Faulty fire alarms prompt officials to close main library
By Jody Callahan (Contact)Monday, October 29, 2007
The Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library at 3030 Poplar is closed for the rest of the day because of a malfunctioning fire alarm system. Library officials expect the building to reopen Tuesday. Normal weekday hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The problem started about 1:30 p.m. today when fire alarms went off, sounding for about 30 minutes, library spokesman Lillian Johnson said. The building was evacuated, but no fire was found.
The alarms sounded again about 4:40 p.m., prompting the shutdown, Johnson said.
"There was a malfunction with the sensors and the fire department decided it would be best to just close it down," she said.
For anyone needing a library Monday night, the closest branch to the Central location is at 460 S. Highland. Branch libraries are open until 8 p.m.
Today Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library closed down for the whole day due to fire alarm went off. At 1:30 p.m and again at 4:40 p.m but no smoke or fire was found. The library was decided to closed for the rest of the day and reopen to Tuesday. No one know what happen maybe something might went wrong with the alarm or someone might just play game. This kind of firer alarm happen so much now a day at many school, if they caught whosever doing it they could go to jail because it could harm other students.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/books/chapters/1014-1st-nemirovsky.html?ref=books
FIRE IN THE BLOOD
By IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY
Published: October 21, 2007
We were drinking a light punch, the kind we had when I was young, and all sitting around the fire, my Erard cousins, their children and I. It was an autumn evening, the whole sky red above the sodden fields of turned earth. The fiery sunset promised a strong wind the next day; the crows were cawing. This large, icy house is full of draughts. They blew in from everywhere with the sharp, rich tang of autumn. My cousin Hélène and her daughter, Colette, were shivering beneath the shawls I'd lent them, cashmere shawls that had belonged to my mother. They asked how I could live in such a rat hole, just as they did every time they came to see me, and Colette, who is shortly to be married, spoke proudly of the charms of the Moulin-Neuf where she would soon be living, and "where I hope to see you often, Cousin Silvio," she said. She looked at me with pity. I am old, poor and unmarried, holed up in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods. Everyone knows I've travelled, that I've worked my way through my inheritance. A prodigal son. By the time I got back to the place where I was born, even the fatted calf had waited for me for so long it had died of old age. Comparing their lot with mine, the Erards no doubt forgave me for borrowing money I had never returned and repeated, after their daughter, "You live like an animal here, you poor dear. You should go and spend the summer with Colette once she's settled in." I still have happy moments, though they don't realise it. Today, I'm alone; the first snow has fallen. This region, in the middle of France, is both wild and rich. Everyone lives in his own house, on his own land, distrusts his neighbours, harvests his wheat, counts his money and doesn't give a thought to the rest of the world. No châteaux, no visitors. A bourgeoisie reigns here that has only recently emerged from the working classes and is still very close to them, part of a rich bloodline that loves everything that has its roots in the land. My family is spread over the entire province-an extensive network of Erards, Chapelains, Benoîts, Montrifauts; they are important farmers, lawyers, government officials, landowners. Their houses are imposing and isolated, built far from the villages and protected by great forbidding doors with triple locks, like the doors you find in prisons. Their flat gardens contain almost no flowers, nothing but vegetables and fruit trees trained to produce the best yield. Their sitting rooms are stuffed full of furniture and always shut up; they live in the kitchen to save money on firewood. I'm not talking about François and Hélène Erard, of course; I have never been in a home more pleasant, welcoming, intimate, warm and happy than theirs. But, in spite of everything, my idea of the perfect evening is this: I am completely alone; my housekeeper has just put the hens in their coop and gone home, and I am left with my pipe, my dog nestled between my legs, the sound of the mice in the attic, a crackling fire, no newspapers, no books, a bottle of red wine warming slowly on the hearth.
"Why do people call you Silvio?" asked Colette.
"A beautiful woman who was once in love with me thought I looked like a gondolier," I replied. "That was over twenty years ago and, at the time, I had black hair and a handlebar moustache. She changed my name from Sylvestre to Silvio."
"But you look like a faun," said Colette, "with your wide forehead, turned-up nose, pointed ears and laughing eyes. Sylvestre, creature of the woods. That suits you very well."
Of all of Hélène's children, Colette is my favourite. She isn't beautiful, but she has the quality that, when I was young, I used to value most in women: she has fire. Her eyes laugh like mine and her large mouth too; her hair is black and fine, peeping out in delicate curls from behind the shawl, which she has pulled over her head to keep the draught from her neck. People say she looks like the young Hélène. But I can't remember. Since the birth of a third son, little Loulou, who's nine years old now, Hélène has put on weight and the woman of forty-eight, whose soft skin has lost its bloom, obscures my memory of the Hélène I knew when she was twenty. She looks calm and happy now.
This gathering at my house was arranged to introduce Colette's fiancé to me. His name is Jean Dorin, one of the Dorins from the Moulin-Neuf, who've been millers for generations. A beautiful river, frothy and green, runs past their mill. I used to go trout fishing there when Dorin's father was still alive.
"You'll make us some good fish dishes, Colette," I said.
François refused a glass of punch: he drinks only water. He has a pointy little grey beard that he slowly strokes.
"You won't miss the pleasures of this world when you've left it," I remarked to him, "or rather once it has left you, as it has me ..."
For I sometimes feel I've been rejected by life, as if washed ashore by the tide. I've ended up on a lonely beach, an old boat, still solid and seaworthy, but whose paint has faded in the water, eaten away by salt.
"No, since you don't like wine, hunting or women, you'll have nothing to miss."
"I'd miss my wife," he replied, smiling.
That was when Colette went and sat next to her mother.
"Mama, tell me the story of how you got engaged to Papa," she said. "You've never said anything about it. Why's that? I know it's a very romantic story, that you loved each other for a long time ... Why haven't you ever told me about it?"
"You've never asked."
"Well, I'm asking now."
Hélène laughed. "It's none of your business," she protested.
"You don't want to say because you're embarrassed. But it can't be because of Uncle Silvio: he must know all about it. Is it because of Jean? But he'll soon be your son, Mama, and he should know you as well as I do. I so want Jean and me to live together the way you live with Papa. I'm positive you've never had a fight."
"It's not Jean I'm embarrassed about, but these great oafs," said Hélène, nodding towards her sons with a smile. They were sitting on the floor, throwing pine cones into the fire; they had pockets full of them; the cones burst open in the flames with a loud, crackling sound.
Georges was fifteen and Henri thirteen. "If it's because of us," they replied, "go ahead, don't be embarrassed."
"We're not interested in your love stories," Georges said scornfully. He was at that age when a boy's voice starts to change.
As for little Loulou, he'd fallen asleep.
But Hélène shook her head and was reluctant to speak.
"You have the perfect marriage," Colette's fiancé said shyly. "I hope that we too ... one day ..."
He was mumbling. He seemed a good lad, his face thin and soft, with the beautiful anxious eyes of a hare. Strange that Hélène and Colette, mother and daughter, should have sought out the same type of man to marry. Someone sensitive, considerate, easily dominated; almost feminine, but at the same time guarded and shy, with a kind of fierce modesty. Good Lord, I was nothing like that! Standing slightly apart, I looked at the seven of them. We'd eaten in the sitting room, which is the only habitable room in the house, except for the kitchen; I sleep in a kind of attic room under the eaves. The sitting room is always rather gloomy and, on this November evening, was so dark that when the fire was low, all you could see were the large cauldrons and antique warming pans hanging from the walls, whose copper bottoms reflected even the dimmest light. When the flames rose again, the fire lit up their calm faces, their kind smiles, Hélène's hand with its gold wedding band stroking little Loulou's curls. Hélène was wearing a blue silk dress with white polka dots. My mother's shawl, embroidered with leaves, covered her shoulders. François sat next to her; both of them looked at the children sitting at their feet. I picked up a flaming twig from the fire to relight my pipe and it illuminated my face. It seems I wasn't the only one observing what was happening around me for Colette, who doesn't miss a thing either, suddenly exclaimed, "Why, Cousin Silvio, you have such a mocking look sometimes. I've often noticed it."
Then she turned to her father. "I'm still waiting to hear all about how you fell in love, Papa."
This is about an old lady name Silvio live in France still have a happy moment but know one notice that. She's not rich as many other people around her. she's all alone by herself while other family gather together. Her relatives are spread out all over the place. She's sitting there alon. She's completely alone all was left around her is her pipe, her dog, no newspapers, no books, and the sound of the mice in the attic. She's not there all alone she got some cousin around her. Out of all Helene children , Colette is her favorite. She found many similar thing about Colette that relate to her when she was young.
By IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY
Published: October 21, 2007
We were drinking a light punch, the kind we had when I was young, and all sitting around the fire, my Erard cousins, their children and I. It was an autumn evening, the whole sky red above the sodden fields of turned earth. The fiery sunset promised a strong wind the next day; the crows were cawing. This large, icy house is full of draughts. They blew in from everywhere with the sharp, rich tang of autumn. My cousin Hélène and her daughter, Colette, were shivering beneath the shawls I'd lent them, cashmere shawls that had belonged to my mother. They asked how I could live in such a rat hole, just as they did every time they came to see me, and Colette, who is shortly to be married, spoke proudly of the charms of the Moulin-Neuf where she would soon be living, and "where I hope to see you often, Cousin Silvio," she said. She looked at me with pity. I am old, poor and unmarried, holed up in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods. Everyone knows I've travelled, that I've worked my way through my inheritance. A prodigal son. By the time I got back to the place where I was born, even the fatted calf had waited for me for so long it had died of old age. Comparing their lot with mine, the Erards no doubt forgave me for borrowing money I had never returned and repeated, after their daughter, "You live like an animal here, you poor dear. You should go and spend the summer with Colette once she's settled in." I still have happy moments, though they don't realise it. Today, I'm alone; the first snow has fallen. This region, in the middle of France, is both wild and rich. Everyone lives in his own house, on his own land, distrusts his neighbours, harvests his wheat, counts his money and doesn't give a thought to the rest of the world. No châteaux, no visitors. A bourgeoisie reigns here that has only recently emerged from the working classes and is still very close to them, part of a rich bloodline that loves everything that has its roots in the land. My family is spread over the entire province-an extensive network of Erards, Chapelains, Benoîts, Montrifauts; they are important farmers, lawyers, government officials, landowners. Their houses are imposing and isolated, built far from the villages and protected by great forbidding doors with triple locks, like the doors you find in prisons. Their flat gardens contain almost no flowers, nothing but vegetables and fruit trees trained to produce the best yield. Their sitting rooms are stuffed full of furniture and always shut up; they live in the kitchen to save money on firewood. I'm not talking about François and Hélène Erard, of course; I have never been in a home more pleasant, welcoming, intimate, warm and happy than theirs. But, in spite of everything, my idea of the perfect evening is this: I am completely alone; my housekeeper has just put the hens in their coop and gone home, and I am left with my pipe, my dog nestled between my legs, the sound of the mice in the attic, a crackling fire, no newspapers, no books, a bottle of red wine warming slowly on the hearth.
"Why do people call you Silvio?" asked Colette.
"A beautiful woman who was once in love with me thought I looked like a gondolier," I replied. "That was over twenty years ago and, at the time, I had black hair and a handlebar moustache. She changed my name from Sylvestre to Silvio."
"But you look like a faun," said Colette, "with your wide forehead, turned-up nose, pointed ears and laughing eyes. Sylvestre, creature of the woods. That suits you very well."
Of all of Hélène's children, Colette is my favourite. She isn't beautiful, but she has the quality that, when I was young, I used to value most in women: she has fire. Her eyes laugh like mine and her large mouth too; her hair is black and fine, peeping out in delicate curls from behind the shawl, which she has pulled over her head to keep the draught from her neck. People say she looks like the young Hélène. But I can't remember. Since the birth of a third son, little Loulou, who's nine years old now, Hélène has put on weight and the woman of forty-eight, whose soft skin has lost its bloom, obscures my memory of the Hélène I knew when she was twenty. She looks calm and happy now.
This gathering at my house was arranged to introduce Colette's fiancé to me. His name is Jean Dorin, one of the Dorins from the Moulin-Neuf, who've been millers for generations. A beautiful river, frothy and green, runs past their mill. I used to go trout fishing there when Dorin's father was still alive.
"You'll make us some good fish dishes, Colette," I said.
François refused a glass of punch: he drinks only water. He has a pointy little grey beard that he slowly strokes.
"You won't miss the pleasures of this world when you've left it," I remarked to him, "or rather once it has left you, as it has me ..."
For I sometimes feel I've been rejected by life, as if washed ashore by the tide. I've ended up on a lonely beach, an old boat, still solid and seaworthy, but whose paint has faded in the water, eaten away by salt.
"No, since you don't like wine, hunting or women, you'll have nothing to miss."
"I'd miss my wife," he replied, smiling.
That was when Colette went and sat next to her mother.
"Mama, tell me the story of how you got engaged to Papa," she said. "You've never said anything about it. Why's that? I know it's a very romantic story, that you loved each other for a long time ... Why haven't you ever told me about it?"
"You've never asked."
"Well, I'm asking now."
Hélène laughed. "It's none of your business," she protested.
"You don't want to say because you're embarrassed. But it can't be because of Uncle Silvio: he must know all about it. Is it because of Jean? But he'll soon be your son, Mama, and he should know you as well as I do. I so want Jean and me to live together the way you live with Papa. I'm positive you've never had a fight."
"It's not Jean I'm embarrassed about, but these great oafs," said Hélène, nodding towards her sons with a smile. They were sitting on the floor, throwing pine cones into the fire; they had pockets full of them; the cones burst open in the flames with a loud, crackling sound.
Georges was fifteen and Henri thirteen. "If it's because of us," they replied, "go ahead, don't be embarrassed."
"We're not interested in your love stories," Georges said scornfully. He was at that age when a boy's voice starts to change.
As for little Loulou, he'd fallen asleep.
But Hélène shook her head and was reluctant to speak.
"You have the perfect marriage," Colette's fiancé said shyly. "I hope that we too ... one day ..."
He was mumbling. He seemed a good lad, his face thin and soft, with the beautiful anxious eyes of a hare. Strange that Hélène and Colette, mother and daughter, should have sought out the same type of man to marry. Someone sensitive, considerate, easily dominated; almost feminine, but at the same time guarded and shy, with a kind of fierce modesty. Good Lord, I was nothing like that! Standing slightly apart, I looked at the seven of them. We'd eaten in the sitting room, which is the only habitable room in the house, except for the kitchen; I sleep in a kind of attic room under the eaves. The sitting room is always rather gloomy and, on this November evening, was so dark that when the fire was low, all you could see were the large cauldrons and antique warming pans hanging from the walls, whose copper bottoms reflected even the dimmest light. When the flames rose again, the fire lit up their calm faces, their kind smiles, Hélène's hand with its gold wedding band stroking little Loulou's curls. Hélène was wearing a blue silk dress with white polka dots. My mother's shawl, embroidered with leaves, covered her shoulders. François sat next to her; both of them looked at the children sitting at their feet. I picked up a flaming twig from the fire to relight my pipe and it illuminated my face. It seems I wasn't the only one observing what was happening around me for Colette, who doesn't miss a thing either, suddenly exclaimed, "Why, Cousin Silvio, you have such a mocking look sometimes. I've often noticed it."
Then she turned to her father. "I'm still waiting to hear all about how you fell in love, Papa."
This is about an old lady name Silvio live in France still have a happy moment but know one notice that. She's not rich as many other people around her. she's all alone by herself while other family gather together. Her relatives are spread out all over the place. She's sitting there alon. She's completely alone all was left around her is her pipe, her dog, no newspapers, no books, and the sound of the mice in the attic. She's not there all alone she got some cousin around her. Out of all Helene children , Colette is her favorite. She found many similar thing about Colette that relate to her when she was young.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/oct/08/memphis-police-holding-3-suspects-bradford-death/
Three charged with Bradford murder; fourth expected
By Christopher Conley (Contact)Monday, October 8, 2007
Memphis police today charged three men with the murder of University of Memphis football player Taylor Bradford, and a fourth man is expected to be charged soon.
Charged with murder in perpetration of an attempted aggravated robbery are DaeShawn Tate, 21, Victor Trezevant, 21, and Courtney Washington, 22.
Police expect to charge a fourth man, a University of Memphis student, in the murder. Prosecutors have approved the charges, but the charging documents had not been filed by late Monday.
The suspects went to the Carpenter Complex, where Taylor lived, Sunday night with the specific intent to rob Bradford, police said. He was shot during the robbery attempt.
Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin said none of the three are students at U of M. The investigation, however, is ongoing, and may involve students, he said.
Homicide detectives developed at least one of the three as suspects last week. A Crime Stoppers tip aided in building the case. Godwin said a Mercury Grand Marquis seen near the Carpenter Complex last week may have been involved. He would not say whether the car has been recovered.
Police said they expect to charge one other individual but would provide no other details.
Bradford, 21, crashed his vehicle at Central and Zach Curlin after being shot. He died a short time later at the Med. He still had $7,400 with him when he died.
Memphis police had found and charged Tate, Trezevant, and Washington with murder in prepetration of an attempted aggravated robbery, none of these three are University of Memphis student. Police still suspect a fourth man to be charged soon, the fourth man are the University of Memphis student. They still in a process of investigation this may involve with students. On Sunday night the suspect went to the Carpenter Complex intent to rob Bradford and he was shot during the robbery attempt. Bradford crashed his car after being shot and he still had $7,400 with him when he died. Most kid today involve in crime because parent don't care for them and parent don't have control over their kid anymore. Even in high school there might be at least one fight per day. Memphis City School don't have control over the kid anymore because of spoil parent. If teacher suspended them next thing parent would call in and get mad at the teacher. Parent are the one that lead their kid into crimes and violent. Theses three kid murder Bradford an innocent football player. What they shooting of him is his money, most kid today would use their money to do drug and they can do anything just to get money.
By Christopher Conley (Contact)Monday, October 8, 2007
Memphis police today charged three men with the murder of University of Memphis football player Taylor Bradford, and a fourth man is expected to be charged soon.
Charged with murder in perpetration of an attempted aggravated robbery are DaeShawn Tate, 21, Victor Trezevant, 21, and Courtney Washington, 22.
Police expect to charge a fourth man, a University of Memphis student, in the murder. Prosecutors have approved the charges, but the charging documents had not been filed by late Monday.
The suspects went to the Carpenter Complex, where Taylor lived, Sunday night with the specific intent to rob Bradford, police said. He was shot during the robbery attempt.
Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin said none of the three are students at U of M. The investigation, however, is ongoing, and may involve students, he said.
Homicide detectives developed at least one of the three as suspects last week. A Crime Stoppers tip aided in building the case. Godwin said a Mercury Grand Marquis seen near the Carpenter Complex last week may have been involved. He would not say whether the car has been recovered.
Police said they expect to charge one other individual but would provide no other details.
Bradford, 21, crashed his vehicle at Central and Zach Curlin after being shot. He died a short time later at the Med. He still had $7,400 with him when he died.
Memphis police had found and charged Tate, Trezevant, and Washington with murder in prepetration of an attempted aggravated robbery, none of these three are University of Memphis student. Police still suspect a fourth man to be charged soon, the fourth man are the University of Memphis student. They still in a process of investigation this may involve with students. On Sunday night the suspect went to the Carpenter Complex intent to rob Bradford and he was shot during the robbery attempt. Bradford crashed his car after being shot and he still had $7,400 with him when he died. Most kid today involve in crime because parent don't care for them and parent don't have control over their kid anymore. Even in high school there might be at least one fight per day. Memphis City School don't have control over the kid anymore because of spoil parent. If teacher suspended them next thing parent would call in and get mad at the teacher. Parent are the one that lead their kid into crimes and violent. Theses three kid murder Bradford an innocent football player. What they shooting of him is his money, most kid today would use their money to do drug and they can do anything just to get money.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/oct/11/tigers-players-court-case-delayed-again/
Tigers' players court case delayed again
By Dan Wolken (Contact)Originally published 11:05 a.m., October 11, 2007
Updated 11:05 a.m., October 11, 2007
University of Memphis basketball players Jeff Robinson and Shawn Taggart are due back in Shelby County Court on Nov. 6 after their cases stemming from a Sept. 2 incident outside a Beale Street nightclub were delayed again Thursday.
Taggart, a sophomore from Richmond, Va., faces misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and inciting a riot. Robinson, a freshman from Columbus, N.J., faces the same charges plus misdemeanor assault. Both players have pleaded not guilty.
Blake Ballin, who was representing Robinson and Taggart on Thursday in place of their attorney Leslie Ballin, said he was disappointed that prosecutors have not dropped the charges.
“Between now and (Nov. 6), we’ll be working diligently to that result,” Blake Ballin said. “We feel that’s just based on the facts involved and the limited involvement of these two in any of the disorder that took place.”
whatever the charges may be why don't people just let it go and give them another chance. Everyone make mistake and this is not even a big thing why keep on draging it longer instead of drop the charge. If this charges keep on going and going this will ruin the basketball reputation and making them look bad. this will also keep the game more delayed.
By Dan Wolken (Contact)Originally published 11:05 a.m., October 11, 2007
Updated 11:05 a.m., October 11, 2007
University of Memphis basketball players Jeff Robinson and Shawn Taggart are due back in Shelby County Court on Nov. 6 after their cases stemming from a Sept. 2 incident outside a Beale Street nightclub were delayed again Thursday.
Taggart, a sophomore from Richmond, Va., faces misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and inciting a riot. Robinson, a freshman from Columbus, N.J., faces the same charges plus misdemeanor assault. Both players have pleaded not guilty.
Blake Ballin, who was representing Robinson and Taggart on Thursday in place of their attorney Leslie Ballin, said he was disappointed that prosecutors have not dropped the charges.
“Between now and (Nov. 6), we’ll be working diligently to that result,” Blake Ballin said. “We feel that’s just based on the facts involved and the limited involvement of these two in any of the disorder that took place.”
whatever the charges may be why don't people just let it go and give them another chance. Everyone make mistake and this is not even a big thing why keep on draging it longer instead of drop the charge. If this charges keep on going and going this will ruin the basketball reputation and making them look bad. this will also keep the game more delayed.
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