulevard CR#: 17-001458 ASSINGED MCI: M/Cpl. Andrew Satterlee

VEHICLE 1: 2013 Hyundai Sonata car. DRIVER 1: Jacqueline L. Maurer, W/F, 52 YOA, of Cape Coral, FL. DRIVER INJURIES: Maurer suffered minor injuries. PASSENGER: JUVENILE, W/M, 7, of Lehigh Acres, FL. PASSENGER INJURIES: JUVENILE suffered life threatening head injuries in the traffic crash.

VEHICLE 2: 2002 BMW 530i car. DRIVER 2: JUVENILE, W/M, 17, of Cape Coral, FL. DRIVER INJURIES: JUVENILE suffered minor injuries. PASSENGER: Blake Repka Destout, W/M, 18, of Cape Coral, FL. PASSENGER INJURIES: JUVENILE suffered minor injuries.

SYNOPSIS: Vehicle 1 was westbound on Pine Island Road approaching Skyline Boulevard in the southbound turn lane. Vehicle 2 was eastbound on Pine Island Road in the inside lane. Vehicle 2 was changing lanes into the outside lane as Vehicle 1 began to make its turn across Pine Island Road. Vehicle 1 drove directly into the path of Vehicle 2. The front of Vehicle 2 struck the passenger side of Vehicle 1 (t-bone). Vehicle 1 was forced to the Southeast and ended up in a ditch. Vehicle 2 came to a stop in the outside eastbound lane of Pine Island Road.

During the traffic crash, a 7 year old juvenile in the right rear passenger seat (in a child seat) suffered a life-threatening head injury. The juvenile was trauma alerted by ambulance to a local hospital and was then airlifted to another hospital in the Tampa Bay area. The driver of Vehicle 1 suffered minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital (released later). The driver and passenger in Vehicle 2 suffered minor injuries but refused medical attention.

Based on injuries, a Major Crash Investigation is being conducted. The next-of-kin HAS BEEN contacted for all involved. This traffic crash IS NOT alcohol/drug related.

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CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT | Public Affairs Office | 1100 Cultural Park Boulevard | Cape Coral, FL 33990 | (239) 242-3341

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