Urban Place

THE HORROR AT WILLINGTON

It was a nice house. The house which would come to be the key which would lock me in a permanent dungeon of horror forever. In 1997 I came to

Willington,Iowa. A small town into which little big buisiness or large shopping centers had come. I had moved here because of the quiet and calm of a small

town.
The house was an old Colonial era house of modest but large size. It was on a sprawling piece of land with many caves, creeks, cliffs, pools, and other

geological oddities I felt would be quite enjoyed by my daughter and son. The locals were never incredibly friendly to us urban folks. But that was not a big

problem because we would only come to town for groceries and other things of the sort. We had 250 acres to explore. Quite enough to occupy our free time. I

was an author. I had gained custody of the children from Martha and was very happy to have my children back with me.
In the first few months we had grown to love the place and we all felt a certain emotional bond with its charm. We all slept well in our beds confident of a

new start in Willington. The first few months were normal. We all felt adventurous and we would alll go explore the woods and caves and picnic on the heavily forested hills.
It started in 1998 two and a half months after our settlement there. My 10 year old daughter complained of pains in the
chest. I took her to the doctor and he saw nothing physically wrong. She took some aspirin and that was all. The next day both my children were complaining

of the same pains. My son being one year older than her. Could maybe the doctor said be a growth spert. I thought it might be gas. But after about a week the pains had stopped in both of them.
The next few weeks were normal except for my son was not going out to explore in the woods anymore. I asked if he would go with me but he simply said "But

you cant fight it." In a childish way. I went into the woods to show him there was nothing wrong. But he just said he didnt want to play in the woods anymore. Never again would my boy or girl go into the woods.
A month or so after these incidents. I was typing at my typewriter and as normal the pitter patter of the typewriter made me dose off in my chair. I remember distinctly horrible dreams of doom and twisted inner torture which numbed feeling. I also had dreams of great outer spherical battles between great forces of godly power. White great mounds of force lunging down upon dark forboding rocky fluids twisting around the light

figures of…good I gathered. I felt confident at first behind the great white beings but soon my confidence turned into uncertainy which became terror at

the sight of constant battle between these forces. Soon where I stood was directly in between these forces constant struggling. I woke up with straining on my chest as my children descibed.
Leaning back on my chair I fell forward as my eyes met the paper which had been typed in front of me. I looked over it seeing that it was complete gibberish.

Letters put together so that when you pronounced them a horrible feeling in the throat came over you. The words and sounds when read came out as gutteral

ugly sounds which seemed to be words. I felt incredibly strange reading it. I felt as though I could almost read them. Like almost being able to read latin

from derivatives. But I came to terms with the fact I couldnt read them. I came back to myself after
wondering over the paper. I began alarmingly worried about what had typed it and why it was gibberish. I felt a great stress and instincively ran to check on

my kids. They were both downstairs doing the work I had assigned to them on the floor in front of the television. They were working and watching T.V. at the

same time. I immediatly asked if they were messing with my typewriter. They both said no reminding me they werent allowed in my study. I immediately went

throught the possibilities of how this strange yet forbodingly intriguing piece of writing had been typed. In my sleep I might have run my arm over the

keyboard, but how would that explain the spacing between words? I became very alarmed and my children asked what I had. I showed them the paper and they knew

nothing about it. I had forgotten about the great pain in my chest with all the wondering. I had no idea what to do. I seemed to subconciously make the

connection between my dreams and what had been on this paper and that the connection was…supernatural.
I decided after sitting there in the den for a while that I could bring it to a linguist at the university. I told the children we were going on a road trip and we left. Now in my enlightenment of the situation I can only imagine what would have been happening in the house while we were gone. The thought now of the house, vacant, at night, alone, fills me with terror at what could be at work in there. I knew something was wrong as I was leaving the house. I believe my children felt the same way.
We learned at the university that whatever it was it had no resemblance to anything the linguist we met ever had seen. I became very panicked at this and I could see even the children were alarmed and I had not told them the circumstances of what happened. I was dreading returning to the house I once found peaceful and calm. I began making excuses and errands we had before we could go back home. "We need to pick up some things for the car", "We need to go and get some gas for the mower", "We need more groceries", "Do you guys want to go to the toystore while we are out?"
Eventually we found ourselves inevitably walking back through the large white door to the house. Thoughts were speeding through my head the dreams, the letter on my desk, the pain in my chest, the unexplained fright me and my children were experiencing.
We had returned about eight hours after we had left at about 2 pm. I told the kids to go to bed and I would be downstairs watching T.V.. I honestly worried about my children in their bedrooms alone. In front of late night T.V., I soon fell asleep mentally and physically exhausted.
I found no rest even in sleep. My dreams were horrible nightmares worse than when I previously had them. Terrible black oozing substance turning all living things into desolate shells of their former selves. No sight of great white forces of good were to be found. Alone in darkness in the forest surrounded by appproaching horrible creatures. Lunging, creeping, using any forms of action to exert their silent malevolence. But soon they smote their malice loudly. My head panged with noise, torture of the mind. Surrounded. Doom.
I woke up in great alarm and panic. I was very worried about my boy and girl and ran as fast as I could upstairs to find them both hiding under the covers shivering and calling my name in a frightened voice. I immediatly knew something was very wrong. I uncovered the children and told them to come with me and that we were getting out of the house. I grabbed a .38 revolver under my bed,my wallet, and my car keyes and rushed out the door with my children tripping out of the door behind me.
Give opinions and tips please.
Well its not a finished story. Its a horror short story I’m writing. Give me tips I’m just 14.
What parts do you not get?
Sorry about the wierd spacing it was a messing up of my copy and pasting. Thats not how it looks on paper.

First of all, you take a potentially powerful situation and weaken it to dishwater by using passive tense all over the place. Why say I had gained custody ,.,. when you can just say I gained custody? See how stronger that sounds? Another form of passive writing is saying something like …groceries and other things of the sort. … it sounds flip, like you just brushed off your reader by skipping information … Its better to just say groceries or explain what the other things are .. It makes your writing stronger.

You have some spelling errors here and there and a word or two missing (proofread better!) but all in all it isnt a bad start. Just avoid too much information dumping – space your story out evenly and keep your reader pushing onward by not dumping a ton of information on them all at once. Do your research – a doctor would NEVER give a kid aspirin – they havent for years. Tylenol or Motrin yes – aspirin no. It’s details like that which cheat your reader and suspend reality. Research is a major part of writing.

Also Im not a big fan of big words….smote their malice? Those kind of expressions tend to antagonize readers.

Next, the chldren were calling his name in frightened voices – not one frightened voice.

No nightmares, but not bad. By the way is it a computer or an old fashioned typewriter? I really didnt get a sense of what it was for sure.

Keep writing. Pax – C.

The core area of the soviet union
a.) includes the great cities of the far east
b.) centers on leningrad and includes such urban places as Novgorod and Basin
c.) incorporates the Central Industrial Region, at the heart of which lies the city of Moscow
d.) has been overtaken by the Novosibirsk region east of the Urals
e.) extends into recently-absorbed Eastern Europe, and now includes Poland and Hungary.

haha sorry, but what?

We need a place to find cool housewares for cheap. We are both sophomores in college and are on a somewhat tight budget. We like interesting things from Urban Outfitters and Crate & Barrel. I have already looked at Target, and Ikea, Overstock, just looking to see if anyone knows of any ‘different’ sites. Thanks!

I realize you want "cool", but if money is tight, you should consider "practical". Expand your search to dollar stores–Dollar General and Dollar Tree if you have any in your area. Scour yard sales and flea markets, too.

Good _________ 8H and Mr. Clare, this morning I will be having a presentation on Peter Douglas Beattie. This Presentation will cover his biographical information, career background, his successes, possible criticisms and the inspiration for this person.

Peter Douglas Beattie was born on the 18th November 1952 at Atherton, a small town nearly 2000km from Brisbane. He was raised by his grandmother and was the youngest of 7 children. Peter Beattie grew up to be quite a sports and drama fanatic playing cricket, rugby and hockey, he was involved in such plays as Gilbert and Sullivan as well as Pirates of Penzance. He was also a keen scout, he would roam the streets with 12 fellow scouts looking for good deeds and also enjoyed climbing Mt. Baldy. He was very successful at school being the Dux and School Captain at Atherton State High School, there he met Heather Scott-Halliday and later married her, they currently have three grown up children, Dennis and Matthew who are both 22 and Elizabeth who is 24. Beattie then moved to Brisbane where he graduated with a law degree from the University of Queensland, earned a Master of Arts degree from the Queensland University of Technology and then entered the practise of law. He supported himself through uni by working as a taxi driver and in a canning factory. His qualifications now include a B.A, LL.B and M.A. Then In 1974 he joined the labor party which he had been in opposition for 17 years. He is also a part of many diverse groups such as the Greek Club, Lions, Queensland Rugby League Club, New farm Neighbourhood Centre, Chinese business Club, The Society of St. Andrews and Queensland association for mental Health. He already sounds like the perfect politician.

Peter Beattie has achieved many political successes which the ‘Queensland Labor Times’ describes as ‘A Dynamic Decade’. Peter Beattie was interested in economics, health, local government, housing, criminal law reform, transport, heritage, town planning, urban planning, and inner city development. With all the interests you’d think that he’d be less talk more do however he has made many factual accomplishments such as the water grid, the water pipe coming from Cairns, free health system, he abolished the ambulance levy, created a superior Criminal Justice System and created the ‘Smart State’ license plate. In 1997, Peter Beattie released the Community JobsPlan – a major job creation program, then in 1998 Peter Beattie won 44 out of 89 seats in the June state elections and on the 26th of June Peter Beattie became Premier of Queensland, this was a major turning point for the labor party.
Economically, Queensland prospered like never before with Peter Beattie as Premier. When he announced his policy in 1998 to bring unemployment fewer than 5%, he was given little chance. On the environment, perhaps his greatest achievement was to ban land-clearing in the state, a decision which is almost single-handedly responsible for Australia. Peter Beattie also built the giant new park at Lang Stadium while liberalising Queensland’s gay sex, liquor licensing and prostitution laws quietly in the background. Peter Beattie really has changed Queensland into a smart state.

Peter Beattie isn’t perfect, all of you could agree, there has been certain things that Peter Beattie has done that have aggravated certain people. Many people have disagreed with Beattie’s handling with the Dr. Haneef case, John Howard accused Beattie of leading a political campaign against the police handling the case. Beattie ignored Queensland’s water crisis until it was almost too late, basically praying for rain and not doing anything for Queensland for a period of time. Peter Beattie appeals more to the ‘Dead, White Male’ as he hasn’t at all connected with minorities or was willing to help them. Peter Beattie really hasn’t at all done that much to seem like a nuisance to anyone.

Role Models are important because they boost children’s self esteem, help them to build models and positive values, teach children to set attainable goals and provide achieving their goals. Peter Beattie has accomplished many things, such as community awareness, economic, and infrastructure development. I think the person most inspired by him would be his daughter, Elizabeth. If all Australian’s role model was Peter Beattie I think the world would be an ideal place to reside. Peter Beattie has changed the world so much and if everyone was like him just imagine what would happen. Ultimately, Peter Beattie’s premiership will be looked be back upon as a series of crises interspersed with many election victories.

On the 10th of September 2007, Peter Beattie resigned as Premier at a Cabinet meeting; he spent 9 years as premier making Queensland better.

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Hi,

On Tuesday, I’m going to Boston with a friend. Though I’ve been to Boston many times and I only live about one and half hours away, I never go just to walk around, but instead I go for business. My friend used to live in Cambridge, but hasn’t really walked around either for years.

On Tuesday, we plan on going to the Fine Arts Museum. We also want to stop by the Urban Outfitters in Cambridge. Our main goal of the trip is to just walk around and shop-but where? We don’t want to spend our whole time in Cambridge besides the quick stop at Urban Outfitters.

So, if anyone knows any cool, hip, fun places to shop it Boston, please let me know. Any good restaurants or coffee shops you know of? That would be great as well.

Thanks so much!

Walk down Newbury Street, starting at the Hynes stop on the T. (Mass Ave and Newbury). There’s actually an Urban Outfitters there. The first few blocks are where the hip stores are, the next few blocks have interesting galleries. The blocks closest to the Public Garden are stodgy.

Also check out Copley Place and the Prudential Shops.

Harvard Square Cambridge is turning into Just Another Mall. Some people like Faneuil Hall/Qunicy Market.

Don’t say forever 21 or delias or alloy.. i know i know i know.

i also really like Johnny was, but its too expensive!

please help me out?

if you’re in nyc, just go anywhere downtown and you’ll find tons of cute, cheap little stores. buy from those. all urban outfitters does it see what downtown people are wearing, make their own bad-quality versions, and then sell them for lots of money.

and to the above answer, AA is more expensive than UO as well as completely different…wth

i do photography and my main target is abandoned places (asylums,buildings,cemeteries,ect.)

Where ya from….where you looking to explore?

Feel free to email me through my profile to get some info/sources

What is the best place that has a better chance at getting a job, whether private or group. RURAL, URBAN, or METROPOLITAN areas?

Metro, urban then rural.

Freeze puts bite on aid, resources

By DEBORAH CIRCELLI
Staff Writer
DAYTONA BEACH — As volunteers stocked the pantry behind them, Nadine McLaurin sat with her 3-year-old daughter wondering where they will sleep the rest of the week.

The Daytona Beach mother was taking refuge inside the Halifax Urban Ministries offices as agency leaders worked with other groups in the area to find a more permanent solution for her, her daughter and 6-year-old son.

"We are very concerned about this young family," said the Rev. Troy Ray, the agency’s executive director. "Our primary focus is to try to find a positive, permanent solution for this family to be off the street."

McLaurin, 44, was one of more than 100 homeless people staying in cold weather and emergency shelter earlier this week and Tuesday night.

After staying at a Port Orange church Monday night, she was taken with other homeless people to a church in Deltona on Tuesday where she and her children would stay in a separate room.

Homeless advocates said it’s unusual to have a mother with children show up with other homeless individuals seeking shelter on cold nights. This is the first time it’s happened in the seven years Halifax Urban Ministries has been working with area churches to open when temperatures creep below 40 degrees, Ray said. The problem, he said, is there’s not enough existing shelter to help people long-term.

The STAR Family Center shelter on North and Segrave streets for families and people with medical issues is full, with two families added Tuesday and another today for a total of 84 people, including 48 children. Nine other families are on a wait list.

In McLaurin’s case, she’s no stranger to getting help. She was in the Family STAR Center shelter for six months in 2008 and went into public housing, but left before she was about to be evicted because she didn’t have money for rent, she said.

She’s had various jobs and in the past year has been "bouncing from house to house" of friends and family, including another 23-year-old daughter, who also recently helped care for the two children. She also had been in a domestic abuse shelter recently, she said.

McLaurin, who has five other grown children in New York and Florida, also has been on probation for issuing a worthless check. The father of one of her children is in prison for uttering a forged check, she said.

She said Tuesday while her daughter was playing on her lap with a toy and her 6-year-old son was in school that she’s trying to get back on her feet and is grateful to area agencies. Being on the streets, McLaurin said, "is not a good place to be worrying about where you will lay your head or where your next meal is going to come from."

McLaurin is unable to go back to the STAR center because it’s full, officials said, and also because the agency generally only lets people stay once for about six months or longer if they are making progress to get a job.

Meanwhile, the STAR center’s dining room area was opening as a cold weather shelter Tuesday night, along with two churches in Bunnell and Deltona. Two other churches, which have not been involved in the past, have offered to open today and later this week.

But Ray said a long-term solution is needed. His agency, he said, is taking over the STAR Family Center and is working with the local homeless coalition to get grants to expand long-term shelter services to 100 additional beds, which will include room for individuals. Ray also wants to see a day center there where people can stay during the day and have case managers to help with job placements.

Meanwhile, other agencies are also helping people because of the cold.

The Jewish Federation of Volusia-Flagler Counties had several people come forward to donate used and new jackets. But the director is worried about meeting the demand from people seeking assistance next month with high utility bills afterrunning their heat. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Palm Coast helps with water and electric bills and propane, if needed, in addition to food and other help. Halifax Urban Ministries also helps with electric bills and will help provide people with propane gas.

The Council on Aging checked in the fall on its more than 4,000 clients ages 60 and over to ensure they have working heaters. The agency also sees its clients daily when delivering meals.

"We don’t wait until the difficult weather condition is upon us," said Gail Camputaro, executive director. "We check in the fall to make sure all are prepared for this kind of situation."

deborah.circelli@news-jrnl.com

Why, because she’s homeless? She’s not negligent, she’s poor. Have you been reading the news? Bad economy, loss of jobs, people can’t find work, or if they can it’s not permanent. She has a 3-year-old, so I bet she can’t afford day care for her child while she takes a minimum wage job. I’m guessing her parents couldn’t afford a fancy college, so she didn’t get the education required for anything better.

What I see is that the price of everything is going up. Rent, transportation, food, and my employer, while raising his prices, isn’t raising our wages. I’m working now, but if I got sick, if I slipped and fell, I could be in her place.

The government and shelters will be supporting this little family one way or another. Might as well let them be together.

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