.."A murmur swept through the room. It had been rumored that I had a new slave, but it had not been confirmed." ... I'd like to welcome you to our ann...al Christmas party!"Applause coursed through the crowd.Vonda scanned the room. "I see a few new faces, this year. So I'll explain that one of our traditions, every year, is me starting off the party by me giving you my Christmas present."A sound went through the audience. The best I can describe it, it was a sound of anticipation. People adjusted. And I will be assigning participation points during our discussions, so sitting on the sidelines could come back to haunt you when your fall grades are tallied.”I strummed on the Ibanez acoustic and adjusted the G string a moose hair tighter and the B string two moose hairs loser to get it sounding like I wanted. When our music teacher moved up to the back row, and sat in my vacated seat, I knew it was time to get this NIS music request under way.Most of the students were either shocked and/or. Sean had arrived four hours previous to this and had time to reconnoiter not only the building, but the surrounding area as well.He had used commercially available spray cans of foam insulation to seal gaps around windows and doors, verified the amount of propane left in the tank behind the building, placed the CO sensors and radio transmitter in the building and prepared the method for the exhaust fumes to enter the building without detection.While carbon monoxide is odorless, the exhaust. “So you see, I’m a local boy through and through, and I love this part of the world. People here are friendly, they greet you in the street, they strike up a conversation on the bus or train. All my relatives and friends are local, and the place I now live in – this ‘village’ of Cheadle – has its own identity. So my ties here are strong. OK so far?”She nodded. She had felt the same about her neighbourhood in Vancouver.“Until recently, we’ve only accepted clients who were local – in a fifty mile.