out the room. Sunlamps were switched off, but daylight was supplemented by various types of electric lamps. In an effort to dull the room's reflections, the mirrors were covered with many pieces of black paper.
Pieter placed the dish on a shelf in the window, very close to the window sill. It was made of stone, heavily carved, and had a very broad base, and a long tapered back.
"What is that?" Pieter whispered.
The other boy shrugged. "I don't know. We don't have any plates like it."
He was about to put it back, when a small movement at the end of the room caught his attention. He looked in that direction. He could see that the light was coming from the corner of a small shed, hardly visible in the shadowed room, from a window that was high up on the shed wall.
He leaned forward and put his eye to the hole in the wall.
He could just make out a figure, sitting on a stool, hunched over a small workbench, leaning on his left elbow. He couldn't see his face, but he could see that it was a man. He had a thick mop of fair hair, and an unkempt beard. He was wearing the blue overalls and the white apron that all the workers at the radio factory wore. Only there were no initials on the apron. It was plain white.
Pieter swallowed. "Who is that?" he asked. "I mean, what is he doing?"
The other boy shrugged. "I don't know, I think he's taking his lunch break, don't you?"
Pieter didn't answer. He was gazing at the man. He felt his heart pounding, just a little. He wanted to reach out and touch him, to get him to look at him, to be able to see the light in his eyes, to see the warmth of his smile. He'd seen that smile in a photograph once, on a small grey envelope. It was the only picture he'd ever seen of his parents. The man in the photograph smiled at him, and looked at him with such kindness in his eyes that it made Pieter want to cry.
He looked away. He didn't want to see the man's eyes. He didn't want to see what he knew would be there. He had the feeling that he knew that man 01e38acffe
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Io Non Plus Ultra
Io Non Plus Ultra is a four-piece pop band from Orlando, Florida, United States. They have been recognized as one of the top 10 independent bands in the United States by NBC News, The Wall Street Journal, and the Orlando Weekly. The band received an honorable mention in the 2008 Independent Music Awards for "Best New Artist". The group's blend of genres include modern rock, pop, punk, country, and alternative, including many original songs with lyrics penned by the band's members. The band's style of music is usually described as "caustic pop."
History
Io Non Plus Ultra was formed in 2001. Their debut album, As the Odd Fellows, was released on April 20, 2004, after which the band was signed to Universal Records and toured the United States. The band's first live concert was with The Dollyrots, a band well known in their Orlando home, on June 1, 2004.
The band's second album, Aha! Aha!, was released on February 14, 2007. The single "When the Morning Comes" received extensive airplay on the Orlando area radio station 103.5 The Edge. The band toured extensively through the Midwest, East Coast and Texas on an extensive promotional tour for their second album, Aha! Aha!
On September 11, 2007, the band was scheduled to play at the Rock on the Range 2007 festival, an event that was broadcast on the Westwood One Network. However, the band canceled their appearance due to the September 11 attacks, and one of their members, Matt Smith, spent a week working at the New York City post-9/11 emergency relief center at Ground Zero.
On December 1, 2007, the band released
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