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Network valuation in financial systems
P. Barucca, M. Bardoscia, F. Caccioli, M. D'Errico, G. Visentin, S. Battiston, G. Caldarelli
Submitted to Mathematical Finance (2016)
Cycles in financial markets can be the source of systemic risk.
We introduce a network valuation model (hereafter NEVA) for the ex-ante valuation of claims among financial institutions connected in a network of liabilities. Similar to previous work, the new framework allows to endogenously determine the recovery rate on all claims upon the default of some institutions. In addition, it also allows to account for ex-ante uncertainty on the asset values, in particular the one arising when the valuation is carried out at some time before the maturity of the claims. The framework encompasses as special cases both the ex-post approaches of Eisenberg and Noe and its previous extensions, as well as the ex-ante approaches, in the sense that each of these models can be recovered exactly for special values of the parameters. We characterize the existence and uniqueness of the solutions of the valuation problem under general conditions on how the value of each claim depends on the equity of the counterparty. Further, we define an algorithm to carry out the network valuation and we provide sufficient conditions for convergence to the maximal solution.
Phase transition creates the geometry of the continuum from discrete space
R. Farr, T. Fink
Physical Review E
Scale of non-locality for a system of n particles
S. Talaganis, I. Teimouri
Sub. to Physical Review D
How much can we influence the rate of innovation?
T. Fink, M. Reeves
Science Advances
Memristive networks: from graph theory to statistical physics
A. Zegarac, F. Caravelli
The statistical physics of real-world networks
G. Cimini, T. Squartini, F. Saracco, D. Garlaschelli, A. Gabrielli, G. Caldarelli
Nature Reviews Physics
On defining the Hamiltonian beyond quantum theory
D. Branford, O. Dahlsten, A. Garner
Foundations of Physics
Reconstructing grain-shape statistics from electron back-scatter diffraction microscopy
R. Farr, Z. Vukmanovic, M. Holness, E. Griffiths
Physical Review Materials
Tackling information asymmetry in networks: a new entropy-based ranking index
P. Barucca, G. Caldarelli, T. Squartini
Journal of Statistical Physics
Eigenvalues of subgraphs of the cube
B. Bollobás, J. Lee, S. Letzter
European Journal of Combinatorics
Maximum one-shot dissipated work from Rényi divergences
N. Halpern, A. Garner, O. Dahlsten, V. Vedral
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Education: improving quality through service enhancement
Paula Roberts Senior lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Keele University
Helena Priest Senior lecturer and research tutor, Shropshire and Staffordshire clinical psychology doctorate training programme
The quality of service provision in educational contexts is becoming increasingly important. There is a need to demonstrate value for money and convey a positive image to retain and attract students and other stakeholders. This article examines the concept of service and its relevance to nurse education in the UK.
Nursing Standard. 21, 18, 42-46. doi: 10.7748/ns2007.01.21.18.42.c6399Correspondence
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Issue 61: Silhouette and Symmetry
Michael Henley shares how he creates symmetry through panels as he throws in the dramatic effect of color gels. In another light, he teaches how he achieves how to photograph a model's stark and sensual silhouette
Issue 61 is themed around indoor shooting where most of the action begins. Michael Henley, Russ Tierney, Michael Sasser, and Nic Gaunt share their tips and techniques within the four walls of a studio.
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Joan Rivers was an assiduous chronicler of her own life, in print as well as during her stand-up routines. In her 81 years, she produced a string of advice and humor books and several revealing memoirs, with self-mocking titles like "I Hate Everyone … Starting With Me."
Now Little, Brown & Company has acquired a biography of Ms. Rivers by the journalist Leslie Bennetts, a former reporter for The New York Times who covers the entertainment industry for Vanity Fair. The biography, which is scheduled for publication in 2016, will draw on interviews with other comedians as well as friends and business associates to tell the story of Ms. Rivers, who died on Sept. 4 in Manhattan.
In a statement announcing the acquisition, Judy Clain, editor in chief of Little, Brown, called Ms. Rivers "an icon and a role model to millions."
Ms. Bennetts, who met Ms. Rivers several times but never interviewed her, said in a statement that she was drawn to the biography because "Rivers's career was also enormously significant in American cultural history, breaking down barriers for women in television and comedy and continually redefining the acceptable boundaries of truth-telling for women in public life."


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Remove Lohia Path LCD screens in a week: PWD to Lucknow Municipal Corporation
The Public Works Department (PWD) has admitted that the digital display screens, installed on both sides of a foot over bridge on Lohia Path in Lucknow.lucknow Updated: Nov 30, 2017 10:33 IST
The Public Works Department (PWD) has admitted that the digital display screens, installed on both sides of a foot over bridge on Lohia Path, are objectionable in view of road safety.
It has asked Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) to remove both the LCD screens within a week.
The PWD's action comes after the Hindustan Times on Tuesday carried a report "Digital screens distracting commuters?" raising questions over the installation of the screens in violation of Indian Road Congress's (IRC) safety code.
"The LCD screens may cause distraction to drivers and thus may lead to possibility of accidents. The LCD screens on the foot over bridge are objectionable in accordance to clause 3.1.1 (6), 3.11 (8) and 3.1.2 (a) of the Indian Road Congress's code (IRC-46-1972). You are, therefore, requested to remove the LCD screens in a week and inform this office of the action taken," said Jay Singh, executive engineer (Prantiya Khand) PWD in a letter dated November 29 to municipal commissioner, Lucknow Nagar Nigam.
Singh has reminded the municipal commissioner that LMC, through a letter dated on February 1, 2014 had sought a 'No Objection Certificate' from PWD for construction of the foot over bridge. "This office (PWD) had given NOC vide letter no 952/R-4/15 dated 23/3/2015 for construction of foot over bridge. Now LCD screens had been put up on both sides of the bridge to show advertisements," said Singh.
Read more: UP government seeks explanation from PWD
The PWD's notice to LMC comes a day after the state government's swift action seeking an explanation from PWD's engineer-in-chief VK Singh on HT's news report and asking him to inform whether the display screen were in violation of IRC's safety code.
Read more| Lucknow: Digital screens distracting commuters?
The engineer-in-chief, in his reply to special secretary, PWD, Raj Shekhar on Tuesday also referred to the HT report and admitted that the display screens were objectionable in respect to IRC's road safety code. He informed Shekhar that LMC did not take any prior permission from PWD to install the screens and thus a notice was being issued to it to remove them.
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Welcome, Brian! It sounds like you might know @Victoria 😁
My question is it's become a thing to name companies with real words like Slack, Lime, Bird... What are the copyright ramifications? When we started with Cake there was the band in Sacramento, Cake php, but nothing that seemed major in our space at the time. While we were in development some other firms adopted the name.
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This innovative blockchain startup provides solutions for transparency, authentication, counterfeit-proof certification, and data integrity using blockchain technology. The products allow for digital signatures and certification of documents, and their API can certify any type of information using Blockchain. Their solutions are primarily used for compliance, legal tech, banking, education, government, and energy.
Human Capital Management Firm
This firm is dedicated to providing knowledge, methodologies, and software technology solutions in human capital management for leading companies in the market. It is a Latin American company, with 25 years of experience and presence in more than 10 countries. The company's goal is to guide and operate the intellectual and human capital of organizations.
Business School Research Center
The mission of the business school is to train responsible leaders who contribute to the integral development of society, through quality and demanding teaching, supported by the investigation of the problems inherent in the management of organizations. The business school's research center combines in its research the impact of economic and social phenomena on Uruguayan companies.
Finance Tech Startup
This award-winning fintech startup company is dedicated to providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with solutions to short-term financing problems (working capital), using technology and innovative business models. While SMEs benefit from better solutions for financing their businesses, investors will also gain new investment opportunities that were always controlled by a few institutions.
Software Development Startup
This software startup was born in 2014 with the mission of helping entrepreneurs to execute innovative and creative projects. With that goal, the startup started working with small, local companies and then grew into working with larger companies and international startups. The focus is on software development, with the vision to develop incredible products that people enjoy seeing and using.
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The focus of this creative communication agency is sustainability projects. The mission is to use creativity as a tool to boost the positive impact of organizations and thus contribute, together, to achieving the objectives of sustainable development. The agency believes that measuring and reporting are the foundations for a more profitable and sustainable business. Therefore, they seek to take the Sustainability Report to another level, integrating the business objectives in a compelling way that people want to read.
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Financial Management Mobile App
A personal financial management mobile app developed in Argentina linked to a prepaid Mastercard card that allows users to conduct financial transactions, such as transferring money and making payments and purchases, both in Argentina and abroad. Completely free for users, the app also has a social mission of financial inclusion and seeks to provide under-resourced individuals with payment solutions.
Human-Centered Innovation & Design Firm
The human-centered innovation & design firm is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with more than 12 years of experience. The firm helps its clients to deliver human-centered products and services and to self-transform in order to successfully adopt user experience and customer experience practices. One of Argentina's most experienced teams in innovation and design, the firm is growing steadily.
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- Viking Dash Trail Run™ prepares for biggest race of the year
MUNCIE, IN – America Multi-Sport, Inc. will host Viking Dash Trail Run: Chicago at Veteran Acres Park on December 8th and 9th of 2018. It's the third annual running of the Chicago event, with over…Read more ›
- Viking Dash Trail Run partners with OMNi Apparel
(MUNCIE, IN) — America Multi-Sport, Inc., which owns the Viking Dash Trail Run series, welcomes OMNi Apparel Inc. as the official apparel of all Viking Dash Trail Runs in the United States and Canada now…Read more ›
- Viking Dash Trail Run™ partners to launch 7 New Events
America Multi-Sport, Inc. welcomes three new partner companies: Support Our Society, CalTri, and Set Up Events. Support our Society will host Viking Dash Trail Run™: Sacramento, on December 1, 2018. CalTri will host Viking Dash…Read more ›
- Viking Dash Trail Run expands to California
Muncie, IN — America Multi-Sport, Inc., with our partners at Support Our Society, will be hosting Viking Dash Trail Run™: San Francisco Bay Area on November 4, 2018, at Lagoon Valley Park in California. Trail…Read more ›
- Viking Dash Trail Run Series adds Charlottesville
Muncie, IN — America Multi-Sport, Inc., with our partners Charlottesville Multisports Events, will be hosting Viking Dash Trail Run: Charlottesville on December 8, 2018, at Walnut Creek Park in Virginia. Trail Runners and Hikers will…Read more ›
- America Multi-Sport Adds Fall Triathlon
Muncie, IN—America Multi-Sport, Inc., announces the addition of the September 15, 2018 MuncieHalf Tri and Multi-Sport festival to the annual Triathlon/Multisport race series joining the: April 28, 5th Indiana Spring Sprint Tri/Du on the campus…Read more ›
- Viking Dash Trail Run expands with 3 Disciplines Racing
Muncie, IN — 3 Disciplines partners with America Multi-Sport Inc., to host three of the Viking Dash Trail Run races, with locations in Ann Arbor, MI; Holly, MI; and Cleveland, OH. Trail runners and hikers…Read more ›
- Viking Dash Trail Run: National Champions 2018
MUNCIE, IND. – America Multi-Sport hosted its first Viking Dash Trail Run: National Championships on February 17, 2018, at Prairie Creek Reservoir in Muncie, Indiana. Athletes qualified throughout the year at various Viking Dash Trail…Read more ›
- Viking Dash Trail Run adds 3 New Events
Muncie, IN—America Multi-Sport, Inc., with our partners MultiSport Canada Inc., will be hosting the newest race in the Viking Dash Trail Run Series just north of Toronto at Albion Hills Conservation Area. On Saturday November…Read more ›
- America Multi-Sport announces Viking Dash Trail Run: National Championships
Muncie, IN—America Multi-Sport, Inc. will be hosting the 1st Viking Dash Trail Run National Championships at Prairie Creek Reservoir in Muncie, Indiana on Saturday, February 17, 2018. The race is set to begin at 11:00…Read more ›
- Pacific Sports, LLC and America Multi-Sport Inc. connect to bring a unique leadership team to Pacific Sports events in 2016
MUNCIE, Ind. – Pacific Sports, LLC has formed a strategic partnership with America Multi-Sport CEO, Steve Tomboni, to co-produce its three Southern California Triathlons; The LA Triathlon at Torrance Beach on September 11th, Long Beach…Read more ›
- Pacific Sports, ACTIVE Network | IPICO, Reed Results and America Multi-Sport join forces to bring unique Timing Team to Triathlon events across America in 2016
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Pacific Sports, ACTIVE Network | IPICO, Reed Results and America Multi-Sport have partnered to bring professional timing services to triathlon events across America. Pacific Sports is thrilled to have ACTIVE Network |…Read more ›
- 2017 Viking Winter Dash: New Night Trail Run and Medal Options
MUNCIE, Ind. – America Multi-Sport's 5th Annual Viking Dash will continue its success in 2017 with new features, a virtual events and new medal options! The night Viking Raid will kick off the weekend on February…Read more ›
- The 100th Running Host Committee to visit Muncie to Celebrate the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500
MUNCIE, IND. – America Multi-Sport is excited to welcome the Host Committee of the Indy 500 to the 3rd annual Indiana Spring Sprint Triathlon & 5k at Ball State University on April 30, 2016! The…Read more ›
- America Multi-Sport Welcomes Two New Team Members
MUNCIE, IND. – America Multi-Sport is thrilled to announce the addition Megan Bousley and Brooks Davidson to its staff. Brooks Davidson graduated from Ball State University in 2014 with a degree in sports administration and…Read more ›
- Steve Tomboni Becomes 7th Member of the USA Triathlon Race Director Century Club
MUNCIE, IND. – USA Triathlon is proud to announce that America Multi-Sport CEO Steve Tomboni has joined the Race Director Century Club! As an event organizer, Tomboni is now entering the beginning of his 3rd decade,…Read more ›
- Indianapolis Triathlon Club Wins National Championship
MUNCIE, IND. – America Multi-Sport is proud to announce that local triathlon club, Tri-Loco, not only won the 2015 Indiana Triathlon Club Series but also the 2015 USA Triathlon Club Championship! The America Multi-Sport 2015…Read more ›
- USAT Retro Triathlon Series will visit New Castle, Indiana in July 2015
MUNCIE, IND. – Indiana triathlon and America Multi-Sport will experience a blast from the past with the third Annual USAT Retro Tri Series on July 25, 2015! The Summit Lake Optimist Sprint Triathlon & 5k…Read more ›
- Alpha Tau Omega Celebrates 150 Years with the Eighteen Sixty 5k
INDIANAPOLIS – Alpha Tau Omega National Fraternity (ATO) and America Multi-Sport will host the Eighteen Sixty 5k at Garfield Park on August 8, 2015! The Eighteen Sixty 5k is in honor of ATO's 150th Anniversary…Read more ›
- America Multi-Sport Announces 2015 Autocar Indiana Triathlon Series
Muncie, Ind. (January 21, 2015) – America Multi-Sport, in partnership with Autocar, are proud to announce the 2015 Indiana Triathlon Series lineup. The prestigious lineup includes the TOUGHMAN Half Triathlon, the USAT Retro Series…Read more ›
- Muncie To Host Regional Triathlon Championship
MUNCIE, IND. – America Multi-Sport is proud to announce the 2015 MidEast Regional Triathlon Championship location for 2015! Also awarded were the 2016 Championship on the same weekend and location. America Multi-Sport and Prairie Creek…Read more ›


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Single-Chip Positioning Device
STMicroelectronics (Geneva, Switzerland) has introduced Teseo II, a new generation of single-chip stand-alone positioning receivers for Portable Navigation Devices, in-car navigation, and telematics applications. These Systems-on-Chips are the industry's first monolithic devices capable of receiving signals from multiple satellite navigation systems, including GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS and QZSS. ST's Teseo II family combines high positioning accuracy and indoor sensitivity performance with powerful processing capabilities and superior design flexibility.
Mobile Secure Router
The LN1000 mobile secure router from Juniper Networks (Sunnyvale, CA) is an 8 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) port, ruggedized blade router that provides radio router protocol support with hardware based queuing and an integrated intrusion detection and prevention system. It is compliant with the IPv4 and IPv6 protocols and runs on the Juniper Networks Junos® operating system. Packaged in the VITA Standards Organization's 4" x 6" x .85" VPX form factor, consuming less than 35 watts of power, and weighing less than 1.5 pounds, the LN1000 is usable in environments ranging from -40°C to +85°C.
Embedded Graphics Card
VIA Technologies (Taipei, Taiwan) has announced the world's first graphics card designed specifically for the embedded market. The VIA eH1 AIB features an advanced DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.1, OpenGL ES 2.0 compatible 64-bit architecture and offers multi-stream 1080p HD video decoding and Stereoscopic 3D rendering capability. The VIA eH1 also features the S3 Chrome 5400E GPU, the industry's most power-efficient 64-bit discrete graphics solution, and is complimented with 512 MB of DDR3 memory.
Stackable Computer Architecture Moves to 3rd Generation
Change is a concept that is well known in the computer industry. Designers and manufacturers alike have embraced this trend in an ongoing race to increase computing power while reducing size, weight, and power and cost (SWaPaC). With the latest round of ultra-low power processors from Intel, VIA, AMD and DMP, stackable computer systems need to adapt as well, especially with respect to I/O, while striking a balance between new and legacy technology.
Small Form Factor Computing in OpenVPX
The new OpenVPX™ (VITA 65) standard helps military system designers build compatible embedded systems by defining "profiles" to which vendors can adhere when designing boards, and system integrators can use to locate available COTS solutions. The market is seeing a proliferation of 6U VPX boards, which have numerous interconnect pins and are able to support many more simultaneous external connections with a single profile. In comparison, 3U VPX boards have fewer interconnect pins available, resulting in a far wider fragmentation of profile support, since vendors can support fewer external connections with a single 3U card profile. That makes it all the more important for designers of small form factor VPX systems to understand how to effectively use OpenVPX profiles.
Using FPGAs to Improve x86 Processor I/O Flexibility
By offering the ability to update application functionality, provide a reconfigurable solution and enable easy design customization, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology has long been known as a cost-effective design resource. Similarly, x86 processor architectures share many of the same extended ecosystem, installed base, and multi-functionality benefits as FPGAs.
Maintaining Mobility
Fuel is one of the top three logistics drivers on the battlefield, along with water and ammunition. Fuel powers the vehicles that mobilize troops and keep communications and supply chains running, and is used in the generators that power forward operating bases. Transporting fuel to the front lines, however, has become extremely costly in both lives and dollars.
Handheld Scanner Keeps USAF Planes Combat-Ready
Engineers at several United States Air Force (USAF) bases now use NVision's HandHeld laser scanner to reverse-engineer complex aircraft parts, which are then accurately machined and installed. Reverse engineering is often required for aircraft that were originally designed without computer aided design systems (CAD), and for which even blueprints can be very difficult to obtain.
Active Heat Sink Technology to Improve Thermal Performance of Military Systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has extended its contract with Thermacore to develop and commercialize active heat sinks that can be used with Micro-technologies for Air-Cooled Exchangers (MACE). The MACE program harnesses active micro-devices that greatly improve heat sink thermal performance and cool military electronic systems used for telecommunications, active sensing and imaging, radar, and other functions. Thermacore is partnering with the University of Minnesota, Lockheed Martin Company, and the Bergquist Torrington Company to develop the technology.
Development of Soldier Conformable Antennas Using Conducting Polymers
Soldiers performing dismounted operations in the field use radios that have antennas with a distinct visible signature and can become easy targets. These antennas also tend to snag on other equipment or vegetation, creating a hazard and a distraction to any ongoing operation. Therefore, it has become necessary to develop an antenna that can conform to soldiers and be virtually indistinguishable from a soldier's body armor.


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Clarks UK
With a client base boasting the biggest names in supermarket shopping, Wales based maple syrup producer Clarks UK found itself in desperate need of moving to larger premises to cope with demand.
With a client base boasting the biggest names in supermarket shopping, Wales based maple syrup producer Clarks UK found itself in desperate need of moving to larger premises to cope with demand.
In the space of just five years, Clarks had become the UK's biggest supplier of pure and blended maple syrup, transforming the business into a £4.5m retail brand that was continuing to win orders, both at home and overseas, and diversify with new products and new revenue streams.
But that rapid growth was creating an issue that needed solving – the company was outgrowing its Newport base and had to expand – and expand fast. Clarks' owner and founder, Bob Clark, called on Kilsby & Williams partner Simon Tee for help, and within six months the business had secured a £500,000 investment, enabling it to double the size of its operating base.
As luck would have it, the unit next to the Clarks production plant on the Queensway Meadow Industrial Park in Newport became vacant, allowing the company to take over the extra space, bringing the production lines, office and admin areas and the warehousing which supplies the likes of Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons all under one roof.
Their £500,000 investment included a Welsh Government grant secured with the help of Simon Tee, giving Clarks the confidence to plan ahead for the next five years in the knowledge that their newly-expanded base would continue to fill all their needs for the foreseeable future.
Simon said: "It was tight turnaround, but we succeeded in being able to source growth funds for Clarks so the business could expand and increase its profitability at the same time.
"The Clarks expansion programme had all the ingredients for a successful grant claim with capital investment, job creation and a great track record. It is also very satisfying to be helping a local business to make national headlines.
We are continuing to provide a full accountancy and business advisory service to Clarks and are delighted to be playing a key role in one of the fastest growing, Welsh based, UK wide retail success stories.


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Karaoke Revolution with Like a Virgin
If you like Karaoke, this Christmas some of the best songs ever, including Madonna's 1984 classic, "Like a Virgin" finally meet the latest technology of PlayStation2 in the new, unique game, KARAOKE REVOLUTION.
With Karaoke Revolution you can sing your favourite songs in exciting concert venues in front of a live audience.
The game can be played with a group of friends or as a solo activity.
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The main objective of the game is to sing each song exactly like the original version. As you sing the song, your vocal performance is judged by how closely you can match the pitch and rhythm of the original lead vocals.
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Robin George Collingwood
Data de nascimento: 22. Fevereiro 1889
Data de falecimento: 9. Janeiro 1943
Robin George Collingwood foi um filósofo, historiador e arqueólogo britânico.
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"The essence of this conception is.. the idea of a community as governing itself by fostering the free expression of all political opinions that take shape within it, and finding some means of reducing this multiplicity of opinions to a unity."
— R. G. Collingwood
R. G. Collingwood (2005). "Man Goes Mad" in The Philosophy of Enchantment. Oxford University Press, 318.
"Lastly, what is history for? This is perhaps a harder question than the others; a man who answers it will have to reflect rather more widely than a man who answers the three we have answered already. He must reflect not only on historical thinking but on other things as well, because to say that something is `for' something implies a distinction between A and B, where A is good for something and B is that for which something is good. But I will suggest an answer, and express the opinion that no historian would reject it, although the further questions to which it gives rise are numerous and difficult.
My answer is that history is `for' human self-knowledge. It is generally thought to be of importance to man that he should know himself: where knowing himself means knowing not his merely personal peculiarities, the things that distinguish him from other men, but his nature as man. Knowing yourself means knowing, first, what it is to be a man; secondly, knowing what it is to be the kind of man you are; and thirdly, knowing what it is to be the man you are and nobody else is. Knowing yourself means knowing what you can do; and since nobody knows what he can do until he tries, the only clue to what man can do is what man has done. The value of history, then, is that it teaches us what man has done and thus what man is."
— R. G. Collingwood
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"I have already said that a thing which 'exists in a person's head' and nowhere else is alternatively called an imaginary thing. The actual making of the tune is therefore alternatively called the making of an imaginary tune. This is a case of creation, just as much as the making of a plan or a disturbance, and for the same reasons, which it would be tedious to repeat. Hence the making of a tune is an instance of imaginative creation. The same applies to the making of a poem, or a picture, or any other work of art."
— R. G. Collingwood
p. 134
"Language in its original imaginative form maybe said to have expressiveness, but no meaning. About such language we cannot distinguish between what the speaker says and what he means... Language in its intellectualized form has both expressiveness and meaning. As language, it expressed a certain emotion. As symbolism, it refers beyond that emotion to the thought whose emotional charge it is... The progressive intellectualization of language, its progressive conversion by the work of grammar and logic into a scientific symbolism, thus represents not a progressive drying-up of emotion, but its progressive articulation and specialization. We are not getting away from an emotional atmosphere into a dry, rational atmosphere; we are acquiring new emotions and new means of expressing them."
— R. G. Collingwood
p. 269
"The chief business of seventeenth-century philosophy was to reckon with seventeenth-century science... the chief business of twentieth-century philosophy is to reckon with twentieth-century history."
— R. G. Collingwood
R. G. Collingwood (1937), as cited in: Patrick Suppes (1973), Logic, methodology and philosophy of science: Proceedings.
"For I do not think of aesthetic theory as an attempt to investigate and expound eternal verities concerning the nature of an eternal object called Art, but as an attempt to reach, by thinking, the solution of certain problems arising out of the situation in which artists find themselves here and now. Everything written in this book has been written in the belief that is has a practical bearing, direct or indirect, upon the condition of art in England in 1937, and in the hope that artists primarily, and secondarily persons whose interest in art is lively and sympathetic, will find something of use to them."
— R. G. Collingwood
p. vi
"One of Collingwood's earliest attempts to define the aesthetic essence of art. His aim, he writes in the preface, is to state a general conception of art and develop its consequences. His conception is one already familiar through the writings of others -- "that art is as bottom neither more nor less than imagination" -- but from his observation he goes on to outline the various distinctions between subordinate conceptions of art, and to attempt to demonstrate their place in the general conception, and the place of both in life. He urges that the meaningfulness of art cannot be torn from the imaginative setting in which it is embedded, and that we must attempt to explain the process by which an artist reaches a particular point of view on reality."
— R. G. Collingwood
"The word art has in ordinary usage three senses. First, it means the creation of objects or the pursuit of activities called works of art, by people called artists; these works being distinguished from other objects and acts not merely as human products, but as products intended to be beautiful. Secondly, it means the creation of objects or the pursuit of activities called artificial as opposed to natural; that is to say objects created or activities pursued by human beings consciously free to control their natural impulses and to organize their life in a plan. Thirdly, it means that frame of mind which we call artistic, the frame of mind in which we are aware of beauty."
— R. G. Collingwood
p. 7
"We can now return to the distinction between language and symbolism. A symbol is language and yet not language. A mathematical or logical or any other kind of symbol is invented to serve a purpose purely scientific; it is supposed to have no emotional expressiveness whatever. But when once a particular symbolism has been taken into use and mastered, it reacquires the emotional expressiveness of language proper. Every mathematician knows this. At the same time, the emotions which mathematicians find expressed in their symbols are not emotions in general, they are the peculiar emotions belonging to mathematical thinking."
— R. G. Collingwood
p. 268
"The real is the present, conceived not as a mathematical point between the present and the past, but as the union of present and past in a duration or permanence that is at the same time change. Thus the past as past and the future as future do not exist at all, but are purely ideal; the past as living in the present and the future as germinating in the present are wholly real and indeed are just the present itself. It is because of the presence of these two elements in the present... that the present is a concrete and changing reality and not an empty mathematical point."
— R. G. Collingwood
p. 149. as cited in: Jonathan Gorman, "The transmission of our understanding of historical time." Historia Social y de la Educación 1.2 (2012): 129-152.
"a) The definition of history? Every historian would agree, I think, that history is a kind of research or inquiry. What kind of inquiry it is I do not yet ask. The point is that generically it belongs to what we call the sciences: that is, the forms of thought whereby we ask questions and try to answer them. Science in general, it is important to realize, does not consist in collecting what we already know and arranging it in this or that kind of pattern. It consists in fastening upon something we do not know, and trying to discover it. Playing patience with things we already know may be a useful means towards this end, but it is not the end itself. It is at best only the means. It is scientifically valuable only in so far as the new arrangement gives us the answer to a question we have already decided to ask. That is why all science begins from the knowledge of our own ignorance: not our ignorance of everything, but our ignorance of some definite thing-the origin of parliament, the cause of cancer, the chemical composition of the sun, the way to make a pump work without muscular exertion on the part of a man or a horse or some other docile animal. Science is finding things out: and in that sense history is a science."
— R. G. Collingwood
p. 9
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Centralisation of divorce centres. The MoJ responds to us.
6 January 2015
Naomi Hawdon
Civil and Family Directorate
HM Courts and Tribunals Service
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Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. gov.uk
Mr Tony Roe
Our Reference: 94587 19 December 2014
Freedom of Information Request
Dear Mr Roe
Thank you for your email of 21 November 2014, in which you asked for the following information from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ):
""Further Questions to Freedom of Information Request Your Ref: 93920 1.In our original Freedom of Information Request, dated 16 October 2014, we asked for information relating to 'the criteria that is being or will be applied when deciding which courts will remain able to process divorce petitions.' The response, dated 10 November 2014, gave a description of the structures and processes to be expected within the new divorce centres. However, no clear response was given on the exact criteria that has been used by the Ministry of Justice to determine why certain courts have been chosen over others to act as divorce centres. Please clarify the exact criteria that has been used by the Ministry of Justice to determine which courts in England and Wales will be divorce centres, and which will not. 2. Please also provide a full list of the approved divorce centres for England and Wales, as they have so far been decided. 3. Please clarify what is meant by 'sFC', referred to at 2 in your response to Question 1 of our original request. 4. Please explain the reason for the significant delay between implementation dates for changes to the court process of divorce petitions, described in your response to Question 3 of our original request. The response states that the changes are to be implemented in the North East and North West in November 2014. Please explain why a decision has not yet been made in relation to London, the South East and South West and why any implementation of changes is likely to be delayed until late 2015? 5. Please explain why the courts at Bury St Edmunds and Southampton have been proposed as points of entry for divorce petitions in the South East and South West, over and above all other courts in those areas. What characteristics do the courts at Bury St Edmunds and Southampton possess, which make them the most appropriate options for divorce centres in these areas?"
Your request under question 2 has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
Question 2
I can confirm that the department holds information that you have asked for and I am pleased to provide this to you.
The agreed divorce centres for England and Wales are as follows:
• Midlands – Nottingham and Stoke
• North East – Doncaster, Durham and Bradford. These centres are operational and currently Harrogate is operating as a fourth centre before work is transferred to Bradford in January 2015.
• North West – Liverpool (phased implementation December 14 to February 15)
• Wales – Neath, Newport and Wrexham
Regions are responsible for communicating these changes to regional users and stakeholders prior to implementation of the divorce centre(s).
Questions 1, 3, 4 and 5 have not been handled under the FOIA as they do not fall under the Freedom of Information regime. It may be helpful if I explain that the Freedom of Information Act (2000) gives individuals and organisations the right of access to all types of recorded information held, at the time the request is received, by public authorities such as the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). Section 84 of the Act states that in order for a request for information to be handled as a Freedom of Information (FOI) request it must be for recorded information. For example, a Freedom of Information request would be for a copy of a policy, rather than an explanation as to why we have that policy in place. On occasion, the Ministry of Justice receives requests that do not ask for recorded information, but ask more general questions about, for example, a policy, opinion or a decision.
However outside of the FOIA I am pleased to provide some information in relation to your other questions which I hope answers your queries.
Question 1
I'm sorry that you feel the response given to your original FOIA request regarding the criteria applied to determine which courts would be divorce centres did not clarify the exact criteria applied. I considered that the information provided gave the criteria as well as some context to explain that criteria. However I am pleased to confirm that the exact criteria are outlined at point 2 of the reply entitled "Choosing a Single Point of Entry – Divorce Centre".
Question 2
I can confirm that "sFC" stands for single Family Court.
Question 4
Implementation dates differ because each region has decided the appropriate date based on factors such as such as availability of accommodation, movement of resources and consultation/communication with stakeholders.
Implementation of the South West divorce centre is planned for April 2015. This is because the region needed time to consider the potential accommodation options as well as the impact of other projects being undertaken in the region.
Bury St Edmunds has been identified as the likely venue for the London and South East Centre but consultation has not been completed. If the current proposal is accepted implementation will not commence until 2015 because the Bury St Edmunds building is being refurbished and is currently unoccupied. Building works are expected to be completed in March 2015.
Question 5
Southampton Combined Court is proposed as the divorce centre for the South West for the following reasons. The court has staff resources and office space available due to the movement of some other administrative work out of Southampton. Consequently the recruitment and set up costs for the new unit would be significantly reduced. The legal resource in Southampton is also sufficient in terms of Legal Advisers, which includes the pool available across Hampshire. In terms of judiciary, Southampton and the surrounding area has the highest proportion of District Judge allocation in the Region.
Bury St Edmunds was proposed as the divorce centre for the South East and London following a thorough review of the HMCTS estate, London and South East workload and resource availability. The Bury building was the most cost effective option, is a sufficient size and provides the greatest scope to improve the service delivered to court users.
You can also find more information by reading the full text of the Act (available at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/contents).
You have the right to appeal our decision in relation to question 2 only if you think it is incorrect. Details can be found in the 'How to Appeal' section attached at the end of this letter.
Disclosure Log
You can also view information that the Ministry of Justice has disclosed in response to previous Freedom of Information requests. Responses are anonymised and published on our on-line disclosure log which can be found on the MoJ website:
Yours sincerely
Naomi Hawdon


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Mackenzie is the only son of a widow, Shalini who always whines that his salary is not sufficient. He works for a private firm, but wants a government job. The mother wants him to get married. Mackenzie is in love with Samenca. She comes to visit Mackenzie's family along with her father. The father however feels that the boy's family belongs to a lower caste and that they are financially backward. But Mackenzie convinces the girl's father and gets married to Samenca. Lavina, a colleague in Mackenzie's office has problems with her husband Juliao. She has an extra marital affair with Mackenzie.
Then why did Mackenzie get married? Samenca will not accept this. Shalini wants a grandchild, Samenca does not conceive so they beat her up and chase her out of the house. Lavina comes to stay with Mackenzie and Shalini expects her to fulfill her wish of becoming a grandmother. And no one cares that a child like this, is not blessed, till some good sense is drilled into all the characters!
The woman is blamed for all the problems and the man can do whatever he pleases. Once again it is proved that a woman's worst enemy is another woman. Chitra as Shalini is impressive playing a negative role of the mother; soft spoken but cruel. Also check out the confrontation with Humbert! Samenca plays the wife showing plenty of emotion while Lavina is the tough and selfish woman, who gets what she wants. Maxcy and Jose play the husbands and Satyawan Tari is great as the father who cares about his daughter's future.
Menino is the priest who tries to bring about reconciliation in the family. The comedy has Humbert in the lead, playing the person who interferes in the family affairs. He cracks some good jokes. Meena Goes is cast as Yalamma, the young lady plays the comic role in style with good support from Valencio, playing three different characters.
The band has Dominic de Arambol (trumpet), Minguel (saxophone), Jolan (keyboard) and Macmillan (drums). The opening song is rendered by Samenca-Lavina, Jose- Satyawan and Menino. There are some scenes in between. There are other songs from Saby de Divar, Samenca, Jose, Humbert, Valencio, Clint and others. Jr. Reagan pays tribute to Dr. Jack de Sequeira in his song.


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<edit>Btw, since I deleted the filler with notice about it, I officially made Char Char a chinchilla hence the new sprites. I may or may not correct old pages, but knowing how lazy I am they will most likely stay the same.</edit>
So yeah, most of you called it. Yesterday's update was my poor excuse of an April Fools joke X3 Oi I fail.
Anyways, now you've got a real update ;) I'll try and update more often but as always, no promises.
Characters, sprites, and characters (c) mdg245
Nice to here from you again Mdg
A shiney person! X3
Yay update^^
I found a continuity error. In the first 2 pages, she's a hedgehog, but in this page, she's a chinchilla.
I hope you can correct that, right?
No, she can only teleport.
Maybe she evolved.
-_- MDG decided to make her a chinchilla and no she's not going to change it. Ppl deal with it. *slaps those who brought it to attention*
Unless you want me to blabber nonsense, you'd better reconsider. I only found a continuity error and I only asked for her to correct the older comics to make her look like a chinchilla. -_-
......Raging, believe me when I say you don't want to get into a fight with Shadow.
What? I'm only saying that I found a continuity error and then, she automatically wants to fight me?
Maybe when she glowed, she evolved? *Shot*
The thing is: you posted that filler where?
Why don't you make a chapter for fillers?
I'll do what I want, cause this is my life!
Edit: I remember MDG mentioning a little tidbit about Char Char's kind being able to change their appearance to blend in when travelling to other worlds. Mind, it was from long ago in the misty past, but I'm sure it's still canon.
@All who protested the sprite change: TAKE THAT!!
Hey, I already have free internet!
How about a cameo instead? =3
*headdesk* SO CLOSE!
Well, that leaves the only logical explanation left...
A wizard did it.
CHICKENS DID IT! *gobble,gobble* NO! THA CHICKENS HAS FINDED ME! *Dragged away*
SPY!!! *Heavy and Soldier appears*
*gets discovered* AWW *&%$!!! *ragequits*


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Letter from Thomas Lineham describing conditions in early Karamea
This letter was written by Thomas Lineham to his parents and published in the English Labourer newspaper on 13 November 1876
THE ENGLISH LABOURER - November 13 1876
DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER, - we received your kind and welcome letter. We was glad to hear you was as well as you are, and I am glad to tell you that by the kind providence of god, I am restored to health and strength again, and our children are all well, and they grow and get fat and strong, because God in his goodness as put us in a land of plenty; for I fetch my own sheep, and kill them and dress them myself; so you see that I am a butcher. and I must tell you that I have just entered the bush life. I and George started from Nelson about four months before Mary and the children came to us. So you see, by the kind providence of God, I have a house of my own and plenty of wood to burn, and it is a better house than our old one at Lidlington. It is rather inconvenient to our feelings having no public means of grace, but we find God in every time and place the same. I feel thankful where there is a heart to pray God has an ear to hear; and I am glad to tell that none of us feel any lingering after the old country, only we should very much like to see you all again, I must tell you if this is bush life I don't mind it a bit. We have fifty acres of grant land, and we work some of our time for ourselves; we work by the piece, and our pay averages 10d. a day. We don't receive any money, as it costs us a great deal of money for tools, as we have out things on credit. They let us have as much as £30 or £40 worth at once, but they would not give us a start in England. They find us plenty of food; certainly we was short of meat for a week or two, but we lost our sheep in the bush, It makes us think about the poor empty bellies in the old country, when God so kindly spreads our table. I killed a sheep last Saturday night. Mo and another man had it together - a fine fat sheep - and we had as much suet as we had in six months in England, and that will last us about a fortnight; and we have our provisions from the stores; sometimes we have two hogsheads of sugar, about fifty or sixty pounds each, and flour any amount, and butter and tea any quantity. If you could but have seen me and George pitch our tent in the Karamea; we had to cut the wood down before we could pitch our tent. It makes us think about the patriarchs of old pitching their tents. We had to work some days before we could see anything beside the sky above our heads. The trees were so high, some of them were thirty yards long. But now we have a house built and opened so as the sun can get at us all round, and the streets cut out straight a mile long or more. Now we are making the roads and the ditches, and all in six months. There are about twenty families in our settlement! but there is another settlement about two miles off a little larger than ours. We live about 200 feet above the level of the sea, and we can see the wide ocean any time in about five minutes walk. Ours is table land, and there is mountains above us. The mountains are very high; your hills are like molehills to them; they rise all at once. You can go on the level til you get to the foot of them; then they seem to rise all at once. This is Saturday night again. We have killed another sheep, and we have another quarter of mutton, and wish you all could come to dinner with us to-morrow. There is no venomous reptiles here, nor no wild beasts. It is as the bible says, we can worship God under our own vine and fig-tree, none daring lawfully to make us afraid. We can lay down here in the open, and not afraid that anything will molest us here, with only the old gnats to trouble us. I must tell you that I have a chimney big enough to lay logs five feet long across the fire place, so you may guess we are not cold. I should like my brother John to be here; he would fell and build to his heart's content. Please to give our love to all our brothers and sisters, and I hope you will be so kind to let my brother John have this letter, and I hope he will have it published. I would send him some money to have it done, only we do not take any money yet; because those are not high coloured statements, only as they happen to us as we pass along. We must tell you that we can get plenty of wearing clothes and bed clothes. I must tell you that a kind lady sent us two nice windows, three feet wide and four feet six inches long, and she is going to send us some fruit trees, and we have some fowls; so you can see the Lord sends us some kind friends. I must tell you that our land is next to Richard Allen's, who came from Ridgmont, and we are not far from Alfred and Harry. We have another little girl, and her name is Mary Ann. She was born a week before Easter, and she was a month old when she came to Karamea. Georgie is stopping at Nelson for the present. We was glad to hear that you had such a comfortable Christmas. We are glad to tell you that we never had such a Christmas in our lives. One kind friend gave us fifteen to twenty pounds of beef and a large plum pudding and a bottle of wine and we had green peas and new potatoes. Instead of decorating the shops out with holly they had cherry boughs; so you see that we have not to regret leaving the old country. We shall be glad to hear from you, for we often think of you when the Lord deals so kindly with us, and we can not get at you to help you a little. Please to tell my brothers and sisters that I will write to them in turns, if we can get their address, as we are so busy a felling and building, and we should be glad to know how they are a getting on both in body and soul. I hope I shall never cease to pray for them. So I must now conclude with our kindest love to you all.
We remain your unworthy son and daughter.
Karamea Settlement, Nelson Province, New Zealand.
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This pair sports a Los Angeles Lakers color scheme with a white leather toe box and side panels, purple used on the toe, eyelets, and heel, and yellow coloring in the Swooshes and ankle collar. This pair was initially spotted on the feet of Nike SB team rider Theotis Beasley a few weeks ago. Based on the photo, it looks like the Lakers layer may wear away to a "Chicago"-esque color scheme underneath.
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Stephen Hawkhurst, Lord of Atherton, felt the wind rise up from the bottom of Taylor's Gap, salt on its edge. He frowned as he breathed in, a smooth wooden railing all that held him between this world and the next one.
So very easy to end it, to simply let go and fall into oblivion. Pushing harder, he felt the barrier give and a few stones, dislodged by the movement, hurled down the incline to disappear into nothingness.
'If you jump, you would need to land exactly between that rock and the cliff,' a voice said, one small gloved hand pointing downwards. 'If you veer to the left, you will be caught on those bushes, you see, and such a fall could leave you merely crippled. To the right is a better option as the shale would be more forgiving before it threw you over the edge into the sea. However, if you excel at the art of swimming … ?' She stopped, the implication understood.
Stiffening, Hawk turned to see a woman standing near, a black veil hiding every feature of her face. Her clothes were heavy and practical. A lady of commerce, perhaps? Or the daughter of a merchant? God, what luck was there in that? Miles from anywhere and The voice of reason close by.
'I may, of course, merely be taking in the view.' The irritation in his words was unbecoming and he was a man who was seldom rude to women. But this one was far from cowed.
'One would generally look to the horizon if that was the case, sir. The sun is setting, you see, and it would be this vista your eyes would be drawn towards.'
'Then perhaps I am tired?'
'Fatigue would show itself in a leaning gait and great exertion would be seen in dust upon your boots.' Her head tipped down to look. Stephen imagined her satisfaction when she saw his shiny new black Hessians. He wished she would turn and leave, but she stood silent and waiting, breath even and unhurried.
Surveying the nearby paths, he realised that she was alone. Unusual for a lady not to be chaperoned. He wondered how she had got here and where she would go to next.
There was a hole in the thumb of her right-hand glove and an unbuffed nail was bitten to the quick. The hat she wore hid her hair completely, though an errant curl of vibrant red had escaped from its clutches and lay across the darkness of her clothes like rubies in a coal seam. Beneath the notes of a heavier perfume he smelt the light freshness of violets.
'I came here often as a young girl with my mother and she would stand just where I am and speak of what was over the seas in all the directions that I might name.' This was said suddenly after a good few moments of silence. He liked how she did not feel the need to fill in every space with chatter. 'France lies that way, and Denmark, there. A thousand miles to the north-east a boat could founder against the rocky coast of the Kingdom of Norway.'
She had a slight accent, though the cadence held the timbre of something that Hawk did not recognise. The thought amused him for he was a master of discerning that which people wished not to divulge. He had made his life from it, after all.
'Where is your mother now?'
'Oh, she left England many years ago. She was French, you understand, and my father had no desire to stop her in her travels.'
His interest was firmly caught as he took a step back. 'He did not accompany her, then?'
'Papa loves poetry and text. His vocation is as small as my mother's was large and a library filled with books was all he ever claimed to want in adventure. Her journeys would have worried him.'
'The adventurer and the academic? An interesting combination. Which parent do you favour?' The question came from nowhere, for Stephen had certainly not meant to voice it, but the woman had a charm that was … unexpected. It had been a long time since he had felt the sense of aliveness he did here with her.
One hand crossed to her face, pushing the gauze closer to her cheek. In The slanting light of sunset he could make out a finely chiselled nose. 'Neither,' she answered. 'The will to do exactly as one wants requires a certain amount of spare time which is a commodity I can ill afford.'
'Because you spend the day rearranging your father's extensive library?' He found himself smiling.
'Everyone has a story, sir, though your assumptions lack as much in truth as any tale that I might fashion around you.'
Stepping back another pace, he felt the bush at his back, sturdy and green. 'What would you say of me?'
'I would say that you are a man who leads others, though few really know you.'
Such a truth cut quick, because she was right. He seldom showed anyone who he was.
But she was not finished. Taking his hand, she turned it palm upwards, tracing the lines with her first finger. Stephen felt like snatching it back, away from the things that she might or might not see.
'You have a high falsetto singing voice, seldom touch strong drink and never bet at the New Year races at Newmarket.'
Her voice held a note of humour, and relief bloomed. 'So very exact. You ought to have a stall outside the Leadenhall.'
'It's a gift, sir,' she returned, her head tipping to one side as though measuring all that he was. Like a naturalist might watch an insect before sticking it through with a pin. There was something in her stillness that was unnerving and he tried his hardest to discern the rest of her features.
'Do you have a name?' Suddenly he wanted to know just who she was and where she came from. Coincidences were seldom as they seemed. His job had at least taught him that.
'Aurelia, my lord,' she offered, a new tone in his given title, a tone he understood too well. She gave no surname.
'You know who I am, then?'
'I have heard of you from many different people.'
'And the gossip of strangers is so very truthful.'
'It is my experience that beneath the embellishment, tittle-tattle always holds a measure of truth. It is said that you spend a lot of time away from England and its society?'
'I am easily bored.'
'Oh, I doubt that entirely.'
'And easily disappointed.'
'An explanation that may account for your presence here at Taylor's Gap.'
He breathed out hard, the possibility of blackmail creeping in unbidden.
She faced him directly, now, and lifted her veil. Freckles across the bridge of a fine nose were the first things he registered. Then he saw that one eye was blue and the other dark brown. A mismatched angel!
'It was an accident. A bleed. I fell from a horse as a child and hit my head hard.' This explanation was given in the tone of one who might have often said it.
She was so pale the blood in her veins could be seen through the skin at her temple. Like the wings of a butterfly, barely there. He wanted to lean forwards and touch such delicacy, but he did not because something in her eyes stopped him. He knew this familiar look of supplication, his many estates holding the promise of a largesse that was tantalising.
But not from her. The disappointment of it pierced hard even as she began to speak.
'I would ask a favour of you, Lord Hawkhurst.'
There. It was said, and in the circumstances he would have to be generous. It wasn't everyone who had seen the demons in him so clearly.
'I have a sister, Leonora Beauchamp, who is both young and beautiful and I want her to marry a man who would care for her well.'
As her words settled, fury solidified. 'I am not in the market for a wife, madam, no matter what you might like to say of this encounter.'
Her voice shook as she continued to speak. 'It isn't marriage I petition. I merely want you to invite Leonora to the ball I know you to be giving next week at your town house. I shall accompany her to ensure you know who it is to make some fuss of. A dance should do it, or two, if you will. After that I promise to never darken your pathway again.'
The anger in him abated slightly. 'To where should I send the invitations?'
'Braeburn House in Upper Brook Street. Any delivery boy would know of it.'
'How old is your sister?'
'And you?'
She did not answer and his heart felt heavy as he looked down at her. 'So you are Aurelia Beauchamp?'
The shake of her head surprised him. 'Nay, that is Leonora's surname, but if you could see it in yourself to welcome my sister despite any … misgivings, I would be most appreciative.' Removing one glove, she delved into her pocket and brought out a pendant fashioned with a single diamond in white gold. 'I do not ask you to do this for nothing, Lord Hawkhurst, but if you say yes to the bargain between us I do expect you to hold up your end of it, without excuse. Could you promise me that?'
Interest began to creep under wrath, the flush on her face as becoming as any he had ever seen on a woman. She was a beauty! Beneath the fabric of her other hand he saw a ring, bold against the sheen of superfine.
Was she married? If she was his woman, he would have not let her roam the countryside so unprotected.
He smiled at such thoughts. Unprotected? Lord, was he finally growing a conscience? Thirty-one years old and all of them hard edged. The ends of his fingers curled against his thighs and he made himself breathe in, the souls of those he had sent to the afterlife calling close.
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