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TFC Family Feud
TFC Top Shows - Family Feud
Are you a game show fanatic or stats freak? Do you pride yourself in always "knowing" the "smartest/wittiest" answers to tricky survey questions? Then perhaps you should watch or even take part in the famous ABS-CBN TV game show, "Family Feud"! The said show broadcasts on the TFC Channel, and you will find it under the "Game" and "Variety" categories of your TFC subscription. Look for the name TFC Family Feud, which you can access with some of our TFC Packages.
You then have the option of watching the show either live or on-demand. Click for detailed information on different TFC packages.
ABS-CBN "Family Feud" is a game show closely patterned after its US counterpart. The show currently airs on the Filipino TV channel ABS-CBN, but you may of course view it across the globe via your TFC subscription. The show has had three different "versions" airing on three TV networks, namely: ABC (now TV5), GMA, and currently, ABS-CBN. The present "incarnation" premiered on April 9, 2016, replacing the program "Celebrity Playtime". Luis Philippe Santos Manzano, a Filipino TV host, VJ, model, and former actor, serves as the game show's dynamic host and moderator. He is better known by his nicknames "Lucky" or "Luis". Also, he happens to be the son of award-winning Pinoy actors Edu Manzano and Vilma Santos.
The goal in "Family Feud" is rather simple: two "families" try to outsmart each other in guessing the most popular answers to survey questions. Four to five members of a real-life Filipino family, or four to five cast members of an ABS-CBN show, may comprise one or both of the "families". In the case of the latter, the show may be currently-airing or previously-aired. Similarly, a certain group of four to five people with something in common (like being students of the same school, for example) may also comprise the "families".
The two teams will then go through two rounds of survey questions. The more "popular" answers (based on the survey results) from whichever team will earn more points. Thus, the team which garners the more popular answers is therefore the smarter/wittier "family" (survey-wise), and hence wins the game! However, they can still get to win more cash and/or various prizes! For instance, the winning "family" will choose two of their best members, and both will then alternate in playing the thrilling "Fast Money" Round!
The "Fast Money" Round
In this round, the first member has 25 seconds to answer five survey questions. As always, each question will have several survey answers, and every answer has a "rank". The higher the rank, the more points come with it. Consequently, the more popular answers (based on the survey results) will earn bigger points! During this time, the second member will have to hide, because he or she must not see nor hear the first member's answers. He or she will then have his/her turn to answer the same five survey questions in 30 seconds. Both members should "target" a combined total of 200 points or more. If they manage to "do" so, then their "family" will win the jackpot prize!
Reasons to Love and Watch ABS-CBN/TFC Family Feud
Sounds exciting, right? Then what are you waiting for? Organize two "families" or teams of four to five members each and join the game show! Or perhaps just watch it (like a "watch-party") in front of a big-screen TV! Both "families" will then have to compete against each other in "figuring out" the smartest/wittiest answers and scoring more points (of course, there should be a "moderator" and/or a scorekeeper)! Either way, it is guaranteed to be a unique, challenging, but fun-filled bonding experience for everybody! Heck, even a single individual who loves game shows and trivia/demographics will have loads of fun watching ABS-CBN/TFC "Family Feud"!


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We all suffer from our desires. Our desires to have what we want when we want it, all at once.
When you scroll through Instagram you'll almost definite spot someone always with the latest product. And if you follow into their feed, you'll realised that they've got all the beauty haul you've ever dreamed of.
Or if you are on Facebook, and is surrounded by other beautiful women who are capable themselves or whose partner or parent have a lot of money. They frequent aesthetic clinics and always buying the latest beauty raves. They look polished and beautiful … and you inevitably think, "Why can't I be as wealthy and beautiful as them?"
If you think again, you may begin to realize that what you're really asking in that moment is, "Why can't I be happy, like them?"
In that moment, you're making the assumption that happiness can be bought. And your beauty is validated by the amount of products on your face. It can't. In that very human moment of envy, you're making the cognitive error that having money means fulfillment, when fulfillment is a state of mind. We are conditioned to think like this.
The reality is that you have no idea if the people with all the beauty hauls or your rich beautiful acquaintances on Facebook are happy or miserable. When you look outward for fulfilment and satisfaction, you look in all the wrong places.
Outward fulfilment questions look like these.
What should I buy from the right shop? Buy the right make up palette? Laser and botox my face? Join the "best" aesthetic clinic? Use only the right brands? Wear the right makeup? Use the curated skincare?
You can do all of these things and still not get any closer to reaching beauty and inner balance in your life, because you're aspiring to live someone else's life. Your heart will still ache. You will still feel you lack something.
But when you look inward, you begin to have a real conversation about your personal goals. Your questions become:
How much money do I need to fulfill my purpose? How much do I need to stop spending on beauty products in order to start saving for my next asset? What products can I afford that leaves me some money at the end of the month to fund a business/hobby? What do I need to make my life fulfilling to me and what do I need basically to get there?
You become your own measuring stick for your own inner success. You stop comparing yourself to myths and marketing messages. You begin to work with your truth — whether you're productively working toward your vision of fulfillment, or whether there are changes you need to make with your spending, saving, and investing in order to feed your soul more.
Something magical happens upon this acceptance.
We say no to that dosage of fillers so that we can put ourselves through a short getaway, and it's okay.
We don't buy another foundation even though we want to and focus instead on being religious to our current skincare to achieve glowing skin.
We give up buying 101 lipsticks (it's not a healthy habit anyway) and choose to invest the savings in hopes of aggregating a nest egg.
We stop looking outward to get meaningless validations from people who know nothing about us within.
And though we may still feel pangs of desire for wanting things that are lower on our own priorities list like multiple fancy manicure session and monthly facial treatment with all the super power serums, we feel grounded because we're in touch with our deeper goals and are working toward them. We feel productive.
Pleasures and comfort can be exchanged for money, but not sustainable happiness. They are different things.
The next time you see someone's painfully curated image of success on your feed, tell yourself the only truth there is. "I have no clue as to whether they're happy or broken. I only know me, and I know where I'm going."
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts and beauty only comes from within.


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With thanks to Berci, I am still cracking up over NCBI ROFL... a veritable treasure trove of hilarious PubMed citations that will liven up any class. Check them out and send in your own!
Veterinarians? Optimizing the sensory characteristics and acceptance of canned cat food: use of a human taste panel.
Podiatrists and/or radiologists? Feet rolled over by cars: radiological and histological considerations for experiments.
Urologists, jewelers and/or locksmiths? You have to see it to believe it.
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I dreamed of a little girl with pigtails who lived with her parents in the woods. They were poor and had no other children. Once in a while the father would take his little girl out into the woods and rape her til she dropped and leave her there. Her mother knew but said nothing. I believe she did not particularly care for the child.
So one day, as she lay down on the forest, beaten and bloodied and torn, the little girl made a decision. She picked her self from the ground and walked, and walked, and walked, until she arrived at a grey and cold beach. There were large rocks upon that beach and the stars were shining. The little girl would not return home.
She found a tide pool and laid herself in it. Strange, viscous creatures emerged from it and began to consume her. They ate her in a way that was very like her father's rape. They took her in. When they were done, a monster emerged from the tide pool.
I've had a weird image of her all week. Not in any way as clear as my other dream's images but real enough. So I had a go at drawing her.
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Today is officially the first day of winter on this side of the globe! What better way to kick-start the new season with a good dose of Nathan.
My little boy has been polishing his back flipping expertise over the past couple of weeks. He is now very adept with this trick and happily spends his tummy time flipping onto his tummy and back again the other way over and over.
When he first started out, he encountered the usual rough spots…
Looks like he's going to do one!
So far so good, keep going baby!
Alamak! Stuck! "Maaaameeee… put down that black thing and help me!"
But after plenty of practice… he's now a happy flipper
Here's a victory shot following a successful back-to-tummy flip
Wriggling in ecstasy at his own cleverness
Pausing to enjoy a tasty moment with his fist
More wriggling… is it time for another flip stunt?
And there he goes again, back on his back!
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PROS Appoints EMEA General Manager
PROS Customer-Focused Leader Promoted to Lead Go-to-Market
HOUSTON & LONDON, Feb. 18, 2014 – PROS® (NYSE: PRO), a big data software company, today announced the appointment of Sebastian Mamro as PROS General Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Mamro, who is based in Europe, will report to PROS Chief Operating Officer Blair Crump.
Mamro joined PROS in 2008, where he has been a key leader in growing the market by successfully supporting sales and customer strategies as the head of EMEA Professional Services.
"Sebastian has done a terrific job leading the way in Europe with our people, customers and partners over the past six years," said Crump. "With a wealth of experience in helping customers succeed, Sebastian and his teams have built a foundation for growth and are a great complement to the strong European leadership we've added through the Cameleon acquisition, giving us even more depth and breadth in this important growth market."
"We have a great growth opportunity in Europe, and I look forward to working with the entire organization to bring our market-leading solutions to more customers interested in turning their big data in to a competitive advantage," said Mamro.
Mamro earned an MBA at The Open University Business School in London and a M.S. in information systems management at the University of Economics in Krakow, Poland.
About PROS
PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) is a big data software company that helps customers outperform in their markets by using big data to sell more effectively. We apply 28 years of data science experience to unlock buying patterns and preferences within transaction data to reveal which opportunities are most likely to close, which offers are most likely to sell and which prices are most likely to win. PROS offers big data solutions to optimize sales, pricing, quoting, rebates and revenue management across more than 30 industries. PROS has completed over 600 implementations of its solutions in more than 50 countries. The PROS team comprises more than 700 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit www.pros.com.
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Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) Movie Review | by tiffanyyong.com
Recommended Audience: Fans of Zhao Wei 赵薇, Huang Xiaoming 黄晓明,Tong Dawei 佟大为, Sung Kang 姜成鎬, Missi Pyle, Kat Dennings, Rick Fox, Rhys Coiro, Stephen Tobolowsky, Sarah Li, Roger Fan, Simon Helberg, James Patrick Stuart, Robert Patrick, Justin Lin and romantic comedy movie fans
Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) Movie Synopsis
He Yuming (Huang Xiaoming) is a hard-working car salesman; all he dreams of is to propose to the love of his life, Yan Yan (Sarah Li) who is supposed to come back from the US soon. However all of sudden, she breaks up with him on the phone. To fly to Los Angeles and win back Yan Yan, Xiaoming joins a "Hollywood Adventures" tourist group and unwillingly joins forces with fellow traveler Fang Dawei (Tong Dawei), who sees life through the lens of the movies, and reluctant travel guide, Wei Wei (Zhao Wei), a beautiful woman who is everything Xiaoming is not. The trio then goes on an epic cross-cultural adventure where anything is possible in Hollywood.
Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) Viewer Rating: 3.5/5 ***
Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) Movie Review:
I caught this film without watching the trailer, so it was really just for the cast: Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Wei and Tong Dawei as I've been watching several films of theirs for the past one year. They were mostly emotionals ones like The White Haired Witch of the Lunar Kingdom and Dearest. It was nice to see something funny for a change. Just "like a film that's started shooting before the script's finished", you don't really get to anticipate what happens next and everything is so ridiculous and unbelievable, because everything's possible and "nothing's impossible in Hollywood".
Like many Chinese comedies, several characters are named after the actors' names, such as Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Wei, Tong Dawei, Rick Fox and Kat Dennings. And if you having been watching Hollywood films, you will find many familiar Hollywood actors acting as supporting actors and cameos (more than 13 of them!) in this Chinese-language dominant film. Aside the Missi Pyle (Remember the sidekick girlfriend in Home Alone 4?), the appearance of Fast and Furious actor Sung Kang as Manny, the antagonist is perhaps the next most surprising moments. I never thought it was such a HUGE production! Parodies and imitation of classic characters (think The Terminator, Red, and The Hangover) might bring you some laughters, only if you've watched those films before and recognise those characters.
Watching Vicki Zhao spout strings of English, do a Charlie Angels by throwing punches and marksman's gunshoot as well as saying the F-word in this film might well be the very reason why you should watch the film. Ok, also if you want to watch her kiss her childhood best friend Huang Xiaoming too. There were plenty of cliche moments, but I have to say the over-the-top car action sequence (which reminds one of Fast & Furious) might just be the very moment you find your money worth (although I did spout out "Crazy!" when I saw the scene). Tong Da Wei, the silly and dreamy comedian will be the one who gave the most unexpected results and diverse appearances. From a gay-lookalike to martial expert, from an odd Hollywood film fan (or Kat Dennings' fan) to an actor wannabe to a stuntman hero in the final showdown, all the impossibles have took place on him.
While I was pretty disappointed with the unfocused plot, I had to give credit to the film for the cast, the attempt for a Chinese-Hollywood film, and as well as the three A-star Chinese actors for their odd chemistry. At the very least, I will rather imagine myself having this absurd Hollywood adventure as compared to a crude-talking bear for boyfriend.
Do You Know?
'Hollywood Adventures' is the largest Chinese-language movie to film in Southern California. A crew of 75 people and 55 production vehicles were used to stage a gun battle scene for the movie.
This is Justin Lin's, the Taiwan-born director of Fast & Furious instalments 3-6, first Chinese Language film debut. During the filming of the van driving in the desert, Freerange (the pig) defecated during a long take. Zhao Wei and Huang Xiaoming completed the scene before alerting the director.
Zhao Wei and Huang Xiaoming had known each other since school days in Beijing Film Academy. This is their first collaboration and their first film with kiss scenes. Huang Xiaoming revealed in the past it was his dream to kiss her.
Behind The Scenes and Interviews
Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) is out in cinemas on 9 July 2015.
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It is not easy to make a living in Singapore just purely based on Acting, so with Blogging to help her with her online presence, and Coaching kids drama, private tutoring and freelance social media consulting to finance her life, she is currently leading the life most people hope to have: Living the Dream!
16 Responses to Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) Movie Review
This looks like a movie I would enjoy! I hope I can get a copy.
Would love to catch this movie, for the cast that is! Always find the friendship between Huang xiaoming and Vicki Zhao intriguing.
Would love the watch this especially that Han (hehe, I mean Sung Kang) is there. It's good they have subtitles and the plot seems to be a very entertaining.
I think I will not like this kind of a movie, as I have seen your verdict rating its only 3.5. So there is a problem with the story I think…and also how the actors and actresses do their characters will also matters.
The chemistry between those two looks good – haha! seems like a good laugh too – thanks for the review 🙂
I'm getting a lot of Asian movie recos from you, thanks so much! The plot is interesting and seems hilarious too. It would be a good break from the usual emotional and heavy drama films that are being shown lately. I hope to be able to watch this one.
The actress looks familiar to me. I wonder how the movie rated in US cinema. Any idea?
I like Zhao Wei, looks like she lost a lot of weight. I prefer her in the princess series than the modern movie. This movie storyline is kind of expected so I might give it a miss.
I do not really like very slapstick style of comedy, as the poster would suggest. I may give this film a pass. – Fred
Seems a nice film to see because the plot seems a mix of comedy and drama.
It's anything goes for this movie. It's a nice concept that it has a lot of surprises and is not predictable.
It definitely looks interesting for a Chinese language hollywood movie. I'm really curious as to how they managed to pull it off, and in a very comedic fashion too!
I like watching a good comedy with a touch of dram and a little romance. I hope I can find this.
This movie looks like a mix of drama, romance, comedy and action. Overall seems a good movie though not familiar with the star cast.
I think Ive seen the actress from other movie, I just cant remember what film was it? Seems to be a film about assassins. Was it the Closer??
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Pumpkin Picking
Welcome back to Taylor Talks!
Today was our annual family pumpkin picking day! My family looks forward to this day every year, and it's always so much fun.
The great part about being in a family that does foster care is that when you have annual traditions, your family is always very different. In most families' pictures from year to year, it's nice to see how children are growing or if someone has changed their hair or lost weight. In my family, it's fun to see which kids we had each year at different times. Two years ago, my family of eight went pumpkin picking. Last year, I'm pretty sure only seven of us went, because my brother doesn't come home from college a lot. This year, eight of us went, but my brother wasn't home and we had a new sister instead. It's crazy to keep up with the changes each year!
Pumpkin picking is a day that my whole family enjoys, because it's a wonderful day out for all of us. The place that we go to has lots of activities for the kids, like a hay maze, bounce houses, and a barn where you can walk through and see all of the animals. They have a haunted house, a hay ride, and you can walk around the field and pick your own pumpkin.
One of my four-year-old sisters was terrified of the haunted house, while the other was having a great time. The two-year-old had no problems, and my brother wished there were scarier attractions to see. It's funny how different everyone's personalities are in my family. The same thing goes for the pumpkin picking, where everyone's personality really shows through which pumpkin they pick. My sister picked the biggest one she could find, and one of the twins took forever to pick the tiniest pumpkin in the whole field.
Does your family go pumpkin picking each year? What other fall traditions do you have?
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My family has been doing foster care since I was three years old. I'm the only biological child in my family, though I now have five permanent siblings. Having nineteen siblings over the course of my lifetime has been an incredible experience, and I'm hoping that by sharing some of the ups and downs of being the only bio kid in a foster family, other foster families or people looking into doing foster care will be able to learn a bit of what life can be like. I also like to share what life is like on my journey to becoming a published author, as well as where my schooling and career choice are taking me.
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I've never met a person who doesn't appreciate a good pair of high-waisted pants. I spotted mine on Kourtney Kardashian while scanning through a magazine. Seeing as I have a similar curve to that of the Kardashian "Klan" I knew I had to hunt them down. I ended up finding her Alice + Olivia bell bottoms online. The pant gods were on my side- they were on sale and in my size. These pants have become a staple in my wardrobe. Spring or Fall with boots or with wedges, you can find me rocking these pants. I may not look as cool as Miss Kardashian, but I try.
Here are 3 (out of many) ways I wear my pants:
Buttoned up Sailor Stripes: My favorite Spring outfit- colorful, bright, and playful.
{Forever 21 Striped Shirt, Banana Republic Necklace, Trina Turk Ring, J.Crew bangles, and DSW Clutch}
Relaxed and 70's inspired: For weekend days around the city.
{Urban Outfitters Top, Anthropologie Jewelry, and Steve Madden bag}
Clean Cut and Classy: My go-to work and after work dinner/drinks outfit.
{American Apparel Blouse, Anthropolgie Necklace, C Wonder Sunglasses, and Trina Turk Clutch}
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SINGAPORE – (August 11, 2015) – Christie® projectors played a crucial role at Singapore's 50th birthday celebrations by providing spectacular visuals that captivated tens of thousands of spectators who attended the festivities on August 9, 2015. The stunning projection mapping performances were planned and executed by Christie's rental staging partner Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd at three locations: the Padang (venue of the National Day Parade), the world famous Sentosa Merlion and the iconic Fullerton Hotel.
More than 120 Christie projectors comprising the Boxer 4K30 and Roadster HD20K-J displayed rich and colorful multimedia content, including 3D effects, that enhanced the scale and grandeur of the celebrations befitting of Singapore's Golden Jubilee, also known as SG50. This is the first time Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors were used for a national event in Singapore since launching in January 2015.
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Free MSDN Library27 Jul 2006
It appears Microsoft has opened up the MSDN Library to the public!
This is great news for those that don't have the ability or desire to fork over the money required for a MSDN subscription.
The MSDN Library May 2006 Edition is currently available. Future editions will also be available when they are released.


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A random preachy post!
So, my birthday is up next month (for those who have forgotten about it, let this serve as a reminder. Time to buy me gifts, you see.) and I thought I would share some of the life lessons I learnt with you all. The last time I went all preachy was when I left my… Read More A random preachy post!


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Meet Blue. A muddy country road is no match for this little pick-up - that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck. Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to whatever it takes to get their pal back on the road.
Filled with truck sounds and animals noises, here is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others.
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Luxury Ski holidays In France, Austria or Switzerland! Which Would You Choose?
When it comes to choosing ski holidays there are certainly a great many destinations to look at, but how do you make sure you pick the best one for you? Well nowadays it's probably wise to read any online reviews that have been posted by previous visitors to your chosen region. You'll get a good idea of what is on offer and the standard of service they were provided with. This way you are less likely to make a mistake.
So, which country do you go for? Do you pick France with its large number of high class resorts such as Coucheval; popular with many famous people and well known for its luxury chalets, or one of the other resorts in the three valleys; Meribel or Thorens? All offer something slightly different but all are linked by the ski lifts to provide skiing for any level of experience. As well as skiing you can also take part in activities such as ice climbing, ice karting or snow shoeing.
Austria on the other hand has its own share of high class ski resorts to choose from. You could visit St Anton, home of the Alpine World Ski Championships in 2001 and known as the ski capital of Austria. Nestled in the bottom of the valley with its car-free village centre, it's particularly suitable for competent skiers and those who enjoy a good party atmosphere. Or how about Lech with its selection of alternative activities to choose from such as curling, ice skating or sleigh rides when the skiing gets too much?
Switzerland has many resorts to choose from such as Davos, Verbier or Klosters; a small alpine village famous for its visits by Prince Charles and other members of the Royal Family. It has many luxury chalets where you can experience the very best of what Switzerland has to offer making it an ideal choice for a holiday to remember.
We brought you this guest post courtesy of White Blancmange, one of the UK's leading providers of a wide range of luxury ski chalets across Europe.


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March of the Penguins is obviously marketed at kids. That is made obvious by the avalanche of kids' film teasers when you just load the DVD into the player (need I express my opinion on that?), but it is also evident by the text coming out of Morgan Freeman's mouth when he narrates the action.
The story of this French documentary is pretty simple: It follows the life of a group of emperor penguins living in
It's all pretty straight forward natural documentary stuff. The twist here is Morgan Freeman's text, which attempts to humanize everything the penguins do, translating it all to terms like "love" and "grief".
It all works so smoothly that you can understand why the main fuss with the film had not much to do with penguins but rather with the way supporters of that legend called "intelligent design" tried to use the film as a tool to advance their propaganda. Personally, I see no signs for anything other than evolution in the film, but more to the point I was mainly restraining myself from puking at Freeman's comments. Yes, there are human like elements to the way penguins behave; but do I really need to have these shoved up my ears? Can't I just think of them on my own?
The film also appears overly sanitized. You don't see shit and pee, nor any blood. These penguins can, apparently, live for a year without going to the toilet.
Yes, I realize that I'm older than the film's target audience; but I think even they could do with some subtlety of the type that comes with realism. People, even young ones, can think; they're not penguins. Bring on David Attenborough.
Best scene: Forget about the feature film itself; a National Geographic documentary in the DVD's special features is just hilarious. They fit this "crittercam" unto an innocent penguin, making it look like the James Bond of penguins; and their commentary sounds like Die Hard 4, with comments like "the seal makes it check-mate for this emperor" and "this time it's personal" (actually, that wasn't said, but that's probably the only film like cliche that wasn't used by this so crappy it's stupidly funny documentary).
Picture quality: Well, I didn't expect elaborate lighting crews to accompany the crew in
Sound quality: The dubbing is pretty bad. The music is nice, and provides some nice yet shallow envelopment with a bit of low frequency action.
Overall: 2.5 stars due to the insulting commentary. The shots were great; the romantic spouting accompanying them were pretty bad.


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Suddenly if I visit this forum in Chrome only the header appears. Everything is fine in IE.
Anyone else?
Suddenly if I visit this forum in Chrome only the header appears. Everything is fine in IE.
Anyone else?
Mike Brown - Contact Me
Programmatic Technologies, LLC
Independent Developer & Consultant
Hi Mike,
Similar problem here with Chrome.... I was writing a post yesterday and it would only save the first 6 lines of the post.
I'm not sure if this is related. There was a Microsoft security update last week that affected Chrome and IE, but not Firefox.
In short, for my client, the update did not allow an Excel spreadsheet to come of a web portal without corruption. The security update was for Office, but your issue sounds like there may be an update issue either with Chrome or Windows.
See below on the corruption or more accurately the lack of the ability to open files. These surprise attacks seem to be problematic. I remember the A5 app server was affected by an update back in version 8...
Problem with opening those file formats resulted from recent security update to MS Excel released by Microsoft. It appears that Excel is blocking outside (downloaded) .xls (html) files instead of giving a warning message.
You can find more details on this update following the link below:
We are not yet sure if MS is going to release a fix soon. Our IT team is researching for solutions that can be implemented at our side to comply with the recent update from Microsoft. It may take some time as this change will affect may program modules and requires thorough testing.
As a temporary solution, please try the following:
1. Uninstall this security update under Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features -> Installed updates
2. You can unblock access for individual files you know are safe. To do this:
Right click on the file and choose Properties
On the General tab, click Unblock
Click OK
3. You can make use of existing Trusted Locations capabilities in Excel 2010, 2013, and 2016 via File -> options -> Trust Center -> Trust Center Settings -> Trusted Locations.
You can save the web html file to a trusted location on the local machine (Excel comes with a set of default trust locations). If you do not see the local folder location you trust for these files, then press "Add new location…" button and add it in the Trusted Location dialog. If the HTML document is in a trusted location the KB fix is not applied (e.g. the unsafe HTML file is not blocked).
This approach may unblock you, but it carries some risk as files of any file type in Trusted Locations are fully trusted. If an attacker can drop files into the trusted location they can easily exploit users who open such documents. Be especially cautious when specifying a custom folder as a trusted location.
Hi Craig,
That link says the update is KB3170008.
Wish I would have tried that before dumping 365 for Libre Office...
Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford
Uninstalled and then reinstalled Chrome ...problem fixed.
Mike Brown - Contact Me
Programmatic Technologies, LLC
Independent Developer & Consultant


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As the economy collapses and the police state noose cinches tighter, revolution is on the tip of everyone's tongue. But what kind of revolution is necessary…or even possible?
On this episode of The Corbett Report podcast we look deeper into the revolutionary fervour of our times. Read more.
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Conversion Rate Optimization for SaaS.
If you're managing a SaaS business then sign-ups are your bread and butter. More than 70% of SaaS businesses are offering free trial sign-ups and if you're part of that group then you've definitely thought at least once about how you can increase your conversion rates.
How can CRO help?
– Increase the lead rate on your sign-up forms
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– Design upgrades and upsells
We can help you in all stages of your SaaS funnel, from acquisition to activation, to retention and then to referral.
Check out the article we wrote about SaaS conversion optimization here:
Just send us your request at email@example.com or fill out this form below and we will get right back to you.
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Conversion Research + 1 A/B test running
Delivery of conversion optimization audit and making sure the system is in place for A/B testing.
Implementation of first A/B tests in their order
Based on the prioritization document, we will implement experiments one by one and run them.
Ongoing CRO + Revised Conversion Research
We will continue implementing and running the experiments in our list while also updating the conversion research with data for the past three months.
Reiteration + New experiments
Based on the results of the previous experiments, we will decide if we should reiterate on some (change the way we applied the theory) or go ahead and implement new experiments.


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pink sweater // black and white top // mint quilt (and shams)
fox salt and paper shakers (in store only) // gold scissors // gold stapler
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Check out my Etsy Store, The Trendy Sparrow, for wedding paper goods and chic art prints.
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* Venezuela has called for meeting of OPEC, non-OPEC members
* Iraq aims to revive national oil company to boost efficiency
* CPP, Mass Global to submit offer for Jordan pipeline in March
BAGHDAD: Iraq's oil minister said on Saturday his country was ready to accept a decision by OPEC and non-OPEC members to cut crude production and was preparing to revive its national oil company, moves aimed at boosting profits amid dropping prices.
Cash-trapped Venezuela has called for a meeting in February to discuss steps to prop up global oil prices, which have plunged to 12-year lows around $30 a barrel.
"Iraq will agree and cooperate if producers really want to cooperate to cut," Adel Abdul Mahdi told reporters in Baghdad.
He said the ministry was also preparing a draft law to revive the National Oil Company, which was established in the 1960s but merged into the ministry in 1987. He said it would be "vital for the development of the energy sector" and operate independently of the ministry.
Legislation to reestablish the company has languished for years amid political turmoil and changes of government in the war-battered nation.
Baghdad, which relies on oil exports for nearly all its revenues, is struggling to improve its finances as it wages a costly battle against Islamist insurgents in the north and west.
Southern oil exports through Jan. 24 averaged 3.324 million barrels per day (bpd), with production at about 3.7 million bpd, according to Abdul Mahdi.
Separately, the minister said a Chinese company and other foreign firms had signed a deal this week in Beijing to form a consortium to invest in building an oil pipeline connecting the southern city of Basra with Aqaba port on Jordan's Red Sea coast.
Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said the main firms were China Petroleum Pipeline (CPP) and private company Mass Global.
"The two companies will submit their investment offer to the oil ministry in March," he told Reuters.
The plan is to export one million barrels per day (bpd) of Iraqi crude to Jordan, 150,000 bpd of which will supply Jordan's Zarqa refinery.
Iraq pre-qualified 12 companies and joint ventures in 2013 to build an $18-billion export pipeline to Jordan, but security concerns forced it to delay the plans. The pipeline runs through the western Iraqi province of Anbar, most of which fell under the control of Islamic State militants in 2014.


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What to Do about North Korea?
Featuring Stephen Linton, Chairman and Founder, Eugene Bell Foundation; Karin J. Lee, Executive Director, The National Committee on North Korea; Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
Yet another crisis has enveloped the Korean peninsula as the sinking of the South Korean naval vessel Cheonan has triggered a spate of provocative statements and military threats. But American policymakers have virtually no window into decisionmaking in the North. Stephen Linton travels regularly to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as part of his work with the Eugene Bell Foundation, which provides medical assistance to needy North Koreans. He will discuss what he has learned about Pyongyang's international objectives and suggest possible strategies for the U.S. to use in engaging the North. Karin Lee of the National Committee on North Korea and Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute will comment on Dr. Linton's remarks.


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historic Pitchfork Ranch just west of Meeteetse, Wyoming provides a
unique opportunity to become a part of the first concentrated environmental
effort combined with ranching in the West. Rarely does a property with
such a valuable history of productivity and environmental stewardship
become available. From cattle ranch to tourist destination to wild life
sanctuary, the property has claimed many identities over the last hundred
and twenty years. Founded in 1878 by Otto Franc, a German immigrant
who left his banana importing business in New York, the ranch has become
legendary in the history of Wyoming. By establishing aggressive partnerships
with conservation organizations the current owners' vision is to maintain
the ongoing strength of both ranching operations and environmental resources.
"We were attracted to this land because of the beauty and the wild nature of it and we are continuing to look for other like-minded partners for whom conservation of this place is a priority."
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Baking up a collage
I'm linking this up with Mary's Mosaic Monday over at Little Red House...Hope you have a wonderful week!
11 comments :
- podso said...
Your photos are beautiful and you've made a nice collage with them. The lighting is great--almost gives the feel of a winter day!
- 16 January, 2011
- Judith @ Lavender Cottage said...
A yummy looking collage and a sweet kitty.
- 16 January, 2011
- A Garden of Threads said...
A very yummy mosaic, I would love one of those cookies with a cup of tea.
- 16 January, 2011
- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
Delicious shots and lovely mosaic! Your supervisor looks very satisfied ;)
- 16 January, 2011
- Thoughtfully Blended Hearts said...
Calorie-free!!!! Yea, it looks so good!!! Great photos...Have a beautiful week!!!
- 16 January, 2011
- {oc cottage} said...
Cookies & kitties...what could be better!
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- 16 January, 2011
- eileeninmd said...
Your cookies look yummy, cute supervisor. Have a great week.
- 17 January, 2011
- Snap said...
Yummy collage and it looks like you had a furry helper, too!
- 17 January, 2011
- Gardening in a Sandbox said...
love your baking mosaic. Nicely done.
- 17 January, 2011
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
What a fun mosaic...and looks like Murphy is very patient! Did he get a treat, too? ♥
- 17 January, 2011
- Mary said...
Oh what lovely images! I think that your feline helper is really cute, too. Perhaps he would like some tuna treats for all his hard work... :)
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Dr. Albert Rhoton Jr., who started his education in a one-room school house, penned the best-selling neurosurgery book in the world.
More than 200 surgical instruments now used in brain surgery bear his name.
His book, "Cranial Anatomy and Surgical Approaches," is the definitive work of brain anatomy, the best-selling neurosurgery book in the world, that's been translated into Portuguese and Chinese and is about to go into another two languages.
But an improbable pathway led Dr. Albert Rhoton Jr. to know the powers of his own cerebrum — at least at the start.
The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies' 2011 neurosurgeon of the year was born 79 years ago in a remote part of Kentucky — Appalachia — to parents who hadn't completed high school. A bag of corn paid for the midwife's services at his delivery in the family log cabin and he learned in a one-room schoolhouse where attendance fluctuated depending on whether it was harvest time.
"I never seriously considered being a doctor," Rhoton said.
This weekend, honoring Rhoton's 40 years at the University of Florida has been the main focus of the Neurology Research Days at the University of Florida, featuring speakers including the director of
neurosurgery at the University of Southern California's Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and other neurosurgeons from all over the world.
And that's just the beginning of the honors coming his way.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons in April will name its first fund after Rhoton in a drive to fund specific research that Rhoton started.
"He has made a timeless contribution to our field," said Dr. William Couldwell, secretary of the association. "He's the modern day da Vinci in respect to (developing knowledge about) the modern anatomy" of the brain.
Rhoton counts the presidents of neurological societies in Brazil, Britain and Japan among his former students.
Dr. William Friedman, chairman of the neurosurgery department at UF, said Rhoton is the reason he came here from the No. 1 spot in his class at Ohio State University College of Medicine.
"He has changed neurosurgery for the better by his meticulous microanatomical studies, published … in many papers and books," Friedman said. "These studies literally revolutionized neurosurgical approaches to common problems, like pituitary tumors, vestibular schwannomas, skull base tumors, etc. In addition, he is an extraordinary teacher."
The fellows from around the world who study with him jump to attention when he walks into the room. He's not currently on salary at UF, but he comes in every day to help instruct.
Dr. Maria Peris-Celda came from Spain: "It is such a privilege to work with him," she said.
Rhoton, however, said he never really stood out in academia — and planned to work with underprivileged children as a social worker. But then learning about the brain set his world on fire in a physiological psychology class, he said.
"It was the most marvelous thing that I had ever encountered," he said of those lessons as an undergrad at Ohio State University. "And the fact you could do surgery on the brain to help people. … Right then, I decided I wanted to be a neurosurgeon."
After graduating with a degree in social work, Rhoton undertook a year of fulfilling his premedical requirements, surviving on $1,000 worth of loaned quarters that a fellow student had rolled away over the years.
He met his wife of 55 years while helping teach an anatomy class.
After medical school, at Washington University, Rhoton started practicing at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., but then he was lured to the University of Florida in 1972 to head the fledgling neurosurgery department.
"I had a missionary spirit and they offered me the job as head of neurosurgery and I had that inner desire to build a great service."
In his tenure there, the department was endowed with 11 chairs and attracted unprecedented donations, including the first $1 million gift that the State University System ever received. Most of that was a result of the new paths Rhoton was finding to relieve the maladies of the brain.
Rhoton's mantra then was the same as it is now: Make brain surgery accurate, gentle and safe.
His work has put not only tiny tools into surgeons' hands, but a microscope in front of their eyes. Yet Rhoton's description of his life's work mostly refers to "we."
"For lesions deep in the brain, we've introduced several techniques … to navigate through some of the brain's natural clefts and fissures, rather than cutting through large thicknesses of the brain," he said.
Surrounded by pictures from his life at his office in the McKnight Brain Institute — from the log cabin he grew up in to him standing with U.S. presidents — Rhoton said he is in awe of the material he has to work with.
"It's the crown jewel of creation and evolution," he said.


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Cattle breeding is a science practise of old in India. 150 years back the East India Company was developing sturdy bulls for drawing their gun-carriages. Even now we find in certain Government farms the same old and obsolete policy in vogue. At about the same period Tipu Sultan had developed a fast running breed of bullocks which served him in the Army. Lord Wellesley, who had used these in his army, was so impressed by them that during his battle at Waterloo, he is said to have exclaimed at one time when his tired horses failed to reach the goal, "Alas ! had I those Mysore bullocks, they would not have failed me".
All over India we find different breeds of cattle. Many of these have been intentionally and intelligently bred. Now we ought to know the direction in which we are to proceed. There are a few points which may be well kept in view when we want to breed our cattle. Firstly, each locality has got its individual requirements according to the type of work to be done and the climate and other conditions; over and above this, even in the same locality all people will not require the same type of bullocks. A farmer with a small holding, with work for lesser bullock power, would need a smaller bullock which he can maintain on the fodder produced in his small field; whereas a bigger farmer's requirement will be different. Thus we shall have to provide in each locality various types of bullocks - small, medium and big - according to the needs of the agriculturists. A mere dual purpose cow will not do for all time. We should not sacrifice special qualities for greeting an average. Specialization in bullocks is a felt need. For this purpose we may not have at present a sufficient number of stud bull to develop different types of bullocks. If we go on as we do with scrub bulls out stock is bound to deteriorate. It may not be possible to wait till we get adequate numbers of good bulls. Under the circumstances we may have to resort, for the time being, to what is called artificial insemination. I hesitate to put these suggestions before you. But I have stated the problem for your consideration.


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Hi All!
Hope you have enjoyed our first month of blogging and the content!
Here are a few of our favorite Instagram pictures from January.
If you don't already follow us, click here to see our Instagram page!
Our January Member of the Month is Belinda Patrone!
Congrats, Belinda! We are hooking your account up with credits from our friends at Kettlebell Kitchen!
Since February is Valentine's Day month and we love our CrossFit Love Community, we are making February the "Month of Love". What this means is you can expect small freebies or giveaways throughout the month when you attend class as a thank you and some fun outings organized for the community! We will announce the coming week's events every Sunday on the blog as well as in our Facebook community page.
Since the month starts on this Thursday, we are happy to announce Love-a-palooza this weekend! A weekend of Love community workouts and fun!
Saturday February 3rd will be "Double Trouble". Come and attend your normal 9:30AM Saturday CrossFit class, and then we will be reconvening at 5:30PM at the gym (hence the "double trouble") for a second workout and combining points accumulated from both workouts to determine a Double Trouble winner! This will be followed by a walk over to Jerry's for a group hangout. If you can't join us for both workouts, it is totally fine to join us just for the evening portion!
Sunday, February 4th, we will be doing a group workout in support of our Philadelphia Eagles. This is your chance to kick off Super Bowl Sunday, get pumped for the game, and show off your team colors. We will be meeting at the gym at 12:30pm and are asking everyone to get as decked out as possible in Eagles gear. The more green, the better!


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Tycho/Release Notes/0.17
< Tycho | Release Notes
Revision as of 04:44, 18 March 2013 by T-oberlies.posteo.de (Talk | contribs) (grouped news by area; merged "fixes" into "improvements" because all of them were rather improvements than addressing major bugs)
Tycho 0.17.0 is currently in development. This page shows a preview of features which will be available in the 0.17.0 milestone.
List of bug fixes and enhancements in 0.17.0
SNAPSHOT builds
To try the most recent snapshot build of 0.17.0, simply add the following snippet to your (parent) pom.xml, and set the property for the Tycho version (e.g. tycho-version) to 0.17.0-SNAPSHOT.
<pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <id>tycho-snapshots</id> <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories>
New and Noteworthy
Complier plugin
- JDT compiler as well as Equinox and p2 versions bundled with tycho have been updated to Kepler M6.
Note that the new p2 version also brings a new major version 4.1.3 of the underlying apache httpclient library
- The tycho-compiler-plugin has a new compilerArgs parameter that allows to specify arbitrary compiler arguments (see bug 400307)
- The compilation bootclasspath can now be customized in toolchains.xml when using useJDK=BREE (bug 389856).
- tycho-compiler-plugin:
- low-level configuration errors will now fail the build (bug 385613)
- annotation processor arguments (-Akey=value) are now supported
Target Platform
- (INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE) Default execution environment is now consistently J2SE-1.5, see Tycho/Execution Environments.
If after migrating to 0.17.0, you see p2 resolution errors for packages added to the JDK with version 1.6 or later, you need to explicitly configure the default execution environment.
- It is now possible to specify multiple target files in target-platform-configuration. Note that these target files are resolved separately, i.e. they each need to resolve successfully when opened with the target editor in Eclipse. Also note that it is not possible to activate multiple target files in the Eclipse PDE (see bug 392652).
- p2 repository and proxy authentication now works with maven-encrypted passwords (bug 386910 and bug 394023)
- Nested jars: add support for custom MANIFESTs (bug 400901) and distinct source folders in source bundles (bug 400956)
- Root files: root.permissions now supports ant-style file wildcards (bug 361204)
Test Execution
- Unit tests can now run on pre-filled workspace data (bug 401288)
Source Features
- Source feature generation has been improved, docs updated accordingly:
- (BEHAVIORAL CHANGE) No longer rely on existence of magic folder sourceTemplateFeature/ when determining whether to generate a source feature
- Label, description, branding plugin and other attributes are now taken over from the original feature by default. See bugs 374349, 375165 and 378424 for details. It's recommended to rely on feature.properties to set name and other text values in the original feature; then you can easily customize/override the generated source feature values by creating a sourceTemplateFeature/feature.properties file if required
- Documentation for the Maven plugins from tycho-extras published
- (INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE) Runtime of tycho-eclipserun-plugin is now resolved from explicitly configured p2 repositorie(s) only (see bug 395281 for details and migration guide)
- The mirror goal of tycho-p2-extras-plugin now allows to skip downloading pack200 artifacts and supports p2 query language. See Tycho/Additional Tools
- tycho-versions-plugin will now also update versions of .product files in eclipse-repository projects
- (INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE) remove duplicated compiler invocation for eclipse-test-plugin (bug 383866)


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Engagement Opportunities, Awards, and Conferences
Take a look at these opportunities to present your work at conferences or attend to learn more about engagement in a specific area; apply for awards, grants and fellowships; and publish.
Are you attending an engagement-related conference or have you received an award or grant? We want to hear about it!
Awards and Grants
Here are a few events coming up in the next few weeks. Visit the calendar for award and grant deadlines for the entire year!
Opportunities for Students
JMU Office of Prestigious Scholarships works with students to apply for nationally competitive awards such as Fulbright, Rhodes, Truman, Gilman, the NSF-GRFP, and many others. Fellowship opportunities exist to support study abroad, research, graduate school, and postgraduate internship/employment. The office is seeking faculty to both participate in internal selection and review processes and to connect noteworthy students with the office.
Please contact Meredith Malburne-Wade at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
JMU Graduate School Travel Grants
Participation in professional conferences, meetings and creative competitions is critical to graduate students' professional development. The Graduate School is pleased to offer a competitive travel grant program that provides support for graduate students to share their scholarly and creative work with their professional communities. https://www.jmu.edu/grad/current-students/awards-grants/travel-grants.shtml
Deadlines annually in September, January, March
Conferences and Events
Here are a few events coming up in the next few weeks. Visit the calendar for conferences and events for the entire year!
SAVE THE DATE: Engagement for the Public Good Conference
JMU's first national engagement conference, to be held in the Hotel Madison and Shenandoah Valley Conference Center.
November, 2020
Visit the conference page for updates.
Campus Compact for Virginia
Ongoing Events
The Office of Strategic Planning and Engagement at JMU would love to know of conferences at which you have presented or attended. Let us know about them through our online form:
Organizations and Publications
Regional, national, and international organizations and publications that are good resources to support your engagement.
AAC&U News
Insights and campus innovations in liberal education.
American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
AASCU is a Washington-based higher education association of nearly 420 public colleges, universities and systems whose members share a learning and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underserved student populations and a dedication to research and creativity that advances their regions' economic progress and cultural development.
American Democracy Project (ADP)
The American Democracy Project (ADP) is an initiative of AASCU campuses that seeks to create an intellectual and experiential understanding of civic engagement for undergraduates enrolled at institutions that are members of AASCU.
AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs, made up of three primary programs that each take a different approach to improving lives and fostering civic engagement. Members commit their time to address critical community needs like increasing academic achievement, mentoring youth, fighting poverty, sustaining national parks, preparing for disasters, and more.
Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. Its members are committed to extending the advantages of a liberal education to all students, regardless of academic specialization or intended career. Founded in 1915, AAC&U now comprises nearly 1,400 member institutions—including accredited public and private colleges, community colleges, research universities, and comprehensive universities of every type and size.
Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) is a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement
The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement prepares students for lives of purpose and connects student, faculty, staff, and community stakeholders in social change efforts that value the knowledge and potential in our communities.
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is a national coalition of 1,000+ colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education. We build democracy through civic education and community development.
Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Network (CLDE)
Since the release of A Crucible Moment, AAC&U has convened a group of 13 national organizations called the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) Action Network to coordinate with one another and use the breadth of their national outreach to serve the larger communities of practice and advance A Crucible Moment's ambitious agenda.
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
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Part the Second. The March Of Time.
ADVANCING from time past to time present, the Prologue leaves the date last attained (the summer of eighteen hundred and fifty-five), and travels on through an interval of twelve years--tells who lived, who died, who prospered, and who failed among the persons concerned in the tragedy at the Hampstead villa--and, this done, leaves the reader at the opening of THE STORY in the spring of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
The record begins with a marriage--the marriage of Mr. Vanborough and Lady Jane Parnell.
In three months from the memorable day when his solicitor had informed him that he was a free man, Mr. Vanborough possessed the wife he desired, to grace the head of his table and to push his fortunes in the world--the Legislature of Great Britain being the humble servant of his treachery, and the respectable accomplice of his crime.
He entered Parliament. He gave (thanks to his wife) six of the grandest dinners, and two of the most crowded balls of the season. He made a successful first speech in the House of Commons. He endowed a church in a poor neighborhood. He wrote an article which attracted attention in a quarterly review. He discovered, denounced, and remedied a crying abuse in the administration of a public charity. He r eceived (thanks once more to his wife) a member of the Royal family among the visitors at his country house in the autumn recess. These were his triumphs, and this his rate of progress on the way to the peerage, during the first year of his life as the husband of Lady Jane.
There was but one more favor that Fortune could confer on her spoiled child--and Fortune bestowed it. There was a spot on Mr. Vanborough's past life as long as the woman lived whom he had disowned and deserted. At the end of the first year Death took her--and the spot was rubbed out.
She had met the merciless injury inflicted on her with a rare patience, with an admirable courage. It is due to Mr. Vanborough to admit that he broke her heart, with the strictest attention to propriety. He offered (through his lawyer ) a handsome provision for her and for her child. It was rejected, without an instant's hesitation. She repudiated his money--she repudiated his name. By the name which she had borne in her maiden days--the name which she had made illustrious in her Art--the mother and daughter were known to all who cared to inquire after them when they had sunk in the world.
There was no false pride in the resolute attitude which she thus assumed after her husband had forsaken her. Mrs. Silvester (as she was now called) gratefully accepted for herself, and for Miss Silvester, the assistance of the dear old friend who had found her again in her affliction, and who remained faithful to her to the end. They lived with Lady Lundie until the mother was strong enough to carry out the plan of life which she had arranged for the future, and to earn her bread as a teacher of singing. To all appearance she rallied, and became herself again, in a few months' time. She was making her way; she was winning sympathy, confidence, and respect every where--when she sank suddenly at the opening of her new life. Nobody could account for it. The doctors themselves were divided in opinion. Scientifically speaking, there was no reason why she should die. It was a mere figure of speech--in no degree satisfactory to any reasonable mind--to say, as Lady Lundie said, that she had got her death-blow on the day when her husband deserted her. The one thing certain was the fact--account for it as you might. In spite of science (which meant little), in spite of her own courage
(which meant much), the woman dropped at her post and died.
In the latter part of her illness her mind gave way. The friend of her old school-days, sitting at the bedside, heard her talking as if she thought herself back again in the cabin of the ship. The poor soul found the tone, almost the look, that had been lost for so many years--the tone of the past time when the two girls had gone their different ways in the world. She said, "we will meet, darling, with all the old love between us," just as she had said almost a lifetime since. Before the end her mind rallied. She surprised the doctor and the nurse by begging them gently to leave the room. When they had gone she looked at Lady Lundie, and woke, as it seemed, to consciousness from a dream.
"Blanche," she said, "you will take care of my child?"
"She shall be my child, Anne, when you are gone."
The dying woman paused, and thought for a little. A sudden trembling seized her.
"Keep it a secret!" she said. "I am afraid for my child."
"Afraid? After what I have promised you?"
She solemnly repeated the words, "I am afraid for my child."
"My Anne is my second self--isn't she?"
"She is as fond of your child as I was of you?"
"She is not called by her father's name--she is called by mine. She is Anne Silvester as I was. Blanche! Will she end like Me?"
The question was put with the laboring breath, with the heavy accents which tell that death is near. It chilled the living woman who heard it to the marrow of her bones.
"Don't think that!" she cried, horror-struck. "For God's sake, don't think that!"
The wildness began to appear again in Anne Silvester's eyes. She made feebly impatient signs with her hands. Lady Lundie bent over her, and heard her whisper, "Lift me up."
She lay in her friend's arms; she looked up in her friend's face; she went back wildly to her fear for her child.
"Don't bring her up like Me! She must be a governess--she must get her bread. Don't let her act! don't let her sing! don't let her go on the stage!" She stopped--her voice suddenly recovered its sweetness of tone--she smiled faintly--she said the old girlish words once more, in the old girlish way, "Vow it, Blanche!" Lady Lundie kissed her, and answered, as she had answered when they parted in the ship, "I vow it, Anne!"
The head sank, never to be lifted more. The last look of life flickered in the filmy eyes and went out. For a moment afterward her lips moved. Lady Lundie put her ear close to them, and heard the dreadful question reiterated, in the same dreadful words: "She is Anne Silvester--as I was. Will she end like Me?"
Five years passed--and the lives of the three men who had sat at the dinner-table in the Hampstead villa began, in their altered aspects, to reveal the progress of time and change.
Mr. Kendrew; Mr. Delamayn; Mr. Vanborough. Let the order in which they are here named be the order in which their lives are reviewed, as seen once more after a lapse of five years.
How the husband's friend marked his sense of the husband's treachery has been told already. How he felt the death of the deserted wife is still left to tell. Report, which sees the inmost hearts of men, and delights in turning them outward to the public view, had always declared that Mr. Kendrew's life had its secret, and that the secret was a hopeless passion for the beautiful woman who had married his friend. Not a hint ever dropped to any living soul, not a word ever spoken to the woman herself, could be produced in proof of the assertion while the woman lived. When she died Report started up again more confidently than ever, and appealed to the man's own conduct as proof against the man himself.
He attended the funeral--though he was no relation. He took a few blades of grass from the turf with which they covered her grave--when he thought that nobody was looking at him. He disappeared from his club. He traveled. He came back. He admitted that he was weary of England. He applied for, and obtained, an appointment in one of the colonies. To what conclusion did all this point? Was it not plain that his usual course of life had lost its attraction for him, when the object of his infatuation had ceased to exist? It might have been so--guesses less likely have been made at the truth, and have hit the mark. It is, at any rate, certain that he left England, never to return again. Another man lost, Report said. Add to that, a man in ten thousand--and, for once, Report might claim to be right.
Mr. Delamayn comes next.
The rising solicitor was struck off the roll, at his own request--and entered himself as a student at one of the Inns of Court. For three years nothing was known of him but that he was reading hard and keeping his terms. He was called to the Bar. His late partners in the firm knew they could trust him, and put business into his hands. In two years he made himself a position in Court. At the end of the two years he made himself a position out of Court. He appeared as "Junior" in "a famous case," in which the honor of a great family, and the title to a great estate were concerned. His "Senior" fell ill on the eve of the trial. He conducted the case for the defendant and won it. The defendant said, "What can I do for you?" Mr. Delamayn answered, "Put me into Parliament." Being a landed gentleman, the defendant had only to issue the necessary orders--and behold, Mr. Delamayn was in Parliament!
In the House of Commons the new member and Mr. Vanborough met again.
They sat on the same bench, and sided with the same party. Mr. Delamayn noticed that Mr. Vanborough was looking old and worn and gray. He put a few questions to a well-informed person. The well-informed person shook his head. Mr. Vanborough was rich; Mr. Vanborough was well-connected (through his wife); Mr. Van borough was a sound man in every sense of the word; but--nobody liked him. He had done very well the first year, and there it had ended. He was undeniably clever, but he produced a disagreeable impression in the House. He gave splendid entertainments, but he wasn't popular in society. His party respected him, but when they had any thing to give they passed him over. He had a temper of his own, if the truth must be told; and with nothing against him--on the contrary, with every thing in his favor--he didn't make friends. A soured man. At home and abroad, a soured man.
Five years more passed, dating from the day when the deserted wife was laid in her grave. It was now the year eighteen hundred and sixty six.
On a certain day in that year two special items of news appeared in the papers--the news of an elevation to the peerage, and the news of a suicide.
Getting on well at the Bar, Mr. Delamayn got on better still in Parliament. He became one of the prominent men in the House. Spoke clearly, sensibly, and modestly, and was never too long. Held the House, where men of higher abilities "bored" it. The chiefs of his party said openly, "We must do something for Delamayn," The opportunity offered, and the chiefs kept their word. Their Solicitor-General was advanced a step, and they put Delamayn in his place. There was an outcry on the part of the older members of the Bar. The Ministry answered, "We want a man who is listened to in the House, and we have got him." The papers supported the new nomination. A great debate came off, and the new Solicitor-General justified the Ministry and the papers. His enemies said, derisively, "He will be Lord Chancellor in a year or two!" His friends made genial jokes in his domestic circle, which pointed to the same conclusion. They warned his two sons, Julius and Geoffrey (then at college), to be careful what acquaintances they made, as they might find themselves the sons of a lord at a moment's notice. It really began to look like something of the sort. Always rising, Mr. Delamayn rose next to be Attorney-General. About the same time--so true it is that "nothing succeeds like success"--a childless relative died and left him a fortune. In the summer of 'sixty-six a Chief Judgeship fell vacant. The Ministry had made a previous appointment which had been universally unpopular. They saw their way to supplying the place of their Attorney-General, and they offered the judicial appointment to Mr. Delamayn. He preferred remaining in the House of Commons, and refused to accept it. The Ministry declined to take No for an answer. They whispered confidentially, " Will you take it with a peerage?" Mr. Delamayn consulted his wife, and took it with a peerage. The London Gazette announced him to the world as Baron Holchester of Holchester. And the friends of the family rubbed their hands and said, "What did we tell you? Here are our two young friends, Julius and Geoffrey, the sons of a lord!"
And where was Mr. Vanborough all this time? Exactly where we left him five years since.
He was as rich, or richer, than ever. He was as well-connected as ever. He was as ambitious as ever. But there it ended. He stood still in the House; he stood still in society; nobody liked him; he made no friends. It was all the old story over again, with this difference, that the soured man was sourer; the gray head, grayer; and the irritable temper more unendurable than ever. His wife had her rooms in the house and he had his, and the confidential servants took care that they never met on the stairs. They had no children. They only saw each other at their grand dinners and balls. People ate at their table, and danced on their floor, and compared notes afterward, and said how dull it was. Step by step the man who had once been Mr. Vanborough's lawyer rose, till the peerage received him, and he could rise no longer; while Mr. Vanborough, on the lower round of the ladder, looked up, and noted it, with no more chance (rich as he was and well-connected as he was) of climbing to the House of Lords than your chance or mine.
The man's career was ended; and on the day when the nomination of the new peer was announced, the man ended with it.
He laid the newspaper aside without making any remark, and went out. His carriage set him down, where the green fields still remain, on the northwest of London, near the foot-path which leads to Hampstead. He walked alone to the villa where he had once lived with the woman whom he had so cruelly wronged. New houses had risen round it, part of the old garden had been sold and built on. After a moment's hesitation he went to the gate and rang the bell. He gave the servant his card. The servant's master knew the name as the name of a man of great wealth, and of a Member of Parliament. He asked politely to what fortunate circumstance he owed the honor of that visit. Mr. Vanborough answered, briefly and simply, "I once lived here; I have associations with the place with which it is not necessary for me to trouble you. Will you excuse what must seem to you a very strange request? I should like to see the dining-room again, if there is no objection, and if I am disturbing nobody."
The "strange requests" of rich men are of the nature of "privileged communications," for this excellent reason, that they are sure not to be requests for money. Mr. Vanborough was shown into the dining-room. The master of the house, secretly wondering, watched him.
He walked straight to a certain spot on the carpet, not far from the window that led into the garden, and nearly opposite the door. On that spot he stood silently, with his head on his breast--thinking. Was it there he had seen her for the last time, on the day when he left the room forever? Yes; it was there. After a minute or so he roused himself, but in a dreamy, absent manner. He said it was a pretty place, and expressed his thanks, and looked back before the door closed, and then went his way again. His carriage picked him up where it had set him down. He drove to the residence of the new Lord Holchester, and left a card for him. Then he went home. Arrived at his house, his secretary reminded him that he had an appointment in ten minutes' time. He thanked the secretary in the same dreamy, absent manner in which he had thanked the owner of the villa, and went into his dressing-room. The person with whom he had made the appointment came, and the secretary sent the valet up stairs to knock at the door. There was no answer. On trying the lock it proved to be turned inside. They broke open the door, and saw him lying on the sofa. They went close to look--and found him dead by his own hand.
Drawing fast to its close, the Prologue reverts to the two girls--and tells, in a few words, how the years passed with Anne and Blanche.
Lady Lundie more than redeemed the solemn pledge that she had given to her friend. Preserved from every temptation which might lure her into a longing to follow her mother's career; trained for a teacher's life, with all the arts and all the advantages that money could procure, Anne's first and only essays as a governess were made, under Lady Lundie's own roof, on Lady Lundie's own child. The difference in the ages of the girls--seven years--the love between them, which seemed, as time went on, to grow with their growth, favored the trial of the experiment. In the double relation of teacher and friend to little Blanche, the girlhood of Anne Silvester the younger passed safely, happily, uneventfully, in the modest sanctuary of home. Who could imagine a contrast more complete than the contrast between her early life and her mother's? Who could see any thing but a death-bed delusion in the terrible question which had tortured the mother's last moments: "Will she end like Me?"
But two events of importance occurred in the quiet family circle during the lapse of years which is now under review. In eighteen hundred and fifty-eight the household was enlivened by the arrival of Sir Thomas Lundie. In eighteen hundred and sixty-five the household was broken up by the return of Sir Thomas to India, accompanied by his wife.
Lady Lundie's health had b een failing for some time previously. The medical men, consulted on the case, agreed that a sea-voyage was the one change needful to restore their patient's wasted strength--exactly at the time, as it happened, when Sir Thomas was due again in India. For his wife's sake, he agreed to defer his return, by taking the sea-voyage with her. The one difficulty to get over was the difficulty of leaving Blanche and Anne behind in England.
Appealed to on this point, the doctors had declared that at Blanche's critical time of life they could not sanction her going to India with her mother. At the same time, near and dear relatives came forward, who were ready and anxious to give Blanche and her governess a home--Sir Thomas, on his side, engaging to bring his wife back in a year and a half, or, at most, in two years' time. Assailed in all directions, Lady Lundie's natural unwillingness to leave the girls was overruled. She consented to the parting--with a mind secretly depressed, and secretly doubtful of the future.
At the last moment she drew Anne Silvester on one side, out of hearing of the rest. Anne was then a young woman of twenty-two, and Blanche a girl of fifteen.
"My dear," she said, simply, "I must tell you what I can not tell Sir Thomas, and what I am afraid to tell Blanche. I am going away, with a mind that misgives me. I am persuaded I shall not live to return to England; and, when I am dead, I believe my husband will marry again. Years ago your mother was uneasy, on her death-bed, about your future. I am uneasy, now, about Blanche's future. I promised my dear dead friend that you should be like my own child to me--and it quieted her mind. Quiet my mind, Anne, before I go. Whatever happens in years to come--promise me to be always, what you are now, a sister to Blanche."
She held out her hand for the last time. With a full heart Anne Silvester kissed it, and gave the promise.
In two months from that time one of the forebodings which had weighed on Lady Lundie's mind was fulfilled. She died on the voyage, and was buried at sea.
In a year more the second misgiving was confirmed. Sir Thomas Lundie married again. He brought his second wife to England toward the close of eighteen hundred and sixty six.
Time, in the new household, promised to pass as quietly as in the old. Sir Thomas remembered and respected the trust which his first wife had placed in Anne. The second Lady Lundie, wisely guiding her conduct in this matter by the conduct of her husband, left things as she found them in the new house. At the opening of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven the relations between Anne and Blanche were relations of sisterly sympathy and sisterly love. The prospect in the future was as fair as a prospect could be.
At this date, of the persons concerned in the tragedy of twelve years since at the Hampstead villa, three were dead; and one was self-exiled in a foreign land. There now remained living Anne and Blanche, who had been children at the time; and the rising solicitor who had discovered the flaw in the Irish marriage--once Mr. Delamayn: now Lord Holchester.Next


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